Abstract: An intraluminal support structure includes a scaffold panel having a first free and a second free end with a longitudinal axis therebetween when flattened. The scaffold panel can be helically wrapped over an elongated carrier region of a delivery catheter, and the first and second free ends can be coupled to each other to form the scaffold panel into a ring when the scaffold panel is deployed.

Abstract: A drying apparatus includes an endless conveying belt, a conveying plate, and a suction device. The endless conveying belt has a number of through-holes, and supports the medium and conveys the medium in a predetermined conveyance direction. The conveying plate has a number of through-holes and supports the conveying belt in contact with an inner circumferential surface of the conveying belt. The suction device sucks air through the through-holes of the conveying belt and the through-holes of the conveying plate to attract the medium to the conveying plate. The conveying plate is formed so as to be expandable and contractable in a direction parallel to the conveyance direction.

Abstract: A hybrid manufacturing method and a device made thereby. The method includes: laser writing a border on a receiving surface of a substrate, the border defining an internal zone inside the border and an external zone outside the border, the border being a part of the substrate that is changed in its material properties by the laser writing; depositing a material in the internal zone, the material being deposited in an uncured state on the receiving surface, wherein a flow of the material from the internal zone towards the external zone is impeded by the border; and at least partially curing the material in the internal zone, the at least partially cured material forming a layer.

Abstract: A system for access control, having a textile machine and a control system for monitoring and controlling the textile machine, the textile machine and the control system being arranged in a first communication network for transmitting control commands for controlling the textile machine. The system has an authentication system being arranged in a second communication network, and the authentication system being designed to authenticate at least one user in order to enable access for controlling the textile machine in the first communication network.

Abstract: An image forming apparatus includes an image bearing member, a charger that charges the surface of the image bearing member to positive polarity, a light exposure device that exposes the charged surface of the image bearing member to light to form an electrostatic latent image on the surface of the image bearing member, a development device that develops the electrostatic latent image into a toner image, a transfer device that transfers the toner image from the image bearing member to a transfer target, a cleaning member that collects toner attached to the surface of the image bearing member by contacting the surface of the image bearing member, and a controller that controls voltage to be applied to the cleaning member. The controller causes a first voltage with negative polarity to be applied to the cleaning member in a printing mode.

Abstract: An ink supplying mechanism includes an ink container, a sub tank, a main channel and a branched channel. The ink container contains ink. The sub tank stores the ink supplied from the ink container. The main channel is extended to a downward direction from the sub tank 22 and flows the ink between the ink container and the sub tank. The branched channel is branched from the middle of the main channel and is subjected to hydraulic head pressure of the ink stored in the sub tank in order to supply the ink to a recording head.

Abstract: A sheet storage device includes first and second frames, a cover, and a torque retention mechanism that includes a shaft to rotate in conjunction with pivoting of the cover, and generates a resistance torque against rotation of the shaft when the cover pivots to a closed position. The torque retention mechanism includes a first torque retention mechanism and a second torque retention mechanism. A shaft of the first torque retention mechanism is attached to a first support part disposed on a first frame side, while a shaft of the second torque retention mechanism is attached to a second support part disposed on a second frame side.

Abstract: The present technology relates to an information processing apparatus, an information processing method, and a program by which, in a case where a change occurs in the real world, a corresponding three-dimensional map can be updated according to the change. The information processing apparatus includes a detection section that detects a change in the real world with use of an image picked up of the real world, and an updating section that updates, in a case where a change in the real world is detected by the detection section, a three-dimensional map generated by image pickup of the real world. The present technology can be applied, for example, to an information processing apparatus that retains a three-dimensional map and updates the retained three-dimensional map.

Abstract: An electrophotographic photosensitive member includes a conductive substrate, an intermediate layer provided on the conductive substrate, and a photosensitive layer provided on the intermediate layer. The intermediate layer contains a specific polyamide resin and specific inorganic particles. The specific inorganic particles include metal oxide particles. The specific polyamide resin includes a first repeating unit derived from an aliphatic dicarboxylic acid and a second repeating unit derived from a diamine compound. The total percentage content of the first repeating unit and the second repeating unit is at least 80% by mol to all repeating units included in the specific polyamide resin. The photosensitive layer contains a charge generating material, an electron transport material, a binder resin, a hole transport material, and an n-type pigment.

Abstract: An electrical energy storage device disclosed herein includes a current collecting part including a penetration hole, a terminal including a shaft part inserted to a terminal extraction hole of a case main body and the penetration hole and a caulking part caulked to a periphery of the penetration hole, a step part that is provided at a side surface of the penetration hole of the current collecting part and has at least a part of the caulking part of the terminal disposed therein, and a welding bonding part between a peripheral part of the penetration hole of the current collecting part and the caulking part of the terminal, in which a space is provided between the current collecting part and the terminal in a vicinity of the welding bonding part.

Abstract: A belt drive device includes an endless belt, a plurality of tension rollers on which the belt is rotatably tensioned and a belt cleaning device. The belt cleaning device includes a cleaning blade and an opposite roller. The cleaning blade makes contact with the outer circumferential surface of the belt to remove a foreign substance adhered to the belt. The opposite roller is arranged in contact with the inner circumferential surface of the belt opposite the cleaning blade through the belt. The opposite roller includes a cover layer arranged on an outer circumferential surface, the surface resistance value of the cover layer when a voltage of 100V is applied is equal to or greater than 10 to the 10th power (?) and the Asker A hardness of the cover layer is equal to or greater than 60° and equal to or less than 90°.

Abstract: Disclosed ae fabric-based radio frequency identification (RFID) tags and methods of manufacture. The method is characterized by forming a knitted fabric from at least one primary non-conductive fiber and a secondary conductive fiber, wherein the secondary conductive fiber is distributed within the knitted fabric to form a plurality of dipole antennas; integrating an RFID inlay with each of the plurality of dipole antennas to form pairs of inlays and antennas; and, cutting the knitted fabric to separate each of the pairs of inlays and antennas into individual RFID tags. The RFID inlay comprises an RFID integrated circuit (IC) and a loop antenna on a substrate; the RFID inlay is positioned on the fabric-based antenna such that the loop antenna is inductively coupled to a dipole antenna.

Abstract: An outer appearance inspection system, which inspects an outer appearance of a secondary battery, according to the present invention includes a transfer device, which transfers the secondary battery according to an inspection position, a top and bottom inspecting device, which is disposed at a first inspection position and inspects an upper portion and a lower portion of the secondary battery, a side surface inspecting device, which is disposed at a second inspection position and inspects a side surface of the secondary battery and the secondary battery for swelling, and a rotating device which is disposed at the second inspection position and rotates the secondary battery, wherein the side surface inspecting device inspects the side surface of the secondary battery and the secondary battery for swelling in a state in which the secondary battery lies on the transfer device.

Abstract: A battery cell block includes a plurality of cell units including one or more pouch-type battery cells and a cell cover configured to surround the one or more pouch-type battery cells, the plurality of cell units being stacked in at least one direction, and a fixing member configured to fix a stacked state of the plurality of cell units by surrounding a stack of the plurality of cell units. A battery pack including the battery cell block, and a vehicle including the same, are also provided.

Abstract: A method for monitoring the thread run at a workstation of a textile machine having a thread feeding device for supplying a thread, a traversing device for traversing the supplied thread, a thread winding device for winding the traversed thread onto a run-on bobbin, a pneumatic thread storage, a thread storage unit with a thread guide arm pivotably mounted about a pivot axis, a controllable drive unit for reversible pivoting of the thread guide arm, and a sensor unit collecting sensor information about a thread tension acting on the thread guide arm and/or a position of the thread guide arm, and transmitting the sensor information to a control system associated with the workstation. The thread storage unit is arranged at the workstation such that the control system detects a thread breakage and/or an emptied pneumatic thread storage on the basis of the transmitted sensor information.

Abstract: Systems and methods for encoding and decoding video for machine consumption (video coding for machines) are provided in which an autoencoder is employed. The autoencoder has an encoder portion, a bottleneck portion, and a decoder portion. The autoencoder being distributed between a VCM encoder and VCM decoder such that the VCM encoder includes the encoder portion and bottleneck portion and the VCM decoder includes the bottleneck portion and the decoder portion.

Abstract: A conductive material dispersion, an electrode, and a secondary battery prepared using the conductive material dispersion are provided. The conductive material dispersion may include a carbon-based conductive material, a main dispersant, an auxiliary dispersant, and a non-aqueous solvent. The main dispersant may include a hydrogenated nitrile-based copolymer having a weight average molecular weight of 5,000 to 100,000, and the auxiliary dispersant may include a compound containing methylcellulose as a main chain.

Abstract: A medical services kiosk supporting private and secure telemedicine sessions between a patient and a remote network terminal utilized by a remote health care professional. The medical services kiosk comprising at least one privacy chamber having at least one door and at least one window. Each privacy chamber may include a user interactive display terminal that includes a display device, an input device, and a centralized processor, wherein the centralized processor is electronically communicable with the remote network terminal and a cloud based system. Each patient station may each include at least one documentation receiving device, at least one biometric device for obtaining biometric health measurements of the patient utilizing the at least one patient station, an arm mechanism, a seating mechanism, a camera, a retractable diagnostic camera device, a lighting mechanism that lights the privacy chamber, and a purification system.

Abstract: This application belongs to the technical field of water purification apparatus and provides a portable non-electrical water purification system including: a filter element set including a pre-filter element and a mid-filter element, where the mid-filter element includes a reverse osmosis filter element, a nanofiltration filter element, or an ultrafiltration membrane; a water pipeline including an inlet pipe head and an outlet pipe head, where, from the inlet pipe head to the outlet pipe head, the pre-filter element and the mid-filter element are connected in series to the water pipeline; a manual pressurizer provided on the water pipeline and located between the pre-filter element and the mid-filter element; and a case configured to accommodate all or part of the filter element set, the water pipeline, and the manual pressurizer, where the inlet pipe head and the outlet pipe head are connected to outside of the case.

Abstract: A predetermined frame includes a main frame part and a drum arrangement part. Winding drums are disposed in a drum arrangement part. Relay pulleys includes a first relay pulley disposed in the drum arrangement part, for a first wire to wrap around, a second relay pulley disposed on the same axis as the first relay pulley, outward of the first relay pulley, for a second wire to wrap around, and a third relay pulley disposed in the main frame part, for the second wire to wrap around. The drum arrangement part is positioned inward of the main frame part.