Patents Assigned to Xerox
  • Publication number: 20100225997
    Abstract: White particles for display including first white particles that move in response to an electric field and second white particles that do not move in response to an electric field, the second white particles having a volume average particle size that is less than that of the first white particles, and a ratio of the numerical amount of the first white particles/the second white particles (L/S) satisfying the following relationship: 1/(5.1×107)?L/S?1/(2.8×104).
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 2, 2009
    Publication date: September 9, 2010
    Applicant: FUJI XEROX CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yasuo YAMAMOTO, Hiroaki MORIYAMA, Yoshinori YAMAGUCHI
  • Publication number: 20100225727
    Abstract: The light-emitting device includes: light-emitting elements linearly arrayed at intervals corresponding to a first resolution; switch elements electrically connected to the light-emitting elements; a transfer signal supply unit supplying a transfer signal for transmitting an on state among the switch elements by alternately repeating operations of turning on one switch element and turning on two adjacent switch elements including the one switch element; and a light-emission signal supply unit supplying a light-emission signal corresponding to a second resolution being a half of the first resolution, at supply timing changed according to whether in a first mode for causing an odd-numbered light-emitting element and a next even-numbered one to emit light as a pair, or the second mode for causing an even-numbered light-emitting element and a next odd-numbered one to emit light as a pair, the light-emitting elements arrayed at positions corresponding to the numbers.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 18, 2009
    Publication date: September 9, 2010
    Applicant: FUJI XEROX CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Seiji Ohno
  • Publication number: 20100226666
    Abstract: An image forming apparatus of the present invention includes: an image carrier on whose surface is formed a latent image; a developing unit that forms a developer image with a developer including toner, carrier and additive; a transfer unit that transfers the developer image onto a recording medium; a recovery member that recovers the developer remaining on the surface of the image carrier after the developer image is transferred; a supply member that supplies, to the image carrier, a recovery promoter; and a voltage application unit that applies, to the supply member, an alternating-current voltage whose amplitude is changed in accordance with a change in the percentages of the amount of toner and the amount of carrier per unit area of a developer image forming portion of the developing unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 31, 2009
    Publication date: September 9, 2010
    Applicant: FUJI XEROX CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Masaya Nakatsuhara
  • Publication number: 20100226669
    Abstract: An image forming apparatus includes an image holding member, a visible image detecting unit, a shielding part, a conveying passage, and a medium contact part. The visible image detecting unit includes a detecting part and detects a visible image, and the detecting part is disposed to face the image holding member. The shielding part is supported to be movable between a shielding position where the detecting part is shielded, and a detection permitting position where the detecting part is exposed. The medium contact part is supported to be movable between an entry position where the medium contact part enters a conveying passage, and a medium contact position where the medium contact part comes into contact with a medium and recedes from the entry position. The image forming apparatus moves the shielding part while interlocking with the movement of the medium contact part.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 2, 2009
    Publication date: September 9, 2010
    Applicant: FUJI XEROX CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Hisashi FUKASAWA
  • Publication number: 20100228801
    Abstract: An information processing apparatus includes a file obtaining unit, a saving unit, a save-state information storage unit, an accepting unit, an updating unit, and a transmitting unit. The file obtaining unit obtains a first file from a file management apparatus that manages the first file. The saving unit saves the first file. The save-state information storage unit stores save-state information about a save state of the first file. The accepting unit accepts a manipulation performed on the first file saved in the saving unit. The updating unit updates the save-state information, when the save state of the first file is changed in response to the accepted manipulation. The transmitting unit transmits the save-state information to the file management apparatus.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 2, 2009
    Publication date: September 9, 2010
    Applicant: FUJI XEROX CO., LTD
    Inventor: Shinichiro TANIGUCHI
  • Publication number: 20100225052
    Abstract: A transport device includes a feed unit that feeds transport subjects being loaded in a loading portion one by one in a transport direction, a protrusion amount detection unit that detects a protrusion amount of the transport subjects from the loading portion in the transport direction and an overlap feed sign detection unit that detects a sign of occurrence of overlap feed of the transport subjects based on a detection result of the protrusion amount.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 3, 2009
    Publication date: September 9, 2010
    Applicant: FUJI XEROX CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Shigehiro FURUKAWA, Koji ADACHI, Kaoru YASUKAWA, Norikazu YAMADA, Koki UWATOKO, Tetsuichi SATONAGA
  • Publication number: 20100226701
    Abstract: A fuser member includes a substrate and an outer layer including a polymeric material and an aerogel component that is at least one of dispersed in or bonded to the polymeric material.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 9, 2009
    Publication date: September 9, 2010
    Applicant: XEROX CORPORATION
    Inventor: Carolyn P. MOORLAG
  • Publication number: 20100227081
    Abstract: A mixed solvent process for preparing structured organic film comprising a plurality of segments and a plurality of linkers arranged as a covalent organic framework, wherein the structured organic film may be a multi-segment thick structured organic film.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 3, 2010
    Publication date: September 9, 2010
    Applicant: XEROX CORPORATION
    Inventors: Adrien Pierre COTE, Matthew A. HEUFT, David M. SKINNER, Jane Robinson COWDERY-CORVAN
  • Publication number: 20100225972
    Abstract: This disclosure provides methods, apparatus and systems to generate vector halftone data for rendering an image on an image output device. According to one aspect, a method generates vector halftone data as a function of contone pixel data for a given colorant at its nominal resolution and contone pixel data for the other colorants at a relatively lower resolution.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 3, 2009
    Publication date: September 9, 2010
    Applicant: XEROX CORPORATION
    Inventors: Peter A. Crean, Robert P. Loce, Edgar Bernal
  • Publication number: 20100224837
    Abstract: A process including: (a) forming a feature comprising uncoalesced silver-containing nanoparticles; (b) heating the uncoalesced silver-containing nanoparticles to form coalesced silver-containing nanoparticles wherein the feature comprising the coalesced silver-containing nanoparticles exhibits a low electrical conductivity; and (c) subjecting the coalesced silver-containing nanoparticles to an acid-containing composition to increase the electrical conductivity of the feature by at least about 100 times.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 5, 2009
    Publication date: September 9, 2010
    Applicant: Xerox Corporation
    Inventors: Yiliang Wu, Mahya Mokhtari
  • Publication number: 20100225971
    Abstract: An image composition device includes: a determination unit that determines an overlap state between respective pixel strings on corresponding lines in plural first image data pieces, having plural continuous pixels in the same color as a pixel string, including continuous coordinates with start point coordinate information and end point coordinate information of the pixel string, using the plural first image data pieces; and a composition unit that composes plural second image data pieces based on a result of determination by the determination unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 17, 2009
    Publication date: September 9, 2010
    Applicant: FUJI XEROX CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Taro YOKOSE
  • Publication number: 20100225984
    Abstract: An image processing apparatus includes: a first determination unit that determines whether each of an image regions is for a vector image; a color number counting unit that counts the number of colors in the pixels of high-resolution image data; a frequency counting unit that counts a number of times where the difference between the colors of each of the pixels in the high-resolution image data and the colors of at least one pixel located around each of those pixels is greater than or equal to a threshold; a second determination unit that determines that the image region is not an image region for a vector image; and a generation unit that generates image data in which a process for rendering images in the image regions determined by the first determination unit to be image regions for vector images is defined by numerical values or numerical formulas.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 30, 2009
    Publication date: September 9, 2010
    Applicant: FUJI XEROX CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Hiroshi NIINA, Ayumi ONISHI, Hiroyoshi UEJO, Kazuhiro OHYA, Katsuya KOYANAGI, Zhenrui ZHANG, Chihiro MATSUGUMA
  • Publication number: 20100227998
    Abstract: A structured organic film comprising a plurality of segments and a plurality of linkers arranged as a covalent organic framework, wherein the structured organic film may be a multi-segment thick structured organic film.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 3, 2010
    Publication date: September 9, 2010
    Applicant: XEROX CORPORATION
    Inventors: Matthew A. HEUFT, Adrien Pierre COTE, Kathy L. DE JONG
  • Publication number: 20100229080
    Abstract: A system and method which may be implemented at least partly by a computer, are provided for developing a support system. A virtual representation of a device is generated for display on a user interface. Links between components of the virtual representation, which represent components of the device, and corresponding cases in a searchable knowledge base (SKB) are stored. Users can navigate the SKB in search of a solution to a problem with the device with the assistance of the virtual representation which enables actuation of the existing links. The users are able to create new links, each new link linking a component of the virtual representation with a case in the SKB which the user identifies as providing a solution to the problem with the device which is related to the component. The new link is stored for future use by the user or by other users.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 3, 2009
    Publication date: September 9, 2010
    Applicant: Xerox Corporation
    Inventors: Frederic Roulland, Pascal Valobra, Ye Deng, Stefania Castellani, Jacki O'Neill
  • Publication number: 20100227306
    Abstract: An educational recommender system and a method for recommending an educational game to be used by a group of at least two students are provided. The method includes receiving a request to recommend an educational game to use with the group of students, and accessing student data relating to the at least two students including granular assessment data. The granular assessment data includes a result of at least one assessment administered to respective students, wherein each assessment includes a plurality of problems for assessing at least one of the students and the associated result includes an independent evaluation of each respective problem. The method further includes selecting an educational game that exercises the students in an academic area, including selecting the level of the academic area exercised based on granular assessment data associated with each of the respective students.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 30, 2010
    Publication date: September 9, 2010
    Applicant: Xerox Corporation
    Inventors: Robert M. Lofthus, Kristine A. German, Florent Perronnin
  • Publication number: 20100229087
    Abstract: An information processing device includes; a processing content information creating unit that creates processing content information indicative of content of processing corresponding to operation accepted for operation target information to be operated by a user; a processing content information storing unit that stores the processing content information; and an outputting unit that outputs the operation target information added with additional information corresponding to the processing content information stored by the processing content information storing unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 27, 2009
    Publication date: September 9, 2010
    Applicant: FUJI XEROX CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Hiroyuki UEDA
  • Publication number: 20100225837
    Abstract: The invention provides a display medium including: a first electrode; a second electrode; a liquid crystal layer provided between the first electrode and the second electrode; a photoconductive layer provided between the second electrode and the liquid crystal layer, the photoconductive layer absorbing light of a predetermined wavelength used for writing, and thereby exhibiting an electrical characteristic corresponding to the intensity distribution of the light used for writing; a first light absorption layer provided between the liquid crystal layer and the photoconductive layer, the first light absorption layer absorbing light transmitted through the liquid crystal layer; a second light absorption layer provided at the side of the second electrode not facing the photoconductive layer, the second light absorption layer allowing transmission of the light used for writing and having an absorbance of 1 or more with respect to light of any wavelength in a range of from 300 nm to 550 nm.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 17, 2009
    Publication date: September 9, 2010
    Applicant: FUJI XEROX CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Mieko SEKI, Yasuhiro YAMAGUCHI, Tomozumi UESAKA, Hideo KOBAYASHI, Hiroe OKUYAMA, Masaaki ARAKI, Motohiko SAKAMAKI
  • Publication number: 20100225228
    Abstract: White particles for display including at least one of a chain or cyclic polysilane compound having a polysilane structure represented by the following Formula (I) or a halogen-substituted compound thereof: wherein in Formula (I), A represents a phenyl group, B represents an alkyl group or a phenyl group, and n represents an integer of from 5 to 1000.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 2, 2009
    Publication date: September 9, 2010
    Applicant: FUJI XEROX CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yasuo YAMAMOTO, Hiroaki MORIYAMA
  • Publication number: 20100227982
    Abstract: Ink receiving particles is provided. The ink receiving particles includes polymer particles, the polymer particles including a resin including an acidic group and a polyoxyethylene chain, the acidic group at least partially having a salt structure.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 19, 2009
    Publication date: September 9, 2010
    Applicant: FUJI XEROX CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yoshihiro Inaba, Kentaro Ageishi, Takako Kobayashi, Ryosaku Igarashi
  • Publication number: 20100225866
    Abstract: A display medium includes: a pair of substrates that have light transmittance; electrode members that are respectively formed on the opposing surfaces of the substrates, have light transmittance, and are capable of carrying an electric current; a display member that is interposed between the electrode members and displays display information when the electric current is supplied; a terminal portion provided at one electrode member; a reinforcing portion that has electrical conductivity and is joined to the terminal portion; and a mounted electrode that has electrical conductivity and is joined to the terminal portion by a joining material that has, after curing, a cohesive force larger than that of the reinforcing portion. The area of a reinforcing joining region of the terminal portion to which the reinforcing portion is joined is smaller than the area of a mounted joining region of the terminal portion to which the joining material is joined.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 25, 2009
    Publication date: September 9, 2010
    Applicant: FUJI XEROX CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Motohiko SAKAMAKI, Masaaki ARAKI, Takehito HIKICHI, Koichi HAGA, Mamoru FUJITA