Abstract: A method for manufacturing a forged article, capable of improving the durability of a die for forging is provided. The method, includes forging a steel material, by using a die, by spraying or applying a water-soluble polymer lubricant containing 0.01 to 0.98 mass % of a water-soluble sulfate onto a working surface of the die, the die being made of a raw material having a constituent composition of by mass %, of 0.4 to 0.7% of C, 1.0% or less of Si, 1.0% or less of Mn, 4.0 to 6.0% of Cr, 2.0 to 4.0% of (Mo+½W), 0.5 to 2.5% of (V+Nb), 0 to 1.0% of Ni, 0 to 5.0% of Co, 0.02% or less of N, and a remnant composed of Fe and impurities, and having hardness of 55 to 60 HRC, and the die including a nitrided layer or a nitrosulfidized layer on the working surface thereof.

Abstract: A reinforcing film comprises a pressure sensitive adhesive layer laminated and fixed on a principal surface of a film substrate. The pressure sensitive adhesive layer is formed of a photocurable composition containing a photocurable agent and a base polymer having a crosslinked structure. The gel fraction of the photocurable composition is preferably 60% or more. The shear storage elastic modulus at 25° C. of the pressure sensitive adhesive layer is preferably 1×104 to 1.2×105 Pa. The shear storage elastic modulus at 25° C. of the pressure sensitive adhesive layer after photocuring is preferably 1.5×105 to 2×106 Pa.

Abstract: A toner concentration sensing apparatus includes a first acquisition processing portion, a second acquisition processing portion, and a third acquisition processing portion. The first acquisition processing portion acquires a first sensing value corresponding to light reflected by a first region of an image-carrying member where a toner image is not formed. The second acquisition processing portion acquires a second sensing value corresponding to light reflected by a second region of the image-carrying member where a toner image has been formed. The third acquisition processing portion acquires a component ratio of a component in the second sensing value, that corresponds to light reflected by toner adhered onto a surface of the image-carrying member, using a specific calculation formula determined based on a first relational expression based on the first sensing value and a second relational expression not based on the first sensing value, and the second sensing value.

Abstract: A radiographic imaging support system that supports positioning of a radiographing site of a subject with respect to a radiographic imaging apparatus, includes a hardware processor that acquires image information based on an optical image obtained by capturing an image of the radiographing site with an optical camera, generates first target position information regarding a target position of the radiographing site, and outputs the generated first target position information. The first target position information includes information corresponding to a size of the radiographing site.

Abstract: A predetermined mold gap is provided beforehand between a movable mold and a stationary mold of a mold by a mold clamping device. A mold clamping pressure is set to zero, and a predetermined back pressure is set for the movable mold. Subsequently, the injection device is caused to start injection of the molten resin into the mold for which the mold gap, the mold clamping pressure, and the back pressure have been set. When a predetermined injection end condition set beforehand is satisfied as a result of progress of an injection filling process, a filling end process of ending the injection filling process is performed.

Abstract: An image forming apparatus includes: a sensor configured to detect first information related to a physical property value of a sheet, the sheet to have an image formed thereon; and a processor configured to: obtain second information related to a brand of the sheet; and store the first information and the second information in a memory, the first information being detected by the sensor, the second information being obtained by the processor.

Abstract: An image forming apparatus includes: a former that performs image formation on a sheet conveyed on a conveyance path; a first hardware processor that detects a type of the sheet on which the image is formed; a second hardware processor that receives specification of a type of a sheet from a user; and a third hardware processor that receives a user setting regarding the image formation, wherein the user setting includes a setting for allowing the former to continuously perform the image formation in a case where the sheet type detected by the first hardware processor is different from the sheet type specified by the user received by the second hardware processor.

Abstract: An ultrasonic sensor device includes a plurality of pixels each including an ultrasonic transducer, and a control circuit configured to control the plurality of pixels. Each of the plurality of pixels is configured to hold a signal received by the ultrasonic transducer therein and send the signal to the control circuit as a response signal. The control circuit is configured to acquire an excitation response signal, which is a response signal sent from a pixel after the ultrasonic transducer therein is excited, acquire a non-excitation response signal, which is a response signal sent from a pixel when the ultrasonic transducer therein is not excited, and correct the excitation response signal based on the non-excitation response signal.

Abstract: A semiconductor module includes: a fin base including a first surface and a second surface, the second surface being a surface opposite to the first surface; an insulating sheet arranged on the first surface; a plurality of frame patterns arranged on the first surface with the insulating sheet interposed therebetween; a semiconductor element arranged on at least one of the plurality of frame patterns; and a plurality of fins swaged onto the second surface so as to be spaced apart from each other in a first direction.

Abstract: A method of manufacturing a piezoelectric element array board includes fabricating a plurality of piezoelectric element control circuits including one or more thin-film transistors on a substrate, fabricating a plurality of piezoelectric elements on the substrate, and poling a piezoelectric material by applying an electric field to a piezoelectric material layer of the plurality of piezoelectric elements while maintaining the one or more thin-film transistors in a state of generating higher leakage current, after fabricating the plurality of piezoelectric elements and the plurality of piezoelectric element control circuits.

Abstract: A processor derives a plurality of unit density values which are each an average value of sensed densities for each of a plurality of unit areas sectioned for each unit length in a test toner image. The processor derives a weighted average of the plurality of unit density values to derive a test image density used for adjusting a control parameter in a printing portion. The unit length is a greatest common factor of two target lengths corresponding to perimeters of two types of target rotating members out of the plurality of rotating members. When a number of the plurality of unit areas is represented by n, n is a value obtained by subtracting 1 from an added value of a first constant and a second constant. The first constant and the second constant are values obtained by respectively dividing the two target lengths by the unit length.

Abstract: A trajectory and a flight distance of a target moving body such as a ball hit by a golf club in an athletic competition such as a golf game may be calculated from the images having been taken. The calculation may be conducted from the pictures having been taken with a monocular camera of low resolution such as a smartphone. An initial velocity and a hitting angle of a target moving body such as a ball having been hit high by the golf club may be calculated.

Abstract: An image forming apparatus includes: a sensor configured to detect first information related to a physical property value of a sheet, the sheet to have an image formed thereon; and a processor configured to: obtain second information related to a brand of the sheet; and store the first information and the second information in a memory, the first information being detected by the sensor, the second information being obtained by the processor.

Abstract: An image forming apparatus includes: a first hardware processor that receives setting of a type of a recording medium by a user; a detector that detects a type determination parameter for a recording medium including a recording medium for which setting of a type has been received by the first hardware processor; a second hardware processor that determines a type of a recording medium based on a detection result of the detector; an image former that forms an image on the recording medium; and a third hardware processor that transmits, to an external device, at least two pieces of information of information regarding the type received, information regarding the type determined by the second hardware processor, or information regarding matching or mismatching of the type received and the type determined with respect to the recording medium for which setting of a type has been received by the first hardware processor.

Abstract: In the case where a three-dimensional position of a moving body is calculated based on image data taken by a plurality of cameras that are synchronized, high performance equipment and system such as a system to make the synchronization among the plurality of cameras and a camera having a built-in function to make the synchronization are required. It is also required to fix the camera position with high accuracy beforehand. It is made possible to calculate a trajectory of a moving body as a target in the three-dimensional space using image data taken by a plurality of cameras that are non-synchronized mutually, thereby solving the above issue. And positions of respective cameras are calculated in the three-dimensional space from a plurality of reference points having fixed position coordinates in the three-dimensional space that are commonly shown in the image data of the respective cameras, thereby solving the above issue.

Abstract: A power semiconductor apparatus includes a mold portion, a panel that is conductive and in a flat plate shape, and a plurality of fins. The mold portion includes a power semiconductor element and a base plate that are molded. An opening is formed in the panel into which the base plate is inserted. The plurality of fins is fixed in grooves of the base plate. The panel has a plurality of protrusions on side surfaces forming the opening. Each protrusion has a fifth surface a cross section of which has a shape that tapers down toward an end of the protrusion, the cross section being parallel to a plane extending in the Z direction and a direction in which the protrusion protrudes. The base plate has cover portions covering the fifth surfaces, and is plastically deformed to allow the panel to be fitted in the base plate to fill gaps.

Abstract: In tracking of a moving body using image data in detecting a target moving body having few externally outstanding features, such as coloring and a shape, from an image in an image frame, if an image of the target moving body overlaps a background image largely and their colorings are the same or similar to one another, it is difficult to detect the target moving body. A template image of the target moving body is superimposed on a background image of a region (periphery) of a candidate position of the target to generate a composite image and the moving body is detected based on a degree of match calculated through comparison of the composite image with an image of the region (periphery) of the candidate position of the target.

Abstract: A tape guide includes a guide section configured to guide a carrier tape, a component exposing section configured to open a cover tape to expose an electronic component in a component storage section during conveyance of the carrier tape guided by the guide section, a tongue portion provided on the component exposing section and configured such that a distal end portion is movable between a first height position at which the distal end portion enters between a base tape and the cover tape and a second height position higher than the first height position, a pressing section placed above the tongue portion to apply a pressing force to the tongue portion to cause the tongue portion to move downward, and a stepped portion provided on a facing surface on which the tongue portion and the pressing section face each other.

Abstract: An image forming apparatus includes: a former that performs image formation on a sheet conveyed on a conveyance path; a first hardware processor that detects a type of the sheet on which the image is formed; a second hardware processor that receives specification of a type of a sheet from a user; and a third hardware processor that receives a user setting regarding the image formation, wherein the user setting includes a setting for allowing the former to continuously perform the image formation in a case where the sheet type detected by the first hardware processor is different from the sheet type specified by the user received by the second hardware processor.

Abstract: An offset correction device includes: an amplitude adjuster that adjusts an amplitude of a detection signal output from an encoder by adjusting a gain of the detection signal so that the amplitude is within a predetermined range; an offset corrector that corrects an offset of an amplitude center of the detection signal; and a storage that stores a relationship between the gain and an offset amount in advance, wherein the offset corrector refers to the relationship stored in the storage when the amplitude adjuster changes the gain, obtains the offset amount corresponding to the changed gain, and corrects the offset based on the obtained offset amount.