Abstract: A developing device according to the present disclosure includes a developer container, a first stirring member, a second stirring member, and a developer carrying member. The developer container has a plurality of conveyance chambers including first and second conveyance chambers, is provided with a developer supply portion and a developer discharge portion and stores a two-component developer. The second stirring member is provided with an electro-conductive regulating portion that is disposed to oppose the developer discharge portion that regulates movement of the developer to the developer discharge portion. An electro-conductive plate is disposed on an inner wall surface of the developer container that opposes the regulating portion.

Abstract: The present invention relates to an electricity storage unit comprising a plurality of energy storage cells (1) positioned side by side and a rigid enclosure (10) surrounding said cells (1), comprising two separate parts (100A, 100B), a first part of the enclosure comprising at least one reference wall, in particular made up of a lower wall (110A), the unit comprising:—at least one stop (200, 220, 230) made from an elastically deformable material that comprises at least one so-called main wall (214, 224, 240), extending along a plane essentially normal to the reference wall (110A) and which is positioned between two of the cells (1), such that at least one stop (200, 220, 230) is placed between each pair of adjacent cells (1), and—pressing means (300) designed to bear on a face of each of the cells (1) in order to press each cell (1) against the reference wall (110A), the pressing means (300) being removably fastened to the first part (100A) of the enclosure (10).

Abstract: A method includes receiving transactions and storing the transactions in non-transitory memory and associating customer metrics with each transaction. The method further includes receiving a selection of one or more customer metrics, and determining one or more customers associated with the received selection of the one or more customer metrics and receiving one or more marketing campaigns over a network from a remote processing device. The method further includes receiving from the seller, a selection of a marketing campaign of the received one or more marketing campaigns, and modifying the selected marketing campaign. The method also includes transmitting the modified selected marketing campaign over a network to a remote entity. The selected marketing campaign may be modified by adding seller information of the seller to the selected marketing campaign and tailoring an offer of the marketing campaign based on the selection of one or more customer metrics.

Abstract: An ink container includes an ink pack filled with an ink and a container case housing the ink pack. The container case includes an upper plate and a lower plate respectively covering the ink pack, one side plate provided between side parts of the upper plate and the lower plate, and two hinges coupling the upper plate and the lower plate with the side plate. The upper plate, the lower plate, the side plate and the hinges are integrally molded. The upper plate, the lower plate and the side plate are bent by the hinges so as to be thereby assembled as the container case including a housing configured to house the ink pack at a center. One ends of the upper plate and the lower plate constitute a grip and other ends of the upper plate and the lower plate constitutes an aperture.

Abstract: A display input device includes: a display panel that displays an operation image; a touch panel portion that is used to detect the coordinates of a fingertip and the coordinates of an actual touch position in a close state in which the fingertip approaches the surface; and a control portion that recognizes an operation image operated by recognizing the touch position, that determines, based on the position of the fingertip in the close state and the track of the fingertip in the close state, whether or not in the close state, the fingertip is in a swing state in which the fingertip swings and that enlarges and displays, on the display panel, the operation image below the track when the fingertip is determined to be in the swing state.

Abstract: A heat removal system for use in optical and optoelectronic devices and subassemblies is provided. The heat removal system lowers the power consumption of one or more active cooling components within the device or subassembly, such as a TEC, which is used to remove heat from heat generating components within the device or subassembly. For any particular application, the heat removal system more efficiently removes the heat from the active cooling component, by using a heat transfer assembly, such as a planar heat pipe type assembly. The heat transfer assembly employs properties like, but not limited to, phase transition change and thermal conductivity to move heat without external power. In some embodiments, the heat transfer assembly can be used to allow the active cooling component, such as a TEC to be removed, leaving the heat transfer assembly to remove the heat from the device or subassembly.

Abstract: A conveyance unit includes a cassette removably attached to an apparatus body and a conveyance interlocked part provided in the apparatus body. The cassette includes a sheet storage part for storing a sheet, a lift plate liftably provided between a lowered position and a raised position and a biasing member for biasing the sheet to contact with a pickup roller. The conveyance interlocked part includes a lever for engaging with the lift plate when the cassette is attached to the apparatus body and being liftable together with the lift plate, a pressing mechanism for pressing the lever downward, and a support member provided between the apparatus body and the lever so as to suppress a drop of the lever disengaged from the lift plate when the cassette is detached from the apparatus body.

Abstract: A sheet feeding device includes a sheet feeding cartridge, a pair of fixed rails, a pair of movable rails and a pressing part. The sheet feeding cartridge has a pair of side plates extending in taking-out/taking-in directions and is taken out/in an installed part in an apparatus main body. The fixed rails are extended in the taking-out/taking-in directions in the installed part. The movable rails are provided to move in the taking-out/taking-in directions along the fixed rails. If the pressing part is provided in one side plate, the pressing part applies biasing force to one movable rail facing to one side plate so that another side plate comes into pressure contact with another movable rail. If the pressing part is provided in one movable rail, the pressing part applies biasing force to one side plate so that another side plate comes into pressure contact with another movable rail.

Abstract: An image forming apparatus includes an image carrier, a development device and a guide part guiding the development device to the image carrier. The development device includes a magnet roller, which includes a shaft having magnets arrayed circumferentially, and a cover member, which include a bearing part engaged with the guide part as the shaft is inserted thereinto. The shaft and the bearing part include an engaged part and an engaging part restricting a circumferential position of the magnet and including contact faces provided along an action direction of force from the guide part to the bearing part when the bearing part is engaged with the guide part and the development device approaches the image carrier. A clearance is provided between an outer circumferential face of the shaft and an inner circumferential face of the bearing part at an upstream side in the action direction from the contact faces.

Abstract: An apparatus, a system and a method positions a cable extending from an alarm system through a housing to face the cable toward the rear of an electronic device to which the cable is attached. The housing has a sensor assembly that holds a light visible through the sensor assembly to denote an alarm condition. A sensor associated with the sensor assembly connects to a corresponding sensor port in the electronic device. A joint attached to the sensor assembly rotates to position the cable. Detachment of the sensor from the port in the electronic device disrupts a circuit formed between the alarm system, the cable and the electronic device to activate the alarm condition.

Abstract: A system and method for matching electronic devices found by multiple collection tools. The collection tools may be configured to obtain identical identification information regarding the same electronic device, but also to obtain other types of information dissimilar from each other regarding the same electronic device. Matching content of the identification information fields for the different collection tools allows a user to review the other dissimilar fields of data collected by these collection tools and determine if they are associated with the same electronic devices or different electronic devices.

Abstract: The invention provides a cutting valve comprising a valve block, a gate, which is slidably within a cavity in the valve block from an open position to a closing and cutting position, an upper seat arranged in an upper part of the valve between the valve block and the gate, and a lower seat arranged in a lower part of the valve between the valve block and the gate, The valve further comprises an upper resilient member arranged between the upper seat and a lower resilient member arranged between the valve block and the lower seat. The cutting valve being distinctive in that the combination of height of upper seat, and lower seat, resilient member and any spacers on the lower side of the gate is selected so that an allowed travelling distance for the upper seat towards the valve block and an allowed travelling distance for the lower seat towards the valve block, are substantially equal.

Abstract: Implementations of the present invention relate to systems, methods, and apparatus for connecting panels, wall modules, modular walls, partitions, and combinations thereof. Particularly, one or more implementations described herein may facilitate making quick and easy connections between panels, wall modules, modular walls, partitions, and combinations thereof. Furthermore, at least one implementation may allow an installer to interconnect panels, wall modules, modular walls, partitions, while providing a pleasing aesthetic in a final structure.

Abstract: A beam control structure for semiconductor lasers that allows modification of the shape of a beam allowing, for example, higher coupling into an optical fiber. The structure may comprise one or more of a tilted patio, a staircase, a reflective roof, and a reflective sidewall.

Abstract: In a magnetic resonance (MR) apparatus and method to evaluate the consistency of a signal model used to generate a quantitative parameter map, the residual of the quantitative parameter map is calculated and a residual map is generated. The residual map is displayed together with the quantitative parameter map, with the residual map serving as an indicator of the quality of fit of the signal model.

Abstract: Enhancing the image quality by suitable color noise correction is realized without depending on a subject, a photographing scene, and photographing conditions by determining and correcting a color noise component according to photographing conditions of a camera. The present invention is configured of an imaging device that has: an imaging unit; a signal processing unit that performs signal processing on an image signal inputted from the imaging unit and outputs a luminance signal and a chrominance signal; a camera controlling unit that controls at least one of photographing conditions of optical conditions and exposure of the photographing unit and a signal processing condition of the signal processing unit; and a color noise correction unit that extracts and corrects a color noise component from the chrominance signal inputted from the signal processing unit. The camera control unit controls the color noise correction unit using information of the photographing conditions.

Abstract: An ink container includes an ink pack filled with an ink and a container case housing the ink pack. The container case includes an upper plate and a lower plate respectively covering the ink pack, one side plate provided between side parts of the upper plate and the lower plate, and two hinges coupling the upper plate and the lower plate with the side plate. The upper plate, the lower plate, the side plate and the hinges are integrally molded. The upper plate, the lower plate and the side plate are bent by the hinges so as to be thereby assembled as the container case including a housing configured to house the ink pack at a center. One ends of the upper plate and the lower plate constitute a grip and other ends of the upper plate and the lower plate constitutes an aperture.

Abstract: Provided is an image forming apparatus that controls a user authentication and a switching action for switching into a specific operation mode (either one of first and second power saving modes, and emergency stop), depending an alarm level of disaster information. A user authentication function circuit is for performing the user authentication. An operation mode switching circuit is for switching a current operation mode into the specific operation mode. A disaster information acquire circuit is for receiving disaster information representing the alarm level. A system control circuit controls, depending on the alarm level, the user authentication operation by the user authentication function circuit and a switching of one of the operation modes by the operation mode switching circuit. The aforementioned specified operation mode is either one of the user authentication mode, the first power saving mode, the second power saving mode, and the emergency stop.

Abstract: Provided is a non-transitory storage medium storing a printer driver and a printing method, which enable to improve print quality even if an original is extremely reduced for printing. A computer, which executes the printer driver to be used by application software for generating a print script to be printed by an MFP from the original in accordance with ability of the MFP, obtains a scale factor on the basis of a size of a recording medium to be printed by the MFP and a size of the original (S133), multiplying the scale factor obtained in S133 by an actual print resolution of the MFP so as to obtain a resolution to reply (S134), and reply the resolution to reply obtained in S134 to the application software in response to an inquiry about the ability from the application software (S135).