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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 6167201 | Camera having a power zoom function A camera is provided with a varifocal lens including a zoom lens system driven by a motor and by a zoom lens drive control section and a focusing lens system driven by a motor and by a focusing lens drive control section for performing focusing before the... | 12/26/2000 |
| 5933675 | Centralized control system for terminal device A central control system that monitors and remotely controls one or more terminal devices which may be part of an apparatus such as an imaging machine. Each terminal device communicates with the central control system at a predetermined time and relays th... | 08/03/1999 |
| 5883660 | Digital copier for two-sided reading using various writing modes A double-side digital copier reads an image on documents fed into an image reading unit in accordance with a predetermined cycle based on copying conditions such as the number of copies to be made and single/double-side copying, and the number of document... | 03/16/1999 |
| 5854692 | Facsimile apparatus having control means for recording a prescribed page which has not been completely recorded when a trouble detected by detecting means is solved When a jam occurs in outputting an image to a printer in a facsimile apparatus, it is displayed that the printer is in a state of trouble. If the printer trouble is not solved in a prescribed time period, that one group of original being printed is stored... | 12/29/1998 |
| 5765170 | Electronic mail processing system and electronic mail processing method An electronic mail system in which a mail management method is improved in order to reduce the complexity and labour of handling transmitted information so that its convenience is increased. In an electronic mail system in which a plurality of data proces... | 06/09/1998 |
| 5749569 | Document feeding apparatus having improved forwarding means A sheet feeding apparatus has a forwarding device for successively forwarding a plurality of sheets accommodated in a state of stacked layer one by one. The forwarding device is movable between a sheet forwarding position where the forwarding device is br... | 05/12/1998 |
| 5745253 | Image reading apparatus and method for reading images of different sizes of originals The invention relates to an image reading apparatus for reading images of original documents by moving the original relative to a stationary image reader. A single image reader is used in a first embodiment. When reading the image of a first side, the sin... | 04/28/1998 |
| 5731864 | Focus detecting photoelectric converting apparatus for a camera A camera includes a CCD line sensor divided into a plurality of blocks and a plurality of monitors provided near each of the divided blocks and sensing the amount of received light corresponding to each block. The storage of charge in each block of the CC... | 03/24/1998 |
| 5697009 | Device for forming electrostatic latent images on a photoconductor Disclosed is an image processing apparatus by which a first image corresponding to first image information and a second image corresponding to second image information are superimposed one on the top of the other, the apparatus having a scanning device fo... | 12/09/1997 |
| 5696531 | Image display apparatus capable of combining image displayed with high resolution and image displayed with low resolution An image display apparatus according to the present invention includes an image data memory for storing image data to be displayed, an image plane for displaying an image, a low resolution image display unit for displaying an image based on image data on ... | 12/09/1997 |
| 5692741 | Method and apparatus for feeding sheets based on comparison of actual travel time and reference travel time In an operation for transporting a sheet by a first roller to a second roller pair downstream of the first roller, and further transporting the sheet by the second roller pair, the time during which the sheet is transported by the first roller is controll... | 12/02/1997 |
| 5687965 | Sheet supplying device A sheet supply device supplying sheets from a magazine thereof to an image forming apparatus and a mechanism for setting the magazine to a body of the image forming apparatus. The magazine storing stacked sheets is provided with reinforcing members which ... | 11/18/1997 |
| 5687404 | Camera A single-lens reflex camera comprises a taking lens having a zooming optical system, a finder whose angle of view is determined according to a focal length of the taking lens, and an operation member which is manually operated. In the single-lens reflex c... | 11/11/1997 |
| 5682583 | Developing device for mixing and supplying developer A developing device having a developing sleeve opposed to a photoreceptor, and a developer transport portion adjacent to the sleeve. The developer transport portion is divided into first and second portions by a partition, and the developer is circulated ... | 10/28/1997 |
| 5673116 | Image forming apparatus wherein data is converted between multi-level data and bi-level data In the electronic sort of a digital copying machine, image data of a document consisting of a plurality of sheets are read and compressed to bi-level data in a memory. The compressed image data are recovered to multi-level data successively. When a plural... | 09/30/1997 |
| 5671277 | Image forming apparatus and copy management system Additional data useful for the management of copies of a document for an image forming apparatus is embedded in a hard copy of the document. The additional data is embedded in an inherent image of a document as pixels arranged in a prescribed format, and,... | 09/23/1997 |
| 5671456 | System for providing an accurate indication whether film is exposed or unexposed, independent of battery voltage A microcomputer provided in a camera body uses a data signal read by sensors facing the data disk of a film cartridge as a positional signal to set the stop position of the spool for providing exposed/unexposed indication to the film. The voltage of the p... | 09/23/1997 |
| 5665508 | Electrophotography carrier having domains dispersed in a matrix resin with a dispersion assistant interposed This invention relates to a developer for electrophotography comprising: a domain resin phase containing specified additives, a matrix resin phase containing specified additives and a dispersion assistant, the matrix resin having a low compatibility with the domain resi... | 09/09/1997 |
| 5663027 | Two-component developer comprising specific magnetic toner and specific magnetic carrier This invention provides a two-component developer comprising magnetic carrier particles and toner particles which contain magnetic particles at a specified content, being excellent in high speed copying system.... | 09/02/1997 |
| 5659820 | Camera system A camera having a covering member which covers the upper side of the camera and having a projecting portion shaped as a pentagonal reflecting member; a first manually operable portion located at the covering member on one side of the projecting portion fo... | 08/19/1997 |
| 5659844 | Fixing device for thermally fixing toner onto a paper sheet and having a controller for controlling the amount of heat received by the paper sheet A fixing device which changes the amount of heat received by a recording paper in accordance with a portion of the recording paper with respect to a paper transporting direction. The fixing device controls a heater for heating a fixing member so as to rai... | 08/19/1997 |
| 5659823 | Camera A camera includes a manually operable member having a plurality of distance measuring areas and for switching between exposure correction and AF area and between single photographing and continuous photographing. A viewfinder of the camera displays not on... | 08/19/1997 |
| 5659829 | Film rewinding mechanism that fully retracts the film or leaves it partially extended A camera system is capable of operating in a number of different photographic modes and includes a display system which provides information relevant to each of the modes. The camera system also includes an automatic film rewinding mechanism that has two ... | 08/19/1997 |
| 5657135 | Image reading apparatus for reading an image containing both a negative area and a positive area The image reading apparatus of this invention reads a desired image out of an original document with a CCD 1, edits a desired area of the thus read image with an edit processing part 4, and causes the edited area to be copied without being subjected to ne... | 08/12/1997 |
| 5657074 | Apparatus for reproducing still images with music A film player includes an A-D conversion part for receiving a music signal from an external audio unit, a RAM write part for writing A-D converted music data in an integrated RAM, a RAM contained in a music card or a RAM contained in a film cartridge, and... | 08/12/1997 |
| 5657395 | Image processing device providing improved image data processing by converting original image into a plurality of pixels and analyzing density data of each pixel An image processing device in accordance with the present invention processes image data obtained by reading an original image including an image portion and a background portion to subdivide the original image into a plurality of images, the image data i... | 08/12/1997 |
| 5652618 | Image reproducing apparatus An image reproducing apparatus for reproducing an image recorded on successive frames of a film having a storage medium which information for each frame is readable from and writable on, the reproducing apparatus includes a pick-up device for picking up t... | 07/29/1997 |
| 5652922 | Zoom lens mechanism A stationary barrel attached to a camera body, a first movable barrel, a second movable barrel and a third movable barrel are moved out successively. A first lens frame holding a first lens unit is held in the third barrel to be movable along the optical ... | 07/29/1997 |
| 5649033 | Image processing apparatus outputting desired image irrespective of directions of original and output paper In an image signal processing portion, the size of an original papersheet is detected, and image data is provided with respect to a memory unit. The size of a copy papersheet is detected using a detecting sensor, not shown. Data of an original image is re... | 07/15/1997 |
| 5642146 | Printer having transport device for correcting image distortion An optical device for forming a latent image on the surface of a photosensitive member by an optical head, developing the latent image and transferring the developed toner image onto a transfer sheet at a transferring section. The transfer sheet is transp... | 06/24/1997 |
| 5639584 | Toner for developing electrostatic latent images The present invention provides a toner for developing electrostatic latent images prepared by the following processes comprising; a process (a) of forming particles for toner containing at least a resin and a coloring agent in a wet process, a process (b) of a... | 06/17/1997 |
| 5640223 | Camera having a varifocal lens A camera having a lens, whereby a power source in the camera is activated in response to a mechanical switch on the lens.... | 06/17/1997 |
| 5634140 | Camera having learning function A camera according to the present invention comprises a taking lens whose focal length is variable. A focal length thereof is determined based on a subject distance measured by a distance measuring circuit and a relation between a subject distance and a f... | 05/27/1997 |
| 5633977 | Photographed image reproducing apparatus A photographed image reproducing apparatus is used to reproduce photographic images recorded on successive frames of a film having magnetic tracks on which information is writable for each frame. The apparatus includes a read/write device for reading or w... | 05/27/1997 |
| 5631724 | Centralized control system for terminal device A centralized control system capable of remote controlling terminal devices such as a copying machine or automatic vending machine by using communication lines. The system displays information identifying the terminal devices which have not transmitted th... | 05/20/1997 |
| 5630032 | Image generating apparatus having a memory for storing data and method of using same A printer of bit map type provides a first information processor for analyzing data received from an external data processor to transform them into intermediate codes and a second information processor for imaging bit images on a bit map memory according ... | 05/13/1997 |
| 5627622 | Trimming camera In a camera having a function or recording a scope of printing (printing scope) in an exposed picture of a film, under a panoramic photography mode, that is, a mode in which the ratio of the horizontal dimension to the vertical dimension of a printing sco... | 05/06/1997 |
| 5627618 | Compact high-zoom-ratio real-image finder A high-zoom-ratio real-image finder is provided with an objective lens system including a first lens unit having a positive power, a second lens unit having a negative power, a third lens unit having a negative power and a fourth lens unit having a positi... | 05/06/1997 |
| 5623300 | Print head with light-emitting element driving correction A print head for reproducing a multi-level image is an provided. In the print head, a light-emitting array comprises a linear line of light-emitting elements. A D/A converter converts a multi-level image data to an analog signal, and an analog shift regis... | 04/22/1997 |
| 5623716 | Process for image forming using a photosensitive member having an amorphous carbon layer as an outermost surface layer In a process for image formation, an electrostatic latent image is formed on a photosensitive member having an amorphous carbon layer as an outermost surface layer. The electrostatic latent image is developed with toner to form a toner image. The toner im... | 04/22/1997 |
