Abstract: A cleaning apparatus includes an endless belt configured to bear a toner image, a rotary member configured to be wound around by the belt, and configured to rotate integrally with the belt, a bearing configured to rotatably support the rotary member, a cleaning unit configured to come into contact with a surface of the belt and collect an adhering matter adhered onto the surface, an urging member configured to urge the cleaning unit toward the surface of the belt, and a support member configured from a single member and including a first supporting portion, a second supporting portion, and a third supporting portion. The first supporting portion rotatably supports the belt via the bearing and the rotary member. The second supporting portion pivotably supports the cleaning unit. The third supporting portion supports the urging member.

Abstract: A printing system that enables a user to determine the number of sheets that a printing apparatus can print, the number of sheets corresponding to a power supply source that supplies power to the printing apparatus, in any power mode. The printing apparatus performs printing in any of a plurality of power modes including (i) a first power mode in which the printing apparatus is supplied with power from the battery, and (ii) a second power mode in which the printing apparatus is supplied with power supplied from both the battery and an external power supply. In the second power mode, the number of sheets that the printing apparatus can print is calculated based on the remaining battery level of the battery and an amount of power supplied from the external power supply.

Abstract: A toner comprises a toner particle containing a resin component and a wax; and an inorganic fine particle on a surface of the toner particle, wherein in the cross section of the toner particle, domains including the wax are present in a region ranging from a surface of the toner particle to a depth of 600 nm from the surface, wherein when a percentage ratio of sum of areas of all the domains in the region with respect to an area of the region is R2, and when a percentage ratio of sum of areas of the domains having a major diameter of 10 to 120 nm in the region with respect to the area of the region is R1, R1 and R2 satisfy the following formulae (1) and (2): 2.0?R1(%)?15.0??formula(1) R1(%)/R2(%)?0.60??formula (2).

Abstract: An apparatus for concentric alignment of cylindrical components includes an object having at least one outside cylindrical surface and at least one alignment target; an inner aligning component having at least one outside cylindrical surface having an axis and at least one inside cylindrical bore having an axis parallel with the axis of the outside cylindrical surface; an outer aligning component having at least one outside cylindrical surface having an axis and at least one inside cylindrical bore having an axis parallel with the axis of the outside cylindrical surface, wherein the at least one cylindrical surface of the object is adapted to fit rotatably into the at least one inside cylindrical bore of the inner aligning component, and the at least one outside cylindrical surface of the inner aligning component is adapted to fit rotatably into the at least one inside.

Abstract: An image forming apparatus includes a heating rotary member and a pressing rotary member. The pressing rotary member and the heating rotary member form a fixing nip portion and are configured to apply heat and pressure to a toner image carried on a recording medium at the fixing nip portion, thereby fix the toner image onto the recording medium. The image forming apparatus further includes a winding roller configured to wind up a web used to collect toner that is not fixed to the recording medium, a motor configured to rotate the winding roller, a contact member configured to contact an outside surface of the web wound around the winding roller, a variable resistor disposed so as to be able to change a resistance in accordance with a position of the contact member, and a control unit configured to control an amount of rotation of the motor.

Abstract: A print system includes at least one multi-function peripheral (MFP) and an administration server that communicates with the MFP via a network. The administration server accepts user-identification information and an instruction to acquire an audit log of an operating user of the MFP, the instruction specifying the operating user as an audit target. In a case where an assigned group of a user corresponding to the user-identification information and an assigned group of the operating user as the audit target match or correspond to each other, the administration server transmits the instruction to the MFP. The MFP stores the audit log and the operating user of the MFP in association with each other, and transmits the audit log of the operating user specified in the received instruction to the server.

Abstract: An image forming apparatus including an image forming unit, a fixing unit, a reading unit, a reference member, and a controller is described. The image forming unit forms an image and a detection image on a sheet. The detection image is used for detecting geometric characteristics of an image to be formed on a sheet by the image forming unit. The fixing unit fixes the image and the detection image formed by the image forming unit on the sheet. The reading unit reads the detection image on the sheet. The controller adjusts geometric characteristics of the image to be formed on a sheet based on a reading result of the detection image by the reading unit, and controls the reading unit to read the reference member and executes shading correction based on a reading result of the reference member.

Abstract: An image processing apparatus is provided that includes: an obtaining unit configured to obtain a first medical image of a subject; and an image quality improving unit configured to generate a second medical image with image quality higher than image quality of different regions including a first region and a second region that is different from the first region in the obtained first image, using the obtained first image as input data that is input into a learned model.

Abstract: An image processing apparatus that prevents erroneous use of paper by enabling registration of user identification of a user who can use a paper feed deck in information about each paper feed deck of the image processing apparatus and controlling paper feeding so that just the user associated with the user identification can use a paper feed deck to which the user identification was added.

Abstract: Motion vectors of a first reference frame are permitted to point to a plurality of further reference frames. A method of storing the motion vectors comprises, when a block of the first reference frame has two motion vectors (V2A, V2B) initially, selecting one of the two motion vectors, the non-selected motion vector not being stored. The selected motion vector may be scaled. This can reduce the motion vector memory size.

Abstract: An imaging device comprises pixels. The pixel includes first semiconductor regions of a first conductivity type provided in a surface part of a semiconductor substrate and a second semiconductor region of a second conductivity type provided in the surface part of the semiconductor substrate between the first semiconductor regions. The pixel includes: a light-receiving unit in which photodiodes each configured between the second semiconductor region and one of the first semiconductor regions; quenching circuits, each connected to a corresponding one of the first semiconductor regions; and a counter unit connected to each of connection nodes between the first semiconductor regions and the quenching circuits and counts a pulse generated in response to a photon being incident on the light-receiving unit. The second semiconductor region is provided across a deeper part of the semiconductor substrate than the first semiconductor regions.

Abstract: A vibration apparatus includes a vibrating unit, and a control unit configured to control vibration of the vibrating unit. The control unit changes a vibration pattern of the vibrating unit by controlling the vibrating unit so as to change at least one of a vibration amplitude, a vibration frequency, and a vibration time according to at least one of a detection result of an offset amount from an in-focus position and a detection result of a predetermined object image in a mode that continuously performs autofocus processing.

Abstract: Motion vectors of a first reference frame are permitted to point to a plurality of further reference frames. A method of storing the motion vectors comprises, when a block of the first reference frame has two motion vectors (V2A, V2B) initially, selecting one of the two motion vectors, the non-selected motion vector not being stored. The selected motion vector may be scaled. This can reduce the motion vector memory size.

Abstract: An image forming apparatus includes an image reading device, a holding member that is rod-like, and an image forming device having an image forming unit that forms an image on a sheet, and having a wall part having a hole. The image reading device reads an image on a document, is provided on the image forming device, and rotates around a rotation shaft openable and closable with respect to the image forming device. The holding member has one end attached on the image reading device, and holds the image reading device opened with respect to the image forming device when another end of the holding member is inserted into the hole formed in the wall part. The holding member includes a first regulation part that comes into contact with a lower surface of the wall part to regulate detachment of the other end of the holding member from the hole.

Abstract: A communication apparatus capable of communicating with an access point includes a memory containing instructions and a processor for executing the instructions to function as a storage unit configured to store, in at least one memory, each of first setting information, which can be changed by a first user and cannot be changed by a second user whose authorization is lower than that of the first user, and second setting information, which can be changed by the second user. The communication apparatus is operated using the first setting information when a predetermined authentication method is used in communication in which connection in which connection between the access point and the communication apparatus is established is used, and the communication apparatus is operated using the second setting information when the predetermined authentication method is not used.

Abstract: A control method for an apparatus to control print data obtains color information to be printed in a specific color from the print data, detects a specific location to be printed in the specific color based on the obtained color information, and performs first color conversion to subject the color information included in the print data in accordance with a color conversion instruction. Second color conversion is performed on image data subjected to the first color conversion to turn color information corresponding to the specific location back to color information indicating the specific color before the first color conversion is performed, and a printing unit prints on the specific location by using the second color based on the color information indicating the specific color turned back and prints on a location other than the specific location by using the first color based on color information after the first color conversion.

Abstract: A prescribed program causes a computer to display a first display region to execute printing by using a first color adopting an ordinary color ink being an ink of a process color and a specific color ink being an ink of a color other than the process color, and a second display region being different from the first display region to execute printing by using a second color being different from the first color and adopting at least the specific color ink.

Abstract: An imaging apparatus acquires an image capturing instruction, performs an image capturing processing in a case where a position of an eye of a user is a first condition upon acquiring the image capturing instruction, and requests a second imaging apparatus, which is different from the imaging apparatus, to perform the image capturing processing in a case where the position of the eye of the user is a second condition upon acquiring the image capturing instruction.

Abstract: A photoelectric conversion apparatus includes a photodiode, a generation circuit, a first control circuit, and a second control circuit. The photodiode is configured to perform avalanche multiplication. The generation circuit is configured to generate a control signal. The first control circuit is configured to be controlled by the control signal to be in a standby state where the avalanche multiplication by the photodiode is possible and in a recharging state for returning the photodiode having performed the avalanche multiplication to the standby state. The second control circuit is configured to count a number of periods in which the avalanche multiplication has occurred among a plurality of periods of the standby state by using the control signal and a signal corresponding to an output of the photodiode.

Abstract: A power receiving apparatus, which has a first communication function and a second communication function, controls the first communication function to receive a first signal including information representing whether a power transmission apparatus can execute control communication using a second method, controls, based on the information representing that the power transmission apparatus can execute the control communication using the second method, the first communication function to transmit, to the power transmission apparatus, a second signal to request identification information of the power transmission apparatus for the communication of the second method and receive the identification information from the power transmission apparatus, and determines which one of the first communication function and a second communication function should be used for the control communication, based on the first signal and whether the identification information is received.

Abstract: A photoelectric conversion apparatus includes a plurality of pixels including a photodiode configured to perform avalanche multiplication, and a signal processing circuit configured to generate a signal. The signal processing circuit includes a control circuit, a counter, and an illuminance determination circuit. The control circuit is connected to the photodiode and a generation circuit configured to generate a pulse signal, and controls a state between a first state, and a second state, in accordance with the pulse signal. The counter counts the number of periods in which avalanche multiplication occurs, among a plurality of periods in the first state. The illuminance determination circuit determines whether a count value of the counter has reached a threshold value. The signal processing circuit includes a circuit configured to set a frequency of the pulse signal in accordance with a result of determination performed by the illuminance determination circuit.

Abstract: An image capturing apparatus comprises: a first image sensor having a plurality of pixels each counts a number of entering photons and outputs a count value as a first image signal; a second image sensor having a plurality of pixels each outputs an electric signal corresponding to a charge amount obtained by performing photoelectric conversion on entering light as a second image signal; and a generator that generates an image by selecting one of the first image signal and the second image signal.

Abstract: Provided is a method of controlling an image processing apparatus capable of controlling album data for a first subject containing a common page and an individual page for the first subject, and album data for a second subject containing the common page and an individual page for the second subject. The method includes specifying a change target for a page contained in the album data for the first subject.

Abstract: A recording device comprising at least one memory and at least one processor which function as: a setting unit configured to set a scene number; a communication unit configured to perform transmission and reception of a scene number to share the scene number with at least one other recording device; and a recording unit configured to record a file of recording data with a file name including a scene number at a start of recording the recording data and a scene number at an end of recording the recording data.

Abstract: An image processing apparatus converts a first combination including color signals respectively corresponding to first ink, second ink, and third ink, which are input to be recorded in a first area on a recording medium into a second combination including color signals respectively corresponding to the first ink, the second ink, and the third ink, and converts a third combination including color signals respective corresponding to the first ink, the second ink, and the third ink which are input to be recorded in a second area on the recording medium into a fourth combination including color signals respectively corresponding to the first ink, the second ink, and the third ink, wherein a difference between a color of a first image and a color of a second image is reduced and a difference between a frequency of the first image and a frequency of the second image is reduced.

Abstract: An image forming apparatus connectable to a plurality of types of wireless Local Area Network (LAN) chips is provided. The image forming apparatus includes an identification unit configured to identify a capability of a wireless LAN chip connected to the image forming apparatus, a reception unit configured to receive an instruction to import a setting value, a determination unit configured to determine whether the wireless LAN chip connected to the image forming apparatus is operable at the setting value based on the identified capability, and a reflection unit configured to reflect the setting value for the wireless LAN chip connected to the image forming apparatus in a case where it is determined that the wireless LAN chip connected to the image forming apparatus is operable at the setting value.

Abstract: A body fluid analysis device includes processing circuitry. The processing circuitry is configured to set one or more subregions in a region of interest in a medical image. The processing circuitry is configured to set a reference direction for each of the subregions set. The processing circuitry is configured to determine a flow direction of a body fluid for each subregion. The processing circuitry is configured to determine the state of a flow of the body fluid in the region of interest on the basis of the reference direction for each subregion set and the flow direction of the body fluid for each subregion determined.

Abstract: An ultrasound automatic scanning system according to an embodiment includes an ultrasound probe, a mechanical mechanism, and processing circuitry. The ultrasound probe transmits and receives ultrasonic wave. The mechanical mechanism holds and moves the ultrasound probe while an ultrasonic-wave transmission-reception surface of the ultrasound probe is pointed to a subject. The processing circuitry acquires a distance between a body surface of the subject and the ultrasonic-wave transmission-reception surface of the ultrasound probe based on reflected wave data collected while the ultrasound probe is moved by the mechanical mechanism. The processing circuitry generates, based on information of the distance, locus information of movement of the ultrasound probe when ultrasound scanning is executed on the subject. The mechanical mechanism executes ultrasound scanning on the subject by moving the ultrasound probe based on the locus information generated by the processing circuitry.

Abstract: An apparatus includes a container configured to store a liquid to be supplied to a discharge unit, a first cover portion capable of moving between a closing position where an inlet portion in the container is covered and an opening position, a second cover portion capable of moving between a closing position where the first cover portion is covered and an opening position where the first cover portion is exposed so as to be opened/closed, and a valve which opens/closes a passage communicating with an inside of the container. The valve closes the passage interworking with a movement of the first cover portion to the opening position, and opens the passage interworking with a movement of the second cover portion to the closing position.

Abstract: Provided is an information processing apparatus, control method, and storage medium capable of preventing an unintended print result from being produced. The present executes making a predetermined notification in a case where a spot color printing region set to be printed in a spot color which is a color different from a process color is included in a predetermined region in a region to be printed based on print data, the predetermined region being a region other than a text region in the region to be printed based on the print data.

Abstract: A power transmission unit includes a switching unit configured to switch alternating-current (AC) power at a timing based on a first clock signal and wirelessly transmit the switched AC power, and a clock transmission unit configured to wirelessly transmit the first clock signal. A power reception unit includes a clock reception unit configured to receive the first clock signal, a detection unit configured to detect an amount of electric power and a switching timing of the AC power, a clock generation unit configured to generate a second clock signal based on the switching timing, a clock selection unit configured to select the first or second clock signal in accordance with the amount of electric power, and a rectifying unit configured to switch the AC power wirelessly transmitted by the switching unit at a timing based on the clock signal selected.

Abstract: In the present disclosure, a candidate area is determined based on a pixel having a specific color included in an input image, and an area is determined to be a processing target from the candidate area based on a pixel having a predetermined color different from the specific color included in the candidate area. Further, a second binary image in which a pixel corresponding to the pixel having the specific color is converted into a white pixel is generated by converting, in a first binary image obtained by the input image being binarized, a pixel that is included in the area determined to be the processing target and corresponds to the pixel having the specific color, into a white pixel.

Abstract: An image forming apparatus includes a registration unit configured to register a button in association with path information indicating a file storage destination and print settings, a display unit configured to display a screen including the registered button, an acquisition unit configured to acquire one or more files by using the path information without asking a user to make a selection in a case where the displayed button is selected, and an execution unit configured to execute printing of the acquired one or more files based on the print settings.

Abstract: An image forming apparatus includes a heating rotary member that heats toner born on a recording material, and a pressure rotary member that pressurizes the heating rotary member. These rotary members form a fixing nip portion and fix a toner image to the recording material at the fixing nip portion while nipping and conveying the recording material. The apparatus further includes a web that collects toner adhering to a surface of the heating rotary member, a winding roller that winds the web, a motor that rotates the winding roller, a contact member that makes contact with an outer surface of the wound web and moves based on a position of the outer surface, a variable resistor that is connected to change a resistance value depending on a position of the contact member, and a control unit that controls a rotation amount of the motor based on the resistance value.

Abstract: An information processing apparatus includes an extraction unit, a generation unit, and a combining unit. The extraction unit extracts a foreground object region from a captured image captured by an image capturing unit. The generation unit generates a mask image corresponding to the foreground object region in the captured image, and having colors different depending on luminance of the foreground object region. The combining unit combines a mask image generated by the generation unit and a predetermined image to generate an output image.

Abstract: Provided is a manually scanned printing apparatus capable of suppressing deterioration in image quality. To provide this, a support portion of a guide roller and a support portion of a downstream position detection sensor are configured to be displaceable relative to each other in a direction substantially orthogonal to the printing surface of a print medium to be printed.

Abstract: A toner comprising a toner particle comprising a binder resin and organosilicon polymer particles on a surface of the toner particle, wherein the binder resin comprising an amorphous resin and a crystalline polyester resin, an absolute value |SPcpes?SPsi| of a difference between an SP value (SPsi) of the organosilicon polymer particles and an SP value (SPcpes) of the crystalline polyester resin is not more than 2.00 (cal/cm3)1/2, and an amount of adsorbed water in the organosilicon polymer particles at a temperature of 30° C. and a humidity of 80% RH is not more than 20 mg/g.

Abstract: A fixing belt includes a base member containing a metal, a sliding layer containing a filler and formed on a base member inner side, and a separation layer formed on a base member outer side. Assume that (i) a sliding layer cross section is obtained by cutting the sliding layer along a sliding layer thickness direction and is divided into sections each having a length that is the same as a sliding layer thickness in a direction perpendicular to the thickness direction, and (ii) a ratio of a filler area to a sliding layer area in each cross section sections is an area ratio. A period coefficient is calculated using the formula (Ave %?Min %)/Ave %, where an average of area ratios of filler areas in all the sections is Ave % and a minimum of the area ratios is Min %, and the calculated period coefficient is 0.6 or more.

Abstract: An image forming apparatus includes an image forming unit includes a photosensitive member; a charging unit configured to uniformly charge the photosensitive member; an exposure unit configured to form an electrostatic latent image on the photosensitive member by scanning the charged photosensitive member with laser light; and a developing device configured to develop the electrostatic latent image to form an image on the photosensitive member, a reading unit configured to read a test image, which is formed by the image forming unit, for detecting image density of the image, and a controller configured to: control the image forming unit to form the test image; detect periodic fluctuation of the image density based on a detection result of the test image which is acquired by controlling the reading unit to read the test image; and correct an image forming condition to suppress the detected fluctuation.

Abstract: An image forming apparatus including: a restricting member; a driven gear including a portion to be restricted; a planetary gear mechanism including input portion to transmit a driving force from a driving source, output portion for transmitting the driving force to the driven gear; and a stopping member that is configured to stop rotation, which is oriented in a first rotation direction, and allow rotation of the portion to be stopped in a second rotation direction opposite to the first rotation direction, wherein when the input portion rotates in a first direction, the stopping member stops the rotation, and the output portion rotates the driven gear in a release direction opposite to the restriction direction, and when the rotation of the driven gear in the restriction direction is restricted and the input portion rotates to be oriented in a second direction opposite to the first direction.

Abstract: The present invention is directed to solving an issue arising when a background image is generated. An image processing system generates a foreground image containing a foreground object based on an image captured by an imaging apparatus included in a first imaging apparatus group. The image processing system generates a background image not containing the foreground object based on an image of the imaging region captured by an imaging apparatus included in a second imaging apparatus group different from the first imaging apparatus group. The image processing system generates a virtual viewpoint image based on the generated foreground image and background image.

Abstract: An information processing apparatus performs first determination of determining whether a blurring state of a region in a captured image corresponding to an element of three-dimensional shape data of an object satisfies a condition and performs second determination of, in a case where the blurring state is determined to satisfy the condition, determining whether the region is visible or invisible from an image capture apparatus having captured the captured image and, in a case where the blurring state is determined not to satisfy the condition, determining that the region is invisible. The information processing apparatus generates information used in generating a virtual viewpoint image, based on a determination result by the second determination.

Abstract: An image processing apparatus includes first, second, and third acquisition units, a setting unit, a calculation unit, and a processing unit. The first acquisition unit acquires information regarding a setting for inspecting an image. The second acquisition unit acquires first data that is data of a reference image representing a target print result. The third acquisition unit acquires second data that is data of a printed image to be inspected. The setting unit sets a comparison area including a pixel of interest in each of the reference image and the printed image based on the information and the first data. The pixels of interest correspond to an identical pixel position. The calculation unit calculates a density difference between the comparison areas based on the first data and the second data. The processing unit inspects the printed image based on the first data, the second data, and the density difference.

Abstract: A communication control apparatus includes an acquisition unit configured to acquire radio-frequency-interference-related information related to radio frequency interference of a frequency band in a licensed band, based on an operation status of the frequency band in the licensed band, and a management unit configured to manage a frequency band to be used in operation, based on the radio-frequency-interference-related information acquired by the acquisition unit.

Abstract: An X-ray imaging apparatus includes an X-ray generation apparatus including an X-ray generation tube having an electron gun and a target configured to receive an electron beam from the electron gun to generate X-rays, a support structure supporting the tube, and a deflector configured to deflect the electron beam, an X-ray detector configured to detect the X-rays from the X-ray generation apparatus, and a control apparatus configured to control the X-ray generation apparatus. The support structure supports the tube to permit at least the target to be pivoted in a state in which the deflector is fixed, and the control apparatus determines, based on use amount of the X-ray generation apparatus and/or change of the X-rays generated by the X-ray generation apparatus, whether it is necessary to pivot the target.

Abstract: A medical image diagnosis system includes an imaging apparatus and processing circuitry. The imaging apparatus applies one-time or multiple-time medical imaging to a subject to which a plurality of drugs having a tissue accumulation property, which corresponds to a tissue characteristic, are administered successively or simultaneously. The processing circuitry reconstructs one or a plurality of medical images, based on one or a plurality of set of raw data acquired by the one-time or multiple-time medical imaging. The processing circuitry estimates a tissue characteristic of a target region, based on a spatial distribution of the drugs rendered on the one or the plurality of medical images. The processing circuitry displays the estimated tissue characteristic.

Abstract: A medical image processing apparatus according to one embodiment includes processing circuitry. The processing circuitry trains an attention model by using a medical image and a mask image that is obtained by performing mask processing on a region other than a region of interest in the medical image, trains an image processing model by using the medical image, a heatmap corresponding to the medical image, and an attention feature that indicates attention of the region of interest in the trained attention model, combines, as an attention image processing model, an attention extraction module that includes an attention module for outputting the attention feature and the trained image processing model, performs processing on the medical image by using the attention image processing model, and generates a heatmap for determining a position of a landmark in the medical image.

Abstract: An X-ray diagnostic apparatus according to an embodiment includes an imaging apparatus and a processor. The imaging apparatus includes an X-ray tube configured to generate an X ray; and an X-ray detector configured to detect an X ray that has been emitted from the X-ray tube and passed through a subject. The processor obtains an examination protocol including an imaging condition corresponding to contents of an examination for the subject, obtains a camera image in which the subject has been captured, and determines whether at least one examination item corresponding to the examination protocol is executable based on first geometric information and second geometric information, the first geometric information including a geometric positional relation between the subject and the imaging apparatus associated with the examination protocol, and the second geometric information including a geometric positional relation between the subject and the imaging apparatus detected based on the camera image.

Abstract: According to one embodiment, a magnetic resonance imaging apparatus includes a processing circuit. The processing circuit is configured to predict, based on an imaging sequence of magnetic resonance imaging and a relationship between a driving frequency of a gradient field coil and one of a magnet internal pressure and a magnet temperature of a static field magnet, the one of the magnet internal pressure and the magnet temperature at the time of execution of the imaging sequence, adjusts the imaging sequence based on a prediction result, and execute the adjusted imaging sequence.

Abstract: A system and method is provided for controlling an acquisition system to obtain, based on a currently acquired set of projection data, a next set of projection data that is to be acquired using a set of learned imaging conditions. The set of learned imaging conditions are, at least in part, based on training data including projection data and dose information. In one embodiment, the initial dose and angle for obtaining the initial set of projection data are chosen at random. In another embodiment, the initial dose and angle for obtaining the initial set of projection data are chosen based on a test scan and a trained neural network for outputting the initial dose and angle using a loss function.