Abstract: A conveyance device includes: a conveyance route that conveys a recording material supplied from a recording material supplier to an image former; a multiple feeding detector that detects multiple feeding of the recording material supplied from the recording material supplier; a medium sensor that detects characteristic information corresponding to a characteristic of the recording material; and a branch route that branches off the conveyance route at a branch portion on the conveyance route and purges the recording material whose characteristic information has been detected by the medium sensor, without causing the recording material to pass through the image former. The recording material about which the multiple feeding has been detected by the multiple feeding detector is purged via the branch route.

Abstract: A sheet characteristic detection device includes a housing provided with an opening, a light emitter emitting light toward the opening, a light receiver receiving reflected light of the light emitted from the light emitter, a shutter switchable between a closed state in which the shutter closes the opening and an open state in which the shutter opens the opening, and a drive mechanism driving the shutter. The device detects a characteristic of a sheet by applying light from the light emitter to the sheet and detecting reflected light that is reflected by the sheet by the light receiver. The device includes a hardware processor that detects whether the shutter is opened or closed, using a phenomenon in which the shutter blocks light from the light emitter or reflected light of the light during opening or closing of the shutter.

Abstract: An image forming apparatus includes: an image former that forms and outputs an image on a sheet; and a hardware processor that causes the image former to output a sample image on the sheet. The hardware processor changes an image formation condition while the image former is outputting the sample image, based on at least one of sheet characteristic information and environment information.

Abstract: A display device includes a display surface, a first display pixel, a second display pixel, a first transistor, and a second transistor. The display device can present a first image to a first user at a first position relative to the display surface and a second image different from the first image to a second user at a second position different from the first position. The first display pixel and the second display pixel contribute to forming the first image and the second image, respectively. The first display pixel and the second display pixel are located alternately in a source line arrangement direction in the display device. The first transistor and the second transistor are connected to the first display pixel and the second display pixel, respectively. The first transistor and the second transistor that are adjacent in the source line arrangement direction are connected to an identical source line.

Abstract: An image forming system includes: a first detector that is disposed in a conveyance path at a position upstream of an image former in a conveyance direction of a sheet and that detects a characteristic value corresponding to an amount of moisture of the conveyed sheet; and a controller that determines whether or not the characteristic value detected by the first detector is stable and causes the image former to start image formation when determining that the characteristic value is stable.

Abstract: A paper container includes a body panel on which a first auxiliary folding line having an upwardly curved shape is formed to have end portions arranged so as to connect reference points to each other, or connect together positions that are near the reference points on body vertical folding lines or positions that are away from the body vertical folding lines and below the reference points in a height direction of each of the body vertical folding lines.

Abstract: A sheet characteristic detection device includes, a nipper that nips a recording medium; a sheet thickness detection sensor that detects displacement of the recording medium in a thickness direction at the nipper; and a hardware processor that calculates a thickness of the recording medium based on a detection value detected by the sheet thickness detection sensor. The hardware processor corrects the detection value detected by the sheet thickness detection sensor or the thickness according to a length of the recording medium in a width direction orthogonal to a conveyance direction or the length of a portion of the recording medium in contact with the nipper in the width direction, and acquires the thickness of the recording medium.

Abstract: A liquid crystal panel includes a first substrate, a second substrate disposed to face the first substrate, a liquid crystal layer that is located between the first substrate and the second substrate and contains liquid crystal molecules, a pair of electrodes that apply a voltage to the liquid crystal layer, and a voltage control unit that performs control to alternately apply a first voltage having a first absolute value and a second voltage having a second absolute value different from the first absolute value between the pair of electrodes.

Abstract: A sheet characteristic detection apparatus includes a first characteristic detector that is arranged on a conveyance path of a sheet and detects first characteristic information corresponding to a first characteristic of the sheet, and a second characteristic detector that is arranged on the conveyance path and detects second characteristic information corresponding to a second characteristic of the sheet, in which, on the basis of a detection result of any one of the first characteristic detector and the second characteristic detector, the other characteristic detector is controlled.

Abstract: An illumination device that includes a light source, a light guide plate featuring a first end face, a first main surface, a second main surface, and a first prism sheet is provided. The first prism sheet includes a third main surface, facing the second main surface of the light guide plate, and a fourth main surface. The second main surface of the light guide plate is provided with a first inclined surface that has an inclination rising from a side opposite the light source side toward the light source side in a first direction. The fourth main surface of the first prism sheet is provided with multiple first prisms extending along the first direction and disposed along a second direction. Each first prism includes a first base parallel to the second direction, and a pair of first oblique sides rising from both ends of the first base.

Abstract: An illumination device is provided with a first light source, a first light guide plate including a second main surface, a second light source, a second light guide plate including a fourth main surface, a third light source, an optical member, and a first sheet. The main surfaces of the first light guide plate and the second light guide plate overlap each other and the first light guide plate and the second light guide plate are disposed on the opposite side of the first sheet from the optical member. The first sheet includes two first light blocking portions and a first light-transmitting portion. The first light reflection portion is selectively provided in a first region in the first opposite main surface, and the second light reflection portion is provided at least in a fourth region in the second opposite main surface.

Abstract: Provided is a method for measuring a measurement sample containing a hypochlorite ion by liquid chromatography mass spectrometry, the method including selecting a mass chromatogram indicating the presence of a hypochlorite ion-derived iron complex from a plurality of mass chromatograms obtained by liquid chromatography mass spectrometry to determine an abundance of the hypochlorite ion.

Abstract: A liquid crystal display device includes a backlight module configured to switch between first light having a maximum luminance in a first direction and second light having a maximum luminance in a second direction different from the first direction and emit the first light and the second light from a main surface, a liquid crystal display panel, and a control device. The control device receives a first image and generates a first offset image based on the first image, the first offset image being an image obtained by reversing a color of the first image and having a luminance adjusted, controls the liquid crystal display panel such that a first display image including the first image and a second display image including the first offset image are alternately displayed, and controls the backlight module so that the first light is emitted when the first display image is displayed and the second light is emitted when the second display image is displayed.

Abstract: An image formation apparatus includes: an image former that forms an image on a recording medium delivered along a predetermined delivery path and outputs the recording medium; a first hardware processor that judges whether or not the recording medium is an envelope; a second hardware processor that acquires a basis weight of the recording medium; a third hardware processor that determines control for when an image is formed on the recording medium on the basis of a judgment result from the first hardware processor and a basis weight acquired by the second hardware processor; and a fourth hardware processor that controls operation of the image former on the basis of a determination result from the third hardware processor.

Abstract: An illumination device includes a light source, a light guide plate including a first end face that is at least some of an outer peripheral end face of the light guide plate, a first main surface that is one main surface of the light guide plate, and a second main surface that is the other main surface of the light guide plate, a first prism sheet including a third main surface that is one main surface of the first prism sheet and disposed to face the second main surface and a fourth main surface that is the other main surface of the first prism sheet, the second main surface of the light guide plate is provided with a first inclined surface that is an inclination rising from a side opposite to the light source side toward the light source side in a first direction, the fourth main surface of the first prism sheet is provided with a plurality of first prisms extending along the first direction and disposed along a second direction, and the first prism includes a first base parallel to the second direction, an

Abstract: An illumination device is provided with a first light source, a first light guide plate including a second main surface, a second light source, a second light guide plate including a fourth main surface, a third light source, an optical member, and a first sheet. The main surfaces of the first light guide plate and the second light guide plate overlap each other and the first light guide plate and the second light guide plate are disposed on the opposite side of the first sheet from the optical member. The first sheet includes two first light blocking portions and a first light-transmitting portion. The first light reflection portion is selectively provided in a first region in the first opposite main surface, and the second light reflection portion is provided at least in a fourth region in the second opposite main surface.

Abstract: An illumination device includes a first light source, a first light guide plate, a first sheet, a second light source, and a second light guide plate. The first sheet at least includes two first light blocking portions, and a first light-transmitting portion. A second opposite main surface of the second light guide plate includes a first inclined surface and a second inclined surface. The first inclined surface has an inclination rising from a side opposite to a second LED toward the second LED side in the first direction. An angle of the first inclined surface with respect to the first direction is a first angle that is greater than 27°, and an angle of the second inclined surface with respect to the first direction is a second angle that is greater than the first angle and smaller than 58°.

Abstract: A place designated by a player on a user interface is set according to an operation input. An item or character that the player is to transmit to another information processing apparatus for exchange is designated according to an operation input. In the exchange, information about the place and information about the item or character are transmitted as information about a thing to be exchanged to the another information processing apparatus. Information about the place designated by an exchanging partner and information about the item or character designated by the exchanging partner are received as information about a thing to be exchanged from the another information processing apparatus. The item or character that has been obtained as the thing to be exchanged from the exchanging partner by the exchange, is displayed on the user interface at the place designated by the exchanging partner.

Abstract: A method for separating components using a supercritical fluid chromatograph, including: injecting a sample into a mobile phase containing a supercritical fluid and a modifier to introduce the sample into a column; and separating components in the sample during passing through the column; wherein the sample contains an oligonucleotide as a target component; the supercritical fluid contains carbon dioxide; and the modifier contains a solution containing at least one selected from the group consisting of ammonium, an alkylamine, and an amino alcohol, and an acid.

Abstract: An example of an information processing system sets a room in a virtual space based on an operation input provided by a player and places an item object in the room. If an item object is placed in a room by the player, the information processing system increases the appearance rate of a character of a type relating to the placed item object in accordance with the type of the placed item object and causes a character to appear in the virtual space based on the increased appearance rate.