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 processing apparatus includes a processor configured to notify a user of a status of use for each of plural attribute items of plural search target data on the basis of attribute use status information that indicates a status of use of an attribute item for each of the plural search target data.

Abstract: A fracture surface inspection device for inspecting a first fracture surface and a second fracture surface that are generated through fracture splitting, which is provided with a data acquisition unit configured to acquire two-dimensional data and three-dimensional data on each of the fracture surfaces, a contour extraction unit configured to extract, from the two-dimensional data, a first contour of the first fracture surface and a second contour of the second fracture surface, a transformation amount calculation unit configured to calculate a transformation amount X(affine) when the second contour is affine-transformed to the first contour, a distortion correction unit configured to calculate distortion correction data by affine-transforming the three-dimensional data on the second fracture surface with the transformation amount X(affine), and a comparison unit configured to compare the three-dimensional data on the first fracture surface and the distortion correction data.

Abstract: Provided is an alkyl-modified carboxyl group-containing copolymer with which a neutralized viscous liquid can be prepared which has excellent dispersibility in water, has a viscosity that does not change greatly regardless of addition of an electrolyte, and has high transparency in the presence of an electrolyte. This alkyl-modified carboxyl group-containing copolymer contains: 100 parts by mass of a (meth)acrylic acid; 1.5-4.5 parts by mass of a (meth)acrylic acid alkyl ester, in which an alkyl group has 18-24 carbon atoms; and 0-0.1 parts by mass of a compound having two or more ethylenically unsaturated groups, wherein the copolymer contains 1.5-4.5 parts by mass of a nonionic surfactant.

Abstract: The disclosure provides an information processing apparatus, an information processing system, and an information processing method capable of allowing a user to approach a destination intuitively. An information processing apparatus according to the present technology includes a position-coordinate acquisition part, a direction acquisition part, a direction calculation part, and a haptic-feedback determining part. The position-coordinate acquisition part acquires a position coordinate of the information processing apparatus. The direction acquisition part acquires an apparatus direction that the information processing apparatus faces. The direction calculation part calculates a target direction being a direction of a target with respect to the information processing apparatus from a position coordinate of the target and the position coordinate of the information processing apparatus.

Abstract: An attack analyzer includes: a security log acquisition unit acquiring a security log including an abnormality detection signal generated by a security sensor mounted on an electronic control device constituting part of an electronic control system and indicating that the security sensor has detected an abnormality; an alive signal acquisition unit acquiring an alive signal; a prediction table storage unit storing a prediction table showing a correspondence relationship between a predicted attack route in the electronic control system and a predicted abnormality detection signal predicted to be generated by the security sensor; an attack route estimation unit estimating, using the prediction table, the attack route of an attack received by the electronic control system from the abnormality detection signal and the alive signal included in the security log; and an attack information output unit outputting attack information indicating the attack route.

Abstract: A fracture surface inspection device for inspecting a first fracture surface and a second fracture surface that are generated through fracture splitting, which is provided with a data acquisition unit configured to acquire two-dimensional data and three-dimensional data on each of the fracture surfaces, a contour extraction unit configured to extract, from the two-dimensional data, a first contour of the first fracture surface and a second contour of the second fracture surface, a transformation amount calculation unit configured to calculate a transformation amount X(affine) when the second contour is affine-transformed to the first contour, a distortion correction unit configured to calculate distortion correction data by affine-transforming the three-dimensional data on the second fracture surface with the transformation amount X(affine), and a comparison unit configured to compare the three-dimensional data on the first fracture surface and the distortion correction data.

Abstract: An information processing apparatus according to the present technology includes an information acquisition unit and a signal output unit. The information acquisition unit acquires electronic information. The signal output unit outputs a first haptic signal for presenting haptic feedback with respect to an object, the haptic feedback with respect to the object being set corresponding to the acquired electronic information.

Abstract: An object of the present technology is to provide a haptic-feedback presenting apparatus, a haptic-feedback presenting system, and a haptic-feedback presenting method capable of presenting information mapped in space without vision and audition. A haptic-feedback presenting apparatus according to the present technology includes a mapping-information acquisition part, a region detection part, and a haptic-feedback arithmetic part. The mapping-information acquisition part acquires mapping information that is information mapped in space. The region detection part sets a detection-target region, and determines whether or not the mapping information included in the detection-target region satisfies a condition, such as being a threshold or more. The haptic-feedback arithmetic part calculates a haptic feedback to be presented to a user on the basis of a determination result from the region detection part.

Abstract: Provided is an aqueous dispersion composition that comprises a carboxyl-group-containing water-soluble copolymer in a relatively high concentration, but has intact handleability. More specifically, provided is, for example, an aqueous dispersion composition comprising 4 to 8 mass % of a copolymer obtained by polymerization in the presence of a nonionic surfactant with one or more polyoxyethylene chains, the copolymer being at least one member selected from the group consisting of (1) copolymers obtained by polymerizing the following (i) and (ii), (2) copolymers obtained by polymerizing the following (i) and (iii), and (3) copolymers obtained by polymerizing the following (i), (ii), and (iii): (i) 100 parts by mass of a (meth)acrylic acid; (ii) 0.001 to 1 part by mass of a compound with two or more ethylenically unsaturated groups; and (iii) 0.5 to 5 parts by mass of a (meth)acrylic acid alkyl ester having an alkyl group with 10 to 30 carbon atoms.

Abstract: The disclosure provides an information processing apparatus, an information processing system, and an information processing method capable of allowing a user to approach a destination intuitively. An information processing apparatus according to the present technology includes a position-coordinate acquisition part, a direction acquisition part, a direction calculation part, and a haptic-feedback determining part. The position-coordinate acquisition part acquires a position coordinate of the information processing apparatus. The direction acquisition part acquires an apparatus direction that the information processing apparatus faces. The direction calculation part calculates a target direction being a direction of a target with respect to the information processing apparatus from a position coordinate of the target and the position coordinate of the information processing apparatus.

Abstract: [Object] An object of the present technology is to provide an information processing apparatus, an information processing system, and an information processing method capable of allowing a user to approach a destination intuitively. [Solving Means] An information processing apparatus according to the present technology includes a position-coordinate acquisition part, a direction acquisition part, a direction calculation part, and a haptic-feedback determining part. The position-coordinate acquisition part acquires a position coordinate of the information processing apparatus. The direction acquisition part acquires an apparatus direction that the information processing apparatus faces. The direction calculation part calculates a target direction being a direction of a target with respect to the information processing apparatus from a position coordinate of the target and the position coordinate of the information processing apparatus.

Abstract: An endoscope includes a distal end frame disposed at a distal end of an insertion part; an image pickup unit disposed inside the insertion part; an illumination unit disposed inside the insertion part; and an illumination lens disposed on a side opposite to the illumination unit with the distal end frame interposed therebetween. The illumination lens is a plano-convex lens and disposed with a flat surface thereof facing the illumination unit. The illumination unit has an exit surface in which illumination light emerges, and the following Conditional Expression (1) is satisfied: arcsin(nL×sin ?L/nW)?arccos((?/2)/R)??(1).

Abstract: An information processing apparatus includes a processor configured to: select an object which is a transmission candidate using (i) attributes of objects managed in a project including plural processes and (ii) an attribute of a user who instructs an operation relating to transmission of an object, generate, for the object which is the transmission candidate, image information obtained by imaging transmission information used for the transmission of the object, and output the generated image information.

Abstract: There is provided a composition that contains a bleach component, and maintains a desired viscosity over a long period. A composition comprising a carboxyl group-containing polymer composition (A) comprising a copolymer (a) of monomers including an ?,?-unsaturated carboxylic acid (a-1) and a compound (a-2) having at least two ethylenically unsaturated groups per molecule; and a nonionic surfactant (b), the carboxyl group-containing polymer composition (A) being obtained by adding, in a step of copolymerizing the monomers, the nonionic surfactant (b) to a system when a polymerization degree of the ?,?-unsaturated carboxylic acid (a-1) reaches 5 to 80%; a bleach component (B); an alkalinity buffering agent (C); and water (D), the composition having a pH higher than 10.

Abstract: There is provided a composition that contains a bleach component, and maintains a desired viscosity over a long period. A composition of the present invention comprises a carboxyl group-containing polymer composition (A) comprising a copolymer (a) of monomers including an ?,?-unsaturated carboxylic acid (a-1) and a compound (a-2) having at least two ethylenically unsaturated groups per molecule; and a nonionic surfactant (b), the carboxyl group-containing polymer composition (A) having a bulk density of 0.20 g/mL or less; a bleach component (B); an alkalinity buffering agent (C); and water (D). The composition has a pH higher than 10.

Abstract: There is provided a method for producing a carboxyl group-containing polymer composition that is excellent in all of the following: dispersibility in water or the like immediately after the preparation, storage stability, and the transparency of a neutral viscous solution thereof. A method for producing a carboxyl group-containing polymer composition, the carboxyl group-containing polymer composition comprising a carboxyl group-containing polymer (A) that is a copolymer of monomers comprising an ?,?-unsaturated carboxylic acid (a-1) and a compound (a-2) having at least two ethylenically unsaturated groups per molecule; and a nonionic surfactant (B), the method comprising the step of copolymerizing the monomers, wherein in the step, the nonionic surfactant (B) is added into the system when the polymerization degree of the ?,?-unsaturated carboxylic acid (a-1) has reached 70 to 100%.

Abstract: An information processing apparatus includes a processor configured to: select an object which is a transmission candidate using (i) attributes of objects managed in a project including plural processes and (ii) an attribute of a user who instructs an operation relating to transmission of an object, generate, for the object which is the transmission candidate, image information obtained by imaging transmission information used for the transmission of the object, and output the generated image information.

Abstract: There is provided a gel composition that can be suitably used as a thickener for cosmetic preparations and the like. A gel composition comprising a neutralized product of an alkyl-modified carboxyl group-containing polymer, which is a copolymer of monomers comprising 100 parts by mass of (meth)acrylic acid (a), 2.5 to 5 parts by mass of a (meth)acrylic acid alkyl ester (b) in which the alkyl group has 18 to 24 carbon atoms, and 0.1 part by mass or less of a compound (c) having two or more ethylenically unsaturated groups; and at least one of an anionic emulsifier and a nonionic emulsifier.

Abstract: Provided is a carboxyl group-containing polymer composition which has little odor and excellent dispersibility in water, and which additionally has excellent transparency and excellent thickening properties for alcohol gels. A carboxyl group-containing polymer composition according to the present invention contains: a carboxyl group-containing polymer (A) which is a copolymer of a monomer that contains an ?,?-unsaturated carboxylic acid (a-1) and a compound (a-2) that has at least two ethylenically unsaturated groups in each molecule; and a nonionic surfactant (B). An alcohol gel A prepared by the process described below has a viscosity of 5,000 mPa·s or more at 25° C.; and the alcohol gel A has a light transmittance of 95% or more at a wavelength of 425 nm. (Preparation of alcohol gel A) First, 0.75 part by mass of the carboxyl group-containing polymer composition, 51.70 parts by mass of an ion exchange water and 96.0 parts by mass of ethanol are uniformly mixed with each other.