Abstract: A powder transport device includes a powder storing unit having a powder storing part which stores powder, and a container unit having a container part in which the powder storing unit is accommodated. The powder storing unit comprises a motor part for operating the powder storing unit, an electrical wiring for transmitting an electric signal sent from the motor part or a driving current sent to the motor part, and a first connector for providing electrical conduction between the electrical wiring and an external wiring. The container unit comprises a second connector electrically connected to the external wiring, the second connector being engaged with the first connector so that the first connector provides electrical conduction between the electrical wiring and the external wiring.

Abstract: A solid-state image sensor which includes a pixel section, AD converter, line memory, controller and synthesizer is disclosed. The line memory stores a digital signal output from the AD converter. The controller controls the pixel section and AD converter to subject analog signals of different exposure times to an AD converting process by use of the AD converter and transfer the thus AD-converted signals to the line memory in an accumulation period of charges of one frame. The synthesizer is supplied with digital signals of different exposure times from the line memory, compare a fist signal obtained by adding signals of short and long exposure times with a second signal obtained by amplifying the signal of short exposure time by the ratio of the signal of short exposure time to the signal of long exposure time, select a larger one of the compared signals and output the selected signal.

Abstract: A fixer fixing a toner including a binder resin and a colorant on a recording medium upon application of at least one of heat and pressure, including: a fixing member fixing the toner on the recording medium; a pressurizing member pressurizing the toner thereon; and a cleaning member collecting the toner from the fixing member or the pressurizing member onto the cleaning member, wherein a storage modulus of the toner collected on the cleaning member is larger than a storage modulus thereof before fixed.

Abstract: Image forming units each form an image of one color, which are superimposed to form a color image, and a pattern used for correcting deviation of the image. A first detector positioned at an image writing starting side, and a second and a third detector each detects the pattern. A first and a second correcting unit having different precisions correct a deviation of an image writing position based on detection by the first, second, and third detectors. A third and a fourth correcting unit having different precisions correct a total-width magnification error based on detections by the first and the third detectors. The fourth correcting unit further corrects a partial magnification error.

Abstract: A feeder includes a feed unit and a re-feed unit. A feed unit feeds a recording medium (such as a sheet of paper) on a feed tray to a printer engine. A re-feed unit feeds the recording medium having passed through the printer engine again to the printer engine. A roller pair for paper feeding and another roller pair for paper re-feeding share one drive roller. That is, the drive roller and a driven roller constitute the former roller pair, whereas the drive roller and another driven roller constitute the latter roller pair, thereby enabling the downsizing of the feeder.

Abstract: Provided is an image forming method that comprises a charging step, an exposing step, a developing step, an intermediate transfer step and a secondary transfer step, wherein the diameter R (mm) of a secondary transfer roller used in the secondary transfer step and the distance A (mm) between a nip center of the secondary transfer roller and a site where paper contacts with a secondary transfer belt at ingress side satisfy the following relation, and the charge amount Q (?C/g) of the toner going into the secondary transfer step satisfies the following relation. R/40<A<R/15 15/A2<Q<35/A2.

Abstract: With this invention, at least one of a video file containing video information, a still picture file containing still picture information, and an audio file containing audio information and a management file having management information on a control method of reproducing the information in the file are recorded on an information storage medium. This realizes a data structure that causes the recording and deleting places on the information storage medium to correspond spuriously to places on a single tape, such as a VTR tape. Use of the data structure provides users with an easy-to-use interface.

Abstract: The invention relates to a process for continuously preparing alkylamino(meth)acrylamide by reacting methyl (meth)acrylate, ethyl (meth)acrylate or amines having a high boiling point compared to methanol or ethanol. A special workup technique which includes removing water from the amine before entering the reactor allows product qualities which have hitherto not been attained to be achieved. In addition, very high space-time and overall yields can be achieved.

Abstract: A radio communication system, a radio communication control method, a radio communication apparatus, a control method for a radio communication apparatus, and a computer program make it possible to minimize the chance of co-channel interference in a multi-cell environment, and also permit free adjustment of an uplink/downlink ratio. The carrier sense region of a terminal wanting an uplink shares the region used as a directional busy tone region for a terminal wanting an uplink, and the region used as a reference signal transmission region of a terminal wanting a downlink. Furthermore, the carrier sense region of a terminal wanting a downlink shares the region used as a directional busy tone region for a terminal wanting a downlink, and the region used as a reference signal transmission region of a terminal wanting an uplink. If a result of the carrier sense indicates an idle mode, then a reference signal is transmitted.

Abstract: With this invention, at least one of a video file containing video information, a still picture file containing still picture information, and an audio file containing audio information and a management file having management information on a control method of reproducing the information in the file are recorded on an information storage medium. This realizes a data structure that causes the recording and deleting places on the information storage medium to correspond spuriously to places on a single tape, such as a VTR tape. Use of the data structure provides users with an easy-to-use interface.

Abstract: The invention relates to a multilayered film comprising at least one upper layer a), a middle layer b) made of (meth)acrylate copolymer, and a supporting layer c) made of polycarbonate. Upper layer a) contains a light-stability agent and is made of a (meth)acrylate copolymer that, together with the polycarbonate of supporting layer c), can form partially compatible mixtures. A test piece, which is made from a mixture consisting of 20% by weight of (meth)acrylate copolymer and 80% by weight of polycarbonate, has a breaking elongation (ISO 527-2) of at least 75% at 23° C. The middle layer b) contains a colorant and, optionally, a light-stability agent and is made from an identical or different (meth)acrylate copolymer that, together with the polycarbonate of supporting layer c), can form partially compatible mixtures.

Abstract: An information processor for preventing information contained in a file, which has a first area storing first data, a second area storing second data and a third area, from being lost when a format of the file is transformed includes extension unit for extending the second area, a first storage for storing the first data, which is stored in the first area, in the third area, a format analyzer for reconstructing the second data stored in the second area on the basis of a first format and an extended area storage for storing the reconstructed second data in the extended second area.

Abstract: A zoom lens including a varifocal lens unit having a plurality of movable lens groups, and a prism disposed on an image side of the varifocal lens unit. The prism has an incident plane on which a light flux from the varifocal lens unit enters, and an exit plane from which the light flux is emitted toward an image plane, and is configured such that the incident plane or the exit plane or both planes can be inclined with respect to an optical axis, whereby a field of view is shifted by a predetermined amount by inclining the plane.

Abstract: A managing apparatus connected to a computer network manages an image processing apparatus via the computer network. The image processing apparatus is connected to the computer network via a firewall that allows data transmitted using predetermined protocols to pass through, and at least one of the predetermined protocols has an immediacy. A report generation/transmission unit provided in the image processing apparatus generates and transmits a report data to the managing apparatus through the computer network, using the protocol having the immediacy. The managing apparatus outputs contents of the report data received, and sends a reply data in response to the report data, to the image processing apparatus through the computer network using the protocol having the immediacy.

Abstract: An anatase-type titanium oxide powder having a ratio of rutile to anatase of 10% or less and a BET specific surface area of 20 to 80 m2/g. Since the titanium oxide powder has a large specific surface area and a low ratio of rutile to anatase in comparison with a conventional titanium oxide powder and excels in dispersibility, the titanium oxide powder is suitable for various applications.

Abstract: An electronic endoscope system which is largely composed of a scope and a processor. The processor includes a primary or patient's circuit and a secondary circuit which are so connected as to be able to communicate with each other for data transmission in an electrically insulated state. The secondary circuit on the side of the processor includes first MPU and first rewritable ROM which is connected with the first MPU through a first bus, a PC card slot connected to said first bus. In addition to data of picture images captured by an image sensor device mounted on a fore distal end portion of an insertion tube of a scope, a PC card stores a firmware version-up program to be executed for updating a firmware in the first ROM as soon as PC card is booted, starting from an address described in MBR of PC card. An update program of the firmware version-up program is transferred to and written into the first ROM at a high speed depending upon a clock speed of the first bus.

Abstract: A method of manufacturing a toner including dissolving or dispersing a toner component containing a colorant and a resin in an organic solvent to obtain a liquid solution or dispersion, continuously emulsifying and dispersing the liquid solution or dispersion in an aqueous medium containing a particulate dispersant to obtain emulsified primary particles, controlling cohesion and agglomeration of the emulsified primary particles and removing the organic solvent, such that the ratio (T1/T2) of the arithmetic mean accumulation time (T1) of the emulsified primary particles obtained in the controlling step to the arithmetic mean accumulation time (T2) of the emulsified primary particles obtained in the continuously emulsifying and dispersing step is from 1 to 5.

Abstract: A first dielectric substrate an electromagnetically coupling conductor for a coplanar strip transmission line disposed on a surface close to a dielectric layer, a second dielectric substrate has a grounding conductor disposed on a surface close to the dielectric layer, the grounding conductor has an electromagnetic coupling slot formed in a substantially H-character shape therein, and the second dielectric substrate has an electromagnetically coupling conductor for a microstrip transmission line disposed on a surface remote from the dielectric layer so as to pass over or under the connecting slot.

Abstract: A wireless device, method, and signal for use in communication of a wireless packet between transmitting device and a wireless receiving device via a plurality of antennas, wherein a signal generator generates wireless packet including a short-preamble sequence used for a first automatic gain control (AGC), a first long-preamble sequence, a signal field used for conveying a length of the wireless packet, an AGC preamble sequence used for a second AGC to be performed after the first AGC, a second long-preamble sequence, and a data field conveying data. The AGC preamble sequence is transmitted in parallel by the plurality of antennas.