Patents Assigned to Solution Inc.
  • Developing device including developing roller that feeds toner to image carrying member and toner feeding roller that feeds toner to developing roller, and image forming apparatus provided therewith
    Patent number: 9069281
    Abstract: A developing device of the present disclosure includes a developing roller, a toner feeding roller, a thickness regulating member, and a casing. The toner feeding roller feeds toner to the developing roller. The thickness regulating member is disposed opposite to the toner feeding roller at a predetermined distance from the toner feeding roller, and the thickness regulating member regulates a thickness of the toner carried on the toner feeding roller. The casing holds therein the developing roller, the toner feeding roller, and the thickness regulating member. The thickness regulating member is formed in a roller shape and rotatable.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 21, 2013
    Date of Patent: June 30, 2015
    Assignee: KYOCERA Document Solutions Inc.
    Inventors: Hiroaki Ohashi, Ryoji Nishimura, Masahiro Kashimoto, Takeshi Fujimura
  • Sheet conveying device and image forming apparatus
    Patent number: 9067438
    Abstract: A sheet conveying device includes a conveyance belt, an air intake portion, and a charging member. The conveyance belt has a sheet placing surface on which a sheet is placed and a plurality of belt openings penetrating the sheet placing surface, and conveys the sheet placed on the sheet placing surface. The air intake portion draws air from a side of a back surface opposite to the sheet placing surface through the belt openings. The charging member has a surface which is shaped in such a manner as to contact the sheet placing surface while avoiding the belt openings and charges the sheet placing surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 27, 2014
    Date of Patent: June 30, 2015
    Assignee: KYOCERA Document Solutions Inc.
    Inventor: Tomohisa Soda
  • Image formation apparatus
    Patent number: 9069326
    Abstract: An image formation apparatus comprises an opening and closing cover, a cover fulcrum shaft, a roller shaft, and a grounding member. The cover fulcrum shaft pivotably supports the opening and closing cover. The roller shaft is disposed on the opening and closing cover. The grounding member has a first portion connected to the roller shaft and a second portion connected to the cover fulcrum shaft. The cover fulcrum shaft has a bent part that is bent so as to extend in a direction intersecting the pivot axis direction of the opening and closing cover, the opening and closing cover includes an engaging part that engages with the bent part, and the cover fulcrum shaft integrally pivots with the opening and closing cover when the opening and closing cover is opened and closed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 24, 2014
    Date of Patent: June 30, 2015
    Assignee: KYOCERA Document Solutions Inc.
    Inventors: Yuzo Onishi, Yoshiyuki Asakawa
  • Radio-frequency modules having tuned shielding-wirebonds
    Patent number: 9071335
    Abstract: Disclosed are devices and methods related to radio-frequency (RF) shielding of RF modules. In some embodiments, tuned shielding can be achieved by utilizing different structures and/or arrangements of shielding-wirebonds to increase shielding in areas where needed, and to decrease shielding where not needed. Such tuning of shielding requirements can be obtained by measuring RF power levels at different locations of a module having a given design. Such tuned RF shielding configurations can improve the overall effectiveness of shielding, and can also be more cost effective to implement.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 6, 2012
    Date of Patent: June 30, 2015
    Assignee: Skyworks Solutions, Inc.
    Inventors: Anil K. Agarwal, Dinhphuoc Vu Hoang, Howard E. Chen, Anthony James LoBianco, Matthew Sean Read, Hoang Mong Nguyen, Guohao Zhang
  • Bone plate hybrid device
    Patent number: 9066768
    Abstract: A method for joining of biological elements is disclosed. A plate is placed over a first segment and a second segment. The plate is attached to the first segment and the second segment. A dowel channel is drilled thru a dowel hole of the plate. A dowel is inserted into the dowel channel, wherein the dowel crosses a joining plane of the first segment and the second segment. A locking screw is placed on a top side of the dowel to lock the dowel in place.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 29, 2012
    Date of Patent: June 30, 2015
    Assignee: Nextremity Solutions, Inc.
    Inventors: Lon S. Weiner, John R. Pepper
  • Display operating device operating display of 3D object, and image forming apparatus with display operating device
    Patent number: 9069403
    Abstract: A display operating device includes a position detecting section, an axis decision section, a movement determining section, a display section, and a first rotation processing section. The position detecting section is configured to detect three positions on a touch surface. The axis decision section is configured to decide a first axis using first and second positions which are two of the three positions. The movement determining section is configured to determine whether or not a third position, which is the remaining one of the three positions, is moving. The first rotation processing section is configured to, when with the 3D object displayed on the display section the three positions are detected and the third position is determined to be moving, rotate the 3D object by a first predetermined angle about the first axis.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 25, 2014
    Date of Patent: June 30, 2015
    Assignee: KYOCERA Document Solutions Inc.
    Inventor: Norie Fujimoto
  • MTR and RLL code design and encoder and decoder
    Patent number: 9071266
    Abstract: An array f(n) is received for n=1, . . . , N where N is a length of a codeword. An array g(n) is received for n=1, . . . , N where N is a length of a codeword. Input data is encoded to satisfy an MTR constraint and a RLL constraint using the array f(n) and the array g(n).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 9, 2014
    Date of Patent: June 30, 2015
    Assignee: SK hynix memory solutions inc.
    Inventors: Zheng Wu, Jason Bellorado, Marcus Marrow
  • System and method for evaluating driver behavior
    Patent number: 9067565
    Abstract: System and method for evaluating driver performance, comprising detecting operations of a vehicle using an on-board vehicle monitoring system, comparing the operations to predetermined criteria, identifying violations of the predetermined criteria, tracking violations that occur during an evaluation period, and, at the end of the evaluation period, calculating a grade associated with operation of the vehicle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 30, 2007
    Date of Patent: June 30, 2015
    Assignee: inthinc Technology Solutions, Inc.
    Inventors: Scott McClellan, Todd Follmer
  • Systems and methods for reallocating image processing devices
    Patent number: 9069506
    Abstract: Systems and methods for reallocating image processing devices receive usage data of each of a plurality of distributed devices, determine respective current usage rates of each of the distributed devices based on the usage data, calculate respective anticipated print counts of each of the distributed devices expected at a first predetermined time from the current usage rates, determine that one of the distributed devices is a high-usage device based at least on the anticipated print counts, determine at least one high-usage device and at least one low-usage device to reallocate so that the anticipated print count of the each of the distributed devices stays within a predetermined range of a target print count, and indicate the at least one high-usage device and the at least one low-usage device to reallocate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 26, 2013
    Date of Patent: June 30, 2015
    Assignees: Canon Information and Imaging Solutions, Inc., Canon U.S.A., Inc.
    Inventor: Hisashi Kato
  • Image forming apparatus controlling fixing temperature
    Patent number: 9069311
    Abstract: An image forming apparatus includes a toner image forming section, a fixing section, and a control section. The toner image forming section forms a toner image based on image data for printing on printing paper. The fixing section fixes the toner image on the printing paper through thermocompression. The control section controls a toner image forming operation by the toner image forming section and a fixing operation by the fixing section. The control section calculates a size parameter associated with a size of a uniform density region included in the toner image based on the image data for the printing and controls a fixing temperature of the fixing section according to a calculation result.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 15, 2013
    Date of Patent: June 30, 2015
    Assignee: KYOCERA Document Solutions Inc.
    Inventor: Tadashi Ohba
  • Saw-less, LNA-less low noise receiver
    Patent number: 9071325
    Abstract: A low noise receiver includes a downconverter configured to receive a radio frequency (RF) signal, the downconverter comprising a switching architecture configured to generate a plurality of output phases based on a respective plurality of local oscillator (LO) signals, a differencing circuit configured to combine the plurality of output phases such that an nth output phase is differenced with an (n+K)th output phase, resulting in gain-added output phases, and a summation filter configured to receive the gain-added output phases and configured to combine the gain-added output phases such that a response of the receiver effectively reduces odd harmonics of the RF signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 14, 2011
    Date of Patent: June 30, 2015
    Assignee: Skyworks Solutions, Inc.
    Inventors: Rajasekhar Pullela, William J. Domino
  • Administering a plurality of accounts for a client
    Patent number: 9070127
    Abstract: Methods and systems are provided for supporting electronic transactions, including transactions that are provided with per-user, per-device and per-domain security across domains of multiple service providers.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 9, 2011
    Date of Patent: June 30, 2015
    Assignee: MasterCard Mobile Transactions Solutions, Inc.
    Inventors: Satyan G. Pitroda, Mehul Desai
  • Sheet carrying apparatus and image forming apparatus having sheet detection power shifter
    Patent number: 9071716
    Abstract: A sheet carrying apparatus comprises a job executing portion that includes a sheet carrying portion for carrying a sheet, a power supply portion that performs usual power supply to the job executing portion in a usual mode and stops the power supply to the job executing portion in a power saving mode that restricts the power supply more than the usual mode; an ejecting portion into which the sheet carried by the sheet carrying portion is ejected, and an ejected sheet detecting portion that detects presence of the sheet ejected in the ejecting portion, and when there is no sheet in the ejecting portion after a job including ejecting of the sheet into the ejecting portion ends, the power supply portion shifts from the usual mode to the power saving mode.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 27, 2013
    Date of Patent: June 30, 2015
    Assignee: KYOCERA Document Solutions Inc.
    Inventor: Hitoshi Hayamizu
  • Sheet feeding apparatus and image forming apparatus including same
    Patent number: 9067747
    Abstract: A sheet feeding apparatus includes a sheet tray, a sheet feeding roller and a pair of link members. The sheet tray constitutes a loading surface. The sheet tray includes a tray main body and a lifting plate. The tray main body is openable and closable with respect to the wall portion. The lifting plate has a pair of first fulcrum portions disposed upstream of the sheet feeding roller. The downstream side of the lifting plate is rotationally movable up and down around the first fulcrum portions. The tray main body has a pair of second fulcrum portions. The second fulcrum portions are configured to be a pivot point for the opening and closing operation of the tray main body. Each of the pair of link members is coupled to the first fulcrum portion and to the wall portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 15, 2014
    Date of Patent: June 30, 2015
    Assignee: Kyocera Document Solutions Inc.
    Inventor: Tetsuro Kawashima
  • Electronic apparatus
    Patent number: 9071717
    Abstract: Provided is Electronic apparatus having a function of first power mode and a function of second power mode where power consumption is smaller than first power mode. A plurality of detecting units detects a plurality of trigger operations in second power mode, each of the trigger operations serving as a trigger that causes Electronic apparatus to return from second power mode to first power mode. Mode switching unit causes Electronic apparatus to return from second power mode to first power mode when any one of the plurality of trigger operations is detected by the plurality of detecting units. Power control unit supplies power to the plurality of detecting units in second power mode while performing control of repeating a supply period where power is supplied to the detecting unit and a non-supply period where power is not supplied to it in respect to each of the plurality of detecting units.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 25, 2014
    Date of Patent: June 30, 2015
    Assignee: Kyocera Document Solutions Inc.
    Inventor: Kunio Imaoka
  • Bipolar transistor having collector with doping spike
    Patent number: 9070732
    Abstract: This disclosure relates to bipolar transistors, such as heterojunction bipolar transistors, having at a doping spike in the collector. The doping spike can be disposed relatively near an interface between the collector and the base. For instance, the doping spike can be disposed within half of the thickness of the collector from the interface between the collector and the base. Such bipolar transistors can be implemented, for example, in power amplifiers.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 25, 2013
    Date of Patent: June 30, 2015
    Assignee: Skyworks Solutions, Inc.
    Inventors: Peter J. Zampardi, Jr., Kai Hay Kwok
  • Developing device, image forming apparatus, and control method of developing device
    Patent number: 9069293
    Abstract: A developing device includes a developing roller, a magnetic roller opposed to the developing roller so as to form a magnetic brush, a high voltage power supply including a transformer having secondary side outputs one of which is connected to the developing roller while the other output is connected to the magnetic roller, so as to apply AC voltages to the developing roller and the magnetic roller, a detection portion for detecting occurrence of discharge between the developing roller and the photoreceptor drum, a restriction portion for restricting movement of toner from the magnetic roller to the developing roller, and a moving portion configured to move the restriction portion in discharge start voltage detection mode so as to restrict toner movement to the developing roller.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 21, 2014
    Date of Patent: June 30, 2015
    Assignee: KYOCERA Document Solutions Inc.
    Inventor: Kensuke Fujihara
  • METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR DETERMINING COMPLEXITY OF A CLINICAL TRIAL
    Publication number: 20150178244
    Abstract: A method for determining net complexity of a clinical trial includes determining procedures to be performed during the clinical trial, determining which of the procedures may be routinely performed on clinical trial subjects suffering from the disease that the drug under test is designed to treat, determining the net procedures to be performed for the clinical trial itself, and calculating a complexity score for the net procedures. An apparatus for determining net complexity of a clinical trial is also described and claimed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 20, 2013
    Publication date: June 25, 2015
    Applicant: Medidata Solutions, Inc.
    Inventors: Lori Shields, Joshua Hartman
  • TONER
    Publication number: 20150177633
    Abstract: A toner includes toner particles. The toner particles each include a toner core, silica particles located on a surface of the toner core, and a shell layer disposed over the surface of the toner core on which the silica particles are located. For at least 80% by number of the toner particles, along at least 80% of a circumferential length of a cross-section of the toner particle when the cross-section is analyzed by EELS, the shell layer has a thickness of at least 5 nm and satisfies a condition that a ratio of an intensity INc relative to an intensity INs is at least 0.0 and no greater than 0.2. The intensity INs indicates intensity of an N—K shell absorption-edge originating from nitrogen atoms in the shell layer. The intensity INc indicates intensity of an N—K shell absorption-edge originating from nitrogen atoms in the toner core.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 16, 2014
    Publication date: June 25, 2015
    Applicant: KYOCERA Document Solutions Inc.
    Inventors: Ryota KOBAYASHI, Masami TSUJIHIRO
  • SHEET CONVEYANCE MECHANISM, DOCUMENT CONVEYANCE APPARATUS AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS INCLUDING THE SAME
    Publication number: 20150175369
    Abstract: A sheet conveyance mechanism in the present disclosure has a feeding portion, a pair of registration rollers, a first sensor, a second sensor, and a conveyance control portion. The feeding portion has a drive roller. The registration rollers are disposed in a downstream side of the feeding portion. The first and second sensors detect presence of a sheet. If after a sheet is detected by the first sensor, the sheet is not detected by the second sensor by a time when a first period elapses, the conveyance control portion starts a slowdown of a rotation speed of the drive roller. If the sheet is detected by the second sensor by a time when a second period elapses after the slowdown of the rotation speed of the drive roller starts, the conveyance control portion returns the rotation speed of the drive roller to a rotation speed before the slowdown.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 23, 2014
    Publication date: June 25, 2015
    Applicant: KYOCERA Document Solutions Inc.
    Inventors: Takuro MURATA, Masayuki KAKUTA