Abstract: Provided is an electrophotographic apparatus in which the occurrence of image density unevenness (pattern memory) at the time of repeated use under a high-temperature and high-humidity environment is suppressed. The electrophotographic apparatus is an electrophotographic apparatus including: an electrophotographic photosensitive member; and a developing unit, which includes a toner, and which is configured to develop an electrostatic latent image with the toner to form a toner image on a surface of the electrophotographic photosensitive member, wherein the electrophotographic photosensitive member includes a surface layer containing a compound represented by the formula (1), a binder resin, and silicone resin particles, and wherein the toner includes toner particles each containing a polyester resin having a polyethylene terephthalate segment.

Abstract: A heating device includes a pair of rotators in contact with each other to form a nip through which a sheet passes, a heater heating at least one of the pair of rotators, a temperature sensor detecting detects a temperature of the heater, a conductor, a plurality of conductor supports supporting the conductor, and a component supporting the plurality of conductor supports. The conductor has flexibility and is coupled to the temperature sensor. The conductor supports extend in a direction away from the heater and include first conductor supports and second conductor supports. The first conductor supports face an outside of a predetermined region of the heater in a width direction of the sheet and are arranged at first intervals in the width direction. The second conductor supports face the predetermined region of the heater and are arranged at second intervals larger than the first intervals in the width direction.

Abstract: An information processing apparatus is communicably connected to an image forming apparatus and acquires a consumption amount of a consumable in the image forming apparatus, outputs a delivery request for a replacement consumable based on the acquired consumption amount, and notifies information for prompting to stock a spare replacement consumable based on the consumption amount.

Abstract: A process cartridge includes a developing unit frame, a developing roller rotatably supported by the developing unit frame, a power supply member capable of being electrically connected to the developing roller, and a grounding member capable of switching between a state of being electrically connected to the developing roller and a state of not being electrically connected to the developing roller. With a process cartridge having such a structure, during cleaning operations, separation of the developing roller and a photosensitive drum is unnecessary, and the technical problem of print defects caused by toner transfer from the developing roller onto the photosensitive drum during cleaning operations is simultaneously solved.

Abstract: A wearable computing device includes a housing, an energy storage device and a power interface configured to deliver electrical power from the energy storage device to a circuit included on a band that is removably coupled to the housing. The wearable computing device includes a switching device configured to selectively couple the energy storage device to the power interface. The wearable computing device includes a processor configured to control operation of the switching device to couple the energy storage device to the power interface to deliver the electrical power to the circuit included on that band. The processor is configured to obtain data from the circuit on the band that is indicative of a unique identifier for the band. The processor is configured to control operation of the wearable computing device based. at least in part. on the data indicative of the unique identifier for the band.

Abstract: A method includes: obtaining equipment sensor data from sensors in a time series; obtaining equipment optimization goal data from optimization goals in a time series; obtaining historical data on equipment abnormal events and intervention events; obtaining static equipment input parameters; applying time series model to the equipment sensor and optimization data, historical event data, and static equipment input parameters, to obtain predicted equipment sensor data; optimizing and controlling hardware operation based on the obtained predicted equipment sensor data; and providing predicted actions for abnormal event intervention based on the obtained predicted equipment sensor data.

Abstract: There is provided an apparatus including: a first acquisition unit which acquires a deviation between a process variable of a state in relation to a control target, and a set point; a second acquisition unit which acquires a control parameter supplied to the control target; a supply unit which supplies the acquired deviation and the acquired control parameter, to a control model that has a plurality of sub-control models respectively associated with a plurality of aspects preset for the state, the control model using a sub-control model associated with an aspect in accordance with the process variable, to output a recommendation control parameter that is recommended to be supplied to the control target, in response to inputs of a deviation and a control parameter; and an output unit which outputs the recommendation control parameter that is output from the control model.

Abstract: An apparatus including a temperature acquisition unit that acquires a temperature measured by a temperature sensor; a temperature determination unit that determines whether the temperature acquired by the temperature acquisition unit at the time of executing the detection operation for work is within an allowable range determined in advance in order to ensure the accuracy of the detection operation; and a temperature regulation unit that executes a warm-up operation for raising the temperature when the temperature determination unit determines that the temperature is lower than the lower limit of the allowable range, and executes a cooling operation for lowering the temperature when the temperature determination unit determines that the temperature is higher than the upper limit of the allowable range.

Abstract: The present invention suppresses expansion of data by early determining the type of machining having no relation to a diagnosis and excluding waveform data of the machining without preserving said waveform data. This diagnosis data collection device is for collecting data for a diagnosis of a machine tool performing machining composed of a plurality of machining types. Said diagnosis data collection device comprises: a collection unit that collects, in a time sequence, data of the machine tool at the time of machining operation; a machining type determination unit that determines, on the basis of the collected data, a machining type of the machine tool for each machining period; and a data exclusion unit that, when the determined machining type is a machining type which is to be excluded and for which data collection is set as unnecessary in advance, excludes the data of the machining type in the machining period.

Abstract: A system may include a control system for controlling one or more operations of one or more industrial devices in an industrial system. The control system may receive streaming data comprising one or more visualizations representative of one or more live operational parameters associated with one or more industrial devices. The streaming data may include multiple image frames. The control system may also identify multiple datasets associated with the streaming data and generate multiple machine-readable images based on the multiple datasets. In addition, the control system may embed the multiple machine-readable images within the multiple image frames of the streaming data to generate updated streaming data and send the updated streaming data to a computing system that may extract the multiple machine-readable images from the updated streaming data.

Abstract: A method performed by an electronic device for controlling a plurality of devices in a house is provided.

Abstract: One of the purposes of the present disclosure is to provide a plant management device and the like which are capable of supporting plant inspection work. A plant management device according to an embodiment of the present disclosure is provided with: a display control unit that displays a plant model on a display device, the plant model being an image of a facility included in a plant; and a reception unit that receives an operation by a user on the plant model displayed by the display device. The display control unit displays, on the display device being operated by the user, information corresponding to a role of the user and the operation of the user.

Abstract: An assistance method comprising steps of: acquiring information related to a process or a reduced system when the process to be performed in a plant is performed in the reduced system with a smaller scale than the plant; and generating at least a part of a model for predicting a process to be performed in the plant, or an intermediate system with a scale between the plant and the reduced system, based on a relationship between systems when the process is performed in a plurality of systems of different scales, from the information.

Abstract: A method and apparatus for monitoring a machine with at least one rotating component. In the method, accelerometer data collected for the machine is received by a data processing apparatus. An ellipse descriptive of movement of the machine in time domain and/or frequency domain is determined based on the accelerometer data. At least one ellipse parameter defining the ellipse is then used in monitoring the machine.

Abstract: This application relates to the field of robot control, and provides a motion state control method and apparatus, a device, and a readable storage medium. The method includes the following steps: Step 301: Acquire basic data and motion state data, the basic data being used for representing a structural feature of a wheeled robot, and the motion state data being used for representing a motion feature of the wheeled robot. Step 302: Determine a state matrix of the wheeled robot based on the basic data and the motion state data, the state matrix being related to an interference parameter of the wheeled robot, the interference parameter corresponding to a balance error of the wheeled robot. Step 303: Determine, based on the state matrix, a torque for controlling the wheeled robot. Step 304: Control, by using the torque, the wheeled robot to be in a standstill state.

Abstract: A system and method for operation of an autonomous vehicle (AV) yard truck is provided. A processor facilitates autonomous movement of the AV yard truck, and connection to and disconnection from trailers. A plurality of sensors are interconnected with the processor that sense terrain/objects and assist in automatically connecting/disconnecting trailers. A server, interconnected, wirelessly with the processor, that tracks movement of the truck around and determines locations for trailer connection and disconnection. A door station unlatches/opens rear doors of the trailer when adjacent thereto, securing them in an opened position via clamps, etc. The system computes a height of the trailer, and/or if landing gear of the trailer is on the ground and interoperates with the fifth wheel to change height, and whether docking is safe, allowing a user to take manual control, and optimum charge time(s). Reversing sensors/safety, automated chocking, and intermodal container organization are also provided.

Abstract: According to an implementation, a circuit includes a trio of first switches, a pair of second switches, a pair of inductors including a primary inductor and a secondary inductor, and a first capacitor, where: the circuit is configured to regulate a load. According to an implementation, a circuit includes a voltage balancer and two or more stages. Each stage of the two or more stages includes: a two-phase isolated voltage regulator (IVR) including at least a pair of inversely coupled dual inductors and a differential voltage input, and a respective Zener diode and capacitor combination coupled to the voltage balancer and the first two-phase IVR. In certain aspects, the two or more stages are coupled in series.

Abstract: Apparatus and methods for bandgap reference generators are disclosed. In certain embodiments, a bandgap reference generator includes a low voltage bandgap reference circuit that generates a first bandgap reference voltage, a high voltage bandgap reference circuit that generates a second bandgap reference voltage, a bandgap selector circuit that outputs the first bandgap reference voltage or the second bandgap reference voltage as a selected bandgap reference voltage based on a voltage level of the power supply voltage, and a bandgap translator circuit that generates an output bandgap reference voltage based on the selected bandgap reference voltage.

Abstract: Track plans to improve clock skew arc disclosed. In one aspect, a node array includes a plurality of nodes with clock distribution circuitry configured to distribute a clock signal to each of the nodes. The clock signal propagates in at least a first direction between adjacent nodes. The node (202) further includes a track plan comprising a plurality of wires to carry communication signals propagating between adjacent nodes. The plurality of wires include a first wire (404) configured to carry a first communication signal in a direction opposite to the first direction and a second wire (402) configured to carry a second communication signal in the first direction, where the first wire has a width that is greater than a width of the second wire.

Abstract: A computing system includes a first computing platform and a virtual exchange computing platform, where the first computing platform provides an application and a first electronic value token and the virtual exchange computing platform is communicatively coupled to the first computing platform. The virtual exchange computing platform receives the information corresponding to the first electronic value token and calculates, via API functions linking to banking as a service (BaaS) functionality processed by a valuation computing platform, a valuation of the first electronic value token. The virtual exchange computing platform causes presentation, via a network and on a first user device, a user interface screen presenting a visualization of a value of the electronic value token and comprising an input and triggers, based on a received trade input from the user interface, a virtual exchange of value involving the first electronic value token.