A sheet folding apparatus includes a sheet folder and circuitry. The sheet folder includes a sheet folding part, and an additional folding part to reinforce a folding portion in the sheet. The circuitry is to control the sheet folder to form and reinforce the folding portion in the sheet; acquire, before completion of a folding operation, first sheet information of the sheet and first folding information indicating a type of the folding operation on the sheet; run a trained model obtained through machine learning executed using second sheet information of a training sheet, second folding information indicating a type of the folding operation on the training sheet, and multiple training datasets including a folding evaluation value; estimate the folding evaluation value after the completion of the folding operation on the sheet; and determine the type of a control content in the folding operation, based on the folding evaluation value.
Systems and methods are provided for. One embodiment is a system that includes an interface configured to receive an image of media printed on with print data, and memory configured to store defect reference data of nozzles belonging to printheads of a printer. The system also includes a print defect controller configured to detect a nozzle defect in the image based on a comparison of the image with the print data, and to determine a type of the nozzle defect based on a comparison of the nozzle defect with the defect reference data.
B41J 2/045 - Ink jet characterised by the jet generation process generating single droplets or particles on demand by pressure, e.g. electromechanical transducers
B41J 2/165 - Prevention of nozzle clogging, e.g. cleaning, capping or moistening for nozzles
An information processing apparatus includes circuitry to obtain a measurement result of an amount of ink drop discharged from one or more nozzles of an inkjet head in response to receiving a signal for starting a restriction on a total amount of ink drop, create a table used for converting a gradation value into the amount of ink drop based on the measurement result of the amount of ink drop, and restrict a total amount of ink drop corresponding to the gradation value using the table.
B41J 2/045 - Ink jet characterised by the jet generation process generating single droplets or particles on demand by pressure, e.g. electromechanical transducers
A heating device includes a pair of rotators in contact with each other to form a nip through which a sheet passes, a heater heating at least one of the pair of rotators, a temperature sensor detecting detects a temperature of the heater, a conductor, a plurality of conductor supports supporting the conductor, and a component supporting the plurality of conductor supports. The conductor has flexibility and is coupled to the temperature sensor. The conductor supports extend in a direction away from the heater and include first conductor supports and second conductor supports. The first conductor supports face an outside of a predetermined region of the heater in a width direction of the sheet and are arranged at first intervals in the width direction. The second conductor supports face the predetermined region of the heater and are arranged at second intervals larger than the first intervals in the width direction.
An inspection apparatus includes circuitry. The circuitry generates printing data from design data including a variable area and record information of variable input data. The circuitry inspects whether data read from the variable area of the printing data includes an error, based on the record information of the variable input data. The circuitry controls printing of the printing data in accordance with a result of inspecting the error.
An image processing apparatus includes circuitry to obtain image information generated by reading an image printed on a medium, extract, from the image information, embedded information embedded as a digital watermark in the image, and process the image information using at least one of a plurality of types of functions. In the image processing apparatus, in processing the image information using the at least one of the plurality of types of functions, the circuitry is to determine to restrict execution of processing on the image information in which the embedded information is embedded, based on an attribute included in the embedded information, the attribute indicating whether to restrict the execution of the processing of each of the plurality of types of functions.
A developing device includes a developer bearer, a developer container, a supply rotator, and a layer thickness regulator. The developer bearer is rotatable in a first direction to supply developer to a latent image bearer. The developer container contains the developer to be supplied to the developer bearer. The supply rotator supplies the developer in the developer container to the developer bearer at a contact position at which the supply rotator contacts the developer bearer. The layer thickness regulator forms a layer of the developer having a regulated thickness on the developer bearer. The developer bearer collects residual toner from the latent image bearer. The supply rotator rotates in a second direction opposite the first direction of the developer bearer at the contact position. The supply rotator has a surface of a foam layer including a single foam cell having a diameter smaller than 300 μm.
A manual providing apparatus includes: circuitry; and a memory storing computer-executable instructions that cause the circuitry to execute: acquiring image data in a manual; performing a first detection of detecting a position of a target component included in the image data in the manual; performing a second detection of detecting a scope of a surrounding component included in the image data in the manual; acquiring relative position information representing a relative position between the target component and the surrounding component, based on the detected position of the target component and the detected scope of the surrounding component; and outputting work procedure information in which the relative position information is added to text data in the manual.
A laser irradiator includes a laser light source to emit a laser beam in an emission direction, multiple upstream deflectors including at least one of a first deflector to deflect the laser beam in a first direction and a second deflector to deflect the laser beam emitted from the laser light source in a second direction different from the first direction, a downstream deflector in the emission direction to deflect the laser beam in a main scanning direction different from the emission direction, the first direction, and the second direction, and a control unit to control the downstream deflector to move an irradiation position of the laser beam to a first position in the main scanning direction, and one of the first deflector or the second deflector to change the irradiation position of the laser beam to a second position different from the first position.
B33Y 30/00 - Apparatus for additive manufacturingDetails thereof or accessories therefor
B22F 10/366 - Scanning parameters, e.g. hatch distance or scanning strategy
B23K 26/082 - Scanning systems, i.e. devices involving movement of the laser beam relative to the laser head
B41J 2/44 - Typewriters or selective printing mechanisms characterised by the printing or marking process for which they are designed characterised by selective application of radiation to a printing material or impression-transfer material using single radiation source, e.g. lighting beams or shutter arrangements
B41J 2/47 - Typewriters or selective printing mechanisms characterised by the printing or marking process for which they are designed characterised by selective application of radiation to a printing material or impression-transfer material using the combination of scanning and modulation of light
Provided is a coating composition containing a coloring material, a resin, an organic solvent, and water which is applied to an object to be coated by an inkjet method, wherein the coating composition has a storage modulus of from 0.1 Pa to 85 Pa, a loss modulus of from 1.0 Pa to 30 Pa, and satisfies formula (1) A×B≤110…(1), where A is the static surface tension and B is the loss tangent.
B41M 5/00 - Duplicating or marking methodsSheet materials for use therein
C09D 5/00 - Coating compositions, e.g. paints, varnishes or lacquers, characterised by their physical nature or the effects producedFilling pastes
C09D 201/06 - Coating compositions based on unspecified macromolecular compounds characterised by the presence of specified groups containing oxygen atoms
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MEDIUM PROCESSING APPARATUS, IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS, AND IMAGE FORMING SYSTEM
A medium processing apparatus includes a first conveyor and a second conveyor. The first conveyor is disposed in a conveyance path to convey a medium or multiple media including the medium in a conveyance direction. The second conveyor is disposed in a circulation path that is branched from the conveyance path at a branching point and is merged at a merging point upstream from the branching point in the circulation path in the conveyance direction to circulate the medium. The second conveyor includes a correction roller pair to correct a displacement of the multiple media that are overlaid on each other and circulate together in the circulation path.
B65H 9/00 - Registering, e.g. orientating, articlesDevices therefor
B41J 3/44 - Typewriters or selective printing mechanisms having dual functions or combined with, or coupled to, apparatus performing other functions
B41J 11/00 - Devices or arrangements for supporting or handling copy material in sheet or web form
B65H 5/06 - Feeding articles separated from pilesFeeding articles to machines by rollers
B65H 5/24 - Feeding streams of overlapping articles
B65H 29/20 - Delivering or advancing articles from machinesAdvancing articles to or into piles by contact with rotating friction members, e.g. rollers, brushes, or cylinders
B65H 37/06 - Article or web delivery apparatus incorporating devices for performing specified auxiliary operations for folding
12.
SHEET PROCESSING APPARATUS AND CORRESPONDING IMAGE FORMING SYSTEM
A sheet processing apparatus includes: a placement portion; a contact member to contact an end of the sheet on the placement portion to align the sheet; a pair of orthogonal aligners to align the sheet in an orthogonal direction to a contact direction in which the sheet is brought into contact with the contact member; and an orthogonal movement means to move at least one of the aligners in the orthogonal direction between a separation position and a contact position with respect to the sheet. The at least one of the aligners has a face to face the sheet and a projection that protrudes toward the sheet. The face includes a face part to be opposed to an upstream portion of the sheet in the contact direction, with the sheet in contact with the contact member. The at least one of the aligners has the projection on the face part.
An insulating layer forming liquid composition is provided that includes insulating inorganic particles, a dispersant including a carboxyl group or an acid anhydride group, and a binder. The binder has a weight average molecular weight of 25,000 or more and 80,000 or less.
H01M 50/403 - Manufacturing processes of separators, membranes or diaphragms
H01G 11/26 - Electrodes characterised by their structure, e.g. multi-layered, porosity or surface features
H01G 11/28 - Electrodes characterised by their structure, e.g. multi-layered, porosity or surface features arranged or disposed on a current collectorLayers or phases between electrodes and current collectors, e.g. adhesives
H01G 11/84 - Processes for the manufacture of hybrid or EDL capacitors, or components thereof
H01M 50/409 - Separators, membranes or diaphragms characterised by the material
H01G 2/20 - Arrangements for preventing discharge from edges of electrodes
To provide a coating apparatus capable of forming a highly uniform coated surface even on a vertical surface, a coating apparatus is configured to apply a paint composition containing a coloring material, a resin, an organic solvent, and water by an inkjet method. The paint composition has a storage modulus of 0.1 Pa or greater and 85 Pa or less and a loss modulus of 1.0 Pa or greater and 30 Pa or less. The paint composition satisfies an expression (1) below, where A represents a static surface tension of the paint composition and B represents a loss tangent of the paint composition. A×B≦110---(1)
B05B 1/30 - Nozzles, spray heads or other outlets, with or without auxiliary devices such as valves, heating means designed to control volume of flow, e.g. with adjustable passages
C09C 1/00 - Treatment of specific inorganic materials other than fibrous fillers Preparation of carbon black
B05B 13/04 - Means for supporting workArrangement or mounting of spray headsAdaptation or arrangement of means for feeding work the spray heads being moved during operation
B05B 15/58 - Arrangements for cleaningArrangements for preventing deposits, drying-out or blockageArrangements for detecting improper discharge caused by the presence of foreign matter preventing deposits, drying-out or blockage by recirculating the fluid to be sprayed from upstream of the discharge opening back to the supplying means
A head cleaner cleans a nozzle face of a liquid discharge head. The head cleaner includes a wiper that wipes and cleans the nozzle face. The wiper includes a wiping portion that contacts and wipes the nozzle face. A flexible presser presses the wiping portion against the nozzle face. The flexible presser has a flexibility that is greater than a flexibility of the nozzle face. A support supports the wiper. A securing member secures the wiping portion to the flexible presser removably.
A medium processing apparatus includes a liquid applier, a post-processing device, and circuitry. The liquid applier performs liquid application on a medium. The post-processing device performs a binding process on a media bundle including the medium subjected to the liquid application by the liquid applier, or a medium not subjected to the liquid application. The circuitry is to control operations of the liquid applier and the post-processing device according to operation modes. The operation modes of the post-processing device include a first mode to perform the binding process on the media bundle including the medium on which the liquid application is performed, and a second mode to perform the binding process on the medium on which the liquid application is not performed.
B65H 37/04 - Article or web delivery apparatus incorporating devices for performing specified auxiliary operations for securing together articles or webs, e.g. by adhesive, stitching, or stapling
B65H 43/00 - Use of control, checking, or safety devices, e.g. automatic devices comprising an element for sensing a variable
G03G 15/00 - Apparatus for electrographic processes using a charge pattern
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IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS, CONTROL METHOD, AND NON-TRANSITORY RECORDING MEDIUM
According to an embodiment of the present disclosure, an apparatus includes an operation device, an apparatus body, and circuitry. The operation device receives an operation by a user. The apparatus body operates based on a request from the operation device. The circuitry determines a vulnerability of software in the operation device. Based on a determination indicating that the software has a vulnerability, the circuitry restricts communication with the operation device in accordance with an attack risk due to the vulnerability.
G06F 21/57 - Certifying or maintaining trusted computer platforms, e.g. secure boots or power-downs, version controls, system software checks, secure updates or assessing vulnerabilities
18.
LIQUID DISCHARGE HEAD, HEAD MODULE, LIQUID DISCHARGE APPARATUS, AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING LIQUID DISCHARGE HEAD
A liquid discharge head includes a head, a base, and a hydrophilic film. The head discharges a liquid. The base holds the head and has a blind screw hole having an inner circumferential face and a bottom face. The hydrophilic film covers the inner circumferential face and the bottom face of the blind screw hole.
A reading device includes a light source configured to emit a first light band and a second light band towards a reading target object, the first and second light bands being different; an imager including multiple photoelectric conversion elements, each photoelectric conversion element configured to be sensitive to one of multiple light reception wavelengths; and circuitry. The imager receives light having the multiple light reception wavelengths reflected from the reading target object; outputs a first color read value of the reading target object with a first color having a first light reception wavelength of the multiple light reception wavelengths; and outputs a second color read value of the reading target object with a second color having a second light reception wavelength of the multiple light reception wavelengths. The circuitry corrects the first color read value based on the second color read value and output the corrected first color read value.
H04N 1/028 - Details of scanning heads for picture-information pick-up
H04N 1/031 - Details of scanning heads for picture-information pick-up with photodetectors arranged in a substantially linear array the photodetectors having a one-to-one and optically positive correspondence with the scanned picture elements, e.g. linear contact sensors
A developing device includes a developing roller, a developer supply rotator, and a removable sheet-shaped member. The developing roller bears developer and develops a latent image on a surface of an image bearer. The developer supply rotator is disposed opposite the developing roller to rotate in a specified direction to supply the developer to the developing roller. The removable sheet-shaped member separates the developing roller and the developer supply rotator to form a developer pre-storage portion storing the developer in an inner space in which the developer supply rotator is disposed in the developing device. The sheet-shaped member intersects with a virtual line connecting a rotation center of the developing roller and a rotation center of the developer supply rotator at 90±10 degrees when viewed in a cross section orthogonal to a rotation shaft of the developing roller or the developer supply rotator.
A method of manufacturing a fiber reinforced resin molded article is provided. The method includes: patterning a fiber sheet with an ink including a soft resin composition that at least comprises a soft material; applying a matrix resin onto the patterned fiber sheet to obtain a fiber reinforced resin composite; and molding the fiber reinforced resin composite to obtain a fiber reinforced resin molded article. An interior of the fiber sheet in the fiber reinforced resin molded article is filled with the soft material and the matrix resin.
B29C 70/18 - Fibrous reinforcements only characterised by the structure of fibrous reinforcements using fibres of substantial or continuous length in the form of a mat, e.g. sheet moulding compound [SMC]
B29C 70/00 - Shaping composites, i.e. plastics material comprising reinforcements, fillers or preformed parts, e.g. inserts
B29C 70/30 - Shaping by lay-up, i.e. applying fibres, tape or broadsheet on a mould, former or coreShaping by spray-up, i.e. spraying of fibres on a mould, former or core
B29K 77/00 - Use of polyamides, e.g. polyesteramides, as moulding material
A retina projection image display device includes a light source to emit light; an optical scanner to scan the light emitted from the light source, to form an image with the scanned light; an eyepiece optical system to guide an exit pupil of the light scanned by the optical scanner to an eyeball; and a variable optical system between the light source and the optical scanner. The variable optical system includes a light collimator to convert the light emitted from the light source into collimated light which is directed to the optical scanner; and a movable mirror with a variable tilt to change a reflection angle of the light emitted from the light source to the optical scanner to change an incident position of the light emitted from the light source onto the optical scanner to shift the exit pupil.
G02B 27/00 - Optical systems or apparatus not provided for by any of the groups ,
G02B 26/08 - Optical devices or arrangements for the control of light using movable or deformable optical elements for controlling the direction of light
A unit that is attachable to and detachable from a printing apparatus is provided. The unit includes a support to support a printing medium, and the support comprises a water-absorbent material.
B41J 3/407 - Typewriters or selective printing or marking mechanisms characterised by the purpose for which they are constructed for marking on special material
24.
PIEZOELECTRIC ACTUATOR, LIQUID DISCHARGE HEAD, AND LIQUID DISCHARGE APPARATUS
A piezoelectric actuator includes a base, a diaphragm, and a piezoelectric element. The base has a slot and a partition wall partitioning the slot. The diaphragm is bonded to the base in a bonding direction. The diaphragm has a first face and a through hole. The diaphragm is disposed on the partition wall and covers the slot. The through hole penetrates the diaphragm in the bonding direction. The through hole is positioned at a position opposed to the partition wall in a transverse direction intersecting the bonding direction, and extends along at least a portion of the slot in a longitudinal direction intersecting the bonding direction and the transverse direction. The piezoelectric element is disposed on a second face of the diaphragm opposite to the first face of the diaphragm.
A liquid discharge apparatus includes a liquid discharger, a platen, a heater, and an anti-slip member. The liquid discharger discharges a liquid onto a transfer substrate. The heater is disposed on the platen. The heater heats the transfer substrate over the platen. The anti-slip member is disposed on the heater. The anti-slip member has a surface on which the transfer substrate is placeable.
B41J 2/005 - Typewriters or selective printing mechanisms characterised by the printing or marking process for which they are designed characterised by bringing liquid or particles selectively into contact with a printing material
B41J 3/407 - Typewriters or selective printing or marking mechanisms characterised by the purpose for which they are constructed for marking on special material
B41J 11/00 - Devices or arrangements for supporting or handling copy material in sheet or web form
B41J 11/70 - Applications of cutting devices cutting perpendicular to the direction of paper feed
B41J 15/04 - Supporting, feeding, or guiding devicesMountings for web rolls or spindles
26.
INFORMATION PROCESSING SYSTEM, INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, AND RECORDING MEDIUM
An information processing system includes a memory and circuitry. The memory stores first information relating to an offer target and acquired from the offer target and second information relating to the offer target and acquired from a source other than the offer target. The circuitry specifies an offering model relating to the offer target based on the first information and the second information.
System, method, and software of a cloud printing service. In an embodiment, a cloud print mediator is communicatively coupled to a cloud printing service and to a printer. The cloud print mediator is configured to receive a print job from the cloud printing service, submit the print job to the printer, receive status messages from the printer regarding processing of the print job, identify throttling criteria that defines one or more conditions where status notifications are allowed to be reported to the cloud printing service, and perform status notification throttling based on the throttling criteria to regulate the status notifications reported to the cloud printing service in response to the status messages received from the printer.
A cleaning blade includes an elastic cleaning blade including an edge layer and a coating layer on the front end portion of the elastic cleaning blade substrate, the coating layer that comes into contact with a cleaning target to clean the surface of the cleaning target, the front end portion including a front edge ridge part and a cleaning blade supporting member to support the elastic cleaning blade substrate, wherein the maximum penetration depth hmax of the indenter of a microhardness tester is between 4.0 μm and 10.0 μm at a position 100 μm inward from the front edge ridge part on the undersurface of the elastic cleaning blade substrate as measured according to a nanoindentation hardness test.
G03G 15/16 - Apparatus for electrographic processes using a charge pattern for transferring a pattern to a second base of a toner pattern, e.g. a powder pattern
A 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 to receive a print job, receive a job ticket including first attributes, convert the first attributes included in the job ticket to second attributes of a format supported by a printer, determine whether a conflict exists between two or more of the second attributes and perform one or more adjustments to the two or more second attributes based on a priority list upon determining that the conflict exists.
A verification apparatus includes circuitry to acquire print data generated from design data including a variable area and record information included in variable input data, verify data read from the variable area included in the print data to check whether any error exists in the data based on the record information included in the variable input data, and output a verification result based on the verification.
A medium processing apparatus includes a liquid applier and a post-processing device. The liquid applier applies liquid onto a medium. The post-processing device performs a process on a media bundle including the medium with the liquid applied by the liquid applier. The liquid applier includes a liquid application member, a liquid storage, a movement mechanism, and a compression support. The liquid application member has an end portion to contact with the medium to apply the liquid onto the medium. The liquid storage stores the liquid to be supplied to the liquid application member. The movement mechanism moves the liquid application member toward or away from the medium to bring the end portion into contact with the medium or separate the end portion from the medium as an approaching operation. The compression support compresses the liquid application member according to the approaching operation of the movement mechanism.
B65H 37/04 - Article or web delivery apparatus incorporating devices for performing specified auxiliary operations for securing together articles or webs, e.g. by adhesive, stitching, or stapling
B41J 3/44 - Typewriters or selective printing mechanisms having dual functions or combined with, or coupled to, apparatus performing other functions
G03G 15/00 - Apparatus for electrographic processes using a charge pattern
An image forming apparatus includes an image reading device to read an image of a document to acquire image data, a printing device to print an image on a recording medium based on print data, and circuitry to communicate with the image reading device and the printing device via electrical interfaces and generate first print data based on the image data acquired by the image reading device in a first state. In a case of a second state in which the circuitry does not generate the first print data, the image reading device generates second print data based on the acquired image data. The printing device prints an image on a recording medium based on the first print data in a case of the first state, and prints an image on a recording medium based on the second print data in the case of the second state.
A torque control device includes circuitry. The circuitry is configured to output voltage to each of multiple motors to move a unit, calculate mass of the unit supported by the multiple motors based on the voltage output to each of the multiple motors, and control the torques of the multiple motors based on the mass of the unit calculated.
H02P 5/68 - Arrangements specially adapted for regulating or controlling the speed or torque of two or more electric motors controlling two or more DC dynamo-electric motors
B41J 2/515 - Typewriters or selective printing mechanisms characterised by the printing or marking process for which they are designed characterised by the process of building-up characters applicable to two or more kinds of printing or marking processes from an assembly of identical printing elements line printer type
An image forming apparatus includes an image forming device, a sheet stacking portion, a side projecting portion, a rear projecting portion, and a blower. The sheet stacking portion is disposed above the image forming device to stack sheets after image forming. The side projecting portion protrudes upward from a lateral end of the image forming device and includes a sheet ejection passage to convey the sheet after image forming and a sheet ejection port to eject the sheet toward the sheet stacking portion. The rear projecting portion protrudes upward from a rear end of the image forming device and forms a space together with the side projecting portion. The blower is disposed in the space to face the rear projecting portion, takes in air from a side facing the rear projecting portion, and exhausts the air from the sheet ejection port toward the sheet ejected toward the sheet stacking portion.
A liquid discharge apparatus is provided that includes a liquid discharger that discharges a liquid onto a transfer base material, an imager, a heater that applies energy to the transfer base material onto which the liquid is discharged to heat the transfer base material, and circuitry. The liquid discharger forms a test patch, with ink as the liquid, on the transfer base material separately from a portion where an image is formed, the imager captures an image of the test patch, and the circuitry is configured to determine an amount of ink bleeding in the transfer base material based on the image captured by the imager, and controls the heater to perform heating based on the amount of ink bleeding.
B41J 11/00 - Devices or arrangements for supporting or handling copy material in sheet or web form
B41J 2/005 - Typewriters or selective printing mechanisms characterised by the printing or marking process for which they are designed characterised by bringing liquid or particles selectively into contact with a printing material
B41J 3/407 - Typewriters or selective printing or marking mechanisms characterised by the purpose for which they are constructed for marking on special material
B41J 29/393 - Devices for controlling or analysing the entire machine
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IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS, IMAGE FORMING METHOD, AND NON-TRANSITORY RECORDING MEDIUM
An image forming apparatus includes circuitry to generate image forming data in which a pattern that includes a first image formed with a first color and a second image formed with a second color different from the first color is arranged, the first image being arranged at a position that simultaneously satisfies a first main scanning position and a first sub-scanning position, the second image being arranged at a position that simultaneously satisfies a second main scanning position and the first sub-scanning position, the second main scanning position being different from the first main scanning position, a print engine to form a color image on a medium based on the image forming data, the color image having a plurality of images superimposed one above the other, and a reading device to read the color image formed on the medium. The circuitry is further to detect positional deviation information indicating a deviation of at least one of the first image or the second image based on the color image read by the reading device.
A liquid ejection apparatus is provided that includes: a head tank that stores a liquid; a liquid ejection head that ejects the liquid supplied from the head tank; a liquid supply path between the head tank and the liquid ejection head; a liquid delivery device that delivers the liquid from the head tank to the liquid ejection head via the liquid supply path; a filter disposed in the liquid supply path; pressure measurement devices respectively disposed upstream and downstream of the filter; and circuitry configured to control the liquid delivery device to perform a liquid discharge operation to discharge the liquid in the head tank based on a result calculated from measurement values of the pressure measurement devices.
An information processing apparatus communicably connects with a terminal device and a generative artificial intelligence (AI) system through a network. Processing circuitry transmits the chat message to the generative AI system in response to receiving a chat message from the terminal device. The processing circuitry transmits at least once, to the generative AI system, information related to an application in which data is to be registered and information for the generative AI system to call a function. The processing circuitry executes the function to register the data in the application in response to receiving a request transmitted by the generative AI system based on the chat message, the information related to the application, and the information for calling the function, execute the function to register the data in the application. The data is included in the request and generated by the generative AI system.
H04L 51/02 - User-to-user messaging in packet-switching networks, transmitted according to store-and-forward or real-time protocols, e.g. e-mail using automatic reactions or user delegation, e.g. automatic replies or chatbot-generated messages
H04L 51/046 - Interoperability with other network applications or services
An image forming apparatus includes an image bearer, a charging device, an irradiator, a developing device, a transfer device, a fixing device, and a cleaning device that includes a cleaning blade including an elastic cleaning blade substrate including the front end portion to clean the surface of the image bearer, the front edge ridge part, the undersurface, an edge layer, a coating layer disposed on the front end portion, the coating layer being in contact with the surface of the image bearer to clean the surface of the image bearer, and a cleaning blade supporting member, wherein the maximum penetration depth hmax of the indenter of a microhardness tester is between 4.0 μm and 10.0 μm at a position 100 μm inward from the front edge ridge part on the undersurface of the elastic cleaning blade substrate as measured according to a nanoindentation hardness test.
An information processing apparatus includes an update information acquisition unit to acquire firmware for an update of a device included in the information processing apparatus and device configuration information indicating a determination of whether firmware needs to be updated for each of a plurality of combinations, each combination including a candidate of a shipping destination to which the information processing apparatus is shipped and the device, a destination information acquisition unit to acquire destination information indicating a shipping destination to which the device is shipped, and an update unit to, in a case that the device configuration information for the device to be used in the shipping destination of the acquired destination information indicates that the firmware needs to be updated, perform an update of the firmware for the device based on the firmware for the update.
]A liquid discharge head includes a nozzle plate, a pressure chamber substrate, a piezoelectric element, and a heater. The nozzle plate has a nozzle. The pressure chamber substrate is disposed over the nozzle plate. The pressure chamber substrate has a pressure chamber communicating with the nozzle. The piezoelectric element is disposed in a portion of the nozzle plate facing the pressure chamber. The piezoelectric element surrounds the nozzle and is driven to deform the nozzle plate to discharge the liquid in the pressure chamber from the nozzle in a liquid discharge direction. The heater is disposed in the portion of the nozzle plate facing the pressure chamber. The heater surrounds the nozzle to heat the liquid in the pressure chamber.
B41J 2/045 - Ink jet characterised by the jet generation process generating single droplets or particles on demand by pressure, e.g. electromechanical transducers
A liquid ejection head includes a nozzle configured to eject a liquid; a pressure chamber communicating with the nozzle; and a piezoelectric element provided on a nozzle forming wall of the pressure chamber, such that the liquid in the pressure chamber is ejected from the nozzle by applying a predetermined drive voltage between two electrodes of the piezoelectric element, wherein when an alternating voltage including a positive voltage application period and a negative voltage application period is applied as the predetermined drive voltage, a direction in which the piezoelectric element is displaced becomes opposite in accordance with a sign of the applied voltage.
B41J 2/045 - Ink jet characterised by the jet generation process generating single droplets or particles on demand by pressure, e.g. electromechanical transducers
A liquid application system includes a liquid discharger to apply a liquid to a sheet, a heater to heat the sheet to which the liquid is applied, an exhauster to exhaust air from the heater, and circuitry to control an exhaust volume by the exhauster based on an amount of vapor from the sheet in the heater.
An electronic apparatus for acquiring a program via a network, includes an input unit configured to receive a user operation, and circuitry configured to display, on a display, a list including a plurality of versions of firmware programs installable on the electronic apparatus, download a specific firmware program included in the list or a particular firmware program not included in the list, update a current firmware program being installed on the electronic apparatus with the downloaded specific firmware program or the particular firmware program; and enable function of the updated firmware program. When updating with the specific firmware program, in response to a designation operation, the circuitry enables functionality of the specific firmware program. When updating with the particular firmware program not included in the list, the circuitry enables functionality of the particular firmware program having the upgraded function version after updating the particular firmware program.
A liquid discharge apparatus includes: a controller configured to control a discharge head having a discharge surface that has a nozzle to discharge a liquid from the nozzle; an imager to capture an image of the liquid discharged from the nozzle, as a luminance change, to detect a discharge state of the discharge head; a mover to move one of the discharge head or the imager relative to each other in one direction; a detector to detect a position of the discharge surface of the discharge head in the image with the luminance change imaged by the imager; and a determination unit to determine the discharge state of the discharge head based on the position of the discharge surface and the discharge state of the liquid discharged from the nozzle.
A liquid discharge system includes: a head (300) including: a nozzle (302) from which a liquid is to be discharged; a liquid chamber (311) communicating with the nozzle through a communication port; a nozzle face (301) on which the nozzle is formed; and a valve (304) configured to open or close the communication port; and a cleaner (708) including a cleaning nozzle (201) to supply a cleaning liquid to the nozzle face, wherein the cleaner supplies the cleaning liquid from the cleaning nozzle to the nozzle face in a state where the valve has closed the communication port.
A thickness detection device for detecting a thickness of an object includes a thickness-direction moving member and a thickness detector. The thickness-direction moving member is held to be movable in a direction of the thickness by the object inserted into a cavity having an opening that opens in a plurality of directions. The thickness detector detects the thickness-direction moving member moved by the object inserted into the cavity to detect the thickness of the object. The thickness-direction moving member has a portion to face the object inserted into the cavity. The portion has a shape inclined relative to an insertion direction of the object.
An air supply-and-exhaust device includes: a heating device to heat a sheet to which liquid is applied; an air supplier including an air supply path to supply air into the heating device via air supply ports disposed in the heating device; an air exhauster to exhaust air in the heating device; and a heat exchanger to recover heat of air exhausted by the air exhauster and apply the heat recovered by the heat exchanger to air supplied by the air supplier to heat the air. Heated air heated by the heat exchanger is supplied into the heating device via at least one air supply port of the air supply ports. Non-heated air not heated by the heat exchanger is supplied into the heating device via at least one other air supply port of the air supply ports than the at least one air supply port.
An image forming apparatus includes an image forming section, a fixing device, and circuitry. The image forming section forms one or more toner images of one or more toners on a recording medium. The fixing device heats the one or more toner images and the recording medium based on a target fixing temperature. The circuitry is configured to receive a print job, determine a maximum toner overlapping ratio of the one or more toner images on a page in the print job, determine the target fixing temperature of the fixing device in accordance with the maximum toner overlapping ratio on the page, control the image forming section to form the one or more toner images, and control the fixing device to heat and fix the one or more toner images on the recording medium at the target fixing temperature.
A printing apparatus includes a pretreatment-liquid applier, a white-ink applier, a color-ink applier, a colorless-liquid applier, and circuitry. The pretreatment-liquid applier applies a pretreatment liquid to a pretreatment area in a permeable print target. The white-ink applier applies a white ink including an organic solvent to an image forming area in the pretreatment area to form a base layer. The organic solvent seeps into a seepage area around the image forming area. The color-ink applier applies a color ink to the image forming area to form a color image. The colorless-liquid applier applies a colorless liquid including water to a colorless-liquid area including at least a part of the seepage area. The circuitry changes the colorless-liquid area according to a timing of applying the colorless liquid to the colorless-liquid area in a process of applying the pretreatment liquid, the white ink, and the color ink to the permeable print target.
B41J 2/315 - Typewriters or selective printing mechanisms characterised by the printing or marking process for which they are designed characterised by selective application of heat to a heat sensitive printing or impression-transfer material
B41J 3/407 - Typewriters or selective printing or marking mechanisms characterised by the purpose for which they are constructed for marking on special material
51.
INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, INFORMATION PROCESSING SYSTEM, AND INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD
An information processing apparatus includes circuitry. The circuitry receives input of task content information indicating content of a task. The circuitry determines whether the task is a task that can be supported by a tool based on the task content information. The circuitry outputs information, to a terminal device, associating the task that can be supported by a tool with candidate tools to be used to support the task.
G06F 3/0481 - Interaction techniques based on graphical user interfaces [GUI] based on specific properties of the displayed interaction object or a metaphor-based environment, e.g. interaction with desktop elements like windows or icons, or assisted by a cursor's changing behaviour or appearance
A resin composition containing carbon fiber contain a thermoplastic resin and a carbon fiber kneaded in thermoplastic resin, wherein the carbon fiber has an average length of 50 to 150 μm, a proportion of the carbon fiber to the thermoplastic resin is 3 to 9 percent by mass, and the resin composition containing carbon fiber has a flexural strength of at least 4000 Mpa.
A liquid ejection head includes a plurality of nozzles configured to eject liquid; a plurality of individual flow paths respectively communicating with the plurality of nozzles; and a plurality of actuators provided on respective nozzle forming walls of the plurality of individual flow paths. The liquid in the plurality of individual flow paths is ejected from the plurality of nozzles by driving the plurality of actuators. A cross-sectional area of a liquid introduction part into which the liquid is introduced from a common flow path, the cross-sectional area being located on a side of the individual flow path facing the nozzle forming wall, is smaller than a cross-sectional area on a side of the nozzle forming wall of the individual flow path.
A control system for facility equipment includes a liquid applying apparatus, an exhaust device, an air conditioner, and processing circuitry. The liquid applying apparatus includes a liquid applying device to apply liquid to an object, and a heating device to heat the object on which the liquid has been applied. The exhaust device exhausts air inside a space in which the liquid applying apparatus is placed. The air conditioner adjusts air environment inside the space. The processing circuitry controls the exhaust device and the air conditioner according to a state of the liquid applying apparatus.
B41J 11/00 - Devices or arrangements for supporting or handling copy material in sheet or web form
B41J 3/54 - Typewriters or selective printing or marking mechanisms characterised by the purpose for which they are constructed with two or more sets of type or printing elements
A point cloud processing apparatus includes display screen generating means for generating a display screen in which a plurality of point clouds representing a three-dimensional point cloud obtained by measuring an object are superimposed on an image representing the object.
An image forming apparatus includes a conveyor, a conveyance passage, and a controller. The conveyor rotates in a forward direction to convey powder in a supply mode in which the conveyor supplies the powder from a supply source to a supply destination. The conveyor is disposed in the conveyance passage. The controller executes a reverse rotation mode to rotate the conveyor in a reverse direction before execution of the supply mode.
An actuator includes: a diaphragm on a substrate having a pressure chamber, the diaphragm having a first surface defining a part of a wall of the pressure chamber; a piezoelectric element on a second surface of the diaphragm opposite to the first surface; a lead wire led out from the piezoelectric element to supply electric power to the piezoelectric element; and a moisture-proof film covering: the lead wire; and a part of the piezoelectric element overlapped with the lead wire.
A sheet-shaped sealing member to be pulled out from a front side of the sheet-shaped sealing member in a pull-out direction that is a longitudinal direction of the sheet-shaped sealing member includes a sealing portion and a cutout portion. The sealing portion seals a sealed portion. The cutout portion is cut out to be cantilevered with a position different from the sealing portion as a root portion. The cutout portion has a free end as a fixing portion to be removably fixed to the sealed portion or a fixed portion of a housing in which the sheet-shaped sealing member is installed.
A polyester resin emulsion for toner contains an aqueous medium and resin particles S dispersed in the aqueous medium, the resin particles S containing a polyester resin A of a polycondensate of an alcohol component and a carboxylic acid component,
wherein the alcohol component comprises tri- or tetra-valent alcohol having a straight chained or branched aliphatic saturated hydrocarbon backbone with 4 to 6 carbon atoms,
the following relationship is satisfied,
A polyester resin emulsion for toner contains an aqueous medium and resin particles S dispersed in the aqueous medium, the resin particles S containing a polyester resin A of a polycondensate of an alcohol component and a carboxylic acid component,
wherein the alcohol component comprises tri- or tetra-valent alcohol having a straight chained or branched aliphatic saturated hydrocarbon backbone with 4 to 6 carbon atoms,
the following relationship is satisfied,
0.3
≤
OHV
/
AV
≤
1.
,
where AV (mgKOH/g) represents an acid value of the polyester resin A and OHV (mgKOH/g) represents a hydroxyl value of the polyester resin A,
AV is between 10 mgKOH/g and 25 mgKOH/g, and
the polyester resin A has a repeated unit derived from polyethylene terephthalate of a condensate of terephthalic acid and ethylene glycol in an amount between 40 percent by mass and 70 percent by mass.
A liquid discharge apparatus includes a head having a nozzle surface having nozzles to discharge a liquid onto a medium in a discharge direction; a conveyor to convey the medium to the head along a conveyance surface in a conveyance direction, the conveyor including a pair of conveyance guides on an upstream side and a downstream side of the head in the conveyance direction; a support between the pair of conveyance guides in the conveyance direction, the support supportable a distance detector at a position facing the head in the discharge direction, and the distance detector to detect a first distance and a second distance; and a lifter to move the head in the discharge direction according to the first distance from the distance detector to the conveyance surface of the conveyor; and the second distance from the distance detector to the nozzle surface of the head.
A light-source device, an image projection apparatus, and a display device. The light-source device includes a light source to emit light, an optical element having a lens array on one side or both sides of which a plurality of lenses are arrayed with distance from each other, the distance between a pair of vertices of an adjacent pair of the plurality of lenses of the optical element being equal to or less than one-quarter of width of light flux of the light incident on the optical element, and a wavelength conversion element to convert a wavelength of the light emitted from the light source and passed through the optical element. An image projection apparatus includes the light-source device, a light mixing element to mix the light emitted from the light-source device to uniformize the light, and an illumination optical system to emit the light uniformized by the light mixing element.
A recommendation management apparatus includes: management means configured to manage a user device associated with customer identification information for identifying a customer and a user associated with the customer identification information; first acquisition means configured to acquire use history information relating to a use history of the user device; second acquisition means configured to acquire transaction history information relating to a transaction history of the user; and specification means configured to specify an introduction object based on the use history information, the transaction history information, and a recommendation condition for recommending an introduction object to the customer.
An image processing apparatus includes: a light source to irradiate an object with at least invisible light: an image sensor having sensitivity to a visible light wavelength range and an invisible light wavelength range: an image processor to generate an image according to image information that is output by the image sensor: a switching unit to switch the image processor to a single-color image generation mode in which a single-color image is generated. the single-color image being an image of a single color: and a controller to control the switching unit to switch the image processor to the single-color image generation mode in response to selection of an operating mode in which the invisible light is emitted.
H04N 23/11 - Cameras or camera modules comprising electronic image sensorsControl thereof for generating image signals from different wavelengths for generating image signals from visible and infrared light wavelengths
H04N 23/56 - Cameras or camera modules comprising electronic image sensorsControl thereof provided with illuminating means
64.
INFORMATION PROVIDING SYSTEM, ELECTRONIC APPARATUS, INFORMATION PROVIDING METHOD, AND NON-TRANSITORY RECORDING MEDIUM
An information providing system includes circuitry and a display. The circuitry acquires data for determining a status of an electronic apparatus. The circuitry predicts an occurrence of a failure or an abnormality of the electronic apparatus based on the data. The circuitry determines a remedial action to be taken to avoid the failure or the abnormality of the electronic apparatus when the circuitry predicts the occurrence of the failure or the abnormality. The display displays the remedial action when the remedial action can be performed by a user.
An intermediary server for intermediating ownership of energy between a supplier and a user, includes circuitry that transmits a first request to another intermediary server capable of requesting a change of ownership of energy to a decentralized ledge system that manages energy information on energy, the first request requesting to change ownership of energy produced by a same production method as a particular production method, from another intermediary agent managing the other intermediary server to an intermediary agent managing the intermediary server.
Printheads that jet print fluids. In an embodiment, a flow-through printhead comprises a plurality of jetting channels arranged in a first row and a second row generally in parallel along a length of the printhead, where each of the jetting channels includes a diaphragm, a pressure chamber, and a nozzle configured to jet a print fluid. The flow-through printhead further comprises a first manifold fluidly coupled to the jetting channels in the first row, and a second manifold fluidly coupled to the jetting channels in the first row. The first manifold and the second manifold are disposed on opposite sides of the first row with the second manifold disposed in an intermediate region between the first row and the second row.
A sheet conveying device includes a drive roller, a driven roller, a guide, and a pressure mechanism. The drive roller rotates to convey a sheet in a sheet conveyance path. The driven roller is driven by the drive roller to rotate and convey the sheet in the sheet conveyance path with the drive roller. The guide has a center of rotation coaxially disposed with a center of rotation of the driven roller. The guide is rotated between a guide position and an open position, guides the sheet conveyed in the sheet conveyance path at the guide position, and opens open the sheet conveyance path at the open position. The pressure mechanism is disposed on the guide to press the driven roller to the drive roller in a pressure direction at a given contact pressure. The driven roller moves relative to the drive roller in an orthogonal direction to the pressure direction in conjunction with the guide rotating.
An image reading device includes a visible light source to irradiate a document with a visible light beam, an infrared light source to irradiate the document with an infrared light beam, and multiple mirrors disposed in optical paths of the visible light beam and the infrared light beam from the document to an imaging device. The multiple mirrors include at least a mirror having a reflectance of 93% or more, at a reflection angle of 45°, to a light beam having a wavelength range of 450 nm or more and 900 nm or less.
An image forming apparatus includes attachment portions, receiving ports, a storing portion, and an inner cover. The attachment portions are portions to which multiple image forming units, to form respective toner images with different colors from each other, are respectively attachable. The receiving ports are respectively disposed at the attachment portions, and are receivable waste toner respectively discharged from the multiple image forming units attached to the attachment portions. The storing portion communicates with each of the receiving ports to store the waste toner received by the receiving ports. The inner cover has a blocking portion blocking a part of the receiving ports other than a receiving port of an image forming unit of the multiple image forming units attached to the attachment portions.
A photoelectric conversion element includes a support body having flexibility, a perovskite layer, and a second electrode, and an average thickness T1 (μm) of the support body and an average thickness T2 (nm) of the perovskite layer satisfy the relationship T2/T1≤6.
H10K 30/40 - Organic devices sensitive to infrared radiation, light, electromagnetic radiation of shorter wavelength or corpuscular radiation comprising a p-i-n structure, e.g. having a perovskite absorber between p-type and n-type charge transport layers
H10K 30/85 - Layers having high electron mobility, e.g. electron-transporting layers or hole-blocking layers
H10K 39/12 - Electrical configurations of PV cells, e.g. series connections or parallel connections
The disclosure concerns an ink delivery system for supplying ink to a print head. The ink delivery system comprises a sump tank, a header tank, an ink flow channel between the sump tank and the header tank, and a pump configured to pump ink from the sump tank, through the ink flow channel, to the header tank. The ink delivery system further comprises an outer casing and a heater. The outer casing houses the sump tank, the header tank and the ink flow channel. The outer casing comprises an outer wall configured to transmit heat from the heater to ink in the ink flow channel.
A post-processing apparatus includes a manual feed processing unit and a binder. A sheet bundle including a plurality of sheets stacked is manually fed into the manual feed processing unit. The binder binds a leading end of the sheet bundle downstream in a manual feed direction of the sheet bundle in a state where the sheet bundle is manually fed into the manual feed processing unit. The manual feed processing unit includes a guide. The guide includes a bending guide portion to bend a portion upstream from the leading end of the sheet bundle in the manual feed direction.
B65H 37/04 - Article or web delivery apparatus incorporating devices for performing specified auxiliary operations for securing together articles or webs, e.g. by adhesive, stitching, or stapling
74.
PRESSURE SWITCHING DEVICE, IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS, AND PRESSURE SWITCHING METHOD
A pressure switching device includes a switch that switches between a pressing state in which a first opposed member presses against a second opposed member with predetermined pressure and a pressure decrease state in which the first opposed member is disposed opposite the second opposed member with no pressure or decreased pressure smaller than the predetermined pressure. A slide aid contacts one of the switch and an operation member as the operation member moves toward the switch. The slide aid is mounted on another one of the switch and the operation member. A vibration isolating member is interposed between the slide aid and the another one of the switch and the operation member. The slide aid has a hardness that is greater than a hardness of the vibration isolating member.
An electronic apparatus includes a sensor that outputs sensor values and processing circuitry that retrieves time series data obtained by collecting the sensor values from the sensor over time. The processing circuitry detects an abnormality based on the retrieved time series data and a predetermined rule determined in advance. The processing circuitry inputs the retrieved time series data to a learned model that defines the time series data as input data and information indicating a type of the abnormality as output data. The processing circuitry obtains the information indicating the type of the abnormality from the learned model. The processing circuitry controls operation of the electronic apparatus based on the information indicating the type of the abnormality.
A laser irradiation apparatus includes a laser oscillator to oscillate a laser beam and irradiate, with the laser beam, an irradiation region of an object conveyed in a conveyance direction, and a scanner to scan the irradiation region with the laser beam in a main scanning direction along the conveyance direction and in a sub-scanning direction intersecting the main scanning direction. The scanner scans, with the laser beam, the irradiation region having a first size in the main scanning direction and a second size smaller than the first size in the sub-scanning direction.
An information processing device includes a generation unit configured to connect captured images obtained by capturing, by an image capturing device installed in a moving object, a target region including a target object and a part other than the target object while dividing the target region into a plurality of image capturing regions along a moving direction of the moving object, to generate a display screen displaying a composite image including a boundary between the target object and the part other than the target object in the moving direction of the moving object.
A fixing device includes a fixing rotator, a heat conductor, a pressure rotator, a heater, a pressure-receiving portion, and a heat insulator. The heat conductor contacts an inner circumferential surface of the fixing rotator to uniform temperature distribution in a rotation axis direction of the fixing rotator. The pressure rotator presses the fixing rotator against the heat conductor to form a nip and presses a recording medium passing through the nip. The heater is disposed inside a loop of the fixing rotator. The pressure-receiving portion contacts the heat conductor to receive pressure from the pressure rotator via the fixing rotator. The heat insulator is between the pressure-receiving portion and the heat conductor and includes a sheet-shaped silica aerogel.
A cleaning device includes a cleaner to contact a surface of a rotator to clean the surface of the rotator. The cleaner is a roller that includes a foam layer to contact the surface of the rotator. A coefficient of static friction of a surface of the foam layer measured by an Euler belt method is 0.5 or more.
G03G 15/02 - Apparatus for electrographic processes using a charge pattern for laying down a uniform charge, e.g. for sensitisingCorona discharge devices
G03G 21/18 - Mechanical means for facilitating the maintenance of the apparatus, e.g. modular arrangements using a processing cartridge
An articulated robot includes: a robot arm; an end effector disposed at a tip of the robot arm; a head attachment for attaching the end effector to the tip of the robot arm; and electric wires connecting the end effector and a control panel to each other, the control panel being disposed in a fixed manner on ground. A connector unit for connecting an electric wire led out from the end effector among the electric wires and an electric wire led out from the control panel among the electric wires to each other is integrated with the head attachment.
B25J 19/00 - Accessories fitted to manipulators, e.g. for monitoring, for viewingSafety devices combined with or specially adapted for use in connection with manipulators
A bit plane converter and associated methods. In an embodiment, the bit plane converter is configured to receive a first bit plane comprising low-order bits for an array of pixels, and a second bit plane comprising higher-order bits for the pixels. The bit plane converter is configured to perform an interleave process on the pixels to generate bit fields for the pixels by processing low nibbles of a low-order word and the low nibbles of a higher-order word using a lookup table to generate a bitwise interleaved low nibble vector, processing high nibbles of the low-order word and the high nibbles of the higher-order word using the lookup table to generate a bitwise interleaved high nibble vector, and interleaving bytes of the bitwise interleaved low nibble vector with bytes of the bitwise interleaved high nibble vector to generate a bitwise interleaved vector.
A control server for controlling a traveling body includes an instruction unit to instruct the traveling body to travel on a first route and acquire state information of a first monitored object on the first route. Based on a determination of presence of an abnormality in a state of the first monitored object. the determination being made from the acquired state information. the instruction unit instructs the traveling body to travel on a second route different from the first route and acquire state information of a second monitored object being different from the first monitored object and located on the second route.
An information processing apparatus is communicably connected with a terminal device and a generative artificial intelligence (AI) system through a network. The information processing apparatus includes processing circuitry. The processing circuitry transmits data based on the sample data to the generative AI system in response to receiving sample data for generating application from the terminal device. The processing circuitry transmits setting information for generating the application and information for calling a predefined function to the generative AI system at least once. The processing circuitry generates the application based on parameters included in the request by executing the predefined function in response to receiving a request for generation of the application from the generative AI system. The request is generated by the generative AI system based on the data, the setting information, and the information for calling the predefined function.
An electroacoustic transducer includes a diaphragm, a driver, a support, and a coupler. The diaphragm extends in an extending direction. The driver extends in the extending direction and is opposed to the diaphragm in an opposing direction orthogonal to the extending direction. The driver includes multiple driving sources to vibrate the diaphragm in the opposing direction. The support is disposed at a center of the multiple driving sources in the extending direction to support the driver. Further, the support is disposed in a region where the diaphragm is disposed in the extending direction. The coupler couples the diaphragm and the driver in the opposing direction. Each of the multiple driving sources of the driver extends from the support in the extending direction.
H04R 1/28 - Transducer mountings or enclosures designed for specific frequency responseTransducer enclosures modified by provision of mechanical or acoustic impedances, e.g. resonator, damping means
An information processing apparatus includes circuitry to infer a job to be executed, using a trained model that has learned a relation between image data and a job based on training data, the training data associating first image data that is input by a device with a job executed on the first image data according to an instruction from a user among two or more types of jobs executable by the device, based on second image data that is newly input by the device.
A heating device includes a heater, a temperature sensor, an elastic body, and a receiver. The temperature sensor detects a temperature of the heater. The elastic body extends from one end to another end to press the temperature sensor against the heater at the one end in a pressing direction. The receiver has a contact face contacting and receiving said another end of the elastic body. The receiver covers the elastic body to conceal the elastic body from outside of the receiver. The receiver has a hole penetrating through the receiver on the contact face. Said another end of the elastic body is disposed adjacent to the hole, and a part of the elastic body is visible from the hole.
An information processing system including a circuitry configured to detect first identification information used to identify a job, generate second identification information associated with the first identification information, and create a slip on which the first identification information and the second identification information are displayed.
G06K 7/14 - Methods or arrangements for sensing record carriers by electromagnetic radiation, e.g. optical sensingMethods or arrangements for sensing record carriers by corpuscular radiation using light without selection of wavelength, e.g. sensing reflected white light
88.
POSITIONING ADJUSTMENT MECHANISM, POSITIONING ADJUSTMENT SYSTEM, AND CHARGING STATION
A positioning adjustment mechanism for positioning, at a predetermined stop position, a mobile apparatus including a pair of mobile bodies disposed on both sides of a main body to travel on a traveling surface includes a guide rail standing above the traveling surface and a pair of guide pads facing each other across the guide rail in a width direction orthogonal to a traveling direction of the mobile apparatus. The pair of guide pads are disposed at a bottom of the main body and at respective portions of the pair of mobile bodies closer to the main body, the pair of guide pads extending from a front end of the main body closest to the predetermined stop position for at least a part of the main body in the traveling direction. The pair of guide pads face each other across a center position of the main body in the width direction, and a first distance between one of the pair of guide pads and corresponding one of the pair of mobile bodies is smaller than a second distance between one of the pair of guide pads and the center position in the width direction. The guide rail includes a widened portion whose dimension in the width direction gradually increases in the traveling direction to approach a third distance between the pair of guide pads; and a positioning portion having a first end connected to a widest end of the widened portion where the dimension in the width direction is largest, and a second end extending to the predetermined stop position. Both ends of the positioning portion in the width direction extend parallel in the traveling direction.
G05D 1/241 - Means for detecting physical contact, e.g. touch sensors or bump sensors
G05D 1/646 - Following a predefined trajectory, e.g. a line marked on the floor or a flight path
B60L 53/36 - Means for automatic or assisted adjustment of the relative position of charging devices and vehicles by positioning the vehicle
G05D 105/85 - Specific applications of the controlled vehicles for information gathering, e.g. for academic research for patrolling or reconnaissance for police, security or military applications
G05D 107/70 - Industrial sites, e.g. warehouses or factories
An information processing apparatus includes circuitry that receives a plurality of rendering data items rendered in respective display areas displayed on a plurality of apparatuses, and writes the received plurality of rendering data items in a renderable area. The renderable area includes the display areas of the plurality of apparatuses. The circuitry further moves at least part of the plurality of rendering data items written in the renderable area into an area corresponding to the display area of a particular apparatus of the plurality of apparatuses to arrange the plurality of rendering data items of the plurality of apparatuses in the area. The circuitry further transmits, to the particular apparatus, the plurality of rendering data items of the plurality of apparatuses arranged in the area.
G06F 3/04883 - Interaction techniques based on graphical user interfaces [GUI] using specific features provided by the input device, e.g. functions controlled by the rotation of a mouse with dual sensing arrangements, or of the nature of the input device, e.g. tap gestures based on pressure sensed by a digitiser using a touch-screen or digitiser, e.g. input of commands through traced gestures for inputting data by handwriting, e.g. gesture or text
G06T 3/20 - Linear translation of whole images or parts thereof, e.g. panning
G06T 3/40 - Scaling of whole images or parts thereof, e.g. expanding or contracting
90.
INFORMATION PROCESSING SYSTEM, IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS, INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD, AND NON-TRANSITORY RECORDING MEDIUM
An information processing system includes circuitry. The circuitry controls reading of image data from a document according to an instruction from a user. The circuitry acquires characteristic information of the user. The circuitry receives, from the user, information indicating conversion processing to be performed on text included in the image data. The circuitry extracts the text from the image data. The circuitry inputs, to a large language model, information including an instruction instructing that the conversion processing is to be performed on the text and that a result of the conversion processing is to be suitable for a person corresponding to the characteristic information. The circuitry acquires a conversion result that is output by the large language model. The circuitry outputs the conversion result.
G06F 16/583 - Retrieval characterised by using metadata, e.g. metadata not derived from the content or metadata generated manually using metadata automatically derived from the content
G06F 40/109 - Font handlingTemporal or kinetic typography
91.
TONER CONVEYING DEVICE AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS
A toner conveying device includes a drop conveyance passage through which toner falls, an inclined conveyance passage communicating with the drop conveyance passage and extending obliquely downward, a conveyor having a coil shape or a screw shape and disposed in the inclined conveyance passage, and a plurality of flexible sheet having leading ends to contact the conveyor. The leading ends of the plurality of flexible sheets are arranged along a conveyance direction in which the conveyor conveys toner. Adjacent ones of the plurality of flexible sheets are arranged with a clearance larger than a coil pitch or a screw pitch of the conveyor. The clearance is larger between adjacent ones of the plurality of flexible sheets at a position corresponding to an upstream side in the conveyance direction than between adjacent ones of the plurality of flexible sheets at a position corresponding to a downstream side in the conveyance direction.
A reading device includes a light source to irradiate a subject with light, an imaging device to receive light reflected from the subject to generate an image, and circuitry to detect an edge of the subject to obtain a detection result, determine a size of the subject in accordance with the detection result, in a case that the detection result indicates that an upper edge or a lower edge of the subject in a main scanning direction of the imaging device is not detected at both ends, determine a width of the subject in the main scanning direction, and in a case that the detection result indicates that the upper edge or the lower edge of the subject in the main scanning direction is detected at both ends, determine the width of the subject in the main scanning direction to be a preset width.
A communication system includes a terminal device and an information processing apparatus. The terminal device includes terminal circuitry to display language information based on information input to the terminal device in a first area of an information display screen of the terminal device in a time series. The information processing apparatus communicates with the terminal device via a network. The information processing apparatus includes server circuitry to acquire analysis information. The analysis information includes information generated by analyzing language information present in a designated range of the language information based on the information input to the terminal device. The terminal circuitry displays the analysis information acquired from the information processing apparatus in a second area of the information display screen.
G06T 11/60 - Editing figures and textCombining figures or text
G06F 3/04845 - Interaction techniques based on graphical user interfaces [GUI] for the control of specific functions or operations, e.g. selecting or manipulating an object, an image or a displayed text element, setting a parameter value or selecting a range for image manipulation, e.g. dragging, rotation, expansion or change of colour
G10L 15/183 - Speech classification or search using natural language modelling using context dependencies, e.g. language models
G10L 15/30 - Distributed recognition, e.g. in client-server systems, for mobile phones or network applications
94.
FABRICATING METHOD, FABRICATING SYSTEM, AND NON-TRANSITORY RECORDING MEDIUM
A fabricating method includes fabricating a fabrication object in a first fabricating process, fabricating multiple columns above the fabrication object in a lamination direction to form a sacrificial fabrication object in a second fabricating process, and fabricating a roof above the multiple columns in the lamination direction to form the sacrificial fabrication object in the second fabricating process.
B29C 64/40 - Structures for supporting 3D objects during manufacture and intended to be sacrificed after completion thereof
B29C 64/165 - Processes of additive manufacturing using a combination of solid and fluid materials, e.g. a powder selectively bound by a liquid binder, catalyst, inhibitor or energy absorber
A liquid discharge apparatus includes a plurality of liquid discharge nozzles, a housing, and a support. The plurality of liquid discharge nozzles discharges liquid. The housing includes the plurality of liquid discharge nozzles and an opening array face in which a plurality of nozzle rows are arranged. A plurality of nozzle openings of the plurality of liquid discharge nozzles are arranged in the plurality of nozzle rows. The support supports the housing, to fix the housing in a cleaning posture that is a fixed posture of the housing when the opening array face is cleaned. The opening array face has the plurality of nozzle openings at positions where the plurality of nozzle openings do not overlap each other in a gravity direction of the housing when the housing is fixed in the cleaning posture.
An information processing apparatus includes a memory that stores object information and spatial information. The object information is information on an object to move in a space. The spatial information is information on the space and includes at least three-dimensional information of the space. The information processing apparatus includes an input device that receives movement condition information indicating a condition for movement of the object. The movement condition information includes at least information on a start point and an end point of the movement of the object. The information processing apparatus includes an information processor that generates route-related information including information on the movement of the object in the space based on the object information, the spatial information, and the movement condition information.
A positioning adjusting mechanism for a traveling device, includes: a main body; a pair of traveling bodies on respective sides of the main body and configured to be driven in contact with a surface on which the traveling device travels; a first contact member configured to come into contact with side portions of the pair of traveling bodies while the traveling device approaches a predetermined stop position; and a second contact member configured to come into contact with front portions of the pair of traveling bodies in response to the traveling device reaching the stop position.
A surface-emitting laser device includes: a first reflector; a second reflector; and a resonator region between the first reflector and the second reflector. The resonator region includes: multiple active layers each having first crystal strain in one of a compression direction and a tension direction; a tunnel junction layer between the multiple active layers; and a strain relaxation layer having second crystal strain in another of the compression direction and the tension direction opposite to the first crystal strain of the multiple active layers.
H01S 5/34 - Structure or shape of the active regionMaterials used for the active region comprising quantum well or superlattice structures, e.g. single quantum well [SQW] lasers, multiple quantum well [MQW] lasers or graded index separate confinement heterostructure [GRINSCH] lasers
An ink set contains: a pre-processing fluid that contains water, an aggregating agent, and a first organic solvent; a pigment ink that contains: a second organic solvent that contains water, a coloring material, and a glycolether compound; a polyoxyethylene alkyl ether; and a resin, wherein the content of the aggregating agent in the pre-processing fluid is 1.0 to 20.0 percent by mass, the content of the glycolether compound in the pigment ink is 10.0 to 20.0 percent by mass, the content of the polyoxyethylene alkyl ether therein is 1.0 to 5.0 percent by mass, the following Relationship 0.25≤P/R≤3.0 is satisfied, where P represents the content of the coloring material in the pigment ink and R represents the content of the resin therein, and the difference in the mixed SP value between the first and the second organic solvent is at least 2.0 (cal/cm3)0.5.
C09D 11/54 - Inks based on two liquids, one liquid being the ink, the other liquid being a reaction solution, a fixer or a treatment solution for the ink
A heating device includes a rotator, a heater, a holder, a temperature sensor, and a thermal conductor. The heater faces an inner face of the rotator, extends in a longitudinal direction, and includes a base and a heat generator having a main heat generation region. The temperature sensor inside the rotator faces one end of the main heat generation region and includes a terminal. The thermal conductor on the heater extends in the longitudinal direction, has a high thermal conductivity, and includes a main portion having a first cross-sectional area, an arm having a second cross-sectional area smaller than the first cross-sectional area, and a projection. The arm extends from one end of the main portion closer to the temperature sensor than another end of the main portion. The projection projects from one end of the arm and is separated from the terminal by an insulation distance or more.
