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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7936481 | Method, system and program for forming an image A high-quality monochrome photographic image is formed using a high-resolution color ink-jet recording apparatus. When a monochrome mode is selected, density signals are produced such that they include at least one density signal corresponding to a chromatic color m... | 05/03/2011 |
| 7707439 | Information processing apparatus including a first bus connected a first bus device, a second bus connected to a second bus device, a third bus connected to a third bus device, a first bus bridge connecting the first bus and the second bus and a second bus bridge connecting the first bus and the third bus An information processing apparatus including a first bus connected a first bus device, a second bus connected to a second bus device, and a bus bridge connecting the first bus and the second bus. A power control unit supplies electric power to the first bus device ... | 04/27/2010 |
| 7697063 | Imaging-device cleaning apparatus An imaging-device cleaning apparatus is attached to a camera by engaging with a lens mount of the camera typically used for attaching a camera lens. The imaging-device cleaning apparatus includes a nozzle for removing dust and dirt in the vicinity of an imaging sect... | 04/13/2010 |
| 7619775 | Image forming system with density conversion based on image characteristics and amount of color shift An image forming system includes an information processing apparatus and an image forming apparatus. The information processing apparatus performs image generation, color conversion, and extraction of image characteristics to generate compressed data. The image form... | 11/17/2009 |
| 7613899 | Reconfigurable data processing device and method A reconfigurable data processing device equipped with a plurality of data processing units controls timing of switching contents of data processing executed by each of the plurality of data processing units for each of a plurality of data processing operations. ... | 11/03/2009 |
| 7398028 | Image heating apparatus including a cooling unit adapted to cool a heating member In an image heating apparatus including a rotatable heating roller to heat an image on a recording material at a nip part, and a cooling unit to cool the rotatable heating roller, the cooling unit includes a pipe that forms a cooling loop for circulating cooling flu... | 07/08/2008 |
| 7379674 | Optical transmission device An optical transmission device for providing stable communication with a partner device by reducing errors in optical axis misalignment. The errors are caused by uneven distribution of the light intensity in a received light beam resulting from atmospheric microscop... | 05/27/2008 |
| 7366420 | Optical transmission device An optical transmission device for providing stable communication with a partner device by reducing errors in optical axis misalignment. Such errors are caused by uneven distribution of the light intensity in a received light beam resulting from atmospheric microsco... | 04/29/2008 |
| 7319943 | Optimum design method, and apparatus, and program for the same In an optimum design method comprising a first solution determining step of solving an optimization problem of a first evaluation function for a state variable vector with a design variable vector being as a parameter, and a second solution determining step of solvi... | 01/15/2008 |
| 7310483 | Image-forming apparatus and image-forming method for making development using light toner and dark toner with substantially the same hue In an image-forming apparatus being selectable between a four-color mode forming images using only cyan, magenta, yellow, and black toner and a six-color mode forming images using light cyan and light magenta toner in addition to the four-color toner, by automatical... | 12/18/2007 |
