Abstract: An electrophotographic imaging member includes at least one layer including a hole transport material and a strong electron acceptor material, such as an electro photographic imaging member including a substrate, a charge generating layer, a hole transport layer, and an optional overcoating layer, wherein at least one layer of the electrophotographic imaging member comprises a strong electron acceptor material.

Abstract: There is provided a client apparatus including a data acquisition unit that acquires, from a server apparatus, output job data generated by the server apparatus, an attribute acquisition unit that acquires attribute information deriving from the client apparatus, and a first output unit that associates the attribute information deriving from the client apparatus with the output job data in accordance with a first correlation scheme for enabling an output device to recognize the attribute information as information to be logged therein, to thereby output to the output device the attribute information associated with the output job data.

Abstract: A color converter has a setting section, a determining section, and a converting section. The setting section sets the ratio between plural color rendering intents. The determining section determines a color conversion function for converting a first image signal in a first color space into a second image signal in a second color space different from the first color space, based on the ratio between the color rendering intents. The converting section converts the first image signal into the second image signal based on the color conversion function determined by the determining section.

Abstract: A powder supply unit is disclosed, which includes a housing accommodating powder, a rotating member rotatably provided in the housing, a sheet-like transporting member fixed to the rotating member and having a free end at a side different from the fixed portion side and slidingly moved on an inner wall of the housing by the rotation of the rotating member to transport the powder in the axial direction of the rotating member, and a powder supplying hole provided on the downstream side in the transporting direction of the powder in the housing. The powder supply unit is constructed such that the transporting member, when not in use, is in a hold state in which the free end side thereof is bent in a direction opposite to the direction of bending when in use.

Abstract: An image forming system includes an image forming apparatus and a user interface device. The image forming apparatus accepts a print command and forms an image according to the print command. The user interface device communicates with the image forming apparatus. Power control and power supply are performed for the image forming apparatus and the user interface device separately. The image forming apparatus includes a detection section, a storage section, a re-establishment section and a mode control section. The detection section detects as to whether or not communication between the image forming apparatus and the user information device is disconnected. The storage section stores modes of the image forming apparatus and user interface device when the detection section detects disconnection. The re-establishment section re-establishes the communication. The mode control section controls modes, after the re-establishing, of the image forming apparatus and user interface device based on the stored modes.

Abstract: The present invention provides an image forming system. The image forming system includes at least a first color gamut information retaining component, a device information obtaining component, a color gamut information computing component, a comparison component and a judgment component. The color gamut information computing component computes second color gamut information that is a necessary gamut for image formation based on the image data to be output to an output device. The comparison component compares the second color gamut information computed by the color gamut information computing component and first color gamut information representing the color gamut that can be formed by the output device obtained by the device information obtaining component. The judgment component that judges based on the comparison result of the comparison component whether or not to output the image data to the output device to perform an image forming process.

Abstract: A recording medium with an ink image thereon, wherein a varnish at least partially covers the ink image, and wherein the varnish composition prior to application comprises at least one latex emulsion, water, at least one base and at least one surfactant.

Abstract: An information processing apparatus that configures an operation screen formed by one or more user interface components in which a parameter value is a base of displaying the user component, the apparatus includes: a meta-information storage that stores meta-information in which a user having a privilege to change a parameter value and an influence range which is under influence of the changed parameter are stored; a parameter storage that stores a parameter value set by a user; a parameter change section that changes the parameter value stored in the parameter storage in accordance with a request from a user; and an operation screen configuration section that configures the operation screen to display by specifying the influence range based on the meta-information of each parameter contained in the user interface component, and acquiring the parameter value from the parameter storage.

Abstract: There is provided a color converting device, wherein base data regulates a plurality of color charts regarding a first color value on a first color space and a second color value on a second color space that represent colors of a specified color chart and a color prediction model that estimates and calculates the relation between the first color value and the second color value based on the base data are inputted or designated, and the inputted or designated base data and color prediction model are used and color conversion conditions for converting the first color value to the second color value are generated, the device performing color conversion of inputted image data based on the generated color conversion conditions and provided with a determining unit that determines with calculation processing whether the inputted or designated base data is base data that can generate suitable color conversion conditions when the base data is combined with the inputted or designated color prediction model.

Abstract: An image forming apparatus includes: a body; a transport belt that includes a transport face, and that transports the sheet while supporting the sheet on a transport face; a developer-image forming portion that forms a developer image on the sheet transported by transport belt; and a fixing device that includes a contact portion disposed lower position than the transport face, and that fixes the developer image on the sheet by the contact portion.

Abstract: Embodiments of the present invention describe a collaborative framework for mining of surveillance videos to detect abnormal events, which introduces a two-stage training process to alleviate the high false alarm problem. In the first stage, unsupervised clustering is performed on the segments of the video streams and a set of abnormal events are combined with user feedback to generate a clean training set. In the second stage, the clean training set is used to train a more precise model for the analysis of normal events and the motion detection results from multiple cameras can be cross validated and combined. This description is not intended to be a complete description of, or limit the scope of, the invention. Other features, aspects, and objects of the invention can be obtained from a review of the specification, the figures, and the claims.

Abstract: An image forming system includes an image forming apparatus and a user interface device. The image forming apparatus forms an image on a recording material. The user interface device is connected to the image forming apparatus. The user interface device accepts a user's input, outputs the input to the image forming apparatus and displays information based on data input from the image forming apparatus. The image forming apparatus sends a notification to the user interface device before the image forming apparatus executes a process of changing one operation mode to another operation mode. The process of changing includes disconnecting communication between the image forming apparatus and the user interface device. The user interface device displays information corresponding to the notification received from the image forming apparatus.

Abstract: A pattern matching device includes a dilated image generating unit that generates a dilated image based on a resultant image obtained by logical operation between a first image pattern and a second image pattern, and a comparing unit that compares the first image pattern with the second image pattern, based on a ratio of overlap between the first image pattern and the dilated image generated by the dilated image generating unit, and a ratio of overlap between the second image pattern and the dilated image generated by the dilated image generating unit.

Abstract: The invention provides a belt including a belt base having elasticity and a projection member having elasticity which is provided along at least one edge of the belt base so as to project from the belt base, and an adhesive layer which bonds the belt base and the projection member, wherein the ten-point average roughness Rz in the region of the belt base to be bonded with the projection member is about 4 ?m or more and the ten-point average roughness Rz in the region of the projection member to be bonded with the belt base is about 6 ?m or more.

Abstract: An image forming apparatus includes a photoconductor, a charging member, a voltage applying unit that applies at least one of voltage of a DC component and voltage of an AC component to the charging member, a capacitance unit connected to a superposition point for the DC component and the AC component, a DC current measuring unit that measures the value of DC current passed from the charging member to the photoconductor, a capacitance measuring unit that measures the electrostatic charge amount of current coming into the capacitance unit, and a control unit that integrates the DC current value measured by the DC current measuring unit with time for which the voltage is applied to the photoconductor and calculates a charge amount corresponding to the thickness of the photosensitive thin film by subtracting the electrostatic charge amount measured by the capacitance measuring unit from the result of integration.

Abstract: A system and method of summarizing text comprising performing structural summarization of a source text and compressing at least one relationship in the structural summarization.

Abstract: A distributed Bragg reflector includes a first layer formed to be a first thickness, and a second layer formed to be a second thickness. A method of forming a distributed Bragg reflector includes forming a first layer to be a first thickness and forming a second layer to be a second thickness. The first and second thicknesses are determined using a wavelength that is adjacent to a center wavelength of an optical band of the distributed Bragg reflector.

Abstract: A regulated black colorant amount calculating section calculates a corresponding regulated black colorant amount from the L*a*b* of a plurality of typical color signals in a partial color gamut, which can be represented by three colors excluding black. An optimum black colorant amount modeling section performs color prediction modeling to predict an optimum black colorant amount in a whole color gamut from plural sets of the typical color signal and the regulated black colorant amount. At this time, an extrapolation prediction from a color in a partial color gamut to a whole color gamut is performed to predict the optimum black colorant amount in which a natural color reproduction. By using the color prediction modeling, the optimum black colorant amount determining section determines a corresponding optimum black colorant amount from the L*a*b* of an input lattice point. a YMCK signal calculating section determines residual YMC and outputs a YMCK signal.

Abstract: Text, images, and/or graphics of electronic documents should be organized and laid out in a two-dimensional format for presentation to the viewer. The best such layout depends upon the content present, the creator's intent, the output device, and the viewer's interests. To analyze the qualitative nature of the layout in quantifiable terms, the electronic document is measure using various quantifiable factors; such as, balance, uniformity, white space management, alignment, consistency, legibility, etc.; that impact a qualitative nature of a document. Such quantifiable factors are then used to quantize the aesthetics, ease of use, eye-catching ability, interest, communicability, comfort, and convenience of the document.

Abstract: A system for transporting and selectively sorting particles includes a first wall and a traveling wave grid extending along the first wall. The system includes a second wall having a passage extending therethrough and a gate operatively associated with the passage. A controller is adapted to output a multi-phase electrical signal. The controller is in communication with the traveling wave grid and the gate. A method of using the system is also provided.