A communication management device includes circuitry that: receives captured image data of a captured image obtained by an image capturing device and time-series information representing a date and time associated with predetermined area information, the predetermined area information representing a predetermined area and is transmitted by a communication terminal that displays a predetermined area image of the predetermined area; and transmits, to the communication terminal, converted predetermined area image data obtained through perspective projection conversion based on the received captured image data and the received time-series information.
A liquid discharge apparatus includes a liquid discharge head and a head drive controller to output a drive waveform including one pulse or two or more pulses selected according to a droplet size. In a case that the drive waveform includes the two or more pulses, the drive waveform includes a final pulse at an end of the two or more pulses. The final pulse includes a first expansion waveform, a first contraction waveform element, a second expansion waveform element, a second contraction waveform element, and a third expansion waveform element. A time period from a start of the first contraction waveform element to a start of the second expansion waveform element is less than 0.5 Tc. A time period from the start of the first contraction waveform element to a start of the second contraction waveform element is within a range from 0.5 Tc to 0.6 Tc.
B41J 2/045 - Machines à écrire ou mécanismes d'impression sélective caractérisés par le procédé d'impression ou de marquage pour lequel ils sont conçus caractérisés par la mise en contact sélective d'un liquide ou de particules avec un matériau d'impression à jet d'encre caractérisés par le procédé de formation du jet en produisant à la demande des gouttelettes ou des particules séparées les unes des autres par pression, p.ex. à l'aide de transducteurs électromécaniques
A biomagnetic field measurement device to measure a biomagnetic field includes a superconducting quantum interference device (SQUID) sensor, and includes a flux locked loop unit. The SQUID sensor includes an adjustment device configured to adjust a loop gain of the flux locked loop unit.
A61B 5/243 - Détection de champs biomagnétiques, p.ex. de champs magnétiques produits par des courants bioélectriques spécialement adaptée aux signaux magnétocardiographiques [MCG]
A61B 5/245 - Détection de champs biomagnétiques, p.ex. de champs magnétiques produits par des courants bioélectriques spécialement adaptée aux signaux magnétoencéphalographiques [MEG]
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SURFACE-EMITTING LASER, LASER DEVICE, DETECTION DEVICE, MOBILE OBJECT, AND METHOD FOR DRIVING SURFACE-EMITTING LASER
A surface-emitting laser includes an active layer; multiple reflectors sandwiching the active layer; and an electrode pair connected to a power supply, through which a current is injected into the active layer. The surface-emitting laser emits at least one laser beam during a current injection period when the current injected into the active layer through the electrode pair during the current injection period is a first current and emits at least one laser beam during a current decrease period when the current injected into the active layer through the electrode pair during the current injection period is a second current exceeding the first current. The current decrease period is after the current injection period. The current injected into the active layer during the current decrease period is lower than the current injected into the active layer during the current injection period.
H01S 5/183 - Lasers à émission de surface [lasers SE], p.ex. comportant à la fois des cavités horizontales et verticales comportant uniquement des cavités verticales, p.ex. lasers à émission de surface à cavité verticale [VCSEL]
H01S 5/0625 - Dispositions pour commander les paramètres de sortie du laser, p.ex. en agissant sur le milieu actif en faisant varier le potentiel des électrodes dans des lasers à plusieurs sections
H01S 5/42 - Réseaux de lasers à émission de surface
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LIQUID APPLICATION APPARATUS AND LIQUID APPLICATION METHOD
A liquid application apparatus includes an applicator, a maintenance device, a conveyor, a first conveyance path, and a second conveyance path. The applicator applies a liquid to an object. The maintenance device maintains an applying condition of the liquid by the applicator. The conveyor conveys the object and the maintenance device. The object is to be conveyed along the first conveyance path. The maintenance device is to be conveyed along the second conveyance path. The applicator includes a nozzle surface on which a plurality of nozzles to discharge the liquid is formed. The maintenance device includes a wiper to wipe the nozzle surface. The first conveyance path overlaps with the second conveyance path at least at a portion at which the first conveyance path passes by the applicator.
B05C 11/10 - Stockage, débit ou réglage du liquide ou d'un autre matériau fluide; Récupération de l'excès de liquide ou d'un autre matériau fluide
B05C 9/12 - Appareillages ou installations pour appliquer des liquides ou d'autres matériaux fluides aux surfaces par des moyens non prévus dans l'un des groupes , ou dans lesquels le moyen pour déposer le liquide ou autre matériau fluide n'est pas important pour appliquer un liquide ou autre matériau fluide et exécuter une opération auxiliaire l'opération auxiliaire étant exécutée après l'application
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Measuring device, blood-sugar level measuring device, and measuring method
A measuring device includes a total internal reflection prism having a total reflection plane that an object to be measured contacts, a light source to emit light to make the light having a wavelength equal to or greater than 7 micrometers (μm) and equal to or less than 12 μm incident on the total reflection plane, and a sensor to detect light intensity of the light reflected by the total reflection plane. In the measuring device, an equation
is satisfied, where n1 denotes a refractive index of a base material of the total internal reflection prism for the light having a wavelength of 10 μm, n2 denotes a refractive index of the object to be measured for the light having the wavelength of 10 μm and n2 takes a value 1.32 or 1.44, and θc denotes an incident angle of a center of light flux emitted from the light source.
A powder replenisher includes a powder replenishment container to be replenished with powder. A pressure adjuster increases and decreases operating pressure applied to a variable capacity portion. A powder measuring instrument measures an amount of the powder that replenishes the powder replenishment container. A controller performs a precise replenishing mode in which, after the controller determines that the powder replenishment container is replenished with the powder in a predetermined amount, while the controller controls the powder measuring instrument to measure the amount of the powder inside the powder replenishment container, the controller controls the pressure adjuster to replenish the powder replenishment container with the powder in a target amount. The controller controls the pressure adjuster to replenish the powder replenishment container with the powder while the controller controls the pressure adjuster based on the operating pressure detected by an operating pressure detector in the precise replenishing mode.
G03G 15/08 - Appareils pour procédés électrographiques utilisant un dessin de charge pour développer en utilisant un développateur solide, p.ex. développateur en poudre
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POWDER CONVEYANCE DEVICE AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS
A powder conveyance device includes a conveyor that rotates in a rotation direction to convey powder and a first conveyance tube accommodating the conveyor. A second conveyance tube extends in an angled direction that is angled with respect to the first conveyance tube. The second conveyance tube communicates with the first conveyance tube. A swing member is disposed inside the second conveyance tube. The swing member swings in accordance with rotation of the conveyor. The swing member has one end that is detachably attached to the conveyor. The one end is detached from the conveyor in a detaching direction. A restrictor is disposed inside one of the first conveyance tube and the second conveyance tube. The restrictor restricts motion of the swing member in the detaching direction.
G03G 15/08 - Appareils pour procédés électrographiques utilisant un dessin de charge pour développer en utilisant un développateur solide, p.ex. développateur en poudre
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IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS, IMAGE FORMING METHOD, AND NON-TRANSITORY RECORDING MEDIUM
An image forming apparatus includes a head, a detector, and circuitry. The head forms an image on a recording medium. The detector detects a vertical movement of the recording medium and a distance to the recording medium in a vertical direction. The detector includes an optical sensor to project light to the recording medium and receive the light reflected from the recording medium. The circuitry sets a first area based on a result of detection performed by the detector. The first area is an area in which the recording medium and the head collide with each other. The circuitry retracts the head to prevent the recording medium and the head from colliding with each other, in a case where a position of the head is in the first area.
B41J 2/045 - Machines à écrire ou mécanismes d'impression sélective caractérisés par le procédé d'impression ou de marquage pour lequel ils sont conçus caractérisés par la mise en contact sélective d'un liquide ou de particules avec un matériau d'impression à jet d'encre caractérisés par le procédé de formation du jet en produisant à la demande des gouttelettes ou des particules séparées les unes des autres par pression, p.ex. à l'aide de transducteurs électromécaniques
B41J 2/125 - Capteurs, p.ex. capteurs de déviation
B41J 25/304 - Mécanismes mobiles pour têtes d'impression ou chariots mobiles vers ou à partir de la surface du papier
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INFORMATION PROCESSING SYSTEM, INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD, AND NON-TRANSITORY RECORDING MEDIUM
An information processing system includes circuitry that creates first marketing data including first content and first uniform resource locator (URL) information. The first content is specified in accordance with an operation performed on a first information terminal. The first URL information is according to a customer. In response to access by a terminal of the customer to a page indicated by the first URL information after a first medium based on the first marketing data is delivered to the customer, the circuitry transmits an access notification to a second information terminal to notify the access to the page indicated by the first URL information. The circuitry receives second content information related to the access notification and specified in accordance with an operation performed on the second information terminal. The circuitry creates second marketing data related to the customer and including second content indicated by the received second content information.
G06F 16/955 - Recherche dans le Web utilisant des identifiants d’information, p.ex. des localisateurs uniformisés de ressources [uniform resource locators - URL]
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METHOD OF MEASURING BIOLOGICAL INFORMATION, AND MEASURING SYSTEM
A biological information measuring technique with improved reliability is proposed. A method of measuring biological information using an optical element with a totally reflecting surface, which is to be brought into contact with an object to be observed, is provided. The method includes, after the optical element has been in contact with the object to be observed, acquiring an absorbance at the totally reflecting surface in a state where the optical element is not in contact with the object to be observed, and determining by an information processing apparatus whether the object to be observed needs to be cleaned, based on the absorbance.
System, method, and software of providing a printing service. In one embodiment, a printing system comprises a cloud printing service that stores device capability information for different types of printers supervised by a print server. The cloud printing service receives a print job, identifies a plurality of the printers that are capable of printing the print job based on the device capability information, and transforms printable content and control data of the print job into a plurality of printer-specific print streams. Each of the printer-specific print streams is in a printable output format for one of the plurality of the printers. The cloud printing service provides one or more of the printer-specific print streams to the print server.
An image-capturing system includes circuitry to receive multiple phase images for each of multiple phases. The multiple phase images include multiple first phase images captured under a first condition and one or more second phase images captured under a second condition different from the first condition, and the multiple first phase images are greater in number than the one or more second phase images. The circuitry calculates, for each of the multiple phases, a motion amount, at least, among the multiple first phase images of a same phase; performs correction on the multiple first phase images of the same phase based on the motion amount; and performs addition processing on the multiple first phase images of the same phase, so as to generate a summed phase image for each of the multiple phases.
H04N 23/68 - Commande des caméras ou des modules de caméras pour une prise de vue stable de la scène, p. ex. en compensant les vibrations du boîtier de l'appareil photo
G01S 17/46 - Détermination indirecte des données relatives à la position
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HEAD-MAINTENANCE DEVICE AND LIQUID DISCHARGE APPARATUS
A head-maintenance device includes a suction cap to cap a nozzle surface of a head to discharge liquid, a suction unit to suck the inside of the suction cap, an air-release channel communicating with the inside of the suction cap, a lid to close an opening of the suction cap, and processing circuitry. The processing circuitry performs an air-release channel suction operation to close the air-release channel and suck the inside of the suction cap by the suction unit, with the opening of the suction cap closed by the lid, and open the air-release channel with the inside of the suction cap in a negative pressure.
An information processing apparatus according to an embodiment of the present disclosure processes information about a position of an object moved by a mobile object, and includes an output unit configured to output the information about the position of the object. The information about the position of the object is obtained based on holding information indicating whether the object is held or not held by the mobile object and information about a position of the mobile object. The information about the position of the mobile object is obtained based on a captured image captured by an imaging device.
A surface-emitting laser array includes a substrate and a sub-arrays disposed on the substrate, the sub-arrays including a surface-emitting laser devices electrically connected to each other in parallel to emit light through the substrate, each of the surface-emitting laser devices having a light-emitting point and including a first semi-conducting layer of first conductivity. The laser array further includes a second semi-conducting layer of second conductivity, and a resonator disposed between the first semi-conducting layer and the second semi-conducting layer. The sub-arrays adjacent to each other include an electrode to electrically connect the first semi-conducting layer in the surface-emitting laser devices included in one of the sub-arrays and the second semi-conducting layer.
H01S 5/183 - Lasers à émission de surface [lasers SE], p.ex. comportant à la fois des cavités horizontales et verticales comportant uniquement des cavités verticales, p.ex. lasers à émission de surface à cavité verticale [VCSEL]
H01S 5/40 - Agencement de plusieurs lasers à semi-conducteurs, non prévu dans les groupes
A system is disclosed. The system includes at least one physical memory device to store edge enhancement logic and one or more processors coupled with the at least one physical memory device to execute the edge enhancement logic to receive a plurality of pels in a continuous tone image (CTI), receive a first halftone design associated with each of the plurality of pels, receive compensation data for pel forming elements associated with each of the plurality of pels, receive edge enhancement inverse transfer functions, determine whether each of the plurality of pels is an edge pel, perform edge enhancement processing for each of the determined edge pels, including generating a final halftone design for the pel based on the first halftone design associated with the pel, the edge enhancement inverse transfer function associated with the pel, and the compensation data associated with the pel and perform compensation processing for each of the determined not edge pels, including generating a final halftone design for the pel based on the first halftone design associated with the pel, and the compensation data associated with the pel.
H04N 1/405 - Conversion en demi-teintes, c.à d. conversion du signal d'image d'un original à tons continus en un signal correspondant ne possédant que deux niveaux
H04N 1/52 - Circuits ou dispositions pour l'affichage sur écran en demi-teinte
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HEATING DEVICE, FIXING DEVICE, AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS
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.
An ink contains water, a coloring material, a resin, and an organic solvent, wherein the dried layer of the ink has a surface free energy γS having a polar component γSp of from 3.5 to 20 J/m2 at 25 degrees C.
A paper feeding device includes: a bearing base to which a spool inserted into a paper roll, around which a paper is wound, is detachably attachable; a support including: a leading-end detection sensor to detect a leading end of the paper on the paper roll and output a sensor signal; and a roller disposed at a position in the support different from the leading-end detection sensor in a circumferential direction of the paper roll, to cause the leading-end detection sensor and the roller to contact a surface of the paper roll attached to the bearing base; and to cause the leading-end detection sensor and the roller to be directed toward an axial center of the spool; and a motor to rotate the spool in a feeding direction to feed the paper and in a reverse direction opposite to the feeding direction.
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.
A sheet ejection device includes a stacker to stack a sheet ejected to the stacker in a sheet ejection direction, and a contact member to pivot when the contact member is in contact with an ejection sheet moving to the stacker. The contact member includes an ejection sheet contact portion to contact the ejection sheet, a stacked sheet contact portion disposed opposite the ejection sheet contact portion and including a contact portion to contact a stacked sheet stacked on the stacker, and a pressing portion to press the stacked sheet. The pressing portion is disposed at an intersection between the ejection sheet contact portion and the stacked sheet contact portion. The contact portion has a curved shape convex in the sheet ejection direction.
An image forming apparatus includes a body having an opening, a door on the body, a unit detachably attached to the body from the opening, a cover inside the door, a spring, and a lock. The door covers the opening at a first closed position. The unit is disposed at a mounting position inside the body. The cover is rotatable between a second closed position and an opening position in an opening direction. At the second closed position, the cover covers the unit at the mounting position. At the opening position, the cover forms an angle of 90 degrees or more with the body. The spring applies a force to the cover in the opening direction. The lock locks the cover at the second closed position. The cover displaced from the second closed position in the opening direction restricts a movement of the door to the first closed position.
An optical system includes: a light guide to guide image light; a partial reflector; and a reflector. The partial reflector transmits a first image light guided in a first direction from a first side of the partial reflector in a light guide; and reflects second image light to exit outside from a light emission surface of the light guide, the second image light being guided in the light guide in a second direction opposite to the first direction from a second side of the partial reflector. The reflector at the second side of the partial reflector reflects the first image light back to the partial reflector as the second image light in the second direction. A dimension of the light guide in a thickness direction is longer than a beam diameter of the image light guided in the light guide. The light emission surface has a negative power.
A display device, a display control method, a non-transitory recoding medium, and a display system. The display device receives an image from a terminal device by wireless communication, outputs the image to a display, acquires operation information on the image being displayed at the display, and displays a first display component together with the image, the first display component for receiving an operation that executes to stop the output of the image and restrict transmission of the operation information to the terminal device.
G09G 3/20 - Dispositions ou circuits de commande présentant un intérêt uniquement pour l'affichage utilisant des moyens de visualisation autres que les tubes à rayons cathodiques pour la présentation d'un ensemble de plusieurs caractères, p.ex. d'une page, en composant l'ensemble par combinaison d'éléments individuels disposés en matrice
A transmission management apparatus manages transmission states of a plurality of transmission terminals including a first transmission terminal and a second transmission terminal. The apparatus includes a terminal management table storage unit configured to store therein a terminal management table in which terminal information including an identifier and an identification name of each transmission terminal is managed; a receiving unit configured to receive a terminal information request signal from the first transmission terminal, the terminal information request signal indicating a request for information for identifying the second transmission terminal, the first and second transmission terminals being in transmission therebetween; a terminal state acquisition unit configured to acquire the information for identifying the second transmission terminal from the terminal management table in response to the terminal information request signal; and a transmitting unit configured to transmit the information acquired by the terminal state acquisition unit to the first transmission terminal.
A system is disclosed. The system includes at least one physical memory device to store edge enhancement logic and one or more processors coupled with the at least one physical memory device to execute the edge enhancement logic to receive a plurality of pels in a continuous tone image (CTI), receive compensation data for pel forming elements associated with each of the plurality of pels, receive edge enhancement transfer functions, determine whether each of the plurality of pels is an edge pel, perform edge enhancement processing for each of the determined edge pels, including generating a final pel value for the pel based on the pel value for the pel, the edge enhancement transfer function associated with the pel, and the compensation data associated with the pel and perform compensation processing for each of the determined not edge pels, including generating a final pel value for the pel based on the pel value for the pel, and the compensation data associated with the pel.
H04N 1/00 - Balayage, transmission ou reproduction de documents ou similaires, p.ex. transmission de fac-similés; Leurs détails
H04N 1/405 - Conversion en demi-teintes, c.à d. conversion du signal d'image d'un original à tons continus en un signal correspondant ne possédant que deux niveaux
H04N 1/52 - Circuits ou dispositions pour l'affichage sur écran en demi-teinte
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COMMUNICATION MANAGEMENT SERVER, COMMUNICATION SYSTEM, AND METHOD FOR MANAGING COMMUNICATION
A communication management server includes circuitry to receive, from a mobile device being movable in a real space and a first communication terminal, information indicating positions of the mobile device and the first communication terminal in the real space. The circuitry generates a virtual space image including an icon of the mobile device and an icon of the first communication terminal that are associated with corresponding positions in a virtual space to appear on the virtual space image based on the information received, and including an icon of a second communication terminal. The circuitry transmits the virtual space image to the second communication terminal and establishes voice communication between the first communication terminal and the second communication terminal in response to receiving, via the second communication terminal, an operation of associating the icon of the second communication terminal with the icon of the mobile device on the virtual space image.
A maintenance device includes: a cap detachably contactable with a nozzle face of a liquid discharge head; a suction device to suck liquid from the cap; a waste liquid storage to store the liquid sucked from the cap by the suction device; a waste liquid channel connecting the cap and the waste liquid storage; a cleaning liquid storage storing a cleaning liquid to be supplied to the cap; and a cleaning liquid channel connecting the cap and the cleaning liquid storage. The suction device sucks: the waste liquid in the cap to discharge the waste liquid to the waste liquid storage through the waste liquid channel; and the cleaning liquid in the cleaning liquid storage to supply the cleaning liquid to the cap through the cleaning liquid channel.
An image processing device includes: a first contamination detection circuit to detect contamination on an image reading device using a first relative threshold value calculated from a standard deviation of pixel values of a same-density region in a read image obtained by the image reading device, the image reading device reading a reference image formed on a recording medium by a line head including a plurality of inkjet heads and that has density regions of a plurality of gradations; a second contamination detection circuit to detect contamination on the image reading device using a second relative threshold value calculated from a standard deviation of pixel values of an area in the read image, the area being divided for each of the plurality of inkjet heads; and a contamination processing circuit to eliminate an influence of the contamination on the read image when at least one of the first contamination detection circuit or the second contamination detection circuit determines the contamination.
B41J 2/21 - Machines à écrire ou mécanismes d'impression sélective caractérisés par le procédé d'impression ou de marquage pour lequel ils sont conçus caractérisés par la mise en contact sélective d'un liquide ou de particules avec un matériau d'impression à jet d'encre pour l'impression à plusieurs couleurs
G06K 15/00 - Dispositions pour produire une présentation visuelle permanente des données de sortie
G06K 15/02 - Dispositions pour produire une présentation visuelle permanente des données de sortie utilisant des imprimantes
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POINT CLOUD PROCESSING APPARATUS, POINT CLOUD PROCESSING METHOD, NON-TRANSITORY RECORDING MEDIUM, AND POINT CLOUD PROCESSING SYSTEM
A point cloud processing apparatus includes circuitry to generate a selection screen displaying a plurality of options each of which indicates a corresponding one of a plurality of qualities for point cloud processing that is performed on point cloud data representing a three-dimensional point cloud. The circuitry stores, in a memory, a processing result of the point cloud processing performed with one of the plurality of qualities on the point cloud data. The one of the plurality of qualities is a selected one of the plurality of options.
An image processing apparatus communicates with an image capturing apparatus. The image processing apparatus includes circuitry to acquire an image of an imaging range of the image capturing apparatus, captured by the image capturing apparatus, recognize an identification that identifies an individual target object included in the image, calculate a trajectory of positions between which the target object included in the image moves, estimate an area in which the target object is present based on the trajectory, acquire the trajectory based on the positions at which the identification of the target object is recognized, and obtain individual area estimation information associating the estimated area corresponding to the acquired trajectory and the identification of the target object.
A printing system is disclosed. The printing system includes at least one physical memory device to store defective print element determination logic and one or more processors coupled with the at least one physical memory device to execute the defective print element determination logic to receive a print image comprising evaluation marks and locator marks applied to a print medium by a plurality of pel forming elements according to print instructions and identify pel forming elements associated with print defect pels in the print image among the plurality of pel forming elements based on the evaluation marks, the locator marks and the print instructions.
B41J 2/21 - Machines à écrire ou mécanismes d'impression sélective caractérisés par le procédé d'impression ou de marquage pour lequel ils sont conçus caractérisés par la mise en contact sélective d'un liquide ou de particules avec un matériau d'impression à jet d'encre pour l'impression à plusieurs couleurs
B41J 2/045 - Machines à écrire ou mécanismes d'impression sélective caractérisés par le procédé d'impression ou de marquage pour lequel ils sont conçus caractérisés par la mise en contact sélective d'un liquide ou de particules avec un matériau d'impression à jet d'encre caractérisés par le procédé de formation du jet en produisant à la demande des gouttelettes ou des particules séparées les unes des autres par pression, p.ex. à l'aide de transducteurs électromécaniques
35.
LIQUID DISCHARGE HEAD, LIQUID DISCHARGE UNIT, AND LIQUID DISCHARGE APPARATUS
A liquid discharge head includes: a first substrate having a joint region; a sheet member having a first face joined to the first substrate with a joining agent applied to the joint region of the first substrate; and a second substrate joined to a second face opposite to the first face of the sheet member and the first substrate, the sheet member interposed between the first substrate and the second substrate, wherein the second substrate has a gap facing the second face of the sheet member opposite to a portion of the first face of the sheet member joined to the joint region of the first substrate across the sheet member.
A retinal projection display device for projection of an image onto a retina of a wearer wearing an eyeglass-type support is provided. The retinal projection display device includes the eyeglass-type support including a temple; a light source; an optical scanner disposed in the temple and configured to scan light from the light source so as to form the image; a projector configured to project the image formed by the optical scanner onto the retina; an optical deflector disposed in the temple and configured to change a projection direction of the image formed by the optical scanner; and a translation member configured to translate the optical scanner and the optical deflector in a direction in which the temple extends.
An image forming method includes forming an electrostatic latent image on an electrostatic latent image bearer, developing the electrostatic image with a toner to form a visible image, transferring the visible image onto a recording medium, and fixing the transferred visible image on the recording medium. The toner includes toner base particles each including a binder resin, a release agent, and particles of an inorganic antibacterial antiviral agent, and satisfies conditions (1) to (3) below. The image forming method satisfies a relationship of 2.0X (micrometers)≤Z≤2.5X (micrometers). Conditions (1) the number average particle diameter X of the particles of the inorganic antibacterial antiviral agent is 1.5 (micrometers)≤X≤2.5 (micrometers), (2) 3X (micrometers)≤Y≤4X (micrometers), and (3) an amount of the inorganic antibacterial antiviral agent in the toner is 2.8% by mass or greater, but 5.0% by mass or less.
G03G 15/16 - Appareils pour procédés électrographiques utilisant un dessin de charge pour transférer un dessin à un second support d'un dessin de teinte, p.ex. dessin de poudre
G03G 9/09 - Agents colorants pour les particules de toner
G03G 9/10 - Développateurs avec des particules de toner caractérisés par les particules porteuses
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SERVICE SYSTEM, INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, AND SERVICE PROVIDING METHOD
A service system includes a mobile terminal and an information processing device capable of communication via a network. The mobile terminal includes a first transmission unit that transmits spherical images taken in respective imaging locations and positional information about the imaging locations to the information processing device. The information processing device includes a reception unit that receives the spherical images transmitted by the first transmission unit; a map data obtaining unit that obtains map data from a map data storage, the map data including the imaging locations of the spherical images; a path information creation unit that creates information about a path made by connecting the imaging locations in the map data obtained by the map data obtaining unit; and a content providing unit that makes content available for a request through the network, the content including the map data, the information about the path, and the spherical images.
H04N 23/698 - Commande des caméras ou des modules de caméras pour obtenir un champ de vision élargi, p. ex. pour la capture d'images panoramiques
H04N 1/00 - Balayage, transmission ou reproduction de documents ou similaires, p.ex. transmission de fac-similés; Leurs détails
H04N 1/21 - Enregistrement intermédiaire de l'information
H04N 1/32 - Circuits ou dispositions pour la commande ou le contrôle entre l'émetteur et le récepteur
H04N 21/258 - Gestion de données liées aux clients ou aux utilisateurs finaux, p.ex. gestion des capacités des clients, préférences ou données démographiques des utilisateurs, traitement des multiples préférences des utilisateurs finaux pour générer des données co
H04N 21/2743 - Hébergement vidéo de données téléchargées à partir du dispositif client
H04N 21/45 - Opérations de gestion réalisées par le client pour faciliter la réception de contenu ou l'interaction avec le contenu, ou pour l'administration des données liées à l'utilisateur final ou au dispositif client lui-même, p.ex. apprentissage des préféren
A liquid discharge apparatus includes a liquid discharge head, a stage, a guide rail, and an opening-and-closing cover. The liquid discharge head discharges a liquid to a recording medium. The stage moves in a vertical direction to move the recording medium on the stage. The guide rail holds the stage. The stage is movable in a conveyance direction intersecting the vertical direction. The opening-and-closing cover is slidable in one of the conveyance direction and a main scanning direction intersecting both the conveyance direction and the vertical direction. The opening-and-closing cover includes a retraction portion retractable above the stage.
An inkjet recording method is provided that includes the following steps: applying a pretreatment liquid to a fabric; applying a first white ink by an inkjet method and a wet on wet method onto an application region of the pretreatment liquid obtained in the applying of the pretreatment liquid, to form an image; applying a second white ink by an inkjet method and a wet on wet method onto the image formed in the applying of the first white ink; and applying a color ink by an inkjet method and a wet on wet method onto an image obtained in the applying of the second white ink.
B41J 2/21 - Machines à écrire ou mécanismes d'impression sélective caractérisés par le procédé d'impression ou de marquage pour lequel ils sont conçus caractérisés par la mise en contact sélective d'un liquide ou de particules avec un matériau d'impression à jet d'encre pour l'impression à plusieurs couleurs
B41J 3/407 - Machines à écrire ou mécanismes d'impression ou de marquage sélectif caractérisés par le but dans lequel ils sont construits pour le marquage sur des matériaux particuliers
B41M 1/26 - Impression sur d'autres surfaces que le papier ordinaire
C09D 11/102 - Encres d’imprimerie à base de résines artificielles contenant des composés macromoléculaires obtenus par des réactions autres que celles faisant intervenir uniquement des liaisons non saturées carbone-carbone
C09D 11/30 - Encres pour l'impression à jet d'encre
C09D 11/54 - Encres à base de deux liquides, l’un des liquides étant l’encre, l’autre liquide étant une solution de réaction, un fixateur ou une solution de traitement pour l’encre
D06P 1/52 - Procédés généraux de teinture ou d'impression des textiles ou procédés généraux de teinture du cuir, des fourrures ou des substances macromoléculaires solides de toutes formes, classés selon les teintures, les pigments ou les substances auxiliaires u utilisant des pigments insolubles ou des substances auxiliaires, p.ex. liants utilisant des compositions contenant des substances macromoléculaires synthétiques
D06P 5/00 - Autres caractéristiques de la teinture ou de l'impression des textiles ou de la teinture du cuir, des fourrures ou des substances macromoléculaires de toutes formes
A display device includes a housing having a rectangular shape in plan view, a display having a screen surface exposed from a front face of the housing, and a stand disposed on a rear face of the housing and pivotable on a rotation axis at a center in a short-side direction of the housing, to open and close relative to the housing. The stand has a width in a long-side direction of the housing smaller than a width of the housing in the long-side direction.
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.
The present invention has an object to develop and provide a target nucleic acid detection device having a low copy number of IPC nucleic acids placed therein, and a method for producing the device, to avoid a decrease caused in the detection sensitivity to a target nucleic acid through competitive inhibition of the target nucleic acid by addition of an internal positive control (IPC) nucleic acid. Provided is a target nucleic acid detection device in which a low copy number of IPC nucleic acids that do not inhibit the amplification reaction of a target nucleic acid is preliminarily placed in a reaction well.
B01L 3/00 - Récipients ou ustensiles pour laboratoires, p.ex. verrerie de laboratoire; Compte-gouttes
B01L 7/00 - Appareils de chauffage ou de refroidissement; Dispositifs d'isolation thermique
C12Q 1/70 - Procédés de mesure ou de test faisant intervenir des enzymes, des acides nucléiques ou des micro-organismes; Compositions à cet effet; Procédés pour préparer ces compositions faisant intervenir des virus ou des bactériophages
A liquid discharge apparatus includes a holder, a pre-treatment head, a smoother, and a print head. The holder reciprocally moves while holding a recording medium. The pre-treatment head discharges a pre-treatment liquid onto a surface of the recording medium held by the holder. The smoother smooths the pre-treatment liquid, which is discharged onto the surface of the recording medium, along the surface of the recording medium by a movement of the holder. The print head discharges a printing liquid onto the surface of the recording medium with the pre-treatment liquid smoothed.
B41J 3/407 - Machines à écrire ou mécanismes d'impression ou de marquage sélectif caractérisés par le but dans lequel ils sont construits pour le marquage sur des matériaux particuliers
A disclosed managing apparatus and image forming apparatus management system ensure confidentiality of information in an image forming apparatus while usability is maintained. An image forming apparatus acquires IC card identifying information with an IC card reader. A management server acquires a user ID associated with the acquired IC card identifying information and use limit information concerning use of the image forming apparatus. A process is performed in the image forming apparatus in accordance with the use limit information.
A liquid discharge head includes: a nozzle plate having multiple nozzles; a diaphragm facing an inner face of the nozzle plate; multiple individual chambers between the nozzle plate and the diaphragm, the multiple individual chambers respectively communicating with the multiple nozzles; multiple actuators on a first face of the diaphragm opposite to a second face of the diaphragm facing the multiple individual chambers, the multiple actuators to deform the diaphragm to discharges a liquid in the multiple individual chambers from the multiple nozzles, respectively; a holder facing the multiple actuators and the diaphragm and joined to a peripheral portion of the diaphragm; a first joint at a first position around a periphery of the holder and joining the diaphragm and the holder; and multiple second joints joining the diaphragm and the holder at multiple second positions inside the first position, respectively.
A conveyance device includes a conveyance member, a guide, and a rotator. The conveyance member has a conveyance surface with a joint, the conveyance member to convey an object to be conveyed, with the object on the conveyance surface. The guide approaches the conveyance surface and guides the object from or to the conveyance member. The rotator contacts the conveyance surface. The guide displaces in a direction perpendicular to the conveyance surface, in conjunction with displacement of the rotator when the rotator contacts the joint.
A polylactic acid resin composition includes a polylactic acid resin in an amount of 99% by mass or more. A complex viscosity η*(20) of the polylactic acid resin composition is 2×103 Pa·s or higher. A ratio of the complex viscosity η*(20) to a complex viscosity η*(5), which is represented by [η*(20)/η*(5)], is 0.6 or higher. The complex viscosity η*(5) and the complex viscosity η*(20) are complex viscosities respectively measured 5 minutes and 20 minutes after the start of measurement using a parallel plate-type rotary viscometer under measurement conditions below:
A polylactic acid resin composition includes a polylactic acid resin in an amount of 99% by mass or more. A complex viscosity η*(20) of the polylactic acid resin composition is 2×103 Pa·s or higher. A ratio of the complex viscosity η*(20) to a complex viscosity η*(5), which is represented by [η*(20)/η*(5)], is 0.6 or higher. The complex viscosity η*(5) and the complex viscosity η*(20) are complex viscosities respectively measured 5 minutes and 20 minutes after the start of measurement using a parallel plate-type rotary viscometer under measurement conditions below:
[Measurement Conditions]
Parallel plates: 20 mm in diameter, made of aluminum;
Temperature: 200° C.;
Gap between the parallel plates: 1.00 mm;
Frequency: 1 Hz (6.28 rad/s);
Atmosphere: under dry air (dew point: −60° C.); and
Size of measurement sample: a strip that is 30 μm thick, 7 mm wide, and 35 mm long.
B29C 48/00 - Moulage par extrusion, c. à d. en exprimant la matière à mouler dans une matrice ou une filière qui lui donne la forme désirée; Appareils à cet effet
B29C 48/88 - Traitement thermique de l’écoulement de matière extrudée, p.ex. refroidissement
C08G 63/82 - Procédés de préparation caractérisés par le catalyseur utilisé
A sustained releasing particle contains a water-soluble physiologically active substance and a fat-soluble base material, wherein the sustained releasing particle has a ratio of a surface area to a volume is 0.6 or less.
A61K 45/06 - Mélanges d'ingrédients actifs sans caractérisation chimique, p.ex. composés antiphlogistiques et pour le cœur
A61K 47/34 - Composés macromoléculaires obtenus par des réactions autres que celles faisant intervenir uniquement des liaisons non saturées carbone-carbone, p.ex. polyesters, acides polyaminés, polysiloxanes, polyphosphazines, copolymères de polyalkylène glycol o
A system to is described. The system includes at least one physical memory device to store print workflow manager and one or more processors coupled with the at least one physical memory devices to execute the print workflow manager receive a print job including print data to be printed, wherein the print data comprises a first presentation format, convert the received print data from the first presentation format to generate second print data in a second presentation format, duplicate the second print data to generate third print data, process the second print data to generate data to be printed to a first page size and process the third print data to generate data to be printed to a second page size.
An image forming apparatus includes a belt unit and a detector unit including a detector that is disposed opposite a tension roller via a belt and a detector support that supports the detector. The detector support includes a first lateral end portion that is disposed at one lateral end of the detector support in an axial direction of the tension roller and is movably attached to an apparatus body. The detector support further includes a second lateral end portion that is disposed at another lateral end of the detector support in the axial direction of the tension roller and is attached to the apparatus body. The first lateral end portion includes an engaging groove that engages a shaft of the tension roller. The engaging groove has a mouth that is disposed at a downstream end of the engaging groove in a detaching direction of the belt unit.
An optical system for a virtual display device includes: a light guide; a partial reflector to: transmit first image light guided in a first direction from a first side of the partial reflector through the light guide; and reflect second image light to exit outside the light guide, the second image light guided in a second direction, different from the first direction, from a second side different from the first side through the light guide; a reflector at the second side of the partial; and a polarizer. The polarizer rotates a polarization of the first image light polarized in a first polarization direction; and rotates a polarization of the second image light to polarize the second image light in a second polarization direction. The partial reflector has a lower reflectance for light polarized in the first polarization direction than for light polarized in the second polarization direction.
A sheet conveying device includes a conveyor, a sound collector, and circuitry. The conveyor conveys a sheet. The conveyor conveys a sheet in a sheet conveyance direction. The sound collector collects an operating sound generated by a conveyance of the sheet. The circuitry is to extract a feature amount of the operating sound collected by the sound collector, and determine, at different positions in the sheet conveyance direction based on the feature amount, whether an abnormal conveyance of the sheet occurs until the sheet is conveyed to a given position in the sheet conveyance direction.
B65H 7/06 - Commande de l'alimentation en articles, de l'enlèvement des articles, de l'avance des piles ou d'appareils associés permettant de tenir compte d'une alimentation incorrecte, de la non présence d'articles ou de la présence d'articles défectueux par palpeurs ou détecteurs sensibles à la présence d'articles défectueux ou à l'enlèvement ou à une alimentation incorrecte
54.
ELECTRODE MANUFACTURING METHOD AND ELECTRODE MANUFACTURING APPARATUS
An electrode manufacturing method includes a first step of applying an electrode liquid composition in a desired shape at a desired position on a substrate, the electrode liquid composition containing an electrode mixture material; a second step of acquiring positional information as to where the electrode liquid composition is applied; and a third step of cutting only the substrate at a desired position in a region other than an electrode mixture material region where the electrode liquid composition is applied to obtain an electrode cut out in a desired shape.
An image processing method performed by an image processing apparatus includes acquiring multiple still images of omnidirectional views captured at different image-capturing positions in a site by an image-capturing apparatus; acquiring a moving image captured by the image-capturing apparatus during movement of the image-capturing apparatus from a first location to a second location in the site; estimating the image-capturing positions of the multiple still images based on the acquired moving image; and generating a processed image including the multiple still images associated with each other based on the estimated image-capturing positions.
Systems and methods are provided for validating an autoencoder for a printing system. In one embodiment, a system stores values associated with individual features at a printing system and further stores times indicating when the values were determined at the printing system. The system also operates an autoencoder to perform time-compression upon the values and the times. Validating the autoencoder includes: determining predictive powers of the individual features prior to time-compression via partial F tests, determining predictive powers of the individual features after time-compression via partial F tests, and determining differences between the predictive powers of the individual features before time-compression and the predictive powers of the individual features after time-compression. Depending upon differences in the predictive powers, a report is generated indicating validity or invalidity of the autoencoder.
A communication terminal including circuitry to: receive video data including a captured image, from a communication management server that manages the captured image of video data distributed from another communication terminal different from the communication terminal; determine whether any predetermined-area information indicating a predetermined area of the captured image to be displayed during a reproduction time of the video data is stored in a memory; and control a display to display an image representing the predetermined area indicated by the predetermined-area information, based on a determination that the predetermined-area information is stored in the memory.
A light-source device includes an excitation light source, an optical member, and a wavelength converter. The excitation light source is configured to emit first color light. The optical member has a reflecting surface configured to reflect the first color light emitted from the excitation light source. The wavelength converter includes a wavelength conversion member on which the first color light reflected by the optical member is incident. The wavelength conversion member is configured to convert at least part of the first color light into second color light having a wavelength different from a wavelength of the first color light and emit the second color light. A center of the first color light on the reflecting surface of the optical member does not intersect with a light flux of the first color light emitted from the wavelength converter.
H04N 9/31 - Dispositifs de projection pour la présentation d'images en couleurs
G02B 27/09 - Mise en forme du faisceau, p.ex. changement de la section transversale, non prévue ailleurs
G02B 27/10 - Systèmes divisant ou combinant des faisceaux
G02B 27/18 - Systèmes ou appareils optiques non prévus dans aucun des groupes , pour projection optique, p.ex. combinaison de miroir, de condensateur et d'objectif
A developing device includes a developer bearer rotatable in a rotation direction and forming a developing range, a holder, and an entrance seal. The holder has a facing face facing the developer bearer upstream from the developing range in the rotation direction, a support face defining a part of an outer face of the developing device, and a relay face extending from one end of the support face to one end of the relay face connected to the facing face to form an acute tip portion closer to the developing range than the one end. The entrance seal has a free end projecting from the one end as a cantilever, and a length of the entrance seal from a tip of the free end of the entrance seal to the one end is shorter than a length of the relay face from the acute tip portion to the one end.
G03G 15/08 - Appareils pour procédés électrographiques utilisant un dessin de charge pour développer en utilisant un développateur solide, p.ex. développateur en poudre
G03G 15/09 - Appareils pour procédés électrographiques utilisant un dessin de charge pour développer en utilisant un développateur solide, p.ex. développateur en poudre utilisant une brosse magnétique
A printing apparatus includes a removable member including a printing unit, a battery that drives the printing unit, a control board that controls the printing unit, and a body unit that holds the removable member, the battery, and the control board. The removable member and the battery are disposed on a straight line extending in a sub-scanning direction perpendicular to a main scanning direction of the body unit. The control board is disposed in the body unit with a side, as a facing side, of the control board being along a height direction of the printing apparatus and facing the removable member and the battery in the main scanning direction.
An image forming apparatus includes an image forming device, a base, circuitry, and a detector. The image forming device includes a recording head to form an image on a recording medium conveyed in a conveyance direction. The base supports the recording medium and is movable in the conveyance direction. A type of the base is changeable according to a type of the recording medium. The circuitry sets a detection range in the conveyance direction. The detector detects, before the image is formed, a collision between the recording head and the recording medium on the base, in the detection range set by the circuitry.
B41J 11/00 - Dispositifs ou agencements pour supporter ou manipuler un matériau de copie en feuilles ou en bandes
B41J 25/308 - Mécanismes mobiles pour têtes d'impression ou chariots mobiles vers ou à partir de la surface du papier avec des mécanismes de réglage de la distance entre l'élément d'impression et le matériau d'impression
62.
INFORMATION PROCESSING SYSTEM, INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD, INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, AND NON-TRANSITORY RECORDING MEDIUM
An information processing system includes one or more image capturing devices and circuitry. The one or more image capturing devices capture a first slip and a second slip to generate one or more images. The first slip has a first image code corresponding to a first type of identification information thereon, and the second slip has a second image code corresponding to a second type of identification information thereon. The circuitry is to manage a position of the first slip based on the first image code recognized from the one or more images, manage a position of the second slip based on the second image code recognized from the one or more images, and display the position of the second slip in response to an operation performed by a user.
G06F 3/12 - Sortie numérique vers une unité d'impression
G06K 7/12 - Méthodes ou dispositions pour la lecture de supports d'enregistrement par radiation corpusculaire utilisant une longueur d'onde choisie, p.ex. pour lire des marques rouges et ignorer des marques bleues
63.
ENVELOPE PROCESSING APPARATUS AND IMAGE FORMING SYSTEM
An envelope processing apparatus conveys an envelope to an enclosing position and encloses an enclosure on which specific information is formed at a formation position. The enclosing device includes: an envelope conveyor to convey the enclosure to the enclosing position to insert the enclosure into the envelope; a sensor to acquire, as an image, a structure of the envelope during conveyance, and acquire transparent-portion information indicating a position of a transparent portion in the envelope; an envelope holder to hold the envelope in a state in which the enclosure is insertable; and control circuitry to output position adjustment information for adjusting a position of the envelope in a width direction of the envelope at the enclosing position or a position of the specific information in a conveyance direction of the envelope, based on relative positions between the formation position of the specific information and the position of the transparent portion.
B43M 5/04 - Dispositifs pour fermer des enveloppes automatiques
B65H 43/00 - Utilisation de dispositifs de commande de vérification ou de sécurité, p.ex. dispositifs automatiques comportant un élément pour détecter une variable
64.
UNIT ACCOMMODATION APPARATUS AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS
A unit accommodation apparatus includes a first unit and a second unit that are to be installed into and removed from an apparatus body through an opening in an installation-removal direction and are held by a unit holder. The unit holder includes a first positioner that is disposed opposite one lateral end of the first unit and the second unit and is detachably attached to the first unit and the second unit. A second positioner is disposed opposite another lateral end of the first unit and the second unit and holds the first unit and the second unit in a state in which the first unit and the second unit are detachably attached to the second positioner. The first positioner and the second positioner secure a relative position of the first unit relative to the second unit in a direction parallel to a hypothetical orthogonal plane perpendicular to the installation-removal direction.
G03G 21/16 - Moyens mécaniques facilitant la maintenance de l'appareil, p.ex. structures modulaires
G03G 15/02 - Appareils pour procédés électrographiques utilisant un dessin de charge pour déposer une charge uniforme, p.ex. pour sensibiliser; Dispositifs pour la décharge corona
G03G 15/16 - Appareils pour procédés électrographiques utilisant un dessin de charge pour transférer un dessin à un second support d'un dessin de teinte, p.ex. dessin de poudre
65.
LIQUID DISCHARGE HEAD, LIQUID DISCHARGE HEAD MODULE, AND LIQUID DISCHARGE APPARATUS
A liquid discharge head includes: a nozzle substrate including a nozzle, from which a liquid is discharged in a discharge direction, on a nozzle face; a chamber forming plate on a first face of the nozzle substrate and including a pressure chamber communicating with the nozzle, the first face opposite to the nozzle face in the discharge direction; and a frame holding the chamber forming plate on a second face and including a rib on each end of the frame outside the nozzle substrate in a longitudinal direction orthogonal to the discharge direction, and a leading end of the rib protruding from the second face of the frame toward the nozzle face and not protruding from the nozzle face in the discharge direction.
An information processing system includes a user terminal that receives input from a user; an operator terminal that receives input from an operator; and one or more information processing apparatuses connected to the user terminal and the operator terminal. The information processing system includes circuitry configured to: acquire identification information from the user terminal and input information input to the user terminal; search response information for the input information; respond to the user terminal with the response information in response to the input information; determine, based on the identification information acquired from the user terminal, whether to perform a switching operation to perform a chat between the user terminal and the operator terminal; and control the switching operation based on a determination result.
H04L 51/02 - Messagerie d'utilisateur à utilisateur dans des réseaux à commutation de paquets, transmise selon des protocoles de stockage et de retransmission ou en temps réel, p.ex. courriel en utilisant des réactions automatiques ou la délégation par l’utilisateur, p.ex. des réponses automatiques ou des messages générés par un agent conversationnel
H04L 51/046 - Interopérabilité avec d'autres applications ou services réseau
H04L 51/216 - Gestion de l'historique des conversations, p.ex. regroupement de messages dans des sessions ou des fils de conversation
A printing system is disclosed. The printing system includes at least one physical memory device to store calibration logic and one or more processors coupled with the at least one physical memory device to execute the calibration logic to receive a reference halftone design, receive reference ink drop size data, receive a reference printer transfer function corresponding to the reference halftone design, a reference printer response target and a reference print substrate, receive first print measurement data corresponding to the reference halftone design, the reference printer transfer function and a first print substrate, receive first printer response target, generate a first intermediate print substrate transfer function based on the first print measurement data and the first printer response target, generate a first printer transfer function based on the first intermediate print substrate transfer function, the reference halftone design, the reference ink drop size data and the reference printer transfer function and generate a first print substrate transfer function as an approximation of a function with input values determined as the first printer transfer function evaluated at digital count values and output values determined as the composition of the first intermediate print substrate transfer function and the reference printer transfer function evaluated at the digital count values, wherein a transfer function comprises a mapping of an input digital count to an output digital count.
G06K 15/02 - Dispositions pour produire une présentation visuelle permanente des données de sortie utilisant des imprimantes
B41J 2/045 - Machines à écrire ou mécanismes d'impression sélective caractérisés par le procédé d'impression ou de marquage pour lequel ils sont conçus caractérisés par la mise en contact sélective d'un liquide ou de particules avec un matériau d'impression à jet d'encre caractérisés par le procédé de formation du jet en produisant à la demande des gouttelettes ou des particules séparées les unes des autres par pression, p.ex. à l'aide de transducteurs électromécaniques
68.
SHEET CONVEYING DEVICE, AUTOMATIC DOCUMENT FEEDER, AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS
A sheet conveying device includes a conveyor, a sound collector, and circuitry. The conveyor conveys a sheet. The sound collector collects an operating sound when the sheet is conveyed. The circuitry is to extract a feature amount of the operating sound collected by the sound collector, select, among multiple sets of index data serving as index to determine whether an abnormal conveyance of the sheet is to be occurred, a set of index data corresponding to a conveyance condition of the sheet, and determine whether the abnormal conveyance of the sheet is to be occurred based on the feature amount and the set of index data selected from the multiple sets of index data.
B65H 26/02 - Dispositifs de sécurité ou d'avertissement, p.ex. détecteurs automatiques de défectuosités, mécanismes d'arrêt, pour mécanismes d'avance des bandes sensibles à la présence d'irrégularités dans la bande courante
69.
HEATING APPARATUS, IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS, AND LIQUID DISCHARGE APPARATUS
A heating apparatus, an image forming apparatus, and a liquid discharge apparatus. The heating apparatus includes a heating roller having a heat source inside, an end holder in which a portion of the heat source is disposed, the end holder holding an axial end of the heating roller rotatably, and an air supply device configured to supply air into the end holder in a direction intersecting with an axial direction of the heating roller. The heating apparatus includes a heating roller having a heat source inside, and an end holder in which a portion of the heat source is disposed, the end holder rotatably holding an axial end of the heating roller. In the heating apparatus, the end holder has an air inlet opening through which air is supplied into the end holder and an air outlet opening through which air is ejected outside from inside the end holder.
A liquid discharge head includes a nozzle layer having a nozzle through which a liquid is discharged from a second side toward a first side, a liquid chamber substrate, and a drive circuit. The nozzle layer includes a vibration layer, a piezoelectric actuator adjacent to the nozzle and over the first side, a circuit connection over the first side, a first protective layer around the circuit connection, a second protective layer over the piezoelectric actuator, a first water-resistant film over the first protective layer, and a second water-resistant film over the second protective layer. The second protective layer is separated from the first protective layer. The first protective layer defines an opening above the circuit connection. The liquid chamber substrate has a liquid chamber communicating with the nozzle. The drive circuit is disposed over the second side and connected to the circuit connection to drive the piezoelectric actuator.
An image forming apparatus includes an image bearer, a power source to generate a voltage, a voltage applying device facing the image bearer, the voltage applying device being applied with the voltage, and circuitry to control the voltage of the power source. The circuitry switches the voltage between a first direct current (DC) bias and a second DC bias different from the first DC bias, and changes the first DC bias in accordance with a speed of the image bearer, based on a DC component of a current flowing between the power source and the image bearer during application of the second DC bias.
G03G 15/02 - Appareils pour procédés électrographiques utilisant un dessin de charge pour déposer une charge uniforme, p.ex. pour sensibiliser; Dispositifs pour la décharge corona
A display apparatus includes a plurality of connectors including a first connector and a second connector, a power supply, a display panel, and circuitry. Each of the plurality of connectors is connectable with one of a plurality of external devices including a first external device and a second external device. The circuitry is to detect that one of the plurality of external devices is connected to one of the plurality of connectors, perform negotiation on electric power with the external device that is detected, and control the power supply to output, based on a result of the negotiation, electric power to be used by the external device that is detected from the connector. In a case that the circuitry detects that the first external device is connected to the first connector and the second external device is connected to the second connector, the circuitry is further to control the power supply to output electric power, input from the first connector connected to the first external device, from the second connector to the second external device. In a case that the electric power to be output from the second connector is determined to be smaller in amount than the electric power to be used by the second external device, the circuitry is to control the power supply to reduce power consumption of the display apparatus to output an amount of the electric power to be used by the second external device from the second connector.
An information processing apparatus, an information processing system, an information processing method, and a non-transitory recording medium. The information processing apparatus acquires a print job, selects printing paper according to an operation on an operation device, acquires a color conversion dictionary from among color conversion dictionaries corresponding to respective representative paper sorted into a plurality of groups based on physical property of the selected printing paper, presents information on the color conversion dictionary through a display, receives an operation input indicating whether to accept or to reject a presented color conversion dictionary through the operation device, and converts color information of the print job using the color conversion dictionary accepted by the operation input received through the operation device.
An information processing apparatus outputs answer information corresponding to inquiry information that is input. The information processing apparatus includes a memory and circuitry. The memory is configured to store a plurality of databases each having at least a first field and a second field. The circuitry is configured to: perform morphological analysis on the inquiry information, to divide the inquiry information into morphemes; perform a first matching process based on the morphemes and the first field of each of the plurality of databases, to determine whether to adopt the database as an extraction source from which the answer information is to be extracted; and perform a second matching process based on the morphemes and the first field of the database, which is determined to be adopted as the extraction source, to output, as the answer information, data in the second field corresponding to data in the first field.
G10L 15/22 - Procédures utilisées pendant le processus de reconnaissance de la parole, p.ex. dialogue homme-machine
H04L 51/02 - Messagerie d'utilisateur à utilisateur dans des réseaux à commutation de paquets, transmise selon des protocoles de stockage et de retransmission ou en temps réel, p.ex. courriel en utilisant des réactions automatiques ou la délégation par l’utilisateur, p.ex. des réponses automatiques ou des messages générés par un agent conversationnel
An image forming apparatus, a system, and a method. The image forming apparatus includes an image forming engine to form an image on a recording medium, interrupts an image formation by the image forming engine in response to a malfunction, detects a recording medium on which the image formation is interrupted, and notifies an external device of a detection result of the recording medium.
A sheet conveying device includes a housing, an opening unit, and a drive rotator. The opening unit is openably close the housing, the opening unit including a driven rotator including first driven rollers at each end regions of an axis of the driven rotator, and a second driven roller at a center region of the axis. The drive rotator forms a conveyance roller pair with the driven rotator to convey a sheet. The second driven roller has an outer diameter greater than each of the first driven rollers.
B65H 29/20 - Délivrance ou progression des articles à la sortie des machines; Progression des articles vers ou dans les piles par contact avec des éléments rotatifs à friction, p.ex. rouleaux, brosses ou cylindres
An electronic device includes: a voltage divider circuit including a plurality of first resistors connected in series between a first node and a second node, and a plurality of second resistors connected in parallel between the second node and a ground line; and a voltage level detection circuit connected to the second node and to detect a voltage level of a divisional voltage generated at the second node.
G01R 31/28 - Test de circuits électroniques, p.ex. à l'aide d'un traceur de signaux
G05F 1/56 - Régulation de la tension ou de l'intensité là où la variable effectivement régulée par le dispositif de réglage final est du type continu utilisant des dispositifs à semi-conducteurs en série avec la charge comme dispositifs de réglage final
G06K 15/00 - Dispositions pour produire une présentation visuelle permanente des données de sortie
A printing system is disclosed. The printing system includes at least one physical memory device to store compensation logic and one or more processors coupled with the at least one physical memory device to execute the compensation logic to receive a contone image, receive a first halftone threshold array, receive alignment correction data and generate a halftoned print image based on the contone image, first halftone threshold array and the alignment correction data by applying the alignment correction data to shift one or more of the contone image, the halftoned print image and the halftone threshold array based on one or more non-zero values of the alignment correction data, wherein for non-zero values of the alignment correction data, the contone image and the halftone print image are shifted in relation to each other and the halftone threshold array is shifted based on the alignment correction data.
G06K 9/00 - Méthodes ou dispositions pour la lecture ou la reconnaissance de caractères imprimés ou écrits ou pour la reconnaissance de formes, p.ex. d'empreintes digitales
H04N 1/401 - Compensation de la réponse inégale selon la position de la tête de lecture ou de reproduction
H04N 1/405 - Conversion en demi-teintes, c.à d. conversion du signal d'image d'un original à tons continus en un signal correspondant ne possédant que deux niveaux
79.
ADAPTIVE INK FLUSHING OF OVERLAP NOZZLES OF A PRINTER
Systems and methods are provided for enhanced flushing of printing systems. One embodiment is a printing system that includes an ink flushing controller. The ink flushing controller is able to identify an overlap region wherein nozzles at adjacent printheads of a marking engine overlap along a widthwise direction, to detect primary nozzles that print image data within the overlap region, and to detect overlap nozzles that do not have firing instructions to eject ink within the overlap region. The ink flushing controller is further able to analyze nozzle firing data for each overlap nozzle to determine inactive firing spans for each overlap nozzle, and in response to determining that an inactive firing span for an overlap nozzle exceeds a threshold, to generate a firing instruction directing the overlap nozzle to eject ink.
B41J 2/165 - Prévention du colmatage des ajutages, p.ex. nettoyage, obturation par un capuchon ou humidification des ajutages
B41J 2/21 - Machines à écrire ou mécanismes d'impression sélective caractérisés par le procédé d'impression ou de marquage pour lequel ils sont conçus caractérisés par la mise en contact sélective d'un liquide ou de particules avec un matériau d'impression à jet d'encre pour l'impression à plusieurs couleurs
An image forming apparatus includes a photoconductor that bears an image and an intermediate transfer device that forms a primary transfer nip between the photoconductor and the intermediate transfer device. The intermediate transfer device primarily transfers the image from the photoconductor onto the intermediate transfer device at the primary transfer nip. A secondary transfer device forms a secondary transfer nip between the intermediate transfer device and the secondary transfer device. The secondary transfer device secondarily transfers the image from the intermediate transfer device onto a recording medium at the secondary transfer nip. At least one support shaft supports the intermediate transfer device. The at least one support shaft supports, on an identical axis, one lateral end and another lateral end of the secondary transfer device in a width direction of the recording medium.
G03G 15/16 - Appareils pour procédés électrographiques utilisant un dessin de charge pour transférer un dessin à un second support d'un dessin de teinte, p.ex. dessin de poudre
81.
INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, INFORMATION PROCESSING SYSTEM, METHOD FOR PROCESSING INFORMATION, AND NON-TRANSITORY RECORDING MEDIUM
An information processing apparatus includes circuitry. The circuitry transmits document data in response to a request signal transmitted from an information processing terminal and requesting output of the document data. Based on an information signal transmitted from the information processing terminal and indicating information that is not described in a document indicated by the document data, the circuitry generates latent-image data as a latent image including the information signal and the document data. The circuitry outputs the latent-image data and the document data.
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.
G05D 1/00 - Commande de la position, du cap, de l'altitude ou de l'attitude des véhicules terrestres, aquatiques, aériens ou spatiaux, p.ex. pilote automatique
G05D 1/02 - Commande de la position ou du cap par référence à un système à deux dimensions
83.
SHEET FEEDING DEVICE AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS INCORPORATING THE SHEET FEEDING DEVICE
A sheet feeding device includes a sheet stacker, first and second feeders, a separation member, first and second sensors, and circuitry. The sheet stacker stacks multiple sheets including a sheet. The first and second feeder feed the sheet stacked on the sheet stacker in a sheet conveyance direction. The separation member contacts the second feeder to form a nip region. The first and second sensors detect the first or second sheet. The circuitry is to determine that a trailing end of the first sheet reaches at a given position downstream from the first sensor, and start feeding the second sheet in response to detecting the trading end of the first sheet by the second sensor, detecting the trailing end of the first sheet by the first sensor, or determining that the trailing end of the first sheet reaches at the given position.
B65H 7/14 - Commande de l'alimentation en articles, de l'enlèvement des articles, de l'avance des piles ou d'appareils associés permettant de tenir compte d'une alimentation incorrecte, de la non présence d'articles ou de la présence d'articles défectueux par palpeurs ou détecteurs par palpeurs ou détecteurs photo-électriques
B65H 3/06 - Rouleaux ou séparateurs rotatifs analogues
84.
CLEANING BLADE, IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS, AND PROCESS CARTRIDGE
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.
National University Corporation Tokyo Medical and Dental University (Japon)
Inventeur(s)
Takada, Masahiro
Kawabata, Shigenori
Kinoshita, Akira
Abrégé
A biomagnetic field measurement device includes an irradiation unit configured to irradiate a subject with radiation; an imaging unit having a light-receiving surface for receiving radiation, the imaging unit being configured to image the subject based on the radiation from the irradiation unit; a marker part configured to absorb the radiation from the irradiation unit; and a processing circuit configured to output biological information based on third position information of the marker part and an imaged result of the subject by the imaging unit, the third position information of the marker part being calculated from first position information of the marker part, second position information of the irradiation unit, and a captured image of the marker part imaged by the imaging unit.
A61B 90/00 - Instruments, outillage ou accessoires spécialement adaptés à la chirurgie ou au diagnostic non couverts par l'un des groupes , p.ex. pour le traitement de la luxation ou pour la protection de bords de blessures
A61B 6/04 - Mise en position des patients; Lits inclinables ou similaires
86.
Automatic tuning compensation system that determines optimal compensation target values for each of plurality of tint levels
A printing system is disclosed. The printing system includes at least one physical memory device to store compensation logic and one or more processors coupled with the at least one physical memory device to execute the compensation logic to receive measurement data corresponding to a print medium printed with a plurality of non-functioning pel forming elements, a plurality of functioning pel forming elements and a plurality of tint levels; wherein adjacent ones of the plurality of functioning pel forming elements print with compensation transfer functions applied and are located adjacent to the plurality of non-functioning pel forming elements, associate measurement data with the plurality of non-functioning pel forming elements, the compensation transfer functions and the plurality of tint levels and determine optimal compensation by selecting the compensation transfer functions that have corresponding measurement data values closest to compensation target values for each of the plurality of tint levels.
G06K 15/02 - Dispositions pour produire une présentation visuelle permanente des données de sortie utilisant des imprimantes
G06K 15/10 - Dispositions pour produire une présentation visuelle permanente des données de sortie utilisant des imprimantes par imprimantes en matrices de points
G06V 10/56 - Extraction de caractéristiques d’images ou de vidéos relative à la couleur
A printing system is disclosed. The printing system includes at least one physical memory device to store compensation logic and one or more processors coupled with the at least one physical memory device to execute the compensation logic to receive measurement data corresponding to a print medium printed with a plurality of pel forming elements in adjacent printheads and a plurality of tint levels, wherein the plurality of pel forming elements comprise gap adjacent pel forming elements that print with applied compensation halftone design and non-gap adjacent pel forming elements, associate measurement data values with the gap adjacent pel forming elements, the applied compensation halftone design and the plurality of tint levels and determine optimal compensation by selecting the compensation halftone design that has corresponding measurement data values closest to compensation target values for each of the plurality of tint levels.
G06K 15/02 - Dispositions pour produire une présentation visuelle permanente des données de sortie utilisant des imprimantes
G06K 15/00 - Dispositions pour produire une présentation visuelle permanente des données de sortie
B41J 2/21 - Machines à écrire ou mécanismes d'impression sélective caractérisés par le procédé d'impression ou de marquage pour lequel ils sont conçus caractérisés par la mise en contact sélective d'un liquide ou de particules avec un matériau d'impression à jet d'encre pour l'impression à plusieurs couleurs
A conveying device includes a conveyor, a detector, and circuitry. The conveyor conveys a recording medium in a conveyance direction. The detector detects a skew amount and a shift amount of a posture of the recording medium to be sent to the conveyor and detects, in parallel, end positions of the recording medium in a width direction of the recording medium intersecting with the conveyance direction, at at least three different points in the conveyance direction on one end of the recording medium in the width direction. The circuitry controls an operation of the conveyor and causes the detector to detect a corner folded portion of the recording medium based on the end positions of the recording medium in the width direction detected at the at least three different points.
An enclosing device includes an envelope conveyance path, an envelope loader, an envelope-position restrictor, and an envelope-position adjuster. The envelope conveyance path conveys an envelope to an enclosing position at which an enclosure is enclosed into the envelope. The envelope loader loads the envelope to be supplied to the envelope conveyance path. The envelope-position restrictor restricts a loaded position of the envelope in the envelope loader. The envelope-position adjuster adjusts a position of the envelope with respect to a conveyance direction of the envelope while maintaining a state in which the envelope-position restrictor restricts the loaded position of the envelope.
A resin particle contains a binder resin, wherein the resin particle has a loss tangent δ of 1.8 or greater at angular velocity of from 0.1 to 100 rad/s as measured by frequency sweep at 80 degrees C.
C08G 18/10 - Procédés mettant en œuvre un prépolymère impliquant la réaction d'isocyanates ou d'isothiocyanates avec des composés contenant des hydrogènes actifs, dans une première étape réactionnelle
C08G 18/42 - Polycondensats contenant des groupes ester carboxylique ou carbonique dans la chaîne principale
C08G 18/75 - Polyisocyanates ou polyisothiocyanates cycliques cycloaliphatiques
91.
LIQUID COMPOSITION, LAMINATED STRUCTURE BODY, METHOD OF MANUFACTURING LAMINATED STRUCTURE BODY, AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING POWER STORAGE ELEMENT OR POWER GENERATION ELEMENT
Provided is a liquid composition including a polymerizable compound and a liquid. The polymerizable compound includes a polymerizable compound having a functional group capable of forming a covalent bond with a hydroxyl group. The liquid composition forms a porous resin by polymerization. The light transmittance at a wavelength of 550 nm measured while stirring the liquid composition is 30% or more. In a process where the liquid composition forms the porous resin by polymerization, an increase rate of a haze value of a haze measuring element before and after the polymerization is 1.0% or more.
An operation analysis system, an operation analysis apparatus, an operation analysis method, and a non-transitory recording medium. The operation analysis system acquires information related to printing from a printing device, calculates an operating rate of the printing device based on the information related to printing, determines whether the operating rate is equal to or lower than a first predetermined value, identifies a system configuration model for improving the operating rate of the printing device that has the operating rate equal to or lower than the first predetermined value based on a property of the printing device, and generates screen information of a presentation screen for presenting the system configuration model.
An absorber for absorbing liquid discharged from a liquid discharge head includes three or more laminated layers. The three or more laminated layers include an uppermost layer, a lowermost layer, and an inner layer. The uppermost layer of nonwoven fabric has through holes that penetrate through the uppermost layer in a lamination direction in which the laminated layers are laminated. The lowermost layer of nonwoven fabric has through holes that penetrate through the lowermost layer in the lamination direction. The inner layer is between the uppermost layer and the lowermost layer and has a porous structure higher in liquid absorption capacity than each of the uppermost layer and the lowermost layer.
A sheet feeder includes a sheet loading tray, an air blower, a side air blower, and processing circuitry. The sheet loading tray loads sheets. The air blower blows air to the sheets to float and separate the sheets. The side air blower blows air to the sheets to separate the sheets. The processing circuitry controls a tray elevator to rise the sheet loading tray to move the sheets to an upper limit position, after a predetermined time has elapsed from a time when the sheets are loaded on the sheet loading tray. The processing circuitry causes the air blower and the side air blower to blow air to the sheets to perform sheet separation and controls the tray elevator to lower the sheet loading tray to a position at which an intermediate remaining-sheet sensor is disposed, after the sheet separation ends.
B65H 3/08 - Enlèvement des articles des piles en utilisant la force pneumatique
B65H 3/48 - Jets d'air agissant sur les bords ou en dessous des articles
B65H 1/14 - Supports ou magasins pour les piles dans lesquelles on prélève des articles avec moyens pour faire avancer la pile en vue de présenter les articles à un dispositif d'enlèvement comportant des dispositifs mécaniques à action directe
96.
INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD, AND NON-TRANSITORY RECORDING MEDIUM
An information processing apparatus includes circuitry to generate an input-and-output screen. The input-and-output screen displays, in a superimposed manner, a map, a first position image indicating a first image capturing position positioned with respect to the map, and a second position image indicating a second image capturing position temporarily positioned with respect to the first image capturing position, and receives a position change operation being an operation of changing a relative position of the second position image with respect to the first position image.
A shock absorber and two packaging systems. The shock absorber is to he attached to an object to be packaged, and the shock absorber includes a first shock absorber including a first base structure having a frame shape and at least one first shock-absorbing rib disposed inside the first base structure, and a second shock absorber having a second base structure in a shape of a plate and at least one second shock-absorbing rib disposed on a plane of the second base structure. In the shock absorber, the first shock absorber and the second shock absorber are coupled to each other. One of the two packaging systems includes shock absorbers including the shock absorber, and two of the shock absorbers are used for each object to be packaged. In the other one of the two packaging systems, four of the shock absorbers are used for each object to be packaged.
B65D 81/02 - Réceptacles, éléments d'emballage ou paquets pour contenus présentant des problèmes particuliers de stockage ou de transport ou adaptés pour servir à d'autres fins que l'emballage après avoir été vidés de leur contenu spécialement adaptés pour protéger leur contenu des dommages mécaniques
98.
IMAGE PROCESSOR, IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS, AND IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD
An image processor includes a memory, a signal processing circuit to process a visible light component including an invisible light component and an invisible light component from an image sensor, a signal setting circuit to set a first enable signal valid in a first period based on execution of signal processing, and set a second enable signal valid after the first period elapses, an offset component removal circuit to remove an offset component from the visible light component and the invisible light component in a period in which the first enable signal is valid while storing data in process in the memory, and an invisible component removal circuit to remove the invisible light component from the visible light component, to output image data of a visible light component in a period in which the second enable signal is valid while storing data in process in the memory.
H04N 23/11 - Caméras ou modules de caméras comprenant des capteurs d'images électroniques; Leur commande pour générer des signaux d'image à partir de différentes longueurs d'onde pour générer des signaux d'image à partir de longueurs d'onde de lumière visible et infrarouge
A sheet processing apparatus includes a first guide plate and a second guide plate facing with a given space in a thickness direction and having second and third openings, a sheet conveyance passage between the first and second guide plates, and a sheet conveyor including a drive source, a drive roller, a first driven roller, and a second driven roller. The drive roller protrudes from the first guide plate toward the sheet conveyance passage through the first opening. The first driven roller faces the drive roller and protrudes from the second guide plate toward the sheet conveyance passage through the second opening. The second driven roller protrudes from the second guide plate toward the sheet conveyance passage through the third opening. The second driven roller is disposed at a position shifted from the drive roller in a width direction orthogonal to the sheet conveyance direction and the thickness direction.
A vibration detector includes: a vibration member to vibrate in a thickness direction; a fixed end beam member connected to the vibration member at one end of the fixed end beam member in a first direction; a fixed member connected to another end of the fixed end beam member in the first direction; and a strain detection member on at least one of the fixed end beam member or the vibration member and to detect strain of the vibration member. A length of the one end in a second direction perpendicular to the first direction and the thickness direction is shorter than a length of one side of the vibration member in the second direction, the one side of the vibration member is opposed to the fixed member in the first direction.
G01H 11/08 - Mesure des vibrations mécaniques ou des ondes ultrasonores, sonores ou infrasonores par détection des changements dans les propriétés électriques ou magnétiques par des moyens électriques utilisant des dispositifs piézo-électriques