Abstract: An image processing apparatus includes a processor including a setting unit to assign a correction control point to a first color-space value dependent on a first output device and a color chart generator to convert the first color-space value to which the correction control point is assigned into a second color-space value dependent on a second output device, displace the second color-space value, convert a displaced second color-space value into a displaced first color-space value, and generate a color chart including a patch generated based on the displaced first color-space value; an image forming device to output the color chart; and a colorimeter to perform colorimetry of the color chart. The processor further includes a correction parameter generator to generate a correction parameter to correct an output profile with a colorimetric value by the colorimeter, and an output profile correction unit to correct the output profile using the correction parameter.

Abstract: A bus control device (401a) includes a storage (408) that stores a transmission order of data pieces transmitted from a first node (402) to each second node (403); a sorter (413) that receives data pieces transferred from each second node toward the first node and refers to a predefined sorting rule to determine a sorting destination of each data piece; a buffer (409) that stores the sorted data pieces while classifying the sorted data pieces by the second node as a transmission source; and a connection controller (410) that refers to change permission/rejection information indicating whether or not an order is permitted to be changed while the data piece is transferred from each second node to the first node, and transmits data pieces, the order of which is not changed, from the buffer to the first node in the same order as the transmission order stored on the storage.

Abstract: A system includes: a storage that stores a degree of deterioration determined from information that, for each part of each of air-conditioning facilities and/or refrigeration facilities during past inspections, an inspection worker perceived from the part; a first determiner that corrects and determines, on the basis of a history of degrees of deterioration of each part of the air-conditioning facilities and/or the refrigeration facilities during the past inspections, at least either scheduled dates of inspection of the air-conditioning facilities and/or the refrigeration facilities, or a priority of inspection work that is performed on each part of an air-conditioning facility and/or a cooling facility to be inspected; and a controller that causes an indicator to display at least either information indicating the scheduled dates of inspection or information indicating the priority of inspection work as determined by the first determiner.

Abstract: A pipe material used as a discharge electrode of a spark plug for an internal combustion engine comprises an outer layer made of a Ni-based alloy, an inner layer made of a Pt-based alloy provided inside the outer layer, and an intermediate layer provided between the outer layer and the inner layer.

Abstract: An image reading apparatus includes: a plurality of light sources to emit light to a target to be read from a plurality of different irradiation positions; an illumination controller to sequentially and alternately turn on or off the plurality of light sources with a blinking cycle not perceptible to the human eye; an image capturing device to photoelectrically convert, pixel by pixel, reflected light of the light emitted to the target from the plurality of light sources to capture a plurality of read images; a memory to store one or more read images of the plurality of read images being captured; and a synthesizer to synthesize preset regions of the plurality of read images using the one or more read images stored in the memory to generate a synthesized read image representing the target, the preset region of each of the plurality of read images having an image level change caused by reflected light that is smaller than a threshold.

Abstract: A bus system (100) for a semiconductor circuit transmits data on a networked bus between a first node and at least one second node via a relay device (250) arranged on the bus. The bus system (100) includes a first bus of a low delay and a second bus of a high delay. The first node generates a plurality of packets by attaching, to the data stored in a buffer (202), information specifying a priority of transmission. The relay device (250) converts a priority based on a priority conversion rule, which is determined based on a transmission delay of the high-delay bus, allocates a buffer of a destination relay device to which each packet is to be sent, based on the converted priority, and sends packets in a descending order. The relay device (250) stores packets in a buffer (252) based on the priority.

Abstract: A bus control device (401a) includes a storage (408) that stores a transmission order of data pieces transmitted from a first node (402) to each second node (403); a sorter (413) that receives data pieces transferred from each second node toward the first node and refers to a predefined sorting rule to determine a sorting destination of each data piece; a buffer (409) that stores the sorted data pieces while classifying the sorted data pieces by the second node as a transmission source; and a connection controller (410) that refers to change permission/rejection information indicating whether or not an order is permitted to be changed while the data piece is transferred from each second node to the first node, and transmits data pieces, the order of which is not changed, from the buffer to the first node in the same order as the transmission order stored on the storage.

Abstract: The present disclosure provides a drive transmission apparatus including a swing gear mechanism and capable of reducing the workload during assembly and improving efficiency of the assembly operation. A first swing gear, which transmits rotation of a first input gear that is driven by a driving force, is held by a first swing member. The first swing member includes a first engagement potion engaging with a supporting portion, and swings around an axis of the first input gear. The first engagement portion is formed so as to be attached to and detached from the supporting portion if the first swing member is moved in a radial direction with respect to the axis.

Abstract: A degradation estimation method includes: a service record acquiring step acquiring a service record of maintenance of a device; an analysis step analyzing a degradation state of the device from the service record; a determination standard adjustment step adjusting a first determination standard to a second determination standard depending on the analyzed degradation state, the first determination standard being determined in advance for estimating whether there is degradation of the device or not; a device data acquisition step acquiring first device data indicating state of the device; and a first degradation estimation step estimating whether there is degradation of the device or not using the acquired first device data and the second determination standard.

Abstract: A motor includes: an end bell mounted on an opening of a cylindrical rotor housing for housing a rotor and is provided with a power-feeding path to the rotor; and a choke coil connected in the middle of the power-feeding path. The choke coil overlaps at least a part of the rotor housing as viewed from outside the rotor housing in a radial direction and as viewed in a direction perpendicular to an axial direction, and is arranged such that a longitudinal direction thereof extends along a direction parallel to a rotating shaft of the motor.

Abstract: A communication device includes: a receiving terminal; a storage device which stores a rule in which a condition regarding a bus system operation environment and an error tolerance scheme are associated with each other, and information regarding a path length; an error processor which determines the error tolerance scheme by utilizing the condition regarding the bus system operation environment and the rule so as to generate error tolerance information corresponding to the received data according to the determined error tolerance scheme; and a sending terminal for sending at least one packet including the error tolerance information and the data to the bus. The operation environment-related condition is a condition for granting an error tolerance for a transmission path of which a bus path length to another communication device, which is a destination of the data, is greater than a predetermined value.

Abstract: An ink jet recording method includes discharging a ultraviolet curable ink of which viscosity is 7 mPa·s or more at 20° C. from a head toward a recording medium, and curing the ultraviolet curable ink adhered to the recording medium, wherein, in the discharging, the temperature of the ultraviolet curable ink discharged is 20 to 30° C., and the viscosity of the ultraviolet curable ink at the temperature is 13 mPa•s or less.

Abstract: A drive transmission apparatus includes an engage member that is rotatable in a radially displaced state with respect to a shaft member and an engaged member that is rotatable centering on an axis parallel with the shaft member. The engage member and the engaged member are engaged with and disengaged from each other by relatively moving along an axial direction. The drive transmission apparatus further includes a moving portion which can move the engage member in a direction in which a rotational axis of the engage member approaches an axis of the shaft member in a disengaged condition in which the engage member is disengaged from the engaged member. The moving portion thus regulates offset amount of the engage member in the disengaged condition, so that the engage member and the engaged member reliably engage with each other.

Abstract: An ink jet recording method includes discharging a ultraviolet curable ink of which viscosity is 7 mPa·s or more at 20° C. from a head toward a recording medium, and curing the ultraviolet curable ink adhered to the recording medium, wherein, in the discharging, the temperature of the ultraviolet curable ink discharged is 20 to 30° C., and the viscosity of the ultraviolet curable ink at the temperature is 13 mPa·s or less.