Patent application number | Description | Published |
20130177255 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS, IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD, AND TANGIBLE COMPUTER READABLE MEDIUM FOR PROCESSING IMAGE - An image processing apparatus includes: an image obtaining device; an image dividing device that divides the image through a fine structure retrieving filter and a basic structure retrieving filter into a detail signal component and a basic signal component, the detail signal component including an edge component, a texture component, and a noise component, and the basic signal component being other than the detail signal component; an image correcting device that retrieves a focused picture cell, determines whether the focused picture cell represents the noise, corrects the detail signal component to reduce the noise component in the focused picture cell when the focused picture cell represents the noise; and an image synthesizing device that synthesizes a basic structure image provided by the basic signal component and a corrected fine structure image provided by the corrected detail signal component. | 07-11-2013 |
20130184939 | COLLISION SAFETY CONTROL APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR VEHICLE - A vehicular collision safety control apparatus is disclosed. The apparatus includes an image acquirer for acquiring an image of a face of an occupant of the vehicle, a face position acquirer for acquiring a position of the face in a three-dimensional space based on the image, a distance calculator for calculating a distance between the acquired position of the face and a reference position located in front of the face, an airbag activator for increasing airbag pressure to a predetermined pressure in response to impact detection, and a setting device for setting a waiting time from the impact detection to start of airbag inflation, so that as the calculated distance is smaller, a pressure-reach time for the airbag pressure to reach the predetermined pressure is smaller. | 07-18-2013 |
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20090123197 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - An image forming apparatus includes first and second image bearing members on which a toner images are to be formed; a conveying member onto which the toner images are to be transferred; a conveying member position index detecting device for detecting a conveying member position index provided on the conveying member along the movement direction of the conveying member; an image bearing member position index detecting device for detecting the image bearing member position indices provided on the second image bearing member along a rotational direction of the second image bearing member; an adjusting device for adjusting a rotational speed of the second image bearing member; a controller for controlling the adjusting device so as to adjust a position of an image bearing member position index correspondingly to the conveying member position index, on the basis of detection results of the conveying member position index detecting device and the image bearing member position index detecting device; and an initializing portion for performing an initializing operation of the adjusting device when an amount of deviation between the conveying member position index and the corresponding image bearing member position index is out of a predetermined range. | 05-14-2009 |
20100226696 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - The image forming apparatus includes a plurality of photosensitive members, a plurality of exposure portions to perform exposure on the plurality of photosensitive members, a development portion to form a toner image at the plurality of photosensitive members, a transfer medium to which the respective toner images formed on the plurality of photosensitive members are sequentially transferred so as to form an image, and a position correction portion to perform position correction by moving at least one photosensitive member among the plurality of photosensitive members, and the position correction of the photosensitive member is performed by swinging the photosensitive member by the position correction portion having a line on a circumference surface of the photosensitive member corresponding to an exposure position of the exposure portion as the center axis. | 09-09-2010 |
20120008995 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - An image forming apparatus includes a first drum; first code forming means for forming a first electrostatic image code outside a developing zone for a toner image; a second drum; second code forming means for forming a second electrostatic image code outside the developing zone for the toner image; a transfer belt provided with an electrostatic image recording track capable of holding the first electrostatic image code transferred from the first drum to the second drum; transferring means for applying a voltage to a side of the transfer belt which is opposite a side contactable to the first drum to transfer the first electrostatic image code onto the electrostatic image recording track; detecting means including an electroconductive member provided which is parallel with the electrostatic image code and which is spaced from a surface of the electrostatic image code of the electrostatic image recording track to be detected with a predetermined gap, and a detecting portion for detecting an induced current generated in the electroconductive member with relative movement relative to the lines of the electrostatic image code, the detecting means detecting the first electrostatic image code of the electrostatic image recording track and the second electrostatic image code of the second drum at a position of the second drum; and control means for controlling image formation on the first drum or the second drum on the basis of a detection result of the detecting means such that the toner image on the second drum is transferred onto a recording material on the transfer belt and overlaid on the toner image transferred onto the recording material from the first drum. | 01-12-2012 |
20120121283 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - An image forming apparatus includes a plurality of image bearing members; an electrostatic image forming portion; a belt member; an electrostatic image transfer member for transferring an electrostatic index image, onto an electrostatic image transfer area located adjacent to an image area of a toner image with respect to a widthwise direction of the belt member, formed on the upstreammost image bearing member with respect to a rotational direction of the belt member; an antenna potential sensor for detecting an induced current of the electrostatic index image; a controller for controlling superposition of the toner images through detection of the electrostatic index image; and a setting portion on the basis of a detection result of the electrostatic index image which is formed during non image formation. | 05-17-2012 |
20120269528 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - A rotational speed of an image bearing member on a downstream side is controlled so as to reduce a detection time difference between a leading end section of first electrostatic latent image indexes of an image bearing member and a leading end section of second electrostatic latent image indexes of a transfer medium in an area of a leading end margin preceding an effective image area. | 10-25-2012 |
20140314432 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - In an image forming apparatus, in the case where a time necessary for a developer bearing member to rotate from a measurement position where an attracting unit attracts the toner on the developer bearing member to a developing position at which an electrostatic latent image on the photosensitive member is developed by a toner on the developer bearing member is represented by a time Tqcm, a time necessary for the photosensitive member to rotate from an exposure position at which an exposure unit exposes the photosensitive member to the developing position is represented by a time Tetd, and a time necessary for a control unit to control an exposing condition based on a charge amount measured by a measuring unit is represented by a time Tp, the attracting unit is disposed so that Tqcm≧Tedt+Tp holds true. | 10-23-2014 |
20140314434 | DETECTION DEVICE AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - At detection device, in the case where the toner on the developing material carrier is caused to adhere to the first electrode, the controller connects the assembly to the first capacitor using the first switch and connects the assembly to the second capacitor using the second switch; and in the case where the second detection unit detects the oscillation frequency of the quartz oscillator, the controller disconnects the assembly from the first capacitor using the first switch and disconnects the assembly from the second capacitor using the second switch. | 10-23-2014 |
20150110509 | DETECTION DEVICE, DEVELOPING DEVICE AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - A detection device configured to detect a charge amount of toner on a developer carrier, comprises: an assembly including a quartz oscillator and having a first surface and a second surface that are provided in the quartz oscillator, the first surface having a recess and a projection formed in a direction in which the quartz oscillator vibrates; a capacitor connected to the assembly; a first measurement unit configured to measure a potential difference between two ends of the capacitor; and a second measurement unit configured to measure a frequency of the quartz oscillator, wherein in a case where an alternating-current power is applied to the assembly, the direction in which the quartz oscillator vibrates is parallel to the first surface. | 04-23-2015 |