Patents Assigned to Fuji Xerox
  • Patent number: 10626244
    Abstract: A resin composition includes a thermoplastic resin, a carbon fiber, a polyamide having at least one of a carboxy group and an amino group at a terminal thereof, in which a presence ratio of the amino group present on the terminal (terminal amino group) is higher than a presence ratio of the carboxy group present the terminal (terminal carboxy group), and a compatibilizer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 20, 2017
    Date of Patent: April 21, 2020
    Assignee: FUJI XEROX CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Daisuke Nakayama, Tsuyoshi Miyamoto, Masayuki Okoshi, Hiroyuki Moriya
  • Patent number: 10630856
    Abstract: There is provided an information processing apparatus including: an execution unit that executes a first process or a second process with respect to a processing target in a case where an execution instruction is given to any one of the first process and the second process specified by a setting item and a preparatory action with respect to the processing target; a memory that stores the preparatory action in association with the setting item; and an execution controller that deems that the execution instruction is given in a case where the preparatory action stored in the memory is given, and controls the execution unit such that the first process or the second process specified by the preparatory action and the setting item stored in the memory in association with the preparatory action is executed with respect to the processing target.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 22, 2017
    Date of Patent: April 21, 2020
    Assignee: FUJI XEROX CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Masakazu Ketsuka, Kohei Kaibara
  • Patent number: 10627916
    Abstract: An information processing device includes a controller that controls an instruction to a control target associated with an image displayed at a changed position, according to a detection result of a change in each position on a deformable display. In a further modification of the invention, the controller may further change the image displayed at the changed position, according to the detection result.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 22, 2018
    Date of Patent: April 21, 2020
    Assignee: FUJI XEROX CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Kengo Tokuchi
  • Publication number: 20200118348
    Abstract: A three-dimensional object data generation apparatus includes an attribute setting unit that sets, for each of plural voxels representing a three-dimensional object, an attribute of a voxel of a second three-dimensional object, which is obtained by combining plural first three-dimensional objects together, in accordance with a priority level set for an attribute of a voxel at a time when the plural first three-dimensional objects are combined together.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 1, 2019
    Publication date: April 16, 2020
    Applicant: FUJI XEROX CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Takeshi NAGAMINE
  • Publication number: 20200117105
    Abstract: An image forming apparatus includes an electrophotographic photoreceptor including a conductive substrate, an undercoat layer containing a binder resin and metal oxide particles, disposed on the conductive substrate, and a photosensitive layer disposed on the undercoat layer; a charging unit that charges a surface of the electrophotographic photoreceptor; an electrostatic latent image-forming unit forming an electrostatic latent image on the charged surface of the electrophotographic photoreceptor; a developing unit developing the electrostatic latent image on the surface of the electrophotographic photoreceptor by using a developer containing a toner to form a toner image; and a transfer unit that transfers the toner image onto a surface of a transfer-receiving member, but not including a charge erasing member that erases charges on the surface of the electrophotographic photoreceptor. The photosensitive layer formed is 3.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 10, 2019
    Publication date: April 16, 2020
    Applicant: FUJI XEROX CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Takuya WATANABE, Takeshi KAWAI
  • Publication number: 20200117326
    Abstract: An information processing apparatus includes a control section that controls a change of a display of a first image linked to a first reservation target such that the display of the first image is changed by a second image linked to a second reservation target on a reservation screen.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 2, 2019
    Publication date: April 16, 2020
    Applicant: FUJI XEROX CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Kengo TOKUCHI
  • Patent number: 10623270
    Abstract: An information processing apparatus includes an acquisition unit that acquires information related to a network including a group of nodes, and a group of real links that connects the nodes, an adding unit that generates an extension network by adding to the network at least a virtual link that link nodes that are not linked by a real link, and a clustering unit that clusters the group of the nodes by iteratively calculating a stochastic process of a transition between the nodes linked by the real link and the virtual link in the extension network until the stochastic process is regarded to be in a steady state.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 31, 2017
    Date of Patent: April 14, 2020
    Assignee: FUJI XEROX CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Hiroshi Okamoto, Xule Qiu
  • Patent number: 10618319
    Abstract: There is provided a drying device. Laser elements control energies of laser beams to be radiated, and radiates laser beams onto predetermined regions of an image, respectively. A controller controls average irradiation energy of laser beams by calculating printing rates for plural types of divided patterns with respect to the regions of the image, and calculating energy required to dry, for each divided pattern, based on the printing rates calculated for individual divided patterns, and selecting energy to be adopted according to a purpose, from the energy calculated for the individual divided patterns.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 2, 2018
    Date of Patent: April 14, 2020
    Assignee: Fuji Xerox Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Shigeyuki Sakaki, Chikaho Ikeda, Akira Sakamoto
  • Patent number: 10620809
    Abstract: A display device includes an image display, a detection unit, and an execution unit. The image display includes a display screen at least one end portion of which is deformable. The detection unit detects deformation of the end portion. The execution unit executes a predetermined process if the detection unit detects the deformation of the end portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 11, 2017
    Date of Patent: April 14, 2020
    Assignee: FUJI XEROX CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Akihito Yamauchi, Yoshihiko Nemoto, Masahiro Sato, Tsutomu Kimura, Kengo Tokuchi
  • Patent number: 10621400
    Abstract: An information processing apparatus includes a control unit that controls formation of a graphical code image in air.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 27, 2018
    Date of Patent: April 14, 2020
    Assignee: FUJI XEROX CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Kengo Tokuchi
  • Patent number: 10621069
    Abstract: An information processing apparatus includes an extraction unit, a generation unit, a building unit, and a presentation unit. The extraction unit extracts, in accordance with similarity in a use condition for a first application that is a target application to be used by a user, a cloud service including a second application that has been used under a use condition similar to the use condition for the first application. The generation unit generates a parameter for satisfying the use condition for the first application in the cloud service. The parameter is generated from load information regarding a use result of the second application in the cloud service. The building unit builds, in the cloud service, an environment for implementing the first application by using the parameter. The presentation unit presents, to the user, a result of measurement of a performance of the first application in the environment.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 1, 2017
    Date of Patent: April 14, 2020
    Assignee: FUJI XEROX CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Katsuji Tokie
  • Patent number: 10620554
    Abstract: A photoconductor unit includes a photoconductor and an electrode. The photoconductor includes a base member that is cylindrical and has a hardness that decreases with increasing distance from a first end toward a second end in an axial direction, and a photosensitive layer formed on an outer peripheral surface of the base member. The electrode is in contact with an inner peripheral surface of an open end portion of the base member at the first end.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 29, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 14, 2020
    Assignee: FUJI XEROX CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Keishi Araki, Hiroki Ando, Hirofumi Iida
  • Patent number: 10620873
    Abstract: An information management apparatus includes a controller that controls deletion of content whose history of operations performed on the content satisfies a specific condition, among content items which satisfy a predetermined condition and are moved to a different recording location.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 18, 2017
    Date of Patent: April 14, 2020
    Assignee: FUJI XEROX CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Tomoyuki Shimizu
  • Patent number: 10623598
    Abstract: An image processing apparatus includes a common region determination unit, an inherent region extraction unit, and an inherent region connection unit. The common region determination unit determines page common regions which are in common among plural pages of document data. The inherent region extraction unit extracts, as page inherent regions, regions other than the page common regions determined by the common region determination unit from image data in the plural pages. The inherent region connection unit connects plural page inherent regions extracted by the inherent region extraction unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 11, 2017
    Date of Patent: April 14, 2020
    Assignee: FUJI XEROX CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Kumi Fujiwara
  • Publication number: 20200110348
    Abstract: An image forming apparatus includes a rotary image carrying unit, a charging unit that charges a surface of the image carrying unit, a developing unit that develops an electrostatic latent image formed on the surface of the image carrying unit, and an applying unit that applies, to the developing unit, a developing voltage having a reverse polarity to a polarity for image formation when an uncharged region of the image carrying unit reaches the developing unit at a start of the charging unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 19, 2019
    Publication date: April 9, 2020
    Applicant: FUJI XEROX CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Toru MORIOKA
  • Patent number: 10614390
    Abstract: Provided is an information processing apparatus, including a task request receiving unit that receives a request for a task of creating contents, a contract entry receiving unit that receives an entry of a contract of the task, a method selection receiving unit that receives a selection of any one of a designation method, and a competition method, and a task contract requesting unit that outputs information for requesting a contract of the task to the one or more applicants designated among the applicants whose entry is received by the contract entry receiving unit when the designation method is selected and outputs information for requesting a contract of all or a part of the task to the two or more applicants whose entry is received by the contract entry receiving unit when the competition method is selected.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 10, 2017
    Date of Patent: April 7, 2020
    Assignee: FUJI XEROX CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Masahiro Oizumi, Kazuo Shibuta, Norihito Mizobata, Kojiro Tsutsumi
  • Patent number: 10616445
    Abstract: An information processing apparatus includes an authenticating unit, a detection unit, and a controller. The authenticating unit authenticates an operator. The detection unit detects whether or not there is any set value that has been changed from an initial value among one or more set values for one or more setting items. The controller performs control so as not to change the one or more set values for the one or more setting items to one or more set values registered for the operator authenticated by the authenticating unit in the case where the detection unit detects that there is any set value that has been changed from the initial value.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 2, 2017
    Date of Patent: April 7, 2020
    Assignee: FUJI XEROX CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Kota Ohara, Toshihide Omori, Kenji Ebitani
  • Patent number: 10613472
    Abstract: A moving mechanism includes a moving object to be moved between a first position and a second position where the moving object takes a stationary orientation different from a stationary orientation for the first position; a first projection and a second projection provided at different positions, respectively, on the moving object; a member having a first guiding groove that guides the first projection when the moving object is moved between the first position and the second position; and a member having a second guiding groove that guides the second projection when the moving object is moved between the first position and the second position, the second guiding groove having a different shape from the first guiding groove.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 31, 2018
    Date of Patent: April 7, 2020
    Assignee: FUJI XEROX CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Satoshi Ao, Toru Ozawa
  • Patent number: 10613456
    Abstract: A fixing device includes a heating member, a pressing member, and a guide portion. The heating member heats a toner image and includes an elastic body. The pressing member presses a recording medium against the heating member. The guide portion does not contact with the heating member, and guides the recording medium ejected from a nip of the heating member and the pressing member. The distance from an exit of the contact portion to an end portion of the guide portion adjacent the contact portion differs in accordance with the position in the longitudinal direction of the heating member. The distance at a position at which the pressure between the heating member and the pressing member is low is longer than the distance at a position at which the pressure between the heating member and the pressing member is high.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 17, 2018
    Date of Patent: April 7, 2020
    Assignee: FUJI XEROX CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Kyogo Soshi
  • Patent number: RE47951
    Abstract: There is provided an image processing apparatus where in an additional image storage unit 3, a color additional image is stored into a color image storage unit 4, and a black/white additional image is stored into a black/white image storage unit 5. A color judging unit 2 judges as to whether an input image corresponds to a color image, or a black/white image every page thereof. Based upon the judgment result of the color judging unit 2, an image synthesizing unit 6 adds the color additional image stored in the color image storage unit 4 to the input image when the input image is the color image, and adds the black/white additional image stored in the black/white image storage unit 5 in the input image when the input image is the black/white image. Then, the image synthesizing unit 6 outputs the resulting image synthesized with the additional image.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 14, 2018
    Date of Patent: April 14, 2020
    Assignee: FUJI XEROX CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Hiroshi Sekine, Hiroyuki Kawano, Takanobu Otsubo