Abstract: The present invention relates to an electrode sheet drying apparatus capable of preventing thermal wrinkles in a non-coated portion, and more particularly to an electrode sheet drying apparatus for drying an electrode sheet including a pair of coated portions each having an electrode active material applied to one surface of metal foil and a non-coated portion located between the pair of coated portions, the apparatus including a chamber configured to dry the electrode sheet therein, a heater provided at an upper part of the chamber, the heater being configured to adjust the temperature in the chamber to a temperature necessary to dry the electrode sheet, and at least one guide roll configured to guide movement of the electrode sheet in the chamber and to maintain tension of the electrode sheet, wherein a part of the electrode sheet is moved in a state of being spaced apart from the guide roll.

Abstract: A positive electrode material for a lithium secondary battery includes a first positive electrode active material and a second positive electrode active material, both of which are lithium composite transition metal oxides containing transition metals. The first positive electrode active material has a larger average particle size (D50) than the second positive electrode active material, wherein a ratio (Li/Me)1 of the mole number of lithium with respect to the total mole number of transition metals of the first positive electrode active material is more than 1 to 1.5 or less, and a ratio (Li/Me)2 of the mole number of lithium (Li) with respect to the total mole number of transition metals of the second positive electrode active material is 0.9 to 1. The second positive electrode active material has a crystallite size of 180 nm or more.

Abstract: In a paper transport apparatus, a controller determines recording paper of a first transport path when a solenoid is deactivated, a paper detection member retreats in contact with the recording paper of the first transport path in a state in which a switching guide is switched to a first transport position, a driven rotation member rotates twice according to this retreat, and a sensor does not detect a standby position of the driven rotation member. Moreover, the controller determines a second transport position of the switching guide when the solenoid is activated, the switching guide is switched to the second transport position, the driven rotation member rotates according to this switching, and the sensor does not detect the standby position of the driven rotation member.

Abstract: A method of recovering electrode materials includes: a preparing step of preparing an electrode assembly or an electrode sheet, the electrode assembly and the electrode sheet including a current collector and an electrode active material layer formed on the current collector and containing an electrode active material; a dissolving step of immersing the electrode assembly or the electrode sheet in an etchant solution that dissolves the current collector; and a separating step of separating a precipitate containing the electrode active material from the etchant solution in which the current collector is dissolved.

Abstract: In one embodiment, an apparatus is configured to perform estimating a channel of a multi-user multiple-input-multiple-output mobile communication system; determining, based on the estimated channel, a metric for each of a plurality of available modulation orders for each of a plurality of transmitting channels of said communication system; identifying, for each transmitting channel, one or more modulation and coding schemes for which the predicted metric meets a target error rate criterion, wherein each modulation and coding scheme comprises a modulation order and a code rate of a channel code; and selecting a modulation and coding scheme for each of said transmitting channels from said identified modulation and coding schemes.

Abstract: A system, apparatus, computer program product, and method use a convolutional neural network to auto-determine a first floor height (FFH) and a FFH elevation (FFE) of a building. The FFH, and FFE of the building are determined with respect to the terrain or surface of the parcel of land on which the building is located. In turn, by knowing the FFH and/or FFE of the building on the parcel, it is possible to use that information while performing a flood risk assessment to a property without requiring a personal inspection of the parcel by a human.

Abstract: A communication mediation device mediates communication between an image processing device for executing image processing and a cloud service for storing data. The communication mediation device associates cloud service login information for logging into the cloud service with a user and logs into the cloud service associated with the cloud service login information using the cloud service login information associated with the user when the user has logged into the communication mediation device via the image processing device.

Abstract: An image forming apparatus includes a heater, a temperature sensor, a power supply circuit, a main processor, and a sub-processor. The temperature sensor is configured to detect a temperature of the heater. The power supply circuit is configured to perform power supply to the heater. The main processor is configured to supply a heater control signal to the power supply circuit based on the temperature detected by the temperature sensor to control the power supply circuit and adjust the temperature of the heater. The sub-processor (a) monitors whether or not an output from the main processor is made regularly, and (b) supplies, to the power supply circuit, the heater control signal for cutting off the power supply to the heater when determination is made that the output is not made.

Abstract: In a sheet feeding device, when the rotating member is set to a prespecified rotation angle, a first follower makes contact with a concave portion formed on a circumferential surface of a first cam, thereby retaining a first support member at a standby position, and a second follower makes contact with a concave portion formed on a circumferential surface of a second cam, thereby retaining a second support member at a standby position. When the rotating member is made to rotate, the first follower is disengaged from the concave portion of first cam, thereby making the first support member pivot about is shaft, and bringing the pickup roller into contact with a recording sheet, and the second follower is disengaged from the concave portion of the second cam, thereby making the second support member pivot about its shaft, and bringing the retard roller into contact with the feed roller.

Abstract: An image forming apparatus includes a pair of registration rollers, an image formation unit, a roller movement mechanism, a detection unit and a control unit which performs a displacement correction for moving the pair of registration rollers from a home position. The control unit determines tendency information indicating the tendency of a displacement direction and a displacement amount of a sheet, the control unit displaces the home position in a direction opposite to the displacement direction indicated by the tendency information only by the displacement amount indicated by the tendency information and the control unit displaces the writing start position of an electrostatic latent image in a main scanning direction in the displacement direction indicated by the tendency information only by the displacement amount indicated by the tendency information.

Abstract: Examples of the disclosure relate to an access device, a computing device, a related method, an apparatus, and a medium. In an aspect, the access device transmits traffic statistics data related to traffic passing through the access device to the computing device based on at least one statistics data model for statistics data; receives traffic configuration information for the traffic from the computing device based on at least one configuration data model for traffic configuration, wherein the traffic configuration information is determined by utilizing an artificial intelligence (AI)/machine learning (ML) model to process the traffic statistics data; and configures the traffic based on the traffic configuration information. The examples of the disclosure extend the statistics data model/configuration data model, and can optimize traffic classification, bandwidth allocation, quality of service (QOS) control, etc. based on the AI/ML model.

Abstract: An inkjet recording apparatus includes an ink head unit, a precoating head unit, a conveying plate, and a heating part. The ink head unit ejects ink to a printing base material conveyed along a predetermined conveying direction. The precoating liquid head unit is disposed on an upstream side of the ink head unit in the conveying direction and ejects precoating liquid to the printing base material. The conveying plate is disposed below the ink head unit and the precoating liquid head unit and on which the printing base material is conveyed. The heating part heats the conveying plate. When a temperature of the conveying plate below the precoating liquid head unit is set to T1, and a temperature of the conveying plate below the ink head unit is set to T2, the heating part heats the conveying plate such that T1 is less than T2.

Abstract: In an image reading device, an object intrusion detecting device includes a rod-like member disposed along a widthwise direction of a document tray and detects that the rod-like member has been pushed up to a predetermined position in a height direction. When the object intrusion detecting device detects that the rod-like member has been pushed up to the predetermined abnormal position in the height direction, the controller determines that an object intrusion has occurred.

Abstract: A connector includes a dielectric having a mating face, an inner contact disposed in the dielectric, and a conductive layer disposed on or within the mating face. The conductive layer is electrically isolated from the inner contact.

Abstract: A sputter measurement system includes: a camera that captures an image of an observation region including a molten portion; a spot light source that emits spot light toward a lateral side of the observation region when viewed from the camera; and a controller that measures a size of a sputter based on the image captured by the camera.

Abstract: An image forming apparatus includes a plurality of image carriers, a charging device, an exposure device, a development device, and an intermediate transfer belt. The image carrier has a surface on which an amorphous silicon photosensitive layer is formed. The intermediate transfer belt is a plastic belt having a surface resistivity of 9.5 to 10.5 (log ?/square). An offset amount of the primary transfer roller from the image carrier is 0 to 2 (mm), a contact surface pressure between the image carrier and the intermediate transfer belt is 0.5 to 1.5 (gf/mm2), and a charge density of primary transfer current that flows when the primary transfer voltage is applied to the primary transfer roller is 0.016 to 0.040 (?C/cm2).

Abstract: A user terminal receives voice input from a user and transmits text data as a result of voice recognition performed by a voice recognition device on voice data indicating the received voice to an operated device, and the operated device operates in accordance with the text data received from the user terminal.

Abstract: Embodiments of a method include connecting an inner end of a base of a fluid coupling assembly to an outer surface of a manifold of a hydraulic fracturing system. The base includes an outer end opposite the inner end and a through-passage extending from the outer end to the inner end. In addition, the method includes inserting a coupling adapter into the through-passage from the outer end to compress the coupling adapter into the through-passage and to position a connection device of the coupling adapter outside of the through-passage at the outer end.

Abstract: An image forming apparatus includes an image forming device, a transport route, a purge transport route, an image forming transport route, a transport roller, and a blowing machine. The image forming device forms an image on a sheet. The transport route extends to a predetermined position. The purge transport route extends to a downstream side in a sheet transport direction, from the predetermined position. The image forming transport route is branched from the purge transport route at the predetermined position, and extends toward the image forming device. The transport roller transports the sheet along the transport route, and along one of the purge transport route and the image forming transport route. The blowing machine delivers the sheet to one of the purge transport route and the image forming transport route, by blowing air to the sheet being transported along the transport route.

Abstract: Disclosed are embodiments of microstrip and substrate integrated waveguide circulators/isolators which can be integrated with a substrate. This composite structure can serve as a platform for other components, allowing for improved miniaturization of components. Embodiments of the disclosure can be particular advantageous in the high frequency ranges, such as above 1.8 GHz or above 3 GHz, which allows devices to be used in the 5G space.