Abstract: The apparatus includes first and second terminals, an electrical conductor placed around at least the second terminal, a first current applying unit, an abnormal circumstances determining unit, a second current applying unit, and an informing unit. The first current applying unit applies current between the first terminal and the second terminal. The abnormal circumstances determining unit determines whether there is an abnormal circumstance at the connection between the apparatus and the unit side circuit, under the condition that the current is applied by the first current applying unit. The second current applying unit applies current between the first terminal and the second terminal, in case that the abnormal circumstances determining unit determined that there is not an abnormal circumstance of the connection.

Abstract: A vehicle body component mounting system is provided with, along a conveyance path for a vehicle body, an upstream component mounting work area using a cell production system, a central component mounting work area in which the vehicle body is conveyed by an overhead conveyor, and a downstream component mounting work area using the cell production system in this order. Components other than principal components are mounted to the vehicle body using the cell production system. The cell production system is adaptable by increasing the number of component boxes, and thus an increase in the length of the line is prevented. The increase in the length of the line is prevented by using a line production system as a base and also using the cell production system as a part thereof.

Abstract: An image forming apparatus includes an ejection tray, a printing portion and a display position. The printing portion prints, on a sheet, an image based on image data and ejects the printed sheet to the ejection tray. The display portion displays ejected-sheet information for notifying the orientation of the front and back surfaces of the printed sheet ejected to the ejection tray and the orientation of the printed image on the printed sheet.

Abstract: An image forming apparatus that forms a color image by layering toner images of different colors includes: a photoreceptor on which an electrostatic latent image is formed through charging and exposure; an exposure unit performing exposure-scanning on the photoreceptor in accordance with image signal; an intensity determination unit determining exposure intensity according to image forming condition; and a timing determination unit determining a timing of inputting image signal for each scanning line, wherein the exposure unit has a delay duration differing depending on the exposure intensity and being from input of image signal of each pixel to be exposed to exposure of the pixel at the exposure intensity, and the timing determination unit obtains the delay duration corresponding to the exposure intensity, and determines the timing such that image signal of an initial pixel to be initially exposed is input the delay duration before the initial pixel is exposed.

Abstract: There is provided an electricity storage system which comprises an electricity storage device, a charge and discharge switch device which is placed connected to the electricity storage device, a control block which is a charge and discharge control device which controls charging from a power supply and discharging from the electricity storage device to an external load, and an electricity storage device breaker with transmission and reception functions which is provided between the electricity storage device and the charge and discharge switch device, disconnects connection with the electricity storage device according to detection of abnormality of the electricity storage device or according to an instruction of the control block, and notifies the execution of the disconnection to the control block. The control block comprises a hardware disconnection instruction unit in addition to a software disconnection instruction unit.

Abstract: An image forming apparatus includes a temperature sensor detecting an operating ambient temperature of the polygon motor, and a controller controlling the polygon motor and the paper feed mechanism. If the temperature detected by the temperature sensor is equal to or greater than a preset temperature, the controller controls, before operation for giving a command to start image formation is performed, the polygon motor to rotate; increases, in response to the operation, a rotational speed of the polygon motor up to a rated speed; and controls the paper feed mechanism to start conveying a sheet of paper at a time when a period of time variable depending on the detected temperature has elapsed, the period of time being preset to be shorter as the detected temperature increases, in expectation of a time required for the rotational speed of the polygon motor to reach the rated speed.

Abstract: An inverter device of a rotating electrical machine drives a multiphase rotating electrical machine having the variable number of rotations using a switching element provided for each phase. An example of the inverter device of the rotating electrical machine includes: a frequency setting unit for determining and setting a carrier frequency of a carrier signal for use in driving the switching element for each phase depending on the state of each phase of the rotating electrical machine for each specified electrical angle obtained by equally dividing a cycle of an electrical angle; and a signal generation unit for generating a drive signal for drive of the switching element of each phase using the carrier signal of the carrier frequency set for each phase by the frequency setting unit. The carrier frequency of each phase is an integral multiple of the phase voltage frequency at the specified electrical angle.

Abstract: Disclosed is a flush control apparatus etc. having the capability to control a Set Associative cache memory apparatus efficiently. A flush control apparatus 11 includes: a tag memory unit 14 capable of associating a tag identifier identifying a tag which associates a plurality of cache lines and tag information representing whether or not the tag is valid; a line memory unit 15, a way specification unit 12 and a flush unit 13 which directs to flush the way specified by the way specification unit 12.

Abstract: An image forming apparatus includes an input unit, a printing unit, and a storage device. Printing data of each page included in a printing job is input into the input unit. The printing unit selectively prints a page which is printable without changing attributes of the printing data when input in the same apparatus, among the pages included in the printing job. The storage device stores the printing data of a page which is unprintable without changing the attributes of the printing data when input in the same apparatus, among the printing data of the pages included in the printing job as pending job data.

Abstract: An image forming apparatus for performing laser exposure is provided. The image forming apparatus includes a driving circuit for supplying drive current to a laser light source in accordance with an image pulse signal; a pulse width expansion portion for expanding a pulse width of the image pulse signal supplied to the driving circuit; and an adjustment control portion for setting, based on state data indicating a state related to light emission start characteristics of the laser light source, a value of the bias current supplied as a part of the drive current to the laser light source and an amount of expansion of the pulse width in such a manner that laser light emission occurs in a period of time having a length equal to a length of a pulse width of each pulse in the image pulse signal.

Abstract: An electricity storage system has secondary battery housing system racks in which secondary batteries and circuit blocks are respectively housed, and a power converter housing rack in which a power converter is housed, and which is orderly disposed together with the plurality of secondary battery housing system racks. The secondary battery housing system rack having a positive-electrode-side terminal directly connected to a positive-electrode-side terminal of the power converter by a positive-electrode bus and the secondary battery housing system rack having a negative-electrode-side terminal directly connected to a negative-electrode-side terminal of the power converter by a negative-electrode bus, are different from each other.

Abstract: There is provided an electricity storage system which comprises an electricity storage device, a charge and discharge switch device which is placed connected to the electricity storage device, a control block which is a charge and discharge control device which controls charging from a power supply and discharging from the electricity storage device to an external load, and an electricity storage device breaker with transmission and reception functions which is provided between the electricity storage device and the charge and discharge switch device, disconnects connection with the electricity storage device according to detection of abnormality of the electricity storage device or according to an instruction of the control block, and notifies the execution of the disconnection to the control block. The control block comprises a hardware disconnection instruction unit in addition to a software disconnection instruction unit.

Abstract: There is provided an electricity storage system which comprises an electricity storage device, a charge and discharge switch device which is placed connected to the electricity storage device, a control block which is a charge and discharge control device which controls charging from a power supply and discharging from the electricity storage device to an external load, and an electricity storage device breaker with transmission and reception functions which is provided between the electricity storage device and the charge and discharge switch device, disconnects connection with the electricity storage device according to detection of abnormality of the electricity storage device or according to an instruction of the control block, and notifies the execution of the disconnection to the control block. The control block comprises a hardware disconnection instruction unit in addition to a software disconnection instruction unit.

Abstract: A switching circuit (13) is provided with a charging switch (31) and a discharging switch (32). When the charging switch is turned ON, a battery module (21) is charged by electric power from an electric power supply (ACP, 16). When the discharging switch is turned ON, the power discharged from the battery module is outputted to a load (LD). If there is abnormal heat buildup or some other anomaly in the battery module, a main control unit (11) immediately turns off a breaker unit (14) provided between the switching circuit and the battery module. If the anomaly is noncritical, such as a communication anomaly, and does not immediately threaten the safety of the battery module, a grace period is set and the breaker unit is kept in the on-state until the grace period ends.

Abstract: A sheet folder includes a blade for bending a sheet, a pair of folding rollers for sandwiching the sheet bent by the blade, a heating unit for heating a folded part of the sheet sandwiched between the pair of folding rollers by the blade, a temperature detection unit for detecting a temperature of the folded part, and a control unit for keeping a state in which the sheet is sandwiched between the pair of folding rollers until at least one of a temperature change and a temperature of the folded part that are detected by the temperature detection unit satisfies a prescribed condition after the blade allows the sheet to be sandwiched between the pair of folding rollers.

Abstract: An image forming apparatus includes a temperature sensor detecting an operating ambient temperature of the polygon motor, and a controller controlling the polygon motor and the paper feed mechanism. If the temperature detected by the temperature sensor is equal to or greater than a preset temperature, the controller controls, before operation for giving a command to start image formation is performed, the polygon motor to rotate; increases, in response to the operation, a rotational speed of the polygon motor up to a rated speed; and controls the paper feed mechanism to start conveying a sheet of paper at a time when a period of time variable depending on the detected temperature has elapsed, the period of time being preset to be shorter as the detected temperature increases, in expectation of a time required for the rotational speed of the polygon motor to reach the rated speed.

Abstract: This charge/discharge system includes a storage portion storing power generated by a power generation module coupled to a power grid and discharging power to a load and a control portion including a function of stopping discharge of the storage portion on the basis of a result of comparison between a first threshold set in response to the amount of power that can be generated by the power generation module and the amount of power consumption corresponding to power consumed by the load.

Abstract: An inverter device of a rotating electrical machine drives a multiphase rotating electrical machine having the variable number of rotations using a switching element provided for each phase. An example of the inverter device of the rotating electrical machine includes: a frequency setting unit for determining and setting a carrier frequency of a carrier signal for use in driving the switching element for each phase depending on the state of each phase of the rotating electrical machine for each specified electrical angle obtained by equally dividing a cycle of an electrical angle; and a signal generation unit for generating a drive signal for drive of the switching element of each phase using the carrier signal of the carrier frequency set for each phase by the frequency setting unit. The carrier frequency of each phase is an integral multiple of the phase voltage frequency at the specified electrical angle.

Abstract: The method of controlling a battery storing electric power generated by a power generator generating electric power using renewable energy comprises detecting an amount of electric power generated by the power generator at a first time and a second time that is prior to the first time; computing a rate of increase or decrease of the amount of electric power between the first time and the second time; computing a target output value for the electric power to be supplied to an electric power transmission system based on the rate, and supplying to the electric power transmission system electric power corresponding to the target output value from at least one of the power generator and the battery.

Abstract: An electricity storage system has secondary battery housing system racks in which secondary batteries and circuit blocks are respectively housed, and a power converter housing rack in which a power converter is housed, and which is orderly disposed together with the plurality of secondary battery housing system racks. The secondary battery housing system rack having a positive-electrode-side terminal directly connected to a positive-electrode-side terminal of the power converter by a positive-electrode bus and the secondary battery housing system rack having a negative-electrode-side terminal directly connected to a negative-electrode-side terminal of the power converter by a negative-electrode bus, are different from each other.