baber/WOPTO huggingface dataset:
Patent JP-2006189480-A (JP)
Title: Image forming apparatus, control program for image forming apparatus and recording medium
Inventor: TAKIGUCHI TOSHIKI
IPC: G03G15/16
Filed: 2004-12-28
Abstract: <P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide an image forming apparatus capable of ensuring formation of a margin at the trailing end of paper in spite of slipping phenomenon in which paper slips over a photoreceptor.  <P>SOLUTION: The occurrence of image elongation in which a transfer image is elongated by paper slipping over the photoreceptor in a transfer nip, is predicted. When the occurrence of image elongation is predicted, the amount of excess removal of the trailing end of an electrostatic latent image is found based on an alteration table for setting a void at the trailing end of paper (S13 to S14, S18 to S19). The amount of the excess removal is added to the amount of void at the trailing end of default, and the portion which corresponds to the image trailing end of image information is deleted (S15 and S20). Then, a printing process is performed (S16, S21 and S23).  <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2006,JPO&NCIPI
Patent JP-2005525632-A (JP)
Title: 金融情報を有した加入者身元確認カードが内蔵された移動通信端末機及びこれを通じた移動通信サービス利用方法
IPC: H04M1/727
Filed: 2002-07-22
Abstract: 本発明は複数の金融情報と認証情報が貯蔵された加入者身元確認カードを移動通信端末機に着脱させて，場所に制限されなくて金融サービスを利用することができるようにする。本発明は，加入者電話番号，金融情報，認証情報，個人情報が貯蔵されているＵＩＭ（Ｕｓｅｒ  Ｉｄｅｎｔｉｆｉｃａｔｉｏｎ  Ｍｏｄｕｌｅ）カードを装着した移動通信端末機にユーザパスワードを入力して，入力されたパスワードが同一であれば，貯蔵された認証情報を介して認証を受けた次に，利用者が要求したサービス，例えば，決済サービス，取引内訳照会サービス，先払いカード充填サービスなどが行われるようになる。
Patent JP-2005529390-A (JP)
Title: 電子装置のためのテキスト入力
IPC: H04M1/247
Filed: 2003-06-04
Abstract: 電子装置は、テキストを入力するためのタッチ感応面（１４）を持つ。テキストはベクトルグラフィクス形式でメモリ（２０）に保存され、好ましくはキャラクタ認識の実行を伴わない。
Patent JP-2005530820-A (JP)
Title: 二水和デヒドロエピアンドロステロン及びその組成物を用いた喘息又は慢性閉塞性肺疾患の治療方法
IPC: A61K31/5685
Filed: 2003-06-17
Abstract: 本発明は単独の及び医薬として又は獣医学的に許容される担体を伴う硫酸に共有結合された二水和デヒドロエピアンドロステロン、そのアナログ（単数又は複数）又は塩（単数又は複数）を含む、及び約０．１μｍ〜約１００μｍの粒子サイズを有する、粉末製剤に関する。本製剤は喘息、慢性閉塞性肺疾患、肺の炎症、ＳＡＲＳ、及び他の呼吸疾患又は状態を治療する又は予防するために使用されうる。本製剤はジェット製粉により調製され、そして呼吸腔又は他の経路をとおしてデリバリーされうる。本製剤は装置及び治療用キットにおいて提供される。
Patent JP-2005529621-A (JP)
IPC: A23L33/00
Filed: 2003-06-20
Abstract: The present invention describes an improved pasteurisation protocol for pasteurising microbial cells is disclosed. The protocol has three stages, a first heating stage, a second plateau stage at which the cells are held at a (maximum and) constant temperature, and a third cooling stage. Both the heating and the cooling stages are rapid, with the temperature of the cells passing through 40 to 70°C in no more than 30 minutes in the heating stage. The heating rate is at least 0.5°C/minute and during cooling is at least -0.5°C/minute. The plateau maximum temperature is from 70 to 85°C. By plotting the pasteurisation protocol on a time (t, minutes) versus temperature (T, °C) graph, one obtains a trapezium having an area less than 13,000°C.minute. Not only does this result in a smaller energy input (and so a reduction in costs), but a better quality (and less oxidised) oil results having a peroxide value (POV) of less than 1.5 and an anisidine value (AnV) of less than 1.0.
Patent JP-2005535317-A (JP)
Title: Ｇｒｋ６調節活性について化合物をスクリーニングする方法
IPC: A61P25/18
Filed: 2003-07-03
Abstract: 本発明は、Ｇタンパク質共役受容体キナーゼ（ＧＲＫ）６を変更することによって疾患を治療する方法に関する。これは、例えば、タンパク質の発現または活性を変更することによって行なわれてもよい。本発明は、ＧＲＫ６の発現または活性を検出することによって、疾患診断のために用いることができる。本発明は、ＧＲＫ６欠失マウス、ＧＲＫ６スプライス変異体および使用方法に関する。本発明はまた、ＧＲＫ６活性を変更する化合物を同定する方法に関する。本発明は、ＧＲＫ６の発現または活性を変更することによる疾患治療に関する。
Patent JP-2005524720-A (JP)
IPC: C07D473/16
Filed: 2003-03-13
Abstract: Compounds which are active against viruses have the following Formulas: wherein B is 2-aminopurine-9-yl, which may be unsubstituted or substituted in the 6 position with NHR1, OR2, or SR3; R1 is selected from the group consisting of alkyl, alkenyl, alkynyl, and C4-18 cycloalkyl, any of which may be optionally substituted with one or more members of the group consisting of hydroxy, halo, amino, acyl, cycloalkyl, heterocyclyl and aryl; R2 is selected from the group consisting of C2-18 alkyl, alkenyl, alkynyl, and cycloalkyl, any of which may be branched or unbranched and optionally substituted with one or more members of the group consisting of hydroxy, halo, amino, acyl, cycloalkyl, heterocyclyl, and aryl; and R3 is selected from the group consisting of alkyl, alkenyl, alkynyl, and cycloalkyl, any of which may be branched or unbranched and optionally substituted with one or more members of the group consisting of hydroxy, halo, amino, acyl, cycloalkyl, heterocyclyl and aryl.
Patent JP-2006500981-A (JP)
Title: レザーアセンブリ
IPC: B26B21/44
Filed: 2003-09-11
Abstract: キャビティを有するハンドルと、レザーカートリッジホルダに取り付けられたレザーカートリッジと、髭剃り補助体とを含むレザーアセンブリを提供する。レザーカートリッジホルダは、ハンドルのキャビティ内で摺動可能に受けられる。髭剃り補助体は、ハンドルに取り付けられ、接触面と、接触面に配置され、レザーカートリッジを受ける大きさの開口とを含む。いくつかの実施の形態において、一つ又はそれ以上のバイアス部材が、ハンドル及びレザーカートリッジホルダの間で作用する。
Patent JP-2006500849-A (JP)
Title: スケーラブルなビデオエンコード
IPC: H04N7/26
Filed: 2003-08-18
Abstract: ビデオエンコーダは、受信されたビデオフレームと、予測フレームとから、相対フレームを得るプロセッサ（１０３）に接続されたビデオフレーム受信機（１０１）を有する。前記プロセッサ（１０３）は、離散コサイン変換（ＤＣＴ）プロセッサ（１０５）に接続されており、離散コサイン変換（ＤＣＴ）プロセッサ（１０５）は、更に、前記相対フレームに関する量子化された空間周波数係数を生成する量子化器（１０７）に接続されている。量子化器（１０７）の出力は、低い周波数成分を有するデータサブセットと、周波数成分を持つ第２のデータサブセットとに分割するスプリッタに供給される。前記第１データサブセットは、逆量子化器（１１１）、逆ＤＣＴプロセッサ（１１３）、動き補償プロセッサ（１１５、１１７）及び予測フレームプロセッサ（１０４）を有するエンコードループ内で使用される。従って、前記エンコードループは、各フレームに関する減少されたデータセットのみを考慮することにより、単純化される。送信機（１１９）は、前記ビデオデータを、前記第１及び第２のデータサブセットの両方に関するプログレッシブにスケーラブルなストリームとして送信する。
Patent JP-2006516081-A (JP)
Title: 永久磁石モータ駆動用の空間ベクトルパルス幅変調器
IPC: H02P21/00
Filed: 2003-10-15
Abstract: 空間ベクトルパルス幅変調器（SVPWM）及び該変調器により実行される方法。前演算モジュールは、Ua及びUb変調指標を受け取り、それに応答して変更されたUa及びUb情報を出力する；セクタ検出部は、変更されたUa情報を受け取りUセクタを出力するUモジュールと、Uセクタ及び変更されたUb情報を受け取り、Zセクタを出力するZモジュールとを有する。Uセクタ及びZセクタは２相変調を実行する２相制御信号である。３相変調のために、SVPWM及びその方法は更に、変更されたUa及びUb情報とUセクタを受け取り、３相変調用アクティブベクトルを演算するアクティブベクトル演算モジュール及びアサインベクトルモジュール；Zセクタを受け取り、３相変調用ゼロベクトルを演算するゼロベクトル選択部；アクティブベクトルとゼロベクトルを受け取り、３相変調実行用３相制御信号を出力するPWMカウンタ部、を備える。SVPWM及び方法は、対称PWMモード、非対象PWMモード或いはその両方を備えてもよい。更に、ベクトルに対応する期間情報を受け取り、それに応答してオーバー変調の発生を検出する再スケール・オーバー変調モジュールを備えてもよい。オーバー変調は負のゼロベクトル時間に応じて検出される。モジュールは、ゼロベクトル時間をゼロにクランプし、アクティブベクトル時間をPWMサイクル内に適合するよう再スケールすることによりオーバー変調に応答してもよい。再スケールは電圧相を保持しながら、電圧ベクトルを空間ベクトル面の六角形の境界内にとどまるよう制限してもよい。
Patent JP-2006504818-A (JP)
IPC: C08K5/524
Filed: 2003-10-28
Abstract: Mixtures comprising amorphous phenolic stabilisers and at least one reducing agent.
Patent JP-2006506072-A (JP)
Title: アデノウイルスベクターワクチン
IPC: C07K14/025
Filed: 2003-11-12
Abstract: 抗原に免疫応答を生成するアデノウイルスベクターが、提供される。このベクターは、分泌性ポリペチドをコードしている転写単位を含み、このポリペチドは、ＣＤ４０リガンドの上流の腫瘍抗原の上流に分泌性シグナル配列を含み、このＣＤ４０リガンドは、ＣＤ４０Ｌを分泌性にする膜貫通ドメインの全てまたは実質的に全てを欠失している。また、有効量の本発明のベクターを投与することによって、腫瘍抗原を発現している細胞に対して免疫応答を生成する方法が、提供される。有効量の本発明のベクターを投与することによって、個人の腫瘍抗原を発現している癌に対して免疫応答を生成する方法が、更に提供される。また更に、ＨＰＶのＥ６またはＥ７タンパク質をコードする、有効量の本発明のベクターを投与することによって、ヒト乳頭腫ウイルス（ＨＰＶ）による感染に対して免疫を生成する方法が、提供される。生成される免疫は、長期間持続する。
Patent JP-2006507727-A (JP)
IPC: H04R1/40
Filed: 2003-11-21
Abstract: An audio playback system is divided into a central wavefield synthesis module (10) and a multitude of decentrally arranged loudspeaker modules (12a-12e). Synthesis signals for the individual loudspeakers and corresponding items of channel information, which are assigned to the synthesis signals, are calculated in the central wavefield synthesis module. The synthesis signals for a loudspeaker together with associated items of channel information are then transmitted to corresponding loudspeaker modules via a transmission link (16a-16e). Each loudspeaker module receives the synthesis signals and associated items of channel information that are intended for the loudspeaker assigned to the loudspeaker module. A decentralized audio rendering and digital-to-analog conversion takes place inside the loudspeaker modules in order to decentrally generate the actual analog loudspeaker signals in spatial proximity to each loudspeaker. The division into a central wavefield synthesis module and a multitude of decentralized loudspeaker modules enables the production of audio playback systems that can be scaled with regard to price in order to offer different size systems, which can be scaled in terms of price, for, in particular, cinema playback spaces that vary greatly in size.
Patent JP-2006506507-A (JP)
IPC: C08L83/04
Filed: 2003-10-27
Abstract: A composition comprising (A) at least one organosiloxane resin having an average of at least two silicon-bonded hydrogen groups per molecule; (B) at least one polyene having an average of at least two non-aromatic carbon-carbon double bonds per molecule; and (C) a catalyst. Methods for preparing the above-described composition are also disclosed.
Patent JP-2006509018-A (JP)
IPC: A61K31/16
Filed: 2003-11-28
Abstract: This invention relates to tetrahydro-naphthalene derivatives and salts thereof which are useful as an active ingredient of pharmaceutical preparations. The tetrahydro-naphthalene derivatives of the present invention have excellent activity as VR1 antagonist and useful for the prophylaxis and treatment of diseases associated with VR1 activity, in particular for the treatment of urinary incontinence, overactive bladder, urge urinary incontinence, chronic pain, neuropathic pain, post-operative pain, rheumatoid arthritic pain, neuralgia, neuropathies, algesia, nerve injury, ischaemia, neurodegeneration, stroke, inflammatory disorders, asthma and COPD.
Patent JP-2006514086-A (JP)
IPC: C07B61/00
Filed: 2003-12-30
Abstract: The present invention is directed at a process to isomerize C<SUB>10+</SUB> hydrocarbon feedstreams by contacting a C<SUB>10+</SUB> hydrocarbon feedstream with a steamed catalyst.
Patent JP-2006189546-A (JP)
Title: Electro-optical device, substrate for the electro-optical device, and electronic apparatus
Inventor: OTAKE TOSHIHIRO
IPC: G02F1/1335
Filed: 2005-01-05
Abstract: <P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide an electro-optical device with which reflected light of external light efficiently reaches an observer with a simple structure, a substrate for electro-optical device to be used for the electro-optical device, and an electronic apparatus that uses the substrate for the electreo-optical device and electro-optical device.  <P>SOLUTION: The electro-optical device is equipped with a resin layer 16 that is a first layer and a color filter 18 that is a second layer, of which the refractive indexes are different from each other, and which overlap each other and are arranged on a reflection film 15, and which are laminated so as to refract and scatter the light reflected on the reflection film 15, wherein the resin layer 16 is disposed between the reflection film 15 and the color filter 18 and the interface 19 in between the resin layer 16 and the color filter 18 is formed with a projecting and recessing shape.  <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2006,JPO&NCIPI
Patent JP-2006191359-A (JP)
Title: Voltage supply circuit, microphone unit and method of adjusting sensitivity of unit
Inventor: NIWA FUMIYUKI
IPC: H04R1/20
Filed: 2005-01-06
Abstract: <P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To enable reducing variation in sensitivity of a microphone unit.  <P>SOLUTION: A voltage supply circuit according to one aspect of the present invention has: a power source booster; an amplifier operating using the voltage generated in the power source booster as a power source voltage and supplying a bias voltage to a sensor; and a feedback resistor for the amplifier. The circuit also has an output voltage setting circuit in which the resistance value of the feedback resistor is decided in accordance with a set value of bias voltage of the sensor.  <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2006,JPO&NCIPI
Patent JP-2006195164-A (JP)
Title: Image forming apparatus
Inventor: YAMAZAKI KAZUTERU
IPC: G03D13/00
Filed: 2005-01-13
Abstract: <P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide an image forming apparatus designed to prevent nonuniform image density without providing a dedicated drive means for a mechanism that adjusts a conveying speed after exposure.  <P>SOLUTION: In a speed adjusting section 50 between an exposure section 30 and a development section 60, the drive force of an exposure drive motor M1 is transmitted to the conveyance speed adjustment rollers 52 and 54 of the speed adjustment section 50 via one-way clutches 52B and 54B capable of idly rotating only in the conveying direction. Photosensitive recording paper 18 is conveyed to the developing section 60 at a speed lower than the conveying speed assigned to the developing section 60. This makes it possible to prevent nonuniform image density without providing a dedicated drive means for the mechanism that adjusts the conveying speed after exposure.  <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2006,JPO&NCIPI
Patent JP-2006195167-A (JP)
Title: Plasma display device and its driving method
Inventor: TAKAGI AKIHIRO
IPC: G09G3/291
Filed: 2005-01-13
Abstract: <P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a plasma display device improving light emission efficiency by performing stable discharge.  <P>SOLUTION: Provided is the plasma display device having: a first electrode (1) for performing maintenance discharge; a second electrode (2) of the spacing with the first electrode continuously changing within the first discharge space, and for performing the maintenance discharge in the spacing with the first electrode; and a driving circuit generating the maintenance discharge pulse made longer in the second stage of voltage application time than the first stage of voltage application time of the maintenance discharge pulse in performing the maintenance discharge by applying the maintenance discharge pulse rising in two stages between the first and the second electrodes.  <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2006,JPO&NCIPI
Patent JP-2006196697-A (JP)
Title: Semiconductor device for driving led and led driving device
Inventor: ARAKAWA RYUTARO
IPC: H01L33/00
Filed: 2005-01-13
Abstract: <P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a semiconductor device for driving an LED having an excellent power conversion efficiency and being proper to a miniaturization and an LED driving device using the semiconductor device.  <P>SOLUTION: The semiconductor device for driving the LEDs drives one or more of the LEDs. The semiconductor device has an input terminal being connected on the high-voltage side of a rectifying circuit rectifying an AC voltage and inputting a voltage from the rectifying circuit, an output terminal imparting a current to one or more of the LEDs, and a switching element block being connected between the input terminal and the output terminal and having a first switching element. The semiconductor device further has a regulator forming a power-supply voltage for driving and controlling the switching element block, and a drain-current detector detecting the drain current of the switching element block. The semiconductor device further has a control unit on-off controlling the first switching element so as to interrupt the drain current of the switching element block when the drain current reaches a fixed value.  <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2006,JPO&NCIPI
Patent JP-2006195207-A (JP)
Title: Device and method for synthesizing voice, and program therefor
Inventor: MIYAMURA YOSHISATO
IPC: G10L13/07
Filed: 2005-01-14
Abstract: <P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a voice synthesizer or the like permitting to obtain a synthesized voice of a long time length within a short time by simple processing or without having anything to do with a storage capacity of a temporary storage device.  <P>SOLUTION: The voice synthesizer makes a sound piece editing part 5 retrieve and output a sound piece data of a sound piece agreeing with a sound piece in reading in a fixed form message from a sound piece data base 7. When an ID is contained in the fixed form message, the voice synthesizer makes the sound piece editing part retrieve and output a sound piece data made to correspond to a sound piece reading data agreeing with the reading of this ID. On the other hand, the sound piece editing part 5 selects one by one a sound piece best agreeable with each sound piece in the fixed form message from the retrieved sound piece data. As to a sound piece which could not be selected, the sound editing part 5 makes a sound processing part 41 supply a waveform data presenting a waveform for each unit voice. Then, a synthesized voice is reproduced by performing a prescribed processing to the selected sound piece data and the waveform data supplied by the sound processing part 41 by the portion which can be stored in a cache memory simultaneously.  <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2006,JPO&NCIPI
Patent JP-2006195210-A (JP)
Title: Guide device
Inventor: TANO MASAMI
IPC: G09B21/00
Filed: 2005-01-14
Abstract: <P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a guide device which can move immediately up to the desired position, without the sense of incongruity, when needed, while making a coordinate position detector movable rectilinearly in two directions that intersect with each other in moving the coordinate position detector on a board surface of a guide board.  <P>SOLUTION: A clamping member 3 is supported on the guide board 2 by a moving mechanism 4. The clamping member 3 is provided with a first rolling member 12, rolling in a longitudinal direction of the board surface 2a and a second rolling member 14, rolling in a cross direction of the board surface 2a. The attitude of the clamping member 3 is made switchable by an attitude switching mechanism 5, provided at the guide board 2 in an attitude where the first rolling member 12 comes into contact with the board surface 2a and the second rolling member 14 parts from the board surface 2a, and to the attitude that the first rolling member 11 parts from the board surface 2a and the second rolling member 14 comes into contact with the board surface 2a.  <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2006,JPO&NCIPI
Patent JP-2006197457-A (JP)
Title: Color chart creating method, device, and program, and color conversion definition correcting method
Inventor: KONDO HIROKAZU
IPC: B41J2/525
Filed: 2005-01-17
Abstract: <P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a color chart creating method, etc. which create a color chart arranged with a patch group which comprises a plurality of color patches and create the color chart which can correct a color conversion definition efficiently.  <P>SOLUTION: A color chart 500 is created to be arranged with a fixing patch group 505 which comprises color patches of respective predetermined colors, and an image depending patch group 506 which comprises the color patch of each color which represents each area selected preferentially from a high frequency in which a color of each part of an obtained color image appears in each of a plurality of areas on a color space.  <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2006,JPO&NCIPI
Patent JP-2006202355-A (JP)
Title: Pulse signal generating method, shift circuit, and display apparatus
Inventor: WATANABE YASUHIRO
IPC: G02F1/133
Filed: 2005-01-18
Abstract: <P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To reduce the number of pulse signals inputted for transfer derive from the outside in a vertical drive circuit of a liquid crystal display apparatus.  <P>SOLUTION: A transfer processing part 60 is provided with two latch circuits 62, 64 connected in cascade. In the latch circuits 62, 64 a enable-signal EN being a pulse signal in which only an active period and an inactive period are repeated alternately and an enable-signal xEN of the inverse phase are used for transfer drive of a shift start pulse IN. An output pulse OUT2 of the latch circuit 64 is supplied to a shift input of the latch circuit 62 of an upper stage. A gate pulse signal generating part 70 is provided with an AND gate 72 to which output pulses OUT1, OUT2 form the latch circuits 62, 64 are inputted. In the AND gate 72, a part of the active period of the enable pulse EN is used as a signal of the active period of a gate pulse GATE so that gate pulses GATE of each stage are not overlapped one another by taking logical product of the output pulses OUT1, OUT2.  <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2006,JPO&NCIPI
Patent JP-2006199058-A (JP)
Title: Car seat temperature adjusting device
Inventor: ITO KOICHI
IPC: B60H1/00
Filed: 2005-01-18
Abstract: <P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To enable the temperature adjustment of a car seat to be individually performed depending on the preference of each passenger.  <P>SOLUTION: This car seat temperature adjusting device 2 has manual switches 51 and 52 for a driver seat and a passenger seat on a control panel 5 of a center console. For example, when a passenger on the passenger seat 1 operates the manual switch 52 of the self seat to a higher side or a lower side, a seat temperature adjusting ECU 3 of the passenger seat 1 raises or lowers the output temperature of a seat air-conditioning unit 4 in response to the number of times for the control. Unless the passenger operates the own manual switches 51 and 52, the operation mode stays to be automatic, and a compensation amount by the previous manual mode is called from a memory, and is added to the present environmental conditions or the like, and an approximately comfortable temperature setting is performed.  <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2006,JPO&NCIPI
Patent JP-2006203313-A (JP)
Title: Security surveillance system, virtual dedicated line adaptor, and security surveillance method
Inventor: SATO MASAAKI
IPC: G08B25/04
Filed: 2005-01-18
Abstract: <P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a security surveillance system capable of suppressing obstruction of a merit of a virtual dedicated line and ensuring the reliability.  <P>SOLUTION: A center apparatus is located in a surveillance center and transmits/receives data to/from a security destination. A security terminal is located in the security destination and transmits and receives data to/from the center apparatus in the security center to carry out security operations. A plurality of virtual dedicated line routers are connected to the center apparatus, and virtual dedicated line tunnels with a plurality of routes are built up on a communication network between the center apparatus and the security terminal. The virtual dedicated line adaptor is connected to the security terminal to build up the virtual dedicated line tunnels with a plurality of the virtual dedicated line routers. Then the virtual dedicated line adaptor supervises the state of each route of the virtual dedicated line tunnels and selects a route for transmitting data between the center apparatus and the security terminal on the basis of the result of the surveillance.  <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2006,JPO&NCIPI
Patent JP-2006201314-A (JP)
Title: Image forming apparatus
Inventor: NISHITANI HITOSHI
IPC: G03G21/14
Filed: 2005-01-18
Abstract: <P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To optimize drive switching timing by making it possible to change the drive switching timing in accordance with various pieces of information, in an image forming apparatus that replenishes developer from two developer replenishing devices by a single drive source through drive switching.  <P>SOLUTION: The image forming apparatus includes: a first replenishing means 53 for a first developing device 4Y which supplies developer for replenishment to the first developing device 4Y; a second replenishing means 53 for a second developing device 4M which supplies developer for replenishment to the second developing device 4M; and switching means 8a and 8b for switching between a first state and a second state in order to use the apparatus at least in the two states during each image forming operation, the first state enabling drive force of the driving means 80 to be transmitted to the first replenishing means 53 and the second state enabling the drive force of the driving means 80 to be transmitted to the second replenishing means 53. The image forming apparatus is provided with a control means 90 for switching, in accordance with an image to be formed, between the length of time that the apparatus is in the first state during each image forming operation and the length of time that the apparatus is in the second state during each image forming operation.  <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2006,JPO&NCIPI