Abstract: An improvement system includes: a first correlation calculation unit which reads parameter information, which is information regarding a plurality of evaluation indexes in a business process, and calculates a first correlation in which a correlation between the evaluation indexes is expressed by a correlation coefficient; a graph generation unit which creates a causal relationship graph, in which the evaluation indexes are set as nodes and the correlation between the evaluation indexes is represented by a link, on the basis of the first correlation and order information which is information regarding priorities of the plurality of evaluation indexes; an interface unit which presents the causal relationship graph to a user and receives a change to the causal relationship graph by the user; and an order calculation unit which updates the order information on the basis of the change to the causal relationship graph by the user, and enables the graph generation unit to generate the causal relationship graph after

Abstract: A post-processing device includes: a unit that performs post-processing; a guide unit that guides the unit to a position at which the unit performs the post-processing, and has a first guide portion extending in a width direction of a medium, a second guide portion that is disposed at an end portion of the first guide portion, is inclined with respect to the width direction of the medium, and guides the unit to a corner of the medium, a third guide portion that is disposed at the end portion of the first guide portion and branches off from the second guide portion to extend, and a fourth guide portion that connects the second guide portion to the third guide portion; and a branching unit that is disposed at a portion at which the second guide portion and the third guide portion branch off from each other, guides the unit from the first guide portion toward the second guide portion, and guides the unit from the third guide portion toward the first guide portion.

Abstract: An object of the present invention is to provide a vehicle control device capable of improving ride comfort of a driver. A lane change detection unit 205 of a vehicle control device 200 determines a possibility of cut-in of an adjacent vehicle immediately in front of an own vehicle on the basis of an adjacent vehicle relationship value (for example, a relative speed between the own vehicle and the adjacent vehicle) in an advancing direction. An acceleration/deceleration control unit 206 corrects acceleration/deceleration of the own vehicle on the basis of the possibility of the cut-in determined on the basis of the adjacent vehicle relationship value in the advancing direction.

Abstract: A feeding support apparatus includes a processor configured to: present plural parameters related to blowing conditions of a plural blowing units that support feeding by blowing air to paper accommodated in a paper storing unit; blow air from the plural blowing units based on the plural parameters and perform feeding from the paper storing unit in a case where an instruction for test-feeding based on the plural presented parameters is given; present a correction parameter obtained by correcting at least one of the plural parameters in a case where an error has occurred during feeding from the paper storing unit; and blow air from the plural blowing units based on the correction parameter and perform feeding from the paper storing unit in a case where an instruction for test-feeding based on the presented correction parameter is given.

Abstract: A dry vacuum pump regeneration apparatus includes an intake pipe connected to an intake port of a dry vacuum pump; an exhaust pipe connected to an exhaust port of the dry vacuum pump; an auxiliary vacuum pump configured to evacuate an interior of the dry vacuum pump upon being stopped via the exhaust pipe; a plasma generator configured to cause a first gas to pass through the plasma generator to generate a plasma in an atmosphere of the passing first gas, and release a radical of the first gas to the intake port via the intake pipe; a first gas heating device configured to cause a second gas to pass through the first gas heating device, heat the passing second gas, and release the heated second gas to the intake port via the intake pipe; and a bypass pipe connected to the intake pipe and the exhaust pipe.

Abstract: An image forming apparatus includes a recording medium accommodation portion that accommodates a recording medium, a storage portion that stores information about the recording medium that is accommodated in the recording medium accommodation portion and previously printed, a sensing portion that senses opening and closing of the recording medium accommodation portion, a comparison portion that compares currently set setting information about the recording medium with the information about the recording medium stored in the storage portion on a condition that the sensing portion senses that the recording medium accommodation portion is not open between previous printing and current printing, and an output portion that outputs a comparison result of the comparison portion.

Abstract: An image forming apparatus includes a processor configured to: receive paper information on a type of paper on which an image is formed; acquire assist information about assistance to supply the paper by supplying gas to the paper and adjustment information about positioning of the paper after assistance to supply the paper is performed, the assist information and the adjustment information corresponding to the received paper information and relating to transport of the paper; and perform control for storing the paper information, the assist information, and the adjustment information in association with one another into a memory.

Abstract: An image forming apparatus includes a processor configured to: receive paper information on a type of paper on which an image is formed; acquire assist information about assistance to supply the paper by supplying gas to the paper and adjustment information about positioning of the paper after assistance to supply the paper is performed, the assist information and the adjustment information corresponding to the received paper information and relating to transport of the paper; and perform control for storing the paper information, the assist information, and the adjustment information in association with one another into a memory.

Abstract: An image forming apparatus includes a recording medium accommodation portion that accommodates a recording medium, a storage portion that stores information about the recording medium that is accommodated in the recording medium accommodation portion and previously printed, a sensing portion that senses opening and closing of the recording medium accommodation portion, a comparison portion that compares currently set setting information about the recording medium with the information about the recording medium stored in the storage portion on a condition that the sensing portion senses that the recording medium accommodation portion is not open between previous printing and current printing, and an output portion that outputs a comparison result of the comparison portion.

Abstract: A robot suction hand mountable on an industrial robot and configured to hold a workpiece by suction using a suction unit. The robot suction hand includes: a vacuum pump incorporated in the robot suction hand. The vacuum pump has a housing in which an intake port and an exhaust port are formed, and configured to intermittently take in air from the intake port and intermittently discharge air from the exhaust port. The robot suction hand includes a suction path that communicates with the suction unit and the intake port and a first member made of a porous material. The first member covers the exhaust port.

Abstract: A sliding device configured to perform a sliding process on a surface of an object to be slid includes a sliding part including sliding bodies each having a flat working surface; a first driving mechanism configured to regularly move the sliding bodies in parallel with the working surfaces of the sliding bodies; and a second driving mechanism configured to regularly move the sliding part in parallel with the working surfaces in a direction different from a moving direction by the first driving mechanism while the first driving mechanism moves the sliding bodies. This enables uniform supply of the sliding process material onto the surface of the object to be slid or clean the surface of the object to be slid.

Abstract: A method for supplying a sliding process material to or removing it from a surface of an object to be slid using a sliding part including a plurality of sliding bodies each having a flat working surface, the sliding part is regularly moved, preferably by a second driving mechanism, in parallel with the working surfaces of the sliding bodies and in a direction different from a moving direction of the sliding bodies while the sliding bodies are regularly moved, preferably by a first driving mechanism, in parallel with the working surfaces. This configuration uniformly supplies the sliding process material to the surface of the object to be slid.

Abstract: An offset calculation device includes a determination unit configured to determine a rotation state of an object having an angular velocity sensed by a gyro sensor based on a moving average value of sensed angular velocity during a plurality of time periods differing from each other, the moving average value being calculated from chronological data of numerical values corresponding to the sensor data output from the gyro sensor. The offset calculation device further includes a calculation unit configured to calculate an offset value of the sensor data based on the sensor data corresponding to a time period in which the target object was deemed to be in a non-rotation state by the determination unit.

Abstract: In an adjustment device for a frictional force adjustment portion in a section, an inner circumferential portion of the section includes: a support hole formed from rolling bearings at both ends; a frictional force generation portion configured of a brake shoe, a coil spring, and a hexagon socket set screw and generates a frictional force against a rotary shaft inserted into the support hole; and a frictional force adjustment portion configured of the hexagon socket set screw and adjusts the frictional force in the frictional force generation portion. The adjustment member driving actuator adjusts the frictional force of the frictional force adjustment portion by rotating normally and reversely the adjustment member such that the frictional force in the frictional force generation portion of the section falls within a predetermined range.

Abstract: In a hose connector fitting, an outer circumferential surface of a socket is crimped toward a radially inner side thereof within a crimping range along an axis direction of the socket in the state where a hose is inserted into an annular space between an outer circumferential portion of a nipple and an inner circumferential portion of the socket. A shape measuring device includes: a sensor and a rotational moving unit that detect distance data from a reference position to the surface of the socket over a zone including at least the entire crimping range; a shape data generating unit that generates shape data representative the three-dimensional shape of the socket surface based on the detected distance data; and a measurement data calculating unit that calculates measurement data about the crimping state of the socket based on the shape data.

Abstract: Provided is a shape measuring device for a hose connector fitting. Two-dimensional shape detection units detect radial position data of a surface of a socket in radial direction with respect to an axial center of a hose connector fitting along a direction parallel with the axial center of the hose connector fitting completely across a circumference of the socket. The measurement data relates to the surface of the socket, including outer diameters, crimping positions, crimping claw remaining widths, roundness, and cylindricity of the socket.

Abstract: A robot suction hand mountable on an industrial robot and configured to hold a workpiece by suction using a suction unit. The robot suction hand includes: a vacuum pump incorporated in the robot suction hand. The vacuum pump has a housing in which an intake port and an exhaust port are formed, and configured to intermittently take in air from the intake port and intermittently discharge air from the exhaust port. The robot suction hand includes a suction path that communicates with the suction unit and the intake port and a first member made of a porous material. The first member covers the exhaust port.

Abstract: In an adjustment device for a frictional force adjustment portion in a section, an inner circumferential portion of the section includes: a support hole formed from rolling bearings at both ends; a frictional force generation portion configured of a brake shoe, a coil spring, and a hexagon socket set screw and generates a frictional force against a rotary shaft inserted into the support hole; and a frictional force adjustment portion configured of the hexagon socket set screw and adjusts the frictional force in the frictional force generation portion. The adjustment member driving actuator adjusts the frictional force of the frictional force adjustment portion by rotating normally and reversely the adjustment member such that the frictional force in the frictional force generation portion of the section falls within a predetermined range.

Abstract: An offset calculation device includes a determination unit configured to determine a rotation state of an object having an angular velocity sensed by a gyro sensor based on a moving average value of sensed angular velocity during a plurality of time periods differing from each other, the moving average value being calculated from chronological data of numerical values corresponding to the sensor data output from the gyro sensor. The offset calculation device further includes a calculation unit configured to calculate an offset value of the sensor data based on the sensor data corresponding to a time period in which the target object was deemed to be in a non-rotation state by the determination unit.

Abstract: In a hose connector fitting, an outer circumferential surface of a socket is crimped toward a radially inner side thereof within a crimping range along an axis direction of the socket in the state where a hose is inserted into an annular space between an outer circumferential portion of a nipple and an inner circumferential portion of the socket. A shape measuring device includes: a sensor and a rotational moving unit that detect distance data from a reference position to the surface of the socket over a zone including at least the entire crimping range; a shape data generating unit that generates shape data representative the three-dimensional shape of the socket surface based on the detected distance data; and a measurement data calculating unit that calculates measurement data about the crimping state of the socket based on the shape data.