Patents Assigned to FUJIFILM Business Innovation Corp.
  • SILICA PARTICLE, TONER FOR DEVELOPING ELECTROSTATIC CHARGE IMAGE, ELECTROSTATIC CHARGE IMAGE DEVELOPER, TONER CARTRIDGE, PROCESS CARTRIDGE, IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS, AND IMAGE FORMING METHOD
    Publication number: 20240118645
    Abstract: A silica particle is provided in which a pore size distribution curve obtained by nitrogen gas adsorption of the silica particle after baking at 350° C. has at least one peak at a pore diameter of 2 nm or less and at least one peak at a pore diameter of more than 2 nm and 50 nm or less, and D/B is 0.50 or greater and 2.50 or less, where D and B are the volumes of pores having a diameter of 2 nm or less and a diameter of 2 nm or more and 25 nm or less, respectively, determined from the pore size distribution curve obtained by nitrogen gas adsorption of the silica particle after baking at 350° C.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 18, 2023
    Publication date: April 11, 2024
    Applicant: FUJIFILM Business Innovation Corp.
    Inventors: Mai MOCHIDA, Sakae TAKEUCHI, Yuka ZENITANI, Hajime SUGAHARA, Mieko SEKI, Kota NOHARA
  • ENDLESS BELT, TRANSFER DEVICE, AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS
    Publication number: 20240118646
    Abstract: An endless belt, in which an outer peripheral surface of the endless belt has a coefficient of dynamic friction of 0.85 or less, and in a case where polyester resin particles having a volume-average particle size of 4.7 ?m are caused to adhere to the outer peripheral surface under a load of 0 g/cm2, and then air is sprayed on the outer peripheral surface from above the outer peripheral surface at a spray pressure that keeps increasing, all the polyester resin particles having adhered to the outer peripheral surface are spaced apart from the outer peripheral surface at the spray pressure of 6 kPa or less.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 22, 2023
    Publication date: April 11, 2024
    Applicant: FUJIFILM Business Innovation Corp.
    Inventors: Hiroaki TANAKA, Daisuke TANEMURA, Masato FURUKAWA, Yosuke KUBO, Iori NISHIMURA, Masato ONO, Masayuki SEKO, Shigeru FUKUDA
  • ELECTROSTATIC CHARGE IMAGE DEVELOPING TONER, ELECTROSTATIC CHARGE IMAGE DEVELOPER, TONER CARTRIDGE, PROCESS CARTRIDGE, IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS, AND IMAGE FORMING METHOD
    Publication number: 20240118641
    Abstract: An electrostatic charge image developing toner contains toner particles, fatty acid metal salt particles externally added to the toner particles, and silica particles (S) that are externally added to the toner particles and contain a nitrogen element-containing compound containing a molybdenum element, in which a ratio NMo/NSi of Net intensity NMo of the molybdenum element measured by X-ray fluorescence analysis to Net intensity NSi of a silicon element measured by X-ray fluorescence analysis is 0.035 or more and 0.45 or less.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 22, 2023
    Publication date: April 11, 2024
    Applicant: FUJIFILM Business Innovation Corp.
    Inventors: Soichiro Arai, Yosuke Tsurumi, Yasuko Torii
  • TONER FOR ELECTROSTATIC IMAGE DEVELOPMENT, ELECTROSTATIC IMAGE DEVELOPER, TONER CARTRIDGE, PROCESS CARTRIDGE, IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS, AND IMAGE FORMING METHOD
    Publication number: 20240118642
    Abstract: A toner for electrostatic image development includes: toner particles; perovskite compound particles externally added to the toner particles; and silica particles (S) that are externally added to the toner particles and include an elemental nitrogen-containing compound containing elemental molybdenum and in which the ratio NMo/NSi of a Net intensity NMo of elemental molybdenum that is measured by X-ray fluorescence analysis to a Net intensity NSi of elemental silicon that is measured by the X-ray fluorescence analysis is from 0.035 to 0.45 inclusive.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 11, 2023
    Publication date: April 11, 2024
    Applicant: FUJIFILM BUSINESS INNOVATION CORP.
    Inventors: Yosuke TSURUMI, Sakiko TAKEUCHI, Yasuko TORII, Ryo NAGAI
  • ELECTROSTATIC CHARGE IMAGE DEVELOPING TONER, ELECTROSTATIC CHARGE IMAGE DEVELOPER, TONER CARTRIDGE, PROCESS CARTRIDGE, IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS, AND IMAGE FORMING METHOD
    Publication number: 20240118643
    Abstract: An electrostatic charge image developing toner contains toner particles that contain a binder resin and resin particles and silica particles (A) that are externally added to the toner particles and contain a nitrogen element-containing compound containing a molybdenum element, in which a ratio NMo/NSi of Net intensity NMo of the molybdenum element measured by X-ray fluorescence analysis to Net intensity NSi of a silicon element measured by X-ray fluorescence analysis is 0.035 or more and 0.45 or less.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 24, 2023
    Publication date: April 11, 2024
    Applicant: FUJIFILM Business Innovation Corp
    Inventors: Yasuko TORII, Yosuke TSURUMI, Soichiro ARAI
  • SILICA PARTICLES, ELECTROSTATIC CHARGE IMAGE DEVELOPING TONER, ELECTROSTATIC CHARGE IMAGE DEVELOPER, TONER CARTRIDGE, PROCESS CARTRIDGE, IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS, AND IMAGE FORMING METHOD
    Publication number: 20240118644
    Abstract: Silica particles having silica base particles, a coating structure that coats the silica base particles and is composed of a reaction product of a trifunctional silane compound, and a nitrogen element-containing compound that has adhered to the coating structure and contains a molybdenum element, in which in a molybdenum element map created by SEM-EDX, a ratio of a total area of a region forming a lump having a long diameter of 500 nm or more is 5% or less to a total area of the molybdenum element.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 7, 2023
    Publication date: April 11, 2024
    Applicant: FUJIFILM Business Innovation Corp.
    Inventors: Mieko SEKI, Sakae TAKEUCHI, Yuka ZENITANI, Hajime SUGAHARA, Mai MOCHIDA, Kota NOHARA
  • INSPECTION APPARATUS AND INSPECTION SYSTEM
    Publication number: 20240118219
    Abstract: An inspection apparatus includes a limiting unit that is provided between a light source and a target region and limits light traveling from the light source toward the target region, and an imaging unit that captures an image using light passing through the limiting unit, reflected from the target region, and incident on the imaging unit. The limiting unit allows light, which travels in one direction and is incident on the imaging unit in a case where the light is specularly reflected from the target region, to pass and allows at least a part of light, which travels in other directions, not to pass, among light emitted from the light source.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 17, 2023
    Publication date: April 11, 2024
    Applicant: FUJIFILM Business Innovation Corp.
    Inventors: Kiyofumi AIKAWA, Kaito TASAKI, Yoshitaka KUWADA
  • ELECTROPHOTOGRAPHIC PHOTORECEPTOR, PROCESS CARTRIDGE, AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS
    Publication number: 20240118638
    Abstract: An electrophotographic photoreceptor includes a conductive substrate, an organic photosensitive layer, and an inorganic protection layer arranged in this order, the inorganic protection layer containing a metal oxide that contains oxygen atoms, gallium atoms, and aluminum atoms.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 7, 2023
    Publication date: April 11, 2024
    Applicant: FUJIFILM Business Innovation Corp.
    Inventor: Michinori FUKUMA
  • ELECTROSTATIC CHARGE IMAGE DEVELOPING TONER, ELECTROSTATIC CHARGE IMAGE DEVELOPER, TONER CARTRIDGE, PROCESS CARTRIDGE, IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS, AND IMAGE FORMING METHOD
    Publication number: 20240118640
    Abstract: An electrostatic charge image developing toner contains toner particles that contain a binder resin and resin particles, fatty acid metal salt particles externally added to the toner particles, and silica particles (A) that are externally added to the toner particles and contain a nitrogen element-containing compound containing a molybdenum element, in which a ratio NMo/NSi of Net intensity NMo of the molybdenum element measured by X-ray fluorescence analysis to Net intensity NSi of a silicon element measured by X-ray fluorescence analysis is 0.035 or more and 0.45 or less.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 24, 2023
    Publication date: April 11, 2024
    Applicant: FUJIFILM Business Innovation Corp.
    Inventors: Soichiro ARAI, Yosuke TSURUMI, Yasuko TORII
  • Information processing apparatus and non-transitory computer readable medium
    Patent number: 11954392
    Abstract: An information processing apparatus includes a processor configured to create a group of jobs to be executed that have a common attribute, acquire, before execution of the jobs, information on materials used for execution of the jobs or a storage place for storing products obtained as a result of execution of the jobs, the information indicating that the materials or the storage place, which is not suitable for execution of the jobs at a time of creation of the group, reaches a state suitable for execution of the jobs after creation of the group, and create an execution plan so that the jobs are executed per group in a time window in which the materials or the storage place reaches the state suitable for execution of the jobs by using the information.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 12, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 9, 2024
    Assignee: FUJIFILM Business Innovation Corp.
    Inventor: Kazuhiro Ohkawa
  • Information processing system and reading device for acquiring target content information from recording medium and outputting information about erroneous recording medium
    Patent number: 11954927
    Abstract: An information processing system includes a processor configured to: make an attempt to acquire, from recording medium images obtained by reading a plurality of recording media, target content information recorded on each of the plurality of recording media; and among the plurality of recording media, output information about an erroneous recording medium, the erroneous recording medium being (a) a recording medium of which the attempted acquisition of the target content information has been unsuccessful or (b) a recording medium of which the target content information acquired by the attempted acquisition does not satisfy a predetermined condition.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 6, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 9, 2024
    Assignee: FUJIFILM Business Innovation Corp.
    Inventor: Yotaro Migita
  • Image forming system and charge eliminating apparatus
    Patent number: 11952235
    Abstract: An image forming system includes: an image forming apparatus configured to form an image on a recording medium; a post-processing apparatus configured to perform post-processing on the recording medium on which an image is formed by the image forming apparatus; a relay apparatus having a function of changing a transport speed of the recording medium on which an image is formed by the image forming apparatus to a transport speed of the post-processing apparatus and transporting the recording medium to a subsequent stage; and a charge eliminating apparatus configured to perform charge elimination on the recording medium that is charged, by reducing a charge amount of the charged recording medium, and the charge eliminating apparatus is provided at a stage that is after the relay apparatus and before the post-processing apparatus.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 18, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 9, 2024
    Assignee: FUJIFILM Business Innovation Corp.
    Inventors: Naoto Hamabata, Katsumi Tanaka, Tomokazu Kurita, Kiyotoshi Kaneyama, Taro Mitsui
  • Information processing apparatus for evaluating performance of combinations of processes
    Patent number: 11956396
    Abstract: An information processing apparatus includes a processor configured to evaluate a performance of each of a plural combinations of processes, each combination including a series of processes, the plural combinations being included in plural processes, the series of processes being configured to be performed on an image, the performance being evaluated on a basis of a result of performing the series of processes on a test image for each combination, and output an evaluation result for at least two combinations.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 25, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 9, 2024
    Assignee: FUJIFILM Business Innovation Corp.
    Inventors: Shusaku Kubo, Junichi Shimizu, Kosuke Tomokuni, Mamiko Sato
  • Light emitting element array and optical measuring system
    Patent number: 11953308
    Abstract: A light emitting element array includes: a light emitting element group that includes plural light emitting elements; and plural lenses that are provided, corresponding to the plural light emitting elements, on a light emitting surface side of the plural light emitting elements, and that deflects light emitted from the plural light emitting elements according to a positional relation with the plural light emitting elements. Distances between central axes of light emission of the plural light emitting elements and central axes of the plural lenses corresponding to the plural light emitting elements increase from a center side of the light emitting element group toward an end side of the light emitting element group, and a degree of change in the distances decreases from the center side of the light emitting element group toward the end side of the light emitting element group.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 27, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 9, 2024
    Assignee: FUJIFILM Business Innovation Corp.
    Inventors: Shigetoshi Nakamura, Kenichi Ohno, Michiaki Murata, Tsutomu Ishii, Jiro Minabe
  • IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS, NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER READABLE MEDIUM STORING PROGRAM, AND IMAGE FORMING METHOD
    Publication number: 20240111465
    Abstract: An image forming apparatus includes a processor configured to display a clearing method for clearing an initial error among errors that have occurred, on a display part, while the clearing method of the initial error of which the clearing method is displayed on the display part is displayed, receive a temporary clearing instruction for processing the initial error as being temporarily cleared, each time the temporary clearing instruction is received, display clearing methods of subsequent errors on the display part in order in a switched manner, and in a case where clearing operations for all clearing methods of the errors that have occurred are completed, resume processing of a job paused by the errors.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 23, 2023
    Publication date: April 4, 2024
    Applicant: FUJIFILM Business Innovation Corp.
    Inventors: Ai NAKAO, Haruhiko KOJIMA, Joji SAITO, Makoto ITO
  • MANUFACTURING METHOD OF SILICA PARTICLES
    Publication number: 20240109781
    Abstract: A manufacturing method of silica particles includes coating of forming a coating structure composed of a reaction product of a trifunctional silane compound on a surface of silica base particles, attaching a nitrogen element-containing compound containing a molybdenum element to the coating structure in a reaction solution which contains water, an alcohol, silica particles having the coating structure composed of the reaction product of the trifunctional silane compound, the nitrogen element-containing compound containing the molybdenum element, and at least one compound selected from the group consisting of ammonia and an amine and in which a total amount of ammonia and an amine is 0.2% by mass or more and 4.5% by mass or less, and drying of removing the water and the alcohol from the reaction solution.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 14, 2023
    Publication date: April 4, 2024
    Applicant: FUJIFILM Business Innovation Corp.
    Inventors: Hajime SUGAHARA, Sakae TAKEUCHI, Yuka ZENITANI, Mai MOCHIDA, Kota NOHARA, Mieko SEKI
  • Voice-based authentication after successful authentication based on non-voice input
    Patent number: 11947645
    Abstract: An information processing apparatus includes a processor configured to obtain a registered first voice of a first user identified in first authentication achieved by an authentication method different from an authentication method employing a voice, obtain a second voice uttered by a second user during operation, perform second authentication for confirming that the second user is the first user identified in the first authentication by comparing a feature of the first voice and a feature of the second voice, and perform, if the second authentication is successfully completed, a process in accordance with an operation associated with the second voice.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 17, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 2, 2024
    Assignee: FUJIFILM Business Innovation Corp.
    Inventor: Minoru Akiyama
  • Information processing apparatus and non-transitory computer readable medium
    Patent number: 11948538
    Abstract: An information processing apparatus generates a screen displayed on a display apparatus having a reading-out function of reading out display content sequentially, the information processing apparatus including a processor configured to generate an after-switching screen, the after-switching screen being a screen displayed by switching display on the display apparatus, the after-switching screen including specific information in a before-switching screen which is a screen before the switching, the after-switching screen being a screen in which the specific information is read out at an earlier time, the earlier time being earlier than a time at which the specific information is read out when the display content is read out sequentially in the displayed before-switching screen.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 5, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 2, 2024
    Assignee: FUJIFILM Business Innovation Corp.
    Inventor: Kazuma Nogami
  • Light emitting device and image forming apparatus
    Patent number: 11947276
    Abstract: A light emitting device includes: a base that extends in one direction, and has an opening; plural light emitting units that are disposed to be displaced from each other in the one direction on the front surface side of the base, the light emitting units each including a support that extends in the one direction, and plural light sources that are disposed in the one direction on the support; and an air blowing unit that blows air toward the light emitting units through the opening.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 8, 2022
    Date of Patent: April 2, 2024
    Assignee: FUJIFILM Business Innovation Corp.
    Inventor: Yosuke Kasuya
  • Image forming system, information forming apparatus, and computer readable medium having management apparatus with distributed storage
    Patent number: RE49898
    Abstract: An image forming system includes a first storage unit that stores identification information and storage information with the identification information mapped to the storage information, the identification information identifying a user, the storage information indicating a storage location where image data corresponding to the identification information is stored, an identifying unit that, in response to the identification information input by the user, identifies the storage location indicated by the storage information stored on the first storage unit with the identification information mapped thereto, a retrieval unit that retrieves, from the storage location identified by the identifying unit, the image data corresponding to the identification information, and an image forming unit that forms an image responsive to the image data retrieved by the retrieval unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 1, 2016
    Date of Patent: April 2, 2024
    Assignee: FUJIFILM Business Innovation Corp.
    Inventors: Tadahiko Ikegaya, Makoto Nishimura, Masahiro Oishi, Kazuaki Ozawa