Abstract: A guide display unit for a crane, wherein a data processing unit: calculates a measurement area corresponding to the measurement area of a camera; the measurement area from the viewpoint of the camera and generates a first image; performs mosaic-processing on the image captured by the camera according to the particle size of the three-dimensional map and generates a second image; performs registration processing on the first image and the second image and calculates the amount of deviation between the first image and the second image; corrects the position of a guide frame figure with respect to the image of a suspended load and a feature on the basis of the calculated amount of deviation; and overlays the guide frame figure on the images of the suspended load and the feature and displays the result on the data display unit.

Abstract: A fixing unit or device that can be used in an image forming apparatus includes a first heater element that is formed of a material that increases in electrical resistance with increases in temperature. A controller of the fixing unit is configured to vary a duty ratio of electric power applied to the first heater element during a start-up operation in which the temperature of the first heater element is raised to a target operating temperature. By varying the duty ratio during the start-up operation, changes in the resistance of the first heater element with the heating can be compensated. For example, the duty ratio can be increased during the course of the start-up to achieve the target operating temperature faster.

Abstract: An image forming apparatus has an image forming unit to form a toner image on a first sheet and a fixing unit configured to heat the first sheet to fix the image to the first sheet. A control unit begins a cooling process for cooling the fixing unit when an overheating condition is met, then permits the image forming unit to form a toner image on a second sheet after the cooling process ends according to a first cooling condition if a person is detected near the image forming apparatus or after the cooling process ends according to a second cooling condition if a person not detected near the image forming apparatus. The cooling process under the first cooling condition ends in less time than under the second cooling condition.

Abstract: A server apparatus includes: an instructing unit that prompts a reporting device to transmit information showing a situation of a site where an event to be reported has occurred, upon receipt of a call from the reporting device; an assistance information transmitting unit that transmits assistance information for assisting a caller operating the reporting device, to the reporting device; and an acquiring unit that acquires the information showing the situation of the site from the reporting device.

Abstract: A battery includes a current collecting member connected to a power generating element housed in an outer casing with a lid, and a rivet placed outside the outer casing. The current collecting member includes a plate-shaped portion placed along the lid. The rivet includes a through part extending through the lid, and a contact part contacting a first surface of the plate-shaped portion. A part of a peripheral end portion of the contact part is joined to the first surface. An edge portion of a non-joined portion of the peripheral end portion, facing the first surface, includes a tapered surface generating a gap smaller at a position closer to the through part. The tapered surface has a maximum size of 0.1 mm or more in a direction from the peripheral end portion to the through part and 0.03 mm or more in a thickness direction of the peripheral end portion.

Abstract: An ink tank that enables to check whether a cover of an ink tank is normally bonded to the ink tank includes a first chamber having a supply port for supplying ink to a printing head that ejects ink, a second chamber having an external air introduction port capable of introducing external air, a partition wall configured to separate the first chamber and the second chamber, a communication path provided in the partition wall and configured to place the first chamber and the second chamber in communication with each other, a first cover member configured to cover an opening of the first chamber without extending over an opening of the second chamber, and a second cover member configured to cover the opening of the second chamber without extending over the opening of the first chamber.

Abstract: An image forming apparatus has an image forming unit to form a toner image on a first sheet and a fixing unit configured to heat the first sheet to fix the image to the first sheet. A control unit begins a cooling process for cooling the fixing unit when an overheating condition is met, then permits the image forming unit to form a toner image on a second sheet after the cooling process ends according to a first cooling condition if a person is detected near the image forming apparatus or after the cooling process ends according to a second cooling condition if a person not detected near the image forming apparatus. The cooling process under the first cooling condition ends in less time than under the second cooling condition.

Abstract: A fixing unit or device that can be used in an image forming apparatus includes a first heater element that is formed of a material that increases in electrical resistance with increases in temperature. A controller of the fixing unit is configured to vary a duty ratio of electric power applied to the first heater element during a start-up operation in which the temperature of the first heater element is raised to a target operating temperature. By varying the duty ratio during the start-up operation, changes in the resistance of the first heater element with the heating can be compensated. For example, the duty ratio can be increased during the course of the start-up to achieve the target operating temperature faster.

Abstract: An information acquisition support apparatus includes: an acquisition unit that acquires a plurality of notifications related to an event; an analysis unit that analyzes the plurality of notifications on the basis of an analysis criterion; and an event state generation unit that generates event state information obtained by integrating information indicated by the plurality of notifications on the basis of an analysis result of the plurality of notifications and an information integration criterion, and thereby, the information acquisition support apparatus supports rapid and accurate grasping of a state of a site where an event is occurring.

Abstract: An austenitic stainless steel material comprises, on a mass basis, 0.200% or less of C, 4.00% or less of Si, 5.00% or less of Mn, 4.00 to 10.00% of Ni, 12.00 to 18.00% of Cr, 3.50% or less of Cu, 1.00 to 5.00% of Mo, and 0.200% or less of N, a total amount of C and N of 0.100% or more, and the balance being Fe and impurities; wherein the austenitic stainless steel material has a value of Md30 of ?40.0 to 0° C., wherein the value of Md30 is represented by the following equation (1): Md30=551?462(C+N)?9.2Si?8.1Mn?29(Ni+Cu)?13.7Cr?18.5Mo??(1) in which the symbols of the elements each represents a content (% by mass) of each element.

Abstract: An information acquisition support apparatus includes: an acquisition unit that acquires a plurality of notifications related to an event; an analysis unit that analyzes the plurality of notifications on the basis of an analysis criterion; and an event state generation unit that generates event state information obtained by integrating information indicated by the plurality of notifications on the basis of an analysis result of the plurality of notifications and an information integration criterion, and thereby, the information acquisition support apparatus supports rapid and accurate grasping of a state of a site where an event is occurring.

Abstract: An image processing apparatus includes a fixing unit including a belt, and a heater configured to heat the belt and including a substrate and a heating layer that is formed on the substrate, and a controller configured to shut off the heater if no current flows through the belt.

Abstract: An image processing apparatus includes a fixing unit including a fixing belt, and a heater configured to heat the fixing belt and including a substrate and a heating layer that is formed on the substrate, and a controller configured to, upon detecting an absence of a current flowing through the fixing belt, control the heater to not generate heat.

Abstract: An image forming apparatus, temperature control method, and temperature control device are provided. The apparatus includes the device, which acquires a first temperature difference between a temperature estimation value of a fixer, which is obtained by simulating a member temperature of a temperature control target serving as a heat capacitor-resistor circuit at an initial stage of operation of the fixer, and a detected temperature detected by a temperature sensor, and acquires a second temperature difference between a temperature estimation value of the fixer, which is obtained during an operation after the first temperature difference is acquired, and a detected temperature.

Abstract: A heating device includes a rotatable film, a heater disposed inside the film and including a substrate that extends along a first direction and having two surfaces opposite to each other, and a heater element on one of the surfaces of the substrate, and a heat conductor including a first portion contacting the other surface of the substrate, and a second portion that is adjacent to the first portion in a second direction perpendicular to the first direction and does not contact the other surface of the substrate. A width of the second portion is wider than the heater element in the second direction.

Abstract: An austenitic stainless steel material consisting of, on a mass basis, 0.200% or less of C, 1.00 to 3.50% of Si, 5.00% or less of Mn, 4.00 to 10.00% of Ni, 12.00 to 18.00% of Cr, 3.500% or less of Cu, 1.00 to 5.00% of Mo, and 0.200% or less of N, a total amount of C and N is 0.100% or more, and the balance is Fe and impurities; wherein the austenitic stainless steel material has a composition having a value of Md30 of -40.0 to 0° C.; the austenitic stainless steel material has a metallographic structure comprising 25 to 35% by volume of strain-induced martensite phase; and the austenitic stainless steel material has a tensile strength (TS) of 1450 MPa or more, an elongation at break (EL) of 12.0% or more, TS x EL of 24000 or more, and a stress relaxation percentage of 1.20% or less.

Abstract: There is provided a transformer (101) in which deformation of a coil (403, 503, 603) caused by a short-circuit electromagnetic mechanical force can be suppressed by using a coil pressing metal fitting (303, 401, 501, 601) that saves space and that is lightweight. A coil pressing metal fitting (303, 401, 501, 601) includes a coil pressing metal fitting base member (201, 301) that comes into contact with a coil (403, 503, 603), and a reinforcement member (302) disposed outside the coil pressing metal fitting base member (201, 301). The reinforcement member (302) is connected and fixed to the coil pressing metal fitting base member (201, 301) by a joining member from inside the coil pressing metal fitting base member (201, 301) through the hole (202, 204) of the coil pressing metal fitting base member (201, 301).

Abstract: A heating device includes a rotatable film, a heater including a substrate that extends along a first direction and having two surfaces opposite to each other, and a heater element on one of the surfaces of the substrate, and a heat conductor having first and second surfaces and including a first portion contacting the other surface of the substrate, and a second portion that is adjacent to the first portion in a second direction perpendicular to the first direction and does not contact the other surface of the substrate. A thickness of the first portion of the heat conductor from the first surface to the second surface is greater than a thickness of the second portion from the first surface to the second surface.

Abstract: An image forming apparatus, temperature control method, and temperature control device are provided. The apparatus includes the device, which acquires a first temperature difference between a temperature estimation value of a fixer, which is obtained by simulating a member temperature of a temperature control target serving as a heat capacitor-resistor circuit at an initial stage of operation of the fixer, and a detected temperature detected by a temperature sensor, and acquires a second temperature difference between a temperature estimation value of the fixer, which is obtained during an operation after the first temperature difference is acquired, and a detected temperature.

Abstract: A wiring substrate of the present disclosure includes a substrate, a first conductive layer, a first insulating layer, and a second conductive layer. The substrate has an insulating surface. The first conductive layer is disposed on the substrate and includes a first part and a second part. The first part has a first thickness. The second part has a second thickness thinner than the first thickness and is adjacent to the first part. The first insulating layer is disposed on the first part and apart from the second part. The first insulating layer is disposed between the second conducting layer and the first part.