Fuji Xerox Co., Ltd.

Panasonic Intellectual Property Management Co., Ltd.

Ricoh Company, Ltd.

Felica Networks, Inc.

Fuji Xerox Corporation

Masaki Nakamura

Daisuke Ishizuka

Hirokazu Hamano

Yuka Ishihara

Satoshi Yoshida

Katsumi Daimon

Manabu Serizawa

Norihito Fukushima

Yasuo Matsumura

Satoshi Inoue

Atsushi Sugawara

Yoshifumi Iida

Kazuhiko Yanagida

Hidekazu Yaguchi

Takahisa Fujii

Takashi Kawai

Hideyuki Murakami

Yasuhiro Arima

Toshimizu Ozawa

Takashi Imai

Yasuhiro Uehara

Yasuhiro Oda

Yasuo Yamamoto

Shin Yasuda

Shintaro Anno

Masaru Takahashi

Yasuhiro Kusumoto

Toshiyuki Yano

Yutaka Sugizaki

Taichi Yamada

Eisuke Iwazaki

Yasuhiro Oya

Koichi Takashima

Atsuo Yoneda

Takeshi Tanabe

Yoshinari Ueno

Makoto Sugino

Takahiro Ishida

Hirotsugu Suzuki

Hirokazu Yamada

Hideki Hino

Yoichi Nakayoshi

An information processing apparatus includes an interface for a medium, which includes a mechanical switch, and circuitry. The circuitry is configured to: detect insertion of the medium into the interface; determine whether the insertion of the medium is for inputting data into the information processing apparatus; detect a state of the mechanical switch of the medium inserted, in response to determination that the insertion of the medium is for inputting data; generate numerical data according to the state; receive, as input data, the numerical data generated; and execute an operation according to the input data.

Information processing apparatus and image forming apparatus

An angular velocity sensor including a vibration body having a sensor electrode, a driving electrode, and a monitor electrode. The monitor electrode generates a signal according to vibration of the vibration body. The sensor circuit outputs a signal representing an angular velocity applied to the vibration body. The amplitude determination circuit measures amplitude of vibration of the vibration body. A PLL circuit includes a constant voltage source for generating a constant voltage, a timing switching unit for outputting a voltage by switching selectively between the constant voltage and a voltage corresponding to the monitor signal, and a voltage-controlled oscillator for outputting an oscillation signal having a frequency corresponding to the voltage output from the timing switching unit. When the amplitude measured is smaller than a predetermined value, the timing switching unit outputs the constant voltage output from the constant voltage source and outputs a start-up mode signal.

Angular velocity sensor and method for correcting angular velocity sensor

An inertial force sensor includes: an acceleration detection element; a temperature sensor that detects an ambient temperature of the acceleration detection element; a bridge circuit that processes an output signal from the acceleration detection element; an AD converter that converts an analog signal output from the bridge circuit into a digital signal, and outputs the digital signal; a calculation circuit that performs calculation on the output signal from the AD converter; and a storage that stores correction data for correcting a variation in the output signal from the AD converter due to a temperature change. The correction data are coefficients of a formula expressed by a calibration curve that is a quadratic or higher-degree curve, and the storage stores, as the correction data, the coefficients of the calibration curve of each of a plurality of patterns that differ between a predetermined temperature or more and less than the predetermined temperature.

Inertial force sensor

An information processing device includes: a replacement processing unit that replaces, when a second time as a time until a distance between a second terminal device that has transmitted a second information processing request having a lower priority and the information processing device becomes equal to or smaller than a predetermined value is shorter than a first time as a time until the distance between a first terminal device that has transmitted a first information processing request having a higher priority and the information processing device becomes equal to or smaller than a predetermined value, priorities for executing first information processing request and the second information processing request such that the second information processing request having the lower priority is processed earlier than the first information processing request having the higher priority.

MFP for managing information processing request execution priority according to distances and speeds of terminal devices from which information processing requests are received

Angular velocity sensor

A toner for electrostatic latent image development is disclosed. The toner for electrostatic latent image development includes toner particles, the toner particles includes a binder resin and a release agent, and the toner has a linear thermal expansion coefficient in accordance with JIS K 7197-1991 of from about 6&#xd7;10/C.&#xb0; to about 1&#xd7;10/C.&#xb0;. An electrostatic latent image developer, a toner cartridge, a process cartridge, and an image forming apparatus are also disclosed.

Toner for electrostatic latent image development, electrostatic latent image developer, toner cartridge, process cartridge, and image forming apparatus

An electrostatic latent image developing toner includes a mother particle which contains a coloring agent, a release agent and a binder resin; and an inorganic particle which is added to the surface of the mother particle, and wherein a relation between a relaxation time t and a relaxation modulus G(t) which are determined from the dynamic viscoelasticity measurement made on the toner satisfies the following equations (1) and (2);(1)&#x3c;100 Pa&#x2003;&#x2003;(1)515&#x3c;((2)&#x2212;(1))/(log(1)&#x2212;log(2))&#x3c;1,230&#x2003;&#x2003;(2)

Electrostatic latent image developing toner, electrostatic latent image developer, toner cartridge, process cartridge and image forming apparatus

An IC card is provided that is capable of identifying a communication type of incoming data received by non-contact communication. The IC card includes: an error detection portion that, for each of a plurality of communication types, performs error detection of incoming data based on an encoding format defined by each of the communication types; and a type identification portion that identifies, among the plurality of communication types, a communication type in which error information is not detected by the error detection portion as a communication type of the incoming data.

IC card, information processing device, communication type identification method, and program

The invention provides: an electrostatic latent image developing toner comprising a non-crystalline resin, a crystalline resin having a melting point of 50 to 100&#xb0; C., and a colorant, and satisfying the relationship represented by the following formula (1), wherein A represents the content of the crystalline resin (% by mass) in the entire toner, and B represents the content of the crystalline resin (% by mass) in a classified toner which has been prepared by classifying the toner such that the volume average particle diameter thereof is in the range of (&#x2155;)&#xd7;DT to (&#x2154;)&#xd7;DT, wherein DT represents the volume average particle diameter of the entire toner, and a method for producing the same, as well as an electrostatic latent image developing developer, a toner cartridge, a process cartridge, and an image forming apparatus using the same.50&#x2266;()&#xd7;100&#x2266;90&#x2003;&#x2003;Formula (1)

Electrostatic latent image developing toner and method for producing the same, and electrostatic latent image developer, toner cartridge, process cartridge and image forming apparatus

A toner for developing an electrostatic image, the toner having a core-shell structure, wherein the toner comprises: a colorant; a binder resin; and a filler, and wherein the toner has a flow tester &#xbd; effluent temperature of from 60 to 100&#xb0; C., and a shell of the toner comprises a thermoplastic resin.

Toner for developing electrostatic image, method for producing the same, developer for developing electrostatic image, and image forming method

An electrophotographic toner having a core-shell structure including a crystalline resin in its core region or a sea-island structure including a crystalline resin in its island region, wherein the toner has 1) a resistance of 5.0&#xd7;10&#x3a9;&#xb7;cm or higher, 2) a dynamic viscosity coefficient of 3&#xd7;10Pa&#xb7;s or higher at a temperature which is 50&#xb0; C. higher than a melting point of the crystalline resin, and 3) a dynamic viscosity coefficient of 1&#xd7;10Pa&#xb7;s or lower at a temperature which is 10&#xb0; C. higher than the melting point of the crystalline resin.

Electrophotographic toner, method for producing the same, electrophotographic developer, and image forming method

The present invention discloses a color toner providing highly gloss image and documents with excellent long term storability; an electrostatic latent image developer; and an image forming method. Disclosed is a color toner comprising a binder resin and colorant, wherein the weight average molecular weight of the binder resin is from 6000 to 45000, the toner's glass transition temperature (Tg) is from 40 to 70&#xb0; C., the loss tangent tan &#x3b4; of dynamic viscoelasticity is from 0.1 to 2.5 in the temperature of from the toner's glass transition temperature (Tg) to the temperature at which the loss modulus (G&#x2033;) is 1&#xd7;10Pa, and the toner comprises 3 to 20% by mass of an ester derivative of an alicyclic compound having 1 or more carboxyl groups, and an electrostatic latent image developer and an image forming method, which use the color toner.

Color toner, electrostatic latent image developer, image forming method, and image producing device

An image fixing method capable of favorably fixing a toner containing a crystalline resin is provided. A transfer medium having unfixed images formed of a color toner containing a binder resin that contains a crystalline resin and a colorant is passed between a heating member heated by way of an external heating unit and a pressurizing member, thereby fixing the unfixed images.

Image fixing apparatus and image fixing method for a crystalline resin-containing toner

An image fixing apparatus and an image forming method capable of favorably fixing a toner containing a crystalline resin are provided. The image forming apparatus passes a transfer medium having unfixed images formed of the toner containing a crystalline resin between a heating member and a pressurizing member, thereby fixing the unfixed images, using a cooling unit that controls a surface temperature of the pressurizing member in which the surface temperature is controlled to a melting point of the crystalline resin +30&#xb0; C. or lower.

Image fixing apparatus with cooling unit and image fixing method

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Minami-ashigara, Japan

Masaki Nakamura