| Patent Number |
Title Of Patent |
Date Issued |
| 6477656 |
System for generating clock pulse which the number of pulses outputted within a predetermined ti |
November 5, 2002 |
| An image forming device scans in a main scanning direction in synchronization with dot clock pulses for each scanning line to form an image; a basic clock pulse generator generates basic clock pulses with a predetermined interval; a delayed clock pulse generator generates a group of |
| 6475714 |
Image forming material |
November 5, 2002 |
| An image forming material comprising a support is disclosed. The support has, on at least one surface, a sublayer comprised of a styrenes-diolefin based copolymer, thereon an antistatic layer comprised of an electrically conductive composition prepared by mixing polymer particles having |
| 6475697 |
Photothermographic dry imaging material easy to separate emulsion layer from support and method |
November 5, 2002 |
| A photothermographic dry imaging material is disclosed. The imaging material comprises a support, a photosensitive layer containing at least an organic silver salt, photosensitive silver halide, reducing agent and a binder, and a subbing layer containing a water-soluble polymer having a |
| 6473153 |
Photographic image print guide and print producing method |
October 29, 2002 |
| A photographic guide print for guiding how to print image data corresponding to a photograhic image; comprises a sheet on which the image data are printed in a form of a standard sample image on a basis of a standard image processing condition; and a remark section provided on the sh |
| 6473112 |
Image forming apparatus |
October 29, 2002 |
| The invention concerns an image forming apparatus provided with an automatic writing-position determining device for forming an image always at a correct position on the recording material. The image forming apparatus includes an image forming section to form an image by writing each |
| 6466376 |
Plastic lens and production method thereof |
October 15, 2002 |
| A plastic lens molded through a gate in a molding process has a gate-located portion on an outer peripheral surface of the plastic lens, and a concave surface provided on at least a part of the gate-located portion. |
| 6466340 |
Image reading apparatus |
October 15, 2002 |
| An image reading apparatus includes: an image reading device for reading an image in a reading area including an inside and an outside of an original document area to obtain image data; a memory for storing the image data obtained by the image reading device; an edge detector for detecti |
| 6463253 |
Cleaning unit, and image forming method and image forming apparatus using said cleaning unit |
October 8, 2002 |
| A cleaning unit for removing residual toner from a photoreceptor. The cleaning unit has a cleaning blade formed of a plurality of plate materials adhered to each other, the plurality of plate materials including a first blade member and a second blade member each of which is mounted |
| 6463252 |
Fixing device employing an induction heating method |
October 8, 2002 |
| A fixing device for fixing a toner image on a sheet, wherein the toner image is formed by a thermally meltable toner. The fixing device includes an induction heater to heat the toner image. The induction heater includes a hollow rotatable conductive member, a heating member provided insi |
| 6460967 |
Liquid jetting apparatus |
October 8, 2002 |
| In a liquid jetting apparatus provided with a head provided with a liquid jetting section; a feeding section for feeding a liquid to the head; and a control section for controlling the liquid jetting section to jet the liquid such that a jetting trace of the liquid is recorded on a recor |
| 6456401 |
Communication apparatus capable of conducting remote diagnosis using communication circuit |
September 24, 2002 |
| An image forming apparatus includes: an image reading device for reading an original document image to form the image in a copying mode; a modem device for decoding data sent from a public network; a first memory for registering telephone identification information for a remote station; |
| 6455235 |
Photographic processing element and image forming method by the use thereof |
September 24, 2002 |
| A photographic processing element is disclosed, comprising a color developing agent or its precursor. The element further comprises a base or its precursor. An image forming method is also disclosed, comprising superposing a processing element comprising a color developing agent or i |
| 6455206 |
Image forming method, image forming apparatus and image recording material |
September 24, 2002 |
| An image forming method comprising the following steps, a step for imagewise exposing a recording material having an image forming layer to a laser beam light based on an image information and making at least a part of an exposed portion of said image forming layer removable, a step fo |
| 6454394 |
Inkjet head which prevents transfer of a load applied to an inkjet-head-side connector |
September 24, 2002 |
| An inkjet head is provided with a flexible printed circuit cable where a head body for ejecting ink and a connector are mounted at places different from each other, and the flexible printed circuit cable is bent between the head body and the connector so as to absorb tensile and pushing |
| 6452690 |
Image forming method and image forming apparatus using the method |
September 17, 2002 |
| An image forming apparatus includes: an image reading device for reading an image to generate image data; a memory capable of writing and reading data in parallel, for storing the generated image data; an image forming device driven by a scan-writing clock having a frequency different fr |
| 6448834 |
Clock generating device |
September 10, 2002 |
| A clock generator is provided which controls a leading edge and a trailing edge of a clock to come to an arbitrary position for every clock pulse. A base clock pulse is generated, and then at least first and second clock pulses are generated by delaying the base clock pulse, wherein phas |
| 6447979 |
Image recording body |
September 10, 2002 |
| A foil transferring a resin layer is disclosed. The foil comprises a support and a resin layer provided on the support, and a breaking elongation of the resin layer is 5 to 90 percent. An image recording body is also disclosed. The image recording body comprises a support, an image r |
| 6442368 |
Finishing technology in image forming system |
August 27, 2002 |
| A finishing apparatus is provided which includes a stacker for stacking recording sheets; a first and second conveyor for conveying a recording sheet to an image forming apparatus; a sheet accommodating device for accommodating a sheet to be inserted at an insertion position which is at |
| 6437816 |
Laser exposure unit including plural laser beam sources differing in wavelengths |
August 20, 2002 |
| An exposing apparatus is provided with a first laser beam source for being directly modulated in terms of light amount and for emitting a first laser beam having a first wavelength; a second laser beam source for emitting a second laser beam having a second wavelength different from the |
| 6436603 |
Image receiving sheet for thermal transfer recording and laser thermal transfer recording method |
August 20, 2002 |
| An image receiving sheet for thermal transfer recording is disclosed. The image receiving sheet comprises a lower layer and an image receiving layer on the support, and variation of position of point of a needle satisfies the following conditions when the needle having a diameter of 1 mm |
| 6436584 |
Image-recording medium, method for forming image-recording medium, method and apparatus for read |
August 20, 2002 |
| There is described an image-recording medium and an image-reading method, which make it possible to improve reading accuracy of information by avoiding duplication of an optical variable image with the information. The image-recording medium includes a substrate, an image-receiving layer |
| 6433886 |
Image forming method and image forming apparatus |
August 13, 2002 |
| An image forming apparatus includes a document feeder having a stand on which documents are placed and a pair of guide members which move from a center of the stand to sides of the stand. The document feeder feeds a document such that the center of the document moves approximately along |
| 6431770 |
Automatic processing apparatus for photosensitive material |
August 13, 2002 |
| An automatic processing apparatus for processing an exposed photographic light-sensitive material by coating a processing solution on the photographic material, comprising: a conveying device having a conveying path for conveying the photographic material in a conveying direction whi |
| 6431440 |
Radiation image reading method and radiation image reading apparatus |
August 13, 2002 |
| There is described a method and an apparatus for reading a radiation image recorded on a radiation image conversion panel. The apparatus includes a receiving device for receiving a plurality of patient information incoming from outside, an inputting device for inputting patient identific |
| 6429972 |
Diffraction lens |
August 6, 2002 |
| A diffractive lens, comprises an optical axis; a lens surface having a peripheral portion, and a diffractive relief provided on the lens surface, wherein the diffractive relief is shaped in annular zones, and wherein following conditional formulas (1) and (2) are satisfied:where i is a s |
| 6429923 |
Photographic processing system, order receiving system, and product delivering system |
August 6, 2002 |
| A photographic processing system is provided with an ID reader for reading ID from an ID card; an ID transmitting receiving device for transmitting the ID to an ID information administrating apparatus and for receiving owner information regarding the owner of the ID card from the ID |
| 6427997 |
Sheet stacker with aligning/conveying rollers and image forming apparatus using the same |
August 6, 2002 |
| A sheet finishing apparatus is provided with a sheet passage; a conveyor to covey a sheet along the sheet passage; an intermediate stacker on which the sheet conveyed along the sheet passage is placed so that a bundle of sheets is formed on the intermediate stacker; a finisher to conduct |
| 6420057 |
Organic electroluminescent element |
July 16, 2002 |
| An organic electroluminescent element comprising a light emission layer comprised of single or plural thin layers of an organic compound put between an anode and a cathode facing to each other is disclosed. At least one of the thin layer of the organic compound contains an organic metal |
| 6415049 |
Apparatus for detecting and processing a radiation image |
July 2, 2002 |
| In an apparatus for processing a radiation image provided with a detector having a plurality of detecting elements which are arranged in two dimensional arrangement, for acquiring the radiation image, for converting the acquired radiation image into electric signals as image signals, and |
| 6414751 |
Displacement measurement apparatus |
July 2, 2002 |
| A surface displacement detecting apparatus for detecting a concave, a hole on a surface of a detection object, comprises a light shielding device provided in a direction crossing the surface of the detection object, a light irradiating device provided at one side of the light shielding |
| 6413687 |
Transfer foil and image recording material, and method for preparing image recording material |
July 2, 2002 |
| A transfer foil for image transfer comprising a support, a releasing layer and a component layer is disclosed. The releasing layer contains inorganic or organic fine particles and |
| 6411587 |
Optical pickup optical system, optical pickup apparatus, coupling optical system, coupling optic |
June 25, 2002 |
| An optical pickup apparatus for recording and/or reproducing information on an optical information recording medium includes a light source emitting a light flux, a light-converging optical system to converge a light flux emitted from the light source, having a coupling optical system wh |
| 6411442 |
Objective lens for pickup and light pickup apparatus |
June 25, 2002 |
| An objective lens for use in an optical pickup apparatus to record or reproduce information in an optical information recording medium, comprises an aspheric surface, wherein the following conditional formula is satisfied: 1.1.ltoreq.d1/f.ltoreq.3 where d1 represents axial lens thick |
| 6411363 |
Image reading apparatus and image forming apparatus therewith |
June 25, 2002 |
| An image reading apparatus includes: a document holder on which a document is placed; a document positioning member, wherein the document is positioned on the document holder according to the document positioning member; an image reading device for reading an image of the document po |
| 6410921 |
X-ray image recording system and x-ray image recording method |
June 25, 2002 |
| A radiation image reading apparatus is provided which includes a semiconductor detector for converting radiation photons penetrated through a subject into electric signals to generate first radiation image information, and a processor for processing the first radiation image informat |
| 6404562 |
Zoom lens |
June 11, 2002 |
| A zoom lens to form an image of an object with variable magnification, is provided with a first lens group having a positive refracting power, and a second lens group positioned closer to the image than the first lens group and having a negative refracting power. When the magnification i |
| 6404449 |
Color image forming apparatus performing an exposure scanning operation onto a photoreceptor by |
June 11, 2002 |
| A color image forming apparatus includes a photoreceptor and a plurality of exposure-scanning sections, one of which outputs a reference horizontal-sync. signal. The color image forming apparatus also includes a synchronizing section to synchronize a horizontal-sync. signal, output by |
| 6403297 |
Thermally developable material and packing method of the same |
June 11, 2002 |
| A thermally developable material comprising a support and an image forming layer containing, an organic silver salt and a binder, wherein the rising curl of said thermally developable material is 0 to 60 mm after said thermally developable photosensitive material, being wound around a ca |
| 6403279 |
Diffusion transfer photographic product |
June 11, 2002 |
| A diffusion transfer photographic product is disclosed, comprising a photosensitive element, an image receiving element and a container having a processing composition, wherein the photosensitive element comprises a support having thereon at least a silver halide emulsion layer containin |
| 6400672 |
Method for recording/reproducing optical information recording medium, optical pickup apparatus, |
June 4, 2002 |
| An optical pickup apparatus includes a light source for emitting a light flux; and a converging optical system having a first, second, and third divided surface, which are divided in the order named from the vicinity of an optical axis of the converging optical system, for converging the |
| 6400390 |
Image recording method and apparatus with a beam incident angle changing device |
June 4, 2002 |
| An image recording apparatus having a laser beam source which emits a laser beam, and an incident angle changing device for changing an incident angle, in a sub scanning direction of the laser beam emitted from the laser beam source, onto a light sensitive material. The incident angle |
| 6399106 |
Method for maintaining freshness of cut flower |
June 4, 2002 |
| A method for maintaining the freshness of a cut flower is disclosed. The method comprises the step of causing a flowering plant to imbibe an aqueous solution of a composition for maintaining the freshness of flower which comprises a mixture or a reaction product of a silver compound and |
| 6396645 |
Zoom lens barrel with focusing path and focal length switching path |
May 28, 2002 |
| A zoom lens barrel in which a zoom lens is switched to a plurality of focal lengths by a moving member by which a plurality of lens groups are moved in the direction of optical axis. After a desired focal length has been selected, a focusing operation is conducted by the moving member. A |
| 6395464 |
Silver halide emulsion |
May 28, 2002 |
| A silver halide emulsion is disclosed, comprising tabular grains having an aspect ratio of 5 or more, the tabular grains further having dislocation lines of 30 or more per a grain, in a fringe portion of the grain and the tabular grains each containing silver iodide, the content of which |
| 6394650 |
Photographic combination for use in radiography |
May 28, 2002 |
| A photographic combination for use in radiography to project a refraction contrast image is disclosed, comprising a radiographic intensifying screen and a silver halide light sensitive photographic material, wherein the photographic material comprises a support having on only one side of |
| 6393234 |
Bottom structure of image forming apparatus |
May 21, 2002 |
| An image forming apparatus includes an image-bearing member, an image forming device for forming an image on the image-bearing member, a side section to substantially support at least one of the image-bearing member and the image forming device and a bottom section to support and positio |
| 6389234 |
Camera incorporating a focal-plane shutter |
May 14, 2002 |
| There is described a camera incorporating a focal-plane shutter. The camera includes a lens, an image window having an aperture to bound a light coming through the lens in a plain perpendicular to an optical axis of the lens, a focal-plane shutter and a photometry sensor to receive the l |
| 6389156 |
Method and apparatus for reading radiographic images |
May 14, 2002 |
| In a radiographic image reading method of reading a radiographic image on a radiographic image conversion panel and for obtaining radiographic image information; the adiographic image reading method includes steps of: reading panel discriminating information corresponding to the radiogra |
| 6388706 |
Image processing method for actively edge-enhancing image data obtained by an electronic camera |
May 14, 2002 |
| An image processing method for an electronic camera which includes a photoelectric element having plural sensors and color filters in plural different colors, wherein each of the plural sensors corresponds to a respective one of the color filters in the different colors. The method i |
| 6388698 |
Image recording apparatus with recording period control |
May 14, 2002 |
| In an image recording apparatus provided with a recording head and a conveyor for relatively moving the recording head and an image recording medium, an image composed of a large number of pixels is recorded by plural recording elements of the recording head on the image recording me |
