Abstract: A system control unit in the biological information measurement device generates and reports measurement efficiency information indicating measurement efficiency for biological information included in biological information calculation results information, based on biological information calculation results information and pulse wave detection results information from a storage medium storing the biological information calculation results information and the pulse wave detection results information, said biological information calculation results information being information indicating the calculation results for biological information from a biological information calculation unit that calculates biological information based on pulse waves for each pulse detected for a living body, said biological information calculation results information including at least the biological information, and said pulse wave detection results information indicating results from pulse wave detection performed for calculating b

Abstract: A developing unit, which is attachable to and detachable from a photosensitive member unit, includes: a developing roller; a housing in which a holding space that holds toner is formed; and a pressing receiving portion that receives pressing force from a pressing member. The housing includes a first bottom portion that projects toward an outer side of the holding space, and a second bottom portion that projects toward the outer side of the holding space, in a state in use. When viewed in a direction of a rotation axis of the developing roller, at least part of the pressing receiving portion is located in a space surrounded by the first bottom portion, the second bottom portion, and a tangent line tangent to both an outer wall of the first bottom portion and an outer wall of the second bottom portion.

Abstract: A developing unit, which is attachable to and detachable from a photosensitive member unit, includes: a developing roller; a housing in which a holding space that holds toner is formed; and a pressing receiving portion that receives pressing force from a pressing member. The housing includes a first bottom portion that projects toward an outer side of the holding space, and a second bottom portion that projects toward the outer side of the holding space, in a state in use. When viewed in a direction of a rotation axis of the developing roller, at least part of the pressing receiving portion is located in a space surrounded by the first bottom portion, the second bottom portion, and a tangent line tangent to both an outer wall of the first bottom portion and an outer wall of the second bottom portion.

Abstract: A developing unit, which is attachable to and detachable from a photosensitive member unit, includes: a developing roller; a housing in which a holding space that holds toner is formed; and a pressing receiving portion that receives pressing force from a pressing member. The housing includes a first bottom portion that projects toward an outer side of the holding space, and a second bottom portion that projects toward the outer side of the holding space, in a state in use. When viewed in a direction of a rotation axis of the developing roller, at least part of the pressing receiving portion is located in a space surrounded by the first bottom portion, the second bottom portion, and a tangent line tangent to both an outer wall of the first bottom portion and an outer wall of the second bottom portion.

Abstract: A biometric information measurement device intermittently measures biometric information from a living body. The device includes an attachment and detachment determining section which determines whether the device is in an attached state where the device is attached to the living body or an unattached state where the device is detached from the living body, a personal identifying section which, in the attached state, determines whether a user attached with the device is a registered user who is registered in advance and stores a result of the determination, and a storage controller which, when a determination result indicating that the user is the registered user is stored, stores information indicating the registered user while being associated with the measured biometric information. The personal identifying section deletes the determination result when a time period in which the device is determined to be in the unattached state exceeds a predetermined time period.

Abstract: A mountable unit set usable with an electrophotographic-image-forming apparatus includes a cartridge and an attachment. A cartridge includes a photosensitive drum and a coupling member for receiving a driving force for rotating the photosensitive drum, from a driving shaft. An attachment includes a cylindrical portion for being mounted to a periphery of the driving shaft to suppress tilting of the driving shaft. Tilting of a driving-force transmitting member is suppressed.

Abstract: A biological information measurement device includes: an information input request unit configured to request an input of identification information at each of a plurality of timings after measurement of the biological information is started; a personal identification unit configured to determine whether a user wearing the biological information measurement device is a pre-registered person in synchronization with each of the plurality of timings, based on the identification information; an identification result information generation unit configured to generate identification result information indicative of a relationship between a first number of times that the request is made by the information input request unit and a second number of times that the user is determined to be the pre-registered person by the personal identification unit; and a correctness determination unit configured to determine correctness of the biological information on the basis of the identification result information.

Abstract: The present invention is a vibration damping device (1, 2) that includes an external member (11, 21) attached to one of a vibration-generating portion and a vibration-receiving portion; a tubular member (40) attached to the other of the vibration-generating portion and the vibration-receiving portion; and an elastic body (30) which connects the external member (11, 21) and the tubular member (40). The external member (11, 21) includes a frame-like member (11, 21) having a rectangular shape when viewed from the top.

Abstract: An exhaust purification device includes a PM filter and a differential pressure sensor for the PM filter, and calculates a first estimated amount PMf based on the operating state of the internal combustion engine and a second estimated amount PMc based on the differential pressure. The exhaust purification device performs an anomaly determination of the differential pressure sensor based on the state of the differential pressure sensor from stopping of the internal combustion engine to a startup thereof, and corrects the first estimated amount PMf based on the second estimated amount PMc when starting the internal combustion engine. The exhaust purification device calculates, as the PM deposition amount Pr, the larger value of the first and second estimated amounts, and starts a filter regeneration control of the PM filter when the PM deposition amount Pr is equal to or more than a first predetermined amount.

Abstract: A diagnosis assistance apparatus acquires a predetermined period's worth of biological information measured from a living body every heartbeat, from a storage unit storing the biological information, divides the biological information into multiple segments, generates fluctuating state information indicating the fluctuating state of the biological information in each segment, and displays a graph indicating the fluctuating state information of each segment on a display unit. Furthermore, if a certain piece of fluctuating state information is selected in the graph displayed on the display unit, the diagnosis assistance apparatus displays a graph indicating the biological information belonging to the segment corresponding to the selected piece of fluctuating state information on the display unit.

Abstract: A manufacturing method of a cartridge, the cartridge having a frame; a blade member fixed to the frame; a rotating member; and a bearing member for supporting the rotating member, the manufacturing method including: attaching the rotating member to the bearing member; fitting an adjustment shaft provided at the frame with an adjustment hole provided at the bearing member; adjusting a relative position of the bearing member with respect to the frame in a crossing direction crossing the rotational axial direction; and welding the frame and the bearing member after the adjusting, wherein at least one of the frame or the bearing member is melted such that a melted portion is formed between an inner peripheral surface of the adjustment hole and the adjustment shaft in the crossing direction.

Abstract: A supporting unit for supporting a rotatable member to feed a developer includes a frame including a first surface extending in a direction crossing an axis of the rotatable member and a second surface extending in a direction crossing the first surface, and a fixed member. The fixed member includes (i) a first opposing surface opposing and contacting the first surface, (ii) a second opposing surface opposing the second surface, and (iii) a first front side surface opposite from the second opposing surface. The second opposing surface is welded to the second surface by ultrasonic spot welding such that a first recess is formed on the first front side surface.

Abstract: A manufacturing method of a cartridge, the cartridge being attachable to an apparatus main body of an image forming apparatus, the cartridge including a first member and a second member, the first member including a receiving surface and a retaining portion, and the second member including a contact surface in contact with the receiving surface. In the manufacturing method, the first member and the second member are held so that the contact surface covers the retaining portion and so that the contact surface and the receiving surface are in contact with each other and joined by ultrasonic spot welding so that a recess recessed towards the retaining portion is formed in the second member and so that at least part of a fused portion of the first member and the second member enters the retaining portion.

Abstract: A developing device includes a rotatable developer bearing member, a regulation member configured to regulate a thickness of the developer borne on the surface of the developer bearing member, a frame configured to support the developer bearing member, the frame including a recess in an opposed surface opposed to the regulation member, the recess being recessed in a direction away from the regulation member and extending from a center portion toward both end portions in the rotation axis direction, a width, in the orthogonal direction, of the recess in both the end portions increasing gradually as distance from the center portion in the rotation axis direction increases, and a sealing member provided in the recess to seal a gap between the regulation member and the frame, the sealing member being formed by ejecting thermally molted resin into the recess.

Abstract: A supporting unit for supporting a rotatable member configured to feed a developer, the supporting unit includes a frame including a first surface extending in a direction crossing an axis of the rotatable member and a second surface extending in a direction crossing the first surface; and a fixed member including a first opposing surface opposing and contacting the first surface and including a second opposing surface opposing the second surface and welded to the second surface by ultrasonic spot welding.

Abstract: A manufacturing method of a cartridge, the cartridge having a frame; a blade member fixed to the frame; a rotating member; and a bearing member for supporting the rotating member, the manufacturing method including: attaching the rotating member to the bearing member; fitting an adjustment shaft provided at the frame with an adjustment hole provided at the bearing member; adjusting a relative position of the bearing member with respect to the frame in a crossing direction crossing the rotational axial direction; and welding the frame and the bearing member after the adjusting, wherein at least one of the frame or the bearing member is melted such that a melted portion is formed between an inner peripheral surface of the adjustment hole and the adjustment shaft in the crossing direction.

Abstract: A biometric information measurement device intermittently measures biometric information from a living body. The device includes an attachment and detachment determining section which determines whether the device is in an attached state where the device is attached to the living body or an unattached state where the device is detached from the living body, a personal identifying section which, in the attached state, determines whether a user attached with the device is a registered user who is registered in advance and stores a result of the determination, and a storage controller which, when a determination result indicating that the user is the registered user is stored, stores information indicating the registered user while being associated with the measured biometric information. The personal identifying section deletes the determination result when a time period in which the device is determined to be in the unattached state exceeds a predetermined time period.

Abstract: A manufacturing method of a cartridge, the cartridge being attachable to an apparatus main body of an image forming apparatus, the cartridge including a first member and a second member, the first member including a receiving surface and a retaining portion, and the second member including a contact surface in contact with the receiving surface. In the manufacturing method, the first member and the second member are held so that the contact surface covers the retaining portion and so that the contact surface and the receiving surface are in contact with each other and joined by ultrasonic spot welding so that a recess recessed towards the retaining portion is formed in the second member and so that at least part of a fused portion of the first member and the second member enters the retaining portion.

Abstract: An exhaust purification device includes a PM filter and a differential pressure sensor for the PM filter, and calculates a first estimated amount PMf based on the operating state of the internal combustion engine and a second estimated amount PMc based on the differential pressure. The exhaust purification device performs an anomaly determination of the differential pressure sensor based on the state of the differential pressure sensor from stopping of the internal combustion engine to a startup thereof, and corrects the first estimated amount PMf based on the second estimated amount PMc when starting the internal combustion engine. The exhaust purification device calculates, as the PM deposition amount Pr, the larger value of the first and second estimated amounts, and starts a filter regeneration control of the PM filter when the PM deposition amount Pr is equal to or more than a first predetermined amount.