Abstract: In an image forming apparatus, a carriage mounts a recording head for discharging droplets, and moves in a main scan direction. A guide member slidably guides the carriage. An encoder scale is arranged along the main scan direction. An encoder sensor reads the encoder scale. The carriage includes a head mounting part for mounting the recording head, and a sensor attaching part for attaching the encoder sensor. The sensor attaching part is provided so as to be extended from the head mounting part. The encoder scale is arranged at a location which the encoder sensor can read. A partition member is provided to separate the head mounting part from the sensor attaching part in the carriage. The head mounting part is arranged in a first space, and the sensor attaching part and the encoder scale are arranged in a second space separated from the first space by the partition member.

Abstract: A wiping device includes a windable web and a blade, and wipes out a nozzle surface provided on a liquid discharge head and including a plurality of nozzle holes. The wiping device wipes out the nozzle surface by at least the web when there is a remaining amount of the web, and wipes out the nozzle surface by the blade when there is not the remaining amount of the web.

Abstract: A medium processing apparatus includes a liquid applier, a post-processing device, a liquid storage unit, a liquid detector, and circuitry. The liquid applier applies liquid to a part of at least one medium. The post-processing device performs a given process on a bundle of media. The liquid storage unit stores the liquid. The liquid detector detects the liquid in the liquid storage unit. The circuitry is to determine whether to cause the liquid applier to apply the liquid on the at least one medium based on a detection result of the liquid detector, and set a number of times of application of the liquid to be equal to or less than a given number of times of application of the liquid when the liquid detector does not detect the liquid in the liquid storage unit.

Abstract: A biometric apparatus including an irradiation device configured to deliver radiation to a subject, a radiation detector configured to perform radiation imaging on a test site of the subject, and a magnetic detector configured to detect biomagnetism of the subject, the magnetic detector being placed between the radiation detector and the irradiation device.

Abstract: A powder for forming 3D objects includes a group of particles having an identical composition. The group of the particles includes 50% by mass or greater of aluminum. An oxygen content of the group of the particles is 950 ppm or less. A volume-based particle size frequency distribution of the powder for forming 3D objects has a peak top in a particle diameter range of 40 ?m or greater and 70 ?m or less, and a peak top in a particle diameter range of 10 ?m or greater and 30 ?m or less. A ratio (a frequency (%) of the peak top in the particle diameter range of 40 ?m or greater and 70 ?m or less)/(a frequency (%) of the peak top in the particle diameter range of 10 ?m or greater and 30 ?m or less) is 1.5 or greater.

Abstract: A medium processing apparatus includes the liquid applier, a first liquid storage, a second liquid storage, a liquid flow passage, a liquid leakage detector, and a liquid flow limiter. The liquid applier applies a liquid on a sheet on which a given process is to be performed. The first liquid storage stores liquid to be supplied by the liquid applier. The second liquid storage stores the liquid to be supplied to the first liquid storage. The liquid flow passage connects the first liquid storage and the second liquid storage. The liquid leakage detector detects leakage of the liquid from at least one of the first liquid storage or the second liquid storage. The liquid flow limiter limits a flow of the liquid from at least one of the first liquid storage or the second liquid storage in response to a detection of the leakage by the liquid leakage detector.

Abstract: A display system includes a display with a touch panel and an information processing apparatus including circuitry to detect connection with the display, determine whether an application executed by the circuitry of the information processing apparatus is a specific application registered in advance, transmit, based on a determination that the application is the specific application, screen data of the specific application to the display whose connection is detected, and receive coordinate data indicating an operation position on a screen displayed by the display based on the screen data. In the display system, the specific application executes a process according to the coordinate data.

Abstract: A biometric information display device includes circuitry, and a memory storing computer-executable instructions that cause the circuitry to display at least one biological signal waveform including a biological signal measured, and display a graphic representation representing a noise level included in the biological signal waveform at a location corresponding to a peak of the biological signal waveform.

Abstract: An information processing method for acquiring location information of an object includes acquiring location information of the object based on location management information in which identification information of the object, the location information of the object, and time information indicating an acquisition time of the location information are associated; acquiring the time information associated with the acquired location information as time information indicating a time before movement of the object starts, based on the location management information; tracking, by image processing, the object in a captured moving image of surroundings of the object based on the location information of the object; and acquiring current location information of the object at an end of the movement based on a result of the tracking. In the tracking, the object is tracked in a part of the captured moving image starting from a moving image time corresponding to the acquired time information.

Abstract: A communication control server includes circuitry to receive, from a first mobile apparatus, status information indicating a status of the first mobile apparatus currently communicating with a communication terminal as a communication destination of the communication terminal. The first mobile apparatus is movable in a real space and remotely operable by the communication terminal. The circuitry switches the communication destination of the communication terminal from the first mobile apparatus to a second mobile apparatus based on the status information. The second mobile apparatus is movable in the real space and remotely operable by the communication terminal.

Abstract: An information processing system includes circuitry to control a display to display information related to accelerated execution of a maintenance schedule for a first maintenance in response to determination of a maintenance schedule for a second maintenance, based on the maintenance schedule for the second maintenance, the second maintenance being different from the first maintenance and being to be executed additionally.

Abstract: An image forming apparatus includes an image forming device, a transfer section, a plurality of sheet feed trays, processing circuitry, and a detector. The image forming device forms an image. The transfer section transfers the image onto a sheet. The plurality of sheet feed trays store sheets and supply the sheets from sheet feed ports to the transfer section. The processing circuitry switches sheet feeding from one sheet feed tray in use to another sheet feed tray when the sheets run out in the one sheet feed tray in use. The detector detects a remaining amount of sheets in the one sheet feed tray in use. The processing circuitry enlarges spacing between images formed by the image forming device when the remaining amount of sheets in the one sheet feed tray in use is equal to or less than a threshold value, based on a detection result of the detector.

Abstract: A three-dimensional molding apparatus includes circuitry; and a memory storing computer-executable instructions that cause the circuitry to execute molding a molded object inside a molding tank by applying a mold liquid to a powder layer; drying, by a dryer, the molded object molded at the molding; and adjusting at least one of a drying time or a drying temperature of the dryer, based on an arrangement of the molded object inside the molding tank.

Abstract: A three-dimensional shape processing apparatus includes circuitry to selectively execute one of first correction processing and second correction processing designated by an instruction operation on an instruction-receiving display component. In the first correction processing, correction of three-dimensional shape information is executed based on an input operation. In the second correction processing, the correction of the three-dimensional shape information is executed based on stored processing pre-stored in a memory.

Abstract: A communication control server includes circuitry to store, in a memory, movement history of one or more mobile apparatuses that have moved by remote operation from one or more communication terminals. Each of the one or more mobile apparatuses is movable in a real space and remotely operable by one of the one or more communication terminals. The circuitry provides, to a predetermined communication terminal of the one or more communication terminals, a recommended place determined based on the movement history, the predetermined communication terminal being currently performing remote operation of one of the one or more mobile apparatuses.

Abstract: A medium processing apparatus includes a liquid applier, a post-processing device, a liquid storage unit, a mover, and a liquid supplier. The liquid applier applies liquid to at least one medium. The post-processing device performs a given process on a bundle of media including the at least one medium on which the liquid is applied by the liquid applier. The liquid storage unit stores the liquid to be supplied to the liquid applier. The mover causes the liquid applier to move in a reciprocating direction orthogonal to the conveyance direction. The liquid supplier supplies the liquid from the liquid storage unit to the liquid applier and includes an extensible member having an elastic cylindrical part on at least a part of the liquid supplier. The extensible member extends in the reciprocating direction of the mover.

Abstract: A sheet feeder includes a support to support a roll sheet winding a sheet, a sensor that is at a first position on the support and contacts a surface of the roll sheet to detect a level difference at a trailing edge of the roll sheet and output a first signal and a second signal, a roller that is at a second position different from the first position in a circumferential direction of the roll sheet on the support and contacts the surface of the roll sheet to guide the roll sheet, and circuitry to cause the roll sheet to rotate in a sheet feeding direction to feed the sheet, and detect the trailing edge of the roll sheet based on the first signal output from the sensor, and the second signal output from the sensor.

Abstract: A material for additive manufacturing includes a powder A and a powder B. The powder A includes an alloy or a pure metal. The powder B includes an alloy having a composition different from a composition of the powder A. The material for additive manufacturing has a temperature range in which a liquid phase ratio of the powder A is 30% by mass or less relative to a total mass of the powder A, and a liquid phase ratio of the powder B is 70% by mass or greater relative to a total mass of the powder B.

Abstract: An information processing apparatus includes circuitry to distinguish, based on a predetermined priority criterion, a high-priority cluster having a high priority among multiple clusters into which multiple data are classified, and display the high-priority cluster on a display. The circuitry further receives an instruction operation for adding, to the high-priority cluster, distinguishing information for distinguishing the high-priority cluster from a rest of the multiple clusters, and adds the distinguishing information to the high-priority cluster.

Abstract: A wiping device includes a web, multiple pressing mechanisms, and circuitry. The web is windable in a winding direction and a rewinding direction, to wipe nozzle faces of multiple liquid discharge heads arranged in a width direction. The multiple pressing mechanisms are arranged in the width direction corresponding to the multiple liquid discharge heads. Each of the multiple pressing mechanisms is movable between a wiping position and a retracted position. The circuitry stores unused portion of the web at which a part of the multiple pressing mechanisms is at the retracted position during wiping, rewinds the web in the rewinding direction to cause the unused portion to face a part of the nozzle faces unwiped, and causes the part of the multiple pressing mechanisms corresponding to the unused portion to move to the wiping position to bring the unused portion into contact with the part of the nozzle faces unwiped.