Abstract: A permanent magnet type rotary electric machine has a stator, a rotor which is rotatably provided inside the stator, and permanent magnets arranged in a rotor core of the rotor. An angle ? between a straight line connecting the center of the rotor to a middle position between two permanent magnets arranged in the V shape, and a straight line connecting the center of the rotor to an outer circumferential top of one of the permanent magnets has the relation: 0.65<?(=?/(180/P))<0.80 in which P is the number of poles in the rotor. When a rear depth of a slot of the stator core is D, and a burying depth of the permanent magnet in the radial direction of the rotor core is t, D/t=A has the relation: 0.8<A<1.1.

Abstract: An image forming apparatus includes a reading device that reads an image from a document, a storage device, and a central processing unit (CPU). The storage device stores therein an authentication kit, a scan extension kit, and a specific information collection program. The CPU executes the authentication kit to function as an authentication unit, the scan extension kit to function as a character recognition unit, and the specific information collection program to function as a specific information collection unit. The specific information collection unit acquires information of the user for which authentication passes from a user information management system that manages the information of the user. The specific information includes a character that represents a value of a specific item indicated in a specific document as the document and that is recognized by the character recognition unit; and the information of the user acquired from the user information management system.

Abstract: A MFP includes a storage device, a RAM device, and a CPU. The MFP is capable of executing a standard program and an application that is not a standard program. The MFP receives specification of: an application deployment area upper limit as an upper limit of a size of a deployment area of the RAM device in which the application is deployed; and a Java heap upper limit as an upper limit of a size of a processing area of the RAM device that the application uses for a process (S107). The MFP controls starting of the application according to the application deployment area upper limit and the Java heap upper limit, which were specified in S107.

Abstract: In order to prevent an abnormal combustion due to oil, a restriction region (B) is designated on a low-speed and high-load side of an internal combustion engine (1), and an opening of throttle valve (12) is restricted so that an engine operating condition is not observed within the restriction region (B). A predetermined designated inspection region (A) is set so as to include the restriction region (B), and it is judged whether or not the abnormal combustion actually occurred when the internal combustion engine (1) is running within the designated inspection region (A). If the abnormal combustion was detected, the restriction region (B) is expanded, meanwhile, if the abnormal combustion was not detected, the expanded restriction region (B) is gradually decreased. If the abnormal combustion occurred at a shorter interval than a threshold value, the restriction region (B) is expanded at once to a predetermined size.

Abstract: A gas sensor device is equipped with a pump cell and a sensor cell. The pump cell works to regulate the concentration of oxygen in a measurement gas space. The sensor cell works to measure an oxygen ion current flowing between a sensor electrode and a reference electrode. The gas sensor device is designed to subtract the oxygen ion current value I2, as measured by the sensor cell a given period of time after spraying of fuel into the internal combustion engine is interrupted, from the oxygen ion current value I1, as measured by the sensor cell when the fuel is being sprayed into the internal combustion engine, to derive the concentration of a given gas component based on the corrected oxygen ion current value I. This results in improved accuracy in determining the concentration of the given gas component.

Abstract: An electronic device includes an operating device, a communication device, and a control section. The control section includes a login control section and an operation executing section. The login control section receives both of a login through the operating device and a login through the communication device. The operation executing section executes: an operation corresponding to a request only through the operating device out of the operating device and the communication device when the login through the operating device is successful; and an operation corresponding to a request only through the communication device out of the operating device and the communication device when the login through the communication device is successful.

Abstract: An electronic device includes a touch panel and a control unit. The control unit executes an application program. The control unit executes the application program to be functioned as: a setting acquiring circuit that acquires a software key setting as a setting of an on-screen keyboard displayed on the touch panel; and a software key display circuit that displays the on-screen keyboard on the touch panel corresponding to the software key setting acquired by the setting acquiring circuit. The software key setting includes a timing setting that indicates a timing when the on-screen keyboard is displayed on the touch panel.

Abstract: In an image transmission apparatus, a reading device reads image data from a document. A setting acquisition section acquires a transmission setting as a setting for transmission of the image data. An image transmission section transmits the image data through a communication device according to the transmission setting. The transmission setting includes a first transmission standard for transmitting a first file containing the image data, a second transmission standard for transmitting a second file containing the image data that is different from the first transmission standard, and a maximum size of the first file transmittable according to the first transmission standard. The image transmission section transmits the first file according to the first transmission standard when a size of the first file does not exceed the maximum size, and the second file according to the second transmission standard when the size of the first file exceeds the maximum size.

Abstract: Provided is a gas sensor element that can increase detection accuracy of a specific gas component concentration by means of a sensor cell by reflecting changes in the operating temperature of a gas sensor element. The gas sensor element is provided with a solid electrolyte body having oxygen ion conductivity, a heater stacked to the solid electrolyte body via a reference gas space, a pump cell adjusting oxygen concentration in a measuring gas space, a sensor cell detecting specific gas component concentration in the measuring gas space, and an electronic conduction detector cell detecting current resulting from electronic conduction due to the heater. The electronic conduction detector cell includes an electronic conductor electrode which is provided to a measuring gas side surface of the solid electrolyte body and covered with an insulator.

Abstract: A gas sensor includes a solid electrolyte, a gas chamber, a reference gas chamber, a pump cell, a monitor cell, and a sensor cell. The gas chamber has a spatial width W0 constant in a width direction W orthogonal to the direction of flow of a gas in a position where the pump electrode, the monitor electrode, and the sensor electrode are provided on the solid electrolyte. An amount of shift ?X1 of a central position O2 of a gap S in the width direction W between the monitor electrode and the sensor electrode from a central position O1 in the width direction of the pump electrode has relationship of ?X1?¼ W1 where the pump electrode has a width W1. In addition, positions ?Y1 of a of a side surface of the monitor electrode and of a side surface of the sensor electrode from the central position O1 in the width direction W of the pump electrode have relationship of ?Y1?½ W1.

Abstract: An image forming system includes an image forming apparatus and a server connectable to the image forming apparatus. The image forming apparatus includes: a model-unique-information transmitting unit that transmits model-unique information of the image forming apparatus to the server; and a function-control mediating unit that controls functions of respective units based on an instruction from the server when an application corresponding to the model-unique information transmitted to the server is executed at the server.

Abstract: A gas sensor is provided which constitutes a pump cell 3 and a sensor cell 5 using a single solid electrolyte body 2, a pump electrode 30, a sensor electrode 50, and a reference electrode 80 and is designed to decrease power consumed by a heater and permit a size thereof to be reduced. A ratio of a minimum distance L2 between the pump electrode 30 and the sensor electrode 50 to a thickness d of the solid electrolyte body 2 is set to be three or more, thereby enabling the gas sensor 1 to make the pump cell 3 and the sensor cell 5 using the single solid electrolyte body 2, the pump electrode 30, the sensor electrode 50, and the reference electrode 80. Only either of the gas chamber or the reference gas chamber is, therefore, located between the solid electrolyte body and the heater, thereby decreasing distances of the pump cell and the sensor cell to the heater. This facilitates the ease with which the heater heats up the pump cell and the sensor cell.

Abstract: In order to prevent an abnormal combustion due to oil, a restriction region (B) is designated on a low-speed and high-load side of an internal combustion engine (1), and an opening of throttle valve (12) is restricted so that an engine operating condition is not observed within the restriction region (B). A predetermined designated inspection region (A) is set so as to include the restriction region (B), and it is judged whether or not the abnormal combustion actually occurred when the internal combustion engine (1) is running within the designated inspection region (A). If the abnormal combustion was detected, the restriction region (B) is expanded, meanwhile, if the abnormal combustion was not detected, the expanded restriction region (B) is gradually decreased. If the abnormal combustion occurred at a shorter interval than a threshold value, the restriction region (B) is expanded at once to a predetermined size.

Abstract: A permanent magnet type rotary electric machine has a stator, a rotor which is rotatably provided inside the stator, and permanent magnets arranged in a rotor core of the rotor. An angle ? between a straight line connecting the center of the rotor to a middle position between two permanent magnets arranged in the V shape, and a straight line connecting the center of the rotor to an outer circumferential top of one of the permanent magnets has the relation: 0.65<?(=?/(180/P))<0.80 in which P is the number of poles in the rotor. When a rear depth of a slot of the stator core is D, and a burying depth of the permanent magnet in the radial direction of the rotor core is t, D/t=A has the relation: 0.8<A<1.1.

Abstract: A gas sensor 1 includes a sensor element 2, a housing 13 and an element cover 3. The sensor element 2 is provided with a gas introduction part 271 for introducing a measurement gas thereinto at a distal end portion 201 thereof. The element cover 3 includes an inner cover 4 disposed so as to cover the distal end portion 201 of the sensor element 2 and an outer cover disposed outside the inner cover 4. The outer cover 5 is provided with outer inlet openings 52 for introducing the measurement gas into the outer cover 5. The inner cover 4 is provided with inner inlet openings 42 for introducing the measurement gas into the inner cover 4. The axial intermediate position C1 of the gas introduction part 271 of the sensor element 2 is more to the axial proximal end side X2 than the axial proximal end position D1 of the inner inlet opening 42 of the inner cover 4.

Abstract: A gas sensor 1 includes a sensor element 2, a housing 13 and an element cover 3. Gas introduction parts 271 are provided in the distal end portion 201 of the sensor element 2. The element cover 3 includes an inner cover 4 and an outer cover 5. The outer cover 5 is provided with outer introduction openings 52. The inner cover 4 is provided with inner introduction openings 42 and louver parts 44 each of which is folded from the end portion 421 at the axial distal end side X1 of the inner introduction opening 42 to the inside of the inner cover 4, and is formed toward the axial proximal end side X2. When the louver part 44 is projected onto the same plane as the inner introduction opening 42, a pair of lateral end edges of the louver part 44 are formed in approximately parallel to the louver forming direction heading from the base side to the distal end side of the louver part 44 and in a roughly linear shape.

Abstract: An image forming system includes an image forming apparatus and a server connectable to the image forming apparatus. The image forming apparatus includes: a model-unique-information transmitting unit that transmits model-unique information of the image forming apparatus to the server; and a function-control mediating unit that controls functions of respective units based on an instruction from the server when an application corresponding to the model-unique information transmitted to the server is executed at the server.

Abstract: An application execution time reducing method according to one aspect of the present disclosure includes a function registering step, a native function step, and a native function deleting step. In the function registering step, when processing of an application in a software structure having a native function which is a basic component is started, information about the native function is registered onto a platform on which the native function can be executed. In the native function step, the native function is executed on the platform by using the information about the native function. In the native function deleting step, when the processing of the application is quitted, the information about the native function is deleted from the platform.

Abstract: Provided is a POS system, including a terminal (12) that includes a bank deposit amount calculating unit (122) for calculating a bank deposit amount for each business day, in which the bank deposit amount calculating unit (122) subtracts an amount spent for other uses than as a change from a total amount of cash gained on a day that validity of the spending is judged and approved, to thereby calculate a bank deposit amount of the day. With this configuration, the management of cash such as a change fund in the POS system is clarified.

Abstract: Provided is a license management system comprising: a license check device that independently operates on a platform; and an information processing device that is connected to the license check device, in which the license check device includes: a license check unit that checks for presence or absence of a license of the information processing device; a first start unit that starts the license check unit in response to a call instructed by the platform; and a calling unit that calls, when the license check unit determines that the license is present, the information processing device, and in which the information processing device includes: an information processing unit that performs a specific information processing; and a second start unit that starts the information processing unit only in response to the call from the license check device.