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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8184334 | Image processing apparatus and image processing method for the same An image processing apparatus for using one of a device link profile and a set of a source profile and an output profile includes a first selection unit for selecting a set of a source profile and an output profile and second selection unit for selecting a device li... | 05/22/2012 |
| 8180260 | Image forming apparatus comprising a vibration applying member An image forming apparatus includes a vibration applying member for vibrating a developer containing unit in a state where a conveying member for conveying a developer is stopped in a developer cartridge. ... | 05/15/2012 |
| 8178026 | Nanoimprinting method and mold for use in nanoimprinting A nanoimprinting method includes: forming at a region for performing a first nanoimprinting process on a substrate, a first patterning region with a first affinity to resin; forming at a region for performing a second nanoimprinting process on the substrate, a secon... | 05/15/2012 |
| 8176346 | Information processing apparatus with power saving mode and method for controlling information processing apparatus An information processing apparatus includes a storage unit configured to store data, a supply unit configured to supply electric power to the storage unit, a determination unit configured to determine whether to cause the information processing apparatus to operate... | 05/08/2012 |
| 8174574 | Image pickup apparatus An optical apparatus includes a zoom lens unit, a pan/tilt unit configured to at least one of pan the zoom lens unit and tilt the zoom lens unit, and a center-shift information storage portion configured to store a shift amount of an optical axis for every zooming p... | 05/08/2012 |
| 8173275 | Azaindenochrysene derivative and organic light-emitting device The invention provides an azaindenochrysene derivative, and an organic light-emitting device outputting light having high luminance and a long lifetime with high efficiency having an organic compound layer that includes the azaindenochrysene derivative. ... | 05/08/2012 |
| 8171535 | Dynamic web service policy broadcasting/enforcement for applications A system enables a client coupled to a server via a network to exchange security policy information across the network. The client is configured to determine security policy associated with the server based on a notification returned from the server. The notificatio... | 05/01/2012 |
| 8169640 | Network system, network setup method, and program and storage medium therefor A network system and network system setting method including a control apparatus connected to a network and an image processing apparatus connected to the control apparatus so as to access the network, where when setup information for the image processing apparatus ... | 05/01/2012 |
| 8169503 | Image pickup apparatus and control method for selecting a flicker control method It is determined whether or not flicker has occurred in an image signal obtained on the basis of an output signal of an image pickup element. If it is determined that flicker has occurred, a flicker correction method is selected according to a gain value set in the ... | 05/01/2012 |
| 8164754 | Immersion exposure apparatus and device manufacturing method An immersion exposure apparatus including an optical element 11, a reflective surface 42, a water repellent coating layer 43 in which peeled areas 45 and 46 are formed, a light intensity sensor 4 which detects light intensit... | 04/24/2012 |
| 8164248 | Image display apparatus An image display apparatus includes a rear plate including electron emitting devices; a face plate including light emitting members, anode electrodes, partition members each disposed between adjacent light emitting members, and strip-shaped resistive members dispose... | 04/24/2012 |
| 8159127 | Display apparatus Display apparatuses are enhanced in reliability in such a manner that external moisture is prevented from penetrating display regions and planarization layers are prevented from being stripped off. In particular, in a display apparatus including a display region con... | 04/17/2012 |
| 8157377 | Ophthalmologic photographing apparatus An ophthalmologic photographing apparatus includes an optical system, a pedestal, an auxiliary lens configured to be able to be inserted into and retracted from the optical system, a focusing lens, a focusing lens driving unit configured to move the focusing lens al... | 04/17/2012 |
| 8156329 | Network device management apparatus and control method thereof A network device management apparatus includes a search unit configured to search for a network device supporting a first communication protocol, an authentication information input unit configured to input authentication information used in communication with the n... | 04/10/2012 |
| 8154779 | Image reading apparatus A method is provided for processing image data read from a book document placed on a platen of an image reading apparatus. The method includes determining a background pixel of the image data based on a luminance difference or a color difference between neighboring ... | 04/10/2012 |
| 8154747 | External terminal control apparatus and control method thereof An external terminal control apparatus associates a category which classifies menu information about a first group of menu screens for operating the external terminal control apparatus with address information corresponding to file data that configure a second group... | 04/10/2012 |
| 8153356 | Method for forming film pattern A method for forming a film pattern includes applying a water-soluble photosensitive resin on a substrate, exposing the photosensitive resin to light, developing the photosensitive resin with a developer, after developing the photosensitive resin, depositing a mater... | 04/10/2012 |
| 8152299 | Fundus camera A fundus camera includes an illumination optical system, an observation photographic optical system, a photographic diaphragm unit located in a position conjugate with the subject's eye in the observation photographic optical system, and an imaging unit disposed in ... | 04/10/2012 |
| 8147064 | Fundus camera When pattern recognition of a fundus image is started in step S1, output from a fundus image sensing unit is compared with a regional pattern of stored fundus image specific regions in step S2, and it is decided whether to proceed to pattern recognitio... | 04/03/2012 |
| 8145088 | Print management apparatus, print management method, computer-readable recording medium, and computer program A print management apparatus includes a generation unit configured to generate, from a document including a clear toner page on which both colored toner and clear toner are used and an insert page on which the colored toner is used without the use of the clear toner... | 03/27/2012 |
| 8144965 | Image processing apparatus, image processing method, and computer storage medium A feature value corresponding to each of a plurality of pixel values is calculated for an image. A pixel value is selected for which a minimum distance is obtained in a feature space between the calculated feature value and a feature value of a template. The selecte... | 03/27/2012 |
| 8143355 | Polymer compound and method of synthesizing the same Provided is a polymer compound having a furan ring having a degree of polymerization of 185 or more and 600 or less. This polymer compound has excellent mechanical strength (flexural strength). ... | 03/27/2012 |
| 8141988 | Liquid ejection head, recording apparatus having the same, and recording method A liquid ejection head includes at least one liquid ejecting substrate for ejecting liquid, a supporting member for supporting the at least one liquid ejecting substrate, the at least one liquid ejecting substrate being fixed to a main surface of the supporting memb... | 03/27/2012 |
| 8139975 | Sealing member and process cartridge Provided is a sealing member for preventing leakage of a developer from a developer containing portion of a process cartridge detachable from a main body of an electrophotographic image forming apparatus to an outside of the developer containing portion. The sealing... | 03/20/2012 |
| 8134288 | Electron-emitting device, electron source, and image display apparatus An electron-emitting device includes an electron-emitting film containing molybdenum. A spectrum obtained by measuring a surface of the electron-emitting film by X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy has a first peak having a peak top in the range of 229±0.5 eV and a su... | 03/13/2012 |
| 8133662 | Method for manufacturing liquid discharge head A method for manufacturing a liquid discharge head that includes a flow path wall member which forms a wall of a flow path communicating with a discharge port for discharging a liquid and a substrate which forms the flow path in contact with the flow path wall membe... | 03/13/2012 |
| 8132914 | Imaging control apparatus for capturing tomogram of fundus, imaging apparatus, imaging control method, program, and storage medium An imaging control apparatus which controls an imaging unit configured to capture a tomogram of the fundus of a target eye includes an acquisition unit configured to acquire information representing the direction of a fundus movement of the target eye, an analysis u... | 03/13/2012 |
| 8132913 | Adaptive optics apparatus and imaging apparatus including the same An adaptive optics apparatus includes a first conversion unit configured to convert a polarization direction of one of two polarization components of light to a polarization direction of the other of the polarization components, the light being emitted by a light so... | 03/13/2012 |
| 8124324 | Laminated diffractive optical element and resin composition therefor A resin composition includes a binder component having at least one of a monomer and an oligomer of one or more of a fluorine system and a silicone system having a polymerizable functional group in a molecule. The resin composition also includes fine metal oxide par... | 02/28/2012 |
| 8120794 | Data-processing device, data-processing method, and computer program When an error occurs while a job flow including a plurality of steps is executed, an electronic signature is added to image data processed at a step that has already been performed, and the image data to which the electronic signature is added is stored. At that tim... | 02/21/2012 |
| 8120019 | Organic light-emitting element having tetracyano compound and display device An organic light-emitting element has an anode, a cathode, and a layer including an organic compound between the anode and the cathode. The layer including the organic compound has at least one tetracyano compound represented by at least one of Formula (1) or (2) be... | 02/21/2012 |
| 8118430 | Opthalmologic imaging apparatus and opthalmologic imaging method An ophthalmologic imaging apparatus that captures a fundus image of a subject's eye includes a first extraction unit configured to extract, from a first fundus image photographed with a first light quantity, an image of a first area having intensity not less than pr... | 02/21/2012 |
| 8117271 | Digital image sharing enabled chat application A method, system, and computer program for remotely sharing digital photographic images. The method, system, and computer program comprising launching at least a first and second real-time chat clients, selecting at least a first digital photographic image, establis... | 02/14/2012 |
| 8116669 | Image forming apparatus and electric discharge device An image forming apparatus includes a diode for restraining deterioration of an electric discharge device caused when a voltage applied to a discharge electrode and a shield electrode is switched. By switching the voltage at only one position using the diode, both o... | 02/14/2012 |
| 8115978 | Information processing method and information processing apparatus for simulating a result output from a first output device based on input data represented in a color space that is dependent on the input device by a second output device Input data in a color space dependent on input device is converted into first data in a device-independent color space based on input viewing condition. Through forward conversion based on a perception model corresponding to the input viewing condition, the first da... | 02/14/2012 |
| 8103189 | Image forming apparatus having removable belt A belt unit having a belt stretched by a plurality of rollers is removably mounted in an image forming apparatus. A pressure removing member moves a tension roller for applying tension to the belt from a first position to apply the tension to the belt to a second po... | 01/24/2012 |
| 8102565 | Image forming apparatus, image processing method, and computer-readable recording medium An image forming apparatus is provided for performing image formation by developing an electrostatic latent image formed on an image bearing member using a recording material. The apparatus includes an input unit configured to input a color image to be formed, a spe... | 01/24/2012 |
| 8102503 | Exposure apparatus and method of manufacturing device The present invention provides an exposure apparatus comprising a projection optical system including an optical element of which at least one of a position, orientation, and shape can be regulated, a regulator configured to regulate the at least one of the position... | 01/24/2012 |
| 8102116 | Organic light-emitting device An organic light-emitting device includes a first electrode, a second electrode, and a light-emitting layer disposed between the first and second electrodes. The light-emitting layer contains an organic compound emitting photoluminescent light with a peak wavelength... | 01/24/2012 |
| 8101895 | Measurement method, measurement apparatus, and method of manufacturing optical system The present invention provides a measurement method of measuring a light beam wavefront formed by a measurement target object using a measurement apparatus which includes an optical system having a reference surface and a detection unit having a detection surface, a... | 01/24/2012 |
