PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a transfer material conveyance method and a transfer material conveyance apparatus for stably feeding transfer material after transfer into a fixing device regardless of in particular the curling direction of transfer material.

SOLUTION: In the transfer material conveyance method for the image forming apparatus in which the transfer material separated from a...

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide an exposure apparatus in which the relative positions of a reflection mirror and an image carrier are not varied even when temperature varies and to provide an image forming apparatus equipped with the exposure apparatus.

SOLUTION: The exposure apparatus (15) is provided with: a rotating polygon mirror (44) which deflects and scans scanning light output from...

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a light diffusion sheet hardly having a scratch in a light diffusion layer, and provided with the light diffusion layer hardly causing uneven coating in the formation of the light diffusion layer and containing resin particles.

SOLUTION: The light diffusion sheet contains a transparent base material and the light diffusion layer laminated on at least one sur...

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a developing device whose degree of freedom in design is enhanced, and which prevents the leakage of developer with simple composition and by easy operation.

SOLUTION: When a toner cartridge 40 is attached to a developing housing 62, an opening/closing lever 113 provided in the developing housing 62 opens/closes an inside peripheral surface wall 51 for openi...

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To obtain a living thing microscope capable of performing automatic focus operation with simple constitution even in a state where a sample is put in the center of the field of the microscope.

SOLUTION: The living thing microscope has a focus error detecting optical system which irradiates a focus reference plane with focus error detecting light through an objective, r...

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a resonance sound generator constituted more rationally.

SOLUTION: A resonance sound generator having a resonance sound generating element 100, a hammer 200, and a driving means 300 for driving the hammer and generating resonance sound by the hammer hammering the resonance sound generating element is provided with: a muffling body 400 for stopping the resona...

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To carry out suitable temperature control by sufficiently lowering injected power without giving an excessive load to a high frequency power source and to evade reduction in heating efficiency.

SOLUTION: An induction heating unit 24 is provided with a plurality of exciting coils 32 lined up serially in a shaft direction and a plurality of magnetic body cores 41 in each...

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To obtain a fixing device capable of preventing the soiling of a fixing section, and an image forming apparatus.

SOLUTION: When a jam of recording paper 112 is detected, a fan 26 and an air intake device 34 are driven. Air sent from an arrow A direction is blown to a recording surface side of the recording paper 112, and a rear surface side of the recording paper 112 i...

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a camera module which is excellent in attachment accuracy of a lens and is without entry of dirt.

SOLUTION: In the camera module, the outer circumferential portion of the flange portion 3b of the lens 3 is caught in a recessed portion 1g and the lens 3 is attached to a holding member 1, in such a state that the lens 3 is elastically pressed by an elastic bod...

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a polyester for toner superior in offset and filming resistances.

SOLUTION: The polyester for the toner is obtained by condensation polymerization of an alcohol component containing 80 mol% or higher, in total, of a propylene oxide adduct of bisphenol A and an ethylene oxide adduct of bisphenol A and a carboxylic acid component, wherein the average number (a...

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a stand for electronic musical instrument capable of improving workability, when connecting pipes to each other that constitute an electronic musical instrument system.

SOLUTION: A rod 20a is connected to an arm pipe 17a via a connection member 19a by being changed the positions in the circumferential direction and an axis orthogonal direction of the arm pip...

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To perform interaction according to natural proceeding.

SOLUTION: User's utterance is recognized. Based on response knowledge according to a rule composed of each combination of status and status, status and evaluation, and evaluation and evaluation, regarding the recognized utterance and utterance for responding to the user's utterance, which is stored in a storage me...

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide electronic equipment and an expiration date notification method for electronic coupon, capable of suitably performing notification of an expiration date of an electronic coupon.

SOLUTION: A control part 5 calculates, based on expiration date information of each coupon stored in a storage part 2, a residual validated period from the current date of each elect...

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To infer a location of an article without using position information of the article.

SOLUTION: A personal digital assistant 12d monitors personal digital assistants 2a-2c for which communication with the personal digital assistant 12d is established within a communication range R2, and records connecting states of the personal digital assistant 12d with the personal di...

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide an image processor, image processing system and display control program for inhibiting picture transition based on an operation from the menu bar of a Web browser.

SOLUTION: A return button for achieving a function to instruct transition to a Web page displayed before the currently displayed Web page, an advance button for achieving a function to instruct tr...

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide an image identification device and an image identification system, surely identifying a subject with a simple structure, and an image identification method using the device and system.

SOLUTION: Whether a subject faces front or not in images acquired before and after imaging by a user is determined (step S5), and if the subject faces front, the image is reco...

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a pattern forming method, capable of efficiently and uniformly performing formation and correction of pattern design data along a production process of semiconductor device or a request on pattern design process.

SOLUTION: Data checked by a first design rule 1 of design data of a pattern to be formed within a semiconductor device is corrected based on a corr...

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a noncontact IC card reader, in which an antenna member and a circuit part can be easily stored in a housing.

SOLUTION: The noncontact IC card reader 10 adapted to read information stored in an IC card in a non-contact manner comprises an antenna block 15 for performing radio communication with the IC card; a circuit part 14 connected to the antenna block 15...

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide an information creation system, estimating an empty road while suppressing communication cost.

SOLUTION: The information creation system collects information from running vehicles by using communication and creates predetermined information based on the collected information. When the information creation system collects congestion information from the runni...

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a new product attribute information prediction technology capable of improving prediction accuracy when predicting attribute information showing a product to be manufactured by design information by using simulation on the basis of the design information.

SOLUTION: A storage means for storing difference information between attribute information shown by a pr...