Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba

Canon Kabushiki Kaisha

Nissan Motor Company Limited

Kabushiki Kaisha Tokai Rika Denki Seisakusho

Toshiba Infrastructure Systems & Solutions Corporation

Daisuke Yamamoto

Takafumi Sonoura

Hideki Ogawa

Isao Koishi

Junya Tanaka

Terutaka Endo

Miwako Doi

Takashi Kimura

Kaoru Suzuki

Akihito Ogawa

Hiroshi Sugiyama

Nobutaka Kikuiri

Kazushige Ouchi

Minoru Mukai

Takahiro Omori

Seiji Tokura

Kenji Nakanishi

Ryo Iwasawa

Takashi Yoshimi

Toshiyuki Koga

Atsushi Sadamoto

Nobuto Matsuhira

Ryo Saitou

Naomasa Sasaki

Hiroshi Ohtsu

Takeshi Arimitsu

Atsushi Sugahara

Haruna Eto

Hideichi Nakamoto

Junji Oaki

Shigemi Kamoshida

Tsuyoshi Tasaki

Yuka Kobayashi

Tetsuji Suzuki

Masanobu Kanoto

Ryo Saito

Yusuke Niikawa

Rie Katsuki

Kazuma Komoda

Ryohei Orihara

Masato Inoue

Nobuhiro Mori

Tatsunori Tanigaki

Kohei Nara

Atsushi Toyama

Keisuke Kamata

Hiroshi Imanari

Minoru Kaho

Kazuhide Sawa

Shoichi Yoshizawa

Yasunori Maki

Fumihiko Takehara

Yuusuke Hoshimiya

Yusuke Ito

Hideto Yui

Akihiro Mori

Nobuyuki Kishi

Masato Inque

A movable object includes: a vehicle body; a distance measurement part configured to measure a distance to a physical object; an orientation measurement part configured to measure an orientation angle of the vehicle body; and a control device connected to the distance measurement part and the orientation measurement part. The control device acquires a measurement value of a detection range from the distance measurement part, calculates a valid range of the detection range on the basis of the orientation angle acquired from the orientation measurement part, and invalidates the measurement value of an invalid range not included in the valid range.

Movable object, distance measurement method, and distance measurement program

A mobile vehicle includes: a vehicle body unit; a plurality of vehicle wheel parts; a first driving part configured to be connected to the vehicle wheel parts, and be able to rotate the vehicle wheel parts around a first rotation axis as its rotation center in a first rotation direction; a second driving part configured to connect the vehicle body unit and the first driving part, and be able to rotate the vehicle wheel parts and the first driving part around a second rotation axis as its rotation center in a second rotation direction; and a control unit configured to be disposed in the vehicle body unit and be able to control the first driving part and the second driving part. The vehicle wheel part includes a plurality of sub-vehicle wheel parts that are able to rotate in a third rotation direction different from the first rotation direction.

Mobile vehicle, method of controlling mobile vehicle, and program

A display device includes a sheet on which a pattern is printed, a light source emitting light to brighten the pattern; and a light guide guiding the light emitted from the light source to the sheet. The light guide includes an incident surface provided at one end portion thereof in a longitudinal direction and an emission surface provided at the other end portion thereof. As viewed in the longitudinal direction, the incident surface is smaller than an area where the pattern is printed in the sheet, the emission surface includes a first emission surface which overlaps at least a part of the pattern and has a portion overlapping the light source, and a second emission surface which overlaps at least a part of the pattern and does not overlap the light source. The second emission surface is closer to the sheet than the first emission surface.

Display device, operating device and image forming apparatus

According to one embodiment, an unmanned transport vehicle includes: a moving body capable of autonomously traveling on a floor surface and having a docking portion connecting to the object; a detection sensor capable of detecting an approach side support leg, wherein, of the plurality of support legs in the object, a pair of support legs located on a docking side of the moving body are designated as approach side support legs, and a pair of support legs located on a side opposite to a docking side in a traveling direction of the moving body is used as depth side support legs; and a control device connected to the moving body and a first detection sensor. The moving body has a height capable of entering a bottom space surrounded by a lower surface of the load plate of the object, the plurality of support legs, and the floor surface.

Unmanned transport vehicle, unmanned transport method, and computer-readable storage medium

An image forming apparatus incudes an outer casing, a button portion including a pressed portion, a support portion and a deformable portion, and a regulation portion configured to come into contact with the support portion to regulate a position of the button portion. The button portion is movable from a first positon to a second position when the pressed portion is pressed. When the button portion is moved from the first position to the second position, the outer casing of the image forming apparatus slides with the button portion and a force is applied in a second direction orthogonal to a first direction to cause the deformable portion of the support portion to deform and the button portion to move in the second direction.

Image forming apparatus including button portion exposed to outside of casing

According to one embodiment, an object to be transported by an automatic guided transportation vehicle includes: a housing having an entry route through which the automatic guided transportation vehicle enters; a marker that can be recognized by a sensor provided in the automatic guided transportation vehicle; and a marker holder configured to hold the marker retractably at an initial position where the marker contacts with the automatic guided transportation vehicle in the entry route.

Object to be transported and automatic guided transportation system

A conductive member includes a connection portion which is to be electrically connected to a cutaway portion of a metal plate. The connection portion includes a first arm portion extending from one end to another end and configured to come into contact with one face of two faces opposed to each other of the cutaway portion, a first bent portion connected to the another end of the first arm portion and bent extending from the another end toward the one end, a second bent portion connected to the first bent portion and bent getting closer toward the first arm portion as getting away from the first bent portion, and a third bent portion connected to the second bent portion and bent getting away from the first arm portion as getting away from the second bent portion so as to come into contact with another face of the two faces.

Conductive member and image forming apparatus

An apparatus body of an image forming apparatus has a first guide portion having an inlet shape corresponding to an outer shape of an engagement portion provided in a cartridge when seen in an attachment direction of the cartridge to the apparatus body and guiding the engagement portion, a second guide portion for guiding a positioning target portion which is provided on the cartridge for positioning an attachment completion position of the cartridge with respect to the apparatus body, and a movable member being at a regulation position at which a guiding path of the positioning target portion by the second guide portion is blocked is immovable from the regulation position unless being pressed by the engagement portion.

Cartridge having a portion-to-be-positioned and a pressing portion configured in relation to a corresponding apparatus

According to an embodiment, an article posture changing device includes: a first end effector configured to grasp a projected tag of an article by adsorption; an arm unit configured to support the first end effector and move the first end effector along at least a vertical direction; and a controller configured to control the arm unit and the first end effector to grasp the tag, lift the article upward, separate the article from a placement surface, change an angle of the article by weight thereof, move the article downward, place the article on the placement surface, and release the grasp of the tag.

Article posture changing device and article posture changing method

In embodiments, an automatic guided vehicle includes a vehicle, a lift unit, a bumper, an extension detector, and a bumper controller. The vehicle is movable in at least a first direction. The lift unit is provided in the vehicle and lifts an object from below the object. The bumper is provided in the vehicle and is extendable and contractible in the first direction. The extension detector detects that the bumper has extended outward from the object in the first direction. The bumper controller controls a state of the bumper according to a conveyance state of the object by the vehicle.

Automatic guided vehicle

An image forming apparatus includes a cartridge including a portion-to-be-positioned, and an apparatus main body on which the cartridge is mounted in a mounting direction. The apparatus main body includes a positioning portion and a regulating portion. The positioning portion positions the cartridge by engaging with the portion-to-be-positioned. The regulating portion is provided on an upstream side of the positioning portion in the mounting direction. The cartridge includes a portion-to-be-regulated provided on an upstream side of the portion-to-be-positioned in the mounting direction. The portion-to-be-positioned engages with the regulating portion before engaging with the positioning portion, to regulate movement of the cartridge in the direction orthogonal to the mounting direction. The portion-to-be-regulated engages with the regulating portion before the portion-to-be-positioned engages with the positioning portion, to regulate movement of the cartridge in the direction orthogonal to the mounting direction.

Image forming apparatus including a regulating portion used in mounting a cartridge

An image forming apparatus includes a control substrate, an operating unit including a button, a button member and a substrate including a switch provided below the button member. The button member includes a pressing portion for pressing the switch, first and second elastic portions, and an abutting portion capable of contacting a portion other than the switch of the substrate. As viewed from a pressing direction, the switch and the pressing member are disposed in a place other than a center of the button, the abutting portion is positioned in one side and the pressing portion is in the other side with respect to a virtual line connecting a first connecting portion and a second connecting portion connecting the first and second elastic portion and the button, respectively. The abutting portion is disposed on a position overlapping with a contour of the operating portion or a position non-overlapping with the operating portion.

Operating unit and image forming apparatus

An unmanned transport vehicle according to an embodiment includes a vehicle body, a moving mechanism, and an operation control device. The vehicle body is combinable with a transport object. The moving mechanism causes the vehicle body to be moved. The operation control device controls an operation of the moving mechanism. The operation control device includes a pseudo-reference position setter, a path acquirer, an operation command generator, and a driving controller. The pseudo-reference position setter sets a pseudo-reference position serving as an operation reference position of a combination structure of the vehicle body and the transport object to be different from a vehicle body reference position that is an operation reference position of the vehicle body. The path acquirer acquires a movement path from a current position of the combination structure to a target position. The operation command generator determines an operation of the combination structure that moves along the movement path acquired by the path acquirer based on the pseudo-reference position and generates an operation command related to a vehicle body operation that implements the determined operation of the combination structure. The driving controller causes the moving mechanism to be driven based on the operation command.

Unmanned transport vehicle, method of controlling unmanned transport vehicle, and storage medium

A mobile body, a control device, a surrounding object detector, and a monitoring device capable of controlling a safety system of a mobile body having an omnidirectional movement mechanism with a simple configuration are provided. A mobile body according to an embodiment includes drive wheels, a rotational velocity detector, an object detector, a controller, and a changer. The drive wheels are three or more drive wheels that allows the mobile body to move in all directions, and the respective drive wheels are driven independently. The rotational velocity detector detects respective rotational velocities of the drive wheels. The object detector detects an object around the mobile body. The controller decelerates or stops the mobile body when an object is detected in a monitoring area by the object detector. The changer changes a range of the monitoring area on the basis of the respective rotational velocities of the drive wheels detected by the rotational velocity detector.

Mobile body, control device, surrounding object detector, and monitoring device

Image forming system having a movable member and first and second cartridges having a pressing portion for pressing the movable member

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Daisuke Yamamoto