Abstract: A image display technique which is improved in user-friendliness by reducing time required to display a preview image even in a case where image data with bookbinding print settings is displayed as a preview in the order of physical pages. Bookbinding image data is generated by executing bookbinding layout processing on input image data. Either normal page numbers or bookbinding page numbers are assigned to respective pages of the bookbinding-laid-out image data. A preview image of the bookbinding image data is generated based on the assigned page numbers and displayed on a display panel. A preview image of at least a page next to a page of which the preview image is being displayed is generated based on the assigned page numbers during display of the preview image on the display panel.

Abstract: A print data processing apparatus allocates memory from an unused area of memory to one processor out of two processors so that a size of the memory allocated to the processor is equal to a fallback threshold value, and then allocates an unused area of the remaining memory to the other processor.

Abstract: An image processing apparatus and method determine whether an error detecting rate of original information extracted from a code image in a read image obtained by reading a sheet on which the code image is formed, is not smaller than a predetermined value. When it is not smaller than a predetermined value, a code image is reproduced from the extracted original information and the code image in the read image is replaced therewith. One example of the code image is a barcode.

Abstract: When an N-upped paper document was viewed by previewing, visibility thereof was poor because contents corresponding to N pages are displayed collectively. Expansion thereof for improving the visibility makes the operability poor. An image processing device of the present invention includes: a determining unit for determining whether or not image data corresponding to an inputted document is image data of an N-up document in which contents corresponding to N pages (N?2) are arranged in one page; a first thumbnail generating unit for generating a first thumbnail of 1-up that is a thumbnail of any of the N pages when the image data corresponding to the inputted document is determined to be the image data of the N-up document by the determining unit; and a display unit for preview-displaying the first thumbnail.

Abstract: A print data processing apparatus allocates memory from an unused area of memory to one processor out of two processors so that a size of the memory allocated to the processor is equal to a fallback threshold value, and then allocates an unused area of the remaining memory to the other processor.

Abstract: A composite copper foil having three layers of a supporting metal layer, an exfoliating layer and a thin copper layer, wherein one surface of the exfoliating layer comprises, as a main component, an alloy of tungsten or an alloy of molybdenum and the other surface thereof comprises, as a main component, a metal oxide containing tungsten or a metal oxide containing molybdenum. The composite copper foil is free from undesired swelling, separation or falling of the supporting metal layer during heating and working at a high temperature, and the supporting metal layer can be exfoliated from the thin copper layer with case, after the heating and the working.

Abstract: When an N-upped paper document was viewed by previewing, visibility thereof was poor because contents corresponding to N pages are displayed collectively. Expansion thereof for improving the visibility makes the operability poor. An image processing device of the present invention includes: a determining unit for determining whether or not image data corresponding to an inputted document is image data of an N-up document in which contents corresponding to N pages (N?2) are arranged in one page; a first thumbnail generating unit for generating a first thumbnail of 1-up that is a thumbnail of any of the N pages when the image data corresponding to the inputted document is determined to be the image data of the N-up document by the determining unit; and a display unit for preview-displaying the first thumbnail.

Abstract: It is determined whether an error detecting rate, when original information is extracted from a code image in a read image obtained by reading a sheet on which the code image is formed, is not smaller than a predetermined value. When it is not smaller than a predetermined value, a code image is reproduced from the extracted original information and the code image in the read image is replaced therewith. A barcode, which is a damaged code image, is reproduced.

Abstract: In a composite copper foil which comprises three layers comprising a support metal layer, a release layer lying on the support metal layer, and a thin copper layer lying on the release layer, the release layer has one surface formed mainly of a tungsten alloy or a molybdenum alloy and the other surface formed mainly of a metal oxide containing tungsten or a metal oxide containing molybdenum. The composite copper foil is free from the accidental blister, peeling and falling off of the support metal layer during heating processing at high temperatures, but allows the support metal layer to be peeled off easily from the thin copper layer after processing with heat.

Abstract: A piezoelectric driven type vibratory feeder having a working mass member that vibrates stably over an entire area of the working mass member is disclosed. The piezoelectric driven type vibratory feeder includes a base, a plurality of first plate springs, with a lower end portion of each of the plurality of first plate springs being secured to the base. A working mass member connected to an upper end portion of each of the plurality of first plate springs and supported at the base to enable the working mass member to vibrate. The piezoelectric feeder also includes a plurality of second plate springs, a piezoelectric device bonded to at least one surface of each of the plurality of second plate springs. An alternating voltage is applied to each piezoelectric device whereby each second plate spring undergoes bending vibration and causes the working mass member to vibrate so that an object is transported on the working mass member.

Abstract: A piezoelectric driven type vibratory feeder having a working mass member that vibrates stably over an entire area of the working mass member is disclosed. The piezoelectric driven type vibratory feeder includes a base, a plurality of first plate springs, with a lower end portion of each of the plurality of first plate springs being secured to the base. A working mass member connected to an upper end portion of each of the plurality of first plate springs and supported at the base to enable the working mass member to vibrate. The piezoelectric feeder also includes a plurality of second plate springs, a piezoelectric device bonded to at least one surface of each of the plurality of second plate springs. An alternating voltage is applied to each piezoelectric device whereby each second plate spring undergoes bending vibration and causes the working mass member to vibrate so that an object is transported on the working mass member.

Abstract: A suspension type hoisting apparatus has the position of an elevating portion, which is elevatably suspended from a base via a suspension member, adjusted by a positioning member for positioning the suspension member suspended from a carriage in the horizontal plane. The suspension type hoisting apparatus also includes a position controller for outputting a velocity reference signal on the basis of a deviation between a position reference signal of the positioning member and the actual position thereof, and a velocity controller for outputting a force reference signal being a manipulated variable of the positioning member on the basis of a deviation between the velocity reference signal, of the positioning member, outputted from the position controller and the actual velocity thereof; wherein a sway velocity of the elevating portion is detected.