31st week of 2019 patent applcation highlights part 46 |
Patent application number | Title | Published |
20190235357 | THREE-AXIS GIMBAL AND THREE-AXIS GIMBAL PHOTOGRAPHING APPARATUS - A three-axis gimbal and three-axis gimbal photographing apparatus are provided. The first electromechanical coupling apparatus of the three-axis gimbal includes a first hollow motor shaft. The first hollow motor shaft has a first accommodation cavity. A second electromechanical coupling apparatus includes a second hollow motor shaft. The second hollow motor shaft has a second accommodation cavity. A pitch axis arm includes a pitch axis accommodation cavity, A roll axis component includes a first conductive wire configured in the first accommodation cavity and the roll axis arm accommodation cavity. A pitch axis component includes a second conductive wire configured in the second accommodation cavity and the pitch axis arm accommodation cavity. The first conductive wire is connected to the second conductive wire. | 2019-08-01 |
20190235358 | THREE-AXIS GIMBAL AND THREE-AXIS GIMBAL PHOTOGRAPHING APPARATUS - A three-axis gimbal and three-axis gimbal photographing apparatus are provided. The first electromechanical coupling apparatus of the three-axis gimbal includes a first hollow motor shaft. The first hollow motor shaft has a first accommodation cavity. A second electromechanical coupling apparatus includes a second hollow motor shaft. The second hollow motor shaft has a second accommodation cavity. A pitch axis arm includes a pitch axis accommodation cavity, A roll axis component includes a first conductive wire configured in the first accommodation cavity and the roll axis arm accommodation cavity. A pitch axis component includes a second conductive wire configured in the second accommodation cavity and the pitch axis arm accommodation cavity. The first conductive wire is connected to the second conductive wire. | 2019-08-01 |
20190235359 | TRIPOD COVER - The Tripod Cover is made of fabric with the purpose of covering a tripod. Tripods are often a hot spot in video production causing a dilemma for producers. When the tripod is covered distractions to the video production like tripods and cords are no longer seen, and the whole camera unit blends in with its environment. | 2019-08-01 |
20190235360 | IMAGE PROJECTION APPARATUS AND IMAGE PROJECTION METHOD - An image projection apparatus including a light source; an optical element configured to form an image by modulating a light emitted by the light source; a movable portion to which the optical element is attached, the movable portion being movably supported; a position detector configured to detect a position of the movable portion; a projector configured to project the image formed at a predetermined position by using the position detected by the position detector; and a controller configured to execute calibration with respect to the position detector, and to execute at least one of turning off the light source before executing the calibration in response to the light source being on, and turning on the light source after the calibration is executed. | 2019-08-01 |
20190235361 | PORTABLE MULTIUSE ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENT AND INTERACTIVE STANDALONE PROJECTOR - The present disclosure relates to a portable multiuse intelligent and interactive projector or image projector. An aspect of the present disclosure relates to a portable multiuse projector. The portable multiuse projector includes a processor, a memory in communication with the processor, an inbuilt display and control screen integrated at a surface of a housing of said portable multiuse projector, and an integrated browser program configured to explore one or more contents on a World Wide Web (WWW) and present said one or more contents on the inbuilt display and control screen. The inbuilt display and control screen is in communication with the processor and wherein the inbuilt display and control screen is configured to provide, in real-time, one or more inputs to the processor for generating an image or moving images and to control, in real-time, a projection of said image or said moving images onto a projection surface. | 2019-08-01 |
20190235362 | PROJECTION LENS AND PROJECTOR - A projection lens includes a plurality of lens groups each formed of at least one lens, and a lens barrel adapted to support each of the lens groups from an outer circumferential side. The lens barrel includes a first temporarily holding mechanism allowing the first lens group located at an end on a enlargement side to be displaced in a direction perpendicular to the optical axis, a first adhesive applied to the first temporarily holding mechanism to fix the first lens group so as to be unable to be displaced, a second temporarily holding mechanism allowing the seventh lens group located at an end on a reduction side to be displaced in a direction perpendicular to the optical axis, and a second adhesive applied to the second temporarily holding mechanism to fix the seventh lens group so as to be unable to be displaced. | 2019-08-01 |
20190235363 | PROJECTION LENS AND PROJECTOR - A projection lens includes a lens group holding tube including lenses on the side facing the inner circumference of the lens group holding tube, a cam tube that supports the lens group holding tube movably in the optical axis direction, and a guide tube that supports the cam tube rotatably around the optical axis. The lens group holding tube includes a guide pin that protrudes outward from the lens group holding tube. The cam tube has a cam hole which inclines with respect to the optical axis direction along the circumferential direction and through which the guide pin passes. The guide tube includes a guide groove which extends in the optical axis direction and into which the guide pin is so inserted as to pass through the inner circumference of the guide groove and a flange that protrudes outward. | 2019-08-01 |
20190235364 | PROJECTOR, OPTICAL ENGINE, AND PIXEL OFFSET DEVICE - A projector includes a light source module and an optical engine. The light source module provides an illumination beam. The optical engine includes a light valve, a projection lens, and a pixel offset device. The light valve has an active surface, and the active surface converts the illumination beam into an image beam and reflects the image beam. The projection lens projects the image beam from the projector. The pixel offset device is located between the light valve and the projection lens and includes a frame and a transparent panel, the transparent panel is disposed in the frame and includes a transparent surface, the transparent panel is disposed on the transmission path of the illumination beam and the transmission path of the image beam, the frame is configured to drive the transparent panel to vibrate, and the transparent surface is tilted with respect to the active surface. | 2019-08-01 |
20190235365 | LIGHT SOURCE APPARATUS AND PROJECTION TYPE DISPLAY APPARATUS - A light source apparatus includes a plurality of light sources, a heat receiver configured to receive heat from the plurality of light sources, a cooler configured to cool the heat receiver, a first detector configured to detect a temperature near a first light source among the plurality of light sources, a second detector configured to detect a temperature near a second light source among the plurality of light sources; and a controller configured to control the cooler based on detection results of the first detector and the second detector. When the detection result of the first detector cannot be used, the controller controls the cooler based on a value of the detection result of the second detector without using the detection result of the first detector. | 2019-08-01 |
20190235366 | PROJECTOR AND OPERATION CONTROL METHOD - A projector includes a light source, a light modulation device configured to modulate a light output from the light source, a projection optical device configured to project the light modulated by the light modulation device, a casing containing at least a part of the light modulation device and having an interior filled with a cooling liquid, a circulating device configured to circulate the cooling liquid at least to a light exiting side of a modulation part in the light modulation device, and a control device configured to control an operation of the circulating device. The control device changes an operation level of the circulating device. | 2019-08-01 |
20190235367 | PROJECTOR - A projector includes a light source, a light modulation device configured to modulate light emitted from the light source, a polarization element arranged to one of a light incident side and a light exiting side of the light modulation device, a projection device configured to project the light modulated by the light modulation device, a casing in which the polarization element is arranged and whose inside is filled with a cooling liquid, and a circulation device configured to circulate the cooling liquid in the casing onto the polarization element. The cooling liquid circulates along a first direction on the light incident side of the polarization element. The cooling liquid circulates along a second direction opposite to the first direction on the light exiting side of the polarization element. | 2019-08-01 |
20190235368 | ILLUMINAITON SYSTEM AND PROJECITEON APPARATUS - An illumination system including an excitation light source, a transparent substrate, a dichroic film, a first color wheel element and a light uniforming element are provided. The excitation light source emits a first color light. The first color wheel element includes a wavelength conversion material. The first color wheel element has a first side and a second side. The first color light passes through a solid structure of the transparent substrate and the dichroic film, and is transmitted to the first color wheel element and converted into a second color light by the wavelength conversion material. A first part of the second color light is transmitted towards the dichroic film, and is reflected back to the first color wheel element by the dichroic film to enter the light uniforming element. A second part of the second color light passes through the first color wheel element to enter the light uniforming element. | 2019-08-01 |
20190235369 | PROJECTION SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR IMPROVED COLOR PERFORMANCE - A system for solid state illumination where light from at least two assisting light sources are added to a phosphor converted light beam. To provide efficient and economical operation, different amounts of the assisting light can be added at different points in time. The overall brightness and/or the color performance of the system can be enhanced. | 2019-08-01 |
20190235370 | ILLUMINATION SYSTEM AND PROJECTION DEVICE - An illumination system includes an excitation light source and a wavelength conversion element. The excitation light source provides an excitation beam. The wavelength conversion element has a wavelength conversion region, a reflective region, and a light transmissive region. The wavelength conversion region and the reflective region form an annular region. The light transmissive region is surrounded by the annular region, wherein the excitation beam passes through the light transmissive region of the wavelength conversion element. The illumination system of the disclosure is small in size and achieves favorable optical efficiency. A projection device including the illumination system is also provided. | 2019-08-01 |
20190235371 | PROJECTOR AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING PROJECTOR - A projector includes: an image interface unit; a projection unit which projects a projection image based on image information, onto a screen; a setting unit which sets an aspect ratio of the projection image; a projection control unit which causes the projection unit to project the projection image according to the aspect ratio set by the setting unit; and an EDID processing unit which causes first information about an aspect ratio of the image information to be transmitted to a PC. If the setting unit changes the aspect ratio of the projection image from a first aspect ratio to a second aspect ratio, the EDID processing unit causes the first information based on the second aspect ratio to be transmitted to the PC. | 2019-08-01 |
20190235372 | LIGHTING APPARATUS CHANGING ASPECT RATIO OF SCREEN AND PROJECTION TYPE IMAGE DISPLAY APPARATUS PROVIDED WITH THE LIGHTING APPARATUS - A lighting apparatus is provided with a light source unit including laser diode elements, a collimating lens, and at least one optical element changing only a predetermined one-axis direction of a traveling direction of the substantially parallel light. When the substantially parallel light is incident on a first surface of the optical element, the optical element reflects the substantially parallel light by a second surface to change only the one-axis direction of the traveling direction of the substantially parallel light, and emits an inclined light flux inclined from the substantially parallel light. An aspect ratio of a screen configured by spot lights from the light source unit is changed to an aspect ratio on a cross section of a predetermined position in a traveling direction of the inclined light flux. | 2019-08-01 |
20190235373 | IMAGE DISPLAY APPARATUS AND CONTROL METHOD THEREOF - A projector includes an image projection unit for displaying an image by a liquid crystal panel, and a controller that powers off the projector after displaying a black image in the image projection unit for a predetermined time (a set refresh time) in a refresh mode for improving burn-in of the liquid crystal panel, in which the controller stops the refresh mode when an interrupt event is generated before the set refresh time elapses in the refresh mode and powers off the projector after executing an interrupt process according to the interrupt event. | 2019-08-01 |
20190235374 | ILLUMINATION APPARATUS AND IMAGE PROJECTION APPARATUS - An illumination apparatus includes a light source, a polarization conversion element configured to convert light from the light source into polarized light having a specific polarization direction and to emit the polarized light to an illumination surface, and a photosensor configured to receive light emitted from a surface different from an incident surface and an exit surface of the polarization conversion element. | 2019-08-01 |
20190235375 | SYSTEM FOR FORMING A FLOATING IMAGE - The invention relates to a system for forming a floating image, including: at least one image projector, a display screen including transparent segments and scattering segments, and a semi-reflective structure placed between the image projector and the display screen, including a face, termed the transmission face, suitable for transmitting light beams coming from the image projector and light beams coming from the scene to be observed, and an opposite face, termed the reflection face, suitable for reflecting light beams coming from the display screen, so as to form a virtual image, termed the floating image, of the image projected onto the display screen. | 2019-08-01 |
20190235376 | THERMALLY-DEVELOPABLE PHOTOSENSITIVE MATERIAL AND PREPARATION METHOD THEREOF - Provided is a thermally-developable photosensitive material having a support, an image forming layer, which contains at least a photosensitive silver halide, a non-photosensitive organic silver salt, a reducing agent, and a binder, on one surface of the support, and a non-photosensitive back layer on the other surface of the support, in which either the image forming layer or the image forming layer and the non-photosensitive back layer contain an infrared absorbing dye which absorbs at least infrared having a wavelength equal to or longer than 700 nm. Also provided is a manufacturing method of the thermally-developable photosensitive material. | 2019-08-01 |
20190235377 | PELLICLE FRAME AND PELLICLE - The present invention provides; a pellicle frame which can effectively inhibit distortion of the photo mask ( | 2019-08-01 |
20190235378 | Extrusion Control by Capillary Force Reduction - An imprinting template, an imprinting system, and an imprinting method for imprinting a pattern in a formable material on a substrate. The template includes an edge region that surrounds a pattern region. A full height represents an absolute value of a distance between top surface and bottom surface of the pattern region. The edge region extends to an edge of a mesa of the template. A portion of the edge region may be at least a full height below the top surface of the pattern region. An area of the portion of the edge region may be at least large enough to prevent formable material that is between the template and the substrate from extruding out beyond the edge of the mesa. | 2019-08-01 |
20190235379 | REPATTERNABLE NANOIMPRINT LITHOGRAPHY STAMP - A repatternable nanoimprint lithography stamp includes a magnetic substrate and magnetic core nanoparticles. The magnetic substrate includes a magnet and a magnetic mask, and the magnetic core nanoparticles are arranged in a pattern on a surface of the magnetic substrate. The pattern is defined by selective application of a magnetic field to the magnetic substrate using the magnet and the magnetic mask. | 2019-08-01 |
20190235380 | NEGATIVE TYPE PHOTOSENSITIVE RESIN COMPOSITION, PHOTOSENSITIVE RESIST FILM, PATTERN FORMING METHOD, CURED FILM, AND METHOD OF PRODUCING CURED FILM - A negative type photosensitive resin composition containing an epoxy group-containing resin; a metal oxide; and a cationic polymerization initiator (I). The cationic polymerization initiator (I) contains one or more of a compound represented by Formula (I1) and a compound represented by Formula (I2). In Formula (I1), R | 2019-08-01 |
20190235381 | MONOMER, POLYMER, RESIST COMPOSITION, AND PATTERNING PROCESS - A monomer of formula (1a) or (1b) is provided wherein A is a polymerizabie group, R | 2019-08-01 |
20190235382 | CHEMICALLY AMPLIFIED POSITIVE PHOTORESIST COMPOSITION AND PATTERN FORMING METHOD USING SAME - The present invention relates to a photosensitive resin composition suitable for forming a thick film, which comprises (A) an alkali-soluble resin, (B) at least one plasticizer selected from a group consisting of an alkali-soluble vinyl resin and an acid-dissociable group containing vinyl resin, (C) an acid generator, and (D) an organic solvent. | 2019-08-01 |
20190235383 | PHOTOSENSITIVE COMPOSITION, COLORED PATTERN AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING SAME - A photosensitive composition contains a polysiloxane compound, a photoacid generator, a coloring agent and a solvent. A content of the coloring agent with respect to a total solid content of the composition is 5% by weight or more. The polysiloxane compound contains a cyclic polysiloxane structure and a cationically polymerizable functional group. The polysiloxane compound may further have an alkali-soluble functional group. A content of the polysiloxane compound with respect to the total solid content of the composition is preferably 20-80% by weight. The photosensitive composition is used, for example, in formation of a colored pattern. | 2019-08-01 |
20190235384 | TEMPERATURE CONTROLLING APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR FORMING COATING LAYER - A temperature controlling apparatus includes a platen, a fluid source, a chiller, a first conduit and a second conduit. The fluid source supplies a fluid. The chiller is coupled to the fluid source to cool the fluid in the fluid source to a cooling temperature. The first conduit includes a first inlet in communication with the fluid source, a first outlet and a first heater that heats the fluid from the cooling temperature to a first heating temperature. The fluid heated by the first heater is dispensed on the platen through the first outlet. The second conduit includes a second inlet in communication with the fluid source, a second outlet and a second heater that heats the fluid from the cooling temperature to a second heating temperature different from the first heating temperature. The fluid heated by the second heater is dispensed on the platen through the second outlet. | 2019-08-01 |
20190235385 | PHOTORESIST TOPCOAT COMPOSITIONS AND METHODS OF PROCESSING PHOTORESIST COMPOSITIONS - Photoresist topcoat compositions, comprising: a first polymer comprising a first repeat unit of general formula (I) and a second repeat unit of general formula (II): | 2019-08-01 |
20190235386 | PATTERN-FORMING METHOD AND COMPOSITION - A pattern-forming method includes forming a base pattern having recessed portions on a front face side of a substrate directly or via other layer. The recessed portions of the base pattern are filled with a first composition to form a filler layer. Phase separation of the filler layer is allowed to form a plurality of phases of the filler layer. A part of the plurality of phases of the filler layer is removed to form a miniaturized pattern. The forming of the base pattern includes: forming a resist pattern on the front face side of the substrate; forming a layer of a second polymer on lateral faces of the resist pattern; and forming a layer of a third polymer that differs from the second polymer on a surface of the substrate or on a surface of the other layer. | 2019-08-01 |
20190235387 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS USING MASK PATTERN MEASUREMENTS PERFORMED WITH COMPENSATED LIGHT SIGNALS - A system includes a plate configured for mounting of a reflective extreme ultra-violet (EUV) mask thereon and a zone plate configured to divide EUV light into zero-order light and first-order light and to pass the zero-order light and the first-order light to the reflective EUV mask. The system further includes a detector configured to receive EUV light reflected by the EUV mask and including a zero-order light detection region configured to generate a first image signal and a first-order light detection region configured to generate a second image signal, and a calculator configured to generate a compensated third image signal from the first image signal and the second image signal. The third image signal may be used to determine a distance between mask patterns of the EUV mask. | 2019-08-01 |
20190235388 | SEPARATING DEVICE FOR BONDED CINE FILM AND METHOD THEREFOR - The present invention discloses a separating device for a bonded cine film and a method therefor, which belong to the field of image file protection and repair technologies. The separating device comprises a pressurizing device, a separating device and a liquid nitrogen storage device; the pressurizing device is connected to the liquid nitrogen storage device for providing a pressure thereto; the liquid nitrogen storage device is connected to the separating device for providing liquid nitrogen thereto; the separating device is provided therein with a film receiving chamber for accommodating a film to be separated; the pressurizing device pressurizes the liquid nitrogen storage device to allow the liquid nitrogen to enter the film receiving chamber; due to a difference between expansion coefficients of a base layer and an emulsion layer of the film under a low temperature, micro-pores and gaps may be generated in the base layer and the emulsion layer of a bonded film roll; the liquid nitrogen penetrates into the micropores and gaps of the bonded film roll, a certain tension is generated during gasification, and viscosity of liquefied gelatin decreases under the low temperature, thereby achieving the purpose of separation; the entire separation process does not damage the pH, dimensional stability or mechanical properties of the film roll, and a non-destructive separation can be achieved. | 2019-08-01 |
20190235389 | MULTI-CONFIGURATION DIGITAL LITHOGRAPHY SYSTEM - Embodiments of the present disclosure generally provide a digital lithography system that can process both large area substrates as well as semiconductor device substrates, such as wafers. Both the large area substrates and the semiconductor device substrates can be processed in the same system simultaneously. Additionally, the system can accommodate different levels of exposure for forming the features over the substrates. For example, the system can accommodate very precise feature patterning as well as less precise feature patterning. The different exposures can occur in the same chamber simultaneously. Thus, the system is capable of processing both semiconductor device substrates and large area substrates simultaneously while also accommodating very precise feature patterning simultaneous with less precise feature patterning. | 2019-08-01 |
20190235390 | High-Power Short-Pass Total Internal Reflection Filter - An apparatus for generating filtered light may include a broadband illumination source configured to generate broadband illumination and a total internal reflection (TIR) filter formed from a material at least partially transparent to the broadband illumination. The TIR filter may include one or more input faces oriented to receive the broadband illumination. The TIR filter may further be oriented to reflect wavelengths of the broadband illumination beam below a selected cutoff wavelength on one or more filtering faces as filtered broadband illumination and provide the filtered broadband illumination beam through one or more output faces. The cutoff wavelength may further be selected based on total internal reflection on the one or more faces. | 2019-08-01 |
20190235391 | MEASUREMENT APPARATUS AND A METHOD FOR DETERMINING A SUBSTRATE GRID - A measurement apparatus and method for determining a substrate grid describing a deformation of a substrate prior to exposure of the substrate in a lithographic apparatus configured to fabricate one or more features on the substrate. Position data for a plurality of first features and/or a plurality of second features on the substrate is obtained. Asymmetry data for at least a feature of the plurality of first features and/or the plurality of second features is obtained. The substrate grid based on the position data and the asymmetry data is determined. The substrate grid and asymmetry data are passed to the lithographic apparatus for controlling at least part of an exposure process to fabricate one or more features on the substrate. | 2019-08-01 |
20190235392 | LITHOGRAPHIC METHOD - A lithographic apparatus has a support structure constructed to support a patterning device and associated pellicle, the patterning device being capable of imparting the radiation beam with a pattern in its cross-section to form a patterned radiation beam, and a projection system configured to project the patterned radiation beam onto a target portion of a substrate, wherein the support structure is located in a housing and wherein pressure sensors are located in the housing. | 2019-08-01 |
20190235393 | EXTREME ULTRAVIOLET LITHOGRAPHY SYSTEM THAT UTILIZES PATTERN STITCHING - An extreme ultraviolet lithography system ( | 2019-08-01 |
20190235394 | METHOD OF PATTERNING AT LEAST A LAYER OF A SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE - A method of patterning of at least a layer in a semiconductor device, the method including a patterning step by a patterning means, wherein the patterned layer comprises sensing radiation transmissive portions and sensing radiation blocking portions. | 2019-08-01 |
20190235395 | SUBSTRATE HOLDER, LITHOGRAPHIC APPARATUS, DEVICE MANUFACTURING METHOD, AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING A SUBSTRATE HOLDER - A substrate holder for a lithographic apparatus has a planarization layer provided on a surface thereof. The planarization layer provides a smooth surface for the formation of an electronic component such as a thin film electronic component. The planarization layer may be provided in multiple sub layers. The planarization layer may smooth over roughness caused by removal of material from a blank to form burls on the substrate holder. | 2019-08-01 |
20190235396 | OPTICAL MEASUREMENT DEVICE AND METHOD - An optical measurement device includes: a frame measurement unit for measuring magnitude of deformation of an optical detection platform frame, and a correction module for correcting the position of a substrate carrier and/or the position of an optical detection unit according to the magnitude of deformation of the optical detection platform frame, so as to eliminate an error in measurement of mark positions due to deformation of the frame. An optical measurement method is also disclosed. | 2019-08-01 |
20190235398 | LITHOGRAPHIC APPARATUS AND DEVICE MANUFACTURING METHOD - A lithographic apparatus having a first outlet to provide a thermally conditioned fluid with a first flow characteristic to at least part of a sensor beam path, and a second outlet associated with the first outlet and to provide a thermally conditioned fluid with a second flow characteristic, different to the first flow characteristic, adjacent the thermally conditioned fluid from the first outlet. | 2019-08-01 |
20190235399 | ELECTROPHOTOGRAPHIC PHOTOSENSITIVE MEMBER, PROCESS CARTRIDGE, AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - An electrophotographic photosensitive member includes a conductive substrate and a single-layer photosensitive layer. The photosensitive layer contains a charge generating material, a hole transport material, an electron transport material, an additive, and a binder resin. An optical response time is in a range from 0.05 milliseconds to 0.85 milliseconds. The optical response time is a time from irradiation of a surface of the photosensitive layer charged to +800 V with pulse light having a wavelength of 780 nm to surface potential decay of the photosensitive layer from +800 V to +400 V. An optical intensity of the pulse light is set so that the surface potential of the photosensitive layer becomes +200 V from +800 V after 400 milliseconds from pulse light irradiation of the surface of the photosensitive layer charged to the +800 V. The additive includes either of both an ultraviolet absorbing agent and an antioxidant. | 2019-08-01 |
20190235400 | ELECTROPHOTOGRAPHIC PHOTOSENSITIVE MEMBER, PROCESS CARTRIDGE, AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - An electrophotographic photosensitive member includes a conductive substrate and a photosensitive layer of a single layer. The photosensitive layer contains a charge generating material, a hole transport material, an electron transport material, and a binder resin. An optical response time is at least 0.05 milliseconds and no greater than 0.85 milliseconds. The binder resin includes a polycarbonate resin including a repeating unit represented by general formula (1) shown below and a repeating unit represented by general formula (2) shown below. | 2019-08-01 |
20190235401 | TONER, TONER CONTAINER, DEVELOPING UNIT, IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS, AND TONER MANUFACTURING METHOD - A toner includes toner base particles each including a toner base particle and an external additive. The toner base particle includes a fluorescent pigment and a binder resin. The external additive is fixed on a surface of the toner base particle. The content of the fluorescent pigment in the toner base particle is equal to or greater than 0.3 weight percent and equal to or smaller than 3.0 weight percent. A ratio of a particle size distribution on a number basis of the toner particles to a particle size distribution on a volume basis of the toner particles is equal to or greater than 0.66 and equal to or smaller than 1.00. | 2019-08-01 |
20190235402 | TONER AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING THE TONER - A toner has a toner particle including a binder resin, a colorant, and a wax, in which in a cross section of the toner particle observed under a scanning transmission electron microscope, a proportion of the number of toner particles having a void with a long diameter of 0.50 μm or less is 60 number % or more, and a proportion of the number of toner particles having a void in a region from an outline of the cross section of the toner particle inward to 1.00 μm in a total number of the toner particles having a void is 30 number % or less. | 2019-08-01 |
20190235403 | TONER - A toner comprising a toner particle comprising a binder resin, wherein a layer comprising an organosilicon condensate is present on the surface of the toner particle; the layer comprising the organosilicon condensate further comprises a reaction product of a compound comprising at least one metal element selected from all the metal elements belonging to Groups 3 to 13, and a polyhydric acid; in a backscattered electron image of the toner captured at a magnification of 50,000 times by using a scanning electron microscope, an average value of an area of the reaction product is from 10 nm | 2019-08-01 |
20190235404 | TONER - A toner having a toner particle having a plurality of fine particles on the surface of a toner base particle, the toner base particle contains a binder resin, wherein a fine particle layer A constituted of a plurality of the fine particles is observed in an EDX mapping image of the constituent elements in a cross section of the toner particle as provided by EDX of the toner particle cross section observed using TEM; a fine particle B, containing a metal compound containing at least one metal element M selected from all the metal elements belonging to Groups 3 to 13, is observed in the fine particle layer A; and the number-average particle diameter D of the fine particle B, the average value H of the thickness of the fine particle layer A, and the standard deviation S on the thickness of the fine particle layer A satisfy prescribed relationships. | 2019-08-01 |
20190235405 | TONER, TONER STORAGE UNIT, IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS, AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING TONER - A toner is provided that contains a crystalline polyester resin comprising a polycondensed resin of a dicarboxylic acid represented by the following formula (1) with a diol represented by the following formula (2). A content of a cyclic ester represented by the following formula (3) in the toner, measured by a thermal extraction gas chromatographic mass spectrometry at a thermal extraction temperature of 160° C., is from 1 to 200 ppm in terms of toluene: | 2019-08-01 |
20190235406 | TONER - A toner comprising a binder resin and a colorant, wherein the toner has a Martens hardness, as measured at a maximum load condition of 2.0×10 | 2019-08-01 |
20190235407 | TONER - A toner comprising a toner particle that contains a binder resin, wherein the surface of the toner particle has a reaction product of a polyhydric acid and a compound that contains a group | 2019-08-01 |
20190235408 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - An image forming apparatus using a contact charging method includes a control unit capable of executing cleaning in a post-rotation step at the end of a job and in an inter-image step during execution of the job. The cleaning involves moving toner adhering to a charging member from the charging member to an image bearing member. The job is a series of operations started by a predetermined start instruction and involving forming an image on one or more recording materials and outputting the one or more recording materials. When an instruction to start the next job is input during execution of cleaning in the post-rotation step, the control unit stops the cleaning in the middle of the execution, starts the next job, and adjusts timing for executing subsequent cleaning on the basis of information relating to the amount of cleaning executed before being stopped in the middle of the execution. | 2019-08-01 |
20190235409 | CHARGING ROLL FOR ELECTROPHOTOGRAPHIC EQUIPMENT - The disclosure provides a charging roll for excellent image quality electrophotographic equipment. This charging roll for electrophotographic equipment is provided with a shaft body, an elastic body layer formed on the outer periphery of the shaft body, and a surface layer formed on the outer periphery of the elastic body layer, wherein the surface layer contains a modifier having polyamide and a hydroxyl group, and has a Bénard cell with a height of 0.1 to 1.0 μm on the surface thereof. A fluorine-based modifier having a hydroxyl group, a silicone-based modifier having a hydroxyl group, and an acrylic modifier having a hydroxyl group can be cited as examples of the modifier having the hydroxyl group. | 2019-08-01 |
20190235410 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - An image forming apparatus includes one or more developing units, a detector, a voltage application unit, one or more exposure units, an image conveying member, one or more primary transfer members, a sensor, and a setting unit. The one or more developing units each include a photosensitive member and a developing member. The detector detects the one or more developing units. The voltage application unit applies a development voltage to the developing member. The one or more exposure units each expose the photosensitive member. The one or more primary transfer members each transfer, onto the image conveying member, a developer image. The sensor detects a developer amount on the image conveying member. The setting unit acquires developing unit information on a detection result from the detector, and sets a first-developing-unit development voltage, first-developing-unit exposure energy, or both on a detection result from the sensor and the developing unit information. | 2019-08-01 |
20190235411 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - An image forming apparatus according to an embodiment may include a control section that controls operation of the image forming unit; a driving source that drives the image forming unit and drives, based on an instruction of the control section, rotation of a cleaning member whose sliding member passes a gap between a first light transmission window of a first optical path and a second light transmission window of a second optical path in a developer storing section while sliding on the first light transmission window and the second light transmission window. The control section detects, based on a light reception information detected by a light receiving element, a passage timing at which the sliding member passes through the gap, and stops the driving by the driving source based on the passage timing. | 2019-08-01 |
20190235412 | DEVELOPING APPARATUS - A change of a magnetic flux density distribution adjacent to a regulating blade | 2019-08-01 |
20190235413 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - An image forming apparatus to form an image includes a mounting portion on which a container containing toner is mounted, a motor to rotate an agitation member in the container, an electrical circuit to acquire an output value corresponding to electrostatic capacitance between electrodes of the container and a controller. The controller controls the motor to rotate the agitation member, controls the electrical circuit to acquire the output value, and controls to detect the amount of the toner in the container based on the acquired output value. The controller controls to write predetermined information in a memory of the container where the detected amount is below a predetermined amount. Where the predetermined information is stored in the memory of the container currently mounted on the mounting portion, the controller determines whether the container is a refilled container based on the output value acquired while the agitation member is rotating. | 2019-08-01 |
20190235414 | TONER CONVEYANCE APPARATUS AND IMAGE BEARING MEMBER UNIT - A toner conveyance apparatus includes a conveyance coil and a regulation member. The conveyance coil includes a coil portion, an extended portion, a first engaging portion and a connecting portion. The regulation member includes a second engaging portion, a space portion and an opening portion. The connecting portion comprises a first end portion that is connected to the extended portion and a second end portion that is connected to the first engaging portion, the first end portion being arranged further on the other end side than the second end portion. The second engaging portion comprises a diameter reduction area whose distance in a radial distance from the rotational axis is reduced gradually toward the other end side such that the connecting portion and the regulation member are not in contact with each other when the conveyance coil is driven. | 2019-08-01 |
20190235415 | Remanufactured Toner Cartridge and Method - A remanufactured toner cartridge and related method includes a modified driven gear that is associated with an internal seal removal mechanism. The driven gear is modified so that driving rotational force from a printer is not transmitted to the seal removal mechanism during a post test of the remanufactured cartridge. When the post test is complete a fixing member, which may include a pin, is used to return the modified driven gear to an operational configuration so that when the cartridge is subsequently installed in a printer, driving rotational force from the printer is transmitted to the removal mechanism to remove the internal toner seal, thereby permitting cartridge operation. | 2019-08-01 |
20190235416 | POWDER CONTAINER, POWDER SUPPLY DEVICE AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - Provided is a powder container having a new structure capable of stable discharge and transport of a powder contained in a container by enabling the powder to be reliably discharged to the outside of the package while preventing the powder from spilling and flying out of the container. The powder container has a container body ( | 2019-08-01 |
20190235417 | DEVELOPING APPARATUS AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - A developing apparatus includes: a housing that accommodates developer and has a plurality of constituent parts; a vibrator that vibrates parts, which are two or more of the plurality of the constituent parts and to which scattered toner may adhere, as vibrated portions; an adjuster provided for at least one of the vibrated portions and the vibrator so as to adjust and match natural frequencies of the two or more of the vibrated portions; and a hardware processor that controls the vibrator. | 2019-08-01 |
20190235418 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - When a first unit is disposed at a position at which a transfer member comes into contact with an image carrier, the first unit is urged in a first urging direction intersecting a movement direction of a second unit by a second urging member disposed between the first unit and the second unit being movable between a first attachment position with respect to an image forming apparatus body and a second attachment position different from the first attachment position. | 2019-08-01 |
20190235419 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS HAVING MONOCHROME MODE AND COLOR MODE - In a case where a controller executes formation of a first image which is a monochrome image, a second image which is a monochrome image, a third image which is a color image, and a fourth image which is a color image in order, the controller forms the first image by a fourth image formation unit in a separated state, controls a mechanism to switch to a contact state after the formation of the first image completes and transfer to a sheet by an intermediate transfer member completes, and prior to starting formation of the second image. The controller forms the second image by the fourth image formation unit and forms the third image by the first image formation unit. | 2019-08-01 |
20190235420 | IMAGE HEATING APPARATUS AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - A control portion determines the lengths of time required to raise a plurality of heat generating elements to prescribed start-up completion target temperatures, and when a heat generating element determined to have the longest start-up requirement time among a plurality of heat generating elements is a second heat generating element, and a heat generating element determined to have shorter start-up requirement time than that of the second heat generating element among a plurality of heat generating elements is a first heat generating element, the control portion controls power to be supplied to the first heat generating element by changing a start-up control parameter for the first heat generating element with reference to the start-up performance of the second heat generating element. | 2019-08-01 |
20190235421 | FUSER TEMPERATURE CONTROL IN AN IMAGING DEVICE - A fuser assembly includes a heated member and a backup member defining a fusing nip. Toner fuses to media in the nip at a fusing temperature and process speed during an imaging operation. Upon receipt of a command to commence imaging, a controller operates a heater to heat the fuser assembly to a first temperature less than the fusing temperature and operates a motor to rotate the fuser assembly at a speed lower than the process speed to prevent overheating the heated and backup members. Before a first media reaches the fusing nip, a speed of the motor is increased to the process speed to properly advance the media through the nip at the process speed. Upon the first media arriving at the fusing nip, the controller increases the temperature of the heater to a second temperature greater than the first temperature to prevent cold offset. | 2019-08-01 |
20190235422 | FIXING DEVICE AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - A fixing device fixes a toner image onto a recording material by applying heat and pressure to the toner image formed on the recording material at a nip provided in a conveyance path of the recording material, and includes: a heating source; a pressure roller and a pressure pad; and a sandwiching member, wherein the pressure pad includes a first main surface and a second main surface, and the first main surface is formed of a long plate-like member, the sandwiching member includes a long plate-like abutting part, and a width-direction center in an area included in the second main surface and corresponding to a recording material passing region provided in the nip bulges toward the abutting part side more than width-direction both ends of the area included in the second main surface and corresponding to the recording material passing region provided in the nip. | 2019-08-01 |
20190235423 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS AND CONTROL METHOD THEREOF - An image forming apparatus has a process unit, a heating member that heats a sheet, a first heat source, a second heat source, a first temperature detector that detects a temperature of a first region including a central portion of the heating member in a width direction, a second temperature detector that detects a temperature of a second region including an end portion of the heating member, and a controller. The controller controls a supply of a current to the first heat source such that a temperature of the first region reaches a first target temperature, increases the first target temperature with a first gradient toward a first fixing temperature, controls a supply of a current to the second heat source such that a temperature of the second region reaches a second target temperature, and increases the second target temperature with a second gradient toward a second fixing temperature. | 2019-08-01 |
20190235424 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS AND IMAGE HEATING APPARATUS THAT CONTROL HEATING AMOUNTS OF A REGION IN WHICH AN IMAGE IS FORMED AND A REGION IN WHICH AN IMAGE IS NOT FORMED - An image heating apparatus has a heater to heat an image formed on a recording material. The heater has a plurality of heat generating elements. A control portion controls electrical power supplied to the plurality of heat generating elements. The control portion respectively sets a heating amount with respect to a region in which an image is formed and a heating amount with respect to a region in which an image is not formed in a single sheet of the recording material. The control portion is further configured to at least set the heating amount with respect to the region in which the image is not formed when the recording material is heavy paper to become less than the heating amount with respect to the region in which the image is not formed when the recording material is plain paper. | 2019-08-01 |
20190235425 | FIXING DEVICE AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - A fixing device according an embodiment includes a belt unit and a pressure member. The belt unit includes a supporter, an endless belt movably supported by the supporter, a heater provided inside the endless belt, and a thermal diffusion member including: a first surface in contact with the heater; a second surface in contact with an inner surface of the endless belt; a first wall provided upstream of the heater in a transport direction of a medium; and a second wall provided downstream of the heater in the transport direction. The supporter includes first and second grooves in which the first and second walls are provided respectively. Upon applying a pressing force toward the supporter to the outer surface of the endless belt by the pressure member, the thermal diffusion member and the heater are in contact with each other while being pressed toward a contact surface of the supporter. | 2019-08-01 |
20190235426 | FUSER INCLUDING BELT AND SLIDING SHEET - A fuser may include a rotatable member, a belt, a pressure member, and a sliding member. The belt and rotatable member may form a nip portion. The sliding member may be sandwiched between an inner peripheral surface of the belt and the pressure member. The sliding member may include a front surface, which faces the inner peripheral surface of the belt. The front surface may include a plurality of dimples designed to catch lubricant that moves along ridges between the dimples. | 2019-08-01 |
20190235427 | FIXING BELT, FIXING DEVICE, AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - A fixing belt having high separability is provided. The fixing belt includes a base layer made of a heat-resistant resin, an intermediate layer made of a heat-resistant elastic material disposed on the base layer, and a surface layer made of a fluororesin disposed on the intermediate layer. The surface layer contains 5 to 15 mass % of carbon black having a primary average particle diameter of 10 to 50 μm. | 2019-08-01 |
20190235428 | FIXING DEVICE AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - A fixing device includes a pressure roller and a pressure pad that form a nip portion, and a nip member disposed opposite to the pressure roller as viewed from the pressure pad. The pressure pad is formed of an elongated flat-plate member and includes a first main surface located on a pressure roller side and a second main surface located on a nip member side. The nip member includes a receiving portion abutting against the pressure pad in a pressed state. A portion of the second main surface which corresponds to a passage region of the recording material provided at the nip portion is provided with a plurality of recesses, and the entire perimeter of each of the plurality of recesses is surrounded by projections. Top surfaces of the projections are in close contact with the receiving portion in the pressed state. | 2019-08-01 |
20190235429 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - An image forming apparatus includes a developing device configured to develop an electrostatic latent image formed on an image bearing member; a rotatable developer accommodating container dismountably mounted in the image forming apparatus and configured to accommodate a developer; a mounting portion including a receiving portion for receiving the developer discharged from the container and configured to mount the container; a cover configured to open and close the mounting portion; a rotation detecting portion configured to detect rotation of the container mounted at the mounting portion; a display portion configured to display information; and a controller configured to control the display portion so that information on the rotation of the container is displayed at the display portion in a case that when the cover is open, the rotation detecting portion detects a predetermined amount of the rotation of the container. | 2019-08-01 |
20190235430 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - The image forming apparatus includes: an openable/closable cover that is movable between a closed position in which the connection unit is covered and an open position in which the connection unit is exposed to the outside; and an interlocking mechanism that causes an on/off operation of a power switch and an opening/closing operation of the openable/closable cover to operate in conjunction with each other, wherein the interlocking mechanism moves the openable/closable cover from the open position to the closed position in conjunction with an off operation by which the power switch is switched from an on state to an off state, and the interlocking mechanism moves the openable/closable cover from the closed position to the open position in conjunction with an on operation by which the power switch is switched from the off state to the on state. | 2019-08-01 |
20190235431 | PRINTING SYSTEM, METHOD OF CONTROLLING PRINTING SYSTEM, AND NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER-READABLE STORAGE MEDIUM - A printing system is disclosed. The printing system includes a printing unit, a sheet processing unit, and a control unit. The sheet processing unit performs a designated sheet process for the printed sheet using a die that is manually selected by a user and attached to the sheet processing unit. When the die for performing the designated sheet process is not attached to the sheet processing unit, it is determined, before the printing unit starts printing the image on a first sheet on which the printing unit prints the image firstly among sheets on which the designated sheet process is to be performed, not to perform the designated sheet process for the sheets on which the designated sheet process is to be performed. The printing unit starts printing the image on the sheets on which the designated sheet process is to be performed after the determination. | 2019-08-01 |
20190235432 | EDITING APPARATUS, NON-TRANSITORY STORAGE MEDIUM, AND PRINTING APPARATUS - An editing apparatus, including a display and a controller configured to: obtain a size of a printing medium; obtain a layout, with respect to the printing medium, of a print object to be printed on the printing medium; obtain a length of a circumference of an adherend to which the printing medium is to be stuck; and execute a display control process of displaying, on the display, the layout such that an overlap portion and a non-overlap portion of the printing medium are distinguishable, the overlap portion being a portion of the printing medium which is covered, when the printing medium is stuck along the circumference of the adherend in order from one end to the other end of the printing medium in its specific direction, by a portion of the printing medium including the other end, the non-overlap portion being a portion of the printing medium except the overlap portion. | 2019-08-01 |
20190235433 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS AND CONTROL METHOD - An image forming apparatus according to an embodiment includes a fixing section that fixes a toner image formed on a sheet. A controller controls a preliminary rotation of the fixing section after execution of a first image forming job and before execution of a second image forming job. Conditions for the preliminary rotation include types of sheets used in the first image forming job and the second image forming job, respectively, and a number of sheets used in executing the first image forming job. | 2019-08-01 |
20190235434 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, METHOD OF CONTROLLING INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - An information processing apparatus communicably connected to an image forming apparatus comprises an acquisition unit configured to acquire a consumption amount of a consumable in the image forming apparatus, an output unit configured to output a delivery request for a replacement consumable based on the consumption amount acquired by the acquisition unit, and a notification unit configured to notify information for prompting to stock a spare replacement consumable based on the consumption amount. | 2019-08-01 |
20190235435 | SHEET DISTINGUISHING DEVICE AND IMAGE FORMING DEVICE - A sheet distinguishing device that determines sheet type and includes a light emitter, a light receiver, a calculator | 2019-08-01 |
20190235436 | IMAGE FORMING DEVICE, PROCESS CARTRIDGE, AND DEVELOPER CARTRIDGE - A developer cartridge according to one aspect described herein is attachable to a photoconductor unit that comprises a photoconductive drum. The developer cartridge may comprise a main body having an opening, the main body comprising an electric circuit, a front cover configured to move to an opening position in which the opening of the main body is exposed and to a closing position in which the opening of the main body is closed, a first terminal electrically connected to the electric circuit, a photosensitive drum, and a developer cartridge comprising a developing roller, developing frame having a pressed portion, memory unit and second terminal. The front cover may include a pressing portion configured to press the pressed portion of the developing frame in a direction from the developing roller toward the photosensitive drum, and wherein the second terminal faces to the front cover when the front cover is in the closed position. | 2019-08-01 |
20190235437 | CLEANING BLADE AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS INCLUDING CLEANING BLADE - A cleaning blade that removes a foreign matter adhering to a rotational body includes: an abutment member; a supporting member that supports the abutment member; and a holding member that holds the supporting member, wherein the abutment member includes: an abutment layer abutting on the rotational body; and an adjustment layer that is a part other than the abutment layer, and an elongation percentage of the adjustment layer is larger than an elongation percentage of the abutment layer in a case where frictional force is applied from the rotational body to the abutment member during rotation of the rotational body. | 2019-08-01 |
20190235438 | ATTACHMENT UNIT - An attachment unit for attaching a second device to a first device includes a first attachment member and a second attachment member. Each of the first attachment member and the second attachment member has first to Nth engagement sections. N is an integer of at least 2. The first to Nth engagement sections of the first attachment member respectively have the same shape as the first to Nth engagement sections of the second attachment member. The nth engagement section of the first attachment member is engageable with the (N−n+1)th engagement section of the second attachment member. n is an integer of at least 1 and no greater than N. At least one of the first device and the second device is an image forming apparatus or an extension device. | 2019-08-01 |
20190235439 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS INCLUDING PROCESS CARTRIDGE HAVING A TONER CARTRIDGE DETACHABLY ATTACHED TO A DRUM CARTRIDGE - An image forming apparatus, including a process cartridge and a main body with an opening and a cover, is provided. The process cartridge includes a drum cartridge, a toner cartridge, and a switching member. The switching member switches states in the process cartridge between a first state, wherein the toner cartridge is restricted from being detached, and a second state, wherein the toner cartridge is released from the restriction. The process cartridge is movable between an attached position to be placed entirely inside the main body and a detached position to be entirely outside the main body. The main body includes a restrictor to restrict the process cartridge from moving from an intermediate position toward the detached position. While the process cartridge is restricted by the restrictor, a supportive part in the cover supports the process cartridge with the switching member being at least partly placed outside the main body. | 2019-08-01 |
20190235440 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - An image forming apparatus includes a replacement unit (developing unit) that is provided to be freely inserted into and extracted from an apparatus body, and the replacement unit is provided with a separation duct wall that constitutes a collection path through which powder scattering in the apparatus body is collected. | 2019-08-01 |
20190235441 | TIMEPIECE COMPONENT CONTAINING A HIGH-ENTROPY ALLOY - The invention concerns a timepiece component containing a high-entropy alloy, the high-entropy alloy containing between 4 and 13 main alloying elements forming a single solid solution, the high-entropy alloy having a concentration of each main alloying element comprised between 1 and 55 at. %. | 2019-08-01 |
20190235442 | TIMEBASE REGULATED BY FLUID FLOW - A cadence system consists of a mainspring powering a pump pumping a liquid through a regulation valve, providing a constant energy discharge of said mainspring, the system optionally being immersed in the liquid. | 2019-08-01 |
20190235443 | MOVEMENT AND TIMEPIECE - A movement includes a solar panel that has a substrate made of resin, and a support member that is made of resin, has a frame shape, and supports the substrate through bonding through a bonding layer. | 2019-08-01 |
20190235444 | Adjustable Timer - An adjustable timer teaches time in a simple manner to those having difficulty understanding the concept of time. The timer displays remaining and elapsed time. The timer may be set to rotate a shaft at different speeds. A colored disk is attached to the shaft. Boards having faces with different numerical indicia reside in a cavity and may be interchanged by a user. The exposed board face corresponds to the setting of the timer such that one full rotation of the shaft and disk corresponds to the numerical indicia of the exposed board face. | 2019-08-01 |
20190235445 | MOLECULAR CLOCK - A molecular clock which utilizes a rotational spectrum of gaseous molecules in a sub-THz region for clock stabilization is described. The molecular clock has a fast start-up characteristic and is also robust against mechanical vibration or variation of electromagnetic field. Also described is a chip-scale implementation of a molecular clock. In an embodiment, a molecular clock chipset only consumes a DC power of 66 mW. While providing a highly stable, compact and energy efficient time generator of portable devices. | 2019-08-01 |
20190235446 | METHOD AND DEVICE FOR PRODUCING A REFERENCE FREQUENCY - The invention relates to a method for producing a reference frequency Δf. According to the invention, the use of a first optical resonator ( | 2019-08-01 |
20190235447 | ANALOG CLOCK WITH AMBIENT-LIGHT-SENSING DIGITAL FEATURES - A decorative analog clock with an electro-optical sensor configured to control a hidden digital-time display that is only visible when ambient light detected by the electro-optical sensor drops below a threshold. | 2019-08-01 |
20190235448 | ENHANCING DIAGNOSTIC CAPABILITIES OF COMPUTING SYSTEMS BY COMBINING VARIABLE PATROLLING API AND COMPARISON MECHANISM OF VARIABLES - Methods and apparatus relating to enhancing diagnostic capabilities of computing systems by combining variable patrolling Application Program Interface (API) and comparison mechanism of variables are described. In one embodiment, a first processor core executes a first instance of a workload to generate a first set of safety variables. A second processor core executes a second instance of the workload to generate a second set of safety variables. A third processor core generates a signal in response to comparison of the first set of safety variables and the second set of safety variables. Other embodiments are also disclosed and claimed. | 2019-08-01 |
20190235449 | Data Center Optimization and Control - Systems and methods of monitoring, analyzing, optimizing and controlling data centers and data center operations are disclosed. The system includes data collection and storage hardware and software for harvesting operational data from data center assets and operations. Intelligent analysis and optimization software enables identification of optimization and/or control actions. Control software and hardware enables enacting a change in the operational state of data centers. | 2019-08-01 |
20190235450 | Power Consumption Management Method for Electric Devices, Manager and Management System - Disclosed are a power consumption management method for electric devices, a manager and a management system. The power consumption management method may include: acquiring identification information of an electric device in a power-on state in a monitoring area (S | 2019-08-01 |
20190235451 | MONITORING SITES CONTAINING SWITCHABLE OPTICAL DEVICES AND CONTROLLERS - Disclosed are platforms for communicating among one or more otherwise independent systems involved in controlling functions of buildings or other sites having switchable optical devices deployed therein. Such independent systems include a window control system and one or more other independent systems such as systems that control residential home products (e.g., thermostats, smoke alarms, etc.), HVAC systems, security systems, lighting control systems, and the like. Together the systems control and/or monitor multiple features and/or products, including switchable windows and other infrastructure of a site, which may be a commercial, residential, or public site. | 2019-08-01 |
20190235452 | Power System Status Estimation Device and Status Estimation Method - Provided is a power system status estimation device capable of increasing the likelihood that status estimation calculations converge. Thus, a power system status estimation device | 2019-08-01 |
20190235453 | VARIABLE REFRIGERANT FLOW SYSTEM WITH PREDICTIVE CONTROL - A variable refrigerant flow (VRF) system for a building includes an outdoor VRF unit, a plurality of indoor VRF units, a battery, and a predictive VRF controller. The outdoor VRF unit includes powered VRF components configured to apply heating or cooling to a refrigerant. The indoor VRF units are configured to use the heated or cooled refrigerant to provide heating or cooling to a plurality of building zones. The battery is configured to store electric energy and discharge the stored electric energy for use in powering the powered VRF components. The predictive VRF controller is configured to optimize a predictive cost function to determine an optimal amount of electric energy to purchase from an energy grid and an optimal amount of electric energy to store in the battery or discharge from the battery for use in powering the powered VRF components at each time step of an optimization period. | 2019-08-01 |
20190235454 | BUILDING MANAGEMENT SYSTEM WITH INSTANT FEEDBACK ON CONFIGURATION - A building management system (BMS) provides feedback to a user via a user interface to assist the user in configuring the BMS. It can be challenging for new or less experienced users to understand all of the actions they are performing when configuring a BMS. The feedback presented via the user interface includes graphical and textual feedback to alert the user of actions performed when applying tags. The feedback identifies one or more missing requirements associated with the tags. The feedback presented via the user interface also includes textual summaries of control sequences configured using the BMS. The textual summaries include descriptions of control sequences and instructions for properly configuring the building equipment. | 2019-08-01 |
20190235455 | BUILDING AUTOMATION SYSTEMS WITH AUTOMATIC METADATA TAGGING - A method for tagging entities in a building automation system (BAS), the method including identifying, by a processing circuit, a first entity of one or more entities in a system library in response to receiving an indication to add the one or more entities to the BAS, wherein the system library includes a number of relationships between a number of tags and a number of entities. The method further including determining, by the processing circuit, one or more tags associated with the first entity based on the system library, determining, by the processing circuit, a tag type for each of the one or more tags based on a tag dictionary, and adding, by the processing circuit, the one or more tags to the first entity based on the tag type of each of the one or more tags. | 2019-08-01 |
20190235456 | AUTOMATED FLOOD IRRIGATION SYSTEM AND METHOD OF USING THE SAME - A method for flood irrigation includes releasing water from a riser valve for flooding a portion of a field through a control of a corresponding riser device of a plurality of riser devices, wherein the corresponding riser device is deployed at a location proximate to the riser valve, receiving a wireless signal from a corresponding sensor device of a plurality of sensor devices for a detection of a flood condition, wherein the corresponding sensor device is deployed at a location proximate to where the water from the riser valve is expected to flood; and stopping the release of the water from the riser valve. | 2019-08-01 |
20190235457 | MODULARIZED ENERGY MANAGEMENT USING POOLING - Disclosed techniques include energy management based on modularized energy control using pooling. Operating data is obtained from a plurality of energy modules within an energy storage system. The plurality of energy modules is pooled. One or more operating goals are obtained for the plurality of energy modules. The operating goals can be based on cost, availability, or energy module status. One or more processors are used to analyze the operating data, the one or more operating goals, energy demand, and energy module operating health. The operation of one or more of the plurality of energy modules is controlled based on the analysis. The energy modules can be a pooled homogeneous bank of energy modules. The homogeneous banks can be pooled into heterogeneous energy modules. The pools can include dynamically added energy module peers. | 2019-08-01 |