Abstract: According to an embodiment of the present invention, an inkjet printing apparatus capable of controlling temperatures of a transfer member and a printhead properly, and printing a high-quality image is provided. More specifically, in an inkjet printing apparatus that includes a transfer member, a printhead configured to discharge ink to form an image on the transfer member, and a transfer unit configured to transfer the image on the transfer member to a print medium, the following control is performed. That is, the transfer member is heated, a temperature of the heated transfer member is measured, and a temperature of the printhead is adjusted based on the measured temperature.

Abstract: A printing apparatus according to an embodiment of this invention brings, out of a cleaning unit that cleans a transfer member in contact with a transfer member and an application unit that applies a reactive liquid with ink to the transfer member, the cleaning unit into contact with the transfer member to clean the transfer member by the cleaning unit at the start of the printing operation. Alternatively, out of the application unit and an absorbing unit that absorbs a liquid component from the reactive liquid applied by the application unit in contact with the transfer member, the printing apparatus brings the application unit into contact with the transfer member to apply the reactive liquid by the application unit.

Abstract: An audio processing apparatus includes a transform unit that transforms time series audio data obtained from first and second microphones into first and second frequency spectrum data; a driving noise computation processing unit that computes a subtraction amount of the driving noise for each of frequencies from the first and second frequency spectrum data obtained by the transform unit; a generating unit that, on the basis of the first and the second frequency spectrum data obtained by the transform unit and the driving noise subtraction amount obtained by the driving noise computation processing unit, generates left and right channel frequency spectrum data in which the driving noise is respectively suppressed; and an inverse transform unit that inverse-transforms the left and right channel frequency spectrum data generated by the generating unit into left and right channel time series audio data, respectively.

Abstract: A communication apparatus comprises a transceiver configured to communicate a wireless signal complying with a first communication method for searching for another communication apparatus and a storage apparatus, and a controller configured to control, if the transceiver detects the other communication apparatus and the storage apparatus, the transceiver to transmit, to the other communication apparatus and the storage apparatus using the first communication method, a first request for causing the other communication apparatus and the storage apparatus to transit from a first state in which communication using a second communication method different from the first communication method is restricted to a second state in which communication using the second communication method is possible in order to transmit data stored in the other communication apparatus to the storage apparatus using the second communication method.

Abstract: An inkjet printing apparatus according to an embodiment of this invention can properly control the temperature of a transfer member and print a high-quality image. Therefore, an inkjet printing apparatus that forms an image by discharging ink from a printhead to a transfer member and transfers the image from the transfer member to a print medium performs control as follows. The transfer member after the image is transferred to the print medium is cooled down, the temperature of the cooled down transfer member is measured, and based on the measured temperature, a cooling capability in cooling down is controlled.

Abstract: An inkjet printing apparatus according to an embodiment of this invention can properly maintain the state of a liquid applied to a transfer member for preprocessing and print a high-quality image. Therefore, an inkjet printing apparatus that prints an image by discharging ink from a printhead to a transfer member and transfers the image from the transfer member to a print medium performs the following printing method. That is, prior to printing the image, a liquid is applied to the transfer member, the liquid applied to the transfer member is dried, and the ink is discharged from the printhead to the transfer member to which the dried liquid is applied, printing the image.

Abstract: A communication apparatus has a first communication function and a second communication function that has lower power consumption than the first communication function, and keeps information for communication based on the first communication function stored, even after the communication based on the first communication function with a partner apparatus is stopped. The communication apparatus determines whether the stored information is valid through communication based on the second communication function with the partner apparatus, and resumes the communication based on the first communication function with the partner apparatus upon re-obtaining the information for the communication based on the first communication function from the partner apparatus when at least a part of the stored information is not valid, and without re-obtaining the information for the communication based on the first communication function from the partner apparatus when the stored information is valid.

Abstract: To more appropriately maintain a wireless communication connection, a communication apparatus obtains an identifier of a first network connected, by a first wireless communication scheme, to another communication apparatus; searches for a second network by the first wireless communication scheme, which exists on the periphery, and obtains an identifier of the second network; and transmits, if the identifier of the first network and the identifier of the second network are different, a predetermined notification signal to the other communication apparatus via communication by a second wireless communication scheme with lower transmission power than the first wireless communication scheme.

Abstract: A communication apparatus according to the present invention includes a storage unit that stores, when the communication apparatus is connected to a first wireless network at a predetermined position, information about the predetermined position, a detection unit that detects whether the communication apparatus exists within a predetermined range including the predetermined position, and a transmission unit that transmits predetermined information, for connecting another communication apparatus to the first wireless network, to the another communication apparatus using a second communication system with a lower power consumption than a first communication system used in the first wireless network in response to the detection unit detecting that the communication apparatus exists within the predetermined range.

Abstract: A communication apparatus includes first communication means for performing a wireless communication with another communication apparatus in a first communication method, second communication means for performing the wireless communication with another communication apparatus in a second communication method that is different from the first communication method, and sending means for sending a request message for requesting, by using the first communication means, a connection parameter for connecting to another communication apparatus via the second communication means, the request message including information about a communication service executable by the communication apparatus.

Abstract: A laser irradiation method sets scan lines in an x direction in parallel, and in a y direction to be separate by an inter-scan-line distance Py corresponding to laser irradiation areas of a processing target object, orients a length direction of a linear laser spot with length Wy and width Wx in the y direction, and irradiates target object with the laser spot in each of irradiation positions arranged at width direction intervals ? while moving the laser spot relative to the target object along the scan lines. The method includes determining the inter-scan-line distance Py, the width direction interval ?, and a position shift quantity ?x (where, 0<?x<?) so that the irradiation positions on adjacent scan lines are shifted in the x direction by the position shift quantity ?x and a cumulative value of the applied laser intensity is substantially equalized.

Abstract: The present invention is directed to a communication apparatus that can notify other communication apparatuses that do not receive a multicast signal, of information on a function provided by the communication apparatus when the communication apparatus sends the multicast signal to notify the information on the function provided by the communication apparatus. The communication apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention sends a unicast packet containing the information about the function together with the multicast packet to another communication apparatus which does not receive the multicast packet, but does not send the unicast packet together with the multicast packet to another communication apparatus determined as receiving the multicast packet.

Abstract: An object is to provide an exhaust gas purification catalyst for an internal combustion engine that can achieve a higher exhaust gas purification performance and a higher engine output performance. A catalyst layer is disposed in an exhaust gas passage, formed on a surface of the substrate, and includes: a first catalyst layer exposed to an exhaust gas flow; and a second catalyst layer formed between the first catalyst layer and the substrate. A catalyst component supported on the first catalyst layer includes rhodium. A catalyst component supported on the second catalyst layer includes at least one of palladium and platinum.

Abstract: An object of at least one embodiment of the present invention is to suppress poisoning due to phosphorus derived from engine oil, and effectively purify NOx discharged from the time of engine start up to a high load condition. In an exhaust gas purification catalyst for an internal combustion engine, a catalyst layer includes: a first catalyst layer exposed to an exhaust gas flow; and a second catalyst layer formed between the first catalyst layer and the substrate. A second catalyst upstream layer formed on an upstream side of the second catalyst layer with respect to the exhaust gas flow and a first catalyst downstream layer formed on a downstream side of the first catalyst layer with respect to the exhaust gas flow include at least one of palladium and platinum, as well as an oxygen storage material as the catalyst component. An amount of the oxygen storage material in the first catalyst downstream layer is larger than an amount of the oxygen storage material in the second catalyst upstream layer.

Abstract: A communication apparatus includes first communication means for performing a wireless communication with another communication apparatus in a first communication method, second communication means for performing the wireless communication with another communication apparatus in a second communication method that is different from the first communication method, and sending means for sending a request message for requesting, by using the first communication means, a connection parameter for connecting to another communication apparatus via the second communication means, the request message including information about a communication service executable by the communication apparatus.

Abstract: A communication apparatus of the present invention includes a first acquisition unit configured to acquire first information that causes the communication apparatus to decide whether a different communication apparatus has a function to disconnect a power source according to an instruction from the communication apparatus, a second acquisition unit configured to acquire second information that shows an operation mode of the different communication apparatus, and a notification unit configured to notify a user that, in a case where the wireless communication with the different communication apparatus is disconnected, the different communication apparatus is instructed to disconnect the wireless communication and disconnect the power source of the different communication apparatus according to the first information and the second information.

Abstract: A communication apparatus includes first communication means for performing a wireless communication with another communication apparatus in a first communication method, second communication means for performing the wireless communication with another communication apparatus in a second communication method that is different from the first communication method, and sending means for sending a request message for requesting, by using the first communication means, a connection parameter for connecting to another communication apparatus via the second communication means, the request message including information about a communication service executable by the communication apparatus.

Abstract: To more appropriately maintain a wireless communication connection, a communication apparatus obtains an identifier of a first network connected, by a first wireless communication scheme, to another communication apparatus; searches for a second network by the first wireless communication scheme, which exists on the periphery, and obtains an identifier of the second network; and transmits, if the identifier of the first network and the identifier of the second network are different, a predetermined notification signal to the other communication apparatus via communication by a second wireless communication scheme with lower transmission power than the first wireless communication scheme.

Abstract: A communication apparatus according to the present invention includes a storage unit that stores, when the communication apparatus is connected to a first wireless network at a predetermined position, information about the predetermined position, a detection unit that detects whether the communication apparatus exists within a predetermined range including the predetermined position, and a transmission unit that transmits predetermined information, for connecting another communication apparatus to the first wireless network, to the another communication apparatus using a second communication system with a lower power consumption than a first communication system used in the first wireless network in response to the detection unit detecting that the communication apparatus exists within the predetermined range.

Abstract: A communication apparatus according to the present invention includes a storage unit that stores, when the communication apparatus is connected to a first wireless network at a predetermined position, information about the predetermined position, a detection unit that detects whether the communication apparatus exists within a predetermined range including the predetermined position, and a transmission unit that transmits predetermined information, for connecting another communication apparatus to the first wireless network, to the another communication apparatus using a second communication system with a lower power consumption than a first communication system used in the first wireless network in response to the detection unit detecting that the communication apparatus exists within the predetermined range.