Abstract: An image recording apparatus includes a recording head including a plurality of nozzles from which ink is ejected, a memory, and one or more hardware processors coupled to the recording head and the memory. The one or more hardware processors are configured to: determine, for each of the plurality of nozzles, whether a position of the corresponding nozzle is a position to eject ink; determine whether a successive ejection operation is necessary for a nozzle out of the plurality of nozzles, whose position is determined as the position to eject ink; and cause ink to be successively ejected at the position to eject ink at a predetermined successive ejection frequency from the nozzle that is determined to have the necessity of the successive ejection operation.

Abstract: An abnormality detection device is configured to detect abnormality in a subject to be driven by a motor via a drive transmission member. The abnormality detection device includes an output signal acquisition unit, a rotational frequency acquisition unit, and a determining unit. The output signal acquisition unit is configured to acquire a rotational frequency output signal output from the motor. The rotational frequency acquisition unit is configured to acquire a motor rotational frequency calculated from the rotational frequency output signal acquired by the output signal acquisition unit. The determining unit is configured to distinctively determine abnormality in the subject to be driven and abnormality in the motor based on the rotational frequency output signal acquired by the output signal acquisition unit and the motor rotational frequency acquired by the rotational frequency acquisition unit.

Abstract: A powder-amount detection device includes a first electrode, a second electrode, a third electrode and a voltage detector with the second electrode adjacent to the first electrode on the powder container and have a smaller surface area than a surface area of the first electrode. The third electrode is on a side opposite to the second electrode with the powder container interposed between the third electrode and each of the first electrode and the second electrode. The voltage detector detects voltages of the first electrode and the second electrode by detecting charging and discharging behaviors of the first electrode and the second electrode when a voltage is applied between the third electrode and each of the first electrode and the second electrode for a short time, and detects the amount of powder in the powder container based on the voltages of the first electrode and the second electrode.

Abstract: An image forming apparatus includes an image forming device and circuitry. The image forming device is configured to form an image on a medium. The circuitry is configured to detect a position of the image forming device relative to the medium. The circuitry is further configured to control the image forming device based on the position of the image fanning device detected and image data. The circuitry is further configured to control a system state of the image forming device based on the position of the image forming device associated with movement of the image forming device relative to the medium.

Abstract: There are provided: an aluminum alloy magnetic disk substrate including: an aluminum alloy base material including an aluminum alloy containing 0.4 to 3.0 mass % (hereinafter, simply referred to as “%”) of Fe, 0.1 to 3.0% of Mn, 0.005 to 1.000% of Cu, and 0.005 to 1.000% of Zn, with the balance of Al and unavoidable impurities; and an electroless Ni—P plated layer formed on a surface of the aluminum alloy base material, in which the peak value (BLEI) of Fe emission intensity at an interface between the electroless Ni—P plated layer and the aluminum alloy base material, as determined by a glow discharge optical emission spectrometry device, is lower than Fe emission intensity (AlEI) in the interior of the aluminum alloy base material, as determined by the glow discharge optical emission spectrometry device; and a method for producing the aluminum alloy magnetic disk substrate.

Abstract: A current detecting device includes: a drive signal generating unit configured to generate a control signal based on a control voltage value indicating drive force to be applied to a target; a current detecting unit configured to detect a current value output based on the control signal generated by the drive signal generating unit; and a correction unit configured to correct the current value detected by the current detecting unit, based on at least a magnitude of the control voltage value.

Abstract: A powder-amount detection device includes an outer electrode, an inner electrode, and a detector. The outer electrode is disposed outside a powder container to be replaceably installed to an image forming apparatus. The inner electrode is disposed inside a powder supply port of the powder container. The detector is configured to apply an electric field between the outer electrode and the inner electrode to detect a capacitance between the outer electrode and the inner electrode.

Abstract: A conveying apparatus includes a rotator, a driver, a measuring device, and circuitry. The rotator is configured to convey a medium. The driver is configured to apply a driving force to the rotator to rotate the rotator. The measuring device is configured to measure the driving force applied to the rotator by the driver. The circuitry is configured to: determine, according to the driving force measured, whether to change at least one of frequency and items of information to be acquired for prediction of a defective conveyance of the medium caused by the rotator; and acquire information of at least one of the items according to a result of determination, at a frequency according to the result of determination.

Abstract: There are provided: an aluminum alloy substrate for a magnetic disk, including 2.0 to 10.0 mass % (hereinafter, simply referred to as “%”) of Mg, 0.003 to 0.150% of Cu, 0.05 to 0.60% of Zn, 0.03 to 1.00% of Mn, and 0.00001 to 0.00200% of Be, as well as Fe restricted to 0.50% or less, Si restricted to 0.50% or less, Cr restricted to 0.30% or less, and Cl restricted to 0.005% or less, with the balance of Al and unavoidable impurities; and a method of producing the aluminum alloy substrate for a magnetic disk.

Abstract: A management apparatus for managing one or more devices includes circuitry to: acquire information indicating a use history of a device for each predetermined period; calculate, based on the acquired information indicating the use history, a predicted value indicating operation timing at which an operation is performed on the device; and output, based on the predicted value, an output value for the predetermined period. When an output value that is output for an (N?1)-th time is greater than a threshold, the circuitry outputs, as an N-th-time output value, the predicted value that is calculated for an N-th time. When the output value that is output for the (N?1)-th time is less than or equal to the threshold, the circuitry outputs, as the N-th-time output value, a value that is smaller than or equal to the output value that is output for the (N?1)-th time.

Abstract: An abnormality detection device is configured to detect abnormality in a subject to be driven by a motor via a drive transmission member. The abnormality detection device includes an output signal acquisition unit, a rotational frequency acquisition unit, and a determining unit. The output signal acquisition unit is configured to acquire a rotational frequency output signal output from the motor. The rotational frequency acquisition unit is configured to acquire a motor rotational frequency calculated from the rotational frequency output signal acquired by the output signal acquisition unit. The determining unit is configured to distinctively determine abnormality in the subject to be driven and abnormality in the motor based on the rotational frequency output signal acquired by the output signal acquisition unit and the motor rotational frequency acquired by the rotational frequency acquisition unit.

Abstract: An electrode stacking device is an electrode stacking device for stacking electrodes supplied by a conveying device and forming an electrode stacked body, including an electrode support that receives the electrodes supplied by the conveying device and supports the electrodes, a mounting member to which a plurality of electrode supports is attached, a stacked unit having stacked portions of a plurality of levels on which the electrodes are stacked, and a discharge portion that discharges the electrodes supported by the plurality of electrode supports toward the stacked portions of the plurality of levels, in which the discharge portion discharges the electrodes at one interval with respect to the electrode supports per n levels (where n is an integer of 2 or more).

Abstract: An aluminum alloy plate for a magnetic disc substrate according to the present disclosure includes, in mass %, Mg: 3.0 to 8.0%, Cu: 0.002 to 0.150%, Zn: 0.05 to 0.60%, Fe: 0.001 to 0.060%, Si: 0.001 to 0.060%, Be: 0.00001 to 0.00200%, Cr: 0.200% or less, Mn: 0.500% or less, and Cl: 0.00300% or less, with the balance being Al and inevitable impurities, and an abundance of a Cr oxide having a maximum diameter of 3 to 10 ?m observed in a metal structure is 1 or less per single side of a disc.

Abstract: A motor control device includes a detecting unit configured to detect rotation of a motor to be controlled and output a rotation detection value related to the rotation; a drive control unit configured to perform drive control to rotate the motor at a control target value increasing with time based on the rotation detection value; and an abnormality detection unit configured to perform an abnormality detection process for detecting an abnormality in the drive control based on the rotation detection value and a predetermined threshold. The drive control unit performs control to stop rotation of the motor when the abnormality is detected.

Abstract: An aluminum alloy substrate for a magnetic disk, wherein the sum of the circumferences of second phase particles having the longest diameter of 4 ?m or more and 30 ?m or less in the metal microstructure is 10 mm/mm2 or more.

Abstract: A powder-amount detection device includes an outer electrode, an inner electrode, and a detector. The outer electrode is disposed outside a powder container to be replaceably installed to an image forming apparatus. The inner electrode is disposed inside a powder supply port of the powder container. The detector is configured to apply an electric field between the outer electrode and the inner electrode to detect a capacitance between the outer electrode and the inner electrode.

Abstract: A powder-amount detection device includes a first electrode disposed on one side of a powder container to be replaceably installed to an image forming apparatus; a second electrode disposed adjacent to the first electrode and having a smaller surface area than the first electrode, an influence of an amount of powder in the powder container to a capacitance of the second electrode being as small as negligible; a third electrode disposed on a side opposite to the second electrode with the powder container interposed between the third electrode and each of the first electrode and the second electrode; and a voltage detector configured to detect charging and discharging behaviors of the first electrode and the second electrode when a voltage is applied between the third electrode and each of the first electrode and the second electrode for a short time, to detect the amount of powder in the powder container.

Abstract: A contact-and-separation system includes a first roller, a second roller, and a contact-and-separation device. The first roller contacts a belt. The second roller is opposed to the first roller. The contact-and-separation device contacts or separates the belt to or from the second roller via a sheet conveyed. The contact-and-separation device includes an eccentric cam, a motor, and a circuitry. The eccentric cam is mounted on an end of a rotation shaft of the first roller. The motor rotates the eccentric cam. The circuitry controls the motor to rotate the eccentric cam to contact or separate the belt to or from the second roller via the sheet conveyed. The circuitry controls the motor to decelerate a rotation speed of the motor on contact or separation of the belt to or from the second roller between the first roller and the second roller.

Abstract: Disclosed are an aluminum alloy substrate for a magnetic disc, which includes an aluminum alloy consisting of Mg:4.5-10.0 mass % (hereinafter referred to as %), Be: 0.00001-0.00200%,Cu: 0.003-0.150%, Zn: 0.05-0.60%, Cr: 0.010-0.300%, Si: 0.060% or less, and Fe: 0.060% or less, with a balance being Al and an unavoidable impurity, an amount of an Mg-based oxide being 50 ppm or less, (IBe/Ibulk)×(CBe)?0.1000% where (IBe) is a maximum optical emission intensity of Be in a surface depth direction using a glow discharge optical emission spectrometer (GDS) prior to performing a plating pretreatment, (Ibulk) is a mean optical emission intensity of Be in an interior of a base material of the aluminum alloy prior to performing a plating pretreatment, and (CBe) is an amount of the Be, and a method of manufacturing the magnetic disc aluminum alloy substrate.

Abstract: A motor control device includes a detecting unit configured to detect rotation of a motor to be controlled and output a rotation detection value related to the rotation; a drive control unit configured to perform drive control to rotate the motor at a control target value increasing with time based on the rotation detection value; and an abnormality detection unit configured to perform an abnormality detection process for detecting an abnormality in the drive control based on the rotation detection value and a predetermined threshold. The drive control unit performs control to stop rotation of the motor when the abnormality is detected.