Patents Assigned to Xerox
  • Patent number: 7155148
    Abstract: An image forming apparatus for forming an image with a developing agent, includes: a collecting-developing-agent occurring part in which the collecting developing agent to be collected in the developing agent occurs; a collection container for accommodating the collecting developing agent; a transporting part provided so as to connect the collection container and the collecting-developing-agent occurring part and for collecting and transporting the collecting developing agent occurring in the collecting-developing-agent occurring part; and a replacement part removably mounted in an apparatus body, wherein the collection container is mounted to be integrated with the replacement part.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 22, 2004
    Date of Patent: December 26, 2006
    Assignee: Fuji Xerox Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Shigeki Nishimura, Hiromitsu Koizumi, Norio Irie, Masayuki Nishimura, Takuji Matsumoto, Naomasa Okimura
  • Publication number: 20060285134
    Abstract: The method and system for printer color calibration use a combination of a full-width array (FWA) or similar page-scanning mechanism in conjunction with an spectrophotometer color measurement system in the output path of a color printer for measuring colors (e.g., on printed test sheets, banner/separation pages, etc.) with or without requiring any manual operations or operator involvement. The automatic color balance control system produces spatial tonal reproduction values for all four of the primary colors by printing patches, measuring colors using the sensor combination and automatically readjusting the spatial tone reproduction curves until a satisfactory level of printed color accuracy and uniformity are obtained. While producing color balanced TRCs, the system will automatically lock the printer output to some predetermined color patch targets. In one particular preferred embodiment, this output is locked to neutral gray when target colors are set to neutral gray inside the digital front end (DFE).
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 30, 2005
    Publication date: December 21, 2006
    Applicant: Xerox Corporation
    Inventors: R. Viturro, Lalit Mestha
  • Publication number: 20060284976
    Abstract: Techniques for generating action keyframes for a fixed-position camera based on the identification of activity in the video, an assessment of the importance of the activity, object recognition in the video, and interaction techniques for seeing more details of the video are presented. In different embodiments of the invention, the importance of activity is determined based on the amount of activity, important locations in the video streams, detected features such as faces, and events from other sensors.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 3, 2006
    Publication date: December 21, 2006
    Applicant: FUJI XEROX CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Andreas Girgensohn, Frank Shipman, Lynn Wilcox, Donald Kimber
  • Publication number: 20060286336
    Abstract: Flexible imaging belts having a seam comprising puzzle-cut edges joined by heat-treating a carbon-black filled polyimide.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 20, 2005
    Publication date: December 21, 2006
    Applicant: XEROX CORPORATION
    Inventors: John Darcy, Michael Roetker, David Martin, Felix Santana, Scott Griffin, Richard Post
  • Publication number: 20060288288
    Abstract: Techniques for generating timelines and event logs from one or more fixed-position cameras based on the identification of activity in the video are presented. Various embodiments of the invention include an assessment of the importance of the activity, the creation of a timeline identifying events of interest, and interaction techniques for seeing more details of an event or alternate views of the video. In one embodiment, motion detection is used to determine activity in one or more synchronized video streams. In another embodiment, events are determined based on periods of activity and assigned importance assessments based on the activity, important locations in the video streams, and events from other sensors. In different embodiments, the interface consists of a timeline, event log, and map.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 3, 2006
    Publication date: December 21, 2006
    Applicant: FUJI XEROX CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Andreas Girgensohn, Frank Shipman, Lynn Wilcox
  • Publication number: 20060284366
    Abstract: Techniques are disclosed for supporting objects in a tray and moving different portions of the objects at different rates for inputting or outputting from an objects processor. These techniques may be applied to stacking objects that has a thickness at one end greater than the thickness at another end, for example, resulting in stacking height of the thicker end increasing faster than the stacking height of the other thinner end.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 22, 2005
    Publication date: December 21, 2006
    Applicant: XEROX CORPORATION
    Inventors: Richard Van Dongen, Stephen Demchock, Raymond Wilcox
  • Publication number: 20060283806
    Abstract: A wastewater treatment process for treating wastewater comprising a water-based dispersion containing a surfactant, a colorant and silica, as well as other solid matter, wherein the wastewater is treated using a polysilicato-iron coagulant.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 7, 2005
    Publication date: December 21, 2006
    Applicant: Fuji Xerox Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Hitoshi Kojima, Shinichiro Kawashima, Kazuya Mori, Atsushi Yamahashi, Yuji Masuda
  • Publication number: 20060285862
    Abstract: An image-formation control apparatus is connected to an image forming apparatus for forming an image on a medium with a plurality of color materials. The image-formation control apparatus includes a receiving unit and a first calibration unit. The receiving unit receives an image formation command, which is to be executed by the image forming apparatus. The first calibration unit generates a first formation command to form a first number of color patches for adjusting output characteristics of the color materials in the image forming apparatus and outputs the generated first formation command to the image forming apparatus. The first calibration unit calculates an estimated consumption amount of each color material used in the image forming apparatus on a basis of the received image formation command and determines colors of the color patches formed on a patch sheet on a basis of the estimated consumption amount.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 26, 2005
    Publication date: December 21, 2006
    Applicant: FUJI XEROX CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Masaomi Sakamoto, Masao Seki, Ryuichi Ishizuka, Yukiharu Inoue, Toshifumi Takahira, Ryo Agehama
  • Publication number: 20060284384
    Abstract: The process provides an expandable chuck with a variable diameter bulb having a variable wall thickness, the chuck being operatively designed to stretch the bulb to reduce its diameter for insertion into a photoreceptor pipe and upon relaxation to compress the bulb so as to increased diameter. The design solves provides a universal chuck to reduce the cost of changing to different diameter chucks in accommodating different size photoreceptors during the coating and drying process.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 20, 2005
    Publication date: December 21, 2006
    Applicant: XEROX CORPORATION
    Inventor: Peter Schmitt
  • Publication number: 20060284978
    Abstract: Techniques for generating a storyboard are disclosed. In one embodiment of the invention the storyboard is comprised of videos from one or more cameras based on the identification of activity in the video. Various embodiments of the invention include an assessment of the importance of the activity, the creation of a storyboard presentation based on importance and interaction techniques for seeing more details or alternate views of the video. In one embodiment, motion detection is used to determine activity in one or more synchronized video streams. Periods of activity are recognized and assigned importance assessments based on the activity, important locations in the video streams, and events from other sensors. In different embodiments, the interface consists of a storyboard and a map.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 3, 2006
    Publication date: December 21, 2006
    Applicant: FUJI XEROX CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Andreas Girgensohn, Frank Shipman, Lynn Wilcox, Donald Kimber
  • Publication number: 20060285135
    Abstract: The present disclosure is directed to a system and method to render spatially uniform memory colors when images printed with CMYK primaries are not rendered uniformly due to output device quality errors. The disclosed method uses an array of sensors to scan a test image. Colors of interest are printed at the desired location first and then adjusted (iterated) to achieve a desired output quality. Iterations are carried out on the image on desired memory colors at the spatial resolution available in the measurement system. Colors of pixels are modified based on position where the pixels will be rendered, thereby compensating for any position/process related differences. Also disclosed is a process for incorporating modified memory colors before rendering, and the extension of memory color concepts to adjust colors for the uniform blocks (not edges), with uniformity defined by user definable thresholds.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 30, 2005
    Publication date: December 21, 2006
    Applicant: Xerox Corporation
    Inventors: Lalit Mestha, Yao Wang, Zhigang Fan
  • Publication number: 20060285763
    Abstract: Image data to be recovered having a loss part is input into an image processing apparatus. The image processing apparatus generates restoration data with the loss part corrected. The image processing apparatus includes a thinning processing unit, an end-point extraction unit, a pair-of-connection-end-point extraction unit and a connection unit. The thinning processing unit executes thinning processing with respect to the image data to be recovered having the loss part. The end-point extraction unit executes finding end points of thinned lines of the image data generated by the thinning processing unit. The pair-of-connection-end-point extraction unit extracts a pair of connection end points to be connected from the end points extracted by the end-point extraction unit. The connection unit connects the pair of connection end points extracted by the pair-of-connection-end-point extraction unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 8, 2006
    Publication date: December 21, 2006
    Applicant: Fuji Xerox Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Hideaki Ashikaga
  • Publication number: 20060285127
    Abstract: A printing system including a printing device which has a cancel instruction unit that instructs cancellation of a current job being processed from an operation panel, and an image reading device that describes original image data read from an original in a page description language and sends to the printing device, in which the image reading device describes the read original image data in the page description language and sends it as a copy job to the printing device, obtains a job holding state from the printing device and reserves at least the transmission of the copy job to the printing device until the job held by the printing device runs out when it is judged according to the obtained job holding information that the printing device is in a job holding state.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 6, 2005
    Publication date: December 21, 2006
    Applicant: Fuji Xerox Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Hideaki Sugimoto
  • Publication number: 20060285130
    Abstract: A storage medium readable by a computer, stores a program of instructions executable by the computer to perform a function for executing an image processing on an image defined by vector data containing a plurality of lines having different line widths, the function including calculating the line widths of the plurality of lines so as to maintain the number of types of line widths of the plurality of lines and a thinner-or-thicker relation among the line widths of the plurality of lines before executing the image processing, and setting the line widths calculated by the calculating step as line widths of the plurality of lines after the image processing.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 10, 2006
    Publication date: December 21, 2006
    Applicant: FUJI XEROX CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Satoru Yokota
  • Publication number: 20060286467
    Abstract: A seamless flexible electrophotographic imaging member comprising a flexible substrate strip material having an unmelted photodecomposed seam of carbon-black loaded polyimide polymer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 20, 2005
    Publication date: December 21, 2006
    Applicant: XEROX CORPORATION
    Inventors: John Darcy, Michael Roetker
  • Publication number: 20060288236
    Abstract: A document protection method may include retrieving a document from a memory device, encrypting the document using an encryption tool, imaging a decryption key on an imaging medium, and reading the decryption key to decrypt the document. A document protection system may include at least one controller configured to control imaging of a decryption key on a medium, a memory storage device configured to store a document, an decryption tool configured to encrypt the document, and a decryption tool configured to read the decryption key to decrypt the document.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 2, 2005
    Publication date: December 21, 2006
    Applicant: XEROX CORPORATION
    Inventor: Daniel McCue
  • Publication number: 20060285748
    Abstract: A document processing device comprises: an image capturing unit that captures an image and acquires image data; a region separating section that extracts from the image data, image data of a printed region and image data of a hand-drawn region; a printed text data acquiring section that acquires printed text data in the printed region; a hand-drawn text data acquiring section that acquires hand-drawn text data in the hand-drawn region; a printed language specifying section that specifies language of the printed text data; a hand-drawn language specifying section that specifies language of the hand-drawn text data; a translation processing section that generates translated text data by translating the printed text data to the language that has been specified by the hand-drawn language specifying section.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 29, 2005
    Publication date: December 21, 2006
    Applicant: FUJI XEROX CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Masakazu Tateno, Kei Tanaka, Kotaro Nakamura, Takashi Nagao, Masayoshi Sakakibara, Xinyu Peng, Teruka Saito, Toshiya Koyama
  • Publication number: 20060285566
    Abstract: A surface emitting semiconductor laser diode includes a semiconductor substrate, a first reflective film provided on the semiconductor substrate, a second reflective film provided above the first reflective film, an active region, a tunnel junction region, and a current funneling layer. The active region, the tunnel junction region, and the current funneling layer are provided in series between the first and second reflective films, the active region being interposed by the tunnel junction region and the current funneling layer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 31, 2005
    Publication date: December 21, 2006
    Applicant: Fuji Xerox Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Nobuaki Ueki
  • Publication number: 20060285567
    Abstract: A surface emitting semiconductor laser includes a substrate, at least one light-emitting element on the substrate, and at least one protection element on the substrate. The light-emitting element includes a first semiconductor layer of a first conduction type electrically connected to a first electrode, and a second semiconductor layer of a second conduction type electrically connected to a second electrode. The protection element includes a third semiconductor layer of the first conduction type electrically connected to a third electrode, and a fourth semiconductor layer of the second conduction type electrically connected to the second electrode. The first semiconductor layer and the first electrode are electrically isolated from the third semiconductor layer and the third electrode by insulation means.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 29, 2005
    Publication date: December 21, 2006
    Applicant: FUJI XEROX CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Hiromi Otoma
  • Publication number: 20060285899
    Abstract: A magnetic vibration motor waste toner system configured to agitate and settle material in a waste toner container to allow for more even distribution of the material and increased material density.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 20, 2005
    Publication date: December 21, 2006
    Applicant: XEROX CORPORATION
    Inventor: Steven Dianetti