Abstract: A control unit of an image forming apparatus calculates an actual linear pressure of a cleaning blade by taking into account, with respect to an initial linear pressure of the cleaning blade measured in advance, a linear pressure reduction based on cumulative rotation time of an image carrier, a linear pressure reduction based on cumulative non-rotation time of the image carrier, and a linear pressure reduction based on an external temperature detected by a temperature detection unit, and the control unit outputs information for urging replacement of the cleaning blade to an output unit when a linear pressure difference between the actual linear pressure of the cleaning blade and a lower-limit linear pressure of the cleaning blade calculated in advance from an abrasion amount of the cleaning blade with respect to the cumulative number of rotations of the image carrier reaches a predetermined threshold value.

Abstract: A dispensing apparatus for an appliance includes a housing assembly which defines a loading chamber and a dispensing chamber. The dispensing chamber is separate from the loading chamber within the housing assembly. The dispensing apparatus includes a corkscrew coil rotatably mounted in the loading chamber of the housing. A motor is coupled to the corkscrew coil. Additionally, there is a first door positioned at a first opening defined by the housing assembly at the loading chamber. The first door is configured to selectively open and close the first opening. A second door positioned at a second opening is defined by the housing assembly at the chute. The second door is configured to selectively open and close the second opening.

Abstract: To suppress generation of flare and ghosts. A solid state image sensor includes: a pixel array configured to generate a pixel signal according to an amount of incident light by photoelectric conversion in units of pixels arranged in an array manner; a glass substrate bonded with a light-receiving surface of the pixel array; and a light-shielding film formed on a peripheral portion that is an outside of an effective pixel region of the pixel array, in which the light-shielding film is formed at a front stage of the glass substrate. The present disclosure can be adapted to an imaging device.

Abstract: Visual content to be displayed on a display of a user device is received. Obfuscation data for obscuring the visual content is generated and the obscured visual content is displayed on the display. A request to stop obscuring the visual content is transmitted from the user device to a remote device, in response to a drag gesture detected at the user device. As the drag gesture is performed, the obfuscation data is modified to reduce a level of obfuscation applied to the visual content before the request has been accepted, so that the visual content remains obscured but with a lower level of obfuscation. If the request is subsequently accepted at the remote device, the display is controlled to stop obscuring the visual content, thereby rendering the visual content fully visible on the display.

Abstract: A medical image processing device includes a first image acquiring unit, a second image acquiring unit, a first likelihood distribution calculating unit, a trackability determining unit, and a tracking unit. The first image acquiring unit acquires first images which are transparent images of the patient. The second image acquiring unit acquires second images which are transparent images of the patient generated at a time different from that of the first images. The first likelihood distribution calculating unit calculates a first likelihood distribution indicating a distribution of likelihoods indicating a likeness to the object in the first images. The trackability determining unit determines whether the object is trackable on the basis of the first likelihood distribution. The tracking unit tracks the position of the object in the second images on the basis of the result of determination.

Abstract: The present technology relates to a solid-state image sensing device capable of restricting a deterioration in photoelectric conversion characteristic of a photoelectric conversion unit, and an electronic device. A solid-state image sensing device includes: a photoelectric conversion unit formed outside a semiconductor substrate; a charge holding unit for holding signal charges generated by the photoelectric conversion unit; a reset transistor for resetting the potential of the charge holding unit; a capacitance switching transistor connected to the charge holding unit and directed for switching the capacitance of the charge holding unit; and an additional capacitance device connected to the capacitance switching transistor. The present technology is applicable to solid-state image sensing devices and the like, for example.

Abstract: A process for synthesizing a compound of formula (I) including: (a) condensing the benzaldehyde compound of formula (II) with the dialkylaniline of formula (III) to give the triphenylmethane of formula (IV); (b) treating the triphenylmethane of formula (IV) with sulfuric acid to form the triphenylmethane sulfone of the formula (V); and (c) oxidizing the triphenylmethane sulfone of formula (V) with a quinone. Such a process may be used to prepare patent blue.

Abstract: Disclosed is a service providing system capable of providing an information processing function effective for a variety of system constructions as a service. The service providing system of the present embodiment realizes an information retrieval function, a knowledge base construction function, and a knowledge presentation function. The information retrieval function retrieves information on an analysis target and information indicating a condition of the analysis target; the knowledge base construction function constructs a knowledge database for acquiring knowledge corresponding to the condition of the analysis target based on the information retrieved by the information retrieval function. The knowledge presentation function presents knowledge corresponding to the condition of the analysis target from the knowledge database.

Abstract: A protective sleeve for a portable vaporizing device is provided. The portable vaporizing device may include a mouthpiece coupled to a cartridge having a tube formed of glass for containing a smoking substance. The vaporizing device may also include a heating element disposed within the tube to heat the smoking substance. The protective sleeve may include a tubular body formed of a compressible material and may be arranged to receive therein and frictionally engage with the cartridge and at least a portion of the mouthpiece, such that when impacted by an external force, the tubular body compresses and absorbs the force to prevent breakage of the tube of the cartridge.

Abstract: The present invention generally relates to compositions and methods for delivering a vaccine.

Abstract: An assembly for terminating a high speed cable with an EMI braided shield, The assembly a shell housing, a crosstalk shield and a constant force spring. The shell housing has a mating end and a conductor receiving end. A recessed portion is provided proximate the conductor receiving end, the recessed portion has an outer diameter. The crosstalk shield is provided in the shell housing. The constant force spring is positioned in the recessed portion of the shell housing. The constant force spring has an opening with an inner diameter which is less than the outer diameter of the recessed portion. The constant force spring is circumferentially wrapped about the EMI braided shield to mechanically and electrically secure the EMI braided shield to the recessed portion of the shell housing.

Abstract: A manual bypass tray includes a tray main body and an auxiliary tray. A placement surface of the tray main body is provided with an opening The tray main body includes an opening cover. The auxiliary tray includes a recess. The opening cover is displaced to a retracted posture, thereby being accommodated inside the recess, together with a protruding portion protruding from a side face of a main body of an image forming apparatus, when the tray main body is in a storage position with the auxiliary tray accommodated therein, displaced to a closing posture, when the tray main body is in a sheet feeding position with the auxiliary tray accommodated therein, and displaced to a closing posture when the tray main body is in the sheet feeding position, with the auxiliary tray drawn out from the inside of the tray main body.

Abstract: A method for handling a localization system in a vehicle is provided. The method comprises, when initializing the localization system, obtaining at least one current parameter, at least one stored parameter, and a reference position of the vehicle. The at least one current parameter is indicative of a current position state of the vehicle. The at least one stored parameter is indicative of a position state of the vehicle before a shutdown of the localization system. The reference position is a position of the vehicle before the shutdown of the localization system. The method further comprises determining whether or not the vehicle has moved since the shutdown of the localization system by using the current position state and the stored position state of the vehicle. The method further comprises, when determining that the vehicle has not moved since the shutdown of the localization system, configuring the localization system using the reference position.

Abstract: A vent enclosure includes a mount that has a receiver that includes an enclosed volume. The mount is configured to be positioned proximate a vent aperture. A viscous material is disposed within the enclosed volume. A panel is rotationally coupled to the receiver. The panel is configured to be operable between a blocking position and an outflow position. The panel is configured to be moved to the outflow position in response to a flow of process air moving through the vent aperture. The panel returns to the blocking position under a force of gravity. The vent enclosure further includes a hinge that is attached to the panel and the receiver. The hinge engages the viscous material, and rotation of the panel and the hinge rotationally operates the hinge relative to the viscous material. The viscous material slows the rotational operation of the hinge.

Abstract: According to an embodiment, an information processing device includes a first communication unit, second communication unit, and processor. The first communication unit transmits/receives data to/from a measurement device measuring, in a first transport mechanism transporting articles to an external device, a distance to each part in a predetermined region including the articles transported by the first transport mechanism. The second communication unit transmits/receives data to/from a speed control mechanism controlling a transport speed of a second transport mechanism transporting the articles to the first transport mechanism. The processor acquires distance information indicating the distance to each part in the predetermined region from the measurement device, sets a transport speed of the second transport mechanism based on the acquired distance information, and transmits speed information indicating the set transport speed of the second transport mechanism to the speed control mechanism.

Abstract: A medical image processing device 3 includes: a captured image acquisition unit 31 that acquires a captured image captured by a medical observation device 2; a determination unit 33 that determines whether or not an imaging field of view of the medical observation device 2 has been moved; and an identification image generation unit 321 that generates, in a case where the determination unit 33 determines that the imaging field of view has been moved, an identification image in which a specific position in a specific region displayed on a display device in an entire image region of the captured image is identifiable with respect to other positions.

Abstract: Systems and methods for evaluating attributes in supply chain management is disclosed. The system may receive data from a set of data sources corresponding to a supply chain associated with at least a product, pre-process the data based on integration of the data from each of the set of data sources, generate supply chain data based on the integrated data, analyze, via an orchestration engine, the supply chain data to assess an impact of the supply chain data on the supply chain, predict, via the orchestration engine, a state associated with a purchase event of the product in the supply chain, and generate a resolution flow to be executed in the supply chain for managing the predicted state associated with the purchase event of the product.

Abstract: There is provided a novel sophorolipid derivative having high water solubility and surface activity. A plurality of sophorolipid derivatives having a novel structure is isolated and purified from a cultured product of sophorolipid producing microorganism (Starmerella bombicola, etc.) (wherein, R1 to R3 are each independently hydrogen, a fatty acid ester having 2 to 22 carbon atoms, or the above SL group, provided that at least one of R1 to R3 is the SL group in which R are the same or different and each represent hydrogen or an acetyl group and Rn is a linear or branched alkyl or alkenyl group having 13 to 21 carbon atoms).

Abstract: Component-level, scene-based power management in a test, monitoring, or measurement instrument or system is provided by identifying one or more controllable components; determining a power consumption of the identified one or more controllable components; generating a system model based, at least in part, on the determined power consumption, where the system model includes one or more scenes, each scene defining a list of controllable components and respective power states for the list of controllable components; generating a scene table for the test instrument by selecting a plurality of scenes from the system model; and executing the selected scenes in the scene table at a runtime for the test instrument, where each scene is executed based on an operation mode of the test instrument.