A display system comprising a opposite lane side camera that is disposed on an opposite lane side of a vehicle and capable of capturing at least a forward direction of the vehicle and a monitor control unit configured to cause a monitor to display an image in at least the forward direction captured by the opposite lane side camera in an opposite lane side turn ready state of the vehicle.
B60R 1/25 - Real-time viewing arrangements for drivers or passengers using optical image capturing systems, e.g. cameras or video systems specially adapted for use in or on vehicles for viewing an area outside the vehicle, e.g. the exterior of the vehicle with a predetermined field of view to the sides of the vehicle
H04N 7/18 - Closed-circuit television [CCTV] systems, i.e. systems in which the video signal is not broadcast
H04N 23/90 - Arrangement of cameras or camera modules, e.g. multiple cameras in TV studios or sports stadiums
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CONTROL APPARATUS, LENS APPARATUS, IMAGE PICKUP APPARATUS, IMAGING SYSTEM, CONTROL METHOD, AND STORAGE MEDIUM
A control apparatus for use in an imaging system that includes a first correcting member movable for image stabilization and provided to one of an image pickup apparatus and a lens apparatus detachably attachable to the image pickup apparatus, and a second correcting member movable for the image stabilization and provided to the other of the image pickup apparatus and the lens apparatus acquires first correction ratios of the first correcting member and the second correcting member for angular shake of the imaging system, and second correction ratios of the first correcting member and the second correcting member for shift shake of the imaging system.
A ranging device includes: a pulse generation unit configured to generate a signal including a pulse based on incident light; a first decoder unit configured to generate a first frequency distribution having a first class width based on the time count value and the number of pulses; a second decoder unit configured to generate a second frequency distribution having a second class width narrower than the first class width based on the time count value and the number of pulses; a first ambient light information generation unit configured to generate first ambient light information based on the first frequency distribution; and a distance calculation unit configured to calculate distance information based on the second frequency distribution.
G01S 17/14 - Systems determining position data of a target for measuring distance only using transmission of interrupted, pulse-modulated waves wherein a voltage or current pulse is initiated and terminated in accordance with the pulse transmission and echo reception respectively, e.g. using counters
G01S 7/48 - RADIO DIRECTION-FINDING; RADIO NAVIGATION; DETERMINING DISTANCE OR VELOCITY BY USE OF RADIO WAVES; LOCATING OR PRESENCE-DETECTING BY USE OF THE REFLECTION OR RERADIATION OF RADIO WAVES; ANALOGOUS ARRANGEMENTS USING OTHER WAVES - Details of systems according to groups , , of systems according to group
G01S 7/4861 - Circuits for detection, sampling, integration or read-out
G01S 7/4865 - Time delay measurement, e.g. time-of-flight measurement, time of arrival measurement or determining the exact position of a peak
The planar heat-generating element includes: a base material; a heat-generating layer formed on the base material, the heat-generating layer having conductivity; a pair of electrodes arranged to be brought into contact with the heat-generating layer; and a protective layer, wherein the pair of electrodes are arranged so as to be opposed to each other in a direction parallel to a first direction, wherein the heat-generating layer has a plurality of holes in a region between the pair of electrodes, wherein, when widths of two holes out of the plurality of holes in a second direction orthogonal to the first direction, the two holes being present adjacent to each other on one and the same straight line parallel to the second direction and an interval between the two holes in a direction parallel to the second direction satisfy a specific relationship.
H05B 3/26 - Heating elements having extended surface area substantially in a two-dimensional plane, e.g. plate-heater non-flexible heating conductor mounted on insulating base
An electronic device according to the present invention includes at least one memory and at least one processor which function as: a control unit configured to perform control so as to display a setting screen on a display in response to a specific operation on the electronic device, wherein under specific circumstances, the control unit performs control so as to switch setting values that are settable on the setting screen, in response to the specific operation.
There is provided a deposition mask in which a plurality of pixel openings are disposed in a surface, of a deposition mask, which is to face a substrate on which a deposition pattern is deposited. Protrusions including a material different from a material included in the deposition mask are formed in a region which is located from a pixel opening that is disposed at an outermost peripheral portion in the surface, from among the plurality of pixel openings, up to an edge of the deposition mask. In the deposition mask, a crosspiece which is located between two pixel openings adjacent to each other, from among the plurality of pixel openings include the material.
An image forming apparatus having front and rear surfaces, a photoreceptor having a rotation axis extending in a first direction, an exposure unit, and a cooling unit. The exposure unit includes a substrate having a longitudinal axis extending in the first direction, a first surface and a second surface. A plurality of light emitting elements that emit light toward the photoreceptor are mounted on the first surface of the substrate. The cooling unit includes an intake port that sucks air from outside of the image forming apparatus The intake port is disposed at an intake port distance in the first direction to the rear surface. The intake port distance is shorter than a distance in the first direction of a center of the substrate to the rear surface. The cooling unit cools the substrate by blowing air sucked by the intake port onto the second surface of the substrate.
G03G 15/04 - Apparatus for electrographic processes using a charge pattern for exposing, i.e. imagewise exposure by optically projecting the original image on a photoconductive recording material
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IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS, IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD, AND STORAGE MEDIUM
An image processing apparatus includes a correction unit configured to perform correction on an image, a first enlargement unit configured to enlarge the image subjected to the correction performed by the correction unit by using a neural network to produce a first enlarged image, a second enlargement unit configured to enlarge the image subjected to the correction performed by the correction unit to produce a second enlarged image, the second enlargement unit being different from the first enlargement unit, and a compositing unit configured to perform composition of the first enlarged image and the second enlarged image based on an intensity of the correction.
A shoe device having a holding member and a support member is attachable to and detachable from an accessory shoe device provided in an electronic device in a first direction, and in which a plurality of contacts to be electrically connected to the electronic device is arranged in a second direction orthogonal to the first direction. The holding member holds the plurality of contacts. The support member supports the plurality of contacts in the first direction. Each of the plurality of contacts is formed with a tip end portion that is exposed in a third direction orthogonal to the first and the second directions with respect to the holding member and comes into contact with the electronic device, and is formed with a bending portion that is connected to the tip end portion and is convex in the third direction. The support member supports the bending portion.
A controlling apparatus includes: an acquisition unit configured to acquire sheet information of each of a plurality of pages included in job data for executing print processing in a printing apparatus; a decision unit configured to decide a print speed in the print processing based on the sheet information acquired by the acquisition unit; and a control unit configured to control the printing apparatus based on the print speed decided by the decision unit and data generated from the job data and processible by the printing apparatus. Even in a case where sheet types represented by the pieces of sheet information are mixed in the plurality of pages, the decision unit decides a print speed to be commonly applied to the sheet types of the plurality of pages.
Provided is an aqueous ink for ink jet capable of recording an image, which has abrasion resistance required in a commercial printing field and an industrial printing field and which is suppressed from being changed in glossy feeling when recorded matters are loaded and their recorded surfaces are rubbed against each other. The aqueous ink for ink jet includes a wax, (i) a nonionic dispersant for dispersing the wax and (ii) an anionic dispersant for dispersing the wax. The nonionic dispersant is a compound represented by the general formula (1) and has a HLB value of 9.0 or more to 18.0 or less. The anionic dispersant is a compound having at least one kind of anionic group selected from the group consisting of: a sulfonic acid group; a carboxylic acid group; and a phosphoric acid group.
An image processing apparatus capable of suppressing image degradation is provided. The image processing apparatus includes at least one memory and at least one processor and/or at least one circuit which function as a first acquisition unit that acquires transmission information and color information, a second acquisition unit that acquires a ratio of a region of a specific color to an entire region of an image, and a control unit that performs control to execute a first image processing based on color information of a first number of pixels in a case that the acquired ratio is less than a first threshold value and performs control to execute a second image processing based on color information of a second number of pixels in a case that the acquired ratio is greater than or equal to the first threshold value and is less than a second threshold value.
An image forming apparatus includes a reception unit to receive a job, heating and pressing rotary members to form a nip portion, and a spraying member having a nozzle and a cylinder. The nozzle discharges air to the heating rotary member and a recording material. During a period after the reception unit receives the job and before a leading edge of a first sheet of the recording material reaches the nip portion, the spraying member performs a spraying operation of spraying air in an amount greater than or equal to a predetermined amount. The air that the spraying member sprays on the first sheet of the recording material during the job is higher in temperature than the air that the spraying member sprays during the period after the reception unit receives the job and before the leading edge of the first sheet of the recording material reaches the nip portion.
A control method for an information processing apparatus storing a print setting application for displaying a print setting screen, the print setting application being stored in association with a standard printer driver provided by the information processing apparatus, the control method being implemented by executing the print setting application, the control method includes obtaining a print setting made via another print setting screen provided by software different from the print setting application, determining whether the obtained print setting includes a combination of setting values matching conflict information, and performing control processing based on a result of the determination in a case where it is determined that the print setting includes the combination of setting values matching the conflict information.
A control apparatus is communicable with a unit including a display apparatus in an imaging system. The control apparatus includes a communication device configured to communicate with the unit, and a processor configured to make the communication device to transmit display data superimposed by the display apparatus to the unit based on specifying information for specifying the unit acquired by the communication device and information about a function of the display apparatus corresponding to the specifying information.
H04N 7/18 - Closed-circuit television [CCTV] systems, i.e. systems in which the video signal is not broadcast
G09G 3/20 - Control arrangements or circuits, of interest only in connection with visual indicators other than cathode-ray tubes for presentation of an assembly of a number of characters, e.g. a page, by composing the assembly by combination of individual elements arranged in a matrix
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CONNECTION SETTING METHOD THAT IMPROVES CONVENIENCE OF CONNECTION TO NETWORK, INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, AND STORAGE MEDIUM
A connection setting method that improves the convenience of connection to a network. A method of controlling a terminal apparatus having a predetermined program includes determining, by the predetermined program which is operating as a background process, whether or not the terminal apparatus is in a predetermined state in which the terminal apparatus can access a predetermined peripheral device via a network of a base station to which the terminal apparatus is connected, and executing, based on a determination that the terminal apparatus is not in the predetermined state, predetermined processing to place the terminal apparatus in the predetermined state.
A developing device includes an accommodating portion for accommodating toner, a developing roller and a stirring member. The developing device is for use with an image forming apparatus and detachably mounts a replenishing container for replenishing the toner. The accommodating portion includes a receiving opening through which the toner replenished from the accommodating portion is received in the accommodating portion, the receiving opening being provide on a first end side of the accommodating portion with respect to a rotational axis direction of the developing roller. An opening area of the receiving opening when the developing device is viewed in the rotational direction is wider than the opening area of the receiving opening when viewed in a direction perpendicular to the rotational axis direction.
An information processing system determines motion of a hand of a user on the basis of inertial information of a controller held in or mounted on the hand. The information processing system controls a display unit to display a virtual space in which a virtual interface is placed in a real space. The information processing system determines, on the basis of an image-captured image in which the hand is image-captured, whether or not a position of the virtual interface and a position of the hand are in a particular relation. In a case in which the position of the virtual interface and the position of the hand are determined to be in the particular relation in the virtual space, the information processing system changes the display of the virtual interface on the basis of the motion of the hand.
G06F 3/01 - Input arrangements or combined input and output arrangements for interaction between user and computer
G06F 3/03 - Arrangements for converting the position or the displacement of a member into a coded form
G06F 3/0346 - Pointing devices displaced or positioned by the user; Accessories therefor with detection of the device orientation or free movement in a 3D space, e.g. 3D mice, 6-DOF [six degrees of freedom] pointers using gyroscopes, accelerometers or tilt-sensors
G06F 3/04815 - Interaction with a metaphor-based environment or interaction object displayed as three-dimensional, e.g. changing the user viewpoint with respect to the environment or object
G06F 3/04845 - Interaction techniques based on graphical user interfaces [GUI] for the control of specific functions or operations, e.g. selecting or manipulating an object, an image or a displayed text element, setting a parameter value or selecting a range for image manipulation, e.g. dragging, rotation, expansion or change of colour
G06F 3/0487 - Interaction techniques based on graphical user interfaces [GUI] using specific features provided by the input device, e.g. functions controlled by the rotation of a mouse with dual sensing arrangements, or of the nature of the input device, e.g. tap gestures based on pressure sensed by a digitiser
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SERVER APPARATUS, INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, AND STORAGE MEDIUM
A server apparatus includes one or more memories and one or more processors. The one or more processors and the one or more memories are configured to acquire vulnerability information about an information processing apparatus, acquire information about a network to which the information processing apparatus is connected, and transmit, to the information processing apparatus, vulnerability countermeasure information based on the vulnerability information and the information about the network.
An image forming apparatus includes a first rotatable member, a second rotatable member, an air nozzle, and a pipe. The pipe includes a portion provided in a range overlapping with the first rotatable member and making one reciprocation or more in a case that when a direction crossing a feeding direction of a recording material fed in a nip is a widthwise direction of the first rotatable member, the pipe is viewed in a direction perpendicular to the widthwise direction.
An object is to enable management work such as maintenance of parts of a printing apparatus in an integrated manner. An apparatus according to the present disclosure obtains: first condition information indicating a condition of a constituent part of a printing apparatus, specified based on a life of the part; and second condition information indicating a condition of the part specified based on a scanned image obtained by reading a print medium on which an image has been formed by the printing apparatus. The apparatus further generates a display image representing the condition of the part indicated by the first condition information and the condition of the part indicated by the second condition information, and outputs a signal representing the display image.
A control apparatus is configured to control a rotationally driving apparatus that includes a rotationally driving unit configured to rotate a movable unit including an optical system relative to a support unit. The control apparatus includes a memory storing instructions, and a processor configured to execute the instructions to acquire an optical state of the optical system, determine a driving range based on a margin angle and a rotation angle which is an angle from an initial position to a position where the movable unit interferes with the support unit, and control the rotationally driving unit using the driving range. The margin angle is changed according to the optical state.
G02B 7/10 - Mountings, adjusting means, or light-tight connections, for optical elements for lenses with mechanism for focusing or varying magnification by relative axial movement of several lenses, e.g. of varifocal objective lens
G02B 27/64 - Imaging systems using optical elements for stabilisation of the lateral and angular position of the image
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WIRELESS COMMUNICATION APPARATUS, CONTROL METHOD FOR WIRELESS COMMUNICATION APPARATUS, AND STORAGE MEDIUM
A wireless communication apparatus includes a plurality of stations, acquires connection information to be used to establish a connection to another wireless communication apparatus, determines whether the another wireless communication apparatus is an access point or a group owner based on the acquired connection information, selects one of the plurality of stations based on a result of determination and establishes the connection to the another wireless communication apparatus using the selected STA.
An image forming apparatus includes a first rotatable member, a second rotatable member, an air nozzle, and a pipe. The pipe includes a portion extending along a widthwise direction of the first rotatable member perpendicular to a recording material feeding direction.
G03G 15/20 - Apparatus for electrographic processes using a charge pattern for fixing, e.g. by using heat
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EXPOSURE APPARATUS, CONTROL METHOD OF EXPOSURE APPARATUS, INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD, AND ARTICLE MANUFACTURING METHOD
An apparatus includes a control unit configured to control an adjustment unit for adjusting imaging characteristics of an optical system. In a period spanning a plurality of lots, the control unit measures imaging characteristics of the optical system, and decides a prediction coefficient in a prediction formula to fit the prediction formula to measurement data obtained by the measurement in the period spanning the plurality of lots. The prediction formula is a polynomial function including a term representing a change in measurement value of the imaging characteristics caused by changing at least one of an illumination mode and an original between lots. The control unit decides the term of the polynomial function such that a fitting residual falls within an allowable range.
G03F 7/00 - Photomechanical, e.g. photolithographic, production of textured or patterned surfaces, e.g. printed surfaces; Materials therefor, e.g. comprising photoresists; Apparatus specially adapted therefor
A fixing belt having an endless shape includes a base layer having an endless shape, an elastic layer on an outer peripheral surface of the base layer, and a surface layer on an outer peripheral surface of the elastic layer, the elastic layer containing a rubber and fillers dispersed in the rubber, the fillers containing heat conductive fillers, an entire thickness of the elastic layer is from 100 μm to 3,000 μm, a content ratio of the fillers with respect to the entirety of the elastic layer being 35% by volume or more, a content ratio of the fillers in a region A being less than 35% by volume with respect to the region A, and the entirety of the elastic layer having a thermal conductivity of 0.4 W/(m·K) or more in a thickness direction thereof.
There is provided an information processing apparatus for communicating with a database storing information on errors which have occurred in an image forming apparatus. The information processing apparatus includes a controller configured to acquire, from the database, information on an error to be analyzed and information on a related error which occurred before an occurrence of the error to be analyzed, and determine a causal part being a cause of the error to be analyzed, based on error timing information related to a timing of occurrence of the error to be analyzed and error timing information related to a timing of occurrence of the related error.
An image processing apparatus includes one or more memories and one or more processors. The one or more processors and the one or more memories are configured to perform correction on an image and perform enlargement on the corrected image, wherein intensity of the correction in a case where the enlargement is performed is different from the intensity of the correction in a case where the enlargement is not performed.
Provided is an information processing system, an information processing method, and a storage medium that can suppress overlapping prompting of the setting and suppress an unexpected setting from being made in the usage. To this end, a PC includes a determination unit that determines whether predetermined setting in a printer has been done or not in one of a setting unit of the printer and a setting unit of the PC. Moreover, a display unit of the PC displays a screen prompting the predetermined setting, based on a determination result of the determination unit.
In a system that determines degradation or a damage in a member or a structure from an image, in a case where a determination result on a degree of damage of a determination target and known prior information about determination of the degree of damage are compared with each other to determine whether a user needs to check the determination result. In a case where it is determined that checking by the user is required, information about contents of the comparison is presented to the user as auxiliary information related to checking work.
IMAGE CAPTURING APPARATUS AND IMAGE CAPTURING METHOD FOR GENERATING HIGH-RESOLUTION IMAGE, AND NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER-READABLE STORAGE MEDIUM STORING PROGRAM
An image capturing apparatus includes an image sensor configured to capture a plurality of images according to a method for pixel shifting and at least one processor. The at least one processor is configured to determine a first region in each of the plurality of images, determine a number of times of image capturing based on the first region, set a pixel shift amount in the pixel shifting based on the number of times of image capturing, and synthesize the first regions of the plurality of images.
A method of manufacturing a liquid discharging head includes preparing a wafer provided with an element and a discharge port formation member on a front surface of the wafer, forming a recessed portion in a rear surface of the wafer, attaching the rear surface of the wafer and a dicing tape, cutting the wafer along cutting lines to form an element board, and connecting an electric wiring board and a terminal of the element board. The element board includes a discharge port formation member having a discharge port for discharging liquid and includes the element to supply energy to the discharge port for liquid discharge. The recessed portion is formed at a location corresponding to the cutting lines, and an area of a region where the terminal overlaps the recessed portion is smaller than an area of a region where the terminal does not overlap the recessed portion.
Provided is an aqueous ink for ink jet capable of recording an image that is excellent in abrasion resistance immediately after recording and glossiness. The aqueous ink for ink jet includes: a coloring material dispersed by an action of an anionic group, a resin particle and a wax particle dispersed by a dispersant. A resin for forming the resin particle includes a unit having a cyano group and a volume-based 50% cumulative particle diameter Dw of the wax particle is larger than a volume-based 50% cumulative particle diameter Dc of the coloring material and a volume-based 50% cumulative particle diameter Dr of the resin particle.
C09D 11/326 - Pigment inks characterised by the pigment dispersant
C09D 11/107 - Printing inks based on artificial resins containing macromolecular compounds obtained by reactions only involving carbon-to-carbon unsaturated bonds from unsaturated acids or derivatives thereof
A fixing apparatus to fix a toner image to a printing material while nipping and conveying the printing material at a fixing nip includes a film, a guide member, a nip-forming member in a recess of the guide member, a roller, a support member, and a moving mechanism. The guide member in an inner space of the film guides film rotation. The roller is in contact with a film outer circumferential surface. The roller sandwiches the film with the nip-forming member to form the fixing nip. When disposed in the recess, the nip-forming member is movable in a direction parallel to a conveying direction of the printing material. The support member is fixed to an end of the nip-forming member in a longitudinal direction. The moving mechanism moves the support member relative to the guide member in the direction parallel to the conveying direction.
Provided is an ink jet recording method which can record an image excellent in abrasion resistance and in which an ink after storage is excellent in filter passability. The ink jet recording method includes ejecting an aqueous ink to a recording medium to record an image with an ink jet recording apparatus including: the aqueous ink; an ink storage bag configured to store the aqueous ink; and a recording head of an ink jet system configured to eject the aqueous ink. The recording head includes, in an inside thereof, a filter configured to pass the aqueous ink therethrough. The aqueous ink contains a pigment, a wax, a dispersant for dispersing the wax and a resin particle.
An object determining apparatus includes a memory storing instructions, and a processor configured to execute the instructions to detect an object from image data obtained by imaging, acquire information about orientation of the object from the image data, determine a main object in the image data using a detection result of the object and the information about the orientation, and change a condition for determining the main object according to one of the detection result of the object and the information about the orientation, using the other of the detection result of the object and the information about the orientation.
A photoelectric conversion device comprises a pixel substrate. The pixel substrate includes a photoelectric conversion unit to generate signal charge according to incident light, a floating diffusion unit to receive the signal charge as input, a pixel transistor region including the floating diffusion unit, first and second output lines, and a first region and a second region located outside the first region. In a plan view relative to a main surface of the pixel substrate, the first region is where the first output line overlaps with at least a portion of the pixel transistor region, the second region is where the second output line overlaps with at least a portion of the photoelectric conversion unit, and an end portion of the second output line intersecting with respect to a longer-side direction of the second output line is positioned to overlap with at least a portion of the second region.
An imprint apparatus executes imprint processing of curing imprint material in a state in which the imprint material supplied onto a substrate and a mold are in contact with each other. The imprint apparatus includes a modulator configured to modulate incident light, a first optical system configured to guide first light from a first light source to the modulator, and second light from a second light source that has a wavelength different from that of the first light to the modulator, and a second optical system configured to guide modulated light modulated by the modulator to the substrate.
G03F 7/00 - Photomechanical, e.g. photolithographic, production of textured or patterned surfaces, e.g. printed surfaces; Materials therefor, e.g. comprising photoresists; Apparatus specially adapted therefor
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CONTROL APPARATUS, CONTROL SYSTEM, CONTROL METHOD, AND STORAGE MEDIUM
A control apparatus is configured to control driving of a caravan of vehicles on a same lane by communication. The control apparatus includes a memory storing instructions, and a processor configured to execute the instructions to detect that a target vehicle driving in a lane next to the caravan is putting blinker, and change at least one distance between the vehicles in the caravan in a case where it is detected that the target vehicle is putting blinker.
B60W 30/165 - Control of distance between vehicles, e.g. keeping a distance to preceding vehicle automatically following the path of a preceding lead vehicle, e.g. "electronic tow-bar"
An image forming apparatus includes a feed tray, first and second sensors, and a controller. The controller adjusts a sheet interval between the first and second recording materials based on sensor detected length and width of a recording material fed from the feed tray. When a first recording material has a first length and a second recording material has a second length longer than the first length, the controller performs control to increase a sheet interval in response to a first number of recording materials having the second length and conveyed successively. When the first recording material has the first length and the second recording material has a third length shorter than the first length, the controller performs control to reduce the sheet interval in response to a second number of recording materials having the third length and conveyed successively. The second number is greater than the first number.
An image forming apparatus includes an apparatus main body having a ground member, a door that pivots around a pivotal support shaft, an electric component provided on the door, and a conductive portion having first and second conductive portions. The first conductive portion is provided on the door and moves with the door. The second conductive portion is provided on the apparatus main body and is electrically connected to the first conductive portion and the ground member. The first conductive portion includes a wire spring having a contact portion that contacts the second conductive portion, and exerts an elastic force to press the second conductive portion. The contact portion is at a position overlapping the door pivotal support shaft when viewed in a direction of a pivot axis line of the door. The contact portion of the wire spring linearly extends over the pivot axis line of the door.
An image forming apparatus includes an image forming unit configured to form an image with toner, a halftone processor configured to convert image data by performing halftone processing, a first determining unit configured to determine a first toner consumption amount for each page based on the image data, a second determining unit configured to determine a second toner consumption amount for each page based on the converted image data, a print percentage calculator configured to calculate a print percentage for one page based on the first toner consumption amount, a notifying unit configured to notify a remaining amount of the toner of the image forming unit based on the first toner consumption amount of a page of which the print percentage is larger than a threshold and the second toner consumption amount of a page of which the print percentage is equal to or smaller than the threshold.
An imaging apparatus includes a first imaging unit, a second imaging unit, an electronic viewfinder configured to display an image captured by the first imaging unit, and a determination unit configured to determine, based on image data captured by the second imaging unit, whether a user is attempting to view through the electronic viewfinder, wherein in a case where the determination unit does not determine that the user is attempting to view through the electronic viewfinder, the electronic viewfinder does not display the image captured by the first imaging unit, wherein in a case where the determination unit determines that the user is attempting to view through the electronic viewfinder, the electronic viewfinder displays the image captured by the first imaging unit, and wherein the determination unit uses a trained model in determining whether the user is attempting to view through the electronic viewfinder.
An information processing apparatus having a function of setting a setting value group associated with one type selected from a plurality of types in the information processing apparatus acquires, based on the selected one type, information indicating whether communication with a Simple Mail Transfer Protocol (SMTP) server is established using encryption-related settings for encrypting a communication path with the SMTP server and automatically sets, in a case where the information is information indicating that communication with the SMTP server is established, a setting value for enabling a function of encrypting the communication path with the SMTP server using the encryption-related settings by which communication is established.
An accessory attachable to and detachable from an image pickup apparatus includes at least one processor to function as an acquisition unit configured to acquire information about an image capturing mode of the image pickup apparatus to which the accessory is attached, a setting unit configured to set a setting value of a predetermined item, and a detection unit configured to detect an activation state of the image pickup apparatus, wherein the setting unit sets a predetermined setting value as the setting value of the predetermined item in a case where the acquired information indicates a first image capturing mode, and the setting unit sets the setting value of the predetermined item to be changeable from the predetermined setting value in a case where the activation state is detected as a non-activated state while the predetermined setting value is set as the setting value of the predetermined item.
An information processing apparatus transmits, to a server, authentication information for login process on servers, and upon success of the login process, searches for a device connected to the information processing apparatus, and in response to an instruction for registering a found device, makes a request to the server for setting information including security setting information for communication between the server and a device to be registered. The information processing apparatus transmits the obtained setting information obtained to the device to be registered, and determines whether the setting information has been reflected in the device and if the setting information has been reflected in the device, transmits, to the server, identification information of the device and makes a request to the server to register the device.
There is provided a liquid container having increased usability over conventional art. The liquid container includes a main body including a storage chamber storing liquid and a nozzle projecting from the main body. In the nozzle, first, second, and third flow paths are formed. The first flow path brings the storage chamber into communication with the outside through a first opening formed on an edge face constituting a leading edge of the nozzle. The second and third flow paths bring the storage chamber into communication with the outside through a second opening and a third opening formed on the edge face, respectively. In a case where the edge face is viewed from the perpendicular direction of the edge face, the centroid of the third opening is not located on a line connecting the centers of gravity of the first and second openings.
In a host computer, a print processor generates, in a drawing region of a memory device context, additional raster data for drawing an additional drawing in addition to drawing information regarding a logical page included in an Enhanced Metafile Format (EMF) spool file, and a graphics driver (GD) module of a printer driver combines document raster data generated in a drawing region of a printer device context with the additional raster data, and generates print data based on post-combination raster data.
Provided are an information processing apparatus, a control method, and a storage medium that inform of an error that occurs in one processing without stopping the other processing during setup by parallel processing. To this end, in the setup performed by the parallel processing, the error that occurs in the one processing is informed after it is confirmed that the other processing is not affected.
The present disclosure provides an organic light-emitting element including: a first electrode; a light-emitting layer; and a second electrode, wherein the light-emitting layer contains at least a first compound in which a naphthalene ring and a tricyclic or higher cyclic fused ring are bonded together by a single bond and a second compound in which the naphthalene ring and the fused polycyclic ring of the first compound are further cyclized.
H10K 50/12 - OLEDs or polymer light-emitting diodes [PLED] characterised by the electroluminescent [EL] layers comprising dopants
H10K 50/13 - OLEDs or polymer light-emitting diodes [PLED] characterised by the electroluminescent [EL] layers specially adapted for multicolour light emission, e.g. for emitting white light comprising stacked EL layers within one EL unit
A recognition apparatus including: a detection unit configured to detect a subject to be recognized from a first image that has been captured by an image capturing apparatus; a determining unit configured to, in a case in which the subject has been detected from the first image, determine a region including at least a portion of the subject in the first image; a control unit configured to control the image capturing apparatus so as to generate a second image that corresponds to the region; an image processing unit configured to generate a third image by processing to increase a resolution of the second images; and a recognition unit configured to recognize contents that are indicated by the subject from the third image.
G06V 20/58 - Recognition of moving objects or obstacles, e.g. vehicles or pedestrians; Recognition of traffic objects, e.g. traffic signs, traffic lights or roads
G06T 3/40 - Scaling of a whole image or part thereof
G06V 10/22 - Image preprocessing by selection of a specific region containing or referencing a pattern; Locating or processing of specific regions to guide the detection or recognition
G06V 20/40 - Scenes; Scene-specific elements in video content
A printing apparatus includes: a first path conveying a printing medium from a manual-feed stacking unit to a printing unit; a second path converging with the first path at a converging section and conveying a printing medium from a cassette; a first roller pair provided downstream the converging section on the first path to nip and convey a printing medium; a first detection unit detecting a printing medium stacked on the manual-feed stacking unit; a second roller pair provided downstream the first roller pair on the first path to nip and convey a printing medium; a second detection unit arranged between the first and second roller pairs to detect a printing medium; and a control unit performing control to start feeding of the printing medium to the printing unit by the first roller pair if the first detection unit detects the printing medium but the second detection unit does not.
To provide an information processing apparatus capable of improving the efficiency of operation of a movable apparatus, an information processing apparatus comprises: a passing region calculation unit configured to calculate a passing region through which a movable apparatus passes; an object detection unit configured to detect an object around the movable apparatus by a sensor; and an object detection range setting unit configured to set an object detection range in which the object is detected by the object detection unit based on the passing region calculated by the passing region calculation unit.
An apparatus includes a support member configured to support a printhead, a rotating member configured to be supported by the support member so as to be rotatable to an open position at which the printhead is capable of being attached to or detached from the support member and a closed position, a shaft portion arranged on one of the rotating member and the support member, a shaft supporting portion arranged on the other of the rotating member and the support member, the shaft portion being inserted to the shaft supporting portion in an axial direction, and a structure configured to regulate displacement of the rotating member in the axial direction in a predetermined rotation range of the rotating member, and permit displacement of the rotating member in the axial direction in a rotation position outside the predetermined rotation range.
B41J 29/00 - TYPEWRITERS; SELECTIVE PRINTING MECHANISMS, i.e. MECHANISMS PRINTING OTHERWISE THAN FROM A FORME; CORRECTION OF TYPOGRAPHICAL ERRORS - Details of, or accessories for, typewriters or selective printing mechanisms not otherwise provided for
A cemented lens includes a first optical element, a second optical element, a third optical element sandwiched between the first optical element and the second optical element and containing resin, a light shielding layer covering a surface of the third optical element that is in contact with neither the first optical element nor the second optical element, and a porous layer covering at least a part of the light shielding layer.
An electrophotographic photosensitive member including: a support, a charge generating layer, and a charge transporting layer in this order, wherein the charge transporting layer contains: a compound represented by the formula (A-1), and at least one selected from the group consisting of a compound represented by the formula (A-2) and a compound represented by the formula (A-3).
G03G 5/047 - Photoconductive layers characterised by having two or more layers or characterised by their composite structure characterised by the charge-generation layers or charge-transporting layers
G03G 5/06 - Photoconductive layers; Charge-generation layers or charge-transporting layers; Additives therefor; Binders therefor characterised by the photoconductive material being organic
G03G 21/18 - Mechanical means for facilitating the maintenance of the apparatus, e.g. modular arrangements using a processing cartridge
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INFORMATION PROCESSING DEVICE AND INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD
An information processing device that generates data to be displayed on a head-mounted display. The information processing device includes: a detection unit that detects a gesture by a first hand of a user; and a processing unit that switches, in a case where a specific gesture by the first hand is detected by the detection unit in a first operation mode in which first processing is executed in response to a first operation by a second hand of the user, to a second operation mode in which second processing different from the first processing is executed in response to the first operation by the second hand.
An image forming apparatus includes an image forming unit, a communication interface connected to a server that operates in a remote environment, a storage unit configured to store client-side registration information for connection with the server, and a control unit configured to execute a print job received from the server by controlling the image forming unit to form an image. The server communicates with the image forming apparatus using server-side registration information registered in the remote environment. The control unit determines whether the server-side registration information has been deleted in the remote environment based on a received signal received from the server, and delete the client-side registration information stored in the storage unit in a case where it is determined that the server-side registration information has been deleted in the remote environment.
A virtual image optical system includes first and second optical elements and each configured to guide light from a display unit, wherein the second optical element guides the light from the display unit to a first pupil to form a first virtual image, and the second optical element simultaneously guides the light from the display unit to a second pupil to form a second virtual image, and wherein decentering of the second optical element enables switching of positions of the first pupil and the second pupil to each other.
An inspection system includes an alignment unit that performs alignment between a reference image and an inspection image by sequentially using a plurality of ranges of interest different in size, and an inspection unit that inspects the reference image and the inspection image based on the alignment performed by the alignment unit.
A lens apparatus to be attached to an imaging apparatus includes a storage unit configured to store correction data on distortion aberrations in association with a plurality of focal lengths, and a communication unit configured to transmit the correction data.
G02B 9/60 - Optical objectives characterised both by the number of the components and their arrangements according to their sign, i.e. + or – having five components only
G02B 27/00 - Optical systems or apparatus not provided for by any of the groups ,
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INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS CAPABLE OF USING INFORMATION ON CUT LINE WHICH IS PRINTING ITEM THAT CANNOT BE SET BY PRINTER DRIVER AND IS PRINTED ON RECORDING MEDIUM, PRINTING SETTING APPLICATION, CONTROL METHOD FOR INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, AND STORAGE MEDIUM
An information processing apparatus capable of using information on a cut line which is a printing item that cannot be set by a printer driver and is printed on a recording medium is provided. The information processing apparatus including a printer driver includes a controller configured or programmed to function as an acquisition unit that acquires capability information on capability to perform printing on a sheet-like recording medium from a server providing a cloud print service or a printer, and a display control unit that displays a screen. The capability information includes first information on printing items capable of being set by the printer driver, and second information on a cut line, which is a printing item not capable of being set by the printer driver and is printed on the recording medium. The display control unit enables the second information to be displayed on the screen.
A semiconductor element for generating or detecting a terahertz wave is provided. The element includes a substrate, a first electrode, a semiconductor layer disposed between the substrate and the first electrode and including a gain medium for the terahertz wave, a dielectric layer disposed to cover the substrate, and a second electrode disposed on the dielectric layer and connected to the first electrode via an opening provided in the dielectric layer. A portion of the second electrode disposed in the opening includes a first inclined portion, a second inclined portion disposed between the first inclined portion and the first electrode and is less inclined than the first inclined portion, and an intermediate portion connecting the first and second inclined portions. The intermediate portion includes a planar terrace and the terrace is less inclined than the first and second inclined portions.
H01L 31/0352 - SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICES NOT COVERED BY CLASS - Details thereof characterised by their semiconductor bodies characterised by their shape or by the shapes, relative sizes or disposition of the semiconductor regions
G01J 5/20 - Radiation pyrometry, e.g. infrared or optical thermometry using electric radiation detectors using resistors, thermistors or semiconductors sensitive to radiation, e.g. photoconductive devices
H01L 23/48 - Arrangements for conducting electric current to or from the solid state body in operation, e.g. leads or terminal arrangements
H01L 33/38 - SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICES NOT COVERED BY CLASS - Details thereof characterised by the electrodes with a particular shape
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SYSTEM CONSISTING OF ELECTRONIC DEVICE AND NOTIFICATION APPARATUS, CONTROL METHOD THEREOF, AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE AND NOTIFICATION APPARATUS
A system includes an electronic device having an image sensor that performs shooting by controlling an exposure period of performing photoelectric conversion on incident light and accumulating charge by using electronic shutter and a notification apparatus capable of communicating with the electronic device. Information indicating at least either of an exposure start timing and an exposure end timing of the image sensor is transmitted from the electronic device to the notification apparatus, and notification is performed in the notification apparatus according to at least either of the exposure start timing and the exposure end timing based on the information transmitted from the electronic device.
A wiring board includes a wiring layer, a shield layer, and an insulating layer. The wiring layer includes at least one signal line and at least one ground line. The shield layer overlaps the wiring layer in plan view. The insulating layer is provided between the wiring layer and the shield layer. The insulating layer includes at least one end portion surrounded by the insulating layer. The at least one end portion is located on at least the at least one ground line. A connection conductor line electrically connecting the shield layer to the at least one ground line is provided on part of the at least one end portion.
An information processing apparatus to execute managing template data for content data to be generated, accepting an input of information with respect to the content data, replacing information included in the template data with the information accepted, and generating the content data based on the information accepted, wherein, in a case where the template data includes information that is not replaced, the content data in a state where the information that is not replaced is not displayed is generated.
An information processing apparatus includes a printer driver and an application. The application stores push notification information in a region in a storage unit to which the printer driver is able to refer. In a case where the application is not currently installed in an execution environment of a target account and a display condition for the push notification information is satisfied, the printer driver causes a display unit to display a push notification based on the push notification information.
A heating apparatus includes a rotary member, a heater configured to heat the rotary member, and a holding unit configured to hold a first end portion, in a longitudinal direction, of the rotary member. The holding unit includes a movable member including a first surface configured to face and come into contact with an inner circumferential surface of the rotary member, and a second surface configured to face and come into contact with an end face, in the longitudinal direction, of the rotary member, the first surface and the second surface are integrally provided in the movable member, and a holding member configured to hold tiltably around a tilting fulcrum. The tilting fulcrum is positioned between an upstream end and a downstream end of the first surface in the sheet conveyance direction.
Some embodiments provide a mechanism for providing print services applicable to a printer to be used by a user at the time of printing in a metaverse. According to an aspect of the present disclosure, a system includes a printing apparatus, a client terminal, and a server for providing a user with a metaverse via the client terminal. The system includes a plurality of memories and a plurality of processors that are configured to receive, from the user, an operation for using a print service for a content in the metaverse; upon reception of an operation for using the print service, acquire information about the printing apparatus from the printing apparatus; and provide a print service applicable to the printing apparatus in the metaverse based on the information about the printing apparatus.
An image forming apparatus according to the present disclosure stores image data of an image having a plurality of regions, the plurality of regions having stepwise different densities, including a first region, a second region, and a third region between the first region and the second region, and satisfying a relationship of a moisture amount in the first region
An image processing apparatus includes one or more memories storing instructions, and one or more processors executing the instructions to obtain three-dimensional shape data of at least one object, wherein the three-dimensional shape data is generated using images of the at least one object captured from a plurality of directions by a plurality of image capturing units, extract a plurality of parts of the obtained three-dimensional shape data, assign identifiers to the extracted plurality of parts based on positions of the extracted plurality of parts, and track the extracted plurality of parts based on the identifiers and the positions of the extracted plurality of parts.
G06T 7/70 - Determining position or orientation of objects or cameras
G06V 10/25 - Determination of region of interest [ROI] or a volume of interest [VOI]
H04N 13/275 - Image signal generators from 3D object models, e.g. computer-generated stereoscopic image signals
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INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, CONTROL METHOD FOR INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, STORAGE MEDIUM, INFORMATION PROCESSING SYSTEM, AND CONTROL METHOD FOR INFORMATION PROCESSING SYSTEM
An information processing apparatus for displaying content received from a server apparatus includes a transmission unit that transmits, to the server apparatus, information indicating a first monetary value of a thing and a second monetary value of a thing to be provided to a streamer of the content, in response to an operation performed on the information processing apparatus by a first user of the information processing apparatus and a second user of another information processing apparatus, a reception unit that receives, from the server apparatus, respective pieces of information indicating the first monetary value of the thing and the second monetary value of the thing have provided to the streamer, and a control unit that performs control in such a way as to output the information indicating the first monetary value of the thing and the information indicating the second monetary value of the thing in different forms.
G06Q 20/10 - Payment architectures specially adapted for home banking systems
G06V 10/56 - Extraction of image or video features relating to colour
H04N 21/233 - Processing of audio elementary streams
H04N 21/431 - Generation of visual interfaces; Content or additional data rendering
H04N 21/4788 - Supplemental services, e.g. displaying phone caller identification or shopping application communicating with other users, e.g. chatting
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METHOD OF ANALYZING STATE OF IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS BASED ON RUNNING SOUND
A system performs a first analysis operation in which an operation history of an image forming apparatus and input information are analyzed, an issuance operation in which, in a case where a result of an analysis of the first analysis operation satisfies notification conditions, a second analysis operation in which a confidence for the result of the analysis of the first analysis operation is obtained, a transmission operation in which, in a case where the confidence is less than a threshold, a message requesting further input of input information is transmitted, and a control operation in which the notification conditions are controlled based on the input information obtained as a response to the message.
Provided is an electrophotographic photosensitive member that achieves satisfactory transferability. An electrophotographic photosensitive member including a charge generating layer, a charge transporting layer, and a protection layer laminated on a support in the stated order, wherein the protection layer contains a binder resin and particles, and wherein when an average thickness of the protection layer in a site free of the particles is represented by T and a volume-average particle diameter of the particles is represented by Dm in a cross-section of the protection layer, the following formula (a) is satisfied.
G03G 5/047 - Photoconductive layers characterised by having two or more layers or characterised by their composite structure characterised by the charge-generation layers or charge-transporting layers
When a communication apparatus that can execute authentication that uses a Wi-Fi Protected Access (WPA)2 method and authentication that uses a WPA3 method performs communication with another communication apparatus in a state in which a link is established with the other communication apparatus via a plurality of frequency channels, the communication apparatus executes authentication using the WPA3 method based on at least one frequency channel of the plurality of frequency channels being a frequency channel included in a specific frequency band.
A power transmission apparatus wirelessly transmits power to a power receiving apparatus via a power transmission antenna, measures at least either of a voltage and a current in the power transmission antenna at least two or more time points of a power transmission restriction period in which power to be transmitted to a power receiving apparatus is restricted, and performs measurement processing, including first measurement processing and second measurement processing, plurality of times. In this process, a processing period related to the first measurement processing and a processing period related to the second measurement processing are controlled to have different lengths.
H02J 50/80 - Circuit arrangements or systems for wireless supply or distribution of electric power involving the exchange of data, concerning supply or distribution of electric power, between transmitting devices and receiving devices
H02J 50/20 - Circuit arrangements or systems for wireless supply or distribution of electric power using microwaves or radio frequency waves
A cartridge includes a casing, a photosensitive drum, and a coupling operatively connected to the photosensitive drum. The coupling includes a guiding portion, an engaging portion, and a visor portion. The visor portion projects outwardly in a direction perpendicular to the axis of the coupling. The visor portion covers a space downstream of the engaging portion in the rotational direction of the coupling or the visor portion is positioned upstream of the guiding portion in the rotational direction of the coupling and adjacent to the guiding portion.
A printing apparatus includes a first conveyance unit provided in a conveyance path and configured to convey a print medium, a second conveyance unit provided upstream of the first conveyance unit in the conveyance path and configured to convey a print medium, a drive source configured to drive the first conveyance unit and the second conveyance unit, and a control unit configured to control the drive source so as to execute a conveying operation in which a second print medium succeeding a first print medium is conveyed by the second conveyance unit while the first print medium is conveyed by the first conveyance unit. The control unit is configured to switch drive control of the drive source in accordance with a position of the second print medium when starting the conveying operation.
B41J 13/00 - Devices or arrangements specially adapted for supporting or handling copy material in short lengths, e.g. sheets
B41J 11/00 - Devices or arrangements for supporting or handling copy material in sheet or web form
B41J 13/03 - Rollers driven, e.g. feed rollers separate from platen
B65H 7/02 - Controlling article feeding, separating, pile-advancing, or associated apparatus, to take account of incorrect feeding, absence of articles, or presence of faulty articles by feelers or detectors
A communication apparatus that communicates with an external apparatus, comprises an obtainment unit that obtains, from a first external apparatus, an image file and a supplementary information file related to the image file, a first management unit that stores the image file into a first area of a storage unit, a second management unit that stores the supplementary information file associated with the image file into a second area that is different from the first area, and a control unit that transmits, to a second external apparatus, the image file that has been read out from the first area, and the supplementary information file that has been read out from the second area and associated with the image file that has been read out from the second area.
Alight emitting device including a substrate, a lens with a refractive index n arranged on a main surface of the substrate, and a light emitting region arranged between the main surface and the lens is provided. A surface of the lens is convex and includes a vertex and an end portion. In a case where h represents a height between the vertex and the end portion, r represents a distance between the vertex and the end portion in orthogonal projection to the main surface, H represents a height between the end portion and the light emitting region, and 2a represents a width of the light emitting region, relationships of expressions below are satisfied hr−Htanβ, where 2rh/(r2+h2)=sinθ, sinθ=nsinα, θ-α=β, and nsinβ=sinγ.
An object of the present disclosure is to provide an electrophotographic photosensitive member with suppressed positive ghosts, and a process cartridge and an electrophotographic apparatus each including the electrophotographic photosensitive member. The present disclosure provides an electrophotographic photosensitive member having a support and a photosensitive layer on the support; the photosensitive layer comprises (α) a compound represented by the formula (1), and (β) at least one selected from the group consisting of a compound represented by the formula (2) and a compound represented by the formula (3), wherein a content of the (β) with respect to a content of the (α) is 50 to 850 mass ppm in the photosensitive layer.
G03G 21/18 - Mechanical means for facilitating the maintenance of the apparatus, e.g. modular arrangements using a processing cartridge
G03G 5/06 - Photoconductive layers; Charge-generation layers or charge-transporting layers; Additives therefor; Binders therefor characterised by the photoconductive material being organic
90.
INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, CONTROL METHOD THEREOF, AND MEDIUM AND PRINTING SYSTEM THEREOF
An information processing apparatus configures a virtual printer associated with one or a plurality of image forming apparatuses, manages capability information indicating a capability of each of the one or a plurality of image forming apparatuses associated with the virtual printer, determines, when a print job for the virtual printer is received, whether or not the print job is a conditional print job to be executed by an image forming apparatus that satisfies a predetermined condition, references, in a case where the print job is determined to be the conditional print job, the capability information and specifies an image forming apparatus that satisfies the predetermined condition from among the one or a plurality of image forming apparatuses, and transmits the conditional print job to an image forming apparatus that satisfies the predetermined condition.
A control apparatus for a camera system that includes a lens apparatus including a first optical system and a second optical system and configured to move them relative to each other, and an image pickup apparatus including an image sensor and detachably attachable to the lens apparatus includes a processor configured to acquire a first evaluation value of the first optical system at a first focus detection position corresponding to the first optical system, determine a second focus detection position corresponding to the second optical system based on an first object image formed by the first optical system and a second object image formed by the second optical system, acquire a second evaluation value of the second optical system at the second focus detection position, and move the first optical system and the second optical system based on the first evaluation value and the second evaluation value.
A control apparatus includes a driver that outputs power based on a first control signal; a wireless power transmission system that is connected downstream of the driver, that receives first power, and that supplies second power to a motor through wireless power transmission; and a compensator that compensates a difference between a phase of the first control signal and a phase of current output from the wireless power transmission system.
H02J 50/12 - Circuit arrangements or systems for wireless supply or distribution of electric power using inductive coupling of the resonant type
H02P 6/00 - Arrangements for controlling synchronous motors or other dynamo-electric motors using electronic commutation dependent on the rotor position; Electronic commutators therefor
93.
INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, CONTROL METHOD FOR INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, AND STORAGE MEDIUM
A control method for an information processing apparatus connected to a connection apparatus has: receiving, from a client terminal, an obtainment request for obtaining first information indicating an ability of the connection apparatus to perform a physical identification action; based on the obtainment request, obtaining second information indicating an ability of the information processing apparatus to perform a physical identification action; and transmitting, to the client terminal, a response in which a response attribute in accordance with the second information obtained is set.
A thermal treatment apparatus includes a treatment tank including a treatment chamber to perform thermal treatment on toner particles; a toner particle supply unit configured to supply toner particles into the treatment chamber; and a hot air supply unit including a supply port to supply hot air into the treatment chamber. The supply port of the hot air supply unit is disposed on a ceiling of the treatment chamber. The treatment tank further includes: a columnar member that is vertically disposed at the center inside of the treatment chamber; and a protruded member that is disposed at an upper end of the columnar member and has an approximately conical shape protruding toward the ceiling. The columnar member has a cylindrical shape and a radius of curvature RCP (mm) of an upper end edge in a vertical cross-section thereof is 5
An image processing apparatus includes an execution unit configured to execute processing of generating a file including image data obtained by using a scanner and transmitting the file to a client terminal, wherein, in a case where an encrypted file is designated by the client terminal for the file, at least one of communication for transmitting a password to be used in generation of the encrypted file from the client terminal to the image processing apparatus and communication for transmitting the file generated in the image processing apparatus to the client terminal is encrypted communication.
H04L 9/32 - Arrangements for secret or secure communications; Network security protocols including means for verifying the identity or authority of a user of the system
96.
ACTUATOR DRIVING DEVICE AND METHOD OF CONTROLLING ACTUATOR DRIVING DEVICE
An actuator driving device includes a driving coil that generates a driving force with first and second voltages; and a control unit, which sets one of the first and second voltages to a first pulse, sets the other one to a second pulse, and performs at least one of: a first control for modulating one pulse width of the first and second pulses with a change amount larger than that of the other pulse width so that a pulse width of ON time of the second pulse is within a pulse width of ON time of the first pulse; and a second control for modulating one pulse width of the first and second pulses with a change amount larger than that of the other pulse width so that the pulse width of the first pulse in ON time is within the pulse width of the second pulse in ON time.
H02P 7/025 - Arrangements for regulating or controlling the speed or torque of electric DC motors the DC motors being of the linear type the DC motors being of the moving coil type, e.g. voice coil motors
G02B 27/64 - Imaging systems using optical elements for stabilisation of the lateral and angular position of the image
G03B 5/00 - Adjustment of optical system relative to image or object surface other than for focusing of general interest for cameras, projectors or printers
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DETERMINATION METHOD, DETERMINATION APPARATUS, INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD, STORAGE MEDIUM, INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, LITHOGRAPHIC APPARATUS, AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING ARTICLE
A determination method includes measuring first relative positions as a first measurement, measuring second relative positions as a second measurement, and determining presence or absence of an abnormality. The first relative positions are relative positions between members corresponding to a plurality of respective measurement positions and a conveyance unit when the conveyance unit moves to the plurality of respective measurement positions. The second relative positions are the relative positions between the members corresponding to the plurality of respective measurement positions and the conveyance unit when the conveyance unit moves to the plurality of respective measurement positions after the first measurement. Presence or absence of an abnormality in the conveyance unit and presence or absence of an abnormality in a floor at one measurement position of the plurality of respective measurement positions is determined based on measurement results of the first and second measurements.
G03F 7/00 - Photomechanical, e.g. photolithographic, production of textured or patterned surfaces, e.g. printed surfaces; Materials therefor, e.g. comprising photoresists; Apparatus specially adapted therefor
98.
LIQUID EJECTION HEAD AND METHOD OF INSPECTING THE LIQUID EJECTION HEAD
A liquid ejection head includes a first substrate having a recessed portion, and a second substrate. An energy generating element that generates energy to eject liquid is in the recessed portion and is placed on a surface of the second substrate that faces the recessed portion. An electrode electrically connected to the energy generating element is formed in an end portion of the energy generating element. Among recessed portion side surfaces, a side surface of the recessed portion close to the electrode is inclined with respect to a joint surface between the first substrate and the second substrate. The end portion of the energy generating element close to the electrode, an end portion of the joint surface close to the electrode, and an end portion of a bottom surface of the recessed portion close to the electrode are located in sequence from a middle of the energy generating element.
B41J 2/045 - Ink jet characterised by the jet generation process generating single droplets or particles on demand by pressure, e.g. electromechanical transducers
A communication apparatus includes a first processing unit that performs sharing processing for sharing a communication parameter for connecting to a wireless network with another communication apparatus, according to a first method compliant with a Wi-Fi Easy Connect® standard, a second processing unit that performs sharing processing for sharing a communication parameter for connecting to a wireless network with the other communication apparatus, according to a second method compliant with another standard different from the Wi-Fi Easy Connect® standard, a waiting unit that waits to receive an authentication request compliant with the Wi-Fi Easy Connect® standard and that waits to receive a signal compliant with the other standard, upon receiving a predetermined operation, and a control unit that performs control so that the first processing unit performs sharing processing if the authentication request is received and the second processing unit performs sharing processing if the signal is received.
The electrophotographic photosensitive member includes a support and a photosensitive layer on the support, in which a surface layer of the electrophotographic photosensitive member contains a particle, the surface layer has a particle partially exposed from the surface layer among the particle contained in the surface layer, the particle has a volume average particle diameter of 50.0 nm or more and 350.0 nm or less; in a cross-section of the surface layer, the number of the particle partially exposed from the surface layer is 80% by number or more based on a total number of the particle contained in the surface layer; and a total volume of an exposed portion of the particle partially exposed from the surface layer is 30% by volume or more and 80% by volume or less based on an entire volume of the particle contained in the surface layer.
G03G 5/047 - Photoconductive layers characterised by having two or more layers or characterised by their composite structure characterised by the charge-generation layers or charge-transporting layers
