Konica Minolta, Inc.

The Furukawa Electric Co., Ltd.

Tokyo Electron Device Limited

N.gen Corporation

Ryo Nakayama

Sadaaki Sakamoto

Eiichi Yoshida

Masashi Yagi

Akihiro Honya

Takaharu Mitsuhashi

Isamu Iwamoto

Information service systemcomprises a serverin which provision information such as advertisement, guidance, explanation, news, disaster information and other information is stored, a plurality of information service terminalsestablished at predetermined locations and connected to the server to have the location specified by the serverand to receive and provide the provision information according to the corresponding location and a user's terminalpositioned at predetermined location to display the same provision information as that provided by the information service terminalestablished at the corresponding location among the plurality of information service terminals. The server specifies the information service terminal established at the location according to the current location of the user's terminal and transmits to the user's terminal the provision information to be provided by the specified information service terminal. Thus, by reducing the load of the information service terminals such as a digital signage, the light provision of the information can be achieved and the information service terminals can be simply established at low cost. Therefore, a chance of the provision of the information such as advertisement, etc. can be secured and the user's terminal can share the information such as the advertisement with a simple operation.

Information service system and information service method for providing location-specific information

To provide an intermediate transfer belt having a high ability to transfer images to recording media with irregular surface, and an image forming apparatus including the intermediate transfer belt. The intermediate transfer belt includes a base layer and an elastic layer formed on the base layer, the elastic layer being formed of a rubber composition, wherein the intermediate transfer belt satisfies a specific relational expression.

Intermediate transfer belt with elastic layer formed on base layer and image forming apparatus including same

A transfer member having high durability while having an excellent transfer function is provided. An image formation apparatus in which high quality images can be obtained for an extended period of time is also provided. A transfer member having an endless belt shape and constituting an image formation apparatus of an electrophotographic system includes an elastic body layer and a surface layer formed thereon. The surface layer contains metal oxide fine particles subjected to a surface treatment, in a cured resin obtained by curing an active energy ray-curable composition that contains three ingredients of a multifunctional (meth)acrylate, a polyurethane acrylate and a polymerizable component having a low surface energy group.

Transfer member and image formation apparatus

Superconducting wire material, superconducting wire material connection structure, superconducting wire material connection method, and treatment method of superconducting wire material end are shown. According to one implementation, a superconducting wire material connection structure includes, a first superconducting wire material, a second superconducting wire material, and a third superconducting wire material. The first superconducting wire material and the second superconducting wire material each include an end provided with a concave section in which at least a superconducting layer is removed and a filling section in which filling material is filled in the concave section. The first superconducting wire material and the second superconducting wire material are positioned so that the ends oppose to each other. A third superconducting wire material is connected to both the first superconducting wire material and the second superconducting wire material.

Superconducting wire material, superconducting wire material connection structure, superconducting wire material connection method, and treatment method of superconducting wire material end

A recording medium in which a purchased image protected by a copyright or the like has been stored and a recording medium in which a user image has been stored is set, the purchased image as encrypted is decrypted and the images stored in both mediums are processed. The ID of a created image, user image data, link information representing encrypted purchased image data or the storage location of the purchased image data, and data specifying an image processing mode and the number of prints, are stored in a recording medium. In a DPE shop or the like, the purchased image data stored in the recording medium is decrypted, and the image processed by the user is reconstructed and printed in accordance with the data stored in the recording medium. A management center may give the allowance of use of the purchased image to the DPE shop, and the management center draws royalties from the accounts of individual DPE shops, sums the royalties and pays them into the accounts of individual proprietors of rights.

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Tokyo, Japan

Ryo Nakayama