Konica Minolta, Inc.

Sony Corporation

Konica Minolta Business Technologies, Inc.

Daiichi Sankyo Company, Limited

Ebara Corporation

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Osaka Municipal Government

Tomoe Works Co., Ltd.

Hiroshi Nagasawa

Kouji Sugama

Akira Fukunaga

Atsushi Noda

Naoshi Kobuya

Toru Masano

Motoya Itako

Noboru Ueda

Takaki Kawamura

Anju Hori

Masashi Watanabe

Noritada Sato

Kenji Hayashi

Hiroaki Obata

Koji Sato

Mikio Kouyama

Hiroyuki Konno

Tsutomu Yagi

Yasuo Kitani

Takao Kato

Naoaki Ogure

Yasuhiko Muramatsu

Takashi Takita

Noriyuki Kimpara

Takahiro Okachi

Michiaki Kawahara

Gen Hasegawa

Aya Shirai

Koji Shibata

Kuniaki Horie

Kaori Matsushima

Taiki Amemiya

Natsuki Ito

Masami Nakamoto

Masahiro Matsuoka

Noriyuki Kinpara

Makiko Emoto

Kaori Kagoshima

Makoto Kubota

Ken Ohmura

Mikio Koyama

Hiraku Inoue

Shiro Hirano

Takashi Miyake

Akihisa Hongo

Junya Onishi

Ichiro Sakamoto

Masayoshi Hirose

Masaharu Matsubara

Tetsuya Aoki

Seiji Iimura

Makoto Nomiya

Kenji Shiba

Shinji Kajita

Ami Motohashi

Keisuke Asano

Teruo Komatsu

Akihiko Itami

Yusuke Takigaura

Kazumi Oura

Ryoichi Kimizuka

Tsuyoshi Sahoda

Yoshitaka Terashima

Hideki Hagiwara

Okushi Okuyama

Takako Kawamura

Megumi Maruyama

Disclosed is an image forming method including: developing, with an electrostatic charge image developing toner, a latent image formed on a photoreceptor in which a photosensitive layer is formed on a support containing aluminum as a main component; transferring a toner image on the photoreceptor onto a transfer target; and rubbing and removing the electrostatic charge image developing toner remaining on the photoreceptor after the transferring. The support contains silicon in a range of more than 0.6% by mass and 12.6% by mass or less, a shape factor of toner particles included in the electrostatic charge image developing toner is in a range of 0.800 to 0.970, and a content of the toner particles having a particle diameter of 2 μm or less is in a range of 5% by number to 30% by number.

Image forming method and image forming system

A toner set includes a plurality of toners, wherein the toner set includes a first toner containing a yellow colorant and a second toner containing a cyan colorant, the first toner and the second toner each contain a binder resin containing a vinyl-based resin and a crystalline resin, and a release agent containing a hydrocarbon wax, a content of the vinyl-based resin with respect to a total mass of the binder resin is 50% by mass or more, the first toner contains the crystalline resin having a moiety having a crystal structure and a crystal nucleating agent moiety having a crystal nucleating agent, and the second toner contains the cyan colorant that is a compound represented by general formula (1).

Toner set and image forming method

Provided is an electrostatic image developing toner comprising a toner base particle containing a binder resin and a releasing agent, wherein the binder resin comprises an amorphous vinyl resin and a crystalline polyester resin; a weight-average molecular weight of the electrostatic image developing toner is in the range of 50000 to 90000, when calculated from a chromatogram which represents a molecular weight distribution and is measured by gel permeation chromatography; a ratio of content of a resin component having a molecular weight of 100000 or more is in the range of 10 to 20% by area, in the chromatogram which represents the molecular weight distribution; the crystalline polyester resin has a melting point in the range of 65 to 85&#xb0; C.; and, a ratio of content of the crystalline polyester resin in the binder resin is in the range of 5 to 20% by mass.

Electrostatic image developing toner

The present invention provides a method for producing an atropisomer of a pyrrole derivative having excellent mineralocorticoid receptor antagonistic activity, and an intermediate thereof. A method for producing an atropisomer of a pyrrole derivative using a compound represented by (B) [wherein Rrepresents a C1-C4 alkyl group, and Rrepresents a 2-hydroxyethyl group or a carboxymethyl group] as a production intermediate. 

Method for producing pyrrole derivative, and intermediate thereof

The present invention provides a production intermediate of an atropisomer of a pyrrole derivative having excellent mineralocorticoid receptor antagonistic activity, a method for producing the same, and a crystal thereof. A method for producing an atropisomer of a pyrrole derivative including a step of resolving a compound represented by the following general formula (I) [wherein Rrepresents a methyl group or a trifluoromethyl group, Rrepresents a hydrogen atom or a C1-C3 alkoxy group, and n represents an integer selected from 1 to 3] into its atropisomers, characterized by using an optically active amine having a cinchonine skeletal formula, and a crystal of (S)-1-(2-hydroxyethyl)-4-methyl-N-[4-(methylsulfonyl)phenyl]-5-[2-(trifluoromethyl)phenyl]-1H-pyrrole-3-carboxamide. 

Crystal of pyrrole derivative and method for producing the same

Tour guide contents stored in a tour guide apparatus carried by a user at a tour destination are provided with points of interest information and map data. This information includes latitude and longitude information for the site of each point of interest, and information on the providers of the information and the categories of information. The latitude and longitude information is provided for each site in relation to map data. By matching these pieces of latitude and longitude information to the map data, points of interest information can be laid out on the map and displayed. This makes it possible to select interesting site information to be displayed on the map based on the information provider, for example, points of interest information provided by provider A for restaurants and another set of information provided by provider B for hotels.

Electronic guide system, contents server for electronic guide system, portable electronic guide device, and information processing method for electronic guide system

An electrostatic image developing toner includes toner particles that contain a binder resin and a coloring agent. The binder resin includes an amorphous resin and a crystalline polyester resin. The toner satisfies Relations (1) and (2). &#x394;His the amount of heat absorption based on a melting peak of the crystalline polyester resin in a first heating step from room temperature to 150&#xb0; C. &#x394;His the amount of heat absorption based on a melting peak of the crystalline polyester resin in a second heating step from 0&#xb0; C. to 150&#xb0; C. &#x394;H(theo.) is a value of fusion enthalpy calculated from a mass ratio of a structural unit derived from a linear aliphatic monomer contained in the binder resin based on a group contribution method.0.2&#x2266;&#x394;1/&#x394;(theo.)&#x2266;0.5&#x2003;&#x2003;Relation (1):0.1&#x2266;&#x394;2/&#x394;(theo.)&#x2266;0.3&#x2003;&#x2003;Relation (2):

Disclosed is a toner for electrostatic image development having excellent low-temperature fixability and high-temperature off-set resistance, attaining good image density, and having excellent homogeneity in image density. The toner comprises toner particles containing a binder resin which contains an amorphous resin (A) and an amorphous polyester resin (B) different from the resin (A) and a colorant, wherein the toner particles have a domain-matrix structure having the resin (B) as a domain phase dispersed in a matrix phase comprising the resin (A), and in a cross-sectional image of the toner particles, the number average domain diameter of the domain phase of the resin (B) having a domain diameter of 100 nm or more is 100 to 200 nm and an area ratio of the domain phase having a domain diameter of 500 nm or more relative to the total area of the domain phase is 0 to 10%.

Toner for electrostatic image development

Provided is a toner for electrostatic image development, having low-temperature fixability and long-term stable charge property and also having heat-resistant storage stability. The toner for electrostatic image development includes toner particles containing a binder resin. The binder resin has a domain-matrix structure in which a crystalline polyester resin is dispersed as a domain phase in a matrix phase formed of an amorphous vinyl polymer formed using at least a vinyl-based monomer. The amorphous vinyl polymer has a carboxy group concentration of not less than 0.2 mmol/g and not more than 1.0 mmol/g, and the crystalline polyester resin has an ester group concentration of not less than 0.1 mmol/g and not more than 7.1 mmol/g.

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