Abstract: Disclosed is a radiographic image capturing system, in which a portable-type radiographic image detecting device provided with a wireless communication section is included, and a correlation established between the FPD and the console can be easily changed.

Abstract: A driving device capable of multidimensional positioning by the single device has a shaft-like driving member 4, an electromechanical transducer 3 which has a plurality of expandable portions 11, 12 and which holds one end of the driving member 4, the expandable portions being provided in parallel so that each of the expandable portions can separately expands and contracts in a axial direction of the driving member 4, and a movable member 5 which frictionally engages on the driving member 4 and which can displace slidingly on the driving member 4, and a drive circuit which applies to some of the expandable portions 11, 12 a low change rate of direct-current voltage component different from that applied to other expandable portions 11, 12, and which applies to all the expandable portions 11, 12 a common alternating voltage component fluctuating with a common period.

Abstract: An optical recording head includes: a light source; a slider comprising a wave guide which irradiates light from the light source to a recording medium, wherein a grating coupler is formed on an end portion at an opposite side of the waveguide relative to the light source; and an optical element which comprises a diffraction grating and introduces the light from the light source to the grating coupler through the diffraction grating. The optical element deflects the light from the light source so that the light is incident into the grating coupler with a deflection angle larger than 90 degrees with respect to a direction in which the light proceeds when the light is incident into the optical element.

Abstract: Disclosed is a cellulose ester film which rarely causes the attachment of foreign matters to the surface of a conveying roll or the failure of film transfer induced by the attachment of the foreign matters, which is free of the partial deformation caused by foreign matters on the conveying roll, exhibits high durability after saponification treatment, has good close adhesion to a polarizer, and has excellent processing suitability in the processing into a polarizer. Also disclosed is a method for producing the cellulose ester film by a melt-casting process. Further disclosed are; a protective film for a polarizing plate, which has high film strength; a polarizing plate having high durability; and a liquid crystal display having high image quality; each comprising the cellulose ester film. The cellulose ester film comprises a cellulose ester, a compound represented by the general formula (1) and a compound represented by the general formula (2).

Abstract: Disclosed is an image forming apparatus including: an image input unit to input image data; a chase pattern generating unit to generate a chase pattern in which a plurality of chase pattern dots, each of which has a plurality of print dots, are arranged within a predetermined block; an overlay unit to overlay the chase pattern onto the image data; an image forming unit to form an image on a sheet based on the image data onto which the chase pattern is overlaid; and an overlaid position control unit to control an overlaid position of the chase pattern on the image data so as to shift the overlaid position by a shift amount that is equal to or more than a width of each of the chase pattern dots, when forming images on a plurality of sheets.

Abstract: An electrophotographic toner which is thermally stable in storage or as an image after being fixed and exhibits a sufficiently low melt viscosity and a high fluidity when heated during fixing is disclosed, comprising a colorant and a binder resin, wherein the binder resin contains a poly-branched resin composition in an amount of 0.5 to 20% by mass. There is also disclosed a method of producing the electrophotographic toner.

Abstract: A manufacturing method for an optical film via a solution casting method on a transparent substrate film comprising the steps of: (i) ejecting a micro-particle dispersion containing micro-particles having a average particle diameter of at least 25-200 nm as liquid droplets by use of an ink-jet head when a residual solvent content in a web is 5-400 weight %, and (ii) depositing the liquid droplets to adhere onto one side surface of a web and to form a micro convex structure, and further to form 1-10,000 points of convex parts per 10,000 ?m2 having a height of the convex parts of the convex structure of 0.01-0.5 ?m.

Abstract: A printing system comprises a storage part for storing therein first history information on the number of responsible printing operations of each operator by orderer and second history information on the number of uses of each printer by operator, and a determination part for determining a responsible operator to be in charge of printing of a new print order from a specific orderer and a processing printer to be used by the responsible operator in the printing of the new print order on the basis of the first history information and the second history information.

Abstract: A medical-information management system includes: an operation unit; a first storage unit that stores medical information; a display unit; and a control unit that determines whether an operation is performed through the operation unit, the operation including (a) acquiring the medical information from one of a second storage unit and a recording medium, (b) storing the acquired medical information in the first storage unit, and (c) displaying the medical information stored in the first storage unit on the display unit; and that grants an operator of the operation unit authority to delete the medical information, acquired in the operation, from the first storage unit when it is determined that the operation is performed.

Abstract: An infiltration amount measuring unit is provided to measure the amount of carrier liquid infiltrated in recording paper. An output signal of the infiltration amount measuring unit is input to a control device to be used to calculate a voltage supplied to a heat source (heater) in a pre-fixing unit. A signal of a paper temperature measuring unit is input to the control device, which determines whether a target temperature is reached. The control device estimates the amount of carrier liquid in a toner layer based on the information from the infiltration amount measuring unit. Then, the pre-fixing unit is controlled such that the amount of carrier liquid in the toner layer falls within an appropriate range, based on the estimation result of the amount of carrier liquid.

Abstract: A wet-type image forming apparatus includes: a heating unit configured to heat a recording medium and to volatilize liquid carrier in a toner image; a fixing unit configured to fix the toner image on the recording medium and disposed at a downstream side of the heating unit in a conveyance direction of the recording medium; a conveyance unit configured to convey the recording medium from the heating unit to the fixing unit; and a housing disposed to cover the conveyance unit, wherein the recording medium is conveyed on the conveyance unit in the housing toward the fixing unit after heated by the heating unit, in the presence of gas containing the volatilized liquid carrier, and the volatilized liquid carrier is cooled and turned into fine mist liquid carrier and then the fine mist liquid carrier attaches to the recording medium before the recording medium reaches the fixing unit.

Abstract: An image processing apparatus can conduct communication with a terminal through a network, and includes a storage, a communication unit, and a changing unit. The storage stores a setting Web page which is of a Web page used to change a setting of the image processing apparatus. The communication unit transmits the setting Web page to the terminal on a request from the terminal. The changing unit changes the setting of the image processing apparatus when a request is made to the setting Web page from the terminal. The setting Web page includes a description that notifies another image processing apparatus, which can conduct communication with the terminal, of a setting content of the image processing apparatus, the setting content being input to the setting Web page from the terminal.

Abstract: A sheet conveying device includes: a roller that conveys a sheet; a leading end retaining member that temporarily retaining a front portion in a conveying direction of the sheet conveyed by the roller; a moving unit that moves a rear portion of the sheet toward a direction intersecting the conveying direction using a pushing member while the sheet is retained by the leading end retaining member, the pushing member being located on a downstream side of the roller; and an inverting and conveying roller that, after the moving unit moves the sheet, conveys the sheet while the rear portion of the sheet is set to a head.

Abstract: A document display system is provided which includes a first document display device, and a second document display device. The first document display device includes a display processing portion configured to display an electronic document, a settings update portion configured to update display settings information indicating latest display settings in response to operation for modifying settings by a user during a period in which the electronic document is displayed, and a document transmission portion configured to send out the electronic document and the display settings information. The second document display device includes a document obtaining portion configured to obtain the electronic document and the display settings information sent out from the first document display device, and a display setting portion configured to incorporate settings for display settings indicated in the display settings information into display settings to be applied at a start of display of the electronic document.

Abstract: By feeding an appropriate voltage as a signal ?TX to a transfer gate TG, a MOS transistor T1 is operated in a threshold region. A potential linearly or natural logarithmically converted by a buried photodiode PD is transferred to an N-type floating diffusion layer FD so as to be fed out, as an image signal, via MOS transistors T3 and T4.

Abstract: Image forming apparatus to expose-scan electrically charged surface of image carrier based on image data in unit of page to form electrostatic latent image, and develop electrostatic latent image at development position on image carrier by using developer carried by developer carrier. The image forming apparatus determines, based on image data of page, first and second partial regions having first and second attributes in page, not overlapping in sub scanning direction, and switches development bias voltage value and/or rotational speed of developer carrier to value for first attribute while electrostatic latent image on image carrier corresponding to first partial region passes through development position, and to value for second attribute while electrostatic latent image corresponding to second partial region passes through development position.

Abstract: Disclosed herein is an image forming apparatus, including: a language analysis unit for analyzing print data and generating data having an intermediate format between the print data and bitmap data generated based on the print data; an image processing unit for rasterizing the generated data having the intermediate format for each band by using the predetermined number of lines and generating the bitmap data; a memory for holding the data for which rasterizing processing is being performed by the image processing unit; a printing unit for performing printing based on the generated bitmap data; and a number-of-line switching unit for switching the number of lines of the band in the rasterizing processing of the image processing unit according to whether the print data is data that can include transparency processing data or not.

Abstract: A color image forming apparatus includes: a main body of the apparatus that forms a color image; and an intermediate transfer unit for transferring the color image formed by the main body of the apparatus, wherein the intermediate transfer unit is configured to be removed from and to be inserted into the main body of the apparatus, and wherein the intermediate transfer unit is configured to perform a door-like opening and closing movement.

Abstract: An image forming apparatus having: a guide that is a component of a conveyance route for a print medium; a first door that incorporates the guide, an inside of the conveyance route being exposed to an outside of a main body of the image forming apparatus when the first door is open; a functional component fixed to the first door, the functional component being placed in a specified position by contact with a component located inside the main body when the first door is closed; a first lock mechanism for keeping the first door closed; a second door that covers the first door when the second door is closed and that exposes the first door to the outside of the main body when the second door is open; and a second lock mechanism for keeping the second door closed.

Abstract: Disclosed are a recycled resin manufacturing process and a recycled resin, the process comprising the steps of sorting a molded waste resin product, pulverizing the sorted molded waste resin product into resin flakes, washing the resin flakes, separating the washed resin flakes to remove different kinds of resins, drying the separated resin flakes, classifying the dried resin flakes to remove foreign matter deposited on the flakes, the classifying being carried out employing a classifying apparatus comprising a classifying section and provided therein, a physical field application device having an airflow force field and another physical field other than the airflow force field, and pelletizing the classified resin flakes, wherein the recycled resin has an oligomer content of not more than 1% by mass.