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20080260324 | ACTIVE SENSOR, MULTIPOINT ACTIVE SENSOR, INSPECTION METHOD OF PIPE DETERIORATION AND INSPECTION APPARATUS OF PIPE DETERIORATION - An active sensor | 10-23-2008 |
20090263166 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - An image forming apparatus includes a plurality of image carrier members each configured to carry a latent image, a plurality of electrostatic chargers each configured to charge the image carrier member uniformly, a plurality of developing devices each configured to develop the latent image formed to the image carrier member by toner, a plurality of cleaners each configured to remove the toner remaining on the carrier member, an intermediate transfer member having a non-electroconductive material on which a developed image is transferred by one of the image carrier members and then another developed image is transferred over the developed image by another image carrier member and a plurality of transfer rollers each provided so as to oppose the image carrier member with the intermediary of the intermediate transfer member. | 10-22-2009 |
20100166548 | STEAM TURBINE BLADE AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING THE SAME - A steam turbine blade includes a coating film formed at least a portion of a surface of the steam turbine blade, the coating film containing a ceramic matrix and nanosheet particles dispersed in the ceramic matrix. The steam turbine blade is employed as one of stator blades or one of rotor blades in a steam turbine. The steam turbine includes a turbine rotor, the rotor blades implanted in the turbine rotor, the stator blades provided in an upstream side of the corresponding rotor blades, and a turbine casing supporting the stator blades and accommodating turbine rotor, the rotor blades and the stator blades. The steam turbine is also configured such that the rotor blades are paired with the corresponding stator blades to form turbine stages arranged in an axial direction of the turbine rotor, thereby forming steam paths. | 07-01-2010 |
20100260509 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - There is provided a photoreceptor cleanerless image forming apparatus capable of decreasing color mixture or an exposure error due to reverse transfer toner or untransferred toner. | 10-14-2010 |
20110064297 | MONITORING APPARATUS, MONITORING METHOD, INSPECTING APPARATUS AND INSPECTING METHOD - An inspecting apparatus according to the present invention has: an imaging section | 03-17-2011 |
20110109738 | OBSERVATION DEVICE AND OBSERVATION METHOD - An observation device ( | 05-12-2011 |
20110150641 | STEAM TURBINE AND STEAM TURBINE BLADE - A steam turbine | 06-23-2011 |
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20090116887 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR CLEANING RESIDUAL TONER FROM DRUMS IN AN IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - An apparatus and method for cleaning a plurality of drums in an image forming apparatus includes applying a first bias to each of a plurality of disturbing members, each disturbing member associated with a corresponding drum of a plurality of drums. While performing an image forming operation wherein at least one of the plurality of drums is not use, the bias is changed of a disturbing member corresponding to at least one of the plurality of drums not used in performing the image forming operation from the first bias to a second bias different from the first bias. | 05-07-2009 |
20100008690 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS, IMAGE FORMING METHOD, INTERMEDIATE TRANSFER BELT, AND METHOD OF EVALUATING THE SAME - It is an object of the invention to provide an image forming apparatus in which the quality of output images is improved by defining the relation between a measured value of an adhesion of toner and a physical property value of an intermediate belt and related technologies thereof. | 01-14-2010 |
20100296839 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS AND ITS CLEANER UNIT, AND CLEANER UNIT REPLACEMENT METHOD OF THE IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - There is provided an image forming apparatus in which occurrence of defective cleaning is prevented, replacement is easy, and occurrence of toner spillage can also be prevented. A cleaner unit of an image forming apparatus of the invention includes a cleaning member that is brought into contact with a toner bearing body in order to collect toner from the toner bearing body bearing the toner, a toner removal member to remove the toner from the cleaning member, and a waste toner storage part to store the removed toner, the cleaning member, the toner removal member and the waste toner storage part are integrally constructed into a unit structure, and the unit is constructed to be attachable to and detachable from the toner bearing body or a main body of the image forming apparatus. | 11-25-2010 |
20110008078 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS AND IMAGE FORMING METHOD - According to one embodiment, an image forming apparatus includes a first image forming unit, a second image forming unit, and an intermediate transfer medium. The first image forming unit includes at least one image bearing member on which a first image is formed. The second image forming unit includes an image bearing member on which a second image is formed. The first image is primarily transferred onto the intermediate transfer medium. When the intermediate transfer medium is moved to a first position, the first image is secondarily transferred onto the image bearing member of the second image forming unit and tertiarily transferred onto a transfer medium from the image bearing member. When the intermediate transfer medium is moved to a second position, the second image is transferred onto the transfer medium from the image bearing member of the second image forming unit. | 01-13-2011 |
20110064435 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS AND IMAGE FORMING METHOD - According to one embodiment, an image forming apparatus includes a supply device that supplies developer includes toner and carrier, a developing device configured to accommodate the developer includes toner and carrier in a manner that the developer is stirred and transported therein, and configured to discharge the developer in an overflow manner through a discharge opening, a screw that stirs and transports the developer in the developing device, and a control unit configured to change the rotation speed of the screw based on a predetermined index which varies in accordance with supply and consumption of the developer or an environmental condition when development is performed. | 03-17-2011 |
20110200345 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS, TONER IMAGE TRANSFER AND FIXING METHOD, AND COMPUTER-READABLE RECORDING MEDIUM HAVING RECORDED THEREON TONER IMAGE TRANSFER AND FIXING PROGRAM - According to one embodiment, an image forming apparatus includes a photoconductive member, an intermediate transfer belt, a transfer and fixing belt, a fixing and pressing roller, and a heating device. The heating device heats a toner image on the transfer and fixing belt between a first toner image transfer position for transfer from the intermediate transfer belt onto the transfer and fixing belt and a second toner image transfer position for transfer from the transfer and fixing belt onto a sheet in a moving direction of a belt surface of the transfer and fixing belt and, at the same time, heats the sheet conveyed to the second toner image transfer position. | 08-18-2011 |
20110293330 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS AND GAP MAINTAINING METHOD OF CHARGING ROLLER - An image forming apparatus includes: a photoconductor that rotates about a first rotation axis; and a charging roller that rotates about a second rotation axis which is parallel to the first rotation axis, wherein the charging roller includes a conductive roller portion that extends in parallel with the first rotation axis and contains an ion-conductive agent, a flange portion that is provided on an outer peripheral surface of the conductive roller portion further to the outside than an image forming area of the photoconductor in the second rotation axis direction so as to protrude outward from the outer peripheral surface in the radial direction of the conductive roller portion into a flange shape, and an insulating elastic layer that coats the outer peripheral surface of the flange portion and has an elasticity higher than that of a photoconductive surface of the photoconductor. | 12-01-2011 |
20120063794 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS, GAP CONTROL METHOD - An image forming apparatus according to the embodiments includes a photoconductor, a charging unit which charges the photoconductor and is disposed to face the photoconductor in a non-contact manner, a positioning portion which changes a gap interposed between the photoconductor and the charging unit, on the basis of at least the temperature. | 03-15-2012 |
20120063804 | CHARGING DEVICE, PROCESS CARTRIDGE AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - A charging device includes a charging member that is arranged close to a rotating charge target member, and charges a charge target surface of the charge target member while rotating, a cleaning member that makes friction contact with the charging member to cause the charging member to be driven and rotated, and cleans a surface of the charging member, and a cleaning member driving part to rotate and drive the cleaning member. | 03-15-2012 |
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20090240421 | FUEL CONTROL DEVICE FOR INTERNAL COMBUSTION ENGINE - A fuel control device for an internal combustion engine determines that the internal combustion engine is in a transient state, by a criterion D, and makes fuel correction, where the transient-state criterion D is set to be a more relaxed criterion (=|ΔTHaf|) when forcible modulation control is being performed, compared with a normal criterion (=|ΔTHn|) used when the forcible modulation control is not being performed. | 09-24-2009 |
20110066353 | Control device of internal combustion engine - A control device of an internal combustion engine includes: an air-fuel ratio modulator, performing modulation of an air-fuel ratio of an exhaust which flows in an exhaust purifier provided in an exhaust system of the internal combustion engine; a fluctuation detector, detecting a fluctuation of the internal combustion engine due to the modulation of the air-fuel ratio performed by the air-fuel ratio modulator; a feed-back controller, performing feed-back control of a driving control parameter of the internal combustion engine so as to suppress the fluctuation detected by the fluctuation detector; a determiner, determining whether or not a driving state of the internal combustion engine is in an operating area of the feed-back controller; and an operator, setting a fluctuation suppression target value, which is a target value for suppressing the fluctuation of the internal combustion engine, to operate the feed-back controller based on the fluctuation suppression target value, when the determiner determines that the driving state of the internal combustion engine is not in the operating area of the feed-back controller, while the air-fuel modulator performs the modulation of the air-fuel ratio. | 03-17-2011 |
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20090029636 | STOPPER FOR CUTTING TOOL - To provide a stopper for a cutting tool capable of getting a correct depth required in a medical treatment field, even if a few kinds of a cutting tool are available, without preparing a many cutting tools, the stopper for a cutting tool is fitted to a rotary shaft of a cutting tool having the rotary shaft, the stopper includes a locking member which has a through hole contacting to the rotary shaft of the cutting tool, a clamping member which is made of a shape memory material, provided at the inner and/or outer side of the locking member and can deform the locking member by its recovering force, and a cutout part reaching to the through hole from an outer peripheral edge thereof in the longitudinal direction of the rotary shaft. | 01-29-2009 |
20090035475 | Method for Forming Coating Film - A method for forming a multi-layer coating film by forming an undercoating film, a glittering material-containing base coating film and a clear coating film in this order on a substrate to be coated, in which a glittering material-containing base coating material for forming the glittering material-containing base coating film contains colloid particles containing a noble metal and/or a metal, a coating film-forming resin, and a urea compound and/or a polysiloxane. | 02-05-2009 |
20090035476 | Method for Forming Coating Film - A method for forming a multi-layer coating film by forming an undercoating film, a glittering material-containing base coating film and a clear coating film in this order on a substrate to be coated, in which a glittering material-containing base coating material for forming the glittering material-containing base coating film contains colloid particles containing a noble metal and/or a metal, a coating film-forming resin, and a mixed solvent containing an ester organic solvent having a boiling point of from 70 to 130° C. and a glycol or glycol ether organic solvent having a boiling point of from 115 to 230° C. at a mass mixing ratio of from 2/8 to 5/5. | 02-05-2009 |
20090035540 | Method for Forming Coating Film - A method for forming a multi-layer coating film by forming an undercoating film, a glittering material-containing base coating film and a clear coating film in this order on a substrate to be coated, in which a glittering material-containing base coating material for forming the glittering material-containing base coating film contains colloid particles containing a noble metal and/or a metal and a coating film-forming resin, and the undercoating film has a hue in a range of from +35 to +50 and −35 to −50 on a Munsell 100-hue ring with counterclockwise rotation on the hue ring being represented by from 0 to +50 and clockwise rotation being represented by from 0 to −50 where a hue of plasmon coloration of the colloid particles containing a noble metal and/or a metal is 0 on the hue ring, and has a brightness of 9 or less on a Munsell color system, or the undercoating film has an achromatic color having a brightness of 4 or less on a Munsell color system. | 02-05-2009 |
20100195912 | IMAGING DEVICE, IMAGE COMPOSITION AND DISPLAY DEVICE, AND IMAGE COMPOSITION METHOD - An imaging device of the present invention comprises an imaging section for forming a subject image and outputting image data, a face detection section for detecting a person's face based on the image data, a decoration image selection section for selecting a decoration image from a plurality of decoration image data, in accordance with a face detected by the face detection section, and a first combining section for combining the selected decoration image and the face image. Also, an image composition and display device of the present invention comprises a storage section for storing image data, a decoration image selection section for selecting a decoration image from a plurality of decoration image data, in accordance with a face detected from image data, and a first combining section for combining the selected decoration image and the face image. | 08-05-2010 |
20110032372 | PHOTOGRAPHING APPARATUS - A photographing apparatus according to the present invention comprises: an imaging section converting an object image into image data; a photographing section obtaining the image data from the imaging section in response to release operation and also obtaining the image data of continuous shooting from the imaging section before or after the release operation; a trimming section generating trimming images sequentially for frames in different areas, respectively, using the image data of the continuous shooting; and a control section recording the trimming image generated in the trimming section and the image data obtained in the release operation. | 02-10-2011 |
20120219057 | VIDEO ENCODING APPARATUS AND VIDEO ENCODING METHOD - A video encoding apparatus includes a frequency transform unit for executing an orthogonal transform on a prediction difference or an original image; a quantizing unit for quantizing transform coefficients outputted by the frequency transform unit; a variable-length coder for executing variable-length encoding on a bit string generated from the quantized transform coefficients; a rate controller for performing a rate control to control a code bit stream outputted by the variable-length coder to be maintained at a bit rate; and a code amount estimating unit for estimating a code amount to be generated by the variable-length coder based on a length of the bit string and an occurrence frequency of symbol in the bit string. The rate controller executes the rate control based on the estimated code amount. | 08-30-2012 |
20130242140 | PHOTOGRAPHING APPARATUS - A photographing apparatus according to the present invention comprises: an imaging section converting an object image into image data; a photographing section obtaining the image data from the imaging section in response to release operation and also obtaining the image data of continuous shooting from the imaging section before or after the release operation; a trimming section generating trimming images sequentially for frames in different areas, respectively, using the image data of the continuous shooting; and a control section recording the trimming image generated in the trimming section and the image data obtained in the release operation. | 09-19-2013 |
20130308702 | MOTION PICTURE ENCODING APPARATUS - Suppression of prediction error accumulating in an intra prediction is described. A motion picture encoding apparatus that performs encoding processing for each pixel block using a motion picture encoding method includes intra prediction processing for generating a prediction image using correlation of pixels therearound, and in the intra prediction processing, the motion picture encoding apparatus has processing for generating a quasi-prediction image from an input image, wherein when a prediction mode is determined, a weight is given to a pixel serving as a reference pixel in the intra prediction processing, and thus, the prediction mode is determined. When the weight is set at one or more, an error of a pixel serving as a reference pixel in a subsequent block is emphasized, and therefore, a prediction mode that is likely to propagate the error to the subsequent block is less likely to be selected. | 11-21-2013 |
20140119431 | VIDEO ENCODING DEVICE - Provided is a video encoding device having an AFF-mode-determining unit ( | 05-01-2014 |
20140128154 | VIDEO GAME PROCESSING APPARATUS AND VIDEO GAME PROCESSING PROGRAM - A video game processing apparatus for controlling progress of a video game including a turn-based battle against an enemy character by displaying a player character on a display screen of a display device includes a profile information storage section for storing summon admissibility information in which a battle command used in the turn-based battle is associated with other player character that carries out an action corresponding to the battle command; receives the summon admissibility information from other video game processing apparatus in which the other player character is used as a main character; receives a summoning request indicating a usage request of the summon admissibility information in the turn-based battle; determines summon admissibility information to be used in a case where the summoning request is received; and summons the other player character indicated by the determined summon admissibility information to be caused to carry out the action. | 05-08-2014 |
20140341294 | VIDEO ENCODING DEVICE - An image encoding device that appropriately estimates a prediction vector by avoiding an uncoded macro block (MB) is disclosed. The device determines a start point of searching a motion vector for an encoding target region, from the prediction vector for the target region which is determined with motion vectors for surrounding blocks around the target region and in accordance with a predetermined rule, and starts searching for the motion vector from the search start point. If the size of the encoding target region cannot be acquired during calculation of the prediction vector, the device determines the size of the encoding target region, from the size of an encoded region other than the target region. If at least one of the motion vectors for the surrounding blocks cannot be acquired, the device calculates the prediction vector using alternatively a motion vector of an encoded block outside of the target region. | 11-20-2014 |
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20100301366 | ORGANIC ELECTRO-LUMINESCENCE DEVICE - According to one embodiment, an organic EL device includes an insulating substrate, an organic EL element including a pixel electrode arranged in an active area above the insulating substrate, an organic layer arranged on the pixel electrode, and an opposed electrode arranged on the organic layer, a wiring arranged in a peripheral area outside the active area above the insulating substrate and electrically connected to the opposed electrode that extends from the active area to the peripheral area, and a conductive layer formed on the opposed electrode in a connection portion that connects the wiring and the opposed electrode. | 12-02-2010 |
20110233576 | ORGANIC EL DEVICE AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING THE SAME - According to one embodiment, an organic EL device includes a first organic EL element, a second organic EL element and a third organic EL element. The first organic EL element has a first electrode, a second electrode, and a first emitting layer. The second organic EL element has a third electrode, a fourth electrode, and a second emitting layer. At least a part of the first emitting layer extends on the second emitting layer. A third organic EL element has a fifth electrode, a sixth electrode, and a third emitting layer. At least a part of the first and the second emitting layers extends on the third emitting layer. A thickness of the first emitting layer between the first and the second electrodes is thicker than a thickness of the first emitting layer extending on the second and the third emitting layers. | 09-29-2011 |
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20080257760 | CONTAINER FOR FIXTURE - To provide a container for a fixture capable of preventing rotation of a fixture in a container when an implanting instrument is engaged with the fixture, easily engaging them, and easily taking out the fixture, the container to house a fixture X for a dental implant is made to have a main body | 10-23-2008 |
20080283432 | HOUSING CONTAINER FOR FIXTURE - To accurately fix and prevent to damage a fixture, a housing container for a fixture includes a housing main body | 11-20-2008 |
20090325124 | FIXTURE MOUNT FIXING TOOL - To provide a fixture mount fixing tool for preventing damage of a fixture in the storage container, when a fixture mount and the fixture are engaged, the fixture mount fixing tool includes a top part ( | 12-31-2009 |
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20080267292 | Method of and Apparatus for Recording Motion Picture - The present invention relates to a method of and an apparatus for recording motion picture with higher compression efficiency. The method comprising the steps of: performing block-based motion search for an input picture to calculate a motion vector of each block; setting up blocks having a similar motion vector as a similar motion area, the similar motion vector included in calculated motion vectors; calculating a representative motion vector by use of a motion vector provided by each block included in the set similar motion area; selecting which of the calculated representative motion vector or the motion vector provided by each block is to be used, for each block; and generating encoded data by use of the motion vector selected based on the result of the selection and a prediction picture of each block generated using the motion vector. | 10-30-2008 |
20090028241 | Device and method of coding moving image and device and method of decoding moving image - In the intra-screen predictive coding according to the H.264/AVC, adjacent encoded pixels are used to perform prediction of a target block, so that the prediction needs to be performed by referencing spatially-separate pixels. As such, the prediction accuracy is not always sufficient. | 01-29-2009 |
20090097557 | Image Encoding Apparatus, Image Encoding Method, Image Decoding Apparatus, and Image Decoding Method - The present invention provides an image encoding/decoding technique that is capable of achieving the higher compression efficiency. An image encoding method comprises: an intra prediction step which performs intra prediction on a block basis to generate a predicted image; a subtraction step which calculates the difference in prediction between the predicted image generated by the intra prediction step and an original image; a frequency conversion step which performs frequency conversion processing for the difference in prediction; a quantization step which subjects the output of the frequency conversion step to quantization processing; and a variable-length encoding step which subjects the output of the quantization step to variable-length encoding processing; wherein the intra prediction encoding step predicts a target pixel to be encoded by use of pixel values of two reference pixels between which the target pixel to be encoded is located. | 04-16-2009 |
20090110070 | IMAGE ENCODING DEVICE AND ENCODING METHOD, AND IMAGE DECODING DEVICE AND DECODING METHOD - In an image encoding/decoding device of the present invention, the prediction direction in a target block, i.e., a block which becomes the target of the intra-frame prediction processing, is estimated by taking advantage of pre-encoded blocks which are adjacent to the target block. First, as edge information on decoded images on the adjacent blocks, intensities and angles of the edges are calculated. Next, of the degrees of likelihood calculated with respect to each prediction direction by taking advantage of this edge information and, e.g., a neural network, the prediction direction whose degree of likelihood is the highest is employed as the prediction direction in the target block. Also, a variable-length code table is dynamically created based on the estimated result, which allows a significant reduction in the prediction-direction representing code amount. | 04-30-2009 |
20090316787 | MOVING IMAGE ENCODER AND DECODER, AND MOVING IMAGE ENCODING METHOD AND DECODING METHOD - A high-compression-ratio encoding and decoding technique is provided which enables random access image reproduction and which can prevent temporary decoding failure. A moving image encoder includes a substitute image generation section which generates a substitute image for a target area to be processed of an input image and a substitute image selection section which outputs information on the substitute image according to a reference image used at a prediction section. When the reference image used at the prediction section is an already encoded image, the substitute image selection section outputs the information on the substitute image to a variable-length encoding section. The variable-length encoding section encodes difference image data from a transform/quantization section into a variable-length code and generates an encoded stream by including the information on the substitute image in the variable-length code. | 12-24-2009 |
20150036742 | IMAGE ENCODING APPARATUS, IMAGE ENCODING METHOD, IMAGE DECODING APPARATUS, AND IMAGE DECODING METHOD - The present invention provides an image encoding/decoding technique that is capable of achieving the higher compression efficiency. An image encoding method comprises: an intra prediction step which performs intra prediction on a block basis to generate a predicted image; a subtraction step which calculates the difference in prediction between the predicted image generated by the intra prediction step and an original image; a frequency conversion step which performs frequency conversion processing for the difference in prediction; a quantization step which subjects the output of the frequency conversion step to quantization processing; and a variable-length encoding step which subjects the output of the quantization step to variable-length encoding processing; wherein the intra prediction encoding step predicts a target pixel to be encoded by use of pixel values of two reference pixels between which the target pixel to be encoded is located. | 02-05-2015 |
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20090241623 | METHOD OF TREATING BIOMASS, COMPOST, MULCHING MATERIAL FOR LIVESTOCK AND AGENT FOR TREATING BIOMASS - The present invention provides a method of treating biomass that reduces water-polluting substances, suppresses the production of malodorous gases and greenhouse gases, decreases the nitrogen content in the compost or livestock bedding thus prepared, and furthermore, easily treats nitrogen-containing biomass in a short time at high temperature. The present invention also provides compost and livestock bedding produced by the method and a biomass treating agent. The method of treating biomass includes blending, with nitrogen-containing biomass, a | 10-01-2009 |
20130292080 | EVAPORATIVE PATTERN FOR MANUFACTURING A MOLD FOR PRESS FORMING - An evaporative pattern casting method is taught which does not reduce accuracy of an evaporative pattern. | 11-07-2013 |
20130292082 | SET OF MEMBERS FOR AN EVAPORATIVE PATTERN AND AN EVAPORATIVE PATTERN - A lightweight metal mold having a necessary hardness is realized. A plurality of bar-shaped members formed of an evaporative material and a plurality of connecting members formed of an evaporative material are prepared. Each of the connecting members has a spherical shape, and ends of a plurality of the bar-shaped members can be connected to each connecting member. Since a fixing angle of each bar-shaped member with respect to the connecting member can be adjusted freely, a three-dimensional mesh structure having various shapes can be formed. By combining the plurality of bar-shaped members and the plurality of connecting members, an evaporative pattern including the three-dimensional mesh structure can be assembled. By adjusting the shape of the three-dimensional mesh structure, the hardness necessary for the metal mold can be obtained, and the metal mold can be made lighter. | 11-07-2013 |
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20090148182 | IMAGE HOLDING MEMBER, IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS, AND CHARGING MEMBER FOR IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - An image bearing member that holds an image according to one aspect of the invention contains noble metal nanoparticles dispersed in at least a surface of a resin layer of the image bearing member. | 06-11-2009 |
20090169275 | TRANSFER MEMBER IN IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - The transfer member in an image forming apparatus according to an embodiment of the invention is a transfer member in an image forming apparatus for transferring a toner image obtained by developing an electrostatic latent image formed on an image carrier onto a material to be transferred, wherein the transfer member includes a base material having thereon a surface layer for temporarily holding on the surface thereof the toner image to be transferred onto the material to be transferred and comprising a resin containing a diamond fine particle in the range of from about 0.01% to about 40%. | 07-02-2009 |
20150018363 | BENZIMIDAZOLE DERIVATIVES AS MCH RECEPTOR ANTAGONISTS - The present invention provides an aromatic ring compound having a melanin-concentrating hormone receptor antagonistic action and useful as an agent for the prophylaxis or treatment of obesity and the like. The present invention relates to a compound represented by the formula | 01-15-2015 |
20150018373 | HETEROCYCLIC COMPOUND - Provided is a compound having a melanin-concentrating hormone receptor antagonistic action and is useful as an agent for the prophylaxis or treatment of obesity and the like. A compound represented by the formula (I): | 01-15-2015 |
20150087672 | AROMATIC RING COMPOUND - The present invention provides an aromatic ring compound having a melanin-concentrating hormone receptor antagonistic action and useful as an agent for the prophylaxis or treatment of obesity and the like. The present invention relates to a compound represented by the formula | 03-26-2015 |
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20110142127 | Image Processing Device - Disclosed is an image processing technique which more suitably reduces flicker noise. An image display device is comprised of an input unit which inputs encoded image data containing images encoded by intraframe prediction and interframe prediction, an image decoder which decodes the encoded image data, a filter unit which filters the decoded images output from the image decoder, and a display unit which displays the image after filtering. The filter unit performs at least a process to correct the pixel values in a decoded image decoded by interframe prediction immediately preceding in time a decoded image decoded by intraframe prediction of the decoded images output from the image decoder. | 06-16-2011 |
20110142133 | VIDEO ENCODING METHOD AND VIDEO DECODING METHOD - Provided is a video encoding/decoding technique for improving the compression efficiency by reducing the motion vector code amount. In a video decoding process, the prediction vector calculation method is switched from one to another in accordance with a difference between predetermined motion vectors among a plurality of motion vectors of a peripheral block of a block to be decoded and already decoded. The calculated prediction vector is added to a difference vector decoded from an encoded stream so as to calculate a motion vector. By using the calculated motion vector, the inter-image prediction process is executed. | 06-16-2011 |
20110182361 | IMAGE DECODING METHOD AND IMAGE CODING METHOD - The present invention is directed to improve compression efficiency by variable-length coding in accordance with characteristics of image data to be processed. An apparatus for compressing quantized data by variable-length coding includes: a statistical information storing memory ( | 07-28-2011 |
20110243227 | MOVING PICTURE DECODING METHOD AND DEVICE, AND MOVING PICTURE ENCODING METHOD AND DEVICE - The objective is to reduce the amount of code in the encoding/decoding process for a moving picture. In an intra prediction process, the degree of ease of estimating the prediction direction or the block mode for a block to be decoded is determined based on the prediction direction data or the block mode for multiple adjacent blocks which have been decoded previously and which are adjacent to the block to be decoded; the prediction direction data or the block mode for the block to be decoded is decoded based on the result of said determination; and intra prediction is performed based on the decoded prediction direction data or the block mode to generate decoded image data. | 10-06-2011 |
20110249749 | Moving Picture Decoding Method and Moving Picture Encoding Method - High-quality video is provided using a small amount of coded bits. The moving picture decoding method performs inter-frame prediction processing. With the aforementioned inter-frame prediction processing, blocks with similar motion vectors from among the motion vectors in multiple blocks that have already been decoded are combined and a combined area is computed. A predicted vector for a target block to be decoded is computed using the motion vector of the aforementioned combined area, and a motion vector for the aforementioned target block is computed based on the aforementioned predicted vector and a difference vector which is included in a coded stream that is input. A predicted image is generated using the aforementioned motion vector, and a difference image which is included in the aforementioned coded stream and the aforementioned predicted image are added to generate a decoded image. | 10-13-2011 |
20140146888 | VIDEO ENCODING METHOD AND VIDEO DECODING METHOD - Provided is a video encoding/decoding technique for improving the compression efficiency by reducing the motion vector code amount. In a video decoding process, the prediction vector calculation method is switched from one to another in accordance with a difference between predetermined motion vectors among a plurality of motion vectors of a peripheral block of a block to be decoded and already decoded. The calculated prediction vector is added to a difference vector decoded from an encoded stream so as to calculate a motion vector. By using the calculated motion vector, the inter-image prediction process is executed. | 05-29-2014 |