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20090220264 | ELECTROPHOTOGRAPHY APPARATUS - An electrophotography apparatus prevents the edge effect without causing the blurring or loss of a single-dot image or a single-dot-width line. Based on a measurement of a testing patch, two templates with different sizes are generated. Image data to be printed is subjected to template matching using the templates to obtain a difference region as an image edge region of the image data where, when the image data is developed, the amount of attached toner is increased. The exposure amount for the image edge region is controlled based on a measurement of the amounts of attached toner in edge portions of the testing patch so that the difference in the attached toner amounts are minimized. | 09-03-2009 |
20110063697 | Colorimetric chart and color reproduction estimating device - A colorimetric chart, for measuring a color reproduction characteristic of an image forming apparatus, includes: a patch column that is arranged in a sub-scanning direction representing a conveying direction in which the image forming apparatus conveys the colorimetric chart and that is used in detecting periodic color fluctuation attributed to the image forming apparatus, wherein the patch column includes patches that are arranged in different phases on the same patch column. | 03-17-2011 |
20110304863 | Image processing apparatus, image processing method, and computer program product - An image forming apparatus outputs a proof chart in response to an instruction for calibration execution from a user and then a color measuring unit measures the colors of patches on the proof chart. A profile management unit selects, from entries in a base profile DB, a base profile in an entry that has color reproduction characteristics that are closest to the color measurement values of the patches and generates a sheet correction TRC that has an approximation to the color measurement values of the patches when the selected base profile is used. The selected base profile is used as a color conversion parameter in a color management module, and the generated sheet correction TRC is used as a tone correction parameter in a sheet-corresponding correcting unit. | 12-15-2011 |
20120206745 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS, IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD, AND IMAGE PROCESSING PROGRAM - An image processing apparatus includes a color converting unit; a registration list that registers a plurality of paper profiles associated with a plurality of registered papers; a parameter managing unit that includes a function of extracting a registered paper capable of approximating color reproduction characteristics of a user's paper sheet from among the registered papers registered in the registration list, based on a feature amount calculated from spectral reflectance characteristics of the user's paper sheet set in an image forming apparatus; and a user interface for receiving a user operation that instructs the parameter managing unit to extract a registered paper capable of approximating the color reproduction characteristics of the user's paper sheet, and for presenting the registered paper extracted by the parameter managing unit to the user. | 08-16-2012 |
20130207996 | COLOR MANAGEMENT SYSTEM - A color management system is provided that includes a color transformation unit that uses a profile connection space to perform a color transformation process on input image data based on an input side color transformation parameter associated with the input image data for translating an input device-dependent color value that describes the input image data into a device-independent color value of the profile connection space and an output side color transformation parameter for matching the device-independent color value to an output device-dependent color value. The color management system further includes an output device selection unit that enables a user to select at least two output devices from plural output devices that are available for selection, and a profile connection space generation unit that automatically generates the profile connection space according to a predetermined profile connection space generation method based on the gamuts of the output devices selected by the user. | 08-15-2013 |
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20080291478 | COLOR CONVERSION APPARATUS AND COLOR CONVERSION METHOD - A color conversion method including the steps of a) generating output values corresponding to a body-center of each cubic lattice block included in a three-dimensional input space, and interpolating between the output values generated in step a) and the LUT values. The cubic lattice block is divided into six quadrangular pyramids. Each of the quadrangular pyramids is divided into two tetrahedron blocks by a side parallel to a predetermined straight line and by a plane including a diagonal line of a bottom plane that intersects the side parallel to the predetermined axis. Corrected output values are determined by performing linear interpolation on output values corresponding to body-center points of each of the tetrahedron blocks and using LUT values corresponding to three lattice points of each of the tetrahedron blocks and three correction coefficients based on a positional relationship of input color signals inside each of the tetrahedron blocks. | 11-27-2008 |
20090256157 | DISPLAY DEVICE AND MANUFACTURING METHOD OF DISPLAY DEVICE - A display device includes a first substrate on which a semiconductor circuit is formed. A second substrate is disposed over the first substrate to include a first electrode formed on a first surface to perform image displaying, and a second electrode exposed to a second surface and bonded to the first electrode via a contact hole. A third substrate is disposed over the second substrate to include a third electrode formed to perform image displaying in association with the first electrode of the second substrate. An image displaying layer is disposed between the second substrate and the third substrate to perform image displaying. An electrode on a surface of the first substrate on which the semiconductor circuit is formed is electrically connected to the second electrode exposed to the second surface of the second substrate. | 10-15-2009 |
20130157857 | INHIBITOR FOR TOBACCO AXILLARY BUD GROWTH AND METHOD FOR INHIBITING TOBACCO AXILLARY BUD GROWTH - The present invention relates to an inhibitor for tobacco axillary bud growth, the inhibitor comprising, as an active ingredient, one or more kinds of very-long chain fatty acid synthesis inhibitors such as a chloroacetamide-based herbicide, fentrazamide, cafenstrole or indanofan; an inhibitor for tobacco axillary bud growth, the inhibitor comprising the aforesaid very-long chain fatty acid synthesis inhibitor together with clorthal-dimethyl or an aliphatic alcohol having 6 to 20 carbon atoms; and a method for inhibiting tobacco axillary bud growth which comprises applying the inhibitor for tobacco axillary bud growth. The inhibitor for tobacco axillary bud growth of the present invention shows sustained drug efficacy at a low concentration, induces neither chemical injury nor disease, and can contribute to the improvement in labor productivity. | 06-20-2013 |
20140121112 | TOBACCO AXILLARY BUD INHIBITOR AND TOBACCO AXILLARY BUD-INHIBITING METHOD - The present invention relates to an inhibitor for tobacco axillary bud growth, the inhibitor comprising one or more cell division inhibitors selected from the group consisting of pyridine-based compounds and benzamide-based compounds. This inhibitor for tobacco axillary bud growth has excellent sustainability of effect at low concentration, does not cause chemical damage and disease, and can ensure an improvement in labor productivity. An aliphatic alcohol having 6 to 20 carbon atoms is furthermore combined with the cell division inhibitors selected from pyridine-based compounds and benzamide-based compounds to thereby synergistically enhance the effect of inhibiting the emergence and growth of tobacco axillary buds. | 05-01-2014 |
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20090162247 | AUTOMATIC ANALYZER AND SAMPLE-PROCESSING SYSTEM - Disclosed herein is a sample-processing system that can improve total system processing efficiency, and reduce a sample-processing time, by establishing a functionally independent relationship between a rack conveyance block with rack supply, conveyance, and recovery functions, and a processing block with sample preprocessing, analysis, and other functions. A buffer unit with random accessibility to multiple racks standing by for processing is combined with each of multiple processing units to form a pair, and the system is constructed to load and unload racks into and from the buffer unit through the rack conveyance block so that one unprocessed rack is loaded into the buffer unit and then upon completion of process steps up to automatic retesting, unloaded from the buffer unit. Functional dependence between any processing unit and a conveyance unit is thus eliminated. | 06-25-2009 |
20120213668 | COVER OPENER AND AUTOMATIC ANALYZING DEVICE USING SAME - A cover opener for opening a cover | 08-23-2012 |
20120294764 | AUTOMATIC ANALYZER AND SAMPLE-PROCESSING SYSTEM - A sample-processing system that improves total system processing efficiency, and reduces a sample-processing time, by establishing a functionally independent relationship between a rack conveyance block with rack supply, conveyance, and recovery functions, and a processing block with sample preprocessing, analysis, and other functions. A buffer unit with random accessibility to multiple racks standing by for processing is combined with each of multiple processing units to form a pair, and the system is constructed to load and unload racks into and from the buffer unit through the rack conveyance block so that one unprocessed rack is loaded into the buffer unit and then upon completion of process steps up to automatic retesting, unloaded from the buffer unit. Functional dependence between any processing unit and a conveyance unit is thus eliminated. | 11-22-2012 |
20120328476 | AUTOMATIC ANALYZER - The present invention provides an automatic analyzer for analyzing blood, urine, or other samples in which, for the purpose of reducing the workload of the operator, the process of reagent replacement is automated such that the measurement operation of the analyzer need not be halted during the reagent replacement. A sample rack transfer mechanism and reagent storage/transfer mechanisms are placed on different levels of two-story structure. This configuration allows reagent replacement even when the analyzer is performing an analysis, as well as achieving size reduction of the analyzer. The automation of reagent replacement is achieved by the following: a sensor's detection of the remaining reagent amount in a reagent vessel reaching a particular value; and the analyzer's detection of a measurement request for a sample rack when necessary reagents are not present in any reagent storage mechanism of an analyzer unit. | 12-27-2012 |