Abstract: A developing device includes a case, a developer holder, a suction duct and a carrier catcher. The case accommodates a developer containing a toner and a carrier. The developer holder is disposed so as to face an image holder disposed outside the case and supplies the developer to the image holder. The suction duct sucks and collects a scattered toner floating in a space around the developer holder. The carrier catcher is formed in a vertical direction and disposed on a lower surface of a path of the suction duct.

Abstract: There is provided an optical transmission system in which a plurality of optical transmission and reception apparatuses perform 1-to-N transmission and reception of optical signals (N is an integer equal to or greater than 1), the optical transmission system being configured to select a communication condition that includes at least a modulation scheme or a baud rate and is a communication condition when each of the optical transmission and reception apparatuses performs transmission and reception in accordance with a transmission line condition that is between any one first optical transmission and reception apparatus and each of second optical transmission and reception apparatuses, which are N grounds, other than the first optical transmission and reception apparatus.

Abstract: A control system which can efficiently perform an operational adjustment work and can safely adjust a unit is disclosed. The control system 20 includes a controller 10 and a plurality of terminal devices connectable to the controller 10. The controller 10 includes a storage device 110 storing a processing program, and a processor 120 for performing operations and calculations based on the processing program. The processing program including instructions to give an access operation right, which permits access by an adjustment target unit to an access target unit, to a target terminal device which is one of the terminal devices in response to a request for the access operation right, transmitted from the target terminal device to the controller 10, on the condition that an exclusive operation right for the access target unit has not been given to any of the terminal devices.

Abstract: In the optical transport system a transport frame generator divides a transport frame accommodating plural client signals into plural transmission signals. Subcarrier transmission units convert the signals into optical signals using different optical carriers and transmit the converted optical signals. Subcarrier reception units receive the transmitted optical signals and convert the optical signals into reception signals. A transport frame termination unit combines the reception signals to restore the transport frame. A time-demultiplexing processor time-demultiplexes the restored transport frame to be separated into the client signals. A time slot control unit determines a new time slot allocation when time-multiplexing the client signals in the transport frame and stops supply of electric power to a subcarrier transmission unit and a subcarrier reception unit that transmit and receive an optical signal to which the client signals are not allocated.

Abstract: A framer in a transmission device allocates plural optical channel time slots to a plurality of logical prioritized paths. It allocates received client signals to the allocated time slots, and transmits the client signals by a plurality of optical subcarriers that use a plurality of optical wavelengths corresponding to the plurality of time slots. The framer includes: a time slot allocation unit that, in a case where an optical wavelength corresponding to a time slot allocated to a logical path having a high transmission priority is not used, allocates at least one of the plurality of time slots to the logical path having the high transmission priority while the time slot corresponding to the unused optical wavelength is avoided, to change the time slot allocated to the logical path having the high transmission priority.

Abstract: A multilane transmission device that transmits data frames by using a plurality of lanes, comprising: a data frame allocating unit that allocates data frames based on a transmission destination; a flow group information sequence information adding unit that adds flow group information indicating a flow group corresponding to a transmission source and transmission destinations and sequence information indicating a sequence of the data frames to the data frames allocated based on each transmission destination by the data frame allocating unit; and a lane selecting/outputting unit that transmits the data frames having the respective flow group information and the respective sequence information added thereto by the flow group information sequence information adding unit to the transmission destinations by using one or more lanes corresponding to the respective flow group information.

Abstract: An object is to enable erasure correction even at the time of a degeneration operation and reduce the number of necessary parallel media through dynamic setting of degree of redundancy. A parallel data encoding/decoding system performs parallel data transmissions using a plurality of lanes from an encoder to a decoder. The encoder encodes products of elements of an encoding vector M of symbols of each lane and a state vector U indicating validity of the symbols, and transmits the state vector U along with a transmission vector Y obtained through the encoding. The decoder decodes a subset Msub constituted of valid elements of the encoding vector M using a received reception vector Y?, the received state vector U, and an erasure vector E indicating whether each element of the transmission vector has been erased in a transmission/reception section.

Abstract: A framer in a transmission device that allocates time slots of an optical channel to a logical path, divides client signals received via the logical path to the time slots allocated to the logical path, and transmits the client signals by a plurality of optical subcarriers using optical wavelengths correlated with the time slots includes: a time slot allocating unit configured to perform a process of reducing a transmission band of the logical path when some of the optical wavelengths are unavailable and changing the time slots allocated to the logical path depending on the reduced transmission band to avoid using the time slots corresponding to the unavailable optical wavelengths.

Abstract: A transport apparatus includes: a client signal transceiving unit which transceives a client signal; a line signal transceiving unit which performs electric-optic conversion on a line signal to be transmitted, transmits an optical line signal, performs optic-electric conversion on a received line signal, and outputs an electrical line signal; and a plurality of signal processing units which perform signal processing on the client signal to generate the line signal to be transmitted and perform signal processing on the electrical line signal to generate the client signal.

Abstract: A sheet processing device includes: an accumulator on which sheets are accumulated; a staple driver; a staple receiver disposed at a position facing the staple driver, wherein the staple driver drives a staple into the sheets when the sheet are between the staple receiver and the staple driver; an arm that extends from the staple driver in a direction perpendicular to a staple driving direction to operate the staple driver in the staple driving direction; and a regulator that regulates deviation produced when the staple driver drives the staple. The deviation is in a short length direction of the arm perpendicular to a long length direction of the arm and to the staple driving direction.

Abstract: There is provided a tray which is connected to a plurality of transmitters that multicarrier-transmit a plurality of parallel signals by optical subcarriers. The framer selects time slots to be allocated to a path to be accommodated such that the number of optical subcarriers corresponding to the time slots satisfies a predetermined condition on the basis of empty time slots which are specified by path accommodation information indicating a correspondence between paths allocated to a client signal and time slots in a signal frame and the optical subcarriers corresponding to the empty time slots indicated by time slot information indicating a correspondence between the time slots and the optical subcarriers, and sets the selected time slot in the path accommodation information. The framer sets a client signal to the time slots on the basis of the path accommodation information.

Abstract: A sheet post-processing apparatus includes a sheet introducing unit, a first sheet discharge unit, a second sheet discharge unit, a sheet processing unit, a sheet conveyance unit, and a control unit. The first and the second sheet discharge unit are configured to be able to discharge a sheet to an outside. The sheet conveyance unit includes a sheet conveyance path arranged between the first sheet discharge unit and the second sheet discharge unit. The control unit controls the sheet conveyance unit to convey the sheet along the sheet conveyance path toward the first sheet discharge unit to a predetermined position at which the sheet is not discharged from the first sheet discharge unit to the outside, then convey the sheet along the sheet conveyance path in an opposite direction toward the second sheet discharge unit, and discharge the sheet from the second sheet discharge unit.

Abstract: It is an object to provide a technique capable of using a single framer as a necessary framer and causing the framer to be shared among a plurality of transmission destinations and priorities when coping with a plurality of transmission destinations or priorities and a change in a bandwidth of a physical lane that is caused by a change in a modulation scheme or a change in the number of wavelengths. A multilane transmission device that allocates client signals based on a transmission destination or a priority, decides the number of virtual lanes necessary for transmission of the client signals allocated based on each transmission destination or each priority, allocates the client signals allocated based on each transmission destination or each priority to the virtual lanes whose number has been decided, and frames the client signals allocated to the virtual lanes as transport frames, multiplexes the virtual lanes into a physical lane, and transmits the framed transport frames by using the physical lane.

Abstract: A framer in a transmission device that allocates time slots of an optical channel to a logical path, divides client signals received via the logical path to the time slots allocated to the logical path, and transmits the client signals by a plurality of optical suhcarriers using optical wavelengths correlated with the time slots includes: a time slot allocating unit configured to perform a process of reducing a transmission band of the logical path when some of the optical wavelengths are unavailable and changing the time slots allocated to the logical path depending on the reduced transmission band to avoid using the time slots corresponding to the unavailable optical wavelengths.

Abstract: In the optical transport system a transport frame generator divides a transport frame accommodating plural client signals into plural transmission signals. Subcarrier transmission units convert the signals into optical signals using different optical carriers and transmit the converted optical signals. Subcarrier reception units receive the transmitted optical signals and convert the optical signals into reception signals. A transport frame termination unit combines the reception signals to restore the transport frame. A time-demultiplexing processor time-demultiplexes the restored transport frame to be separated into the client signals. A time slot control unit determines a new time slot allocation when time-multiplexing the client signals in the transport frame and stops supply of electric power to a subcarrier transmission unit and a subcarrier reception unit that transmit and receive an optical signal to which the client signals are not allocated.

Abstract: A framer in a transmission device allocates plural optical channel time slots to a plurality of logical prioritized paths. It allocates received client signals to the allocated time slots, and transmits the client signals by a plurality of optical subcarriers that use a plurality of optical wavelengths corresponding to the plurality of time slots. The framer includes: a time slot allocation unit that, in a case where an optical wavelength corresponding to a time slot allocated to a logical path having a high transmission priority is not used, allocates at least one of the plurality of time slots to the logical path having the high transmission priority while the time slot corresponding to the unused optical wavelength is avoided, to change the time slot allocated to the logical path having the high transmission priority.

Abstract: There is provided a tray which is connected to a plurality of transmitters that multicarrier-transmit a plurality of parallel signals by optical subcarriers. The framer selects time slots to be allocated to a path to be accommodated such that the number of optical subcarriers corresponding to the time slots satisfies a predetermined condition on the basis of empty time slots which are specified by path accommodation information indicating a correspondence between paths allocated to a client signal and time slots in a signal frame and the optical subcarriers corresponding to the empty time slots indicated by time slot information indicating a correspondence between the time slots and the optical subcarriers, and sets the selected time slot in the path accommodation information. The framer sets a client signal to the time slots on the basis of the path accommodation information.

Abstract: A sheet processing apparatus includes a saddle unit on which a mountain-folded sheet folded along a folding line is accumulated so as to straddle the saddle unit, a staple inserting section disposed above the saddle unit, and a staple receiving section accommodated in the saddle unit. The staple inserting section includes an inserting unit which inserts a staple into the folding lines of the sheets, and holding members disposed on both sides of the inserting unit in a direction parallel to the folding lines of the sheets. The staple receiving section includes a staple receiving unit which receives and bends the tips of the staple inserted by the inserting unit, and supporting members disposed on both sides of the staple receiving unit at positions opposite to the holding members.

Abstract: A sheet post-processing apparatus includes a sheet introducing unit, a first sheet discharge unit, a second sheet discharge unit, a sheet processing unit, a sheet conveyance unit, and a control unit. The first and the second sheet discharge unit are configured to be able to discharge a sheet to an outside. The sheet conveyance unit includes a sheet conveyance path arranged between the first sheet discharge unit and the second sheet discharge unit. The control unit controls the sheet conveyance unit to convey the sheet along the sheet conveyance path toward the first sheet discharge unit to a predetermined position at which the sheet is not discharged from the first sheet discharge unit to the outside, then convey the sheet along the sheet conveyance path in an opposite direction toward the second sheet discharge unit, and discharge the sheet from the second sheet discharge unit.

Abstract: A transport apparatus includes: a client signal transceiving unit which transceives a client signal; a line signal transceiving unit which performs electric-optic conversion on a line signal to be transmitted, transmits an optical line signal, performs optic-electric conversion on a received line signal, and outputs an electrical line signal; and a plurality of signal processing units which perform signal processing on the client signal to generate the line signal to be transmitted and perform signal processing on the electrical line signal to generate the client signal.