Abstract: A fuser for fixing an unfixed toner image on a recording material includes: an endless belt body heated by a heat source; a pressing body moved to be connected to and disconnected from an inner peripheral surface of the belt body; a pressure roller member making pressure-contact with the pressing body through the belt body; a tension body moved to be connected to and disconnected from the inner peripheral surface of the belt body, contrary to the connection and disconnection movement of the pressing body; and a rotation transmitting unit configured to transmit a rotational force of the pressure roller member to the belt body using the tension body, while the pressing body is separated from and the tension body makes contact with the inner peripheral surface of the belt body.

Abstract: There is provided an information processing apparatus including an item clustering unit which groups scored items which are items given scores for recommendation to users, into a plurality of scored item clusters, an extraction unit which extracts a predetermined number of items from each of the scored item clusters, and an item recommendation unit which outputs item recommendation information which is used to recommend the extracted items to the users.

Abstract: Disclosed is an information processing apparatus including an expression extraction unit, a feature extraction unit, a clustering unit, a related expression extraction unit, and an output unit. The expression extraction unit extracts a plurality of expressions from a plurality of documents. The feature extraction unit extracts feature amounts of the extracted respective expressions while distinguishing the expressions having the same notation. The clustering unit clusters the extracted respective expressions together while distinguishing the expressions having the same notation and calculates assignment degree vectors having assignment degrees of the respective expressions to two or more respective clusters as components. The related expression extraction unit extracts related expressions having the assignment degree vectors similar to those of a provided input expression while distinguishing the expressions having the same notation.

Abstract: An SNS system is provided with: a user information storage unit that stores the type of relationship for each second user who has a relationship with a first user; and a screen display control unit that causes information on each second user to be displayed in a terminal apparatus of the first user based on the type of the relationship between each second user and the first user.

Abstract: There is provided a device that generates a first feature based on information of a first type included in first content selected by a target user in past, generates a second feature based on information of a second type included in second content selected by the target user after selecting the first contest, generates a relational feature showing a relationship between the first content and the second content, based on the first feature and the second feature, and searches for content to be recommended to the target user by using the information of the first type included in content newly selected by the target user and the relational feature.

Abstract: To restrict the deposition of stain on an ice making unit, and prevent damage to resin components or the like. The above problems are solved by the followings. Ice making water is supplied to the front surface of an ice making plate cooled by refrigerant supplied to an evaporation tube during an ice making cycle to produce ice blocks. During a deicing cycle, deicing water is supplied by opening a water feed valve WV to the rear surface of the ice making plate to be heated by hot gas supplied to the evaporation tube. When a water feed time has elapsed, the water feed valve WV is closed to temporarily stop deicing water supply. After the water feed time elapsed, a cycle, in which the water feed valve WV is opened as much as an intermittent water supply time every time an intermittent stopping time has elapsed to intermittently supply deicing water, is repeated until a deicing cycle completes.

Abstract: A fluorescent labeling reagent of the present invention includes an inorganic fluorescent particle and a material (A) having a material (B) of biological origin adsorbed or bound thereto. The inorganic fluorescent particle is integrated with the material (A) so as to form the reagent of the present invention. The inorganic fluorescent particle used in the present invention is capable of emitting light with a wavelength of 650 nm to 1600 nm in the infrared region or the near-infrared region which can be detected by means of Si—CCD or InGaAs—PD and can penetrate an H2O rich sample when excited by light with a wavelength of 650 nm or longer which has the shortest transparent wavelength of AlInGaP-LD including oxygen adsorption type hemoglobin used for DVDs etc.

Abstract: A projector includes: an illumination device that emits an illumination light beam; a liquid crystal device that modulates the illumination light beam from the illumination device based on image information; a projection optical system that projects light modulated by the liquid crystal device; and at least one polarizing member that is disposed on a light exit side of the liquid crystal device and has in order a light-transmissive substrate, a pressure-sensitive adhesive layer, a KE polarizer, an adhesive layer, and a support layer, the polarizing member being positioned so that the adhesive layer is closer to a light exit side than is the KE polarizer.

Abstract: Disclosed is an abnormality detecting method for an automatic ice making machine that can quickly detect an abnormality to delay an ice-making time or an abnormality to shorten the ice-making time, if occurred. A down flow type ice making machine includes two ice making units, one control means, and an ice storage room. Each ice making unit has an ice making part, an ice-making water tank that stores ice-making water, a circulation pump that feeds the ice-making water stored in the ice-making water tank to the ice making part, and a float switch that detects the amount of the ice-making water in the ice-making water tank. Upon elapse of a preset first abnormality occurring time from a time of first detection of an ice-making complete water level by the float switch in any one of the ice making units, when the float switch in any one of the other ice making units has not detected the ice-making complete water level, the control means decides that an abnormality has occurred in the ice making unit.

Abstract: To restrict the deposition of stain on an ice making unit, and prevent damage to resin components or the like. The above problems are solved by the followings. Ice making water is supplied to the front surface of an ice making plate cooled by refrigerant supplied to an evaporation tube during an ice making cycle to produce ice blocks. During a deicing cycle, deicing water is supplied by opening a water feed valve WV to the rear surface of the ice making plate to be heated by hot gas supplied to the evaporation tube. When a water feed time has elapsed, the water feed valve WV is closed to temporarily stop deicing water supply. After the water feed time elapsed, a cycle, in which the water feed valve WV is opened as much as an intermittent water supply time every time an intermittent stopping time has elapsed to intermittently supply deicing water, is repeated until a deicing cycle completes.

Abstract: An SNS system is provided with: a user attribute storage unit that stores user attributes for each user; a community attribute storage unit that stores a community grade rank for each community; an access allowance/rejection determination unit that determines whether or not to allow a user to access a community based on the community grade rank of the community and the user attributes of the user; and a community viewing processing unit that executes a process for distributing the content uploaded in the community to the user in the case where the access allowance/rejection determination unit has determined to allow the user to access the social group, and does not execute the process for distributing the content uploaded in the community to the user in the case where the access allowance/rejection determination unit has determined to prohibit the user from accessing the social group.

Abstract: An SNS system is provided with: a user information storage unit that stores the type of relationship for each second user who has a relationship with a first user; and a screen display control unit that causes information on each second user to be displayed in a terminal apparatus of the first user based on the type of the relationship between each second user and the first user.

Abstract: An SNS system 1 is provided with: an inappropriateness questioning pattern storage unit that stores an inappropriate upload pattern that is a pattern of a trend seen when multiple pieces of inappropriate content are uploaded; and a post pattern evaluation unit and overall evaluation unit that determine whether or not the content is inappropriate by checking whether or not the inappropriate upload pattern stored in the inappropriateness questioning pattern storage unit is seen when the multiple pieces of content are uploaded.

Abstract: A fluorescent labeling reagent of the present invention includes an inorganic fluorescent particle and a material (A) having a material (B) of biological origin adsorbed or bound thereto. The inorganic fluorescent particle is integrated with the material (A) so as to form the reagent of the present invention. The inorganic fluorescent particle used in the present invention is capable of emitting light with a wavelength of 650 nm to 1600 nm in the infrared region or the near-infrared region which can be detected by means of Si-CCD or InGaAs-PD and can penetrate an H2O rich sample when excited by light with a wavelength of 650 nm or longer which has the shortest transparent wavelength of AlInGaP-LD including oxygen adsorption type hemoglobin used for DVDs etc.

Abstract: A vehicle-behavior detecting apparatus including a first-yaw-moment calculating unit, a second-yaw-moment calculating unit, and an indication-value calculating unit. Based on a linear bicycle model, the first-yaw-moment calculating unit calculates a first-yaw-moment during constant-speed turning. The second-yaw-moment calculating unit reads the longitudinal acceleration detected by an acceleration sensor in addition to the parameters read in the first-yaw-moment calculating unit, and calculates a second yaw moment during acceleration or deceleration. The indication-value calculating unit calculates a variation value in the yaw moment showing the vehicle behavior from the difference between the first yaw moment during constant-speed turning and the second yaw moment during accelerated or decelerated turning. The variation in the yaw moment due to the vehicle-load shift during accelerated or decelerated turning is compensated for by the variation value.

Abstract: An ice making machine composed of a water tank for storing an amount of ice making water, an upright ice making plate arranged above the water tank, and a water sprinkler located immediately above the ice making plate to spray ice making water supplied from the water tank to the ice making plate so that the ice making water falls along the ice making plate, in which the ice making water sprayed to the ice making plate during operation at an ice making mode is frozen and formed into ice cubes in the course of falling along the ice making plate.

Abstract: An ice making machine composed of a water tank for storing an amount of ice making water, an upright ice making plate arranged above the water tank, and a water sprinkler located immediately above the ice making plate to spray ice making water supplied from the water tank to the ice making plate so that the ice making water falls along the ice making plate, in which the ice making water sprayed to the ice making plate during operation at an ice making mode is frozen and formed into ice cubes in the course of falling along the ice making plate.

Abstract: A vehicle-behavior detecting apparatus including a first-yaw-moment calculating unit, a second-yaw-moment calculating unit, and an indication-value calculating unit. Based on a linear bicycle model, the first-yaw-moment calculating unit calculates a first-yaw-moment during constant-speed turning. The second-yaw-moment calculating unit reads the longitudinal acceleration detected by an acceleration sensor in addition to the parameters read in the first-yaw-moment calculating unit, and calculates a second yaw moment during acceleration or deceleration. The indication-value calculating unit calculates a variation value in the yaw moment showing the vehicle behavior from the difference between the first yaw moment during constant-speed turning and the second yaw moment during accelerated or decelerated turning. The variation in the yaw moment due to the vehicle-load shift during accelerated or decelerated turning is compensated for by the variation value.

Abstract: A wavelength monitor capable of obtaining an optical detection signal of high quality is proposed. In the wavelength monitor, a light incident surface of an optical filter is disposed with an inclination relative to the light incident direction. With this arrangement, it is possible to make the route of a reflection light that has been reflected from the light incident surface of the optical filter deviate large from the route of an incident light that has been incident to the optical filter. Consequently, the reflected light is prevented from being incident to a semiconductor laser device or optical detectors.

Abstract: A wavelength monitor capable of obtaining an optical detection signal of high quality is proposed. In the wavelength monitor, a light incident surface of an optical filter is disposed with an inclination relative to the light incident direction. With this arrangement, it is possible to make the route of a reflection light that has been reflected from the light incident surface of the optical filter deviate large from the route of an incident light that has been incident to the optical filter. Consequently, the reflected light is prevented from being incident to a semiconductor laser device or optical detectors.