39th week of 2021 patent applcation highlights part 47 |
Patent application number | Title | Published |
20210302823 | STRUCTURE OF SHORT-THROW AMBIENT LIGHT REJECTING SCREEN - The present invention provides a structure of short-throw ambient light rejecting screen, which comprises a base and an optical structure device disposed on the base. The optical structure device includes a plurality of optical structure parts. Each of the plurality of optical structure parts includes a first side, a second side, and a base part. The first side and the base form a first angle for reflecting a light source. The second side and the base form a second angle for absorbing a light source. The base part is a length on the base confined by first side and the second side. The first angle is 20˜40 degrees. The second angle is 70˜90 degrees. The length on the base part is 250˜350 um. By adjusting the first angle, the second angle, and the length on the base part of each optical structure part, the height of the optical structure part can be maintained constant. In addition, the differences between the incident projection angles can be reduced as well. By improving the process yield, the appearance of the scrolled screen can form a neat cylinder. | 2021-09-30 |
20210302824 | Fully Reflective Phase-Edge Mask for EUV Lithography - A EUV lithography mask includes a substrate of a low thermal expansion material, a first reflective multilayer over the substrate, and a patterned reflective multilayer over the first reflective multilayer. The patterned reflective multilayer includes trenches through the patterned reflective multilayer. Each of the first reflective multilayer and the patterned reflective multilayer includes a stack of film pairs. | 2021-09-30 |
20210302825 | RETICLE IN AN APPARATUS FOR EXTREME ULTRAVIOLET EXPOSURE - A reticle for an apparatus for EUV exposure and a method of manufacturing a reticle, the reticle including a substrate including an edge region and a main region; a multi-layer structure on the main region and the edge region, a sidewall of the multi-layer structure overlying the edge region; a capping layer covering an upper surface and the sidewall of the multi-layer structure and at least a portion of the edge region of the substrate; and an absorber layer on the capping layer, the absorber layer covering an entire upper surface of the capping layer on the edge region of the substrate, wherein a stacked structure of the capping layer and the absorber layer is on an upper surface of the edge region of the substrate, and a sidewall of the stacked structure of the capping layer and the absorber layer is perpendicular to an upper surface of the substrate. | 2021-09-30 |
20210302826 | Extreme Ultraviolet Mask Absorber Materials - Extreme ultraviolet (EUV) mask blanks, methods for their manufacture and production systems therefor are disclosed. The EUV mask blanks comprise a substrate,; a multilayer stack of reflective layers on the substrate, a capping layer on the multilayer stack of reflecting layers, and an absorber on the capping layer. The absorber comprises a first layer selected from the group consisting of Mo, Nb, V, alloys of Mo, Nb and V, oxides of Mo, oxides of Nb, oxides of V, nitrides of Mo, nitrides of Nb and nitrides of V and a second layer selected from the group consisting of TaSb, CSb, SbN, TaNi, TaCu and TaRu. | 2021-09-30 |
20210302827 | PHOTOMASK CLEANING - Generally, examples described herein relate to methods and apparatus for photomask processing. In an example, a photomask is obtained that is protected by a pellicle during a photolithography process. The photomask is cleaned by performing an etch process on the photomask using an etchant that is selective to etch a first material of the pellicle at a greater rate than each material of the photomask. In some examples, the pellicle includes a rigid material through which radiation is transmitted during the photolithography process. | 2021-09-30 |
20210302828 | 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. | 2021-09-30 |
20210302829 | METHOD AND APPARATUS TO IMPROVE FRAME CURE IMAGING RESOLUTION FOR EXTRUSION CONTROL - A frame cure apparatus includes a position actuator and a controller. The position actuator is attached to a digital spatial modulator (DSM) having a plurality of spatial elements with a pitch, and configured to move the DSM with a step size less than the pixel pitch to provide a pattern for curing a photo-curable material in a desired curing region on a substrate. The controller moves the DSM with the step size in a predefined sequence that covers a first curing region and a second curing region such that a first curing dose accumulated at the first curing region exceeds a curing threshold while a second curing dose accumulated at the second curing region does not exceed the curing threshold. The predefined sequence provides the set of curing patterns. The first curing region matches the desired region. The second curing region does not match the desired curing region. | 2021-09-30 |
20210302830 | METHOD OF MANUFACTURING TEMPLATE, TEMPLATE, AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE - A method of manufacturing a template, includes: covering a part of a first region of a substrate; processing another part of the first region to form a first pattern including a protrusion; covering the first region; and processing at least part of a second region of the substrate to form a second pattern including a depression. | 2021-09-30 |
20210302831 | IMPRINT APPARATUS, IMPRINT METHOD, AND ARTICLE MANUFACTURING METHOD - Provided is an imprint apparatus that forms a pattern on a shot region of a substrate by curing an imprint material on the shot region by light irradiation in a state in which the imprint material is in contact with a mold. The apparatus comprises a shutter plate, and an adjuster configured to adjust a state of the shutter plate to control the light irradiation to the imprint material on the shot region, wherein the shutter plate includes a first passing portion used to irradiate a portion of an entire portion of the imprint material on the shot region with light, and the adjuster adjusts a tilt of the shutter plate. | 2021-09-30 |
20210302832 | IMPRINTING APPARATUS - An imprinting apparatus includes a silicon master and an anti-stick layer coating the silicon master. The silicon master includes a plurality of features positioned at an average pitch of less than about 425 nm, each of the plurality of features comprises a depression having an opening with its largest opening dimension being less than about 300 nm. The anti-stick layer includes a crosslinked silane polymer network. | 2021-09-30 |
20210302833 | METHOD OF MANUFACTURING A SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE - A method of manufacturing a semiconductor device includes forming a photoresist layer over a substrate, including combining a first precursor and a second precursor in a vapor state to form a photoresist material, and depositing the photoresist material over the substrate. A protective layer is formed over the photoresist layer. The photoresist layer is selectively exposed to actinic radiation through the protective layer to form a latent pattern in the photoresist layer. The protective layer is removed, and the latent pattern is developed by applying a developer to the selectively exposed photoresist layer to form a pattern. | 2021-09-30 |
20210302834 | LITHOGRAPHIC PRINTING PLATE PRECURSOR AND METHOD OF USE - IR-sensitive lithographic printing plate precursors provide a stable print-out image using a unique IR radiation-sensitive composition. This IR radiation-sensitive composition includes: a) free radically polymerizable component; an b) IR radiation absorber; c) an initiator composition; a d) borate compound; and a e) compound capable of forming a colored boronic complex during or after exposure of the infrared radiation-sensitive image-recording layer to infrared radiation. The resulting print-out image exhibits an excellent color contrast between the exposed and non-exposed regions. After IR imaging, these precursors can be developed off-press or on-press. | 2021-09-30 |
20210302835 | PHOTOSENSITIVE RESIN COMPOSITION, PATTERN FORMING METHOD, CURED FILM, LAMINATE, AND DEVICE - There are provided a photosensitive resin composition containing at least one precursor selected from the group consisting of a polyimide precursor and a polybenzoxazole precursor, a compound having a sulfurous ester structure, and a photoradical polymerization initiator, and satisfies at least one of the following conditions 1, . . . , or 3; a pattern forming method using a photosensitive film formed from the photosensitive resin composition; a cured film formed from the photosensitive resin composition; a laminate including the cured film; and a device having the cured film or the laminate.
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20210302836 | PATTERN FORMING METHOD, PHOTOSENSITIVE RESIN COMPOSITION, CURED FILM, LAMINATE, AND DEVICE - There is provided a pattern forming method that includes an exposure step of exposing a photosensitive film to laser light; and a development step of developing the photosensitive film after the exposure to obtain a pattern, where the photosensitive film contains at least one precursor selected from the group consisting of a polyimide precursor and a polybenzoxazole precursor, and an onium salt. | 2021-09-30 |
20210302837 | RESIST COMPOSITION AND PATTERN FORMING PROCESS - A resist composition comprising a base polymer and a quencher containing a compound having the formula (A) is provided. | 2021-09-30 |
20210302838 | RESIST COMPOSITION AND PATTERN FORMING PROCESS - A resist composition comprising a base polymer and a quencher containing a salt compound having the formula (A) is provided. | 2021-09-30 |
20210302839 | METHOD OF MANUFACTURING A SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE - Method of manufacturing semiconductor device includes forming photoresist layer over substrate. Forming photoresist layer includes combining first precursor and second precursor in vapor state to form photoresist material, wherein first precursor is organometallic having formula: M | 2021-09-30 |
20210302840 | PATTERN FORMING METHOD AND TEMPLATE MANUFACTURING METHOD - A pattern forming method includes forming a resist film having a first region, a second region, and a third region, on a substrate, irradiating the first region with light or an energy ray in a first irradiation amount, and irradiating the second region with light or an energy ray in a second irradiation amount, the second irradiation amount being smaller than the first irradiation amount. The pattern forming method also includes dissolving the resist film of the first region by using first liquid, forming a coating film on a side surface of the resist film after the resist film of the first region is dissolved, and dissolving the third region by using second liquid that is different from the first liquid. | 2021-09-30 |
20210302841 | SUBSTRATE PROCESSING METHOD AND SUBSTRATE PROCESSING APPARATUS - The radical supply step of supplying the radicals (active species) to the resist film R is performed in the plasma processing (Step S | 2021-09-30 |
20210302842 | METHOD OF MANUFACTURING SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE - A method of manufacturing a semiconductor device by using an exposure apparatus having a reticle stage and a projection optical system includes a first period in which substrates are exposed by using a first reticle arranged on the reticle stage, a second period in which substrates are exposed by using a second reticle arranged on the reticle stage, and a third period which is between the first and second periods. The method includes changing, in at least part of the third period, the first reticle arranged on the reticle stage to the second reticle, and performing control, in the first and second periods, to adjust temperature distribution of an optical element of the projection optical system so as to reduce change in aberration of the projection optical system. The third period is shorter than the first period. | 2021-09-30 |
20210302843 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR CONFIGURING SPATIAL DIMENSIONS OF A BEAM DURING A SCAN - A method of configuring a step of scanning a beam of photons or particles across a patterning device for exposing a pattern onto a substrate, wherein the method includes determining a spatial resolution of a patterning correction configured to improve quality of the exposing, and determining a spatial dimension of the beam based on the determined spatial resolution of the patterning correction. | 2021-09-30 |
20210302844 | MATCHING PUPIL DETERMINATION - A method for reducing apparatus performance variation. The method includes obtaining (i) a reference performance (e.g., CD) of a reference apparatus (e.g., a reference scanner), (ii) a set of initial leading degrees of freedom selected from a plurality of degrees of freedom of a plurality of pupil facet mirrors of an apparatus (e.g., to be matched scanner) that is selected to reproduce the reference performance, and (iii) exposure data related to one or more parameters (e.g., CD, overlay, focus, etc.) of the patterning process indicating a performance of the apparatus based on the set of initial leading degrees of freedom; and determining a matching pupil of the apparatus based on the set of initial leading degrees of freedom and the exposure data such that the matching pupil reduces a difference between the performance of the apparatus and the reference performance. | 2021-09-30 |
20210302845 | METHOD FOR PROCESS METROLOGY - A method of evaluating a patterning process, the method including: obtaining the result of a first measurement of a first metrology target; obtaining the result of a second measurement of a second metrology target, the second metrology target having a structural difference from the first metrology target that generates a sensitivity difference and/or an offset, of a process parameter of the patterning process between the first and second metrology targets; and determining a value pertaining to the patterning process based on the results of the first and second measurements. | 2021-09-30 |
20210302846 | SUBSTRATE STAGE AND SUBSTRATE PROCESSING APPARATUS - The present invention provides a substrate stage and a substrate processing apparatus that appropriately control a temperature of a staging surface on which a substrate is placed. The substrate stage includes a stage base including a cooling surface therein, and a supply flow path forming member formed of a material having a lower thermal conductivity than that of the stage base and including cooling nozzles configured to spray a coolant toward the cooling surface. | 2021-09-30 |
20210302847 | ELECTROPHOTOGRAPHIC PHOTOSENSITIVE MEMBER, PROCESS CARTRIDGE AND ELECTROPHOTOGRAPHIC APPARATUS - A cylindrical electrophotographic photosensitive member having concave portions on a surface thereof includes a region A having concave portions at an end portion in an axial direction of the photosensitive member and a region B having concave portions different from those in the region A in a direction toward a center of the axial direction of the photosensitive member from the region A, wherein in the region A, an average value L1 is 20 to 200 μm, an average value W1 satisfies W1≤L1, an average value d1 is 1.7 to 4.0 μm, and an area ratio a1 is 5 to 65%; and in the region B, an average value L2 is 20 to 200 μm, an average value W2 satisfies W2≤L2, an average value d2 is 0.3 to 1.5 μm, and an area ratio a2 is 5 to 65%. | 2021-09-30 |
20210302848 | ELECTROPHOTOGRAPHIC PHOTORECEPTOR, PROCESS CARTRIDGE, AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - An electrophotographic photoreceptor includes a conductive substrate and a photosensitive layer on the conductive substrate. The electrophotographic photoreceptor has an outermost surface layer that contains fluorine-containing resin particles and an antioxidant. The fluorine-containing resin particles contain 0 or more and 30 or less carboxy groups per 10 | 2021-09-30 |
20210302849 | ELECTROPHOTOGRAPHIC PHOTOSENSITIVE MEMBER, ELECTROPHOTOGRAPHIC IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS, AND METHOD OF PRODUCING ELECTROPHOTOGRAPHIC PHOTOSENSITIVE MEMBER - Provided is an electrophotographic photosensitive member, which has high abrasion resistance and is resistant to being deeply flawed. Specifically, provided is an electrophotographic photosensitive member comprising a support and a surface layer formed on the support, wherein the surface layer comprises at least inorganic particles having pores in surfaces thereof, wherein at least a resin in the surface layer penetrates the pores, and wherein when vibration having a frequency of 0.5 Hz is applied to the surface layer at 28° C., the loss tangent tan δ of the dynamic viscoelasticity of the surface layer is from 0.005 to 0.05. | 2021-09-30 |
20210302850 | ELECTROPHOTOGRAPHIC PHOTORECEPTOR, PROCESS CARTRIDGE, AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - An electrophotographic photoreceptor includes a conductive substrate and a photosensitive layer on the conductive substrate. The electrophotographic photoreceptor has an outermost surface layer that contains fluorine-containing resin particles and a fluorine-containing graft polymer. The fluorine-containing resin particles contain 0 or more and 30 or less carboxy groups per 10 | 2021-09-30 |
20210302851 | TONER AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING TONER - A toner comprising a toner particle that comprises a toner base particle and an outermost layer present on the toner base particle surface, the toner base particle containing a binder resin wherein a plurality of concave portions are formed on the toner particle surface, and when T (nm) is an average thickness of the outermost layer in analysis of a cross section of the toner particle as observed with TEM, and a (nm) is a long diameter, b (nm) is a short diameter and d (nm) is a depth of each of the concave portions, respectively, when the concave portions on the toner particle are measured by using SPM from an outermost surface of the outermost layer toward the toner particle center, when “n” represents a number of the concave portions that satisfy specific relationships per 1 μm | 2021-09-30 |
20210302852 | TONER PARTICLE - A binder resin for toner includes an amorphous polyester resin and a crystalline polyester resin. The amorphous polyester resin has a weight average molecular weight of 5,000 to 30,000, inclusively, and contains 1 mol % to 10 mol %, inclusively, of a constituent unit having a pendant group with 3 to 32, inclusively, carbon atoms. The crystalline polyester resin has a weight average molecular weight of 5,000 to 15,000, inclusively. The binder resin has an endothermic amount Tg2nd-dH of 5 J/g to 50 J/g, inclusively. | 2021-09-30 |
20210302853 | TONER - A toner comprising a toner particle containing a binder resin and a polymer A, wherein the binder resin contains a polyester resin having a specific structure, the polymer A has a first monomer unit derived from a specific (meth)acrylic acid ester and a second monomer unit different from the first monomer unit, a content ratio of the first monomer unit in the polymer A is 5.0 mol % to 60.0 mol % while a content ratio of the second monomer unit in the polymer A is 20.0 mol % to 95.0 mol %, and the SP value of the first monomer unit, the SP value of the second monomer unit, and the SP value of a silicone segment contained in the specific structure satisfy a specific relationship. | 2021-09-30 |
20210302854 | TONER - A toner comprising a toner particle containing a binder resin containing at least 50 mass % of a polyester resin, wherein the polyester resin contains a polyester resin A having a silicone segment, and in XPS analysis, when X is a ratio of the number of silicon atoms attributable to silicone segments relative to a total number of measured atoms, X1 is a value of the X on the toner particle surface, X2 is a value of the X at a depth of 30 nm from the surface, Z is a ratio of the number of carbon atoms attributable to ester bonds relative to a total number of measured atoms, Z1 is a value of the Z on the toner particle surface and Z2 is a value of the Z at a depth of 30 nm from the toner particle surface, X1, Z1, X2 and Z2 satisfy a specific relationship. | 2021-09-30 |
20210302855 | ELECTROSTATIC IMAGE DEVELOPING TONER, ELECTROSTATIC IMAGE DEVELOPER, TONER CARTRIDGE, PROCESS CARTRIDGE, IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS, AND IMAGE FORMING METHOD - An electrostatic image developing toner includes a toner particle, an external additive A, and an external additive B. At least the external additive A is present on the surface of the toner particles. At least the external additive B is present on the external additive A. The number of peaks of the external additive B on the external additive A is 5 or more and 100 or less per 30 μm peripheral length of the toner particle, the peaks having a height from the surface of the toner particle of 80 nm or more and 250 nm or less. | 2021-09-30 |
20210302856 | TONER - A toner is provided, which has a toner particle that contains a binder resin, and organosilicon polymer particle on a surface of the toner particle. A methanol concentration a (vol %) of the organosilicon polymer particle in a wettability test and a methanol concentration b (vol %) of the toner particle in a wettability test satisfy Expression (I) below: | 2021-09-30 |
20210302857 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - In response to determining that image forming in a color mode is performed on a first sheet and then image forming in a monochrome mode is successively performed on the second sheet, perform charging bias reduction processing gradually reducing a charging bias from first to second charging bias and developing bias reduction processing of gradually reducing a developing bias from first to second developing bias during a first inter-sheet period after the first sheet passes a first photosensitive drum and before the second sheet reaches the first photosensitive drum, and perform separation processing such that an execution period of the separation processing overlaps at least one of an execution period of the charging bias reduction processing and an execution period of the developing bias reduction processing, the separation processing being processing of controlling a moving mechanism to move a first developing roller from a contact position to a separation position. | 2021-09-30 |
20210302858 | ELECTROCONDUCTIVE ROLL - An electroconductive roll includes a core member, a rubber base material disposed around the core member, and a surface layer disposed around the rubber base material. The density of peaks S | 2021-09-30 |
20210302859 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - An image forming apparatus includes: a development device which develops an electrostatic latent image formed on a photosensitive drum into a toner image; a charger which charges the photosensitive drum; a development power supply which applies a prescribed bias voltage to the development device; and a calculating section which calculates a surface potential of the photosensitive drum based on a development current flowing in the development device. The calculating section calculates, as the surface potential, a bias voltage at which a non-charging development current that flows in the development device in an uncharged state in which the charger has not charged the photosensitive drum is equal to a charging development current that flows in the development device in a charged state in which the charger has charged the photosensitive drum. | 2021-09-30 |
20210302860 | CHARGE ROLLER VOLTAGE DETERMINATION - An electrophotographic printer includes a charge roller in charge-transferring relation to a photoconductive imaging portion. The printer may determine an AC voltage setpoint of the charge roller. | 2021-09-30 |
20210302861 | Image Forming Apparatus and Method of Controlling Image Forming Apparatus - According to aspects of the present disclosures, a controller of an image forming apparatus is configured to determine, when printing is started, whether a particular condition is satisfied, the particular condition being satisfied when an elapsed time from a time when the polygon mirror starts rotating to a time when a rotation speed of the polygon mirror has reached a determination speed which is slower than a target speed is less than an upper limit time, when the particular condition is determined to be satisfied, feed the sheet from the sheet tray with the feed roller before the rotation speed reaches the target speed, and when the particular condition is determined not to be satisfied, feed the sheet from the sheet tray with the feed roller after the rotation speed has reached the target speed. | 2021-09-30 |
20210302862 | LIGHT SCANNING UNIT AND ELECTRONIC IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - The present disclosure provides a light scanning unit and an electronic image forming apparatus including the light scanning unit. The light scanning unit includes a light source, a first optical unit, an optical deflector, and a second optical unit. The light source includes at least two light-emitting points; the at least two light-emitting points are distributed along a straight line; and an angle between an extension direction of a distribution line thereof and a main scanning direction or a secondary scanning direction of the light scanning unit includes an acute angle, where the main scanning direction is perpendicular to the secondary scanning direction. The first optical unit is configured to collimate at least two light beams emitted from the light source along the main scanning direction and to focus the at least two light beams emitted from the light source along the secondary scanning direction. | 2021-09-30 |
20210302863 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - A housing includes a first side wall having a first opening and a second side wall arranged spaced away from the first side wall in a first direction. A drawer detachably supports a drum unit. The drawer moves through the first opening between an inside position at which the drawer is located inside the housing and an outside position at which the drawer is located outside the housing. An LED unit moves between: a first position at which the LED unit exposes the photosensitive drum; and a second position at which the LED unit is farther away from the photosensitive drum than at the first position and the LED unit is closer to the first side wall in the first direction than at the first position. | 2021-09-30 |
20210302864 | LIGHT EMITTING DEVICE AND RENDERING DEVICE - A light emitting device, includes: a base plate extending in a first direction; multiple light emitting units arranged on a surface of the base plate while being shifted from each other in the first direction, and each including a support body extending in the first direction and multiple light sources supported on the support body while being arranged in the first direction; and a flow path disposed over the surface of the base plate to surround at least part of the light emitting units and allowing air to flow therethrough in the first direction. | 2021-09-30 |
20210302865 | LIGHT EMITTING DEVICE AND RENDERING DEVICE - A light emitting device includes: a base plate extending in a first direction; a plurality of light emitting units arranged over a front surface of the base plate while being shifted from each other in the first direction, and each including a support body extending in the first direction and a plurality of light sources supported on the support body while being arranged in the first direction; a flow path disposed on a side of the base plate opposite to a side facing the light emitting units to feed air therethrough in the first direction; and a wire electrically connected to at least one of the plurality of the light emitting units, and disposed inside the flow path. | 2021-09-30 |
20210302866 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - A bias condition determiner executes a direct current voltage determination mode (DC calibration) for determining a reference direct current voltage that is a reference for a direct current voltage of a developing bias applied to a developing roller in an image forming operation and an inter-peak voltage determination mode (AC calibration) for determining a reference inter-peak voltage that is a reference for an inter-peak voltage of an alternating current voltage of the developing bias applied to the developing roller in the image forming operation. A calibration executor determines whether the inter-peak voltage determination mode needs to be executed in accordance with a value of the reference direct current voltage. | 2021-09-30 |
20210302867 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - A bias condition determiner executes, in order, a first direct current voltage determination mode (first DC calibration) for determining a provisional reference direct current voltage that is a provisional reference for a direct current voltage of a developing bias applied to a developing roller, an inter-peak voltage determination mode (AC calibration) for determining a reference inter-peak voltage that is a reference for an inter-peak voltage of an alternating current voltage of the developing bias applied to the developing roller in an image forming operation, and a second direct current voltage determination mode (second DC calibration) for determining a reference direct current voltage that is a reference for the direct current voltage of the developing bias applied to the developing roller in the image forming operation. | 2021-09-30 |
20210302868 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - An image forming apparatus includes: a development device which develops an electrostatic latent image formed on a photosensitive drum into a toner image; a charger which charges the photosensitive drum; a development power supply which applies a bias voltage to the development device; an electric current measuring section which measures a development current flowing in the development device; and a calculating section which calculates a surface potential of the photosensitive drum based on the development current. The charger applies charging biases to the photosensitive drum. The electric current measuring section measures a corresponding value of the development current for each development bias voltage applied to the development device. The calculating section calculates, per charging bias, a development bias voltage at which the development current stops flowing as the surface potential, and calculates a correspondence between the surface potential and the charging bias based on calculated values of the surface potential. | 2021-09-30 |
20210302869 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - An image forming apparatus includes: a development device which develops an electrostatic latent image formed on a photosensitive drum into a toner image; a charger which charges the photosensitive drum; a development power supply which applies a bias voltage to the development device; a calculating section which calculates a surface potential of the photosensitive drum based on a development current flowing in the development device; and an estimating section which estimates a fogging toner amount. The fogging toner amount is an amount of toner moved due to fogging. When the fogging toner amount estimated by the estimating section is less than a prescribed threshold, the calculating section calculates a value of the bias voltage at which the development current stops flowing as the surface potential. | 2021-09-30 |
20210302870 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - An image forming apparatus includes: a development device that develops an electrostatic latent image formed on a photosensitive drum into a toner image; a charger that charges the photosensitive drum; a development power supply that applies a prescribed bias voltage to the development device; an electric current measuring section that measures a development current flowing in the development device; and a calculating section that calculates a surface potential of the photosensitive drum based on the development current. The development device sequentially forms a plurality of image formation toner images on respective sheets of a recording medium. The image formation toner images each are a toner image for image formation. The electric current measuring section measures the development current in a period during which the image formation toner images are not formed. | 2021-09-30 |
20210302871 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS AND CONTROL METHOD FOR COLLECTING WASTE TONER IN A WASTE TONER COLLECTION CONTAINER - An image forming apparatus of an embodiment includes an image forming unit, a waste toner collection container, a paddle motor, a memory unit, and a control unit. The image forming unit forms a toner image on a sheet using a toner replenished from a toner cartridge containing the toner. The waste toner collection container contains a waste toner generated in the image forming unit. The paddle motor rotates a stirring paddle provided in the waste toner collection container. The memory unit stores a coefficient for each type of toner. The control unit acquires a count value, which is a value related to a replenishment amount, corrects the count value with the coefficient corresponding to the type of toner, updates a cumulative count value with the corrected count value, and drives the paddle motor according to the updated cumulative count value. | 2021-09-30 |
20210302872 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS PERFORMING REWRITING PROCESS TO REWRITE IDENTIFICATION INFORMATION STORED IN CARTRIDGE - An image forming apparatus includes a main casing, a cartridge, and a controller. The cartridge is attachable to the main casing. The cartridge includes a cartridge memory configured to store identification information. The controller is configured to perform a rewriting process to rewrite the identification information to information indicating that the cartridge is the normal cartridge, in a case where the controller receives a cancellation instruction to instruct to cancel the service contract and the identification information, which is stored in a cartridge memory of the cartridge attached to the main casing, indicates that the cartridge is the contract cartridge. | 2021-09-30 |
20210302873 | DETACHABLE CONTAINER AND CONTAINER MOUNTING APPARATUS USING THE SAME - A detachable container includes: a container body; and operation units on both sides of the container body attaching and detaching the container body. Each operation unit includes an outer gripping unit at an outer side of a respective one of both side walls of the container body, an inner gripping unit at an inner side of the respective one of both side walls of the container body in the width direction in an attachment and detachment operation side surface of the container body, and a cover projecting in an eave shape laterally from a respective one of both sides of the attachment and detachment operation side surface of the container body in the width direction, the cover covering the gap between the respective one of both side walls of the container body and a projecting end of the outer gripping unit when viewed from the attachment and detachment operation side. | 2021-09-30 |
20210302874 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - An image forming apparatus includes an image forming part, a toner storage part, a toner conveyance part, a drive motor and a control part. The image forming part forms an image on a sheet using a toner. The toner storage part stores the toner replenished to the image forming part. The toner conveyance part conveys the toner. The drive motor generates a drive force by which the toner conveyance part conveys the toner. The control part generates a control signal for controlling the drive motor, based on information showing a rotational speed of the drive motor. The control part executes a determination processing for determining whether a driving of the drive motor is stopped, based on the control signal. | 2021-09-30 |
20210302875 | POWDER TRANSPORT DEVICE AND POWDER USING APPARATUS - A powder transport device includes a transport unit, a spiral first transport member, and a first driving unit. The transport unit has a transport path. The first transport member is rotatably disposed in the transport path and rotates forward to transport powder. The first driving unit drives the first transport member to rotate. The first driving unit rotates the first transport member in reverse when both (i) a non-operation time during which the first transport member is not rotated and (ii) detection information on a temperature satisfy a condition. | 2021-09-30 |
20210302876 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS AND COLLECTING DEVICE - An image forming apparatus includes a black image carrier that holds toner images of black, a yellow image carrier that holds toner images of yellow, a magenta image carrier that holds toner images of magenta, a cyan image carrier that holds toner images of cyan, at least one spot-color image carrier, and multiple collecting units. The at least one spot-color image carrier holds toner images of a spot color other than black, yellow, magenta, and cyan. Each of the collecting units collects waste toner. The collecting units include a first collecting unit that collects waste toner removed from the black image carrier, and waste toner removed from the spot-color image carrier. | 2021-09-30 |
20210302877 | BINARY INK DEVELOPERS - A binary ink developer (BID) may include a power supply electrically coupled to an electrode, a developer roller, and a cleaner roller. The BID may also include a controller to determine a level of image ghosting based on a sum of currents at the electrode, the developer roller and the cleaner roller, and instruct the power supply to provide an adjusted voltage to the cleaner roller in response to a determination of the level of image ghosting. | 2021-09-30 |
20210302878 | TRANSFER DEVICE, IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - When a first roller is in an operation state, a driving device displaces a second displacement member in a first direction. This displaces a second locking portion of a slide portion to a position to lock a first projection portion of a first roller support member and a second projection portion of a second roller support member, while a first displacement member is held at a first position. The driving device further displaces the second displacement member in a second direction and stops the second displacement member. This allows the first displacement member to be displaced from the first position to a second position, and the second displacement member is further displaced and stopped at a position where the second projection portion is inserted in the recessed portion of the slide portion. This allows a second roller to enter an operation state. | 2021-09-30 |
20210302879 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - An image forming apparatus includes a heater, heating roller heated by the heater and a fixing belt heated by the heating roller. A thermistor detects a temperature of the fixing belt at an area where the belt is stretched by the heating roller. When a CPU receives a signal which instructs the stop of rotation of the fixing belt, the CPU continues rotation of the fixing belt until the detected temperature detected by the thermistor decreases a predetermined temperature in a case in which the detected temperature is higher than the predetermined temperature. | 2021-09-30 |
20210302880 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - In an image forming apparatus, in continuous image formation in which images are continuously formed and fixed on a plurality of recording materials in a fixing portion, with a period from start of the continuous image formation on a first recording material to arrival thereof at the fixing unit being regarded as a first period, and with a period from the arrival of the first recording material at the fixing portion to the end of the continuous image formation being regarded as a second period, a second maximum energizing duty that is set when the control portion supplies power to a plurality of heating elements in the second period is higher than a first maximum energizing duty that is set when the control portion supplies power to the plurality of heating elements in the first period. | 2021-09-30 |
20210302881 | HEATING DEVICE, FIXING DEVICE, AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - A heating device includes a surface heater unit including a heater portion that generates heat in a region extending in a longitudinal direction, the surface heater unit heating a heating object; and a heat conducting unit having a hollow space in which working fluid is sealed and including a working-fluid transport unit that transports the working liquid in the longitudinal direction, the heat conducting unit being in contact with the surface heater unit. The working-fluid transport unit is provided unevenly in a direction crossing the longitudinal direction in the hollow space. | 2021-09-30 |
20210302882 | FIXING APPARATUS - A fixing apparatus includes a belt, a pad member, a pressure member, a heating roller, a stretching roller, and, an outer stretching roller. The outer stretching roller disposed between the heating roller and the stretching roller and configured to press the heating roller from an outer surface of the belt and bring the belt into contact with the heating roller. In a cross section orthogonal to a rotation axis of the pressure member, a surface between the heating roller and the stretching roller of the belt in a state where the belt is pushed toward the heating roller by the outer stretching roller is located inside that of the belt in a state where the outer stretching roller is removed. | 2021-09-30 |
20210302883 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS INCLUDING USER INTERFACE UNIT FOR INPUTTING OR OUTPUTTING INFORMATION - An image forming apparatus includes an image forming unit configured to form an image on a recording material, a controller configured to control the image forming unit, a sheet feeding tray configured to store a recording material to be supplied to the image forming unit, and a sheet feeding tray cover configured to cover an access point of the sheet feeding tray. The sheet feeding tray cover includes a user interface for inputting information into a controller unit or outputting information from the controller. | 2021-09-30 |
20210302884 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS AND NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER READABLE MEDIUM - An image forming apparatus includes an image carrier, an exposure device, a developer image forming unit, a memory, and a processor. The image carrier carries a developer image. The exposure device exposes the image carrier. The developer image forming unit forms the developer image by transporting a developer to a latent image formed on the image carrier. The processor generates correction data for correcting density unevenness in a main scanning direction detected based on an image generated by the developer image, corrects the density unevenness in the main scanning direction occurring in the developer image by changing an exposure amount when the image carrier is exposed by the exposure device, using the generated correction data, and when a position change of the developer image forming unit in the main scanning direction is detected, adjusts the correction data by a detected position change amount. | 2021-09-30 |
20210302885 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - An image forming apparatus including: an image forming portion configured to form a toner image on an image bearing member; an intermediate transfer member onto which the toner image is transferred from the image bearing member in a primary transfer portion to form an image portion; and a control portion configured to perform control to form a toner image for lubrication in a non-image portion of the intermediate transfer member onto which the toner image for a print image based on image information is not to be formed. In a state in which the non-image portion is to be formed downstream of the image portion in a movement direction of the surface of the intermediate transfer member, the control portion performs control to change a size of a region for forming the toner image for lubrication based on the image information. | 2021-09-30 |
20210302886 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - In an image forming apparatus, an image processing unit converts image data based on a plurality of conversion conditions corresponding to a plurality of positions in a predetermined direction. A controller controls the image forming unit to form an image based on the image data converted by the image processing unit, and controls the image forming unit to form a plurality of pattern images including first, second and third pattern images. The controller controls a reading unit to read the plurality of pattern images on the sheet, generates correction conditions corresponding to the plurality of positions in the predetermined direction based on a reading result of the reading unit, and generates the plurality of conversion conditions based on the reading result and the correction conditions corresponding to the plurality of positions in the predetermined direction. | 2021-09-30 |
20210302887 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS AND SETTING FILE MANAGEMENT SYSTEM - The image forming apparatus according to the present disclosures is configured to transmit, to a file server, an acquisition request for an updating data file at a time different from an access time, which is indicated by access time information of a setting file, by a particular time and update a content of the setting file by the acquired updating data file. | 2021-09-30 |
20210302888 | PRINTER, CARTRIDGE, AND MEDIUM STORING PROGRAM TO BE INSTALLED IN PRINTER - A printer includes: an installation case to which a cartridge having a first memory is installed, a printing unit which performs printing by using a print material supplied from the cartridge, a sensor which outputs a detection value according to an amount of the print material stored in the cartridge, a cartridge interface communicable with the first memory, a second memory, and a controller. The first memory stores cartridge information including: cartridge identification information and residual amount information according to the amount of the print material stored in the cartridge. The controller acquires the cartridge identification information and the residual amount information from the first memory, stores history information in the second memory, and updates the residual amount information of the history information based on information according to the amount of the print material discharged by the printing unit. | 2021-09-30 |
20210302889 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS REWRITING USAGE STATUS INFORMATION TO INFORMATION INDICATING THAT CARTRIDGE IS OLD CARTRIDGE - An image forming apparatus includes a main casing and a controller. A cartridge is to be attached to the main casing. The cartridge includes a memory stores usage status information indicating whether the cartridge is a new cartridge or an old cartridge which indicates a used product. The controller reads the usage status information stored in the memory in a case that attachment of the cartridge to the main casing is detected. The controller determines, based on the usage status information, whether the cartridge is the new cartridge or the old cartridge. The controller rewrites the usage status information to information indicating that the cartridge is the old cartridge in a case that the cartridge is determined to be the new cartridge. The rewriting is performed before the controller receives a print instruction and before the material or the part of the cartridge is consumed. | 2021-09-30 |
20210302890 | MEDIUM TRANSPORT DEVICE AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - A medium transport device includes a transport member and a guide member. The transport member supports and transports a medium. The guide member is shifted from the transport member in a width direction of the medium to guide the medium. The guide member includes contact portions that come into contact with the medium. The contact portions are spaced apart from one another in a transport direction of the medium. | 2021-09-30 |
20210302891 | MEDIUM TRANSPORT DEVICE AND MEDIUM PROCESSING DEVICE USING THE SAME - A medium transport device includes a transport belt that is disposed in such a manner as to face an image holding unit holding an image and that is capable of moving circularly so as to transport a medium, a first stretching roller that stretches a portion of the transport belt and that is disposed in such a manner as to face the image holding unit, the first stretching roller being configured to transport the medium by nipping the medium between the image holding unit and the transport belt and configured to transfer the image held by the image holding unit onto the medium, a second stretching roller that stretches a portion of the transport belt that is located downstream from the portion of the transport belt stretched by the first stretching roller in a transport direction of the medium, a contact adjusting unit that causes a second end of the first stretching roller in an axial direction of the first stretching roller to swing while a first end of the first stretching roller serves as a fulcrum and adjusts a contact state between the image holding unit and the transport belt in a longitudinal direction of a contact region between the image holding unit and the transport belt, and a position adjusting unit that keeps a distance between the center of the first stretching roller and the center of the second | 2021-09-30 |
20210302892 | AFJUSTING MECHANISM OF IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - An image forming apparatus includes a first unit, a second unit, a first adjusting member, and a second adjusting member. The first unit includes an endless first belt member and a first rotating member that rotates while supporting the first belt member. The second unit includes a rotatable second rotating member that opposes the first rotating member with the first belt member interposed therebetween. The first adjusting member is disposed on either one of the first unit and the second unit to adjust a load between the first rotating member and the second rotating member. The second adjusting member is disposed on the other one of the first unit and the second unit to adjust parallelism between the first rotating member and the second rotating member. | 2021-09-30 |
20210302893 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS, IMAGE FORMING METHOD, AND NON-TRANSITORY RECORDING MEDIUM - An image forming apparatus includes a conveyor, an actuator, an image forming unit, a detection unit, and a controller. The conveyor transports a sheet having a length measured in a transport direction. The actuator drives the conveyor. The image forming unit forms an image on the sheet. The detection unit includes a first sheet detection sensor that outputs a detection signal indicating whether the sheet transported by the conveyor passes through a first predetermined detection position. The controller controls the actuator based on the length of the sheet in response to an indication that the detection unit is not operating normally. | 2021-09-30 |
20210302894 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS AND METHOD OF CORRECTING IMAGE POSITIONAL DEVIATION - An image forming apparatus includes a light beam scanner to scan an image bearer by a light beam according to data on a pattern for image positional deviation correction and a developing device to develop a latent image of the pattern. The pattern is formed on the image bearer by scanning performed by the light beam scanner. The image forming apparatus includes a transfer belt to transfer the pattern to a medium, a sensor to read the pattern to obtain an amount of image positional deviation, a skew correction device to adjust a tilt of an optical member of the light beam scanner according to a skew amount to correct a skew and perform the image positional deviation correction according to the amount of image positional deviation, and circuitry to drive the skew correction device before the image positional deviation correction. | 2021-09-30 |
20210302895 | MEDIUM CONVEYING APPARATUS FOR CORRECTING A SKEW OF A MEDIUM - A medium conveying apparatus includes a plurality of feed rollers spaced in a direction perpendicular to a medium conveying direction, each of the feed rollers rotating independently at a respective speed to feed a medium, a plurality of brake rollers, each of the plurality of brake rollers being located to face a corresponding one of the plurality of feed rollers, a plurality of torque limiters separately provided between one of rotation shafts of the plurality of brake rollers and a corresponding one of the plurality of brake rollers, and a processor to detect a skew of the medium, and correct the skew of the medium by changing the speed of one of the plurality of feed rollers when the skew of the medium is detected. | 2021-09-30 |
20210302896 | DECURLING DEVICE AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - A decurling device includes: a first transport unit including a transport roller, the first transport unit that sandwiches a transported sheet and transports the transported sheet further downstream; and a second transport unit including an endless belt that is in contact with the transport roller. The transport roller has an elasticity that, when the belt is pressed against the transport roller, allows the belt to bite into the transport roller by a bite amount corresponding to a pressing force, the second transport unit includes an abutting member disposed inside the belt, the abutting member pressing the belt from an inside of the belt and causing the belt to abut against the transport roller, and a guide member, the abutting member includes an upstream protrusion, an downstream protrusion, the upstream protrusion and the downstream protrusion being provided at positions away from each other at an upstream portion and a downstream portion in a sheet transport direction, each of the upstream protrusion and the downstream protrusion protruding toward an inner surface of the belt, and a recess provided in an intermediate portion between the upstream protrusion and the downstream protrusion in the sheet transport direction, the recess being recessed away from a straight line connecting a top portion of the upstream protrusion and a top portion of the downstream protrusion, the guide member includes a contact surface that is in contact with the inner surface of the belt, the contact surface defining a part of a circulation track of the belt, and the upstream protrusion protrudes beyond a virtual circle that is tangent to the contact surface. | 2021-09-30 |
20210302897 | HEATING DEVICE AND APPARATUS USING MEMBER TO BE HEATED - A heating device includes a heating unit that heats a member to be heated, which is transported, as a result of a contact portion of the heating unit being in contact with the member to be heated, a heat pipe that is disposed on a portion of the heating unit different from the contact portion in such a manner as to extend in a widthwise direction crossing a transport direction of the member to be heated and that includes a crimped portion formed at a first end of the heat pipe, a rotating body that rotates in such a manner as to press the member to be heated against the contact portion of the heating unit, and a power input unit that is disposed on a second end side of the heat pipe and that inputs a rotational force at least to the rotating body. | 2021-09-30 |
20210302898 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - An image forming device includes a photosensitive drum, a development roller, a current detection circuit, a power supply part and a power supply control part. The development roller develops an electrostatic latent image formed on the photosensitive drum and forms a toner image on the photosensitive drum. The current detection circuit detects a development current flowing between the photosensitive drum and the development roller when the toner image is formed and outputs a detection signal showing a current value of the development current. The power supply part applies a voltage on the development roller. The power supply control part controls the power supply part such that a variation of the voltage has a negative correlation with a variation of the current value shown in the detection signal. | 2021-09-30 |
20210302899 | IMAGE FORMING SYSTEM - An image forming system includes an openable portion, an operating unit, a cable, an accommodating portion, a cable cover, a retaining portion, and an opening. When the cable cover is viewed along a vertical direction, an edge portion of an edge of the opening on a side where the openable portion is positioned with respect to a left-right direction is positioned on a side opposite from the side where the openable portion is positioned with respect to the left-right direction when an end portion, on the side where the openable portion is positioned, of an outer peripheral surface of the cable retained by the retaining portion with respect to the left-right direction is. | 2021-09-30 |
20210302900 | IMAGE-FORMING APPARATUS - The surface roughness Rz of an outer peripheral surface of an intermediate transfer belt is 0.05 μm or more, and toner contains toner base particles and an organosilicon polymer on the surface of the toner base particles. After residual toner on the intermediate transfer belt is collected by a blade into a belt cleaning device, the blade has a coating layer on its surface facing the intermediate transfer belt, the coating layer containing an organosilicon polymer. | 2021-09-30 |
20210302901 | IMAGE-FORMING APPARATUS - Toner contains toner base particles and an organosilicon polymer on the surface of the toner base particles, and silica particles are added to the toner as an external additive. The surface roughness Rz of an intermediate transfer belt, against which a blade abuts, in the width direction of the intermediate transfer belt perpendicular to the belt conveying direction is larger than the average particle diameter Ry of the organosilicon polymer and is smaller than the average particle diameter Rk of the silica particles. | 2021-09-30 |
20210302902 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - An image forming apparatus includes a photosensitive drum, a development roller configured to supply developer to the photosensitive drum, a transfer roller configured to transfer a developer image formed on the photosensitive drum to a recording material, and a cleaning roller being in contact with the photosensitive drum, configured to clean a part of the recording material adhered to the photosensitive drum, wherein the diameter of the transfer roller is greater than the diameter of the development roller and the diameter of the cleaning roller is greater than the diameter of the development roller. | 2021-09-30 |
20210302903 | WASTE TONER STORAGE CONTAINER AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS THAT ACCURATELY DETECT AN AMOUNT OF WASTE TONER - A waste toner storage container includes a container body, a toner storage chamber, and a paddle. The toner storage chamber includes an introduction port, a first space, and a second space. The introduction port receives waste toner. The first space stores the introduced waste toner, and extends in a first direction. The second space is disposed in an end portion of the first space in a second direction orthogonal to the first direction. The paddle includes a shaft, a first plate, and a second plate. The shaft is disposed in the first space, extends along the first direction, and is elongated. The first plate is formed on an outer peripheral surface around a central axis of the shaft, and conveys the waste toner in the first direction. The second plate is formed on the outer peripheral surface of the shaft, and conveys the waste toner toward the second space. | 2021-09-30 |
20210302904 | RECOVERY CONTAINER - A recovery container includes a container body that is removably attached to an attachment target and that is capable of recovering powder; a projection provided at a distance from the container body in a direction intersecting with an attachment direction of the container body and having a slip-off preventing portion that is formed at a portion on a side opposite to an attachment direction side and that is engaged with an engaging part provided at the attachment target; an urging member that is provided between the container body and the projection and that urges the projection away from the container body; and an inclined portion formed at the projection and inclined so as to be gradually separated from the container body, in the attachment direction from the slip-off preventing portion. | 2021-09-30 |
20210302905 | RECOVERY CONTAINER AND POWDER APPLICATION APPARATUS - A recovery container includes a container body, a discharge port, an opening/closing part, a guide part, and an inclination suppressing part. The container body with a recovery path is removably attached to an attachment target. The powder transported through the recovery path is discharged to outside through the discharge port. The opening/closing part closes the discharge port. In an attached state in which the container body is attached to the attachment target, the opening/closing part is push-opened by a periphery of a recovery port provided in the attachment target. The guide part extends in the attachment direction of the container body to guide movement of the opening/closing part. The inclination suppressing part comes into contact with a portion of the attachment target before the periphery of the recovery port comes into contact with the opening/closing part to suppress inclination of the container body. | 2021-09-30 |
20210302906 | POWDER PROCESSING APPARATUS - A powder processing apparatus includes a processing engine, a carrying region forming unit, a door, a powder storage unit. The processing engine is mounted inside an apparatus housing. The processing engine includes one or plural processing units each at least including a movable powder carrier that carries powder, and a powder supply unit. The carrying region forming unit forms a region in the powder carrier where powder can be carried. The door opens and closes an opening formed in a side wall of the apparatus housing. The powder storage unit stores the powder. The powder storage unit moves along with the opening and closing of the door. When the door is opened, an insertion and extraction path that is wide enough to insert and extract the processing engine is ensured in the opening, excluding a region blocked by the powder storage unit that moves along with the door. | 2021-09-30 |
20210302907 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - An image forming apparatus includes a main body and a cover including a first surface part and a second surface part. The cover includes a first protrusion formed on the first surface part and extending in a first direction and a second protrusion formed on the second surface part and extending in a second direction perpendicular to the first direction. The main body includes an engaging portion engaged with the first protrusion and a groove portion formed along the side surface part and having an opening that opens the front surface part so that the second protrusion is capable of being inserted into and extracted from the main body in the first direction. The groove portion has a portion inclined in a manner that the groove portion is located at a further upper side in a vertical direction as the groove portion becomes closer to the front surface part. | 2021-09-30 |
20210302908 | ELECTROPHOTOGRAPHIC PHOTOSENSITIVE MEMBER, PROCESS CARTRIDGE, AND ELECTROPHOTOGRAPHIC APPARATUS - Disclosed is a cylindrical electrophotographic photosensitive member having a region A along an outer surface and a region B along the outer surface. In this electrophotographic photosensitive member, the region A is located on an end side in an axial direction of the electrophotographic photosensitive member relative to the region B, the region A has a specific groove provided on the outer surface of the electrophotographic photosensitive member, an area ratio a | 2021-09-30 |
20210302909 | RECOVERY CONTAINER - A recovery container includes a container body that is removably attached to an attachment target and that is capable of recovering powder; a projection provided at the container body in a direction intersecting with an attachment direction of the container body and having a slip-off preventing portion that is formed at a portion on a side opposite to an attachment direction side and that is engaged with an engaging part provided at the attachment target; an operation part that is provided at the container body, that has the projection on a surface on a side opposite to a container body side, and that urges the projection away from the container body; and a pushing part that is provided at the container body, that is movable from a first position to a second position located farther from the container body than the first position, and that is capable of pushing the operation part to be away from the container body when moving to the second position. | 2021-09-30 |
20210302910 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS DETERMINING WHETHER CARTRIDGE IS USABLE BASED ON TWO SETS OF CONSUMPTION STATE INFORMATION - An image forming apparatus includes: a casing having an opening; a cover for opening and closing the opening; a cartridge attachable to the casing through the opening; and a controller. The casing includes a first memory. The cartridge includes a second memory storing consumption state information representing a consumption state of the cartridge. The controller performs: determining whether the cartridge attached to the casing is unused; storing, when the attached cartridge is unused, the consumption state information acquired from the second memory in the first memory; determining, when the image forming apparatus is powered on or the cover is closed, whether the consumption state information in the first memory and the consumption state information in the second memory match; permitting use of the cartridge when the two sets of consumption state information match; and prohibiting use of the cartridge when the two set of consumption state information does not match. | 2021-09-30 |
20210302911 | Projection - There is disclosed herein an image projector arranged to project an image onto a display plane. The image projector comprises a processing engine, a display device, an optical element and a light source. The processing engine is arranged to output a computer-generated diffractive pattern comprising a hologram of an image for projection and a lens function corresponding to a lens having a first optical power. The display device is arranged to display the computer-generated diffractive pattern. The optical element is disposed between the display device to the display plane. The optical element has second optical power. The light source is arranged to provide off-axis illumination of the display device in order to spatially-modulated light in accordance with the hologram and lens function. The lens function of the computer-generated diffractive pattern and the optical element collectively perform a hologram transform of the hologram such that a reconstruction of the image is formed on the display plane. The display device is tilted with respect to the optical element by a first angle greater than zero. The display plane is tilted with respect to the optical element by a second angle greater than zero. The second angle is less than the first angle. | 2021-09-30 |
20210302912 | STOP PAWL FOR HOROLOGICAL MOVEMENT - A stop pawl for a horological movement, including a body provided on the periphery with a lug for latching with the toothing of a ratchet; a hub intended to cooperate freely in rotation with a fixed rod according to an angular displacement between an active position meshing the lug with the toothing of the ratchet and an inactive position, via intermediate positions; wherein the pawl includes at least one device for returning the pawl during its angular displacement, from the inactive position to the active position; and wherein the return device and the body are made in one piece. A horological movement and timepiece can include such a pawl. | 2021-09-30 |
20210302913 | HOROLOGICAL SETTING MACHINE AND SETTING METHOD - A setting machine ( | 2021-09-30 |
20210302914 | NON-MAGNETIC WATCH COMPONENT WITH IMPROVED WEAR RESISTANCE - A non-magnetic watch component ( | 2021-09-30 |
20210302915 | RECEPTACLE FOR HOROLOGICAL ASSEMBLY - A receptacle ( | 2021-09-30 |
20210302916 | HOROLOGICAL SETTING AND/OR ADJUSTMENT MECHANISM - A horological setting and/or adjustment mechanism, including a setting and/or adjustment module ( | 2021-09-30 |
20210302917 | Latched Gray Code for ToF Applications - In an embodiment, a method includes: providing a gray-coded time reference to a time-to-digital converter (TDC); receiving an event from an event signal; latching the gray-coded time reference into a memory upon reception of the event signal; and updating a time-of-flight (ToF) histogram based on the latched gray-coded time reference. | 2021-09-30 |
20210302918 | METHOD AND DEVICE FOR PROTECTING FROM ELECTRIC SHOCK BY DETECTING AND EVALUATING PHYSICAL-MEDICAL FACTORS - A method and a device for protecting a person from electric shock includes detecting a physical-medical factor by means of a sensor device ( | 2021-09-30 |
20210302919 | ELECTRONIC DEVICE AND WRIST DEVICE - An electronic device includes a ring-shaped antenna element, a conductor and a dielectric. The conductor has the same potential as GND. The dielectric is interposed between the antenna element and the conductor. The antenna element, the dielectric and the conductor are disposed so as to lie on top of one another in plan view. | 2021-09-30 |
20210302920 | CONTROL SYSTEM, SUPPORT DEVICE, AND STORAGE MEDIUM - Provided is a control system which can support a user with respect to the designation of a data group to be collected. The control system ( | 2021-09-30 |
20210302921 | CONTROLLER WITH NEURAL NETWORK AND IMPROVED STABILITY - A controller for generating a control signal for a computer-controlled machine. A neural network may be applied to a current sensor signal, the neural network being configured to map the sensor signal to a raw control signal. A projection function may be applied to the raw control signal to obtain a stable control signal to control the computer-controllable machine. | 2021-09-30 |
20210302922 | ARTIFICIALLY INTELLIGENT MECHANICAL SYSTEM USED IN CONNECTION WITH ENABLED AUDIO/VIDEO HARDWARE - A device and method to move user interacting devices responsive to user input using artificial intelligence. The device includes a movable mount for supporting the user interacting device. User input is converted into service requests using artificial intelligence services. The device converts the service requests into movement commands, which it may then execute. The user interacting device may receive and process user input into service requests or the devices itself may be configured with artificial intelligence services. The device then converts into movement commands by imparting motion on the movable base through use of one or more motors or other movement generating devices. | 2021-09-30 |