Abstract: A medicine management system comprising: a first IC tag given to any one of a patient's medicine record, a prescription, a medicine bag, or a consultation ticket; the first IC tag containing the prescription information including data corresponding to a medicine name; a second IC tag given to a holding unit holding a medicine, the second IC tag containing the medicine information including data for identifying a medicine; a reading part that reads prescription information from the second IC tag; and a determination part that determines on the basis of the read respective information whether the medicines are in agreement.

Abstract: An IC tag includes: a communication unit which exchanges data with an external device; a storing unit which stores data; a detecting unit which detects a change in environment surrounding the IC tag or a change in a state of the IC tag; and a deleting unit which deletes the data stored in the storing unit when the detecting unit detects a change in environment surrounding the IC tag or a change in a state of the IC tag.

Abstract: An image forming apparatus having an image forming part that forms an image on a recording medium measures, downstream of the image forming part in a transport path of the recording medium, speckles on the recording medium, and generates measured speckle data that represents speckles measured; stores the generated measured speckle data in a memory part, further measures, upstream of the image forming part in a transport path of a recording medium, the speckles of the recording medium; determines whether speckle data representing speckles analogous to speckles measured upstream of the image forming part is stored in the memory part, and, in the case where the decision result is affirmative, recognizes that the recording medium for which the speckles have been measured is a recording medium on which an image has been formed on it previous to having speckles measured upstream of the image forming part.

Abstract: An image forming apparatus with an image forming part and a fixing part for fixing images on a recording medium measures, downstream of the fixing part in a transport path, speckles on a recording medium, and generates measured speckle data representing the measured speckles; stores measured speckle data with standard speckle data representing speckles on a recording medium that has not undergone a fixing process; further measures, upstream of the image forming part, measures speckles on a recording medium; and when the stored standard speckle data is the most analogous to speckles measured for the second time, applies corrections in order to compensate for the lengthening of the recording medium by a fixing process to document images formed thereon, and when the stored measured speckle data is the most analogous to speckles measured for the second time, does not perform the corrections in order to compensate for the lengthening.

Abstract: An image forming apparatus has: a recording head having plural unit recording heads divided in a direction orthogonal to a moving direction of a recording medium; a detecting section detecting at least offset of an image recorded by a vicinity of an end portion, in the direction orthogonal to the moving direction of the recording medium, of the plural unit recording heads; and a correcting section correcting recording offset of the recording head on the basis of results of detection of the detecting section.

Abstract: Provided is an inkjet recording device that has a conveying unit for conveying a recording medium, plural recording head groups each structured by plural unit heads disposed along the conveying direction, and an ink receiving unit for receiving ink discharged from the unit heads. The recording head groups, correspond respectively to plural individual recording regions which are sectioned off in the recording medium transverse direction which is orthogonal to the conveying direction, are disposed so as to be at respectively different positions at adjacent individual recording regions along the conveying direction. The ink receiving unit is disposed so as to face ink drop discharging surfaces of the unit heads. The conveying unit is plural conveying belts disposed at positions evading trajectories of the ink drops from the unit heads as seen in a direction of a line normal to the recording medium so as to be divided in the conveying direction.

Abstract: An image forming apparatus has a plurality of image forming units for forming images in various colors, and transfers images formed by these image forming units onto a transfer belt an overlapping manner. The image forming apparatus includes a control unit for outputting a predetermined control signal in order to form a color-shift detecting pattern with respect to the transfer belt by employing a plurality of these image forming units, and a pattern detecting sensor for reading the color-shift detecting pattern formed on the transfer belt by this control unit. Under normal operation, the control unit controls forming operation of color-shift detecting patterns by using only commonly-used color image forming units, while the control unit does not form a color-shift detecting pattern by using a specific-color image forming unit.

Abstract: An image forming apparatus has a plurality of image forming units for forming images in various colors, and transfers images formed by these image forming units onto a transfer belt an overlapping manner. The image forming apparatus includes a control unit for outputting a predetermined control signal in order to form a color-shift detecting pattern with respect to the transfer belt by employing a plurality of these image forming units, and a pattern detecting sensor for reading the color-shift detecting pattern formed on the transfer belt by this control unit. Under normal operation, the control unit controls forming operation of color-shift detecting patterns by using only commonly-used color image forming units, while the control unit does not form a color-shift detecting pattern by using a specific-color image forming unit.

Abstract: A registration pattern is formed on an intermediate transfer belt by using one photosensitive body. Pattern parts transferred onto the intermediate transfer belt vary in spacing due to speed variation occurring at the transfer time. The passing timing of the registration pattern is read through a read section placed downstream from the photosensitive body and speed (position) variation is sensed. The sense data is gotten over several cycles of the intermediate transfer belt and a low-frequency component caused by thickness unevenness of the intermediate transfer belt is extracted. The extracted data is subjected to the effects of variations at both the formation time and read time of the registration pattern and thus is corrected of calculating true speed (position) variation data. For example, a drive roll is controlled based on the data and an image is formed.

Abstract: Crystal growing cell including first and second casings. The first casing has a first solution chamber for containing a first solution therein. The first solution chamber has an opening. The second casing has a closing member placed therein for movement in a first direction and in a second direction opposite to the first direction. The second casing has a third casing placed therein. The third casing is fixed to the first casing around the opening to form a second solution chamber for containing a second solution therein. The closing member is moved in the first direction to close the opening so as to separate the first solution chamber from the second solution chamber. The closing member is moved in the second direction to open the opening so as to connect the first solution chamber to the second solution chamber.