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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8184331 | Printing device and method therefor A printing device includes a receiving unit receiving image data, a printing unit transferring printing agent onto a sheet so as to form an image according to the image data received, a printing ratio determining unit determining, based upon the image data, a printi... | 05/22/2012 |
| 8090275 | Image forming apparatus An image forming apparatus is provided. The image forming apparatus includes a fixing unit to thermally fix an image transferred onto a sheet thereto, an endless belt to carry the sheet in a feeding path toward the fixing unit, a pattern forming unit to form an imag... | 01/03/2012 |
| 8086774 | Networking apparatus and computer usable medium therefor A networking apparatus electrically connectable with a removable device and an external device through a network is provided. The networking apparatus includes a removal instruction receiving unit to receive a disconnection instruction to electrically disconnect the... | 12/27/2011 |
| 8081909 | Image forming device having developing material case and a vibrator for vibrating carrying electrodes and controller for changing the frequency of vibration There is provided an image forming device, comprising: an image holding unit configured to hold an image formed by developing material; a developing material case configured to accommodate the developing material and to have a supplying opening facing the image hold... | 12/20/2011 |
| 8081886 | Image forming apparatus which memorizes a paper jam The present invention can include an image forming apparatus including a conveying device configured to convey a medium for recording along a conveyance path, an image forming portion configured to form an image on the medium for recording conveyed by the conveying ... | 12/20/2011 |
| 8073878 | Method to generate linkage indicative data, computer usable medium therefor, and printing apparatus A method to generate linkage indicative data for a linkage indicative diagram, representing a linkage at least between two information resources being interrelated with each other, in a printing apparatus, is provided. The method includes collecting at least two pie... | 12/06/2011 |
| 8072634 | Location information management device, data output system, and program A location information management device comprises an output device information receipt unit receiving output device identification information and output device location information, a terminal device information receipt unit receiving terminal device identificatio... | 12/06/2011 |
| 8064806 | Image forming device having a developing material case with a moving vibrating region There is provided an image forming device, including an image holding unit configured to hold an image formed by developing material, a developing material case configured to accommodate the developing material and to have a supplying opening facing the image holdin... | 11/22/2011 |
| 8037308 | Electronic certificate issuance system, electronic certificate issuing device, communication device, and program therefor An electronic certificate issuance system comprising at least one communication device, and an electronic certificate issuing device for issuing a set of an electronic certificate and a private key corresponding to the electronic certificate as a certification set f... | 10/11/2011 |
| 8028931 | Liquid discharge device A liquid discharge device (1) has a pressure chamber (3), a nozzle (4), and a communication path (5) that interconnects the pressure chamber (3) and the nozzle (4). A region that has a specific length L1 and lies ... | 10/04/2011 |
| 7983609 | Image forming apparatus having collection box An image forming apparatus is provided with a cassette configured to accommodate printing sheets, a casing of the image forming apparatus, a belt member which circularly moves inside the casing, a cleaning device configured to remove particles adhering on the belt m... | 07/19/2011 |
| 7983402 | System and program for controlling electronic devices A controlling system for an electronic peripheral device is provided. The controlling system comprises an electronic peripheral device having a plurality of communication interfaces and a plurality of functions, at least one terminal device connectable to one of the... | 07/19/2011 |
| 7979695 | Program generating device and medium for the same A program generating device connected with at least one first device and at least one second device on a network comprises an authority information acquiring system that acquires authority information representing a process that the at least one second device is aut... | 07/12/2011 |
| 7971873 | Image forming device An image forming device, which is configured to form an image on a sheet, includes a main body casing, a catch tray provided on the main body casing to be loaded with the sheet discharged in a first direction with the image formed thereon, and a cover configured to ... | 07/05/2011 |
| 7962691 | Information processing apparatus and computer usable medium therefor An information processing apparatus capable of executing at least one information processing operation is provided. The information processing apparatus includes a process control system to execute one of the at least one information processing operation to a piece ... | 06/14/2011 |
| 7949003 | Image formation device, management device, network system, control program for image formation device, and control program for management device A management device is connected to image formation devices, each having at least one network interface, via a network. Embodiments include a presence check request transmitting unit which transmits presence check requests to the network interfaces of the image form... | 05/24/2011 |
| 7948919 | Network terminal device A network terminal device is configured to include a plurality of network applications that generate process instructions to cause devices on a network to execute processes, a storage unit that stores common network configuration information of the plurality of netw... | 05/24/2011 |
| 7938499 | Liquid discharge device, piezoelectric ink jet head, and driving method for liquid discharge device It is possible to minimize the amplitude of residual vibration of a piezoelectric actuator so as to maintain the image quality of a formed image at a preferable level in case of an ink jet head, for example. A liquid discharge device includes a control unit (14 | 05/10/2011 |
| 7911658 | Image processing apparatus An image processing apparatus is provided with an image reading unit configured to read an image on an original, the original being discharged from a discharging side of the image reading unit, an image forming unit configured to form an image on an recording medium... | 03/22/2011 |
| 7899054 | Management device and program According to an aspect of the invention, there is provided a management device used in a network to which nodes are connected. The management device includes an information requesting unit to send out a request packet requesting address information concerning addres... | 03/01/2011 |
| 7882225 | Information processing device, and method and computer readable medium for the same There is provided an information processing device comprising: an image processing unit including at least one of an image reading function and a print function; a historical information acquisition unit to acquire a plurality of pieces of historical information, ea... | 02/01/2011 |
| 7848663 | Image forming apparatus configured to determine the position of an image carrier One embodiment of the present invention can include an image forming apparatus having an image carrier, a light emitting portion capable of emitting a light towards a predetermined position, a light receiving portion capable of detecting a light amount of incident l... | 12/07/2010 |
| 7860445 | Document feeder A document feeder includes a bidirectional feed path having both ends connected to predetermined positions of the bidirectional feed path, respectively. A document is fed from a downstream side of the image reading position to an upstream side with leading end and t... | 12/28/2010 |
| 7839544 | Facsimile apparatus and method of mode switching and memory control to maintain the continuous printing of facsimile data A facsimile apparatus is provided with a receiver that receives facsimile data, a storage unit including a data memory region that stores therein the facsimile data, a printing unit that prints an image based on the facsimile data, and a printing controller that con... | 11/23/2010 |
| 7836075 | Communication system and network storage device therefor A communication system includes a host device and a network storage device interconnected via a network. The host device includes a data file request command issuing unit issuing a data file request command a data file receiving unit receiving a requested data file,... | 11/16/2010 |
| 7764398 | Information processing device, program for operating the same, document scanning device, and document scanning system An information processing device includes: an image data receiving unit which receives image data of each page of a double-sided document generated by a document scanning device by double-side scanning of the document; a recognizable direction adjustment information... | 07/27/2010 |
| 7752498 | Information processing device, interface controller initializing method and program An interface controller initializing method for an information processing device equipped with multiple interfaces of the same type comprises the steps of: detecting control of an interface executed by a first control unit; detecting an end of the control of the int... | 07/06/2010 |
| 7684412 | Device for communication and program used for such device There is provided a device connected to a network to which nodes are connected. The device is provided with a first storage unit in which information is registered, a request unit configured to transmit a request for device information concerning a name and an addre... | 03/23/2010 |
| 7643031 | Image-processing device and program An information-processing device (such as an image-processing device) executes a boldface character generating process when it is judged that a character should be expressed in boldface type based on a drawing instruction inputted from outside and there exists no bo... | 01/05/2010 |
| 7614720 | Algorithm for preliminary firing of ink droplets through inkjet nozzles prior to inkjet printing operation An algorithm for preliminary firing of ink droplets through inkjet nozzles prior to inkjet printing operation is disclosed. According to this algorithm, a calculation is made of a scheduled time of a next nozzle-cleaning operation which succeeds a time instant at wh... | 11/10/2009 |
| 7556690 | Nozzle head, nozzle head holder, and droplet jet patterning device First link members (56A and 56B), a pair of second link members (57A and 57B), and three head holders (51R, 51G, and 51B) are installed rotatably. Rotational pivots (50A and 50B) provided at intermediate... | 07/07/2009 |
| 7539432 | Image forming apparatus An image forming apparatus includes a photoreceptor, a photoreceptor cleaner configured to clean the photoreceptor, a belt configured to be arranged opposite to the photoreceptor, a belt cleaner configured to clean the belt, a medium supplying device configured to p... | 05/26/2009 |
| 7469118 | Image forming apparatus with position changing developing devices An image forming apparatus that inhibits malfunctions therein via control such that respective developing devices change positions at predetermined timings. In a color laser printer, a first position is a position on a photosensitive drum facing a developing roller ... | 12/23/2008 |
| 7468818 | Apparatus and method of reading images on duplex document with variable start-of-reading timing A technique of processing images previously-formed on first and second opposite sides of a document is disclosed. The technique includes: reading the images on the document at a reading position by scan; transporting the document such that the first side is moved fa... | 12/23/2008 |
| 7444087 | Image forming apparatus and developer cartridge with power supply shielding mechanism A CPU causes a power control unit and a bias application circuit at all times to apply a developing bias to a developing roller thereby to execute a printing operation. When the CPU determines the lapse of lifetime of a developer cartridge on the basis of detection ... | 10/28/2008 |
| 7329820 | Open/closed state detecting system A detecting system capable of detecting an open/closed state of a cover equipped to a body of a device is provided. The detecting system comprises a body, a cover that moves in a range between an open position and a fully-closed position, a detecting unit that detec... | 02/12/2008 |
| 7209691 | Developing device and image forming apparatus A developing device includes a developer carrier capable of carrying a developer, and a thickness regulating member having a resistance of 103 Ω or less and regulating a thickness of a layer of a developer carried by the developer carrier. ... | 04/24/2007 |
| 7055936 | Structure and method for connecting flexible printed circuit board to inkjet print head A plurality of lands and a plurality of conducting wires connected independently to each land are formed on one side surface of an insulating substrate of a flexible printed circuit board. Through-holes are formed through the insulating substrate for exposing the la... | 06/06/2006 |
| 7018026 | Ink-jet printhead and method of manufacturing the same A head unit is fixed to a main frame of a printhead. The head unit includes nozzles from which ink is ejected, pressure chambers each provided for a corresponding one of the nozzles, a common ink chamber that distributes the ink to the pressure chambers, an actuator... | 03/28/2006 |
| 6971738 | Piezoelectric actuator A first portion F is positioned above the center of the pressure chamber 16. A pair of second portions S are disposed on either side of the first portion F. The electrodes 24, 25 are positioned in the second portion S to the side farthest in the thickn... | 12/06/2005 |
