Abstract: A device includes a rotator having a rotation axis, a belt, a nip forming member surrounded by the belt, a holder holding the nip forming member, a first stay supporting the holder, an urging member urging the first stay toward the rotator, a second stay, and a connector. The nip forming member is configured to, with the rotator, pinch the belt to form a nip. The first stay extends in a width direction parallel to the rotation axis. The second stay is positioned upstream of the first stay in a moving direction of the belt at the nip. The moving direction is perpendicular to the width direction. The connector extends through at least one of the first stay and the second stay to connect the first stay to the second stay.

Abstract: A compressor body includes a compression mechanism including a screw rotor that compresses gas, a casing that accommodates the compression mechanism and defines a compression working chambers therein, a suction side bearing that rotatably supports the screw rotor, a bearing chamber that accommodates the suction side bearing, and a liquid supply port that communicates with the compression working chambers and supplies liquid supplied from the outside of the casing into the compression working chambers. The casing has an internal liquid supply flow path that extends from a discharge side of the compression working chambers as an upstream side to a suction side of the compression working chambers as a downstream side and that supplies the liquid to the liquid supply port. The internal liquid supply flow path has a downstream portion reaching the bearing chamber and supplies the liquid to the suction side bearing.

Abstract: An information processing apparatus includes a communication unit capable of communicating with a server, a battery, and a controller. The controller is capable of executing processing regarding a predetermined function for which personal authentication is required at a time of use, detects a remaining charge level of the battery, and transmits, when the detected remaining charge level is less than a predetermined threshold value, a transfer request signal to the server, the transfer request signal requesting transfer of use authority of the function to another information processing apparatus.

Abstract: An information processing device improves hygiene while minimizing any reduction in icon operating convenience, and comprises: an authentication result acquiring unit that acquires authentication results of a user who operates the device; a display unit displaying one or more operation icons; a touch input detecting unit detecting a touch operation on an operation icon displayed on the display unit; a touch position history recording unit detecting the touched position in the touch operation and records the touched position as a historical record in a predetermined storage unit; a screen generating unit generating a screen to be displayed on the display unit; and an icon position changing unit changing the position of the operation icon on the screen based on the history of the touched position when there is a change in the user identified in the authentication results obtained by the authentication result acquiring unit.

Abstract: Provided is a sizing apparatus including: a die set including a die plate that holds a die provided with a through hole to which a workpiece is to be supplied, and upper and lower punches that are to be inserted into the through hole to press the workpiece; a press main body that includes punch driving mechanisms that actuate the punches and in which the die set is configured to be attached to and detached from a predetermined position; and a turntable that is rotated on the die plate and supplies a workpiece to the die and discharges a workpiece from the die. The die set includes the turntable, and a supporting base on which the turntable is placed. The supporting base includes an axis positioning portion that is provided coaxially with a central axis of the turntable and positions the central axis at a predetermined position of the supporting base.

Abstract: A device includes a rotator having a rotation axis, a belt, a nip forming member surrounded by the belt and configured to, with the rotator, pinch the belt to form a nip, an urging member configured to urge one of the rotator and the nip forming member towards the other in a particular direction perpendicular to the rotation axis, an upstream guide and a downstream guide. The upstream guide includes an upstream guide surface configured to guide an inner peripheral surface of the belt. The nip forming member includes a facing surface which faces the rotator. An upstream edge of the facing surface in the moving direction is located at a position farther from the rotation axis, in the particular direction, than a downstream edge of the upstream guide surface.

Abstract: A device includes a rotator having a rotation axis, a belt, a nip forming member surrounded by the belt, a first stay surrounded by the belt and extending in a width direction parallel to the rotation axis, a holder holding the nip forming member, and an urging member urging the first stay toward the rotator. The nip forming member is configured to, with the rotator, pinch the belt to form a nip. The first stay includes a first end and a second end. The holder includes a first engaging portion positioned at a first end of the holder, and a second engaging portion positioned at a second end of the holder. The first engaging portion engages the first end of the first stay. The second engaging portion engages the second end of the first stay.

Abstract: An information processing device improves hygiene while minimizing any reduction in icon operating convenience, and comprises: an authentication result acquiring unit that acquires authentication results of a user who operates the device; a display unit displaying one or more operation icons; a touch input detecting unit detecting a touch operation on an operation icon displayed on the display unit; a touch position history recording unit detecting the touched position in the touch operation and records the touched position as a historical record in a predetermined storage unit; a screen generating unit generating a screen to be displayed on the display unit; and an icon position changing unit changing the position of the operation icon on the screen based on the history of the touched position when there is a change in the user identified in the authentication results obtained by the authentication result acquiring unit.

Abstract: A lens unit comprises a shake detector; a shake correction mechanism for correcting image blur; a setting unit for setting a ratio of shake to be corrected by the shake correction mechanism; a control unit for, based on the shake detected by the shake detector and the ratio of shake, calculating a first shake correction amount and control an image shake correction operation by the shake correction mechanism; and a target-value correction unit for correcting the first shake correction amount, based on a difference between a result of detecting shake by the shake detector, and a result of detecting shake by a shake detector provided in the imaging device, wherein the control unit controls the shake correction mechanism based on an image stabilization amount corrected in accordance with the target-value correction unit.

Abstract: Provided is a sizing apparatus including: a die set including a die plate that holds a die provided with a through hole to which a workpiece is to be supplied, and upper and lower punches that are to be inserted into the through hole to press the workpiece; a press main body that includes punch driving mechanisms that actuate the punches and in which the die set is configured to be attached to and detached from a predetermined position; and a turntable that is rotated on the die plate and supplies a workpiece to the die and discharges a workpiece from the die. The die set includes the turntable, and a supporting base on which the turntable is placed. The supporting base includes an axis positioning portion that is provided coaxially with a central axis of the turntable and positions the central axis at a predetermined position of the supporting base.

Abstract: Provided is a sizing apparatus including: a die set including a die plate that holds a die provided with a through hole to which a workpiece is to be supplied, and upper and lower punches that are to be inserted into the through hole to press the workpiece; a press main body that includes punch driving mechanisms that actuate the punches and in which the die set is configured to be attached to and detached from a predetermined position; and a turntable that is rotated on the die plate and supplies a workpiece to the die and discharges a workpiece from the die. The die set includes the turntable, and a supporting base on which the turntable is placed. The supporting base includes an axis positioning portion that is provided coaxially with a central axis of the turntable and positions the central axis at a predetermined position of the supporting base.

Abstract: A refrigerator 10 comprises at least one box-shaped storage compartment 14 and a heat radiating member 23. The storage compartment 14 is formed in such a way that one side of a frame formed by a wall member is closed and the other thereof is provided with an opening surface configured to be opened or closed by a door. The wall member includes a hollow structure composed of a plurality of plate members 21 and 22 and a foam insulation 25 filled in the hollow structure. The heat radiating member 23 is arranged in the wall member. In the wall member, a pressure member 24 configured to press the heat radiating member against the plate member is provided. The pressure member 24 is a material configured to press the heat radiating member 23 under predetermined conditions.

Abstract: A device includes a rotator having a rotation axis, a belt, a nip forming member surrounded by the belt, a first stay surrounded by the belt and extending in a width direction parallel to the rotation axis, a holder holding the nip forming member, and an urging member urging the first stay toward the rotator. The nip forming member is configured to, with the rotator, pinch the belt to form a nip. The first stay includes a first end and a second end. The holder includes a first engaging portion positioned at a first end of the holder, and a second engaging portion positioned at a second end of the holder. The first engaging portion engages the first end of the first stay. The second engaging portion engages the second end of the first stay.

Abstract: A signal processing device includes an acquisition unit configured to acquire a first shake detection signal indicating a detection result of a lens shake detection unit included in an interchangeable lens and a second shake detection signal indicating a detection result of a camera shake detection unit included in a body unit and a determination unit configured to determine a correction amount which is used to correct the first shake detection signal based on the first shake detection signal and the second shake detection signal. The determination unit changes a process parameter for determining the correction amount in accordance with information regarding the camera shake detection unit or information regarding the second shake detection signal. The process parameter includes at least one of a restriction frequency and a gain for the correction amount.

Abstract: A parking information management server includes a receiver configured to receive a parking information item which has transmitted from one or more vehicles, the parking information item including a traveling path in which the vehicle has traveled as well as a parking area and an obstacle which are acquired by the vehicle in a parking lot the vehicle has used, a memory configured to store the parking information item received by the receiver, a map creator configured to create a map including the parking area and the obstacle based on the parking information item stored in the memory, and a transmitter configured to automatically transmit the map created by the map creator and the traveling path stored in the memory to a vehicle which has requested the map.

Abstract: A device includes a rotator, a belt facing the rotator and having an outer peripheral surface which contacts the rotator to form a nip therebetween, a first pad configured to press the belt toward the rotator to form one part of the nip, a second pad configured to press the belt toward the rotator, to form another part of the nip, a holder holding the first pad and the second pad, a stay supporting the holder, and an urging member urging the stay toward the rotator in an urging direction. The second pad is located upstream of the first pad in a conveyance direction in the nip orthogonal to the urging direction. At least a portion of a contact area between the stay and the holder is located downstream of a center of the nip and upstream of a front edge of the first pad in the conveyance direction.

Abstract: A device includes a rotator having a rotation axis, a belt, a belt support surrounded by the belt, and a sliding sheet configured to be pinched at the nip between an inner peripheral surface of the belt and the belt support. The belt support is configured to form a nip with the rotator. One of the belt support and the sliding sheet includes a hook engaging portion. The hook engaging portion includes an aperture. The other of the belt support and the sliding sheet includes a hook engaged to the aperture.

Abstract: A fixing device includes a roller having a rotation axis, and a belt unit that conveys a sheet in combination with the roller. The belt unit includes an endless belt, a nip forming member that forms a nip in combination with the roller, and an upstream belt guide. The fixing device further includes a chute having a guide surface configured to guide the sheet toward the nip. In a section orthogonal to the rotation axis, a line segment connecting a downstream end of the guide surface and an upstream end of the nip does not intersect the upstream belt guide, and an extended line extended from the downstream end of the guide surface along the guide surface toward the roller intersects a surface of the roller at a position upstream of an upstream end of the nip.

Abstract: A device includes a rotator having a rotation axis, a belt, a nip forming member surrounded by the belt, a first stay surrounded by the belt and extending in a width direction parallel to the rotation axis, a holder holding the nip forming member, and an urging member urging the first stay toward the rotator. The nip forming member is configured to, with the rotator, pinch the belt to form a nip. The first stay includes a first end and a second end. The holder includes a first engaging portion positioned at a first end of the holder, and a second engaging portion positioned at a second end of the holder. The first engaging portion engages the first end of the first stay. The second engaging portion engages the second end of the first stay.

Abstract: A guide generation method performed by a computer includes: a vehicle information acquisition step of acquiring vehicle information including a current position and an appearance feature of a vehicle; a guide point determination step of determining a guide point located on a scheduled traveling route of the vehicle, based on the vehicle information and map information; a mark vehicle determination step of determining a mark vehicle, among vehicles traveling around a target vehicle, from one or more candidate vehicles that make a turn at the same guide point in the same direction as the guide point and a direction of the target vehicle; and a guide information generation step of generating guide information that includes the appearance feature of the mark vehicle and a positional relationship between the target vehicle and the mark vehicle, and that guides a turn at the guide point with the mark vehicle as a marker.