Abstract: A liquid-supply apparatus is disclosed. The apparatus supplies liquid to be applied onto a recording medium to a liquid-supply pan. The liquid-supply apparatus comprises a temporary-storage room arranged lower than a liquid surface of the liquid-supply pan, the temporary-storage room storing the liquid inside the liquid-supply pan by temporal evacuation, an evacuation line connecting the liquid-supply pan and the temporary-storage room, the evacuation line being a flow channel for the liquid during evacuation, an evacuation-line opening and closing member opening and closing the evacuation line, and a controller controlling an opening and closing operation of the evacuation-line opening and closing member. The liquid surface in the temporary-storage room is in a position lower than that of the liquid-supply pan. The controller controls the operation of the evacuation-line opening and closing member so as to fill the evacuation line with the liquid as an auxiliary operation just before the evacuation.

Abstract: A lamp socket receives an LED lamp provided with an L-shaped pin having a contact piece and an extension piece extending from a tip of the contact piece. The lamp socket includes a socket body having an insertion hole at its front surface and a conductive plate. The conductive plate has one surface facing an axis of the insertion hole and a first space is formed between the other surface of the conductive plate and an inner surface of the socket body. A second space is formed between a bottom surface of the socket body and the conductive plate. A third space, or rotation space, is formed between the first space and the bottom surface. When the pin is inserted via the insertion hole and the LED lamp is rotated, the contact piece comes in contact with the conductive plate and the extension piece passes through the rotation space.

Abstract: An image processing device includes an image acquirer for acquiring an image, a depth of field calculator for calculating an estimate representing a depth of field of an image based on collateral information of the image, an image divider for dividing the image into evaluation regions, and a blur evaluator for detecting a blur in each of the evaluation regions divided by the image divider, performing blur evaluation for calculating evaluation values for evaluating degrees of an out-of-focus blur or a camera/subject movement-caused blur, and calculating an evaluation value of the image from the evaluation values of the evaluation regions based on the estimated depth of field.

Abstract: A managing server system configured to manage operational information of a network device includes a managing unit configured to manage each of a plurality of groups by a tenant, and a setting unit configured to set whether an object to be processed is a tenant unit or a group unit in relation to each of a plurality of functions provided by the managing server system. The managing unit manages a site that belongs to one group of the plurality of groups by a tenant that is different from the group. The site that is managed as the tenant is not the object to be processed in a function in which the object to be processed is the group unit, otherwise the site that is managed as the tenant is the object to be processed in a function in which the object to be processed is the tenant unit.

Abstract: A communications terminal is provided, which includes a reading device which reads in access information recorded on a prescribed recording medium, the access information being necessary for acquiring content which can be played back by a playback device from a prescribed server via a network; and a playback control device which controls the playback device and the reading device. The playback control device controls receiving the content and metadata from the server, and playing back the content according to the metadata, if the content corresponding to the read access information is not stored in the storage device when the reading device reads in the access information; and the playback control device controls playing back the content stored in the storage device according to the metadata stored in the storage device in association with the content, if the content corresponding to the read access information is stored in the storage device.

Abstract: An image processing device includes an image acquiring section for acquiring images; a mount number setting section for setting a mount number for mounts; an image dividing section for dividing the acquired images into a predetermined number of groups based on accessory information of the images, with the number of groups being equal to the mount number; and an image arranging section for arranging images included in each group after division on each corresponding mount. The image dividing section divides the images into the groups so that the number of images included in each group is not more than the upper limit number of images capable of being arranged on the corresponding mount.

Abstract: The image processing device divides images into groups, generates image analysis information of the images, extracts a predetermined number of images from each group based on the image analysis information and arranges the images extracted from each group on a corresponding page of a photo book. The image display section displays an image editing area for displaying images arranged on a page to be edited and a candidate image display area for displaying candidate images included in a group corresponding to the page to be edited and being usable for editing the image, and the image editing section uses the candidate images displayed in the candidate image display area to edit the image layout on the page to be edited based on the user's instruction.

Abstract: A bicycle communication adapter is provided with a voltage converting component, a signal converting component and a superimposing component. The voltage converting component is configured to convert a received voltage supplied from a bicycle electrical management system to a converted voltage suitable for at least one of a plurality of electric devices of a bicycle electrical system. The signal converting component is configured to convert a received signal outputted from a bicycle electrical management system into a converted signal compliant with a standard for power line communication. The superimposing component is configured to superimpose the converted signal converted by the signal converting component onto the converted voltage converted by the voltage converting component.

Abstract: In a coolant system, the interior of a reservoir frame storing the coolant discharged from a machine tool is partitioned by a partition member into an outer peripheral coolant tub and a central coolant tub. The partition member is formed with a silt that extends in the depth direction to make the outer peripheral coolant tub communicate with the central coolant tub. A suction port of a pump that feeds the coolant in the central coolant tub to a filtering device is arranged in the central coolant tub. The coolant discharged from the machine tool is supplied to the central coolant tub without passing through the outer peripheral coolant tub. At least a part of the coolant filtered by the filtering device is supplied to the outer peripheral coolant tub without passing through the central coolant tub.

Abstract: Provided is an epidemic prevention method including providing a mixed slurry comprising an emulsion of a non-alkaline-thickening resin which is free from a coagulation-attributable viscosity increase even when mixed with an alkaline substance and an alkaline substance of which a diluted solution has pH 10.0 or more, and coating, drying, and solidifying the mixed slurry to internally disperse and embed the alkaline substance in the form of solid particles and simultaneously to form a solidified matter provided with microcracks communicated with the solid particles of the internal alkaline substance, so that a moisture which adheres to a surface of the solidified matter permeates through the microcracks and dissolves the solid particles of the internal alkaline substance to cause alkalinity of pH 10.0 or more to be exhibited on the surface of the solidified matter, thereby inactivating microbes and viruses on the surface of the solidified matter.

Abstract: A management device transmits a response confirmation request to multiple image forming devices, receives a response from any one of the multiple image forming devices, and acquires data indicating an operational status of an image forming device by requesting the pertinent data from an image forming device that has issued a response.

Abstract: A communications terminal is provided, which includes a reading device which reads in access information recorded on a prescribed recording medium, the access information being necessary for acquiring content which can be played back by a playback device from a prescribed server via a network; and a playback control device which controls the playback device and the reading device. The playback control device controls receiving the content and metadata from the server, and playing back the content according to the metadata, if the content corresponding to the read access information is not stored in the storage device when the reading device reads in the access information; and the playback control device controls playing back the content stored in the storage device according to the metadata stored in the storage device in association with the content, if the content corresponding to the read access information is stored in the storage device.

Abstract: The barcode creation apparatus which creates a barcode read in by a prescribed terminal device, comprises: a function specification device which specifies a function which allows the terminal device to startup when the barcode is read in, from a plurality of functions that the terminal device has; a color specification device which specifies a color of the barcode, the color representing the function specified by the function specification device; and a barcode creation device which creates the barcode in the specified color.

Abstract: A waterproof socket includes a socket body having an insertion hole to which a lamp pin protruding from an end cap of a straight tube lamp is inserted, a first internal sleeve making contact with the socket body, and a second internal sleeve. The socket body includes a body-side rotation restraint portion engaging with a sleeve-side rotation restraint portion formed in the first internal sleeve to restrain the first internal sleeve from rotating about a center axis of the straight tube lamp. The first internal sleeve includes a first position restraint portion and the second internal sleeve includes a second position restraint portion engaging with the first position restraint portion to restrain the second internal sleeve from rotating about the center axis while allowing the second internal sleeve to move in an axial direction of the straight tube lamp.

Abstract: The method includes producing first identification data used as reference; performing subject recognition on acquired images of subjects to obtain recognition images, producing second identification data, and matching the first identification data with the second identification data; tallying the acquired images based on matching results for each subject and by shooting tendency factor; judging whether a number of the acquired images or a proportion of the number of the acquired images of the subjects in respect of each of the shooting tendency factors is within a given range from tally results of the acquired images; and providing shooting assist so that the number of the acquired images or the proportion of the number of the acquired images in respect of the shooting tendency factor judged to be outside the given range is placed within the given range.

Abstract: A communications terminal is provided, which includes a reading device which reads in access information recorded on a prescribed recording medium, the access information being necessary for acquiring content which can be played back by a playback device from a prescribed server via a network; and a playback control device which controls the playback device and the reading device. The playback control device controls receiving the content and metadata from the server, and playing back the content according to the metadata, if the content corresponding to the read access information is not stored in the storage device when the reading device reads in the access information; and the playback control device controls playing back the content stored in the storage device according to the metadata stored in the storage device in association with the content, if the content corresponding to the read access information is stored in the storage device.

Abstract: A lamp socket receives an LED lamp provided with an L-shaped pin having a contact piece and an extension piece extending from a tip of the contact piece. The lamp socket includes a socket body having an insertion hole at its front surface and a conductive plate. The conductive plate has one surface facing an axis of the insertion hole and a first space is formed between the other surface of the conductive plate and an inner surface of the socket body. A second space is formed between a bottom surface of the socket body and the conductive plate. A third space, or rotation space, is formed between the first space and the bottom surface. When the pin is inserted via the insertion hole and the LED lamp is rotated, the contact piece comes in contact with the conductive plate and the extension piece passes through the rotation space.

Abstract: The image forming apparatus management system includes type decision means for determining the type of the user terminal as a notification target, based on movement frequency of the user terminal; notification target decision means for determining which user terminal is likely to be using each of the image forming apparatuses, based on position information on the user terminal and position information on the image forming apparatus, according to the type of the user terminal determined by the type decision means, and thereby judging the user terminal that is likely to be using the image forming apparatus, as a notification target to be notified of a power status of the image forming apparatus; and power status notification means for sending power status notification to the user terminal judged as the notification target, when the power status of the image forming apparatus is changed.

Abstract: A bicycle electrical system diagnostic device is provided for a bicycle electrical system in which several electric devices are connected. The diagnostic device includes a connecting section and an electric device recognizing section. The connecting section is configured to be connected to and disconnected from the electrical system. The electric device recognizing section is configured to communicate with the electrical system and recognize any of the electric devices while the connecting section is electrically connected to anyone of the electric devices.