Abstract: Recording elements are driven by changing a driving pulse applied thereto in accordance with information regarding a total number of times the recording elements have been driven.

Abstract: A maintenance information sharing device includes a maintenance record obtainer configured to obtain a maintenance record of a maintenance target, a maintenance record storage configured to associate the maintenance record obtained by the maintenance record obtainer with identification information for identifying the maintenance target, the maintenance record storage storing the maintenance record associated with the identification information, a maintenance information generator configured to generate maintenance information based on the maintenance record associated with the identification information and stored by the maintenance record storage, a maintenance information storage which stores the maintenance information generated by the maintenance information generator, a searcher configured to search the maintenance information stored by the maintenance information storage based on the identification information, and a maintenance information provider configured to provide the maintenance information sear

Abstract: A report creating system includes a report creating server comprising a data storage which stores a report format and image information, the report format being for describing report contents about a facility installed in a plant, the image information being determined uniquely to meaning of the report contents, at least one report creating device which is carriable by a worker, and a report creator configured to create a report in which the image information has been registered in the report format, the report creator being disposed in the report creating server or the report creating device.

Abstract: A driving pulse to be applied to a plurality of print elements in a print element array is decided based on the deviation of the discharge amount from the print elements.

Abstract: A recording apparatus is capable of executing multiple types of different temperature control. A recording head of the recording apparatus has multiple temperature sensors disposed at different positions from each other in the recording head. Each of the multiple types of different temperature control is performed based on representative temperatures acquired using different combinations of the temperature sensors.

Abstract: A recording apparatus is capable of executing multiple types of different temperature control. A recording head of the recording apparatus has multiple temperature sensors disposed at different positions from each other in the recording head. Each of the multiple types of different temperature control is performed based on representative temperatures acquired using different combinations of the temperature sensors.

Abstract: An ultrasonic pipe measurement apparatus includes: a plurality of ultrasonic transceivers discretely disposed on a pipe wall of a pipe; and a control unit configured to control the plurality of ultrasonic transceivers and detect a generation point of damage caused in the pipe based on an ultrasonic signal exchanged between the ultrasonic transceivers.

Abstract: Recording elements are driven by changing a driving pulse applied thereto in accordance with information regarding a total number of times the recording elements have been driven.

Abstract: A solar module is provided which has improved durability. A third wiring member (32a) includes a first portion (32a1), a second portion (32a2), and a third portion (32a3). In the first portion (32a1), metal foil (52) faces a solar cell (20). The first portion (32a1) is electrically connected to the solar cell (20). The second portion (32a2) is arranged on the solar cell (20) with the metal foil (52) facing the side opposite to the solar cell (20). The third portion (32a3) connects the first portion (32a1) and the second portion (32a2). A first wiring member (32b) electrically connects the second portions (32a2) of adjacent solar cell strings (10) to each other. The solar module (1) also includes an insulating sheet (60). The insulating sheet (60) is arranged between the first wiring member (32b) and the solar cell (20).

Abstract: A position information authoring system according to one aspect of the present invention includes a plurality of position information devices in a plant and a position information authoring apparatus. Each of the plurality of position information devices is configured to input a position information into the position information authoring apparatus, the position information represents a three-dimensional absolute position of each of the plurality of position information devices. The position information authoring apparatus is configured to manage a physical position of each physical equipment in the plant and physical positions of the plurality of position information devices, based on a three-dimensional plant model which includes virtual equipments and marks a virtual position of each of the plurality of position information devices.

Abstract: A solar cell production method, whereby: a plurality of solar cell strings connecting a prescribed number of solar cells in series are formed; a plurality of solar cell strings are lined up along a second direction intersecting a first direction in which the solar cell strings extend, and the same are arranged such that the interval at one end of the first direction between adjacent solar cell strings is smaller than the interval at the other end; the arranged plurality of solar cell strings are connected to each other and a solar cell connection body is formed; a first filling material sheet, the solar cell connection body, a second filling material sheet, and a second protective member are laminated upon a first protective member having a curved surface; pressure is applied from above the second protective member; and a solar cell module having a curved surface shape is formed.

Abstract: An aspect of the invention is a method of manufacturing a solar cell module in which wiring members are electrically connected to front and back electrodes on front and back sides of a solar cell with resin adhesion films. The total area of the front electrode is smaller than that of the back electrode. The method includes: arranging the resin adhesion films on the front and back electrodes; arranging a first cushion sheet and a lower press member below the lower resin adhesion film and arranging a second cushion sheet being thicker than the first cushion sheet and an upper press member above the upper resin adhesion film; pressing the press members against each other thereby bonding the resin adhesion films to the solar cell; and releasing the pressure to the press members and moving the first and second cushion sheets away from the solar cell.

Abstract: An information collection system includes an information collection terminal and an information collection server. The an information collection terminal includes an obtainer configured to obtain specification information for specifying a non-connection device which is not connected to a system which is capable of collecting information, a display configured to display an information input screen according to the specification information, an input device configured to input information of the non-connection device into the information input screen, and a communicator configured to transmit, to a network, input information which has been input into the information input screen. The information collection server includes a first collector configured to collect the input information transmitted from the information collection terminal through the network.

Abstract: An information search system includes a terminal device and a communicator. The terminal device includes an obtainer, a processor, and a communicator. The obtainer obtains device specification information which is necessary for specifying a device installed in a plant. The processor obtains first information and second information. The first information is identification information of the device specified by using the device specification information. The second information represents a storage place of information which is necessary for maintaining the device. The communicator transmits the first information and the second information to a network. The, search server specifies a search place based on the second information transmitted from the terminal device through the network. The search server searches the search place by using the first information as a key. The search server transmits a search result to the terminal device.

Abstract: A driving pulse to be applied to a plurality of print elements in a print element array is decided based on the deviation of the discharge amount from the print elements.

Abstract: After printing is performed by driving only some printing elements, the other printing elements are driven so that kogation is deposited on the surface of the other printing elements.

Abstract: A solar module is provided which has improved durability. A third wiring member (32a) includes a first portion (32a1), a second portion (32a2), and a third portion (32a3). In the first portion (32a1), metal foil (52) faces a solar cell (20). The first portion (32a1) is electrically connected to the solar cell (20). The second portion (32a2) is arranged on the solar cell (20) with the metal foil (52) facing the side opposite to the solar cell (20). The third portion (32a3) connects the first portion (32a1) and the second portion (32a2). A first wiring member (32b) electrically connects the second portions (32a2) of adjacent solar cell strings (10) to each other. The solar module (1) also includes an insulating sheet (60). The insulating sheet (60) is arranged between the first wiring member (32b) and the solar cell (20).

Abstract: A work support device includes a data manager configured to manage data obtained from a plant, a model manager configured to manage a normal model representing a normal state of the plant and an abnormal model representing an abnormal state of the plant, an anomaly determiner configured to determine a possibility of an abnormality of the plant by using the data managed by the data manager, the normal model, and the abnormal model, the normal model and the abnormal model being managed by the model manager, and an anomaly notifier configured to notify to outside a determination result of the anomaly determiner.

Abstract: A method is provided which is suitable for manufacturing a solar module. When a defective solar cell (20a) is discovered in a solar cell string (25), a disconnecting step is performed to disconnect the wiring members (30a, 30b) bonded to the defective solar cell (20a) and to the solar cells (20b, 20c) adjacent to the defective solar cell (20a), and to remove the defective solar cell (20a) from the solar cell string (25). A reconnecting step is then performed to electrically connect the solar cells (20b, 20c) that were adjacent to the defective solar cell (20a) to a new solar cell (20d) by using new wiring members (34a, 34b), bonding each new wiring member (34a, 34b) using a resin adhesive to a region closer to the end than the region in which the disconnected end (30a1, 30b1) of the wiring member of the solar cell (20b, 20c) adjacent to the defective solar cell (20a) had been bonded in order to create a new solar cell string (25a).

Abstract: A driving pulse to be applied is changed when an overlapped level of invert timing of driving pulse is large.