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20120162728 | IMAGE FORMING DEVICE - An image forming device includes an image forming unit, an image reading unit arranged above an upper part of the image forming unit, a sheet ejection space between the image forming unit and the image reading unit, and a supporting unit arranged on the upper part of the image forming unit to surround at least two sides of the sheet ejection space in different directions. The image reading unit is secured to the upper part of the image forming unit through the supporting unit. | 06-28-2012 |
20120219319 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - An image forming apparatus including a process cartridge detachably installable in a main body of the image forming apparatus, a main reference portion receiver to receive a main reference portion provided to the process cartridge, a sub-reference portion receiver to receive a sub-reference portion provided to the process cartridge, and a pressing mechanism to press the process cartridge to cause the main reference portion to contact the main reference portion receiver upon installation of the process cartridge in the main body of the image forming apparatus. The pressing mechanism presses the process cartridge in a direction angled with respect to a line connecting a center of the main reference portion with a contact position where the pressing mechanism contacts the process cartridge. | 08-30-2012 |
20130330100 | FRAME STRUCTURE AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS INCLUDING SAME - A frame structure for use in an image forming apparatus includes a main frame, a front plate to position a first end of a latent image carrier within the image forming apparatus, a rear plate fixed to the main frame to position a second end of the latent image carrier opposite the first end within the image forming apparatus, and a writing device frame fixed to the rear plate to position a latent image writing unit that writes a latent image onto the latent image carrier within the image forming apparatus. The front plate is fixed to the writing device frame. The rear plate is fixed to the main frame at least at three separate positions, at least one position being offset from a hypothetical line connecting the other two positions. | 12-12-2013 |
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20090063573 | INFORMATION PROCESSING DEVICE, ELECTRONIC MANUAL MANAGING METHOD, AND ELECTRONIC MANUAL MANAGING PROGRAM - In an information processing device which is capable of adding a new program, a managing unit is configured to manage bibliographic information of each of electronic manuals associated with respective programs installed in the information processing device. A registering unit is configured to register, in response to addition of a new program, bibliographic information of an electronic manual associated with the new program, into the managing unit. A display data generating unit is configured to generate display data indicating a list of the electronic manuals, based on the bibliographic information managed by the managing unit. A displaying unit is configured display the list of the electronic manuals on a display device based on the display data. | 03-05-2009 |
20110310409 | Image forming apparatus, image forming system, and method and program for supporting operation unit - An image forming apparatus connected to an image forming system in which a plurality of image forming apparatuses is linked. The image forming apparatus comprises: a user environment information acquiring unit that acquires user environment information; a user environment information reflecting unit that generates the screen representing the settings by using the user environment information; a capability acquiring unit that acquires capability information representing capabilities; a settability determining unit that determines the settability of various settings; a display control unit that is a unit displaying the screen on the display unit and further displays the screen that represents a determination result of the settability determining unit on the display unit; a search unit that searches for a first image forming apparatus; and a search result output unit that further displays the screen representing a search result of the search unit on the display unit through the display control unit. | 12-22-2011 |
20120133970 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS AND IMAGE PROCESSING SYSTEM - Disclosed is an image processing apparatus having a function to cooperatively output, via a cooperative image processing apparatus, document data, including a data sending unit that sends to the cooperative image processing apparatus the document data to be output, for which the total limited number of output times is set, with output setting information including an allocated number of output times for the document data individually allocated for the cooperative image processing apparatus; and a number updating unit that updates the total limited number of output times set for the document data based on the allocated number of output times by subtracting the allocated number of output times from the total limited number of output times, when the data sending unit sends the document data with the output setting information to the cooperative image processing apparatus. | 05-31-2012 |
20120215828 | INFORMATION PROCESSING SYSTEM, INFORMATION PROCESSING DEVICE, AND RECORDING MEDIUM - An information processing device is arranged to include a macro changing unit to change a pertinent device of a process in macro information to a second information processing device when the second information processing device has a function required to execute the process and determined as being not executable on the information processing device, and to set the pertinent device in the macro information to the information processing device when the function required to execute the process is determined as being executable on the information processing device. | 08-23-2012 |
20130176494 | IMAGE OUTPUT APPARATUS, METHOD, AND MEDIUM - The present invention provides a novel image output apparatus that includes an operation processing unit that processes an operation request from a user, a projecting unit that projects a display image from a video providing apparatus and UIs from the image projector, a determining unit that determines whether or not it is necessary to switch a source of a video signal by using a current input type and a source of a video signal with reference to a data table that associates an input type that indicates a type of a port from which an image to be projected is acquired with a source of a video signal that forms an image to be projected, and a controller that switches a source of a video signal and executes a process indicated by an operation request from a user if it is necessary to switch the source of a video signal. | 07-11-2013 |
20130335640 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS AND CONFERENCE SYSTEM - An information processing apparatus is connected to a projecting unit that projects an image and a gesture recognizing unit that recognizes a gesture by a person. The information processing apparatus includes: a projection image transmitting unit that inputs a projection image to the projecting unit; an image capturing unit that captures, when the gesture recognizing unit has recognized a gesture, a projection image being projected by the projecting unit; a transmission destination determining unit that determines a transmission destination address based on a gesture recognized by the gesture recognizing unit; and a captured image transmitting unit that transmits a captured image captured by the image capturing unit to a transmission destination address determined by the transmission destination determining unit. | 12-19-2013 |
20140015861 | PROJECTION APPARATUS, PROJECTION SYSTEM, AND PROJECTION METHOD - A projection apparatus includes: a receiving unit that receives, from a drawing device, drawing position information indicating a drawing designated position on a projection surface and drawing request information; a first generating unit that generates image data to be projected onto the projection surface using the drawing position information received in a receiving period, over which the drawing request information is being received; a judgement-value calculating unit that calculates a drawing failure period, over which the drawing position information is not received in the receiving period; a pattern storage unit that stores multiple types of pattern images; a second generating unit that generates interpolation image data of a portion corresponding to the drawing failure period using one of the pattern images that is similar to the image data; and a projecting unit that projects the image data interpolated with the interpolation image data. | 01-16-2014 |
20140122350 | SYSTEM, APPARATUS, AND METHOD FOR LICENSE MANAGEMENT - A license management apparatus includes a reception unit that receives identification data of a second license corresponding to a predetermined service, a search unit that searches for license data of a first license corresponding to a service matching the predetermined service, in a storage unit that stores license data including status data of each license, and a transmission unit that transmits a search result of the search by the search unit. The second license is a license that is not yet used and the first license is a license that is currently used. | 05-01-2014 |
20140223320 | INFORMATION PROCESSING SYSTEM, INFORMATION PROCESSING DEVICE, AND METHOD - An information processing system includes one or more information processing devices, and includes a display control unit configured to provide, to an external device, a screen of one or more basic processes relevant to a portal service; a common function providing unit configured to provide, to the display control unit, one or more common functions used by the one or more basic processes; and a base function providing unit configured to provide a base function to the common function providing unit. | 08-07-2014 |
20140223532 | INFORMATION PROCESSING SYSTEM, INFORMATION PROCESSING DEVICE, AND AUTHENTICATION METHOD - An information processing system includes a receiving unit that receives user identification information and organization identification information from an external device, and an authentication unit that performs authentication of the user identification information and the organization identification information received by the receiving unit using a first storage unit storing one or more sets of user identification information in association with organization identification information. When the authentication unit receives a federated authentication request to access an external service from the external device that is authenticated, the authentication unit sends a federated authentication response to the external device if the organization identification information received from the external device and the external service designated in the federated authentication request are associated with each other in a second storage unit storing the organization identification information in association with information on one or more external services that have established a trust relationship for authentication. | 08-07-2014 |
20150067129 | APPARATUS, SYSTEM, AND METHOD OF MANAGING DEVICE, AND RECORDING MEDIUM STORING DEVICE MANAGEMENT PROGRAM - In response to a request for reproducing one or more devices in a first area, one or more devices in a second area are caused to reproduce connections and roles of the one or more devices in the first area, as determined based on usage information indicating use of the one or more devices in the first area and device information for the one or more devices in the second area. | 03-05-2015 |
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20120285131 | FILTER DEVICE - A filter device disposed in a moist fluid passage of the fuel cell system includes a fluid introducing path which introduces a fluid that flows in the moist fluid passage, a filter to permeate the fluid introduced from the fluid introducing path and remove foreign matter in the fluid, a fluid discharge path which discharges a fluid that passed the filter, and a rotating driving mechanism, connected with the filter, that rotates the filter so that substances that adheres to the filter are removed by the centrifugal force. In the filter device, water does not adhere to and does not remain in the filter. When leaving the system under the low temperature after the system stops, blockage by freezing the filter can surely be prevented. The complex control and the heat source such as a heater for defrost is unnecessary. Thus, a cheap and compact filter device can be provided. | 11-15-2012 |
20140069066 | FILTER DEVICE - A filter device disposed in a moist fluid passage of the fuel cell system includes a fluid introducing path which introduces a fluid that flows in the moist fluid passage, a filter to permeate the fluid introduced from the fluid introducing path and remove foreign matter in the fluid, a fluid discharge path which discharges a fluid that passed the filter, and a rotating driving mechanism, connected with the filter, that rotates the filter so that substances that adheres to the filter are removed by the centrifugal force. In the filter device, water does not adhere to and does not remain in the filter. When leaving the system under the low temperature after the system stops, blockage by freezing the filter can surely be prevented. The complex control and the heat source such as a heater for defrost is unnecessary. Thus, a cheap and compact filter device can be provided. | 03-13-2014 |
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20090279192 | LENS DEVICE AND IMAGING DEVICE - It is intended to carry out a focusing operation suitably in each case of automatic focusing and manual focus adjustment. Therefore, in the present invention, there is provided a first focus ring | 11-12-2009 |
20090325425 | FEMALE CONNECTOR STRUCTURE, MALE CONNECTOR STRUCTURE, BATTERY, ADAPTER AND ELECTRIC DEVICE - Disclosed herein is a female connector structure including a plurality of pin insertion holes arranged in a row to correspond to a plurality of columnar connector pins arranged in a male connector section and adapted to receive the respective connector pins individually inserted thereinto; a pair of connector inner walls formed externally of the pin insertion holes of opposite ends so as to extend in a depth direction of the pin insertion holes; and a pair of grooves each formed on an inner surface of the connector inner wall so as to be gradually shallower as the groove goes from an opening side of the pin insertion hole toward a deepest side thereof in such a manner as to receive a projection, fitted thereinto, provided on the male connector section. | 12-31-2009 |
20120275614 | NOISE CANCELLATION UNIT - A noise cancellation unit includes: a duct connected to an outlet of an electronic apparatus and configured to pass an exhaust flow discharged from the outlet therethrough; a first microphone provided to the duct; a speaker provided to the duct downstream of the first microphone; a second microphone provided to the duct downstream of the speaker; a first windscreen wall configured to prevent the exhaust flow from colliding with the first microphone; a second windscreen wall configured to prevent the exhaust flow from colliding with the second microphone; and a signal processing circuit configured to generate, based on outputs of the first microphone and the second microphone, a sound signal for removing a noise included in the exhaust flow and supply the sound signal to the speaker. | 11-01-2012 |