Abstract: A purchasing behavior analysis apparatus includes an acquiring unit that acquires posting information about a specific product from posting information posted to a social networking service; a conversion unit; and an artificial neural network. The artificial neural network includes a first determination layer which determines whether a user is interested in the product, a second determination layer which determines whether the user wants the product, and a third determination layer which determines whether the user is predicted to purchase the product in the future. The purchasing behavior analysis apparatus further includes an interest presence probability calculating unit, a purchase desire probability calculating unit, and a purchase likelihood probability calculating unit.

Abstract: A transfer device includes a transfer member that transfers a visible image on an image bearing member onto a medium. When an image forming rate is low, a total amount of transfer current to be supplied to a transfer region where the image bearing member and the transfer member face each other is increased, as compared with when the image forming rate is high.

Abstract: An image forming apparatus controls at least one proximity communication device in such a manner that an external apparatus is not capable of reading information from the at least one proximity communication device during a period in which power supply to the at least one proximity communication device is stopped.

Abstract: A developing device includes an accommodating section that accommodates a developer; a developing section; a transporting section that is disposed below the developing section in a gravitational direction; a flow channel portion that extends from an inner side to an outer side of the accommodating section; a first wall portion that extends towards the transporting section at an end portion on an inner side of the flow channel portion; and a second wall portion that extends towards the transporting section at the end portion on the inner side of the flow channel portion, a distance from the second wall portion to an outer peripheral edge of the transporting section being greater than or equal to a distance from the first wall portion to the outer peripheral edge of the transporting section.

Abstract: A reader suitable for reading data from a printed memory device attached to a curved surface includes a flexible wiring assembly that can be repositioned from a first position having a first profile into a second position having a second profile. In the first position, electrical contacts of the reader do not electrically couple with contact pads of the printed memory device, while in the second position the electrical contacts of the reader electrically couple to the contact pads of the printed memory. In one implementation, the flexible wiring assembly includes a flexible underlayer that supports the plurality of electrical contacts. In another implementation, the flexible wiring assembly includes a rigid first portion and a rigid second portion that pivot about a pivot point.

Abstract: An information processing apparatus includes a processing unit, an extraction unit, a memory unit, a determination unit, and an assignment unit. The processing unit executes a character recognition process. The extraction unit extracts at least one area located within a predetermined range from a first area that is included in a designated image and that is designated to undergo the character recognition process. The at least one area is a second area. The memory unit stores an attribute on a per character string basis. The determination unit determines, on a basis of the attribute stored by the memory unit, an attribute corresponding to a character string recognized as one or more characters from the first area by the processing unit and a character string recognized as one or more characters from the second area by the processing unit. The assignment unit assigns the determined attribute to the designated image.

Abstract: A search processing apparatus includes: a time-point information obtaining section that obtains time-point information corresponding to plural time-points associated with target data; a feature information obtaining section that obtains feature information corresponding to one or more feature terms from the target data; and a search condition generating section that generates search conditions corresponding to the plural time-points by combining the time-point information and the feature information.

Abstract: An information processing apparatus includes an acquisition unit that acquires a designated color which is designated as a color, which is converted into a specific color, of a pixel among pixels which express an image, a determination unit that determines whether or not a common color area, which is expressed by pixels in a common hue range, expresses prescribed information in the image, and a conversion unit that performs a first conversion process of converting a pixel corresponding to the acquired designated color into a specific color in the common color area which is determined to express the information, and performs a second conversion process of converting a pixel corresponding to a color in a wider hue range than the designated color into a specific color in the common color area which is determined to not express the information.

Abstract: The invention is directed to a resin composition containing polycarbonate, reinforced fibers and a compatibilizer having a reactive cyclic group, a resin molded article containing polycarbonate, reinforced fibers and a compatibilizer having a reactive cyclic group, and a method for preparing a resin composition including molten kneading polycarbonate, reinforced fibers and compatibilizer having a reactive cyclic group.

Abstract: An information processing apparatus includes a controller, in response to transmission of a connection request from a first device including a first operation assistant to a second device including a second operation assistant, the connection request including identification information of at least one of the first device and the first operation assistant, the controller causes, by using the identification information, the second operation assistant to operate as a slave operation assistant controlled in accordance with an instruction from a different operation assistant other than the second operation assistant.

Abstract: An information processing apparatus includes a controller. When an operation instruction directed to a device is given by a user, the controller sends the operation instruction to the device from an operation assistant capable of controlling the device among multiple operation assistants included in the information processing apparatus.

Abstract: The present disclosure is directed to a hybrid conductive ink including: silver nanoparticles and eutectic low melting point alloy particles, wherein a weight ratio of the eutectic low melting point alloy particles and the silver nanoparticles ranges from 1:20 to 1:5.

Abstract: A printing system has a print head shuttle containing a print head mounted on a print guide rail, a support shuttle containing support electronics for the print head mounted on a support guide rail adjacent and parallel to the print guide rail, and at least one electronic signal-carrying cable connected between the support electronics and the print head.

Abstract: An information processing apparatus includes a selection unit that displays a drawing indicating a search word or an attribute of the search word on a trajectory at one corner of four corners of a screen in a selectable state, moves the drawing along the trajectory in response to an operation of a user, and selects the drawing to select the search word with the attribute attached thereto or the attribute of the search word, and a search unit that performs a search using the search word or the attribute of the search word that is selected by the selection unit, wherein the selection unit displays a plurality of trajectories, each of which an attribute is associated with and the drawing is arranged on.

Abstract: An information processing apparatus includes: an accepting unit that accepts components required for a coordinated function; and a controller that controls notification of an executable coordinated function according to contents accepted by the accepting unit. In a further modification of the invention, the controller may control notification of at least one of a coordinated function executable with the components or a coordinated function executable with similar components that are similar to the components.

Abstract: An information processing apparatus includes a generating unit, a transmitting unit, a receiving unit, and an assigning unit. The generating unit generates a question about information that does not exist in target content. The transmitting unit transmits the question to a user related to the content. The receiving unit receives an answer to the question. The assigning unit assigns a pair of the question and the answer to the content.

Abstract: A print system and a method for curing marking material on an object using an active transparent display in a three dimensional (3D) object printer are disclosed. For example, the print system includes a plurality of printheads, a curing light source, a movable member to hold an object, an active transparent display and a controller to control movement of the movable member to move the object past the array of printheads, to operate the plurality of printheads to eject the marking material onto the object as the object passes the two-dimensional array of printheads, to control movement of the movable member, to control the active transparent display and to operate the curing light source to apply energy to cure the marking material, wherein the amount of energy that is applied to the object is controlled by a mask that is displayed on the active transparent display.

Abstract: A diagnostic device includes an acquisition unit, an extraction unit, a generation unit, and a display. The acquisition unit acquires sound information. The extraction unit extracts, from the acquired sound information, device information related to a device to be analyzed. The generation unit performs time-frequency analysis on the acquired sound information, and generates a first analysis result expressing change over time in an intensity distribution at each frequency. The display displays a second analysis result chosen on the basis of the first analysis result and the device information, and the first analysis result.

Abstract: A method for extracting entities from a text document includes, for at least a section of a text document, providing a first set of entities extracted from the at least a section, clustering at least a subset of the extracted entities in the first set into clusters, based on locations of the entities in the document. Complete ones of the clusters of entities are identified. Patterns for extracting new entities are learned based on the complete clusters. New entities are extracted from incomplete clusters based on the learned patterns.

Abstract: An image processing device includes a reception unit that receives an image forming instruction from a user, a reservation unit that reserves the image forming instruction in association with the user, an acceptance unit that accepts a user's log-in operation, an authentication unit that authenticates the user, and an image forming unit that executes the image forming instruction, which is reserved in the reservation unit and is associated with the authenticated user, without accepting the log-in operation by the acceptance unit in a case where the authentication by the authentication unit has been completed.