Abstract: An electronic apparatus operated by a sales clerk includes a display, a camera configured to capture an image of a code displayed on a screen of a portable registration apparatus operated by a customer in a store, the code corresponding to one or more commodities to be purchased and check data indicating whether each of said one or more commodities needs to be checked by the sales clerk before being checked out, and a processor configured to, when the image of the code is captured by the camera, acquire information indicating said one or more commodities to be purchased and the check data using the code, and control the display to display a screen showing one or more commodities that need to be checked by the sales clerk based on the acquired information.

Abstract: A surface inspection apparatus includes an imaging device configured to image a surface of an object to be inspected, and a processor configured to: calculate a numerical value representing a quality of the surface by processing an image captured by the imaging device, and receive a change in a range used to calculate the numerical value indicated by an index in the image.

Abstract: A measurement apparatus includes a light irradiator, a light receiver, and a processor. The light irradiator is able to apply light from multiple directions to a specific portion of a subject to be measured. The light receiver receives light reflected by the specific portion. The processor is configured to: cause the light irradiator to apply light to the specific portion sequentially from the multiple directions; and acquire information concerning a tilt of a surface of the specific portion, based on information on light received by the light receiver when light is applied to the specific portion from a first direction and information on light received by the light receiver when light is applied to the specific portion from a second direction. The multiple directions include the first and second directions.

Abstract: Provided is a radio communication device which can prevent interference between SRS and PUCCH when the PUCCH transmission bandwidth fluctuates and suppress degradation of CQI estimation accuracy by the band where no SRS is transmitted. The device includes: an SRS code generation unit (201) which generates an SRS (Sounding Reference Signal) for measuring uplink line data channel quality; an SRS arrangement unit (202) which frequency-multiplexes the SRS on the SR transmission band and arranges it; and an SRS arrangement control unit (208) which controls SRS frequency multiplex so as to be uniform in frequency without modifying the bandwidth of one SRS multiplex unit in accordance with the fluctuation of the reference signal transmission bandwidth according to the SRS arrangement information transmitted from the base station and furthermore controls the transmission interval of the frequency-multiplexed SRS.

Abstract: A transmitting terminal can transmit a content held by itself to a specific receiving terminal having no email software as if using a mailer. The transmitting terminal (10) and the receiving terminal (20) are connected to a delivery server (30) via a network (4). The delivery server (30) comprises: a database (36) for registering the device ID that specifies the receiving terminal (20); a content storage (39) for temporarily storing a content transmitted from the transmitting terminal (10); and table (33, 37) for managing contents separately on a per device ID basis of the receiving terminal. The delivery server (30), when receiving a request from the receiving terminal (20), refers to the tables (33, 27) and transmits to the receiving terminal (20) a content, the transmission destination of which corresponds to the device ID of the receiving terminal (20).

Abstract: A surface inspection apparatus includes an imaging device configured to image a surface of an object to be inspected, and a processor configured to: calculate a numerical value representing a quality of the surface by processing an image captured by the imaging device, and notify a user of information indicating a relationship between a first orientation of a pattern on the surface detected from the image and a second orientation that gives a direction of imaging in which a sensitivity of detection by the imaging device is high.

Abstract: A cartridge comprising: a toner; a developing roller; a supply member abutting the surface of the developing roller a regulating member regulating the toner carried on the surface of the developing roller, wherein the cartridge comprises a first supply electrode to which a voltage is supplied from outside of the cartridge, the supply member and the regulating member are electrically connected to the same first supply electrode, the toner comprises a compound A having a structure represented by Formula (1) below, —(CH2CH2O)—??(1) the compound A is eluted in methanol a supernatant comprising the compound A is analyzed by liquid chromatograph ESI/MS, a specific peak of which an average m/z is 300 to 1000 exists.

Abstract: An image forming apparatus includes an image bearing member, a developing unit, a moving mechanism capable of moving the developing unit to a first position and a second position apart from the image bearing member further than the first position. A control portion controls to execute an image forming operation in which a toner image is formed with the toner according to the image information. A consumption amount acquiring portion acquires consumption amount of the toner based on the image information. The control portion controls the moving mechanism to execute a moving operation in which the developing unit is moved from the second position to the first position after the developing unit is moved from the first position to the second position in a non-image forming period in a case in which the consumption amount of the toner is equal to or more than a predetermined threshold value in the second image forming operation.

Abstract: An object texture measurement device includes a visual detection unit that detects a visual texture of an object, a tactile detection unit that detects a tactile texture of the object, and an acquisition unit that acquires a detection result of each of the visual detection unit and the tactile detection unit while relatively moving each of the visual detection unit and the tactile detection unit with respect to the object.

Abstract: A developing device includes a frame, a cylindrical developer carrying member rotatably supported by the frame and configured to carry a developer containing toner particles, and a regulating member fixed to the frame at one end thereof and including a contact portion which contacts the developer carrying member at the other end of the regulating member and which forms a contact nip between the regulating member and the developer carrying member. When a position of the contact portion where a maximum of a pressure distribution of the contact portion to the developer carrying member with respect to a rotational direction of the developer carrying member is indicated is a reference position, the contact portion includes a first surface portion positioned upstream of the reference position and a second surface portion positioned downstream of the reference position with respect to the rotational direction.

Abstract: The disclosure provides a surface inspection apparatus for inspecting a surface of an object, a non-transitory computer readable medium thereof, and a surface inspection method thereof. According to an aspect of the disclosure, the surface inspection apparatus includes an imaging device configured to image a surface of an object to be inspected, and a processor configured to calculate a numerical value representing a quality of the surface by processing an image captured by the imaging device, and display, on a display device, the image including an index for specifying a position of a portion that has contributed to the calculation of the numerical value and the numerical value.

Abstract: The electro-conductive member has an electro-conductive support, and an electro-conductive layer, in which the electro-conductive layer has a matrix including a first rubber cross-linked product and domains dispersed in the matrix, each of the domains includes a second rubber cross-linked product and electro-conductive particles, an outer surface of the electro-conductive member has concave portions, a surface of at least a part of the domains is exposed to the outer surface of the electro-conductive member at bottom portions of the concave portions, a volume resistivity of the matrix is greater than 1×1012 ?cm, a volume resistivity of the electro-conductive layer is 1×105 ?cm to 1×108 ?cm, and A2 is 20 times or more of A1.

Abstract: A surface inspection apparatus includes an imaging device that images a surface of an object to be inspected, and a processor configured to: calculate an evaluation value of a texture of the object through processing of an image imaged by the imaging device; and detect reflection of a cause of erroneous calculation of the image within a specific range based on at least brightness information of the image.

Abstract: A developing device includes a frame, a cylindrical developer carrying member rotatably supported by the frame and configured to carry a developer containing toner particles, and a regulating member fixed to the frame at one end thereof and including a contact portion which contacts the developer carrying member at the other end of the regulating member and which forms a contact nip between the regulating member and the developer carrying member. When a position of the contact portion where a maximum of a pressure distribution of the contact portion to the developer carrying member with respect to a rotational direction of the developer carrying member is indicated is a reference position, the contact portion includes a first surface portion positioned upstream of the reference position and a second surface portion positioned downstream of the reference position with respect to the rotational direction.

Abstract: A surface inspection apparatus includes an imaging device configured to image a surface of an object to be inspected, and a processor configured to: calculate a numerical value representing a quality of the surface by processing an image captured by the imaging device, and notify a user of information indicating a relationship between a first orientation of a pattern on the surface detected from the image and a second orientation that gives a direction of imaging in which a sensitivity of detection by the imaging device is high.

Abstract: A surface inspection apparatus includes an imaging device configured to image a surface of an object to be inspected, and a processor configured to calculate a numerical value representing a quality of the surface by processing an image captured by the imaging device, and display, on a display device, the image including an index for specifying a position of a portion that has contributed to the calculation of the numerical value and the numerical value.

Abstract: A surface inspection apparatus includes an imaging device configured to image a surface of an object to be inspected, and a processor configured to: calculate a numerical value representing a quality of the surface by processing an image captured by the imaging device, and receive a change in a range used to calculate the numerical value indicated by an index in the image.

Abstract: An information processing device includes a processor configured to acquire image data including color information, acquire color information of a formed image, the formed image being an image formed on a recording medium on a basis of the image data, acquire light transmittance information expressing a degree of light transmittance of an image-carrying medium, the image-carrying medium being the recording medium on which the formed image is formed, and associate first color information, second color information, and the light transmittance information with each other, the first color information being the color information included in the image data and the second color information being the color information of the formed image.

Abstract: A developing device includes a regulating member fixed to a frame at one end thereof and including a contact portion which contacts a developer carrying member. The contact portion includes a first region positioned upstream of a reference position and a second region positioned downstream of the reference position in a rotational direction of the developer carrying member. A length of the second region is longer than a length of the first region in a position corresponding to a contact nip with respect to a direction from a fixed end of the regulating member toward the other end as a free end of the regulating member, and the contact portion has a surface roughness smaller in the first region than in the second region, with the surface roughness in the second region being 20% or less of an average particle size of toner particles contained in a developer.

Abstract: A measurement apparatus includes a light irradiator that irradiates a measurement target with light and a processor that controls the light irradiator, in which the processor is configured to irradiate a specific place of the measurement target with the light from plural places having different positions in one direction, and irradiate the specific place of the measurement target with the light from the plural places having different positions in a direction intersecting the one direction.