Abstract: A control device in one embodiment includes a first transmission unit, a first receiving unit, and a first generation unit. The first transmission unit is configured to transmit first performance data including contents of playing a keyboard instrument at a first communication base to a second communication base. The first receiving unit is configured to receive second performance data from the second communication base. The first generation unit is configured to generate a drive signal to produce a sound in accordance with the second performance data and output the drive signal to a sound generation device at the first communication base. At least one of the first performance data and the second performance data includes a key position signal indicating a key press amount on the keyboard instrument.

Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a reproduction method for obtaining a negative electrode active material with improved rapid charge-discharge property, from a used lithium ion secondary battery. A technology disclosed herein is directed to a reproduction method for a negative electrode active material from a used lithium ion secondary battery, including: a preparation step of preparing the used lithium ion secondary battery including a positive electrode, a negative electrode including a negative electrode active material containing a carbon material, and an electrolyte; a charging step of charging the lithium ion secondary battery; a discharging step of discharging the lithium ion secondary battery obtained after the charging step, at a discharge rate higher than a charge rate of the charging step; and a recovery step of recovering the negative electrode active material containing the carbon material from the negative electrode in the lithium ion secondary battery obtained after the discharging step.

Abstract: A servo pattern recording apparatus according to an embodiment of the present technology is an apparatus that records a plurality of servo patterns adjacent to each other in a tape width direction on a magnetic layer of a magnetic tape, including: a servo write head; and a temperature adjustment unit. The servo write head includes a plurality of recording units arranged corresponding to a plurality of servo bands of the magnetic layer on which the plurality of servo patterns is recorded. The temperature adjustment unit is configured to be capable of individually adjusting temperatures of the plurality of recording units.

Abstract: An image forming apparatus includes: a photoconductor; a charging portion that charges a surface of the photoconductor; an exposure portion including a substrate including a plurality of light emitting portions for exposing the photoconductor; a developing portion that develops a latent image formed on the surface of the photoconductor with toner; a fan that generates an airflow for cooling the exposure portion; and a duct that communicates with the fan and communicates with the support portion, the duct guiding the airflow generated by the fan to the substrate; in which a part of the duct is formed by a charging support portion that supports the charging portion, a developing support portion that supports the development, and a duct portion, and a space between the duct portion and the charging support portion and a space between the duct portion and the developing support portion are sealed by a sealing member.

Abstract: A cathode unit for a magnetron sputtering apparatus includes a backing plate joined to an upper side opposed to a sputtering surface of a target set in a posture facing an inside of a vacuum chamber and a magnet unit disposed above the backing plate at an interval, a refrigerant passage through which a refrigerant can flow being formed in the backing plate, in which a surface pressure applying unit is provided, the surface pressure applying unit applying, toward an upper outer surface of the backing plate from above the backing plate, a surface pressure equivalent to pressure applied to an upper inner surface of the backing plate when the refrigerant is circulated.

Abstract: A fiber-reinforced thermoplastic resin filament for a 3D printer is formed by impregnating a thermoplastic resin into a plurality of continuous reinforcing fibers, wherein: an average value S of a roundness parameter s of a cross section is 60% to 100%, the average value S being evaluated by (i) taking a photograph of the cross section perpendicular to the axial direction of the filament, (ii) drawing an inscribed circle and a circumscribed circle of the filament in a cross-sectional image and determining the diameter length of each, (iii) calculating the roundness parameter s defined by equation (1), and (iv) repeating (i)-(iii) at a plurality of locations on the filament and calculating the average value S of the roundness parameter s; and the coefficient of variation of the diameter length of the circumscribed circle is 0% to 10%.

Abstract: A calculation system includes an obtaining unit and a calculation unit. The obtaining unit obtains information of a sheet. The calculation unit calculates an amount of change in length of the sheet in a conveyance direction of the sheet heated by a heating device to fix a toner image to the sheet based on the information of the sheet obtained by the obtaining unit and an elapsed time from a time when the sheet passes through the heating device.

Abstract: An image forming apparatus includes: a photoconductor; a charging portion that charges a surface of the photoconductor; an exposure portion including a substrate including a plurality of light emitting portions for exposing the photoconductor; a developing portion that develops a latent image formed on the surface of the photoconductor with toner; a fan that generates an airflow for cooling the exposure portion; and a duct that communicates with the fan and communicates with the support portion, the duct guiding the airflow generated by the fan to the substrate; in which a part of the duct is formed by a charging support portion that supports the charging portion, a developing support portion that supports the development, and a duct portion, and a space between the duct portion and the charging support portion and a space between the duct portion and the developing support portion are sealed by a sealing member.

Abstract: In an impact wrench, a speed reduction mechanism includes a carrier part integrally formed at a rear end part of a spindle and a planetary gear rotatably supported on the carrier part, and the planetary gear is engaged with a pinion gear of a motor. Moreover, the speed reduction mechanism includes a bearing that rotatably supports the carrier part, and the bearing is configured on a radially outer side of a drive shaft of the motor with respect to the planetary gear. Thus, when compared to a configuration in which the carrier part is rotatably supported by the bearing configured on the front side or the rear side of the planetary gear, the size of the speed reduction mechanism in the front-rear direction is miniaturized, and in turn, the size of the impact wrench in the front-rear direction is miniaturized.

Abstract: A static elimination apparatus includes a conveyance unit to convey a sheet along a conveyance path, a non-contact type static elimination unit to perform static elimination on the sheet without being in contact with the sheet, and first and second guide members. The first guide member includes a contact portion to guide the sheet and a plurality of openings arranged in a sheet widthwise direction perpendicular to a sheet conveyance direction to expose the non-contact type static elimination unit to the conveyance path. The second guide member is disposed to face the first guide member and forms a part of the conveyance path together with the first guide member. The contact portion includes an inclined portion upstream in the sheet conveyance direction. The inclined portion is inclined so that a distance to the second guide member decreases downstream in the sheet conveyance direction.

Abstract: A charge eliminating apparatus includes a conveyance path configured to convey a sheet with an image formed thereon by an image forming apparatus, a non-contact charge eliminating device having an ion generation unit configured to generate ions and a control unit configured to control the ion generation unit, the non-contact charge eliminating device being configured to remove charges from the sheet conveyed in the conveyance path in a non-contact state, a surrounding member configured to surround the control unit, a separating portion configured to separate a first space where the control unit is surrounded by the surrounding member and a second space where the ion generation unit is disposed, and a fan configured to generate an air flow in the first space.

Abstract: A sustained release sheet that includes a drug for treating nerve injury, wherein the sheet is applied to a nerve injury site, can maintain a high concentration of the drug over a long period, and promotes nerve regeneration without stimulating the nerves, even when the sheet is implanted in the periphery of the nerve injury site. Also provided is a production method for the sheet. This sustained drug release sheet for treating nerve injury is a sheet including a non-woven fabric that is formed from nanofibers each containing a drug such as vitamin B12 and a biocompatible polymer such as a biodegradable aliphatic polyester, and is implanted in the periphery of the nerve injury site to promote nerve regeneration.

Abstract: A sheet feeding device includes a feeding roller pair, a detecting portion, a first changing portion, a second changing portion, and a controller for controlling the first changing portion and the second changing portion. The controller starts a first feeding operation for feeding a sheet toward the obliquely feeding roller pair in a nipping state of the feeding roller pair and then starts a second feeding operation for feeding the sheet for abutting a side end of the sheet against the reference member in the nipping state of the obliquely feeding roller pair. The controller changes, after the first feeding operation is started and before the second feeding operation is started, a start timing of the second feeding operation on the basis of a detection result of a position of the side end of the sheet detected by the detecting portion.

Abstract: A motor controller includes a first control circuit, a second control circuit, a determination circuit, and a command circuit. The first control circuit outputs a first control value based on a rule base from a command value of an angular velocity and a measured value of an angular velocity. The second control circuit outputs a second control value based on a learned model from the command value of the angular velocity and the measured value of the angular velocity. The determination circuit determines a state based on at least the second control value. The command circuit acquires and outputs a control command value from the first control value and the second control value based on a result determined by the determination circuit.

Abstract: A vacuum processing apparatus SM of this invention has: a vacuum chamber which performs a predetermined processing on a to-be-processed substrate that is set in position in the vacuum chamber. Inside the vacuum chamber there is disposed a deposition preventive plate) which is made up of a fixed deposition preventive plate and a moveable deposition preventive plate which is moveable in one direction. Further provided are: a metal block body disposed in a vertical posture on an inner wall surface of the vacuum chamber; and a cooling means for cooling the block body. In a processing position in which a predetermined vacuum processing is performed on the to-be-processed substrate, a top surface of the block body is arranged to be in proximity to or in contact with the moveable deposition preventive plate.

Abstract: An image forming apparatus includes an image forming unit including an image bearing member, and a transfer unit, a fixing unit, a re-conveyance unit, a detection unit, and a control unit configured to execute a booklet mode while creating a booklet, the booklet including a first sheet having a first surface and a second surface opposite to the first surface, and a second sheet having a third surface arranged adjacent to the second surface of the first sheet. The control unit is configured to control the image forming unit such that, in the booklet mode, a toner image is transferred to the second surface before a toner image is transferred to the first surface of the first sheet, and a toner image to be formed on the third surface of the second sheet is corrected based on an information of the second surface detected by the detection unit.

Abstract: An image forming apparatus comprising: a plurality of photoconductors; a plurality of exposure unis each corresponding to a different one of the plurality of photoconductors, each of the plurality of exposure units including a substrate on which a plurality of light emitting portions configured to emit light to expose the photoconductors, and a duct configured to guide an airflow that cools the substrate along the substrate; a fan configured to generate the airflow that cools the substrate; and a duct unit configured to communicate with the ducts of the plurality of exposed portions via different ones of a plurality of openings, wherein an area of a first opening that is a longest flow path from the fan among the plurality of openings is larger than an area of a second opening that is a shortest flow path from the fan among the plurality of openings.

Abstract: An image forming apparatus includes: a photoconductor; a charging portion that charges a surface of the photoconductor; an exposure portion including a substrate including a plurality of light emitting portions for exposing the photoconductor; a developing portion that develops a latent image formed on the surface of the photoconductor with toner; a fan that generates an airflow for cooling the exposure portion; and a duct that communicates with the fan and communicates with the support portion, the duct guiding the airflow generated by the fan to the substrate; in which a part of the duct is formed by a charging support portion that supports the charging portion, a developing support portion that supports the development, and a duct portion, and a space between the duct portion and the charging support portion and a space between the duct portion and the developing support portion are sealed by a sealing member.

Abstract: The present invention obtains a controller and a control method capable of appropriately emitting an emergency braking signal in a straddle-type vehicle. A controller (60) and the control method according to the present invention control operation of a straddle-type vehicle (100) in which anti-lock brake control for a front wheel (3) and anti-lock brake control for a rear wheel (4) are executed. An acquisition section of the controller (60) acquires an anti-lock brake actuation state showing whether the anti-lock brake control is actuated for any of the wheels (3, 4). A determination section of the controller (60) determines a threshold value on the basis of the anti-lock brake actuation state. An output section of the controller (60) outputs an emergency braking signal command in the case where deceleration of the straddle-type vehicle (100) is higher than the threshold value.

Abstract: A cell count determination device is configured to determine a cell count of a battery pack having installed therein a plurality of battery cells. The cell count determination device includes a plurality of switch elements provided in association with the plurality of battery cells, which can be increased or decreased in number in the battery pack. Each of the switch elements is configured to enter a conductive state if, while connected to the battery pack, a corresponding battery cell is present, and enter a non-conductive state if the corresponding battery cell is not present. The cell count determination device further includes a determination unit that is configured to determine the cell count of the connected battery pack on the basis of a combination of conductive states and non-conductive states among the plurality of switch elements.