Abstract: An image forming apparatus includes a unit configured to correct a relative position of a first image and a second image, and a controller configured to form a first measurement image in a case where a first condition is satisfied, and to form the first measurement image and a second measurement image in a case where a second condition is satisfied. The controller is further configured to, in a case where the first condition is satisfied, determine whether or not the second condition is satisfied before the first condition is satisfied next, and in a case where the second condition is satisfied before the first condition is satisfied next, cause an image forming unit to form the first measurement image and the second measurement image.

Abstract: An image forming apparatus includes: a generation unit configured to generate correlation data indicating a relationship between a relative position of a first image and a second image corresponding to a first speed and a relative position of the first image and the second image corresponding to a second image forming speed; a controller configured to, in a case where a image forming unit forms an image at the second speed, correct a relative position of the first image and the second image based on first information and on correlation data; and a prohibition unit configured to prohibit formation of the measurement image at the second speed in a case where a housing unit does not house a predetermined recording material corresponding to the second speed.

Abstract: An image capturing device includes a sensor unit that captures a predetermined range including a subject; a reference chart that is captured by the sensor unit together with the subject; an illumination light source that illuminates the subject and the reference chart; a lens member including one or more lenses arranged in an optical path of reflected light extending from the subject and the reference chart to the sensor unit; and a lens moving unit that moves at least one lens of the lens member so as to change a position thereof in a direction along the optical path.

Abstract: An image forming apparatus includes: a fixing unit that heats and presses a recording sheet having a toner image formed thereon, by means of a fixing nip portion to thereby fix the toner image to the recording sheet; a translation section that translates the fixing unit in a direction that is orthogonal to a conveying direction of the recording sheet; and a controlling section that controls the translation section so that the fixing unit is translated by a translation amount that is one-half of a value obtained by subtracting an image width of the toner image from a sheet width of the recording sheet.

Abstract: A multi charged particle beam writing apparatus of the present invention includes an aperture member to form multiple beams, a plurality of first deflectors to respectively perform blanking deflection of a corresponding beam, a second deflector to collectively deflect the multiple beams having passed through the plurality of openings of the aperture member so that the multiple beams do not reach the target object, a blanking aperture member to block each beam that has been deflected to be in the off state by the plurality of first deflectors, and a current detector, arranged at the blanking aperture member, to detect a current value of all beams in the on state in the multiple beams that have been deflected by the second deflector.

Abstract: A silver paste composition comprising silver particles having a particle diameter of 0.1 ?m to 20 ?m, and a solvent, wherein the above-described solvent comprises a solvent having a boiling point of 300° C. or more.

Abstract: An image forming apparatus includes a stacking portion on which a sheet is to be stacked, an image forming unit, a size detection unit, a setting unit, a notification unit, and a control unit. The image forming unit forms an image on a sheet fed from the stacking portion. The size detection unit detects a size of a sheet stacked on the stacking portion. The setting unit sets at least one sheet size to be allowed for use at the image forming apparatus. The notification unit provides notification of information. The control unit causes the notification unit to provide a warning in a case where the size of the sheet detected by the size detection unit is not included in the at least one sheet size set by the setting unit.

Abstract: A multi charged particle beam writing apparatus of the present invention includes an aperture member to form multiple beams, a plurality of first deflectors to respectively perform blanking deflection of a corresponding beam, a second deflector to collectively deflect the multiple beams having passed through the plurality of openings of the aperture member so that the multiple beams do not reach the target object, a blanking aperture member to block each beam that has been deflected to be in the off state by the plurality of first deflectors, and a current detector, arranged at the blanking aperture member, to detect a current value of all beams in the on state in the multiple beams that have been deflected by the second deflector.

Abstract: A blanking device for multiple charged particle beams includes plural shift registers, arranged in two dimensions, to form plural groups each including shift registers, connected in series, of the plural shift registers, plural blankers to respectively provide a blanking deflection to a corresponding beam of multiple beams each controlled through a corresponding shift register in the plural shift registers, plural serial parallel conversion units, arranged along the four sides of a quadrangular region which surrounds the whole of the plural shift registers, to be respectively connected by parallel wiring to at least one of the plural groups, and plural pads, arranged along the four sides of the quadrangular region, to be respectively in combination with a corresponding serial parallel conversion unit of the plural serial parallel conversion units such that each of the plural pads is connected by single wiring to the corresponding serial parallel conversion unit.

Abstract: An image forming apparatus includes a fixing side member disposed at a position on a fixing surface side of a sheet on which a toner image is formed; a back side supporting member that forms a fixing nip for conveying the sheet in a tightly sandwiching manner when the back side supporting member is in pressure contact with the fixing side member; and a voltage applying section that applies to both sides of the sheet passed through the fixing nip voltages opposite in polarity to surface potentials of the both sides.

Abstract: An image capturing unit includes a sensor unit that captures a predetermined area including a subject; a reference chart that is arranged in the predetermined area and captured together with the subject by the sensor unit; an optical path length changing member that is arranged on an optical path extending from the subject to the sensor unit and is capable of changing a length of the optical path.

Abstract: A power circular saw includes a circular saw blade rotated by a motor, a plate-like base, and a protection cover. The base includes a front end, a rear end, and an opening located between the front end and the rear end. The opening receives a portion of the circular saw blade. The protection cover covers a saw-tooth line of the circular saw blade above the base. The protection cover includes a guide portion that is located at a position corresponding to a plane or the saw-tooth line of the circular saw blade and projects toward the front end of the base.

Abstract: An image forming apparatus includes a printing unit that prints at least one object image using a color material; a color information acquiring unit that acquires color information of the object image; and a control unit that starts one of colorimetry of the object image using the color information acquired by the color information acquiring unit and color adjustment of the printing unit after a variation amount of color information of the object image measured at different points of time is equal to or smaller than a predetermined threshold.

Abstract: An apparatus includes: a light source; a two-dimensional image sensor that receives reflected light from a subject including specular light of the source and outputs an image of the subject; and an optical member arranged in an optical path of light emitted from the source to the subject. When a specular position of the source in the subject arranged apart from the two-dimensional image sensor by a certain distance is defined as a first specular position, whereas a specular position of the source in the optical member is defined as a second specular position, a relative positional relation of the optical member and the source with respect to the two-dimensional image sensor is determined so that a difference between an incident angle from the source toward the first specular position and an incident angle from the source toward the second specular position is a reference value or more.

Abstract: A multi charged particle beam writing apparatus includes a divided shot data generation unit to generate, for each shot of multi beams of charged particle beams, data for plural times of divided shots such that irradiation for one shot of each beam is divided into plural times of divided shots each having a different irradiation time, an individual blanking system to provide blanking control individually for each of multi beams, based on the data for plural times of divided shots, an elastic rate correction value acquisition unit to acquire, for each of plural times of divided shots, an elastic rate correction value for correcting an elastic rate of an image of the whole multi beams, depending upon the number of ON-beams of the multi beams, and a lens to correct, for each divided shot, the elastic rate of the image of the whole multi beams by using the correction value.

Abstract: An adhesive composition comprising silver particles containing silver atoms and zinc particles containing metallic zinc, wherein the silver atom content is 90 mass % or greater and the zinc atom content is from 0.01 mass % to 0.6 mass %, with respect to the total transition metal atoms in the solid portion of the adhesive composition.

Abstract: To obtain a configuration in which an insulator arranged between a lid plate and a terminal is not damaged by heat generated during welding in a sealed battery including a battery case obtained by welding an outer peripheral edge portion of a lid plate to an opening portion of an outer can. A sealed battery 1 includes a battery case 2, a negative electrode terminal 22, and an insulating packing 21 arranged between the battery case 2 and the negative electrode terminal 22. The battery case 2 has an outer can 10 having at least one opening portion 16, and a lid plate 20 welded to the opening portion 16 of the outer can 10 at an outer peripheral edge portion 20c while the opening portion 16 is covered. The negative electrode terminal 22 is electrically connected to an electrode assembly 30 through the lid plate 20.

Abstract: An image forming apparatus includes: a fixing member; a moving section that moves the fixing member in a sheet width direction; a temperature detection section disposed at a position corresponding to an end portion of the fixing member, the temperature detection section moving together with the fixing member to detect a temperature of the end portion; and a control section that performs a first movement control and a second movement control on the basis of a result of a detection by the temperature detection section, the first movement control being intended to move the fixing member in the sheet width direction in a reciprocating manner with a predetermined cycle, the second movement control being intended to move the fixing member in the sheet width direction so that the temperature of the fixing member falls within a predetermined temperature range.

Abstract: An automatic gearshift device for a power tool includes a speed reduction mechanism that decelerates and transmits a rotary power of a motor, a ring gear that slides and moves to switch a speed reduction ratio, a cam member that moves the ring gear, a rotation body rotated in cooperation with the cam member, a position detector that detects the position of the ring gear, and a controller that controls the driving of the gearshift motor based on the value generated by the position detector. An adjustment gear forming the rotation body includes a slot used as a positioning mark at a predetermined location in the rotating direction. When the slot of the adjustment gear is aligned with a predetermined device side positioning reference, the rotation body is positioned in an initial position in a relative positional relationship with the ring gear.

Abstract: A blanking device for multi-charged particle beams includes plural shift registers arranged in two dimensions, and plural data transmitters each configured to be arranged, where each of first shift register groups is aligned in the same row or column, in the plural shift registers arranged in two dimensions, the plural data transmitters each arranged for each of second shift register groups each obtained by grouping shift registers of one of the first shift register groups into one or more groups, wherein each of the second shift register groups is further grouped into third shift register groups each having shift registers serially connected, as plural subgroups, and each of the plural data transmitters is connected to shift registers configuring a part of shift registers serially connected in each of the third shift register groups such that all of the plural subgroups in a corresponding second shift register group are parallelly connected.