Abstract: In an image forming apparatus, if a path for transferring heat generated by a drive integrated circuit to a frame (a heat dissipation plate) of an apparatus main body has a point that divides the path, foreign matter such as dirt and dust can be caught at the point, so that heat dissipation efficiency can decrease due to presence of such foreign matter. Therefore, a configuration is provided in which a drive integrated circuit and a frame (a heat dissipation plate) provided in a cover are connected by a heat transfer member, so that a heat transfer path from the drive integrated circuit to the frame has no point that divides the path.

Abstract: Provided is a power supply apparatus including a power storage module, a DC-AC inverter, a bypass circuit, and a controller. The DC-AC inverter converts output of the power storage module into AC power. The bypass circuit directly transmits the AC power. The controller switches between a discharge mode for supplying output of the DC-AC inverter to a load, and a bypass mode for supplying output of the bypass circuit to the load. A threshold for switching between the discharge mode and the bypass mode is set to a range that enables the power storage module to provide output in an overload state.

Abstract: In one example embodiment, a power storage management system includes a user terminal, a power storage apparatus and an information processing apparatus. In one example embodiment, the information processing apparatus is configured to, using a mobile communication network (e.g., Global System for Mobile Communications or the Universal Mobile Telecommunications System), communicate with the power storage apparatus.

Abstract: There is disclosed a notification method in a communication system of notifying specific multifunctionality information between terminal stations. An expansion code is generated from both a user input code and a function identification code corresponding to a specific function. A transmission frame including the expansion code is also generated and transmitted to at least one of the terminal stations.

Abstract: In one example embodiment, a power storage management system includes a user terminal, a power storage apparatus and an information processing apparatus. In one example embodiment, the information processing apparatus is configured to, using a mobile communication network (e.g., Global System for Mobile Communications or the Universal Mobile Telecommunications System), communicate with the power storage apparatus.

Abstract: A power storage apparatus includes a plurality of power storage modules connected in series and a control apparatus that controls each power storage module. The power storage module includes a battery section, a controller, a communication unit, a first insulator that insulates the controller from the communication unit, and a second insulator having a withstand voltage higher than a withstand voltage of the first insulator. The second insulator is provided between the communication unit of each power storage module and the control apparatus.

Abstract: A power supply apparatus includes a container including a first conductive material, a plurality of battery racks including a second conductive material, a plurality of electricity storage modules mounted on the battery racks and having grounded portions connected to the battery racks, and a grounding means configured to connect the battery racks to a ground outside the container.

Abstract: An image forming apparatus includes: a photosensitive member; a process member configured to act on the photosensitive member; and a light scanning apparatus configured to emit a light beam to the photosensitive member. The light scanning apparatus includes: a light source; a rotary polygon mirror; a first signal generating unit configured to receive the light beam deflected by the rotary polygon mirror to generate a first signal indicating a scan starting position; and a second signal generating unit configured to generate a second signal based on a rotation angle of the rotary polygon mirror. A lighting-up timing of the light source for generating the first signal is determined based on a number of the second signals after a voltage for image formation is applied and a relationship between the first signal and the second signal is obtained before the voltage is applied and after the rotary polygon mirror is rotated.

Abstract: There is disclosed a notification method in a communication system of notifying specific multifunctionality information between terminal stations. An expansion code is generated from both a user input code and a function identification code corresponding to a specific function. A transmission frame including the expansion code is also generated and transmitted to at least one of the terminal stations.

Abstract: There is disclosed a notification method in a communication system of notifying specific multifunctionality information between terminal stations. An expansion code is generated from both a user input code and a function identification code corresponding to a specific function. A transmission frame including the expansion code is also generated and transmitted to at least one of the terminal stations.

Abstract: A storage device includes a storage unit, and an evaluation value acquisition unit wherein the evaluation value acquisition unit is configured to acquire an evaluation value including at least a first evaluation value corresponding to the storage unit in a low-temperature region and a second evaluation value corresponding to the storage unit in a high-temperature region.

Abstract: There is provided an information processing apparatus including a region detection unit configured to detect a region that satisfies a predetermined condition among a plurality of regions included in a data storage apparatus, and a refresh processing unit configured to skip refresh with respect to the region that satisfies the predetermined condition when performing refresh processing on the plurality of regions.

Abstract: An image forming apparatus which can control to turn on/off a light emitting element depending on a sheet state on a manual sheet tray is provided. The image forming apparatus includes the manual feed tray on which the sheet is placed. The image forming apparatus is configured to be switchable between normal power mode and power saving mode. In the normal power mode, normal power is supplied. In the power saving mode, less power is consumed as compared to the power consumed in the normal power mode. The image forming apparatus includes a manual sheet feeding sensor which detects presence/absence of the sheet on the manual feed tray. The image forming apparatus includes a sheet length sensor S and a sheet length sensor L which include the light emitting element and a light receiving element to detect approximate sheet length of sheet placed on the manual feed tray in a conveying direction.

Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a surgical system, a surgical device, and a surgical method with which startup time can be shortened. Upon receipt of an instruction from a startup execution process, a high-speed startup driver creates a high-speed startup image and writes it to an SSD. The startup execution process is a process that is executed first after an OS is started up, and has the function of executing, in cooperation with the high-speed startup driver, startup of various processes in an endoscope program, creation of a high-speed startup image, and return from the high-speed startup image. The present disclosure can be applied to, for example, a surgical system provided with an imaging device including an endoscope or a microscope.

Abstract: In one example embodiment, a power storage management system includes a user terminal, a power storage apparatus and an information processing apparatus. In one example embodiment, the information processing apparatus is configured to, using a mobile communication network (e.g., Global System for Mobile Communications or the Universal Mobile Telecommunications System), communicate with the power storage apparatus.

Abstract: An image forming apparatus includes an image forming portion; a discharge portion configured to discharge a recording material on which an image is formed by the image forming portion, wherein a delivery conveyance portion having a power source circuit is mountable in a space adjacent to the image forming portion and configured to convey the recording material to a post-processing apparatus; a detection unit configured to detect a temperature; a cooling unit configured to cool the image forming portion; and a control unit configured to control, in a case where the delivery conveyance portion is mounted, rotation of the cooling unit based on the temperature detected by the detection unit in a standby state in which an image forming operation is not performed.

Abstract: An information processing apparatus includes a controller configured to obtain the number of files to be written to a storage medium whose storage area configured in units of a predetermined block and whose stored data is erased in units of the predetermined block, and to determine a policy for selecting, based on the obtained number of files, the block to which the one or more files are to be written.

Abstract: An image forming apparatus includes a developing unit configured to develop an electrostatic latent image, a mounting detection unit configured to detect that a container T is mounted on a mounting unit, a driving unit configured to rotate the container T, a rotation detection unit configured to detect rotation information about the container T, and a controller configured to control the driving unit based on the rotation information. If the container T is detected to be mounted on the mounting unit, control of the driving unit is not carried out based on the rotation information until replenishment information satisfies a predetermined condition.

Abstract: A power storage apparatus includes a plurality of power storage modules connected in series and a control apparatus that controls each power storage module. The power storage module includes a battery section, a controller, a communication unit, a first insulator that insulates the controller from the communication unit, and a second insulator having a withstand voltage higher than a withstand voltage of the first insulator. The second insulator is provided between the communication unit of each power storage module and the control apparatus.

Abstract: An image forming apparatus, including: a temperature detecting element provided on an opposite side of a first and a second light sources with respect to a deflection unit in an optical box and provided between a first lens and a second lens, which a first and a second light beams emitted from the first and second light sources and deflected by a rotary polygon mirror enter first, respectively, the temperature detecting element being configured to detect an internal temperature of the optical box; and a control unit configured to control lighting-up timings based on image data of the first and second light sources based on a detection result of the temperature detecting element so that misregistration between a first toner image and a second toner image transferred from the first and second photosensitive members onto the sheet is suppressed.