Abstract: An information processing apparatus includes a first communication interface for receiving a job, a second communication interface for delivering electric power, a processing unit that performing processing related to the job, and a controller that is configured to, in response to receiving the job received from an external device via the first communication interface, transmits a power request to the external device via the second communication interface.

Abstract: An information processing apparatus includes an interface, a first load device, a battery, a controller, and a plurality of power transmission paths including first to third power transmission paths, wherein the controller is configured to start up the controller with power having a first power amount from an external device via the interface, request a second power amount greater than the first power amount to the external device, determine whether it is possible to receive power supply of the second power amount from the external device, supply power to the first load device via the second power transmission path to start up the first load device, and supply the power to the battery via the third power transmission path.

Abstract: An information processing apparatus includes an interface and a controller. The interface performs power delivery and communication with an external apparatus. The controller performs: storing, in a memory, history information relating to power delivery performed with the external apparatus through the interface, the history information including identification information of the external apparatus and a power role of at least one of the information processing apparatus and the external apparatus, the identification information and the power role being stored in association with each other, the power role being one of a power source of supplying power and a power sink of receiving power; and in response to detecting connection of the external apparatus through the interface, determining the power role of the information processing apparatus based on the identification information of the external apparatus connected through the interface and on the history information stored in the memory.

Abstract: An information processing apparatus includes an interface, a first load device, a battery, a controller, and a plurality of power transmission paths including first to third power transmission paths, wherein the controller is configured to start up the controller with power having a first power amount from an external device via the interface, request a second power amount greater than the first power amount to the external device, determine whether it is possible to receive power supply of the second power amount from the external device, supply power to the first load device via the second power transmission path to start up the first load device, and supply the power to the battery via the third power transmission path.

Abstract: An information processing apparatus includes a first communication interface for receiving a job, a second communication interface for delivering electric power, a processing unit that performing processing related to the job, and a controller that is configured to, in response to receiving the job received from an external device via the first communication interface, transmits a power request to the external device via the second communication interface.

Abstract: An information processing apparatus includes an interface and a controller. The interface performs power delivery and communication with an external apparatus. The controller performs: storing, in a memory, history information relating to power delivery performed with the external apparatus through the interface, the history information including identification information of the external apparatus and a power role of at least one of the information processing apparatus and the external apparatus, the identification information and the power role being stored in association with each other, the power role being one of a power source of supplying power and a power sink of receiving power; and in response to detecting connection of the external apparatus through the interface, determining the power role of the information processing apparatus based on the identification information of the external apparatus connected through the interface and on the history information stored in the memory.

Abstract: An object of the present invention is to provide a method for efficiently obtaining mammalian embryos having high conception rates. A first aspect of the present invention is a method for selecting a mammalian embryo prepared by in vitro culture from a fertilized egg, comprising a step of selecting an embryo using two or more of the following indicators: the time from fertilization to the completion of first cleavage; the morphology at a stage after first cleavage and before second cleavage; the morphology at a stage after third cleavage and before fourth cleavage; and the amount of oxygen consumed at the early blastocyst stage, the blastocyst stage, or the expanded blastocyst stage.

Abstract: An object of the present invention is to provide a means for efficiently obtaining mammalian embryos having high conception rates. A first aspect of the present invention is a method for selecting a mammalian embryo prepared by in vitro culture from a fertilized egg, comprising a step of selecting an embryo using two or more of the following indicators: the time from fertilization to the completion of first cleavage; the morphology at a stage after first cleavage and before second cleavage; the morphology at a stage after third cleavage and before fourth cleavage; and the amount of oxygen consumed at the early blastocyst stage, the blastocyst stage, or the expanded blastocyst stage.

Abstract: An object of the present invention is to provide a means for efficiently obtaining mammalian embryos having high conception rates. A first aspect of the present invention is a method for selecting a mammalian embryo prepared by in vitro culture from a fertilized egg, comprising a step of selecting an embryo using two or more of the following indicators: the time from fertilization to the completion of first cleavage; the morphology at a stage after first cleavage and before second cleavage; the morphology at a stage after third cleavage and before fourth cleavage; and the amount of oxygen consumed at the early blastocyst stage, the blastocyst stage, or the expanded blastocyst stage.

Abstract: An object of the present invention is to provide a means for efficiently obtaining mammalian embryos having high conception rates. A first aspect of the present invention is a method for selecting a mammalian embryo prepared by in vitro culture from a fertilized egg, comprising a step of selecting an embryo using two or more of the following indicators: the time from fertilization to the completion of first cleavage; the morphology at a stage after first cleavage and before second cleavage; the morphology at a stage after third cleavage and before fourth cleavage; and the amount of oxygen consumed at the early blastocyst stage, the blastocyst stage, or the expanded blastocyst stage.

Abstract: An object of the present invention is to provide a culture dish appropriate for automatically identifying cultured cells. The present invention relates to a culture dish for culturing cells that require separate control, which has a bottom wall and a side wall, wherein cell-holding parts having wells are arranged on the bottom wall, 4 or more wells are adjacent to each other, the wall surface of each well has a concave surface that slopes upward from the lowest position to the outer edge of the well, and the pitch between adjacent wells is 1 mm or less.

Abstract: An image processing apparatus includes a first delay generation circuit, requiring no high-frequency clocks, for obtaining a pixel formation start timing signal from a digital input signal, a second delay generation circuit, requiring no high-frequency clocks, for obtaining a pixel formation end timing signal from the digital input signal, and a unit for obtaining a pixel formation interval signal from the pixel formation start and end timing signals.

Abstract: This disclosure relates to an image forming and processing apparatus having a plurality of storage device capable of forming an image at a high speed by reading image data in parallel. Since a predetermined quantity of image data is stored in a plurality of hard discs, and the image data is read from the hard discs to a double buffer in parallel, an image can be formed continuously at a high speed. Another structure is arranged in a manner such that images are stored in hard discs of an optional number and the images are transmitted to a printer engine by using a FIFO (First In First Out) buffer which corresponds to the hard discs. Therefore, an image can be transmitted continuously at a high speed asynchronously with the printer output.

Abstract: This disclosure relates to an image forming and processing apparatus having a plurality of storage devices capable of forming an image at a high speed by reading image data in parallel. Since a predetermined quantity of image data is stored in a plurality of hard discs, and the image data is read from the hard discs to a double buffer in parallel, an image can be formed continuously at a high speed. Another structure is arranged in a manner such that images are stored in hard discs of an optional number and the images are transmitted to a printer engine by using a FIFO (First In First Out) buffer which corresponds to the hard discs. Therefore, an image can be transmitted continuously at a high speed asynchronously with the printer output.

Abstract: A process cartridge detachably mountable to an image forming apparatus includes an image bearing member; a plurality of developing devices for supplying a developer to the image bearing member, the developing devices each having a first electric contact; a second electric contact for establishing electric connection with the apparatus when the cartridge is mounted in the image forming apparatus; and a selector for selecting one of the first electric contacts, the selector being effective to electrically connecting the selected first electric contact and the second contact.

Abstract: A fixing device is provided with a heating member heated by a heater, a temperature detecting member for detecting a temperature of the heating member, a controller for controlling energization of the heater so that the temperature detected by the temperature detection member becomes equal to a predetermined fixing temperature in a fixing mode, and becomes equal to a predetermined stand-by temperature lower than the fixing temperature in a stand-by mode, and a measurement unit for measuring a temperature rise rate of the heater, wherein the controller controls determination of the stand-by temperature and a switching timing from the stand-by temperature to the fixing temperature on the basis of a measurement result from the measurement unit.

Abstract: A color image forming apparatus forms a color image by superposing images of plural colors in plane-sequential manner. In the color image forming apparatus, the amount of aberration between the detection signal for the recording medium for the first color and the horizontal synchronization signal is measured by a counter, and the start timing of image formation of the second and subsequent colors is controlled by a delay device, according to the measured amount of aberration.