Brother Kogyo Kabushiki-kaisha

Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha

Mitsubishi Jukogyo Kabushiki Kaisha

Ts Tech Co., Ltd.

The Ritsumeikan Trust

Mitsuru Nakamura

Katsunori Sakai

Hajime Usami

Yasuhiro Tajima

Keita Koyama

Yuji Sato

Kazunori Kagawa

Tomoyasu Fukui

Akidi Yoshida

Takayuki Suzuki

Kiyomi Nagamiya

Yasuhiro Shimamura

Kazutaka Yamamoto

Akihiro Ueda

Kenji Oike

Yasuhisa Ichikawa

Shin Watabe

Naoto Hasegawa

Jyunji Maeda

Hideyuki Kusunoki

Michihiro Takeda

Takaaki Kato

Naoto Shibata

Kenji Matsuda

Ayaka Oba

Masami Ito

Makoto Izumida

Naoki Kubo

Hiroshi Oida

Kazumi Ohbayashi

Susumu Yamashita

Yukihiro Kubo

Sueo Sugimoto

In a printer, a controller controls a printing portion to execute a sample print to print on a sheet a plurality of barcodes. Each of the plurality of barcodes is represented by a received barcode data and printed in a different printing condition. The controller controls a reading portion to read the plurality of barcodes printed on the sheet in the sample print process to obtain a plurality of sets of scan data corresponding to respective ones of the plurality of barcodes. The controller performs a quality determination process to determine qualities of the plurality of printed barcodes based on the respective ones of the plurality of sets of scan data, and a printing condition setting process to set a printing condition based on the qualities determined in the quality determination process. The set printing condition is to be used to print a barcode by the printing portion.

Printer performing quality determination process to determine qualities of printed barcodes

In a printer, the printing portion prints an image in a printing area of the sheet conveyed by a conveyer. The reader reads the image in the printing area printed by the printing portion. In a case that the printing portion is to print images in a plurality of printing areas of the sheet, the controller sets, as at least one target printing area, a part of the plurality of printing areas. The controller determining whether a printing result in each of the at least one target printing area satisfies a prescribed quality based on image data which is generated by reading the printing result by using the reader.

Printer performing quality determination process to determine quality of printing result

There is provided a printing apparatus, including: a casing having a discharge opening and a conveyance route; a roller; a driving source; a printing head; a scanner disposed at a downstream side in a discharge direction; and a controller. The controller is configured to, depending on a printing preparation command, detect a leading-end position of a sheet; determine whether a printing surface of the sheet includes an error position that is not suitable for printing; and convey the sheet until the error position reaches the downstream position from the printing head. Then, the controller controls the printing head to execute printing of an image on the sheet.

Printing apparatus

A communication apparatus includes: a first type communication unit configured to perform communication with a portable device in a near field communication mode; a display unit; and a control device configured to perform: a receiving process of receiving a radio wave for connection with the portable device in the near field communication mode, from the portable device through the first type communication unit; and a display process of controlling the display unit to display a notice for prompting a user to perform operation for permitting the portable device to transmit information to the communication apparatus in the near field communication mode, in response to receipt of the radio wave in the receiving process.

Communication apparatus and communication system

An image processing apparatus, including a power source, an image engine, an interface to communicate with an external device and deliver power from the power source to the external device, and a controller, is provided. The controller is configured to detect connection of the external device to the interface; receive power information, including a value of regular operable power and a value of minimum operable power, from the external device; receive a job execution command; in response to receiving the job execution command, determine whether a first power value including the value of the regular operable power exceeds a value of power available for the external device during a predetermined operation by the image engine; and in response to a determination that the first power value exceeds the value of power available for the external device, control the power source to deliver the minimum operable power to the external device.

Image processing apparatus, method and computer-readable medium

An electronic device, including a power source, power-consuming devices, a USB interface, a command receiver, a memory, and a controller, is provided. The controller forecasts at least one of the power-consuming devices to be used in one of a plurality of time segments, calculates a level of total operation power being sum of power required by the forecasted at least one of the power-consuming devices for the time segment with reference to values of power stored in the memory, and determine a level of the power to be delivered to an external device connected to the USB interface in the time segment based on the level of the total operation power and the level of the power capacity in the power source. The controller controls the power source to deliver the determined level of the power to the external device through the USB interface during the time segment.

Electronic device, method and computer-readable medium

This headrest guidefor holding a pillarprotruding from a headrestis provided with cylindrical sectionhaving formed therein a through-holewhich extends in a longitudinal direction and into which the pillaris inserted. The cylindrical sectionhas a protrusionprovided on the inner peripheral surface of the through-holeand coming in contact with the pillarinserted in the through-hole. The protrusionextends in the longitudinal direction of the cylindrical section, and the length of the protrusionin the top-bottom direction is set to be greater than the length thereof in the left-right or front-rear direction. The configuration makes it possible to suppress the rattling of the headrest because of an increase in the region of contact with the pillar inserted in the through-hole.

Headrest guide and vehicle seat

An image processing apparatus includes a power source, an image processing device, an external interface connectable with an external device and deliverable power from the power source to the connected external device, a power-consuming device driven by power delivered from the power source, and a controller. The controller determines whether a job is received, determines whether total power being a sum of job executable power and delivering power being delivered to the external device exceeds deliverable power being maximum power distributable from the power source, reduces driving power to be delivered to the power-consuming device based on relevance of the power-consuming device to the job, and executes the job with the driving power being reduced.

Image processing apparatus capable of controlling power distribution to power-consuming device

An image forming apparatus includes: an image forming unit; a housing configured to store the image forming unit, the housing including an outer peripheral wall; a power supply unit disposed inside the housing; and a near field communication board including an antenna for near field communication, the near field communication board being disposed at a position of the outer peripheral wall apart from the power supply unit by a communicable distance or more.

Image forming apparatus

Image forming apparatus having communication board for near field communication

A communication device transmits a plurality of measurement packets for identifying an available bandwidth to another communication device connected via a network, using bandwidths in the measurement bandwidth range. The communication device then determines whether the available bandwidth is included in the measurement bandwidth range. In a case where the available bandwidth is not included in the measurement bandwidth range, the communication device determines whether the available bandwidth is located on a narrowband side or on a wideband side with respect to the measurement bandwidth range, and determines a bandwidth shift amount based on an amount of change. The communication device updates the measurement bandwidth range by shifting one of the lower bandwidth and the upper bandwidth based on the bandwidth shift amount.

Communication device, computer program product, and communication method

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Mitsuru Nakamura