Abstract: An image forming apparatus comprising, an internal load provided inside the image forming apparatus, a connection unit to which an external load is connectable, a power supply configured to supply power to the internal load and the external load, and a computation unit configured to calculate a power consumption value of the internal load, and acquire a device-specific power consumption value of the external load connected to the connection unit and perform computation including addition of the power consumption value of the internal load and the device-specific power consumption value of the external load.

Abstract: To provide an information terminal and others that reduce the burden of work of setting connection information. An information terminal is wirelessly communicable with a peripheral device using a first communication method. The information terminal is configured to acquire an indicator according to a distance between the information terminal and the peripheral device by using the first communication method. The information terminal is configured to transmit, to the peripheral device, connection information required for the peripheral device to connect to a network using a second communication method, based on the indicator reaching a predetermined value.

Abstract: A cooling drum for freezing granules has an inlet for receiving the granules and an outlet located opposite to the inlet for discharging the granules. The cooling drum for freezing granules includes: a first cylinder part having a first inner surface formed of a first material; and a second cylinder part located closer to the outlet than the first cylinder part and having a second inner surface formed of a second material. The first material has a lower thermal conductivity than that of the second material.

Abstract: A rotary freezing device for freezing granules according to an embodiment of the present disclosure includes: a circulation passage; a fan for circulating cold air through the circulation passage; a cooler disposed in the circulation passage and configured to cool the cold air; and a cooling drum disposed in the circulation passage and configured to freeze granules by the cold air flowing into an interior of the cooling drum while conveying the granules from an inlet to an outlet.

Abstract: A conveyance skin material includes a first skin material; a second skin material connected to the first skin material; and a waterproof member having a sheet shape, extending along a skin connecting portion that connects the first skin material and the second skin material, and covering the skin connecting portion from a back surface side. The waterproof member includes a first impregnated portion with which a back surface material of the first skin material is impregnated, and a second impregnated portion with which a back surface material of the second skin material is impregnated. The waterproof member is attached to the first skin material by the first impregnated portion, and is attached to the second skin material by the second impregnated portion. The first impregnated portion and the second impregnated portion are disposed at positions where the skin connecting portion is sandwiched between the first impregnated portion and the second impregnated portion.

Abstract: A lens apparatus includes a lens disposed closest to an object, a holder holding the lens, a cover having a first opening to expose the lens when viewed from an optical axis direction of the lens and being positioned with the holder in the optical axis direction, and an exterior member having a second opening to engage with an outer diameter of the cover. A first gap in a diameter direction orthogonal to the optical axis direction formed between the holder and the cover is larger than a second gap in the diameter direction formed between the exterior member and the cover.

Abstract: A seat includes a seat frame, a pad body, and a power generation device. The pad body covers the seat frame. The power generation device is arranged on an occupant-side of the pad body and generates electric power from vibrations. The seat may further include an outer covering that covers the pad body. The power generation device may be located between the pad body and the outer covering.

Abstract: A lens apparatus includes a lens disposed closest to an object, a holder holding the lens, a cover having a first opening to expose the lens when viewed from an optical axis direction of the lens and being positioned with the holder in the optical axis direction, and an exterior member having a second opening to engage with an outer diameter of the cover. A first gap in a diameter direction orthogonal to the optical axis direction formed between the holder and the cover is larger than a second gap in the diameter direction formed between the exterior member and the cover.

Abstract: An acoustic system includes an interior member for a conveyance including at least one speaker; a state detection unit that detects a state of an occupant or the interior member; and a control unit that is connected to the speaker and the state detection unit, and controls the speaker. The control unit includes a state determination unit that determines the state of the occupant or the interior member based on information received from the state detection unit, and an acoustic control unit that controls, when sound is emitted from the speaker, at least one of a volume, a tempo, and a direction of the sound emitted from the speaker, based on the determined state of the occupant or the interior member.

Abstract: An optical waveguide package includes a substrate, a cladding on the substrate, a core in the cladding, and a metal member. The cladding includes a first surface facing the substrate, a second surface, and an element-receiving area being open in the second surface. The core includes a first incident end face and a second incident end face exposed in the element-receiving area, and an emission end face connected to the first incident end face and the second incident end face with a waveguide. The metal member is located on the second surface and surrounds the element-receiving area. The waveguide includes a first branching path connected to the first incident end face, a second branching path connected to the second incident end face, and a merging portion merging the first branching path and the second branching path. The merging portion is outside an area surrounded by the metal member.

Abstract: A lens apparatus includes a first system, a second system disposed in parallel with the first system, and a first drive unit including an actuator configured to move at least one of the first system and the second system. Each of the first system and the second system has, in order from an object side to an image side, a first axis, a second axis, and a third axis. A distance between the first axis of the first system and the first axis of the second system is longer than a distance between the third axis of the first system and the third axis of the second system. At least a part of the first drive unit is disposed between the first axis of the first system and the first axis of the second system when viewed from a top side of the lens apparatus.

Abstract: A stereo lens apparatus includes two optical systems arranged in parallel. Each of the two optical systems includes, in order from an object side to an image side, first to third lens units. An optical path is bent at a position between the first and second lens units and at a position between the second and third lens units in each of the two optical systems so that an inter-optical axis distance between two third lens units is narrower than an inter-optical axis distance between two first lens units. Part of one holding mechanism of two holding mechanisms that are configured to respectively hold the two third lens units is located in a concave portion provided on the other holding mechanism, and part of the other holding mechanism is located in a convex portion provided on the one holding mechanism.

Abstract: A communication control system includes: a state switching support apparatus including a processor; and a communication control apparatus to control communication to a protection target according to its state. The processor executes generating grid point data in which a grid point group representing exhaustive communications to the target is associated with states corresponding to grid points of the grid point group using previously collected data related to the communication; generating, by using the grid point data and data related to current communication, generating a state distribution representing a distribution of the states in a vicinity of a point represented by the data related to current communication in the grid point group; predicting a time when the state transitions to another state from a change in the state distribution from past to present; and transmitting an instruction to switch the state to the communication control apparatus at the predicted time.

Abstract: An object of the present disclosure is to provide a task allocation apparatus capable of suppressing cost and deriving an efficient and optimal method of dividing a task. A task allocation apparatus according to the present disclosure includes: a simulation execution unit simulating a cooperation operation between at least a cloud server and an edge device; a metrics extraction unit extracting simulation environment metrics as an index for evaluating a non-functional requirement in the cooperation operation from an execution log as an execution result of the simulation execution unit; and a task allocation unit deriving at least one allocation of a task executing the cooperation operation based on the simulation environment metrics extracted by the metrics extraction unit.

Abstract: A method of producing a wood-based material that is modified is provided. Specifically, there is provided a method of producing a wood-based material, comprising 1) a step of impregnating a wood-based material with a furan derivative resinification solution that comprises a furan derivative, an inorganic salt inhibiting polymerization of the furan derivative at normal temperature, and an inorganic salt accelerating polymerization of the furan derivative; and 2) a step of polymerizing the furan derivative in the furan derivative resinification solution impregnated into the wood-based material within the wood-based material by means of heating.

Abstract: A system constructing device for constructing a system including an infrastructure resource and a setting value of the relevant infrastructure resource in a predetermined execution environment, the system constructing device including: an input section that inputs a request for a system construction satisfying a desired requirement; a system source code generating section that generates first source code defining a system satisfying the desired requirement; a deploying section that deploys and constructs the system in the execution environment on a basis of the request; a setting change detecting section that, when the system constructed in the execution environment is changed, detects a difference between second source code defining the relevant changed system and the first source code; and a setting change reflecting section that reflects the difference detected by the setting change detecting section in the first source code, the setting change reflecting section reflecting the difference in the first sour

Abstract: A method for producing a modified wooden material. Specifically described is a method for producing a modified wooden material, the method including: 1) a step for causing permeation, into a wooden material, of a 5-hydroxymethylfurfural (5-HMF) resinification solution containing 5-HMF and an inorganic salt for promoting polymerization of the 5-HMF; and 2) a step for polymerizing the 5-HMF of the permeated 5-HMF resinification solution in the wooden material by means of heating.

Abstract: An objective of the present invention is to provide a noise calculation device and a sound collection system capable of distinguishing between a target sound and a noise included in ambient sound. A noise calculation device 20 of the present invention calculates a noise sound pressure level of the noise included in the ambient sound of an analysis target 40, which includes the target sound emitted by the analysis target 40. The noise calculation device 20 identifies the reference sound pressure level of the target sound corresponding to a distance from the analysis target 40 to the microphone 209 using a physical model that defines a relationship between the distance and the reference sound pressure level of the target sound.

Abstract: An information processing apparatus includes an operation acceptance unit configured to accept an operation from a user, a control unit configured to accept a signal from the operation acceptance unit, a generation unit configured to accept a signal from the operation acceptance unit and generate a recovery signal, and a power source control unit configured to shift, based on the recovery signal, a power state of the information processing apparatus from a first power state in which the control unit is not energized to a second power state in which the control unit is energized, in which in the second power state, the generation unit does not generate the recovery signal even when the signal from the operation acceptance unit is accepted in the second power state, and the generation unit generates the recovery signal when the signal from the operation acceptance unit is accepted in the first power state.

Abstract: A lens apparatus includes a first optical system, a second optical system disposed in parallel with the first optical system, and a lens mount attachable to a camera body. Each of the first optical system and the second optical system has a first optical axis, a second optical axis, and a third optical axis in order from an object side to an image side. A distance between the first optical axis of the first optical system and the first optical axis of the second optical system is longer than a diameter of the lens mount, and a distance between the third optical axis of the first optical system and the third optical axis of the second optical system is shorter than the diameter of the lens mount.