Patents Assigned to Xerox
  • Printing apparatus, printing system, and non-transitory computer readable medium for printing
    Patent number: 10596843
    Abstract: There is provided a printing apparatus. The printing apparatus includes a memory storing a program; and at least one hardware processor configured to execute a process in the program. The process includes: performing at least one printing operation of pre-printing and post-printing of overprinting which is an operation of performing pre-printing on a medium and then performing post-printing on the medium; and printing one of charts indicating reference positions by the intersection points of reference lines, during test printing related to each of the at least one printing operation, wherein the directions of reference lines corresponding to pre-printing are different from the directions of reference lines corresponding to post-printing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 13, 2018
    Date of Patent: March 24, 2020
    Assignee: Fuji Xerox Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Tomokazu Sugata
  • Image processing apparatus, image processing method, and non-transitory computer readable medium
    Patent number: 10602026
    Abstract: An image processing apparatus includes a specifying unit, an extraction unit, and a creation unit. The specifying unit specifies, for one image among a first image before color conversion and a second image after color conversion, an area for which image information is extracted. The extraction unit extracts plural pieces of color conversion information, which are image information about pixels in the area of the one image among the first image and the second image, the area being specified by the specifying unit, and image information about pixels in the other image corresponding to the pixels in the one image. The creation unit creates a color conversion property on the basis of the plural pieces of color conversion information extracted by the extraction unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 5, 2018
    Date of Patent: March 24, 2020
    Assignee: FUJI XEROX CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Toshihiro Iwafuchi, Noriko Sakai, Yusuke Izumisawa
  • Image forming apparatus including a transport member and a transfer device
    Patent number: 10599073
    Abstract: An image forming apparatus includes a transport member that transports a continuous medium as a result of a transport surface of the transport member making contact with the continuous medium and a transfer device that is disposed on a downstream side in a direction in which the transport member transports the medium and that transfers an image onto the medium, which extends to the transport member, as a result of a transfer surface of the transfer device making contact with the medium. A moving speed of the transfer surface is lower than a moving speed of the transport surface when the medium is transported.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 18, 2018
    Date of Patent: March 24, 2020
    Assignee: FUJI XEROX CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Kanji Watanabe
  • Electrostatic-image developing toner, electrostatic-image developer, toner cartridge, process cartridge, image forming apparatus, and image forming method
    Patent number: 10599061
    Abstract: An electrostatic-image developing toner includes toner particles, inorganic particles externally added to the toner particles, and a low-molecular-weight siloxane having a molecular weight of 200 or more and 600 or less. The low-molecular-weight siloxane includes only a siloxane bond and an alkyl group. The total content of the low-molecular-weight siloxane in the electrostatic-image developing toner is, by mass, 0.01 ppm or more and 5 ppm or less.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 18, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 24, 2020
    Assignee: FUJI XEROX CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Soutaro Kakehi, Yasuko Torii, Moegi Iguchi, Sakon Takahashi
  • Methods, systems and devices for automated cost based color profiling of inkjet printers
    Patent number: 10599375
    Abstract: A system, device and method for managing colors of a color printer in accordance with predetermined ink usages and cost objectives. Profiles comprising a corresponding set of job parameters are collected having an ink usage that satisfies a predetermined cost objective for the print job. Sheets are printed out in accordance with these acceptable profiles for proofing by a customer for image quality and selection of a profile to be used for the print job.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 19, 2018
    Date of Patent: March 24, 2020
    Assignee: Xerox Corporation
    Inventor: Matthew J. Ochs
  • Methods and systems for enhancing image quality for documents with highlighted content
    Patent number: 10602019
    Abstract: Examples of systems and methods for enhancing image quality for documents with highlighted portions are described. A highlighted portion from a received input is detected. The highlighted portion is automatically segmented as a text layer and the remaining portion is further segmented as a separate text layer and an image layer. A resolution is assigned to the highlighted portion, wherein the resolution assigned to the highlighted portion is greater than the respective resolution for the text layer and the image layer, to improve quality of the highlighted portion. The text layer corresponding to the highlighted portion and the separate text layer and the image layer are integrated together to generate a scanned document in a Mixed Raster Content (MRC) file format.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 19, 2018
    Date of Patent: March 24, 2020
    Assignee: Xerox Corporation
    Inventors: Sainarayanan Gopalakrishnan, Rajasekar Kanagasabai, Vignesh Doss
  • Image forming apparatus
    Patent number: 10599075
    Abstract: An image forming apparatus includes: plural image forming units that each include plural image forming sections and a first intermediate transfer body to which toner images formed by the plural image forming sections are transferred through first transfer; plural second transfer sections provided in correspondence with the plural image forming units to transfer the toner images on the first intermediate transfer body to a recording medium through second transfer; and a detection device that detects the toner images downstream of a most downstream one of the second transfer sections.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 15, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 24, 2020
    Assignee: FUJI XEROX CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Satoshi Tanaka, Chihiro Hagiwara
  • Information processing apparatus and nontransitory computer readable medium
    Patent number: 10600331
    Abstract: An information processing apparatus includes a detector and an instructor. The detector detects a motion of a video image viewed by a user. The instructor provides to the user an instruction to assume a posture in accordance with the motion of the video image detected by the detector.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 4, 2018
    Date of Patent: March 24, 2020
    Assignee: FUJI XEROX CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Keigo Hattori, Hirotake Sasaki
  • ELECTROSTATIC CHARGE IMAGE DEVELOPMENT TONER AND ELECTROSTATIC CHARGE IMAGE DEVELOPER
    Publication number: 20200089137
    Abstract: An electrostatic charge image development toner satisfies the following: a maximum slope of an absolute value of log (loss modulus G?) from 60° C. to 90° C. is 0.07 or more and 0.16 or less; a maximum slope of an absolute value of log (loss modulus G?) from 90° C. to 130° C. is 0.08 or less; and G?(60) is 5.0×107 Pa or more and 1.0×1010 Pa or less, where G?(60) is a loss modulus at 60° C.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 29, 2019
    Publication date: March 19, 2020
    Applicant: FUJI XEROX CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Atsushi SUGAWARA, Yasuo KADOKURA, Daisuke TOMITA, Sakiko HIRAI, Satoshi MIURA
  • TRANSPORT DEVICE AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS
    Publication number: 20200089153
    Abstract: A transport device includes a first rotary part that rotates; a second rotary part that contacts the first rotary part, that forms a pinch region where an object to be transported is pinched between the second rotary part and the first rotary part, and that rotates together with the first rotary part; and a positioning mechanism that positions the second rotary part with respect to the first rotary part. The positioning mechanism includes a swing part that supports one end portion side of the second rotary part, that is supported at one end portion side of the first rotary part, and that is swingable around a rotation center of the first rotary part; and a fixing section that fixes the swing part.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 22, 2019
    Publication date: March 19, 2020
    Applicant: FUJI XEROX CO.,LTD.
    Inventors: Teruki NAGANUMA, Junichi ASAOKA, Mizuki ARAI, Akira IWASAKA, Yuki SEKURA, Kohei TAKAHASHI, Hiromitsu TOMIOKA, Keita YANO, Yuichiro SHIMURA
  • METHOD FOR PRODUCING CIRCUIT BOARD AND CIRCUIT BOARD PRODUCING APPARATUS, AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING INTEGRATED CIRCUIT USING THE SAME
    Publication number: 20200093004
    Abstract: A method for producing a circuit board includes providing a substrate on which a toner image formed of a thermoplastic toner has been formed and forming a conductive foil layer having a thickness of 0.1 ?m to 2 ?m on the toner image that has been formed on the substrate and then applying heat to the toner image and the conductive foil layer to form a wire constituted by conductive foil.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 22, 2019
    Publication date: March 19, 2020
    Applicant: FUJI XEROX CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yasuo MATSUMURA, Sumiaki YAMASAKI, Tsuyoshi MURAKAMI, Kana YOSHIDA, Shuji SATO
  • INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS AND IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS
    Publication number: 20200089442
    Abstract: An information processing apparatus includes one or plural first plug-ins that are prepared according to a type of a data output apparatus for outputting data and collect data output from the data output apparatus, one or plural second plug-ins that receive data from the first plug-in and transmit the received data to an external apparatus, and a plug-in management unit that controls activation and stop of the first plug-in and the second plug-in.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 9, 2019
    Publication date: March 19, 2020
    Applicant: FUJI XEROX CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Kohei TANAKA
  • PLANT PROTECTION AGENT
    Publication number: 20200085060
    Abstract: A plant protection agent includes a photocatalyst particle containing a titanium oxide compound. The surface of the photocatalyst particle is modified with a metal compound that includes a metal atom and a hydrocarbon group. The photocatalyst particle has absorption at a wavelength of 550 nm.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 24, 2019
    Publication date: March 19, 2020
    Applicant: FUJI XEROX CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Hiroyoshi OKUNO, Hideaki YOSHIKAWA, Takeshi IWANAGA, Sakae TAKEUCHI, Yuka ZENITANI, Yasuhiro KUSUMOTO
  • INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS AND NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER READABLE MEDIUM
    Publication number: 20200089944
    Abstract: An information processing apparatus includes a receiving unit and a controller. The receiving unit receives an extraction-area image indicating an extraction area. The extraction area includes a fill-in area in which a writer handwrites information. When an instruction to correct a recognition result for the information written in the fill-in area indicated by the extraction-area image is given, the controller causes a display unit to display a different extraction-area image similar to the extraction-area image.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 22, 2019
    Publication date: March 19, 2020
    Applicant: FUJI XEROX CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Shigekazu SASAGAWA
  • INFORMATION FORWARDING DEVICE AND NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER READABLE MEDIUM
    Publication number: 20200092437
    Abstract: An information forwarding device includes a forwarding unit, a reception unit, and a control unit. The forwarding unit forwards information stored in a predetermined folder to a preset destination. The reception unit receives an edit to a destination stored in advance. In a case in which the reception unit receives an edit to a destination set as a forwarding destination of the forwarding by the forwarding unit, the control unit executes control to defer of the forwarding of the information by the forwarding unit to the destination after the edit until a predetermined condition is satisfied.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 4, 2019
    Publication date: March 19, 2020
    Applicant: FUJI XEROX CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Yusuke KAMOI
  • RECORDING-MATERIAL-STORING DEVICE AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS
    Publication number: 20200087087
    Abstract: A recording-material-storing device includes a detection object whose position is to be detected, a pressing portion that is movable toward and away from a side of a recording material placed in the recording-material-storing device and is to be pressed against the side, and a moving portion that moves the detection object by undergoing a relative motion with respect to the pressing portion when the pressing portion is moved.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 27, 2019
    Publication date: March 19, 2020
    Applicant: FUJI XEROX CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Hajime YOSHII, Yambe CHI, Haanu JON, Jonson I, Jonfun IMU, Girufun RI, Donhon JON, Myonjin O, Jungaru I, Minji KIMU, Kyofun BYON
  • INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS
    Publication number: 20200089639
    Abstract: An information processing apparatus includes a first controller that has a first interface and performs control that does not depend on hardware; a second controller that has a second interface connected to the first interface, is connected to the first controller through a communication path, and performs control that depends on the hardware; and a matching unit that, in a case where there is mismatch between first pin definition of the first interface and second pin definition of the second interface, causes a function of the first controller and a function of the second controller to match each other by changing the first pin definition or the second pin definition so that the first pin definition and the second pin definition match each other.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 9, 2019
    Publication date: March 19, 2020
    Applicant: FUJI XEROX CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Takanori FUKUOKA, Kenji IMAMURA, Masahiro KOBATA, Yuji MURATA, Kazuhiko ABE, Shinho IKEDA
  • INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS AND NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER READABLE MEDIUM
    Publication number: 20200092432
    Abstract: An information processing apparatus includes an extracting unit and a display controller. The extracting unit extracts a specific item from among at least one or more items in accordance with history information indicating a history in which a setting value has been set. The display controller performs control such that when a display target representing the extracted specific item is moved in a direction from one end of a screen toward the other end of the screen opposing the one end and displayed, the display target is displayed in a highlighted manner.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 4, 2019
    Publication date: March 19, 2020
    Applicant: FUJI XEROX CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Ryosuke MASUKO
  • INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS AND NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER READABLE MEDIUM
    Publication number: 20200089448
    Abstract: An information processing apparatus includes a memory unit that stores set contents that are obtained by changing standard set contents, a reception unit that receives information regarding the set contents, a search unit that searches, based on the information received by the reception unit, contents stored in the memory unit for the changed set contents that correspond to the information, and a display control unit that performs control in such a manner as to display a search result obtained by the search unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 4, 2019
    Publication date: March 19, 2020
    Applicant: FUJI XEROX CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Masahiro IWATA
  • INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS AND NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER READABLE MEDIUM STORING PROGRAM
    Publication number: 20200092434
    Abstract: An information processing apparatus includes an image processing section that executes image processing, the operation control section that controls an operation of the information processing apparatus in any of two or more operation states including at least a first operation state, in which operations by all functions of the information processing apparatus are possible, and a second operation state in which operations by some functions of the information processing apparatus are limited, and the data processing section that executes specific data processing, which does not involve the image processing by the image processing section, in a case where the operation control section performs control in the second operation state.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 9, 2019
    Publication date: March 19, 2020
    Applicant: FUJI XEROX CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Kohei TANAKA