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| Application No. | Application Title | Issue Date |
| 20120130920 | COMMODITY PROCESSING SUPPORTING SYSTEM AND COMMODITY PROCESSING SUPPORTING METHOD According to one embodiment, a commodity processing supporting system includes a commodity-data acquiring section and a display-data generating section. The commodity-data acquiring section acquires, on the basis of information received from a portable information termi... | 05/24/2012 |
| 20120130867 | COMMODITY INFORMATION PROVIDING SYSTEM AND COMMODITY INFORMATION PROVIDING METHOD According to one embodiment, a commodity information providing system includes: a commodity-data acquiring section configured to acquire, on the basis of location data indicating a location of an information terminal including a display screen and commodity data associa... | 05/24/2012 |
| 20120130635 | PORTABLE INFORMATION TERMINAL APPARATUS AND COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCT A portable information terminal apparatus according to an embodiment acquires route point information corresponding to advertisement information displayed on a digital signage terminal apparatus and searches for a guidance route including a route point equivalent to the... | 05/24/2012 |
| 20120110219 | DATA PROCESSING CIRCUIT AND DATA PROCESSING APPARATUS According to one embodiment, a data processing circuit included in a data processing apparatus together with plural peripheral circuits including a peripheral circuit configured to output first data includes a processing unit and a stop unit. The processing unit subject... | 05/03/2012 |
| 20120107019 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS AND IMAGE FORMING METHOD A technology for controlling the generation of damages of a photoconductive surface caused due to the attachment of a carrier to a photoconductor in an image forming apparatus using a two-component developing agent is provided. An image forming apparatus is configured t... | 05/03/2012 |
| 20120107003 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS AND METHOD Certain embodiments provide an image forming apparatus including: a print process part; a heat roller including a heating element; a press roller including a heater; a power source part having a power upper limit value that is smaller than a sum of heating power for the... | 05/03/2012 |
| 20120106985 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS TO DISCRIMINATE TONER CARTRIDGE According to one embodiment, a toner cartridge includes a toner container to be attached to and detached from an image forming apparatus body, a shutter to open and close a toner supply port of the toner container, and a key that indicates a type of the toner cartridge ... | 05/03/2012 |
| 20120105914 | MEMORY CONTROL CIRCUIT, CONTROL METHOD THEREFOR, AND IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS In one embodiment, a circuit includes an input buffer, an output buffer, a counter, an issuing unit, a first controller, a register, and a second controller. The input buffer and the output buffer have a variable storage capacity. The counter cyclically counts from a fi... | 05/03/2012 |
| 20120105881 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS FOR PERFORMING IMAGE CONTROL ACCORDING TO TARGET VALUE An image forming apparatus includes: an image forming section configured to form a toner image on an image bearing member; and a first control section configured to change an image target value of the image forming section.... | 05/03/2012 |
| 20120105566 | PRINTER, PRINT SYSTEM AND PRINTING METHOD According to one embodiment, a printer includes a conveying mechanism, a first image forming unit and a coloring conversion mechanism. The conveying mechanism conveys a medium. The first image forming unit forms an image on the medium with a temperature-sensitive ink wh... | 05/03/2012 |
| 20120105564 | PRINTER AND MEDIUM According to one embodiment, a printer includes a conveying mechanism, a first image forming unit, and a second image forming unit. The conveying mechanism conveys a medium. The first image forming unit forms an image with a non-temperature-sensitive ink whose color is ... | 05/03/2012 |
| 20120105539 | PRINTING APPARATUS, CLEANING DEVICE OF INK-JET HEAD AND CLEANING METHOD OF INK-JET HEAD According to one embodiment, a printing apparatus includes an ink-jet head including a nozzle plate with a nozzle string in which a plurality of nozzle holes for discharging ink are arranged, and a cleaning device including an ink-repellent surface with ink repellency w... | 05/03/2012 |
| 20120105379 | COORDINATE RECOGNITION APPARATUS AND COORDINATE RECOGNITION METHOD According to one embodiment, a coordinate recognition apparatus includes a coordinate input unit, an adjustment unit, a judgment unit, a scan control unit, and a recognition unit. The adjustment unit adjusts an offset voltage of a sensor amplifier that amplifies a senso... | 05/03/2012 |
| 20120105378 | INPUT APPARATUS AND METHOD OF CONTROLLING THE SAME According to one embodiment, an input apparatus comprises an input detector, a vibration detector, a controller, and a sensitivity adjustment unit. The input detector detects an input by the blockage of a light beam to scan a scan region. The vibration detector detects ... | 05/03/2012 |
| 20120105377 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR RECOGNIZING COORDINATES According to one embodiment, a coordinate recognition apparatus includes a plurality of light-emitting devices, a plurality of light-receiving devices, and a controller. The light-emitting devices and the light-receiving devices are arranged in an array along X directio... | 05/03/2012 |
| 20120104227 | COORDINATE RECOGNIZING APPARATUS AND CONTROL METHOD THEREFOR According to one embodiment, a coordinate recognizing apparatus includes plural light emitting elements, plural light receiving elements, a memory, and a controller. The memory stores, concerning plural pairs of the light emitting elements and the light receiving elemen... | 05/03/2012 |
| 20120104098 | COMMODITY INFORMATION READING APPARATUS AND COMMODITY INFORMATION READING METHOD A commodity information reading apparatus includes: an image capturing section capturing a picked-up image; a first reading section detecting the code symbol from the captured image and reading the commodity information represented by the code symbol; a second reading s... | 05/03/2012 |
| 20120104087 | CODE READING APPARATUS AND CODE READING METHOD According to one embodiment, a code reading apparatus includes an image capturing section, a first detecting section, a second detecting section, and an informing section. The image capturing section captures an image picked up by an image pickup section. The first dete... | 05/03/2012 |
| 20120084176 | ARTICLE SEARCH SYSTEM, INFORMATION PROCESSING TERMINAL, AND INFORMATION PROVIDING METHOD According to one embodiment, an article search system includes an information processing terminal, and a storage unit. The storage unit stores a salesfloor map of a store and article information and a display position of an article sold. The information processing termi... | 04/05/2012 |
| 20120082931 | PRODUCING METHOD OF TONER Disclosed is a producing method of a decolorizable toner, comprising dispersing a mixed composition containing encapsulated colorant particles which are particles containing a color developable compound and a color developing agent and coated with an outer shell, a poly... | 04/05/2012 |
| 20120082928 | ELECTROPHOTOGRAPHIC TONER AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING THE SAME Disclosed is a decolorizable electrophotographic toner, including: a binder resin; and a colorant which contains at least a color developable compound and a color developing agent and is covered with an outer shell so as to have a capsule structure, wherein the number r... | 04/05/2012 |
| 20120082494 | CLEANING DEVICE, CLEANING METHOD AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS According to one embodiment, a cleaning device which is used in an electrophotography-type image forming apparatus includes a blade which removes toner remaining on a surface of a photoconductor, and a linear pressure of the blade with respect to the surface of the phot... | 04/05/2012 |
| 20120082484 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS AND IMAGE FORMING METHOD According to one embodiment, there are provided a developing section storing a color erasable developing agent that includes capsule colorant particles with a core in which a color developable compound, a color developing agent, and a color erasing agent are contained, ... | 04/05/2012 |
| 20120082473 | TRANSFER BELT UNIT FOR IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS INCLUDING A STEERING ROLLER TO CORRECT MEANDERING In the transfer belt unit according to an embodiment of the present invention, rotation of a rear-side detection roller or a front-side detection roller rotated in contact with ribs of a transfer belt is transmitted to a steering roller via a lead screw to tilt the stee... | 04/05/2012 |
| 20120082472 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS AND IMAGE FORMING METHOD According to one embodiment, the image forming apparatus includes an image carrier the surface of which is charged at a predetermined potential, an exposure device which forms a latent image by exposing the surface of the image carrier, a developing unit which develops ... | 04/05/2012 |
| 20120082471 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS, IMAGE FORMING METHOD AND A COMPUTER-READABLE MEDIUM HAVING COMPUTER-EXECUTABLE INSTRUCTIONS According to one embodiment, an image forming apparatus includes an image forming part to form an image with one of a color unerasable developer and a color erasable developer, and a control part to automatically select the color erasable developer when test printing is... | 04/05/2012 |
| 20120081757 | MEDIUM TRANSPORT UNIT, SENSOR UNIT, AND METHOD OF CONTROLLING READING OF MEDIUM TRANSPORT UNIT A medium transport unit includes: a transport roller; a transport belt which transports a loaded medium by driving of the transport roller; a sensor array which includes a plurality of imaging elements arranged vertically to a transport direction of the medium and outpu... | 04/05/2012 |
| 20120081748 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS AND IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD According to one embodiment, an image processing apparatus includes a first storage unit, a second storage unit, a calculation unit, and an image processing unit. The first storage unit stores an input parameter provided from an external device. The second storage unit ... | 04/05/2012 |
| 20120081733 | IMAGE READING DEVICE AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS An image reading device includes: a light source which generates light used for reading an image; a light guide prism which extends in a main scanning direction and guides the light from the light source toward an image reading region; a holding unit which is connected ... | 04/05/2012 |
| 20120081498 | LIGHT-EMITTING PANEL, OPTICAL PRINT HEAD AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS Generally, according to an embodiment, a light-emitting panel includes a substrate and a light-emitting unit. The substrate is extended in a first direction. The light-emitting units are a plurality of light-emitting units that is in line in the first direction and comp... | 04/05/2012 |
| 20120081497 | LIGHT EMITTING PANEL, OPTICAL PRINT HEAD, AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS In general, according to the embodiment, a light emitting panel includes a glass substrate, a light emitting element, metal wiring, and a mark. The glass substrate allows light to pass through. The light emitting element is present in any one of a first plane and a seco... | 04/05/2012 |
| 20120070771 | ELECTROPHOTOGRAPHIC TONER Disclosed is an electrophotographic toner, comprising: toner base particles having a volume average particle diameter of 3 μm or more and 7 μm or less; OTES-treated silica particles which are treated with octyltriethoxysilane (OTES) and are externally added to the ton... | 03/22/2012 |
| 20120070174 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS AND IMAGE FORMING METHOD A image forming apparatus includes an electrostatic latent image carrier that carries an electrostatic latent image, a developer supplying unit that supplies a developer to the electrostatic latent image and forms a developer image, a transfer roller that transfers the ... | 03/22/2012 |
| 20120070172 | FUSER, AN IMAGE DORMING APPARATUS HAVING A FUSER AND A METHOD TOSTOP A ROATATION MEMBER According to one embodiment, a fuser including an endless member, an endless section of which moves in a rotating direction of a rotating shaft according to rotation of the shaft, a pressing cylindrical member which applies predetermined pressure to the endless section ... | 03/22/2012 |
| 20120069408 | DOCUMENT MANAGEMENT SYSTEM AND METHOD THEREOF A document management system including a two dimensional code region detection portion that detects a two dimensional code region included in image data, obtained by scanning a document to be managed; a two dimensional code decoding portion that decodes document managem... | 03/22/2012 |
| 20120069368 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS, AND POWER-SAVING MODE SETTING METHOD OF THE IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS Certain embodiments provide an image forming apparatus including an image scanning unit, an image forming unit, a power source, a storage device, a setting section, and a control unit. The power source can supply power to the image scanning unit and the image forming un... | 03/22/2012 |
| 20120069129 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS AND IMAGE FORMING METHOD An image forming apparatus includes a laser exposure device including plural laser oscillators, at least two pattern detection sensors to detect a pattern of forced light emission lines formed on a transfer belt by forced light emission of the plural laser oscillators a... | 03/22/2012 |
| 20120069126 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS AND METHOD OF THE SAME According to one embodiment, a laser controller generates a signal which corresponds to an output signal of a laser beam detection sensor before detecting an abnormality, in which the abnormality is detected, in a pseudo manner, on the basis of an output signal of a las... | 03/22/2012 |
| 20120069114 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS AND IMAGE FORMING METHOD According to one embodiment, an image forming apparatus includes a retaining roller, a nipping device, a retaining device, an image forming head, and a controller. The retaining roller retains a recording medium and rotates. The nipping device is capable of operating to... | 03/22/2012 |
| 20120069113 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS, MEDIUM PROCESSING APPARATUS, AND IMAGE FORMING METHOD According to one embodiment, an image forming apparatus includes a retaining roller, a triboelectric charging device, and an inkjet head. The retaining roller includes a first charging section including a first dielectric and a second charging section including a second... | 03/22/2012 |
