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20080235358 | Proxy Device, Network System, and Communication Method - The present invention provides a proxy device, a network system, and a communication method to enable communication between an information appliance capable of communicating only within a closed network and an information appliance capable of communicating only within a closed network different from the network, via an open network, wherein in a proxy device | 09-25-2008 |
20090222798 | Information Processing Apparatus - A mobile device includes a memory for storing therein a subroutine management table to manage kinds of existing codes out of native code, first code and second code for a plurality of subroutines contained in content, a virtual machine, a precompile circuit for producing second code from first code and a subroutine management circuit for changing over processing in accordance with the kind of existing code for subroutine called up during execution of content. The subroutine management circuit judges kind of existing code with reference to the subroutine management table when the processing is changed over. | 09-03-2009 |
20090265443 | NETWORK APPARATUS, CONTENT DISTRIBUTION METHOD AND COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCT - This network apparatus includes a confirmation unit for confirming an appliance connected to a network in a certain area at predetermined time intervals, a transfer unit for transferring a content retained in the appliance from the appliance connected to the network to a storage apparatus outside of the area, a setting unit for setting a virtual device of the appliance when the confirmation unit detects that the appliance has been disconnected from the network, and a distribution unit for distributing, when an acquisition request of the content is issued to the appliance disconnected from the network, the content read from the storage to a sending source of the acquisition request with the virtual device as the transmission source of the content. | 10-22-2009 |
20100070532 | Storage device, content publishing system, and program - In order to prevent the same content from being published in duplicate, the invention provides a storage device which provides a storage area for storing content in accordance with a request from a user and can publish the stored content in which the storage area includes publishing content storage area which publishes the stored content to outside, duplication identification information for determining duplication of content is generated based on accepted content, publishing content is generated by embedding a digital watermark including identification information of the user to the accepted content if duplicate content of the accepted content is not stored in the storage area, the publishing content is stored in the publishing content storage area, and the content is not stored in the publishing content storage area if the duplicate content of the accepted content is stored in the storage area. | 03-18-2010 |
20110134256 | SYSTEM, SYSTEM CONSTRUCTION METHOD, MANAGING TERMINAL AND PROGRAM - A system includes a managing terminal, a mobile device, and cameras. The mobile device sends, when it is near one of the cameras, positional information of the mobile device and a uniquely created identifier via a network to the managing terminal and displays information indicating the identifier in the form of a video image. The camera shoots the video image being displayed by the mobile device and including the information indicating the identifier to create a second video image including the information and sends the second video image via a network to the managing terminal. The managing terminal receives the second video image, extracts the identifier therefrom, and stores, if the identifier matches the identifier sent from the mobile device, the IP address assigned to the camera and the positional information with a correspondence established therebetween. | 06-09-2011 |
20130278773 | CAMERA SYSTEM, MONITORING CAMERA CONTROL TERMINAL, AND PROTOCOL CHANGING METHOD - A monitoring camera control terminal and a monitoring camera apparatus respectively correspond to a plurality of protocols defining messages instructing a variety of settings and operations between the monitoring camera control terminal and the monitoring camera apparatus, and the monitoring camera control terminal uses a first protocol to request the monitoring camera apparatus for information related to the monitoring camera apparatus, receives the requested information from the monitoring camera apparatus, and if the requested information does not match the setting or operation information recorded in a storage part of the monitoring camera control terminal, changes the first protocol to a second protocol. | 10-24-2013 |
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20080278552 | INK JET RECORDING INK TANK - An ink jet recording ink tank includes: an ink retention member, which to hold ink exerts a negative pressure through capillary force; and ink, which is retained in the ink retention member, for which a dynamic surface tension in a lifetime of 50 msec, obtained by a maximum bubble pressure method, is higher than an interfacial tension of the ink retention member, a dynamic surface tension in a lifetime of 5000 msec is lower than the interfacial tension of the ink retention member, and a difference between the dynamic surface tension in the lifetime of 50 msec and the dynamic surface tension in the lifetime of 5000 msec is equal to or greater than 8 mN/m. | 11-13-2008 |
20080280041 | AQUEOUS INK, INK SET, IMAGE FORMING METHOD AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - An aqueous ink to be used together with a pigment ink containing a pigment and a polymer, wherein the aqueous ink contains a reactive component for destabilizing the dispersion state of the pigment, the dynamic surface tension of the aqueous ink at a lifetime of 30 milliseconds is 41 mN/m or more, and the dynamic surface tension of the aqueous ink at a lifetime of 500 milliseconds is from 28 mN/m or more to 38 mN/m or less as determined by a maximum bubble pressure method. | 11-13-2008 |
20080280042 | INK SET, INK JET RECORDING METHOD, INK CARTRIDGE, RECORDING UNIT, AND INK JET RECORDING APPARATUS - In an ink set having a plurality of inks, the ink set has at least a pigment ink and a dye ink. The pigment ink contains at least water, a surfactant, a self-dispersion pigment, and a poor medium for self-dispersion pigment and/or a salt; a dynamic surface tension of the pigment ink at a lifetime of 50 milliseconds is higher than 47 mN/m. The dye ink contains at least water, a surfactant and a dye. An ink set is provided which can obtain images having a high image density and a superior bleeding resistance without regard to the types of recording mediums. | 11-13-2008 |
20080280043 | INK SET, INK JET RECORDING METHOD, INK CARTRIDGE, RECORDING UNIT, INK JET RECORDING METHOD, AND AQUEOUS INK - An ink set is provided which can suppress bleeding irrespective of the type of recording medium. The ink set includes a plurality of aqueous inks each containing a dye, and has at least a first aqueous ink containing a dye, wherein the difference between the dynamic surface tension of the first aqueous ink at a lifetime of 50 milliseconds and the dynamic surface tension of the first aqueous ink at a lifetime of 500 milliseconds is 7 mN/m or more; and, between the first aqueous ink and at least one type of aqueous ink except the first aqueous ink included in the ink set, dynamic surface tension γ | 11-13-2008 |
20080280044 | AQUEOUS INK, INK SET, IMAGE FORMING METHOD AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - An aqueous ink used together with a black ink containing a self-dispersion pigment, wherein the aqueous ink contains a reactive component for destabilizing the dispersion state of the self-dispersion pigment, the dynamic surface tension of the aqueous ink at a lifetime of 30 milliseconds is 41 mN/m or more, and the dynamic surface tension of the aqueous ink at a lifetime of 500 milliseconds is from 28 mN/m or more to 38 mN/m or less as determined by a maximum bubble pressure method. | 11-13-2008 |
20100010157 | AQUEOUS INK, INK JET RECORDING METHOD, INK CARTRIDGE, RECORDING UNIT AND INK JET RECORDING APPARATUS - The invention provides an aqueous ink comprising a polymer having hydroxyl groups and a pigment, which can provide images excellent in scratch resistance and highlighter resistance and can inhibit the seeping out phenomenon of the polymer and the deterioration of storage stability and ejection characteristics even when it is stored for a long period of time. The aqueous ink comprises a polymer having hydroxyl groups and a pigment, wherein a proportion of a content of a polymer that is not adsorbed on the pigment out of the polymer having hydroxyl groups to the content of the pigment in the ink is 2.0 mass % or more, and a content (mass %) of the polymer that is not adsorbed on the pigment out of the polymer having hydroxyl groups is 0.20 mass % or less based on the total mass of the ink. | 01-14-2010 |
20100225707 | AQUEOUS INK, INK JET RECORDING METHOD, INK CARTRIDGE, RECORDING UNIT, AND INK JET RECORDING APPARATUS - An aqueous ink contains at least an aqueous medium, a surfactant, and a dye. The aqueous medium includes only water and at least one water-soluble organic compound(s) and the static surface tension of the aqueous medium is from 45 mN/m or more to 57 mN/m or less. The dynamic surface tension of the aqueous ink satisfies the following conditions: (1) The dynamic surface tension of the aqueous ink at a lifetime of 50 milliseconds is from 42 mN/m or more to less than 49 mN/m; (2) The dynamic surface tension of the aqueous ink at a lifetime of 500 milliseconds is from 28 mN/m or more to 38 mN/m or less; and (3) A difference between the dynamic surface tension of the aqueous ink at a lifetime of 50 milliseconds and the dynamic surface tension of the aqueous ink at a lifetime of 500 milliseconds is 7 mN/m or more. | 09-09-2010 |
20110141190 | SET OF REACTION LIQUID AND INK, AND IMAGE FORMING METHOD - Provided is a set of a reaction liquid that has a buffering action against pH change and exhibits a pH of 3.5 or more and 5.5 or less, and an ink that has a higher pH than the reaction liquid. The ink comprises a pigment to a surface of a pigment particle of which a basic group that forms a cation form at the pH of the reaction liquid is bonded. The pigment does not have an acidic group having a pKa equal to or less than the pH of the reaction liquid. The pigment is dispersed by a water-soluble polymer that has an acidic group having a pKa equal to or more than the pH of the reaction liquid and equal to or less than the pH of the ink. | 06-16-2011 |
20110181655 | AQUEOUS INK, INK JET RECORDING METHOD, INK CARTRIDGE, RECORDING UNIT AND INK JET RECORDING APPARATUS - The invention provides an aqueous ink comprising a polymer having hydroxyl groups and a pigment, which can provide images excellent in scratch resistance and highlighter resistance and can inhibit the seeping out phenomenon of the polymer and the deterioration of storage stability and ejection characteristics even when it is stored for a long period of time. The aqueous ink comprises a polymer having hydroxyl groups and a pigment, wherein a proportion of a content of a polymer that is not adsorbed on the pigment out of the polymer having hydroxyl groups to the content of the pigment in the ink is 2.0 mass % or more, and a content (mass %) of the polymer that is not adsorbed on the pigment out of the polymer having hydroxyl groups is 0.20 mass % or less based on the total mass of the ink. | 07-28-2011 |
20120249662 | INK JET INK, INK CARTRIDGE, AND INK JET RECORDING METHOD - An ink jet ink contains a polyurethane polymer and a pigment. The polyurethane polymer has units derived from a polyisocyanate, a polyether polyol having no acid group, and a diol having an acid group. The pigment is dispersed using a polymer other than the polyurethane polymer. The ratio of the percentage of the urethane bond in the polyurethane polymer to the percentage of the urea bond in the polyurethane polymer is 85.0/15.0 or more and 98.5/1.5 or less. | 10-04-2012 |
20120249663 | INK JET INK, INK CARTRIDGE, AND INK JET RECORDING METHOD - An ink jet ink contains a polyurethane polymer and a pigment. The polyurethane polymer has units derived from a polyisocyanate, a polyether polyol having no acid group, and a diol having an acid group. The pigment is dispersed using a polymer other than the polyurethane polymer. The molar ratio of the percentage of the urethane bond in the polyurethane polymer to the percentage of the urea bond in the polyurethane polymer is 85.0/15.0 or more and 100.0/0 or less. | 10-04-2012 |
20120268518 | Ink, Ink Cartridge and Ink Jet Recording Method - The present invention preferably provides an ink including an organic pigment, a water-soluble resin and a surfactant that allows images having high color developability to be obtained independently of the type of recording medium, even when a small amount of ink is applied. Preferably, the organic pigment is a phosphonic acid-type self-dispersible pigment, the acid value of the water-soluble resin is 100 mg KOH/g to 160 mg KOH/g, the surfactant is an ethylene oxide adduct of a higher alcohol selected from the group consisting of a linear primary alcohol, a linear secondary alcohol and an isoalkyl alcohol, the HLB value of the surfactant as determined by the Griffin method is 13.0 or more, and the mass ratio of the content (% by mass) of the surfactant in the ink to the content (% by mass) of the water-soluble resin in the ink is 0.07 to 0.70. | 10-25-2012 |
20120268521 | SET OF INK AND REACTION LIQUID, AND IMAGE FORMING METHOD - A set of an ink containing a pigment dispersed by a water-soluble resin and having the surface tension of 38 mN/m or less and a reaction liquid containing a polyvalent metal ion and a surfactant, which is an ethylene oxide adduct of a higher alcohol of a linear primary or secondary alcohol or an isoalkyl alcohol, and has a HLB value of 13.0 or more as determined by the Griffin method. The content of the polyvalent metal ion in the reaction liquid is 10.0 times or more in terms of molar ratio as much as an amount of an acidic group derived from the water-soluble resin in the ink and the content of the surfactant in the reaction liquid is 0.15 times or more in terms of mass ratio as much as the total content of the pigment and water-soluble resin in the ink. | 10-25-2012 |
20120268536 | SET OF INK AND REACTION LIQUID, AND IMAGE FORMING METHOD - A set of an ink containing a self-dispersible pigment and a water-soluble resin, which is a copolymer having a unit derived from (meth)acrylic acid, and a reaction liquid containing a surfactant, which is an ethylene oxide adduct of a higher alcohol of a linear primary or secondary alcohol or an isoalkyl alcohol and has a HLB value of 13.0 or more determined by the Griffin method, and having buffering ability in an acid region. Content of the surfactant in the reaction liquid is 0.20 times or more in terms of mass ratio as much as total content of the pigment and water-soluble resin. | 10-25-2012 |
20130113864 | AQUEOUS INK, INK JET RECORDING METHOD, INK CARTRIDGE, RECORDING UNIT AND INK JET RECORDING APPARATUS - The invention provides an aqueous ink comprising a polymer having hydroxyl groups and a pigment, which can provide images excellent in scratch resistance and highlighter resistance and can inhibit the seeping out phenomenon of the polymer and the deterioration of ejection characteristics even when it is stored for a long period of time. The aqueous ink comprises a polymer having hydroxyl groups, a pigment and a water-soluble organic solvent, wherein the water-soluble organic solvent comprises a polyhydric alcohol having a value of number of hydroxyl groups/number of carbon atoms in its molecule of 0.50 or less. | 05-09-2013 |
20140015895 | INK JET INK, INK CARTRIDGE, AND INK JET RECORDING METHOD - To provide an ink jet ink that produces an image having high optical density, scratch resistance, and highlighter resistance, has excellent ink ejection stability, and can reduce image deflection caused by face wetting. | 01-16-2014 |
20140168314 | AQUEOUS INK, INK CARTRIDGE, AND INK JET RECORDING METHOD - An aqueous ink for ink jet contains a self-dispersible pigment in which a first functional group including a phosphonic acid group and a second functional group including at least one of a carboxylic acid group and a sulfonic acid group are bonded to a particle surface, wherein a surface charge amount derived from the phosphonic acid group included in the above-described first functional group is 0.3 micromoles/m | 06-19-2014 |
20140307023 | AQUEOUS INK, INK JET RECORDING METHOD, INK CARTRIDGE, RECORDING UNIT AND INK JET RECORDING APPARATUS - The invention provides an aqueous ink comprising a polymer having hydroxyl groups and a pigment, which can provide images excellent in scratch resistance and highlighter resistance and can inhibit the seeping out phenomenon of the polymer and the deterioration of ejection characteristics even when it is stored for a long period of time. The aqueous ink comprises a polymer having hydroxyl groups, a pigment and a water-soluble organic solvent, wherein the water-soluble organic solvent comprises a polyhydric alcohol having a value of number of hydroxyl groups/number of carbon atoms in its molecule of 0.50 or less. | 10-16-2014 |
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20120063133 | LIGHT REFLECTION SHEET, LIGHT SOURCE DEVICE, AND DISPLAY DEVICE - A through hole penetrating in a vertical direction and a slot which is separated from the through hole in the direction along the sheet surface and is long in a separating direction are provided on a light reflection sheet supported on a support body supporting a light source for reflecting light emitted from the light source, and there are provided a first shaft member fitted in the through hole for setting a position of the light reflection sheet with respect to the support body, and a second shaft member fitted in the slot to enable a relative movement in a longitudinal direction of the slot for setting the position of the light reflection sheet with respect to the support body. | 03-15-2012 |
20120087122 | LIGHT SOURCE DEVICE AND DIPLAY DEVICE - There are provided a light source device and a display device which do not generate a wrinkle on an optical sheet even if the optical sheet is held on an LED substrate. A reflection sheet is disposed between each of head portions possessed by a rivet, a positioning rivet and a support rivet and one surface of an LED substrate where an LED is mounted, and a gap in a direction of a sheet thickness is provided between the head portion of each of the rivets and the reflection sheet. In the case in which a sudden thermal change is caused, therefore, the reflection sheet expands or contracts between the head portion of each of the rivets and the reflection sheet so that the wrinkle can be prevented from being generated over the reflection sheet. | 04-12-2012 |
20120087126 | LIGHT SOURCE DEVICE AND DISPLAY DEVICE - There are provided a plurality of circuit boards having a light-emitting element mounted on a one surface and disposed apart from each other with a planar direction aligned, a support body positioned on the other surface side of the circuit boards for supporting the circuit boards, and a connector for electrically connecting the adjacent circuit boards to each other. Inserting holes for inserting a fixture for fixing the circuit boards to the support body are formed on the circuit boards apart from each other, and a dimension of the inserting hole is smaller than that of the other inserting hole. | 04-12-2012 |
20120105763 | LIGHT SOURCE DEVICE, ILLUMINATING DEVICE, BACKLIGHT DEVICE, LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY DEVICE AND DISPLAY DEVICE - Concave marks indicative of an orientation of a circuit board are formed on the circuit board, convex indices to be engaged with the marks are formed in a position in which the circuit is to be attached. An operator confirms the orientation of the circuit board easily and accurately by visually recognizing the marks and touching the marks with a finger. Moreover, the operator positions the circuit board by engaging the marks with the indices. | 05-03-2012 |
20130279173 | REFLECTION SHEET LIGHT SOURCE DEVICE AND DISPLAY DEVICE - It is to provide a reflection sheet, light source device and display device, not only for uniforming the luminance of light emitted from a light source, but also for utilizing a single sheet material to form the reflection sheet having a frame portion that continues to all rims of a flat portion. The reflection sheet is provided with a flat portion that is formed in a substantially square shape, and a frame portion that is folded at a first fold formed on a rim of the flat portion. It is formed in a case shape. It is provided with three second folds divergent from a corner of the flat portion to a rim of a corner on the frame portion, between each corner of the flat portion and the rim of the corner on the frame portion. No gap and step are generated on the corner. | 10-24-2013 |
20140098520 | LIGHT SOURCE DEVICE AND DISPLAY DEVICE - A light source device includes a circuit board having a light-emitting element mounted on a one surface; a support body positioned on the other surface side of the circuit board for supporting the circuit board; a rivet having a head portion, which is positioned on a side of the one surface of the circuit board and cannot be inserted into a first through hole provided on the circuit board and the support body, and a shaft portion having a tip side stopped and held on the support body in a penetration via the first through hole; and a reflection sheet arranged on the one surface of the circuit board for reflecting light. The light source device provides a second through hole having a diameter larger or smaller than the diameter of the head portion at the position corresponding to the head portion on the reflection sheet. | 04-10-2014 |
20140313733 | LIGHT SOURCE DEVICE AND DISPLAY DEVICE - There are provided a light source device and a display device which do not generate a wrinkle on an optical sheet even if the optical sheet is held on an LED substrate. A reflection sheet is disposed between each of head portions possessed by a rivet, a positioning rivet and a support rivet and one surface of an LED substrate where an LED is mounted, and a gap in a direction of a sheet thickness is provided between the head portion of each of the rivets and the reflection sheet. In the case in which a sudden thermal change is caused, therefore, the reflection sheet expands or contracts between the head portion of each of the rivets and the reflection sheet so that the wrinkle can be prevented from being generated over the reflection sheet. | 10-23-2014 |
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20080226946 | Magnetic disc, stamper for making magnetic disc, and method for making magnetic disc - A magnetic disc has a data area including a magnetic data zone and nonmagnetic portions for physically separating the magnetic data zone, and also has a servo area provided with a magnetic pattern made up of magnetic portions and nonmagnetic portions. The servo area includes a belt-like area elongated in a radial direction of the magnetic disc and having a circumferential length at least twice as long as a unit length readable by a magnetic head in a circumferential direction of the magnetic disc. The belt-like area is provided with magnetic regions and nonmagnetic regions alternating with each other in the radial direction of the disc, where each of the magnetic and nonmagnetic regions extends from the first end to the second end of the belt-like area that are spaced from each other in the circumferential direction of the disc. | 09-18-2008 |
20100020432 | MAGNETIC DISK APPARATUS AND MAGNETIC DISK ACCESS CONTROL METHOD - A magnetic disk apparatus includes a magnetic disk provided with a data recording area and a servo-pattern area. The data recording area includes a non-magnetic area scattered with magnetic regions, and the servo-pattern area includes a plurality of magnetic regions each having a larger area than the magnetic regions in the data recording area. The magnetic disk apparatus also includes a reader for reading magnetization in the data recording area and the servo-pattern area, and a magnetizer for application of a magnetic field to the magnetic regions in the servo-pattern area for equalizing magnetization directions of the magnetic regions in the servo-pattern area before the reader starts to read the servo-pattern area. | 01-28-2010 |
20100020433 | MAGNETIC DISK APPARATUS AND MAGNETIC DISK ACCESS CONTROL METHOD - A magnetic disk apparatus includes a magnetic disk, a magnetic head, a reverse-pulse detector, and a re-magnetizer. The magnetic disk includes a data recording area and a servo-pattern area. The magnetic regions of the servo-pattern area have been pre-magnetized in the same direction or pre-magnetizing direction. The magnetic head is arranged to reciprocate radially of the magnetic disk. The reverse-pulse detector is provided for reading the servo-pattern area with the magnetic head before data recording or reproducing with respect to the data recording area is performed. The reverse-pulse detector detects, from servo reproduction signal pulses, reverse pulses corresponding to the reversal of magnetization direction relative to the pre-magnetizing direction. The re-magnetizer causes the magnetic head to perform the re-magnetizing of the magnetic regions in the servo-pattern area when the count of reverse pulses is not smaller than a threshold number. | 01-28-2010 |
20100020436 | MAGNETIC DISK APPARATUS AND MAGNETIC DISK ACCESS CONTROLLING METHOD - A magnetic disk apparatus includes a magnetic disk, a magnetic head, a servo reproduction signal generator and a magnetic head controller. The disk includes a data recording area and a servo-pattern area. The data recording area includes a non-magnetic area scattered with magnetic regions, and the servo-pattern area includes uniformly magnetized magnetic regions larger than the magnetic regions in the recording area. The magnetic head reciprocates radially of the disk, giving a magnetization direction to the magnetic regions in the data recording area and reading the magnetization direction of the magnetic regions in the data recording area and the servo-pattern area. The servo reproduction signal generator reads the servo-pattern area, using the magnetic head, via an absolute-value calculation circuit to generate a servo reproduction signal before the recording or reading with respect to the data recording area. The magnetic head controller performs recording or reproducing with respect to the data recording area by controlling the magnetic head based on the servo reproduction signal. | 01-28-2010 |
20120140319 | PROJECTOR SYSTEM AND DEVICE, RECORDING MEDIUM STORING POSITION DETECTION PROGRAM, AND IMAGE PROVIDING METHOD - A projector device includes an acquisition unit configured to acquire an image from an image pickup unit that picks up the image on a projection side of a transmissive type screen to which a display image is projected by a projector; a detection unit configured to detect a position where a luminance is changed on the acquired image; and an output unit configured to output the position on the acquired image where the change in luminance is detected. | 06-07-2012 |
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20090262372 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS AND METHOD THEREOF - Image data of a pixel of interest is inputted, diffusion data diffused from errors occurred by decrease of a tonal number of image data is added to the image data of the pixel of interest, the tonal number of the image data of the pixel of interest, to which the diffusion data has been added, is decreased using an error diffusion method or minimized average error method, and an error occurred in the decrease of the tonal number for the pixel of interest is diffused to pixels close to the pixel of interest. Further, the errors occurred by the decrease of the tonal number of the image data in a predetermined image region are integrated as an integrated error, and a threshold value used in the error diffusion method or minimized average error method is set based on the image data of the pixel of interest and the integrated error. | 10-22-2009 |
20110164829 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS AND IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD - The value of a diffusing error for an interest pixel is added to image data of the interest pixel, and is calculated from error data occurred in quantization of pixels adjacent to the interest pixel. The image data, to which the value of the diffusing error is added, is quantized using a quantization threshold. Error data of the interest pixel is calculated from the result of the quantization and the image data to which the value of the diffusing error is added. Pixels which are adjacent to the interest pixel and have quantization results corresponding to the image data of the interest pixel are detected, and information between pixels is calculated based on differences between the image data and quantization results of adjacent pixels which fall within ranges corresponding to the detected adjacent pixels. The quantization threshold for the interest pixel is set based on the information between pixels. | 07-07-2011 |
20120019849 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS, IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD, AND PROGRAM - Data of each plane capable of obtaining a high-quality output image is generated. An image processing apparatus for quantizing input image data having gradation of an m value (m is a natural number) into output image data having gradation of an n value (n is a natural number smaller than m) includes a quantization unit configured to quantize input image data having gradation of an m value in a target pixel into output image data having gradation of an n value, and a plane separation unit configured to determine that the quantization value quantized by the quantization unit is to be assigned to the target pixel of which plane out of planes of two types or more, wherein the plane separation unit determines that the quantization value is to be assigned to the target pixel of which plane, based on distance information of the target pixel indicating distances, to the target pixel, from pixels on which a recording material is recorded in the each plane. | 01-26-2012 |
20120113448 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS AND IMAGE FORMING METHOD - An image forming apparatus and an image forming method for forming an image by using a plurality of color materials including pigment as a color material, by causing a plurality recording heads to perform a recording scan in a direction perpendicular to a conveyance direction of a recording medium to scan same image areas on the recording medium more than once. The recording heads are fitted with recording-element columns as many as kinds of color materials. Each recording-element column includes a plurality of recording elements arranged in a direction parallel with the conveyance direction of the recording medium. The image forming apparatus includes an input unit configured to input image data to display an image, a conversion unit configured to convert image data into dot data representing an image by a plurality of dots, and an allocation unit configured to allocate the recording elements to the dot data in each of recording scans. The allocation unit performs the allocation in such a manner that dots are concentrated in clusters of a predetermined size in the same image areas and at least one dot is superposed on top of another. | 05-10-2012 |
20130271793 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS AND CONTROL METHOD FOR THE SAME - An image processing apparatus for forming an image by performing a plurality of times of recording on a same region of a recording medium by using a recording head including a plurality of recording elements for each of a first color material and a second color material, and a generation unit configured to generate recording data corresponding to each scan of the first color material and the second color material, wherein the generation unit generates, in a case where a defective recording element occurs among the plurality of recording elements for recording the first color material, recording data corresponding to each scan of the first color material by complementing a recording amount assigned to the defective recording element so that impact order between the first color material and the second color material is not changed. | 10-17-2013 |
20160142587 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD, AND MEDIUM - An object of the present invention is to provide a technique related to correction processing that can be applied to a variety of pieces of information with different resolutions, specifically, related to processing to increase resolution. The present invention is an information processing apparatus including: an acquisition unit configured to acquire first subject information and second subject information for the same subject; and a correction unit configured to increase the resolution of the second subject information based on similarity between the first subject information and the second subject information, and the first subject information and the second subject information are map data representing different physical quantities or map data representing the same physical quantity acquired by different measuring methods or different measuring devices. | 05-19-2016 |
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20120196219 | MAGNETIC TONER - Provided is a magnetic toner capable of preventing electrostatic offset while attaining a high image quality by a high speed machine. The magnetic toner comprises magnetic toner particles, each of which contains a binder resin and a magnetic material, and a fine inorganic powder, in which the binder resin contains a polyester unit, and the magnetic toner has a dielectric loss factor at 40° C. and 100 kHz of 0.40 pF/m or more but 1.00 pF/m or less and a dielectric loss factor at 150° C. and 100 kHz of 0.50 pF/m or more but 4.00 pF/m or less. | 08-02-2012 |
20120196220 | MAGNETIC TONER - Provided is a magnetic toner capable of providing a stable image by suppressing sleeve contamination even under a high-temperature and high-humidity environment and under a normal-temperature and low-humidity environment and further suppressing large-particle fogging caused after the toner is left alone for a week. The magnetic toner contains toner particles, each of which contains a binder resin and a magnetic iron oxide particle, in which the binder resin has a polyester unit, the toner has i) a dielectric loss factor at 40° C. and 100 kHz of 0.50 pF/m or more but 0.90 pF/m or less, and ii) a true specific gravity of 1.50 g/cm | 08-02-2012 |
20130108954 | TONER | 05-02-2013 |
20130244166 | TONER - A toner is provided which is superior in the long-term storage stability and has high low-temperature fixing properties. In a DSC curve as measured with a differential scanning calorimeter, the toner has a glass transition temperature of not less than 50° C. and not more than 60° C.; and the toner has, in regard to a resin composition contained therein, a difference of not less than 0.060 W/g in heat flow between a point on the curve at a temperature of 40° C. and a baseline in the range exceeding the glass transition temperature; and in viscoelastic characteristics measured at a frequency of 6.28 rad/sec, the toner has a storage elastic modulus (G′40) at a temperature of 40° C. of not less than 7.0×10 | 09-19-2013 |
20130252167 | TONER - A toner comprising toner particles, each of which contains a binder resin and a colorant, wherein the binder resin includes a resin having an endothermic peak at a temperature of 55° C. to 120° C. in a DSC curve; the toner has a softening point Tm of 90° C. to 140° C.; in the viscoelastic characteristic of the toner measured at a frequency of 6.28 rad/sec, the storage elastic modulus at a temperature of 180° C. is 1.0×10 | 09-26-2013 |
20130302730 | TONER - To provide a toner that can keep its melt-sticking to sleeve from occurring and, even in double-sided printing, can keep high-temperature offset from occurring and obtain high-quality images on both the surface and the back. The toner comprises toner particles each of which contains a binder resin containing a resin formed by the reaction of i) a resin (A) having a softening point TA (° C.) of 70° C. to 105° C. and having a peak top of endothermic peaks at 55° C. to 120° C. with ii) a resin (B) having a softening point TB (° C.) of 120° C. to 160° C. and having a peak top of endothermic peaks at 55° C. to 120° C., and, in its viscoelasticity characteristics, has a storage elastic modulus at temperature 180° C. (G′180) of 3.0×10 | 11-14-2013 |
20130309603 | TONER - A toner having toner particles, each of which contains a binder resin and a colorant, wherein in viscoelastic properties of the toner as measured with a rotating flat plate rheometer at a frequency of 6.28 rad/sec:
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20130344430 | TONER - Provided is a toner exhibiting satisfactory fixability even in high-speed fixing process involving a double-sided printing mechanism, keeping stable toner image even after a conveyance step, and doesn't cause curling to a fixing roller even in thin paper. In a toner including toner particles, each of which contains polyester resins A and B, a coloring agent, and a resin composition C, the resin A includes a crystal nucleating agent bonded to a polyester molecular chain including a moiety capable of forming a crystalline structure. The resin B doesn't include a moiety capable of forming a crystalline structure. The composition C is obtained by copolymerizing a vinyl-based resin component with a polyolefin resin component. SP values the resin A, the resin B, the agent, the polyolefin component, and the vinyl-based component satisfy the particular relationships. | 12-26-2013 |
20140099577 | TONER - The toner includes toner particles containing a polyester resin A, a polyester resin B and a colorant, the polyester resin A has a polyester portion including a segment capable of forming a crystal structure and a crystal nucleating agent segment, which is bonded to an end of the polyester portion, and the polyester resin B is a resin which is free of any segments capable of forming a crystal structure, the polyester resin B has a weight average molecular weight Mwb by GPC of a THF soluble matter of 3000 or more and 100000 or less, and an SP value Sa ((cal/cm | 04-10-2014 |
20140099578 | TONER - The toner of the present invention includes toner particles containing polyester resins A and B and a colorant, the A has a polyester portion including a portion capable of forming a crystal structure and a crystal nucleating agent portion, which is bonded to an end of the polyester portion, the B is free from any portions capable of forming a crystal structure, in a chart obtained as a result of GPC of a THF-soluble matter of the B, a ratio of a component having a molecular weight of 1500 or less in the B is 5.0 to 15.0% by area, and when an SP value of the polyester portion of the A is represented by Sa ((cal/cm | 04-10-2014 |
20140178812 | TONER - Provided is a toner satisfying low-temperature fixing performance and long-term storage stability of fixed images. Further, provided is a toner capable of obtaining toner images excellent in long-term storage stability irrespective of use environments even in the case where images are formed by a high-speed fixing system having low internal pressure of a fixing nip of a fixing device and a high printing speed. The toner includes toner particles containing a binder resin having a resin A and B, and a coloring agent, in which the resin A includes a resin including a moiety capable of forming a crystalline structure; the resin B includes a resin free of a moiety capable of forming a crystalline structure; and ΔH | 06-26-2014 |
20150037727 | TONER - Provided is a toner has toner particle containing a crystalline polyester resin A, an amorphous resin B and a colorant, wherein (1) the crystalline polyester resin A is a resin that has a crystal nucleating agent segment (D) on the end of a polyester molecular chain (C), (2) the amorphous resin (B) is a hybrid resin in which a polyester unit (E) and a vinyl polymer unit (F) are chemically bonded, and (3) the SP value of the polyester molecular chain (C) (Sc), the SP value of the crystal nucleating agent segment (D) (Sd), the SP value of the polyester unit (E) (Se) and the SP value of the vinyl polymer unit (F) (Sf) satisfy specific relationships. | 02-05-2015 |
20150037728 | TONER - Provided is a toner having excellent long-term storage stability and exhibiting both low-temperature fixability and uniform gloss in high-speed printing. A toner has a toner particle that contains a crystalline polyester resin A, an amorphous polyester resin B and a colorant, wherein the crystalline polyester resin A has a polyester molecular chain having a nucleating agent segment at the terminal end thereof, and an SP value Sa ((cal/cm | 02-05-2015 |
20150177630 | TONER MANUFACTURING METHOD - A toner manufacturing method includes a first mixing process of mixing toner base particles, each of which contains a colorant, a crystalline resin, an amorphous resin, and wax with inorganic fine particles to obtain a mixture and a second mixing process of further mixing the mixture, in which, in both the mixing processes, a stirring unit for imparting mechanical impact force is used and the processing is performed at a specific processing temperature (° C.) with a specific stirring power (W/kg). | 06-25-2015 |
20150177635 | TONER AND TWO-COMPONENT DEVELOPER - A toner contains toner particles. The toner particles are made of a resin containing an amorphous polyester resin, a releasing agent, an additive and a coloring agent. The additive has a polyester portion and a crystalline acrylic portion that are chemically bound to each other. | 06-25-2015 |
20160139556 | PROCESS CARTRIDGE AND IMAGE-FORMING METHOD - Provided are a process cartridge and an image-forming method each of which has a satisfactory cleaning property even at the initial stage of the use of a brand-new process cartridge or electrophotographic apparatus, and hence can suppress a reduction in image quality due to the contamination of a charging member. The charge transporting layer of an electrophotographic photosensitive member contains a specific polyarylate resin or polycarbonate resin, and a toner contains a specific fine particle on the surface of a toner particle. | 05-19-2016 |