Abstract: A pattern forming method, including an imprinting process is provided. The method includes preparing a substrate having an organic film; forming a surface film, containing at least one of a metal or a semiconductor, in or on the surface of the organic film. The method further includes forming an inorganic film on the surface film; applying an organic mask material onto the inorganic film, and pressing a template having a fine pattern against the organic mask material to form a mask pattern; processing the inorganic film using the mask pattern as a mask; and removing the mask pattern. The organic mask material, when pressed by the template, is cured or solidified by being exposed to an ultraviolet light source. The solidified organic mask includes an overflow portion removable by plasma asking and exposing the surface film underneath.

Abstract: Photoresist compositions, methods of manufacturing the photoresist compositions, and methods of using the photoresist compositions are provided. In one implementation, the photoresist composition comprises a novolac (novolac) resin, a diazonaphthoquinone (DNQ) dissolution inhibitor, a bis(azide) crosslinker, and a casting solvent. In one implementation, the bis(azide) crosslinker absorbs at wavelengths in a range between 325 nanometers and 400 nanometers. In one implementation, the bis(azide) crosslinker is an aromatic bi(azide) crosslinker.

Abstract: An actinic ray-sensitive or radiation-sensitive resin composition contains a compound represented by General Formula (1). In General Formula (1), X represents a sulfur atom or an iodine atom. m represents 1 or 2, in a case where X is a sulfur atom, m is 2, and in a case where X is an iodine atom, m is 1. R1's each independently represent an alkyl group or alkenyl group which may include a heteroatom, an aromatic heterocyclic group, or an aromatic hydrocarbon ring group. Further, in a case where m is 2, two R1's may be bonded to each other to form a ring. R2 represents a divalent linking group. R3 represents a divalent linking group having no aromatic group. Y? represents an anionic moiety. The pKa of the compound represented by General Formula (1) as Y? is protonated is ?2.0 to 1.5.

Abstract: A photosensitive resin composition which comprises (A) an alkali-soluble resin, (B) a photopolymerization initiator and (C) an acrylate monomer and may further comprise (D) a methacrylate monomer, wherein the acrylate monomer (C) comprises (C1) an acrylate monomer having a double bond equivalent of not less than 250 and (C2) azo acrylate monomer having a double bond equivalent of not more than 150, the content of the methacrylate monomer (D) is 0 to 5 mass %, the content of the acrylate monomer having a double bond equivalent of not less than 250 (C1) is 40 to 60 mass %, and the content of the acrylate monomer having a double bond equivalent of not more than 150 (C2) is 40 to 60 mass % based on the acrylate monomer (C), and the content of the photopolymerization initiator (B) is 0.5 to 1.5 mass % based on the photosensitive resin composition, and an etching method and plating method using the above photosensitive resin composition.

Abstract: The present invention provides a photosensitive resin composition which has a light-blocking property, and at the same time, a high sensitivity, and has excellent half-tone characteristics. The present invention provides a photosensitive resin composition including an (A) alkali-soluble resin, a (B) radically polymerizable compound, a (C) photo initiator, and a (D) colorant, where the (A) alkali-soluble resin contains a polyimide, a polyimide precursor, a polybenzoxazole precursor, and/or a copolymer thereof, and the (B) radically polymerizable compound contains a (B-1) bifunctional or higher (meth)acrylic compound that has a glass transition temperature of 150° C. or higher as a homopolymer, and a (B-2) tetrafunctional or higher (meth)acrylic compound other than the (B-1).

Abstract: Disclosed are photosensitive resin compositions capable of forming positive resin films with excellent heat shape retention. The photosensitive resin compositions comprises a polymer having a monomer unit represented by the following general formula (I) and a polyamideimide: where R1 is a single chemical bond or a divalent C1-C6 hydrocarbon group which may have a substituent, and R2 is a hydrogen or a monovalent C1-C6 hydrocarbon group which may have a substituent.

Abstract: A composition for resist underlayer film formation contains: a compound having a partial structure represented by the following formula (1); and a solvent. In the formula (1): X represents a group represented by formula (i), (ii), (iii) or (iv). In the formula (i): R1 and R2 each independently represent a hydrogen atom, a substituted or unsubstituted monovalent aliphatic hydrocarbon group having 1 to 20 carbon atoms, or a substituted or unsubstituted aralkyl group having 7 to 20 carbon atoms provided that at least one of R1 and R2 represents the substituted or unsubstituted monovalent aliphatic hydrocarbon group having 1 to 20 carbon atoms or the substituted or unsubstituted aralkyl group having 7 to 20 carbon atoms; or R1 and R2 taken together represent a part of a ring structure having 3 to 20 ring atoms together with the carbon atom to which R1 and R2 bond.

Abstract: Provided are a radiation-sensitive resin composition, a resist pattern-forming method and a polymer component. The radiation-sensitive resin composition contains: a polymer component having a first structural unit that includes a phenolic hydroxyl group and a second structural unit that includes an acid-labile group; and a radiation-sensitive acid generator, wherein, the polymer component satisfies inequality (A), wherein, in the inequality (A), X1 represents a proportion (mol %) of the first structural unit comprised with respect to total structural units constituting the polymer component included in a fraction eluted until a retention time at which a cumulative area accounts for 1% of a total area on a gel permeation chromatography (GPC) elution curve of the polymer component detected by a differential refractometer; and X2 represents a proportion (mol %) of the first structural unit comprised with respect to total structural units constituting the polymer component.

Abstract: Methods include inputting an array of pixels, where each pixel in the array of pixels has a pixel dose. The array of pixels represents dosage on a surface to be exposed with a plurality of patterns, each pattern of the plurality of patterns having an edge. A target bias is input. An edge of a pattern in the plurality of patterns is identified. For each pixel which is in a neighborhood of the identified edge, a calculated pixel dose is calculated such that the identified edge is relocated by the target bias. The array of pixels with the calculated pixel doses is output. Systems for performing the methods are also disclosed.

Abstract: A method including: obtaining a characteristic of a portion of a design layout; determining a characteristic of M3D of a patterning device including or forming the portion; and training, by a computer, a neural network using training data including a sample whose feature vector includes the characteristic of the portion and whose supervisory signal includes the characteristic of the M3D. Also disclosed is a method including: obtaining a characteristic of a portion of a design layout; obtaining a characteristic of a lithographic process that uses a patterning device including or forming the portion; determining a characteristic of a result of the lithographic process; training, by a computer, a neural network using training data including a sample whose feature vector includes the characteristic of the portion and the characteristic of the lithographic process, and whose supervisory signal includes the characteristic of the result.

Abstract: A method localizes assembly errors during the arrangement and/or the assembly of in particular vibration-isolated structural elements, in particular of components of optical arrangements, preferably of microlithographic projection exposure apparatuses.

Abstract: A method including: obtaining a measurement of a metrology target on a substrate processed using a patterning process, the measurement having been obtained using measurement radiation; and deriving a parameter of interest of the patterning process from the measurement, wherein the parameter of interest is corrected by a stack difference parameter, the stack difference parameter representing an un-designed difference in physical configuration between adjacent periodic structures of the target or between the metrology target and another adjacent target on the substrate.

Abstract: An optical system comprising: an illumination system configured, to form a periodic illumination mode comprising radiation in a pupil plane of the optical system having a spatial intensity profile which is periodic in at least one direction, a measurement system configured to measure a dose of radiation which is received in an field plane of the optical system as a function of position in the field plane, and a controller configured to: select one or more spatial frequencies in the field plane at which variation in the received dose of radiation as a function of position is caused by speckle, and determine a measure of the variation of the received dose of radiation as a function of position at the selected one or more spatial frequencies, the measure of the variation in the received dose being indicative of speckle in the field plane.

Abstract: The present invention provides a control apparatus for performing synchronous control to synchronize driving of a second moving member so as to follow driving of a first moving member, including a feedforward control system that includes a calculator configured to obtain an input/output response of the second moving member and position deviations of the first moving member and the second moving member while driving the first moving member and the second moving member in synchronism with each other, and calculate a feedforward manipulated variable based on the input/output response of the second moving member and the synchronous error between the first moving member and the second moving member obtained from the position deviations of the first moving member and the second moving member.

Abstract: A liquid immersion exposure apparatus includes a liquid immersion member which forms a liquid immersion space on an object disposed opposite to an emitting surface of an optical member. The liquid immersion member includes (i) a first member that has a first liquid supply port, and a first opening, through which exposure light is projected and (ii) a second member that has a first liquid recovery port facing downwardly and a second liquid supply port and that is movable with respect to the first member. The first member has a second liquid recovery port. The first liquid supply port faces an outer surface of the optical member and is provided on one side of the optical member. The second liquid recovery port faces the outer surface of the optical member and is provided on the other side of the optical member.

Abstract: Methods and apparatus for in-situ incline cleaning an element disposed in a EUV generating chamber are disclosed. A capillary-based hydrogen radical generator is employed to form hydrogen radicals from hydrogen gas. The capillary-based hydrogen radical generator is resistively heated during operation and is oriented such that hydrogen radicals catalytically generated from the hydrogen gas are directed to a surface of the element to clean the surface.

Abstract: A device for moving a workpiece platform is provided, comprising a bottom frame (1) for supporting the workpiece platform, a pneumatic spring (2) disposed on a lower surface of the bottom frame (1), an air cushion unit (3) for generating flotation to support the workpiece platform when the workpiece platform is being moved, and a moving unit (200) disposed on the bottom frame (1). The moving unit (200) comprises: a roller unit (4), for driving the workpiece platform to move; a leaf spring (6), wherein one end of the leaf spring (6) is connected to a connecting block (5), and the other end thereof is connected to the roller unit (4); and a leaf spring deformation drive unit (8), connected to the leaf spring (6), to enable, by driving the leaf spring (6) to deform, the roller unit (4) to be in contact with the ground when the workpiece platform is being moved.

Abstract: Tooling for a mask assembly suitable for use in a lithographic process, the mask assembly comprising a patterning device; and a pellicle frame configured to support a pellicle and mounted on the patterning device with a mount; wherein the mount provides a releasably engageable attachment between the patterning device and the pellicle frame.

Abstract: An electrophotographic photoreceptor includes a conductive substrate; an undercoat layer on the conductive substrate; a charge generating layer on the undercoat layer; a charge transporting layer on the charge generating layer; and an inorganic protective layer on the charge transporting layer. The undercoat layer, the charge transporting layer, and the inorganic protective layer each have a film elastic modulus of 5 GPa or more.

Abstract: A toner is provided. The toner comprises a binder resin, a colorant, and a release agent. The binder resin comprises a polyester resin comprising a crystalline polyester resin. The crystalline polyester resin forms domains having a number average long diameter of from 0 to 50 nm in a cross-section of the toner. The toner satisfies the following relation: G?(50)/G?(90)?6.0×102 where G?(50) and G?(90) represent storage elastic modulus of the toner at 50 degrees C. and 90 degrees C., respectively.

Abstract: In an optical scanning device, a housing has a structure divided into an upper stage and a lower stage by a mounting plate on which a deflector, a first optical system and a second optical system are mounted. A first optical system reflection mirror and a second optical system reflection mirror are mounted in the other of the upper stage and the lower stage in which the deflector is not mounted. Each of the first optical system and the second optical system is disposed across a region including the upper stage and the lower stage. The first optical system reflection mirror and the second optical system reflection mirror are disposed with the deflector located therebetween. The first optical system reflection mirror is disposed on a side of the second optical system, and the second optical system reflection mirror is disposed on a side of the first optical system.

Abstract: A developing cartridge includes a casing, a rotating member, and an electrode member. The casing may be configured to accommodate therein developer. The rotating member has a rotational shaft extending in an axial direction. The rotating member is configured to rotate about the rotational shaft and carries the developer thereon. The electrode member is configured to be electrically connected to the rotating member. The electrode member covers at least part of the rotational shaft from an orthogonal direction orthogonal to the axial direction and is arranged to confront the casing in the axial direction. The electrode member is configured to move in the orthogonal direction in accordance with a movement in the axial direction.

Abstract: The image forming apparatus includes a drum cartridge having a photosensitive drum and a drum drive input member; a developing cartridge configured to be movably mounted to the drum cartridge, the developing cartridge comprising a developing roller disposed so as to face the photosensitive drum and a developing drive input member; a drum drive transmission member configured to engage with the drum drive input member and configured to transmit drum driving force to the drum drive input member while permitting a positional gap of the drum drive input member within a predetermined range; and a developing drive transmission member configured to engage with the developing drive input member and configured to transmit developing driving force to the developing drive input member while permitting a positional gap of the developing drive input member within a predetermined range.

Abstract: Provided is a development roll for electrophotography devices in which image defects are suppressed and which achieve both maintenance of high charging properties and discharging properties. The development roll is provided with a shaft member, an elastic substance layer formed on the outer circumference of the shaft member, an intermediate layer formed on the outer circumference of the elastic substance layer, and a surface layer formed on the outer circumference of the intermediate layer. The volume resistivity of the surface layer 18 is within the range of 1.0×1014 to 1.0×1020 ?·cm, and the volume resistivity of the intermediate layer 16 is within the range of 1.0×107 to 1.0×1013 ?·cm.

Abstract: A resin molded product whose main component consists of an ethylene-vinyl acetate copolymer resin and carbon black. The ethylene-vinyl acetate copolymer resin has an MFR of 0.5 g/10 min or more and 20 g/10 min or less. The carbon black has an average primary particle diameter of 55 nm or more and 100 nm or less and a DBP oil absorption amount of 100 mL/100 g or more and 300 mL/100 g or less. The content of vinyl acetate is 2.9 parts by mass or more and 12.3 parts by mass or less based on 100 parts by mass of the main component. The resin molded product has a surface resistivity of 720 ?/? or less.

Abstract: A toner stirring device includes: a toner storage that stores toner; a stirring member that is rotated around a rotation axis to stir the toner inside the toner storage and extends to a radially outer peripheral side; and an elastic sheet that has one end fixed to a front side part in a rotation direction of the stirring member and extends to an outer peripheral side along the stirring member, wherein the elastic sheet includes a through hole at a position corresponding to a tip part of the stirring member, and the tip part of the stirring member passes through the through hole when the elastic sheet is rotated together with the stirring member in a state in which an outer peripheral side part of the elastic sheet contacts, on a more rear side in the rotation direction than the stirring member, an inner wall of the toner storage.

Abstract: A developer accommodating unit includes a developer container provided with an opening at a lower portion thereof with respect to a direction of gravitation in an attitude during use and configured to accommodate a developer; a developer carrying member mounted at the opening and configured to carry the developer; and a feeding member provided in the developer container and configured to feed the developer in the developer container toward the developer carrying member. The feeding member is swingable about a predetermined supporting point as a swing center and is configured so that maximum acceleration when the feeding member moves toward the developer carrying member is smaller than maximum acceleration when the feeding member moves away from the developer carrying member.

Abstract: According to one embodiment, a fixing device comprises a heating rotator to contact a medium, such as a sheet of paper, on which a toner image has been disposed. A heater is inside the heating rotator to heat the medium. A pressurizing rotator is configured to press against the heating rotator to form a nip through which the medium passes. A controller is configured to drive the heater to heat the heating rotator to a target temperature. The controller is configured to set the target temperature according to a length of a standby time between an end of a first image forming process to a start of a second image forming process after the first image forming process.

Abstract: The image forming apparatus includes a prediction unit configured to predict a temperature of an inside of the image forming apparatus based on data indicating a characteristic of a change in temperature of the inside of the image forming apparatus; and a correction unit configured to correct the data based on a temperature distribution of the recording material heated by a plurality of heat generation devices, wherein the prediction unit predicts the temperature of the inside of the image forming apparatus based on the data corrected by the correction unit.

Abstract: According to embodiments, an image forming apparatus includes a fixation member, a pressurization member, a heat source, a drive unit, a measurement unit, and a control unit. The measurement unit measures the time that elapses after the image forming apparatus ends image forming processing until the image forming apparatus receives an instruction to perform the next image forming processing. If the elapsed time does not exceed a predetermined threshold, the control unit causes the drive unit to start to drive the fixation member after a temperature of the fixation member reaches a first control temperature. If the elapsed time exceeds the predetermined threshold, the control unit causes the drive unit to start to drive the fixation member after the temperature of the fixation member reaches a second control temperature that is higher than the first control temperature.

Abstract: A fixing device includes a belt having a cylindrical shape, a roller, a heater, and a reflector. The roller is positioned to be in contact with an outer peripheral surface of the belt so as to form a nip between the roller and the belt. The heater is disposed within an inner circumference the belt. The reflector is disposed within the inner circumference the belt and in contact with the belt and configured to reflect heat generated by the heater toward an inner surface of the belt.

Abstract: A temperature measuring device for measuring temperatures of a plurality of heating elements, includes a temperature measuring element positioned to receive infrared rays emitted from each of the heating elements and to output a signal corresponding to an intensity of the light reception, and a light guiding unit including a plurality of light guides, one for each of the heating elements, each light guide being configured to guide the infrared ray emitted from a respective one of the heating elements to the temperature measuring element.

Abstract: A fixing device for fixing a toner image on a paper sheet by conveying the paper sheet on which the toner image has been formed while holding the paper sheet at a fixing nip, the fixing device includes an endless belt that rotates, a pressing member that presses the belt from the inner side, a pressure member that forms the fixing nip between the pressure member and the belt by pressing, from the outer side of the belt, a portion of the belt pressed by the pressing member, and a hardware processor that controls glossiness of the toner image formed on the paper sheet by changing a shear force to be applied to the toner image formed on the paper sheet within a predetermined range from a nip inlet that is an end of the fixing nip, located upstream in a direction in which the paper sheet is conveyed.

Abstract: A fixing apparatus includes: a heating rotor having one or more rotational axis and including a heater; a fixing pad that is a non-rotor; a belt stretched around at least the heating rotor and the fixing pad; a pressure roller capable of sandwiching the belt in cooperation with the fixing pad; and a driving source that supplies rotational driving force to the heating rotor, in which the pressure roller is allowed to have a first mode and a second mode, the pressure roller being pressed against the fixing pad in the first mode, the pressure roller being separated from the fixing pad in the second mode, and the heating rotor is given rotational driving force from the driving source at both ends sandwiching the belt.

Abstract: An image forming apparatus includes an image former, an informing unit, and a hardware processor. The image former prints an image on continuous paper by: forming an electrostatic latent image on an image holder based on image information of a job; developing the electrostatic latent image with toner, thereby forming a toner image on the image holder; and transferring the toner image onto the continuous paper. Based on the image information of the job, the hardware processor calculates a coverage of the image to be printed on the continuous paper. Based on the calculated coverage, the hardware processor determines a continuously printable distance on the continuous paper. The hardware processor causes the informing unit to inform a user of the continuously printable distance before the image former starts the printing.

Abstract: An image forming apparatus includes a storing unit that stores information associated with a sheet type of a sheet and a sheet feed source, of a plurality of sheet feed sources, a selection unit that selects a sheet feed source from the plurality of sheet feeding sources based on at least a sheet type designated by a job and the stored information, and a feeding unit that feeds a sheet from the selected sheet feed source. The image forming apparatus also includes an image forming unit that forms an image on the sheet fed by the feeding unit, and a detector that detects a sheet type of the sheet fed from one of the plurality of sheet feed sources by the feeding unit. The storing unit stores the sheet type detected by the detector as the information indicating the sheet type of sheet stored in the sheet feeding source.

Abstract: A method for detecting a non-authentic slave component in an electronic device which includes receiving a command from a master component in the device, identifying a response to the command based upon a frequency of a plurality of clock pulses used by the master component while sending the command, and sending the response to the master component for use as a basis in determining whether the slave component is one of an authentic slave component and a non-authentic slave component. The disclosed method may be performed by a replaceable slave component in an imaging device including a slave circuit communicating with a master circuit of the master component along a serial communications interface. The master circuit includes an instruction to change a clock frequency when sending a command to the slave circuit to trigger a unique response from slave circuits of authentic slave components.

Abstract: A sheet conveyance apparatus includes a shaft portion, a roller member, and a guide member. The roller member includes a hole portion with an opening through which the shaft portion is fitted with the hole portion. At least a part of the guide member is located upstream of an end of the shaft portion in an attaching direction of the roller member. The end of the shaft portion is located inside the opening of the hole portion when viewed in the attaching direction in a state where an outer circumferential surface of the roller member is in contact with the guide member at a position upstream of the end of the shaft portion in the attaching direction.

Abstract: A sheet conveyance apparatus includes a conveyance portion including a rotary member and an opposing member and configured to convey a sheet in a conveyance nip, an abutting member configured to abut a surface of the rotary member, and a support portion, wherein the support portion supports the rotary member between a first position and a second position with respect to the abutting member, wherein when the sheet is not passing through the conveyance nip, the rotary member is positioned at the first position, and when the sheet is passing through the conveyance nip, the rotary member is positioned at the second position which is more separated from the opposing member than the first position by a thickness of the sheet, and wherein the abutting member abuts the rotary member regardless of which of the first position and the second position the rotary member is positioned at.

Abstract: A sheet processing apparatus includes a conveying portion, a stack portion on which sheets are stacked, a first binding portion moving in a crossing direction crossing a conveying direction, a first regulating portion regulating a position of a sheet bundle stacked on the stack portion in the crossing direction, a first rack moving in the crossing direction with the first regulating portion, a first pinion forming a rack-pinion mechanism with the first rack, a second regulating portion regulating a position of a sheet bundle stacked on the stack portion in the crossing direction, a second rack moving in the crossing direction with the second regulating portion, a second pinion forming another rack-pinion mechanism with the second rack, a third regulating portion regulating a position of a sheet bundle stacked on the stack portion, and a second binding portion which binds a corner portion of a sheet bundle without a staple.

Abstract: Disclosed herein is a process cartridge comprising: a housing; a rotatable component; a driving force receiver configured to transmit a driving force to the rotatable component; an elastic member; wherein when the process cartridge is installed in an imaging device comprising a driving head, the driving force receiver has a first state and a second state relative to the driving head, the first state being a state in which the driving force receiver contacts the driving head and is in a pre-engaged position and the second state being a state in which the driving force receiver is engaged by the driving head; wherein when the driving force receiver is in the first state relative to the driving head, the elastic member is configured to urge the driving force receiver to transition from the first state to the second state as a result of rotation of the driving head.

Abstract: An image forming apparatus includes: a drawer movable between an inner position and an outer position and supporting a first cartridge including a first photosensitive drum and a first discharge part and a second cartridge including a second photosensitive drum and a second discharge part; and a waste toner box including a first coupling part coupled with the first discharge part and a second coupling part coupled with the second discharge part, in a state where the first cartridge and the second cartridge are supported by the drawer at an inner position and the waste toner box is mounted to the apparatus main body, the waste toner box being movable between a first/second position where the first coupling part and the first discharge part are coupled/decoupled and the second coupling part and the second discharge part are coupled/decoupled.

Abstract: Provided is an image forming apparatus including: an apparatus main body; a plurality of units arranged adjacent to each other in the apparatus main body, and configured to be attachable to and detachable from the apparatus main body in the same insertion and removal direction; and a switching member 36 configured to be capable of taking any one of a first position in which attachment and detachment of one unit 4 of adjacent units among the plurality of units to and from the apparatus main body is allowed and attachment and detachment of another unit 5 of the adjacent units is restricted, and a second position in which the attachment and detachment of the one unit 4 is restricted and the attachment and detachment of the other unit 5 is allowed.

Abstract: A developing device usable with an electrophotographic image forming apparatus, the apparatus including a driving shaft rotatable by a motor and having a rotating force applying portion, and a movable member, the developing device being mountable to the movable member, and the developing device being movable in a direction substantially perpendicular to an axial direction of the driving shaft in response to movement of the movable member in one direction with the developing device mounted to the movable member, the developing device includes i) a developing roller for developing an electrostatic latent image formed on an electrophotographic photosensitive drum, the developing roller being rotatable about an axis; and ii) a coupling member for transmitting a rotating force to the developing roller, the coupling member including, a rotating force receiving portion engageable with the rotating force applying portion to receive a rotating force from the driving shaft, and a rotating force transmitting portion for

Abstract: A developing device usable with an electrophotographic image forming apparatus, the apparatus including a driving shaft rotatable by a motor and having a rotating force applying portion, and a movable member, the developing device being mountable to the movable member, and the developing device being movable in a direction substantially perpendicular to an axial direction of the driving shaft in response to movement of the movable member in one direction with the developing device mounted to the movable member, the developing device includes i) a developing roller for developing an electrostatic latent image formed on an electrophotographic photosensitive drum, the developing roller being rotatable about an axis; and ii) a coupling member for transmitting a rotating force to the developing roller, the coupling member including, a rotating force receiving portion engageable with the rotating force applying portion to receive a rotating force from the driving shaft, and a rotating force transmitting portion for

Abstract: A developing device usable with an electrophotographic image forming apparatus, the apparatus including a driving shaft rotatable by a motor and having a rotating force applying portion, and a movable member, the developing device being mountable to the movable member, and the developing device being movable in a direction substantially perpendicular to an axial direction of the driving shaft in response to movement of the movable member in one direction with the developing device mounted to the movable member, the developing device includes i) a developing roller for developing an electrostatic latent image formed on an electrophotographic photosensitive drum, the developing roller being rotatable about an axis; and ii) a coupling member for transmitting a rotating force to the developing roller, the coupling member including, a rotating force receiving portion engageable with the rotating force applying portion to receive a rotating force from the driving shaft, and a rotating force transmitting portion for

Abstract: The present invention relates to a method for generating at least one hologram, in particular for hologram-like presentation of game participants, comprising at least one hologram projection device for generating at least one hologram, as well as at least one storage medium on which at least one previously played football game and/or another playing field game is at least partially stored, and also at least one playback element which is in data communication with the storage medium and which supplies the hologram projection device with data to be projected. In this case the data comprise at least one data packet containing data of the previously played football game and/or the other playing field game, and these data comprising data of a location and/or a time and/or a physical condition of at least one game participant as a function of a playing time during a game are formed.

Abstract: A method for generating a holographic image, a signal processor, a holographic image display device, a wearable apparatus, and an onboard head-up display apparatus. The method comprises: performing holographic transformation on the basis of a target amplitude phase distribution of a target image to obtain a holographic phase image; performing phase quantization of the holographic phase image to obtain a quantized holographic image; performing inverse holographic transformation of the quantized holographic image to obtain a reconstructed image; if the reconstructed image satisfies a preset condition, determining that the quantized holographic image is a target holographic image; if not, constraining the amplitude phase of the reconstructed image and, on the basis of the amplitude phase constrained image, continuing iteration.

Abstract: An electronic timepiece, including: a counter; a display section; a first processor; a second processor; and a power supply section which supplies electric power to each section from a battery, wherein when an output voltage from the power supply section decreases to less than a predetermined first reference voltage, the first processor stops a display operation by the display section, when the time information is acquired by the processing operation of the second processor, the first processor corrects the time counted by the counter based on the acquired time information and causes the display section to display the corrected time, and when the output voltage decreases to less than the first reference voltage following an acquisition operation of the time information by the second processor, the first processor does not stop a time display operation during a predetermined pending period.

Abstract: A haptic-based identification, authentication, authorization, and context aware authorization system usable with a touch-enabled device having a touch screen haptic interface, touch-enabled device receiving a plurality of inputs during interaction with a user which includes a storage space to store a first plurality of inputs corresponding to an authenticated user and a central processing unit (CPU) in communication with the storage space and the touch-enabled device to compare the first plurality of inputs with a second plurality of inputs inputted by the user, wherein the CPU authenticates the user to the touch-enabled device when the inputted second plurality of inputs is determined to be similar to the first plurality of inputs.