Author: claimsbot

1. An image forming apparatus comprising:
a sheet storing unit for storing a plurality of sheets layered one upon another;
an elevationlowering driving unit for elevatinglowering the sheet storing unit;
a sheet conveying unit for taking out sheets one by one from a topmost layer that is brought into contact with the sheet conveying unit by elevating the sheet storing unit with the elevationlowering driving unit and conveying the sheets to a predetermined conveyance path;
a regulating unit, mounted slidably with respect to the sheet storing unit, for regulating a mount position of sheets;
a position detector for detecting a position of the regulating unit;
a controller capable of controlling an elevationlowering movement of the sheet storing unit caused by the elevationlowering driving unit on the basis of a detection result of the position detector;
an image forming unit for forming an image on a sheet conveyed by the sheet conveying unit; and
a storing unit for storing standard sized sheet information;
wherein the controller is capable of performing further operations of:
measuring dimensions of a sheet stored in the sheet storing unit on the basis of a detection result of the position detector;
judging whether or not the sheet corresponds to the standard sized sheet information stored in the storing unit, on the basis of the measured dimensions; and
controlling the elevationlowering driving unit to elevate the sheet storing unit when it is judged that the sheet corresponds to the standard sized sheet information.
2. The image forming apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the controller is capable of performing further operations of:
measuring time;
controlling the elevationlowering driving unit, when it is judged that the sheet corresponds to the standard sized sheet information, to elevate the sheet storing unit after a predetermined time has elapsed from a time at which the judgment was made; and
stopping control of the elevationlowering driving unit when it is judged that the sheet does not correspond to the standard sized sheet information.
3. The image forming apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the controller is capable of performing further operations of:
measuring time;
controlling the elevationlowering driving unit, when it is judged that the sheet corresponds to the standard sized sheet information, to elevate the sheet storing unit after a first predetermined time has elapsed from a time at which the judgment was made; and
controlling the elevationlowering driving unit, when it is judged that the sheet does not correspond to the standard sized sheet information, to elevate the sheet storing unit after a second predetermined time has elapsed from a time at which the judgment was made.
4. The image forming apparatus according to claim 3, wherein the controller controls the elevationlowering driving unit, after the second predetermined time has elapsed, to elevate the sheet storing unit to a predetermined position where the topmost layer of the sheets and the sheet conveying unit are separated.
5. The image forming apparatus according to claim 1, further comprising a sheet detector for detecting whether or not a sheet is mounted in the sheet storing unit,
wherein the controller is capable of performing further operations of:
controlling the elevationlowering driving unit, when the sheet detector detects a sheet stored in the sheet storing unit and it is judged that the sheet corresponds to the standard sized sheet information, to elevate the sheet storing unit after a predetermined time has elapsed; and
stopping control of the elevationlowering driving unit when the sheet detector detects a sheet stored in the sheet storing unit and it is judged that the sheet does not correspond to the standard sized sheet information.
6. The image forming apparatus according to claim 5, wherein the controller controls the elevationlowering driving unit, after a second predetermined time has elapsed, to elevate the sheet storing unit to a predetermined position where the topmost layer of the sheets and the sheet conveying unit are separated.
7. The image forming apparatus according to claim 1, further comprising a sheet detector for detecting whether or not a sheet is mounted in the sheet storing unit,
wherein the controller is capable of performing further operations of:
controlling the elevationlowering driving unit, when the sheet detector detects a sheet stored in the sheet storing unit and it is judged that the sheet corresponds to the standard sized sheet information, to elevate the sheet storing unit after a first predetermined time has elapsed; and
controlling the elevationlowering driving unit, when the sheet detector detects a sheet stored in the sheet storing unit and it is judged that the sheet does not correspond to the standard sized sheet information, to elevate the sheet storing unit after a second predetermined time has elapsed.
8. The image forming apparatus according to claim 7, wherein the controller controls the elevationlowering driving unit, after the second predetermined time has elapsed, to elevate the sheet storing unit to a predetermined position where the topmost layer of the sheets and the sheet conveying unit are separated.
9. The image forming apparatus according to claim 1, further comprising a contact detector for detecting a contact state between the topmost layer of the sheets stored in the sheet storing unit and the sheet conveying unit,
wherein the controller controls the elevationlowering driving unit to elevate the sheet storing unit until the contact detector detects the contact state.
10. An image forming apparatus comprising:
sheet storing means for storing a plurality of sheets layered one upon another;
elevationlowering driving means for elevatinglowering the sheet storing means;
sheet conveying means for taking out sheets one by one from a topmost layer that is brought into contact with the sheet conveying means by elevating the sheet storing means with the elevationlowering driving means and conveying the sheets to a predetermined conveyance path;
regulating means, mounted slidably with respect to the sheet storing means, for regulating a mount position of sheets;
position detecting means for detecting a position of the regulating means;
control means for controlling an elevationlowering movement of the sheet storing means caused by the elevationlowering driving means on the basis of a detection result of the position detecting means;
image forming means for forming an image on a sheet conveyed by the sheet conveying means;
storing means for storing sheet information standard sized sheet information;
measuring means for measuring dimensions of a sheet stored in the sheet storing means on the basis of a detection result of the position detecting means; and
judging means for judging whether or not the sheet corresponds to the sheet information standard sized sheet information stored in the storing means, on the basis of the dimensions measured by the measuring means,
wherein, when the judging means judges that the sheet corresponds to the sheet information standard sized sheet information, the control means controls the elevationlowering driving means to elevate the sheet storing means.
11. The image forming apparatus according to claim 10, further comprising timer means,
wherein, when the judging means judges that the sheet corresponds to the standard sized sheet information, the control means controls the elevationlowering driving means to elevate the sheet storing means after a predetermined time has elapsed from a time at which the judging means made the judgment; and
when the judging means judges that the sheet does not correspond to the standard sized sheet information, the control means stops control of the elevationlowering driving means.
12. The image forming apparatus according to claim 10, further comprising timer means,
wherein, when the judging means judges that the sheet corresponds to the standard sized sheet information, the control means controls the elevationlowering driving means to elevate the sheet storing means after a first predetermined time has elapsed from a time at which the judging means made the judgment; and
when the judging means judges that the sheet does not correspond to the standard sized sheet information, the control means controls the elevationlowering driving means to elevate the sheet storing means after a second predetermined time has elapsed from a time at which the judging means made the judgment.
13. The image forming apparatus according to claim 12, wherein the control means controls the elevationlowering driving means, after the second predetermined time has elapsed, to elevate the sheet storing means to a predetermined position where the topmost layer of the sheets and the sheet conveying means are separated.
14. The image forming apparatus according to claim 10, further comprising sheet detecting means for detecting whether or not a sheet is mounted in the sheet storing means,
wherein, when the sheet detecting means detects a sheet stored in the sheet storing means and the judging means judges that the sheet corresponds to the standard sized sheet information, the control means controls the elevationlowering driving means to elevate the sheet storing means after a predetermined time has elapsed; and
when the sheet detecting means detects a sheet stored in the sheet storing means and the judging means judges that the sheet does not correspond to the standard sized sheet information, the control means stops control of the elevationlowering driving means.
15. The image forming apparatus according to claim 14, wherein the control means controls the elevationlowering driving means, after a second predetermined time has elapsed, to elevate the sheet storing means to a predetermined position where the topmost layer of the sheets and the sheet conveying means are separated.
16. The image forming apparatus according to claim 10, further comprising sheet detecting means for detecting whether or not a sheet is mounted in the sheet storing means,
wherein, when the sheet detecting means detects a sheet stored in the sheet storing means and the judging means judges that the sheet corresponds to the standard sized sheet information, the control means controls the elevationlowering driving means to elevate the sheet storing means after a first predetermined time has elapsed; and
when the sheet detecting means detects a sheet stored in the sheet storing means and the judging means judges that the sheet does not correspond to the standard sized sheet information, the control means controls the elevationlowering driving means to elevate the sheet storing means after a second predetermined time has elapsed.
17. The image forming apparatus according to claim 16, wherein the control means controls the elevationlowering driving means, after the second predetermined time has elapsed, to elevate the sheet storing means to a predetermined position where the topmost layer of the sheets and the sheet conveying means are separated.
18. The image forming apparatus according to claim 10, further comprising contact detecting means for detecting a contact state between the topmost layer of the sheets stored in the sheet storing means and the sheet conveying means,
wherein the control means controls the elevationlowering driving means to elevate the sheet storing means until the contact detecting means detects the contact state.

The claims below are in addition to those above.
All refrences to claim(s) which appear below refer to the numbering after this setence.

1. A padded athletic glove, comprising:
a finger section, the finger section having at least a middle finger and an index finger;
a backhand section;
the finger section coupled to the backhand section and extending therefrom;
at least one pad coupled to the backhand section and substantially aligned with the middle finger and the index finger of the finger section; and
the at least one pad having at least one curved seam defining a shape of the pad.
2. The glove according to claim 1, further comprising:
a plurality of other pads coupled to the backhand section, the plurality of other pads arranged about the at least one pad.
3. The glove according to claim 2, wherein the plurality of other pads have at least one curved seam between the plurality of other pads and the at least one pad to allow the plurality of other pads to be placed substantially adjacent the at least one pad.
4. The glove according to claim 3, wherein the plurality of other pads have a plurality of seams separating the plurality of other pads, the plurality of seams selected from the group of seams consisting of a horizontal seam, a vertical seam, an angled seam, a curved seam, or an arched seam.
5. The glove according to claim 1, further comprising a plurality of finger section pads.
6. The glove according to claim 5, further comprising at least one wrist pad.
7. The glove according to claim 6, further comprising
a palm section;
at least one piece of wear resistant material covering a portion of the palm section;
at least one piece of fabric coupled to the at least one piece of wear resistant material to provide ventilation to a palm of a player; and
the at least one piece of fabric further comprising at least one moisture management property.
8. The glove according to claim 7, wherein the at least one moisture management property is selected from a group of properties consisting of wicking, absorbent, hydrophobic, and denier gradient.
9. The glove according to claim 6, further comprising
a palm section;
at least one piece of wear resistant material covering a portion of the palm section;
at least one piece of fabric coupled to the at least one piece of wear resistant material to provide ventilation to a palm of a player; and
the at least one piece of fabric further comprising at least one temperature regulation property.
10. The glove according to claim 9, wherein the at least one piece of fabric includes phase change material.
11. The glove according to claim 9, wherein the at least one piece of fabric further comprise at least one moisture management property.
12. The glove according to claim 1, wherein the at least one pad comprises a substantially straight seam at a transition between the finger section and the backhand section.
13. The glove according to claim 12, wherein the at least one pad comprises a plurality of pads and at least one of the plurality of pads is a crescent shape.
14. The glove according to claim 1, wherein the one curved seam is at a transition between the finger section and the backhand section.
15. The glove according to claim 1, wherein the at least one curved seam comprises a plurality of curved seams such that the at least one pad is a crescent shape.
16. An athletic glove, comprising:
a finger section, the finger section having at least a middle finger and an index finger;
a backhand section;
the finger section coupled to the backhand section and extending therefrom;
means for protecting the backhand section, the means for protecting comprising means for providing flexibility to the middle finger and index finger.
17. The glove according to claim 16, wherein the means for protecting and means for providing flexibility comprise at least one crescent shaped pad on the backhand section substantially aligned with the middle finger and the index finger.
18. The glove according to claim 16, further comprising:
a palm section, the palm section substantially opposite the backhand section;
at least one piece of wear resistant fabric coupled to the palm section; and
means for providing moisture management to the palm section coupled to the at least one piece of wear resistant fabric.
19. The glove according to claim 18, wherein the means for providing moisture management to the palm section comprises at least one piece of fabric having at least one property selected from the group of properties consisting of wicking, absorbent, hydrophobic, temperature regulating, and denier gradient.
20. An athletic glove, comprising:
a palm section;
the palm section, comprising
at least one piece of wear resistant material; and
at least one piece of fabric, the at least one piece of fabric providing at least one of moisture management or temperature regulation.
21. The athletic glove of claim 20, wherein the at least one piece of fabric being a non-mesh textile.
22. The athletic glove of claim 20, wherein the at least one piece of fabric being at least one of polyester, nylon, or spandex.
23. The athletic glove of claim 20, wherein the at least one piece of fabric being a wickable material.
24. The athletic glove of claim 20, wherein the at least one piece of fabric being an absorbent material.
25. The athletic glove of claim 20, wherein the at least one piece of fabric being a hydrophobic material.
26. The athletic glove of claim 20, wherein the at least one piece of fabric includes phase change material.
27. The athletic glove of claim 21, wherein the at least one piece of fabric includes at least one of a wickable material, an absorbent material, a hydrophobic material, and phase change material.
28. The athletic glove of claim 20, further comprising:
a backhand section substantially opposite the palm section;
the backhand section comprising at least one pad substantially aligned with a middle finger and an index finger; and
the at least one pad having at least one substantially crescent shaped seam.
29. An athletic glove, comprising:
a palm section;
the palm section comprising at least a piece of wear resistant material; and
means for managing moisture content about a palm of a player coupled to the palm.
30. The glove of claim 29, wherein the means for managing moisture comprises a temperature regulating fabric.
31. The glove of claim 30, wherein the temperature regulating fabric includes phase change material.
32. The glove of claim 29, wherein the means for managing moisture comprises a wickable fabric.
33. The glove of claim 29, wherein the means for managing moisture comprises an absorbent fabric.
34. The glove of claim 29, wherein the means for managing moisture comprises a hydrophobic fabric.
35. The glove of claim 29, wherein the means for managing moisture comprises a denier gradient fabric.
36. An athletic glove, comprising:
a palm section;
the palm section, comprising
at least one piece of wear resistant material;
the at least one piece of wear resistant material defining an edge; and
the edge defining an open palm section, such that a palm of a player can be in direct contact with a shaft.
37. The glove according to claim 36, further comprising at least one strip of wear resistant material extending into the open palm section.
38. The glove according to claim 36, further comprising
a backhand section;
a plurality of pads coupled to the backhand section;
at least one pad coupled to the backhand section and substantially aligned with at least a middle finger and an index finger having at least one curved seam.
39. The glove according to claim 38, wherein the at least one curved seam is located at a transition between the middle finger and the index finger and the backhand section.
40. The glove according to claim 38, wherein the seam located at a transition between the middle finger and the index finger and the backhand section is a straight seam.
41. The glove according to claim 38, wherein the at least one curved seam is a plurality of curved seams.

1. A reinforcing material for outer panel, which is adhered to an outer panel for reinforcing the outer panel,
wherein the reinforcing material has: a 1 mm displacement strength of 20 N or more when adhered to an entire surface of a cold-rolled steel plate having a size of 25 mm width\xd7150 mm length\xd70.8 mm thickness and then heated at 180\xb0 C. for 20 minutes; and a strain amount of 170 \u03bcm or less when adhered to a center part of an aluminum panel having a size of 200 mm width\xd7300 mm length\xd71 mm thickness, in the form of a rectangular having a size of 50 mm width\xd7100 mm length, and then heated at 180\xb0 C. for 20 minutes.
2. The reinforcing material for outer panel according to claim 1, having a resin layer comprising a resin composition which contains: a rubber component containing at least a low-polarity rubber and an acrylonitrile-butadiene rubber; a flexible epoxy resin; a curing agent; and a foaming agent.
3. The reinforcing material for outer panel according to claim 2, wherein a ratio by weight of the rubber component to the flexible epoxy resin is 2080 to 955.
4. The reinforcing material for outer panel according to claim 2, wherein the curing agent is a thermosetting curing agent.
5. The reinforcing material for outer panel according to claim 2, wherein the foaming agent is a thermally-degradable foaming agent.
6. The reinforcing material for outer panel according to claim 2, further having a reinforcing layer to be laminated on the resin layer.
7. A method for reinforcing an outer panel, said method comprising a step of adhering the reinforcing material according to claim 1 to an outer panel, followed by foaming and curing.

The claims below are in addition to those above.
All refrences to claim(s) which appear below refer to the numbering after this setence.

1. A computer implemented method for discriminating shared media on a network, the method comprising:
selecting at least one first user to be in a first group of participants to participate in a screen sharing session;
selecting at least one second user to be in a second group of participants to participate in a screen sharing session;
selecting a first screen region for sharing to at least the first group of participants;
selecting a second screen region for sharing only to the second group of participants;
sharing the first screen region with at least the first group of participants, wherein the sharing is selecting a device authenticated as being used by one of the first group of participants; and
sharing the second screen region with only the second group based on selecting the second screen region and selecting the second group, thereby excluding the first group from receiving the second screen region.
2. The computer implemented method of claim 1, wherein selecting the second group of participants is based on tags of users in a user repository.
3. The computer implemented method of claim 1, wherein selecting the second group of participants forms a subset of the first group of participants; and selecting the second group of participants is based on a job title of each first user.
4. The computer implemented method of claim 1, wherein sharing a first screen region is based on the first screen region rendered to at least one display of the participant’s computer with a mask covering the second screen region.
5. The computer implemented method of claim 1, wherein selecting second users to be in a second group occurs, at least in part, in response to sharing the second screen region, and wherein sharing the second screen region comprises:
opening a file controlled by a presenter; and
obtaining a tag corresponding to the file.
6. The computer implemented method of claim 1, wherein selecting the second group is performed based on a tag associated with a file being matched to a tag associated with the at least one second user in a user repository.
7. The computer implemented method of claim 6, wherein sharing the second screen region comprises transmitting screen information corresponding to a screen area selected from the group consisting of selected absolute coordinates of a presenter’s screen and a dynamic window.
8. A computer system for discriminating shared media on a network, the system comprising:
a processor, a computer readable memory and a computer readable storage medium;
first program instructions to select at least one first user to be in a first group of participants to participate in a screen sharing session;
second program instructions to select at least one second user to be in a second group of participants to participate in a screen sharing session;
third program instructions to select a first screen region for sharing to at least the first group of participants;
fourth program instructions to select a second screen region for sharing only to the second group of participants;
fifth program instructions to share the first screen region with at least the first group of participants, wherein the sharing is selecting a device authenticated as being used by one of the first group of participants;
sixth program instructions to share the second screen region with only the second group based on selecting the second screen region and selecting the second group, thereby excluding the first group from receiving the second screen region; and
wherein the first, second, third, fourth, fifth, and sixth program instructions are stored on the computer readable storage medium for execution by the processor via the computer readable memory.
9. The computer system of claim 8, wherein second program instructions to select the second group of participants is based on tags of users in a user repository.
10. The computer system of claim 8, wherein second program instructions to select at least one second user to be in the second group of participants forms a subset of the first group of participants; and second program instructions to select the second group of participants is based on a job title of each first user.
11. The computer system of claim 8, wherein fifth program instructions to share a first screen region is based on the first screen region rendered to at least one display of the participant’s computer with a mask covering the second screen region.
12. The computer system of claim 8, wherein second program instructions to select second users to be in a second group occurs, at least in part, in response to fourth program instructions to share the second screen region, and wherein sixth program instructions to share the second screen region comprises:
seventh program instructions to open a file controlled by a presenter;
eighth program instructions to obtain a tag corresponding to the file; and
wherein seventh and eighth program instructions are stored on the computer readable storage medium for execution by the processor via the computer readable memory.
13. The computer system of claim 8, wherein second program instructions to select the second group are performed based on a tag associated with a file being matched to a tag associated with the at least one second user in a user repository.
14. The computer system of claim 13, wherein sixth program instructions to share the second screen region comprises seventh program instructions to transmit screen information corresponding to a screen area selected from the group consisting of selected absolute coordinates of a presenter’s screen and a dynamic window; and wherein eighth program instructions are stored on the computer readable storage medium for execution by the processor via the computer readable memory.
15. A computer program product for discriminating shared media on a network, the program product comprising:
first program instructions to select at least one first user to be in a first group of participants to participate in a screen sharing session;
second program instructions to select at least one second user to be in a second group of participants to participate in a screen sharing session;
third program instructions to select a first screen region for sharing to at least the first group of participants;
fourth program instructions to select a second screen region for sharing only to the second group of participants;
fifth program instructions to share the first screen region with at least the first group of participants, wherein the sharing is selecting a device authenticated as being used by one of the first group of participants;
sixth program instructions to share the second screen region with only the second group based on selecting the second screen region and selecting the second group, thereby excluding the first group from receiving the second screen region; and
wherein the first, second, third, fourth, fifth, and sixth program instructions are stored on the computer readable storage medium.
16. The computer program product of claim 15, wherein second program instructions to select the second group of participants is based on tags of users in a user repository.
17. The computer program product of claim 15, wherein second program instructions to select at least one second user to be in the second group of participants forms a subset of the first group of participants; and second program instructions to select the second group of participants is based on a job title of each first user.
18. The computer program product of claim 15, wherein fifth program instructions to share a first screen region is based on the first screen region rendered to at least one display of the participant’s computer with a mask covering the second screen region.
19. The computer program product of claim 15, wherein second program instructions to select second users to be in a second group occurs, at least in part, in response to fourth program instructions to share the second screen region, and wherein sixth program instructions to share the second screen region comprises:
seventh program instructions to open a file controlled by a presenter; and
eighth program instructions to obtain a tag corresponding to the file; and wherein seventh and eighth program instructions are stored on the computer readable storage medium.
20. The computer program product of claim 15, wherein second program instructions to select the second group are performed based on a tag associated with a file being matched to a tag associated with the at least one second user in a user repository.
21. A computer implemented method for discriminating shared media on a network, the method comprising:
selecting at least one first user to be in a first group of participants to participate in a screen sharing session, wherein a participant is a user that is selected by a presenter to receive graphical data from a screen sharing session controlled via a computer controlled by the presenter;
selecting at least one second user to be in a second group of participants to participate in a screen sharing session;
selecting a first screen region for sharing to at least the first group of participants;
selecting a second screen region for sharing only to the second group of participants;
sharing the first screen region with at least the first group of participants, wherein the sharing is selecting a device authenticated as being used by one of the first group of participants; and
sharing the second screen region with only the second group based on selecting the second screen region and selecting the second group, thereby excluding the first group from receiving the second screen region, wherein sharing the second screen region comprises transmitting screen information corresponding to a screen area selected from the group consisting of selected absolute coordinates of a presenter’s screen and a dynamic window.