| Patent Number |
Title Of Patent |
Date Issued |
| 5998109 |
Method for a silver halide light-sensitive photographic material and development reading method |
December 7, 1999 |
| A method for developing a silver halide photographic light-sensitive material, wherein a silver halide photographic light-sensitive material containing at least three mosaic-like or stripe-like filter layers having different spectral transmission characteristics and at least one silver |
| 5998072 |
Electrophotographic photoreceptor, and an image-forming method and apparatus for using the same |
December 7, 1999 |
| An electrophotographic photoreceptor and image forming manhood using the same are disclosed. The photoreceptor comprises a sublayer between the support and the photosensitive layer containing fine resin particles. A clear and sharp image is formed without generating interference fringes. |
| 5995797 |
Image forming apparatus which conveys unfixed toner images to a fixing device in an undisturbed |
November 30, 1999 |
| In an image forming apparatus provided with a first image carrying member; a belt-shaped second image carrying member onto which a toner image is transferred from the first image carrying member; a pair of rotatable fixing members forming a nip region for fixing the toner images tran |
| 5995204 |
Photographic image processing apparatus |
November 30, 1999 |
| A photographic film scanner which includes: a carrier receiver section for receiving one of: (a) the first film carrier having an accommodation section, for accommodating a cartridge in which a rolled film is enclosed, and a conveying mechanism, for conveying the rolled film; and (b) the |
| 5994031 |
Method of processing presensitized planographic printing plate |
November 30, 1999 |
| Disclosed is a method of processing an exposed presensitized planographic printing plate employing an automatic processor, the method comprising the steps of developing the exposed presensitized planographic printing plate with a developer; and washing the developed printing plate with a |
| 5991565 |
Fixing device |
November 23, 1999 |
| In a device for fixing a toner image, provided with a heating roller including a heater, the heating roller having a length larger than a possible largest size sheet to be fixed so that the heating roller has an excess portion on which a small size sheet does not pass over; a pressing |
| 5991563 |
Image forming apparatus |
November 23, 1999 |
| In an image forming apparatus provided with an image carrying member, a toner image forming device, an intermediate image carrying member, a first transfer member, and a second transfer member, toner images are formed on both sides of a sheet. The toner images on the both sides of the sh |
| 5987218 |
Image forming apparatus |
November 16, 1999 |
| An image forming apparatus includes an image input section for inputting a packed unit of image data corresponding to n pixels, where n is greater than or equal to 2. A clock generating section is provided for generating a first clock having a predetermined period, and a second clock hav |
| 5985528 |
Resources recovery method in a silver salt photographic system |
November 16, 1999 |
| A method to recover the resources incorporated in a photographic material is disclosed. An exposed silver salt light-sensitive photographic material is subjected to color development processing; the obtained image information is optically read; digital image information is obtained by |
| 5984299 |
Sheet finishing apparatus |
November 16, 1999 |
| A sheet finishing apparatus for finishing a sheet, on which an image has been formed, conveyed from an image forming apparatus, the sheet finishing apparatus includes: a sheet ejecting member for ejecting the sheet after finishing; and an exit tray for receiving the sheet ejected by the |
| 5984002 |
Temperature and humidity control apparatus and temperature and humidity prediction apparatus use |
November 16, 1999 |
| A temperature and humidity control apparatus includes a humidity control section for controlling humidity when a flow rate of a low temperature fluid in a cooling dehumidifier composed of a heat exchanger is determined; a heater control section for controlling temperature when a flow |
| 5982953 |
Image displaying apparatus of a processed image from temporally sequential images |
November 9, 1999 |
| An image displaying apparatus includes a memory, an image reader, an image processor, an image adder and a display. The memory stores a plurality of medical images including temporally sequential images of a common portion of a same patient taken at different points of time. The image re |
| 5981968 |
Radiographic image reading apparatus and a radiographic image information reading method |
November 9, 1999 |
| A method of reading a radiographic image on a stimulable phosphor sheet includes a step of obtaining correction data in which a spatial frequency processing is conducted so as to reduce a predetermined spatial frequency component of an image information which is irradiated with radiation |
| 5981125 |
Electrophotographic photoreceptor, and an image-forming apparatus and method of using the same |
November 9, 1999 |
| An electrophotographic photoreceptor is disclosed. It comprises a photosensitive layer on an electrically conductive support and the photosensitive layer contains at least one compound of 0.001 to 10 weight percent selected from dioxolan and dioxolan derivatives, and titanylphthalocy |
| 5978644 |
Image forming apparatus |
November 2, 1999 |
| An image forming apparatus includes: a first image bearer for bearing a toner image formed by a toner image forming device; a second image bearer for bearing the toner image which is transferred from the first image bearer; a first transferring device for transferring the toner image bor |
| 5978634 |
Development method, development device, and image forming apparatus therewith |
November 2, 1999 |
| In a development device for developing an electrostatic latent image formed on an image bearing body, the development device includes: a developer bearing body for conveying a developer borne thereon to a developing area on the image bearing body; a plurality of magnetic poles provided i |
| 5976774 |
Solid processing composition for silver halide light sensitive photographic material and prepari |
November 2, 1999 |
| A method for preparing a solid processing composition in the form of granules for a silver halide black-and-white photographic material is disclosed, comprising the steps of:(i) mixing powdery photographic processing chemicals,(ii) granulating a mixture of the processing chemicals while stir |
| 5974231 |
Driving apparatus for printer capable of recording multiple gradation, and printer with driving |
October 26, 1999 |
| A driving apparatus for a printer, includes: a first memory for successively storing pixel data by one pixel on the basis of data of a plurality of bits constituting one pixel which represents gradation, which are inputted in parallel, and after storing a predetermined number of pixe |
| 5972713 |
Method for determining total chlorine amount and a kit for determining total chlorine amount |
October 26, 1999 |
| A method for determining total chlorine amount present in a sample by mixing the sample with a benzidine indicator solution comprising a benzidine compound capable of forming a dye by a reaction with a chlorine, wherein the hue of the formed dye changes depending upon the mole ratio of |
| 5972577 |
Processing method of silver halide photographic light-sensitive material |
October 26, 1999 |
| A processing method using an automatic processor is disclosed. The automatic processor is defined in the specification in detail. The processing is carried out employing a fixer having a salt concentration of 0.8 to 1.9 mole/l at a fixer replenisher rate of not more than 260 ml/m.sup |
| 5966569 |
Image forming apparatus which includes spurred wheels provided on a conveyance section in a mann |
October 12, 1999 |
| An image forming apparatus includes an image forming body for carrying thereon a toner image, and a belt-shaped intermediate transfer body for carrying thereon the toner image transferred from the image forming body. A first transfer device is provided for transferring another toner imag |
| 5966505 |
Image outputting method and converting information producing method |
October 12, 1999 |
| In a method of producing converting data, a first characteristic curve showing relationship between density value and exposure amount is obtained by forming images on a first photographic material with plural different amounts of exposure and by measuring density values of the formed ima |
| 5966362 |
Optical system for recording and reproducing for use in optical information recording medium |
October 12, 1999 |
| An optical system for recording or reproducing of information to or from an optical information recording medium, includes: a light source; a coupling lens for converting a diverging light emergent from the light source to a converging light; and an objective lens for further converging |
| 5966356 |
Optimum slice level signal reading apparatus for optical disk |
October 12, 1999 |
| An apparatus for reading information from an optical disk, comprises a rotator to rotate the optical disk, a detector to detect optical information from the optical disk and to output signals, AC coupling section to eliminate signal components lower than a predetermined cut-off frequ |
| 5965344 |
Silver halide photographic emulsion |
October 12, 1999 |
| A silver halide emulsion is disclosed, comprising tabular grains containing not less than 50 mol % bromide, having two parallel (111) major faces and an aspect ratio of 2 or more, and accounting for at least 50% of the total grain projected area; the tabular grains each comprising region |
| 5965324 |
Light sensitive composition and method for manufacturing planographic printing plate employing t |
October 12, 1999 |
| A light sensitive composition and a manufacturing method of a planographic printing plate employing the same are disclosed, the composition comprising a radical generating agent and a dye represented by the following formula (1), (2) or (3): ##STR1## |
| 5963344 |
Image forming apparatus |
October 5, 1999 |
| An image processing apparatus includes a photoelectric conversion circuit for reading an original image by photoelectric-converting and for outputting an image signal, wherein the photoelectric conversion circuit is a dual channel register type separately outputting the image signal for |
| 5955251 |
Method for producing information recording medium |
September 21, 1999 |
| A method for producing an information recording medium is disclosed. The method comprising the steps of (1) applying a surface treatment on a surface of a film support so that the atomic percentage of oxygen at said surface is increased by 1.0 atomic-% to 10 atomic-% compared to the atom |
| 5953445 |
Light guiding member, light detecting device and defect inspecting apparatus |
September 14, 1999 |
| A defect inspecting apparatus for optically inspecting a defect of a subject to be inspected, includes: a first light guiding member having a first columnar light transmitting member including a first side surface and a second side surface facing the first side surface, curvature of the |
| 5949962 |
Method for calculating color correction conditions, a method for determining an exposure amount |
September 7, 1999 |
| In a method of obtaining a color correcting condition for a color image on an image frame, plural color component image signals are obtained for each pixel of the color image of the frame, and the frame is divided into plural blocks each of which is composed of plural pixels. A block col |
| 5948603 |
Method of processing black and white silver halide photographic light sensitive material |
September 7, 1999 |
| Disclosed is a method of processing an exposed black and white photographic light-sensitive material employing an automatic processor, the method comprising the steps of developing the exposed material with a developer, the developer is replenished with a developer replenisher; fixing th |
| 5948595 |
Method for producing a presensitized printing plate |
September 7, 1999 |
| A method for producing a presensitized printing plate is disclosed. The method comprises the steps ofproviding a photosensitive layer on a supportspraying a resin dissolved or dispersed in an organic solvent on the surface of the photosensitive layer so that sprayed droplets of the resin |
| 5942368 |
Pigment dispersion composition |
August 24, 1999 |
| A composition dispersing a colorant is disclosed. The dispersion composition comprises a compound represented by formula; ##STR1## Detailed definition is disclosed in the specification. |
| 5942359 |
Electrophotoreceptor |
August 24, 1999 |
| Disclosed is an electrophotoreceptor comprising a conductive substrate and provided thereon, a photoreceptive layer comprising a charge generation material, an organic electron transporting charge transport material and a binder, wherein a layer transporting charge satisfies inequality |
| 5939231 |
Image forming material and image forming method employing the same |
August 17, 1999 |
| An image forming material is disclosed which comprises an image receiving sheet having been laminated on an imaging sheet, the imaging sheet comprising a support and provided thereon, an image forming layer contacting the image receiving sheet, an image being formed by exposing the m |
| 5937256 |
Fixing oil coating apparatus, and fixing unit therewith |
August 10, 1999 |
| In a fixing oil coating apparatus for coating oil to an outer circumferential surface of a fixing roller for fixing a toner image of a recording sheet, the apparatus has an oil coating roller including a cylindrical porous member impregnated with oil therein, and a brush-shaped oil a |
| 5935769 |
Processing method for silver halide black and white photographic light sensitive material |
August 10, 1999 |
| A method for processing a silver halide black-and-white photographic light sensitive material comprising a transparent polyester support having thereon hydrophilic colloid layers including a silver halide emulsion layer, by the use of an automatic processor, the method comprising the |
| 5933284 |
Zoom lens |
August 3, 1999 |
| A zoom lens, comprises a first lens group, provided in an object side, having a positive refracting power; and a second lens group, provided in an image side from the first lens group, having a negative refracting power; wherein the zoom lens changes magnification by changing a distance |
| 5933222 |
Film scanner |
August 3, 1999 |
| Provision is made of a carrier for holding a piece film cut every after several frames and a carrier for holding a long wound film contained in a cartridge and having a motor for frame-feeding. When the carrier is loaded, the carrier is driven at a high speed by a first stepping motor |
| 5932392 |
Image forming material and image forming method |
August 3, 1999 |
| Disclosed are an image forming material comprising a support and provided thereon, a light sensitive layer containing a compound capable of generating an acid on exposure of infrared rays, a resol resin, an acryl resin containing a monomer unit with a phenolic hydroxy group, and an i |
| 5930572 |
Apparatus for forming images on both sides of sheet |
July 27, 1999 |
| An apparatus for forming a toner image on a sheet, comprises first and second process units each comprising a photoreceptor, a charging device, an imagewise exposing device, and a developing device. The first process unit forms a first toner image on its photoreceptor and the second proc |
| 5928835 |
Method of processing silver halide light-sensitive photographic material |
July 27, 1999 |
| A method of processing a silver halide photographic light-sensitive material is disclosed, comprising a support having on one side of the support a silver halide emulsion layer and, on both sides, a hydrophilic colloid layers, the processing method comprising the steps of developing |
| 5927707 |
Image forming apparatus having a universal cassette |
July 27, 1999 |
| A universal sheet cassette includes a sheet stacking body, plural stopping sections predetermined at different positions in the sheet stacking body in accordance with plural different sheet sizes, a trailing end stopper adapted to be detachably attached to one of the plural stopping sect |
| 5926560 |
Method of reading color image, color image reading apparatus and system for reading color image |
July 20, 1999 |
| In a state where no original document is set, light emitted from a light source 6 is received by a sensor 5, a integrated light quantity reference value with which an output is made to be predetermined value V0 is obtained (P1), a magnification of the quantity of light and a gamma co |
| 5926291 |
Method of calculating color correcting condition and medium for storing the method |
July 20, 1999 |
| In a method of calculating a color correcting condition for a color image composed of plural pixels each separated into plural primary color density values, a statistic indicating a relationship between a primary color density value and a number of pixels showing the primary color densit |
| 5920744 |
Image forming apparatus and method for efficiently forming images even after the occurrence of a |
July 6, 1999 |
| An apparatus for forming images on at least one surface of a sheet includes a reader for reading image information on documents, a memory for storing image signals output by the reader, and an image forming unit for selectively forming one of: (i) two page toner images corresponding to t |
| 5920532 |
Information pick-up apparatus and optical disk apparatus |
July 6, 1999 |
| The present invention relates to an optical pick-up apparatus having a laser beam source and an objective lens to converge the luminous flux from the laser beam source onto the information recording surface of an optical information recording medium through a transparent substrate of the |
| 5920431 |
Optical member having antireflection film thereon |
July 6, 1999 |
| An optical member includes a synthetic resin substrate: and an antireflection film including at least a mixture film composed of tantalum oxide (Ta.sub.2 O.sub.5) and titanium oxide (TiO.sub.2), and a film having a refractive index lower than that of the mixture film. The antireflection |
| 5920403 |
Control method and control system for a copier |
July 6, 1999 |
| A system for controlling data transmission comprises at least two control devices, a first common communication line to which each of the at least two control devices is connected, and a plurality of operation devices for carrying out respective processing operations. Each of the at leas |
| 5918976 |
Mixing method |
July 6, 1999 |
| Disclosed is a process for forming a compound by mixing at least two components, which comprises the steps of:circulating a specific component along a circulation route; andmixing the specific component with a second component different from the specific component by flowing the second compo |
