| Patent Number |
Title Of Patent |
Date Issued |
| 7474443 |
Image formation using dots of different spatial density determined based on comparison of pixel |
January 6, 2009 |
| An image forming apparatus, for forming an image with plural types of dots having different densities per unit area in a same hue, including: a section to compare between a pixel value of a target pixel and a value of a prescribed threshold value matrix, and to determine, based on the |
| 7473447 |
Liquid crystal display device and manufacturing method thereof |
January 6, 2009 |
| A liquid crystal display device, comprising:a liquid crystal layer comprising a cholesteric liquid crystal and a self-organizing type gelling agent, and a manufacturing method thereof, comprising: spreading a cholesteric liquid crystal containing a gelling agent in a heated state ove |
| 7471411 |
Image printing apparatus and method of adjusting and correcting main-scanning offset in image pr |
December 30, 2008 |
| This invention is directed to an image printing apparatus which can print images without any halfway offset or obverse/reverse pixel offset at a low cost. An image printing apparatus includes a clock generating section which generates a dot clock as the basis of each pixel forming an ima |
| 7466488 |
Optical element producing method and optical element |
December 16, 2008 |
| A producing method of an optical element such as quarter-wave plate wherein preparing a first member which has a coefficient of elasticity of 1-4 (GPa) at normal temperature, setting the temperature of a die having microscopic shape with high aspect ratio to be higher than the glass |
| 7463568 |
Objective optical element and optical pickup apparatus |
December 9, 2008 |
| An objective optical element of an optical pickup apparatus has a magnification m1 satisfying the following formula for a light flux of the wavelength .lamda.1:-1/7.ltoreq.m1.ltoreq.-1/25 and |m1 |<|M1, where M1 is an optical system magnification from the first light source to the |
| 7462834 |
Radiation image pickup apparatus |
December 9, 2008 |
| To provide a low power consuming image pickup apparatus, for a radiation image pickup apparatus using an FPD, which can sufficiently initialize dark current component stored in the photoelectric conversion element, specifically electric charges trapped at the trap level. After the power |
| 7460254 |
Image printing system, image printing apparatus, and image printing method |
December 2, 2008 |
| According to this invention, there is provided an image printing system which causes a plurality of image printing apparatuses to share and concurrently process an image printing job for outputting a plurality of prints based on image printing conditions and image information supplied |
| 7457009 |
Image reading apparatus and image forming apparatus |
November 25, 2008 |
| In order to shorten a time for preliminary original reading which is performed prior to reading of an original image, an image reading apparatus of the present invention scans an original mounted on a platen glass by a scan optical system that moves to the original and reads a scanne |
| 7454163 |
Bookbinding system |
November 18, 2008 |
| There is provided a bookbinding system which can carry out a process from image formation to glued bookbinding in-line. The bookbinding system comprises a book content data input section 101 to which book content data regarding a content of a book is entered, a cover sheet data input |
| 7451974 |
Recording medium conveyance device and ink jet recording apparatus equipped therewith |
November 18, 2008 |
| In a recording medium conveyance device for conveying a recording medium gripped between a conveyance roller which is driven by a driving device and has a number of protrusions provided on its surface and a pressing roller arranged opposite to the conveyance roller, there is further |
| 7445313 |
Inkjet recording apparatus |
November 4, 2008 |
| An inkjet recording apparatus including: a line head type recording head having nozzles for jetting ink to a recording medium; a moving apparatus for moving the recording head relative to the medium in a nozzle arrangement direction; a conveyance apparatus for conveying the medium re |
| 7443541 |
Image processing apparatus and image processing method |
October 28, 2008 |
| An image processing apparatus includes: a recording rate determining section for determining a recording rate of each of a plurality of dot types having different densities per unit area from each other according to an input value including a multi-gradation image data, the input value |
| 7443438 |
Solid-state image-sensing device with selectively grouped pixels |
October 28, 2008 |
| A solid-state image-sensing element 1 is fed with, from a coupling controller 4, a signal .phi.Sv that couples together the photoelectric conversion portions of every predetermined number of vertically adjacent pixels and a signal .phi.Sh that couples together the photoelectric conve |
| 7440382 |
Objective optical element with multiple diffractive surfaces and optical pickup device |
October 21, 2008 |
| An objective optical element for use in an optical pickup apparatus comprises a first optical surface including a first diffractive structure which comprises a plurality of concentric ring-shaped diffractive zones having a center on the optical axis and stepped surfaces arranged to be |
| 7438394 |
Inkjet head and method for making the same |
October 21, 2008 |
| An inkjet head includes: an electrostrictive actuator having an ink channel to eject ink; and a manifold member for supplying the ink to the ink channel, wherein the actuator and the manifold member are jointed with an adhesive containing adhesive material and balloon filler. |
| 7436567 |
Optical scanner and scanning type projector |
October 14, 2008 |
| An optical scanner is provided with a mirror section; a movable frame positioned to surround the mirror section and to support the mirror section with a pair of torsion bars to hold the mirror section therebetween; a stationary frame to surround the movable frame and to support the m |
| 7436553 |
Image reading device, image reading method and image forming apparatus |
October 14, 2008 |
| An image reading device includes: a solid-state image sensor for converting image information into an electric signal; an analog processing section for generating an analog processing signal by sampling and amplifying the electric signal at a sampling position; an A/D converting sect |
| 7429440 |
Electrophotographic photoreceptor, image forming apparatus and image forming method |
September 30, 2008 |
| An electrophotographic photoreceptor includes a surface layer having a contact angle of 90 to 130.degree. on a cylindrical conductive substrate having a cylindricity of 5 to 40 .mu.m. |
| 7419256 |
Inkjet printer |
September 2, 2008 |
| An inkjet recording apparatus includes: a conveyance device for moving a recording medium P in a predetermined direction; a recording device for recording an image on the recording medium P by using an ink cured by photo irradiation; light irradiating devices for irradiating light to the |
| 7417212 |
Solid-state image-sensing device |
August 26, 2008 |
| Solid-state image-sensing device for acquisition of sensed-image data is described. A photoelectric converter disconnecting switch is turned on to make a forcible reset switch perform resetting. Then, the logarithmic conversion MOS transistor is reset according to the threshold voltage |
| 7416595 |
Ink-jet ink and ink-jet recording method |
August 26, 2008 |
| An ink-jet ink comprising Component (A), Component (B), and Component (C), wherein a content of Component (A) is 20-60% by weight, a content of Component (B) is 10-50% by weight, and when the content of Component (A) is 100% by weight, the total content ratio of a class of glycol, a clas |
| 7416074 |
Belt conveying device, image forming apparatus provided therewith and adjustment method of belt |
August 26, 2008 |
| A belt conveying device includes: at least three rollers, about which an endless belt to convey an object, is entrained, including an oscillation roller having a rotation shaft, whose one end is fixed and another end is oscillatably supported; a belt detection sensor provided adjacent to |
| 7413280 |
Detection method of interval of recorded positions |
August 19, 2008 |
| A method for detecting an interval of recorded positions, including the steps of recording a first pattern group in such a way that the recording heads scan a recording medium so that recording elements record a pattern having repeatedly dark density area and light density area perpendic |
| 7413279 |
Inkjet printer |
August 19, 2008 |
| An inkjet printer, including a recording head having a nozzle to jet ink droplets, a control section to control jetting of the ink droplets from the nozzle of the recording head at predetermined driving conditions for jetting the ink droplets, a velocity detecting section to detect ink |
| 7410233 |
Liquid droplet ejecting apparatus and a method of driving a liquid droplet ejecting head |
August 12, 2008 |
| A liquid droplet ejecting apparatus having: a pressurizing device; a pressure generation chamber whose volume expands or contracts by a movement of the pressurizing device; a liquid droplet ejecting head having a nozzle communicating with the pressure generation chamber; and a drive |
| 7408866 |
Objective lens for optical pickup apparatus, optical pickup apparatus and optical information re |
August 5, 2008 |
| An objective lens, comprises a first diffractive structure having plural concentric ring-shaped zones. A n1-th order diffracted ray is converged on an information recording surface of first optical information recording medium through first protective substrate in such a way that whe |
| 7408288 |
Driving apparatus |
August 5, 2008 |
| A determination is made whether a moving speed of a slider section with respect to a rod section in a piezoelectric actuator is lower than a predetermined speed. When the moving speed is lower than the predetermined speed, it is considered that a friction-bonded portion between the r |
| 7407692 |
Chiral nematic liquid crystal composition, liquid crystal display device, and production method |
August 5, 2008 |
| A chiral nematic liquid crystal composition, characterized in that a self-organizing type gelling agent is contained and the phase transition temperature between liquid crystal and isotropic phases is higher than the sol-gel transition temperature, a liquid crystal display device whe |
| 7405881 |
Image display apparatus and head mount display |
July 29, 2008 |
| The light directed from a light source to a concave mirror and the light directed from a display device to an eyepiece optical system are intersected by each other in a layout. This allows the light source, the concave mirror, and the display device to be arranged in compactness adja |
| 7404631 |
Ink jet ink and recording method |
July 29, 2008 |
| A UV-setting ink-jet ink containing at least color materials, UV-polymeric compound, and photo-induced polymerization initiator in a water-based medium, wherein the concentration of oxygen dissolved in the ink is 0.1 to 2 ppm at 25.degree. C. This structure of this invention can provide |
| 7399951 |
Solid-state image-sensing device |
July 15, 2008 |
| In a solid-state image-sensing device, by global shuttering, whereby image sensing is performed simultaneously in all the pixels, a potential commensurate with the amount of light incident on a buried diode PD is held in an N-type floating diffusion region FD. Then a noise signal is |
| 7397594 |
Display element, display and method for manufacturing display |
July 8, 2008 |
| A display element containing: (a) a first electrode which is transparent and is controlled by a driver element; (b) a second electrode; and (c) a solid polymer electrolyte layer containing a colorant and metal ions, the solid polymer electrolyte layer being provided between the first |
| 7396122 |
Image recording device |
July 8, 2008 |
| An image recording device, comprises: a recording head which discharges an ultraviolet-ray curable ink, which is cured as irradiated with ultraviolet rays; an ultraviolet light source which generates ultraviolet rays to cure the ultraviolet-ray curable ink; a first heating section wh |
| 7385761 |
Diffraction grating device and optical apparatus |
June 10, 2008 |
| A diffraction grating device for splitting or coupling light beams permits the divergence of the light beams to be minimized easily. A first light beam is incident on a diffraction grating from the side thereof facing the inside of the device, and a second light beam is incident on the |
| 7380899 |
Inkjet printer |
June 3, 2008 |
| An inkjet printer having: recording head 1 including a plurality of nozzles; defective nozzle detection means 8 for detecting a defective nozzle from which ink droplets are not ejected for each of the of aforesaid recording head 1; a determination means for determining a level of a d |
| 7374278 |
Water-based ink containing colored microparticle dispersion |
May 20, 2008 |
| A water-based ink including a colored microparticle dispersion having water and a microparticle containing a resin and a colorant, wherein the microparticle has a core part and a shell part to form a core-shell structure and the core part and the shell part are cross-linked with a cr |
| 7372079 |
Surface light emitter, display apparatus and light control member |
May 13, 2008 |
| To improve the front brightness of the light emitted from a surface light emitter having a surface light emitting device. In the surface light emitter to which a light control sheet having depressions is provided, the surface of the light control sheet having the depressions is adhered |
| 7371469 |
Organic electroluminescent element, illuminator and display |
May 13, 2008 |
| An organic elecroluminescent element comprising an anode and a cathode having therebetween an emission layer containing a phosphorescent compound and an layer adjacent to the emission layer, adjacent to the emission layer being provided between the emission layer and the cathode, whe |
| 7370955 |
Inkjet printer |
May 13, 2008 |
| The ultraviolet ray irradiation device 9 comprises the cover member 16 to cover the ultraviolet ray light source 15, and an ultraviolet ray reflectance of a surface which is an inner surface of the cover member 16 and reflects the ultraviolet ray radiated from the ultraviolet ray light |
| 7370415 |
Manufacturing method of ink-jet head |
May 13, 2008 |
| A method for manufacturing an inkjet print head with ink channels formed on a member including a piezoelectric body, and where ink is jetted from each of the ink channels by applying a voltage to electrodes provided on the piezoelectric body for each of the ink channels thereby driving t |
| 7369278 |
Image-processing apparatus, image-processing method, image-processing program and image-recordin |
May 6, 2008 |
| There is described an image-processing apparatus, which makes it possible to compensate for the defect pixel without causing a sense of incongruity in the image. The apparatus includes an image signal acquiring section to acquire the image signals representing an image recorded on a reco |
| 7365919 |
Forming methods, forming devices for articles having a micro-sized shape and optical elements |
April 29, 2008 |
| A article having a micro-sized shape being formed on the surface of the article by pressing a die onto the surface, wherein the elastic modulus of the article at room temperature is in the range of 1-4 GPa, the thickness of the article after forming is equal to 0.1 mm or more and 20 |
| 7364274 |
Driving method of droplet ejection head |
April 29, 2008 |
| A driving method of a droplet ejection head having plural channels separated by sidewalls formed with piezoelectric material, the channels being divided into three groups; and an electric voltage pulse is applied to each of the groups sequentially in a time-sharing mode, and to gener |
| 7364251 |
Inkjet recording apparatus and recording medium movement control method |
April 29, 2008 |
| An inkjet recording apparatus including: a recording head; a recording medium moving section; a position information detecting section synchronized with a movement of the recording medium moving section; a mark recording section for recording a mark on the recording medium; a mark de |
| 7360885 |
Ink-jet printer and ink-jet image forming method using the same |
April 22, 2008 |
| An ink-jet printer for applying a photocurable ink, including: an ink-jet head having a plurality of nozzles to jet droplets of the photocurable ink onto a recording material; a ultraviolet ray radiation source; and a heating device for the recording material, wherein the radiation sourc |
| 7360867 |
Adhesive agent and inkjet head and manufacturing method thereof |
April 22, 2008 |
| Disclosed is an adhesive agent which is curable and has flexibility at low temperature, and further has resistant to solvent type ink. The adhesive agent includes a base and an activator, wherein the base includes at least any one of: bisphenol F epoxy compound; bisphenol F epoxy compoun |
| 7358483 |
Method of fixing an optical element and method of manufacturing optical module including the use |
April 15, 2008 |
| In the optical element fixing method, when optical element 10 is adhesively fixing member 20 by using the optical-curing adhesive, the optical-curing adhesive is applied on at least one of the adhesion sections of the optical element and the adhesive section of the fixing member, and |
| 7354960 |
Water-based ink and process for producing water-based ink |
April 8, 2008 |
| A water-based ink containing colored microparticles containing a dye and a polymer dispersed in water, wherein a total amount of a monomer remaining in the colored microparticles is less than or equal to 5000 ppm based on the total weight of the water-based ink. |
| 7354130 |
Inkjet recording apparatus having an adjusting mechanism for adjusting moving of a recording med |
April 8, 2008 |
| An inkjet recording apparatus includes a recording head, a recording head moving device, and a recording medium feeding device. A mark recording device prints a predetermined mark on the recording medium by ejecting ink droplets, and a mark detecting device detects the mark printed by th |
| 7350894 |
Ink jet printer |
April 1, 2008 |
| An ink jet printer including a print head having nozzles for jetting ink for a length corresponding to dimensions of a recording medium in the direction perpendicular to the conveyance direction, a recording medium conveying section, a print head driving section that makes the print head |
