Fuji Xerox Co., Ltd.

Fujifilm Business Innovation Corp.

Junichi Uchiyama

Hiroko Furukata

Kiichiro Arikawa

Masahiro Ishino

Yoshifumi Ozaki

Yoshitaka Nakajima

Norihiro Tamazawa

Takashi Sato

Kazuo Yamada

Shinichi Kuramoto

Tomoyuki Yoshii

Masanori Kato

Yuki Kubota

Noribumi Sato

Takuya Kobayashi

Keiichi Okada

Ryota Tomishi

Masahiro Ishiwata

Mitsuyuki Tamatani

Kenta Urayama

Tsutomu Nagaoka

Fumiyuki Honda

Masatomo Igarashi

Fumiaki Sugiyama

Yasutaka Goto

Susumu Kimura

Hirofumi Sasaki

Shiho Matsuda

Ryo Kukimiya

An information processing apparatus includes a processor configured to: acquire multiple pieces of circuit configuration information corresponding to multiple split circuits forming a processing circuit configured to execute a single processing function; and cause reconfiguration processes that reconfigure multiple partial reconfiguration regions into the multiple split circuits corresponding to the multiple pieces of acquired circuit configuration information to be executed in parallel.

Information processing apparatus, non-transitory computer readable medium, and programmable logic circuit

An image processing apparatus includes a processor that performs image processing and that is constructed by using a reconfigurable-circuit device whose circuit is reconfigurable. The processor is configured to acquire image data that corresponds to each of one or more small regions into which an image is divided, determine a feature of the image data that is acquired and that corresponds to each of the one or more small regions, select a circuit configuration and perform processing in accordance with the obtained feature of the image data that corresponds to each of the one or more small regions, and cause a repository to retain rendering information, which is the image data that corresponds to each of the one or more small regions and that has undergone the processing.

Image processing apparatus

A reconfigurable logical circuit includes a data processing unit; a memory in which plural combinations of configuration control bits are stored; and a selector unit that selectively switches the plural combinations of configuration control bits stored in the memory and supplies a selected one of the plural combinations of configuration control bits to the data processing unit to reconfigure processing contents of the data processing unit.

Reconfigurable logical circuit

An image forming apparatus includes an image carrier that holds an image, a developer carrier that holds a developer to be supplied to the image carrier, a transport member that transports the developer in an axial direction of the developer carrier, and a restraint member that restrains the developer, which has scattered as a result of being transported by the transport member, from moving toward the developer carrier.

Image forming apparatus and developing device

A developing device includes a developer carrier that opposes an image carrier and rotates while carrying developer on a surface thereof; and a container that supports the developer carrier in a rotatable manner and contains the developer, the developer containing toner, first carrier subjected to frictional charging together with the toner, and second carrier having a diameter greater than a diameter of the first carrier and an electrical resistance lower than an electrical resistance of the first carrier.

Developing device and image forming apparatus

An image forming apparatus includes an image forming device that forms an image on a recording medium with a powdery material, the image being sized so as to extend beyond an edge of the recording medium; a collecting device that collects the material that has extended off the recording medium as a result of the image forming device forming the image; and a restricting unit that controls the image forming device in such a manner that the image forming device reduces an amount of use of the material in a region of the image that extends off the recording medium to a larger degree on an outer side of the image than a side of the image near the recording medium.

Image forming apparatus

A cleaning device includes a supporting member; a first cleaning roller that contacts a member to be cleaned and that rotates, separates any matter to be removed that is stuck on the member to be cleaned from the member to be cleaned, and causes the matter to be removed to adhere to the first cleaning roller; a second cleaning roller that contacts the first cleaning roller and rotates, separates the matter to be removed that is stuck on the first cleaning roller from the first cleaning roller, and causes the matter to be removed to adhere to the second cleaning roller; a pair of first bearing members that rotatably support respective ends of the first cleaning roller, and are supported by the supporting member; and a pair of second bearing members that rotatably support respective ends of the second cleaning roller, and are supported by the first bearing members.

Cleaning device for a fixing device in an image forming apparatus

A cleaning device includes a first cleaning roller that contacts a member to be cleaned and that rotates, separates any matter to be removed that is stuck on the member to be cleaned from the member to be cleaned, and causes the matter to be removed to adhere to the first cleaning roller; a second cleaning roller that contacts the first cleaning roller, separates the matter to be removed that is stuck on the first cleaning roller from the first cleaning roller, and causes the matter to be removed to adhere to the second cleaning roller; a first push member that pushes the first cleaning roller against the member to be cleaned; and a second push member that pushes the second cleaning roller against the first cleaning roller, and pushes the first cleaning roller against the member to be cleaned.

Cleaning device, fixing device, and image forming apparatus

A fixing device includes a pair of fixing members that contact each other and that rotate or circulate, and that heat and press a sheet that is transported with a toner image being carried thereby and that is interposed between the fixing members, to fix the toner image to the sheet; and a guide member that guides to a fixing area the sheet that is transported towards the fixing members. The guide member includes a metallic member and resin members. The metallic member has a guide surface that faces the sheet that is transported towards the guide member. The resin members are disposed at the guide surface so as to be spaced apart from each other in a widthwise direction. The resin members protrude from the guide surface and are struck by a front edge of the sheet in the transport direction of the sheet.

Fixing device and image forming apparatus

A cleaning device includes a first cleaning roller and a second cleaning roller. The first cleaning roller contacts a member to be cleaned and rotates, separates any matter to be removed that is stuck on the member to be cleaned from the member to be cleaned, and causes the matter to be removed to adhere to the first cleaning roller. The first cleaning roller has a diameter that decreases continuously from a center thereof towards both ends thereof in a direction of a rotation axis. The member to be cleaned rotates or circulates. The second cleaning roller contacts the first cleaning roller and rotates, separates the matter to be removed that is stuck on the first cleaning roller from the first cleaning roller, and causes the matter to be removed to adhere to the second cleaning roller.

Cleaning device, fixing device, and image forming apparatus including a cleaning roller having a diameter that decreases continuously from a center thereof

A fixing device includes a pair of fixing members and a guide member. The guide member includes a guide plate having a guide surface, a back surface when the guide surface is defined as a front surface, and holes that are spaced apart from each other in a widthwise direction of the sheet and that extend through the guide surface and the back surface; and sheet receiving members that are disposed in correspondence with the holes, each sheet receiving member including a body and an insertion portion that protrudes from the body and that is inserted into the corresponding hole, the insertion portions being inserted into the corresponding holes and being moved along the guide surface, so that the sheet receiving members are mounted to the guide plate while the bodies protrude from the guide surface.

Fixing device including a guide member for guiding a sheet to a fixing area and image forming apparatus including the same

A cleaning device includes a first cleaning roller and a second cleaning roller. The first cleaning roller contacts a member to be cleaned, rotates, separates any matter to be removed that is stuck on the member to be cleaned from the member to be cleaned, and causes the matter to be removed to adhere to the first cleaning roller. The member to be cleaned rotates or circulates. The first cleaning roller has an elastic peripheral surface. The second cleaning roller has a peripheral surface whose hardness is higher than that of the first cleaning roller. The second cleaning roller pushes the first cleaning roller and rotates while causing the first cleaning roller to be elastically recessed, to separate the matter to be removed that is stuck on the first cleaning roller therefrom and cause the matter to be removed to adhere to the second cleaning roller.

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Kanagawa, Japan

Junichi Uchiyama