Abstract: A dryer includes: a conveyor belt having a shape of an endless loop to convey a sheet in a conveyance direction; a drying unit facing an absorption surface of the conveyor belt to dry the sheet on the absorption surface; and an absorber including multiple suction members inside the endless loop of the conveyor belt, the suction members arrayed in the conveyance direction to absorb the sheet onto the absorption surface of the conveyor belt, and at least one suction member of the multiple suction members to generate a suction force different from suction forces of other suction members.

Abstract: An image recording device is provided, having a recording unit configured to record an image on a sheet, and a tray disposed below the recording unit. The tray includes a sheet holding surface configured to hold the sheet. Additionally, the image recording device includes a sheet feeder disposed between the recording unit and the tray. The sheet feeder includes a roller for feeding the sheet from the tray. The roller is configured to move between a first roller position in which the roller contacts the sheet holding surface of the tray and a second roller position in which the roller is separated from the sheet holding surface. A return guide, disposed between the recording unit and the sheet feeder, defines a second conveying path to guide the sheet having an image recorded on one side thereof back to the feed guide. The return guide has a first opening configured to accommodate the roller of the sheet feeder when the roller is in the second roller position.

Abstract: A heating device includes a heater and a cover to cover the heater. In the heating device, the cover includes a first cover disposed in a first direction of the heater and a second cover disposed in the first direction, and the second cover is adjacent to the first cover. In the heating device, the first cover and the second cover have a gap in between, and the gap has a length greater than an amount of thermal deformation of either one of the first cover or the second cover or a total amount of thermal deformation of the first cover and the second cover.

Abstract: A sound system for a vehicle including an engine and an audio device for an internal space of a cabin as sound sources disposed at given positions of the vehicle is provided which includes an engine sound localizer configured to localize a first sound generated by the engine to cause a vehicle driver inside the cabin to hear the first sound from a first position, and change the first position, and a traveling state detector configured to detect a traveling state of the vehicle. The engine sound localizer normally sets the first position at a default position and, when a given traveling state is detected by the traveling state detector, changes the first position to a specific position at which the vehicle driver is able to recognize the engine sound more clearly than at the default position.

Abstract: A sound system for a vehicle is provided, which includes an engine and an audio device for an internal space of a cabin, as sound sources disposed at given positions of the vehicle. The system includes an engine sound localizer configured to localize a first sound generated by the engine to cause a vehicle driver inside the cabin to hear the first sound from a first position, an audio sound localizer configured to localize a second sound generated by the audio device to cause the driver to hear the second sound from a second position, a traveling state detector configured to detect a traveling state of the vehicle, and a controller configured to cause the audio sound localizer to change, when a given traveling state is detected by the traveling state detector, the second position in a direction away from the first position.

Abstract: A sound system for a vehicle is provided, which includes as sound sources disposed at given positions of the vehicle, an engine and an audio device for an internal space of a cabin. The system includes an engine sound localizer configured to localize a first sound generated by the engine to cause a vehicle driver inside the cabin to hear the first sound from a first position, and an audio sound localizer configured to localize a second sound generated by the audio device to cause the driver to hear the second sound from a second position. The first and second positions are located forward of the driver in front-and-rear directions of the vehicle and separated from each other by a given distance.

Abstract: A sound system for a vehicle is provided, which includes as sound sources disposed at given positions of the vehicle, an engine and an audio device for an internal space of a cabin. The system includes an engine sound localizer configured to localize a first sound generated by the engine to cause a vehicle driver inside the cabin to hear the first sound from a first position, and an audio sound localizer configured to localize a second sound generated by the audio device to cause the driver to hear the second sound from a second position. The first and second positions are located forward of the driver in front-and-rear directions of the vehicle and separated from each other by a given distance.

Abstract: A sound system for a vehicle including an engine and an audio device for an internal space of a cabin as sound sources disposed at given positions of the vehicle is provided which includes an engine sound localizer configured to localize a first sound generated by the engine to cause a vehicle driver inside the cabin to hear the first sound from a first position, and change the first position, and a traveling state detector configured to detect a traveling state of the vehicle. The engine sound localizer normally sets the first position at a default position and, when a given traveling state is detected by the traveling state detector, changes the first position to a specific position at which the vehicle driver is able to recognize the engine sound more clearly than at the default position.

Abstract: A sound system for a vehicle is provided, which includes an engine and an audio device for an internal space of a cabin, as sound sources disposed at given positions of the vehicle. The system includes an engine sound localizer configured to localize a first sound generated by the engine to cause a vehicle driver inside the cabin to hear the first sound from a first position, an audio sound localizer configured to localize a second sound generated by the audio device to cause the driver to hear the second sound from a second position, a traveling state detector configured to detect a traveling state of the vehicle, and a controller configured to cause the audio sound localizer to change, when a given traveling state is detected by the traveling state detector, the second position in a direction away from the first position.

Abstract: The possibility of information acquired from a recording device not being correct can be detected. A management server 20 has an information reader 63 that reads related information stored in nonvolatile memory 74 of an ink cartridge 13, an information acquisition unit 62 that acquires related information by communication from a coupon printer CP, and a information comparison unit 64 that compares the related information read by the information reader 63 with the related information acquired by the information acquisition unit 62.

Abstract: When a recording device dynamically changes the printout using the ability to record based on a template. A printer 3 has a storage unit 33 that stores a template database 35 defining areas that are formed in the recording area of a recording medium in a template, and a recording control unit 32 that records in the areas of the template based on the content of the template database 35 when a control command specifying a template and instructing recording in an area is received from a host computer 2. When a control command instructing recording a specific string in a specific area of a specific template is received, the recording control unit 32 also executes a specific process.

Abstract: The possibility of information acquired from a recording device not being correct can be detected. A management server 20 has an information reader 63 that reads related information stored in nonvolatile memory 74 of an ink cartridge 13, an information acquisition unit 62 that acquires related information by communication from a coupon printer CP, and a information comparison unit 64 that compares the related information read by the information reader 63 with the related information acquired by the information acquisition unit 62.

Abstract: When a recording device that records according to a template is replaced with a new recording device, the new recording device can also record according to the template of the replaced recording device. A template terminal can connect to a first printer storing a first template database related to a first template and records according to the first template. A control unit acquires the first template database from the first printer, processes the first template database according to a difference in the structure of the first printer and a second printer that records according to a second template, and generates a second template database related to a second template stored in the second printer.

Abstract: An optical reading device has an optical reading unit having optical elements disposed in a line that reads a medium; a storage unit having a ring buffer formed in the storage space; and a control unit that writes scanned data read by the optical reading unit to the ring buffer, reads the scanned data written to the ring buffer, and transfers the scanned data that was read. The control unit also manages positions in the ring buffer for writing and reading the scanned data using a write pointer denoting the position for writing the scanned data to the ring buffer, and a read pointer denoting the position of scanned data that has not been read.

Abstract: The possibility of information acquired from a recording device not being correct can be detected. A management server 20 has an information reader 63 that reads related information stored in nonvolatile memory 74 of an ink cartridge 13, an information acquisition unit 62 that acquires related information by communication from a coupon printer CP, and a information comparison unit 64 that compares the related information read by the information reader 63 with the related information acquired by the information acquisition unit 62.

Abstract: When a recording device dynamically changes the printout using the ability to record based on a template. A printer 3 has a storage unit 33 that stores a template database 35 defining areas that are formed in the recording area of a recording medium in a template, and a recording control unit 32 that records in the areas of the template based on the content of the template database 35 when a control command specifying a template and instructing recording in an area is received from a host computer 2. When a control command instructing recording a specific string in a specific area of a specific template is received, the recording control unit 32 also executes a specific process.

Abstract: When a recording device that records according to a template is replaced with a new recording device, the new recording device can also record according to the template of the replaced recording device. A template terminal can connect to a first printer storing a first template database related to a first template and records according to the first template. A control unit acquires the first template database from the first printer, processes the first template database according to a difference in the structure of the first printer and a second printer that records according to a second template, and generates a second template database related to a second template stored in the second printer.

Abstract: The length of the process from capturing an image by an optical reading unit to discharging the medium is shortened, and throughput improved. A media transportation mechanism conveys a medium to be scanned. An optical reader disposed to the medium transportation path optically reads the conveyed medium. A storage unit stores the captured image. A transmission unit reads and transmits the captured image stored in the storage unit to another device. A discharge control unit discharges the medium while the captured image is being transmitted to the other device after the optical reader finishes scanning the medium.

Abstract: Unintended image inversion is prevented when an optical reading device processes images captured by an optical reading device that uses a linear image sensor having the photodetectors arrayed in a line. An optical reading unit has a linear image sensor with photodetectors arrayed perpendicularly to the transportation direction of the recording medium S to be scanned, optically reads the conveyed recording medium by means of the linear image sensor, and sequentially outputs the detection values of the photodetectors from an end of the linear image sensor. A gate array and CPU generate scanned image data based on the detection values read by the optical reading unit, add thereto information describing the relationship between the scanning sequence of the photodetectors of the linear image sensor and the pixel order of the scanned image data, and output to another device.

Abstract: The possibility of information acquired from a recording device not being correct can be detected. A management server 20 has an information reader 63 that reads related information stored in nonvolatile memory 74 of an ink cartridge 13, an information acquisition unit 62 that acquires related information by communication from a coupon printer CP, and a information comparison unit 64 that compares the related information read by the information reader 63 with the related information acquired by the information acquisition unit 62.