Abstract: An image forming apparatus includes an image carrying member, a charging device, an exposure device, a developing device, a development voltage power supply, and a control section. The developing device includes a development container for containing a non-magnetic one-component developer composed only of a toner, a developer carrying member having an outer circumferential surface on which a toner layer is formed, and a toner supply member that supplies the toner to the developer carrying member. The control section performs control so that, as a cumulative drive time of the developing device increases, a supply voltage Vsdc becomes larger than a reference supply voltage and a development voltage Vdc becomes smaller than a reference development voltage, thus executing control to vary the development voltage Vdc and the supply voltage Vsdc so as to increase a potential difference Vsdc?Vdc between the supply voltage Vsdc and the development voltage Vdc.

Abstract: An estimate presumption apparatus of an embodiment includes: a presumption model generation unit configured to generate a presumption model using a neural network, with data directly related to calculation of estimated unit prices of estimate replies, data not directly related to the calculation of the estimated unit prices of the estimate replies, and the estimated unit prices of the estimate replies as learning data; and a presumption unit configured to presume a unit price of a product/part using the presumption model generated by the presumption model generation unit.

Abstract: In a heating system operation method, a heating circuit medium is conveyed through an overall heating circuit flow path and at least through one sub-flow path of the overall path. How much medium is respectively conveyed through the sub-flow paths is controlled, and the medium, in order to clean it of dirt, is routed through an overall path filter. At system start-up, all the medium is routed via the sub-flow path having optionally the at least variable flow resistances or a known and/or unchanging flow resistance, termed reference flow path, and a conveying power reference value is determined and saved. To check the filter fouling state, during system operation, all the medium is again routed through the reference flow path used on start-up, a conveying power value is determined and compared with the reference value and, beginning at a predetermined deviation, a filter fouling signal is generated.

Abstract: According to an embodiment, an automated machine learning system includes a registration receiver, a verification dataset storage, a verifier, a feedback information generator, a first display controller, and an algorithm storage. The registration receiver is configured to receive registration of a machine learning algorithm. The verification dataset storage stores a verification dataset for use in operation verification on the machine learning algorithm. The verifier is configured to perform the operation verification by executing the machine learning algorithm using the verification dataset stored in the verification dataset storage. The feedback information generator is configured to generate feedback information on the bases of a result of the operation verification. The first display controller is configured to control display of the generated feedback information.

Abstract: Provided are an imaging device capable of obtaining a high-quality image with high light utilization efficiency, and an electronic apparatus using the imaging device. An imaging device according to the present disclosure includes at least one pixel, in which the pixel includes a lens unit that condenses incident light, a phase modulation unit that modulates a phase of some light passed through the lens unit, a light-shielding unit including a pinhole that lets light of which phase is modulated in the phase modulation unit and light of which phase is not modulated pass through, and an imaging element that images light passed through the pinhole.

Abstract: A rocking mechanism for a bioreactor vessel includes a base, a motor mounted to the base and having an eccentric roller driven by the motor, and a rocking plate in contact with the eccentric roller, the rocking plate being configured to receive a bioreactor vessel thereon. The motor is controllable to drive the eccentric roller to transmit a force against an underside of the rocking plate to tilt the rocking plate and bioreactor vessel.

Abstract: A battery preferably improved in reliability is provided. In accordance with a preferable one aspect of a battery herein disclosed, the battery comprising: an electrode body including respective electrodes of positive and negative electrodes; a battery case including an opening, and for accommodating the electrode body; a sealing plate including a terminal mounting hole, and for sealing the opening; a collector terminal electrically joined at one end thereof with any electrode of the positive and negative electrodes inside the battery case, and inserted at another end thereof through the terminal mounting hole to be exposed to outside the sealing plate; and an insulating member for establishing an insulation between at least a part of the sealing plate and the collector terminal. A plurality of concave parts are existed at the collector terminal, and the concave part is filled with the insulating member opposed to the concave part.

Abstract: An inkjet ink contains a quinacridone pigment, a resin, and an aqueous medium. The resin includes an adsorbed resin adsorbed to the quinacridone pigment and a non-adsorbed resin not adsorbed to the quinacridone pigment. The non-adsorbed resin has a percentage content in the resin of greater than 0% by mass and no greater than 40% by mass. The aqueous medium contains a first organic solvent with a boiling point of at least 180° C. and no greater than 280° C. On an ultraviolet-visible absorption spectrum of a 25-fold dilution of a supernatant, the absorbance at a specific peak is no greater than 0.15. The supernatant is obtained by centrifugation of the inkjet ink at 1,050,000 G for 3 hours. The specific peak is a maximum peak in a wavelength range of the ultraviolet-visible absorption spectrum of at least 400 nm and no greater than 490 nm.

Abstract: An ink set includes an inkjet ink and a pretreatment liquid. The inkjet ink contains a pigment, anionic urethane resin particles, and an aqueous medium. The pretreatment liquid contains nonionic urethane resin particles, (meth)acrylic resin particles, and polyester resin particles.

Abstract: A developing device (3a-3d) includes a development container (20); a stirring-conveying member (25); a toner detection sensor (51), and a scraper (52) that cleans a detection surface (51a) of the toner detection sensor (51). The scraper (52) includes a first member (52a) that contacts the detection surface (51a) of the toner detection sensor (51) during forward rotation of the stirring-conveying member (25), and a second member (52b) that contacts the detection surface (51a) of the toner detection sensor (51) during reverse rotation of the stirring-conveying member (25). The stirring-conveying member (25) includes a scraper holder (60) that holds the scraper (52) along inclination of a conveying blade (25b). The scraper holder (60) includes a first holding portion (61) that holds one side-end of the scraper (52) and a second holding portion (62) that holds another side-end of the scraper (52).

Abstract: An imaging device includes a plurality of unit pixels or pixels, with each pixel separated from every other unit pixel by an isolation structure. Each unit pixel includes a photoelectric conversion unit, a pixel imaging signal readout circuit, and an address event detection readout circuit. A first transfer transistor selectively connects the photoelectric conversion unit to the pixel imaging signal readout circuit, and a second transfer transistor selectively connects the photoelectric conversion unit to the address event detection readout circuit. The photoelectric conversion unit, the pixel imaging signal readout circuit, the address event detection readout circuit, and the first and second transfer transistors for a given pixel are located within a pixel area defined by the isolation structure. The isolation structure may be in the form of a full thickness dielectric trench isolation structure.

Abstract: Conventional problems are solved by providing a cooling mechanism having a nanocapillary structure constituted by graphene, a semiconductor device including the cooling mechanism, a method for manufacturing the same, and an electronic device. A first metal layer, a first graphene layer formed on the first metal layer and having a nanocapillary channel, a second graphene layer joined to an upper surface of the nanocapillary channel to form an opening of a passage for a refrigerant, and a second metal layer covering the second graphene layer are included.

Abstract: An inspection apparatus includes a support, an image capturing unit, and a controller. The support supports a workpiece. The image capturing unit generates captured image data including an image of the workpiece. The controller executes image processing on the captured image data to evaluate the workpiece. The support includes an engraved portion, including a groove and serving as a reference for inspection, on a surface of the support in a non-contact region that is free from contact with the workpiece. The engraved portion is included in an image capturing range of the image capturing unit. The controller evaluates the workpiece using a dimension of the engraved portion that is stored in the controller in advance and a reference image that is an image of the engraved portion.

Abstract: An image forming apparatus includes an image carrying member, a charging device, an exposure device, a developing device, a control section, and a temperature detecting device. The developing device includes a developer carrying member having an outer circumferential surface on which a toner layer is formed, and a regulation blade that regulates a thickness of the toner layer. The control section executes speed reduction control to reduce a rotation speed of the developer carrying member at a time of warming-up. When a printing operation to be performed after the warming-up is intermittent printing and an interval of the intermittent printing is not less than a prescribed time or a temperature detected by the temperature detecting device is not more than a prescribed temperature, the control section reduces the rotation speed of the developer carrying member in the speed reduction control to a second speed lower than the first speed.

Abstract: Provided is a solid-state imaging device capable of improving the quantum efficiency while reducing an inter-same-color sensitivity difference. Provided are: a substrate; a plurality of photoelectric conversion units formed on the substrate; a microlens array including a plurality of microlenses formed on one surface side of the substrate for a photoelectric conversion unit group including at least two or more of the adjacent photoelectric conversion units; and a trench portion which has a lattice shape and is formed in the substrate to surround each of the photoelectric conversion units. Furthermore, the microlens is formed by laminating two or more lens layers having different refractive indexes. Furthermore, out of the two or more lens layers, a lens layer closer to the substrate has a lower refractive index.

Abstract: An image forming apparatus includes an image carrying member, a charging device, an exposure device, a developing device, and a control section. The developing device includes a development container for containing a non-magnetic one-component developer composed only of a toner, a developer carrying member having an outer circumferential surface on which a toner layer is formed, and a regulation blade that regulates a thickness of the toner layer. The control section executes speed reduction control to reduce a rotation speed of the developer carrying member at a time of warming-up before image formation to a first speed lower than a reference speed at a time of the image formation. In the speed reduction control, the control section raises the rotation speed of the developer carrying member at a first acceleration rate until the first speed is reached from a state where rotation of the developer carrying member is stopped.

Abstract: [Object] To provide a sensor module and a method for producing the sensor module, the sensor module making it possible to improve a degree of freedom in design, to facilitate the operation, and to reduce costs by reducing the number of components. [Solving Means] A sensor module according to an embodiment of the present technology includes a first member, a second member, a third member, and a sensor element. The first member is made of a synthetic resin material that has absorptive properties with respect to first laser light. The second member is made of a synthetic resin material that has transmissive properties with respect to second laser light of a wavelength that is different from a wavelength of the first laser light.

Abstract: Provided are a solid-state imaging element and an electronic device capable of suppressing a decrease in sensitivity even if a partition wall is provided between color filters for each pixel. A solid-state imaging element includes a plurality of pixels. Each of the plurality of pixels includes a first lens that condenses incident light, a color filter that absorbs light having transmitted through the first lens and having a specific wavelength, the color filter having different wavelength characteristics of light absorption between an outer peripheral part and an inner region of the outer peripheral part, and a photoelectric conversion unit that photoelectrically converts the incident light having transmitted through the color filter, and the inner region is formed according to a light condensing region of the incident light in the color filter.

Abstract: A fluidic device can include interconnected volumes including a bulk fluid volume fluidically connected in series with a capillary volume to receive a density gradient column, a reservoir of a reconstitution buffer positioned outside the interconnected volumes, and a buffer inlet chamber to receive reconstitution buffer from the reservoir of reconstitution buffer. The fluidic device can also include a reactant chamber connected to the buffer inlet chamber by a fluid channel, wherein the reactant chamber contains a reactant, and a reactant injection channel connecting the reactant chamber to the capillary volume to inject the reconstitution buffer and reactant into the capillary volume.

Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a solid-state imaging device and electronic equipment that enable improvement of image quality of a captured image. In the solid-state imaging device, two or more photoelectric conversion layers including a photoelectric converter and a charge detector are laminated. The solid-state imaging device is configured to include a state in which light having entered one pixel of a first photoelectric conversion layer closer to an optical lens is received by the photoelectric converter of a plurality of pixels of the second photoelectric conversion layer farther from the optical lens. The technology of the present disclosure can be applied to, for example, a solid-state imaging device that performs imaging.