Abstract: An image forming apparatus to which a toner container is detachably mountable includes a mounting portion to which the toner container is detachably mountable and which includes a receiving port for receiving toner supplied from the toner container, a passage for permitting passing of the toner received through the receiving port and provided with a through hole, and a filter portion provided so as to cover the through hole and for permitting passing of air; and an accommodating portion configured to accommodate the toner received through the receiving port. At least a part of the through hole overlaps with the receiving port as viewed in a horizontal direction perpendicular to a direction of gravitation.

Abstract: A cartridge includes a developing roller rotatable about a rotational axis thereof, and a frame configured to support the developing roller. A lever is connected to the frame, with the lever being elastically deformable such that a first part of the lever is movable relative to a second part of the lever and relative to the frame, and the lever protruding from the frame. A coupling member is configured to transmit a rotational force to the developing roller, the coupling member being rotatable about a rotational axis thereof, and the coupling member being movable relative to the frame in a direction of its rotational axis. When the cartridge is oriented with the lever and the electrode portion at a bottom portion of the cartridge, the lever protrudes downward from the frame.

Abstract: Disclosed is a method for producing an electrolytic capacitor, the method including the steps of preparing an anode foil that includes a dielectric layer, a cathode foil, and a fiber structure; preparing a conductive polymer dispersion liquid that contains a conductive polymer component and a dispersion medium; producing a separator by applying the conductive polymer dispersion liquid to the fiber structure and then removing at least a portion of the dispersion medium; and producing a capacitor element by sequentially stacking the anode foil, the separator, and the cathode foil. The dispersion medium contains water. The fiber structure contains a synthetic fiber in an amount of 50 mass % or more. The fiber structure has a density of 0.2 g/cm3 or more and less than 0.45 g/cm3.

Abstract: A wireless communication system is provided that includes a first unit, a coil antenna, a conductive ring, a second unit, and a wireless communication tag. A first coil conductor of the coil antenna is disposed along a first side surface of the first unit. The conductive ring is disposed along the first side surface of the first unit and has a slit. The second unit has a second side surface and is fixed to the first unit so as to be removable from the first unit in a first direction. The wireless communication tag includes a second coil conductor and is disposed along the second side surface of the second unit. In the first direction, a first shortest distance between the conductive ring and the second coil conductor is shorter than a second shortest distance between the first coil conductor and the second coil conductor.

Abstract: A display apparatus includes a laser radiation device, an object detection device, and a control device. The laser radiation device is configured to radiate laser light of a predetermined wavelength range to a display position in a gas to form a plasma in the display position. The object detection device is configured to detect presence or absence of an object in a predetermined space. The control device is configured to determine the predetermined space on a basis of the display position and intensity of the laser light scattered in the display position or having passed the display position.

Abstract: Provided is a reflective optical element that is lightweight and excellent in damping capacity. In the reflective optical element, a resin layer having an optical surface is formed on a metal substrate, and a reflective film is formed on the optical surface, and also, the metal substrate includes an alloy containing Mg as a main component.

Abstract: A display apparatus includes a laser radiation device, an object detection device, and a control device. The laser radiation device is configured to radiate laser light of a predetermined wavelength range to a display position in a gas to form a plasma in the display position. The object detection device is configured to detect presence or absence of an object in a predetermined space. The control device is configured to determine the predetermined space on a basis of the display position and intensity of the laser light scattered in the display position or having passed the display position.

Abstract: A wireless communication system is provided that includes a first unit, a coil antenna, a conductive ring, a second unit, and a wireless communication tag. A first coil conductor of the coil antenna is disposed along a first side surface of the first unit. The conductive ring is disposed along the first side surface of the first unit and has a slit. The second unit has a second side surface and is fixed to the first unit so as to be removable from the first unit in a first direction. The wireless communication tag includes a second coil conductor and is disposed along the second side surface of the second unit. In the first direction, a first shortest distance between the conductive ring and the second coil conductor is shorter than a second shortest distance between the first coil conductor and the second coil conductor.

Abstract: Provided is an information processing apparatus including: a processor; a storage device that is connected to the processor; a display apparatus that is connected to the processor; and a communication apparatus that is connected to the processor and communicates with a server apparatus, wherein the storage device holds map information indicating a connection relationship between roads, when the processor receives information indicating a completion degree of automatic driving track information including coordinate values of a traveling track when a vehicle travels on each road by automatic driving from the server apparatus through the communication apparatus, the processor holds the information indicating the completion degree in the storage device, and the display apparatus displays a map including the roads based on the map information, and superimposes and displays information indicating the completion degree calculated for each of the roads on the map.

Abstract: An endoscope system of the present invention includes: a first illumination unit that emits first illumination light for imaging two sets of image information about a subject at different depths; a second illumination unit that emits second illumination light having a wide band covering a visible band from a position different from the position of the first illumination light; an imaging unit that images a first illumination image and a second illumination image of the subject that is illuminated with the first illumination light and the second illumination light; a separation processing unit that separates the two sets of image information from the first illumination image; and a separated-image generating unit that generates two separated images by processing the second illumination image using the two sets of image information.

Abstract: An endoscope system according to the present invention includes: an illumination unit that radiates illumination light onto a subject, the illumination light having a spatially non-uniform intensity distribution including a light section and a dark section in a beam cross section orthogonal to an optical axis; an imaging unit that images an illumination image of the subject irradiated with the illumination light; and a separation processor that generates two separate images from the illumination image. Among intensity values of pixels within the illumination image respectively corresponding to the light section, the dark section, and a section having intermediate intensity between the light section and the dark section, the separation processor generates the two separate images based on at least two of the intensity values.

Abstract: An endoscope system of the present invention includes: a first illumination unit that emits first illumination light for imaging two sets of image information about a subject at different depths; a second illumination unit that emits second illumination light having a wide band covering a visible band from a position different from the position of the first illumination light; an imaging unit that images a first illumination image and a second illumination image of the subject that is illuminated with the first illumination light and the second illumination light; a separation processing unit that separates the two sets of image information from the first illumination image; and a separated-image generating unit that generates two separated images by processing the second illumination image using the two sets of image information.

Abstract: A motor used for a starter of an internal combustion engine includes a motor shaft; a slide bearing that rotatably supports the motor shaft; and a bearing support member that supports the slide bearing. The motor shaft includes a concave portion or a convex portion extending in a direction orthogonal to an axial direction, the concave portion and the convex portion each includes a first surface and a second surface which face each other and the slide bearing is configured to be divided into a plurality of sections in a circumferential direction or the axial direction of the motor, the slide bearing serves as a regulation member that regulates a deviation of the motor shaft in the axial direction by an engagement between the slide bearing with the concave portion or the convex portion.

Abstract: A moving body, having: a movement control unit controls movement of the moving body; a storage unit stores map information and target object information pertaining to a degree of necessity for determining whether self-driving can be continued; a monitoring/control unit transmits information inquiring whether to continue self-driving if the moving body comes into close proximity with the target object; and a route calculation unit that selects as a movement route, from a plurality of routes, a route where the degree of necessity of determining whether self-driving can be continued has a small value, on the basis of the map information and the target object information If a control signal for controlling the moving body is received in response to an inquiry regarding continuing self-driving, the monitoring/control unit inputs the control signal to the movement control unit and the movement control unit executes driving control according to the control signal.

Abstract: Disclosed is a control system mounted on a first movable body. The control system has a sensor recognizing a peripheral object of the first movable body, a processor connected to the sensor, and an output device connected to the processor. The processor estimates safety of overtaking of the first movable body by a second movable body moving at the back of the first movable body, on the basis of information acquired from the sensor, and the processor outputs an estimation result of the safety to the second movable body via the output device.

Abstract: Provided is a reflective optical element that is lightweight and excellent in damping capacity. In the reflective optical element, a resin layer having an optical surface is formed on a metal substrate, and a reflective film is formed on the optical surface, and also, the metal substrate includes an alloy containing Mg as a main component.

Abstract: A moving object movement system includes a moving object that moves in accordance with any one method of autonomous movement or remote controlled movement, a control server that is connected to the moving object via wireless communication, and a traveling path deciding unit that calculates an unable-to-move risk indicating a possibility that movement is unable to be performed in accordance with any one method of the autonomous movement or the remote controlled movement on the basis of map information including movement paths of the moving object, autonomous movement difficulty level information indicating a difficulty level of the autonomous movement by the moving object, and communication quality information indicating a communication quality necessary for the moving object to perform the remote controlled movement, and decides a movement path in which the calculated unable-to-move risk is smallest among the movement paths.

Abstract: An image generating apparatus is provided with: first and second light sources that illuminate a material; an image sensor on which the material is disposed; a mask which includes a light-transmitting part that transmits light and a light-blocking part that blocks light, and which is positioned between the image sensor and the first and second light sources; and a light and dark image processing unit. The image sensor acquires first and second images of the material when illuminated by the first and second light sources, respectively. The light and dark image processing unit derives a difference between a luminance value of a pixel included in the first image and a luminance value of a pixel included in the second image at the same position as the pixel included in the first image, and thereby generates a third image of the material.

Abstract: An endoscope system of the present invention includes: a first illumination unit that emits first illumination light for imaging two sets of image information about a subject at different depths; a second illumination unit that emits second illumination light having a wide band covering a visible band from a position different from the position of the first illumination light; an imaging unit that images a first illumination image and a second illumination image of the subject that is illuminated with the first illumination light and the second illumination light; a separation processing unit that separates the two sets of image information from the first illumination image; and a separated-image generating unit that generates two separated images by processing the second illumination image using the two sets of image information.

Abstract: An endoscope system according to the present invention includes: an illumination unit that radiates illumination light onto a subject, the illumination light having a spatially non-uniform intensity distribution including a light section and a dark section in a beam cross section orthogonal to an optical axis; an imaging unit that images an illumination image of the subject irradiated with the illumination light; and a separation processor that generates two separate images from the illumination image. Among intensity values of pixels within the illumination image respectively corresponding to the light section, the dark section, and a section having intermediate intensity between the light section and the dark section, the separation processor generates the two separate images based on at least two of the intensity values.