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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7171143 | Toner concentration adjustment method and apparatus for liquid-development electrophotographic apparatus Liquid toner which remains on the surface of a photosensitive drum 2 after transfer of a toner image to an intermediate transfer member 1 is collected in a collection pot 6a. The collected liquid toner is led to a carrier pot 20, a... | 01/30/2007 |
| 6565079 | Document feeder, document feed method, and image capture device The present invention relates to a document feeder, document feed method, and image capture device. The document feeder includes a sheet separation mechanism that restricts the number of sheets to be fed by a pull-in portion. The sheet separation mechanis... | 05/20/2003 |
| 6246991 | Will information management and disclosure system and method, and program storage medium thereof A will information management and disclosure system keeps in custody deposit information that includes information about a depositor's last word and testament to be unsealed in accordance with unsealing conditions registered in advance by the depositor an... | 06/12/2001 |
| 6092173 | Multiprocessor, memory accessing method for multiprocessor, transmitter and receiver in data transfer system, data transfer system, and bus control method for data transfer system A multiprocessor in which a plurality of processors are connected via a system bus. The multiprocessor includes processor groups each having at least one processor, a main storage memory, a cache memory, a cache control unit, a directory memory, and a dir... | 07/18/2000 |
| 6038674 | Multiprocessor, memory accessing method for multiprocessor, transmitter and receiver in data transfer system, data transfer system, and bus control method for data transfer system A multiprocessor in which a plurality of processors are connected via a system bus. The multiprocessor includes processor groups each having at least one processor, a main storage memory, a cache memory, a cache control unit, a directory memory, and a dir... | 03/14/2000 |
| 5951683 | Multiprocessor system and its control method One of processors connected effectively to a system is allocated to a master processor and the other remaining processors are allocated to slave processors. Each processor compares the self processor number of a processor number register and the processor... | 09/14/1999 |
| 5892952 | Operating system renewing apparatus and method for installing new operating system in computer system A new system supplying unit comprises a saving area for saving therein common information and a new system storing area for storing the new operating system. A new system installing system comprises an installing process storing unit for storing a procedu... | 04/06/1999 |
| 5890217 | Coherence apparatus for cache of multiprocessor A plurality of processors, each with caches provided for a plurality of processor modules and a local storage in which a main storage is distributed and arranged are mutually connected through an internal snoop bus. The processor modules are mutually conn... | 03/30/1999 |
| 5846007 | Paper feed method and apparatus for a printer It is an object of the present invention to prevent a sheet of continuous-form paper from slackening when it is fed back in a printer capable of feeding both sheets of continuous-form paper and cut-form paper. According to the method for feeding back a sh... | 12/08/1998 |
| 5650912 | Heat sink for cooling a heat producing element and application A heat sink mounted on a heat producing element for cooling the heat producing element attached on the printed board of the electronic apparatus, having a heat sink body made of a good heat conductive material and a fan assembly installed inside the heat ... | 07/22/1997 |
| 5642475 | Apparatus and method for editing graphics or group graphics displayed on a screen and correlated to each other An apparatus and method for editing different graphics displayed on a screen and correlated to each other. More specifically, according to various embodiments of the invention, an apparatus and method are provided for editing a hierarchically structured g... | 06/24/1997 |
| 5535315 | Graphic coloring system in a graphic-display system having separately stored shape/positional data and color data selectively combinable to form desired images of differing shapes and colors A graphic display system has a display unit, a main memory for storing graphic data and a controller for controlling the processing and transferring of data between the display unit and the main memory. The main memory includes a correspondence table of l... | 07/09/1996 |
| 5397999 | Evaluation apparatus for power supply system In an evaluation apparatus for measuring the fluctuation of a voltage and a current on a power supply line and evaluating the result of the measurement, the apparatus includes: a dummy load connected to the power supply line instead of an actual function ... | 03/14/1995 |
| 5031091 | Channel control system having device control block and corresponding device control word with channel command part and I/O command part A device control word including a channel command part and an I/O command part is prepared in a main storage unit, and sent to a channel unit together. The channel command part has a common format for different types of I/O devices or I/O controllers ther... | 07/09/1991 |
