| Patent Number |
Title Of Patent |
Date Issued |
| D602064 |
Data display |
October 13, 2009 |
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| 7621617 |
Ink droplet detection apparatus |
November 24, 2009 |
| An ink droplet detection apparatus containing: a plurality of nozzle lines each containing multiple nozzles which eject ink droplets; a beam radiator for radiating a detection beam so as to cross a path of the ink droplets and forming a light path of the detection beam so as to be along |
| 7619803 |
Electrochromic display element and full-color electrochromic display element |
November 17, 2009 |
| An electrochromic display element includes a pair of counter electrodes having therebetween an electrochromic compound represented by Formula (1), wherein the electrochromic compound becomes colored when being oxidized and becomes colorless when being reduced by a driving operation o |
| 7619798 |
Optical deflector and light beam scanning apparatus having a control mechanism utilizing electro |
November 17, 2009 |
| An optical deflector and a light beam scanning apparatus characterized by stable amplitude and speed wherein the fluctuation of the resonant frequency resulting from various factors such as a temperature change is corrected to a predetermined level, and the amplitude of the resonant |
| 7614228 |
System and method of manufacturing actuator |
November 10, 2009 |
| A system of manufacturing an actuator for driving a to-be-driven object by extension/contraction of a shape memory alloy, the system comprising: a mounting unit configured to mount the shape memory alloy between an actuator body and the to-be-driven object; and a heater configured to |
| 7608979 |
Driving device and driving system |
October 27, 2009 |
| Drive technology is provided which makes suitable low velocity driving and smooth changing of driving velocity possible and achieves reduced power consumption. In the driving device, the drive unit is driven which engages with drive shaft which moves back and forth in tandem with ext |
| 7604326 |
Electrostatic suction type fluid discharge device |
October 20, 2009 |
| With a micro nozzle in which the fluid discharge head has a nozzle with a micro hole having a diameter of 0.01 .mu.m to 25 .mu.m, the drive voltage during discharging operation is reduced. Further, by disposing an electrode section for applying a drive voltage to a discharge fluid on an |
| 7598994 |
Image pickup apparatus and image pickup method |
October 6, 2009 |
| In an image pickup apparatus including an image pickup device configured by a plurality of pixels having different photoelectric conversion characteristics on each side of the inflection point of the photoelectric conversion characteristic, prior to the image picking-up for recording, |
| 7598478 |
Image pickup device having a light shield element |
October 6, 2009 |
| An image pickup device wherein the range in the amount of incident light (dynamic range) for obtaining an appropriate image can be expanded, and shutter and aperture functions are provided. A light shielding element for light shielding a photoelectric conversion section and an actuator |
| 7595139 |
Metal complex dye, color toner and color filter |
September 29, 2009 |
| A metal complex dye is disclosed, containing a dye as a ligand represented by the following formula (1). A color toner and a color filter containing the metal complex dye are also disclosed. ##STR00001## |
| 7592192 |
White light emitting diode (white LED) and method of manufacturing white LED |
September 22, 2009 |
| Disclosed is a white light emitting diode possessing a phosphor layer to convert blue light into yellow light, provided on a blue light emitting diode, wherein the phosphor layer possesses an inorganic compound containing a phosphor, and particularly a white light emitting diode, whe |
| 7588330 |
Ink-jet recording method |
September 15, 2009 |
| An ink-jet recording method which enables recording of precise images by using a photo-curable ink and an ink-jet recording apparatus is disclosed, comprising ejecting an ink from a recording head to form ink dots on a recording medium, and exposing the recording medium to an actinic |
| 7583445 |
Head mount display apparatus |
September 1, 2009 |
| A head mount display apparatus includes display section; eyepiece optical member for guiding light from display section to eyeball of wearer of the apparatus; and support substrate for supporting eyepiece optical member, support substrate being formed in a shape corresponding to outer sh |
| 7582897 |
Organic semiconductor composition, organic semiconductor element, and their manufacturing method |
September 1, 2009 |
| Disclosed is an organic semiconductor composition containing particles and an organic semiconducting compound combining with the particles. |
| 7576873 |
Image printing apparatus |
August 18, 2009 |
| This invention is directed to an image printing apparatus which prints an original image as image information on a recording sheet and performs postprocessing on the recording sheet after printing operation. According to the image printing apparatus of the invention, image printing c |
| 7574068 |
Image display apparatus, image display method and image display program |
August 11, 2009 |
| An image display apparatus having: an image display section to display images; a data transmitting section to transmit image data to the display section; and a data processor to update images on the display section in a predetermined order by processing the image data between the display |
| 7556681 |
Ink for ink-jet recording |
July 7, 2009 |
| An ink-jet ink comprising at least water and an organic solvent having a boiling point of not less than 150.degree. C. in an amount of not less than 50 weight % and not more than 80 weight % based on the total weight of the ink, wherein the organic solvent comprises an alkane diol re |
| 7554697 |
Image forming apparatus, image forming method, and image forming program |
June 30, 2009 |
| An image forming apparatus, for forming an image with using distributions of two or more types of dots having different densities per unit area in a same hue, including: a threshold value matrix; and a dot formation determining section for carrying out comparison between a pixel value at |
| 7549740 |
Image recording apparatus |
June 23, 2009 |
| An image recording apparatus includes: an inkjet recording head and a ultraviolet irradiating device, in which an image is fixed by irradiating ultraviolet rays after an ultraviolet rays curable ink is discharged onto an recording medium, and a protector which has a shape that a pluralit |
| 7548656 |
Method and apparatus for processing image signals by applying a multi-resolution conversion proc |
June 16, 2009 |
| There are described image-processing method and apparatus, which make it possible to reduce the processing load even in the image-processing environment employing the Dyadic Wavelet transform. The apparatus includes a reading section to read an image recorded on a recording medium so |
| 7545412 |
Image-sensing apparatus with a solid-state image sensor switchable between linear and logarithmi |
June 9, 2009 |
| A database obtained based on the photoelectric conversion characteristics for R and G signals and a database obtained based on the photoelectric conversion characteristics for G and B signals are stored in LUTs respectively. Signal value calculators read out the databases from the LU |
| 7538809 |
CCD pulse generator |
May 26, 2009 |
| This invention relates to a CCD pulse generator capable of generating a CCD driving signal and CCD output processing signal at accurate timings. The pulse generator includes a digital delay type pulse control section which finely delays a transfer signal for driving a CCD, thereby ge |
| 7529383 |
Image input apparatus |
May 5, 2009 |
| An image input apparatus which reconfigures a single reconfigured image from a plurality of low-resolution, object reduced images formed in a specified region on the light detecting element by the micro-lens array, wherein a high-resolution, single reconfigured image can be obtained even |
| 7525579 |
Image sensing apparatus and image processing method for use therein |
April 28, 2009 |
| An illumination-component extractor (illumination component extraction section) extracts an illumination component Log from a picked-up image (original image picked up an image sensor having a photoelectric conversion characteristic which comprises a linear characteristic region and |
| 7520592 |
Electrostatic attraction fluid jet device |
April 21, 2009 |
| An electrostatic attraction fluid jet device of the present invention is so arranged that a nozzle (4) is formed so as to correspond to a meniscus equivalent to a tip portion in the form of a taylor cone formed in a process of an electrostatic attraction of ink (2) as a conventional |
| 7517921 |
Ink-jet ink and recording method using the same |
April 14, 2009 |
| An ink-jet ink is provided which exhibits excellent ejection stability during printing and results in improved abrasion resistance of text and images formed on various recording media, as well as improved image smoothness by employing an ink-jet ink wherein in the ink jet ink incorpo |
| 7517566 |
Liquid crystal composition containing at least two kinds of gelling agents and liquid crystal di |
April 14, 2009 |
| A liquid crystal composition including at least two kinds of gelling agents and a liquid crystal. The liquid crystal shows a liquid crystal phase at room temperature. A liquid crystal display device using the liquid crystal composition also is provided. |
| 7508422 |
Image sensing apparatus comprising a logarithmic characteristic area and a linear characteristic |
March 24, 2009 |
| An image sensing apparatus is provided with an image sensor having a photoelectric conversion characteristic comprised of a linear characteristic area where an electrical signal is outputted after being linearly converted in relation to an amount of an incident light and a logarithmi |
| 7506959 |
Inkjet printer and bubble removing method in inkjet printer |
March 24, 2009 |
| Disclosed is an inkjet printer including: a recording head having nozzles for ejecting ink; an ink tank for reserving the ink; an ink-flow passage for supplying the ink from the ink tank to the recording head; a valve for opening or closing the ink-flow passage; a filter disposed in the |
| 7502153 |
Image display apparatus |
March 10, 2009 |
| In an image display apparatus, two light sources emit illumination light having different wavelengths, with which a liquid crystal display device is illuminated. By modulating the illumination light, the liquid crystal display device produces a first and a second image light having diffe |
| 7500735 |
Liquid droplet ejecting apparatus and liquid droplet ejecting method |
March 10, 2009 |
| An apparatus for ejecting liquid droplets, including: ejecting head main body having a plurality of nozzle rows; a pressure generation chamber; a pressurization section for giving pressure to the pressure generation chamber; and plural drive circuits corresponding to the nozzle rows, eac |
| 7498111 |
Electrophotographic photoreceptor and an image forming method employing the same |
March 3, 2009 |
| Disclosed is an electrophotographic photoreceptor which comprises a layer on a support, wherein the photoreceptor satisfies a condition represented by Formulas 1 and 2; 0<P.sub.max<2P Formula 1 2.ltoreq.(P.sub.max/D).times.100.ltoreq.50 Formula 2 wherein P represents an ave |
| 7497554 |
Ink jet print head |
March 3, 2009 |
| An inkjet print head wherein the surface (front surface) for ejecting ink droplets coming from an ink channel partitioned by a drive wall composed of a piezoelectric device is arranged opposite to the surface (back surface) for supplying ink coming to the ink channel. The connection |
| 7497548 |
Inkjet recording apparatus |
March 3, 2009 |
| The inkjet recording apparatus has a capping device for cleaning the inkjet nozzles. The capping device has an interconnected cell type porous elastic member housed in a recessed area which is connected to suction. During the cleaning operation, the porous elastic member is pressed a |
| 7497540 |
Image recording apparatus, image recording method, and image recording program |
March 3, 2009 |
| An image recording apparatus 1 for recording an image on a recording medium using colored ink and clear ink, including: an ink dot arrangement data generator 10B for generating colored ink dot arrangement data concerning arrangement of dots of the colored ink on the recording medium; |
| 7490931 |
Image forming apparatus having a plurality of printing heads |
February 17, 2009 |
| In an image recording apparatus equipped with plural printing heads each for jetting ink drops having a photo-setting property towards a recording medium, a conveyance unit for conveying the recording medium to the printing heads, and each of plural light radiation devices for radiating |
| 7485348 |
Method for forming nanostructured carbons, nanostructured carbons and a substrate having nanostr |
February 3, 2009 |
| A method for forming nanostructured carbons comprising the steps of: generating a plasma by supplying at least a discharge gas between opposing electrodes and applying a high-frequency voltage between the electrodes under an approximately atmospheric pressure; existing a material gas |
| 7482106 |
Image forming method and image forming apparatus |
January 27, 2009 |
| An image forming method comprising steps of forming a toner image by developing by a toner a latent image on a photoreceptor comprised of a layer formed on a substrate, transferring the toner image onto a recording medium on which the toner image is recorded and fixing, wherein the a |
| 7479182 |
Black Ink for ink-jet printing |
January 20, 2009 |
| A black ink for ink-jet printing comprising: a) a carbon black pigment exhibiting a DBP oil absorption of not more than 150 cm.sup.3/100 g and a pH of more than 6, b) a solvent exhibiting a surface tension of 25-40 mN/m at 25 .degree. C. a viscosity of 1-50 mPas at 25 .degree. C. and a |
| 7475977 |
Ink-jet recording method |
January 13, 2009 |
| An ink-jet recording method employing a magenta ink containing an anthrapyridone dye as a principal dye, wherein the reflective spectrum of the magenta image having a density of from 0.9 to 1.1 recorded by the magenta ink satisfies the condition defined by the following Expression 1, |
| 7475968 |
Ink-jet head |
January 13, 2009 |
| An ink-jet head in which an ink emitting surface (front surface) for emitting ink from ink channels partitioned by piezo-electric driving walls is opposite to an ink supplying surface (rear surface) for supplying ink to the ink channels, wherein the printed circuit board which covers |
| 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 |
