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20110086310 | POSITIVE RESIST COMPOSITION AND METHOD FOR PRODUCTION OF MICROLENS - There is provided a positive resist composition excellent in transparency, heat resistance, and refractive index particularly for forming a microlens and for forming a planarization film; and a microlens and a planarization film formed from the positive resist composition. A positive resist composition comprising a component (A): an alkali-soluble polymer comprising a unit structure having a biphenyl structure; a component (B): a compound having an organic group to be photolyzed to generate an alkali-soluble group; and a component (C): a solvent. The positive resist composition wherein the alkali-soluble polymer as the component (A) is a polymer comprising a unit structure of Formula (1): | 04-14-2011 |
20120129102 | PHOTOSENSITIVE COMPOSITION INCLUDING PHOTOPOLYMERIZABLE POLYMER HAVING FLUORENE SKELETON - A material for a planarization film, a spacer, and a microlens that satisfies heat resistance and transparency requirements without impairing a refractive index. A negative photosensitive composition includes a photopolymerizable polymer (A) having a fluorene skeleton, a monomer (B) having a fluorene skeleton and a photopolymerization initiator (C). The photopolymerizable polymer (A) having a fluorene skeleton may include a moiety that is soluble in an alkaline developer solution, or a unit structure of Formula (1): | 05-24-2012 |
20130245152 | PHOTOSENSITIVE RESIN COMPOSITION FOR MICROLENSES - There is provided a photosensitive resin composition for microlenses. A photosensitive resin composition for microlenses including a component (A), a component (B) and a solvent. The component (A): a copolymer having a maleimide structural unit of Formula (1) and a repeating structural unit of Formula (2). The component (B): a photosensitizer | 09-19-2013 |
20140200304 | RESIN COMPOSITION - There is provided a resin composition. A resin composition includes: a copolymer having structural units of the following Formula (1), Formula (2) and Formula (3): | 07-17-2014 |
20150050593 | PHOTOSENSITIVE RESIN COMPOSITION - There is provided a photosensitive resin composition. A photosensitive resin composition including a component (A), a component (B); and a solvent, wherein the component (A) is a copolymer having a structural unit of Formula (1) and a structural unit of Formula (2): | 02-19-2015 |
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20080297837 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS, IMAGE PROCESSING SYSTEM AND IMAGE PROCESSING PROGRAM - An image processing apparatus which receives print data transmitted from an information processing device, includes: a storage for storing the received print data when the data is confidential print data, together with its ID information; an input control portion for allowing for input of ID information; and a controller having the function that, when detecting input of ID information, outputs the confidential print data corresponding to the input ID information and the function of switching the image forming portion from normal power status to power saving status when no print request has been made for a fixed period of time. When the confidential print data has been stored in the storage, the controller gives notice that the image forming portion will transition to the power saving status to the information processing device before the image forming portion transitions to the power saving status, and the controller delays the transition by a predetermined period of time when the controller receives an extension request from the information processing device to postpone the transition of the image forming portion to the power saving status. | 12-04-2008 |
20090190152 | DOCUMENT READING APPARATUS AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - In an apparatus having a document reading portion for reading an image of a document on a document platen, by reading an image of a document on a display screen using an area sensor, it's not necessary to set a document for reading on the platen so that the document is prevented from being left behind, and even when a document on the platen and the document sticks out of the platen to extend over the screen, it is possible to prevent the document on the screen is erroneously read. When detecting a document on the platen and detecting that an object on the screen does not have a standard size by the area sensor, a control portion of the apparatus controls so that the document reading portion reads the image of the document on the platen and the area sensor is prohibited from reading the image. | 07-30-2009 |
20090200370 | DOCUMENT READING APPARATUS AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - A document reading apparatus includes an integral display portion integrally provided with an area sensor portion and a wireless IC tag reader, and a main CPU for detecting by the area sensor portion reflection light from an object placed on a screen of the integral display portion and detecting by the wireless IC tag reader that a wireless IC tag comes close to the screen. When it is determined that the object is a document based on an area of reflection light from the object, the main CPU switches to a document reading mode for reading the document on the screen by the area sensor portion, and when it is detected that a wireless IC tag comes close to the screen, the main CPU switches to a wireless IC tag reading mode for reading electronic money information of the wireless IC tag by the wireless IC tag reader. | 08-13-2009 |
20090201517 | DOCUMENT READING APPARATUS AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - A document reading apparatus includes an integral display portion integrally provided with the area sensor portion and a main CPU for controlling screen display of the integral display portion, in which reflection light from an object placed on a screen of the integral display portion is detected by the area sensor portion. Based on an area of reflection light from the object detected by the area sensor portion, the main CPU determines whether or not the object is a document, and when determined that it is a document, it sets a document reading mode for reading the document placed on the screen by the area sensor portion. | 08-13-2009 |
20090201543 | DOCUMENT READING APPARATUS AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - A document reading apparatus includes an integral display portion integrally provided with the area sensor portion and a main CPU for controlling screen display of the integral display portion, in which a document placed on a screen of the integral display portion is read by the area sensor portion. The integral display portion has an operation area for displaying various operation keys of the document reading apparatus on its screen, and the main CPU detects an area of the document placed on the screen by the area sensor portion and sets an area other than an area where the document is placed as the operation area of the document reading apparatus. | 08-13-2009 |
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20090097886 | TONER CARTRIDGE - There is provided a toner cartridge capable of suppressing the use of the toner cartridge beyond its lifetime due to excessive refilling of toner, the toner cartridge including a housing | 04-16-2009 |
20100329731 | FITTING STRUCTURE FOR PROCESS CARTRIDGES AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS BODY, AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS HAVING THIS STRUCTURE - A fitting structure for process cartridges and an image forming apparatus body of an image forming apparatus capable of fitting the process cartridges for plural colors thereto, the fitting structure including: an incompatible member with its cross-sectional shape in an axial direction being rotationally symmetrical, the incompatible member having at least one attaching projection and one displaying hole or one displaying notched portion formed on a position different from a rotational shaft of the rotationally symmetrical shape; an attached portion of the process cartridge capable of holding the incompatible member, having identification display portions for identifying the plural colors arranged on the position corresponding to the displaying hole or the displaying notched portion; and an acceptance portion of the image forming apparatus body having an acceptance concave portion for accepting the at least one attaching projection of the incompatible member. | 12-30-2010 |
20130302055 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS CAPABLE OF STABLY DETECTING TEMPERATURE OF FIXING DEVICE REGARDLESS OF ORIENTATION OF THE IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - An image forming apparatus orientatable in either a first position or a second position, the second position being different from the first position in inclination with respect to a horizontal plane, comprising: a fixing device including a heating roller and a pressurizing member, pressing the pressurizing member against a surface of the heating roller to form a fixing nip, and thermally fixing a toner image on a recording sheet passing through the fixing nip; at least one temperature detector detecting surface temperature of the heating roller without contact with the surface; a heater heating the heating roller; and a controller controlling the heater according to the surface temperature, thereby controlling the surface temperature, wherein a detection point of the temperature detector is located above a horizontal plane passing through a rotational axis of the heating roller regardless of the orientation of the image forming apparatus. | 11-14-2013 |
20130302056 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS CAPABLE OF STABLY DETECTING TEMPERATURE OF FIXING DEVICE REGARDLESS OF ORIENTATION OF THE IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - An image forming apparatus orientatable in either a first position or a second position, the second position being different from the first position in inclination with respect to a horizontal plane, comprising: a fixing device including a heating roller and a pressurizing member, pressing the pressurizing member against a surface of the heating roller to form a fixing nip, and thermally fixing a toner image on a recording sheet passing through the fixing nip; at least one temperature detector detecting surface temperature of the heating roller without contact with the surface; a heater heating the heating roller; a controller controlling the heater according to the surface temperature, thereby controlling the surface temperature; and a switcher switching a detection point of the temperature detector between a first and a second detection point according to whether the image forming apparatus is in the first or the second position. | 11-14-2013 |
20140169841 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - An image forming apparatus comprises: an imaging unit including imaging subunits that are arranged in a vertical direction, each of the imaging subunits forming a toner image of a different color; an intermediate transfer belt having a running surface that runs vertically along the imaging subunits, and on which the toner images are primary-transferred and superposed; a secondary transfer unit secondary-transferring the toner images on the intermediate transfer belt to the recording sheet; and an ejection unit having an outlet and a conveyance path extending vertically, the ejection unit conveying, to the outlet via the conveyance path, the recording sheet on which the toner images have been secondary-transferred, wherein when viewed from a front of the image forming apparatus, the imaging unit is arranged behind the intermediate transfer belt, and the conveyance path is arranged in front of the intermediate transfer belt. | 06-19-2014 |
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20130102006 | DETECTION METHOD FOR NOVEL ROS1 FUSIONS - Polynucleotides which are novel causative genes for cancer are elucidated, and a detection method of the polynucleotides or polypeptides encoded by the polynucleotides, and a kit and a primer set for detection are provided, based on the knowledge gained by the elucidation. In the detection method, a fusion gene comprising part of an SDC4, CD74, EZR, SLC34A2, LRIG3, or TPM3 gene and part of a ROS1 gene, or a fusion protein encoded by the fusion gene is detected. The primer set or the detection kit comprises a sense primer designed based on a portion encoding SDC4, CD74, EZR, SLC34A2, LRIG3, or TPM3 and an antisense primer designed based on a portion encoding ROS1. | 04-25-2013 |
20130203810 | Identification, Assessment, and Therapy of Cancers with Innate or Acquired Resistance to ALK Inhibitors - Described herein are compositions, kits, and methods for determining whether subjects having cancer(s) positive for ALK mutations are likely to respond to treatment with an ALK inhibitor and/or whether a patient having such cancer(s) is likely to have a relatively slower disease progression. Further described are methods for prognosing a time course of disease in a subject having such cancer. | 08-08-2013 |
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20080247115 | VARIABLE DEVICE CIRCUIT AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING THE SAME - There is provided a variable device circuit according to the present invention, including: a substrate; at least one movable switch device formed on a first principal surface of the substrate; at least one fixed capacitor device formed on the first principal surface of the substrate; at least one variable capacitor device formed on the first principal surface of the substrate; at least one variable inductor device formed on the first principal surface of the substrate; and wiring lines for electrically connecting the devices to one another, the wiring lines being formed on the first principal surface of the substrate; wherein electrical connections among the devices can be selected by operation of the movable switch device, whereby achieving stable, low-loss circuit characteristics with lower manufacturing cost. | 10-09-2008 |
20090027138 | Switch Circuit - A switch circuit including: a plurality of MEMS switches connected in parallel or in series, which have different drive voltages; and a single voltage supply for driving the plurality of MEMS switches by the plurality of drive voltages, is used for a microwave circuit or an antenna circuit, to vary a configuration of the microwave circuit or the antenna circuit based on the drive voltage value. That is, the configuration of the microwave circuit or the antenna circuit can be varied based on the drive voltage value by using the switch circuit including the MEMS switches having the different drive voltages for the microwave circuit or the antenna circuit. | 01-29-2009 |
20090250160 | METHOD OF FABRICATING OPTICAL FUNCTIONAL ELEMENT - A comb-teeth electrode, a frame electrode, and an inter-electrode wire are formed on a first major surface of a substrate made of a ferroelectric material. A back-face electrode is formed on a second major surface of the substrate. A periodically-poled structure is formed by applying a voltage between the frame electrode and the back-face electrode. A region equivalent to the periodically-poled structure is cut from the substrate thereby fabricating an optical functional element. The inter-electrode wire is formed on an insulating layer that is formed on the substrate. | 10-08-2009 |
20140077280 | SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE - A semiconductor device includes: a substrate; a semiconductor element on the substrate; an interconnection on the substrate and electrically connected to the semiconductor element; a window frame member on the substrate, surrounding the semiconductor element, and in contact with the interconnection; and a sealing window bonded to the window frame member and encapsulating the semiconductor element. The window frame member is a low melting glass and has a sheet resistance of 10 | 03-20-2014 |
20140175615 | SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING THE SAME - A method for manufacturing a semiconductor device includes: forming a semiconductor element on a main surface of a substrate; forming a low melting glass film having a melting point of 450° C. or less on the main surface and the semiconductor element; heat treating the substrate while pressing the low melting glass film toward the main surface of the substrate with a pressurizing jig that is insulating or semi-insulating, and sintering the low melting glass film; and leaving the pressurizing jig on the low melting glass film after sintering the low melting glass film. | 06-26-2014 |
20150243530 | METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE - A plurality of semiconductor element is formed on a substrate. A plurality of sealing windows and a support portion supporting the plurality of sealing windows are formed on a SOI substrate. The SOI substrate is pressured against the substrate by using a pressurizing member and the plurality of sealing windows of the SOI substrate is bonded to the substrate via a low melting point glass member arranged around the plurality of semiconductor elements. The support portion is separated from the plurality of sealing windows bonded to the substrate. | 08-27-2015 |
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20080253807 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS HAVING A CHARGE MEMBER DISPOSED NEAR AN IMAGE BEARING MEMBER - Provided is an image forming apparatus having a charge brush for charging a transfer residual toner remaining on an intermediate transfer member. A toner is adhered to the charge brush. While a charge voltage is applied to the charge brush, the toner adhered to the charge brush is attracted by an electric field onto the charge brush. However, when the charge voltage is not applied to the charge brush, the toner adhered to the charge brush is moved to the intermediate transfer member. When a subsequent toner image is formed on the toner adhered to the intermediate transfer member, the quality of the subsequent image is deteriorated. Accordingly, the charge voltage is applied to the charge brush when an intermediate transfer area to which the toner image is transferred onto the intermediate transfer member immediately afterward faces the charge brush. | 10-16-2008 |
20090202281 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - An image forming apparatus includes: an image bearing member for bearing a toner image; a belt for conveying the toner image; and a transfer device for rubbing the belt, and a surface of the transfer device, which is brought into contact with the belt includes linear concave portions or linear convex portions. The image forming apparatus of the present invention prevents a friction force between the belt and the transfer device rubbing the belt from increasing and brings a transfer member into a stable contact with the belt for conveying the toner image, thereby suppressing increase in drive torque of the belt which rubs the transfer device and suppressing occurrence of image failure. | 08-13-2009 |
20090232530 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - An apparatus includes an image bearing member for carrying an image; an intermediary transfer member for receiving the image; a primary transfer member for transfer of the image onto the intermediary transfer member in a primary transfer station; a secondary transfer member for transfer of the image onto a transfer material in a secondary transfer station; a first charging member for charging toner remaining in a region upstream of the primary transfer station and downstream of the secondary transfer station; and a second charging member for charging the toner remaining in a region upstream of the primary transfer station and downstream of the first charging member. The first charging member rubs a surface of, and the second charging member moves in contact with, the intermediary transfer member, to transfer the toner remaining on the intermediary transfer member to the image bearing member simultaneously with the primary transfer. | 09-17-2009 |
20090257779 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - An image forming apparatus for forming image on a recording medium includes a photosensitive member, a motor, a belt, and a drive member to rotate the belt, the drive member including a driven coupling. The apparatus also includes a drive coupling to rotate by a driving force generated by the motor, the drive coupling being movable in an axial direction to take an engagement position at which the driving force is transmittable to the driven coupling, and a release position. The apparatus further includes a transfer member to transfer a toner image onto the recording medium or the belt, a voltage application unit to apply a voltage to the transfer member, and a control unit to cause the voltage application unit to apply the voltage to the transfer member after the drive coupling moves to the engagement position and the driving force is transmitted to the driven coupling. | 10-15-2009 |
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 |
20110299872 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS HAVING A CHARGE MEMBER DISPOSED NEAR AN IMAGE BEARING MEMBER - Provided is an image forming apparatus having a charge brush for charging a transfer residual toner remaining on an intermediate transfer member. A toner is adhered to the charge brush. While a charge voltage is applied to the charge brush, the toner adhered to the charge brush is attracted by an electric field onto the charge brush. However, when the charge voltage is not applied to the charge brush, the toner adhered to the charge brush is moved to the intermediate transfer member. When a subsequent toner image is formed on the toner adhered to the intermediate transfer member, the quality of the subsequent image is deteriorated. Accordingly, the charge voltage is applied to the charge brush when an intermediate transfer area to which the toner image is transferred onto the intermediate transfer member immediately afterward faces the charge brush. | 12-08-2011 |
20110318035 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - An image forming apparatus for forming image on a recording medium includes a photosensitive member, a motor, a belt, and a drive member to rotate the belt, the drive member including a driven coupling. The apparatus also includes a drive coupling to rotate by a driving force generated by the motor, the drive coupling being movable in an axial direction to take an engagement position at which the driving force is transmittable to the driven coupling, and a release position. The apparatus further includes a transfer member to transfer a toner image onto the recording medium or the belt, a voltage application unit to apply a voltage to the transfer member, and a control unit to cause the voltage application unit to apply the voltage to the transfer member after the drive coupling moves to the engagement position and the driving force is transmitted to the driven coupling. | 12-29-2011 |
20120087700 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - An image forming apparatus includes: an image bearing member for bearing a toner image; a belt for conveying the toner image; and a transfer device for rubbing the belt, and a surface of the transfer device, which is brought into contact with the belt includes linear concave portions or linear convex portions. The image forming apparatus of the present invention prevents a friction force between the belt and the transfer device rubbing the belt from increasing and brings a transfer member into a stable contact with the belt for conveying the toner image, thereby suppressing increase in drive torque of the belt which rubs the transfer device and suppressing occurrence of image failure. | 04-12-2012 |
20120269557 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - An image forming apparatus includes: an image bearing member for bearing a toner image; a belt for conveying the toner image; and a transfer device for rubbing the belt, and a surface of the transfer device, which is brought into contact with the belt includes linear concave portions or linear convex portions. The image forming apparatus of the present invention prevents a friction force between the belt and the transfer device rubbing the belt from increasing and brings a transfer member into a stable contact with the belt for conveying the toner image, thereby suppressing increase in drive torque of the belt which rubs the transfer device and suppressing occurrence of image failure. | 10-25-2012 |
20130004204 | COLOR IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - An image forming apparatus includes a process unit arranged in the vicinity of the circumference of each photosensitive member and the process unit is configured to act on the photosensitive member in forming a toner image thereon. The image forming apparatus detects a time period since a laser beam emission unit emits a laser beam to the photosensitive member to form an electrostatic latent image for detection until the formed electrostatic latent image for detection or a toner image based on the electrostatic latent image for detection reaches the process unit, and performs color misregistration correction control based on the result of detection. In this case, a control unit at least decreases the light amount of a pre-exposure LED when the electrostatic latent image for detection passes through a position facing the pre-exposure LED. | 01-03-2013 |
20140105643 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS HAVING A BRUSH MEMBER - An image forming apparatus includes an image bearing member for carrying a toner image, a movable intermediary transfer member for receiving the toner image from the image bearing member, a primary transfer member for primary transfer of the toner image from the image bearing member onto the intermediary transfer member, a secondary transfer member for being supplied with a voltage and for secondary transfer of the toner image from the intermediary transfer member onto a transfer material, and a first toner charging member. A first charging member rubs a surface of the intermediary transfer member with movement thereof, and a second charging member moves in contact with the intermediary transfer member, thereby transferring toner remaining on the intermediary transfer member after the secondary transfer back to the image bearing member from the intermediary transfer member simultaneously with the primary transfer at the primary transfer station. | 04-17-2014 |
20140219692 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - An image forming apparatus includes: an image bearing member for bearing a toner image; a belt for conveying the toner image; and a transfer device for rubbing the belt, and a surface of the transfer device, which is brought into contact with the belt includes linear concave portions or linear convex portions. The image forming apparatus of the present invention prevents a friction force between the belt and the transfer device rubbing the belt from increasing and brings a transfer member into a stable contact with the belt for conveying the toner image, thereby suppressing increase in drive torque of the belt which rubs the transfer device and suppressing occurrence of image failure. | 08-07-2014 |
20150117887 | COLOR IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - An image forming apparatus includes a process unit arranged in the vicinity of the circumference of each photosensitive member and the process unit is configured to act on the photosensitive member in forming a toner image thereon. The image forming apparatus detects a time period since a laser beam emission unit emits a laser beam to the photosensitive member to form an electrostatic latent image for detection until the formed electrostatic latent image for detection or a toner image based on the electrostatic latent image for detection reaches the process unit, and performs color misregistration correction control based on the result of detection. In this case, a control unit at least decreases the light amount of a pre-exposure LED when the electrostatic latent image for detection passes through a position facing the pre-exposure LED. | 04-30-2015 |
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20090061084 | VAPOR DEPOSITION SYSTEM AND VAPOR DEPOSITION METHOD - In a vapor deposition method of forming a film of an organic compound on a substrate, a material containing portion filled with a vapor deposition material is heated, to thereby evaporate or sublimate the vapor deposition material and discharge the vapor deposition material to a film formation space of a vacuum chamber through a plurality of pipings connected to the material containing portion, and a piping having a smaller conductance among the pipings having different conductances is provided with a flow rate adjusting mechanism for controlling an amount of the vapor deposition material released into the vacuum chamber, whereby a film formation speed can be adjusted finely. | 03-05-2009 |
20100024733 | FILM FORMATION APPARATUS AND FILM FORMATION METHOD USING THE SAME - Provided are a film formation apparatus and a film formation method which are capable of forming a pixel pattern with good dimensional accuracy and with reduced misalignment in a plane direction between a substrate and a mask when the substrate is pressed against the mask. The film formation apparatus includes an alignment mechanism for aligning a substrate and a mask with each other and a pressing mechanism for pressing the substrate against the mask with a contact member provided to one end of a pressing body, which are provided in a vacuum chamber. After alignment between the substrate and the mask by the alignment mechanism, the contact member of the pressing body is brought into contact with a surface of the substrate, which is on a side opposite to the mask, to press the substrate. | 02-04-2010 |
20100080915 | Film Formation of Mask and Film Formation Method Using the Same - When a position of a film formation mask is recognized by irradiating the film formation mask with light, an image having a high contrast cannot be obtained, which unstabilizes reproducibility of measurement accuracy for an alignment mark position, leading to an alignment error between a substrate and a mask. Provided is a film formation mask including a mask sheet having a positioning opening and a mask frame, in which a reflective member having a reflectance higher than that of the mask sheet is provided to the positioning opening. When light is irradiated onto the positioning opening of the film formation mask, an intensity difference between light reflected by the mask sheet and light reflected by the reflective member becomes stable. Therefore, the position of the film formation mask may be determined with high reproducibility. | 04-01-2010 |
20100212596 | WEIGHT PLATE OF VACUUM EVAPORATION APPARATUS AND VACUUM EVAPORATION APPARATUS USING THE SAME - Provided is a weight plate of a vacuum evaporation apparatus, and a vacuum evaporation apparatus, which may prevent occurrence of displacement due to an impact or the like during a conveyance by a convey mechanism after a shadow mask and a glass substrate are superposed and aligned. The glass substrate is superposed and aligned on a top surface of a tension mask as the shadow mask fixed to a mask holding member. Then, the weight plate is placed on the glass substrate and presses the glass substrate by gravity to form a combined conveyance body. A liquid metal is filled in a hollow part of the weight plate at a filling factor of from more than 25% to less than 85% or other shock absorbing mechanism is provided for absorbing an impact applied to the combined conveyance body. | 08-26-2010 |
20110294251 | METHOD OF MANUFACTURING SOLID-STATE IMAGE SENSOR - A method of manufacturing an image sensor having a plurality of pixels, each pixel having a photoelectric converter including an accumulation region, and a transfer gate, the accumulation region extending under a corresponding transfer gate, the plurality of pixels including a plurality of pixel groups, each pixel group including N adjacent pixels, and the channels of the N adjacent pixels, in each pixel group, being configured to transfer the charges of the N adjacent pixels away from each other, the method comprising a step of forming a resist pattern having one opening corresponding to each pixel group, and a step of forming a charge accumulation region for each of the N adjacent pixels by implanting ions into a substrate through the one opening of the resist pattern along N ion implantation directions so as to implant the ions under the transfer gate of each of the N adjacent pixels. | 12-01-2011 |
20120006264 | FILM FORMATION APPARATUS - Provided is a film formation apparatus capable of reducing vibration and deformation that may be transmitted to an alignment mechanism and thereby suppressing misalignment between a substrate and a mask in a surface direction. The film formation apparatus includes: a film forming chamber; a supporting member; and an alignment mechanism provided on the supporting member in which: the supporting member includes a supporting plate for placing the alignment mechanism, and a leg portion; the supporting plate is provided so as to be spaced apart from a top board of the film forming chamber via the leg portion; and at least a part of the supporting plate is formed of a damping material capable of converting vibration transmitted to the supporting plate into thermal energy, thereby suppressing the vibration. | 01-12-2012 |
20130141617 | SOLID-STATE IMAGING DEVICE, CAMERA, AND DESIGN METHOD FOR SOLID-STATE IMAGING DEVICE - A solid-state imaging device including two semiconductor substrates arranged in layers is provided. Each semiconductor substrate has a semiconductor region in which a circuit constituting a part of a pixel array is formed. The circuits in the two semiconductor substrates are electrically connected to each other. Each semiconductor substrate includes one or more contact plugs for supplying a voltage to the semiconductor region. The number of the contact plugs of one semiconductor substrate in the pixel array is different from the number of the contact plugs of the other semiconductor substrate in the pixel array. | 06-06-2013 |
20140111663 | IMAGE SENSING DEVICE AND CAMERA - An image sensing device includes a plurality of photoelectric conversion portions. The device further includes a semiconductor substrate having a first surface for receiving incident light and a second surface on an opposite side to the first surface, the photoelectric conversion portions being provided therein, a first non-metal region arranged on a second surface side and arranged at a position at least partially overlapping with the photoelectric conversion portions, a second non-metal region arranged to be in contact with a side surface of the first non-metal region, and a reflection layer arranged on an opposite side of the first non-metal region to the semiconductor substrate. A refractive index of the first non-metal region is higher than a refractive index of the second non-metal region. | 04-24-2014 |
20140132812 | SOLID-STATE IMAGE SENSOR, METHOD OF MANUFACTURING THE SAME AND CAMERA - An image sensor includes a semiconductor layer having first and second faces, and a wiring structure arranged on a side of the first face, wherein photoelectric converters are arranged in the semiconductor layer and light is incident on the second face. The wiring structure includes reflection portions having reflection regions and arranged for at least some of the photoelectric converters, absorbing portions arranged around the reflection regions, an insulator portion arranged to surround the absorbing portions, and an interlayer insulating film arranged between the first face and a group of the reflection portions, the light absorbing portions, and the insulator portion, and a reflectance of the light absorbing portions is smaller than a reflectance of the reflection regions, and a light transmittance of the light absorbing portions is smaller than a light transmittance of the insulator portion. | 05-15-2014 |
20140307151 | SOLID-STATE IMAGE SENSOR AND CAMERA - The solid-state image sensor includes image sensing pixels, first and second focus detection pixels configured to respectively detect lights passing through different regions of a pupil of an image sensing lens. The sensor includes a semiconductor substrate including photoelectric converters of the image sensing pixels, a photoelectric converter and a first well contact region of the first focus detection pixel, and a photoelectric converter and a second well contact region of the second focus detection pixel, a first contact plug electrically connected to the first well contact region, and a second contact plug electrically connected to the second well contact region. The relative position of the first well contact region in the first focus detection pixel differs from a relative position of the second well contact region in the second focus detection pixel. | 10-16-2014 |
20140340541 | SOLID-STATE IMAGING APPARATUS AND CAMERA - A solid-state imaging apparatus which includes a semiconductor portion having a first face on the light incident side and a second face opposite to the first face, and an optical system arranged on the first face, comprising a first semiconductor region of a first conductivity type provided on the second face side in the semiconductor region, a photoelectric conversion portion provided in the semiconductor portion so as to surround the first semiconductor region, including a second semiconductor region of the first conductivity type, and a gate electrode arranged between the first and the second semiconductor regions on the second face, for transferring a charge generated in the photoelectric conversion portion to the first semiconductor region, wherein the optical system is configured so that a light intensity in the second semiconductor region is higher than that in the first semiconductor region. | 11-20-2014 |
20150145089 | SOLID-STATE IMAGE SENSOR, METHOD OF MANUFACTURING THE SAME AND CAMERA - An image sensor includes a semiconductor layer having first and second faces, and a wiring structure arranged on a side of the first face, wherein photoelectric converters are arranged in the semiconductor layer and light is incident on the second face. The wiring structure includes reflection portions having reflection regions and arranged for at least some of the photoelectric converters, absorbing portions arranged around the reflection regions, an insulator portion arranged to surround the absorbing portions, and an interlayer insulating film arranged between the first face and a group of the reflection portions, the light absorbing portions, and the insulator portion, and a reflectance of the light absorbing portions is smaller than a reflectance of the reflection regions, and a light transmittance of the light absorbing portions is smaller than a light transmittance of the insulator portion. | 05-28-2015 |
20150194457 | SOLID-STATE IMAGING DEVICE, CAMERA, AND DESIGN METHOD FOR SOLID-STATE IMAGING DEVICE - A solid-state imaging device including two semiconductor substrates arranged in layers is provided. Each semiconductor substrate has a semiconductor region in which a circuit constituting a part of a pixel array is formed. The circuits in the two semiconductor substrates are electrically connected to each other. Each semiconductor substrate includes one or more contact plugs for supplying a voltage to the semiconductor region. The number of the contact plugs of one semiconductor substrate in the pixel array is different from the number of the contact plugs of the other semiconductor substrate in the pixel array. | 07-09-2015 |
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20110103840 | EXTRACTOR AND IMAGING FORMING APPARATUS EMPLOYING THIS EXTRACTOR - An extractor separates a dispersoid (toner) and a dispersion medium (carrier liquid) from a liquid sample (liquid developer) containing the dispersoid and the dispersion medium and extracts these. The extractor has a first roller that carries a thin layer of the liquid sample containing the dispersoid and the dispersion medium on a circumferential surface thereof and rotates about a shaft. A separating member is in contact with the first roller and separates the dispersion medium from the thin layer carried on the first roller. A charger charges the dispersoid in the thin layer carried on the first roller at a position upstream of a contact position of the separating member with the first roller with respect to a rotating direction of the first roller. An electric field generator generates an electric field for causing the charged dispersoid to be attracted to the circumferential surface of the first roller. | 05-05-2011 |
20120148279 | WET-TYPE IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - A wet-type image forming apparatus includes an image bearing member, a developer bearing member for bearing liquid developer containing toner and carrier liquid on the circumferential surface thereof, a bias applying unit for applying a developing bias to the developer bearing member, a first charging unit for charging the toner in the liquid developer to a first polarity before supplying the liquid developer to the image bearing member, and a second charging unit for reversely charging the toner in residual liquid developer remaining on the circumferential surface of the developer bearing member to a second polarity opposite to the first polarity after the development process. When V | 06-14-2012 |
20120148291 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - A wet type image forming apparatus has a primary transfer unit that transfers to an intermediate transfer body a coloring particle image formed on the surface of an image bearing member by using liquid developer. A secondary transfer unit transfers onto a recording medium the coloring particle image transferred to the intermediate transfer body. A cleaning unit recovers liquid developer remaining on the intermediate transfer body after transfer by the second transfer unit. An aggregation promoting agent addition unit is disposed on a downstream side of the secondary transfer unit in a direction of rotation of the intermediate transfer body and on an upstream side of the cleaning unit in a direction of rotation of the intermediate transfer body and adds to the surface of the intermediate transfer body an aggregation promoting agent that promotes aggregation of resin contained in the liquid developer. | 06-14-2012 |
20130189615 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS AND IMAGE FORMING METHOD - The present application discloses an image forming apparatus which uses at least two types of liquid developer to form a plurality of images that are superimposed on a sheet to form an image. The image forming apparatus includes a transfer mechanism configured to transfer the image to the sheet, an image forming mechanism configured to make the transfer mechanism carry the image, and a rubbing mechanism configured to rub the image on the sheet. The at least two types of liquid developer have different fixing properties from each other. The transfer mechanism includes a carrying surface configured to carry the image from the image forming mechanism. One of the plurality of images between the carrying surface and another of the plurality of images has higher fixing properties than the liquid developer used for forming the other image among the plurality of images. | 07-25-2013 |
20150336406 | CONVEYOR DEVICE AND INKJET RECORDING APPARATUS - A conveyor device includes a feed member, a conveyor belt, and a suction section. The feed member feeds a recording medium while in contact with a part of the recording medium. The conveyor belt conveys the recording medium having been conveyed by the feed member. The suction section sucks the recording medium onto the conveyor belt. The conveyor belt includes a first region that is to receive the part of the recording medium and a second region adjacent to the first region. The conveyor belt has a plurality of suction holes in communication with the suction section. The suction holes have a lower opening ratio in the first region than in the second region. | 11-26-2015 |
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20140210924 | SHEET CONVEYING DEVICE AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - A sheet conveying device includes a conveyance belt, an air intake portion, and a charging member. The conveyance belt has a sheet placing surface on which a sheet is placed and a plurality of belt openings penetrating the sheet placing surface, and conveys the sheet placed on the sheet placing surface. The air intake portion draws air from a side of a back surface opposite to the sheet placing surface through the belt openings. The charging member has a surface which is shaped in such a manner as to contact the sheet placing surface while avoiding the belt openings and charges the sheet placing surface. | 07-31-2014 |
20150241833 | CONVEYOR DEVICE AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - A conveyor device is mounted on an image forming apparatus having an image forming section. The conveyor device has: a first conveyance path for conveying the sheet after an image is formed on a side of a sheet by the image forming section; a reverse conveyance path branched from the first conveyance path; a second conveyance path branched from the reverse conveyance path and for conveying the sheet back to the image forming section. The conveyor device includes a reversing section and a decurling section that are disposed on the reverse conveyance path. The reversing section reverses a conveyance direction of the sheet fed into the reverse conveyance path so as to feed the sheet into the second conveyance path. The decurling section applies decurling by urging the sheet in a direction of forming a convex curl with a side opposite to the image-formed side facing outward. | 08-27-2015 |
20150246557 | CONVEYOR DEVICE AND INKJET RECORDING DEVICE INCLUDING CONVEYOR DEVICE - A conveyor device is arranged to face a recording head. The conveyor device includes a conveyance belt and a suction section. The conveyance belt conveys a recording medium. The suction section includes a guide member that supports the recording medium through the conveyance belt. The suction section sucks the recording medium through a plurality of first holes passing through the guide member and a plurality of second holes passing through the conveyance belt to attach the recording medium to the conveyance belt. None of the first holes are formed in a first region of the guide member. The first region is a region where a partial region pertaining to a feeding member overlaps with a head facing region facing the recording head. | 09-03-2015 |
20150273876 | CONVEYOR DEVICE AND INKJET RECORDING APPARATUS - A conveyor device is installed opposite to a recording head in a recording apparatus. The conveyor device includes a conveyor belt and a suction section. The conveyor belt conveys a recording medium. The suction section includes a guide member having first through holes within a first region and second through holes outside of the first region. The guide member has a surface that is located opposite to the recording head with the conveyor belt therebetween and that has first grooves and second grooves therein. The first region includes at least a head facing region located directly opposite to the recording head. The first through holes are located inside of the first grooves. Each of the first grooves is shorter than the recording head. The second through holes are located inside of the second grooves. The suction section sucks on the recording medium through the conveyor belt and the guide member. | 10-01-2015 |
20150273877 | CONVEYOR DEVICE AND INKJET RECORDING APPARATUS - A conveyor device includes a guide member with through holes therein. The guide member has a surface with grooves therein. The through holes are located inside of the grooves. The through holes include a first through hole and a second through hole. The first through hole is located opposite to an ejection region of a recording head. The second through hole is located opposite to a non-ejection region of the recording head. The grooves include a first groove and a second groove. The first through hole is located inside of the first groove. The second through hole is located inside of the second groove. The second groove is longer than the first groove. | 10-01-2015 |
20150273878 | CONVEYOR DEVICE AND INKJET RECORDING APPARATUS - A conveyor device is installed opposite to a recording head in a recording apparatus. The conveyor device includes a conveyor belt that conveys a recording medium. The conveyor device further includes a suction section. The suction section includes a guide member having through holes and an air escape channel. The guide member is located opposite to the recording head with the conveyor belt therebetween. The suction section sucks on the recording medium through the conveyor belt and the guide member. The guide member has a surface having grooves therein. The surface faces the recording head with the conveyor belt therebetween. The surface has a recess located outside of a region where the grooves are located. The recess constitutes a part of the air escape channel. The air escape channel is in communication with one or more of the grooves. | 10-01-2015 |
20150273879 | CONVEYOR DEVICE AND INKJET RECORDING APPARATUS - A conveyor device is for installation opposite to a recording head in a recording apparatus. The conveyor device includes a conveyor belt and a suction section. The conveyor belt conveys a recording medium. The suction section includes a guide member through which a plurality of through holes pass. The guide member has a surface having a plurality of grooves therein and facing the recording head with conveyor belt therebetween. The respective through holes are located in the respective grooves. The grooves include a plurality of grooves that extend in a direction across a conveyance direction of the recording medium. The suction section sucks on the recording medium through the conveyor belt and the guide member. | 10-01-2015 |
20150273880 | CONVEYOR DEVICE AND INKJET RECORDING APPARATUS - A conveyor device is disposed opposite to a recording head. The conveyor device includes a conveyor belt and a suction section. The suction section sucks on a recording medium through the conveyor belt. The suction section includes an air flow chamber and a guide member. The air flow chamber is disposed opposite to one surface of the conveyor belt, and negative pressure for sucking the recording medium onto another surface of the conveyor belt is created in the air flow chamber. The guide member covers the air flow chamber and supports the conveyor belt. The air flow chamber includes a partition wall dividing the air flow chamber into first and second spaces. The first space includes a third space overlapping with the recording head with the conveyor belt and the guide member therebetween. Pressure in the first space is less negative than pressure in the second space. | 10-01-2015 |
20150290953 | CONVEYOR DEVICE AND INKJET RECORDING APPARATUS - A conveyor device includes a conveyor belt and a suction section. The conveyor belt conveys a recording medium. The suction section sucks on the recording medium through the conveyor belt. The suction section has a plurality of through holes. The suction section includes an air flow chamber. The air flow chamber has an air outlet in a bottom thereof. The bottom has first regions and a second region. The first regions are each located at a position opposite to a corresponding one of the through holes. The first regions are each located adjacent to the second region. The air outlet is located within the second region. | 10-15-2015 |
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20090279150 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS, METHOD OF CONTROLLING SAME, AND STORAGE MEDIUM - If an image is shifted in increments of pixels according to scan line changing points, the printed image suffers from jaggies or boundaries at positions corresponding to the scan line changing points. The jaggies or boundaries are also produced when a ½ speed or a ⅓ speed obtained by varying the process speed is used. Consequently, it has been impossible to obtain high-quality output images. An image forming apparatus is offered which has a printing unit operating to print at different process speeds and a control unit for controlling the output range of output image data for each line according to the process speeds. When the process speed in use is lower than a normal process speed, a part of 1 line of image data is outputted divisionally at timings at which lines from which image is not usually outputted at this low process speed are scanned. | 11-12-2009 |
20120134691 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS CAPABLE OF CONTROLLING PRINTING INTERRUPTION, METHOD OF CONTROLLING THE SAME, AND STORAGE MEDIUM - An image forming apparatus which makes it possible to prevent interruption of printing due to shift to a temperature rise control mode and interruption of printing for execution of a cartridge replacement operation due to running-out of toner from occurring separately during execution of continuous printing. A temperature sensor detects that the internal temperature of the image forming apparatus has become equal to or higher than a predetermined temperature. The image forming apparatus also detects execution of toner cartridge replacement. When the temperature sensor detects, during execution of printing, that the internal temperature has become equal to or higher than the predetermined temperature, the image forming apparatus stops the printing being executed. Further, when execution of toner cartridge replacement is detected during suspension of the printing, the image forming apparatus resumes the printing being suspended. | 05-31-2012 |
20120134692 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS CAPABLE OF SAVING ENERGY, METHOD OF CONTROLLING THE SAME, AND STORAGE MEDIUM - An image forming apparatus which makes it possible to save energy during the operation of a temperature rise control mode, and is capable of realizing energy saving without degrading performance by making the image forming apparatus ready for printing when returning from the temperature rise control mode. A temperature sensor detects internal temperature of the image forming apparatus. When the internal temperature of the image forming apparatus has reached a temperature at which the apparatus should shift to the temperature rise control mode during execution of printing, the printing operation is stopped. In stopping the printing operation, the image forming apparatus is shifted to an energy saving mode. | 05-31-2012 |
20130209132 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS, CONTROL METHOD THEREOF, AND STORAGE MEDIUM - The present invention provides an image processing apparatus for performing a process of transiting to a power-off state or sleep state in accordance with the connected state of an interface, a control method thereof, and a storage medium. To accomplish this, if a condition for changing the power state of this image processing apparatus is satisfied, the image processing apparatus confirms an interface which is able to communicate with an external apparatus, and determines whether the image processing apparatus can transit to the sleep state based on the confirmation result. If it is determined that the image processing apparatus transits to the sleep state, the image processing apparatus is transited to the sleep state. If it is determined that the image processing apparatus does not transit to the sleep state, the image processing apparatus is turned off. | 08-15-2013 |
20140115367 | ELECTRONIC DEVICE OPERATING IN A PLURALITY OF POWER STATES, CONTROL METHOD THEREOF, AND STORAGE MEDIUM - An electronic device with improved usability when activated. The electronic device is capable of operating in a plurality of power states including a first power state, and a second power state in which the electric device is less in power consumption than in the first power state. The power state after activation of the electronic device is decided, based on status of connection of an external apparatus to the electronic device. The electronic device is shifted to the decided power state after the activation of the electronic device. | 04-24-2014 |
20150062620 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS AND POWER-SUPPLY CONTROL METHOD FOR INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS - An information processing apparatus includes a first unit and a second unit supplied with power that can be interrupted individually, a power supply switch configured to be operated by a user, to turn off a power supply of the information processing apparatus, a controller configured to perform shutdown processing of the information processing apparatus thereby interrupting supply of power to the first unit and the second unit, upon turning off of the power supply switch, a first timer unit configured to interrupt the supply of the power to the first unit, after a lapse of a first predetermined time after turning off the power supply switch, and a second timer unit configured to interrupt the supply of power to the second unit, after a lapse of a second predetermined time after turning off the power supply switch. The second predetermined time is longer than the first predetermined time. | 03-05-2015 |
20150207951 | PRINTING APPARATUS CAPABLE OF REDUCING TIME REQUIRED FOR CONTINUOUS PRINTING AND PRINTING CONTROL METHOD - A technique which enables reduction of time required for continuous printing performed by an image forming apparatus in a temperature rise suppression mode. A printer prints a plurality of pages based on print data received from a host computer. A temperature sensor detects internal temperature of the printer. A control unit controls the printer such that the printing is suspended when the internal temperature has risen to a shifting temperature, and the printing is restarted when the internal temperature has fallen to a normal restart threshold value during the suspension of the printing. The control unit calculates the number of remaining pages left unprinted when the printing is suspended, and sets the normal restart threshold value according to the calculated number of the remaining pages. | 07-23-2015 |
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20090116990 | METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING OF INSULATED SOFT MAGNETIC METAL POWDER FORMED BODY - A method for manufacturing bodies formed from insulated soft magnetic metal powder by forming an insulating film of an inorganic substance on the surface of particles of a soft magnetic metal powder, compacting and molding the powder, then carrying out a heat treatment to provide a body formed from insulated soft magnetic metal powder the method comprising: compacting and molding the powder; then magnetically annealing the powder at a high temperature above the Curie temperature for the soft magnetic metal powder and below the threshold temperature at which the insulating film is destroyed in a non-oxidizing atmosphere, such as a vacuum, inert gas, or the like; and then carrying out a further heat treatment at a temperature of from 400° C. to 700° C. in an oxidizing atmosphere, such as air, or the like. | 05-07-2009 |
20100162851 | Sintered Soft Magnetic Powder Molded Body - A sintered soft magnetic powder molded body having a composition containing Fe, 44 to 50% by mass of Ni and 2 to 6% by mass of Si, or a composition containing Fe and 2 to 6% by mass of Si, wherein the Si is unevenly distributed among particles, is provided. | 07-01-2010 |
20100316523 | Iron-Based Alloy Powder - A powder for a sintered valve sheet made of an iron-based alloy is provided, which has excellent compactibility and abrasion resistance and from which a carbide that may abrade a counterpart is not precipitated. A powder is provided, wherein a molten steel, in which carbon is controlled to be less than 0.1% by mass to avoid precipitation of a carbide, 0.5 to 8.5% by mass of Si, 10 to 25% by mass of Ni, 5 to 20% by mass of Mo, and 5 to 20% by mass of Co are contained, and a remainder includes Fe and incidental impurities, is rapidly cooled by a conventional technique such as a gas atomization method, a water atomization method, or a centrifugal force atomization method, so that a supersaturated solid solution of the alloy elements consisting mainly of austenite, which is effective in softening the powder, is formed. Since the powder has low hardness, the compactibility is excellent at the time of compression molding. On the other hand, since the powder is hardened after sintering, a valve sheet as a final product has excellent abrasion resistance. In addition, since no carbide is precipitated, the counterpart may not be abraded. | 12-16-2010 |