Fuji Xerox Co., Ltd.

Fujifilm Business Innovation Corp.

Chisso Corporation

Mamoru Fujita

Motohiko Sakamaki

Takeshi Zengo

Akira Mihara

Takehito Hikichi

Masaaki Lawrence Araki

Hideo Kobayashi

Yoshiro Yamashita

Kazuhiko Hirokawa

Akihide Kawamura

Yasuo Urata

Akira Sakamoto

Satoshi Tatsuura

Masakatsu Shibasaki

Atsuyuki Kitamura

Wataru Suzuki

Hiroaki Sasai

Takahiro Ishizuka

Naoyuki Yoshida

Jun Isozaki

Koichi Haga

Teruyo Sugiura

Yukari Motosugi

Masaru Agatsuma

Kazuyuki Tada

Hiroyuki Tsukuni

Tomomasa Sato

Masahiro Yokota

Takayoshi Nakajima

Fumitaka Ohizumi

Shimpei Takagi

Kazuyoshi Kimura

Fusao Hanzawa

Seiji Ide

An information processing device includes a sensor configured to detect a substance applied to a medium containing confidential information and a processor configured to record information including substance information identifying the substance detected with the sensor and user information on a user carrying the medium in combination.

Information processing device, information management system, and storage medium

A confidential information provision device includes: an information acquisition unit configured to acquire a confidential level of information that is to be printed on a recording medium; and a provision unit configured to provide confidential information to the recording medium in accordance with the confidential level, the confidential information provided to the recording medium being constituted of a material that is detectable in a non-contact manner.

Confidential information provision device, image forming apparatus and system

A reading device includes: a reading unit configured to read a first recording medium; and an information acquisition unit configured to acquire information related to a detection object applied to the first recording medium.

Information reading device and image forming apparatus for applying detection object to recording medium according to degree of confidentiality

A printed material detection apparatus includes: a detector configured to transmit radio waves whose frequency of 1 GHz or more and 5 THz or less toward a printed material and to detect reflection or absorption of the radio waves.

Printed material detection apparatus for detecting management information, image forming apparatus, printed material detection system and recording material for the same

A concave and convex pattern forming apparatus, includes a pattern forming unit that forms a pattern with a transparent infrared absorbing material on a surface of a foam body that is foamed by heating; and an irradiation unit that irradiates, with infrared rays, the surface having a pattern formed by the pattern forming unit.

Concave and convex pattern forming apparatus and method for producing structural body having concave and convex pattern

A near-infrared absorbent dispersion includes water, a near-infrared absorbent, and a resin dispersant, wherein a weight ratio of the near-infrared absorbent to the total weight of the near-infrared absorbent and the resin dispersant is more than 0.01 and less than 0.33.

Near-infrared absorbent dispersion, aqueous ink for ink jet recording, and aqueous ink set for ink jet recording

Provided is an aqueous ink for ink jet recording that includes: water; a water-soluble organic solvent; a coloring material; and a specific compound having a structure expressed by the following General Formula (I), wherein ink pH is in a range of 6.5 to 8.5.  In General Formula (I), R, R, R, and Reach independently represent a structure expressed by General Formula (I-R) or an alkyl group having 1 to 6 carbon atoms which is not branched, Rrepresents a hydrogen atom or a methyl group, and n represents an integer in a range of 0 to 3, and the total carbon number of the structure expressed by General Formula (I-R) is equal to or less than 6.

Aqueous ink for ink jet recording, aqueous ink set for ink jet recording, and ink jet recording method

An aqueous ink for ink jet recording includes water, a water-soluble organic solvent, a coloring material, and a near-infrared absorbent, wherein a continuous range of wavelengths in which an absorption amount of the ink is not less than 80% of a maximum absorption amount of the ink in a near-infrared region is 10 nm or more.

Aqueous ink for ink jet recording, aqueous ink set for ink jet recording, and ink jet recording apparatus

A liquid supply device includes a first storage unit that stores a first liquid, a second storage unit that stores a second liquid separately from the first liquid, the second liquid containing an infrared absorbing agent, a mixing unit that mixes the first liquid and the second liquid to generate a mixture, and a supply unit that supplies the mixture to an outside of the liquid supply device.

Liquid supply device and droplet ejecting apparatus

Provided is an image forming apparatus including an image forming section that forms a toner image according to image data on a transported recording medium, a reforming section that generates a polar group on a first surface of the recording medium on which the toner image is formed, and a control section that sets target regions on the first surface of the recording medium in order in a transport direction and controls a strength of reforming processing to be a reference strength which is set for the recording medium with respect to the target region of a non-image section.

Image forming apparatus and surface processing apparatus

An image forming apparatus, includes an image forming section that forms an image layer on a recording medium by supplying and fixing a toner based on image information, a winding section that winds the recording medium on which the image layer is formed by the image forming section, an extraction section that extracts step portion which is formed at end portion of the image layer based on the image information, and an adjustment layer forming section that forms an adjustment layer which suppresses the step portion that is extracted by the extraction section on the recording medium.

Image forming apparatus

A display medium includes a first substrate that is transparent to light, a second substrate, a spacing member, and a particle dispersion liquid. The second substrate is provided to be opposite to the first substrate and has a plurality of electrodes placed at a predetermined interval. The spacing member (i) is placed between the first and second substrates at another interval different from the predetermined interval of the electrodes, (ii) has a first end portion on a first substrate side of the spacing member and a second end portion on a second substrate side of the spacing member. The first end portion is transparent to light. The second end portion has different transparency from the first end portion to reduces a reflection of light incident through the first substrate onto a first substrate side of the spacing member.

Display medium and display device

A display medium of the present invention includes first and second substrates, a spacing member and a particle dispersion liquid. The first substrate is transparent to light. The second substrate is opposite to the first substrate and has plural electrodes placed at an interval. The second substrate has a difference between reflectivity of the electrode portions and reflectivity of plural boundary portions between the electrodes with respect to light incident from the first substrate side. The difference is 12 percentage points or less. The spacing member is placed between the first and second substrates at another interval, is transparent to light, and keeps a gap between the first and second substrates. The particle dispersion liquid is filled between the first and second substrates, and includes particles moving in a direction of an electric field formed between the first and second substrates and a dispersion medium.

The present invention provides a method of manufacturing a display medium, including preparing a first substrate on which a gap retaining member that retains a gap between substrates is disposed in a protruded form; applying an adhesive to a top surface of the gap retaining member; disposing a particle dispersion liquid on an area surrounded by the first substrate and the gap retaining member; and adhering the first substrate and a second substrate together via the gap retaining member, by contacting the second substrate with the adhesive applied to the top surface of the gap retaining member and drying the solvent of the adhesive so as to adhere the second substrate to the top surface of the gap retaining member by the adhesive component of the adhesive. The display medium and a display apparatus including the display medium and an electrical field-generating unit are also provided.

Method of manufacturing display medium, display medium, and display apparatus

A display medium includes: a pair of substrates that have light transmittance; electrode members that are respectively formed on the opposing surfaces of the substrates, have light transmittance, and are capable of carrying an electric current; a display member that is interposed between the electrode members and displays display information when the electric current is supplied; a terminal portion provided at one electrode member; a reinforcing portion that has electrical conductivity and is joined to the terminal portion; and a mounted electrode that has electrical conductivity and is joined to the terminal portion by a joining material that has, after curing, a cohesive force larger than that of the reinforcing portion. The area of a reinforcing joining region of the terminal portion to which the reinforcing portion is joined is smaller than the area of a mounted joining region of the terminal portion to which the joining material is joined.

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Mamoru Fujita