Abstract: An article detection device includes: an image acquiring unit acquiring a surroundings image; a first information image preparing unit preparing a first information image by converting information on a load/unloading target portion of the article to an easily recognizable state based on the surroundings image; a first calculation unit calculating at least one of a position and a posture of the load/unloading target portion; a second information image preparing unit preparing a second information image by converting information on a pitch angle detection portion of the article to an easily recognizable state; and a second calculation unit configured extracting at least two edge candidates for the article extending in a specific direction and included in the second information image based on a calculation result from the first calculation unit and calculating a three-dimensional direction vector indicating a pitch angle of the article from the edge candidates.

Abstract: A control device for an industrial vehicle is a control device for an industrial vehicle for estimating a working state of the industrial vehicle, which includes a working state estimation unit that estimates the working state of the industrial vehicle, and the working state estimation unit receives operation information regarding an operation state with respect to the industrial vehicle and photographing information obtained by photographing a package, performs a determination as to whether or not a packing form of the package is in an abnormal state, and outputs the working state.

Abstract: The present invention includes a determiner configured to determine whether to photograph a packing style image of an article as a work target in a first warehouse work or not, as an image used in a second warehouse work performed after the first warehouse work.

Abstract: An information processing system includes an output controller configured to perform control of outputting attention information for calling attention to a worker when a predetermined condition determined in advance for work is satisfied.

Abstract: Provided is an intermediate transfer belt for an electrophotographic image forming apparatus including conductor-coated particles in which ferroelectric particles are coated with a conductor.

Abstract: A robot behavior generation method includes: generating a human body model; generating a robot model; creating associations between the human body model and the robot model; acquiring first motion data indicating movement of a human body model; selectively choosing movement feature indices having first unknown motion data that indicates movement of the human body model, and setting an evaluation standard for a reproduction error with respect to the normative motion data; selecting a constraint necessary for a robot to move, included in second unknown motion data that indicates the movement of the robot model; calculating first unknown motion data and second unknown motion data the reproduction errors of which based on the evaluation standard are minimum under the association and the constraint; and using the second unknown motion data to control the robot.

Abstract: Provided is an intermediate transfer belt for use in an electrophotographic image-forming apparatus, the intermediate transfer belt containing a polyamide-imide, a conductive agent, and a dispersant, the dispersant having a block polymer structure.

Abstract: Disclosed is an intermediate transfer belt used for an electrophotographic image-forming apparatus, wherein the intermediate transfer belt contains a substrate layer and a surface layer; the intermediate transfer belt has a relative dielectric constant of 15 or more, and a volume resistivity at an applied voltage of 100 V in the range of 1.0×105 to 9.0×109 ?·cm under an environment of temperature of 23° C. and humidity of 50% RH; and the surface layer has a relative dielectric constant of 6 or less.

Abstract: Disclosed is an intermediate transfer belt used for an electrophotographic image-forming apparatus, wherein the intermediate transfer belt contains a substrate layer and a surface layer; the intermediate transfer belt has a relative dielectric constant of 15 or more, and a volume resistivity at an applied voltage of 100 V in the range of 1.0×105 to 9.0×109 ?·cm under an environment of temperature of 23° C. and humidity of 50 % RH; and the surface layer has a relative dielectric constant of 6 or less.

Abstract: The present invention is configured to obtain position information of an article photographed with an imaging device in a first warehouse work as position information used in a second warehouse work performed after the first warehouse work and register the obtained position information and identification information of the article in a storage unit. The position information is associated with the identification information of the article.

Abstract: The present invention includes a determiner configured to determine whether to photograph a packing style image of an article as a work target in a first warehouse work or not, as an image used in a second warehouse work performed after the first warehouse work.

Abstract: Provided is an intermediate transfer material used for an electrophotographic image-forming apparatus in which a toner image held on an electrostatic latent image carrier is primarily transferred to an intermediate transfer material, and then, the primarily transferred toner image is transferred from the intermediate transfer material to a transfer material through a secondary transfer device, wherein the intermediate transfer material has a substrate layer and an elastic layer; and the elastic layer contains a structure composed of a rubber having a double bond (C2) and a rubber having no double bond (C0) being bonded with each other through a urethane bond.

Abstract: A resistance heating element contains a heat-resistant resin and conductive stainless steel fiber coated with a film, and satisfies the following expression (1): 1?(r1/r0)?1.03, where r0 represents the initial resistance value of the resistance heating element, and r1 represents the resistance value of the resistance heating element after allowed to stand at 30° C. and a relative humidity of 80% for one week.

Abstract: The intermediate transferring belt is to be mounted in an electrophotographic image-forming apparatus. The intermediate transferring belt includes the following, in sequence, a substrate; an elastic layer; and a surface layer. The surface layer has an elongation of 5% or more and a stress of 5MPa or more at an elastic limit determined by a stress-strain curve obtained according to JIS K7161.

Abstract: A robot behavior generation method includes: generating a human body model; generating a robot model; creating associations between the human body model and the robot model; acquiring first motion data indicating movement of a human body model; selectively choosing movement feature indices having first unknown motion data that indicates movement of the human body model, and setting an evaluation standard for a reproduction error with respect to the normative motion data; selecting a constraint necessary for a robot to move, included in second unknown motion data that indicates the movement of the robot model; calculating first unknown motion data and second unknown motion data the reproduction errors of which based on the evaluation standard are minimum under the association and the constraint; and using the second unknown motion data to control the robot.

Abstract: An information converter includes an acquisition part for acquiring execution information of a specific function mode, the specific function mode being included in customized information which is operation setting information customized for a specific user and not being installed in a specific image forming apparatus; and a converter for dividing an operation to be executed in the specific function mode into a plurality of jobs which can be executed in the specific image forming apparatus and converting the execution information of the specific function mode into converted execution information described by using combination of the plurality of jobs.

Abstract: Provided is an intermediate transfer member used in an electrophotographic image forming apparatus having a unit of primary-transferring a toner image carried on an electrostatic latent image carrier to an intermediate transfer member, and then secondary-transferring the primary-transferred toner image onto a transfer material from the intermediate transfer member, wherein a surface of the intermediate transfer member has a hardness in the range of 150 to 350 MPa, and an elastic modulus in the range of 200 to 600 MPa, which are measured by a nano indentation method, and also has a hardness of 0.5 to 2.0 MPa specified in terms of universal hardness.

Abstract: An intermediate transfer belt includes a base layer, an elastic layer, and a surface layer. The elastic layer is composed of an elastomer composition containing an elastomer and metal oxide particles. At least a portion of a surface of the metal oxide particles is positioned at a surface of the elastic layer. At least the portion is coupling-treated with a metal coupling agent. A radical polymerizable functional group of the metal coupling agent is bonded to a radical polymerizable compound composing the surface layer via radical polymerization.

Abstract: This can provide a volatile disinfectant produced by bubbling ozone gas into a volatile solvent, the volatile solvent containing at least one volatile liquid paraffin, one volatile silicone oil, or a mixture thereof as a base under stirring the volatile solvent to thereby allow the volatile solvent to contain the ozone gas, the volatile disinfectant characterized in that, when applied to an object, the volatile disinfectant inactivates pathogens on the object and then volatilizes from the object.

Abstract: An image processing apparatus comprises: a display that displays a first screen including one or more than one first key for setting a mode to execute a function of the apparatus, and then, if one of the first keys is pressed, displays a second screen including one or more than one second key, which is a lower-class screen under the pressed first key; and a customizing portion that hides at least one of the first and the second keys on the first screen, according to a user operation, and wherein if a user changes to non-display, the setting of at least one of the first keys on the first screen, while there exists a second key preliminarily prohibited from being hidden, on the second screen that is a lower-class screen under the first key to be hidden according to the changed setting, the customizing portion doesn't hide the first key.