Abstract: Provided is the image forming apparatus, image formation method, and recording medium, which make unnecessary a change of the function in the side of a whole apparatus control platform, when the addition (extension) of the function of application is needed. Image processing service I/F, device operation service I/F, and network communication service I/F of a platform service I/F part are independent, without cooperating, respectively. Then, image processing service, device operation service, and network communication service of each part controlling service are called. That is calling a control service providing part of each part controlling service corresponding to the request from the standard application, directly, by each control service call part.

Abstract: Provided is an image forming device includes a control circuit having (1) a device control platform managing a hardware resource on an operating system, (2) a standard application execution part executing a standard application utilizing the hardware resource under the control of the device control platform, (3) an extended application platform with a standard function service that allows for a utilization of a function of the standard application executed by the standard application execution part, and (4) an install service adding, without having to change a configuration of a standard firmware, an interface in order to cope with a function that is not available and allowing for utilization thereof.

Abstract: An image forming system includes a print device, a print job accepting circuit, an interrupt permission circuit, and a distance acquisition circuit. The interrupt permission circuit permits the interrupt print with a count of paper sheets equal to or less than a count of printable sheets printed by the print device within an interruptible time that ensures execution of the interrupt print, within an acceptable extension time by which an extension of completion time of the interrupted print job is accepted. The interrupt permission circuit calculates the acceptable extension time based on a remaining count of printed sheets of the print job to be interrupted. The interrupt permission circuit calculates the interruptible time by at least reducing an arrival time taken to arrive at the printer for the requester arrives at the print device based on a distance acquired by the distance acquisition circuit from the acceptable extension time.

Abstract: A communication device for performing near-field wireless communication with an electronic device includes: a display circuit; a near-field wireless communication circuit that performs the near-field wireless communication; and a control circuit. The control circuit receives information related to a state of the electronic device using the near-field wireless communication when the communication device comes close to the electronic device; and displays the received information related to the state on the display circuit and causes the communication device to transition to a mode corresponding to the information related to the state.

Abstract: The present invention provides a positive electrode active material for lithium ion battery which has a high capacity and good rate characteristics can be provided. The positive electrode active material for lithium ion battery has a layer structure represented by the compositional formula: Lix(NiyMe1-y)Oz (wherein Me represents at least one type selected from the group consisting of Mn, Co, Al, Mg, Cr, Ti, Fe, Nb, Cu and Zr, x denotes a number from 0.9 to 1.2, y denotes a number from 0.70 to 0.79, and z denotes a number of 1.9 or more), wherein the coordinates of the lattice constant a and compositional ratio (Li/M) are within the region enclosed by three lines given by the equations: y=1.108, y=?37.298x+108.27, and y=75.833x?217.1 on a graph in which the x-axis represents a lattice constant a and the y-axis represents a compositional ratio (Li/M) of Li to M, and the lattice constant c is 14.2 to 14.25.

Abstract: Provided is an image forming apparatus having a control circuit. The control circuit includes a standard application execution circuit, an apparatus control platform, and a standard application control circuit. The standard application execution circuit has the standard application execution service that executes a standard application. The apparatus control platform includes control service, apparatus control execution service, and an apparatus control management service. The control service controls hardware on an operating system. The apparatus control execution service executes the control service with an interface that is an executing procedure of the control service. The apparatus control management service instructs a call of the control service to the apparatus control execution service. The standard application control circuit manages a state of the standard application and provides an interface for using the hardware resources of the standard application execution service.

Abstract: The present invention provides a positive electrode active material for a lithium ion battery with excellent battery characteristics can be provided. The positive electrode active material for a lithium ion battery is represented by the following composition formula: Li(LixNi1-x-yMy)O2+? (in the formula, M represents at least one selected from Sc, Ti, V, Cr, Mn, Fe, Co, Cu, Zn, Ga, Ge, Al, Bi, Sn, Mg, Ca, B, and Zr, 0?x?0.1, 0<y?0.7, and ?>0).

Abstract: There is provided a cathode active material for a lithium ion battery having good battery properties. The cathode active material for a lithium ion battery is represented by a composition formula: LixNi1?yMyO2+?wherein M is one or more selected from Sc, Ti, V, Cr, Mn, Fe, Co, Cu, Zn, Ga, Ge, Al, Bi, Sn, Mg, Ca, B, and Zr; 0.9?x?1.2; 0<y?0.7; and ?>0.1, and has a moisture content measured by Karl Fischer titration at 300° C. of 1100 ppm or lower.

Abstract: There is provided a cathode active material for a lithium ion battery having good battery properties. The cathode active material for a lithium ion battery is represented by a composition formula: Li(LixNi1-x-yMy)O2+? wherein M is one or more selected from Sc, Ti, V, Cr, Mn, Fe, Co, Cu, Zn, Ga, Ge, Al, Bi, Sn, Mg, Ca, B, and Zr; 0?x?0.1; 0<y?0.7; and ?>0, and has a moisture content measured by Karl Fischer titration at 300° C. of 1100 ppm or lower.

Abstract: The present invention provides a positive electrode active material for a lithium ion battery which has high capacity and good rate characteristics. The positive electrode active material has a layer structure represented by the compositional formula: Li?(Ni?Me1-?)O?, wherein Me represents at least one type selected from the group consisting of Mn, Co, Al, Mg, Cr, Ti, Fe, Nb, Cu and Zr, x denotes a number from 0.9 to 1.2, y denotes a number from 0.5 to 0.65, and z denotes a number of 1.9 or more. The positive electrode active material is selected by measuring the coordinates of the lattice constant a and compositional ratio (Li/M) and selecting materials within the region enclosed by three lines given by the equations: y=?20.186x+59.079, y=35x?99.393, and y=?32.946x+95.78, wherein the x-axis represents a lattice constant a and the y-axis represents a compositional ratio (Li/M) of Li to M.

Abstract: Provided is the image forming apparatus, image formation method, and recording medium, which make unnecessary a change of the function in the side of a whole apparatus control platform, when the addition (extension) of the function of application is needed. Image processing service I/F, device operation service I/F, and network communication service I/F of a platform service I/F part are independent, without cooperating, respectively. Then, image processing service, device operation service, and network communication service of each part controlling service are called. That is calling a control service providing part of each part controlling service corresponding to the request from the standard application, directly, by each control service call part.

Abstract: Positive electrode active materials for lithium ion batteries having good characteristics are disclosed. In one embodiment, a positive electrode active material has a layer structure represented by the compositional formula: Lix(NiyMe1-y)Oz (wherein Me represents at least one type selected from the group consisting of Mn, Co, Al, Mg, Cr, Ti, Fe, Nb, Cu and Zr, x denotes a number from 0.9 to 1.2, y denotes a number from 0.80 to 0.89, and z denotes a number of 1.9 or more), wherein the coordinates of the lattice constant a and compositional ratio (Li/M) are within the region enclosed by four lines given by the equations: y=1.01, y=1.10, x=2.8748, and x=2.87731 on a graph in which the x-axis represents a lattice constant a and the y-axis represents a compositional ratio (Li/M) of Li to M, and the lattice constant c is 14.2 to 14.25.

Abstract: The present invention provides a positive electrode active material for lithium ion batteries having satisfactory battery characteristics. The positive electrode active material for lithium ion batteries, is represented by the following composition formula: Li(LixNi1-x-yMy)O2+? wherein M represents one or more selected from the group consisting of scandium (Sc), titanium (Ti), vanadium (V), chromium (Cr), manganese (Mn), iron (Fe), cobalt (Co), copper (Cu), zinc (Zn), gallium (Ga), germanium (Ge), bismuth (Bi), tin (Sn), magnesium (Mg), calcium (Ca), boron (B) and zirconium (Zr); 0?x?0.1; 0<y?0.7; and ?>0, wherein the particle size of primary particles is 1.6 to 2.3 ?m, the alkali amount at the particle surfaces measured by two-stage neutralization titration is 1.2% by mass or less, and when the amount of lithium hydroxide in the alkali amount at the particle surfaces is designated as A % by mass, and the amount of lithium carbonate is designated as B % by mass, the ratio A/B is 1 or less.

Abstract: Provided is an image forming device includes a control circuit having (1) a device control platform managing a hardware resource on an operating system, (2) a standard application execution part executing a standard application utilizing the hardware resource under the control of the device control platform, (3) an extended application platform with a standard function service that allows for a utilization of a function of the standard application executed by the standard application execution part, and (4) an install service adding, without having to change a configuration of a standard firmware, an interface in order to cope with a function that is not available and allowing for utilization thereof.

Abstract: An image forming apparatus is provided with a control circuit. The apparatus control platform where the control circuit manages the hardware resources on an operating system. The standard-application executing part executes the standard application using the managed hardware resources. The extended application platform makes the function of the standard application executed use, and makes the hardware resources use, and it has a standard application service interface part that provides the common interface corresponding to the function of the standard application as an interface for using the function of the standard application. The standard function service searches presence or absence of the standard application, and when the standard application does not present, cancels use of the standard function service from the extended application.

Abstract: A facsimile apparatus includes a data acquisition section, a timer section, an image processing section, a storage section, a fax transmission section, a reference time changing section, and a time modifying section. When the reference time changing section changes a reference time in the middle of fax transmission from the fax transmission section to a destination, the time modifying section standardizes times of day for use in generating time-stamp representations to be synthesized on all pieces of page data being subject to the fax transmission to the times of day in either the reference time before or after being changed. Thus, a facsimile apparatus as the destination obtains images of the pieces of page data to which their respective time-stamp representations indicating the transmission times of day having consistency with the reference time either before or after being changed are attached.

Abstract: A communication device for performing near-field wireless communication with an electronic device includes: a display circuit; a near-field wireless communication circuit that performs the near-field wireless communication; and a control circuit. The control circuit receives information related to a state of the electronic device using the near-field wireless communication when the communication device comes close to the electronic device; and displays the received information related to the state on the display circuit and causes the communication device to transition to a mode corresponding to the information related to the state.

Abstract: A multifunction peripheral includes: a facsimile communication section, an image memory, a job management section, a transfer instruction reception section, a password creation section, a data transfer control section, and a delete instruction reception section. When the delete instruction reception section has received a delete instruction, the job management section compares a password indicated by the delete instruction with a password created in correspondence with facsimile data of a fax job targeted for deletion by the delete instruction, and deletes the fax job indicated by the delete instruction under condition that the passwords agree with each other.

Abstract: The present invention provides a positive electrode active material for a lithium ion battery with excellent battery characteristics can be provided. The positive electrode active material for a lithium ion battery is represented by the following composition formula: LixNi1?yMyO2+? (in the formula, M represents at least one selected from Sc, Ti, V, Cr, Mn, Fe, Co, Cu, Zn, Ga, Ge, Al, Bi, Sn, Mg, Ca, B, and Zr, 0.9?x?1.2, 0<y?0.7, and ?>0.1).

Abstract: A facsimile apparatus includes a data acquisition section, a timer section, an image processing section, a storage section, a fax transmission section, a reference time changing section, and a time modifying section. When the reference time changing section changes a reference time in the middle of fax transmission from the fax transmission section to a destination, the time modifying section standardizes times of day for use in generating time-stamp representations to be synthesized on all pieces of page data being subject to the fax transmission to the times of day in either the reference time before or after being changed. Thus, a facsimile apparatus as the destination obtains images of the pieces of page data to which their respective time-stamp representations indicating the transmission times of day having consistency with the reference time either before or after being changed are attached.