Abstract: A rule generation device according to an embodiment includes: a database in which, for each fault, fault factor information including a fault factor part and a fault factor, fault events that occur due to this fault, a rule ID associated with a rule including a condition part and a result part are registered in association with one another; an importance degree determination unit determining, when fault events of a new fault that is a newly occurred fault are registered with the database, degrees of importance of the fault events of the new fault based on at least one of values calculated through statistical processing or analytical processing for information other than the fault events or overall information about the fault events, which are registered with the database; and a rule generation unit generating a rule for the new fault based on the degrees of importance.

Abstract: A selection support device that supports selection of a work machine to be used for work from among a plurality of work machines, the selection support device including: a history information acquisition unit configured to acquire history information on a use history of each work machine; a specifying unit configured to specify a degree of use of each work machine based on the history information; and a selection unit configured to preferentially select a work machine with a small degree of use as a work machine to be used for work.

Abstract: The storage unit stores history information in which area information regarding a past work area and time information regarding a work time in the past work area are associated with each other. The acquisition unit acquires area information regarding a current work area. The identification unit identifies a degree of association between the area information acquired by the acquisition unit and the history information stored in the storage unit. The output unit outputs information included in the history information with priority according to the degree of association identified by the identification unit.

Abstract: The acquisition unit acquires area information regarding a current work area. The prediction unit predicts a work time in the current work area on the basis of the area information acquired by the acquisition unit and history information in which area information regarding a past work area and time information regarding a work time in the past work area are associated with each other.

Abstract: An information analysis apparatus according to an embodiment includes an input unit that inputs information indicating an apparatus that is a fault occurrence location in a communication network and a factor of a fault, a storage unit that stores a restoration handling method rule in which the apparatus that is the fault occurrence location, the factor of the fault, and an appropriate restoration handling method for the fault are associated, and an analyzer that analyzes an appropriate restoration handling method for the apparatus and the factor indicated by the information that is input, based on information related to a past fault for the apparatus that is the fault occurrence location, or a condition inherent in the apparatus that is the fault occurrence location, from the restoration handling method rule.

Abstract: Provided is a video display device wearable on the head of a user, wherein the video display device includes a video display unit capable of switching two or more display methods, a control unit for indicating a display method to the video display unit, a first detection unit for detecting the motion of the head of a user, a second detection unit for detecting the motion of the point of view of the user, and a motion determination unit for determining the motion state of the device user by using the output from the first detection unit and the output from the second detection unit. The control unit indicates a change of display methods to the video display unit in accordance with the determination result of the motion determination unit.

Abstract: An image forming apparatus includes a photosensitive drum, a developing device configured to supply toner onto the photosensitive drum, a transfer device configured to transfer the toner supplied onto the photosensitive drum onto a sheet, a spraying device configured to spray a fixing liquid toward the sheet onto which the toner has been transferred, the spraying device including a housing configured to accommodate the fixing liquid and nozzles configured to spray the fixing liquid inside the housing, and a collecting device configured to collect the fixing liquid sprayed from the nozzles and did not adhere to the sheet. The collecting device includes a collection tray configured to accommodate the fixing liquid, a collection pipe connected to the collection tray and configured to allow the fixing liquid in the collection tray to pass therethrough, and a collection pump configured to send the fixing liquid in the collection pipe toward the housing.

Abstract: An image forming apparatus includes: a main casing; a photosensitive drum rotatable about an axis extending in a first direction; a developing cartridge; a transfer unit; a solvent cartridge accommodating solvent for dissolving toner; an applicator applying the solvent to the toner on a sheet; and a cover movable between an open position and a closed position. The developing cartridge and the solvent cartridge are detachably attachable to the main casing independently of each other. The developing cartridge and the solvent cartridge are positioned between the applicator and the cover in a second direction crossing the first direction, and the solvent cartridge is positioned closer to the applicator than the developing cartridge is to the applicator in a state where the developing cartridge and the solvent cartridge are attached to the main casing and the cover is at the closed position.

Abstract: A fixing device 9 includes a nozzle unit 9A and an opposite electrode 9B. The nozzle unit 9A sprays a fixing solution to a sheet S on which a toner image is formed. The opposite electrode 9B is located at an interval from the nozzle unit 9A. The opposite electrode 9B is applied with a voltage. The opposite electrode 9B has a first flat plate 31 and a plurality of first projections 32. The first flat plate 31 extends in a first direction. The plurality of first projections 32 extends from the first flat plate 31 in a second direction that is a direction facing from the opposite electrode 9B toward the nozzle unit 9A. The plurality of first projections 32 are aligned in the first direction.

Abstract: A fixing device is for fixing a developing agent image to a recording sheet by electrostatically spraying a charged fixing solution toward the developing agent image on the sheet. The fixing device includes a container portion, a plurality of nozzles, and a potential difference generating portion. The container portion is configured to store therein the fixing solution. The plurality of nozzles is in communication with the container portion and configured to spray the fixing solution toward the developing agent image. The potential difference generating portion is configured to generate a potential difference between the fixing solution stored in the plurality of nozzles and the recording sheet conveyed at a position separated from the plurality of nozzles.

Abstract: A fixing device 9 has a nozzle unit 9A. The nozzle unit 9A sprays the fixing solution to a sheet S on which a toner image is formed. The nozzle unit 9A has a housing 21, a nozzle electrode 23 and a plurality of nozzles 22. The plurality of nozzles 22 has a first nozzle 22A and a second nozzle 22B located at an interval from the first nozzle 22A in a first direction, and the nozzle electrode 23 is located inside the housing 21. The nozzle electrode 23 extends in the first direction. A length L1 of the nozzle electrode 23 in the first direction is greater than the interval between the first nozzle 22A and the second nozzle 22B in the first direction.

Abstract: An image forming apparatus includes a photosensitive drum, a developing device configured to supply toner onto the photosensitive drum, a transfer device configured to transfer the toner supplied onto the photosensitive drum onto a sheet, a spraying device configured to spray a fixing liquid toward the sheet onto which the toner has been transferred, the spraying device including a housing configured to accommodate the fixing liquid and nozzles configured to spray the fixing liquid inside the housing, and a collecting device configured to collect the fixing liquid sprayed from the nozzles and did not adhere to the sheet. The collecting device includes a collection tray configured to accommodate the fixing liquid, a collection pipe connected to the collection tray and configured to allow the fixing liquid in the collection tray to pass therethrough, and a collection pump configured to send the fixing liquid in the collection pipe toward the housing.

Abstract: There is provided with an information processing apparatus. A storing unit stores a work plan indicating a work schedule by an autonomous work machine, the work plan using divided areas obtained by virtually dividing a work area. An identifying unit identifies the divided areas where the work by the autonomous work machine has been completed. A notifying unit gives a worker a notification for prompting the worker to conduct work in the divided area where the work by the autonomous work machine has been completed.

Abstract: A selection support device that supports selection of a work machine to be used for work from among a plurality of work machines, the selection support device including: a history information acquisition unit configured to acquire history information on a use history of each work machine; a specifying unit configured to specify a degree of use of each work machine based on the history information; and a selection unit configured to preferentially select a work machine with a small degree of use as a work machine to be used for work.

Abstract: An image forming apparatus includes: a main casing; a photosensitive drum rotatable about an axis extending in a first direction; a developing cartridge; a transfer unit; a solvent cartridge accommodating solvent for dissolving toner; an applicator applying the solvent to the toner on a sheet; and a cover movable between an open position and a closed position. The developing cartridge and the solvent cartridge are detachably attachable to the main casing independently of each other. The developing cartridge and the solvent cartridge are positioned between the applicator and the cover in a second direction crossing the first direction, and the solvent cartridge is positioned closer to the applicator than the developing cartridge is to the applicator in a state where the developing cartridge and the solvent cartridge are attached to the main casing and the cover is at the closed position.

Abstract: A concentration device for concentrating a liquid containing a target object, the concentration device including: a container configured to store the liquid containing the target object; a filter in the container; and a position control portion configured to change a position of the filter in the container.

Abstract: An information management system collects and manages information on a charging stand that allows a user to effectively utilize the time during charging. The information management system acquires, from a probe information management device that stores location information of a vehicle and battery residual capacity information of a battery provided in the vehicle, the location information of the vehicle and the battery residual capacity of the vehicle; and acquires, from a user operation terminal operated by a user who gets on the vehicle, destination information indicating a location of a destination of the vehicle input by the user and information on what the user wants to do during charging of the vehicle. A storage unit stores the location information of the vehicle and the battery residual capacity information in association with the destination information of the vehicle and the information on what the user wants to do during the charging.

Abstract: There is provided an image forming apparatus including: a body casing; a toner image forming section including an image carrier and a transferring section; a fixing section; a heater; a temperature sensor; and a controller. In a case that the temperature is higher than a predetermined threshold value, the controller controls the image carrier and the transferring section such that a conveying velocity of the print medium by the image carrier and the transferring section becomes a first conveying velocity. In a case that the temperature is lower than the predetermined threshold value, the controller controls the image carrier and the transferring section such that the conveying velocity of the print medium by the image carrier and the transferring section becomes a second conveying velocity slower than the first conveying velocity.

Abstract: A fixing device 9 includes a nozzle unit 9A and an opposite electrode 9B. The nozzle unit 9A sprays a fixing solution to a sheet S on which a toner image is formed. The opposite electrode 9B is located at an interval from the nozzle unit 9A. The opposite electrode 9B is applied with a voltage. The opposite electrode 9B has a first flat plate 31 and a plurality of first projections 32. The first flat plate 31 extends in a first direction. The plurality of first projections 32 extends from the first flat plate 31 in a second direction that is a direction facing from the opposite electrode 9B toward the nozzle unit 9A. The plurality of first projections 32 are aligned in the first direction.

Abstract: A first embodiment of a substrate for a high-frequency printed wiring board according to the present disclosure is directed to a substrate for a high-frequency printed wiring board, the substrate including: a dielectric layer including a fluororesin and an inorganic filler; and a copper foil layered on at least one surface of the dielectric layer, wherein a surface of the copper foil at the dielectric layer side has a maximum height roughness (Rz) of less than or equal to 2 ?m, and a ratio of the number of inorganic atoms of the inorganic filler to the number of fluorine atoms of the fluororesin in a superficial region of the dielectric layer at the copper foil side is less than or equal to 0.08.