An ultrasonic probe includes: a piezoelectric element; and a backing material including a matrix resin and thermally conductive particles, arranged on one direction side with respect to the piezoelectric element, wherein a ratio of thermal conductivity of the backing material in a thickness direction to the thermal conductivity of the backing material in a horizontal direction is 3 or more.
A61B 8/00 - Diagnosis using ultrasonic, sonic or infrasonic waves
B06B 1/06 - Processes or apparatus for generating mechanical vibrations of infrasonic, sonic or ultrasonic frequency making use of electrical energy operating with piezoelectric effect or with electrostriction
H10N 30/03 - Assembling devices that include piezoelectric or electrostrictive parts
An optical device (10) for measurement comprises objective optics (21) and a plurality of kinds of photoelectric conversion units (25) that each only receive light of a predetermined wavelength region of light from the objective optics (21). Each of the photoelectric conversion units (25) includes: filters (61p), (61q), (61r) that transmit only light of the predetermined wavelength region using an interference film (612); light receiving sensors (62p), (62q), (62r) that receive the light transmitted through the filters and of which outputs are amplified by amplifiers (26p), (26q), (26r); and compound parabolic concentrators (63p), (63q), (63r) that are located between the filters (61p), (61q), (61r) and the light receiving sensors (62p), (62q), (62r), and that focus the light transmitted through the filters (61p), (61q), (61r) onto the light receiving sensors (62p), (62q), (62r).
The ink set according to the present invention comprises: ink containing at least a pigment; and a treating liquid containing at least an aggregating agent. The ink set is used to form an image by applying the ink and the treating liquid onto a recording medium and coalescing same. The static surface tension of the treating liquid falls within the range of 18-25 mN/m at 25°C. The dynamic surface tension of the treating liquid at a surface lifetime of 50 msec falls within the range of 25-35 mN/min at 25°C. The ink contains a polyolefin resin. The recording medium is a non-absorbable base material.
C09D 11/54 - Inks based on two liquids, one liquid being the ink, the other liquid being a reaction solution, a fixer or a treatment solution for the ink
B41M 5/00 - Duplicating or marking methods; Sheet materials for use therein
A control apparatus connected to a plurality of radiographic imaging apparatuses, includes a receiver that receives state information indicating whether a state is a first state in which the radiographic imaging apparatus is not connected to or synchronized with a specific synchronization source or a second state in which the radiographic imaging apparatus is connected to and synchronized with the specific synchronization source, from each of the plurality of radiographic imaging apparatuses, a hardware processor that makes a first determination that at least one of the plurality of radiographic imaging apparatuses is in the first state or a second determination that all of the plurality of radiographic imaging apparatuses are in the second state, based on the state information received from each of the plurality of radiographic imaging apparatuses, and an outputter that outputs whether a determination result by the hardware processor is the first determination or the second determination.
A droplet discharge unit 100 comprises: a droplet discharge device 200 that discharges a droplet from a nozzle N and records an image on a recording medium S; and an attachment plate 110 provided with an opening 111 to which the droplet discharge device 200 is attached, the droplet discharge unit 100 further comprising point contact portions C at which the droplet discharge device 200 and contact surfaces 112 come into point contact with each other, when viewed from a direction perpendicular to a nozzle surface. At least one point contact portion C is provided on at least two surfaces including a first surface 300a (422a) parallel to a nozzle row NL of the droplet discharge device 200 and a second surface 300b (422b) differing from the first surface 300a (422a). A first point contact portion C1 of the first surface 300a (422a) is positioned further to the outer side than an end part of the nozzle row NL in the longitudinal direction, and the droplet discharge device 200 is provided with at least one positioning part P.
An image forming apparatus forming an image on a recording medium, includes: a developing device that forms a toner image on an image carrier, a transfer device that transfers the toner image formed by the developing device to a recording medium at a transfer position, and a charge eliminator that is arranged upstream of the transfer position in a conveyance direction of the recording medium and eliminates charges of the recording medium in a non-contact manner, wherein the charge eliminator is an ionizer and is arranged at a position which is away by a predetermined distance from a conductor for moving ionic particles generated at the time of charge elimination.
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
A fabric treatment agent used for printing with a sublimation coloring material, includes: at least an aromatic heterocyclic compound I and an aromatic heterocyclic compound II, wherein a weight average molecular weight of the aromatic heterocyclic compound I is smaller than a weight average molecular weight of the aromatic heterocyclic compound II.
An image forming apparatus includes: an image carrier; a solid lubricant; a lubricant application member that scrapes off the solid lubricant and applies the scraped solid lubricant to a surface of the image carrier; a colorimeter that performs colorimetry of a colorimetric surface of the solid lubricant; and a hardware processor that sets a lubricant application condition such that a predetermined amount of lubricant is applied on the basis of a colorimetric result obtained by the colorimeter.
A radiation image photographing apparatus including: a base material that is made of a charged material, a radiation sensor that is provided on the side of a first surface of the base material and detects radiation, a housing that houses the base material and the radiation sensor, and an antistatic member that is provided between the housing and a second surface on the opposite side of the first surface of the base material.
KONICA MINOLTA BUSINESS SOLUTIONS U.S.A., INC. (USA)
Inventor
Prebble, Tim
Abstract
Systems, methods, apparatuses, and computer program products for detecting and tagging of paragraphs that span columns, pages, or other reading units are provided. For example, a method can include obtaining a set of candidate paragraphs for a document. The method can also include identifying a pair of candidate paragraphs spanning columns from among the set of candidate paragraphs. The method can further include outputting a tagged paragraph corresponding to the pair of candidate paragraphs spanning columns.
Konica Minolta Business Solutions U.S.A., Inc. (USA)
Inventor
Badri, Subramanyam
Soriano, Randy Cruz
Abstract
A method, a system, and a non-transitory computer readable program code are disclosed for generating a virtual authenticator for access to relying party applications hosted by a service provider. The method includes receiving, by a processor, authentication information from an authenticator device for a user with a request for access to one or more relying party applications hosted by the service provider; identifying, by the processor, a virtual authenticator profile for the user based on the authentication information received from the authenticator device; and generating, by the processor, an authentication token for the user based on the virtual authenticator profile for the user and in accordance with an authentication method of the service provider.
Konica Minolta Business Solutions U.S.A., Inc. (USA)
Inventor
Bellert, Darrell Eugene
Abstract
A nested closed shapes detection method includes detecting contours of an object in an image and obtaining pixel coordinates and hierarchy information of the contours; grouping, based on the hierarchy information, the contours into groups of sibling contours; for each of the groups, mending adjacent ones of the sibling contours separated by a gap equal to or less than a predetermined number of pixels; fitting a closed shape to each of the mended sibling contours and extending each of the mended sibling contours to mirror the closed shape; and building a hierarchy of nested closed shapes.
KONICA MINOLTA BUSINESS SOLUTIONS U.S.A., INC. (USA)
Inventor
Wei, Junchao
Abstract
Aspects of the present invention provide, in an optical/image character recognition (OICR) system comprising an OICR engine and a machine learning system, a method of training the machine learning system involving generation of degraded data for use in training the machine learning system. Other aspects of the present invention provide, in a similar OICR system, a method of restoring degraded end user data. Other aspects provide the OICR systems which function as described.
An infrared lens L transmits infrared rays and is made of a resin. Due to this configuration, material costs can be suppressed, and an aspheric surface can be formed due to good moldability. Moreover, the infrared lens L has an average thickness within the optical effective diameter of 0.5 mm or less. Due to this configuration, good infrared transmittance can be obtained. Consequently, an infrared lens L that is suitable for infrared ray applications can be realized.
G02B 13/14 - Optical objectives specially designed for the purposes specified below for use with infrared or ultraviolet radiation
G02B 1/04 - Optical elements characterised by the material of which they are made; Optical coatings for optical elements made of organic materials, e.g. plastics
G02B 3/08 - Simple or compound lenses with non-spherical faces with discontinuous faces, e.g. Fresnel lens
G02B 13/18 - Optical objectives specially designed for the purposes specified below with lenses having one or more non-spherical faces, e.g. for reducing geometrical aberration
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IMAGE DISPLAY DEVICE, IMAGE DISPLAY SYSTEM, IMAGE DISPLAY METHOD, IMAGE PROCESSING DEVICE, AND PROGRAM
Provided are an image display device, an image display system, an image display method, an image processing device, and a program, wherein a characteristic of an object of investigation can be evaluated more easily. This image display device is an image display device (image processing device 2) that displays a plurality of moire images or reconstructed images, to which first characteristic information relating to the orientation of an object of investigation has been added, and has: a first selection unit (operation unit 22) that selects one item of first characteristic information; and a display unit (display unit 23) that, on the basis of the first characteristic information which was seleced by the first selection unit, displays the plurality of moire images or reconstructed images arranged according to the same orientation.
G01N 23/041 - Phase-contrast imaging, e.g. using grating interferometers
G01N 23/04 - Investigating or analysing materials by the use of wave or particle radiation, e.g. X-rays or neutrons, not covered by groups , or by transmitting the radiation through the material and forming images of the material
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IMAGE DISPLAY DEVICE, IMAGE DISPLAY SYSTEM, IMAGE DISPLAY METHOD, IMAGE PROCESSING DEVICE, AND PROGRAM
The present invention provides an image display device, an image display system, an image display method, an image processing device, and a program that can facilitate easier evaluation of characteristics of inspection targets. Provided is an image display device (image processing device 2) that displays a plurality of moire images or reconstructed images to which second characteristic information is added among the characteristic information regarding the direction, including first characteristic information regarding the direction of the inspection target and second characteristic information regarding the direction of the image of the inspection target, the image display device comprising: a first selection unit (operation unit 22) that selects one piece of second characteristic information; and a display unit (display unit 23) that displays a plurality of moire images or reconstructed images aligned in the same direction on the basis of the second characteristic information selected by the first selection unit, wherein the display unit (display unit 23) displays characteristic information regarding the direction including at least one each of first characteristic information and second characteristic information together with the plurality of moire images or reconstructed images.
G01N 23/041 - Phase-contrast imaging, e.g. using grating interferometers
G01N 23/04 - Investigating or analysing materials by the use of wave or particle radiation, e.g. X-rays or neutrons, not covered by groups , or by transmitting the radiation through the material and forming images of the material
A toner image is formed on an intermediate transfer belt using a toner containing a crystalline polyester, and a recording material is interposed between the intermediate transfer belt and a secondary transfer roller having a first layer serving as a surface layer, a second layer formed of a solid layer provided on an inner peripheral side of the first layer, and a third layer formed of a porous elastic layer provided on an inner peripheral side of the second layer, and the toner image is transferred onto the recording material by the secondary transfer roller.
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
Konica Minolta Business Solutions U.S.A., Inc. (USA)
Inventor
Bhandarkar, Pranay
Abstract
A method, a non-transitory computer readable medium, and a multifunction peripheral that includes a method for accessing the multifunction peripheral. The method includes receiving, by a processor, a Fast Identity Online-based (FIDO-based) authentication from a client device via a wireless communication, the FIDO-based authentication configured to provide a user of the client device access to the multifunction peripheral; determining, by the processor, a validity of the FIDO-based authentication from the client device of the user; and granting, by the processor, the user access to the multifunction peripheral when the validity of the FIDO-based authentication from the client device of the user has been validated.
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
H04W 4/80 - Services using short range communication, e.g. near-field communication [NFC], radio-frequency identification [RFID] or low energy communication
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METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR FORM IDENTIFICATION AND REGISTRATION
KONICA MINOLTA BUSINESS SOLUTIONS U.S.A., INC. (USA)
Inventor
Wei, Junchao
Abstract
Aspects of the present invention relate to a machine learning system that is trained to identify forms, performing a method that includes receiving a form as an input image; identifying a field in the input image; identifying boundaries of the field; identifying locations of characters in the field; creating a two-dimensional space containing special characters; replacing the special characters with the characters in the field; identifying one or more keywords in the field based on identification of words and/or location of words; and responsive to an indication that the identifying one or more keywords yielded an incorrect result, updating the machine learning system. In another aspect, the machine learning system is used to identify forms, and can identify whether a form requires registration and, if registration is required, performing the registration.
This method for driving a liquid droplet discharge head 23 that discharges liquid droplets from a nozzle 21 and performs a recording operation on a recording medium has: an addition step S1 for adding a third drive pulse P3 in a pause period T1 between a first drive pulse P1 and a second drive pulse P2 immediately preceding the first drive pulse P1 in a common drive waveform P00 including a plurality of drive pulses; a determination step S2 for selecting one or a plurality of drive pulses from a common drive waveform P01 and determining a discharge drive pulse that discharges a liquid droplet from the nozzle 21; and a discharge step S3 for discharging, in a single drive period T, a liquid droplet from the nozzle 21 using the discharge drive pulse determined in the determination step.
A maximum value of an input value obtained by a comparison circuit 403 is subtracted from each input value by a subtraction circuit 404, an approximate value of an exponential function value corresponding to divided values a1, a2, and a3 obtained by slicing the obtained difference value a for each bit range is read from look up tables table1, table2, and table3 by a look up table reference circuit 406, and is multiplied by a multiplication circuit 408 to calculate an approximate value of the exponential function value having the difference value a as an exponent. At the time of multiplication, a fraction is rounded off, and the number of bits is equalized by a right shift operation. Using a total value of the approximate values obtained by a summing circuit 409, each approximate value is divided by the divider circuit 410 to obtain an approximate value of the softmax function value. In this way, a look up table size used for approximation calculation of the exponential function value of the softmax function can be suppressed without extremely deviating a sign of an error using a fixed-point number or an integer as the input value.
A radiation dose management system including a hardware processor that: automatically acquires, from a storage, predetermined information related to an examination of nuclear medicine, and automatically associates the predetermined information with information on a diagnostic reference level corresponding to the examination.
G16H 20/40 - ICT specially adapted for therapies or health-improving plans, e.g. for handling prescriptions, for steering therapy or for monitoring patient compliance relating to mechanical, radiation or invasive therapies, e.g. surgery, laser therapy, dialysis or acupuncture
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PRINTING SYSTEM, PRINTING METHOD, AND NON-TRANSITORY RECORDING MEDIUM
A printing system includes a hardware processor that: acquires a restriction to be applied in a case where a user uses a first printer; acquires a print condition in a case where the user uses a second printer; determines whether the print condition infringes on the restriction; and notifies the user of a determination result.
Konica Minolta Business Solutions U.S.A., Inc. (USA)
Inventor
Soriano, Randy Cruz
Badri, Subramanyam
Abstract
A method, a system, and a non-transitory computer readable program code are disclosed for authentication of users for access to web applications. The method includes receiving, by a processor, a user identifier and a biometric identifier for a user with a request to access one or more relying party applications; validating, by the processor, the user identifier and the biometric identifier for the user with the request to access the one or more relying party applications; retrieving, by the processor, an authentication token for the user from an external trusted source; forwarding, by the processor, the authentication token for the user retrieved from the external trusted source to the one or more relying party applications; and receiving, on the processor, authentication from the one or more relying party applications for the user to access the one or relying party applications.
G06F 21/32 - User authentication using biometric data, e.g. fingerprints, iris scans or voiceprints
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
This method for manufacturing a nozzle plate 110 comprises: a first step for forming a first hole 305 that is longer in the [100] direction as compared with in the [010] direction and that is connected to a first surface Bb of a monocrystalline silicon substrate B in which the surface crystal orientation is in the (100) plane, and a second hole 306 that is connectable to the first hole 305 and to a second surface Ba of the monocrystalline silicon substrate B; and a second step for enlarging the first hole 305 and the second hole 306 by performing anisotropic wet etching on the monocrystalline silicon substrate B to form a nozzle flow path 100 that comprises a nozzle taper portion 20 having the (111) plane and a straight connecting portion 10 contiguous to the nozzle taper portion 20.
A nozzle plate 110 is provided with a plurality of nozzle flow paths 111. The nozzle flow paths 111 are provided with: a nozzle taper part 1112 having a flow path area gradually increasing from a first surface Ba toward a second surface Bb opposed to the first surface Ba; and a straight communication part 1113 provided to be continuous with the second surface Bb and having a pair of opposed surfaces 1113a substantially parallel to each other. The straight communication part 1113 has a longer length in a first direction along the pair of opposed surfaces 1113a than a length in a second direction orthogonal to the first direction in the second surface Bb. The nozzle taper part 1112 is provided with a pair of step surfaces 1112b along the second direction, the step surfaces 1112b forming a step with respect to a taper surface 1112a with a nozzle opening part N held therebetween. The step surfaces 1112b are inclined surfaces having a smaller angle formed with respect to a hang-down surface or an axis parallel to a nozzle central axis than the taper surface 1112a.
An image forming apparatus enables utilizing an output of proof printing as an output of final printing, wherein the image forming apparatus includes an image former forming an image on a sheet, an image reader reading an image formed on the sheet, and a controller, wherein the controller acquires a determination result of whether or not a sheet, on which an image read by the image reader is formed before the final printing by the image former in order to create a reference image to be used for inspecting an output matter of a printing job, can be used for an output matter of the final printing and controls the number of sheets or copies on which the images are to be formed using the image former at the final printing.
IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS, FOG MARGIN DETERMINATION METHOD AND NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER-READABLE RECORDING MEDIUM ENCODED WITH FOG MARGIN DETERMINATION PROGRAM
An image forming apparatus includes a density detector that detects a density of a fog image formed on an image bearing member, a temporary determiner that determines a temporary fog margin which is a fog margin representing a difference between a developing bias to be applied to a toner bearing member and a charging bias to be applied to a charging device for charging the image bearing member based on a density detected by the density detector, and a corrector that corrects the temporary fog margin based on a change rate of a density detected by the density detector with respect to a change of a fog margin.
A recording method includes: conveying a recording medium; and performing recording by ejecting droplets of an inkjet ink onto the recording medium while conveying the recording medium, wherein, a conveyance speed of the recording medium is 500 mm/s or more, the inkjet ink contains at least water and a pigment, the content of the pigment is 5% by mass or more with respect to a total amount of the inkjet ink, and one droplet of the inkjet ink has a volume of 3 pL or less.
A processing apparatus includes: a storage that stores a plurality of instructions; and a processor that executes the plurality of instructions. The plurality of instructions, when executed by the processor, cause the processor to perform: providing a setting screen for setting one or more items relating to the processing apparatus; and setting the one or more items in response to operation performed on the setting screen. The setting screen includes a first setting screen for receiving operation performed by a person, and a second setting screen for receiving operation automated by Robotic Process Automation.
An interpretation management apparatus including a hardware processor that: acquires an automatically generated finding obtained by computer processing on medical information; acquires a first interpretation finding created by a user based on the medical information; determines whether or not a result combination is a combination for which an active notification is to be performed, the result combination being a combination of a result of the automatically generated finding and a result of the first interpretation finding; and actively notifies predetermined information in response to determination that the result combination is the combination for which the active notification is to be performed.
G16H 40/20 - ICT specially adapted for the management or administration of healthcare resources or facilities; ICT specially adapted for the management or operation of medical equipment or devices for the management or administration of healthcare resources or facilities, e.g. managing hospital staff or surgery rooms
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NON-DESTRUCTIVE TESTING METHOD, PROGRAM, AND NON-DESTRUCTIVE TESTING SYSTEM
The present invention enables more accurate non-destructive testing using magnetism. The present invention comprises: a first inspection step for magnetizing an inspection object 8 contained in a non-magnetic material 7 in the extending direction by a magnetic field application unit 3 and measuring the magnetic field originating from the magnetized inspection object 8; a second inspection step for magnetizing the inspection object 8 in the extending direction by the magnetic field application unit 3 so that the S polarity and the N polarity are opposite to the first inspection step and measuring the magnetic field originating from the magnetized inspection object 8; a third inspection data generation step for generating third inspection data on the basis of first inspection data based on the measurement results from the first inspection step and second inspection data based on the measurement results from the second inspection step; and a diagnosis step for diagnosing the inspection object 8 on the basis of the third inspection data, wherein in the third inspection data generation step, at least one of reducing noise magnetic field components other than the magnetic field components originating from the inspection object 8 and emphasizing the magnetic field components originating from the inspection object 8 is performed.
G01N 27/83 - Investigating or analysing materials by the use of electric, electrochemical, or magnetic means by investigating magnetic variables for investigating the presence of flaws by investigating stray magnetic fields
33.
WAVELENGTH MEASUREMENT DEVICE, DATA PROCESSING DEVICE, WAVELENGTH MEASUREMENT METHOD AND PROGRAM
Provided are: a wavelength measurement device which is capable of contributing to efficient measurement by shortening measurement time when measuring a representative wavelength of each light-emitting element chip by causing a plurality of light-emitting element chips included in a measurement target to excite and emit light; a data processing device; a wavelength measurement method; and a program. The wavelength measurement device is equipped with: a means 3 for spectrally diffracting light which is excited and emitted by a light-emitting element chip and which comes from a plurality of microscopic sites in a one-dimensional direction on a measurement target 100 which has a plurality of light-emitting element chips 101; a means 300 for scanning the spectral diffraction means and/or the measurement target in a direction which is perpendicular to the one-dimensional direction; a means 5 for receiving light at each spectrally diffracted microscopic site in each scanning; a means for identifying the position of the light-emitting element chip on an image comprising light-receiving data for each microscopic site obtained by the light-receiving means on the basis of the scanning amount and the position of the light-emitting element chip relative to a reference position on the measurement target; and a calculation means 6 for calculating a representative wavelength for the light-emitting element chip on the basis of light-receiving data which corresponds to the identified light-emitting element chip position.
An image forming apparatus that discharges droplets, while moving a recording head relative to a recording medium in a main scanning direction and a sub-scanning direction, to form an image, includes: a carriage; a first recording head that has a first discharge face having a hole, is disposed on the carriage, and discharges a first droplet containing resin through the hole; a second recording head that has a second discharge face having a hole, is disposed on the carriage, and discharges, through the hole, a second droplet containing resin less than the resin contained in the first droplet; a first cleaning device that wipes the first discharge face to clean the first recording head; and a second cleaning device that is different from the first cleaning device and that wipes the second discharge face to clean the second recording head.
An abrasive slurry regeneration method includes: collecting at least a used abrasive slurry containing an abrasive component and a constituent component of a polishing target object discharged from a polishing machine; inactivating a metal ion dissolved in the used abrasive slurry; dispersing the abrasive component and the constituent component of the polishing target object contained in the used abrasive slurry; separating the dispersed abrasive component and constituent component of the polishing target object to remove the constituent component of the polishing target object; and preparing a regenerated abrasive slurry containing the abrasive component.
B24B 57/02 - Devices for feeding, applying, grading or recovering grinding, polishing or lapping agents for feeding of fluid, sprayed, pulverised, or liquefied grinding, polishing or lapping agents
C09G 1/02 - Polishing compositions containing abrasives or grinding agents
A management method for managing one or more image forming apparatuses includes: acquiring first information indicating a target region and second information indicating a situation of the target region; specifying a target image forming apparatus installed in the target region in the one or more image forming apparatuses; and outputting, to the target image forming apparatus, a change instruction for changing a setting content of a setting item of the target image forming apparatus to a setting content corresponding to the second information. The second information includes at least one of information regarding a situation of spread of an infectious disease and information regarding electric power supply.
A radiographic imaging support system that supports positioning of a radiographing site of a subject with respect to a radiographic imaging apparatus, includes a hardware processor that acquires image information based on an optical image obtained by capturing an image of the radiographing site with an optical camera, generates first target position information regarding a target position of the radiographing site, and outputs the generated first target position information. The first target position information includes information corresponding to a size of the radiographing site.
The image forming apparatus includes an image bearing member, a developing section, and a controller that functions as a sign detector, a charge amount measurement section, and a charge amount adjuster. On the image bearing member, an electrostatic latent image is formed based on image data. The developing section contains a developer, and develops the electrostatic latent image formed on the image bearing member with the developer to form a toner image. The sign detector detects a sign that the charge amount of the developer contained in the developing section changes. The charge amount measurement section measures the charge amount of the developer in accordance with the detection result by the sign detector. The charge amount adjuster adjusts the charge amount of the developer according to the measurement result by the charge amount measurement section.
An image forming apparatus includes: a first hardware processor that, when receiving an execution command of a job related to formation of an image on a continuous recording medium, calculates a consumption amount of a recording agent on a basis of information of the job; and a second hardware processor that determines whether the recording agent is sufficient on a basis of the consumption amount, wherein in a case where the second hardware processor determines that the recording agent is insufficient, a notification that the recording agent is insufficient is made.
A control device includes a controller that determines, based on physical property information corresponding to physical property of a recording sheet and read information on an image evaluated as abnormal through reading of an image on the recording sheet by a reading section on a recording sheet conveyance path, a process condition under which an image forming section performs image forming on the recording sheet.
A fuser driving device, a fusing device and an image forming device are provided. The fuser driving device includes: a front frame and a rear frame, where the front frame and the rear frame are fixedly connected to each other; a gear, where two ends of the gear are respectively mounted to the front frame and the rear frame through a bearing; a driving arm mounted in the gear, where the driving arm is movable axially along the gear to enter into or withdraw from the fuser, and when the driving arm enters into the fuser, the driving arm is driven to rotate through the gear, to drive a fusing roller of the fuser to rotate; and a withdrawing device including a pulling member and an operating member, where one end of the pulling member is connected to the driving arm and the other end is connected to the operating member, and the pulling member is moved by operating the operating member to pull the driving arm to withdraw from the fuser into the gear.
A laminating system includes: a laminator that performs a laminating process by overlaying a film on a plurality of sheets conveyed; and a hardware processor that, before the laminating process, adjusts an interval between sheets, the interval varying in an image former, such that a leading end and a trailing end of the sheets conveyed from the image former are superposed or the interval between the sheets conveyed from the image former is reduced.
A manufacturing condition optimization apparatus includes a yield estimator for estimating a yield of a product having a quality that passes inspection by inspection equipment when a manufacturing condition of the product that is manufactured by manufacturing equipment is changed and an optimization processor for calculating an amount of change in the manufacturing condition at which the yield is maximized.
G05B 19/418 - Total factory control, i.e. centrally controlling a plurality of machines, e.g. direct or distributed numerical control (DNC), flexible manufacturing systems (FMS), integrated manufacturing systems (IMS), computer integrated manufacturing (CIM)
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RADIOGRAPHIC IMAGING APPARATUS AND MAINTENANCE MANAGEMENT SYSTEM
A radiographic imaging apparatus includes: a sensor panel that includes a scintillator that emits light by receiving radiation, and a plurality of radiation detection elements that detect the emitted light;
a housing that stores the sensor panel; and
a first detector that detects infiltration of a liquid into the housing.
G01N 23/04 - Investigating or analysing materials by the use of wave or particle radiation, e.g. X-rays or neutrons, not covered by groups , or by transmitting the radiation through the material and forming images of the material
47.
IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS, IMAGE FORMING SYSTEM, AND RECORDING MEDIUM
An image processing apparatus includes a hardware processor that generates an image based on print data of a print job and print image data for forming an image quality adjustment patch at a predetermined cycle and executes replacement processing for replacing a predetermined image with the image quality adjustment patch based on an image quality state of an output product or a state of an image former.
A communication system includes a terminal device including a sensing device, a network system including wireless communication, and a server that transmits to and receives from the terminal device through the network system via wireless communication. The communication system includes a controller that dynamically controls a transport ratio of an uplink channel to a downlink channel, considering a direction from the terminal device to the server is an uplink channel and a direction from the server to the terminal device is a downlink channel, and the controller adjusts the transport ratio according to a condition of data transport or a type of data transport.
An electromechanical conversion element includes: a first electrode, an electromechanical conversion layer, and a second electrode provided on a substrate; a first high-temperature durable layer that contains a metal oxide between the first electrode and the electromechanical conversion layer; and a second high temperature durable layer that containing a metal oxide between the electromechanical conversion layer and the second electrode. The electromechanical conversion layer contains a perovskite-type crystal. Upon diffraction peak intensities of a (001) plane, a (101) plane, and a (111) plane in X-ray diffraction measurement of the electromechanical conversion layer being I(001), I(101), and I(111), respectively, a degree of orientation of the (001) plane represented by {I(001))/(I(001)+I(101)+I(111)}×100% is 99.0% or more.
An inkjet printer includes a plurality of nozzles and forms an image on a medium with ink ejected from each of the nozzles, and includes: a detector that detects an ejection failure nozzle of the ink from the plurality of nozzles; a test image former that forms on the medium a test image to which an ejection amount of ink from a neighboring nozzle adjacent to the ejection failure nozzle is added as an extra and supplemented; and a job image former that forms on the medium a job image obtained by performing correction of adding as the extra on the ejection amount of the ink from the neighboring nozzle based on the test image formed on the medium.
B41J 2/045 - Ink jet characterised by the jet generation process generating single droplets or particles on demand by pressure, e.g. electromechanical transducers
G06K 15/00 - Arrangements for producing a permanent visual presentation of the output data
G06K 15/02 - Arrangements for producing a permanent visual presentation of the output data using printers
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LAMINATING SYSTEM, IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS, AND RECORDING MEDIUM
A laminating system including: a laminator that performs lamination processing on a plurality of sheets that are conveyed; a second sheet conveyor that is on an upstream side of the laminator and that overlaps a leading end and a trailing end of respective sheets among the plurality of sheets conveyed from a first sheet conveyor including an image former or reduces an interval between the sheets so as not to generate a gap between the sheets; and a hardware processor that determines whether or not specific processing operated by temporarily interrupting an image forming operation occurs in a job, and changes an execution timing of the specific processing to a timing before a start or after an end of the job in response to determination that the specific processing occurs.
A cleaning blade includes a contact layer that is in contact with a toner image carrier, and a support layer that joins to a support member, wherein the contact layer does not contain an inorganic filler, the support layer contains an inorganic filler having a thermal conductivity (λ) of 30 W/mK or more, and the average particle diameter of the inorganic filler is in a range of 0.1 to 5.0 μm.
G03G 21/00 - Arrangements not provided for by groups , e.g. cleaning, elimination of residual charge
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
B32B 27/20 - Layered products essentially comprising synthetic resin characterised by the use of special additives using fillers, pigments, thixotroping agents
An eyewear display device includes: a display that displays one or more display areas in front of eyes of a user wearing the eyewear display device; a line-of-sight recognizer that recognizes a line of sight of the user; and a hardware processor that identifies one of the display areas to which the user is turning the eyes, based on a movement of the line of sight recognized by the line-of-sight recognizer, and changes a position of the identified display area.
A color conversion system includes: an image reader that reads a test sheet on which a plurality of patches is formed and outputs a read image; and a hardware processor that analyzes a region of interest for each of the patches of the read image according to an operation mode for a color conversion table in which a read pixel value and a pixel value in a color space are associated with each other for each of the patches of the read image, and performs image noise removal processing, and performs color conversion of converting the read pixel value corresponding to the region of interest of the patch into a pixel value in the color space using the color conversion table in a case where the operation mode is a use mode.
A sheet type discrimination device includes: a first light source unit that irradiates a sheet with light having a first wavelength and light having a second wavelength; a detection unit that detects light from the sheet and acquires a detection value based on the light; and a control unit that derives a determination result of a type of the sheet, wherein the first light source unit and the detection unit are located on a same side with respect to the sheet, the detection value includes: a first detection value; and a second detection value, and the control unit discriminates first-type recycled paper by first processing using the first detection value, and discriminates second-type recycled paper different from the first-type recycled paper by second processing using the second detection value.
An energy ray irradiation device includes: an irradiator that faces a conveyance surface and irradiates an ink on a recording medium conveyed on the conveyance surface with an energy ray; an enclosure part that encloses a space between the irradiator and the conveyance surface by a plate member including a first plate member that extends from an end of the irradiator on an upstream side in a conveyance direction toward the conveyance surface on an upstream side of the end; and a first blowout part that supplies a non-reactive gas that does not react with the ink from an end of the first plate member on the upstream side in the conveyance direction into the enclosure part.
A medical information processing apparatus includes a hardware processor that sets first checking authority and second checking authority. The first checking authority is authority to check an interpretation report created by a first user who has interpreted a medical image of a subject. The second checking authority is authority to check the interpretation report and is different from the first checking authority.
G16H 10/60 - ICT specially adapted for the handling or processing of patient-related medical or healthcare data for patient-specific data, e.g. for electronic patient records
G16H 15/00 - ICT specially adapted for medical reports, e.g. generation or transmission thereof
G16H 30/20 - ICT specially adapted for the handling or processing of medical images for handling medical images, e.g. DICOM, HL7 or PACS
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OPTICAL CHARACTERISTIC MEASURING APPARATUS, WAVELENGTH SHIFT CORRECTING APPARATUS, WAVELENGTH SHIFT CORRECTION METHOD, AND PROGRAM
A wavelength of incident light is measured based on signals from a plurality of pixels of a photoelectric conversion element that are arranged in a dispersion direction in which the incident light is dispersed by a spectroscopic section. In correction of a shift in wavelength, a measured amount of shift in wavelength that is a difference between a measured value obtained when an emission line wavelength of incident light from a light source for wavelength shift correction that emits light including an emission line at least one wavelength in a range of wavelengths into which light can be dispersed by the spectroscopic section is measured and an original emission line wavelength is calculated. A reference amount of shift in emission line wavelength is calculated by a polynomial in which a characteristic of a wavelength shift that occurs is represented by a linear or higher polynomial with a variable indicating the wavelength or a parameter relating to the wavelength. Each coefficient of the polynomial is determined based on the calculated measured amount of shift in emission line wavelength and the reference amount of shift in emission line wavelength, and the wavelength of the incident light is corrected based on the determined polynomial.
An image forming apparatus includes a main tank that stores an ink, an ink head that ejects the ink, a first supply channel connected to the main tank, a second supply channel for supplying the ink from the first supply channel to the ink head, and a discharge channel for discharging the ink from the first supply channel without allowing the ink to pass through the ink head. The second supply channel is provided with a first supply valve, and the discharge channel is provided with a discharge valve.
DEVICE, METHOD, AND NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER-READABLE RECORDING MEDIUM WITH COMPUTER PROGRAM FOR MANAGING MACHINE TROUBLES, AND IMAGE FORMING SYSTEM WITH MACHINE TROUBLE MANAGEMENT DEVICE
A management device for managing machine troubles includes a controller that: generates display information in which production timeline information of one or a plurality of jobs and information on errors of the one or a plurality of jobs are associated with each other; and outputs the display information. The production timeline information includes one or a plurality of pieces of production timeline information of the one or a plurality of jobs. The information on errors includes one or a plurality of pieces of error-related information each associated with a corresponding one of the one or a plurality of pieces of production timeline information. In the display information, the one or a plurality of pieces of production timeline information are arranged along one of a vertical axis and a horizontal axis and the one or a plurality of pieces of error-related information are arranged along the other axis.
An ink jet recording system including: a conveyance mechanism that includes a temperature controlling conveyance drum that conveys a recording medium to a recording mechanism; a recording mechanism that includes a temperature controlling recording drum that conveys the recording medium, and a process section that applies ink to one surface of the recording medium so as to record an image thereon, a first hardware processor that controls a reversing mechanism to reverse the recording medium to the one surface applied with ink and then delivers the recording medium to the conveyance mechanism, a discharging mechanism provided upstream of the reversing mechanism in a conveyance direction of the recording medium, and a second hardware processor that controls to switch conveyance paths and to determine whether the recording medium to which the ink is applied is conveyed to the discharging mechanism or the reversing mechanism.
The image forming apparatus is an image forming apparatus for forming an image on a recording material using an electrophotographic process, and includes a transfer section that transfers a toner image on an image bearing member onto a transfer-receiving member; and a hardware processor (transfer voltage controller) that controls a transfer voltage to be applied to the transfer section by correcting a reference transfer voltage with a correction amount that is based on an environmental change, wherein, the correction amount depends on at least the transfer voltage, and the hardware processor determines the correction amount for determining the transfer voltage for a current transfer by referring to the transfer voltage for an immediately preceding transfer.
G03G 15/02 - Apparatus for electrographic processes using a charge pattern for laying down a uniform charge, e.g. for sensitising; Corona discharge devices
G03G 15/00 - Apparatus for electrographic processes using a charge pattern
An image forming apparatus includes: a main tank that stores ink; an ink head unit that includes a first heating device to heat the ink and that ejects the heated ink; a supply channel that supplies the ink from the main tank to the ink head unit; and a second heating device that heats the supply channel. The second heating device starts heating at a predetermined timing such that a temperature of a specific region in the supply channel becomes equal to or more than a second temperature that is a melting point of a component having a highest melting point.
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 2/165 - Prevention of nozzle clogging, e.g. cleaning, capping or moistening for nozzles
An electrophotographic image forming apparatus includes: a replacement detector that detects that a toner bottle has been replaced; a developer that develops an electrostatic latent image by using a toner supplied from the toner bottle and stored; a fog detector that detects a fog amount; and a determiner that determines whether or not the detected fog amount continuously exceeds a predetermined threshold value in a state where a toner supplied from a toner bottle before replacement and a toner supplied from a toner bottle after replacement are mixed in the developer.
A learning image generation apparatus 5 includes a first image generating unit 21 that receives the known character string Dt and generates a first image G1 including the character string Dt, a second image generating unit 22 that generates a second image G2 to be combined with the first image G1, an image combining unit 23 that generates a learning image G3 by combining the first image G1 and the second image G2, and an outputting unit 24 that outputs the learning image G3 and correct answer data Da of the character string Dt.
An image forming apparatus is provided, including a conveying member configured to convey a long paper along a paper path; an image forming unit which forms an image on the long paper being conveyed by the conveying member along the paper path; an image reading unit which reads a surface of the long paper, the surface having the image formed by the image forming unit; and a color sample member which is arrangeable at a position facing the image reading unit, such that the long paper is conveyed by the conveying member to avoid passing through between the image reading unit and the color sample member. Also included is a switch between a first arrangement in which the image reading unit reads the long paper and a second arrangement in which the image reading unit faces the long paper via the color sample member and reads the color sample member, the switch being made by moving the image reading unit or by moving the color sample member and the conveying member.
A ball game racket frame includes a head portion, a grip portion and a shaft portion which connects the grip portion and the head portion. The ball game racket frame is at least partially made of at least one layer of a plurality of fibers which are randomly orientated and intertwined within the layer. According to further aspects, a ball game racket includes the ball game racket frame according to any of the embodiments described herein and a string bed plane comprising a plurality of strings which are attached to at least a portion of the head portion of the ball game racket frame. The string bed plane provides at least one striking surface for striking a game ball. According to yet further aspects, a method for manufacturing a ball game racket frame is disclosed.
An inkjet head nozzle plate formed from stainless steel in which a deformation in a nozzle inner wall or a nozzle tip is less, a method of manufacturing the inkjet head nozzle plate, and an inkjet head and an inkjet recording device which use the inkjet head nozzle plate. The inkjet head nozzle plate may be an inkjet head nozzle plate formed from at least stainless steel. The stainless steel is austenitic stainless steel in which a content ratio of a martensite phase is 5.4% or less.
An ultrasonic diagnostic apparatus that assists an insertion task of a puncture needle into a subject, includes: an ultrasonic probe that acquires an ultrasonic image of an inside of the subject by transmitting and receiving ultrasonic waves; a first capture part and a second capture part that are attached to the ultrasonic probe and capture the puncture needle at the insertion task; and a hardware processor that performs image analysis on a first captured image generated by the first capture part and a second captured image generated by the second capture part, and detects an insertion angle of the puncture needle relative to a body surface of the subject using a stereo camera principle, calculates a predicted arrival position of the puncture needle from the insertion angle, and displays a guide image indicating the predicted arrival position on a monitor so as to be superimposed on the ultrasonic image.
A61B 8/08 - Detecting organic movements or changes, e.g. tumours, cysts, swellings
A61B 8/00 - Diagnosis using ultrasonic, sonic or infrasonic waves
A61B 10/00 - Other methods or instruments for diagnosis, e.g. for vaccination diagnosis; Sex determination; Ovulation-period determination; Throat striking implements
A61B 10/02 - Instruments for taking cell samples or for biopsy
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IMAGE READING APPARATUS, IMAGE READING METHOD, AND IMAGE READING PROGRAM
An image reading apparatus includes: a reader that performs first reading of reading a document and second reading of reading a portion read through a first color in the first reading through a second color using an area sensor having a Bayer arrangement color filter; a generator that generates first image data represented by a plurality of adjacent pixels with a read value obtained through one Bayer arrangement in the first reading as one pixel, and generates second image data using, for each reading position, a value read through the first color in the first reading and a value read through the second color in the second reading; and a selector that selects one of the first image data or the second image data.
A vital data acquisition system includes a hardware processor that:
sets an identified region, based on imaged information;
acquires vital data based on a detection result from a sensor; and
determines whether the identified region is correctly set based on the vital data.
G01S 13/86 - Combinations of radar systems with non-radar systems, e.g. sonar, direction finder
G01S 3/02 - Direction-finders for determining the direction from which infrasonic, sonic, ultrasonic, or electromagnetic waves, or particle emission, not having a directional significance, are being received using radio waves
G01S 13/06 - Systems determining position data of a target
G01S 13/50 - Systems of measurement based on relative movement of target
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IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS, DETECTION METHOD, AND PROGRAM
An image forming apparatus includes: a drive source that drives an object; and a hardware processor that detects a fluctuation range of a load applied to the drive source by driving the object, and determines a state of the object on a basis of a detection result.
The present invention pertains to a manufacturing method for a nozzle plate, in which a substrate is press-punched to form a nozzle hole therein. The manufacturing method reduces sag width and better suppresses plastic deformation of the entire substrate, with a simpler configuration. This manufacturing method for a nozzle plate includes: a step for preparing a metal substrate having a thickness greater than 25 μm and a Vickers hardness of 250 HV or greater; and a step for press-punching the prepared substrate to form a nozzle hole for discharging droplets of a liquid.
Disclosed is a technique for extracting desired information from text data. An embodiment of the present disclosure relates to an information processing device comprising: an input unit that receives text data; an extraction unit that extracts item values corresponding to prescribed items from the received text data using a trained machine learning model that has been trained using training data in which item values in text data are labeled with items corresponding to the item values; and an output unit that associates and outputs the prescribed items and the extracted item values.
The present invention maintains precision when acquiring, from a captured image, an image characteristic amount of an attribute of a person, regardless of image capture conditions. This information processing system comprises: an object setting unit (46) that accepts a setting of an object disposed in an image capture field of view; an acquisition unit that acquires correction information for color correction, on the basis of a color component of a partial image corresponding to the object in the captured image that was captured in the image capture field of view, and a preset color component; and a color correction unit (41) that performs a color correction process on the captured image using the correction information. The information processing system acquires an image characteristic amount of an attribute of a person from a captured image on which the color correction process has been performed.
An imaging optical system includes, in order from an object side, first, second, third, fourth, fifth and sixth lenses. The first lens has negative power and an object side surface having a convex shape. The second lens has positive power and a meniscus shape being convex toward the object side. The third lens has positive power. The fourth lens has negative power. The fifth lens is a biconvex lens that has positive power. The sixth lens has positive or negative power, has an image side surface, and has an extreme value other than an intersection point with an optical axis on the image side surface of the sixth lens. The imaging optical system satisfies a conditional expression (1); 1.5
G02B 9/62 - Optical objectives characterised both by the number of the components and their arrangements according to their sign, i.e. + or – having six components only
G02B 13/18 - Optical objectives specially designed for the purposes specified below with lenses having one or more non-spherical faces, e.g. for reducing geometrical aberration
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ANALYSIS APPARATUS, ANALYSIS SYSTEM, ANALYSIS PROGRAM, AND ANALYSIS METHOD
Provided is an analysis apparatus that can improve detection accuracy and versatility while suppressing an amount of training data in, for example, identifying a cause of a defect in a product using machine learning. An analysis apparatus includes: an acquisition section that acquires input data; an identification section that identifies any one of predetermined recognition classes by inputting the input data to a machine learning model trained in advance with training data; a database that stores a correspondence relationship between the recognition class and predetermined information; an analysis section that analyzes the correspondence relationship between the recognition class and the predetermined information by using the database; and an output section that outputs an analysis result.
G06V 10/94 - Hardware or software architectures specially adapted for image or video understanding
G06V 10/764 - Arrangements for image or video recognition or understanding using pattern recognition or machine learning using classification, e.g. of video objects
G06V 20/52 - Surveillance or monitoring of activities, e.g. for recognising suspicious objects
G06V 10/77 - Arrangements for image or video recognition or understanding using pattern recognition or machine learning using data integration or data reduction, e.g. principal component analysis [PCA] or independent component analysis [ICA] or self-organising maps [SOM]; Blind source separation
G06V 10/82 - Arrangements for image or video recognition or understanding using pattern recognition or machine learning using neural networks
79.
CONTROL APPARATUS, CONFERENCE SYSTEM, AND RECORDING MEDIUM
A control apparatus includes a hardware processor that obtains information on volume of a sound in a conference room detected by a sound detection device that detects the sound in the conference room during a conference in the conference room, derives an index value that represents risk of information leakage due to sound leakage, based at least on the obtained information on the volume of the sound in the conference room, and causes an output device or an information terminal device installed in the conference room to issue an alert, if the index value is equal to or more than a predetermined threshold.
A transmission apparatus includes a transmission unit that transmits an operation state of a radiation imaging system to a user and a hardware processor that controls a state of the transmission unit, and the hardware processor controls the state of the transmission unit such that the state of the transmission unit is a state based on that at a time of the imaging of the exposure image between the first exposure and the second exposure when imaging the exposure image in the radiation imaging system.
[Problem] To provide a stiffness measuring device capable of highly accurately measuring the stiffness of a recording material such as a sheet, and an image forming system equipped with the stiffness measuring device.
[Problem] To provide a stiffness measuring device capable of highly accurately measuring the stiffness of a recording material such as a sheet, and an image forming system equipped with the stiffness measuring device.
[Solution] A stiffness measuring device includes a holding portion that holds a recording material so that a recording surface of the recording material is substantially parallel to a vertical direction, a pressing portion, and a stiffness acquiring section. The pressing portion presses a measurement point located on a lower side in the vertical direction than the portion of the recording material held by the holding portion. The stiffness acquiring section measure a reaction force obtained when the measurement point is pressed by the pressing portion and acquires the measured reaction force as the stiffness of the recording material.
A textile printing inkjet ink includes: a pigment; a water-dispersible resin; and an aqueous medium, wherein the water-dispersible resin has tensile strength of 0.1 to 4.5 MPa at 25° C. and breaking elongation of 500 to 1500% at 25° C.
An exposure record totalizer includes: a hardware processor that adds up a first exposure record of a first exposure image and a second exposure record of a second exposure image, when a radiography system generates the first exposure image through first exposure and the second exposure image through second exposure, and that links information about a third exposure record to a third exposure image generated on the basis of the first exposure image and the second exposure image, the third exposure record being generated by the hardware processor.
Provided are an image management system, a sample selection method, an image management device, an image display device, and a program that are capable of accumulating, as know-how, the reason and the intent behind a selection of a region when selecting a region from a parent sample for quality evaluation. The image management system (X-ray Talbot imaging device 1, control device 20) comprises a control unit (CPU 21) that, when a user has selected a region from a first image of a first sample in which prescribed quality information can be recognized, stores information pertaining to the selection of the region in a storage unit (storage unit 23) in association with the first image on the basis of skill level information of the user.
G01N 23/041 - Phase-contrast imaging, e.g. using grating interferometers
G01N 23/04 - Investigating or analysing materials by the use of wave or particle radiation, e.g. X-rays or neutrons, not covered by groups , or by transmitting the radiation through the material and forming images of the material
85.
COMPOSITION FOR ENCAPSULATING ELECTRONIC DEVICE, ELECTRONIC DEVICE ENCAPSULATION FILM, AND METHOD FOR FORMING ELECTRONIC DEVICE ENCAPSULATION FILM
An encapsulating composition according to the present invention contains a (meth)acrylate as a photopolymerizable monomer, wherein as calculated on the basis of the dipole moment μ [Debye], the molecular volume V [cm3·mol-1], and the hydrogen bond term δΗ [MPa1/2] of the photopolymerizable monomer, S1 is within a range of 0.10×10-2to 1.10×10-2[Debye/(cm3·mol-1)], or S2 is within a range of 0.50×10-2to 1.50×10-2[Mpa1/2/(cm3·mol-1)]. S1=(m1×μ1＋m2×μ2＋···)/(m1×V1＋m2×V2＋···) S2=(m1×δH1＋m2×δH2＋···)/(m1×V1＋m2×V2＋···) (where m is the molar ratio of the monomer, and the subscripts of m, μ, V and δΗ are the numbers of the monomers.)
This electronic device sealing composition contains a photopolymerizable monomer and a photopolymerization initiator. The electronic device sealing composition contains a (meth)acrylate as the photopolymerizable monomer. When the electronic device sealing composition is cured by irradiating with UV rays having a wavelength of 395 nm at 1.5 Jcm-2 in a nitrogen environment, the curing rate of the formed electronic device sealing film is 80% or above, and the residue rate of the electronic device sealing film as obtained by a differential thermal/thermogravimetric simultaneous measuring device (TG-DTA) is 3% or above.
Provided are an inkjet head manufacturing method and an inkjet head with which there will be less variation in ink ejection. This inkjet head manufacturing method involves applying a voltage to a piezoelectric member to deform the piezoelectric member, thereby imparting pressure fluctuation to ink and ejecting the ink, wherein the distribution of ink ejection speed is corrected using a structure that corresponds to the polarization characteristics of the piezoelectric member. The polarization characteristics may be defined by residual polarization. The area of an electrode that applies the voltage to the piezoelectric member may be reduced in portions of the piezoelectric member where the residual polarization is higher .
A test apparatus includes a holder that is capable of holding a test container in which a test object is to be provided, an optical measurement section that performs predetermined processing on the test object of the test container held by the holder, and a hardware processor that controls holding of the test container by the holder and releasing of the holding. In this test apparatus, the test container released from the holding moves in a gravity direction.
A system for generating training image data for supervised machine learning for training a defect classifier to be applied to visual inspection. The system arranges a defect model arbitrarily selected from a storage storing defect models obtained by modeling shapes and optical characteristics of defects and an inspection target surface model arbitrarily selected from a storage storing inspection target surface models obtained by modeling shapes and optical characteristics of inspection target surfaces, in any space in which ray tracing is performed by ray tracing simulation software in which an illumination optical system, an image pickup optical system, and an imaging sensor including a plurality of pixels are modeled. The system further traces a plurality of light rays, calculates illuminance at each of the pixels based on an intensity and a number of light rays entering the pixels, and generates pseudo image data as training image data based on the illuminance.
An image inspection device includes a processor coupled to a sensor. The processor reads, using the sensor, an image formed on a recording material by an image forming device and creates a read image; causes an analysis to detect an abnormality in the read image and creates an analysis result; and creates a normal image file including the read image in which the abnormality has not been detected based on the analysis result.
Provided are a nondestructive inspecting device, a nondestructive inspecting method, and a program capable of detecting even minute defects at low cost. The nondestructive inspecting device of the present invention comprises: a transmitting unit for transmitting wave motion to a target object; a receiving unit for generating a reception signal by receiving the wave motion propagated through the target object, at a plurality of reception positions on a line or a plane orthogonal to a transmission direction of the wave motion; and an information generating unit for subjecting the reception signal and a predetermined reference signal to predetermined non-linear processing to generate phase shift information indicating a phase shift between the reception signal and the reference signal at each reception position.
A measurement range determining device comprises a determining means (21) for determining a measurement range corresponding to a light emission state of a measurement target object (4), from among a plurality of measurement ranges of an optical measuring device (2) capable of measuring a parameter relating to the light emission state. The measurement range determining device is provided with a control means (205) for causing the optical measuring device (2) to execute preliminary measurement of the parameter prior to main measurement, in a measuring time that is shorter than a measuring time for the main measurement in each measurement range, and the determining means (21) determines the measurement range for the main measurement appropriate for the measurement target object (4) on the basis of the results of the preliminary measurement executed by the optical measuring device (2).
Provided are an image management system, an image management device, an image management method, and an image management program with which it is possible to more suitably associate a parent sample and evaluation results of a child sample. This image management system (control device 20) includes: a first storage unit (storage unit 23) that stores a first image of a first sample related to quality information; a second storage unit (storage unit 23) that stores evaluation results of a second sample extracted from the first sample; and a third storage unit (storage unit 23) that stores information about an extraction location of the first sample or the second sample, and the feature amount at a location selected from the first image. The first image, the evaluation results of the second sample, the information about the extraction location, and the feature amount are associated with each other.
G01N 23/041 - Phase-contrast imaging, e.g. using grating interferometers
G01N 23/04 - Investigating or analysing materials by the use of wave or particle radiation, e.g. X-rays or neutrons, not covered by groups , or by transmitting the radiation through the material and forming images of the material
94.
COMPOSITION FOR ELECTRONIC DEVICE SEALING, ELECTRONIC DEVICE SEALING FILM, AND METHOD FOR FORMING ELECTRONIC DEVICE SEALING FILM
A composition for electronic device sealing according to the present invention contains a photopolymerizable monomer and a photopolymerization initiator. With respect to this composition for electronic device sealing, a (meth)acrylate is contained as the photopolymerizable monomer; an electronic device sealing film which is formed by curing this composition for electronic device sealing by means of irradiation of ultraviolet light having a wavelength of 395 nm at 1.5 Jcm-2in a nitrogen environment has a refractive index within the range of from 1.45 to 1.56 at a wavelength of 380 nm; and this electronic device sealing film has an extinction coefficient within the range of from 50 × 10-5to 200 × 10-5 at a wavelength of 380 nm.
An inkjet head contains a silicon nozzle substrate having an ink channel surface and an ink ejection surface facing the channel surface, and having a nozzle penetrating from the channel surface to the ejection surface; a channel substrate bonded to the channel surface of the silicon nozzle substrate, and including an ink channel and a substrate body that forms the ink channel; and a liquid-repellent film provided on the ejection surface of the silicon nozzle substrate. The channel substrate includes a through channel that penetrates the substrate body so as to face the nozzle, n-number of individual circulation channels that communicate with the through channel, extend in a direction away from the nozzle, and have a portion overlapping the substrate body in a plan view. A positional relationship between each of the individual circulation channels and the nozzle satisfies a specific Expression 1.
An information processing apparatus includes a hardware processor that: acquires care receiver information about a care receiver scheduled to enter a care facility, and room information about each of a plurality of rooms in the care facility; and determines a residential room to be allocated to the care receiver from among the plurality of rooms, based on the care receiver information and the room information.
G16H 40/20 - ICT specially adapted for the management or administration of healthcare resources or facilities; ICT specially adapted for the management or operation of medical equipment or devices for the management or administration of healthcare resources or facilities, e.g. managing hospital staff or surgery rooms
97.
OPTICAL DEVICE, SCANNING OPTICAL DEVICE, AND IMAGE FORMING DEVICE
An optical device includes: an optical element having a first surface and a second surface; a first seat surface member that abuts on the first surface of the optical element; a first pressing member that abuts on the second surface of the optical element at a position facing the first seat surface member via the optical element, and press the optical element against the first seat surface member; an adjustment member that abuts on the second surface of the optical element at a position different from the first pressing member, and displaces the abutment position to adjust a posture of the optical element; and a second pressing member that abuts on the first surface of the optical element at a position facing the adjustment member via the optical element, and applies a pressing force to the abutment position to press the optical element against the adjustment member.
G02B 26/12 - Scanning systems using multifaceted mirrors
G02B 26/08 - Optical devices or arrangements for the control of light using movable or deformable optical elements for controlling the direction of light
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
98.
IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS, IMAGE FORMING SYSTEM, AND CONTROL METHOD
An image forming apparatus connected to a first post-processing machine that executes first post-processing on at least one of a plurality of sheets includes: an image forming device that forms an image on each of the sheet; and a controller that instructs, in response to an output of a target sheet that satisfies a specific condition from the image forming section, the first post-processing machine to execute the first post-processing on the target sheet and a stacked sheet among the sheets.
An information processing method to be executed by a computer comprises: accessing a questionnaire answer consisting of one or more options selected from a plurality of options prepared in advance as answers to each of a plurality of questions, and information recorded as a selection manner in which the one or more options are selected; and calculating a degree of importance of each of the selected one or more options, based on the information recorded as the selection manner.
G09B 7/06 - Electrically-operated teaching apparatus or devices working with questions and answers of the multiple-choice answer type, i.e. where a given question is provided with a series of answers and a choice has to be made from the answers
A plant management system 1 comprises: an acquisition unit 210 that acquires data from a sensor that detects the state of equipment in a plant or factory; a first analysis unit 220 that analyzes the data acquired by the acquisition unit 210 and generates first analysis information; a second analysis unit 320 that generates second analysis information on the basis of the first analysis information; service-providing units 230, 330 that provide the first analysis information and the second analysis information to a provision destination; and a permission unit 340 that grants permission to provide the second analysis information to the provision destination. The service-providing unit 330 provides, to the provision destination, the second analysis information for which permission has been granted by the permission unit 340.
