Abstract: An image forming system may include a photoreceptor, a sheet feeding apparatus and a retard feeder device that includes a feed roll, retard roll and nudger roll. The retard feeder device transfers a sheet of paper from the sheet feeding apparatus, through the sheet imaging media registration system and on to the photoreceptor. The retard roll is mounted in a loading bracket to allow the Retard Rollers to be loaded against the Feeder Rollers. The loading bracket is mounted on a pivot pin so that the retard rollers can pivot to maintain equal pressure against both feed roll. A retard feeder device may include a bracket, a feed roll assembly that includes two tires, a retard roll assembly that includes two tires and a nudger roll assembly. The retard roll loading bracket is fastened to a pivot pin so that the retard rollers can pivot to maintain an equal pressure between the tires of the retard roll assembly and the tires of the feed roll assembly.

Abstract: Document fragments are managed by the use of fragment objects. Fragment objects contain a reference to a portion of a source document. Referencing documents contain a reference to a fragment object which delivers the content of the fragment of the source document to the referencing document. The source document can be directly updated through updating the fragment of the source document contained in the referencing document via the use of the fragment object. Source document deletion is controlled by storing the references to the source document by fragment objects so that no fragment object has a reference to a nonexistent source document.

Abstract: A optical apparatus may include a plurality of Fabry-Perot cavities and a controller. The plurality of Fabry-Perot cavities receives an incoming image. The controller controls a group of adjacent Fabry-Perot cavities of the plurality of Fabry-Perot cavities to sample spectral information from a pixel of the incoming image. The group may be designated to the pixel. Sizes of the cavities within the group may differ from one another. The sizes of the cavities within the group may be fixed during the spectral information synthesis operation.

Abstract: A content distribution apparatus includes a receiving section, a correction section, an evaluation section and a summary generation section. The receiving section receives plural pieces of watching information of target content information and stores the received watching information. Each of the watching information includes information indicating a reproduction start position from which it was started to reproduce the target content information. The correction section corrects each of the reproduction start positions to any of a plurality of predetermined positions. The evaluation section generates evaluation information of each corrected reproduction start position based on the corrected reproduction start position and the stored watching information. The summary generation section extracts a part of the target content information based on the generated evaluation information of the respective corrected reproduction start positions to generate summary information of the target content information.

Abstract: A developer cartridge is constituted to be mounted attachably and detachably in a direction orthogonal to a rotating shaft of a developing unit main body and the image forming apparatus main body is constituted to provide an operation hampering member for hampering at least a portion of a developer cartridge which is not disposed at the interchanging position and exposed from a space of taking out the image forming unit from being attached or detached in a state of taking out the image forming unit.

Abstract: An apparatus may include an illuminator, a controller, a display panel, a modulator, and a plurality of Fabry-Perot cavities. The plurality of Fabry-Perot cavities generated an image from light provided by the illuminator, each pixel of the image corresponding to a respective one of the plurality of Fabry-Perot cavities. The controller controls the modulator to provide image modulation data to the plurality of Fabry-Perot cavities for generating the image, the modulator providing color information to a first cavity of the plurality of Fabry-Perot cavities for setting a size of the first cavity to correspond to a color of a first pixel of the image, the modulator providing gray level information to the first cavity for time-division multiplexing to correspond to a gray level of the first pixel. The display panel display pixels of the generated image based on colors and gray levels of each pixel of the generated image.

Abstract: Document fragments are managed by the use of fragment objects. Fragment objects contain a reference to a portion of a source document Referencing documents contain a reference to a fragment object which delivers the content of the fragment of the source document to the referencing document The source document can be directly updated through updating the fragment of the source document contained in the referencing document via the use of the fragment object. Source document deletion is controlled by storing the references to the source document by fragment objects so that no fragment object has a reference to a nonexistent source document.

Abstract: A method of supplying toner to a printing device includes providing a universal developer for at least two colors. A developer system includes a universal developer unit and a developing station that develops an image using the toner and the universal developer. The universal developer may be provided to each of the colors. An auger for a color mixes the toner and the universal developer supplied therein. The amount of the toner supplied may be determined based on a concentration of the toner and the universal developer in a developer housing. The universal developer may be provided in a form of cartridge, which may be installed to a selected one of the colors.

Abstract: A spectral filter includes a two-dimensional array of Fabry-Perot cavity structures, a controller, and a sampling circuit used to switch the Fabry-Perot cavity. The filter receives an incoming image, the sampling circuit switches the cavity to generate a filter image, and the filtered image is detected by the photodetectors to convert a filtered image into digital data. The controller coordinates all the image captures functions of the spectral filter.

Abstract: An ink stick for use in a phase change ink jet printer is provided wherein the ink jet printer has an ink feed channel having a feed direction leading to a melt plate. The ink stick comprises an ink stick body having an external surface and an axis of rotation. The ink stick body is adapted for insertion into the ink feed channel so that the axis of rotation is oriented substantially perpendicular to the feed direction. The external surface of the ink stick body forms a circle on a plane that is substantially perpendicular to the axis of rotation.

Abstract: Document fragments are managed by the use of fragment objects. Fragment objects contain a reference to a portion of a source document. Referencing documents contain a reference to a fragment object which delivers the content of the fragment of the source document to the referencing document. The source document can be directly updated through updating the fragment of the source document contained in the referencing document via the use of the fragment object. Source document deletion is controlled by storing the references to the source document by fragment objects so that no fragment object has a reference to a nonexistent source document.

Abstract: Document fragments are managed by the use of fragment objects. Fragment objects contain a reference to a portion of a source document. Referencing documents contain a reference to a fragment object which delivers the content of the fragment of the source document to the referencing document. The source document can be directly updated through updating the fragment of the source document contained in the referencing document via the use of the fragment object. Source document deletion is controlled by storing the references to the source document by fragment objects so that no fragment object has a reference to a nonexistent source document.

Abstract: Embodiments herein comprise a printing/copying media output device or terminal that includes a single media output tray that can be used as a flat tray or a basket tray. The media output tray has a first portion that connects to a media output device, a second portion at the opposite (distal) end of the first portion from the media output device, and a hinge between the first portion and the second portion connecting the first portion to the second portion. In some embodiments herein, the hinge is positioned at an approximate midpoint of the output tray and the first portion is approximately the same size as the second portion. By folding the tray at the hinge, the tray can be converted from a flat tray to a basket tray.

Abstract: A statement evaluation technique is based on bi-evaluation of programming statements. A programming language statement is evaluated that includes a first and a second sub-statement. The first sub-statement is evaluated and an evaluation success result is determined if evaluation succeeds, or a distinguished value if evaluation fails. The distinguished value is a value that is not included in the range of possible evaluation success results of the first sub-statement. Further, it is determined whether the second sub-statement is to be evaluated. If this is the case, an evaluation success result of the second sub-statement is determined if evaluation succeeds, or the distinguished value if evaluation fails. The range of possible evaluation success results of the second sub-statement does not include the distinguished value. The evaluation result of the statement is determined depending on at least whether evaluation of the first sub-statement succeeds or fails.

Abstract: A method for assigning setting information to a client suitably distributes clients among gateways which are used for connection to an external network. A server assigns gateways to each client in order such that the load placed onto the gateways can be distributed. When a request for extension of use is received from a client A which uses GW1 after a failure has occurred in GW1, the server assigns GW2 which is available. In this process, a lease period is set at a shorter time than the base lease period. When a request for extension of use is received from the client A after GW1 is restored, the server returns the gateway to be used to GW1.

Abstract: A method to detect frequency and angle of a binary halftone pattern. The method employs an exclusive-or operation which is applied locally to a region of a binary bit map and its spatially shifted version. The resulting bits from the exclusive-or operation are summed over the region. The exclusive-or operation is repeated for a range of shift values. In a halftone region, the shift at which the minimum sum occurs reflects the angle and the frequency of the halftone.

Abstract: A method of controlling an actuator includes determining a function of an actuator value based on a cost function index that represents a relationship between a tone reproduction curve error and the actuator value necessary to achieve a tone reproduction curve target, determining an actual tone reproduction curve error from an obtained sample of a tone reproduction curve and controlling the actuator based on the function and actual tone reproduction curve error to move to a point that represents the tone reproduction curve target. A Xerographic system includes an actuator, an input device that inputs the cost function index and a controller that controls the Xerographic system to obtain the sample, determine an actual tone reproduction curve error from the sample, and control the actuator based on the cost function index and the actual tone reproduction curve error to move to a point that represents the tone reproduction curve target.

Abstract: An image defect inspecting apparatus of the present invention includes a template image producing section for producing a template image from reference image data, a corresponding image extracting section for extracting a predetermined image located at a position corresponding to a template image from digital data of a scanned image for inspection, data embedding sections for embedding desired same pattern data into the template image and the image extracted by the corresponding image extracting section, a normalized correlation value calculation processing unit for acquiring a normalized correlation coefficient from the template image and the extracted image, into which the pattern data is embedded, and a defect judging section for judging as to whether a defect is present by comparing the normalized correlation coefficient acquired by the normalized correlation value calculation processing unit with a predetermined threshold value so as to acquire a large/small relationship thereof.

Abstract: The system and method analyzes activities of users in a recommender system to identify experts. Two types of experts may be identified: authoritative experts and hub experts. An authoritative expert is a user who creates items or documents in a given field that are acted upon by a large number of users within a community who are well connected in the given field. A hub expert is a user who is aware of important items or documents within a given field and uses, works or acts upon items or documents produced by authoritative experts. The system and method also identifies authoritative items (e.g., documents). An authoritative item or document is one which has been acted upon by a large number of users within a community who are well connected in the given field (i.e., hub experts).

Abstract: The present invention provides an organic conductor comprising a deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA) and an electric charge-donating material bonded to the deoxyribonucleic acid, and an organic conductor comprising at least two DNAs; and an electric charge-transfer substance bonding to each base of the two DNAs.