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US-7,548,720 Image reading apparatus capable of reading an image with improved accuracy
An image reading apparatus includes a body and an auto document feeder. The body includes an exposure glass, a reader for reading an image of an original sheet...
US-7,548,719 Fixing unit including heat roller with tubular heater and fitting surface
A fixing unit includes: a casing; a heat roller that is rotatably supported and that supplies heat for fixing; and a tubular heater disposed in parallel in the...
US-7,548,718 Fixing device for fixing an unfixed toner image on a recording medium and image forming apparatus including the...
A fixing device, which fixes an unfixed toner image on a recording medium, includes a heating roller, a fixing roller, a pressurizing roller, and an endless belt...
US-7,548,717 Fixing apparatus
A fixing apparatus that fuses and firmly adheres an unfixed developer onto a recording medium includes a heating roller and a pressure roller; a belt-shaped...
US-7,548,716 Color gamut and enhanced transfer using hybrid architecture design
A color printing machine with a hybrid development architecture is provided including a photoreceptor, a first and second set of development housings, a biased...
US-7,548,715 Container for toner cartridge
A container for a toner cartridge includes a hollow main body defining a longitudinal central axis. The main body has a first section near a rear end thereof, a...
US-7,548,714 Developer container and image forming apparatus
An object of the invention is to provide a developer container in which a container main body is protected against damage by an external torsional and bending...
US-7,548,713 Drive transmitting device, and image forming apparatus
In a driving motor that rotates and drives a rotor by a magnetic force generated between a rotor and a stator, a constant velocity joint that transmits a...
US-7,548,712 Image forming apparatus, drum unit, image forming module, and method of insertion and removal of a damper into...
A latent image carrier includes a thin-walled cylinder with a chargeable photosensitive layer. The latent image carrier is configured to form an electrostatic...
US-7,548,711 Web cleaning apparatus for electrographic printer
A cleaning station for removing particulate material from a moving web in an electrographic printer/copier includes a customer-replaceable web-cleaner device...
US-7,548,710 Dual sliding shutter system
An image forming device includes a removable cartridge holding toner, supplying toner to a developer. The cartridge and developer each include a shutter to...
US-7,548,709 Transfer unit, transfer method, and image forming apparatus
A transfer unit includes: an intermediate transfer belt that (i) holds a toner image that has been transferred from a photoreceptor drum and (ii) moves a surface...
US-7,548,708 Power supply unit in image forming apparatus
A power supply unit in an image forming apparatus is provided. The power supply unit includes a piezoelectric transformer, an output voltage detecting circuit...
US-7,548,707 Image-forming apparatus, control apparatus, control method, and computer-readable medium
An image-forming apparatus includes: a receiving unit that receives a request of a user; a fixing unit that heats an unfixed image on a recording medium to...
US-7,548,706 Image forming apparatus and image forming method for adjusting heat applied during the fixing stage
An image forming apparatus that performs fixing processing on a sheet having a transferred toner image in smaller area units than the size of the sheet includes...
US-7,548,705 Systems and methods for marking test patches for calibrating and/or visually confirming color accuracy of a...
A printer or other marking device forms a first desired image in a first area, such as a main image area, of a first substrate; forms a first portion of a set of...
US-7,548,704 Image forming apparatus effectively conducting a process control
An image forming apparatus includes at least one image bearing member, an intermediate transfer member, a secondary transfer member, and at least one optical...
US-7,548,703 Image forming apparatus administration system with developer density detection and developer lifetime...
An image forming apparatus including an electrostatic image forming device, which forms an electrostatic image on an image bearing member, a developing...
US-7,548,702 Image forming apparatus and image forming method for preventing paper jams in a fixing unit
There is provided a technique in which a paper jam in a fixing unit can be prevented without adding a special part or the like, and without causing a damage of a...
US-7,548,701 Reusable image forming medium and apparatus for reusing the image forming medium
For a sheet paper used for forming a toner image or ink image, a surface layer that can be stripped is stacked on a plastic layer. A sliding member is caused to...
US-7,548,700 Receiving apparatus and method thereof
According to the invention, there is provided a receiving apparatus including: a first threshold voltage generation unit which generates a first threshold...
US-7,548,699 Channel-length modulation (CLM) compensation method and apparatus
A power supply generates a supply voltage that varies from a first voltage level to a second voltage level. A first current source is coupled to the power supply...
US-7,548,698 Light communication system and illumination apparatus therefor
An illumination apparatus is used in the light communication system. The apparatus receives electricity from a commercial alternating-current power source and a...
US-7,548,697 Method and device for controlling a remote vehicle
A system and method for controlling a remote vehicle comprises a hand-held controller including a laser generator for generating a laser beam. The hand-held...
US-7,548,696 Fiber-to-the-home (FTTH) optical receiver with distributed gain control
A fiber-to-the-home (FTTH) system transmits forward and reverse optical signals, such as video, voice, and data signals, via optical fiber, and includes a...
US-7,548,695 Wireless signal distribution system and method
A communications system connects one or more BTS hotels with several remote access nodes on a transmission ring. Each operator has one or more separate optical...
US-7,548,694 Apparatus of adjusting optical signal transmission timing
In a light reception element such as an APD (Avalanche Photo Diode) used for receiving a high-speed and weak optical signal, it is possible to prevent the...
US-7,548,693 Relay transmission apparatus
A relay transmission apparatus in which the effectiveness of a protecting function is improved by suppressing variation of an OSNR value of a signal regardless...
US-7,548,692 Bit error rate based system and method for optimizing communication system performance
A system (50) includes a communication path (170) and transmits data on a network (103, 106). A transmitter (101) transmits data on the network and a receiver...
US-7,548,691 Camera module for combining distant image and close image into single image
A camera module is advantageously used in a vision system mounted on an automotive vehicle. The camera module includes a first optical system focused on distant...
US-7,548,690 Shutter device
There is provided a shutter device which is used in a camera having two image-capturing optical systems and enables a significant reduction in the number of...
US-7,548,689 Image processing method
In a method for processing an image, a scene to be captured is divided into multiple zones and statistical values for a plurality of the multiple zones are...
US-7,548,688 Optical apparatus
An optical apparatus having a viewfinder optical system includes a Fresnel lens capable of converging light onto a focusing screen and a plurality of microprism...
US-7,548,687 Focus detecting apparatus and optical device
In a camera of the invention, during focus detection, luminous flux from an object is transmitted by a main mirror via an imaging lens, and then, is reflected by...
US-7,548,686 Image-capturing apparatus and driving method of optical system
An image-capturing apparatus for controlling a drive system for an optical system corresponding to the position of an operation unit includes a motor for driving...
US-7,548,685 Rotating device, barrel unit, image sensing apparatus installed with the same
A rotating device 9 is for rotating a vertically long drivable element 90 about specified two axes (rotation axis A, rotation axis B) and is provided with a...
US-7,548,684 Air treatment apparatus and refill pack
Air treatment apparatus comprises an electric heating element (5) and a refill pack containing wax or paraffin granules (2) incorporating a fragrance or other...
US-7,548,683 Coolant conditioning system and method for a fuel processing subsystem
A coolant conditioning system is provided for supplying a coolant flow to a fuel processing subsystem. The coolant conditioning system includes a coolant...
US-7,548,682 Optical fiber array alignment unit
An optical fiber alignment unit for the easy precise alignment of optical fibers in and array. In a preferred embodiment the positioning array is incorporated...
US-7,548,681 Prevention of optical fiber darkening
A technique enables the reduction or prevention of galvanic action by electrically insulating components of a system. Fiber optic systems can be protected with...
US-7,548,680 Fiber optic local convergence points for multiple dwelling units
There are provided fiber optic local convergence points ("LCPs") adapted for use with multiple dwelling units ("MDUs") that facilitate relatively easy...
US-7,548,679 Container for accommodating optical fiber coil and optical fiber module having the container
A container for an optical fiber coil and an optical fiber module including the container is provided, wherein an excess length portion of a pigtail fiber is...
US-7,548,678 Optical element and method for producing the same
An optical element is provided that includes a base substrate, a waveguide substrate, and a thin film layer that is provided between the base substrate and the...
US-7,548,677 Interactive display using planar radiation guide
An interactive display that uses a planar radiation guide (such as a planar light guide) to perform display and/or imaging. The planar radiation guide has a...
US-7,548,676 Apparatus and method for forming an optical converter
An optical converter and method for making same is provided. In accordance with the method, the present invention provides an improved apparatus and methods for...
US-7,548,675 Optical cables for consumer electronics
Digital optical cables for communication between digital consumer electronic devices. The digital optical cable can include an optical fiber, a first interface...
US-7,548,674 Alignment method for circular multi-core optical fiber
The present invention relates to a method of aligning circular multi-core fibers, wherein the method utilized independent and individually selected cores to...
US-7,548,673 Methods and apparatus for alignment and assembly of optoelectronic components
Apparatus and methods are disclosed for precision alignment and assembly of opto-electronic components relative to one another.
US-7,548,672 Fiber-based light source device
The present invention provides a fiber-based light source device, which includes a plurality of first, second or third light-emitting devices for respectively...
US-7,548,671 Optical device including waveguide grating structure
Optical devices including waveguide grating structures are described. In accordance with one embodiment, an optical device is provided comprising a horizontal...
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