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| 20110004017 | METHOD FOR PRODUCING B-MERCAPTOCARBOXYLIC ACIDS - The invention relates to a method for efficiently producing β-mercaptocarboxylic acids using a solid acid catalyst such as zeolite, which product corresponds to respective starting materials selected from α,β-unsaturated carboxylic acids (α,β-unsaturated carboxylic acid, α,β-unsaturated carboxylic acid ester, α,β-unsaturated amide, α,β-unsaturated aldehide and α,β-unsaturated ketone) and hydrogen sulfides (hydrogen sulfide, sulfide salt and hydrosulfide salt), wherein a solvent compatible with water is used in the reaction. According to the invention, β-mercaptocarboxylic acids which are useful as additives in synthetic materials for pharmaceutical or agricultural agents and in polymer compounds can be industrially produced efficiently by using easily available α,β-unsaturated carboxylic acid (such as crotonic acid) at high yield. | 01-06-2011 |
| 20110015436 | METHOD FOR PRODUCING BETA-MERCAPTO CARBOXYLIC ACIDS - An object of the present invention is to provide a method for industrially producing β-mercapto carboxylic acids that are useful as synthetic raw materials for medicines and agrochemicals or as additives for polymer compounds from easily available α,β-unsaturated carboxylic acids in high yields and productivity. | 01-20-2011 |
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| 20090037767 | NONVOLATILE MEMORY SYSTEM - A memory system permitting a number of alternative memory blocks to be made ready in order to extend the rewritable life and thereby contributing to enhanced reliability of information storage is to be provided. The memory system is provided with a nonvolatile memory having a plurality of data blocks in predetermined physical address units and a controller for controlling the nonvolatile memory in response to an access request from outside. Each of the data blocks has areas for holding a rewrite count and error check information regarding each data area. The controller, in a read operation on the nonvolatile memory, checks for any error in the area subject to the read according to error check information and, when there is any error, if the rewrite count is greater than a predetermined value, will replace the pertinent data block with another data block or if it is not greater, correct data in the data block pertaining to the error. | 02-05-2009 |
| 20100054069 | MEMORY SYSTEM - The present invention provides a memory system which contributes to improvement in efficiency of a data process accompanying a memory access. A memory system has a rewritable nonvolatile memory, a buffer memory, and a controller. The controller controls, in response to an access request from an external apparatus, first data transfer between the controller and the external apparatus, second data transfer between the controller and the nonvolatile memory, and third data transfer between the controller and the buffer memory, controls transfer from the controller to the buffer memory in the third data transfer and transfer from the buffer memory to the controller in a time sharing manner, and enables the first data transfer or the second data transfer to be performed in parallel with the transfer carried out in the time sharing manner. | 03-04-2010 |
| 20120176842 | Memory System - The present invention provides a memory system which contributes to improvement in efficiency of a data process accompanying a memory access. A memory system has a rewritable nonvolatile memory, a buffer memory, and a controller. The controller controls, in response to an access request from an external apparatus, first data transfer between the controller and the external apparatus, second data transfer between the controller and the nonvolatile memory, and third data transfer between the controller and the buffer memory, controls transfer from the controller to the buffer memory in the third data transfer and transfer from the buffer memory to the controller in a time sharing manner, and enables the first data transfer or the second data transfer to be performed in parallel with the transfer carried out in the time sharing manner. | 07-12-2012 |
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| 20080288672 | INFORMATION PROCESSING SYSTEM, INFORMATION TERMINAL AND SERVER APPARATUS - An information processing system includes an information terminal, and a server apparatus connected with the information terminal in a data communicable manner. The server apparatus includes a screen data generation unit configured to generate screen data of a screen to be displayed on an operation screen of the information terminal in response to one of data transmitted from the information terminal and internal processing of the server apparatus and to transmit the screen data to the information terminal. The information terminal includes an operation input unit configured to perform an operation input regarding the information terminal, an operation screen control unit configured to update display content on the operation screen of the information terminal on the basis of the screen data to be transmitted from the server apparatus, and a storage unit configured to store the display content displayed on the operation screen in response to a first operation input. | 11-20-2008 |
| 20100189012 | WIRELESS COMMUNICATION TERMINAL AND CONNECTION SETUP METHOD FOR USE IN WIRELESS NETWORK - A wireless communication terminal comprises a trigger reception section, a join request reception section, and a connection setup section. The trigger reception section receives a predetermined trigger. The join request reception section receives a join request to a wireless network by wireless communication from an external terminal which doesn't join the wireless network of the wireless communication terminal. The connection setup section which performs connection setup to join the wireless network for each join request received by the join request reception section from a plurality of external terminals during a reception period corresponding to one trigger received by the trigger reception section, and doesn't perform the connection setup for the join request received from the external terminal after expiration of the reception period. | 07-29-2010 |
| 20100260069 | WIRELESS COMMUNICATION TERMINAL AND CONNECTION SETUP METHOD OF WIRELESS NETWORK - A wireless communication terminal comprises a trigger receiving unit, a participation request receiving unit, and a connection setup unit. The trigger receiving unit receives a predetermined trigger. The participation request receiving unit receives requests to participate in a wireless network from an external terminal which does not participate in the wireless network in which the wireless communication terminal has participated, using wireless communication. The connection setup unit makes each of participation requests received by the participation request receiving unit from a plurality of external terminals correspond to one trigger received by the trigger receiving unit. The connection setup unit performs a connection setup which makes each of the plurality of external terminals participate in the wireless network in response to each of the participation requests, in the order in which the participation requests are received. | 10-14-2010 |
| 20110058536 | WIRELESS NETWORK SELECTION APPARATUS - A wireless network selection apparatus comprises a storage unit, a transmitting unit, a first receiving unit, and a second receiving unit. The storage unit stores first connection setting information to join a first wireless network and second connection setting information to join a second wireless network which is different from the first wireless network. The transmitting unit transmits the first connection setting information or the second connection setting information to an external communication terminal. The first receiving unit receives a request to transmit the first connection setting information transmitted from the transmitting unit. The second receiving unit is provided in the same housing as that in which the first receiving unit is provided and receives a request to transmit the second connection setting information transmitted from the transmitting unit. | 03-10-2011 |
| 20110078609 | SERVICE USING DEVICE - A service using device operates as a UPnP control point using a service provided by a UPnP device. The service using device includes a service registration unit, a storage unit, a trigger reception unit, a message transmission unit, and a processing unit. The service registration unit registers the service. The storage unit stores information indicating whether the registered service is in use. The trigger reception unit receives a switching trigger related to switching of the service use. The message transmission unit transmits an acknowledgement message for checking whether a service stored as a service not in use is valid to a network when the trigger reception unit receives the switching trigger. The processing unit performs processing based on a response to the acknowledgement message. | 03-31-2011 |
| 20110244897 | WIRELESS COMMUNICATION TERMINAL, WIRELESS COMMUNICATION METHOD, AND WIRELESS COMMUNICATION SYSTEM - A wireless communication terminal includes a tentative determination unit for tentatively determining a role of a display terminal, a transmission unit for transmitting wireless data including information indicating the result of the tentative determination and first information on presence or absence of a display unit and an input unit of the wireless communication terminal, a receiving unit for receiving response data including information indicating a terminal as a display terminal and second information on presence or absence of a display unit and an input unit of a wireless communication terminal having received the wireless data, and a determination unit for determining the role of the display terminal based on the information indicating a terminal as the display terminal and the second information. | 10-06-2011 |
| 20120106449 | WIRELESS COMMUNICATION TERMINAL - A wireless communication terminal may include a recognition unit that recognizes terminals that are located in its own vicinity and that are capable of performing wireless communication, an authentication unit that performs authentication at a data link level for the recognized terminals that are capable of performing wireless communication, a communication unit that receives authentication requests from the recognized terminals that are capable of performing wireless communication, and performs data communication with the recognized terminals, a selection unit that selects any one of the recognized terminals that are capable of performing wireless communication, and an authentication control unit that, if the authentication request is received from a terminal that has not been recognized, causes the authentication unit to perform the authentication for the selected terminal, and at the same time prohibits the authentication unit from performing the authentication for terminals other than the selected terminal. | 05-03-2012 |
| 20120227090 | WIRELESS COMMUNICATION TERMINAL - A wireless communication terminal may include a trigger receiving unit that receives a trigger for starting first setup process in a state in which the wireless communication terminal does not participate in wireless network, a transmitting unit that transmits an acquisition request of setup information representing a participation setup process performed by another wireless communication terminal after receiving the trigger, a receiving unit that receives a response including the setup information transmitted from the other wireless communication terminal receiving the acquisition request, and a control unit that performs control such that the transmitting unit transmits error information representing that wireless communication terminals performing the first setup process are detected to the wireless communication terminals, and performs control such that the participation setup process performed by its own wireless communication terminal is set as second setup process when responses including the setup information representing the first setup process are received. | 09-06-2012 |
| 20130039356 | WIRELESS COMMUNICATION TERMINAL - A wireless communication terminal may include a storage unit that stores an identifier of the proxy terminal in the wireless network, a wireless communication unit that performs wireless communication with another wireless communication terminal, an event receiving unit that receives a predetermined event, a processing unit that starts a participation setup process of causing the non-participating terminal that has wirelessly transmitted a participation setup process request for the wireless network to participate in the wireless network when a participation request for the wireless network and the participation setup process request for the wireless network are received after the event is received by the event receiving unit, and a control unit that causes the wireless communication unit to wirelessly transmit the event request of requesting the proxy terminal corresponding to the identifier stored in the storage unit to receive the event when a new participation request is received during a time. | 02-14-2013 |
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| 20100008685 | CHARGING APPARATUS - A charging apparatus includes a charging device for electrically charging a photosensitive member; a bias applying device for applying to the charging member a charging bias voltage comprising a DC voltage component and a AC voltage component, wherein the bias applying device effect a constant voltage control with a constant AC component of the charging bias voltage; a AC detector for detecting a AC detected current when the charging member is supplied with a test bias voltage; a DC detector for detecting a DC detected current when the charging member is supplied with the test bias voltage; and a controller for controlling a charging bias voltage to be applied to the charging member; wherein the control means determines a peak-to-peak voltage Vo when a change rate of detected DC current provided by sequentially applying the test bias voltages having different peak-to-peak voltages in order of increasing or decreasing peak-to-peak voltage becomes not more than a predetermined level, and the control means sets a peak-to-peak voltage of the charging bias voltage on the basis of a detected AC current when a peak-to-peak voltage Vp larger than the peak-to-peak voltage Vo and a detected AC current when a peak-to-peak voltage Vq not larger than the peak-to-peak voltage Vo. | 01-14-2010 |
| 20100111556 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - An image forming apparatus includes a photosensitive member; a charging member contactable to said photosensitive member to electrically charge said photosensitive member; applying means applying a charging bias voltage to said charging member; detecting means detecting a current flowing between said charging member and said photosensitive member; a controller for controlling said image forming apparatus to execute an operational mode for removing an electric discharge product deposited on a surface of said photosensitive member, in the case that detecting means detects a current not lower than a predetermined value when a voltage lower than a voltage at which an electric charge starts between said photosensitive member and said charging member is applied to said charging member. | 05-06-2010 |
| 20100239285 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - An image forming apparatus includes a rotatable photosensitive member; charging device for electrically charging the photosensitive member by being supplied with a charging bias; a current detecting device for detecting a DC current flowing when a test bias in the form of a predetermined DC voltage biased with a predetermined AC voltage is applied to the charging device so as to cause discharging between the photosensitive member and the charging device; and a control device for controlling the charging bias on the basis of an output of the current detecting device. | 09-23-2010 |
| 20100239287 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - An image forming apparatus includes a rotatable photosensitive member; charging device for electrically charging the photosensitive member by being supplied with a charging bias; a current detecting device for detecting a DC current flowing when a test bias in the form of a predetermined DC voltage biased with a predetermined AC voltage is applied to the charging device so as to cause discharging between the photosensitive member and the charging device; and a control device for controlling the charging bias on the basis of an output of the current detecting device. | 09-23-2010 |
| 20110058850 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - When a charging member charge a photosensitive member by being applied with a direct-current voltage, a gap between the charging member and the photosensitive member is exposed to light with a constant light amount. However, if the process speed is lowered, charging non-uniformity occurs. Therefore, when the process speed is low, the amount of light radiated to the charging gap is made higher than that when the process speed is low. | 03-10-2011 |
| 20120155896 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - An image forming apparatus includes a rotatable photosensitive member; a charging member for electrically charging the photosensitive member; a power source for applying a DC voltage to the charging member; an irradiation member for irradiating with light a surface of the photosensitive member; and a controller for controlling the irradiation of the light by the irradiation member. The photosensitive member is movable at a first speed and a second speed slower than the first speed. The irradiation of the light by the irradiation member is effected when the photosensitive member is moved at the first speed to effect image formation, and is not effected when the photosensitive member is moved at the second speed to effect the image formation. | 06-21-2012 |
| 20130064562 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - An image forming apparatus includes photosensitive drums; drum charging members, an AC voltage source for outputting an AC voltage commonly to at least two of the charging members; an AC voltage control devices for the charging members; variable resisters connected between the AC voltage source and the at least two charging members, respectively; use situation detecting means for detecting use situations of the drums, respectively; and adjusting means for adjusting electric resistances of the variable resisters, respectively. The adjusting means adjusts the electric resistances of the resisters in accordance with the detection results of the use situation detecting means such that the discharge currents applied to the at least two charging members are within predetermined ranges, respectively. | 03-14-2013 |
| 20130064563 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - An image forming apparatus includes photosensitive members, charging members supplied with charging voltages each comprising a component of a DC voltage and a component of an AC voltage, AC current measuring devices for measuring AC currents flowing into charging members, and control means for controlling peak-to-peak voltages of the AC voltages, wherein the control means calculates peak-to-peak voltages of the AC voltages required to provide a predetermined discharge current, from results of the measurements of the AC current measuring devices, and determines a maximum value of the required peak-to-peak voltages as a target value of a constant-voltage-control of the AC voltage in an image forming operation. | 03-14-2013 |
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| 20100079927 | CAPACITOR AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING THE SAME - A capacitor includes a capacitor element including first and second electrodes, an electrolyte solution, first and second collector plates made of metal and joined to the first and second electrodes of the capacitor element, respectively, a case accommodating the capacitor element, the electrolyte solution, the first and second collector plates, a terminal plate placed at an opening of the case and joined to the second collector plate, and a sealing rubber sealing the terminal plate and the opening of the case. The case has a tubular portion and a bottom plate closing the tubular portion. An inner surface of the bottom plate of the case has a contacting portion contacting the first collector plate and a junction portion facing the first collector plate. The first junction portion of the inner surface of the bottom plate has a joining point joined to the first collector plate and a separation part facing the first collector plate around the first joining point by a first gap between the first junction portion and the first collector plate. The first collector plate is located away from the first contacting portion. The capacitor has a high reliability in connecting the electrodes, preventing an unnecessary resistance or a pin hole produced in the case. | 04-01-2010 |
| 20120120550 | CAPACITOR AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING THE SAME - A capacitor includes a capacitor element, a collector plate joined to an electrode of the capacitor element, and a case accommodating the capacitor element and the collector plate. An inner surface of a bottom plate of the case has a contacting portion contacting the collector plate and a junction portion facing the collector plate. The junction portion of the inner surface of the bottom plate has a joining point joined to the collector plate and a separation part facing the collector plate around the joining point by a gap between the junction portion and the collector plate. The collector plate is located away from the contacting portion. | 05-17-2012 |
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| 20090324921 | OPTICAL FILM, PROCESS FOR PRODUCING THE SAME, AND POLARIZATION PLATE UTILIZING THE FILM - An optical film that even in the event of aging (storage) of optical film formed into thin film and large width in the form of lengthy roll, is free from the danger of sticking failure and protrusion failure attributed to uplift of the film due to local film friction; a process for producing such an optical film; and a polarization plate utilizing the optical film. The optical film is one of large width containing a plasticizer, produced by a solution casting process, wherein the value (X) calculated by formula (1) from the value (A) measured by TOF-SIMS with respect to the plasticizer lying in the surface-side central area of the optical film and the value (B) measured by TOF-SIMS with respect to the amount of plasticizer lying in the backside central area of the optical film is different from the value (X′) calculated by formula (2) from the value (A′) measured by TOF-SIMS with respect to the amount of plasticizer lying in the surface-side two lateral edge portions of the optical film and the value (B′) measured by TOF-SIMS with respect to the amount of plasticizer lying in the backside two lateral edge portions of the optical film, and wherein the value (X) is smaller than the value (X′). | 12-31-2009 |
| 20100002297 | OPTICAL FILM, PROCESS FOR PRODUCING THE SAME, AND POLARIZATION PLATE UTILIZING THE FILM - This invention provides an optical film having a reduced thickness and an increased width, which is free from bleedout with the elapse of time (during storage) in a continuous wound state, a method for manufacturing an optical film, and a polarizing plate using the optical film. The optical film is a plasticizer-containing optical film having an overall width of 1500 mm to 4000 mm produced by a solution casting method. The amount of the plasticizer present in the center portion in the surface side of the optical film is determined as value A by TOF-SIMS. The amount of the plasticizer present in the center portion in the back side is determined as value B by the TOF-SIMS. Value X is determined by formula 1 based on the values A and B. The amount of the plasticizer present in the end portion in the surface side of the optical film is determined as value A′ by TOF-SIMS, and the amount of the plasticizer present in the end portion of the back side is determined as value B′ by the TOF-SIMS. Value X′ is determined by formula 2 based on the values A′ and B′. The X value is different from and larger than the X′ value. | 01-07-2010 |
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| 20090111012 | SECONDARY BATTERY - A secondary battery incoludes a positive electrode, a negative electrode including an anode active material layer formed on at least one side of a negative electrode current collector, an electrolyte, and a laminate-film casing member containing therein the positive electrode, the negative electrode, and the electrolyte. The electrolyte contains a non-aqueous solvent which includes a cyclic carbonic ester in an amount of 80 to 100%, based on a total weight of the non-aqueous solvent. The also contains an electrolyte salt in a concentration of 0.8 to 1.8 mol/kg. The anode active material layer contains a polymer which includes repeating units derived from vinylidene fluoride. A peel strength between the anode active material layer and negative electrode current collector is 4 mN/mm or more as measured after immersing the anode active material layer into a solvent. | 04-30-2009 |
| 20100261057 | NEGATIVE ELECTRODE AND NONAQUEOUS ELECTROLYTE SECONDARY BATTERY - A nonaqueous electrolyte secondary battery includes a positive electrode; a negative electrode; and a nonaqueous electrolyte, wherein the negative electrode has a negative electrode mixture layer including a negative electrode active material; a polymer containing vinylidene fluoride as a repeating unit; a polymer containing acrylonitrile as a repeating unit; and a vapor-grown carbon fiber; and the nonaqueous electrolyte contains a fluorocarbon based polymer compound. | 10-14-2010 |
| 20120276443 | CELL - A cell in which thermal welding of a laminate packaging is performed so that the thickness of a thermal welded portion including an electrode terminal is larger than that of a thermal welded portion including no electrode terminal. | 11-01-2012 |
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| 20090214276 | CLEANING DEVICE AND IMAGE FORMING DEVICE - A cleaning device for cleaning residual toner that, in an image forming device of an intermediate transfer type, remains on an outer circumferential surface of an intermediate transfer member after a transfer. The cleaning device includes: a charging brush operable to contact with and charge the residual toner; and a cleaner that is disposed downstream of the charging brush in a toner transport direction of the intermediate transfer member, and is operable to electrostatically adsorb the charged residual toner, wherein electrically conductive bristles have been planted randomly in the charging brush to be distributed evenly in density. | 08-27-2009 |
| 20090311002 | CLEANING DEVICE AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS INCORPORATING SAME - A first roll brush is formed from material having the positive triboelectric charge polarity against toner. A positive bias is applied to the first roll brush through a first collection roller by a first bias application device. A second roll brush is formed from material having the negative triboelectric charge polarity against toner. A negative bias is applied to the second roll brush through a second collection roller by a second bias application device. Thus, the first and second roll brushes are applied by each of biases having polarity identical to the triboelectric charge polarity of material of the roll brush against toner. This enhances cleaning performance of both the roll brushes and prevents degradation of the cleaning performance. | 12-17-2009 |
| 20090317123 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - When a number of print pages, a driving time or a toner adhering amount exceeds a cleaning trigger value during no transfer operation, a circumferential speed of a secondary transfer roller is changed with respect to a circumferential speed of an intermediate transfer belt so as to clean the secondary transfer roller. Particularly, a surface of the secondary transfer roller is totally cleaned when the circumferential speed of the secondary transfer roller is made relatively faster and then slower or vice versa than the circumferential speed of the intermediate transfer belt because the surface of the secondary transfer roller is elastically deformed in both upstream and downstream directions so that the residual toner on the uneven foam surface of the secondary transfer roller is extruded. | 12-24-2009 |
| 20100098460 | FIXING DEVICE AND IMAGE FORMATION APPARATUS THAT EFFICIENTLY REMOVES RESIDUAL TONER ON INTERMEDIATE TRANSFER BELT - Disclosed is an image formation apparatus for forming an image by transferring, onto a recording sheet, a toner image that has been transferred from an image carrier onto an intermediate transfer belt | 04-22-2010 |
| 20100232824 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - An image forming apparatus comprises: a rotatable image carrier operable to carry a toner image on a surface thereof; a transfer part operable to electrostatically transfer the toner image carried on the surface of the image carrier, onto a transfer material; a cleaning member that is in contact with the surface of the image carrier and that is operable to clean toner remaining on the surface of the image carrier after transfer by the transfer part; and a voltage supplier operable to apply, to the cleaning member, a bias voltage that is for cleaning the surface of the image carrier and that has a polarity opposite to a normal charging polarity of the toner. Here, application of the bias voltage by the voltage supplier starts before rotation of the image carrier starts, and when Vr>0, 0| 09-16-2010 | |
| 20110229176 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - An image forming apparatus has an image carrier that carries a toner image; a transfer member that is opposed to the image carrier, a transfer voltage being applied to the transfer member so that the toner image is transferred from the image carrier to a print medium passing between the transfer member and the image carrier; a first voltage application device that applies the transfer voltage to the transfer member; a separation member to which a separation voltage is applied so that the print medium is separated from the image carrier; a second voltage application device that applies the separation voltage to the separation member; a sensing device that senses an image density of the toner image; and a control section that controls a magnitude of the separation voltage based upon the image density of the toner image. | 09-22-2011 |
| 20110229185 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - An image forming apparatus having an image carrier that carries a toner image; an opposed member that is provided so as to be opposed to the image carrier; an application device that applies a bias to the opposed member; and a control device that controls the application device to apply a first bias and thereafter a second bias to the opposed member so as to remove toner from the opposed member. The first bias has an absolute value that is large enough to cause discharge from the opposed member into air. The second bias has an absolute value that is too small to cause discharge from the opposed member into the air, and has a reverse polarity to the first bias. | 09-22-2011 |
| 20120008967 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR STOPPING DRIVING IMAGE CARRIER - An image forming apparatus comprising: an image carrier to carry a toner image; a driving unit to drive the image carrier to rotate; a transfer unit to transfer the toner image at a transfer position; a cleaner at a cleaning position to remove toner remaining on the image carrier after transfer; an obtaining unit to obtain information indicating a likelihood of the remaining toner adhering to the image carrier; a judging unit to judge whether or not the likelihood is equal to or lower than a predetermined value; and a controller to control the driving unit (i) to stop driving the image carrier before a rear end of an area of the image carrier on which the toner remains reaches the cleaning position, when the judging unit judges affirmatively, and, (ii) to stop driving the image carrier after the cleaner removes the remaining toner, when the judging unit judges negatively. | 01-12-2012 |
| 20120195617 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - An image forming apparatus is for transferring a toner image on an image carrier onto a transfer medium, and thermally fixing the toner image by a fixing device, and comprises a cleaner removing residual toner on the image carrier. The apparatus: acquires information relating to a distribution of a density of the residual toner at each position within a section on the image carrier at an end of an image forming job, the section extending from the transfer position to immediately before a cleaning position; determines, based on the information, whether or not the density of the residual toner at the transfer position exceeds a corresponding threshold density pertaining to occurrence of fusion of the residual toner; and causes, if determining negatively, the drive unit to stop when the image forming job is completed and the residual toner at the transfer position reaches a predetermined position within the section. | 08-02-2012 |
| 20120308251 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - An image forming apparatus having: a toner image carrier; a transfer member; a transfer voltage applying device which applies a bias voltage to the transfer member; a voltage controller which performs constant voltage control on the transfer voltage applying device; a transfer contribution current detecting device; an antistatic member for removing static electricity from the record medium after transfer of a toner image; and an antistatic voltage applying device which applies an AC voltage to the antistatic member. The transfer contribution current detecting device measures current values during a current detection time, which corresponds to an integral multiple of a period of the AC voltage applied to the antistatic member, and detects a transfer contribution current value from the measured values, and the voltage controller controls the bias voltage applied to the transfer member based on the transfer contribution current value. | 12-06-2012 |
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| 20080240989 | AUTOMATIC ANALYZER - An automatic analyzer of the present invention includes a status table storing the status of each analysis module and reagent information identifying each reagent, the supply of which is exhausted, and allowing tracking of the status of each analysis module, etc. The automatic analyzer determines, based on the status table, whether and how it can continue current analysis, and stores the determination results in its instruction information table. The instruction information table stores analysis-unit or -module operating information and information to be supplied to the user or operator. The analysis-unit operating information includes instructions for the analysis modules to initiate an analysis in a normal manner, finish an analysis in a normal manner, omit a pre-analysis operation, omit a post-analysis operation, or stop sampling, etc. Further, the reagent information and the analysis module status are updated each time a reagent container is replaced by the operator. | 10-02-2008 |
| 20090142231 | AUTOMATIC ANALYZER - The automatic analyzer stores: a predetermined period from the opening of a reagent vessel to the deterioration of the reagent; a reagent production lot number, reagent vessel unsealing time, and reagent expiration date as reagent information kept on a reagent-set-by-set basis; and relevant calibration curve factor information. The automatic analyzer judges whether a calibration curve factor for a reagent set is applicable or not to another reagent set of the analyzer with the same production number based on the predetermined period from the reagent vessel unsealing time and on the reagent expiration date. | 06-04-2009 |
| 20110259129 | AUTOMATIC ANALYZER AND SUPPORT SYSTEM THEREFOR - With a conventional automatic analyzer, when a standard solution sample or quality control sample that require subjecting to reanalysis is identified during analysis to prepare for subsequent analysis, it will take time until the sample in question is identified. | 10-27-2011 |
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| 20100032616 | MIXED MATERIAL WITH HIGH EXPANSION RATE FOR PRODUCING POROUS METALLIC SINTERED BODY - A mixed material having a high expansion rate for producing a porous metallic sintered body including: a conventional mixed material for producing a porous metallic sintered body which is formed of a mixture including a composition of 0.05 to 10% by mass of a non-water-soluble hydrocarbon-based organic solvent having 5 to 8 carbon atoms, 0.5 to 20% by mass of a water-soluble resin binder, and 5 to 80% by mass of a metal powder having an average particle size within a range of 0.5 to 500 μm, and water as the balance; and a gas, wherein the mixed material contains the gas so that the proportion of the gas is within a range of 2 to 50% by volume while the remainder is the conventional mixed material for producing a porous metallic sintered body. | 02-11-2010 |
| 20100289167 | APPARATUS FOR PRODUCING POROUS BODY AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING POROUS BODY - An apparatus for producing a porous body that forms an expandable slurry containing at least inorganic powder, a foaming agent, and a binder into a sheet, causes the expandable slurry sheet to be foamed and baked, and thereby produces the porous body, the apparatus includes: a mixer preparing the expandable slurry by containing inorganic powder, a foaming agent, and a binder; a die-coater that has a discharge opening which discharges the expandable slurry provided from the mixer to an external thereof so as to shape the expandable slurry into a sheet; and a carrier sheet arranged so as to face the discharge opening of the die-coater with a gap interposed therebetween, and feeding the expandable slurry discharged from the discharge opening, wherein a flow path of the expandable slurry from inside the mixer to the discharge opening of the die-coater is hermetically sealed from an outside. | 11-18-2010 |
| 20130015600 | APPARATUS FOR PRODUCING POROUS BODY AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING POROUS BODY - An apparatus for producing a porous body that forms an expandable slurry containing at least inorganic powder, a foaming agent, and a binder into a sheet, causes the expandable slurry sheet to be foamed and baked, and thereby produces the porous body, the apparatus includes: a mixer preparing the expandable slurry by containing inorganic powder, a foaming agent, and a binder; a die-coater that has a discharge opening which discharges the expandable slurry provided from the mixer to an external thereof so as to shape the expandable slurry into a sheet; and a carrier sheet arranged so as to face the discharge opening of the die-coater with a gap interposed therebetween, and feeding the expandable slurry discharged from the discharge opening, wherein a flow path of the expandable slurry from inside the mixer to the discharge opening of the die-coater is hermetically sealed from an outside. | 01-17-2013 |
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| 20100057370 | Nucleotide Sequence Screening - A system for screening nucleotide sequences, a method therefor, a program, a recording medium, and a server on which the screening of nucleotide sequences is executed. The solution comprises a step of storing target nucleotide sequence data and a probe nucleotide sequence, a step of generating complementary sequence data from a probe nucleotide sequence that may be bound to the target nucleotide sequence, and storing a maximum acceptable edit distance between the target nucleotide sequence and the probe nucleotide sequence, a step of reading out each nucleotide sequence data and the maximum edit distance from each storing unit, and evaluating the binding possibility of the target nucleotide sequence data and the complementary sequence data in descending order of edit distance, and a step of storing the result of the binding evaluation in a storage unit. | 03-04-2010 |
| 20100070530 | Nucleotide Sequence Screening - A system for screening nucleotide sequences, a method therefor, a program, a recording medium, and a server on which the screening of nucleotide sequences is executed. The solution comprises a step of storing target nucleotide sequence data and a probe nucleotide sequence, a step of generating complementary sequence data from a probe nucleotide sequence that may be bound to the target nucleotide sequence, and storing a maximum acceptable edit distance between the target nucleotide sequence and the probe nucleotide sequence, a step of reading out each nucleotide sequence data and the maximum edit distance from each storing unit, and evaluating the binding possibility of the target nucleotide sequence data and the complementary sequence data in descending order of edit distance, and a step of storing the result of the binding evaluation in a storage unit. | 03-18-2010 |
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| 20090296995 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS AND CONTROL METHOD THEREOF, AND WORKFLOW PROCESSING SYSTEM - To realize a paper-based workflow that is easy for a user to understand and that reduces security-related problems, an information processing apparatus includes a receiving unit that receives, from an external apparatus, form image data in which multiple input items have been arranged in advance and authority information data containing user authority information for each of the items arranged in the form image data; an authentication unit that performs user authentication and generates user authentication information; and an output image generation unit that generates output form image data in which the areas corresponding to one or more of the input items contained in the form image data have been masked, based on the user authentication information and user authority information regarding referencing contained in the authority information data. | 12-03-2009 |
| 20100017803 | WORKFLOW PROCESSING APPARATUS AND WORKFLOW PROCESSING METHOD - The present invention allows for storing new document data immediately after the details of processing associated with a box are changed. The present invention provides a workflow processing apparatus executing processing procedures in sequence for data existing in a storage location based on setting information, where the workflow processing apparatus includes a data registration unit changing the setting information, a data acquisition unit determining whether or not data exists in the first storage location when the setting information is changed, and a box operation unit that changes the original name of the first storage location to a new name and that generates the second storage location having the original name when it is determined that the data exists in the first storage location. | 01-21-2010 |
| 20110229027 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS, IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD, AND COMPUTER-READABLE MEDIUM - An image processing apparatus comprises: a division unit which divides the input image data into blocks each including a predetermined number of pixels; a determination unit which determines whether the number of colors that is the number of types of colors of the pixels included in the block is not less than a predetermined number; a pseudo halftone processing unit which performs pseudo halftone processing of image data for the block if the number of colors in the block is not less than the predetermined number; an acquisition unit which acquires a color arrangement and color information in each of the block, in which the determination unit determines that the number of colors is less than the predetermined number, and the block having undergone the pseudo halftone processing; and a storage unit which stores the color arrangement and the color information, acquired, for each block. | 09-22-2011 |
| 20110317913 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS, CONTROL METHOD AND COMPUTER-READABLE MEDIUM - An image processing apparatus which applies processing to image data encoded by an encoding method that encodes image data by holding, for each block including the predetermined number of pixels, color information and color layout information included in that block, the apparatus comprises: a detection unit configured to detect a region including successive pixels having identical color information, the number of pixels of which is larger than a predetermined value, using the color information and the color layout information in the encoded image data; and a conversion unit configured to convert color information of a pixel corresponding to a predetermined position in the region, and layout information of a block including the pixel at the predetermined position, of a plurality of blocks including the region detected by the detection unit. | 12-29-2011 |
| 20120075666 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS, DATA PROCESSING METHOD OF IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS, AND STORAGE MEDIUM - In an image processing apparatus that generates image data from drawing information, compresses the image data and stores the data in a memory, it is determined whether the data amount of the image data exceeds an amount of a difference between an amount of space securable in the memory and a first threshold determined from the amount of the memory available in the memory. If a CPU determines that the amount of the image data exceeds the amount of the difference from the first threshold, the CPU performs a fake compression processing for compressing the image data by a compression unit without storing the image data in the memory. If the CPU determines that the amount of the image data does not exceed the amount of the difference from the first threshold, the CPU performs a compression processing for compressing the image data by a compression unit. | 03-29-2012 |
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| 20080224378 | IMAGE-FORMING APPARATUS AND CONTROL METHOD THEREOF - When a first feeding unit is not ready to perform air feeding at the beginning of a print job, roll feeding using a second feeding unit is performed; when it is determined that the first feeding unit is ready to preform air feeding, air feeding using the first feeding unit is preformed. Upon execution of a print job by roll feeding, a preparation is started to make the first feeding unit ready to air feeding. When the first feeding unit is ready to execute the print job by air feeding, the print job is executed by exchanging roll feeding to air feeding using the first feeding unit. | 09-18-2008 |
| 20080226370 | IMAGE-FORMING APPARATUS AND CONTROL METHOD THEREOF - In a case that it is determined that a first feeding unit is not ready to feed upon designation of a first print job that requires air feeding, start of the first print job is waited until the first feeding unit is ready to feed. In a case that a second print job that requires roll feeding is accepted during waiting for the first print job, the second print job is executed, and the first print job that requires air feeding is executed after completion of the second print job. | 09-18-2008 |
| 20110170126 | IMAGE-FORMING APPARATUS AND CONTROL METHOD THEREOF - In a case that it is determined that a first feeding unit is not ready to feed upon designation of a first print job that requires air feeding, start of the first print job is waited until the first feeding unit is ready to feed. In a case that a second print job that requires roll feeding is accepted during waiting for the first print job, the second print job is executed, and the first print job that requires air feeding is executed after completion of the second print job. | 07-14-2011 |
