Abstract: A hot water supply device includes a combustion part, a combustion fan, a heat exchange part, a water supply part, a hot water discharge part, and a control part. In the hot water supply device, in a pre-purge step of a heating operation, the presence or absence of a disturbance factor is determined based on rotational responsiveness and deviation of the combustion fan with respect to a scavenging rotation speed. When there is no disturbance factor, in an ignition step, detection of a failure sign is performed based on responsiveness and deviation of the combustion fan with respect to an ignition rotation speed.

Abstract: An information processing apparatus that makes it possible to properly use the apparatus according to an actual installation location of the apparatus. A multifunction peripheral as the apparatus includes an installation location information controller configured to acquire installation location information of the multifunction peripheral that performs information processing, and a controller configured to determine whether or not to restrict at least part of functions of the multifunction peripheral based on a result of comparison performed by a controller of an authentication server, which configured to compare position information stored in advance and the installation location information acquired by the installation location information controller when a predetermined time elapses.

Abstract: A radiographic apparatus includes a plurality of pixel groups, bias sources, and a sensing unit, wherein each pixel group includes a pixel including a conversion element for converting radiation into a charge. Each bias source supplies a bias potential to the conversion element of a pixel via a bias line. The sensing unit samples a first signal value indicating a current flowing through a first bias line connected to a first pixel group including a pixel of which a switch element is turned on and a second signal value indicating a current flowing through a second bias line connected to a second pixel group where the switch element is off at timings overlapping at least in part and determines presence or absence of radiation irradiation based on the first signal value and the second signal value. The first and second bias lines have substantially same time constants.

Abstract: To provide a filter capable of efficiently removing metal ions in a treatment liquid, and capable of easily obtaining a solution having an extremely low metal ion content. A depth filter includes a porous molded article. The porous molded article is a sintered material of mixed powder or a swollen material of the sintered material. The mixed powder contains dried gel powder and thermoplastic resin powder. The dried gel powder contains an ion exchange resin including a sulfonic acid group, and a nitrogen-containing chelating resin.

Abstract: A radiographic imaging apparatus comprising pixels, a drive circuit configured to control the pixels through drive lines and a detection unit configured to detect a start of radiation irradiation is provided. The drive circuit comprises a shift circuit configured to perform a shift operation of changing the drive line to be activated, among the drive lines, in response to a shift control signal input to the drive circuit. The drive circuit has a mode of activating a second drive line among the drive lines in response to the shift control signal input for a second time after a first drive line among the drive lines is activated during a period up to when the detection unit detects the start of radiation irradiation, at least two drive lines of the drive lines being disposed between the first drive line and the second drive line.

Abstract: A radiation imaging apparatus comprising pixels, a driver controlling the pixels via drive lines and a controller, is provided. The driver comprises terminals and performs a shift operation of sequentially outputting an activation signal from each of the terminals in response to first and second signals supplied from the controller. The terminals include a first group that is connected to the drive lines and a second group that is not connected to the drive lines. The first group includes a first terminal output the activation signal first and a second terminal output the activation signal at last. During detecting a start of irradiation, the driver outputs the activation signal from the second terminal in the shift operation according to the first signal and then outputs the activation signal from the first terminal in the shift operation according to the second signal.

Abstract: The present invention provides an in-line printing system including a printing apparatus and an inspection apparatus for inspecting a product outputted by the printing apparatus. In addition, the printing apparatus sequentially assigns page information to each page of the product outputted by the printing module, assigns additional information indicating an additional page inserted by the printing module, and sequentially notifies the inspection apparatus of the page information and the additional information. The inspection apparatus receives the notified page information and additional information, compares the page information and the additional information, and performs inspection by comparing a printed material according to the inspection job excluding the additional page from the product based on a comparison result and pre-registered correct images corresponding to respective pages of the printed material.

Abstract: A radiographic apparatus includes a plurality of pixel groups, bias sources, and a sensing unit, wherein each pixel group includes a pixel including a conversion element for converting radiation into a charge. Each bias source supplies a bias potential to the conversion element of a pixel via a bias line. The sensing unit samples a first signal value indicating a current flowing through a first bias line connected to a first pixel group including a pixel of which a switch element is turned on and a second signal value indicating a current flowing through a second bias line connected to a second pixel group where the switch element is off at timings overlapping at least in part and determines presence or absence of radiation irradiation based on the first signal value and the second signal value. The first and second bias lines have substantially same time constants.

Abstract: A filter includes a porous molding, the porous molding being a sintered product of mixed powder containing dry gel powder including an ion exchange resin and thermoplastic resin powder, or a swelled body of the sintered product. When water having an electric resistivity value of 18 M?·cm or more is allowed to pass through a space velocity of 1200 hr?1, the electric resistivity value of water after passage is 15 M?·cm or more. To provide a filter that can efficiently remove metal ions in a solution to be treated, and easily acquire a solution having an extremely low content of metal ions.

Abstract: A radiographic imaging apparatus comprising pixels, a drive circuit configured to control the pixels through drive lines and a detection unit configured to detect a start of radiation irradiation is provided. The drive circuit comprises a shift circuit configured to perform a shift operation of changing the drive line to be activated, among the drive lines, in response to a shift control signal input to the drive circuit. The drive circuit has a mode of activating a second drive line among the drive lines in response to the shift control signal input for a second time after a first drive line among the drive lines is activated during a period up to when the detection unit detects the start of radiation irradiation, at least two drive lines of the drive lines being disposed between the first drive line and the second drive line.

Abstract: A filter includes a porous molding, the porous molding being a sintered product of mixed powder containing dry gel powder including an ion exchange resin and thermoplastic resin powder, or a swelled body of the sintered product. When water having an electric resistivity value of 18 M?·cm or more is allowed to pass through a space velocity of 1200 hr?1, the electric resistivity value of water after passage is 15 M?·cm or more. To provide a filter that can efficiently remove metal ions in a solution to be treated, and easily acquire a solution having an extremely low content of metal ions.

Abstract: A hot water supply device includes a combustion part, a combustion fan, a heat exchange part, a water supply part, a hot water discharge part, and a control part. In the hot water supply device, in a pre-purge step of a heating operation, the presence or absence of a disturbance factor is determined based on rotational responsiveness and deviation of the combustion fan with respect to a scavenging rotation speed. When there is no disturbance factor, in an ignition step, detection of a failure sign is performed based on responsiveness and deviation of the combustion fan with respect to an ignition rotation speed.

Abstract: An image forming apparatus includes a receiver that receives a first job and a second job in that order, and a controller that suspends, in a case where a predetermined condition for execution of the first job is not satisfied, execution of the first and the second jobs. The controller starts, if it is determined that the first job is a job specified to require the user confirmation for execution of the job, execution of the suspended second job in response to an elapse of a predetermined time period in a state that the predetermined condition is not satisfied, and the controller does not start, if it is determined that the first job is the job specified to require the user confirmation for execution of the job and the predetermined time period elapses in a state that the predetermined condition is not being satisfied, execution of the second job.

Abstract: A radiation image capturing apparatus is provided. The apparatus comprises pixels, drivers to which row signal lines for driving the pixels for each row are respectively connected and a controller. The controller supplies, before radiation irradiation, selection signals to a driver group constituted by not less than two drivers which drive detection pixels, of the pixels, to cause each of the drivers included in the driver group to select a row signal line to which the detection pixels are connected, and the controller supplies, during radiation irradiation, a drive signal for driving pixels connected to a row signal line selected from the plurality of row signal lines to each driver included in the driver group to cause the radiation image capturing apparatus to acquire a signal for measuring a dose of radiation entering from each of the detection pixels.

Abstract: To provide a filter capable of efficiently removing metal ions in a treatment liquid, and capable of easily obtaining a solution having an extremely low metal ion content. A depth filter includes a porous molded article. The porous molded article is a sintered material of mixed powder or a swollen material of the sintered material. The mixed powder contains dried gel powder and thermoplastic resin powder. The dried gel powder contains an ion exchange resin including a sulfonic acid group, and a nitrogen-containing chelating resin.

Abstract: A filter includes a porous molding, the porous molding being a sintered product of mixed powder containing dry gel powder including an ion exchange resin and thermoplastic resin powder, or a swelled body of the sintered product. When water having an electric resistivity value of 18 M?·cm or more is allowed to pass through a space velocity of 1200 hr?1, the electric resistivity value of water after passage is 15 M?·cm or more. To provide a filter that can efficiently remove metal ions in a solution to be treated, and easily acquire a solution having an extremely low content of metal ions.

Abstract: An apparatus comprises a plurality of pixels each including a conversion element and a switch, a driving circuit configured to control the switches via drive lines, a bias power supply unit configured to supply a bias potential to the conversion element via a bias line, column signal lines to which signals are output from the plurality of pixels, and a detection unit. The plurality of pixels include a first pixel and a second pixel, which are adjacent to each other in the row direction and are connected to a common column signal line. The switch of the first pixel and the switch of the second pixel are connected to drive lines different from each other. The detection unit determines presence/absence of radiation irradiation based on a current flowing to the bias line.

Abstract: A radiation imaging system includes a two-dimensional array in which a plurality of elements which detect radiation are two-dimensionally arrayed. The plurality of elements includes a plurality of detectors usable for exposure control of stopping radiation irradiation in accordance with a fact that a radiation irradiation dose has reached a target irradiation dose. The radiation imaging system includes a controller configured to determine, based on a setting of a reading manner of signals from the plurality of detectors, a minimum irradiation time required from the start of radiation irradiation until the stop of radiation irradiation according to signals from the two-dimensional array and perform an error process when the minimum irradiation time exceeds a reference irradiation time.

Abstract: An image forming system including an image forming apparatus and portable terminals is provided. The image forming apparatus comprises a unit that detects an error as a cause of an interrupt of image formation and transmits an error occurrence notification to each terminal, and a unit that, upon receiving a recovery operation start notification from a terminal and determining that a recovery operation for the error is started, transmits the recovery operation start notification to each terminal. Each terminal comprises a user interface that, upon receiving the error occurrence notification, displays an error notification screen, transmits the recovery operation start notification to the image forming apparatus in accordance with an operation by a user, and upon receiving the recovery operation start notification from the image forming apparatus, displays a recovery operation start screen on the user interface unit.

Abstract: A radiation imaging apparatus includes a pixel array having pixels including conversion elements and switching elements, a bias line for supplying a bias potential to the conversion elements; driving lines for supplying a signal to control the switching elements, a driving unit for performing an initialization operation of supplying a driving signal to each driving line group, switching each driving signal from an OFF voltage to an ON voltage, and then returning the driving signal to the OFF voltage; an acquisition unit configured to acquire a plurality of times in each driving cycle a signal value representing a current flowing through the bias line; a calculation unit configured to calculate radiation information based on the signal values; and a determination unit configured to determine whether irradiation of the pixel array with radiation is present based on the radiation information.