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20080292197 | IMAGE ENCODING APPARATUS AND CONTROL METHOD THEREOF - According to this invention, encoded data are generated by sorting pixel data in a block according to different scan start positions and different scan routes upon generating encoded data for respective blocks, and encoded data with a smallest data amount of these encoded data is outputted. To this end, a block generation unit inputs blocks each defined by 8×8 pixels from image data to be encoded. Four encoding processing units respectively sort inputted 8×8 pixels according to the information stored in scan start position information storage units and scan route information storage units. The respective encoding processing units generate encoded data based on the sorted pixel data. A selector selects and outputs encoded data with a smallest data size from those generated by the encoding processing units. | 11-27-2008 |
20090034861 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS AND METHOD - An image processing apparatus partitions entered image data into first partitioned image data and appends margin data to the first partitioned image data. The image processing apparatus corrects the first partitioned image data other than the margin data to second partitioned image data and processes the second partitioned image data and the margin data. | 02-05-2009 |
20110197089 | DATA PROCESSING APPARATUS AND CONTROL METHOD THEREOF - A data processing apparatus includes: a plurality of processing units adapted to process data according to input operation clocks; and a control unit adapted to measure response times of the plurality of processing units when the operation clocks of a common frequency are supplied to the plurality of processing units, and to control a frequency of the operation clocks to be supplied to at least one of the plurality of processing units so that a plurality of measured response times become closer to each other. | 08-11-2011 |
20120047418 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD, AND STORAGE MEDIUM - An information processing apparatus comprising: a reception unit adapted to receive a packet containing first data to be stored in a storage unit, a first address indicating an address of second data held in the storage unit, and a second address indicating an address at which the first data is to be written in the storage unit; an access unit adapted to read out the second data from the storage unit based on the first address, and write the first data in the storage unit based on the second address; and a transmission unit adapted to replace the first data of the packet received by the reception unit with the second data read out by the access unit, and transmit the packet. | 02-23-2012 |
20140132979 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD, AND STORAGE MEDIUM - An information processing apparatus comprising: a reception unit adapted to receive a packet containing first data to be stored in a storage unit, a first address indicating an address of second data held in the storage unit, and a second address indicating an address at which the first data is to be written in the storage unit; an access unit adapted to read out the second data from the storage unit based on the first address, and write the first data in the storage unit based on the second address; and a transmission unit adapted to replace the first data of the packet received by the reception unit with the second data read out by the access unit, and transmit the packet. | 05-15-2014 |
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20110212383 | LIQUID COMPOSITION, PROCESS FOR ITS PRODUCTION, AND PROCESS FOR PRODUCING MEMBRANE-ELECTRODE ASSEMBLY FOR POLYMER ELECTROYLTE FUEL CELLS - An electrolyte membrane is prepared from a liquid composition comprising at least one member selected from the group consisting of trivalent cerium, tetravalent cerium, bivalent manganese and trivalent manganese; and a polymer with a cation-exchange group. The liquid composition is preferably one containing water, a carbonate of cerium or manganese, and a polymer with a cation-exchange group, and a cast film thereof is used as an electrolyte membrane to prepare a membrane-electrode assembly. The present invention successfully provides a membrane-electrode assembly for polymer electrolyte fuel cells being capable of generating the electric power in high energy efficiency, having high power generation performance regardless of the dew point of the feed gas, and being capable of stably generating the electric power over a long period of time. | 09-01-2011 |
20130309596 | LIQUID COMPOSITION, PROCESS FOR ITS PRODUCTION, AND PROCESS FOR PRODUCING MEMBRANE-ELECTRODE ASSEMBLY FOR POLYMER ELECTROLYTE FUEL CELLS - An electrolyte membrane is prepared from a liquid composition comprising at least one member selected from the group consisting of trivalent cerium, tetravalent cerium, bivalent manganese and trivalent manganese; and a polymer with a cation-exchange group. The liquid composition is preferably one containing water, a carbonate of cerium or manganese, and a polymer with a cation-exchange group, and a cast film thereof is used as an electrolyte membrane to prepare a membrane-electrode assembly. The present invention successfully provides a membrane-electrode assembly for polymer electrolyte fuel cells being capable of generating the electric power in high energy efficiency, having high power generation performance regardless of the dew point of the feed gas, and being capable of stably generating the electric power over a long period of time. | 11-21-2013 |
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20110064352 | OPTICAL WAVEGUIDE ELECTRO-OPTIC DEVICE AND PROCESS OF MANUFACTURING OPTICAL WAVEGUIDE ELECTRO-OPTIC DEVICE - An optical waveguide electro-optic device including: a support substrate; an optical waveguide which has a core layer formed of a ferroelectric material, and is formed on an upper side of the support substrate; a lower electrode layer formed on a lower side of the core layer and which is adhered to the support substrate through an adhesion layer; an upper electrode layer formed on an upper side of the core layer; and an external electrode part, wherein the optical waveguide has an incidence plane from where light enters and an outgoing plane from where the light exits, the core layer has a polarization inversion region and a polarization non-inversion region, the upper electrode layer has a plane in such a shape that a width of the plane expands from a side of the incidence plane toward a side of the outgoing plane, to cover the polarization inversion region of the core layer, and the lower electrode layer is connected electrically to the external electrode part on the side of the incidence plane. | 03-17-2011 |
20110069367 | OPTICAL SCANNER - An optical scanner includes a light source, an optical splitter which splits light from the light source into a plurality of light beams, an input optical element on which the light beams split by the optical splitter are incident, a driver which generates a voltage signal, an optical deflector which comprises at least two deflector portions formed close to each other on a same substrate and individually supplied with an electric action of the driver so as to capture and deflect the incident light beams using the electric action, and an output optical element which emits the deflected light beams to an image plane, wherein the optical scanner is configured to scan the image plane with the light beams by adjusting the voltage signal of the driver. | 03-24-2011 |
20120063715 | MANUFACTURING METHOD FOR ELECTROOPTIC ELEMENT AND OPTICAL DEFLECTOR INCLUDING ELECTROOPTIC ELEMENT - An electrooptic element includes an optical waveguide layer made from a ferroelectric material and having a polarization inverted region of a predetermined shape having an optical incidence face and an optical exit face, and an upper electrode layer and a lower electrode layer formed on a top face and a bottom face of the optical waveguide layer, respectively, in which the ferroelectric material is magnesium-oxide-doped lithium niobate, and at least one of the optical incidence face and the optical exit face of the optical waveguide layer is formed in parallel with a crystal face of the ferroelectric material. | 03-15-2012 |
20120155824 | ELECTRO-OPTICAL ELEMENT - An electro-optical element includes a core layer made of an electro-optical material, a clad structure disposed on each of opposite sides of the core layer and configured to form an optical waveguide together with the core layer, and a pair of electrode layers, one of which being disposed on one side of the clad structure and another being disposed on another side of the clad structure. The clad structure includes a first clad layer and a second layer. The second clad layer has a dielectric permittivity larger than that of the first clad layer, and the second clad layer has a thickness thicker than that of the first clad layer. | 06-21-2012 |
20130142473 | OPTICAL DEVICE, OPTICAL DEFLECTION DEVICE, AND OPTICAL MODULATION DEVICE - An optical device includes a phase modulation element having an optical waveguide part and electrodes, the optical waveguide part being configured such that a laser light beam emitted by a laser light source is inputted to the optical waveguide part and having an optical waveguide layer formed of an electro-optic material, the electrodes being provided on respective sides of the optical waveguide part to apply a voltage to the optical waveguide layer, the phase modulation element being configured to modulate a phase of the laser light beam by using a refraction index modulation region formed in the optical waveguide layer when a voltage is applied to the optical waveguide layer through the electrodes, and a pump light source configured to irradiate at least the refraction index modulation region of the optical waveguide layer with a pump light beam. | 06-06-2013 |
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20100174953 | COMMUNICATION APPARATUS AND CONTROL METHOD THEREOF - A communication apparatus complying with the ITU-T Recommendations v.34 and control method thereof are disclosed. The communication apparatus predicts a timing at which reception of image data in an amount of the error frames sent from another communication device is terminated, based on the number of error frames which are not normally received when receiving image data from the another communication device through a primary channel. The communication apparatus controls to shift from the primary channel to a control channel in accordance with the predicted timing when the image data is received in an amount of the error frames on the primary channel from the another communication device. | 07-08-2010 |
20110170679 | FACSIMILE APPARATUS, ITS CONTROL METHOD, PROGRAM AND STORAGE MEDIUM - When facsimile data is transmitted by performing facsimile communication, a public line is seized. Then, when the public line is seized, it is a determined which of a dial tone signal or a voice signal for phone call a signal received from the public line is, it is controlled to perform the facsimile communication in a case where the received signal is determined as the dial tone signal, and it is controlled not to perform the facsimile communication in a case where the received signal is determined as the voice signal. | 07-14-2011 |
20130151715 | COMMUNICATION APPARATUS THAT PERFORMS COMMUNICATION USING T.38 PROTOCOL, CONTROL METHOD THEREFOR, AND STORAGE MEDIUM - A communication apparatus which is capable of performing communications using the T.38 protocol by means of a SIP server that does not support the T.38 protocol. Audio is selected among a plurality of media types, and a first session establishment request for establishing a first session with a destination with which the communication apparatus is to communicate is transmitted to a SIP server. An address of the destination is obtained from a response transmitted from the SIP server in response to the first session establishment request. The first session established in response to the first session establishment request is disconnected. Image is selected among the plurality of media types, and a second session establishment request for communicating with the destination is transmitted to the destination using the obtained address. Image data is transmitted to the destination through the second session established in response to the second session establishment request. | 06-13-2013 |
20140168703 | FACSIMILE APPARATUS, COMMUNICATION APPARATUS, COMMUNICATION METHOD AND STORAGE MEDIUM - Provided are a facsimile apparatus, a communication apparatus, and a communication method that perform communication using a session established according to a session initiation protocol (SIP). If an INVITE in which a media type is designated as “audio” is received, an INVITE in which a media type is designated as “image” is transmitted. If a success response is made to the transmitted INVITE, an image session is established and facsimile communication or image communication is executed. If an error response is made to the transmitted INVITE, calling processing for calling an operator is started. | 06-19-2014 |
20150055179 | FACSIMILE APPARATUS THAT CONNECTS VIA SESSION INITIATION PROTOCOL AND CONTROL METHOD THEREFOR, AS WELL AS STORAGE MEDIUM - A facsimile apparatus which makes it possible to certainly perform facsimile communication via an IP network. The facsimile makes connection with a communication destination according to Session Initiation Protocol to perform facsimile communication with the communication destination via an IP network. A first connection sequence of starting call connection using a session of performing image communication is executed, and then a second connection sequence of starting call connection using a session of performing voice communication is executed. When one of the first connection sequence and the second connection sequence fails in the call connection, the other of the first connection sequence and the second connection sequence executes the call connection. | 02-26-2015 |
20150055190 | COMMUNICATION APPARATUS, CONTROL METHOD THEREOF, AND STORAGE MEDIUM - There is provided a technique of enabling an operator to confirm partner information in a communication apparatus capable of executing FAX transmission via an IP network, without mounting a new function in a partner apparatus in FAX transmission. To achieve this, when a communication apparatus (IP FAX 1) accepts input of partner information representing a partner apparatus (IP FAX 2) in the FAX transmission via an IP network, it transmits an SIP session establishment request to the partner apparatus. When the communication apparatus receives a response to the session establishment request from the partner apparatus, it prompts an operator to confirm partner information contained in the response before the start of the FAX transmission. | 02-26-2015 |
20150055192 | COMMUNICATION APPARATUS, CONTROL METHOD THEREOF AND STORAGE MEDIUM - There is provided a technique of, in a communication apparatus capable of executing facsimile communication by a deemed voice scheme, enabling generation of a communication error to be prevented regardless of a voice encoding scheme used to encode a facsimile signal. To achieve this, a communication apparatus (first FAX apparatus) establishes a voice signal transmission session with the second FAX apparatus serving as a partner apparatus in FAX communication for FAX communication by the deemed voice scheme. The first FAX apparatus determines a voice encoding scheme which is used in the established session to encode a FAX signal into a voice signal. In accordance with the determination result, the first FAX apparatus limits modulation schemes usable in generation of the FAX signal when performing FAX communication by the deemed voice scheme. | 02-26-2015 |
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20090005685 | ULTRASONIC PROBE AND INSPECTION APPARATUS EQUIPPED WITH THE ULTRASONIC PROBE - An ultrasonic probe includes a light irradiating portion configured to radiate light for generating ultrasonic waves from a light absorber, an ultrasonic transducing portion configured to transduce the ultrasonic waves to an electric signal, and a light guide member configured to introduce light from a light source to the light irradiating portion. A light irradiating region of the light irradiating portion is included within an ultrasonic receiving region of the ultrasonic transducing portion. | 01-01-2009 |
20100171115 | ORGANIC ELECTROLUMINESCENCE DISPLAY AND METHOD OF PRODUCING SAME - There is provided an organic electroluminescence display includes a lower electrode formed on a substrate, a device separation film formed on the lower electrode, an organic compound layer formed on the device separation film and including a light emission layer, and an upper electrode formed on the organic compound layer, wherein the device separation film is a polyimide film having an imidation ratio in a range of 65% or more to less than 90%. The display is expected to have longer operating life. | 07-08-2010 |
20110088477 | ULTRASONIC PROBE, AND PHOTOACOUSTIC-ULTRASONIC SYSTEM AND INSPECTION OBJECT IMAGING APPARATUS INCLUDING THE ULTRASONIC PROBE - Provided are an ultrasonic probe capable of forming an image without degradation even when the frequency band of a photoacoustic wave and the frequency band of an ultrasonic wave used in ultrasonography are separated from each other, and an inspection object imaging apparatus including the ultrasonic probe. The ultrasonic probe includes a first array device capable of transmitting and receiving an ultrasonic wave; and a second array device capable of receiving a photoacoustic wave. The first array device includes plural electromechanical transducers arranged in a direction perpendicular to a scanning direction, the second array device includes plural electromechanical transducers arranged in a two-dimensional manner, and the first array device and the second array device are provided on the same plane and in the scanning direction. | 04-21-2011 |
20110230762 | COMPRESSION DEVICE USED IN ULTRASONIC MEASUREMENT, COMPRESSION CONTROL METHOD THEREOF, AND PHOTOACOUSTIC MEASUREMENT APPARATUS AND CONTROL METHOD THEREOF - A compression device for compressing a subject that is used in ultrasonic measurement that receives ultrasonic waves from the subject to acquire biological information of the subject, comprising: two compression plates that are used when compressing the subject, and that face each other in a vertical direction with respect to a horizontal plane; a flexible sheet for setting a subject on, which is stretched between upper ends of the two compression plates; a compression mechanism that relatively changes a distance between the two compression plates to sandwich and compress the subject that is set on the flexible sheet through the flexible sheet; and a supply unit for supplying a matching liquid onto the flexible sheet. The apparatus can match an acoustic impedance with a subject and can suppress leaking or overflowing of a matching liquid. | 09-22-2011 |
20110251475 | BIOLOGICAL INFORMATION ACQUISITION APPARATUS AND BIOLOGICAL INFORMATION ACQUISITION METHOD - When a subject is pressed by a plate and an acoustic wave is received by a probe via the plate, the acoustic wave is refracted because of the difference between a sound velocity in the subject and a sound velocity in the plate. When the refraction is not considered, a reduction in resolution occurs. Weights for signals or virtual wavefronts corresponding to the signals to be added to one another are determined using a thickness of the plate, the sound velocity in the plate, the sound velocity in the subject, positions of image elements (pixels or voxels) for image information, and arrival times of the acoustic wave from an object that is a sound source. The signals or the virtual wavefronts corresponding to the signals are added to one another, thereby acquiring the image information. | 10-13-2011 |
20110257530 | BIOLOGICAL INFORMATION ACQUISITION APPARATUS - When a subject is pressed by a plate and an acoustic wave is received by a probe via the plate, the acoustic wave is refracted because of the difference between a sound velocity in the subject and a sound velocity in the plate. When the refraction is not considered, a reduction in resolution occurs. A correction table or a correction formula for correcting image distortion associated with refraction is provided. After image information is acquired, new image information is acquired in accordance with the correction table or the correction formula, and is displayed. | 10-20-2011 |
20120179041 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS AND IMAGE FORMING METHOD - An image forming apparatus has acoustic transducers; and an image processing unit which calculates intensity of acoustic waves irradiated from regions inside a subject respectively by processing received signals, which are output from the acoustic transducers, by a Fourier-domain method. The image processing unit includes: a coefficient memory which stores coefficients computed in advance, the coefficient being a value determined only by a position of the acoustic transducer, position of the region and a time of receipt of the acoustic wave; a multiplier unit which multiplies the received signal of the acoustic transducer by the corresponding coefficient; and a voxel memory which accumulates multiplication results of the multiplier unit for each region. | 07-12-2012 |
20130197345 | ULTRASONIC PROBE AND INSPECTION APPARATUS EQUIPPED WITH THE ULTRASONIC PROBE - An ultrasonic probe includes a light irradiating portion configured to radiate light for generating ultrasonic waves from a light absorber, an ultrasonic transducing portion configured to transduce the ultrasonic waves to an electric signal, and a light guide member configured to introduce light from a light source to the light irradiating portion. A light irradiating region of the light irradiating portion is included within an ultrasonic receiving region of the ultrasonic transducing portion. | 08-01-2013 |
20150201844 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS AND IMAGE FORMING METHOD - An image forming apparatus has acoustic transducers; and an image processing unit which calculates intensity of acoustic waves irradiated from regions inside a subject respectively by processing received signals, which are output from the acoustic transducers, by a Fourier-domain method. The image processing unit includes: a coefficient memory which stores coefficients computed in advance, the coefficient being a value determined only by a position of the acoustic transducer, position of the region and a time of receipt of the acoustic wave; a multiplier unit which multiplies the received signal of the acoustic transducer by the corresponding coefficient; and a voxel memory which accumulates multiplication results of the multiplier unit for each region. | 07-23-2015 |
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20110128466 | WHITE LED, AND BACKLIGHT AND LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY DEVICE USING THE SAME - A white LED includes a light emitting element with a light emission peak wavelength equal to or longer than 380 nm and equal to or shorter than 420 nm, and a phosphor layer containing three or more types of phosphors including at least a blue phosphor, a green phosphor, and a red phosphor and disposed in a manner to cover at least part of the light emitting element. The phosphor layer has a first phosphor layer and a second phosphor layer disposed in an opposite side of a side of the light emitting element of the first phosphor layer. In the first phosphor layer, a content of the blue phosphor in an entire phosphor contained in the first phosphor layer is equal to or less than 5 mass %, or the blue phosphor is not contained. In the second phosphor layer, a content of phosphor other than the blue phosphor in an entire phosphor contained in the second phosphor layer is equal to or less than 5 mass %, or no phosphor other than the blue phosphor is contained. | 06-02-2011 |
20120223352 | PHOSPHOR AND LED LIGHT EMITTING DEVICE USING THE SAME - An LED light emitting device is provided that has high color rendering properties and is excellent color uniformity and, at the same time, can realize even luminescence unattainable by conventional techniques. A phosphor having a composition represented by formula: (Sr | 09-06-2012 |
20130100645 | LED LIGHT BULB - In one embodiment, an LED light bulb includes an LED module, a base portion on which the LED module is disposed, and a glove attached to the base portion. The LED module includes an ultraviolet to violet light-emitting LED chip mounted on a substrate. A lighting circuit and a bayonet cap are provided in and on the base portion. A fluorescent film is provided on an inner surface of the glove, and emits white light by absorbing ultraviolet to violet light emitted from the LED chip. The fluorescent film has a film thickness in a range of 80 to 800 μm. In the LED light bulb, an amount of ultraviolet light which leaks from the glove is 0.1 mW/nm/lm or less. | 04-25-2013 |
20130169147 | LED LIGHT BULB - In one embodiment, an LED light bulb includes an LED module, a base part on which the LED module is disposed, and a globe attached to the base part. The LED module includes an ultraviolet to violet light-emitting LED chip mounted on a substrate. A lighting circuit and a bayonet cap are provided at the base part. A phosphor screen emitting white light by absorbing the ultraviolet to violet light emitted from the LED chip is provided on an inner surface of the globe. The phosphor screen has a color in which a* is −10 or more and +10 or less, b* is 0 (zero) or more and +30 or less, and L* is +40 or more when a body color thereof is represented by an L*a*b* color system. | 07-04-2013 |
20130188333 | LED LIGHT BULB - In one embodiment, an LED light bulb includes an LED module, a base part on which the LED module is disposed, and a globe attached to the base part. The LED module includes an ultraviolet to violet light-emitting LED chip mounted on a surface of a substrate. The globe has a shape in which a cross section in a direction in parallel to the surface of the substrate is circular. A phosphor screen emitting white light by absorbing the ultraviolet to violet light emitted from the LED chip is provided on an inner surface of the globe. The globe has a shape in which a diameter D | 07-25-2013 |
20130240915 | LIGHT EMITTING DEVICE - A light emitting device | 09-19-2013 |
20130241394 | WHITE LIGHTING DEVICE - According to the embodiment, a white lighting device includes a semiconductor light-emitting element emitting near-ultraviolet light, and a phosphor layer containing at least a blue-green phosphor emitting blue-green light and a red phosphor emitting red light and emits white light having a correlated color temperature of 5000 K or less and a deviation duv from a blackbody locus of not less than −0.01 nor more than 0.01, in which a ratio of a content of the red phosphor to a content of the blue-green phosphor in the phosphor layer by mass is not less than 35 nor more than 50. | 09-19-2013 |
20150060926 | WHITE LED LAMP, BACKLIGHT, LIGHT EMITTING DEVICE, DISPLAY DEVICE AND ILLUMINATION DEVICE - A white LED lamp including: a conductive portion; a light emitting diode chip mounted on the conductive portion, for emitting a primary light having a peak wavelength of 360 nm to 420 nm; a transparent resin layer including a first hardened transparent resin, for sealing the light emitting diode chip; and a phosphor layer covering the transparent resin layer, the phosphor layer being formed by dispersing a phosphor powder into a second hardened transparent resin, and the phosphor powder receiving the primary light and radiating a secondary light having a wavelength longer than that of the primary light. An energy of the primary light contained in the radiated secondary light is 0.4 mW/lm or less. | 03-05-2015 |
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20090244312 | IMAGE PICKUP APPARATUS - An image pickup apparatus includes a face detector configured to provide a face detection process based on image data obtained from an image pickup optical system that includes a focus lens configured to provide a focus control, a focus lens position extractor configured to extract a focus lens position at which the face detector has actually provided a successful face detection process from among focus lens positions set as a candidate position for the focus lens to be arranged when the face detector provides the face detection process, a focus control range setting part configured to set a focus control range in a focus range that contains the focus lens position extracted by the focus lens position extractor, and an autofocus controller configured to provide autofocus control in the focus control range set by the focus control range setting part. | 10-01-2009 |
20110052184 | IMAGE SENSING APPARATUS AND CONTROL METHOD THEREOF - An image sensing apparatus comprises a shutter driving member which drives a shutter blade; a shutter spring which urges the shutter driving member; a shutter charge unit which charges the shutter spring, and is switched between an over-charged state and a travel prepared state; a driving unit which drives the shutter charge unit; a retaining unit which, when the shutter charge unit is set in the travel prepared state, retains the shutter driving member in a state in which the shutter spring is charged; a determination unit which determines whether or not the apparatus is executing a continuous shooting operation; and a controller which, when it is determined that the apparatus is executing the continuous shooting operation, controls to drive the shutter charge unit to the travel prepared state without stopping the shutter charge unit in the over-charged state after the charge operation of the shutter spring is complete. | 03-03-2011 |
20110141329 | IMAGE PICKUP APPARATUS - The image pickup apparatus includes an image pickup element | 06-16-2011 |
20120120272 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS THAT SYNTHESIZES ACQUIRED IMAGES TO GENERATE SUCCESSIVE IMAGES, CONTROL METHOD THEREFOR, AND IMAGE PICKUP APPARATUS - An image processing apparatus that can reduce the area where acquired images are held and reduce the load in image synthesis when successive images are to be generated. Acquired images are sequentially acquired and held in an acquired image storage circuit. A first set number of acquired images among the acquired images are synthesized to generate first composite images. The first composite images are held in a grouped image storage circuit. Second composite images from an image generated last to an image corresponding to a second set number among the first composite images are synthesized to generate a second composite image. The acquired images used to generate the first composite images are sequentially deleted. | 05-17-2012 |
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20100278567 | Image Forming Apparatus - An image forming apparatus includes an image bearing member for bearing a toner image; a rotatable intermediary transfer member; and a transfer unit, configured and positioned to form a transfer nip between the intermediary transfer member and the image bearing member, for transferring the toner image from the image bearing member onto a surface of the intermediary transfer member. The transfer unit includes a sheet member on which the intermediary transfer member is slidable, and includes an elastic member for urging the sheet member toward the intermediary transfer member at a position of the transfer nip. The sheet member is provided with a reinforcing portion, having a linear expansion coefficient different from that of the sheet member, in an area in which the elastic member urges the sheet member. | 11-04-2010 |
20110188902 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - An image forming apparatus includes an image bearing member for bearing a toner image; an endless rotatable intermediary transfer belt onto which the toner image is to be transferred from the image bearing member; a transfer device disposed at a position in which the transfer device opposes the image bearing member through the intermediary transfer belt, the transfer device including a sheet member surface-contacted to an inner surface of the intermediary transfer belt and including an urging member for urging the sheet member toward the intermediary transfer belt; and a primary transfer voltage source for applying a voltage to the sheet member. With respect a rotational direction of the intermediary transfer belt, an upstream end portion of a contact area formed between the intermediary transfer belt and the sheet member and an upstream end fportion of a contact area formed between the sheet member and the urging member are within a range of a contact area formed between the intermediary transfer belt and the image bearing member. The upstream end portion of the contact area formed between the intermediary transfer belt and the sheet member is located upstream of the upstream end portion of the contact area formed between the sheet member and the urging member. | 08-04-2011 |
20120230742 | Image Heating Apparatus, Film Used for the Apparatus, and Manufacturing Method of Flexible Resin Material for the Film - An image heating apparatus, for heating, in a nip, a recording material for carrying a toner image while conveying the recording material, includes a flexible cylindrical film; a nip-forming member contacting an inner surface of the film; and a pressing member for forming the nip between itself and the film. The inner surface of the film is provided with a roughened surface portion in a region in which the nip-forming member slides on the inner surface of the film. The roughened surface portion has a skewness Rsk satisfying: Rsk<0. | 09-13-2012 |
20120243894 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - An image forming apparatus includes an image forming station for forming a toner image on a sheet; an image heating portion including a flexible heating roller and a pressing roller to form a nip, the image heating portion being effective to heat while feeding the sheet, by the nip; a pressing state switching portion for switching a state of the nip between a pressing state and a released state; and a sheet feeding position detector for detecting misalignment of the sheet relative to a feeding reference position with respect to a direction perpendicular to a feeding direction of the sheet; wherein when the sheet feeding position detector detects the misalignment, the pressing state switching portion permits the nip to feed at least one sheet in a state of the misalignment, and then switches the nip to the released state and then switches to the pressing state. | 09-27-2012 |
20130272740 | OPTICAL SENSOR AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - The optical sensor includes a light-emitting element configured to emit light to a light emitted surface, a light-receiving element configured to receive reflection light from the light emitted surface, the reflection light including light emitted from the light-emitting element and reflected at the light emitted surface, a circuit board including a mounting surface on which the light-emitting element and the light-receiving element are mounted, and a housing fixed to the circuit board. The housing includes a light shielding portion provided between the light-emitting element and the light-receiving element, and the light shielding portion is engaged with a hole formed in the circuit board at a position between the light-emitting element and the light-receiving element. | 10-17-2013 |
20130302048 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS FOR PERFORMING REGISTRATION AND DENSITY CORRECTION CONTROL - An image forming apparatus includes: an image forming unit configured to form, on an image carrier, a first correction pattern including developer images of a plurality of colors, and a second correction pattern including developer images of the plurality of colors; a registration correction unit configured to perform registration correction control based on a detection result of the developer images of the first correction pattern; and a density correction unit configured to perform density correction control based on a detection result of the second correction pattern. The density correction unit is further configured to decide a detection result of the developer image of at least one color of the second correction pattern used for the density correction control based on a detection result of the developer image of the first correction pattern. | 11-14-2013 |
20130302049 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS FOR STORING SAMPLING VALUES AND METHOD THEREFOR - An image forming apparatus includes: image forming unit configured to form a density detection pattern and a reference pattern on an image carrier by a developer; a light-receiving unit configured to receive reflection light of light emitted toward the image carrier, and output a signal corresponding to an amount of received light; a sampling unit configured to sample the signal output from the light-receiving unit, and store sampling values in the storage unit; a detection unit configured to detect the reference pattern; and a determination unit configured to determine a sampling value corresponding to reflection light from the density detection pattern of the color among the sampling values stored in the storage unit, based on a detection time of the reference pattern. | 11-14-2013 |
20130302050 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS FOR DETECTING MISREGISTRATION AMOUNT AND DENSITY - An image forming apparatus includes a control unit configured to detect a misregistration amount and densities of the toner images by detecting first and second detection patterns. The first detection pattern includes black and color portions, and the control unit is further configured to set a light-emitting amount of a detection unit, a threshold, or a sensitivity of a detection unit so that a received light amount of diffuse reflection light from the black portion is less than the threshold and a received light amount of diffuse reflection light from the color portion exceeds the threshold, and to set the light-emitting amount or the sensitivity so that the received light amount of the diffuse reflection light from the color portion is less than an upper limit of the detection unit. | 11-14-2013 |
20130302051 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS FOR PERFORMING REGISTRATION AND DENSITY CORRECTION CONTROL - An image forming apparatus includes: a forming unit configured to continuously form, on an image carrier, a first and second detection patterns for detecting relative registration amounts and a density of each of a plurality of colors; and a control unit configured to control registration and the density. The forming unit forms the detection patterns such that a leading edge developer color of a detection pattern formed on a front side among the two detection patterns, in a direction in which the detection patterns are moved by rotation of the image carrier, is the same as a trailing edge developer color of the detection pattern formed on the front side, or a leading or trailing edge developer color of a detection pattern formed on a rear side among the two detection patterns. | 11-14-2013 |
20140161494 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - Test patches are formed such that lengths of the test patches in a rotational direction of the intermediate transfer member are shorter than a length of the intermediate transfer member from a primary transfer portion located in the lowermost stream among the plurality of primary transfer portions to the secondary transfer portion. | 06-12-2014 |
20150063834 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - An image forming apparatus includes a mounting portion to and from which a process cartridge including a photosensitive member and a developing roller is attachable and detachable, a separation mechanism that takes a first position to separate the developing roller from the photosensitive member and a second position to bring the developing roller into contact with the photosensitive member, an allowance mechanism that allows the process cartridge with the developing roller kept in contact with the photosensitive member to be mounted on the mounting portion when the separation mechanism is in the first position, an exposure device, and a control unit, wherein, when the developing roller and the photosensitive member are in contact with each other when the separation mechanism is in the first position, the control unit performs an exposure operation while keeping the separation mechanism in the first position during an initial operation of the image forming apparatus. | 03-05-2015 |
20150071687 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS, POSITIONAL DEVIATION DETECTION APPARATUS, AND POSITIONAL DEVIATION DETECTION METHOD - An image forming apparatus includes a first detection unit including a first light receiving element arranged in a direction of normal reflected light reflected from a first positional deviation correction pattern, a second detection unit including a second light receiving element arranged in a different direction of normal reflected light reflected from a second positional deviation correction pattern, and a control unit configured to correct a positional deviation based on a value calculated from a first detection result detected by the first detection unit and a second detection result detected by the second detection unit. | 03-12-2015 |
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20090231924 | NONVOLATILE SEMICONDUCTOR STORAGE DEVICE AND OPERATION METHOD THEREOF - A nonvolatile semiconductor memory device includes a plurality of electronically reprogrammable memory cells, a circuit for applying a plurality of pulse signals having corresponding high level potentials increasing step by step to said memory cell, and verify circuit for detecting a threshold value of said memory cell after applying said plurality of pulse signals. Further, the circuit for applying said plurality of pulse signals includes a first circuit for generating a first clock having a first amplitude voltage and a second clock having a second amplitude voltage which is higher than said first amplitude voltage, a second circuit for generating said plurality of said pulse signal having corresponding predetermined voltages based on said first clock or said second clock input from said first circuit respectively, and a third circuit for stopping an input of said first clock and said second clock to said second circuit when said plurality of pulse signals generated by said second circuit reach said corresponding predetermined voltages respectively. | 09-17-2009 |
20100080063 | NONVOLATILE SEMICONDUCTOR MEMORY DEVICE - A nonvolatile semiconductor memory device includes a memory cell group, transfer transistor, and switching circuit. The memory cell group has a plurality of memory cells each including a floating gate and control gate, and the current paths of the plurality of memory cells are connected in series. The transfer transistor transfers a write voltage to at least one memory cell in the memory cell group. The switching circuit applies a voltage to the gate of the transfer transistor. In a write operation, when a first voltage higher than a power supply voltage and lower than the write voltage is applied to the control gate of an unselected memory cell, the switching circuit applies an intermediate voltage higher than the first voltage and equal to or lower than the write voltage to the gate of the transfer transistor. | 04-01-2010 |
20110182125 | SEMICONDUCTOR MEMORY DEVICE, SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE, AND METHOD OF DATA ERASE IN THE SEMICONDUCTOR MEMORY DEVICE - A semiconductor memory device in accordance with an embodiment comprises a memory cell array and an erase voltage generating circuit. The memory cell array is configured as an arrangement of nonvolatile memory cells. The erase voltage generating circuit is configured to generate an erase voltage for performing data erase of the memory cell array. The erase voltage generating circuit is configured to set, in a data erase mode where the erase voltage is applied to a selected region of the memory cell array in a plurality of erase cycles, a rise waveform of the erase voltage in an initial stage of the plurality of erase cycles to be less steep than a rise waveform of the erase voltage in subsequent cycles. | 07-28-2011 |
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20120063889 | FLUID MACHINE - A fluid machine of an embodiment includes a sealing portion formed of an annular minute gap between a runner band of a runner configuring a rotating portion and a sealing liner which is a stationary portion and arranged in opposition to the runner band. A groove having a quadrangular cross-sectional shape is formed circumferentially on a surface of the sealing liner configuring the sealing portion. In a cross section perpendicular to a groove forming direction of the groove, an angle θ, formed between a side WU of the groove on the most upstream side with respect to the flowing direction of the leakage flow and a side W | 03-15-2012 |
20140037451 | BEARING DEVICE AND HYDRAULIC MACHINE - A bearing device of embodiment is usable for a hydraulic machine having a rotary shaft of a vertical shaft, with a water tank storing lubrication water, and a bearing pad supporting a skirt member on the rotary shaft in the lubrication water. The bearing device has a first supporting mechanism slidably supporting the bearing pad from the radial direction, and a second supporting mechanism slidably supporting the bearing pad from a bottom portion side in an axial direction. One of a supporting surface supporting the bearing pad in the first supporting mechanism and a supported surface supported by the supporting surface in the bearing pad is formed in a convex shape. One of a supporting surface supporting the bearing pad in the second supporting mechanism and a supported surface supported by the supporting surface in the bearing pad is formed in a convex shape. | 02-06-2014 |
20150056061 | HYDRAULIC TURBINE AND PIPE - A hydraulic turbine according to an embodiment includes a turbine body, a running water surface provided in the turbine body, the running water surface defining a channel for water, and a coating layer provided on the running water surface, the coating layer being formed by water-repellent paint or hydrophilic paint. | 02-26-2015 |