Abstract: A method for setting a color conversion condition for use in an image forming device. The image forming device includes: a first color conversion unit that converts input image data into first output image data by using a first three-dimensional LUT; and second-first, second-second and second-third color conversion units for sequentially converting the input image data into intermediate image data ? and ? by using at least one LUT. The method includes: setting, in a form of values expressing a color conversion relationship on a second three-dimensional LUT, a relationship between the intermediate image data ? and the intermediate image data ? to ensure that first colorimetric data of an image formed on the basis of the first output image data is equal to third colorimetric data of an image that is formed on the basis of image data obtained by sequentially converting the same input image data.

Abstract: An image forming apparatus includes process units arranged in a predetermined direction to form a process-unit row, each having a photosensitive body and a developer container; a casing accommodating the process units and having a cover opening and closing an opening formed at one side in the predetermined direction, and an exposure member exposing the photosensitive body, and having a laser source, a deflector, and an optical element, and the exposure member is arranged facing the developer container of each process unit in a direction orthogonal to the predetermined direction. The process units are detachable from the casing, through the opening of the casing, and the developer container of one process unit arranged at one end of the process-unit row has a protruding portion protruding toward the exposure member to overlap with the exposure member in the orthogonal direction.

Abstract: Each of a plurality of polyhedron spaces is defined by a plurality of first vertices. Each of the plurality of first vertices is defined by a plurality of sets of third color data that are defined in the second color space. A color data setting unit sets a plurality of sets of fourth color data that are defined in a first color space in one to one correspondence with the plurality of third color data sets. A second dividing unit divides each of a plurality of polyhedron spaces into a plurality of smaller polyhedron spaces by a division number set for the each polyhedron spaces. Each of the plurality of smaller polyhedron spaces is defined by a plurality of second vertices and the plurality of first vertices. Each of the plurality of second vertices is defined by a plurality of sets of fifth color data defined in the second color space.

Abstract: A method for producing an aqueous absorptive polymer-containing resin composition in which a resin composition is doped with an aqueous absorptive polymer includes causing the aqueous absorptive polymer to absorb and be swollen by water beforehand, and milling and microparticulating the water-absorbed and -swollen absorptive polymer at an ultrasonic flow pressure of not less than 50 MPa.

Abstract: A connector includes a male terminal housing with a plurality of first connecting terminals aligned and accommodated therein, a female terminal housing with a plurality of second connecting terminals aligned and accommodated therein, a plurality of isolating plates aligned and accommodated in the male terminal housing, a connecting member, and a lever mechanism including a lever to rotate a head of the connecting member so as to press the head of the connecting member against the adjacent one of the plurality of insulation plates. The lever mechanism further includes an operation permitting means that permits the connecting member to collectively fix the plurality of first connecting terminals and the plurality of second connecting terminals at the contacts, when the male terminal housing and the female terminal housing are in a predetermined fitting state.

Abstract: A sheet-medium-conveying device includes a tray, a conveying unit, a detecting unit, a determining unit, and a reference value changing unit. A plurality of sheets to be conveyed are settable on the tray. The conveying unit conveys the sheets on the tray. The measuring unit measures a quantity with respect to the sheet conveyed by the conveying unit. The detecting unit detects an overlapped feed in which at least two sheets are conveyed in a partially overlapped condition. The overlapped feed is detected by comparing the quantity measured by the measuring unit with a reference value. The determining unit is configured to determine whether a type of sheet conveyed by the conveying unit is changed. The reference value changing unit is configured to change the reference value to a value corresponding to the changed type of sheet as determined by the determining unit.

Abstract: The present invention provides a means by which the reliability of communication between any RFID reader and tag in an RFID system is improved by using an “interleaved parity” algorithm. The improved reliability is obtained by computing, on one RFID device, an interleaved parity code for a message, sending the message with the code from the RFID device, receiving the message on the other RFID device which computes another interleaved parity code for the received message. The two parity codes are compared and if the codes are the same, the message can be parsed and interpreted. If the codes indicate that one bit of the message is incorrect, the incorrect bit is corrected and the message is parsed and interpreted. Otherwise, a request for a new message is sent to the RFID device, and, if appropriate, an indication of two erroneous bits is also sent.

Abstract: A display apparatus (20) includes an electromagnetic radiation source (22) and digital micro-mirror device (21) having a plurality of micro-mirror elements on a surface thereof. The electromagnetic radiation source (22) is arranged to illuminate the digital micro-mirror device (21) and at least one micro-mirror element of the digital micro-mirror device (21) either reflects electromagnetic radiation along a primary path (23) to an exit lens (23) to form a desired image to be viewed by an operator or along a secondary path (25) to an electromagnetic radiation dump (26). The digital micro-mirror device (21) is also operable to generate a test image at the electromagnetic radiation dump (26) at a predetermined time.

Abstract: There is disclosed a munition container that stores a munition in a sealed environment such that the seal need not be broken until the munition is ejected from the container into the breech of a gun. The benefits of this are that the munition is protected from the external environment for longer and that the loading operation is accelerated. To facilitate this, the container is provided with a lid & piston which forms part of the seal. The piston may, upon urging by e.g. a ram, slide within the container and outwards into the aligned breech.

Abstract: An image forming processor includes a generating unit and a correcting unit. The first characteristic quantity data obtaining unit obtains a set of first characteristic quantity data. The receiving unit receives data of an original image. The second characteristic data obtaining unit obtains a set of second characteristic quantity data based on the data of the original image. The generating unit generates at least one set of image data concerning the first characteristic quantity data. The display unit displays the at least one set of image data to prompt a user to specify one set of image data among the at least one set of image data. The correcting unit corrects the original image by using the set of second characteristic quantity data and a set of first characteristic quantity data that has been used to generate the one set of image data specified by the user.

Abstract: An imaging unit (1) images an object to be imaged and acquires image data. On the other hand, an imaging information acquisition unit (2) acquires imaging information as information during imaging. A storage unit (3) contains optimal imaging condition information induced from the imaging information. An imaging information analysis unit (4) analyzes the imaging information given from the imaging information acquisition unit (2) and reads out imaging condition information optimal for imaging from the storage unit (3). An imaging condition setting unit (5) sets the imaging condition of the imaging unit (1) according to the imaging condition information obtained by the imaging condition information acquisition unit (4).

Abstract: In order to provide a system in which a single driver can totally control each periphery, there is provided a peripheral determination program executable on a main device installing the driver thereon. The peripheral determination program has a set of instructions including: acquiring device information assigned to each of a plurality of peripheral devices connected to the computer, the driver controlling operations of the plurality of peripheral devices, the device information indicating a model of each of the plurality of peripheral devices; extracting peripheral devices applicable to the driver out of the plurality of peripheral devices, the applicable peripheral devices being capable of executing all settings designated by the driver; selecting one peripheral device from the applicable peripheral devices; and determining the selected applicable peripheral device to be a terminal peripheral device.

Abstract: An image forming apparatus is provided. The image forming apparatus includes a fixing unit to thermally fix an image transferred onto a sheet thereto, an endless belt to carry the sheet in a feeding path toward the fixing unit, a pattern forming unit to form an image pattern on the belt, a sensor to detect presence of the sheet being carried by the belt, and a judging unit to judge as to whether the sheet is in one-sided alignment, in which the sheet is aligned to one of the widthwise sides in the feeding path based on a result detected by the sensor.

Abstract: The present invention relates to antenna calibration for active phased array antennas. Specifically, the present invention relates to a built-in apparatus for autonomous antenna calibration. Accordingly, the present invention provides an antenna array comprising: a plurality of antenna elements forming an array face and a plurality of calibration antennas mounted around the array face. The plurality of calibration antennas comprising one or more pairs. The calibration antennas have overlapping coverage areas such that the entire array face of the antenna array is within the coverage area of at least one calibration antenna and each pair of calibration antennas have overlapping coverage areas such that of a common area of the array face is within both coverage areas.

Abstract: The image processor includes an image filter acquiring unit, a reduced image average value calculating unit, a normalization parameter setting unit, an original image average value calculating unit, an original image reflectance acquiring unit, a normalizing unit, and a correcting unit. The image filter acquiring unit generates either one of the original image filter and the reduced image filter based on the other one of the original image filter and the reduced image filter. The reduced image average value calculating unit calculates an average peripheral value for each pixel in the reduced image using the reduced image filter. The normalization parameter setting unit tabulates frequencies of each reflectance value within the entire range of reflectance values of the reduced image and sets a normalization parameter. The normalizing unit normalizes the reflectance value for each pixel in the original image based on the normalization parameter.

Abstract: There is provided an image forming device, comprising: an image holding unit configured to hold an image formed by developing material; a developing material case configured to accommodate the developing material and to have a supplying opening facing the image holding unit; a carrying unit having a plurality of carrying electrodes, the carrying unit being configured to carry the developing material accommodated in the developing material case toward the image holding unit by generating a traveling electric field through the plurality of carrying electrodes; a vibrator that vibrates the carrying unit; and a controller that controls the vibrator to change a frequency of vibration.

Abstract: An image processor includes: a decimal point position determining unit; an image inputting unit; and a calculating unit. The decimal point position determining unit determines a position of a decimal point based on a size of a mask that has a plurality of filter coefficients. The image inputting unit receives image data indicative of an image having a plurality of pixels, the image data including a pixel value for each pixel. The calculating unit performs, while setting a decimal point to be fixed at the determined position, a convolution operation on a pixel value of each pixel and pixel values of peripheral pixels for the each pixel by using the filter coefficients of the mask to find an average peripheral pixel value for the each pixel.

Abstract: An image-forming device includes a body frame, a belt unit, and a process cartridge. The belt unit includes a belt unit main frame having a first main end portion and a second main end portion in a first direction, a first roller disposed at the first main end portion, a second roller disposed at the second main end portion, a belt mounted around the first roller and the second roller, and a handle part disposed at the first main end portion and has a contacting part. The process cartridge includes a photosensitive drum having a photosensitive surface opposed to the belt in a second direction, and a casing accommodating the photosensitive drum and having a contacted part. The contacting part contacts the contacted part to prevent the photosensitive surface from contacting the belt unit when the process cartridge is mounted in the body frame.

Abstract: A method to generate linkage indicative data for a linkage indicative diagram, representing a linkage at least between two information resources being interrelated with each other, in a printing apparatus, is provided. The method includes collecting at least two pieces of primary linkage information respectively identifying the at least two information resources and subsidiary linkage information included in each of the at least two plurality of information resources, storing the collected subsidiary linkage information in association with corresponding one of the at least two pieces of primary linkage information in a storage, judging whether each of the at least two pieces of primary linkage information stored in the storage is included in the subsidiary linkage information, determining the linkage between the at least two information resources, and creating the linkage indicative data to represent the linkage indicative diagram.

Abstract: A location information management device comprises an output device information receipt unit receiving output device identification information and output device location information, a terminal device information receipt unit receiving terminal device identification information and terminal device location information, and a correspondence setting unit which specifies a data output device having a predetermined location relationship with a communication terminal device and associating the output device identification information with the terminal device identification information, a terminal identification information transmission unit transmitting the terminal device identification information, a first output data receipt unit receiving the terminal device identification information and output data, a first output data transmission unit specifying the output device identification information corresponding to the terminal device identification information and transmitting the output data and a specific state