Megachips Corporation

Kyowa Limited

Clements Industries

Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd.

Kazuyuki Takahashi

Takeshi Hirota

Yoshio Iwai

Tomoji Abe

Isao Imanishi

Kenji Sasaki

Haruo Yamashita

Yujiro Tani

Tetsuya Morita

Yoshihiro Yokoyama

An image processing device includes: a first storage unit to store image data containing pixel data about a plurality of components of each pixel arranged according to a first rule; a second storage unit having a plurality of storage areas to individually store the image data read from the first storage unit; a process controller to control reading of the image data from the first storage unit to the second storage unit and to output a control signal containing information used to designate a specific storage area being one of the storage areas; a multiplexer to output pixel data in order according to a second rule by selecting, based on the control signal, pixel data stored in the specific storage area from pixel data stored in the storage areas; and a 4-tap filter to calculate pixel information about an interpolated pixel.

Image processing device

A first sorting unit includes a second sorting unit that sorts first frequency data for luminance based on a first table, a third sorting unit that sorts second frequency data for chrominance based on a second table, a fourth sorting unit that sorts third frequency data for chrominance based on a third table, and an updating unit that updates the second and third tables based on nonzero information on the first and second frequency data before the third and fourth sorting units start sorting.

Image processor

A recording intermediate beltwhich is made endless so as to travels around a continuous path has image formation areas and non-image formation areas alternately provided on an outer surface thereof. Images of different colors are sequentially formed in the image formation areas by recording headsthroughrespectively provided in first through third image formation sectionsthrough. The recording headsthroughof the first through third image formation sectionsthroughare separated from each other by a distance which is greater than a length of an image formation area in a traveling direction of the recording intermediate belt. The recording headsthroughare each pressed onto the recording intermediate beltin a non-image formation area immediately preceding an image formation area and starts an image formation operation. The image formation operation is stopped when the recording headsthrougheach face a non-image formation area immediately subsequent to the image formation area. Thus, a clear full-color image can be formed with the image formed in each image formation section being free from color non-uniformity.

Image forming device and recording intermediate belt mounting jig

A non-metallic coreless twist-tie is formed by melting polymeric material, extruding the material in an elongated form, cooling the material, then drawing the material at a rate of more than about 2.5 times. The tie can include glass beads. The polymer is preferably formed from polymeric resin having a degree of crystallization of about 10% to 60% at a crystallized temperature range of about 100.degree. C. to 250.degree. C. and can also include a quantity of fine glass beads. The resulting tie can be twisted and untwisted many times without breakage, is suitable for use in microwave ovens and is simpler to construct than multicomponent ties.

Coreless twist-ties

A non-metallic coreless twist-tie is formed by melting polymeric material, extruding the material in an elongated form, cooling the material, than drawing the material at a rate of more than about 2.5 times. The tie can include glass beads. The polymer is preferably formed from polymeric resin having a degree of crystallization of about 10% to 60% at a crystallized temperature range of about 100.degree. C. to 250.degree. C. and can also include a quantity of fine glass beads. The resulting tie can be twisted and untwisted many times without breakage, is suitable for use in microwave ovens and is simpler to construct than multicomponent ties.

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Kazuyuki Takahashi