Abstract: An electronic apparatus includes: a housing; an imaging element disposed in the housing; a battery disposed in the housing; and a heat storage material filled in a space in the housing and thermally connected to the imaging element and/or the battery.

Abstract: Apparatus for use with a communication device, such as an Phone®, having a camera enabled by a wireless communication chip such as Bluetooth® to take a selfie picture or video. The apparatus comprises a base and first and second flexible arms extending upward from the base. The apparatus further comprises first and second light sources engaged with the first and second flexible arms, respectively. The apparatus further comprises a third flexible arm extending upward from said base. The apparatus further comprises a fastener engaged with the third flexible arm and removably engageable with the communication device. The apparatus further comprises a control unit that is adapted to send a signal upon to the communication device to activate the camera to take a picture or to adjust the intensity and/or temperature of the first and second light sources. The control circuit is activated by a hand-held remote control device.

Abstract: A camera array mount made with a series of links is provided that is easy to set up, dynamically reconfigurable, campact, and convenient to store and transport. The links are dynamically configurable into camera array mounts with adjustable radius of curvatures. The links are made of plastic, composites, metals, aluminum, or alloys that can be molded or cast for mass production. The links can be broken down for storage and transport. The links can be adapted for various camera sizes and camera mounts. The links provide improved indexing with angled slots that reduce pin slop. The links provide an optimized weight to support ratio.

Abstract: A method and apparatus for the inspection of a hostile environment includes a sensorized device carrying a plurality of image sensors positioned with different orientations, so as to detect image data of the hostile environment; a support adapted to support the sensorized device in the hostile environment; a processor of the image data generating a spherical and/or three-dimensional image based on the image data; and a remote display device with respect to the sensorized device adapted to be positioned outside the hostile environment and in communication with at least the processor of the image data, the apparatus being adapted for a hostile environment with temperatures and/or atmospheric contaminants harmful or dangerous for human beings, and the plurality of sensors detecting contemporaneous image data of at least 60% of 4? steradians of the hostile environment.

Abstract: An optical redirection adapter for an electronic device having a camera includes a housing and an optical element. The optical element is attached to the housing and positioned such that, when the adapter is attached the electronic device, the optical element is positioned in the camera's field of view. The optical element reflects light in the camera's field of view from a redirection angle that is offset from the camera's field of view. The optical redirection adapter facilitates ergonomically sound use of the camera.

Abstract: The invention provides a projector with a biaxially-tilted (with a 17-degree tilting angle) digital micro mirror device (DMD) whose light source module and lens set deployment is improved so that the incident light provided by the light source module travels along a first light route and is enlarged by the lens set before traveling along a second light route and provided to the biaxially-tilted DMD. The projector features in that the first lens group is composed of two specific spherical lenses or one specific aspheric lens and the second lens group is composed of one aspheric lens. Therefore, the prismless, non-telecentric projector, without using any TIR prism, can be made with fewer components, lower cost, and enhanced efficiency.

Abstract: A paint composition comprises a carrier material, a plurality of ambient light absorbing pigment particles dispersed in the carrier material comprising a component that absorbs predetermined visible wavelengths, and a plurality of fluorescent pigment particles dispersed in the carrier material, wherein the fluorescent pigment particles emit a first color and the paint composition emits a second color different from the first color when illuminated by an ultraviolet light source. The paint composition can act as a video projection surface with usable screen gain.

Abstract: Disclosed is a projection device using a micro light emitting diode (LED) panel, the projection device including: a first micro LED panel configured to output light of a first wavelength using first micro LED pixels with the first wavelength; a second micro LED panel configured to output light of a second wavelength using second micro LED pixels with the second wavelength; a third micro LED panel configured to output light of a third wavelength using the first or second micro LED pixels; and a dichroic prism configured to synthesize lights output from the first to third micro LED panels, wherein the third micro LED panel includes a color conversion film for changing the light of the first or second wavelength to the light of the third wavelength.

Abstract: A dynamic brightness adjusting method is used for adjusting output brightness of an image projected by a projector. The method controls a lighting component of the projector to emit light in an adjustable lighting power, and controls a light limiting device disposed in front of the lighting component to allow the light to pass through in an adjustable light-passing rate. In an embodiment, the method adjusts the lighting power and the light-passing rate at the same time. In another embodiment, according to a brightness range in which a nominal maximum brightness value relative to an input image is located, the method fixes the lighting power and adjusts the light-passing rate according to the fixed lighting power and the nominal maximum brightness value, or fixes the light-passing rate and adjusts the lighting power according to the fixed light-passing rate and the nominal maximum brightness value.

Abstract: This light emission control circuit controls a first switching element for controlling a current that flows to a light-emitting element connected between a first node and one end of an inductor, and a second switching element for controlling a current that flows from the other end of the inductor to a second node. The light emission control circuit has a driving circuit that generates a first control signal for controlling the first switching element, and a switching control circuit that generate a second control signal for controlling the second switching element, and deactivates the second control signal in order to bring the second switching element into an off-state, during a period during which the first switching element is in an off-state.

Abstract: Systems and methods for use in tri-spot point spread function imaging are provided that include a phase mask. The phase mask includes three partitions that each include a subset of the total area that is asymmetrical to other partitions. Each partition includes a phase delay ramp aligned along a phase delay axis, and includes a gradient of phase delays. Each phase delay axis is oriented in a different direction with respect to each other. Included is a source that outputs an excitation beam into a sample containing at least one light emitter that emits a radiation pattern when illuminated. Included is at least one sensor arranged to capture at least one image of the radiation pattern and a phase mask positioned between the at least one emitter and the at least one sensor. The phase mask is configured to produce a tri-spot point spread function.

Abstract: A pellicle removal tool including a stage that holds a photomask and an associated pellicle, two or more arms positioned around the stage and configured to engage pellicle side wells of the pellicle, and two or more actuators each configured to adjust at least a vertical position of a corresponding one of the two or more arms so as to apply a lifting force to the pellicle for removal of the pellicle from the photomask.

Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a method of using an equipment for manufacturing or using a mask or a display substrate; and the method includes: providing a master plate; setting, on the master plate, a plurality of measuring points corresponding to positions of the mask or the display substrate where a pixel position accuracy measurement is to be implemented, according to the mask or the display substrate to be measured; and placing the master plate in a coordinate system of the equipment, and measuring error values between the equipment and the master plate at the measuring points.

Abstract: A method including obtaining a measurement and/or simulation result of a pattern after being processed by an etch tool of a patterning system, determining a patterning error due to an etch loading effect based on the measurement and/or simulation result, and creating, by a computer system, modification information for modifying a patterning device and/or for adjusting a modification apparatus upstream in the patterning system from the etch tool based on the patterning error, wherein the patterning error is converted to a correctable error and/or reduced to a certain range, when the patterning device is modified according to the modification information and/or the modification apparatus is adjusted according to the modification information.

Abstract: A film mold according to the present embodiment includes a first resin layer having a pattern region including a concavo-convex pattern and constituted by a resin composition, and a first glass substrate layer constituted by thin film glass and laminated on a surface on an opposite side to a surface on which the pattern region is formed in the first resin layer.

Abstract: Organometallic solutions have been found to provide high resolution radiation based patterning using thin coatings. The patterning can involve irradiation of the coated surface with a selected pattern and developing the pattern with a developing agent to form the developed image. The patternable coatings may be susceptible to positive-tone patterning or negative-tone patterning based on the use of an organic developing agent or an aqueous acid or base developing agent. The radiation sensitive coatings can comprise a metal oxo/hydroxo network with organic ligands. A precursor solution can comprise an organic liquid and metal polynuclear oxo-hydroxo cations with organic ligands having metal carbon bonds and/or metal carboxylate bonds.

Abstract: In one aspect, there is provided a method of creating a microstructure pattern on an exterior surface of an aircraft, boat, automobile or other vehicle is disclosed. A layer of photopolymer (44) is applied to the top coat or substrate (43) by nozzles (45). The photopolymer is selectively irradiated to activate its photoinitiator and the unirradiated polymer is removed. The irradiation can be via a mask (49) which does not come into contact with the polymer, or via a beam splitting arrangement (63, 64) or a diffraction grating (71). The pattern can be formed by either leaving the exposed photopolymer in situ, or using the exposed photopolymer to mask the substrate, etching the substrate, and then removing the exposed photopolymer.

Abstract: The present invention has an object to provide a resist ink adaptable to low temperature baking that has both of an adhesiveness to the metal foil for constituting a circuit and an acidic etching resistance even at a low oven temperature. The present invention can overcome a negative effect of decreased baking temperature, that is, reduced adhesiveness of a printed coat to a substrate metal foil and reduced acidic etching resistance in the step of acidic etching. A resist ink is adaptable to low temperature baking containing a polyester resin, a titanium oxide, and an organic silicon compound as essential components.

Abstract: To provide e.g. a photosensitive resin composition for a biochip, capable of forming a liquid repellent film at a high resolution, with an aqueous alkaline solution, without performing PEB treatment, a method for forming the liquid repellent film, a process for producing a biochip.

Abstract: Disclosed herein are a photosensitive resin composition and a cured film prepared therefrom. The photosensitive resin composition includes a siloxane polymer, a 1,2-quinonediazide compound, an epoxy compound and at least one silane compound represented by formula 1. The silane compound together with the epoxy compound in the resin composition further reduces the number of highly reactive silanol group present in the siloxane polymer. As a result, the resistance (chemical resistance) to chemicals used in a post-processing can be maximized to provide a cured film having excellent stability.

Abstract: A reflective optical element, in particular for a microlithographic projection exposure apparatus or a mask inspection apparatus. According to one aspect, the reflective optical element has an optically effective surface, a substrate (405, 505), a reflection layer system (410, 510) and at least one porous outgassing layer (450, 550), which at least intermittently releases particles adsorbed in the outgassing layer (450, 550) when the optically effective surface (400a, 500a) is irradiated by electromagnetic radiation.

Abstract: The present invention discloses a method for quickly establishing lithography process condition by a pre-compensation value, comprising: firstly determining a reference process condition of masks of which parameters are same, and then determining an optimum process condition of the first mask; thereafter, calculating a ratio of the optimum process condition of the first mask deviating from the reference process condition, wherein if the ratio is equal to or larger than a set threshold, the first mask is inspected, and if the ratio is less than the set threshold, an optimum process condition of the second mask is determined according to the ratio and the reference process condition of the second mask; and by analogy, determining optimum process conditions of the rest masks. The method of the present invention can quickly establish a lithograph process condition, reduce the trial production time for determining the optimum defocus amount and exposure amount.

Abstract: According to one aspect of the present invention, a multiple charged particle beam lithography apparatus includes dose operation processing circuitry configured to, in a case that a pattern is written into a pattern writing region sufficiently larger than the setting region in a target object by using the multiple charged particle beams following the pattern writing sequence, operate an incident dose of a beam to each position intended inside the pattern writing region by continuously using repeatedly data of dose modulation value groups defined for a plurality of pixel regions of a same block among a plurality of blocks obtained by dividing a dose modulation map for each preset number of pixel regions without switching to data of dose modulation value groups of other blocks.

Abstract: A method of monitoring a device manufacturing process, the method including; obtaining an estimated time variation of a process parameter; determining, on the basis of the estimated time variation, a sampling plan for measurements to be performed on a plurality of substrates to obtain information about the process parameter; measuring substrates in accordance with the sampling plan to obtain a plurality of measurements; and determining an actual time variation of the process parameter on the basis of the measurements.

Abstract: A radiation system comprises a fuel emitter configured to provide fuel to a plasma formation region, a laser arranged to provide a laser beam at the plasma formation region incident on the fuel to generate a radiation emitting plasma, and a reflective or transmissive device (30) arranged to receive radiation emitted by the plasma and to reflect or transmit at least some of the received radiation along a desired path, wherein the reflective or transmissive device comprises a body configured to reflect and/or transmit said at least some of the radiation, and selected secondary electron emission (SEE) material (34) arranged relative to the body such as to emit secondary electrons in response to the received radiation, thereby to clean material from a surface of the device.

Abstract: An electrophotographic photoreceptor includes a conductive substrate; and a photosensitive layer arranged on the conductive substrate and containing, as a charge generating material, any one material selected from the group consisting of titanyl phthalocyanines, metal-free phthalocyanines, chlorogallium phthalocyanines and hydroxygallium phthalocyanines; and, as an electron transporting material, a naphthalene tetracarboxylic acid diimide compound represented by Formula (1) below, where R1 and R2 each represent a hydrogen atom, an alkyl group having 1 to 10 carbon atoms, an alkylene group, an alkoxy group, an alkyl ester group, a phenyl group optionally having a substituent, a naphthyl group optionally having a substituent, or a halogen element; and R1 and R2 are optionally the same or different: The photoreceptor realizes a stable print density even in a low-temperature environment by suppressing a reduction in print density that is caused by potential fluctuation of the photoreceptor in the low-temperat

Abstract: Provided is an electrophotographic photoreceptor obtained by laminating a photosensitive layer and a surface protective layer in this order on a conductive support, wherein the surface protective layer contains conductive fine particles and crosslinkable organic fine particles, and either the conductive fine particles or the crosslinkable organic fine particles have been subjected to surface modification with a fluoroalkyl (meth)acrylate/(meth)acrylic acid copolymer.

Abstract: Disclosed is a method for producing a toner comprising combining a binder resin, a wax, a negatively-chargeable charge control resin and a colorant to form the toner, prior to said combining, the negatively-chargeable charge control resin is obtained by drying treatment conducted for 2 to 24 hours under conditions of a drying temperature of 45 to 80° C. and a pressure of 0.5 to 20 kPa, wherein the negatively-chargeable charge control resin comprises a monomer unit having a functional group that imparts a negative charging property, a vinyl aromatic hydrocarbon monomer unit, and a (meth)acrylate monomer unit.

Abstract: An electrostatic latent image developing toner includes toner particles. Each of the toner particles includes a toner mother particle and an external additive. The toner mother particle contains a binder resin. The external additive includes external additive particles adhering to a surface of the toner mother particle. Each of the external additive particles includes a titanium oxide particle and resin particles adhering to a surface of the titanium oxide particle.

Abstract: An electrostatic latent image developing toner includes a plurality of toner particles containing a binder resin. The toner particles have a cross-linking structure originating from a high-molecular cross-linking agent. A storage elastic modulus of the toner at a temperature of 80° C. is at least 1.0×103 Pa and no greater than 5.0×104 Pa. A storage elastic modulus of the toner at a temperature of 120° C. is at least 1.0×103 Pa and no greater than 1.0×104 Pa. A cross-linking density Nx represented by formula (1) is at least 2.9×10?7 mol/cm3 and no greater than 2.5×10?6 mol/cm3. A loss tangent tan ?x represented by formula (2) is at least 0.05 and no greater than 0.50.

Abstract: Provided is a color image forming process using colorant-containing toners of multiple colors containing colorants respectively having different resistances, wherein each of the colorant-containing toners contains an amorphous resin, a crystalline polyester resin, and a mold release agent, at least the crystalline polyester resin contained in the colorant-containing toner other than the colorant-containing toner containing a colorant having the lowest resistance contains a hybrid crystalline polyester resin formed by bonding a crystalline polyester polymerized segment and an amorphous polymerized segment, and the content of the amorphous polymerized segment in the hybrid crystalline polyester resin contained in the colorant-containing toner other than the colorant-containing toner containing a colorant having the lowest resistance is greater than the content of the amorphous polymerized segment in the crystalline polyester resin contained in the colorant-containing toner containing a colorant having the lowes

Abstract: Provided is a magenta toner having a toner particle containing a binder resin, a wax and a colorant, wherein the colorant contains a specific amount of a compound (1), the colorant also contains one or more compounds selected from the group consisting of a naphthol compound, a quinacridone compound and a lake compound thereof in addition to the compound (1), and the binder resin contains a specific amount of a polyester resin.

Abstract: A magenta liquid electrostatic ink composition includes chargeable particles having a resin and a pigment; an insulating, non-polar, non-aqueous liquid carrier in which the chargeable particles are dispersed; and a charge director. The resin is formable from polymerizing alkylene monomers and methacrylic or acrylic acid monomers; the pigment is selected from pigment violet 19 type ?I, pigment violet 19 type ?II, pigment violet 19 type 1, pigment red 177, pigment red 208, and pigment violet 32; and the liquid electrostatic ink composition lacks any other types of pigment.

Abstract: An image forming apparatus includes a charging member; a light source that includes light source elements and that radiates charge-eliminating light toward the charging member; a processing member that performs a process on the charging member; a function member provided to enable the process of the processing member and disposed between the light source and the charging member, the function member facing a radiation path of the charge-eliminating light and extending in an arrangement direction of the light source elements; and an adjusting portion formed on a surface of the function member that faces the radiation path, the adjusting portion adjusting an amount of irradiation of the charging member by the charge-eliminating light so as to reduce a difference in the amount of irradiation between regions corresponding to arrangement positions of the light source elements and regions between the light source elements.

Abstract: An image forming apparatus includes a controller to execute a first mode for forming a toner image on a recording medium, in which a maximum toner carrying amount per unit area is a first maximum toner carrying amount, and a second mode for forming a toner image on the recording medium, in which the maximum toner carrying amount per unit is a second maximum toner carrying amount larger than the first maximum toner carrying amount. In the first mode, the controller sets a circumferential speed ratio of the toner bearing member against an image bearing member at a first circumferential speed ratio, and in the second mode the controller sets the circumferential speed ratio at a second circumferential speed ratio higher than the first circumferential speed ratio. The controller executes the second mode upon an order of the second mode by an operator.

Abstract: A shutter member of a toner case includes a compatible key and an engaged portion. A storage portion for storing the toner case includes a compatible member rockably supported at a position that faces the shutter member during an insertion process of the toner case. The compatible member includes a first contact portion and a first engaging portion. The first contact portion is located on a forward side of a rocking shaft of the compatible member in the insertion direction. The first engaging portion is located on a backward side of the rocking shaft in the insertion direction. During an insertion process of the toner case, the first engaging portion of the compatible member is engaged with the engaged portion so that the shutter member moves from a closing position to an opening position.

Abstract: In the case that a developer supply container is provided with a feeding portion for feeding a developer by receiving a rotational force and a pump portion for discharging the developer by reciprocation, and the rotational force and a reciprocating force are received from a main assembly side of an image forming apparatus, there is a liability that a driving connection is not properly established between a portion of the developer supply container for receiving the reciprocating force and a portion of the main assembly side for applying the reciprocating force. The developer supply container is provided with a drive converting mechanism for converting the rotational force received from the main assembly side to a force for operating a volume changing type pump.

Abstract: An image forming apparatus includes a cartridge storage portion that is installed in an image forming apparatus main body, and a toner cartridge that is configured so as to be able to be inserted into and removed from the cartridge storage portion. The cartridge storage portion has a storage opening that receives the toner cartridge, and has a gap between an end part of the toner cartridge and the storage opening, through which the end part of the toner cartridge is not able to be held, when the toner cartridge is stored in the cartridge storage portion.

Abstract: A toner cartridge comprises a toner container which contains toner, a driving member which rotationally drives a conveying member, an agitating member which agitates a toner in the toner container while being rotated, a driven member which rotates in association with the driving member which is for rotationally driving the agitating member, and a rotational body which rotates according to rotation of the driven member, has a plurality of slits in rotational circumference for identifying a type of the toner cartridge, and has 1/K or more of the slits when a ratio of a rotational speed R1 (rad/s) of the driving member and a rotational speed R2 (rad/s) of the driven member is K=R2/R1.

Abstract: A developer conveying mechanism has a pipe-shaped conveyance passage, a shutter, a sealing member, and a biasing member. Through the pipe-shaped conveyance passage, developer is conveyed, and a discharge port is formed in a part of a side surface of the pipe-shaped conveyance passage. The shutter is arranged to be slidable along the outer circumferential surface of the pipe-shaped conveyance passage, and opens and closes the discharge port. The sealing member is fixed to the inner circumferential surface of the shutter. The biasing member biases the shutter in a direction in which the discharge port is closed. The sealing member has a frame-shaped contact portion making contact with the pipe-shaped conveyance passage, and a non-contact portion in the contact portion.

Abstract: An image forming apparatus includes a discharging device for discharging the drum at a discharging portion opposing the surface of the drum; and a control unit for executing, during non-image formation, a cleaning operation for transferring the toner deposited on the transfer member onto the drum by applying a voltage from transfer voltage source to the transfer member. The control unit does not effect discharge by the discharging device for at least a region of the drum where a transfer voltage for transferring a normal-polarity toner of the toner deposited on the transfer member onto the drum is applied to the transfer member in the cleaning operation, and then passes the region of the drum through the charging portion in a state in which a voltage larger than a surface potential of the drum in a normal polarity side is applied to the charging member.

Abstract: An image forming apparatus includes: an image former that includes an imaging part that forms a toner image; a fixing apparatus that fixes the toner image transferred to a sheet by a heating roller and a pressure roller extending in an axial direction; and a heat insulation duct that is disposed between the image former and the fixing apparatus and introduces a cooling medium therein along the axial direction, wherein the heat insulation duct has an opening portion that discharges the cooling medium introduced into the heat insulation duct to a region between the image former and the fixing apparatus.

Abstract: An image forming apparatus includes a rubbing rotatable member capable of executing a rubbing treatment of rubbing a surface of a first rotatable member, a counter to count a number corresponding to a number of recording materials on that toner images are formed, an obtaining portion to obtain information that corresponds to an instruction of an operator and that corresponds to whether to permit the execution of the rubbing treatment, that is based on the number counted by the counter, a writing portion to write the information obtained by the obtaining portion in the storing portion of the fixing portion mounted in the mounting portion, and a controller to control whether to execute the rubbing treatment, that is based on the number counted by the counter, in accordance with the information stored in the storing portion of the fixing portion mounted in the mounting portion.

Abstract: A fixing device includes a cylindrical film, a nip forming member, a preventing member provided in a position opposing an end portion of the film with respect to a generatrix direction of the film and configured to prevent movement of the film in the generatrix direction, a separating member configured to separate, from the film, a recording material discharged from the nip, and a frame. The fixing device fixes, at the nip, a toner image on the recording material while nipping and feeding the recording material on which the toner image is formed. The separating member is provided rotatably relative to the preventing member at a first portion thereof and is provided slidably relative to the frame at a second portion thereof. A sliding direction of the separating member crosses a plane of the nip.

Abstract: An image forming apparatus includes an image forming section, a sensor and a control section. The image forming section forms a first image with at least two kinds of developing agents with different fixation properties. The sensor detects the first image formed on an image formed section by the image forming section. The control section amends deviation of the first image on the image formed section by the image forming section when a detection result of the sensor that the first image formed by the image forming section is not formed at a predetermined position of the image formed section.

Abstract: An image forming apparatus includes a calculation portion calculates an image ratio of the electrostatic image to be formed. A controller controls the developer supply from a developer supplier to the developing unit based on the toner density output of the inductance sensor. An adjustment portion adjusts the density of the toner output from the toner density detection portion to a higher value in a case where the image ratio calculated by the calculation portion is higher than a predetermined image ratio.

Abstract: An image forming apparatus includes an input portion into which a job is to be input, an image forming portion configured to form a toner image on a recording material to execute the job input into the input portion, a fixing portion configured to fix, on the recording material, the toner image formed by the image forming portion, the fixing portion being capable of being replaced with another fixing portion depending on a content of the job, a selecting portion configured to prompt an operator to select one of a plurality of modes before a plurality of jobs are successively reserved, and a controller configured to control the execution order of reserved jobs. The controller can change the execution order of the plurality of jobs so as to decrease the number of times of replacement of the fixing portion, or the controller can maintain the execution order of the plurality of jobs in a reserved order.

Abstract: An image forming apparatus includes: a fixing device that forms a fixing nip by bringing a pressure member into pressure contact with a peripheral surface of a heating rotator and fixes an unfixed toner image; an acceptor that accepts a specified laminate processing mode for performing laminate processing by feeding a laminate; and a hardware processor that controls a heating rotator to idle for a predetermined time and then controls to perform the laminate processing, wherein a heat accumulating member provided to be capable of contacting with and separating from an outer peripheral surface of the pressure member and a pressure contact/separation mechanism are further included, and the hardware processor performs control to idle the heating rotator for a predetermined time in a state where the heat accumulating member is brought into pressure contact with the pressure member to accumulate heat in the heat accumulating member.

Abstract: An image forming device includes: an image forming part that forms an image on a transfer medium; a conveyance part that conveys the transfer medium; and a hardware processor that controls the conveyance part, receives a result of reading by an image reader, which reads an image on the transfer medium passing through the image forming part, and determines whether an image on the transfer medium is normal, wherein the hardware processor can perform control of sorting, by a sorting part that can perform sorting of a transfer medium according to a result of the determination, a transfer medium determined to have a normal image and a transfer medium determined to have an abnormal image, and can further perform control of previously grasping analysis time in the determination and suspending conveyance of the transfer medium at a conveyance position at or in advance of a sorting position.

Abstract: A remaining paper determination apparatus that determines existence/non-existence of remaining paper in a paper conveyance path that conveys paper, includes: a capacitance sensor that detects capacitance of the paper conveyance path; and a remaining paper determination part that determines existence/non-existence of remaining paper on the basis of a detection value of the capacitance sensor, wherein the remaining paper determination part includes a base level setting part that sets a base level on the basis of an output value of the capacitance sensor of when there is no paper in the paper conveyance path, and a threshold setting part that sets a determination threshold by adding a predetermined default value to the base level, and compares the detection value of the capacitance sensor with a latest determination threshold and performs determination according to a magnitude relationship therebetween.