Abstract: A conductive paste containing a conductive powder (A), a vinyl chloride-vinyl acetate resin (B), a polyester resin and/or polyurethane resin (C), a blocked isocyanate (D) blocked with an active methylene compound, and an organic solvent (E), wherein the resin (C) has a glass transition temperature of ?50° C. to 20° C., a sum of amounts of the resin (C) is 50 to 400 parts by weight relative to 100 parts by weight of the resin (B), and a sum of amounts of the resin (B), the resin (C) component, and the blocked isocyanate (D) is 10 to 60 parts by weight relative to 100 parts by weight of the conductive powder (A). An electric wiring in which this conductive paste is formed on an insulating substrate.

Abstract: An order supporting apparatus connected to a monitoring apparatus over a network, the monitoring apparatus determining a supply status of devices in the network and sends supply shortage information regarding at least one of the devices determined to have a supply shortage to the order supporting apparatus. In particular, the order supporting apparatus includes a device information storage part that stores device information describing whether each device is monitored as a monitoring target, and maintenance contract information of each device, and a determination part that determines, based on the device information, whether each device is subject to the maintenance contract when the order supporting apparatus receives the supply shortage information. Further, the determination part deselects, in the device information, a device as the monitoring target when the device is determined to have a supply shortage by the monitoring apparatus.

Abstract: According to one embodiment, a winding device includes, a winding core having a non precise circle cross-section perpendicular to a direction in which a center of rotation extends, and a holding device including a first holding section and a second holding section configured to hold the windable material therebetween such that an imaginary line which passes between the first and second holding sections and extends perpendicular to a direction in which the windable material is introduced between the first and second holding sections and the extending direction of the center of rotation passes through a position off the center of rotation and that at least part of the winding core overlaps the imaginary line while the winding core is rotating.

Abstract: The lighting device includes: a heat radiating part provided with a cavity that accommodates a part of a plurality of drive circuit components driving a light source module; and a base part provided with a cavity that accommodates another part (e.g., a transistor) of the drive circuit components. Then, the drive circuit components are accommodated in the cavity of the heat radiating part and the cavity of the base part.

Abstract: The lighting device includes: a heat radiating part provided with a cavity that accommodates a part of a plurality of drive circuit components driving a light source module; and a base part provided with a cavity that accommodates another part (e.g., a transistor) of the drive circuit components. Then, the drive circuit components are accommodated in the cavity of the heat radiating part and the cavity of the base part.

Abstract: In a disclosed order support system, devices connected to a communication network are searched for and device information is acquired from each of the found devices. Specified information used for extracting devices to be monitor target candidates is obtained, which is specified according to a predetermined attribute in the device information. Based on the obtained information, devices to be monitor target candidates are extracted from among the found devices. A list of the extracted devices is displayed, and devices to be monitor targets are selected. Status information of a consumable element in each monitor target device is acquired and sent to an order-support apparatus. The order-support apparatus creates an e-mail including a URL of a website used for ordering the consumable element detected as being deficient according to the received status information, and sends the e-mail to an e-mail address associated with the device with the deficient consumable element.

Abstract: An order supporting system includes a machine monitoring apparatus including an obtaining part for repetitively obtaining status data of plural supplies of plural machines connected to a network, a storing part for storing the status data obtained by the obtaining part, a detecting part for detecting change in the status of the supply by comparing the status data stored in the storing part and new status data that is newly obtained by the obtaining part, and a transmitting part for transmitting status data corresponding to the supply of the machine from which status change is detected by the detecting part, and an order supporting apparatus for receiving the status data transmitted from the transmitting part via the network and transmitting an electronic mail to a mail address associated to the machine corresponding to the transmitted status data in accordance with the received status data.

Abstract: A disclosed information processing apparatus includes an information processing unit configured to operate as a daemon process; an information displaying unit configured to operate as a process different from the daemon process and display a screen relevant to the information processing unit; a first ending unit configured to end the information displaying unit due to a first factor; and a second ending unit configured to end the information displaying unit due to a second factor different from the first factor. The information displaying unit ends the information processing unit in the event of receiving a request to end from the first ending unit and the information displaying unit does not end the information processing unit in the event of receiving a request to end from the second ending unit.

Abstract: A disclosed information processing apparatus includes an information processing unit configured to operate as a daemon process; an information displaying unit configured to operate as a process different from the daemon process and display a screen relevant to the information processing unit; a first ending unit configured to end the information displaying unit due to a first factor; and a second ending unit configured to end the information displaying unit due to a second factor different from the first factor. The information displaying unit ends the information processing unit in the event of receiving a request to end from the first ending unit and the information displaying unit does not end the information processing unit in the event of receiving a request to end from the second ending unit.

Abstract: The present invention provides an illumination device for illuminating a periphery of equipment such as an image display device, including: a plurality of illumination parts on which a light source is mounted; and a support part for supporting the plurality of illumination parts, so that a different area of the periphery of the equipment is irradiated with light from the plurality of illumination parts.

Abstract: A conductive paste containing a conductive powder (A), a vinyl chloride-vinyl acetate resin (B), a polyester resin and/or polyurethane resin (C), a blocked isocyanate (D) blocked with an active methylene compound, and an organic solvent (E), wherein the resin (C) has a glass transition temperature of ?50° C. to 20° C., a sum of amounts of the resin (C) is 50 to 400 parts by weight relative to 100 parts by weight of the resin (B), and a sum of amounts of the resin (B), the resin (C) component, and the blocked isocyanate (D) is 10 to 60 parts by weight relative to 100 parts by weight of the conductive powder (A). An electric wiring in which this conductive paste is formed on an insulating substrate.

Abstract: The lighting device includes: a heat radiating part provided with a cavity that accommodates a part of a plurality of drive circuit components driving a light source module; and a base part provided with a cavity that accommodates another part (e.g., a transistor) of the drive circuit components. Then, the drive circuit components are accommodated in the cavity of the heat radiating part and the cavity of the base part.

Abstract: A casing includes a molded body provided with a recess, a conductive layer provided in the recess, and a protection film provided to cover at least a non-recessed region in a surface of the molded body provided with the recess and a surface of the conductive layer. The protection film extends generally evenly over the non-recessed region and the surface of the conductive layer. A method manufacturing the same and an electronic device including the casing are provided.

Abstract: In a disclosed order support system, devices connected to a communication network are searched for and device information is acquired from each of the found devices. Specified information used for extracting devices to be monitor target candidates is obtained, which is specified according to a predetermined attribute in the device information. Based on the obtained information, devices to be monitor target candidates are extracted from among the found devices. A list of the extracted devices is displayed, and devices to be monitor targets are selected. Status information of a consumable element in each monitor target device is acquired and sent to an order-support apparatus. The order-support apparatus creates an e-mail including a URL of a website used for ordering the consumable element detected as being deficient according to the received status information, and sends the e-mail to an e-mail address associated with the device with the deficient consumable element.

Abstract: An order supporting apparatus connected to a monitoring apparatus over a network, the monitoring apparatus determining a supply status of devices in the network and sends supply shortage information regarding at least one of the devices determined to have a supply shortage to the order supporting apparatus. In particular, the order supporting apparatus includes a device information storage part that stores device information describing whether each device is monitored as a monitoring target, and maintenance contract information of each device, and a determination part that determines, based on the device information, whether each device is subject to the maintenance contract when the order supporting apparatus receives the supply shortage information. Further, the determination part deselects, in the device information, a device as the monitoring target when the device is determined to have a supply shortage by the monitoring apparatus.

Abstract: A disclosed information processing apparatus includes an information processing unit configured to operate as a daemon process; an information displaying unit configured to operate as a process different from the daemon process and display a screen relevant to the information processing unit; a first ending unit configured to end the information displaying unit due to a first factor; and a second ending unit configured to end the information displaying unit due to a second factor different from the first factor. The information displaying unit ends the information processing unit in the event of receiving a request to end from the first ending unit and the information displaying unit does not end the information processing unit in the event of receiving a request to end from the second ending unit.

Abstract: An order supporting system includes a machine monitoring apparatus including a status data obtaining part for repetitively obtaining status data of plural supplies of plural machines connected to a network, a status data storing part for storing the status data obtained by the status data obtaining part, a status change detecting part for detecting change in the status of the supply by comparing the status data stored in the status data storing part and new status data that is newly obtained by the status data obtaining part, and a status data transmitting part for transmitting status data corresponding to the supply of the machine from which status change is detected by the status change detecting part, and an order supporting apparatus for receiving the status data transmitted from the status data transmitting part via the network and transmitting an electronic mail to a mail address associated to the machine corresponding to the transmitted status data in accordance with the received status data.

Abstract: An ordering support system is disclosed. The ordering support system includes a device monitoring apparatus that retrieves a device information item about a device connected to a network and a status information item about a consumable of the device, determines whether the consumable is depleted based on the status information item, and sends, if the consumable is determined to be depleted, the device information item and the status information item to an ordering support apparatus. The ordering support system further includes the ordering support apparatus that receives the device information item and the status information item from the device monitoring apparatus, creates an electronic mail message including a URL indicating a Web page for ordering the consumable determined to be depleted, and sends the electronic mail message to a pre-registered mail address associated with the device.

Abstract: A clamp ring detaching method of detaching from a motor hub a clamp ring fastened to the motor hub, the clamp ring comprising a plurality of hub pressing portions contacting the outer circumferential surface of the motor hub and connecting portions which connect the hub pressing portions, each connecting portion having a concave portion, the method including pressing portions of at least one of the concave portions, which are displaced from a center of the concave portion, outwards in a radial direction of the clamp ring in order to remove the clamp ring from the motor hub.

Abstract: Various semiconductor light emitting devices are described. In one aspect, the semiconductor light emitting device may include, an insulating substrate having an electrode pattern; a metal body provided on the insulating substrate, the metal body having a through-hole; an adhesive layer provided between the insulating substrate and the metal body; a semiconductor light emitting element provided in the through-hole of the metal body, provided on the insulating substrate and electrically connected to the electrode pattern; and a resin configured to seal the semiconductor light emitting, wherein an inner surface of the through-hole faces the semiconductor light emitting element. The inner surface may have a slanted surface and at least a part of the light emitted from the semiconductor light emitting element reflected by the inner surface.