Abstract: A thermal insulation structure for a vehicle window device is provided with a heater is disposed on a vehicle interior side, a heat-receiving component that is provided between the window and the heater, and that, by receiving heat from the heater, imparts radiant heat to the window, and a thermal insulation layer that is provided at a surface of the heater on an opposite side from the heat-receiving component, wherein the thermal insulation layer is formed by mutually superimposing a plurality of thermal insulation materials, and of the plurality of thermal insulation materials, a thermal insulation material on a closest side to the heater has greater heat resistance than a thermal insulation material on a furthest side from the heater, and the thermal insulation material on the furthest side from the heater has a lower thermal conductivity than the thermal insulation material on the closest side to the heater.

Abstract: In a case where a user manually selects an image to be converted into a monochrome image with distinguishability, the user is to take labor and may select an image unsuitable for conversion into a monochrome image with distinguishability. An attribute in a page of print data is analyzed for each page, and based on the attribute of the page, a distinguishability improvement method that performs conversion into gray data by using density difference or outline emphasis is switched.

Abstract: In a case where a user manually selects an image to be converted into a monochrome image with distinguishability, the user is to take labor and may select an image unsuitable for conversion into a monochrome image with distinguishability. An attribute in a page of print data is analyzed for each page, and based on the attribute of the page, a distinguishability improvement method that performs conversion into gray data by using density difference or outline emphasis is switched.

Abstract: A sheet heater comprises a sheet form heating unit configured from a wire heater. The heating unit comprises a first heating unit positioned along a peripheral edge of the area subject to heating, and a second heating unit positioned at an area surrounded by the first heating unit. The second heating unit comprises a plurality of meandering parts, with mutually adjacent meandering parts overlapping each other in the meandering direction. In the heating unit, the width (WL) of the wire heater is greater than the width (WP) between mutually adjacent wire heaters.

Abstract: A method for generating bitmap image data of a page includes acquiring print data of a page including compressed images, and performing rendering of bands included in the page based on the print data to generate the bitmap image data. The performing of the rendering performs rendering at least two of the bands concurrently. The performing of the rendering includes decompressing the compressed images, and using the decompressed images for corresponding bands of the bands to generate the bitmap image data. The decompressing decompresses, into a same memory area in a decompression buffer, at least two compressed images used for different bands, so that one of the two compressed images is decompressed into the same memory area and another of the two compressed images is decompressed, after rendering of a last band for which the one of the two compressed images is lastly used is finished, into the same memory area.

Abstract: An image processing apparatus uses a first rendering processor that performs rendering of a first area within a page based on print data and a second rendering processor that performs rendering of a second area within the page based on the print data. The image processing apparatus includes a controller, having a processor which executes instructions stored in a memory or having circuitry, being configured to acquire image data arranged across the first area and the second area based on the print data, cause the first rendering processor having accessed the image data to acquire all pixels of the image data and to perform rendering with pixels within the first area of all the pixels of the image data, and cause the second rendering processor having accessed the image data to acquire all the pixels of the image data and to perform rendering with pixels within the second area of all the pixels of the image data.

Abstract: It is possible to efficiently perform preceding rendering processing performed before printing instructions in accordance with the necessity in a hold printing. The image forming apparatus according to the present invention is an image forming apparatus capable of performing hold printing, the image forming apparatus performs preceding processing to perform in advance rendering for image data of a held print job before reception of printing instructions, saves a rendering image generated by the preceding processing in a storage apparatus, and determines whether or not it is possible to save a new rendering image in the storage apparatus before the preceding processing is performed, and whether or not to perform the preceding processing is determined in accordance with determination results.

Abstract: A thermal insulation structure for a vehicle window device is provided with a heater is disposed on a vehicle interior side, a heat-receiving component that is provided between the window and the heater, and that, by receiving heat from the heater, imparts radiant heat to the window, and a thermal insulation layer that is provided at a surface of the heater on an opposite side from the heat-receiving component, wherein the thermal insulation layer is formed by mutually superimposing a plurality of thermal insulation materials, and of the plurality of thermal insulation materials, a thermal insulation material on a closest side to the heater has greater heat resistance than a thermal insulation material on a furthest side from the heater, and the thermal insulation material on the furthest side from the heater has a lower thermal conductivity than the thermal insulation material on the closest side to the heater.

Abstract: An image forming apparatus stores raster image data corresponding to a background in a compressed format and generates intermediate data corresponding to a foreground of the background based on obtained print data. A decompressor decompresses the raster image data stored in the memory device and a rasterizer generates new raster image data based on the raster data corresponding to the background obtained by the decompression and the generated intermediate data corresponding to the foreground. When a request is made to stop the generation of the new raster image data in a state of waiting for at least a portion of the raster image data corresponding to the background to be decompressed, the rasterizer stops generation of the new raster image data, and the decompressor continues decompressing the at least a portion of the raster image data corresponding to the background.

Abstract: A running curve creation device of an embodiment is a running curve creation device to create a running curve which can make a train having a prescribed vehicle characteristic run between a prescribed departure station and a prescribed arrival station in a prescribed running time with a smaller cumulative energy consumption. A shortest time running curve creation unit creates a shortest time running curve in which the train runs between the stations in a shortest time, based on predetermined vehicle information and ground information of the train, and an energy saving running curve creation unit selects from the shortest time running curve and a plurality of solution candidates corresponding to states of the train at each prescribed elapsed time since the train has departed from the departure station, a solution candidate having the relatively small cumulative energy consumption in the prescribed running time, and creates an energy saving running curve based on the selected solution candidate.

Abstract: An image forming apparatus stores raster image data corresponding to a background in a compressed format and generates intermediate data corresponding to a foreground of the background based on obtained print data. A decompressor decompresses the raster image data stored in the memory device and a rasterizer generates new raster image data based on the raster data corresponding to the background obtained by the decompression and the generated intermediate data corresponding to the foreground. When a request is made to stop the generation of the new raster image data in a state of waiting for at least a portion of the raster image data corresponding to the background to be decompressed, the rasterizer stops generation of the new raster image data, and the decompressor continues decompressing the at least a portion of the raster image data corresponding to the background.

Abstract: In forming an anode by using metallic lithium as the anode active material, the present invention provides an anode for lithium batteries which can be produced with high productivity and in which dendrite generation is prevented, so that high safety can he secured. An anode for lithium batteries according to an embodiment of the present invention comprises a structure comprising a conductive material layer in which carbon nanotubes are anchored, with a part of the carbon nanotube extending from at least one face of the surfaces of the conductive material layer, and a deposited layer formed by depositing metallic lithium on the carbon nanotubes in the structure.

Abstract: A method for generating bitmap image data of a page includes acquiring print data of a page including compressed images, and performing rendering of bands included in the page based on the print data to generate the bitmap image data. The performing of the rendering performs rendering at least two of the bands concurrently. The performing of the rendering includes decompressing the compressed images, and using the decompressed images for corresponding bands of the bands to generate the bitmap image data. The decompressing decompresses, into a same memory area in a decompression buffer, at least two compressed images used for different bands, so that one of the two compressed images is decompressed into the same memory area and another of the two compressed images is decompressed, after rendering of a last band for which the one of the two compressed images is lastly used is finished, into the same memory area.

Abstract: To make it possible to suppress a delay of the start of rendering of a page even in the case where image data is included across the band boundary in the page of print data. The image processing apparatus of the present invention is an image processing apparatus that performs rendering by dividing a page into a first area and a second area based on print data and includes: a memory configured to store image data arranged across the first area and the second area; a first render configured to access the image data and to perform rendering by using pixels within the first area of all pixels of the image data; and a second render configured to access the image data and to perform rendering by using pixels within the second area of all pixels of the image data.

Abstract: An image processing apparatus for rendering objects group by group, which divides a plurality of objects in an application range of an original clip command into a first group and a second group, wherein the image processing apparatus applies, in the rendering of the first group, a clip process based on a first clip command corresponding to the original clip command to a part of the plurality of objects divided into the first group, and applies, in the rendering of the second group, a clip process based on a second clip command corresponding to the original clip command to a rest part of the plurality of objects divided into the second group.

Abstract: An information processing device in an embodiment includes a storage and an operation curve generator. The storage stores therein linear data including a slope and a curve for each set of certain locations, and train data including an acceleration-deceleration characteristic. The operation curve generator sets a plurality of deceleration section candidates on the basis of the linear data about the set of certain locations stored in the storage, obtains, for each of the deceleration section candidates, a change rate of energy consumption when the deceleration is performed by a certain speed using a preset operation curve, the linear data, and the train data, selects the section in which the change rate of energy consumption in the obtained change rates of energy consumption is the largest from the deceleration section candidates, and updates the preset operation curve utilizing the selected deceleration section and the certain speed.

Abstract: In forming an anode by using metallic lithium as the anode active material, the present invention provides an anode for lithium batteries which can be produced with high productivity and in which dendrite generation is prevented, so that high safety can be secured. The anode for lithium batteries according to the present invention comprises a structure, comprising a conductive material layer in which carbon nanotubes are anchored, with a part of the carbon nanotube extending from at least one face of the surfaces of the conductive material layer, and a deposited layer formed by depositing metallic lithium on the carbon nanotubes in the structure.

Abstract: An image processing apparatus for rendering objects group by group, which divides a plurality of objects in an application range of an original clip command into a first group and a second group, wherein the image processing apparatus applies, in the rendering of the first group, a clip process based on a first clip command corresponding to the original clip command to a part of the plurality of objects divided into the first group, and applies, in the rendering of the second group, a clip process based on a second clip command corresponding to the original clip command to a rest part of the plurality of objects divided into the second group.

Abstract: A running curve creation device of an embodiment is a running curve creation device to create a running curve which can make a train having a prescribed vehicle characteristic run between a prescribed departure station and a prescribed arrival station in a prescribed running time with a smaller cumulative energy consumption. A shortest time running curve creation unit creates a shortest time running curve in which the train runs between the stations in a shortest time, based on predetermined vehicle information and ground information of the train, and an energy saving running curve creation unit selects from the shortest time running curve and a plurality of solution candidates corresponding to states of the train at each prescribed elapsed time since the train has departed from the departure station, a solution candidate having the relatively small cumulative energy consumption in the prescribed running time, and creates an energy saving running curve based on the selected solution candidate.

Abstract: A current conductor for an electrochemical power device that includes an array of carbon nanotubes (CNT) anchored in a carbon nanotube metal composite layer and a structure that may incorporate nanoscale particles or thin film onto the current conductor is described. Additionally, a process for creating the structure using electrochemical plating of the metal layer onto the CNT array followed by separation of the structure from the substrate is provided. Another process includes creating the structure using co-electrodeposition of the CNT and metal from an electroplating bath using surfactants, physical energy, and a magnetic and/or electric field to orient the CNT and enhance the CNT density in the composite.