Abstract: A method for developing and using real time applications for a dynamic system having a sensing subsystem, actuation subsystem, a control subsystem, and an application subsystem utilizes stochastic compute time algorithms. After optimization functions, desired state and constraints are received and detector data has been provided from a sensor subsystem, a statistical optimization error description is generated. From this statistical optimization error description a strategy is developed, including the optimization errors, within the control subsystem. An execution module within the control subsystem then sends an execution strategy to various actuators within the actuation subsystem.

Abstract: A sheet discharge device includes a housing for housing sheets discharged from an image forming apparatus. A matching reference device includes a plurality of reference members different in matching reference positions for arranging one end of the sheet in the housing. A matching device moves the sheet to the matching reference device to arrange the one end of the sheet.

Abstract: A document management apparatus and a document management system that selects the document which are best to digitize from among document being used in an office, and set the priority for digitization of each document are provided. The document management apparatus comprising: an accumulator apparatus that stores, the document ID, used place and used time for a document that is used; a computing part that analyzes information stored in accumulator apparatus, and for each document, computes the usability of the document data to be digitized; a specifying part that specifies document that correspond to document data for which the usability is relatively high by comparing it to the usability already computed for the data for each document; and output part that outputs the specified result to client.

Abstract: An image processing device processes a document including a document data body and at least one set of related data, and includes a display that displays an image of the document data body and an image of the related data overlaid on the image of the document data body at overlay positions determined for each set of related data and an image data generator that generates printing image data of the document data body of the overlay position when an instruction to print the document is received, regardless of whether or not the related data is displayed.

Abstract: A near-field light-emitting element includes a transparent medium having a plane of incidence into which a laser beam enters, and a light-condensing plane on which the laser beam having entered the plane of incidence is concentrated, and a metal body provided on the light-condensing plane of the transparent medium having a first surface contacting the light-condensing plane, a second surface opposing the first surface, and an aperture which is formed to penetrate through the first and second surfaces at a position where the laser beam is concentrated and which emits a near-field light obtained from the laser beam. The metal body is arranged apart from a center of the aperture by a predetermined distance to connect together the first and second surfaces, and has a plasmon reflection plane that reflects toward the aperture a surface plasmon excited on the first and second surfaces by the laser beam concentrated at the aperture.

Abstract: An image processor for combining a computer-readable coded image into a print image of a document including a document data main body and at least one associated data piece, has a print image generator that generates a print image of a document including an image of at least a part of the associated data, a coded image generator that generates a coded image to be combined into the print image, and a controller that determines whether or not the generated coded image can be combined into the image portion of the associated data by comparing a size of the generated coded image with a size of an image portion of the associated data, and combines the generated coded image into the image portion of the associated data on the generated print image, if it is determined that combining is possible.

Abstract: An image-forming process for forming a full-color image including: forming a full-color toner image by supplying at least a cyan toner, a magenta toner, and a yellow toner onto a recording medium; and fixing the toner image on the recording medium by flash fusing, wherein each of the cyan toner, the magenta toner and the yellow toner contains an infrared absorbent, the cyan toner is supplied so that out of the cyan toner, the magenta toner and the yellow toner, the cyan toner is positioned in the uppermost layer in areas of the toner image where cyan toner is present, and the flash fusing is performed by a delayed light emission process wherein a plurality of flash lamps emit lights at a time interval.

Abstract: Disclosed is a method of delivering a fine particle dispersion in the state of laminar flow from an inlet port to an outlet port of a microflow channel having the inlet port and the outlet port, the fine particle dispersion containing fine particles having a volume average particle size of from about 1.5 ?m to about 1000 ?m dispersed in its liquid medium, the specific gravity of the fine particles being from approximately 0.10 to 0.99 times that of the liquid medium, wherein the microflow channel is disposed such that the outlet port is disposed above the inlet port in the buoyant force direction, and the angle of the flow channel from the inlet port to the outlet port is set to from approximately 0 to 45° relative to the buoyant force direction, and wherein the fine particle dispersion is introduced into the inlet port and the introduced fine particle dispersion is delivered to the outlet port. Also disclosed is a device for delivering the fine particle dispersion.

Abstract: The present invention provides an infrared absorbent having a light absorption peak in the infrared region and a crystallinity of 20 to 80%, an electrophotographic toner including the infrared absorbent, and an image forming apparatus having an electrophotographic image forming unit for forming a toner image on a recording medium with the electrophotographic toner and a fixing unit for fixing the toner image on the recording medium.

Abstract: The present invention provides a connector-integrated type polymer optical waveguide, comprising: an optical waveguide including a film substrate for clad, an optical waveguide core provided on the film substrate, and a clad layer formed on side faces and a top face of the core; a pair of connector sleeves formed at positions at which the connector sleeves sandwich the optical waveguide core at least in one end portion of the polymer optical waveguide; and a rigid member for connector formation, wherein the film substrate for clad and the connector sleeves are fixed to the rigid member for connector formation in such a state that the center of the optical waveguide core and the center for connector sleeves are substantially on the same plane. The present invention also provides a method for producing the above-mentioned connector-integrated type polymer optical waveguide and a mold to be used for the method.

Abstract: There is provided a surface emitting semiconductor laser satisfying a requirement of making a transverse mode stable and having characteristics of high output power, low resistance, high efficiency, and high speed response and a method for manufacturing the surface emitting semiconductor laser. Five holes are formed on the top surface of an upper multilayer reflection film formed in the shape of a post by the use of a focused ion beam (FIB) processing unit. One hole is formed on the surface of an upper multilayer reflection film corresponding to the center position of a square current injection region which is about 8 ?m square and the remaining four holes are formed at the corners of the square current injection region, for example, at the positions about 2 ?m square away from the one hole to produce four light emitting spots.

Abstract: A micro-optical device having an aligned waveguide switch. The device includes a stationary input part, a stationary output part and a movable part. The stationary input part and the stationary output part each have a plurality of input and output waveguides, respectively. The movable part has a plurality of switching waveguides and is movable relative to the stationary input and output parts. A stop block limits movement of the movable part in order to align at least one of the switching waveguides with the applicable input waveguide(s) and output waveguide(s). The movement of the movable part is substantially transverse.

Abstract: A driving device for an image carrying member, e.g., a belt, is to be provided that causes no increase in size and cost of the device and sufficiently stabilizes the velocity of the image carrying member upon fluctuation in load, so as to suppress or prevent formation of an image defect referred to as so-called “banding”. A rotating member is made in contact with at least one of a driving force transmitting member and an image carrying member, which are arranged in a driving force transmission path for transmitting the driving force to the image carrying member, and the rotating member rotates in contact with the driving force transmitting member or the image carrying member, and providing, upon occurring fluctuation in velocity of the driving force transmitting member or the image carrying member, a viscous effect that suppresses the fluctuation in velocity.

Abstract: Superradiance is generated by generating coherent radiation in the 10 gigahertz (1010) to terahertz (1012) regions of the electromagnetic spectrum. The radiation is produced by pulsing a micro crystal of a molecular magnet in a cavity or between a pair of superconductor mirrors at Kelvin or milli-Kelvin temperatures. The coherence and source of the radiation result from enhanced quantum mechanical spin tunneling. Alternatively, the radiation may be obtained by moving the crystal in and out of the field of a permanent magnet.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a kind of ink containing at least a pigment, first to third water-soluble solvent groups and water, wherein the first water-soluble solvent group contains one or more kind(s) water-soluble solvent having a solubility parameter SP1, the second water-soluble solvent group contains one or more kind(s) of water-soluble solvents having a solubility parameter which is at least 1 greater than SP1, and the third water-soluble solvent group contains one or more kind(s) of water-soluble solvents having a solubility parameter which is at least 1 less than SP1.

Abstract: A ferromagnetic layer is bonded to, or coated on, or in other manner applied to, the surface of a heatable fuser member for fusing dry toner in an image forming device. The ferromagnetic layer promotes inductive heating of the heatable fuser member based on high hysteresis loss exhibited when the ferromagnetic layer is exposed to a magnetic field created by the current flowing through an induction coil or other like device. Suitable materials for the ferromagnetic layer are those which exhibit a high coupling efficiency to the imposed magnetic field. A result is substantially controllable, consistent heating of the heatable fuser member to fuse dry toner onto or into the image bearing surface of an image receiving medium.

Abstract: A system, method, and article of manufacture are provided for pricing a cryptographic service on a network utilizing one or more cryptoservers. A request for a cryptographic service is received from a user utilizing a network. The request is received by a cryptographic service provider. A contract is generated based on a variable pricing scheme in response to the request. The contract is sent from the cryptographic service provider to the user utilizing the network. A method is also provided for auditing a security provision on a network utilizing a cryptoserver. A cryptographic key is obtained such as by obtaining it from a trusted source or generating the key. A plurality of users are allowed to request that a cryptoserver use the cryptographic key to sign a message in violation of a security provision. It is determined whether the cryptoserver signed the message in response to the request.

Abstract: What is disclosed is an image processing method for enabling one to print color graphics and other recognizable objects on monochrome printers while retaining color differences. More specifically, the present method is for preserving color discriminability in a grayscale representation. The method involves first sorting colors according to at least one characteristic dimension of a color space such as lightnesses. The color space preferably is a luminance-chrominance color space, although others are envisioned. The sorted colors are adjusted by a metric appropriate to the color space such that the metric imparts a degree of distinction among the colors along the chosen characteristic dimension. The spacing between two adjacent sorted colors can be constant, or weighted by the total color difference between the two colors in the original color space. Color difference can be calculated using for example ?E*ab, ?E*LCh, ?E*94, or DE2000 metrics.