| Patent Number |
Title Of Patent |
Date Issued |
| 7392535 |
Access privilege transferring method |
June 24, 2008 |
| Disclosed herein is an access privilege transferring method for safely transmitting privilege information about each object between subjects (users) over an object space in which service objects are scattered. User information and secret information of clients are shared between the |
| 7392385 |
Client server system and devices thereof |
June 24, 2008 |
| A client server system and devices thereof, which perform a distributed processing while performing access control. when a client device demands a job of the server device, the server device outputs an authentication demand message to an authentication server via a network. The authe |
| 7391902 |
Image reading apparatus |
June 24, 2008 |
| An image reading apparatus is composed of an image input unit for obtaining multi-valued image data by reading an image optically; an image processing unit for performing image processing including screen processing on the multi-valued image data obtained by the image input unit; a d |
| 7389362 |
Peripheral equipment control program, program control device, program control method, peripheral |
June 17, 2008 |
| Peripheral equipment control program, program control device, program control method, peripheral equipment driver, peripheral equipment control device, and method for installing peripheral equipment control driver are disclosed. A peripheral equipment control program stored in an inf |
| 7389081 |
Process for manufacturing an image recording body and apparatus for manufacturing the same |
June 17, 2008 |
| The present invention provides a method for manufacturing an image recording body comprising: image-forming, to form an image on a surface of a film by an electrophotographic method; positioning, by overlaying the film onto a support so that at least one side of the support and a sid |
| 7389067 |
Developer cartridge of an image forming apparatus for removably mounting |
June 17, 2008 |
| A developer cartridge is constituted to be mounted attachably and detachably in a directional orthogonal to a rotating shaft of a developing unit main body and the developer cartridge has a developer containing portion and a developer recovery portion for recovering used developer fr |
| 7389065 |
Image-forming apparatus with vibrating part |
June 17, 2008 |
| An image-forming apparatus includes a transfer part that transfers a toner image to a sheet; a fixing part that heats a sheet to which a toner image is transferred by the transfer part to a temperature at which the toner on the sheet melts, and ejects the sheet; a vibrating part that vib |
| 7389059 |
Image forming apparatus having a toner concentration sensor |
June 17, 2008 |
| An image forming apparatus includes an image carrier on which an electrostatic latent image is formed, a rotary developing device having N developer carriers on an rotation orbit and moving the N developer carriers to a development position opposite to the image carrier, and a toner |
| 7388492 |
Pallet recycling system, radio tag, pallet, and management method and program |
June 17, 2008 |
| A pallet recycling system for managing a pallet to support pallet recycling, comprising: a managing section connected to a network that manages a pallet distribution; a radio tag given to the pallet that records and transmits a pallet distribution; and a tag reader/writer that read |
| 7387376 |
Liquid droplet ejecting unit, image forming apparatus and valve |
June 17, 2008 |
| A liquid droplet ejecting unit is disclosed wherein plural liquid droplet ejecting sub-units are provided which are arrayed in a direction substantially perpendicular to a conveying direction of a recording medium. Further, plural valves are provided which connect the respective liqu |
| 7387261 |
Image forming apparatus and image forming method |
June 17, 2008 |
| An image forming apparatus for forming a code pattern image, which includes position-dependent information differing at every position and position-independent information in common at various positions, the image forming apparatus includes: a position-dependent code storage section |
| 7386596 |
High performance storage access environment |
June 10, 2008 |
| The present invention provides improved techniques for managing storage resources, such as disk drives, I/O ports, and the like in a network based storage system according to a user position within the network. Embodiments according to the present invention can provide a relatively h |
| 7386453 |
Dynamically changing the levels of reading assistance and instruction to support the needs of di |
June 10, 2008 |
| Techniques for dynamic personalized reading instruction at word and sentence level are provided by determining word recognition level and learning gradient information for a user. Comprehension aids are associated with words classified by word recognition level and stored. Word recog |
| 7386254 |
Position adjusting mechanism, process cartridge provided therewith, and image forming apparatus |
June 10, 2008 |
| A position adjusting mechanism, straddling a holding section for rotatably holding rollers and an opposed holding section for holding an opposed member disposed opposite to the rollers, wherein mutual positions between the holding section and the opposed holding section are adjusted, whe |
| 7386213 |
Bidirectional communication optical waveguide and manufacturing method thereof |
June 10, 2008 |
| The present invention provides a bidirectional communication optical waveguide which can adopt a configuration in which light sources having the same wavelengths are used and stray light is not inputted to either a light emitting device or a light receiving device, and the bidirectional |
| 7386025 |
Surface emitting semiconductor laser array and optical transmission system using the same |
June 10, 2008 |
| A surface emitting semiconductor laser array includes multiple light-emitting portions arranged in a one-dimensional or two-dimensional array, each of the light-emitting portions including, on a substrate, an active region and a current funneling portion between first and second refl |
| 7385740 |
Hologram recording medium |
June 10, 2008 |
| There is provided a hologram recording medium having: a recording layer at which a hologram can be recorded by illumination of writing light; and a protective layer provided on the recording layer in order to protect the recording layer, a water absorbency of the protective layer being l |
| 7385732 |
Image reading apparatus, image forming apparatus and image reading method |
June 10, 2008 |
| An image reading apparatus that reads out an original document image synchronously with a frequency dispersion clock gained by modulating the frequency of a reference clock so as to be changed cyclically at a predetermined modulation period, comprising: a first signal generating se |
| 7385723 |
Image formation device and image formation method |
June 10, 2008 |
| The present invention provides an image formation device including: an image reading section which reads an image from an image formation member, at which image formation member the image is formed and a hologram recording medium is mounted, associated information relating to the ima |
| 7383509 |
Automatic generation of multimedia presentation |
June 3, 2008 |
| The present invention provides a system and method for automatically combining image and audio data to create a multimedia presentation. In one embodiment, audio and image data are received by the system. The audio data includes a list of events that correspond to points of interest |
| 7383007 |
Fixing device |
June 3, 2008 |
| A fixing device for heating and pressing a recording medium carrying an unfixed toner image or an unfixed ink image to fix the unfixed toner image or the unfixed ink image on the recording medium, includes a heating roller which has a heating source and has an endless peripheral surf |
| 7382995 |
Fixing apparatus, image forming apparatus and fixing apparatus heating method |
June 3, 2008 |
| A fixing apparatus for fixing an unfixed image on a recording material includes: a heating member having a conductive layer, that is rotatably provided; a pressure member that is rotatably provided and that is brought into press-contact with the heating member, thereby forms a fixing |
| 7382989 |
Image forming system with exchange unit mounted therein |
June 3, 2008 |
| It is judged whether or not an exchange unit mounted in an image forming apparatus is a genuine one. If judged that a nongenuine unit is mounted there, it is judged at the next step whether not a control parameter is optimized. If judged that the control parameter is optimized, it is |
| 7382960 |
Optical waveguide film, and light transmission and reception module |
June 3, 2008 |
| An optical waveguide film that can supply power at extremely low cost, and a light transmission and reception module using this film are provided.A macromolecular optical waveguide film is composed of a square-shaped waveguide core which extends in a film length direction, a conductive |
| 7382387 |
Image forming apparatus and image density correction device |
June 3, 2008 |
| An image forming apparatus, having a submodule that causes non-uniformity in density in a slow-scanning direction in accordance with rotation, includes a correction image forming unit that forms an image for density correction, in cooperation with the submodule, a density detector that |
| 7382386 |
Image forming apparatus |
June 3, 2008 |
| An image forming apparatus has an image carrier, an exposure array, a reading sensor and a detecting unit. The image carrier carries a toner image. The exposure array forms a latent image. The reading sensor reads a pattern. The reading sensor is provided integrally with the exposure |
| 7382294 |
Coding apparatus, decoding apparatus, coding method, decoding method, computer readable medium a |
June 3, 2008 |
| A coding apparatus includes a predicting unit, an intermediate-code generating unit, a first coding unit and a second coding unit. The predicting unit generates a piece of prediction data based on each piece of pixel data constituting a color image. The intermediate-code generating u |
| 7382041 |
Organic-inorganic composite insulating material for electronic element, method of producing same |
June 3, 2008 |
| A method of producing an organic-inorganic composite insulating material for electronic element comprises subjecting a mixture of an organic polymer or its solution and a metal alkoxide or its solution as a starting material to sol-gel reaction of the metal alkoxide in the presence o |
| 7381581 |
Method for manufacturing vertical cavity surface emitting laser and multiple wavelength surface |
June 3, 2008 |
| A method for manufacturing a vertical cavity surface emitting laser formed by laminating a plurality of layers on a substrate, includes coupling two layers of the plurality of layers by joining at room temperature or joining while heating. |
| 7381512 |
Hydroxygallium phthalocyanine pigment and process for the production thereof, electrophotographi |
June 3, 2008 |
| A hydroxygallium phthalocyanine pigment is characterized by having a maximum peak wavelength within a range of from 810 nm to 839 nm in optical absorption spectrum in a wavelength range of from 600 nm to 900 nm. |
| 7380208 |
Image processing apparatus, image processing program and image processing method |
May 27, 2008 |
| An image processing apparatus comprises an image generating unit for generating an image from image data for an image containing an embossed part formed on a medium, the image generated by the image generating unit being different in form of the embossed part or neighborhood thereof from |
| 7379586 |
Color vision characteristic detection apparatus |
May 27, 2008 |
| A color vision characteristic detection apparatus has a storage section, a generation section, and a presenting section. The storage section stores a basic color chart containing portions colored in colors different from each other. The generation section performs a predetermined convers |
| 7379211 |
Image processing method and image processing apparatus |
May 27, 2008 |
| An image processing method that puts input image data represented by multi-value pixels into gradation representation of dots having binary data of plural minute pixels while performing error diffusion processing. The method includes a first step that when a dot is formed which corre |
| 7378210 |
Electrophotographic toner and manufacturing method thereof, polyester resin for electrophotograp |
May 27, 2008 |
| The present invention provides a binder resin that is used for an electrophotographic toner, an electrophotographic toner using the same, and a manufacturing method thereof, as well as an electrophotographic developer and an image forming method. The binder resin includes a rare eart |
| 7377630 |
Ink-jet ink sets, ink-jet ink tanks, ink-jet recording methods, and ink-jet recording apparatuse |
May 27, 2008 |
| An ink-jet ink set having a first liquid and a second liquid, wherein the first liquid includes a colored particle, a dispersant, a water-soluble solvent, and water, the second liquid includes a water-soluble solvent, water, a coagulant capable of coagulating or insolubilizing the first |
| 7376370 |
Image forming apparatus having stable weight balance |
May 20, 2008 |
| An image forming apparatus includes a rotary type developing device having multiple developers provided so as to be rotatable; an image forming unit including the rotary type developing device disposed therein; an image reading unit disposed above the image forming unit; and supporting |
| 7375147 |
Ink jet recording method and apparatus |
May 20, 2008 |
| Ink jet recording method and apparatus is provided in which a color image is recorded by discharging, onto a recording medium, a black ink and at least one of a cyan ink, a magenta ink and a yellow ink from a black-ink recording head that ejects the black ink onto the recording medium, a |
| 7374854 |
Image-forming method and image-forming apparatus using the same |
May 20, 2008 |
| The present invention provides an image-forming method, including pseudo-halftone-processing an input signal corresponding to image information to generate an output signal; irradiating a radiation beam corresponding to the output signal onto a latent image-holding member to form a l |
| 7374160 |
Sheet processing apparatus |
May 20, 2008 |
| A sheet processing apparatus has a stapler for stapling a center of plural stacked sheets; a sheet folding mechanism for folding a set of the stapled sheets in half; a sheet recognizing portion for recognizing the number of sheets forming the set of sheets; a sheet transport mechanism |
| 7372963 |
Device for compression and encryption, and device for decompression and decryption |
May 13, 2008 |
| To reduce processing load or processing time required for compression and encryption of data. Data to be compressed, such as image data, is divided into specified block sizes by am image divider (10). A quantizer (12) references a quantization table (14) to quantize each of these blocks |
| 7372589 |
Printing system and print control method |
May 13, 2008 |
| A printing system configured by connecting, over a network, a client terminal for making a printing request using a printer driver, a terminal for making a server-dedicated print request, a server which receives the printing requests from the client terminal and the terminal and instruct |
| 7370957 |
Ink jet recording apparatus |
May 13, 2008 |
| An ink jet recording apparatus which includes a recording head, and forms an image by ejecting printing liquid including a volatile organic compound (VOC) from the recording head onto a recording medium, wherein the ink jet recording apparatus includes a volatile organic compound dec |
| 7369985 |
System and method for dynamically determining the attitude of an author of a natural language do |
May 6, 2008 |
| A method for adaptively analyzing a natural language document containing at least one lexical item, said analysis to determine an attitude of an author towards an entity, comprising determining at least one actual valence for the at least one lexical item by analyzing the at least one |
| 7369784 |
Image forming apparatus and main body of the same |
May 6, 2008 |
| The present invention provides an image forming apparatus main body for forming an image on a recording medium using consumable items removably attached thereto by at least two operation modes. The image forming apparatus main body comprises a communicating unit that communicates with |
| 7369698 |
Image processing apparatus, method and program that determines a color space of image data using |
May 6, 2008 |
| An image processing apparatus is connected to and accesses a database that stores items of characteristic quantity information to be used for recognizing, in image data, respective objects and items of color information of the respective objects, the characteristic quantity informati |
| 7368706 |
Light scanning device |
May 6, 2008 |
| A light scanning device, including a light source including plural light emitting elements arranged linearly, a deflection section that deflects plural light beams emitted from the light source to scan a surface to be scanned, a photosensor that receives at least one of the plural light |
| 7368214 |
Electrostatic latent image developing toner and manufacturing method thereof |
May 6, 2008 |
| An electrostatic latent image developing toner including, as a binder resin, a crystalline resin and at least one kind of non-crystalline resin, wherein, in a dynamic viscoelasticity measurement by a sine wave vibration method, a minimum value of the relaxation elasticity H in a rela |
| 7368009 |
Carbon fine particle structure and process for producing the same, carbon fine particle transcri |
May 6, 2008 |
| A carbon fine particle structure containing plural carbon fine particles having a graphite structure and a crosslinked part containing plural functional groups chemically bonded to each other, at least one ends of each of the functional groups being connected to different carbon fine |
| 7367666 |
Ink jet recording method and ink jet recording apparatus |
May 6, 2008 |
| An inkjet recording method which prints out by ejecting onto a recording medium an ink set for inkjet use, wherein the ink set includes at least: a first liquid containing at least a coloring material, a water soluble solvent and water; a second liquid containing at least a coagulant, a |
| 7366981 |
Image forming device and method |
April 29, 2008 |
| An image forming device for dividing a continuous document without the concept of pages, such as an HTML document, into pages, the device being capable of responding to a user's various needs in connection with page dividing. A page dividing processor (304) is provided with a plurality o |
