Abstract: Provided is an input device comprising: a touch panel which receives an operation from a user; an external member having an external surface substantially the same as a surface of the touch panel; and a near field communication unit which is provided near the surrounding of the touch panel and inside of the external member and performs communication with an object to be detected which is brought close to a detection range, wherein a position corresponding to the near field communication unit of the external member projects from the touch panel and is inclined such that the side close to the touch panel is higher than the side distant from the touch panel.

Abstract: Provided is an input device comprising: a touch panel which receives an operation from a user; an external member having an external surface substantially the same as a surface of the touch panel; and a near field communication unit which is provided near the surrounding of the touch panel and inside of the external member and performs communication with an object to be detected which is brought close to a detection range, wherein a position corresponding to the near field communication unit of the external member projects from the touch panel and is inclined such that the side close to the touch panel is higher than the side distant from the touch panel.

Abstract: An method is offered which can clean the nozzles of a reaction cuvette wash unit. A first detergent is put in first reagent containers located on a first reagent turntable. A computer controller drives a first reagent pipette to aspirate the detergent from the first reagent containers and to deliver the detergent into reaction cuvettes. The controller drives a reaction turntable to bring each reaction cuvette holding the detergent therein to the reaction cuvette wash unit. The controller drives the reaction cuvette wash unit to aspirate the detergent from inside the reaction cuvettes using reaction cuvette wash nozzles to thereby clean the wash nozzles. A second detergent is then used to clean the nozzles.

Abstract: The information processing apparatus includes a receiving unit for receiving from a transmission-side information processing apparatus data extracted from a set of data of a plurality of attributes acquired in time series from a monitoring target and a reception data processing unit for setting, when a set of the received data includes a value-unfilled attribute, a value being latest among known values of the attribute included in previously received time-series sets of data, as a value of the value-unfilled attribute.

Abstract: An automated clinical analyzer and method is offered which can clean the nozzles of a reaction cuvette wash unit. A first detergent is put in first reagent containers located on a first reagent turntable. A computer controller drives a first reagent pipette to aspirate the detergent from the first reagent containers and to deliver the detergent into reaction cuvettes. The controller drives a reaction turntable to bring each reaction cuvette holding the detergent therein to the reaction cuvette wash unit. The controller drives the reaction cuvette wash unit to aspirate the detergent from inside the reaction cuvettes using reaction cuvette wash nozzles to thereby clean the wash nozzles. A second detergent is then used to clean the nozzles.

Abstract: A printed board to be loaded into a printed-board-receiving structure having a backboard and a guide rail, the backboard having a connector plug-in connectable to a connector on the printed board, the guide rail guiding the printed board toward the backboard and having a groove including a sloping portion, the printed board includes a sloping portion forming a projection at an end of the printed board, the projection being fittable and slidable along the groove in the guide rail.

Abstract: A printed board to be loaded into a printed-board-receiving structure having a backboard and a guide rail, the backboard having a connector plug-in connectable to a connector on the printed board, the guide rail guiding the printed board toward the backboard and having a groove including a sloping portion, the printed board includes a sloping portion forming a projection at an end of the printed board, the projection being fittable and slidable along the groove in the guide rail.

Abstract: There is provided a process analysis method capable of clustering of executed processes and extraction of similar processes. A process analysis method of the present invention converts the similarity between processes into a numeric value as a metric by including a process matrix transform 12 and a metric calculation 14 for process records 11 made up of a series of records of rendered service of at least three elements of the time of service, the type of service, and the quantity of service. This enables the calculation of the similarity between processes as a metric from information of only a series of records of rendered services. Accordingly, it becomes possible to cluster the executed processes and to extract similar processes based on the metric herein calculated.

Abstract: The preset invention relates to an image forming apparatus comprising; an original loading member on which an original is loaded, image reading means for scanning the loaded original to read image information, recording material conveying unit which conveys a recording material in a direction substantially orthogonal to a direction in which the image reading means reads the image information, image forming means for forming an image on the conveyed recording material and an image forming electric board which is arranged in a space on a side of a lengthwise direction of said original relative to said recording material conveying unit.

Abstract: A battery ECU estimates the SOC by integrating the battery current measured by a current sensor, and the battery voltage Vnis measured by a voltage sensor, and the battery temperature Tnis measured by a thermometer if the fluctuation of the charging/discharging current is great. If the number m of estimations of SOCnis m?10, m is incremented. The battery internal resistance Rnis estimated from the measured battery temperature Tnby using a correlation map showing the correlation between the previously stored battery temperature T and the battery internal resistance R. An estimation charging/discharging current Inis determined using the measured battery voltage Vn,the battery open voltage Vocvn-1determined on the basis of the previously estimated charged state, and the estimated battery internal resistance Rn. The SOCnis estimated by integrating the estimated charging/discharging current In. If the number m of estimations of the SOCnis m=10, the number m of estimations is changed to 0.

Abstract: A release auxiliary device (6) includes a base part (51) that is provided fixedly with respect to a receptacle (11), and an auxiliary lever (52) that is provided elastically deformable with respect to the base part (51) and elastically deformable in an orthogonal direction with respect to a direction in which a lever (41) is deformed. The auxiliary lever (52) includes an inclined pressing part (62) that is touchable, from a side, to an end portion of the lever (41), the inclined pressing part (62) presses against the end portion of the lever (41) and moves the lever (41) by pressing an outer surface side of the auxiliary lever (52) and deforming the auxiliary lever (52), enabling release of the engagement between engaging portions (42, 28).

Abstract: A release auxiliary device (6) includes a base member (51) fixedly provided with respect to a receptacle (11), and an auxiliary lever (52) provided in an elastically deformable manner with respect to the base member (51). The auxiliary lever (52) has a base part (61) extending to the base member (51), a pressing part that extends to the base part and is touchable to an end portion of a lever (41), and an operating part (63) that extends to the pressing part and is disposed at a position closer to the body of the plug than the end portion of the lever is. By operating the operating part (63) with fingers, the pressing part (62) presses against the end portion of the lever (41) and moves the same, so that the engagement between engaging portions (42, 28) for retention can be released.

Abstract: A release auxiliary device (6) includes a cover part (51) that is provided movably with respect to a receptacle (11) along the insertion/removal direction of a plug (12), and an inclined pressing part (52) that is provided in the cover part (51) and is touchable, from a lower side, to an end portion (41a) of a lever (41). The inclined pressing part (52) presses against the end portion (41a) of the lever (41) and moves the lever by moving the cover part (51) in a direction in which the plug (12) is detached, enabling release of engagement between engaging portions (42, 28).

Abstract: A release auxiliary device (6) includes a cover part (51) that is provided movably with respect to a receptacle (11) along the insertion/removal direction of a plug (12), and an inclined pressing part (52) that is provided in the cover part (51) and is touchable, from a lower side, to an end portion (41a) of a lever (41). The inclined pressing part (52) presses against the end portion (41a) of the lever (41) and moves the lever by moving the cover part (51) in a direction in which the plug (12) is detached, enabling release of engagement between engaging portions (42, 28).

Abstract: A release auxiliary device (6) includes a base part (51) that is provided fixedly with respect to a receptacle (11), and an auxiliary lever (52) that is provided elastically deformable with respect to the base part (51) and elastically deformable in an orthogonal direction with respect to a direction in which a lever (41) is deformed. The auxiliary lever (52) includes an inclined pressing part (62) that is touchable, from a side, to an end portion of the lever (41), the inclined pressing part (62) presses against the end portion of the lever (41) and moves the lever (41) by pressing an outer surface side of the auxiliary lever (52) and deforming the auxiliary lever (52), enabling release of the engagement between engaging portions (42, 28).

Abstract: A release auxiliary device (6) includes a base member (51) fixedly provided with respect to a receptacle (11), and an auxiliary lever (52) provided in an elastically deformable manner with respect to the base member (51). The auxiliary lever (52) has a base part (61) extending to the base member (51), a pressing part that extends to the base part and is touchable to an end portion of a lever (41), and an operating part (63) that extends to the pressing part and is disposed at a position closer to the body of the plug than the end portion of the lever is. By operating the operating part (63) with fingers, the pressing part (62) presses against the end portion of the lever (41) and moves the same, so that the engagement between engaging portions (42, 28) for retention can be released.

Abstract: An image forming apparatus has an apparatus main body provided with an image forming portion for forming an image, an opening formed in the apparatus main body, an openable and closable cover for opening and closing the opening, and provided with a first cover pivotably provided in the apparatus main body, and a second cover pivotably provided on the first cover, and an image reading device provided above the opening for reading the image of an original, and when the first cover is pivotably moved in a direction to open the opening relative to the apparatus main body, the second cover is pivotably moved to the opening side relative to the first cover, and when the openable and closable cover has opened the opening, the openable and closable cover maintains a state in which it has opened the opening.

Abstract: A method of detecting nozzle clogging by the use of threshold values that can be set easily is accomplished. Also, an analytical instrument equipped with a nozzle clogging detector using threshold values that can be set easily is accomplished. Threshold values corresponding to aspiration volumes of sample are calculated from plural threshold values (P1, P2, and P3) that have been set for discrete aspiration volumes (SV1, SV2, and SV3), respectively. The threshold values are found for each of plural aspiration programs corresponding to plural sets of conditions under which a sample is diluted, and for each of plural aspiration programs corresponding to plural kinds of samples. Threshold values are found for each of plural detection sensitivities.

Abstract: An image forming apparatus has an apparatus main body provided with an image forming portion for forming an image, an opening formed in the apparatus main body, an openable and closable cover for opening and closing the opening, and provided with a first cover pivotably provided in the apparatus main body, and a second cover pivotably provided on the first cover, and an image reading device provided above the opening for reading the image of an original, and when the first cover is pivotably moved in a direction to open the opening relative to the apparatus main body, the second cover is pivotably moved to the opening side relative to the first cover, and when the openable and closable cover has opened the opening, the openable and closable cover maintains a state in which it has opened the opening.

Abstract: A state-of-charge detector device for detecting the state of charge of a secondary battery is provided. The device has a current detector that detects an electric current through the secondary battery, a voltage detector that detects a voltage between terminals of the secondary battery, and an internal resistance calculator that calculates an internal resistance of the secondary battery based on the detected current and the detected voltage. Furthermore, an internal resistance changing rate calculator is provided which calculates a rate of change in the internal resistance calculated, with respect to an amount of charge stored in the secondary battery. A state-of-charge determinator determines a state of charge of the secondary battery based on the rate of change in the internal resistance calculated.