POROUS INSULATING LAYER-APPLIED MATERIAL FOR ADHERING ELECTROCHEMICAL ELEMENT MEMBER, STACK, ELECTRODE, ELECTROCHEMICAL ELEMENT, METHOD OF PRODUCING STACK, METHOD OF PRODUCING ELECTRODE, AND METHOD OF ELECTROCHEMICAL ELEMENT
A porous insulating layer-applied material includes a base material; and an adhesive porous insulating layer on the base material; where the adhesive porous insulating layer is a porous structure having an co-continuous structure including a resin as a backbone; the resin is a cross-linked resin; and the adhesive porous insulating layer gives a peel strength of 2 N/m or more in a peel measuring method with use of a peel strength measuring element derived by preparing the base material as one of two base materials each having a size of 30 mm x 100 mm, disposing the adhesive porous insulating layer through one entire face of each of the two base materials to provide adhesive porous insulating layers, placing the adhesive porous insulating layers to face each other, and performing thermal adhesion under conditions at a temperature of 140°C and an air cylinder thrust of 500 N for 1 minute.
H01M 50/46 - Separators, membranes or diaphragms characterised by their combination with electrodes
H01M 10/0585 - Construction or manufacture of accumulators having only flat construction elements, i.e. flat positive electrodes, flat negative electrodes and flat separators
H01M 10/0587 - Construction or manufacture of accumulators having only wound construction elements, i.e. wound positive electrodes, wound negative electrodes and wound separators
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INFORMATION PROCESSING DEVICE, INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD, PROGRAM, AND INFORMATION PROCESSING SYSTEM
In the present invention, the location of an unknown slope 80 is ascertained. A data management device 5 comprises a generation unit 54 that stitches together captured images pn obtained by dividing a target region 70 including the slope 80 and areas other than the slope 80 into a plurality of image-capture regions dn along the movement direction of a moving body 6 and capturing images of the plurality of image-capture regions dn by means of an image-capture device 7 installed on the moving body 6, and that generates an input/output screen 2000 which displays a composite image 2500 including the boundaries between the slope 80 and the areas other than the slope 80 in the movement direction of the moving body 6.
G06T 3/00 - Geometric image transformation in the plane of the image
E01C 23/01 - Devices or auxiliary means for setting-out or checking the configuration of new surfacing, e.g. templates, screed supports; Applications of apparatus for measuring, indicating, or recording the surface configuration of existing surfacing, e.g. profilographs
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METHOD FOR PRODUCING HYDROELECTRIC POWER GENERATOR AND HYDROELECTRIC POWER GENERATOR
To provide a method for producing a hydroelectric power generator. The method enables easy assembly and can promptly and easily perform replacement of parts, repair, and maintenance at a site of use, such as countries with emerging economies. A method for producing a hydroelectric power generator includes modeling a part having a shape corresponding to a shape of an electric generator using a 3D printer, and assembling a hydroelectric power generator with the part having the shape corresponding to the shape of the electric generator.
A device manufacturing method for manufacturing a piezoelectric device, the device manufacturing method includes: forming a CMOS element on a first surface of a substrate; forming a piezoelectric element over the first surface of the substrate on which the CMOS element is formed; forming a first insulating film in a region where the piezoelectric element is formed when forming the CMOS element or the piezoelectric element, forming a lower electrode layer, a piezoelectric layer, an upper electrode layer, and a second insulating film on the first insulating film when forming the piezoelectric element; and forming a CMOS wiring layer of the CMOS element and a piezoelectric wiring layer of the piezoelectric element after forming the CMOS element and the piezoelectric element on the substrate.
A light source device includes; a surface emitting laser to emit a light beam to a subject; and circuitry to drive the surface emitting laser to emit a light having a time width, a light intensity of which is 1/e2 with respect to a peak of the light intensity, of 200 picoseconds or less.
A61B 5/1455 - Measuring characteristics of blood in vivo, e.g. gas concentration, pH-value using optical sensors, e.g. spectral photometrical oximeters
An actuator includes: a diaphragm on a substrate having a pressure chamber, the diaphragm having a first surface defining a part of a wall of the pressure chamber; a piezoelectric element on a second surface of the diaphragm opposite to the first surface; a lead wire led out from the piezoelectric element to supply electric power to the piezoelectric element; and a moisture-proof film covering: the lead wire; and a part of the piezoelectric element overlapped with the lead wire.
An information management apparatus for storing information on an application used in a user device includes an acquisition unit and an identifying unit. The acquisition unit acquires migration information related to a first application used in a first user device. The identifying unit identifies a second application based on the acquired migration information, first function information related to a first function of the first user device, and second function information related to a second function of a second user device.
Provided is a curable composition for forming an adhesive structure that can be discharged by an inkjet printing method and includes a glycidylamine-type epoxy compound, an oxetane compound, and a cationic polymerization initiator. In the curable composition for forming an adhesive structure, a proportion of the glycidylamine-type epoxy compound is 10% by mass or more.
C09J 163/00 - Adhesives based on epoxy resins; Adhesives based on derivatives of epoxy resins
C08G 59/32 - Epoxy compounds containing three or more epoxy groups
C08G 59/40 - Macromolecules obtained by polymerising compounds containing more than one epoxy group per molecule using curing agents or catalysts which react with the epoxy groups characterised by the curing agents used
A shutter unit (34) to be installed in a toner container (33) attachable to and detachable from an apparatus body of an image forming apparatus includes: a shutter (36) to be pushed by a nozzle (91) disposed in the apparatus body, with movement of the container in an insertion direction into the apparatus body, to insert the nozzle into the container and communicate the nozzle and the container via an opening (91a) of the nozzle; a shutter holder (35) holding the shutter movable in the insertion direction; a seal (41) to contact a circumferential surface of the shutter in a closed state and slide on the circumferential surfaces of the shutter and the nozzle during an opening operation in which the shutter is pressed by the nozzle; and a seal holder (40) detachably holding the seal at an inner portion of the seal holder. The shutter holder and the seal holder are integrated in a detachable manner.
A medium processing apparatus includes a liquid applier to apply liquid to a part of a medium and a post-processing device to perform processing on a bundle of media including the medium to which the liquid is applied by the liquid applier. The liquid applier includes a liquid storage (43) to store the liquid, a liquid supply portion (45) having one end immersed in the liquid stored in the liquid storage to absorb the liquid toward another end of the liquid supply portion, and a liquid application member (44) coupled to the other end of the liquid supply portion and having a contact surface to contact the medium to apply the liquid supplied from the liquid supply portion to the medium. The contact surface of the liquid application member with the medium is at a position higher than a position of an uppermost surface of the liquid stored in the liquid storage.
B65H 37/04 - Article or web delivery apparatus incorporating devices for performing specified auxiliary operations for securing together articles or webs, e.g. by adhesive, stitching, or stapling
A lens unit includes: multiple lenses arranged along an optical axis of the lens unit, the multiple lenses including at least one resin lens; a lens barrel housing the multiple lenses, the lens barrel including a fit-receiving portion; and a pressure member configured to press the multiple lenses housed in the lens barrel. Said at least one resin lens including a fit-in portion fittable into the fit-receiving portion. Each of the fit-in portion and the fit-receiving portion has: a tapered cross-sectional shape in the optical axis; and a shape of a circle centered on the optical axis in a plane orthogonal to the optical axis. A diameter of the circle differs with a position in the optical axis.
A heating device includes a pair of rotators in contact with each other to form a nip through which a sheet passes, a heater heating at least one of the pair of rotators, a temperature sensor detecting detects a temperature of the heater, a conductor, a plurality of conductor supports supporting the conductor, and a component supporting the plurality of conductor supports. The conductor has flexibility and is coupled to the temperature sensor. The conductor supports extend in a direction away from the heater and include first conductor supports and second conductor supports. The first conductor supports face an outside of a predetermined region of the heater in a width direction of the sheet and are arranged at first intervals in the width direction. The second conductor supports face the predetermined region of the heater and are arranged at second intervals larger than the first intervals in the width direction.
PUBLIC UNIVERSITY CORPORATION YOKOHAMA CITY UNIVERSITY (Japan)
Inventor
Yamaguchi, Takashi
Kishi, Kazuhito
Hasegawa, Motokazu
Umemura, Masanari
Ishikawa, Yoshihiro
Nagasako, Akane
Abstract
[Object] To provide a cancer treatment device that monitors a magnetic field applied to an affected area or monitors a temperature of the affected area or around the affected area. [Means of Achieving the Object] A cancer treatment system includes a magnetic field generator configured to generate an alternating current magnetic field to be applied to a cancer affected area, a magnetic field measurer configured to measure a magnitude of the magnetic field generated by the magnetic field generator, wherein the cancer affected area is inserted into the magnetic field generated by the magnetic field generator to treat cancers.
A61N 2/04 - Magnetotherapy using magnetic fields produced by coils, including single turn loops or electromagnets using variable fields, e.g. low frequency or pulsating fields
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IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS, READING DEVICE, IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS, IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD, AND RECORDING MEDIUM
An image processing apparatus includes: a light source to irradiate an object with at least invisible light; an image sensor having sensitivity to a visible light wavelength range and an invisible light wavelength range; an image processor to generate an image according to image information that is output by the image sensor; a switching unit to switch the image processor to a single-color image generation mode in which a single-color image is generated, the single-color image being an image of a single color; and a controller to control the switching unit to switch the image processor to the single-color image generation mode in response to selection of an operating mode in which the invisible light is emitted.
H04N 23/11 - Cameras or camera modules comprising electronic image sensors; Control thereof for generating image signals from different wavelengths for generating image signals from visible and infrared light wavelengths
A lens unit includes: multiple lenses arranged in an axial direction along an optical axis, the multiple lenses including: a first lens group including a flat-reception lens having a flat surface perpendicular to the axial direction to be pressed; and a second lens group including an inclination-reception lens having an inclination surface inclined relative to the axial direction to be pressed, a lens barrel housing the multiple lenses inside the lens barrel; and an elastic member between the first lens group and the second lens group, the elastic member to support at least one of the multiple lenses in the lens barrel; and a pressing member to press the multiple lenses in the lens barrel.
The disclosure concerns an ink delivery system for supplying ink to a print head. The ink delivery system comprises a sump tank, a header tank, an ink flow channel between the sump tank and the header tank, and a pump configured to pump ink from the sump tank, through the ink flow channel, to the header tank. The ink delivery system further comprises an outer casing and a heater. The outer casing houses the sump tank, the header tank and the ink flow channel. The outer casing comprises an outer wall configured to transmit heat from the heater to ink in the ink flow channel.
An adhesive structure includes: an adhesive portion to adhere to a contact object; and a low elastic portion having an elastic modulus lower than an elastic modulus of the adhesive portion. At least one of the adhesive portion and the low elastic portion has a patterned shape.
A control server for controlling a traveling body includes an instruction unit to instruct the traveling body to travel on a first route and acquire state information of a first monitored object on the first route. Based on a determination of presence of an abnormality in a state of the first monitored object, the determination being made from the acquired state information, the instruction unit instructs the traveling body to travel on a second route different from the first route and acquire state information of a second monitored object being different from the first monitored object and located on the second route.
G05D 1/00 - Control of position, course, altitude, or attitude of land, water, air, or space vehicles, e.g. automatic pilot
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INFORMATION PROCESSING SYSTEM, AUTONOMOUS TRAVELING BODY, INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, METHOD FOR CONTROLLING AUTONOMOUS TRAVELING BODY AND RECORDING MEDIUM
An information processing system controls an autonomous traveling body capable of autonomously traveling on a learned route. The information processing system includes a route information storage unit to store suspension point information indicating a suspension point at which the autonomous traveling body has suspended autonomous traveling on a particular learned route, and an acquisition unit to acquire current position information indicating a current position of the autonomous traveling body according to an instruction to resume the autonomous traveling, and controls the autonomous traveling body to return to the particular route, based on at least the current position information and the suspension point information.
A liquid discharge system includes: a first head having a first nozzle, from which a liquid is to be discharged, on a first nozzle face oriented in a first direction; a second head having a second nozzle, from which a liquid is to be discharged, on a second nozzle face oriented in a second direction different from the first direction; a head holder holding the first head and the second head; a first sealer configured to contact and seal the first nozzle face; a second sealer configured to contact and seal the second nozzle face; a first cleaner configured to clean the first nozzle face in a state where the first sealer has contacted and sealed the first nozzle face; and a second cleaner configured to clean the second nozzle face in a state where the second sealer has contacted and sealed the second nozzle face.
B41J 2/505 - Typewriters or selective printing mechanisms characterised by the printing or marking process for which they are designed characterised by the process of building-up characters applicable to two or more kinds of printing or marking processes from an assembly of identical printing elements
B41J 3/54 - Typewriters or selective printing or marking mechanisms characterised by the purpose for which they are constructed with two or more sets of type or printing elements
B41J 2/165 - Prevention of nozzle clogging, e.g. cleaning, capping or moistening for nozzles
B05B 1/00 - Nozzles, spray heads or other outlets, with or without auxiliary devices such as valves, heating means
A liquid discharge system includes: a head (300) including: a nozzle (302) from which a liquid is to be discharged; a liquid chamber (311) communicating with the nozzle through a communication port; a nozzle face (301) on which the nozzle is formed; and a valve (304) configured to open or close the communication port; and a cleaner (708) including a cleaning nozzle (201) to supply a cleaning liquid to the nozzle face, wherein the cleaner supplies the cleaning liquid from the cleaning nozzle to the nozzle face in a state where the valve has closed the communication port.
A liquid discharge apparatus includes a plurality of liquid discharge nozzles (102), a housing (110), and a support. The plurality of liquid discharge nozzles discharges liquid. The housing includes the plurality of liquid discharge nozzles and an opening array face in which a plurality of nozzle rows are arranged. A plurality of nozzle openings of the plurality of liquid discharge nozzles are arranged in the plurality of nozzle rows. The support supports the housing, to fix the housing in a cleaning posture that is a fixed posture of the housing when the opening array face is cleaned. The opening array face has the plurality of nozzle openings at positions where the plurality of nozzle openings do not overlap each other in a gravity direction of the housing when the housing is fixed in the cleaning posture.
B41J 2/165 - Prevention of nozzle clogging, e.g. cleaning, capping or moistening for nozzles
B41J 3/407 - Typewriters or selective printing or marking mechanisms characterised by the purpose for which they are constructed for marking on special material
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NUCLEIC ACID PROCESSING EFFICIENCY CALCULATION METHOD, NUCLEIC ACID QUANTITATIVE VALUE CORRECTION METHOD USING SAME, AND TARGET RNA MEASUREMENT DEVICE
The purpose of the present invention is to obtain a more accurate quantitative value of a target nucleic acid that is present in a sample. The quantitative value is corrected at a processing efficiency in various processes until the target nucleic acid in the sample is quantified, and it is thus possible to obtain a highly-precise quantitative value where a correction has been made for a portion of the target nucleic acid that has been lost in various processing stages.
C12Q 1/70 - Measuring or testing processes involving enzymes, nucleic acids or microorganisms; Compositions therefor; Processes of preparing such compositions involving virus or bacteriophage
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ELECTROMAGNETIC-WAVE ABSORBER AND REFLECTOR, PLANAR ANTENNA, AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING ELECTROMAGNETIC-WAVE ABSORBER AND REFLECTOR
] An electromagnetic-wave absorber and reflector (10, 20, 30, 40, 50) includes a base material (11, 21, 31, 41, 51), and a plurality of unit patterns (15, 25, 35, 45, 55) made of conductive material disposed at even intervals on a surface of the base material (11, 21, 31, 41, 51). In the electromagnetic-wave absorber and reflector (10, 20, 30, 40, 50), a portion of each of the plurality of unit patterns (15, 25, 35, 45, 55) overlaps with a portion of adjacent one of the plurality of unit patterns (15, 25, 35, 45, 55) in a stacking direction of the base material (11, 21, 31, 41, 51), and the portion of each of the plurality of unit patterns (15, 25, 35, 45, 55) and the portion of adjacent one of the plurality of unit patterns (15, 25, 35, 45, 55) have a dielectric layer (13) interposed in between.
An image forming apparatus includes a fixing device, a power supply, and a transfer device. The fixing device includes a fixing belt grounded via a protective resistor, a heater contacting the fixing belt, and a pressure rotator grounded and facing the fixing belt to form a nip. The power supply applies an alternating current voltage to the heater. The transfer device includes a transferor grounded and an opposed rotator facing the transferor to form a nip. The transferor has a transfer resistance Rt satisfying a following expression, (I) where Rf is a resistance value of the protective resistor, Rp is a resistance value of a recording medium, jXs is an impedance of the fixing belt, and jXh is an impedance of the heater.
G03G 15/16 - Apparatus for electrographic processes using a charge pattern for transferring a pattern to a second base of a toner pattern, e.g. a powder pattern
G03G 15/20 - Apparatus for electrographic processes using a charge pattern for fixing, e.g. by using heat
G03G 15/00 - Apparatus for electrographic processes using a charge pattern
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PHOTOELECTRIC CONVERSION ELEMENT, PHOTOELECTRIC CONVERSION MODULE, ELECTRONIC DEVICE, AND SOLAR CELL MODULE
H10K 30/40 - Organic devices sensitive to infrared radiation, light, electromagnetic radiation of shorter wavelength or corpuscular radiation comprising a p-i-n structure, e.g. having a perovskite absorber between p-type and n-type charge transport layers
INCLINATION DETECTOR, LINE-OF-SIGHT DETECTOR, HEAD-MOUNTED DISPLAY, RETINAL PROJECTION DISPLAY, EYE TEST DEVICE, USER STATE ESTIMATION DEVICE, AND DRIVING SUPPORT SYSTEM
An inclination detector includes: a first support including: a first surface; and a second surface opposite to the first surface; a light source on the first surface, the light source to emit a light beam; a light guide to guide the light beam emitted from the light source; a light exit portion to emit the light beam, guided through the light guide, from the first surface toward the second surface; and a first light receiver on the second surface of the first support, the first light receiver to receive the light beam emitted from the light exit portion and reflected from a three-dimensional object and output a first reception signal.
A method of forming an electromagnetic-wave shield includes forming a conductive layer and forming an insulating layer. The forming the conductive layer forms a conductive layer having a plurality of openings onto an upper face and a side face of a surface of an object. The forming the insulating layer forms an insulating layer that is continuous from a surface of the conductive layer to the surface of the object through the plurality of openings and adheres to the surface of the object.
H05K 9/00 - Screening of apparatus or components against electric or magnetic fields
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METHOD OF MANUFACTURING LAMINATE FOR BATTERY, APPARATUS FOR MANUFACTURING LAMINATE FOR BATTERY, METHOD OF MANUFACTURING MEMBER FOR BATTERY, AND APPARATUS FOR MANUFACTURING MEMBER FOR BATTERY
A method of manufacturing a laminate for a battery is provided that includes forming an insulating layer by applying a liquid composition onto a first electrode, and placing a second electrode on the first electrode formed with the insulating layer. The forming and the placing are implemented by a conveyance series.
A recommendation management apparatus includes: management means configured to manage a user device associated with customer identification information for identifying a customer and a user associated with the customer identification information; first acquisition means configured to acquire use history information relating to a use history of the user device; second acquisition means configured to acquire transaction history information relating to a transaction history of the user; and specification means configured to specify an introduction object based on the use history information, the transaction history information, and a recommendation condition for recommending an introduction object to the customer.
A surface emitting laser includes: a first reflector; a second reflector; a resonator between the first reflector and the second reflector, the resonator including an active layer; and a conductive layer. The resonator further includes: a first layer including a first p-type semiconductor layer having a first band gap, the first layer having a first face contacting the conductive layer and a second face opposite to the first face; and a second layer including a second p-type semiconductor layer having a second band gap larger than the first band gap, the second layer between the first layer and the active layer. The second p-type semiconductor layer contacts the second face of the first layer. The conductive layer contacts at least a part of the first face of the first layer and an interface between the first layer and the second layer.
H01S 5/183 - Surface-emitting [SE] lasers, e.g. having both horizontal and vertical cavities having only vertical cavities, e.g. vertical cavity surface-emitting lasers [VCSEL]
H01S 5/32 - Structure or shape of the active region; Materials used for the active region comprising PN junctions, e.g. hetero- or double- hetero-structures
H01S 5/343 - Structure or shape of the active region; Materials used for the active region comprising quantum well or superlattice structures, e.g. single quantum well [SQW] lasers, multiple quantum well [MQW] lasers or graded index separate confinement heterostructure [GRINSCH] lasers in AIIIBV compounds, e.g. AlGaAs-laser
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LIQUID DISCHARGE HEAD, LIQUID DISCHARGE APPARATUS, METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING LIQUID DISCHARGE HEAD
A liquid discharge head includes: a nozzle configured to discharge a liquid; a substrate including a pressure chamber communicating with the nozzle; and an electromechanical conversion element, the liquid discharge head configured to drive the electromechanical conversion element to pressurize ink in the pressure chamber and discharge the liquid from the nozzle, the liquid discharge head provided with a surface layer having lyophilicity with respect to the liquid on inner peripheral surfaces of the nozzle and the pressure chamber.
A surface-emitting laser device includes: a first reflector; a second reflector; and a resonator region between the first reflector and the second reflector. The resonator region includes: multiple active layers each having first crystal strain in one of a compression direction and a tension direction; a tunnel junction layer between the multiple active layers; and a strain relaxation layer having second crystal strain in another of the compression direction and the tension direction opposite to the first crystal strain of the multiple active layers.
H01S 5/183 - Surface-emitting [SE] lasers, e.g. having both horizontal and vertical cavities having only vertical cavities, e.g. vertical cavity surface-emitting lasers [VCSEL]
H01S 5/30 - Structure or shape of the active region; Materials used for the active region
H01S 5/34 - Structure or shape of the active region; Materials used for the active region comprising quantum well or superlattice structures, e.g. single quantum well [SQW] lasers, multiple quantum well [MQW] lasers or graded index separate confinement heterostructure [GRINSCH] lasers
H01S 5/343 - Structure or shape of the active region; Materials used for the active region comprising quantum well or superlattice structures, e.g. single quantum well [SQW] lasers, multiple quantum well [MQW] lasers or graded index separate confinement heterostructure [GRINSCH] lasers in AIIIBV compounds, e.g. AlGaAs-laser
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POSITIONING ADJUSTING MECHANISM AND POSITIONING ADJUSTING SYSTEM
A positioning adjusting mechanism for a traveling device, includes: a main body; a pair of traveling bodies on respective sides of the main body and configured to be driven in contact with a surface on which the traveling device travels; a first contact member configured to come into contact with side portions of the pair of traveling bodies while the traveling device approaches a predetermined stop position; and a second contact member configured to come into contact with front portions of the pair of traveling bodies in response to the traveling device reaching the stop position.
An information processing apparatus includes a display control unit and an operation reception unit. The display control unit controls a display to display visible information representing detected information. The detected information is obtained by detecting a physical quantity that changes with an operation of a subject. The operation reception unit receives an operation of instructing storing, in a memory, the detected information and identification information identifying the detected information in association with each other. The display control unit controls the display to display, in addition to the visible information, numerical information representing a value obtained by measuring the detected information.
A fixing device includes a rotator, a pressure rotator, a heater, a conductor, and a resistor. The rotator includes a conductive layer. The pressure rotator presses the rotator to form a fixing nip between the rotator and the pressure rotator. The heater is in contact with an inner surface of the rotator to heat the rotator. The conductor is in contact with the conductive layer of the rotator and has a resistance value larger than 100 kΩ. The resistor has one end electrically coupled in series to the conductor and another end grounded via an image forming apparatus.
A heating device includes a rotator, a pressure rotator, a heater, a holder, and lubricant. The heater inside the rotator forms a sliding nip between the rotator and the heater. The heater includes a resistive heat generator inside the sliding nip. The lubricant is applied to the inner surface of the rotator and a sliding surface of the heater. The lubricant is held in a lubricant holding region outside the sliding nip and between the rotator and the heater. An application quantity P of the lubricant satisfies the following. A × X1 × B × C ≤ P ≤ D × C where A is a height of irregularities on the inner surface of the rotator, X1 is a longitudinal length of the rotator, B is a circumferential length of the rotator, C is a specific weight of the lubricant, and D is a volume of the lubricant holding region.
A drive controller includes: circuitry configured to: drive a liquid discharge head, including a discharge port and a valve to open and close the discharge port, to discharge a liquid from the discharge port, generate a drive pulse to drive the valve to open and close the discharge port; and the drive pulse including: a first drive pulse to hold the valve at a first displacement amount for a first holding time; and a second drive pulse to hold the valve at a second displacement amount for a second holding time, wherein the second holding time is shorter than the first holding time, and a second average value of the second displace amount is larger than a first average value of the first displace amount.
B41J 2/045 - Ink jet characterised by the jet generation process generating single droplets or particles on demand by pressure, e.g. electromechanical transducers
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LIQUID DISCHARGE HEAD, HEAD UNIT, AND LIQUID DISCHARGE APPARATUS
A liquid discharge head includes a nozzle plate, a liquid chamber, multiple liquid supply channel, a valve, a piezoelectric body, and circuitry. The nozzle plate has a nozzle from which a liquid is discharged. The liquid chamber communicates with the nozzle. The multiple liquid supply channels communicate with the liquid chamber and supply the liquid to the liquid chamber from different directions, respectively. The valve opens and closes the nozzle. The piezoelectric body moves the valve to open and close the nozzle. The circuitry drives the piezoelectric body to move the valve toward the nozzle to discharge the liquid from the nozzle.
B41J 2/045 - Ink jet characterised by the jet generation process generating single droplets or particles on demand by pressure, e.g. electromechanical transducers
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LIQUID DISCHARGE HEAD AND LIQUID DISCHARGE APPARATUS
A liquid discharge head includes: an array of multiple discharge openings from each of which a liquid is to be discharged onto a recording medium moved relative to the liquid discharge head in a relative movement direction; a liquid channel communicating with each of the multiple discharge openings; and a supply opening configured to supply liquid to the liquid channel, wherein two or more discharge openings of the multiple discharge openings in the array are adjacent to each other in an orthogonal direction orthogonal to the relative movement direction, the array is arrayed in an array direction tilted with respect to the orthogonal direction.
An enclosing device that inserts an enclosure into an envelope includes an envelope conveyance passage, a first conveyor, a second conveyor, a conveyance guide, and a flap opener. The envelope is conveyed in the envelope conveyance passage. The first conveyor conveys the envelope in the envelope conveyance passage. The second conveyor is positioned downstream from the first conveyor in a conveyance direction of the envelope in the envelope conveyance passage. The conveyance guide is positioned between the first conveyor and the second conveyor in the envelope conveyance passage. The flap opener opens a flap of the envelope. At least one of a part of the conveyance guide or one end of the flap opener is positioned to straddle the envelope conveyance passage.
G03G 15/00 - Apparatus for electrographic processes using a charge pattern
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ELECTRODE PRODUCTION APPARATUS, STACK SEPARATOR PRODUCTION APPARATUS, LIQUID APPLICATION APPARATUS, ELECTRODE PRODUCTION METHOD, STACK SEPARATOR PRODUCTION METHOD, AND LIQUID APPLICATION METHOD
An electrode production apparatus is provided including an application part and a suction conveying part. The application part is configured to apply a liquid composition to an electrode element being conveyed in a conveying direction, to form a function layer. The suction conveying part is configured to convey the electrode element while sucking the electrode element in a direction opposite to the application part. The electrode element is a thin film.
The present invention relates to a thermosensitive recording medium comprising at least: - a synthetic resin film support layer; - a thermosensitive colouring layer which contains a leuco dye and a developer; - one or more protective layers which is/are laid down on the thermosensitive colouring layer, on the opposite side with respect to the synthetic resin film support layer; - one barrier backing layer which is laid down on the synthetic resin film support layer, on the opposite side with respect to the thermosensitive colouring layer, wherein the barrier backing layer contains a polyvinyl alcohol characterized by a degree of saponification of at least 70%.
A sheet separation device includes a sheet separation unit, a displacement detector, a displacement adjuster, and a controller. The sheet separation unit performs a sheet separating operation and a sheet inserting operation. The displacement detector detects a displacement amount of the two-ply sheet when the two-ply sheet is displaced in a width direction of the two-ply sheet and detects a displacement amount of the inner sheet. The displacement adjuster adjusts the displacement of the two-ply sheet in the width direction before the sheet separating operation, based on the displacement amount of the two-ply sheet in the width direction detected by the displacement detector. The controller causes the displacement adjuster to adjust relative positions of the two-ply sheet and the inner sheet between the sheet separating operation and the sheet inserting operation, based on the displacement amount of the inner sheet in the width direction detected by the displacement detector.
B32B 37/14 - Methods or apparatus for laminating, e.g. by curing or by ultrasonic bonding characterised by the properties of the layers
B32B 37/18 - Methods or apparatus for laminating, e.g. by curing or by ultrasonic bonding characterised by the properties of the layers with all layers existing as coherent layers before laminating involving the assembly of discrete sheets or panels only
B65H 5/30 - Opening devices for folded sheets or signatures
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MEDIUM PROCESSING APPARATUS AND IMAGE FORMING SYSTEM
A medium processing apparatus includes a liquid applier, a crimper, and a controller. The liquid applier includes a liquid application member to apply liquid to a part of a medium. The crimper presses and deforms a bundle of media including the medium to which the liquid is applied by the liquid applier, to bind the bundle of media. The controller causes the liquid application member to move with respect to the medium, based on height information of the medium, so that an amount of the liquid applied to the medium by the liquid application member is equal to a designated amount.
B65H 37/04 - Article or web delivery apparatus incorporating devices for performing specified auxiliary operations for securing together articles or webs, e.g. by adhesive, stitching, or stapling
G03G 15/00 - Apparatus for electrographic processes using a charge pattern
H04N 1/00 - PICTORIAL COMMUNICATION, e.g. TELEVISION - Details thereof
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BELT DEVICE, FIXING DEVICE, AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS
A belt device includes a rotatable belt, a pressure rotator opposite to the belt, a nip formation pad, a belt guide, a member, and lubricant. The nip formation pad is disposed inside a loop of the belt to form a nip between the belt and the pressure rotator. The belt guide is disposed on an inner circumferential surface of the belt. The member comes into contact with an end of the belt guide in a width direction of the belt. The lubricant is applied between the inner circumferential surface of the belt and the nip formation pad. A difference between a solubility parameter of the lubricant and a solubility parameter of the belt guide is 0.5 MPa0.5 or more.
Provided is a recording body including a support body and a concealing layer containing a fusible substance and a binder, in which the fusible substance is a wax having a branched structure containing an aromatic ring.
B41M 5/36 - Thermography using a polymeric layer, which may be particulate and which is deformed or structurally changed with modification of its properties, e.g. of its optical, hydrophobic-hydrophilic, solubility or permeability properties
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SURFACE EMITTING LASER, LASER DEVICE, DETECTION DEVICE, AND MOBILE OBJECT
A surface emitting laser includes: multiple active layers; a resonator including a tunnel junction between the multiple active layers; multiple reflectors sandwiching the resonator between the multiple reflectors; and an electrode pair connected to a power supply device through which a current is injected into the multiple active layers. The surface emitting laser does not oscillate a laser beam during a current injection period in which the power supply device injects the current into the multiple active layers through the electrode pair; and oscillates the laser beam during a current decrease period after the current injection period. The current injected into the multiple active layers during the current decrease period is lower than the current injected into the multiple active layers during the current injection period.
H01S 5/30 - Structure or shape of the active region; Materials used for the active region
H01S 5/183 - Surface-emitting [SE] lasers, e.g. having both horizontal and vertical cavities having only vertical cavities, e.g. vertical cavity surface-emitting lasers [VCSEL]
H01S 5/062 - Arrangements for controlling the laser output parameters, e.g. by operating on the active medium by varying the potential of the electrodes
H01S 5/06 - Arrangements for controlling the laser output parameters, e.g. by operating on the active medium
49.
FIXING DEVICE AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS INCORPORATING SAME
A fixing device includes a rotator (20, 120), an opposed rotator (21, 93), a heater (22), a housing (40), a resistor (42), a separator (41), and a biasing member (44). The opposed rotator is opposite the rotator. The heater includes a resistive heat generator (31). The heater is in direct contact with the inner circumferential surface of the rotator or in contact with the inner circumferential surface of the rotator via a conductive member (28, 36) to heat the rotator. The housing is conductive and grounded. The resistor is in the housing. The separator is conductive and is in contact with the rotator. The separator is assembled into the housing via the resistor. The biasing member biases the separator against the rotator. The biasing member is assembled into the housing via the resistor.
An image forming apparatus (100) includes a conveyor (71, 72), a conveyance passage ( 91, 92, 93, 96), and a controller (500). The conveyor rotates in a forward direction to convey powder in a supply mode in which the conveyor supplies the powder from a supply source to a supply destination. The conveyor is disposed in the conveyance passage. The controller executes a reverse rotation mode to rotate the conveyor in a reverse direction before execution of the supply mode.
A liquid discharge head includes: a discharge port, from which a liquid is to be discharged; and an openably closing valve configured to move in a moving direction toward the discharge port to openably close the discharge port, the openably closing valve including a core, wherein the core has a core end at one end of the core opposing the discharge port, the core end has: a concave in the core end, the concave recessed in a direction opposite to the discharge port; and an elastic member covering the concave and an outer side face of the core end continuously.
A displacement measurement apparatus includes: a light emitter to emit coherent light to an object; a light position detector to detect an instantaneous intensity variation of an interference image of the object; and an interference imaging forming unit disposed between the object and the light position detector along an optical path of reflection light reflected from the object. The interference imaging forming unit forms the interference image with the reflection light reflected from the object and magnifies a point spread function of an optical system to magnify a size of a speckle particle of the interference image.
A liquid discharge module includes a valve body configured to openably close a nozzle; a driving body configured to expand and contract in a longitudinal direction of the driving body; a holding body holding the driving body and supporting the valve body at one end of the holding body in the longitudinal direction; a housing having a cylindrical shape and accommodating the holding body; a fixing member contacting against another end of the holding body in the longitudinal direction and including a slotted groove having a gap extending in the longitudinal direction, the fixing member fixed to the housing; and an expansion member configured to widen the gap of the slotted groove to fix an outer peripheral face of the fixing member to an inner peripheral face of the housing.
An inclination detector includes: multiple light emitters configured to emit multiple beams to an object; a photosensor having a light-receiving surface; and an output unit. The photosensor is configured to receive the multiple beams reflected from the object on the light-receiving surface and output an electrical signal based on light intensity of the multiple beams received on the light-receiving surface. The output unit configured to output a result of detection of a degree of inclination of the object based on the electrical signal output from the photosensor. The photosensor is disposed at a position at which the light intensity of the multiple beams that are emitted from the multiple light emitters, reflected at the object, and received at the photosensor changes according to the degree of inclination of the object.
An extended operation unit attachable to an attachment face of an operation unit of an apparatus body in an attachment direction perpendicular to the attachment face includes a pair of projecting portions and a grip portion disposed between the pair of projecting portions. The pair of projecting portions is engageable with a pair of positioning holes of the attachment face of the operation unit. The grip portion extends in the attachment direction beyond end portions of the pair of projecting portions. The grip portion sandwiches and grips, from front and back in the attachment direction, a gripped portion disposed inside the operation unit.
A liquid composition including a solvent, an inorganic solid electrolyte, and a dispersant is provided. A solid concentration of the inorganic solid electrolyte in the liquid composition is 20% by mass or higher. The dispersant is soluble in the solvent. A relative permittivity of the solvent at 25℃ is 6.0 or lower.
A medium processing apparatus includes a conveying unit (10-19), a liquid applier (31), a crimper (32), a liquid-applier pivot mechanism (52) and a crimper pivot mechanism (54). The conveying unit conveys a medium in a conveyance direction. The liquid applier applies liquid to the medium (P) conveyed by the conveying unit (10-19). The crimper (32) presses and deforms a plurality of media including the medium (P) to which the liquid is applied by the liquid applier (31), to bind the plurality of media. The liquid-applier pivot mechanism (52) pivots the liquid applier about a pivot extending in a thickness direction of the medium. The crimper pivot mechanism (54) pivots the crimper about another pivot extending in the thickness direction of the medium.
B65H 37/04 - Article or web delivery apparatus incorporating devices for performing specified auxiliary operations for securing together articles or webs, e.g. by adhesive, stitching, or stapling
B31F 1/36 - Moistening and heating webs to facilitate mechanical deformation and drying deformed webs
B42B 5/00 - Permanently attaching together sheets, quires, or signatures otherwise than by stitching
G03G 15/00 - Apparatus for electrographic processes using a charge pattern
H04N 1/00 - PICTORIAL COMMUNICATION, e.g. TELEVISION - Details thereof
B31F 5/02 - Attaching together sheets, strips or webs; Reinforcing edges by crimpling or slotting
59.
REBOOTING SYSTEM, REBOOTING METHOD, AND RECORDING MEDIUM
A rebooting system includes: a processing apparatus configured to perform processing; and an operation panel configured to receive an operation on the processing apparatus. The processing apparatus includes first power supply control circuitry that controls power supply in the processing apparatus, a timer, first circuitry including a first kernel, and a first communication interface that communicates a signal with the operation panel. The operation panel includes second power supply control circuitry that controls power supply in the operation panel, and a second communication interface that communicates a signal with the processing apparatus. In response to receipt of a signal indicating a communication error between the operation panel and the processing apparatus, the first power supply control circuitry starts the timer and notifies the first kernel of the communication error. The first kernel requests the timer to extend a time, based on a time to be taken for processing performed by the processing apparatus. In response to receipt of a signal indicating power-off from the second power supply control circuitry, the first power supply control circuitry powers off the processing apparatus to start rebooting.
G06F 11/14 - Error detection or correction of the data by redundancy in operation, e.g. by using different operation sequences leading to the same result
G06F 11/07 - Responding to the occurrence of a fault, e.g. fault tolerance
A liquid discharge apparatus includes discharge nozzles, a carriage, a conveyor, and a controller. The discharge nozzles discharge liquid. The carriage holds the discharge nozzles. The conveyor conveys the carriage. The controller controls drawing of an object to be drawn, using the discharge nozzles. The controller draws an outer edge portion of the object using one discharge nozzle of the discharge nozzles in an outer-edge-portion drawing process, and draws a portion inside the outer edge portion of the object using another discharge nozzle of the discharge nozzles in an internal drawing process, the one discharge nozzle and said another discharge nozzle being different in characteristic.
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G06K 15/02 - Arrangements for producing a permanent visual presentation of the output data using printers
61.
MEDIUM PROCESSING APPARATUS AND IMAGE FORMING SYSTEM INCORPORATING SAME
A medium processing apparatus includes a conveying unit, a liquid applier, and a crimper. The conveying unit conveys a medium in a conveyance direction. The liquid applier applies liquid to the medium conveyed by the conveying unit. The liquid applier includes a presser and a liquid application member. The presser presses the medium. The liquid application member contacts and is separated from the medium while the presser presses the medium. The crimper presses and deforms a plurality of media including the medium to which the liquid is applied by the liquid applier, to crimp and bind the plurality of media.
B65H 37/04 - Article or web delivery apparatus incorporating devices for performing specified auxiliary operations for securing together articles or webs, e.g. by adhesive, stitching, or stapling
B31F 1/36 - Moistening and heating webs to facilitate mechanical deformation and drying deformed webs
B42B 5/00 - Permanently attaching together sheets, quires, or signatures otherwise than by stitching
G03G 15/00 - Apparatus for electrographic processes using a charge pattern
H04N 1/00 - PICTORIAL COMMUNICATION, e.g. TELEVISION - Details thereof
B31F 5/02 - Attaching together sheets, strips or webs; Reinforcing edges by crimpling or slotting
62.
DEVICE, INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, AND COMMUNICATION SYSTEM
A device for communicating, via a network, with at least one information processing apparatus that provides an application to the device, including: a communication unit configured to transmit, to the information processing apparatus, a request for information on an application installable onto the device or an application to be uninstalled from the device; and an installation control unit configured to perform at least one of a process of installing the application onto the device or a process of uninstalling the application from the device, in accordance with the information, on the application installable onto the device or the application to be uninstalled from the device, received from the information processing apparatus. The information processing apparatus, and a system including the device and the information processing apparatus are also provided.
A photoelectric conversion device includes a photoelectric conversion layer, and an electron transport layer. The electron transport layer includes metal oxide particles. In response to performing an X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy (XPS) analysis on the electron transport layer, two peaks representing 1s orbitals of oxygen atoms are detected. A formula Y/(X+Y)≧0.5 is satisfied, where a peak area of a peak on a low-energy side among the two peaks is X and a peak area of a peak on a high-energy side among the two peaks is Y.
H01L 51/42 - Solid state devices using organic materials as the active part, or using a combination of organic materials with other materials as the active part; Processes or apparatus specially adapted for the manufacture or treatment of such devices, or of parts thereof specially adapted either for the conversion of the energy of such radiation into electrical energy or for the control of electrical energy by such radiation
H01L 51/50 - Solid state devices using organic materials as the active part, or using a combination of organic materials with other materials as the active part; Processes or apparatus specially adapted for the manufacture or treatment of such devices, or of parts thereof specially adapted for light emission, e.g. organic light emitting diodes (OLED) or polymer light emitting devices (PLED)
64.
FOAMED POLYLACTIC ACID SHEET, AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING FOAMED POLYLACTIC ACID SHEET
A foamed polylactic acid sheet is provided which comprises a polylactic acid resin, and oligomers and monomers having molecular weights of 3,000 or less in a total amount of 1,000 ppm or less.
A powder contains a metal oxide, wherein the powder satisfies the following conditions (1) and (2): (1) the powder has peaks of a particle size in a range of from 0.1 to less than 5 μm and a range of from 5 to less than 50 μm in a frequency distribution curve based on a volume-based particle size distribution obtained by a laser diffraction method; and (2) a difference between a tap density and an initial bulk density satisfies the following Relationship: 0.88 g/cm3≤(tap density - initial bulk density) ≤ 0.94 g/cm3 Relationship.
B05D 7/04 - Processes, other than flocking, specially adapted for applying liquids or other fluent materials to particular surfaces or for applying particular liquids or other fluent materials to macromolecular substances, e.g. rubber to surfaces of films or sheets
B05D 7/00 - Processes, other than flocking, specially adapted for applying liquids or other fluent materials to particular surfaces or for applying particular liquids or other fluent materials
A liquid discharge apparatus includes a liquid chamber including a discharge orifice; a supplying unit configured to supply a pressurized liquid to the liquid chamber; a first valve member provided in the liquid chamber and including a valve portion configured to open and close the discharge orifice; a moving unit configured to move the first valve member; and a stirring mechanism configured to stir the pressurized liquid in the liquid chamber.
B41J 2/045 - Ink jet characterised by the jet generation process generating single droplets or particles on demand by pressure, e.g. electromechanical transducers
B41J 3/407 - Typewriters or selective printing or marking mechanisms characterised by the purpose for which they are constructed for marking on special material
In order to provide a communication support system that can support communication even if information about a participant participating in the communication and information about other participants is not registered in advance, this communication support system includes an acquisition unit that acquires speech spoken by the participant participating in communication and speech spoken by the other participants participating in the communication, and a visualization unit that visualizes the status of the communication on the basis of the speaking time of the participant and the speaking time of the other participants.
An image acquisition apparatus includes: a light emitting unit to emit light to a sealing portion of a package including a light energy absorbing material, the light having a wavelength absorbed by the light absorbing material; a light receiving unit to receive thermal radiation from the sealing portion as thermal information; and a two-dimensional image acquisition unit to acquire the thermal information on the sealing portion as a two-dimensional image through the light receiving unit. The two-dimensional image acquisition unit acquires at least one two-dimensional image at a time t satisfying a condition of 0 < t < T, where 0 is a time when the light emitting unit emits the light to one side of the sealing portion and T is a time when surface temperature of the other side of sealing portion reaches peak temperature.
An inspection apparatus includes: a light emitting unit to emit light to a sealing portion of a package including a light energy absorbing material, the light having a wavelength absorbed by the light energy absorbing material; a light receiving unit to receive thermal radiation from the sealing portion as thermal information; and a two-dimensional image acquisition unit to acquire the thermal information on the sealing portion as a two-dimensional image through the light receiving unit. The light receiving unit is arranged not to directly receive the light emitted from the light emitting unit and passed through the sealing portion and the light emitted from the light emitting unit and reflected by the sealing portion.
A head driving device is coupled to a head unit to discharge a liquid from a nozzle. The head driving device includes a voltage application unit and circuitry. The voltage application unit applies a voltage to the head unit including a valve that moves between a nozzle open position to open the nozzle and a nozzle close position to close the nozzle, an actuator that moves the valve, and a temperature detector that detects a temperature of the actuator. The circuitry causes the voltage application unit to: apply a first voltage to the actuator to move the valve to the nozzle close position; apply a second voltage different from the first voltage to the actuator to move the valve to the nozzle open position; and vary the second voltage based on the temperature detected by the temperature detector.
B41J 2/045 - Ink jet characterised by the jet generation process generating single droplets or particles on demand by pressure, e.g. electromechanical transducers
B05B 12/08 - Arrangements for controlling delivery; Arrangements for controlling the spray area responsive to condition of liquid or other fluent material discharged, of ambient medium or of target
71.
DEVELOPER SUPPLY DEVICE AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS
A developer supply device for supplying developer contained in a developer container toward a developing device in an apparatus body of an image forming apparatus includes a conveyance passage, a developer receiving portion, a sub-hopper, and a conveying tube. The conveyance passage delivers the developer discharged from the developer container. The developer receiving portion is detachable and attachable with respect to the developer container. The sub-hopper is detachable and attachable with respect to the developing device and stores the developer discharged toward the developing device. The flexible conveying tube has a first end portion coupled to the developer receiving portion and a second end portion coupled to the sub-hopper, and conveys the developer from the developer receiving portion to the sub-hopper. The developer supply device is detachable from and attachable to the apparatus body with a connection among the developer receiving portion, the sub-hopper, and the conveying tube being maintained.
A surface emitting includes: an active layer; multiple reflectors facing each other with the active layer therebetween; and an electrode pair coupled to a power supply device and configured to inject current into the active layer. The surface emitting laser has: a current injection period in which the current is injected by the power supply device to oscillate no laser beam; and a current decrease period after the current injection period, in which a current value of the current injected into the active layer is lower than a current value of the current injected during the current injection period, to oscillate a laser beam.
H01S 5/062 - Arrangements for controlling the laser output parameters, e.g. by operating on the active medium by varying the potential of the electrodes
H01S 5/183 - Surface-emitting [SE] lasers, e.g. having both horizontal and vertical cavities having only vertical cavities, e.g. vertical cavity surface-emitting lasers [VCSEL]
G01S 17/48 - Active triangulation systems, i.e. using the transmission and reflection of electromagnetic waves other than radio waves
An image forming apparatus includes an image bearer, a transfer member, a cleaning member, and a control unit. The transfer member contacts the image bearer to form a transfer nip and transfer a toner image on the image bearer to a recording medium at the transfer nip. The cleaning member cleans a surface of the image bearer. The control unit executes a cleaning operation of moving an extraneous matter adhering to the transfer member to the image bearer to clean the transfer member. The control unit executes the cleaning operation after a toner image pattern that is not transferred to the recording medium passes through the transfer nip and before the recording medium enters the transfer nip.
G03G 15/16 - Apparatus for electrographic processes using a charge pattern for transferring a pattern to a second base of a toner pattern, e.g. a powder pattern
G03G 15/00 - Apparatus for electrographic processes using a charge pattern
74.
SURFACE EMITTING LASER, LASER DEVICE, DETECTION DEVICE, MOBILE OBJECT, AND SURFACE EMITTING LASER DRIVING METHOD
A surface emitting laser includes: an active layer; multiple reflectors with the active layer therebetween; a multi-quantum well structure including multiple semiconductor layers; a first electrode pair connected to a first power supply device to inject a current into the active layer; and a second electrode pair connected to a second power supply device to apply an electric field to the multiple-quantum well structure. The surface emitting laser has: a current injection period; a current decrease period after the current injection period; an electric-field application period to apply an electric field to the multi -quantum well structure; and an electric-field decrease period after the electric-field application period. At least part of the current injection period is included in a part of the electric-field application period. The surface emitting laser does not oscillate a laser beam during the electric-field application period and oscillates a laser beam during the electric-field decrease period.
H01S 5/183 - Surface-emitting [SE] lasers, e.g. having both horizontal and vertical cavities having only vertical cavities, e.g. vertical cavity surface-emitting lasers [VCSEL]
H01S 5/062 - Arrangements for controlling the laser output parameters, e.g. by operating on the active medium by varying the potential of the electrodes
A fabrication method includes discharging a colored ink that is active energy ray curable by an inkjet method to make a droplet (D1) of the colored ink land in a first landing region, irradiating the colored ink with active energy rays to cure the colored ink, discharging a base ink that is active energy ray curable by the inkjet method to make a droplet (D2) of the base ink land in a second landing region larger than the first landing region, and irradiating the base ink with the active energy rays to cure the base ink. The fabrication method further includes repeating the discharging the colored ink and the irradiating the colored ink, and repeating the discharging the base ink and the irradiating the base ink, to laminate multiple layers of the colored ink and the base ink to fabricate a colored three-dimensional object.
B29C 64/112 - Processes of additive manufacturing using only liquids or viscous materials, e.g. depositing a continuous bead of viscous material using individual droplets, e.g. from jetting heads
B29C 64/236 - Driving means for motion in a direction within the plane of a layer
B29C 64/291 - Arrangements for irradiation for operating globally, e.g. together with selectively applied activators or inhibitors
B29C 64/393 - Data acquisition or data processing for additive manufacturing for controlling or regulating additive manufacturing processes
B33Y 30/00 - ADDITIVE MANUFACTURING, i.e. MANUFACTURING OF THREE-DIMENSIONAL [3D] OBJECTS BY ADDITIVE DEPOSITION, ADDITIVE AGGLOMERATION OR ADDITIVE LAYERING, e.g. BY 3D PRINTING, STEREOLITHOGRAPHY OR SELECTIVE LASER SINTERING - Details thereof or accessories therefor
B33Y 50/02 - Data acquisition or data processing for additive manufacturing for controlling or regulating additive manufacturing processes
76.
LIQUID DISCHARGE HEAD AND LIQUID DISCHARGE APPARATUS
A liquid discharge head (300) includes a nozzle member (301) having a nozzle (302), a valve (331) that opens and closes the nozzle, an actuator (332), an elastic member (333) holding the actuator, and a damper (334) between the elastic member and the actuator. The elastic member is elastically deformable in response to driving of the actuator to transmit a driving force of the actuator to the valve.
A cell culture method including a step for placing a culture medium and cells in a cell culture container and performing the adherent culture of the cells on a coat layer layered on the surface of the cell culture container, in which the coat layer comprises a layer (i) including a layer (i-1) containing gelatin or casein and a layer (i-2) containing a polycationic material and a layer (ii) layered on the layer (i) and containing a cell adhesion factor, the layer (ii) is arranged at a position at which the layer (ii) comes into contact with the cells or alternatively the coat layer includes the layer (i) and the layer (i) is arranged at a position at which the layer (i) comes into contact with the cells, and the culture medium contains a cell adhesion factor.
C12M 1/00 - Apparatus for enzymology or microbiology
C12N 1/00 - Microorganisms, e.g. protozoa; Compositions thereof; Processes of propagating, maintaining or preserving microorganisms or compositions thereof; Processes of preparing or isolating a composition containing a microorganism; Culture media therefor
78.
PHOTOELECTRIC CONVERSION ELEMENT AND SOLAR CELL MODULE
H01L 27/30 - Devices consisting of a plurality of semiconductor or other solid-state components formed in or on a common substrate including components using organic materials as the active part, or using a combination of organic materials with other materials as the active part with components specially adapted for either the conversion of the energy of such radiation into electrical energy or for the control of electrical energy by such radiation
79.
COMMUNICATION APPARATUS, COMMUNICATION METHOD, AND STORAGE MEDIUM
A communication apparatus includes a main system configured to perform first authentication processing and a subsystem configured to perform second authentication processing. The main system includes an authentication control unit configured to control the main system or the subsystem to perform authentication processing for connecting to a network. The main system includes a power saving control unit configured to control the main system to transition to a power saving state from a normal state, in which the main system performs the first authentication processing. The subsystem includes a communication unit configured to transmit and receive data through the network. The subsystem includes an event processing unit configured to, in response to occurrence of a predetermined event relating to connection to the network when the main system is in the power saving state, process the predetermined event without controlling the main system to transition to the normal state.
A power storage system includes a first cell group including a plurality of first cells connected in series. Each of the plurality of first cells is a non-aqueous secondary battery. The power storage system includes a second cell group including a plurality of second cells connected in series. Each of the plurality of second cells is an aqueous secondary battery. One or more cells of the plurality of second cells included in the second cell group are connected in parallel to a corresponding one of the plurality of first cells included in the first cell group.
H01M 4/505 - Selection of substances as active materials, active masses, active liquids of inorganic oxides or hydroxides of manganese of mixed oxides or hydroxides containing manganese for inserting or intercalating light metals, e.g. LiMn2O4 or LiMn2OxFy
H01M 10/0525 - Rocking-chair batteries, i.e. batteries with lithium insertion or intercalation in both electrodes; Lithium-ion batteries
A liquid discharge head includes a nozzle member having a nozzle, a valve to open and close the nozzle, a driver to drive the valve, a diaphragm between the valve and the driver, and a housing. The diaphragm vibrates in response to driving of the driver. The housing holds the nozzle member, the valve, the driver, and the diaphragm. The diaphragm has a thin film portion that is not held by the housing, and the thin film portion is thinner than a portion of the diaphragm held by the housing.
An envelope processing apparatus for enclosing an enclosure in an envelope includes an envelope conveyance path, an enclosure supplier, an envelope supplier, a flap opener, and an envelope stacker. The envelope conveyance path extends in a substantially vertical direction to convey the envelope. The enclosure supplier supplies the enclosure to the envelope via the envelope conveyance path. The envelope supplier supplies the envelope to the envelope conveyance path, The flap opener opens a flap portion of the envelope between the envelope supplier and the envelope conveyance path. The envelope stacker stacks the envelope ejected from the envelope conveyance path.
A heating device includes a planar heater, a heating rotator, a pressure rotator, and one or more charge eliminators. The planar heater includes a base and a resistive heat generator. The heating rotator contacts the heater and includes a conductive layer. The pressure rotator presses the heating rotator and has an outer surface including a conductive material. The one or more charge eliminators contact the conductive layer and the outer surface of the pressure rotator.
(Object) To provide a contact member which prevents a component derived from a liquid composition, from being transferred from a contacted member to a contact member, even in a case where the contact member and the contacted member are used for a long period of time in a manner of being in contact with each other (Means of Achieving the object) A contact member configured to contact a contacted member to which a liquid composition is applied, includes a surface layer (A) configured to contact the contacted member, wherein the surface layer (A) includes a support layer including alumite sulfate, the surface layer (A) has a root mean square height Sq of 1.0 μm or more, and the surface layer (A) has an orthogonal line roughness ratio of 0.7 or more.
Provided is a cleaning blade including an elastic blade having a strip shape, and a supporting member supporting the elastic blade. The cleaning blade is configured to bring a leading end ridgeline portion of the elastic blade into contact with a cleaning target member that is moving, and remove a residual matter from a surface of the cleaning target member. At least a surface layer portion of the elastic blade including the leading end ridgeline portion is formed of a rubber having a hysteresis loss ratio of 15% or less.
An electrochromic element includes: a first electrode; an electrochromic layer on the first electrode; a second electrode; and an electrolyte layer between the electrochromic layer and the second electrode. The electrolyte layer includes a basic compound.
G02F 1/15 - Devices or arrangements for the control of the intensity, colour, phase, polarisation or direction of light arriving from an independent light source, e.g. switching, gating or modulating; Non-linear optics for the control of the intensity, phase, polarisation or colour based on an electrochromic effect
G02F 1/1503 - Devices or arrangements for the control of the intensity, colour, phase, polarisation or direction of light arriving from an independent light source, e.g. switching, gating or modulating; Non-linear optics for the control of the intensity, phase, polarisation or colour based on an electrochromic effect caused by oxidation-reduction reactions in organic liquid solutions, e.g. viologen solutions
G02F 1/1516 - Devices or arrangements for the control of the intensity, colour, phase, polarisation or direction of light arriving from an independent light source, e.g. switching, gating or modulating; Non-linear optics for the control of the intensity, phase, polarisation or colour based on an electrochromic effect characterised by the electrochromic material, e.g. by the electrodeposited material comprising organic material
In the embodiments described herein, partially encrypted print jobs are described which include unencrypted print job commands and encrypted print data objects. One embodiment comprises a print controller that includes a memory and at least one processor. The memory stores a print job comprising one or more print data objects, and print job commands that define data boundaries in the print job for the print data objects. The at least one processor processes the print job commands to identify the print data objects for the print job based on the data boundaries, encrypts the print data objects using a key while the print job commands remain unencrypted, generates a partially encrypted print job comprising the encrypted print data objects and the unencrypted print job commands, and provides the partially encrypted print job.
Provided is a lubricant levelling blade (104) including an elastic member (1042) configured to contact a surface of an image bearer (3) to apply a lubricant to the surface of the image bearer. A contact surface (104c) of the elastic member with the image bearer is a polyurethane elastomer. A Martens hardness HM of the contact surface of the elastic member with the image bearer is 1.5 N/mm2or higher but 30.0 N/mm2 or lower.
An information processing device communicably connected to equipment of a facility including a cafeteria includes a meal supply amount estimation unit and a providing unit. The meal supply amount estimation unit estimates, based on information on attendance figures and information on a plurality of meal menu items served to a plurality of users in a past, a meal supply amount for each of the plurality of meal menu items, with respect to at least estimated attendance figures obtained based on the information on the attendance figures. The information on the attendance figures is obtained from the equipment, and the information on the plurality of meal menu items served to the plurality of users in the past is obtained from one or more pieces of the equipment in the cafeteria. The providing unit provides information on the meal supply amount estimated by the meal supply amount estimation unit.
A toner container (32) includes a rotatable container body (33). The container body includes an opening portion (33c) and a plurality of projections (33a). The opening portion is on a first end, which is opposite a second end, of the container body in a rotation axis direction. The plurality of projections are each protrude inward and have a slope inclined with respect to the rotation axis direction. The plurality of projections are disposed such that, out of two adjacent projections in the rotation axis direction, one projection closer to the first end of the container body in the rotation axis direction overlaps the other projection closer to the second end of the container body in the rotation axis direction, in an area of the one projection closer to the second end and an area of the other projection closer to the first end in the rotation axis direction.
An optical device includes: a light source to emit light; a light scanner to deflect the light emitted from the light source to scan an image formation object with the light through a light deflector; the light deflector to deflect the light emitted from the light scanner to the image formation object; a reflector between the light scanner and the image formation object; and a controller to control the light deflector to deflect the light emitted from the light scanner in a deflection direction and the light scanner to deflect the light emitted from the light source in a deflection direction different from the deflection direction of the light deflector.
G02B 26/08 - Optical devices or arrangements for the control of light using movable or deformable optical elements for controlling the direction of light
G02B 27/00 - Optical systems or apparatus not provided for by any of the groups ,
A display apparatus (400) includes: a reception unit that receives a plurality of captured images (415a-415f); a display control unit that displays, on a display, the plurality of captured images for selection (420) by a user, as a candidate of a movement destination of a mobile apparatus; an operation input unit that receives selection of one or more captured images from among the plurality of captured images being displayed; an autonomous movement request generator that generates autonomous movement request information including information on the one or more selected captured images; and a transmission unit that transmits the autonomous movement request information that causes the mobile apparatus to autonomously move to one or more movement destinations each corresponding to an area indicated by corresponding one of the one or more selected captured images.
Resin particles each include a crystalline polyester resin, an amorphous polyester resin, a release agent, and a colorant. The crystalline polyester resin includes an acid component and an alcohol component as constitutional units, and the acid component of the crystalline polyester resin includes plant-derived dicarboxylic acid having 12 or less carbon atoms. The crystalline polyester resin is present as domains in a matrix of the amorphous polyester resin within each resin particle, an average major axis of the domains of the crystalline polyester resin is 2.0 micrometers or less, and an average aspect ratio (major axis/minor axis) of the domains is 4.0 or greater. The resin particles have a carbon radioisotope 14C concentration of 5.4 pMC or greater.
A display system for performing a predetermined operation with respect to a moving body is disclosed. The display system includes an operation reception unit configured to receive a switching operation to switch an operation mode between a manual operation mode and an autonomous movement mode, the manual operation mode being selected for moving the moving body by manual operation and the autonomous movement mode being selected for moving the moving body by autonomous movement; and a display controller configured to display notification information representing accuracy of the autonomous movement.
A photoelectric conversion element includes a first electrode (13), a photoelectric conversion layer (16) over the first electrode, and a second electrode (18) over the photoelectric conversion layer. The photoelectric conversion element further includes a surface protection portion (19) adjacent to a face of one electrode selected from the first electrode and the second electrode where the face does not face the photoelectric conversion layer. The surface protection portion contains a compound derived from a fluorine-based silane compound.
H01L 51/44 - Solid state devices using organic materials as the active part, or using a combination of organic materials with other materials as the active part; Processes or apparatus specially adapted for the manufacture or treatment of such devices, or of parts thereof specially adapted either for the conversion of the energy of such radiation into electrical energy or for the control of electrical energy by such radiation - Details of devices
Provided is a curved surface resin structure including a support, and a laminate section within a plane of the support, at least a conductive layer and an electronic material layer being laminated in the laminate section. A surface curvature radius rA1 (mm) of one end of the laminate section, a surface curvature radius rA2 (mm) of another end of the laminate section facing the one end with a center region of the laminate section present at a middle point, and an average curvature radius rB (mm) of a surface of the laminate section satisfy Inequality (1) below or Inequality (2) below: rA1, rA2rB ---Inequality (2).
B32B 27/08 - Layered products essentially comprising synthetic resin as the main or only constituent of a layer next to another layer of a specific substance of synthetic resin of a different kind
B29C 45/14 - Injection moulding, i.e. forcing the required volume of moulding material through a nozzle into a closed mould; Apparatus therefor incorporating preformed parts or layers, e.g. injection moulding around inserts or for coating articles
B29D 11/00 - Producing optical elements, e.g. lenses or prisms
G02C 7/10 - Filters, e.g. for facilitating adaptation of the eyes to the dark; Sunglasses
G02F 1/157 - Structural association of cells with optical devices, e.g. reflectors or illuminating devices
B29C 51/14 - Shaping by thermoforming, e.g. shaping sheets in matched moulds or by deep-drawing; Apparatus therefor using multilayered preforms or sheets
B29C 51/28 - Component parts, details or accessories; Auxiliary operations for applying pressure through the wall of an inflated bag or diaphragm
Provided is a thermosensitive recording layer forming liquid including an electron-donating compound, an electron-accepting compound, and a solvent, where a solubility of the electron-accepting compound to 100% ethanol at 20℃ is 5.0% by mass or less.
An information processing apparatus includes a display control unit configured to display on a display unit a three-dimensional image that is determined based on an output of a light receiving unit that receives light projected on an object and reflected from the object, wherein the display control unit is configured to display, on the display unit, a display image including position identification information identifying a position of the light receiving unit obtained when the light receiving unit receives light reflected from the object, based on the position identification information identifying the position of the light receiving unit obtained when the light receiving unit receives light reflected from the object, and including the three-dimensional image.
An imaging device includes an imaging unit configured to capture an image of an object; a projector configured to project light onto the object; a light receiver configured to receive light reflected from the object; a determination unit configured to determine whether a presence or absence of at least one of a high reflection object, a low reflection object, a distant object, or an image blur, based on both an output of the light receiver and an output of the imaging unit; and a display controller configured to cause a display unit to present a different display according to the presence or absence of at least one of the high reflection object, the low reflection object, the distant object, or the image blur.
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