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20080232834 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - An image forming apparatus having a short warm-up time desired by a user, wherein a quick output section is provided, and when a quick output mode is set by the quick output section, warm-up completion temperature is set to be low, and thereby, warm-up time is made to be short. | 09-25-2008 |
20090010686 | Fixing device, fixing belt, and image forming apparatus - A fixing device including: a fixing roller; an endless fixing belt which rotates with the fixing roller; a pressure member; a sliding sheet placed between the fixing belt and the pressure member; and a lubricating agent supplying section, a toner image being fixed onto a recording media at a nip portion formed between the fixing roller and the fixing belt, wherein the inner peripheral surface of the fixing belt and a surface of the sliding sheet are formed of polytetrafluoroethylene, wherein the following relation is satisfied: H | 01-08-2009 |
20100150623 | FIXING BELT, FIXING APPARATUS AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - Provided is a fixing belt wherein the surface roughness of the inner peripheral surface of the fixing belt is designed with consideration given not only to the height of the protruding section and the depth of the recessed section but also to the expansion of the protruding section and recessed section in the lateral direction so that the contact resistance, hence, the sliding resistance can be reduced, and stable holding of the lubricant can be ensured. A fixing belt used in an image forming apparatus to fix a toner image on a recording material; wherein a wavy pattern which has a height of 3 to 5 μm at a pitch of 4 to 5 mm is formed on an inner peripheral surface, and a roughened structure which has a height of 3 to 4 μm at a pitch 0.1 mm is formed. | 06-17-2010 |
20110062458 | LIGHT EMITTING PANEL AND MANUFACTURING METHOD OF LIGHT EMITTING PANEL - Disclosed is a light emitting panel including: a light blocking section formed above a substrate, the light blocking section including an opening; a first electrode formed above the opening of the light blocking section; a dividing wall including an opening so that at least a portion of the first electrode is exposed, the opening corresponding to a shape of the opening of the light blocking section; a second electrode formed above the first electrode; and a carrier transport layer composed of at least one layer formed between the first electrode and the second electrode. | 03-17-2011 |
20110066049 | PULSE ABNORMALITY DETECTING DEVICE - A pulse abnormality detecting device comprises a band attached to a wrist, a first sliding member with which the band is armored and which slides in the circumference direction of the band along the band, a second sliding member which is slidably provided on the first sliding member and which slides in the axis direction of the band, a pulse sensor which is provided on the second sliding member and which is provided in such a manner that the position of the sensor can be adjusted to the inner side or the side of the band, and a pulse abnormality detecting unit for detecting the abnormality of the pulse from the output data of the pulse sensor. The device can accurately detect the pulse of a user with high precision, adapting to a personal difference. | 03-17-2011 |
20110085833 | FIXING DEVICE AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - Disclosed is a fixing device including: a heating section; a pressure contact section to form a nip section with the heating device and to pressure a sheet so that the sheet contacts with the heating section; and a pressurizing section to add a pressurizing force to the sheet through the pressure contact section and to make the nip section be formed between the heating section and the pressure contact section; wherein the pressurizing section adds the higher pressurizing force to an upstream portion and a downstream portion of the nip section than the pressurizing force added to a central portion of the nip section in a sheet conveying direction, and adds the higher pressurizing force to the downstream portion than the pressurizing force added to the upstream portion. | 04-14-2011 |
20110129243 | Image Forming Apparatus - An image forming apparatus, comprises an image forming section, a transfer section to transfer the toner image onto a recording material; and a fixing device to fix the toner image onto the recording material; wherein the image forming section includes a plurality of color image forming sections and a transparent image forming section, and the plurality of color image forming sections and the transparent image forming section are arranged such that the transparent image is transferred so as to form a transparent image layer on an outer surface of the color image on the recording material at a fixing time by the fixing device, and wherein an amount of wax contained in the transparent toner is larger than an amount of wax contained in each color toner of the plurality of color toners and smaller than an amount of base resin contained in the transparent toner. | 06-02-2011 |
20110227081 | PIXEL CIRCUIT SUBSTRATE, DISPLAY DEVICE, ELECTRONIC EQUIPMENT, AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING PIXEL CIRCUIT SUBSTRATE - A pixel circuit substrate includes: a pixel electrode; a first drive element connected to one side of the pixel electrode; a second drive element that is connected to the first drive element in parallel and also is connected to the other side opposite to the one side of the pixel electrode. | 09-22-2011 |
20110241002 | SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE, LIGHT EMITTING APPARATUS AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE - Disclosed in a semiconductor device including a substrate, a first transistor, a second transistor, and a first source electrode and a first drain electrode of the first transistor are arranged along a first direction and a second source electrode and a second drain electrode of the second transistor are arranged in a reverse order of the first source electrode and the first drain electrode along the first direction, the first source electrode and the second source electrode are connected by a source connecting wiring, the first drain electrode and the second drain electrode are connected by a drain connecting wiring, a first gate electrode and a second gate electrode are connected by a gate connecting wiring and the source connecting wiring and the drain connecting wiring are provided at positions except a region overlapped with the first gate electrode, the second gate electrode and the gate connecting wiring. | 10-06-2011 |
20120074409 | LIGHT EMITTING DEVICE AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE - A light emitting device includes: a light emitting element including a first electrode, a second electrode opposed to the first electrode, and a light emitting layer provided between the first electrode and the second electrode; a capacitor having a third electrode formed in a position overlapping the light emitting element and an insulating layer provided between the first and third electrodes; a first drive transistor disposed on a first side of the first electrode and having a gate electrode; and a second drive transistor disposed on a second side of the first electrode and having a gate electrode connected to the gate electrode of the first drive transistor via the third electrode. | 03-29-2012 |
20120275813 | FUSING APPARATUS AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - A fusing apparatus includes a fusing section, a supplying section and a control section. The supplying section supplies airflow between a recording medium and the fusing section. The supplying section includes a supplying opening of the airflow divided in a plurality of blocks along a width direction of the recording medium. The control section controls at least any one of speed of the airflow and supply amount of the airflow individually for each of the plurality of blocks based on information regarding the recording medium. | 11-01-2012 |
20120294638 | IMAGE FORMING DEVICE AND CONTROL METHOD THEREOF - An image forming device includes an image forming section, a fixing unit, an oscillation mechanism and a controller. The image forming section forms an image on a sheet. The fixing unit thermally fix the image on the sheet by using a fixing rotating member to pinch and convey the sheet on which the image has been formed by the image forming section. The oscillation mechanism oscillates at least the fixing rotating members of the fixing unit in an axial direction thereof. The controller controls the oscillation mechanism to cause the fixing rotating members not to oscillate while the sheet is being pinched and conveyed simultaneously by the fixing rotating members and other rotating members. | 11-22-2012 |
20120294639 | IMAGE FORMING DEVICE AND CONTROL METHOD THEREOF - An image forming device includes: an image forming section, a fixing unit, an oscillation mechanism and a controller. The image forming section forms an image on paper. The fixing unit thermally fixes the image on the paper by using a fixing rotating member to pinch and convey the paper. The oscillation mechanism oscillates at least the entire fixing rotating member of the fixing unit in an axis direction thereof. The controller determines an oscillation quantity of the fixing rotating member based on rigidity of the paper in a state where the paper is pinched and conveyed by the fixing rotating member and another rotating member at the same time, and oscillates the fixing rotating member using the oscillation mechanism with the determined oscillation quantity. The controller determines the oscillation quantity of the fixing rotating member to be reduced as rigidity of the paper becomes lower. | 11-22-2012 |
20140147151 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS AND METHOD OF FORMING AN IMAGE - An image forming apparatus includes: a fixing member; a moving section that moves the fixing member in a sheet width direction; a temperature detection section disposed at a position corresponding to an end portion of the fixing member, the temperature detection section moving together with the fixing member to detect a temperature of the end portion; and a control section that performs a first movement control and a second movement control on the basis of a result of a detection by the temperature detection section, the first movement control being intended to move the fixing member in the sheet width direction in a reciprocating manner with a predetermined cycle, the second movement control being intended to move the fixing member in the sheet width direction so that the temperature of the fixing member falls within a predetermined temperature range. | 05-29-2014 |
20140147169 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS AND TRANSLATION CONTROL METHOD - An image forming apparatus includes: a fixing unit that heats and presses a recording sheet having a toner image formed thereon, by means of a fixing nip portion to thereby fix the toner image to the recording sheet; a translation section that translates the fixing unit in a direction that is orthogonal to a conveying direction of the recording sheet; and a controlling section that controls the translation section so that the fixing unit is translated by a translation amount that is one-half of a value obtained by subtracting an image width of the toner image from a sheet width of the recording sheet. | 05-29-2014 |
20150093171 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS, IMAGE FORMING SYSTEM AND IMAGE FORMING METHOD - An image forming apparatus has an image forming unit that forms an image on a sheet, a fixing unit that performs fixing of the sheet on which the image is formed, a first conveyance route that has a reverse conveyance route and a second conveyance route that does not pass the reverse conveyance route, and a control unit that performs first control for conveying a previously printed sheet which is printed previously via the first conveyance route and second control for conveying a subsequently printed sheet which is printed subsequently via the second conveyance route, and exerts control to feed the previously printed sheet and the subsequently printed sheet in an overlapped manner after the first conveyance route and the second conveyance route merge together. | 04-02-2015 |
20150125173 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS, IMAGE FORMING SYSTEM, AND IMAGE FORMING METHOD - An image forming apparatus including; a non-inversion conveyance unit that conveys a sheet to a downstream without inverting through the image forming unit; an inversion conveyance unit that inverts the sheet with printing on one side and that conveys the sheet to an upstream; a first sheet inversion unit that is arranged on the inversion conveyance unit and inverts the front and back of the sheet conveyed by the inversion conveyance unit; a control unit that controls the image forming unit and the conveyance unit, wherein the control unit includes a single-sided print mode and a double-sided print mode, and at a breakpoint of jobs, the control unit discharges the sheet so as to provide charge polarity that does not electrostatically attract a sheet discharged just before the breakpoint and a sheet discharged just after the breakpoint at least in the double-sided print mode. | 05-07-2015 |
20150185669 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS AND FIXING DEVICE - An image forming apparatus includes a fixing side member disposed at a position on a fixing surface side of a sheet on which a toner image is formed; a back side supporting member that forms a fixing nip for conveying the sheet in a tightly sandwiching manner when the back side supporting member is in pressure contact with the fixing side member; and a voltage applying section that applies to both sides of the sheet passed through the fixing nip voltages opposite in polarity to surface potentials of the both sides. | 07-02-2015 |
20150309465 | IMAGE FORMING SYSTEM - The image forming system includes an unjamming execution section configured to execute unjamming for eliminating a sheet jam when the sheet jam is caused in the image forming system; and a control section configured to control the unjamming execution section to execute the unjamming in accordance with a position of the sheet jam or a portion of the long sheet causing the sheet jam, or both in the image forming system. | 10-29-2015 |
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20110039721 | METHOD FOR PREDICTION ABOUT CARCINOGENICITY OF SUBSTANCE IN RODENT - Disclosed is a method for predicting about the carcinogenicity of a substance of interest in a rodent, which comprises the steps of: administering a solution of the substance to a test group and administering a solvent used in the solution to a control group; extracting mRNA from each of the test group and the control group, and measuring the expression level of mRNA for each of genes obtained by selecting at least one gene from (A) genes each comprising a nucleotide sequence depicted in any one of SEQ ID NOs: 1 to 5, (B) genes each comprising a nucleotide sequence depicted in any one of SEQ ID NOs: 6 to 8 and (C) genes each comprising a nucleotide sequence depicted in any one of SEQ ID NOs: 9 to 32; determining whether or not a significant difference in the level of mRNA expressed from the gene is observed between the test group and the control group; and determining that the substance has carcinogenicity when a significant difference in the level of the expression of mRNA from any one of the genes is observed between the test group and the control group and the direction of increase or decrease in the level of the expression of mRNA from any one of the genes is the same as the tendency which is previously defined for each gene. | 02-17-2011 |
20110227978 | PRINTING APPARATUS, PRINTING METHOD AND COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCT - A printing apparatus that is an inkjet printing apparatus includes a print head that includes a plurality of nozzles that eject liquid droplets, and prints output data onto a recording medium in a plurality of scans, a storage unit including number of storage areas, the number being determined based on a scheme of the scans, an intermediate data generating unit that generates intermediate data corresponding to an image to be output in each of the scans of the print head from input image data, an intermediate data storing processing unit that stores the intermediate data in different storage areas of the storage unit corresponding to the respective scans of the print head, and an output data converting unit that converts the intermediate data stored in the storage unit into the output data, and sends the output data to the print head. | 09-22-2011 |
20130242319 | IMAGING UNIT, COLOR MEASURING DEVICE, IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS, COLOR MEASURING SYSTEM, AND COLOR MEASURING METHOD - An imaging unit includes a frame having an opening; a sensor unit that captures, via the opening, a subject located outside the frame; a reference chart unit that is arranged on the frame and is captured by the sensor unit together with the subject; and a cover member that covers the opening. | 09-19-2013 |
20130242320 | IMAGE CAPTURING UNIT, COLOR MEASURING DEVICE, IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS, COLOR MEASURING SYSTEM, AND COLOR MEASUREMENT METHOD - An image capturing unit includes: a sensor unit that captures an image of a predetermined area including an image capture object; a reference chart portion that is disposed in the predetermined area and an image of which is captured together with an image of the image capture object by the sensor unit; an illumination light source that illuminates the image capture object and the reference chart portion; and a specular reflection preventing member that prevents that specular reflection light of light emitted from the illumination light source enters the sensor unit. | 09-19-2013 |
20130242321 | IMAGE CAPTURING UNIT, COLOR MEASURING DEVICE, IMAGE FORMING DEVICE, COLOR MEASURING SYSTEM, AND COLOR MEASURING METHOD - An image capturing unit includes a sensor unit that captures a predetermined area including a subject; a reference chart that is arranged in the predetermined area and captured together with the subject by the sensor unit; an optical path length changing member that is arranged on an optical path extending from the subject to the sensor unit and is capable of changing a length of the optical path. | 09-19-2013 |
20130242361 | IMAGE CAPTURING DEVICE, COLOR MEASURING DEVICE, COLOR MEASURING SYSTEM, IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS, AND COLOR MEASURING METHOD - An image capturing device includes a sensor unit that captures a predetermined range including a subject; a reference chart that is captured by the sensor unit together with the subject; an illumination light source that illuminates the subject and the reference chart; a lens member including one or more lenses arranged in an optical path of reflected light extending from the subject and the reference chart to the sensor unit; and a lens moving unit that moves at least one lens of the lens member so as to change a position thereof in a direction along the optical path. | 09-19-2013 |
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20110024911 | SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING THE SAME - An electrical characteristics test for a semiconductor integrated circuit using a Kelvin contact method can be conducted in a pre-process without obstructing the reduction in size of a semiconductor chip or without complicating the circuit design. A probe card in a testing apparatus includes probes for Kelvin contact, the probes for Kelvin contact including a coil probe and a POGO pin probe disposed inside the coil probe, and a probe for two-terminal measurement. Electrode pads formed in each chip area over a wafer are in a relation of A=B<2A, given that the area of one of the electrode pads with which the probe for Kelvin contact comes into contact is B and the area of the other electrode pad with which the probe for two-terminal measurement comes into contact is A. | 02-03-2011 |
20140124684 | MULTI CHARGED PARTICLE BEAM WRITING METHOD AND MULTI CHARGED PARTICLE BEAM WRITING APPARATUS - A multi charged particle beam writing method includes performing ON/OFF switching of a beam by an individual blanking system for the beam concerned, for each beam in multi-beams of charged particle beam, with respect to each time irradiation of irradiation of a plurality of times, by using a plurality of individual blanking systems that respectively perform beam ON/OFF control of a corresponding beam in the multi-beams, and performing blanking control, in addition to the performing ON/OFF switching of the beam for the each beam by the individual blanking system, with respect to the each time irradiation of the irradiation of the plurality of times, so that the beam is in an ON state during an irradiation time corresponding to irradiation concerned, by using a common blanking system that collectively performs beam ON/OFF control for a whole of the multi-beams. | 05-08-2014 |
20140153021 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS AND IMAGE FORMING METHOD - An image forming apparatus divides image data into a plurality of image regions in a sub-scanning direction and performs predetermined processing on the image data of each divided image region so as to form an image on a recording medium. The image forming apparatus includes: a detection unit that detects whether the image data of the image region is blank data; a storage unit that stores the image data of the image region that has been subjected to detection; and a control unit that controls whether to cause the detection unit to perform the detection depending on a predetermined printing mode. | 06-05-2014 |
20140361193 | MULTI CHARGED PARTICLE BEAM WRITING METHOD, AND MULTI CHARGED PARTICLE BEAM WRITING APPARATUS - A multi charged particle beam writing method includes dividing a maximum irradiation time per a shot into a digit number of first irradiation time periods, each of which is calculated by multiplying a corresponding second gray scale value by the quantization unit, where second gray scale values are gray scale values defined in decimal numbers converted from each digit value of data of binary numbers; dividing second irradiation time periods, which are a part of the first irradiation time periods into third irradiation time periods; dividing irradiation of each beam into the first irradiation steps of the third irradiation time periods and second irradiation steps of the remaining undivided first irradiation time periods; and irradiating a target object, in order, with the multi beams such that the groups are respectively composed of combination of at least two irradiation steps of first irradiation steps and second irradiation steps and the groups continue in order. | 12-11-2014 |
20140367584 | MULTI CHARGED PARTICLE BEAM WRITING METHOD, AND MULTI CHARGED PARTICLE BEAM WRITING APPARATUS - A multi-beam writing method includes irradiating a target object with a multi-beam each being one of beams of irradiation time periods of a set of irradiation steps corresponding to writing processing concerned of plural writing processing of the multi-pass writing, for each writing processing of the multi-pass writing, using each set of irradiation steps, obtained by dividing entire irradiation steps of all the number of writing times of a beam concerned into a predetermined digit number irradiation steps to be set as an irradiation time obtained by multiplying a corresponding second gray scale by a quantization unit, as a set of irradiation steps of one of the plural writing processing of the multi-pass writing, wherein the corresponding second gray scale is one of plural second gray scales defined in decimals converted from each digit value of a binary number of a predetermined digit number. | 12-18-2014 |
20150041684 | CHARGED PARTICLE BEAM WRITING APPARATUS AND CHARGED PARTICLE BEAM WRITING METHOD - A charged particle beam writing apparatus includes an area density calculation unit to calculate a pattern area density weighted using a dose modulation value, which has previously been input from an outside and in which an amount of correction of a dimension variation due to a proximity effect has been included, a fogging correction dose coefficient calculation unit to calculate a fogging correction dose coefficient for correcting a dimension variation due to a fogging effect by using the pattern area density weighted using the dose modulation value having been input from the outside, a dose calculation unit to calculates a dose of a charged particle beam by using the fogging correction dose coefficient and the dose modulation value, and a writing unit to write a pattern on a target object with the charged particle beam of the dose. | 02-12-2015 |
20150070737 | GLOSSINESS DETERMINING DEVICE, COLOR MEASURING DEVICE, IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS, AND GLOSSINESS DETERMINATION METHOD - A glossiness determining device includes: a light source; a two-dimensional sensor that receives reflected light containing a specular reflection component of a subject illuminated by the light source, and outputs an image of the subject; and a determining unit that determines glossiness of the subject by using a saturated image, which is the image of the subject output by the two-dimensional sensor and in which pixel values of a partial area are saturated. | 03-12-2015 |
20150102231 | BLANKING DEVICE FOR MULTIPLE CHARGED PARTICLE BEAMS - A blanking device for multiple charged particle beams includes plural shift registers, arranged in two dimensions, to form plural groups each including shift registers, connected in series, of the plural shift registers, plural blankers to respectively provide a blanking deflection to a corresponding beam of multiple beams each controlled through a corresponding shift register in the plural shift registers, plural serial parallel conversion units, arranged along the four sides of a quadrangular region which surrounds the whole of the plural shift registers, to be respectively connected by parallel wiring to at least one of the plural groups, and plural pads, arranged along the four sides of the quadrangular region, to be respectively in combination with a corresponding serial parallel conversion unit of the plural serial parallel conversion units such that each of the plural pads is connected by single wiring to the corresponding serial parallel conversion unit. | 04-16-2015 |
20150129773 | BLANKING DEVICE FOR MULTI CHARGED PARTICLE BEAM, AND MULTI CHARGED PARTICLE BEAM WRITING METHOD - A blanking device for multi-charged particle beams includes plural shift registers arranged in two dimensions, and plural data transmitters each configured to be arranged, where each of first shift register groups is aligned in the same row or column, in the plural shift registers arranged in two dimensions, the plural data transmitters each arranged for each of second shift register groups each obtained by grouping shift registers of one of the first shift register groups into one or more groups, wherein each of the second shift register groups is further grouped into third shift register groups each having shift registers serially connected, as plural subgroups, and each of the plural data transmitters is connected to shift registers configuring a part of shift registers serially connected in each of the third shift register groups such that all of the plural subgroups in a corresponding second shift register group are parallelly connected. | 05-14-2015 |
20150155138 | MULTI CHARGED PARTICLE BEAM WRITING APPARATUS, AND MULTI CHARGED PARTICLE BEAM WRITING METHOD - A multi charged particle beam writing apparatus includes a divided shot data generation unit to generate, for each shot of multi beams of charged particle beams, data for plural times of divided shots such that irradiation for one shot of each beam is divided into plural times of divided shots each having a different irradiation time, an individual blanking system to provide blanking control individually for each of multi beams, based on the data for plural times of divided shots, an elastic rate correction value acquisition unit to acquire, for each of plural times of divided shots, an elastic rate correction value for correcting an elastic rate of an image of the whole multi beams, depending upon the number of ON-beams of the multi beams, and a lens to correct, for each divided shot, the elastic rate of the image of the whole multi beams by using the correction value. | 06-04-2015 |
20150158309 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS, CALIBRATION METHOD, AND DRYING DETERMINATION METHOD - An image forming apparatus includes a printing unit that prints at least one object image using a color material; a color information acquiring unit that acquires color information of the object image; and a control unit that starts one of colorimetry of the object image using the color information acquired by the color information acquiring unit and color adjustment of the printing unit after a variation amount of color information of the object image measured at different points of time is equal to or smaller than a predetermined threshold. | 06-11-2015 |
20150162372 | IMAGE CAPTURING APPARATUS, MEDIUM TYPE DETERMINING APPARATUS, AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - An apparatus includes: a light source; a two-dimensional image sensor that receives reflected light from a subject including specular light of the source and outputs an image of the subject; and an optical member arranged in an optical path of light emitted from the source to the subject. When a specular position of the source in the subject arranged apart from the two-dimensional image sensor by a certain distance is defined as a first specular position, whereas a specular position of the source in the optical member is defined as a second specular position, a relative positional relation of the optical member and the source with respect to the two-dimensional image sensor is determined so that a difference between an incident angle from the source toward the first specular position and an incident angle from the source toward the second specular position is a reference value or more. | 06-11-2015 |
20150248597 | IMAGING DEVICE, IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS, AND METHOD OF CONTROLLING DRIVING OF TWO-DIMENSIONAL IMAGE SENSOR - An imaging device comprises: a two-dimensional image sensor that includes a plurality of light receiving units capable of reading an output value individually according to a volume of received light thereof; a receiving unit that receives a control signal that specifies an operation mode of the two-dimensional image sensor that is predetermined according to a purpose of using the output value; and a sensor controller that sets, on the basis of the control signal received by the receiving unit, an imaging area representing an area of a light receiving unit that reads the output value from among the light receiving units of the two-dimensional image sensor and controls reading of the output value. | 09-03-2015 |
20160042908 | MULTI CHARGED PARTICLE BEAM WRITING METHOD AND MULTI CHARGED PARTICLE BEAM WRITING APPARATUS - A multi charged particle beam writing method includes performing ON/OFF switching of a beam by an individual blanking system for the beam concerned, for each beam in multi-beams of charged particle beam, with respect to each time irradiation of irradiation of a plurality of times, by using a plurality of individual blanking systems that respectively perform beam ON/OFF control of a corresponding beam in the multi-beams, and performing blanking control, in addition to the performing ON/OFF switching of the beam for the each beam by the individual blanking system, with respect to the each time irradiation of the irradiation of the plurality of times, so that the beam is in an ON state during an irradiation time corresponding to irradiation concerned, by using a common blanking system that collectively performs beam ON/OFF control for a whole of the multi-beams. | 02-11-2016 |
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20090065358 | OXYGEN SENSOR, AND INTERNAL COMBUSTION ENGINE AND TRANSPORT APPARATUS PROVIDED WITH THE OXYGEN SENSOR - An oxygen sensor which is highly waterproof in a high-temperature environment and yet allows for downsizing includes a sensor element having a detection section arranged to detect oxygen, a housing, the sensor element being inserted at one end thereof in such a manner that the detection section is exposed, a cylindrical member provided at another end of the housing, a sealing member arranged to seal the cylindrical member, and a terminal portion connected to the sensor element. The sealing member has a throughhole, and is made of a heat-resistant resin. The terminal portion is press-fitted in the throughhole of the sealing member. | 03-12-2009 |
20090143960 | CONTROL DEVICE OF OXYGEN SENSOR FOR AUTOMOTIVE VEHICLE, AND AIR-FUEL RATIO CONTROLLER AND AUTOMOTIVE VEHICLE INCORPORATING THE SAME - A control device is arranged to control an oxygen sensor for an automotive vehicle wherein the oxygen sensor has a sensor element and a heater for elevating a temperature of the sensor element. The control device includes a tilt detection section arranged to detect tilting of a vehicle body; a storage section arranged to store tilt information in accordance with a result of detection by the tilt detection section; and a control section arranged to control, at a start of an engine of the vehicle, the heater in one of a plurality of modes including a normal mode and a delay mode in which temperature elevation of the sensor element is delayed relative to the normal mode, based on the tilt information stored in the storage section. | 06-04-2009 |
20100173235 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR WRITING - A writing method includes calculating a proximity effect-corrected dose for correcting a proximity effect in charged particle beam writing, for each first mesh region made by virtually dividing a writing region of a target object into a plurality of first mesh regions of a first mesh size, calculating a fogging effect-corrected dose by using the proximity effect-corrected dose calculated and an area density in the first mesh size with respect to a part of a calculation region for calculating the fogging effect-corrected dose for correcting a fogging effect in the charged particle beam writing, and by using an area density in a second mesh size larger than the first mesh size with respect to a remaining part of the calculation region, synthesizing the fogging effect-corrected dose and the proximity effect-corrected dose for the each first mesh region, and writing a pattern on the target object by using a charged particle beam based on a synthesized correction dose. | 07-08-2010 |
20110253911 | Charged Particle Beam Writing Apparatus and Charged Particle Beam Writing Method - A charged particle beam writing apparatus according to an embodiment, includes a first dose calculating unit configured to calculate a first dose map for each set of a proximity effect correction coefficient map and a base dose map of a beam; a dimension map creation unit configured to create a dimension map of a pattern by using the first dose map calculated for each set; an adder configured to add dimensions of all sets for each position of the dimension map by using the dimension map of each set; a set map creation unit configured to create a set of a proximity effect correction coefficient map and a base dose map by using an added dimension map after addition; and a second dose calculating unit configured to calculate a second dose map by using a created set of the proximity effect correction coefficient map and the base dose map. | 10-20-2011 |
20130252145 | MULTI CHARGED PARTICLE BEAM WRITING APPARATUS AND MULTI CHARGED PARTICLE BEAM WRITING METHOD - A multi charged particle beam writing apparatus according to one aspect of the present invention includes a plurality of first blankers to respectively perform blanking deflection of a corresponding beam in multiple beams having passed through the plurality of openings of the aperture member, a plurality of second blankers to deflect a defective beam in the multiple beams having passed through the plurality of openings of the aperture member to be in a direction orthogonal to a deflection direction of the plurality of first blankers, a blanking aperture member to block each of beams which were deflected to be in a beam off state by at least one of the plurality of first blankers and the plurality of second blankers, and a detection processing unit to detect a defective beam in the multiple beams having passed through the plurality of openings of the aperture member. | 09-26-2013 |
20130252172 | MULTI CHARGED PARTICLE BEAM WRITING APPARATUS AND MULTI CHARGED PARTICLE BEAM WRITING METHOD - A multi charged particle beam writing apparatus of the present invention includes an aperture member to form multiple beams, a plurality of first deflectors to respectively perform blanking deflection of a corresponding beam, a second deflector to collectively deflect the multiple beams having passed through the plurality of openings of the aperture member so that the multiple beams do not reach the target object, a blanking aperture member to block each beam that has been deflected to be in the off state by the plurality of first deflectors, and a current detector, arranged at the blanking aperture member, to detect a current value of all beams in the on state in the multiple beams that have been deflected by the second deflector. | 09-26-2013 |
20130253688 | MULTI CHARGED PARTICLE BEAM WRITING APPARATUS AND MULTI CHARGED PARTICLE BEAM WRITING METHOD - A multi charged particle beam writing apparatus includes a unit to calculate a predetermined function expression by a correction coefficient that corrects an open area of each opening for forming a beam group, wherein the predetermined function expression minimizes a sum of squared values of all the beam groups, where each of the squared values is calculated by squaring a difference between a current value measured of the beam group and a sum of products for the beam group, where each of the products is obtained by multiplying a corrected open area by the predetermined function expression; a unit to calculate the correction coefficient that corrects the open area by using the predetermined function expression and the current value of the beam, for each beam; and a unit to calculate a current density of each of the multiple beams by the predetermined function expression. | 09-26-2013 |
20150235807 | MULTI CHARGED PARTICLE BEAM WRITING APPARATUS AND MULTI CHARGED PARTICLE BEAM WRITING METHOD - A multi charged particle beam writing apparatus of the present invention includes an aperture member to form multiple beams, a plurality of first deflectors to respectively perform blanking deflection of a corresponding beam, a second deflector to collectively deflect the multiple beams having passed through the plurality of openings of the aperture member so that the multiple beams do not reach the target object, a blanking aperture member to block each beam that has been deflected to be in the off state by the plurality of first deflectors, and a current detector, arranged at the blanking aperture member, to detect a current value of all beams in the on state in the multiple beams that have been deflected by the second deflector. | 08-20-2015 |
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20080253785 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS AND IMAGE FORMING METHOD - An image forming apparatus capable of reducing damage in a fixing section and printing a high-quality image on a sheet at low cost without reducing productivity. A sheet shifting mechanism is arranged upstream of a transfer roller and moves the sheet in a sheet lateral direction orthogonal to the sheet conveying direction. In order to change a position at which a sheet passes through a fixing roller, the sheet shifting mechanism is controlled for every conveyance of a predetermined number of sheets, whereby sheet movement in the sheet lateral direction is controlled. A correction amount for an error due to sheet shifting by the sheet shifting mechanism is stored for each of sheet shift positions. An image forming position in the sheet lateral direction of a photosensitive drum is shifted on the basis of the sheet shift position and the stored correction amount. | 10-16-2008 |
20080253818 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS AND CONTROL METHOD THEREFOR - An image forming apparatus that can satisfy productivity at the time of double-sided image formation without jamming due to a collision of a succeeding sheet with a preceding sheet, and without upsizing of the apparatus. The image forming apparatus performs a sheet circulation transport for circulating and transporting a sheet to an image forming unit to perform image formation on both a first side and a second side of the sheet. The sheet is fed to the image forming unit at a predetermined image formation start timing for the first side image formation. The first side image-formed sheet is reversed, and re-fed to the image forming unit for the second side image formation while causing the first side image-formed sheet to wait at least one of sheet waiting positions. A full state where all the sheet waiting positions are full of the first side image-formed sheets is detected. The sheet feeding unit is controlled so that the number of sheets on which the sheet circulation transport is performed is greater than the number of the sheet waiting positions. When the full state detecting unit detects the full state, the sheet re-feeding unit is controlled so that a head sheet among the first side image-formed sheets waiting at the sheet waiting positions is fed in advance of the predetermined image formation start timing. | 10-16-2008 |
20100117289 | IMAGE FORMING SYSTEM - An image forming system having: a sheet feeding unit which cuts a roll sheet and feeds cut sheets; a stack unit which stacks and stores the sheets fed by the sheet feeding unit and feeds the stored sheets; an image forming portion which forms an image on the sheets fed from the stack unit; and a controlling unit configured to control the feeding unit and the stack unit so that the stack unit feeds a sheet stored in the stack unit to the image forming portion when the sheet feeding unit feeds a sheet to the stack unit so as to stack the sheet from the sheet feeding unit into the stack unit. | 05-13-2010 |
20110280643 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS IMPROVED IN OPERABILITY FOR PRINT JOB INVOLVING SINGLE-SIDED PRINTING AND DOUBLE-SIDED PRINTING - An image forming apparatus capable of improving productivity in a print job mixedly involving single-sided printing and double-sided printing. Sheets are fed one by one to an image forming section. When double-sided printing is to be performed, a sheet having an image formed on the first side thereof by the image forming section is re-fed thereto so as to have an image formed on the second side thereof. When a sheet for double-sided printing exists, which is posterior in page order to a sheet for single-sided printing, an image forming order is changed such that the first side of the sheet for double-sided printing is subjected to image formation prior to the sheet for single-sided printing. When it is predicted that a state will occur in which the sheet for single-sided printing cannot be fed, the image forming order is not changed. | 11-17-2011 |
20110286756 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - An image forming apparatus, which forms an image on a recording medium, including: an image bearing member; a toner image forming portion configured to form a toner image on the image bearing member; a transfer device configured to transfer the toner image formed on the image bearing member to the recording medium; a fixing device configured to pressurize and heat the recording medium to which the toner image is transferred, to fix the toner image on the recording medium; and a control circuit portion configured to control a temperature of the fixing device, wherein the control circuit portion controls a temperature of the fixing device for a first recording medium considering a temperature of the fixing device for a second recording medium to be fixed after the first recording medium. | 11-24-2011 |
20130202338 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS IMPROVED IN OPERABILITY FOR PRINT JOB INVOLVING SINGLE-SIDED PRINTING AND DOUBLE-SIDED PRINTING - An image forming apparatus capable of improving productivity in a print job mixedly involving single-sided printing and double-sided printing. Sheets are fed one by one to an image forming section. When double-sided printing is to be performed, a sheet having an image formed on the first side thereof by the image forming section is re-fed thereto so as to have an image formed on the second side thereof. When a sheet for double-sided printing exists, which is posterior in page order to a sheet for single-sided printing, an image forming order is changed such that the first side of the sheet for double-sided printing is subjected to image formation prior to the sheet for single-sided printing. When it is predicted that a state will occur in which the sheet for single-sided printing cannot be fed, the image forming order is not changed. | 08-08-2013 |
20150210494 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - An image forming apparatus includes a stacking portion on which a sheet is to be stacked, an image forming unit, a size detection unit, a setting unit, a notification unit, and a control unit. The image forming unit forms an image on a sheet fed from the stacking portion. The size detection unit detects a size of a sheet stacked on the stacking portion. The setting unit sets at least one sheet size to be allowed for use at the image forming apparatus. The notification unit provides notification of information. The control unit causes the notification unit to provide a warning in a case where the size of the sheet detected by the size detection unit is not included in the at least one sheet size set by the setting unit. | 07-30-2015 |
20150241808 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS THAT FORMS COLOR IMAGE BY SUPERIMPOSING PLURALITY OF IMAGES IN DIFFERENT COLORS - An image forming apparatus includes: a generation unit configured to generate correlation data indicating a relationship between a relative position of a first image and a second image corresponding to a first speed and a relative position of the first image and the second image corresponding to a second image forming speed; a controller configured to, in a case where a image forming unit forms an image at the second speed, correct a relative position of the first image and the second image based on first information and on correlation data; and a prohibition unit configured to prohibit formation of the measurement image at the second speed in a case where a housing unit does not house a predetermined recording material corresponding to the second speed. | 08-27-2015 |
20150242714 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS THAT FORMS COLOR IMAGE BY SUPERIMPOSING PLURALITY OF IMAGES - An image forming apparatus includes a unit configured to correct a relative position of a first image and a second image, and a controller configured to form a first measurement image in a case where a first condition is satisfied, and to form the first measurement image and a second measurement image in a case where a second condition is satisfied. The controller is further configured to, in a case where the first condition is satisfied, determine whether or not the second condition is satisfied before the first condition is satisfied next, and in a case where the second condition is satisfied before the first condition is satisfied next, cause an image forming unit to form the first measurement image and the second measurement image. | 08-27-2015 |
20150277346 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - An image forming apparatus comprising: an image carrier; an image forming unit configured to form a toner image on the image carrier by using toner, based on image information; a transfer unit configured to transfer the toner image formed on the image carrier to a sheet; a cleaning unit configured to clean toner on the image carrier; a collected toner box in which the toner cleaned by the cleaning unit is collected; a rotating member configured to be rotated for moving the toner in the collected toner box; and a controller configured to control, based on the image information, whether or not to rotate the rotating member. | 10-01-2015 |
20160109821 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS THAT FORMS COLOR IMAGE BY SUPERIMPOSING PLURALITY OF IMAGES IN DIFFERENT COLORS - An image forming apparatus includes a generation unit configured to generate correlation data indicating a relationship between a relative position of a first image and a second image corresponding to a first speed and a relative position of the first image and the second image corresponding to a second image forming speed; a controller configured to, in a case where a image forming unit forms an image at the second speed, correct a relative position of the first image and the second image based on first information and on correlation data; and a prohibition unit configured to prohibit formation of the measurement image at the second speed in a case where a housing unit does not house a predetermined recording material corresponding to the second speed. | 04-21-2016 |
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20130005960 | METHOD FOR PRODUCING AMIDE COMPOUND - The present invention relates to a method for producing a high purity, high quality amide compound, particularly, lactam. A first embodiment of the present invention is characterized in that an amount of each of a halide, an aldehyde compound, an alcohol compound and a nitrile compound contained in a solution recycled into an oxime-forming step is controlled to an amount of 0.4 mol % or less based on the ketone as a starting material. A second embodiment of the present invention is characterized in that one or more compounds selected from the group consisting of a ketone, an oxime and an amide compound are purified by hydrogenation and/or crystallization for eliminating impurities containing a double bond. A third embodiment of the present invention is characterized in that a content of impurities having a cyclic bridge structure is controlled by using a cycloalkanone purified by recrystallization. | 01-03-2013 |
20140114061 | METHOD FOR PRODUCING AMIDE COMPOUND - A method for producing a high purity, high quality amide compound, particularly a lactam. An amount of each of a halide, an aldehyde compound, an alcohol compound and a nitrile compound contained in a solution recycled into an oxime-forming step is controlled to an amount of 0.4 mol % or less based on the ketone as a starting material. One or more of a ketone, an oxime and an amide compound are purified by hydrogenation and/or crystallization for eliminating impurities containing a double bond. A content of impurities having a cyclic bridge structure is controlled using a cycloalkanone purified by recrystallization. | 04-24-2014 |
20140114062 | METHOD FOR PRODUCING AMIDE COMPOUND - A method for producing a high purity, high quality amide compound, particularly a lactam. An amount of each of a halide, an aldehyde compound, an alcohol compound and a nitrile compound contained in a solution recycled into an oxime-forming step is controlled to an amount of 0.4 mol % or less based on the ketone as a starting material. One or more of a ketone, an oxime and an amide compound are purified by hydrogenation and/or crystallization for eliminating impurities containing a double bond. A content of impurities having a cyclic bridge structure is controlled using a cycloalkanone purified by recrystallization. | 04-24-2014 |
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20150340196 | MULTI CHARGED PARTICLE BEAM WRITING METHOD, AND MULTI CHARGED PARTICLE BEAM WRITING APPARATUS - A multi charged particle beam writing method includes, shifting a writing position of each corresponding beam to a next writing position by performing another beam deflection of multi charged particle beams, in addition to the beam deflection for a tracking control, while continuing the beam deflection for the tracking control after the maximum writing time has passed; emitting the each corresponding beam in the “on” state to the next writing position having been shifted of the each corresponding beam, during a corresponding writing time while continuing the tracking control; and returning a tracking position such that a next tracking start position is a former tracking start position where the tracking control was started, by resetting the beam deflection for the tracking control after emitting the each corresponding beam to the next writing position having been shifted at least once of the each corresponding beam while continuing the tracking control. | 11-26-2015 |
20150348741 | MULTI CHARGED PARTICLE BEAM WRITING METHOD, AND MULTI CHARGED PARTICLE BEAM WRITING APPARATUS - A multi charged particle beam writing method includes emitting each corresponding beam in an “on” state while starting and continuing tracking control, shifting a writing position by beam deflection of the multi beams, in addition to tracking control, while continuing tracking control, emitting each corresponding beam in the next “on” state to the next writing position having been shifted while continuing tracking control, and returning the tracking position by resetting tracking control, after emitting each next corresponding beam to the next writing position having been shifted at least once, wherein writing of a predetermined region is completed by repeating the number of preset times a group of performing emitting, shifting, emitting, and returning, wherein the tracking time from start to reset of tracking control in at least one of the repeated groups is longer than the others. | 12-03-2015 |
20160064178 | BLANKING DEVICE FOR MULTI CHARGED PARTICLE BEAMS, AND MULTI CHARGED PARTICLE BEAM WRITING APPARATUS - A blanking device for multi-beams includes a substrate, a dielectric film formed on the substrate, plural first electrodes, at positions each exposed in a corresponding opening, to be applied with a first deflection potential, plural second electrodes, at positions each opposite to a corresponding first electrode with respect to the corresponding opening, to be applied with a second deflection potential, including a ground potential, for deflecting a corresponding beam of the multi-beams by a difference between the first and second deflection potentials, and a conductive film arranged in, other than plural first regions on the dielectric film each along a corresponding first electrode and being shaded by each first electrode in a case of being viewed from a position where a corresponding beam passes through a corresponding opening, a second region on the dielectric film, wherein insulation is provided between the plural first and second electrodes. | 03-03-2016 |
20160064179 | BLANKING DEVICE FOR MULTI CHARGED PARTICLE BEAMS, MULTI CHARGED PARTICLE BEAM WRITING APPARATUS, AND DEFECTIVE BEAM BLOCKING METHOD FOR MULTI CHARGED PARTICLE BEAMS - A blanking device for multi-beams includes arrayed plural separate blanking systems, each performing blanking control switching a corresponding beam of multi charged particle beams between a beam ON state and a beam OFF state and each including a first electrode, a first potential applying mechanism applying two different potentials selectively to the first electrode for the blanking control, and a second electrode performing blanking deflection of the corresponding beam, the second electrode being grounded and paired with the first electrode, and a potential change mechanism changing a potential of the second electrode from a ground potential to another potential, wherein when a potential of the first electrode included in one of the separate blanking systems is fixed to the ground potential, the potential change mechanism changes the potential of the second electrode corresponding to the first electrode fixed to the ground potential, from the ground potential to the another potential. | 03-03-2016 |
20160111246 | BLANKING DEVICE FOR MULTI CHARGED PARTICLE BEAMS, AND MULTI CHARGED PARTICLE BEAM WRITING APPARATUS - A blanking device for multi charged particle beams includes a plurality of individual blanking mechanisms configured to individually deflect a corresponding beam of multi charged particle beams so as to control ON/OFF of the corresponding beam, and a common blanking mechanism configured to include a plurality of electrode groups, each composed of facing electrodes, where an array pitch of a plurality of electrode groups is smaller than or equal to a pitch of the multi charged particle beams, and to collectively deflect the multi charged particle beams in order to control an exposure time. | 04-21-2016 |