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20090073982 | TCP PACKET COMMUNICATION DEVICE AND TECHNIQUES RELATED THERETO - A protocol processing unit processes a packet used for connection establishment according to TCP/IP based on management information on the connection establishment and processes a packet used for payload transmission. A payload packet transmission/reception processing unit having a hardware configuration performs transmission/reception processing on the packet used for the payload transmission based on the management information. A connection synchronization processing unit performs synchronization processing for synchronizing the management information held by the protocol processing unit with the management information held by the payload packet transmission/reception processing unit. | 03-19-2009 |
20090268747 | COMMUNICATION APPARATUS - To provide a communication apparatus which is capable of voluntarily controlling, according to its own reception capability, data transmission traffic, while reducing the burden for the control. The communication apparatus includes: a communication unit ( | 10-29-2009 |
20100182905 | COMMUNICATION APPARATUS AND COMMUNICATION METHOD - A communication apparatus and a communication method capable of avoiding the transmission rate from being unnecessarily suppressed so as to improve the communication rate between devices, for example, in a home network. A communication apparatus ( | 07-22-2010 |
20110019555 | COMMUNICATION APPARATUS - To provide a communication apparatus for achieving further improvements in communication quality and power saving effect, without depending on network environments. A portable terminal ( | 01-27-2011 |
20110066896 | ATTACK PACKET DETECTING APPARATUS, ATTACK PACKET DETECTING METHOD, VIDEO RECEIVING APPARATUS, CONTENT RECORDING APPARATUS, AND IP COMMUNICATION APPARATUS - A network interface ( | 03-17-2011 |
20110078353 | COMMUNICATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, COMMUNICATION PROCESSING METHOD, CONTROL METHOD AND COMMUNICATION DEVICE OF COMMUNICATION PROCESSING APPARATUS - A communication processing apparatus ( | 03-31-2011 |
20110273627 | DISPLAY DEVICE - To provide a display device capable of reliably displaying emergency signal information without disturbing a viewer. In order to solve the problem, a display device ( | 11-10-2011 |
20120263431 | VIDEO CONTENT REPRODUCTION APPARATUS AND METHOD OF DISPLAYING CONTENT INFORMATION - When an instruction receiving unit ( | 10-18-2012 |
20130322851 | PROGRAM INFORMATION DISPLAY DEVICE, PROGRAM INFORMATION OUTPUT DEVICE, AND PROGRAM INFORMATION DISPLAY METHOD - A program information display device includes: an identification unit which obtains identification information for identifying a video program and a video program scene included in the video program which are being displayed in a television; a program information obtainment unit which obtains program information including first program information and second program information which are relevant to the video program identified by the identification information and are different in content from each other; a display unit which displays the program information obtained by the program information obtainment unit; and a control unit which, in the case where the video program scene identified by the identification information transitions from a non-CM scene to a CM scene, switch the program information being displayed in the display unit, from the first program information to the second program information according to the transition from the non-CM scene to the CM scene. | 12-05-2013 |
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20110085661 | CONTENT RECEIVING TERMINAL, CONTENT REPRODUCING TERMINAL, CONTENT WRITE-OUT METHOD, AND PROGRAM - During the export processing for the video content (S | 04-14-2011 |
20120275758 | RECEIVING TERMINAL, AND CONTENT EXPORTING METHOD - A receiving terminal comprises a data acquiring unit which acquires from the content server information that is required for the export of the content and that includes information about a capability required for the receiving terminal and information about a capability required for the removable medium, a propriety judgment unit which compares the information about the capability required for the receiving terminal with information about a capability the receiving terminal possesses, compares the information about the capability required for the removable medium with information about a capability the removable medium possesses, and judges whether the export processing of the content can be performed or not, and a control unit which makes a processing relevant to a purchase of the content or to the export of the content perform, according to a judgment result by the propriety judgment unit. | 11-01-2012 |
20130036479 | CONTENT RECORD TERMINAL, CONTENT RECORD/REPRODUCTION SYSTEM, AND CONTENT RECORDING METHOD - When a content write unit records a content on a medium, a control unit controls to record a dummy license which is generated by a dummy license generation unit and an expiration time limit is set into a past time, into the medium. When a recording of the content on the medium is completed, the control unit controls to delete the dummy license recorded on the medium and to record a normal license into the medium. | 02-07-2013 |
20130039492 | CONTENT RECEIVING TERMINAL, CONTENT EXPORTING AND REPRODUCING METHOD, AND RECORDING MEDIUM - A content exporting and reproducing method includes i) a content export step of encrypting a decryption key for content, that is used for decrypting the encrypted content, by using an encryption key for decryption key, recording the encrypted decryption key for content in the portable recording medium, and exporting the encrypted content sequentially to the portable recording medium, and ii) a content reproduction step of reading out the encrypted decryption key for content from the portable recording medium, decrypting the encrypted decryption key for content by using a decryption key for decryption key, reading out the encrypted content that has been exported to the portable recording medium, and decrypting the encrypted content that is read out from the portable recording medium, by using the decrypted decryption key for content to reproduce the content, while the encrypted content is exported to the portable recording medium sequentially. | 02-14-2013 |
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20110228715 | WIRELESS TRANSMISSION SYSTEM - Provided is a wireless transmission system which can transmit data accompanying video/audio by a different transmission method depending on the characteristic of the data in a wireless transmission environment where the transmission band is narrow and a transmission error is easily caused. The wireless transmission system includes: a wireless receiver ( | 09-22-2011 |
20110289545 | SINK DEVICE AND WIRELESS TRANSMISSION SYSTEM - When reproducing AV data transmitted from a source device by multicast wireless transmission, a sink device can check the wireless connection status of other sink device which reproduces AV data from the same source device. The sink device ( | 11-24-2011 |
20120011535 | WIRELESS TRANSMISSION SYSTEM, RELAY DEVICE, WIRELESS SINK DEVICE, AND WIRELESS SOURCE DEVICE - A wireless transmission system is provided that can minimize the control command transmission amount by operating a plurality of sink devices in conjunction with each other with respect to each group when performing a wireless AV transmission. The wireless transmission system includes: a bridge device ( | 01-12-2012 |
20140143815 | WIRELESS TRANSMISSION SYSTEM, RELAY DEVICE, WIRELESS SINK DEVICE, AND WIRELESS SOURCE DEVICE - A wireless transmission system is provided that can minimize the control command transmission amount by operating a plurality of sink devices in conjunction with each other with respect to each group. The wireless transmission system includes: a bridge device ( | 05-22-2014 |
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20090109254 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - The present invention teaches and claims an image forming apparatus comprising: an image forming portion including one or more inkjet heads for forming an image on a recording medium by discharging ink from an ink discharge surface of the inkjet head; a recording medium transporting portion having a transport surface which is positioned below the ink discharge surface and on which the recording medium is placed for transporting a sheet to a position facing the ink discharge surface; a moving mechanism for moving the transport surface toward and away from the ink discharge surface; an ink discharge surface protecting mechanism including but not limited to a cap member and a driving device for moving the cap member; and a control unit for moving the transport surface away from the ink discharge surface to operate the ink discharge surface protecting mechanism when the recording medium is jammed during transportation of the recording medium. | 04-30-2009 |
20100259580 | INK JET RECORDING APPARATUS - An ink jet recording apparatus may include a recording head that extends in a direction perpendicular to a recording-medium-conveying direction. In some embodiments, the recording head may eject ink to a recording medium. An embodiment may include a recovery device that performs recovery processing of the recording head, the recovery device having a cap portion that covers an ink ejection surface of the recording head, and a wiping portion that wipes the ink ejection surface. In some embodiments, the recovery device may move along the recording-medium-conveying direction. When the recovery device moves along the recording-medium-conveying direction, the wiping portion wipes the ink ejection surface while moving along the recording-medium-conveying direction. | 10-14-2010 |
20100295895 | INKJET RECORDING DEVICE - An inkjet recording device is provided, which includes a recording head, a cleaning unit and a wiper cap member. The recording head includes a nozzle face on which an ink-injecting nozzle is formed. The cleaning unit includes a wiper case and a wiper member. The wiper case has a wiper accommodating portion and a wiper opening. The wiper member is configured to be accommodated in the wiper accommodating portion, protrude out of the wiper accommodating portion via the wiper opening and move relatively to the recording head to clean the recording head. The wiper cap member shuts the wiper opening of the wiper case. | 11-25-2010 |
20120274687 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - The present invention teaches and claims an image forming apparatus comprising: an image forming portion including one or more inkjet heads for forming an image on a recording medium by discharging ink from an ink discharge surface of the inkjet head; a recording medium transporting portion having a transport surface which is positioned below the ink discharge surface and on which the recording medium is placed for transporting a sheet to a position facing the ink discharge surface; a moving mechanism for moving the transport surface toward and away from the ink discharge surface; an ink discharge surface protecting mechanism including but not limited to a cap member and a driving device for moving the cap member; and a control unit for moving the transport surface away from the ink discharge surface to operate the ink discharge surface protecting mechanism when the recording medium is jammed during transportation of the recording medium. | 11-01-2012 |
20130106952 | MAINTENANCE UNIT HAVING A PLURALITY OF WIPERS, AND INK-JET RECORDING APPARATUS | 05-02-2013 |
20150035913 | FLOW PATH OPENING/CLOSING DEVICE AND INKJET RECORDING APPARATUS PROVIDED WITH THE FLOW PATH OPENING/CLOSING DEVICE - A flow path opening/closing device includes a tube through which a recording liquid flows, a tube support member on which the tube is mounted, an opening/closing member configured to rotate between a closing position and an opening position, and an elastic support member. In the closing position, the opening/closing member crushes the tube mounted on the tube support member, thereby cutting off a flow path defined within the tube. In the opening position, the opening/closing member allows the cutoff of the flow path to be cancelled by a restoring force of the tube. The elastic support member elastically supports the tube support member so as to move the tube support member toward and away from the opening/closing member. | 02-05-2015 |
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20100295012 | NONVOLATILE MEMORY ELEMENT, AND NONVOLATILE MEMORY DEVICE - A nonvolatile memory element comprises a resistance variable element | 11-25-2010 |
20110074539 | VARIABLE RESISTANCE ELEMENT AND MANUFACTURING METHOD OF THE SAME - A variable resistance element capable of increasing stability of a resistance changing operation and reducing a current necessary for changing, to a low resistance state for the first time, the variable resistance element in an initial state immediately after manufacture. The variable resistance element includes: a first electrode ( | 03-31-2011 |
20110240942 | VARIABLE RESISTANCE ELEMENT AND NONVOLATILE SEMICONDUCTOR MEMORY DEVICE USING THE SAME - To provide a variable resistance element capable of preventing the interface resistance, in a side of the variable resistance element in which resistance change is not allowed, from changing to high resistance due to applied voltage. The variable resistance element is configured by providing a variable resistance film ( | 10-06-2011 |
20120181500 | NON-VOLATILE SEMICONDUCTOR MEMORY DEVICE AND MANUFACTURING METHOD THEREOF - A non-volatile semiconductor memory device comprises a plurality of memory cell holes ( | 07-19-2012 |
20120193600 | VARIABLE RESISTANCE NONVOLATILE MEMORY ELEMENT, METHOD OF MANUFACTURING THE SAME, AND VARIABLE RESISTANCE NONVOLATILE MEMORY DEVICE - A variable resistance nonvolatile memory element ( | 08-02-2012 |
20130056701 | NONVOLATILE MEMORY ELEMENT, AND NONVOLATILE MEMORY DEVICE - A nonvolatile memory element including a resistance variable element configured to reversibly change between a low-resistance state and a high-resistance state in response to electric signals with different polarities; and a current controlling element configured such that when a current flowing when a voltage whose absolute value is a first value which is larger than 0 and smaller than a predetermined voltage value and whose polarity is a first polarity is applied is a first current and a current flowing when a voltage whose absolute value is the first value and whose polarity is a second polarity is applied is a second current, the first current is higher than the second current, and the resistance variable element is connected with the current controlling element such that the first polarity voltage is applied to the current controlling element when the resistance variable element changes from the low-resistance to the high-resistance state. | 03-07-2013 |
20130121063 | MEMORY DEVICE, SEMICONDUCTOR STORAGE DEVICE, METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING MEMORY DEVICE, AND READING METHOD FOR SEMICONDUCTOR STORAGE DEVICE - A memory device that can prevent degradation in characteristics of a diode and the destruction due to the miniaturization includes: a substrate; first electrodes, a second electrode, and a third electrode that are stacked above the substrate; a variable resistance layer between the first and second electrodes; and a non-conductive layer between the second and third electrodes. The variable resistance layer includes a high-concentration variable resistance layer closer to the first electrodes, and a low-concentration variable resistance layer closer to the second electrode and having an oxygen concentration lower than that of the high-concentration variable resistance layer. The second and third electrodes and the non-conductive layer comprise the diode, and the first and second electrodes and the variable resistance layer comprise variable resistance elements, a total number of which is equal to that of the first electrodes. | 05-16-2013 |
20130128654 | NONVOLATILE MEMORY ELEMENT, METHOD OF MANUFACTURING NONVOLATILE MEMORY ELEMENT, METHOD OF INITIAL BREAKDOWN OF NONVOLATILE MEMORY ELEMENT, AND NONVOLATILE MEMORY DEVICE - A nonvolatile memory element includes a current steering element which bidirectionally rectifies current in response to applied voltage and a variable resistance element connected in series with the current steering element. The current steering element includes an MSM diode and an MSM diode which are connected in series and each of which bidirectionally rectifies current in response to applied voltage. The MSM diode and the MSM diode include a lower electrode, a first current steering layer, a first metal layer, a second current steering layer, and an upper electrode which are stacked in this order. The current steering element has a breakdown current which is larger than an initial breakdown current which flows in the variable resistance element at the time of initial breakdown. | 05-23-2013 |
20130148406 | NONVOLATILE SEMICONDUCTOR MEMORY DEVICE AND READ METHOD FOR THE SAME - A cross point nonvolatile memory device capable of suppressing sneak-current-caused reduction in sensitivity of detection of a resistance value of a memory element is provided. The device includes perpendicular bit and word lines; a cross-point cell array including memory cells each having a resistance value reversibly changing between at least two resistance states according to electrical signals, arranged on cross-points of the word and bit lines; an offset detection cell array including an offset detection cell having a resistance higher than that of the memory cell in a high resistance state, the word lines being shared by the offset detection cell array; a read circuit (a sense amplifier) that determines a resistance state of a selected memory cell based on a current through the selected bit line; and a current source which supplies current to the offset detection cell array in a read operation period. | 06-13-2013 |
20130148407 | NONVOLATILE SEMICONDUCTOR MEMORY DEVICE AND READ METHOD FOR THE SAME - A nonvolatile semiconductor memory device includes: word lines; bit lines formed so as to three-dimensionally cross the word lines; and a cross-point cell array including cells each provided at a corresponding one of three-dimensional cross-points of the word lines and the bit lines. The cells include: a memory cell including a memory element that operates as a memory by reversibly changing in resistance value between at least two states based on an electrical signal; and an offset detection cell having a constant resistance value that is higher than the resistance value of the memory element in a high resistance state which is a state of the memory element when operating as the memory. | 06-13-2013 |
20130224931 | NONVOLATILE MEMORY DEVICE MANUFACTURING METHOD - A method of manufacturing a nonvolatile memory device that is a variable resistance nonvolatile memory device, which has good consistency with a dual damascene process that is suitable for the formation of fine copper lines and which enables large capacity and high integration. This method includes: forming a variable resistance element, a contact hole and a line groove; and forming a current steering layer of a bidirectional diode element above interlayer insulating layers and a variable resistance layer to cover the line groove without covering a bottom surface of the contact hole. | 08-29-2013 |
20130270510 | NONVOLATILE SEMICONDUCTOR MEMORY ELEMENT, NONVOLATILE SEMICONDUCTOR MEMORY DEVICE, AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING NONVOLATILE SEMICONDUCTOR MEMORY DEVICE - A nonvolatile semiconductor memory element includes: a variable resistance element including a first electrode, a variable resistance layer, and a second electrode, and having a resistance value which changes according to a polarity of an electric pulse applied between the first electrode and the second electrode; and a current steering element which is electrically connected to the variable resistance element, allows a current to flow bidirectionally, and has a nonlinear current-voltage characteristic. The current steering element (i) has a structure in which a first current steering element electrode, a first semiconductor layer, and a second current steering element electrode are stacked in this order, and (ii) includes a second semiconductor layer which covers side surfaces of the first current steering element electrode, the first semiconductor layer, and the second current steering element electrode. | 10-17-2013 |
20140112056 | NONVOLATILE SEMICONDUCTOR MEMORY DEVICE AND WRITE METHOD FOR THE SAME - A nonvolatile semiconductor memory device includes word lines, bit lines, a cross-point cell array including cells, each of which includes memory cells and at least one offset detection cell, a word line selection circuit, a bit line selection circuit, a write control circuit, a current sensing circuit which detects a current and converts it into an electrical signal, wherein a write control circuit adjusts a write electrical signal for causing a second write current higher than a first write current to flow through the memory cell. | 04-24-2014 |
20140126267 | VARIABLE RESISTANCE NONVOLATILE MEMORY DEVICE - Provided is a variable resistance element (Rij) the resistance state of which is reversibly changed by applying electrical signals of different polarities; and a current steering element (Dij) in which a first current is larger than a second current, the first current being a current which flows when a voltage of the first polarity having a first value is applied, the first value being less than a predetermined voltage value and having an absolute value greater than zero, the second current being a current which flows when a voltage of the second polarity having an absolute value which is the first value is applied, the second polarity being different from the first polarity, in which Rij and Dij are connected in series such that the polarity of a voltage to be applied to Dij is the second polarity when the resistance state of Rij is changed to high resistance state. | 05-08-2014 |
20140146594 | DESIGNING METHOD OF NON-VOLATILE MEMORY DEVICE, MANUFACTURING METHOD OF NON-VOLATILE MEMORY DEVICE, AND NON-VOLATILE MEMORY DEVICE - A method of designing a cross-point non-volatile memory device including memory elements arranged in (N×M) matrix, each of the memory elements including a variable resistance element and a bidirectional current steering element connected in series with the variable resistance element, the method comprises the step of: when an absolute value of a low-resistance state writing voltage is VR and an absolute value of a current flowing through the variable resistance element having changed to a low-resistance state by application of the low-resistance state writing voltage to both ends of the variable resistance element in a high-resistance state is I | 05-29-2014 |
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20110175100 | Infrared sensor - The infrared sensor ( | 07-21-2011 |
20120018636 | INFRARED ARRAY SENSOR - An infrared array sensor includes: a base substrate; cavities which have array structure and are formed on a surface side of the base substrate; and pixel parts supported by the base substrate to cover the cavities, respectively. Each of the pixel parts includes a membrane structure that includes segmented membrane structures divided by slits. Each of the segmented membrane structures includes a thermosensor. Each membrane structure of the pixel parts includes a coupling piece for connecting its own segmented membrane structures to each other. | 01-26-2012 |
20120085907 | INFRARED ARRAY SENSOR - The infrared array sensor comprises a base with recess and a plurality of image elements on the base to cover the recess. The image element has the first infrared absorption members and the thermosensors. The thin film structural body is formed with a slit which divides the thin film structural body into the cantilevers. The cantilever has one lengthwise end which is defined as the first end, and remaining one lengthwise end which is defined as the second end. The thermosensor is disposed on the cantilever. When the temperature variation of the thermosensor is caused, the thermosensor generates the output signal corresponding to the temperature variation of the thermosensor. | 04-12-2012 |
20130040374 | CHEMICAL SENSOR - To provide a chemical sensor that can dissolve analytes in a gas in a liquid using a simple method, the chemical sensor comprising a sensor support section; a gas injection hole through which a gas containing an analyte is injected; a sample collection section in which the analyte contained in the gas injected through the gas injection hole is collected; a sample delivery section through which the analyte collected in the sample collection section is delivered; a sample reaction section including a reactant that causes a predetermined reaction with the analyte delivered through the sample delivery section; and a detection section in which the analyte reacted with the reactant in the sample reaction section is detected, wherein the sample collection section includes a Peltier element that liquefies water vapor contained in the gas injected through the gas injection hole. | 02-14-2013 |
20140220668 | MICROFLUIDIC DEVICE - To provide a microfluidic device which does not apply a meandering reaction channel and thus can be reduced in size, the microfluidic device comprising a reaction channel is characterized in that a plurality of thermal cycle regions which respectively comprise at least two thermal regions with different temperatures are repeatedly provided and the reaction channel passes through the plurality of thermal cycle regions. | 08-07-2014 |
20150123016 | INFRARED RADIATION ELEMENT - An infrared radiation element includes: a first insulating layer having heat insulating properties and electrically insulating properties; a heating element layer provided on the first insulating layer and configured to radiate infrared radiation when energized; and a second insulating layer provided on an opposite side of the heating element layer from the first insulating layer and having heat insulating properties and electrically insulating properties. The second insulating layer transmits the infrared radiation radiated from the heating element layer. The heating element layer has such a sheet resistance that impedance of the heating element layer matches impedance of space which is in contact with the second insulating layer. | 05-07-2015 |
20150190811 | MICROFLUIDIC DEVICE - The present invention provides a miniaturized microfluidic device with a heater that has a simple structure without needing adhesion means for improving the heat transfer between the heater block and the device, and which can form the uniform temperature regions. Disclosed is a microfluidic device, including: a substrate; a reaction flow path formed on the substrate; and a temperature adjustment heater for heating the reaction flow path, in which a reaction flow path formation region including the reaction flow path formed therein and a temperature adjustment heater formation region including the temperature adjustment heater formed therein are alternately arranged on the substrate, the reaction flow path is formed to be bent at least one time in the reaction flow path formation region, and the temperature adjustment heater is formed to be bent at least one time in the temperature adjustment heater formation region. | 07-09-2015 |
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20100019446 | PAPER DISCHARGE APPARATUS, POST-PROCESSING APPARATUS, AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - A paper discharge apparatus that sequentially discharges paper through a discharge outlet, stacks and stores the paper is provided, the apparatus includes: a discharge tray including a fixed tray that is fixedly disposed spaced apart from the discharge outlet, and a swing tray that is disposed between the fixed tray and the discharge outlet and that is axially supported so as to be capable of swinging at or near an end portion of the fixed tray; and a drive control unit that controls an angle of inclination of a surface of the swing tray with respect to a surface of the fixed tray by swinging the swing tray. In this paper discharge apparatus, paper discharged from the discharge outlet is received on the fixed tray and the swing tray of the discharge tray. | 01-28-2010 |
20100225044 | POST-PROCESSING DEVICE AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS PROVIDED WITH THE SAME - A post-processing device includes an introductory feed path, a processing tray, a post-processing section, a catch tray, a sheet delivery section, and a control section. The post-processing section is configured to perform post-processing on the sheet placed on the processing tray. The catch tray is disposed below the processing tray. The sheet delivery section has an upper rotary member and a lower rotary member which are disposed at an end of the processing tray lying on a catch tray side so as to be movable toward and away from each other. The control section causes the upper rotary member and the lower rotary member to press against each other at latest by the time a leading edge of a first sheet of a group of sheets to be post-processed at a time is brought into contact with the catch tray. | 09-09-2010 |
20110051167 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - An image forming apparatus comprises a main body, a post-processing device, an objective working section, a light source and a shade member. The post-processing device is disposed freely displaceable between a retracted position at which it is received by an intra-body paper discharge section of the main body and a protruded position at which it is drawn to one side face side. The objective working section is disposed on an upstream side face of the post-processing device in the drawing direction of the post-processing device. | 03-03-2011 |
20130127108 | PAPER FEED DEVICE AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS PROVIDED WITH THE SAME - A paper feed device includes a paper stacking shelf, a paper trailing edge guide that regulates a position of a paper bundle, a contact member that is disposed on the paper trailing edge guide, and a position switch portion that moves the contact member to either a withdrawn away position or a contact position with respect to an upper face of the paper bundle. The position switch portion is provided with a rod that is moved in conjunction with an operation for causing the paper feed device to be pulled out from and pushed into the accommodation space, and a rotatable member that is rotated in conjunction with the movement of the rod. The position switch portion supports the contact member, and causes the contact member to be rotationally moved to either the withdrawn away position or the contact position in conjunction with the rotation of the rotatable member. | 05-23-2013 |
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20090217627 | Production Method for Container Packing Filler and Tubular Net Rolling Apparatus - A method and an apparatus for producing a container packing filler are provided, which ensure that a net can be correctly and speedily rolled up into a bulk or ball shape. A stretchable tubular net (N) is fitted around a columnar support member ( | 09-03-2009 |
20120230708 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - An image forming apparatus includes an image bearer, an optical writing unit to writing an electrostatic latent image on the image bearer, the optical writing unit including multiple optical writing elements arranged in a longitudinal direction of the image bearer and a frame to hold the multiple optical writing elements, a development device to develop the electrostatic latent image on the image bearer with developer, a developer container for containing the developer supplied to the development device, and a developer amount detector to detect an amount of developer contained in the developer container based on a light transmission amount between a light-emitting element and a light-receiving element. At least one of the light-emitting element and the light-receiving element of the developer amount detector is attached to the optical writing unit. | 09-13-2012 |
20120237268 | POWDER TRANSPORT DEVICE AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS INCORPORATING SAME - A powder transport device includes a first transport tube through which powder falls under gravity; a second transport tube having a transport member that transports the powder in a substantially horizontal direction; and a joint section having a ceiling, opposed side walls, an upstream wall, and a downstream wall. The joint section defines a first drop region, defined by the downstream wall and the side walls, continuous with and positioned directly under the first transport tube, to drop the powder dropped from the first transport tube; and a second drop region, defined by the ceiling, the upstream wall, and the side walls, displaced relative to and continuous with the first drop region, positioned adjacent to the second transport tube, to drop the powder transported from the second transport tube upstream from the first drop region in the direction in which the powder is transported through the second transport tube. | 09-20-2012 |
20130051854 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - An image forming apparatus includes: a rotatable transfer member rotatably driven while carrying a toner image thereon; a rotary transfer member to form a transfer nip for transferring the toner image to a recording medium; a housing rotatable about a first rotation center together with the rotary transfer member and switching between a closed state and an open state by the rotation about the first rotation center; a guide member to guide the recording medium conveyed through a conveyance path toward upstream in the direction of rotation of the rotatable transfer member than the transfer nip; a support frame to support the rotatable transfer member; a biasing member to bias the guide member; and a receiving part, disposed on the support frame, configured to contact the guide member biased by the biasing member and position the guide member in the closed state of the housing. | 02-28-2013 |
20130259532 | DEVELOPER CONTAINER, DEVELOPING DEVICE, PROCESS UNIT, AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - The developer container includes a rotator that is rotated in the container body, a sequence of gears disposed outside the developer container that transmits a torque to the rotator, and a container guiding portion that fits with a main body side guiding portion and guides the developer container in a direction in which the developer container is attached to a mounting portion of an image forming device main body. A first gear included in the sequence of the gears is movable between an operating position where the first gear engages with a second gear and a retracted position where the first gear is retracted. On a surface on which the container guiding portion is disposed, a part of the container guiding portion is disposed within a projected area of the first gear being disposed at the operating position. | 10-03-2013 |
20130266347 | DEVELOPER CONTAINER, DEVELOPING DEVICE, PROCESS UNIT, AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - The developer container includes a rotator that is rotated in the container body, a sequence of gears disposed outside the developer container that transmits a torque to the rotator, and a container guiding portion that fits with a main body side guiding portion and guides the developer container in a direction in which the developer container is attached to a mounting portion of an image forming device main body. A first gear included in the sequence of the gears is movable between an operating position where the first gear engages with a second gear and a retracted position where the first gear is retracted. On a surface on which the container guiding portion is disposed, a part of the container guiding portion is disposed within a projected area of the first gear being disposed at the operating position. | 10-10-2013 |
20140029962 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS AND POWDER TRANSPORT UNIT - An image forming apparatus includes a powder container containing powder used for image forming and including an inlet through which the powder is supplied, a powder supply unit including an outlet that is removably connected to the inlet and supplying the powder to the powder container with the outlet connected to the inlet of the powder container, a powder amount detector detecting whether a present powder level in the powder container is equal to or greater than a threshold, and a controller controlling an amount of powder supply from the powder supply unit and controlling the present powder level in the powder container after replenishment to remain in a range from the threshold and a position corresponding to an upper edge of the inlet. A powder transport unit includes a transport decelerating part to decelerate the speed of powder transport and a detection area in the image forming apparatus. | 01-30-2014 |
20140050507 | SHUTTER ASSEMBLY, POWDER CONTAINER, CLEANING DEVICE, AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - A shutter assembly includes an internal shutter and an external shutter. The internal shutter including a contact member is movable between a first position at which the internal shutter closes the outlet, a third position at which the internal shutter opens the outlet, and a second position between the first position and the third position. The internal shutter at the second position is movable to the third position while closing the outlet. The external shutter is movable between a closed position at which the external shutter closes the outlet and an open position at which the external shutter opens the outlet, and includes an interlocking member to contact the contact member to move the internal shutter. As the external shutter is moved from the closed position to the open position, the internal shutter is moved from the first position to the second position in conjunction with the external shutter. | 02-20-2014 |
20140153972 | POWDER CONTAINER, DEVELOPING UNIT, PROCESS UNIT, AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS INCORPORATING SAME - A powder container that includes a container body to contain powder for image formation, a discharge outlet formed in the container body to discharge powder therefrom, a shutter movable between an open position to open the discharge outlet and a closed position to close the discharge outlet, and a seal member to be interposed between the container body and the shutter when the shutter is at the open position. In a state in which the shutter is at the open position, a downstream end of the seal member in an opening direction in which the shutter moves to open the discharge outlet is positioned downstream from a downstream end of the shutter in the opening direction. | 06-05-2014 |
20140294449 | DEVELOPER CONTAINER, DEVELOPING DEVICE, PROCESS UNIT, AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - The developer container includes a rotator that is rotated in the container body, a sequence of gears disposed outside the developer container that transmits a torque to the rotator, and a container guiding portion that fits with a main body side guiding portion and guides the developer container in a direction in which the developer container is attached to a mounting portion of an image forming device main body. A first gear included in the sequence of the gears is movable between an operating position where the first gear engages with a second gear and a retracted position where the first gear is retracted. On a surface on which the container guiding portion is disposed, a part of the container guiding portion is disposed within a projected area of the first gear being disposed at the operating position. | 10-02-2014 |
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20110023686 | STRAINER, AND SNAPPY HOLDING STRUCTURE BY THE STRAINER - Intended is to provide a strainer having a switch mechanism, which is hardly rattled by a wear, which can be stably operated by a weak force, which does not load a snare assembly and which can maintain an excellent operation feel, and a snare assembly holding structure which has a reliable clamping force so that it can prevent the looseness of the snare assembly end portion. An operation lever is hinged on its base end side to a base body. A link is turnably connected on its one end side to the lower side portion of a snare assembly holding member, and is likewise turnably connected on its other end side to a midway position of the operation lever. When the operation lever turns upward, the snare assembly holding member is pulled upward through the link. When the operation lever turns downward, the snare assembly holding member is pushed downward. | 02-03-2011 |
20110030531 | DRUM HOLDING STRUCTURE AND DRUM HELD BY THE HOLDING STRUCTURE - To provide a drum holding structure that does not impair the resonance feature or the sound quality that the drum originally possesses, that is free of occurrence of strains or twists in the drum constituents despite a long term of use, and that is excellent in terms of workability, and a drum held by the holding structure. | 02-10-2011 |
20110030532 | PEDAL FOR DRUM - To provide a drum pedal with a suppressed deflection and no fluctuation in beat timing or beat force of a beater, which allows the player to perform with a desired well-modulated tone, and to obtain the direct feeling, which is a sense of the depressing force being directly transferred to the beater attained by the good operability and the maintained stable attitude of the entire pedal, without inviting an increase in weight or material cost. | 02-10-2011 |
20140116230 | MUSICAL INSTRUMENT HOLDING ANGLE ADJUSTING APPARATUS AND MUSICAL INSTRUMENT HOLDER INCLUDING THE HOLDING ANGLE ADJUSTING APPARATUS - To provide a musical instrument holding angle adjusting apparatus and a musical instrument holder including the same, which involve small number of components and which are simply structured. With the musical instrument holding angle adjusting apparatus, not only the top to bottom tilt angle but also the axial rotation angle can be adjusted, and excellent operability is exhibited. Even more, excellent durability is exhibited without incurring impairment of the function even through a long period of use. Further, the tilt angle and the rotation angle having undergone adjustment and setting can be retained with a strong force. | 05-01-2014 |
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20080215904 | INTERFACE CIRCUIT - An interface circuit is disclosed. | 09-04-2008 |
20110095729 | CHARGING CIRCUIT AND CHARGING METHOD - A charging circuit that simultaneously charges a battery with an electrical current supplied from an external power source and supplies the electrical current supplied from the external power source to a load includes a power supply circuit to supply an electrical current from the battery to the load when a load current required by the load is greater than a maximum supply current of the external power source, a detector to detect a voltage of the battery, and a controller to control power supply to the load as well as charging the battery. When the detected voltage of the battery is lower than the predetermined threshold, the controller stops supplying the electrical current from the battery to the load and charges the battery with the electrical current supplied from the external power source. | 04-28-2011 |
20130242598 | OPTICAL SHEET, BACKLIGHT UNIT USING THE SAME AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING THE SAME - Provided is an optical sheet capable of exhibiting superior optical function, and a high-quality backlight unit using the same. The optical sheet includes a transparent substrate layer, and an optical function layer having a plurality of fibers protruding from one surface side of the substrate layer. The optical function layer preferably includes an adhesive portion joining the plurality of fibers to the substrate layer. The adhesive portion is preferably laminated entirely on the one surface side of the substrate layer. The adhesive portion is preferably formed from acryl emulsion adhesives. The refractive index of the fiber is preferably no less than 1.3 and no greater than 1.8. The density of the fiber per unit area in the plane direction of the substrate layer is preferably no less than 100 fibers/cm | 09-19-2013 |
20150049388 | VIEW ANGLE-RESTRICTING SHEET AND FLAT PANEL DISPLAY - The view angle-restricting sheet according to the present invention includes an optically functional layer which includes: a plurality of first light transmission sections that are rectangular in cross section and arranged in a multi-stripe fashion; and at least one second light transmission section that is/are rectangular in cross section and arranged between the first light transmission sections, at least one of the lateral face of the first light transmission section and the lateral face of the second light transmission section that face each other being provided as a light-scattering surface having a microstructure including fine protrusions. The arithmetic mean roughness (Ra) of the light-scattering surface is preferably no less than 1.5 μm and no greater than 4 μm. The ratio (Rz/Ra) of the ten-point mean roughness (Rz) to the arithmetic mean roughness (Ra) of the light-scattering surface is preferably no less than 1 and no greater than 20. | 02-19-2015 |
20150131154 | VIEW ANGLE-RESTRICTION SHEET AND FLAT PANEL DISPLAY - The view angle-restricting sheet includes an optically functional layer including: a plurality of first light transmission sections that are rectangular in cross section and arranged in a multi-stripe fashion; and one or more second light transmission section(s) that is/are each arranged between adjacent first light transmission sections. The first light transmission sections contain a light diffusing agent and a resin matrix. The proportion of the surface area occupied by the first light transmission sections with respect to the surface area of the optically functional layer is no less than 5% and no greater than 40%. The ratio (T | 05-14-2015 |
20150205015 | VIEW ANGLE-RESTRICTING SHEET AND FLAT PANEL DISPLAY - The view angle-restricting sheet includes an optical function layer which includes: a plurality of first light transmission sections provided to protrude in a multi-stripe fashion; and a second light transmission section disposed around the plurality of first light transmission sections. Both sides of a top portion of the first light transmission section are formed to have a chamfer-like shape, and the first light transmission section exhibits an optical function distinct from an optical function of the second light transmission section. At least the top portion of the first light transmission section preferably has an inverted-U shaped vertical cross section. The first light transmission section preferably contains a resin matrix and a light diffusing agent contained in the matrix. | 07-23-2015 |
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20090303524 | Operation control program, operation control method, image forming apparatus, and memory resource allocation method - An operation control program controls a computer provided in an image forming apparatus to serve as: a service section which discriminates an operation of a service requested by a user, and constructs a job corresponding to the operation by selecting one or a plurality of job scenarios prepared in advance as constituting element of the job and using the selected job scenario; and a job performing section for executing sequentially a processing indicated by each job scenario constituting the job constructed by the service section. | 12-10-2009 |
20100189942 | Blister Packaging Multilayer Resin Film and Blister Package - A blister packaging multilayer resin film is used to produce a blister package in which an item is sealed between a support substrate and the multilayer resin film, wherein the multilayer resin film includes an oxygen barrier layer that is arranged on a side of the multilayer resin film which side faces the support substrate, and a moisture proof layer that is arranged on a side of the oxygen barrier layer which side does not face the support substrate. | 07-29-2010 |
20130027719 | OPERATION APPARATUS, IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS, DISPLAY CONTROL METHOD, AND MEDIUM FOR RECORDING PROGRAM - The operation apparatus according to the present disclosure includes a touch panel, a determination unit, a shrinkage rate calculating unit, a window shrinking unit, and a multi window display unit. The shrinkage rate calculating unit that calculates, in a case in which the determination unit determines that an input operation on the plurality of setting item keys is detected within a predetermined time period, a shrinkage rate allowing equal allocation of space for a predetermined number of setting condition input windows in a display region based on the setting item number, and a size of the display region in a case of displaying only one setting condition input window on the touch panel. The multi window display unit that displays in the display region the predetermined number of setting condition input windows that are shrunk by the window shrinking unit. | 01-31-2013 |
20150062631 | DISPLAY DEVICE, IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS, AND DISPLAY CONTROL METHOD - A display device incudes a display section having a display surface, a display control section, and a touch panel. The display control section is configured to causes the display section to display a first display region and a first operating region. The touch panel is configured to detect a touch point in touch with the display surface of the display section. A page selected from a plurality of pages is displayed in the first display region. The first operating region has a size corresponding to the number of pages from the page displayed in the first display region to an end page of the pages. The display control section updates the page displayed in the first display region according to the number of to-be-updated pages determined based on a start point to an end point of the touch point within the first operating region. | 03-05-2015 |
20150067576 | DISPLAY DEVICE, IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS, AND DISPLAY CONTROL METHOD - The display device includes a display section having a display surface, a touch panel, and a display control section. The display section is configured to display a plurality of pages. The touch panel is configured to detect a touch point in touch with the display surface of the display section. The display control section is configured to flip a page toward a last page or a top page of the pages in a direction corresponding to the travel direction of the touch point that the touch panel detects. The display control section changes an amount of page flip each time the touch panel detects a change in the travel direction. | 03-05-2015 |
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20110005172 | PACKING-PACKAGING APPARATUS - A packing-packaging machine includes: sheet feeding means; a horizontal bonding unit for forming a bag body by forming horizontal bonding on a tubular body at predetermined intervals; and an object dispensing unit for dispensing an object to be packaged to the bag body during a repetition of the formation of the horizontal bonding. The object dispensing unit includes a shutter for opening and closing a falling path of a predetermined amount of the object into the bag body. The shutter is opened and closed such that the predetermined amount of the object and another predetermined amount of the object fall with a spacing therebetween, and that before the horizontal bonding is formed on the bag body packed with the predetermined amount of the object which has been dropped during opening-closing operation of the shutter, the other predetermined amount of the object for a next bag body starts falling. | 01-13-2011 |
20110047937 | METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING EXTRACTION BAG SHEET - A method of manufacturing an extraction bag sheet including: (1) a step of placing and holding tags on a rotary supporting body at predetermined intervals; (2) threading a string into a continuous pattern on the circumferential surface of the rotary supporting body; (3) bonding the string to the tags; (4) supplying a water-permeable filter sheet onto the tags and the string; (5) bonding the water-permeable filter sheet to the string; and (6) bonding the water-permeable filter sheet to the tags. In the bonding steps of (3), (5), and (6), bonding heads are used which are moved reciprocally and oscillatingly about the center axis of the rotary supporting body and moved vertically relative to the circumferential surface of the rotary supporting body by an oscillation servo motor and a vertical movement servo motor. | 03-03-2011 |
20140262049 | THREAD MATERIAL CUTTING DEVICE - A thread material cutting device is provided which is used in an extraction bag sheet manufacturing apparatus, the thread material cutting device having a compact apparatus configuration without the use of a cutter. An extraction bag manufacturing apparatus with the thread material cutting device incorporated therein includes welding means (first sealing device) in which tags retained on a carrying face of a carrier at prescribed intervals and a thread material arranged so as to be placed over the tags are press-heated and thereby welded on the carrier. The thread material cutting device has tension application means such as a pressing plate configured to engage with the thread material placed between adjacent tags so as to apply tension to the thread material. While the welding means is press-heating the thread material onto the tags, the tension application means applies tension to the thread material so as to cut the thread material. | 09-18-2014 |
20150143779 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR MANUFACTURING PACKAGE OF EXTRACTION BAG - A method for manufacturing a package in which an extraction bag having four triangular surfaces is stored in an exterior bag includes: a direction regulation step of regulating a direction of the extraction bag to be a specified direction; a pressing step of pressing the extraction bag so that one surface or one side of the extraction bag is folded into two; a folding step of folding the extraction bag by surface-pressing of the extraction bag from both sides of surfaces that are overlapped upon being folded into two; and a packaging step of forming a package in which the folded extraction bag is stored in the exterior bag. According to the method, when a trigonal-pyramid pack is packaged with an exterior bag, the trigonal-pyramid pack can be closed in the exterior bag in the state of being folded flat in a fixed form. | 05-28-2015 |