Abstract: A developing device includes: a developer container having first and second transport passages, for containing developer; a developer carrier for carrying, on its surface, developer inside the second transport passage; a first stirring/transporting member having a rotary shaft and a transport blade formed on its circumferential surface, for stirring/transporting developer inside the first transport passage; a second stirring/transporting member for stirring/transporting developer inside the second transport passage in a direction opposite to the first stirring/transporting member; a first developer passing portion for delivering developer from the first to the second transport passage; and a second developer passing portion for delivering developer from the second to the first transport passage.

Abstract: A developing device includes: a housing, a refill developer storage part, a developing roller, a developer conveyance path, a developer receiving port, a conveyance member, and a magnetic member. The developing roller is driven into rotation in the developing housing and carries a toner on a circumferential surface thereof. The toner is conveyed inside the first conveyance path and the second conveyance path of the developing housing in a circulating manner. A first stirring screw is disposed on the first conveyance path and conveys the toner in a first direction. Downstream of the toner refill port, a magnet is arranged. The magnetic member forms a magnetic brush from a top panel of the developing housing towards the first stirring screw. A refill toner flowed-in through the toner refill port is so conveyed as to fall below the magnetic brush whereby the refill toner is favorably stirred with a surrounding toner.

Abstract: A developer case includes a main body, a first transportation portion, a first transportation member, a supply member, a discharge port, and a second transportation portion. The main body contains developer. The first transportation portion has a first region that receives developer from the main body and a second region that extends from the first region in a first direction. The first transportation member transports developer in the first direction. The supply member supplies developer to the first region. Developer is discharged through the discharge port. The second transportation portion has an inlet port communicating with the second region. Developer that has not been discharged through the discharge port is supplied to the second transportation portion through the inlet port. The second transportation portion transports developer in a second direction.

Abstract: A developing device includes: a developer container having first and second transport passages, for containing developer; a developer carrier for carrying, on its surface, developer inside the second transport passage; a first stirring/transporting member having a rotary shaft and a transport blade formed on its circumferential surface, for stirring/transporting developer inside the first transport passage; a second stirring/transporting member for stirring/transporting developer inside the second transport passage in a direction opposite to the first stirring/transporting member; a first developer passing portion for delivering developer from the first to the second transport passage; and a second developer passing portion for delivering developer from the second to the first transport passage.

Abstract: A developing apparatus according to one aspect of the present disclosure includes a developing roller, a development housing, a first agitating screw, a toner supply inlet, a downstream-side reduction wall, and an upstream-side reduction wall. The developing roller is driven to rotate in the development housing, and carries toner on the circumferential surface thereof. Toner is circulated and conveyed in a first conveying path and a second conveying path in the development housing. The first agitating screw is disposed in the first conveying path, and conveys toner in a first direction. The downstream-side reduction wall is disposed downstream of the toner supply inlet. Further, the upstream-side reduction wall is disposed upstream of the toner supply inlet. An accumulation portion for toner is formed downstream and upstream of the toner supply inlet due to the downstream-side reduction wall and the upstream-side reduction wall.

Abstract: A developing device includes: a housing, a refill developer storage part, a developing roller, a developer conveyance path, a developer receiving port, a conveyance member, and a magnetic member. The developing roller is driven into rotation in the developing housing and carries a toner on a circumferential surface thereof. The toner is conveyed inside the first conveyance path and the second conveyance path of the developing housing in a circulating manner. A first stirring screw is disposed on the first conveyance path and conveys the toner in a first direction. Downstream of the toner refill port, a magnet is arranged. The magnetic member forms a magnetic blush from a top panel of the developing housing towards the first stirring screw. A refill toner flowed-in through the toner refill port is so conveyed as to fall below the magnetic blush whereby the refill toner is favorably stirred with a surrounding toner.

Abstract: A developer storage container includes a container main body, a tubular portion projecting from the container main body, and a rotary member extending from the container main body to the tubular portion. The rotary member includes a first section located in the container main body and a second section located in the tubular portion. A first conveying member for conveying developer in a first conveying direction is arranged on the second section of a rotary shaft, and a second conveying member for conveying the developer in a second conveying direction is arranged radially outwardly of the first conveying member around the first section. A first flexible member radially extending to a side outward of the second conveying member and a second flexible member radially extending to a side outward of the second conveying member and having a shorter length than the first flexible member are mounted on the rotary shaft.

Abstract: A developing apparatus according to one aspect of the present disclosure includes a developing roller, a development housing, a first agitating screw, a toner supply inlet, a downstream-side reduction wall, and an upstream-side reduction wall. The developing roller is driven to rotate in the development housing, and carries toner on the circumferential surface thereof. Toner is circulated and conveyed in a first conveying path and a second conveying path in the development housing. The first agitating screw is disposed in the first conveying path, and conveys toner in a first direction. The downstream-side reduction wall is disposed downstream of the toner supply inlet. Further, the upstream-side reduction wall is disposed upstream of the toner supply inlet. An accumulation portion for toner is formed downstream and upstream of the toner supply inlet due to the downstream-side reduction wall and the upstream-side reduction wall.

Abstract: A developer case has a main body, a cylindrical portion, and a rotating unit. The main body has a bottom wall. The cylindrical portion has a discharge port. The rotating unit is located so as to extend across the main body and the cylindrical portion, transports developer in the main body, and has a rotating shaft, a first transport member, a second transport member, and dispersing members. The rotating shaft has a first portion located in the main body and a second portion located in the cylindrical portion. The first transport member transports developer in a first transport direction from the cylindrical portion to the main body. The second transport member transports developer in a second transport direction from the main body to the cylindrical portion. The dispersing members move developer in the radial direction.

Abstract: A developer case has a main body, a cylindrical portion, and a rotating unit. The main body has a bottom wall. The cylindrical portion has a discharge port. The rotating unit is located so as to extend across the main body and the cylindrical portion, transports developer in the main body, and has a rotating shaft, a first transport member, a second transport member, and dispersing members. The rotating shaft has a first portion located in the main body and a second portion located in the cylindrical portion. The first transport member transports developer in a first transport direction from the cylindrical portion to the main body. The second transport member transports developer in a second transport direction from the main body to the cylindrical portion. The dispersing members move developer in the radial direction.

Abstract: A developing device includes: a developing roller incorporating a fixed magnet body having a plurality of magnetic poles in a circumferential direction; a regulating member for regulating an amount of toner on the developing roller by means of a magnetic field formed by the regulating member and the fixed magnet body; and a magnetic-field generating member for scraping off, on an upstream of the regulating member in a rotational direction of the developing roller, toner which is not used for development on the developing roller. A relation Bm/Br>1 is satisfied, where Br represents a magnetic flux density of a distal end portion of the regulating member facing a surface of the developing roller and Bm represents a magnetic flux density of a distal end portion of the magnetic-field generating member facing the surface of the developing roller.

Abstract: A search input item acquisition unit acquires a search input item. A recommended content information creation unit acquires recommendation information records, compares the search input item acquired in a search input item acquisition unit with the search input items of the recommendation information records to extract recommendation information having the matched search input item according to their points, and creates recommended content information that links to content indicated by the extracted recommendation information records. A recommended content information providing unit provides the user with the recommended content information created by the recommended content information creation unit.

Abstract: The present invention is intended to acquire a tabulation result corresponding to changes in questions based on the knowledge that question contents are changed as time advances from a point of generation of a cause of the question and to acquire a tabulation result corresponding to questions issued from customers with question contents changing as time advances from a point of purchase of equipments, etc. Solution information for questions from customers is provided by forming a question group consisting of questions based on purchase of equipments, etc., by using the question group to tabulate the questions for each elapsed time period from a point of a cause of the question to a point of generation of the question, and by ranking the questions from the tabulation result.

Abstract: A developing device includes: a developing roller incorporating a fixed magnet body having a plurality of magnetic poles in a circumferential direction; a regulating member for regulating an amount of toner on the developing roller by means of a magnetic field formed by the regulating member and the fixed magnet body; and a magnetic-field generating member for scraping off, on an upstream of the regulating member in a rotational direction of the developing roller, toner which is not used for development on the developing roller. A relation Bm/Br>1 is satisfied, where Br represents a magnetic flux density of a distal end portion of the regulating member facing a surface of the developing roller and Bm represents a magnetic flux density of a distal end portion of the magnetic-field generating member facing the surface of the developing roller.

Abstract: An information processing device includes: a knowledge information database 31 accumulated with knowledge information to which a customer responder refers when responding to a customer; an incident information database 32 accumulated with incident information containing a content of a response made by the customer responder in a way that associates the incident information with the knowledge information referred to when responding to the customer; a search character string accepting unit 21 accepting an input of a search character string; a knowledge information acquiring unit 22 searching, based on the accepted search character string, for the knowledge information accumulated in the knowledge information database 31 and acquiring the relevant knowledge information; and an incident information acquiring unit 25 acquiring, based on the association, the incident information associated with the knowledge information acquired by the knowledge information acquiring unit 22 from the incident information accumulate

Abstract: The present invention is intended to acquire a tabulation result corresponding to changes in questions based on the knowledge that question contents are changed as time advances from a point of generation of a cause of the question and to acquire a tabulation result corresponding to questions issued from customers with question contents changing as time advances from a point of purchase of equipments, etc. Solution information for questions from customers is provided by forming a question group consisting of questions based on purchase of equipments, etc., by using the question group to tabulate the questions for each elapsed time period from a point of a cause of the question to a point of generation of the question, and by ranking the questions from the tabulation result.

Abstract: An event-driven information display system and an event-driven information display method are provided in which advertisements, contents and the like are able to appeal to users effectively and efficiently at a low advertising expense. A server 10 and a client 30 are connected to each other through the Internet 20. The client 30 includes a control section 32 for detecting the generation of an event. The client 30 sends a category defined corresponding to the event detected by the control section 32 to the server 10, receives advertising information sent from the server 10 and displays it based on the category received. The server 10 includes a category/content correlation table 16 which stores advertising information defined corresponding to correlation information. The server 10 reads out, from category/content correlation table, advertising information corresponding to the correlation information sent from the client 30 and sends it to the client 30 where it is displayed by a browser 36.

Abstract: An information processing apparatus for controlling a display unit for displaying information together with a background image, comprising a display control unit for allowing the display unit to display an image and a setting unit for setting a background image on the basis of the image when a predetermined operation is detected while the image is being displayed.

Abstract: A user support system is provided with a receiving part including a plurality of user support windows that receive first image data showing a state of trouble generated in an information processing apparatus, from an electronic apparatus that is independent of the information processing apparatus, and a sending part that sends second image data showing a procedure for solving the trouble, to the electronic apparatus.

Abstract: An event-driven information display system and an event-driven information display method are provided in which advertisements, contents and the like are able to appeal to users effectively and efficiently at a low advertising expense. A server 10 and a client 30 are connected to each other through the Internet 20. The client 30 includes a control section 32 for detecting the generation of an event. The client 30 sends a category defined corresponding to the event detected by the control section 32 to the server 10, receives advertising information sent from the server 10 and displays it based on the category received. The server 10 includes a category/content correlation table 16 which stores advertising information defined corresponding to correlation information. The server 10 reads out, from category/content correlation table, advertising information corresponding to the correlation information sent from the client 30 and sends it to the client 30 where it is displayed by a browser 36.