Konica Corporation

Olympus Corporation

Konica Minolta, Inc.

Konica Minolta Opto, Inc.

Konica Minolta Business Technologies, Inc.

Mitsubishi Denki Kabushiki Kaisha

Konica-minolta Holdings, Inc.

Dainichiseika Color & Chemicals Mfg. Co., Ltd.

Ukima Colour & Chemicals Mfg. Co., Ltd.

Nec Corporation

Hitachi Astemo Ltd.

Ichiyo-sha Co., Ltd.

Mitsubishi Electric Corporation

Tokyo Electron Limited

Masashi Saito

Chishio Koshimizu

Shigetaka Kurosu

Hiroshi Morimoto

Hidetoshi Katayanagi

Yutaka Otsuka

Nana Akahane

Yoshio Hagihara

Shigeru Hosoe

Kazuyuki Hanada

Takatoshi Igarashi

Satoru Adachi

Takanori Tanaka

Hideaki Hayashi

Toshiki Hayami

Katsumi Kuriyama

Susumu Yamazaki

Mikihiko Takada

Hiroshi Yamanaka

Kiyoshi Sato

Hiroshi Yamazaki

Hiroshi Ikeda

Kenji Matsumoto

Tatsuya Nagase

Yohei Yamazawa

Akira Koshiishi

Satoshi Nishida

Meizo Shirose

Noriyuki Fujimori

Jun Takayama

Manabu Iwata

Naoki Matsumoto

Hiroki Yamazaki

Raymond Yim

Masaru Sugimoto

Hidetoshi Hanaoka

Noriyuki Kobayashi

Masami Maruko

Yoshiki Nishimori

Satoru Yoneda

Toshihiro Hayami

Yoshinobu Ooya

Kunihiko Hinata

Ryuji Ohtani

Kazuo Kibi

Hiroaki Miho

Makoto Ono

Naoko Okazaki

Kazuo Yasuda

Hajime Tanaka

Iwao Misaizu

Katsutoshi Torii

Yukinori Koizumi

Yasutoshi Fujii

Kazuhiko Uneme

Ryohei Matsuo

Katsumi Hosogai

Takashi Minaki

Toshihito Kobayashi

Yoichiro Tomari

Taizou Oonishi

Kazunori Nishinoue

Manabu Sato

Kosei Tamiya

Masaki Shimada

Kazunori Katada

Daisuke Yano

Reiko Okada

Kohei Hayashi

Yusuke Mamiya

Tsutomu Sakamaki

Takayuki Horie

Eiji Ichikawa

Motoki Nakano

Toshimitsu Harada

Tomokazu Tanase

Osamu Morita

Yu Harashima

Hideki Hadano

Masao Horie

Tetsuji Ueyama

Mutsumi Sugiura

Takashi Terauchi

Koichi Horigome

Toshiyuki Fujimasa

Hiroi Nambu

Philip V Orlik

Fei Ye

An image forming apparatus including: an image former that forms an image on a recording material; includes a fixer that has a first fixing member having an elastic layer, a second fixing member that forms a fixing nip with the first fixing member, and an external heater that heats the first fixing member from outside, and fixes the image on the recording material by heating and pressing the conveyed recording material at the fixing nip; and a hardware processor that executes a thermal expansion mode, in which in the thermal expansion mode, the hardware processor causes the external heater to heat the first fixing member to a temperature higher than a temperature during normal printing.

Image forming apparatus

To provide an electronic control device capable of securing electromagnetic compatibility and mechanical strength. An electronic control device includes a base portion formed in a bottomed cylindrical shape; an electronic control board provided in the base portion; and connectors provided on an opening side of the base portion and electrically connected to the electronic control board, in which the base portion includes a first layer formed of a conductive member and a second layer formed of a member different from that of the first layer.

Electronic control device with electromagnetic compatibility for vehicle control

In an imaging system, a differential signal transmission circuit is configured to output a first signal to a first signal line in an image output period and is configured to output a second signal to a second signal line in the image output period. The first signal and the second signal are included in a differential signal. A signal output circuit is configured to output a second clock signal to the first signal line in a blanking period different from the image output period and is configured to output a second control signal to the second signal line in the blanking period. In a PLL, connection between a charge pump and a loop filter is controlled on the basis of the second control signal output to the second signal line.

Imaging system and endoscope system

An imaging element includes: a pixel chip where a pixel unit and a vertical selecting unit are arranged, the pixel unit including plural pixels that are arranged in a two-dimensional matrix, the pixels being configured to generate and output imaging signals; a transmission chip where at least a power source unit and a transmission unit are arranged; plural capacitative chips, each capacitative chip having capacitance functioning as a bypass condenser for a power source in the power source unit; and plural connecting portions configured to electrically connect the pixel chip, the transmission chip, and the capacitative chip respectively to another chip. The transmission chip is layered and connected at a back surface side of the pixel chip. The capacitative chips are layered and connected at a back surface side of the transmission chip. The connecting portions are arranged so as to overlap one another.

Imaging element, endoscope, and endoscope system

A fixing device has a fixing member, a cleaning roller, and a web, a first drive mechanism, a rotation drive unit, and a control unit. The first drive mechanism moves the cleaning roller to abut on or separate from the fixing member. The rotation drive unit can rotatingly drive the cleaning roller when the cleaning roller separates from the fixing member. The control unit performs control such that, in a case where a cleaning mode for cleaning the cleaning roller using the web is selected, the cleaning roller moves to separate from the fixing member and is rotatingly driven, and the web abuts on the cleaning roller, in order to clean the cleaning roller.

Fixing device and image forming apparatus

An imaging device includes: a first chip including a light receiving unit, and a read circuit; a second chip including a timing control circuit, an A/D conversion circuit, and a cable transmission circuit; and a connection unit configured to connect the first and the second chips. The read circuit includes a column read circuit and a horizontal selection circuit, and a vertical selection circuit. The connection unit of the first chip is provided in a first area along a side of the rectangular light receiving unit, and in a second area adjacent to the column read circuit, the horizontal selection circuit, and the vertical selection circuit. The connection unit of the second chip is provided in a third area around the timing control circuit, the A/D conversion circuit, and the cable transmission circuit and in a fourth area adjacent to the timing control circuit and the A/D conversion circuit.

Imaging device, endoscope, and endoscope system

An image forming apparatus has an operating state and a non-operating state with power consumption smaller than in the operating state. The image forming apparatus includes: a fixing device for thermally fixing a toner image on a print material; an execution unit for executing warm-up to heat the fixing device up to a printable temperature for fixing the toner image on the print material, upon power-on or in shifting from the non-operating state to the operating state; and a temperature control unit for maintaining a waiting state to keep the fixing device at the printable temperature or higher, after completion of warm-up or printing. The temperature control unit increases the temperature of the fixing device higher in a waiting state after printing a predetermined number of times since power-on or in a waiting state after the non-operating state for a predetermined time or longer, than in any other waiting state.

Image forming apparatus, control method, and non-transitory storage medium for efficiently reducing operational start time

A fixing device includes: a fixing side member; a fixing belt; a back side supporting member configured to form a fixing nip for conveying the recording medium in a tightly sandwiching manner; a heating roller configured to heat the fixing belt from inside; a first movement section configured to move the fixing side member between a first pressure contact position where the fixing side member is brought into pressure contact with the back side supporting member with the fixing belt therebetween, and a second pressure contact position where the fixing side member is brought into pressure contact with the heating roller; and a control section configured to control the first movement section to move the fixing side member to the first pressure contact position in a printing operation, and move the fixing side member to the second pressure contact position when the printing operation is not performed.

Fixing device for image forming apparatus

An image forming apparatus has an operating state and a non-operating state with power consumption smaller than in the operating state. The image forming apparatus includes a fixing device for fixing a toner image on a print material by heat, a fan for discharging heat from the image forming apparatus, and a control unit for controlling operation of the fan. When a non-operating time from shifting to the non-operating state to shifting to the operating state is shorter than a predetermined time, the control unit allows the fan to operate with predetermined power in the operating state. When the non-operating time is equal to or longer than the predetermined time, the control unit stops the fan or allows the fan to operate with power smaller than the predetermined power in the operating state.

Image forming apparatus, control method, and non-transitory storage medium

An image sensor includes: photoelectric conversion elements configured to receive light and accumulate a charge corresponding to an amount of received light; an imaging signal generating unit that converts the charge accumulated in each photoelectric conversion element into a voltage to generate an imaging signal; and a reference signal generating unit that generates a reference signal having a fluctuation component with a same phase as the imaging signal. The imaging signal generating unit includes: a conversion circuit that converts the charge accumulated in each photoelectric conversion element into the imaging signal; a noise eliminating circuit that eliminates a noise component included in the imaging signal; and an output circuit that outputs the imaging signal from the conversion circuit. The reference signal generating unit includes a circuit having a same structure as that of at least one of the conversion circuit, the noise eliminating circuit, and the output circuit.

Image sensor, imaging device, endoscope, and endoscopic system

An image formation apparatus includes: a fixer that fixes a toner image onto a sheet by heat and pressure, and includes: a heat source; a first rotary member that is heated by the heat source; a temperature sensing unit that senses a temperature of the first rotary member; and a second rotary member that forms a nip with the first rotary member for applying heat and pressure to the sheet; and a controller that calculates a nip width of the nip in a passing direction of the sheet with use of a rotation period and a rest period of the first rotary member during which the heat source operates, and changes a target temperature of the first rotary member in accordance with the calculated nip width.

Image forming apparatus and image forming method

An imaging element includes: a plurality of pixels configured to receive light from outside and generate and output an imaging signal depending on an amount of the light received; a first transfer line connected to the pixel; a second transfer line; a column selection switch configured to select one pixel column and output the imaging signal to the second transfer line; a column source follower including a gate to which the imaging signal transferred by the first transfer line is input, a drain end being connected to a power supply voltage, and a source end being connected to the column selection switch; a constant current source configured to drive the column source follower and read out the imaging signal to the second transfer line; and a current generating unit configured to flow a predetermined current to the source end side of the column source follower.

Imaging element, imaging device and endoscope system

A solid-state imaging apparatus includes an imaging section in which a plurality of pixels, each of which has a photoelectric conversion element, are disposed in a matrix; a clock generation section; a reference signal generation section configured to generate a reference signal whose amplitude increases or decreases with the passage of time; a comparison section disposed corresponding to a column in an array of the plurality of pixels; a latch section disposed corresponding to the comparison section and configured to latch logic states of the plurality of phase signals; and a latch control section disposed corresponding to the comparison section, wherein the comparison section includes a differential amplifier, a current output element, and a third transistor, and wherein the comparison section outputs a second comparison signal based on the current output from the current output element after the second timing.

Solid-state imaging apparatus and imaging device

An image capturing device includes a first substrate and a second substrate that are stacked in stages; a pixel section in the first substrate in which a plurality of pixels outputting signals according to incident physical quantities are disposed in a matrix form; a first AD conversion circuit in the first substrate for every column or every plurality of columns of pixels performing AD conversion on signals output by pixels; a connector that electrically connects the first substrate and the second substrate; a second AD conversion circuit in the second substrate for every column or every plurality of columns of pixels and performing AD conversion on signals output by pixels and inputting through the connector; and a controller in the first substrate or the second substrate and supplying a control signal to the first AD conversion circuit and the second AD conversion circuit.

Image capturing device

An image forming apparatus has a fusing unit including a first rotor provided with a heat-generating unit and an elastic layer, as well as a second rotor provided in direct contact with the first rotor, the fusing unit fixing a toner image on a sheet, and a duct for allowing an inlet and an exhaust outlet to communicate with each other, the inlet being adapted to allow a current of air derived from the fusing unit to flow in, the exhaust outlet facing toward the outside of the apparatus. The duct includes an introduction channel for guiding and jetting out air taken in from the inlet, a main channel for guiding the air jetted out of the introduction channel to the exhaust outlet, and a cul-de-sac provided in communication with the main channel at one end and closed at the other end.

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