Abstract: A semiconductor device includes: first-power-supply that supplies first-power-supply-voltage; second-power-supply that supplies second-power-supply-voltage that is equal to or higher than the first-power-supply-voltage; first-circuit-block that is supplied with the first-power-supply-voltage from the first-power-supply to operate; second-circuit-block that is supplied with the second-power-supply-voltage from the second-power-supply to operate; level-shifters that are supplied with the first-power-supply-voltage and the second-power-supply-voltage from the first-power-supply and the second-power-supply to operate and shift a signal for the first-power-supply-voltage to a signal for the second-power-supply-voltage and shift the signal for the second-power-supply-voltage to the signal for the first-power-supply-voltage; a power-management-unit that controls the first-power-supply to change the first-power-supply-voltage; and a level-shifter-monitor-circuit that generates first-malfunction-signal at a first-marg

Abstract: A semiconductor device includes: a power supply; a circuit block that has at least one storage element and operates by receiving a power supply voltage from the power supply; a power management unit that controls the power supply to change the power supply voltage; and a storage element monitor circuit that generates a first malfunction signal at a first margin voltage that is higher than a voltage at which the storage element does not normally operate in a case where the power supply voltage lowers, wherein the power management unit controls the power supply so that the power supply voltage does not become lower than the first margin voltage.

Abstract: A circuit including: an input stage that includes a first input unit into which input data is input and a pair of first output units and is driven by a first power-supply voltage; a pair of first gate elements that includes first transistors, and is driven by a clock that includes a second power-supply voltage that is lower than the first power-supply voltage; a first latch circuit that includes a pair of second input units, and is driven by the first power-supply voltage; a pair of second gate elements that includes second transistors, and is driven by an inverted clock of the clock; and a second latch circuit that includes a pair of third input units, and a third output unit that outputs one of a pair of pieces of data, and is driven by the first power-supply voltage.

Abstract: A voltage fluctuation detection circuit includes an oscillation circuit configured to receive an operation voltage and perform an oscillation operation, an operation voltage generation unit configured to reduce a detection target voltage and generate the operation voltage, and a fluctuation detection unit configured to measure an oscillation frequency of the oscillation circuit and detect a fluctuation of the detection target voltage.

Abstract: Conventional control agents against acarians parasitic on animals do not have sufficient selective toxicity and are hence not safe for the animals to which the control agents are applied. The control agents are not always satisfactory also in control effect and quick-acting properties. Intensive studies were made on the insecticidal activity of N-substituted indole compounds against acarians and on the safety thereof for mammals including pets. As a result, it was found that an N-substituted indole derivative, e.g., 1-(2,6-dichloro-4-trifluoromethylphenyl)-3-(trifluoromethylthio)indole, or 1-(2,6-dichloro-4-trifluoromethylphenyl)-3-(dichlorofluoromethylthio)indole, has high insecticidal activity and quick-acting properties and is lowly toxic to mammals including pets.

Abstract: A head moving mechanism includes a head connecting member, a contact member, and a linking mechanism. An LED array head is attached to the head connecting member. The contact member is movable in the vertical direction, and the linking mechanism moves the head connecting member in the vertical direction in association with the vertical movement of the contact member. When a process cartridge is mounted to a main casing, the contact member contacts the process cartridge and moves upward. This moves the LED array head toward a photosensitive drum. On the other hand, when the process cartridge is pulled out from the main casing, the contact member moves downward, moving the LED array head away from the photosensitive drum.

Abstract: Conventional control agents against fleas parasitic on animals do not have sufficient selective toxicity and are hence not safe for the animals to which the control agents are applied. The control agents are not always satisfactory also in control effect and quick-acting properties. Intensive studies were made on the insecticidal activity of N-substituted indole compounds against fleas and on the safety thereof for mammals including pets. As a result, it was found that an N-substituted indole derivative, e.g., 1-(3-chloro-5-trifluoromethylpyridin 2-yl)-3-(dichlorofluoromethylthio)indole, 1-(2,6-dichloro-4-trifluoromethylphenyl)-3-(dichlorofluoromethylthio)-indole, or 1-(2,6-dichloro-4-trifluoromethylphenyl)-3-(trifluoromethylthio)indole, has high insecticidal activity and quick-acting properties and is lowly toxic to mammals including pets.

Abstract: A toner leakage restrainer is disposed in an opening formed in a development cartridge case. In the development cartridge, the toner which contains fine particles only in a small amount is accommodated such that fusion bonding of the toner to the lower film is not caused even when ten thousand sheets are printed in succession. In the toner, a ratio of the powder particles having a circle equivalent diameter of 3 to 20 ?m and a circularity of 0.98 or more to the entire powder particles is 60% or more based on the number of the particles, and a ratio of the powder particles having a circle equivalent diameter of 3 ?m or less to the entire particles is 35% or less based on the number of particles.

Abstract: A development apparatus for use in an image forming device includes a developer storage chamber for storing developer, a developer carrier having a film of the developer formed thereon, wherein a visible image is formed when the film interacts with an electrostatic latent image, and a developer feed member arranged adjacent to the opening of the developer storage chamber and configured to feed developer from the developer storage chamber to the developer carrier. A developer leakage prevention member is located between the developer feed member and the developer carrier and an adhesive adheres to the developer leakage prevention member in the longitudinal direction of the opening. Also, a layer including an agent is formed between the adhesive and the developer feed member.

Abstract: A motor insulation deterioration detection device wherein a capacitor provided in a power supply section is utilized as a power supply for motor insulation deterioration detection, with provisions made to be able to detect insulation resistance regardless of the value of the voltage developed across the capacitor. The motor insulation deterioration detection device includes: a first contact which connects one end of the capacitor to ground; a second contact which connects the other end of the capacitor to a motor coil via a detection resistor; a unit which, using the detection resistor, detects a current flowing through a closed circuit formed by the first contact, capacitor, second contact, detection resistor, motor coil, and ground; a unit which detects the voltage developed across the capacitor; and a unit which calculates the insulation resistance value based on the current detection value and the voltage detection value.

Abstract: An insulation-resistance degradation detecting device capable of selecting one of a plurality of motors and detecting its insulation-resistance degradation. A power source unit is connected with a plurality of motor drive amplifiers which drive two motors, individually. The motor is selected by selecting means, and a contactor S1 or S2 is turned on. When a smoothing capacitor C of the power source unit reaches a predetermined voltage after an electromagnetic contactor is turned off, contactors SW1 and SW2 are turned on, whereupon one end of the smoothing capacitor C, contactor SW2, resistors R1 and R2, contactor S1 or S2, coil of the motor, insulation resistor Rx of the motor, grounds G2 and G1, contactor SW1, and the other end of the smoothing capacitor C form a closed circuit. The voltage of the smoothing capacitor C is applied to this closed circuit. A potential difference across the detection resistor R1 is obtained and compared with a reference voltage to detect insulation-resistance degradation.

Abstract: Conventional control agents against acarians parasitic on animals do not have sufficient selective toxicity and are hence not safe for the animals to which the control agents are applied. The control agents are not always satisfactory also in control effect and quick-acting properties. Intensive studies were made on the insecticidal activity of N-substituted indole compounds against acarians and on the safety thereof for mammals including pets. As a result, it was found that an N-substituted indole derivative, e.g., 1-(2,6-dichloro-4-trifluoromethylphenyl)-3-(trifuloromethylthio)indole, or 1-(2,6-dichloro-4-trifluoromethylphenyl)-3-(dichlo-rofluoromethylthio)indole, has high insecticidal activity and quick-acting properties and is lowly toxic to mammals including pets.

Abstract: A toner evaluation method that enables accurate evaluation of fixation performance of toner such as low temperature fixability and offset resistance, and a toner cartridge and an image forming apparatus adopting the toner positively evaluated by the evaluation method are provided. Toner is formed into a disc-shaped pellet. After preserved at a predetermined temperature, the pellet is compressed by a predetermined amount at a constant speed. If the maximum load (compression resistance) measured during the compression is a predetermined value or below, the minimum fixing temperature of the toner is relatively low.

Abstract: Conventional control agents against fleas parasitic on animals do not have sufficient selective toxicity and are hence not safe for the animals to which the control agents are applied. The control agents are not always satisfactory also in control effect and quick-acting properties. Intensive studies were made on the insecticidal activity of N-substituted indole compounds against fleas and on the safety thereof for mammals including pets. As a result, it was found that an N-substituted indole derivative, e.g., 1-(3-chloro-5-trifluoromethylpyridin 2-yl)-3-(dichlorofluoromethylthio)indole, 1-(2,6-dichloro-4-trifluoromethylphenyl)-3-(dichlorofluoromethylthio)-indole, or 1-(2,6-dichloro-4-trifluoromethylphenyl)-3-(trifluoromethylthio)indole, has high insecticidal activity and quick-acting properties and is lowly toxic to mammals including pets.

Abstract: A toner leakage restrainer is disposed in an opening formed in a development cartridge case. In the development cartridge, the toner which contains fine particles only in a small amount is accommodated such that fusion bonding of the toner to the lower film is not caused even when ten thousand sheets are printed in succession. In the toner, a ratio of the powder particles having a circle equivalent diameter of 3 to 20 ?m and a circularity of 0.98 or more to the entire powder particles is 60% or more based on the number of the particles, and a ratio of the powder particles having a circle equivalent diameter of 3 ?m or less to the entire particles is 35% or less based on the number of particles.

Abstract: A head moving mechanism includes a head connecting member, a contact member, and a linking mechanism. An LED array head is attached to the head connecting member. The contact member is movable in the vertical direction, and the linking mechanism moves the head connecting member in the vertical direction in association with the vertical movement of the contact member. When a process cartridge is mounted to a main casing, the contact member contacts the process cartridge and moves upward. This moves the LED array head toward a photosensitive drum. On the other hand, when the process cartridge is pulled out from the main casing, the contact member moves downward, moving the LED array head away from the photosensitive drum.

Abstract: A development apparatus for use in an image forming device includes a developer storage chamber for storing developer, a developer carrier having a film of the developer formed thereon, wherein a visible image is formed when the film interacts with an electrostatic latent image, and a developer feed member arranged adjacent to the opening of the developer storage chamber and configured to feed developer from the developer storage chamber to the developer carrier. A developer leakage prevention member is located between the developer feed member and the developer carrier and an adhesive adheres to the developer leakage prevention member in the longitudinal direction of the opening. Also, a layer including an agent is formed between the adhesive and the developer feed member.

Abstract: A method and system for compressing motion image information, which can compress data that can be subjected to predictive encoding. An image within a frame is divided into blocks before an inter-frame compression procedure begins, and each block is approximated with a single plane represented by at least three components for pixels within each block. Pixels between the original image and the image expanded after compressed can be compared, and when a pixel that causes greater difference than a given parameter to occur exists, intra-frame compression is performed using a smaller block size. Furthermore, when the respective I blocks, which are spatially divided, are dispersed between each frame along the temporal axis, no I block is inserted into any block within the frame that has been updated due to difference between frames being greater than parameter P during a designated period of time.

Abstract: A toner evaluation method that enables accurate evaluation of fixation performance of toner such as low temperature fixability and offset resistance, and a toner cartridge and an image forming apparatus adopting the toner positively evaluated by the evaluation method are provided. Toner is formed into a disc-shaped pellet. After preserved at a predetermined temperature, the pellet is compressed by a predetermined amount at a constant speed. If the maximum load (compression resistance) measured during the compression is a predetermined value or below, the minimum fixing temperature of the toner is relatively low.

Abstract: A method and system are disclosed for compressing motion image information by means of predictive coding with a high compression ratio while maintaining high image quality. An image in each frame is divided into blocks in advance, and each of all blocks is approximated by (replaced with) a single plane defined by three data representing the magnitude of the intensity of the block, the block-to-block gradient of the intensity in the x direction, and the block-to-block gradient of the intensity in the y direction. Furthermore, corresponding pixels are compared with each other in each block consisting of n×m pixels between frames, and differential information is generated according to the comparison result. Pixels indicated as being not greater than a parameter is treated (deleted) as pixels having no difference between frames. Information compression is performed for pixels indicated as being greater than the parameter.