Abstract: Provided is an energy management system which can increase the awareness of energy saving. The energy management system according to the present invention includes a home appliance A located in a home, an external portable terminal PT, and a center device SV connected to the home appliance A and portable terminal PT via internet NT. The home appliance A includes an energy management unit 3 and a display control device CV. The center device SV stores for each home the electricity usage at a main breaker Bs and at branch breakers Bmn that is transmitted from the energy management unit 3 of each home. In the center device SV, the ranking in terms of the electricity usage or a degree of a decrease of the electricity usage is made relative to other homes on the basis of the stored electricity usage. The ranking is made for each home and transmitted to the display control device CV of the corresponding home.

Abstract: Provided is an energy management system which can increase the awareness of energy saving. The energy management system according to the present invention includes a home appliance A located in a home, an external portable terminal PT, and a center device SV connected to the home appliance A and portable terminal PT via internet NT. The home appliance A includes an energy management unit 3 and a display control device CV. The center device SV stores for each home the electricity usage at a main breaker Bs and at branch breakers Bmn that is transmitted from the energy management unit 3 of each home. In the center device SV, the ranking in terms of the electricity usage or a degree of a decrease of the electricity usage is made relative to other homes on the basis of the stored electricity usage. The ranking is made for each home and transmitted to the display control device CV of the corresponding home.

Abstract: The energy management system capable of increasing consciousness of a user for energy saving and inducing the user to act for the energy saving by means of providing energy-saving information is provided. In the energy management system, a center device SV includes an information database where bits of knowledge are successively stored as energy-saving information. Upon receiving a display request to display a display screen for displaying the bits of knowledge from a terminal device such as a display control device CV, a personal computer PC, and a portable terminal PT, the center device SV generates image data of the display screen for displaying the bits of knowledge and transmits the same to the terminal device that is a requestor of the display screen. The terminal device displays the image data received from the center device SV.

Abstract: One of the sales-promotion information items stored is selected and displayed on the dedicated second customer-use display unit provided on the upper surface of the counter.

Abstract: This document discusses, among other things, a method and system for correlating and combining production and non-production data for analysis for the purposes of increasing manufacturing efficiency and reducing manufacturing downtime due to abnormal conditions. In one example, this method provides for quicker data analysis which may result in less manufacturing product being discarded due to lengthy delays between abnormal conditions and the response to those conditions. In one example, a computer system is used to implement the method with the data captured from production and non-production sources being stored remotely on a server. In one example, a computer system is used to implement the method with the analyzed data being stored remotely on a server and accessed over a network for local examination.

Abstract: A method and system for aggregating and combining manufacturing data for analysis for the purposes of increasing manufacturing efficiency and reducing manufacturing downtime due to abnormal conditions. An embodiment provides for a method of dividing an entire manufacturing process into parts and further into subparts for the purposes of tracking the path that a workpiece takes during the entire manufacturing process. Data is measured specific to the path and assigned to a data set stored on a data processing device for analysis of the conditions for the workpiece being examined. An embodiment provides for quicker data analysis which may result in less manufacturing product being discarded due to lengthy delays between abnormal conditions and the response to those conditions. An embodiment provides for users to be alerted when abnormal conditions are present. In one example, a data processing device non-manually halts production when abnormal conditions are present.

Abstract: A method and system for aggregating and combining manufacturing data for analysis for the purposes of increasing manufacturing efficiency and reducing manufacturing downtime due to abnormal conditions. An embodiment provides for a method of dividing an entire manufacturing process into parts and further into subparts for the purposes of tracking the path that a workpiece takes during the entire manufacturing process. Data is measured specific to the path and assigned to a data set stored on a data processing device for analysis of the conditions for the workpiece being examined. An embodiment provides for quicker data analysis which may result in less manufacturing product being discarded due to lengthy delays between abnormal conditions and the response to those conditions. An embodiment provides for users to be alerted when abnormal conditions are present. In one example, a data processing device non-manually halts production when abnormal conditions are present.

Abstract: This document discusses, among other things, a method and system for correlating and combining production and non-production data for analysis for the purposes of increasing manufacturing efficiency and reducing manufacturing downtime due to abnormal conditions. In one example, this method provides for quicker data analysis which may result in less manufacturing product being discarded due to lengthy delays between abnormal conditions and the response to those conditions. In one example, a computer system is used to implement the method with the data captured from production and non-production sources being stored remotely on a server. In one example, a computer system is used to implement the method with the analyzed data being stored remotely on a server and accessed over a network for local examination.

Abstract: A method and system for aggregating and combining manufacturing data for analysis for the purposes of increasing manufacturing efficiency and reducing manufacturing downtime due to abnormal conditions. An embodiment provides for a method of dividing an entire manufacturing process into parts and further into subparts for the purposes of tracking the path that a workpiece takes during the entire manufacturing process. Data is measured specific to the path and assigned to a data set stored on a data processing device for analysis of the conditions for the workpiece being examined. An embodiment provides for quicker data analysis which may result in less manufacturing product being discarded due to lengthy delays between abnormal conditions and the response to those conditions. An embodiment provides for users to be alerted when abnormal conditions are present. In one example, a data processing device non-manually halts production when abnormal conditions are present.

Abstract: This document discusses, among other things, a method and system for correlating and combining production and non-production data for analysis for the purposes of increasing manufacturing efficiency and reducing manufacturing downtime due to abnormal conditions. In one example, this method provides for quicker data analysis which may result in less manufacturing product being discarded due to lengthy delays between abnormal conditions and the response to those conditions. In one example, a computer system is used to implement the method with the data captured from production and non-production sources being stored remotely on a server. In one example, a computer system is used to implement the method with the analyzed data being stored remotely on a server and accessed over a network for local examination.

Abstract: A new intermediate transfer member which has a durable coating layer which easily conforms to the elastic deformation of the rubber layer, exhibits good wear resistance, permits easy resistance control, and fulfills such requirements as protection of the photosensitive body from staining, prevention of toner sticking, and decrease in the coefficient of friction. It is characterized in that the coating layer is composed mainly of a urethane resin which is formed from a polyol compound and a polyisocyanate compound in an excess amount in terms of NCO/OH molar ratio and which contains a solvent-insoluble fraction no less than 70%.

Abstract: Disclosed is an intermediate transfer member disposed between an image forming body and a recording medium, for transferring and holding a toner image formed on a surface of the image forming body onto a surface of the intermediate transfer member once and then transferring the toner image onto the recording medium, the intermediate transfer member including: a rubber composition, wherein the state of occurrence of cracks in the rubber composition after the rubber composition imparted with 20% of elongation has been exposed for 120 hours to an environment with an ozone concentration of 10 ppm and with a temperature of 40.degree. C. is specified such that no crack is seen, or the number of cracks and the depth of cracks satisfy a specific evaluation standard.

Abstract: The invention provides a charging member for electrically charging an object by placing the member in contact with the object and applying voltage between them. The member includes a shaft and an elastic layer and a conductive layer successively formed around the shaft, and has a capacitance of up to 1.times.10.sup.-9 F. and preferably a surface roughness of up to 20 .mu.m on JIS ten point mean roughness scale. The charging member is effective for suppressing charging noise.

Abstract: A charging device for electrically charging a photoconductor drum includes a charging member adapted to be placed in contact with the drum and an element for applying voltage between the charging member and the drum. The charging member has a microhardness of 1-65 degrees at its surface in contact with the drum or at least a surface layer of the charging member in contact with the drum is formed of a polyurethane which is prepared from liquid MDI as an isocyanate component and a polyol.

Abstract: A nonaqueous electrolyte secondary battery includes a positive electrode of vanadium pentoxide, a negative electrode of lithium-doped carbonaceous material, and an organic electrolyte liquid containing a lithium salt. The electric capacities of the positive and negative materials are selected such that the electric capacity of the carbonaceous material at a potential of 1 volt or lower vs. lithium counter electrode is 0.8 to 1.8 times the electric capacity of vanadium pentoxide at a potential of 2.5 volts or higher vs. lithium counter electrode. Graphitized mesophase microspheres resulting from carbonization of pitch is preferred carbonaceous material. The battery is improved in both charge/discharge cycle and overdischarge properties.

Abstract: An electric cell comprising a positive electrode, a negative electrode, and an electrolyte maintains excellent performance when the positive electrode is an electro-conductive polymer composite including a mesh stainless steel having a wire diameter of about 35-120 .mu.m and an electro-conductive polymer, typically polyaniline, integrally deposited onto the mesh by electrolytic polymerization. A container having the elements received therein is provided with a vent mechanism.

Abstract: A non-aqueous secondary cell comprising a positive electrode, a negative electrode and a non-aqueous electrolyte is provided wherein the positive electrode comprises as an active material polyaniline containing 15 to 30% by weight of BF.sub.4.

Abstract: A polyaniline is highly conductive and less corrosive when it contains up to 7 mol % of benzenoid-ammonium salt state and up to 25 mol % of quinoid-diimine state, based on the total molar amount of the polyaniline.