Abstract: A method for digital signal processing of sensor data includes receiving digitized samples of sensor signals via a network connection; converting the digitized samples into a standardized format; storing the converted digitized samples in a shared memory data structure in memory of a single instruction multiple data (SIMD) processor; and providing zero-copy read access to the converted digitized samples stored in the shared memory data structure to a plurality of applications.

Abstract: The present invention provides an apparatus and method for diagnosing semiconductor equipment for analyzing a determination result and a cause of a defect for a substrate using a deep learning algorithm and explainable AI. The semiconductor equipment diagnosis method comprises acquiring time series data for a parameter related to a substrate treating process of a substrate treating apparatus, generating table information based on the time series data, converting the table information into image information based on data included in the table information, extracting and classifying a feature from the image information, determining whether a substrate treated by the substrate treating apparatus is good or defective based on the feature, and analyzing a cause of a defect of the substrate in response to determining that the substrate is defective.

Abstract: An image forming apparatus includes: a main tank that stores ink; an ink head unit that includes a first heating device to heat the ink and that ejects the heated ink; a supply channel that supplies the ink from the main tank to the ink head unit; and a second heating device that heats the supply channel. The second heating device starts heating at a predetermined timing such that a temperature of a specific region in the supply channel becomes equal to or more than a second temperature that is a melting point of a component having a highest melting point.

Abstract: Techniques for segmenting and classifying a representation of aggregated sensor data from a scene are discussed herein. Sensor data may be collected during multiple traversals of a same scene, and the sensor data may be filtered to remove portions of the sensor data not relevant to road network maps. In some examples, the filtered data may be aggregated and represented in voxels of a three-dimensional voxel space, from which an image representing a top-down view of the scene may be generated, though other views are also contemplated. Operations may include segmenting and/or classifying the image e.g., by a trained machine-learned model, to associate class labels indicative of map elements (e.g., driving lane, stop line, turn lane, and the like) with segments identified in the image. Additionally, techniques may create or update road network maps based on segmented and semantically labeled image(s) of various portions of an environment.

Abstract: An optical measuring device includes: a stimulus value acquirer that receives light from a measurement target and continuously acquires intensity corresponding to a stimulus value at a regular time interval; a response characteristic acquirer that acquires an impulse response characteristic from a storage that stores the impulse response characteristic corresponding to a luminous stimulus response; and a hardware processor that performs digital filter processing on continuous data of stimulus value intensity acquired by the stimulus value acquirer by the impulse response characteristic acquired by the response characteristic acquirer to generate data on which the luminous stimulus response is superimposed.

Abstract: An abnormality detection apparatus for detecting an abnormality of a ball screw provided in an injection molding machine includes a current sensor configured to detect an alternating current of a motor for applying a driving force to the ball screw; and a computation unit configured to detect an abnormality of the ball screw based on information related to a distribution of frequency components obtained by frequency analysis of an alternating current detected by the current sensor, and information related to a distribution of frequency components obtained by frequency analysis of an alternating current detected when the ball screw, which is normal, operates.

Abstract: In one example of the disclosure, a system for print fluid recirculation includes a supply manifold, a recirculation manifold, a printbar, and a recirculation pathway. The printbar includes a plurality of printheads that are in fluid communication with the supply manifold, and the recirculation manifold. The recirculation pathway is in fluid connection with the supply manifold and the recirculation manifold, and is to enable recirculation of print fluid at a controlled flow through the plurality of printheads.

Abstract: A processing system includes a cutting tool for milling, a plurality of sensors, and a processing unit. The plurality of sensors each is configured to measure a physical quantity that indicates a state related to loads on the cutting tool during cutting. The processing unit is configured to generate, based on measurement results from the respective sensors at a plurality of measurement time points, measurement data that is related to the loads in two directions on a plane perpendicular to a rotation axis of the cutting tool and that includes two-dimensional data at each of the measurement time points, and to perform a determination process concerning cutting in which the cutting tool is used, based on a two-dimensional shape indicated by the generated measurement data.

Abstract: An ink treatment apparatus and method are provided. The ink treatment apparatus includes: a reservoir storing ink; a head module ejecting the ink; a first control valve controlling a flow of the ink; a plurality of fluid transfer lines installed between the reservoir and the head module and having the ink flow therein; a pump installed in the fluid transfer lines to pump the ink; a flow rate measurement module installed in the fluid transfer line, the flow rate measurement module measuring a flow rate of the ink in accordance with the flow of the ink and providing ink flow rate information that is information regarding the flow rate of the ink; and a control module controlling a circulation ratio of the ink between the fluid transfer lines by controlling the pump and the first control valve based on the ink flow rate information.

Abstract: A liquid discharge head includes: a diaphragm having a nozzle; a substrate including a pressure chamber communicating with the nozzle; a piezoelectric body over the diaphragm, the piezoelectric body configured to deform at least a part of an edge of the nozzle; and a vibration absorbing portion in the diaphragm.

Abstract: An image forming apparatus, having a first container with a first compartment, a second container with a second compartment, a recorder, a display, and a controller, is provided. The controller controls the display to display a first screen and a second screen. The first screen contains a first object having a form that reflects an amount of a colorant in the first compartment and a second object having a form that reflects an amount of the colorant in the second compartment. The second screen contains a third object having a form that reflects one of the amount of the colorant in the first compartment, the amount of the colorant in the second compartment, and a total amount of the colorant in the first compartment and the second compartment.

Abstract: a first flow path communicating with the first common flow path; a second flow path communicating with the first common flow path at a position different from a position at which the first flow path communicates with the first common flow path; a third flow path communicating with the second common flow path; and a fourth flow path communicating with the second common flow path at a position different from a position at which the third flow path communicates with the second common flow path. In a first mode: through the first flow path, a liquid is supplied to the first common flow path; through the second flow path, the liquid is collected from the first common flow path; through the third flow path, the liquid is supplied to the second common flow path; and through the fourth flow path, the liquid is collected from the second common flow path.

Abstract: An ink refill container for refilling a printer having an ink inlet flow-path member with ink includes: a container body portion configured to store ink; and an ink-outlet forming portion coupled to the container body portion and having a cylindrical portion forming an ink outlet. The ink-outlet forming portion includes a valve disposed in the cylindrical portion and configured to be opened by the ink inlet flow-path member inserted in the cylindrical portion, and closed by withdrawal of the ink inlet flow-path member from the cylindrical portion; a sealing member disposed at the ink outlet and configured to be in contact with the valve in a closed state of the valve; a holder member configured to hold at least one of the valve and the sealing member; and a fixing portion configured to fix the holder member to the cylindrical portion.

Abstract: A sequence that includes first processing of generating a positive flow in a first direction in a liquid in a first flow passage including at least a part of a circulation flow passage through which the liquid is supplied from a liquid tank to the liquid jetting head and the liquid is collected from the liquid jetting head to the liquid tank and second processing of generating a negative flow in an opposite direction to the first direction in the liquid in the first flow passage, is executed. In the first flow passage, a filter that removes a foreign substance in the liquid is disposed between the liquid tank and the liquid jetting head in the positive flow. A flow rate of the liquid of the positive flow is higher than a flow rate of the liquid of the negative flow. The negative flow has a steady flow state.

Abstract: In a printer unit, ink is poured into a storage chamber from an inlet of a tank. The storage chamber communicates with an air chamber. An air tube connects the air chamber and the outside of the tank and is opened and closed by a valve. A cover is movable to a first position in which the inlet is covered and a second position in which the inlet is exposable via a third position being a position between the first position and the second position. A valve opening/closing mechanism opens a valve when the cover is located on a side closer to the first position than the third position, and closes the valve when the cover is located between the third position and the second position. When the cover moves from the third position to the first position, a cap fits over the inlet to seal the storage chamber.

Abstract: A processing system includes a cutting tool for milling, a plurality of sensors, and a processing unit. The plurality of sensors each is configured to measure a physical quantity that indicates a state related to loads on the cutting tool during cutting. The processing unit is configured to generate, based on measurement results from the respective sensors at a plurality of measurement time points, measurement data that is related to the loads in two directions on a plane perpendicular to a rotation axis of the cutting tool and that includes two-dimensional data at each of the measurement time points, and to perform a determination process concerning cutting in which the cutting tool is used, based on a two-dimensional shape indicated by the generated measurement data.

Abstract: According to examples, an apparatus may include a substrate having a fluid recirculation channel and a membrane adjacent to the fluid recirculation channel, in which the membrane is portion of the substrate having a smaller thickness than other portions of the substrate. The apparatus may also include a component layer, in which a fluid ejection chamber may be formed in the component layer. The fluid ejection chamber may include a nozzle and fluid may be received into the fluid ejection chamber through an inlet port and recirculated to the fluid recirculation channel through an outlet port. The apparatus may further include active circuit elements formed on the membrane, in which the active circuit elements may control ejection of fluid from the fluid ejection chamber through the nozzle.

Abstract: A liquid ejecting apparatus includes a liquid ejection head, a supply tank, a recovery tank, a supply flow path, a recovery flow path, a pressurizing mechanism pressurizing the inside of the supply tank, and a depressurizing mechanism depressurizing the inside of the recovery tank. A filling period, in which a filling process is performed to fill, with the liquid, a nozzle, the supply flow path, and the recovery flow path, includes a period that is after a meniscus is formed in the nozzle and before the liquid reaches the recovery flow path. In the period, the pressurizing and the depressurizing mechanisms are driven; and in the period, Pt_out>?|Pm| is satisfied, where Pm indicates a pressure at which the meniscus is broken and Pt_out indicates a pressure in the recovery tank.

Abstract: Proposed are an ink supply system of an ink-jet head provided with an emergency drain function and an ink-jet printer having the ink supply system. The ink supply system includes an ink-jet head, an ink storage apparatus, a supply flow path configured to supply ink to the ink-jet head, a recovery flow path configured to return at least some of ink to the ink storage apparatus, a flow path blocker configured to block an ink flow in an emergency situation, a flow path changer configured to block an ink flow and to connect a drain pipe with the ink-jet head in the emergency situation, the drain pipe connected to the flow path changer and connected to the ink-jet head in the emergency situation, a drain ink storage portion configured to drain and store ink in the emergency situation, and a drain portion configured to drain ink in the emergency situation.

Abstract: An ink refill container includes a container main body including an ink storage chamber, an ink outlet-forming portion provided on an end portion of the container main body forming an ink outlet that allows the ink to flow out from the ink storage chamber, and a valve provided in the ink outlet-forming portion configured to openably seal the ink outlet, in which the ink outlet-forming portion includes a positioning portion on an outer side of the ink outlet-forming portion. in which the positioning portion is closer to the container main body than the valve is to the container main body in a central axis direction of the ink outlet, and in which the positioning portion partially abuts against an ink tank when the valve is opened for refilling the ink to the ink tank, to thereby position the valve relative to the ink tank.