Abstract: A three-dimensional shaping apparatus includes a plasticizing portion plasticizing a material to generate a shaping material, a nozzle discharging the shaping material, a first flow path communicating with the plasticizing portion, a second flow path communicating with the nozzle, a through hole provided between the first flow path and the second flow path along a first direction intersecting a direction from the plasticizing portion toward the nozzle, a discharge control mechanism having a third flow path communicable with the first flow path and the second flow path, and configured to be slidable within the through hole, and a control portion controlling the plasticizing portion and the discharge control mechanism to shape the three-dimensional shaping object.

Abstract: A three-dimensional shaping device includes: a discharge unit configured to discharge a shaping material; a weight measuring unit configured to measure a weight of the shaping material discharged from the discharge unit; and a control unit configured to control the discharge unit and the weight measuring unit to shape a three-dimensional shaped object by stacking layers of the shaping material in a shaping region of a stage, in which the control unit is configured to control the weight measuring unit to measure the weight of the shaping material discharged from the discharge unit, determine whether a predetermined amount of the shaping material is discharged from the discharge unit based on the weight measured by the weight measuring unit, and when it is determined that the predetermined amount of the shaping material is not discharged, control the discharge unit so that the predetermined amount of the shaping material is discharged from the discharge unit.

Abstract: A three-dimensional shaping apparatus includes a supply channel through which a shaping material supplied from a melting section flows, a first branch channel and a second branch channel, a coupling section configured to couple the supply channel and the first branch channel and the second branch channel, a first nozzle communicating with the first branch channel, a second nozzle communicating with the second branch channel and having a nozzle diameter larger than a nozzle diameter of the first nozzle, a valve mechanism provided in the coupling section, and a control section.

Abstract: A three-dimensional modeling apparatus includes a drive motor, a plasticizing section having a flat screw configured to be rotated by the drive motor, the plasticizing section being configured to plasticize and convert the material into a molten material by the rotation of the flat screw, and a nozzle configured to inject the molten material.

Abstract: A three-dimensional shaping apparatus includes a material melting portion melting a material to form a shaping material, a supply channel through which the shaping material flows, a rotator that is configured to rotate around a rotation axis and that has a first nozzle configured to communicate with the supply channel and a second nozzle configured to communicate with the supply channel, a flow rate regulating mechanism that is provided in the supply channel and that regulates a flow rate of the shaping material to be supplied to the first nozzle or the second nozzle, and a controller controlling the flow rate regulating mechanism and the rotator so as to eject the shaping material to a table from the first nozzle or the second nozzle, thereby shaping a three-dimensional shaped article, wherein the controller controls rotation of the rotator so as to switch between a first state where the supply channel and the first nozzle communicate with each other and a second state where the supply channel and the second

Abstract: A three-dimensional shaping apparatus includes a discharge mechanism, a tilting mechanism, and a control portion.

Abstract: A three-dimensional shaping device includes a melting section configured to melt a material to generate a shaping material, a supply flow channel which is communicated with the melting section, and through which the shaping material flows, a nozzle communicated with the supply flow channel and configured to eject the shaping material, an ejection amount control mechanism provided to the supply flow channel, and configured to control a flow amount of the shaping material to be ejected from the nozzle, a branch flow channel branched from a first partial flow channel as a flow channel between the melting section and the ejection amount control mechanism out of the supply flow channel, and communicated with a second partial flow channel as a flow channel between the ejection amount control mechanism and the nozzle out of the supply flow channel, and a transfer mechanism configured to transfer the shaping material in the second partial flow channel to the first partial flow channel via the branch flow channel.

Abstract: A three-dimensional modeling apparatus includes a nozzle that ejects a molten material, which is a plasticized thermoplastic material, a plasticization section which includes a flat screw having a groove extending in a volute shape and a driving motor that rotates the flat screw, the plasticization section rotating the flat screw to thereby guide the molten material to the nozzle through the groove, and an ejection control mechanism that is disposed in a flow path between the flat screw and the nozzle, and controls an outflow of the molten material from the nozzle.

Abstract: A printer according to an embodiment includes: a communication unit configured to perform communication based on a first gateway and a second gateway; and a control unit configured to control the communication unit to perform the communication through the first gateway in communication with a first device connected to a mobile communication network and to perform the communication through the second gateway in communication with a second device connected to a LAN. The control unit is configured to control the communication unit such that the communication with the first device and the communication with the second device are performed independently from each other.

Abstract: A machine learning device generates a control parameter of image formation in an image forming device including an image forming part that forms an image on a paper sheet and an image reading part that reads the image formed on the paper sheet, and the machine learning device includes: a first hardware processor that generates the control parameter on the basis of machine learning; a second hardware processor that receives input of an image including a read image that is formed by the image forming part according to the control parameter and read by the image reading part, the second hardware processor making a determination relating to the read image on the basis of machine learning; and a third hardware processor that causes the first hardware processor and/or the second hardware processor to learn oil the basis of a determination result by the second hardware processor.

Abstract: A three-dimensional modeling apparatus includes a nozzle that ejects a molten material, which is a plasticized thermoplastic material, a plasticization section which includes a flat screw having a groove extending in a volute shape and a driving motor that rotates the flat screw, the plasticization section rotating the flat screw to thereby guide the molten material to the nozzle through the groove, and an ejection control mechanism that is disposed in a flow path between the flat screw and the nozzle, and controls an outflow of the molten material from the nozzle.

Abstract: A plasticization device includes: a rotor rotated by a drive motor and having a groove forming surface in which a first groove portion is formed along a rotation direction; a rotor case configured to accommodate the rotor; a barrel facing the groove forming surface and having a through hole; a first heating unit configured to heat the rotor or the barrel; and a cooling mechanism configured to cool a side surface of the rotor. In the plasticization device, a material supplied between the first groove portion and the barrel is plasticized by rotation of the rotor and heating by the first heating unit to flow out from the through hole, and the side surface of the rotor has a material guiding port configured to guide the material to the first groove portion, and a second groove portion configured to feed the material supplied between the rotor and the rotor case to the material guiding port.

Abstract: The plasticization device includes: a rotor rotating centered on a rotation axis by a drive motor and having a groove forming surface in which a first groove portion is formed along a rotation direction; a rotor case configured to accommodate the rotor; a barrel facing the groove forming surface and having a through hole; and a heating unit, in which a material supplied between the first groove portion and the barrel is plasticized by rotation of the rotor and heating by the heating unit to flow out from the through hole, and a side surface of the rotor has a material guiding port configured to guide the material to the first groove portion, and a second groove portion configured to feed the material supplied between the rotor and the rotor case to the material guiding port.

Abstract: A machine learning device learns an action of a driving source in a transport device continuously transporting at least two transported objects along a transport path, and includes: a hardware processor that: acquires position information of the at least two transported objects on the transport path on the basis of a result of detection by a sensor provided in the transport path; calculates a reward on the basis of the position information acquired, according to a predetermined rule; learns an action by calculating an action value in reinforcement learning on the basis of the position information acquired and the reward calculated; and generates and outputs control information that causes the driving source to perform an action determined on the basis of a learning result.

Abstract: A 3D modeling device that forms a 3D object includes: a stage; a nozzle through which a fused material is ejected; a build plate disposed on the stage, the build plate receiving the fused material ejected through the nozzle to build the 3D object on the build plate; and a plasticizing member configured to plasticize a thermoplastic material to form the fused material. The plasticizing member includes: a flat screw having a grooved surface in which a groove is provided, the groove extending in a helical shape; a screw-facing piece having a communication path and a screw-facing surface facing the grooved surface; and a drive motor configured to rotate the flat screw. The groove continuously helically extends toward a material inlet from which the thermoplastic material in solid form is supplied, and the material inlet is provided on a side face of the flat screw.

Abstract: A three-dimensional shaping device includes a nozzle that discharges a shaping material, a stage that includes a stacking surface on which the shaping material is stacked, a moving mechanism that changes a relative position between the nozzle and the stage, a distance measurement mechanism that is disposed at a position facing the nozzle, a cleaning mechanism that cleans a tip end surface of the nozzle, and a control unit that controls the moving mechanism while discharging the shaping material from the nozzle towards the stacking surface so as to shape a three-dimensional shaped object. The control unit measures a first value relating to a distance between the tip end surface of the nozzle and the stacking surface after the tip end surface of the nozzle is cleaned, and controls the moving mechanism based on the first value to adjust the distance between the stacking surface and the tip end surface of the nozzle to a predetermined distance to shape the three-dimensional shaped object.

Abstract: A three-dimensional shaping device includes a nozzle that discharges a shaping material from a discharge port formed on a tip end surface, a stage that includes a stacking surface on which the shaping material is stacked, a distance measurement mechanism that is disposed at a position facing the nozzle, a cleaning mechanism that cleans the tip end surface of the nozzle, and a control unit that controls the distance measurement mechanism to measure a value relating to a facing distance between the nozzle and the stacking surface after the cleaning mechanism cleans the tip end surface of the nozzle.

Abstract: A backdoor includes a resin outer panel having an opening; a resin inner panel; a metal reinforcement arranged between the outer panel and the inner panel; and a rear glass covering the opening. The rear glass includes a defogger, and an antenna conductor capable of receiving radio waves in an AM band. The antenna conductor includes a power feeding part, and an antenna element having a predetermined length and connected to the power feeding part. The antenna element includes a proximity part extending along an outer edge among upper, lower, left, and right outer edges of the defogger, and having a predetermined spacing from the outer edge. The antenna element is positioned to be separated from the reinforcement by a predetermined spacing, or positioned on a side with respect to the outer edge where the reinforcement is not present in plan view of the rear glass.

Abstract: A three-dimensional modeling apparatus for fabricating a three-dimensional object includes a plasticizing section that plasticizes a thermoplastic material to transform into a molten material; an ejection section for ejecting the molten material; a first air blowing section that blows air from a circumference of the nozzle toward the molten material ejected from the nozzle; a platform on which the molten material ejected from the nozzle is deposited; and a control unit that changes a relative positional relationship between the ejection section and the platform.

Abstract: An information processing terminal capable of communicating with a server, the information processing terminal including: a request unit configured to request a server to acquire first information that have been displayed on a display screen of a printer capable of communicating with the server; an acquisition unit configured to acquire the first information from the server based on a request from the request unit; and a display control unit configured to control a display unit to display the first information acquired by the acquisition unit.