Abstract: An image forming apparatus includes a fixing member that fixes, onto a recording material, a toner image that has been transferred onto the recording material, a recovery roller that recovers toner adhering onto the fixing member, a cleaning unit, and a controller. The cleaning unit includes a cleaning web that cleans the recovery roller, a first roller around which the cleaning web is wound in advance, a second roller that winds the cleaning web supplied from the first roller, and a third roller that presses the cleaning web against the recovery roller to clean the recovery roller. The controller stops a rotation of a rotor of a motor that drives the second roller, in a case where a value corresponding to a torque applied to the rotor exceeds a threshold while the rotor is rotating.

Abstract: The present invention provides an electrolytic solution comprising a lithium salt and an organic solvent, wherein the lithium salt has a concentration of 2.0 mol/L or more and 3.0 mol/L or less, the lithium salt comprises a first lithium salt and a second lithium salt, the first lithium salt is lithium bis(fluorosulfonyl)imide, and the second lithium salt is one or more selected from the group consisting of lithium hexafluorophosphate, lithium difluoro(oxalato)borate and lithium difluorophosphate.

Abstract: An application operation control device includes processing circuitry configured to store associated file information that indicates, in association with each other, an application and an associated file that is a file whose integrity is to be verified when integrity of the application is determined, and associated application information that indicates, in association with each other, the application and an associated application that is an application that is potentially affected when the integrity of the application is damaged, determine integrity of the associated file of the application, and in a case where, among a plurality of the associated files of the application, integrity of any of the plurality of the associated files is determined to be damaged, extract, as a target application for operation control, an application associated with an associated file the integrity of which is determined to be damaged from the associated file information.

Abstract: Space cleaning device includes: hypochlorous acid water generator; mixing bath storing a mixture of the hypochlorous acid water and water; hypochlorous acid water supply unit; water supply unit; water level sensor detecting a water level of the water mixture; humidifying purifier micronizing the water mixture and releases the water mixture micronized into air; and control unit controlling operations of hypochlorous acid water supply unit and water supply unit. Control unit is configured, after supplying the hypochlorous acid water and the water to fill mixing bath with the water mixture, controls an operation of hypochlorous acid water supply unit to supply a predetermined amount of the hypochlorous acid water to mixing bath once in every predetermined time period, and controls an operation of water supply unit to supply the water to mixing bath based on information related to the water level of the water mixture received from water level sensor.

Abstract: A robot system (1) includes the robot (10), a motion sensor (11), a surrounding environment sensor (12, 13), an operation apparatus (21), a learning control section (41), and a relay apparatus (30). The robot (10) performs work based on an operation command. The operation apparatus (21) detects and outputs an operator-operating force applied by the operator. The learning control section (41) outputs a calculation operating force. The relay apparatus (30) outputs the operation command based on the operator-operating force and the calculation operating force. The learning control section (41) estimates and outputs the calculation operating force by using a model constructed by performing the machine learning of the operator-operating force, the surrounding environment data, the operation data, and the operation command based on the operation data and the surrounding environment data outputted by the sensors (11 to 13), and the operation command outputted by the relay apparatus (30).

Abstract: An information creating device includes processing circuitry configured to identify, for a plurality of applications, one or more files that are accessed due to activation or operation of an application of the plurality of applications during the activation or the operation of the application, identify, for the plurality of applications, one or more other applications that transmit and receive data to and from the application, and store, in a memory, associated file information that indicates, for the plurality of applications, the one or more files accessed during the activation or the operation of the application as associated files of the application, and associated application information that indicates, for the plurality of applications, the one or more other applications that transmit and receive data to and from the application as associated application of the application.

Abstract: An optical signal emitting direction control method of a present embodiment includes arranging a transparent member to extend over an underwater space and an in-air space, causing an optical signal to enter the transparent member from the underwater space via a surface of an underwater portion of the transparent member immersed in the underwater space, and causing the optical signal entered the transparent member to be emitted into the in-air space via a surface of an in-air portion of the transparent member exposed to the in-air space.

Abstract: An aspect of the present invention is a wireless communication device including a water flow generator that controls a shape of a partial region on a water surface, and an emission unit that emits a wave carrying information toward the region.

Abstract: A phase difference distribution estimation method includes: receiving an optical signal via a space and detecting a phase of the optical signal; calculating characteristic values related to characteristics of the atmosphere through which the optical signal propagates from the optical signal received in the receiving; estimating a phase difference distribution of an optical signal received after a certain period of time, on the basis of the characteristic values calculated in the calculating; and controlling a phase of an optical signal in the receiving on the basis of the phase difference distribution estimated in the estimating.

Abstract: A communication device includes: a light output unit for outputting light; a light splitting unit for splitting the light output by the light output unit into a plurality of split beams; and a plurality of spatial optical communication units provided in correspondence to the plurality of split beams, wherein the spatial optical communication units respectively transmit a corresponding split beam which is input from the light splitting unit to a partner communication device across space.

Abstract: A switching instructor outputs a beacon light selection notification signal when a optical transceiver transmits a optical wireless signal of a beacon light and outputs a signal light selection notification signal when the optical transceiver transmits the optical wireless signal of the signal light. A spatial light modulator controller performs switching of a control signal given to each of the plurality of pixels of a spatial light modulator to: cause a phase delay in light received by each of the plurality of pixels of the spatial light modulator when the switching instructor outputs the beacon light selection notification signal and cause a phase delay in light received by each of the plurality of pixels of the spatial light modulator when the switching instructor outputs the signal light selection notification signal.

Abstract: A heating efficiency 600 includes a substrate 610 and a plurality of heat generating elements 523a to 623f which are provided on both surfaces of the substrate 610 and which generate heat, and heats a fixing belt in contact with an inner peripheral surface of the fixing belt. The plurality of heat generating elements 623a to 623f are different from each other in length with respect to a widthwise direction, and at least three of the heat generating elements are provided on a front surface of the substrate 610 which is a side where the heater 600 contacts the inner peripheral surface of the fixing belt 600, and at least one of the heat generating elements is provided on a back surface. A longest heat generating element 623b, in length with respect to the widthwise direction, of the plurality of heat generating elements 623a-623f is provided on the front surface.

Abstract: In an optical wireless communication system including: an optical wireless communication apparatus that moves along with a first optical wireless station; and a second optical wireless station opposed to the first optical wireless station, the optical wireless communication apparatus includes at least one reference light transmitting unit that transmits reference light to the second optical wireless station with a position in front in a moving direction of the first optical wireless station defined as a transmission position, the second optical wireless station includes a reference light receiving unit that receives the reference light transmitted from the at least one reference light transmitting unit, an estimation unit that estimates an influence of atmospheric air on transmission of signal light based on a reception state of the reference light received by the reference light receiving unit, a compensation unit that performs compensation processing on the signal light based on the influence of the atmosph

Abstract: An image forming apparatus includes a fixing member that fixes, onto a recording material, a toner image that has been transferred onto the recording material, a recovery roller that recovers toner adhering onto the fixing member, a cleaning unit, and a controller. The cleaning unit includes a cleaning web that cleans the recovery roller, a first roller around which the cleaning web is wound in advance, a second roller that winds the cleaning web supplied from the first roller, and a third roller that presses the cleaning web against the recovery roller to clean the recovery roller. The controller stops a rotation of a rotor of a motor that drives the second roller, in a case where a value corresponding to a torque applied to the rotor exceeds a threshold while the rotor is rotating.

Abstract: A heating efficiency 600 includes a substrate 610 and a plurality of heat generating elements 523a to 623f which are provided on both surfaces of the substrate 610 and which generate heat, and heats a fixing belt in contact with an inner peripheral surface of the fixing belt. The plurality of heat generating elements 623a to 623f are different from each other in length with respect to a widthwise direction, and at least three of the heat generating elements are provided on a front surface of the substrate 610 which is a side where the heater 600 contacts the inner peripheral surface of the fixing belt 600, and at least one of the heat generating elements is provided on a back surface. A longest heat generating element 623b, in length with respect to the widthwise direction, of the plurality of heat generating elements 623a-623f is provided on the front surface.

Abstract: A sheet feeding apparatus includes a first tray on which sheets are stacked, a sheet feeder, a second tray on which sheets to be supplied to the first tray are stacked, wherein the second tray is disposed adjacently to the first tray, a sheet mover, an abnormality detector, and a controller. The sheet feeder feeds the sheets stacked on the first tray. The sheet mover moves the sheets stacked on the second tray. The sheet mover is movable between a first position for stacking sheets on the second tray and a second position for supplying the sheets stacked on the second tray to the first tray. The abnormality detector may detect an abnormality in the sheet mover. When the abnormality detector detects an abnormality in the sheet mover, the controller inhibits the sheet mover from operating and permits the sheet feeder to feed a sheet.

Abstract: In an image forming apparatus, a DC heater is provided in an image forming unit and AC heaters are provided in a sheet feed unit and an image reading unit. An environmental switch is provided at a power supply line connected to the AC heaters. A switch state detection circuit detects whether the environmental switch has been turned on. In accordance with a detection signal output by the switch state detection circuit, the supply of power to the DC heater is started.

Abstract: A sheet feeding apparatus includes a first tray on which sheets are stacked, a sheet feeder, a second tray on which sheets to be supplied to the first tray are stacked, wherein the second tray is disposed adjacently to the first tray, a sheet mover, an abnormality detector, and a controller. The sheet feeder feeds the sheets stacked on the first tray. The sheet mover moves the sheets stacked on the second tray. The sheet mover is movable between a first position for stacking sheets on the second tray and a second position for supplying the sheets stacked on the second tray to the first tray. The abnormality detector may detect an abnormality in the sheet mover. When the abnormality detector detects an abnormality in the sheet mover, the controller inhibits the sheet mover from operating and permits the sheet feeder to feed a sheet.

Abstract: In an image forming apparatus, a DC heater is provided in an image forming unit and AC heaters are provided in a sheet feed unit and an image reading unit. An environmental switch is provided at a power supply line connected to the AC heaters. A switch state detection circuit detects whether the environmental switch has been turned on. In accordance with a detection signal output by the switch state detection circuit, the supply of power to the DC heater is started.

Abstract: An image forming apparatus for heating and fixing a toner image formed on a recording medium, includes: a feeding unit configured to respectively set recording media of different sizes; a plurality of heating units with heat generation parts, which generate heat by receiving a supply of power, each heat generation part being at a different position on the respective heating unit; a control unit configured to individually control the supply of power or a power interruption to the plurality of heating units in accordance with the size of the recording medium set in the feeding unit; and a detection unit configured to detect the current value of the heating unit to which power is supplied.