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...that it was melting ice cream that inspired the invention of the outboard motor? It was a lovely August day and Ole Evinrude was rowing his boat to his favorite island picnic spot. As he rowed, he watched his ice cream melt and wished he had a faster way to get to the island. At that moment the idea for the outboard motor was born!
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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7949209 | Image processing apparatus, control method therefor, computer program, and computer-readable storage medium In this invention, when images, in image files managed according to photographing dates, which match a search condition are to be displayed, the images matching the search condition are sequentially displayed such that the positions or distribution of the image file... | 05/24/2011 |
| 7948695 | Optical element positioning apparatus, projection optical system and exposure apparatus An optical element is moved in six-degrees-of-freedom. Three first displacement sensors are disposed on a base plate and measure respective displacement amounts of three mutually different points on the optical element in a first direction. A second displacement sen... | 05/24/2011 |
| 7948662 | Image processing apparatus and method for performing shade correction on generated image using a shading coefficient Generation of an electronic document which leaves density difference information between the background of a document and a correcting liquid applied surface is in demand. Hence, upon reading a document image and converting it into an electronic document, the backgr... | 05/24/2011 |
| 7948657 | Image processing method and image processing apparatus An image processing method for deciding the quantization data on each image plane of the image data composed of at least first and second image planes includes performing a quantization process for the sum total value of pixel values existing at the same position on... | 05/24/2011 |
| 7948655 | Image processing apparatus, image processing method, image processing program, and storage medium There is disclosed an image processing apparatus which applies an adjusting process to an image that includes a pixel to be processed. The image processing apparatus extracts an image area with a predetermined size including the pixel to be processed. The apparatus ... | 05/24/2011 |
| 7948652 | Processor, method, and program for processing data using a mask pattern to print dots in each area in a non-periodic arrangement by using an integral multiple of the areas Provided are a data processing method and a data processor for ink jet printing, which are capable of achieving uniform and high-quality images while stabilizing density and color development in each of pixels. To this end, a mask pattern for setting permission and ... | 05/24/2011 |
| 7948645 | Information processing apparatus, control method thereof, and program thereof An information processing apparatus according to this invention acquires function restriction information used to restrict the use of functions of an image processing apparatus. The apparatus acquires job log data of a job which is processed using the functions of t... | 05/24/2011 |
| 7948643 | Information processing apparatus, method for enhancing print function, computer-readable program for enhancing print function, printer, print method, and print system An effective environment can be freely constructed in which multifunctional processing equivalent to high performance multifunction peripherals can be executed easily at low cost, by utilizing the print function of a printer driver as well as by selectively utilizin... | 05/24/2011 |
| 7948541 | Signal reading apparatus and image pickup system using the signal reading apparatus A signal reading apparatus includes first and second common signal lines from which a signal from a signal generation unit is output and first and second amplifier circuits and a switch configured to control a conductive state of the first and the second common sign... | 05/24/2011 |
| 7948540 | Photoelectric conversion device with isolation switches arranged between signal lines and amplifiers A photoelectric conversion device prevents a pseudo signal caused by the parasitic capacitance of a transfer switch from being input to an amplifier. A photoelectric conversion device (50) includes a pixel (10) which outputs a signal to a signal line (... | 05/24/2011 |
| 7948154 | Piezoelectric substance, piezoelectric element, and liquid discharge head and liquid discharge apparatus using piezoelectric element A piezoelectric substance which is made of oxide with perovskite type structure which is made of ABO3, where a principal component of A is Pb, and principal components of B contain at least two kinds of elements among Nb, Mg, Zn, Sc, Cd, Ni, Mn, Co, Yb, I... | 05/24/2011 |
| 7947942 | Photoconductive element and sensor device There is provided a photoconductive element capable of generating and detecting broadband electromagnetic waves such as terahertz waves at a comparatively high efficiency by decreasing or avoiding the absorption of electromagnetic waves into a substrate. A photocond... | 05/24/2011 |
| 7947762 | Aqueous ink, ink jet recording method, ink cartridge, recording unit and ink jet recording apparatus The invention provides an aqueous ink comprising a polymer having hydroxyl groups and a pigment, which can provide images excellent in scratch resistance and highlighter resistance and can inhibit the seeping out phenomenon of the polymer and the deterioration of st... | 05/24/2011 |
| 7947445 | Method of detecting DNA of A probe, a set of probes, and a probe carrier on which the probe or the set of probes is immobilized, are provided for classification of fungus species. The probe or the set of probes is capable of collectively detecting fungus of the same species and distinguishing... | 05/24/2011 |
| 7947336 | Resin composition, resin cured product, and liquid discharge head An epoxy resin composition, including: an epoxy resin (A) represented by Formula (1); an epoxy resin (B) having an epoxy equivalent of 220 or less and having twice or more epoxy groups in a molecule than epoxy groups of the epoxy resin (A); and a photocationic polym... | 05/24/2011 |
| 7947095 | Method of and an apparatus for gasifying carbonaceous material A method of and an apparatus for gasifying carbonaceous material, the apparatus including a gasification reactor, to which oxygen-containing primary gas and secondary gasification gas are introduced, whereby a portion of the material to be gasified is gasified to pr... | 05/24/2011 |
| 7946678 | Printing apparatus and data processing method In the case where a multipass printing and an interlace printing are used together, the present invention enables outputting an image of good quality independently of the relation between the number of passes in the multipass printing and increase in the resolution ... | 05/24/2011 |
| 7945873 | Mask pattern data generating method, information processing apparatus, photomask fabrication system, and image sensing apparatus A method of generating mask pattern data of a photomask used to form microlenses divides a pattern formation surface of a mask pattern to be used for the photomask into a plurality of grid cells, acquires data that represent a transmitted light distribution of the m... | 05/17/2011 |
| 7944136 | Light emitter substrate and image displaying apparatus using the same The invention aims to improve, in a light emitter substrate having a resistor for connecting row-direction adjacent electrodes, withstand discharge performance of the resistor. The light emitter substrate comprises a substrate, plural light emitting members position... | 05/17/2011 |
| 7943370 | Structure, target substance detection element and target substance detection kit A target substance detection element that can effectively prevent the nonspecific adsorption of a target substance or impurities and detects the target substance with high sensitivity, a target substance detection kit, and a structure constituting the target substan... | 05/17/2011 |
| 7943281 | Black toner In a black toner having at least a binder resin and an iron-titanium composite oxide as a colorant; the iron-titanium composite oxide is contained in a specific amount; the black toner has a specific weight average particle diameter and a specific saturation magneti... | 05/17/2011 |
| 7942516 | Image forming method and image forming apparatus Provided are an image forming method and image forming apparatus capable of always stably transferring an ink image on an intermediate transfer body to a printing medium and stably obtaining an image with high quality. Formation and drying operation of the image usi... | 05/17/2011 |
| 7942411 | Sheet conveying apparatus and image forming apparatus A sheet conveying apparatus has a guide member disposed in a space on a side of a pair of rotating bodies. The guide member is supported such that the guide member can project outward from an outer periphery of one of the rotating bodies located upstream in a sheet ... | 05/17/2011 |
| D638057 | Process cartridge | 05/17/2011 |
| 7941844 | Information processing apparatus and control method thereof Access right information of a login user is acquired, and an object accessible by the login user is identifiably displayed on an area corresponding to the user. When a collaboration mode in which a plurality of users log in and make a cooperative work is set, an obj... | 05/10/2011 |
| 7941234 | Exposure apparatus and parameter editing method An exposure apparatus for exposing a substrate to radiation based on parameters. The apparatus includes a display, an input device, and a processor configured to execute a program for editing the parameters. The processor is configured to cause, in accordance with t... | 05/10/2011 |
| 7941088 | Image forming apparatus The image forming apparatus has a discharge device, an air blow device and a detection device, wherein an amount of blown air by the air blow device when the height of the recording materials detected by the detection device is higher than a preset first detection p... | 05/10/2011 |
| 7941083 | Color image forming apparatus An image forming method includes forming toner images on first and second image bearing members; transferring a first toner image on the first image bearing member and a second toner image on the second image bearing member, in mutually superposed manner, onto a rec... | 05/10/2011 |
| 7941066 | Image heating device with duct for air blowing and suction An image forming apparatus comprising a heating rotating body which heats a toner image while nipping and conveying a recording material bearing the toner image, a fan which cools down the heating rotating body, and a duct adapted in such a manner that air which is ... | 05/10/2011 |
| 7941063 | Image forming apparatus with loop control An image forming apparatus is provided, which prevents occurrence of conveying malfunction or image failure due to variation of conveying speed caused by endurance of a fixing unit or a conveying unit, variation of using environment, or a type of a recording materia... | 05/10/2011 |
| 7940965 | Image processing apparatus and method and program storage medium According to the present invention, the face of a subject person can be rapidly detected. An image input unit inputs an image to be processed. A photographing-position input unit inputs photographing-position information attached to the processed image. An angle-ran... | 05/10/2011 |
| 7940826 | Surface emitting laser When configuring a surface emitting laser by a semiconductor material not capable of largely extracting a refractive-index difference, the surface emitting laser using a photonic crystal capable of forming a waveguide is provided. ... | 05/10/2011 |
| 7940429 | Image forming apparatus The present invention relates to an image forming apparatus comprising: an operating part which operates the image forming apparatus; an optional first speaker which outputs information guiding operation of the operating part; and a second speaker which outputs soun... | 05/10/2011 |
| 7940427 | Image processing apparatus, printing apparatus and image processing method An image processing apparatus, a printing apparatus and an image processing method are provided which can perform quantization processing on image data at high speed based on an error diffusion method while at the same time avoiding degradations in a quality of prin... | 05/10/2011 |
| 7940425 | Image processing apparatus and method controlling the amount of transparent ink for recording An image processing apparatus includes a calculation unit configured to calculate an amount of a first coloring material (at least one of cyan, magenta, yellow and black) in an area including a plurality of pixels; a determination unit configured to determine an all... | 05/10/2011 |
| 7940423 | Generating a device independent interim connection space for spectral data Generation of an Interim Connection Space (ICS) of a full spectral space is provided. A space of illuminants is accessed, and the full spectral space is decomposed into a first subspace that is an orthogonal complement of a metameric black subspace for the space of ... | 05/10/2011 |
| 7940420 | Color image forming apparatus and method and image processing program An image composed of a group of objects contained in a print job is formed on a recording medium with a plurality of color recording materials. Formats of an object are decided by analyzing the object. A size of the object is decided. Trapping processing applied to ... | 05/10/2011 |
| 7940416 | Print control method and apparatus Upon designating bookbinding print, preview images are displayed in a layout after bookbinding. When “store” of intermediate data is designated in a print process, a spooler (302) stores intermediate data and an output job setup file in a spool file (3... | 05/10/2011 |
| 7940405 | Image processing system for preventing forgery Conventionally, it is impossible to securely and efficiently implement the judgment of specific images. In order to solve this task, an image processing apparatus according to the present invention is characterized in including an input unit (in these embodiments, t... | 05/10/2011 |
| 7940403 | Printing control apparatus, printing control method and computer-readable medium A printing control apparatus is provided which can produce an appropriate copy-forgery-inhibited pattern image by adding a monochrome copy-forgery-inhibited pattern even if monochrome mode printing is performed in the condition in which a color copy-forgery-inhibite... | 05/10/2011 |
