SSM Sandmair

A sheet handling apparatus includes: a first storage unit configured to store sheets by sequentially winding the sheets with a first tape onto a first drum; and a controller configured to cause the first storage unit to selectively execute a first mode in which the sheets are stored by winding the sheets onto the first drum such that an interval between the sequentially wound sheets becomes less than a circumferential length of the first drum, and a second mode in which only the first tape is wound onto the first drum over the circumferential length of the first drum or more. The controller changes a parameter for winding the first tape to be wound onto the first drum according to a predetermined condition in the second mode. The first storage unit winds the first tape according to the parameter in the second mode.

Provided are a sheet recognition unit, a sheet handling device, a sheet recognition method, and a sheet recognition program capable of discriminating various photoluminescent inks and reducing a time required for the arithmetic processing. A sheet recognition unit that recognizes a sheet on which a photoluminescent ink is printed includes a light source capable of emitting at least excitation light, a light receiving unit including a plurality of light receiving elements, a storage unit that stores a coefficient based on reference data acquired by emitting the excitation light to a reference medium and a feature amount related to the photoluminescent ink associated with the reference data, the coefficient being calculated as a least squares solution with which an error is minimum, and an estimated value calculation unit that calculates an estimated value of the feature amount in the sheet to be recognized, using detection data acquired by the light receiving unit receiving light emitted from the sheet to be recognized, the sheet being irradiated with the excitation light from the light source, and the coefficient.

A conveying apparatus includes: an endless belt that has a plurality of suction holes extending through an outer surface and an inner surface of the endless belt, and carries a recording medium on the outer surface of the endless belt; a driving roller configured to drive the endless belt; a driven roller configured to, together with the driving roller, tension and support the endless belt; a suction chamber that is disposed facing the inner surface of the endless belt and has a suction surface configured to suction the recording medium via the suction holes; a suction pump that is connected to the suction chamber and configured to create a negative pressure inside the suction chamber; and a conveying roller configured to contact the outer surface of the endless belt.

A drying apparatus is arranged downstream of a liquid application unit in a conveying direction of a medium and configured to dry a liquid applied onto the medium. The drying apparatus includes a suction mechanism configured to suck gas in the drying apparatus, and discharge the gas outside. The suction mechanism includes a suction nozzle, a discharge unit, and a mechanism. The suction nozzle includes an opening disposed so as to face the medium and extending along a width direction perpendicular to the conveying direction of the medium, and is configured to suck gas around the medium. The discharge unit is configured to discharge gas sucked by the suction nozzle outside. The mechanism is configured to adjust an opening area of the suction nozzle. The drying apparatus includes a control unit configured to change a suction amount of the suction nozzle at a position along the width direction of the medium.

A document processing apparatus includes a tray (53) on which a document is to be placed; a conveyer configured to convey the document from the tray (53); a reading unit (151, 95) configured to read an image of the document while the document is conveyed by the conveyer (B, C, D, E, F, G, H); an acquisition unit (1801) configured to acquire processing information including at least one of a setting for conveying the document by the conveyer (B, C, D, E, F, G, H) and a setting for reading the document by the reading unit (151, 95); and an estimation unit (1804) configured to estimate, based on the processing information acquired by the acquisition unit (1801), sound pleasantness which a person feels for sound produced in conveyance or reading of the document in a case where the document is conveyed or read.

Disclosed is a computer-implemented methods of determining the position of an image representation of an anatomical structure having a movement pattern which is similar to a movement pattern of a target structure considered for radiation treatment. The disclosed methods encompass, in one aspect, acquiring a planning computed x-ray tomography of a patient including an image representation of a target structure, such as a tumour, which is subject to movement, reading information describing which describes an anatomical structure which moves together with the tumour in a similar movement pattern, and determining, from the planning computed x-ray tomography a synthesized two-dimensional radiography including an image representation of the tumour and the anatomical structure. The image representation of the anatomical structure can be used as a surrogate, i.e. a proxy, for the image representation of the target structure, i.e. the image representation of the anatomical similarity structure is used for tracking the position of the target structure when matching the tracking reference image with a patient tracking image which shows the live position and/or motion of the anatomical similarity structure but in which the target structure might be of inferior visibility, for example might be occluded. The anatomical similarity structure can be determined using an atlas such as a dynamic atlas or an accordingly configured trained trainable algorithm. The tracking result, i.e. the result of comparing the actual position of the tumour to the planned position of the tumour, can be used for controlling a radiation treatment device.

A measuring apparatus (1) includes an illuminator (11), a light receiver (12), a color-separated image generation unit (21), and a smoothing processing unit (22). The illuminator (11) emits light to an object to be measured. The light receiver (12) receives reflection light reflected from the object illuminated by the light emitted from the illuminator (11); and generates image data based on the reflection light. The color-separated image generation unit (21) is configured to generate multiple color-separated images, each having corresponding amount of noise, based on the image data generated by the light receiver (12). The smoothing processing unit (22) is configured to repeatedly perform a smoothing process on each of the multiple color-separated images generated by the color-separated image generation unit (21), a number of times according to the corresponding amount of noise.

A transfer sheet is provided that includes a release support, a first toner, and a second toner. The release support has a surface having a peeling force of 250 mN/25 mm or more and 2000 mN/25 mm or less. The first toner includes a release agent and a binder resin, and the binder resin includes a polyurethane resin accounting for 50% by mass or more of the first toner. The toner has a sea-island structure in a scanning electron microscopic image of a cross section of the first toner, and has a glass transition temperature of lower than 0°C. The second toner is a color toner including a binder resin, a colorant, and a release agent. The second toner is layered over the surface of the release support, and the first toner is layered over the second toner.

A heating device (20) includes a pressure rotator (22), a heating rotator (21), and a heater (23). The heater (23) includes an electrode (55, 56, 60), a resistive strip (51, 51a, 51b) extending in a longitudinal direction, and an electric conductor (57, 58, 59). In the longitudinal direction, the resistive strip (51, 51a, 51b) has a central region (L2) having a constant width in a transverse direction and an end region (L1) adjacent to the central region (L2), and the end region (L1) has a part having a width decreasing in the transverse direction toward an end of the heater (23) in the longitudinal direction and an edge (51c) along the part. The electric conductor (57, 58, 59) contacts the edge (51c) from one end to another end of the edge (51c) in the longitudinal direction and connects the resistive strip (51, 51a, 51b) and the electrode (55, 56, 60).

An image reading device includes a target detection unit (81), a maximum size setting unit (301), a reading area setting unit (302), and an image reading unit (303). The target detection unit (81) detects a leading edge of an object of multiple objects conveyed in a conveyance direction. The maximum size setting unit (301) sets a maximum size of the multiple objects including a maximum width and a maximum length. The reading area setting unit (302) determines and sets an entire reading length of a reading area in the object in the conveyance direction in accordance with the maximum size; and determines and sets an extended reading length of an extended portion of the object in the conveyance direction, the extended portion being disposed downstream of the leading edge of the object, detected by the target detection unit (81), in the conveyance direction. The image reading unit (303) starts reading, an image on the extended portion in the object, at an extended position downstream of the leading edge by the extended reading length in the conveyance direction; and terminates reading the image on the object when a reading length that has been read reaches the entire reading length of the reading area.