An optical system including an intermediate image forming position, the intermediate image forming position being conjugate with each of an enlargement conjugate point on an enlargement side and a reduction conjugate point on a reduction side, the optical system comprising: an enlargement optical system; and a relay optical system located closer to the reduction side than the intermediate image forming position, the relay optical system including: a positive lens element disposed on a most reduction side; and a focusing lens group on a most enlargement side that moves in an optical axis direction during focusing, the focusing lens group including two negative lens elements having negative power, and satisfying Expression (1) described below.
An optical system including an intermediate image forming position, the intermediate image forming position being conjugate with each of an enlargement conjugate point on an enlargement side and a reduction conjugate point on a reduction side, the optical system comprising: an enlargement optical system; and a relay optical system located closer to the reduction side than the intermediate image forming position, the relay optical system including: a positive lens element disposed on a most reduction side; and a focusing lens group on a most enlargement side that moves in an optical axis direction during focusing, the focusing lens group including two negative lens elements having negative power, and satisfying Expression (1) described below.
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G02B 15/22 - Optical objectives with means for varying the magnification by axial movement of one or more lenses or groups of lenses relative to the image plane for continuously varying the equivalent focal length of the objective with movable lens means specially adapted for focusing at close distances
G02B 13/00 - Optical objectives specially designed for the purposes specified below
G02B 13/16 - Optical objectives specially designed for the purposes specified below for use in conjunction with image converters or intensifiers
An inductor includes a magnetic core obtained by pressure-molding a mixture of a magnetic material powder and a binding agent, and coil elements buried in the magnetic core. The coil elements include two tabular coils that are a first coil element and a second coil element provided overlappingly in stated order from a first side face side to a second side face side. End portions of the coil elements protrude from the bottom face and are bent along the bottom face to configure external electrodes. One of first external electrodes extends toward a first end face and an other one of the first external electrodes extends toward the second end face, and second external electrodes extend toward a second side face.
An imaging apparatus comprising: a body to and from which an optical system is configured to be attachable and detachable; an imaging sensor configured to capture a subject image via the optical system to generate image data; an input interface configured to acquire a zoom amount indicating a degree of a zoom operation by a user for the optical system; and a controller configured to scale a cropped image from the image data so as to implement a hybrid zoom operation which changes, from a first focal length, a second focal length, according to the zoom amount acquired by the input interface, the first focal length being formed by the optical system and the second focal length corresponding to an angle of view of the subject image in the image data. The controller is configured to maintain a characteristic of the second focal length with respect to the zoom amount before and after the optical system is changed.
A cosmetic material ink that is a blue cosmetic material ink containing a blue pigment (A1), acrylic particles (B), an alcohol-based solvent (C), and water (D), in which a content of the blue pigment (A1) is 0.5% by mass or more and 4.5% by mass or less with respect to a total amount of the blue pigment (A1), acrylic particles (B), alcohol-based solvent (C), and water (D), the alcohol-based solvent (C) includes a dihydric alcohol-based solvent (C1) and a trihydric alcohol-based solvent (C2), and a total content of the dihydric alcohol-based solvent (C1) and trihydric alcohol-based solvent (C2) is 30% by mass or more and 85% by mass or less with respect to the total amount of the blue pigment (A1), acrylic particles (B), alcohol-based solvent (C), and water (D).
A character recognition device includes a recognizer that recognizes at least one character string from a plurality of character strings in an image including a trailer captured by an imaging device, and a selector. The selectors selects one of the at least one character string as the trailer ID/container ID based on the at least one character string having a similarity to a master data of a previously held trailer ID/container ID equal to or larger than a predetermined threshold value.
A recording medium of an aspect of the present disclosure includes a recording layer containing a polymer P. The polymer P contains a group G having nonlinear light absorption characteristics and has a glass transition temperature of higher than or equal to 200° C. A method for recording information of an aspect of the present disclosure includes preparing a light source emitting light having a wavelength of longer than or equal to 390 nm and shorter than or equal to 420 nm and focusing the light from the light source and applying the light to the recording layer of the recording medium.
A dimension measurement device includes a processor and memory. The processor, using the memory, obtains a three-dimensional model of a target object, selects a basic shape from a plurality of basic shapes, each of the plurality of basic shapes being a corresponding candidate of a three-dimensional shape, fits the selected basic shape to the three-dimensional model, and measures a dimension of the target object using the basic shape that has been fitted.
An electrochemical device includes: an electrode assembly including a positive electrode, a negative electrode, and a separator provided between the positive and negative electrodes; a tubular case accommodating the electrode assembly therein and having a bottom closed and an opening; and a gasket sealing the opening of the tubular case. The gasket has a tubular shape with a through-hole. At least one bottom surface of the tubular shape is continuously connected to an outer circumferential side surface of the tubular shape via a tapered surface of the gasket inclining with respect to the outer circumferential side surface. A part of the gasket on the outer circumferential side surface is compressed with a portion of an outer circumference of the tubular case having a diameter locally reduced to constitute a compressed portion. At least a part of the tapered surface is a rough surface having larger surface roughness than the portion of the outer circumferential side surface of the compressed portion.
H01M 50/184 - Sealing members characterised by their shape or structure
H01M 50/107 - Primary casingsJackets or wrappings characterised by their shape or physical structure having curved cross-section, e.g. round or elliptic
H01M 50/186 - Sealing members characterised by the disposition of the sealing members
A battery according to the present disclosure includes: a power-generation element including a battery cell including an electrode layer, a counter-electrode layer, and a separator located between the electrode layer and the counter-electrode layer, and an electrode current collector laminated on the electrode layer; and a first core member, the electrode current collector includes an electrode terminal portion protruding outside the area of the electrode layer, and the electrode terminal portion is wound around the first core member.
H01M 50/54 - Connection of several leads or tabs of plate-like electrode stacks, e.g. electrode pole straps or bridges
H01M 10/0585 - Construction or manufacture of accumulators having only flat construction elements, i.e. flat positive electrodes, flat negative electrodes and flat separators
H01M 50/211 - Racks, modules or packs for multiple batteries or multiple cells characterised by their shape adapted for pouch cells
H01M 50/296 - MountingsSecondary casings or framesRacks, modules or packsSuspension devicesShock absorbersTransport or carrying devicesHolders characterised by terminals of battery packs
A decoder, encoder, and a recording medium causes a processor to generate a prediction image by an inter prediction process by i) obtaining first information from a bitstream associated with a variable number of feature points of a current block usable in performing an affine prediction, ii) obtaining a flag from the bitstream indicating a first or second value, iii) obtaining second information from the bitstream specifying first points in response to the flag indicating the first value, iv) determining third information provided the first points based on the second information and indicating a difference between coordinate values of a first point and a corresponding second point included in a reference picture, v) generating a prediction image of the current block according to the determined third information, and vi) refraining from obtaining the second information from the bitstream, in response to the flag indicating the second value.
H04N 19/50 - Methods or arrangements for coding, decoding, compressing or decompressing digital video signals using predictive coding
H04N 19/176 - Methods or arrangements for coding, decoding, compressing or decompressing digital video signals using adaptive coding characterised by the coding unit, i.e. the structural portion or semantic portion of the video signal being the object or the subject of the adaptive coding the unit being an image region, e.g. an object the region being a block, e.g. a macroblock
H04N 19/182 - Methods or arrangements for coding, decoding, compressing or decompressing digital video signals using adaptive coding characterised by the coding unit, i.e. the structural portion or semantic portion of the video signal being the object or the subject of the adaptive coding the unit being a pixel
H04N 19/46 - Embedding additional information in the video signal during the compression process
11.
ELECTROLYTIC CAPACITOR AND LIQUID COMPONENT FOR ELECTROLYTIC CAPACITOR
An electrolytic capacitor includes a container with an opening, a capacitor element contained in the container, and a sealing body that seals the opening. The capacitor element includes an anode body provided with a dielectric layer on its surface, and a conductive polymer that covers a portion of the dielectric layer. The sealing body includes an elastic polymer. An antioxidant component is present in a space closed by the container and the sealing body. The antioxidant component includes a first antioxidant having no boiling point or a boiling point of 320° C. or higher.
An electrochemical device includes a positive electrode, a negative electrode, a separator and a lithium ion-conductive electrolyte. The positive electrode includes a positive electrode active material into which anions are reversibly doped. The negative electrode includes a negative electrode current collector, and a negative electrode mixture layer supported on the negative electrode current collector, the negative electrode mixture layer includes a negative electrode active material into which lithium ions are reversibly doped, and the negative electrode active material includes hardly graphitized carbon. The negative electrode mixture layer has a specific surface area of 10 m2/g or more, and 70 m2/g or less. The separator includes an olefin-based resin.
H01M 4/36 - Selection of substances as active materials, active masses, active liquids
H01M 4/02 - Electrodes composed of, or comprising, active material
H01M 4/58 - Selection of substances as active materials, active masses, active liquids of inorganic compounds other than oxides or hydroxides, e.g. sulfides, selenides, tellurides, halogenides or LiCoFySelection of substances as active materials, active masses, active liquids of polyanionic structures, e.g. phosphates, silicates or borates
H01M 4/587 - Carbonaceous material, e.g. graphite-intercalation compounds or CFx for inserting or intercalating light metals
H01M 10/0568 - Liquid materials characterised by the solutes
H01M 50/489 - Separators, membranes, diaphragms or spacing elements inside the cells, characterised by their physical properties, e.g. swelling degree, hydrophilicity or shut down properties
13.
NON-LINEAR OPTICAL-ABSORBING MATERIAL, RECORDING MEDIUM, METHOD FOR RECORDING INFORMATION, AND METHOD FOR READING INFORMATION
A non-linear optical-absorbing material in an aspect of the present disclosure contains a compound represented by Formula (1) below:
A non-linear optical-absorbing material in an aspect of the present disclosure contains a compound represented by Formula (1) below:
in Formula (1) above, R1 to R12 mutually independently represent a group containing at least one atom selected from the group consisting of H, B, C, N, O, F, Si, P, S, Cl, I, and Br.
The battery of the present disclosure includes: a positive electrode; a negative electrode; and a solid electrolyte layer located between the positive electrode and the negative electrode. The positive electrode contains, as a positive electrode active material, a metal oxide containing lithium, and the negative electrode includes a negative electrode current collector and a negative electrode active material layer located between the negative electrode current collector and the solid electrolyte layer. The negative electrode active material layer contains, as a negative electrode active material, silicon with lithium pre-stored therein. The atomic ratio of lithium to silicon in the negative electrode active material layer in a fully charged state is less than or equal to 3.5.
A data acquisition unit acquires temperature data for a plurality of battery packs mounted on different equipment (e.g., electric-powered vehicle) in a predetermined period. A statistical calculation unit calculates, for each battery pack, a statistical value based on a temperature change rate in a plurality of charging periods included in the predetermined period. A determination unit determines a temperature adjustment function of the equipment for which a deviation of the statistical value based on the temperature change rate is equal to or greater than a threshold value to be abnormal.
B60L 58/24 - Methods or circuit arrangements for monitoring or controlling batteries or fuel cells, specially adapted for electric vehicles for monitoring or controlling batteries for controlling the temperature of batteries
G01K 1/02 - Means for indicating or recording specially adapted for thermometers
G01K 3/00 - Thermometers giving results other than momentary value of temperature
H01M 10/48 - Accumulators combined with arrangements for measuring, testing or indicating the condition of cells, e.g. the level or density of the electrolyte
H01M 50/249 - MountingsSecondary casings or framesRacks, modules or packsSuspension devicesShock absorbersTransport or carrying devicesHolders specially adapted for aircraft or vehicles, e.g. cars or trains
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INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS AND SIMULATION METHOD
This information processing apparatus comprises a simulation circuit that sets the operation of a device included in a network, and that simulates the operation of the network; and a display circuit that displays the result of the simulation and setting information indicating setting contents of the device on a display apparatus.
A cylindrical secondary battery comprises an outer package can with a cylindrical cylinder part and an electrode body arranged within the cylinder part. A ratio of the minimum value of the outer diameters in the cylinder central part of the outer package can, the cylinder central part being positioned in the center in the axial direction, to the average value of the outer diameters in the cylinder bottom end part is 99.89% or more; and the ratio of the maximum value of the outer diameters in the cylinder central part to the average value of the outer diameters in the cylinder bottom end part is 100.80% or less. The outer diameters in the cylinder central part periodically change with respect to the angle of circumference; and the period in which the outer diameters in the cylinder central part change with respect to the angle of circumference is 0.4π to 1.0π.
H01M 4/133 - Electrodes based on carbonaceous material, e.g. graphite-intercalation compounds or CFx
H01M 4/134 - Electrodes based on metals, Si or alloys
H01M 4/36 - Selection of substances as active materials, active masses, active liquids
H01M 10/0525 - Rocking-chair batteries, i.e. batteries with lithium insertion or intercalation in both electrodesLithium-ion batteries
H01M 10/0587 - Construction or manufacture of accumulators having only wound construction elements, i.e. wound positive electrodes, wound negative electrodes and wound separators
The production method for a battery of the present disclosure includes: depositing silicon on a negative electrode current collector to produce a negative electrode; producing a laminated body including the negative electrode, a solid electrolyte layer, and a positive electrode in this order; and charging the laminated body to cause metallic lithium to precipitate in the negative electrode.
The production method for a battery of the present disclosure includes: depositing silicon on a negative electrode current collector to produce a negative electrode; producing a laminated body including the negative electrode, a solid electrolyte layer, and a positive electrode in this order; and charging the laminated body to cause metallic lithium to precipitate in the negative electrode.
The battery of the present disclosure includes a positive electrode, a negative electrode, and a solid electrolyte layer located between the positive electrode and the negative electrode. The positive electrode contains a positive electrode active material containing lithium. The negative electrode contains a negative electrode active material containing metallic lithium and silicon. The ratio Ns/P of the charge capacity Ns of the silicon per unit area of the negative electrode to the charge capacity P per unit area of the positive electrode satisfies 0.3≤Ns/P≤0.96.
A device of the present disclosure includes: a power-generation element including at least one battery cell and having a first main surface, a second main surface opposite to the first main surface, and a side surface connecting the first main surface and the second main surface; a first structure being in contact with the side surface and having a component electrochemically connected to one or more of the at least one battery cell at the side surface; and a second structure having a first member which is located near the first main surface of the power-generation element and which covers the first main surface and the first structure, the first member of the second structure has, at a region covering the first structure, an inclined structure which becomes progressively thicker with distance from the side surface.
H01M 10/48 - Accumulators combined with arrangements for measuring, testing or indicating the condition of cells, e.g. the level or density of the electrolyte
H01M 10/0525 - Rocking-chair batteries, i.e. batteries with lithium insertion or intercalation in both electrodesLithium-ion batteries
H01M 10/0585 - Construction or manufacture of accumulators having only flat construction elements, i.e. flat positive electrodes, flat negative electrodes and flat separators
A distance measuring apparatus includes a light source that emits a light beam, a scanning device that performs beam scanning where an emission direction of the light beam is changed, a photodetector that receives light reflected from measurement points on a target irradiated with the light beam and that outputs detection signals, a processing circuit that calculates distances to the measurement points on a basis of the detection signals, and a control circuit that controls the scanning device. The control circuit determines a step angle of the beam scanning in such a way as to reduce differences in density of the measurement points between areas of the target.
An electrolytic capacitor includes a bottom surface and a top surface, and includes a capacitor element including an anode lead, an anode lead terminal and a cathode lead terminal each electrically connected to the capacitor element, and exterior resin 101. At least one of the anode lead terminal or the cathode lead terminal includes a terminal part exposed at the bottom surface, and two anchor parts each extending from the terminal part and embedded in the exterior resin. The terminal part includes a side end along a direction in which the anode lead extends. Each of the two anchor parts includes an upright part rising from the side end of the terminal part toward the top surface, and an extending part bending and extending from an upper end of the upright part.
A determination device includes: an image obtainer that obtains an image based on a sub-terahertz wave that has irradiated a predetermined region; a subject information obtainer that obtains subject information including position information indicating a position of a subject located in the predetermined region and orientation information indicating an orientation of the subject; an intensity distribution information obtainer that obtains intensity distribution information indicating an intensity distribution in the predetermined region of the sub-terahertz wave that has irradiated the predetermined region; a determiner that determines whether a predetermined object is included in the subject, based on the image, the subject information, and the intensity distribution information; and an outputter that outputs a determination result determined by the determiner.
G01S 13/88 - Radar or analogous systems, specially adapted for specific applications
G01S 7/41 - Details of systems according to groups , , of systems according to group using analysis of echo signal for target characterisationTarget signatureTarget cross-section
G01S 13/06 - Systems determining position data of a target
G01S 13/89 - Radar or analogous systems, specially adapted for specific applications for mapping or imaging
23.
CHARGING SYSTEM, BACKUP POWER SOURCE SYSTEM, AND MOVING OBJECT
A charging system supplies a charge current from a power supply to a power storing apparatus. A shunt resistor is connected to a charging path through which the charge current flows. An amplifier is configured to amplify a voltage across the shunt resistor. A controller is configured to control the charging circuit on a basis of an output from the amplifier. A power supplying circuit is configured to supply a drive voltage to the amplifier. The power supplying circuit includes a first feed path including a diode connected between an input terminal and a power supply terminal of the amplifier and a second feed path including a switch connected between the power storing apparatus and the power supply terminal of the amplifier. The switch is configured to be turned on when a charge voltage of the power storing apparatus exceeds a threshold voltage.
H02J 7/34 - Parallel operation in networks using both storage and other DC sources, e.g. providing buffering
B60R 16/033 - Electric or fluid circuits specially adapted for vehicles and not otherwise provided forArrangement of elements of electric or fluid circuits specially adapted for vehicles and not otherwise provided for electric for supply of electrical power to vehicle subsystems characterised by the use of electrical cells or batteries
H02J 7/00 - Circuit arrangements for charging or depolarising batteries or for supplying loads from batteries
24.
ELECTRODE, NON-AQUEOUS ELECTROLYTE SECONDARY BATTERY, AND ELECTRODE MANUFACTURING METHOD
An electrode (10) according to one embodiment of the present invention comprises a core member (11) and a mixture sheet (12) joined to the surface of the core member (11). The mixture sheet (12) includes an active material (21) and a fibrous binder (22) having been fibrillated. The crystalline size of the binder (22), which is obtained by X-ray diffraction measurement, is 20-32 nm.
An eccentricity measurement method includes: obtaining optical surface measurement data by measuring, with use of a probe, an optical surface of an object that is a measurement target object; calculating an optical axis center position of the object from the optical surface measurement data; obtaining outline measurement data by measuring, with use of a camera, an outline of the object; calculating an outline center position of the object from the outline measurement data; and calculating an eccentricity that is an amount of deviation between the optical axis center position and the outline center position.
A power storage device includes a case, a power storage element, a lead, and a sealing member. The sealing member includes an insulating gasket that includes a base; and a conductive sealing plate. The sealing plate includes a displaceable part that includes a protrusion projecting toward the power storage element. The base is disposed between the sealing plate and the power storage element. The power storage device further includes a reinforcing member reinforcing the base. The base includes a first through hole, and the reinforcing member includes a second through hole. The protrusion is inserted in the first and second through holes. The protrusion is connected to the lead. The protrusion is disconnected from the lead when displaced in a direction away from the lead in response to an increase in internal pressure of the case.
H01G 11/84 - Processes for the manufacture of hybrid or EDL capacitors, or components thereof
H01M 10/0525 - Rocking-chair batteries, i.e. batteries with lithium insertion or intercalation in both electrodesLithium-ion batteries
H01M 50/107 - Primary casingsJackets or wrappings characterised by their shape or physical structure having curved cross-section, e.g. round or elliptic
H01M 50/186 - Sealing members characterised by the disposition of the sealing members
H01M 50/533 - Electrode connections inside a battery casing characterised by the shape of the leads or tabs
An air blower includes a body, a fan, a rectifier unit, and an imparter. The body has a first inlet port, an outlet port, and a flow channel. The rectifier unit is disposed between a fan and the outlet port in a direction. The rectifier unit has a second inlet port. The rectifier unit divides an airflow into a first airflow and a second airflow. The first airflow has a flow velocity equal to or greater than a predetermined value. The second airflow has a flow velocity less than the predetermined value. The imparter imparts the functional component to the airflow within a range defined by projecting the first region in the direction and extending from the second inlet port through the outlet port.
F04D 25/08 - Units comprising pumps and their driving means the working fluid being air, e.g. for ventilation
28.
POSITIVE ELECTRODE ACTIVE MATERIAL FOR NONAQUEOUS ELECTROLYTE SECONDARY BATTERIES, POSITIVE ELECTRODE FOR NONAQUEOUS ELECTROLYTE SECONDARY BATTERIES, NONAQUEOUS ELECTROLYTE SECONDARY BATTERY, AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING POSITIVE ELECTRODE ACTIVE MATERIAL FOR NONAQUEOUS ELECTROLYTE SECONDARY BATTERIES
The present invention provides a positive electrode active material which has high capacity and improved initial charge and discharge efficiency. This positive electrode active material, which is contained in nonaqueous electrolyte secondary batteries, contains a lithium-containing composite oxide that has a layered rock salt structure and a sulfonic acid compound that is present on the surface of the lithium-containing composite oxide; the lithium-containing composite oxide contains 50% by mole or more of Ni, 0% by mole to 15% by mole of Co and 0% by mole to 4% by mole of Al relative to the total number of moles of metal elements other than Li; and the sulfonic acid compound is represented by general formula I. (In the formula, A represents a group 1 element or a group 2 element; R represents a hydrocarbon group; and n represents 1 or 2.)
The present invention provides a positive electrode active material which has high capacity and improved initial charge and discharge efficiency. This positive electrode active material, which is contained in nonaqueous electrolyte secondary batteries, contains a lithium-containing composite oxide that has a layered rock salt structure and a sulfonic acid compound that is present on the surface of the lithium-containing composite oxide; the lithium-containing composite oxide contains 50% by mole or more of Ni, 0% by mole to 15% by mole of Co and 0% by mole to 4% by mole of Al relative to the total number of moles of metal elements other than Li; and the sulfonic acid compound is represented by general formula I. (In the formula, A represents a group 1 element or a group 2 element; R represents a hydrocarbon group; and n represents 1 or 2.)
H01M 4/525 - Selection of substances as active materials, active masses, active liquids of inorganic oxides or hydroxides of nickel, cobalt or iron of mixed oxides or hydroxides containing iron, cobalt or nickel for inserting or intercalating light metals, e.g. LiNiO2, LiCoO2 or LiCoOxFy
H01M 4/62 - Selection of inactive substances as ingredients for active masses, e.g. binders, fillers
H01M 10/42 - Methods or arrangements for servicing or maintenance of secondary cells or secondary half-cells
29.
CHARGING PLAN CREATION SYSTEM, CHARGING PLAN CREATION METHOD, AND NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER-READABLE RECORDING MEDIUM
A predicted distribution creation unit performs statistical processing on use histories of a plurality of battery packs used by being mounted on a moving body and creates a predicted distribution of the use amounts of the plurality of battery packs per day. A charging plan creation unit creates charging plans of the plurality of battery packs prepared for the operation of a target date on the basis of the created predicted distribution of the use amounts of the plurality of battery packs. The charging plan creation unit determines the distribution of charging end SOCs (State Of Charge) of the plurality of battery packs on the basis of the predicted distribution of the use amounts.
B60L 53/67 - Controlling two or more charging stations
B60L 53/62 - Monitoring or controlling charging stations in response to charging parameters, e.g. current, voltage or electrical charge
B60L 53/66 - Data transfer between charging stations and vehicles
B60L 58/12 - Methods or circuit arrangements for monitoring or controlling batteries or fuel cells, specially adapted for electric vehicles for monitoring or controlling batteries responding to state of charge [SoC]
A discharge phenomenon of a bearing is detected with high accuracy. Electric motor (10) includes stator (11) including stator core (11a) with winding (11b) wound around stator core (11a), rotor (12) facing stator (11) and including rotating body (13) and shaft (14), first and second bearings (15a, 15b) that are a pair of bearings, first and second brackets (19a, 19b) that are a pair of brackets respectively fix outer rings (17) of the pair of bearings, conductor (21), and current detector (22). Each of the pair of bearings includes inner ring (16) and outer ring (17) and supports shaft (14) with inner ring (16). Conductor (21) electrically connects outer ring (17) of first bearing (15A) and outer ring (17) of second bearing (15B) or stator core (11a). Current detector (22) detects a discharge current flowing through conductor (21) accompanying discharge in first bearing (15A) or second bearing (15B).
H02K 11/27 - Devices for sensing current, or actuated thereby
F16C 19/08 - Bearings with rolling contact, for exclusively rotary movement with bearing balls essentially of the same size in one or more circular rows for radial load mainly with two or more rows of balls
H02K 5/173 - Means for supporting bearings, e.g. insulating supports or means for fitting bearings in the bearing-shields using bearings with rolling contact, e.g. ball bearings
A cylindrical lithium secondary battery including a battery case of a bottomed cylindrical shape having an opening, a wound electrode group and a nonaqueous electrolyte which are housed in the battery case, and a sealing member sealing the opening. The wound electrode group includes a positive electrode, a negative electrode, and a separator interposed between the positive electrode and the negative electrode. At the negative electrode, lithium metal deposits during charging and dissolves in the nonaqueous electrolyte during discharging. The nonaqueous electrolyte contains an electrolyte salt, and a solvent. The solvent contains an ether compound as a major component. The amount of the nonaqueous electrolyte per 1 mAh of discharge capacity of the lithium secondary battery is 2.5 μL or more and 6.5 μL or less.
H01M 50/107 - Primary casingsJackets or wrappings characterised by their shape or physical structure having curved cross-section, e.g. round or elliptic
H01M 10/0568 - Liquid materials characterised by the solutes
H01M 10/0569 - Liquid materials characterised by the solvents
H01M 10/0587 - Construction or manufacture of accumulators having only wound construction elements, i.e. wound positive electrodes, wound negative electrodes and wound separators
H01M 50/446 - Composite material consisting of a mixture of organic and inorganic materials
H01M 50/451 - Separators, membranes or diaphragms characterised by the material having a layered structure comprising layers of only organic material and layers containing inorganic material
Plate-like glass 2 having a print layer bonded to base material 5 by adhesive layer 4 can be separated in a layer form from article 1 by irradiating print layer 3 with laser light 6, carbonizing an organic component on an entire surface of the print layer through irradiation, and separating the print layer in a layer form.
A hologram manufacturing device includes a master hologram on which a diffraction grating is formed, a duplicate hologram disposed close to the master hologram, a first light source that emits, to the master hologram and the duplicate hologram, a first laser light that satisfies a Bragg diffraction condition in the diffraction grating, a second light source that emits, to the master hologram and the duplicate hologram, a second laser light that does not satisfy the Bragg diffraction condition in the diffraction grating, and a sensor that measures the second laser light. The hologram manufacturing device ends exposure of the duplicate hologram with the first laser light based on a measurement result of the sensor.
G03H 1/02 - Holographic processes or apparatus using light, infrared, or ultraviolet waves for obtaining holograms or for obtaining an image from themDetails peculiar thereto Details
G03H 1/20 - Copying holograms by holographic means
34.
COMPOSITION, AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING PHOTOELECTRIC CONVERSION LAYER
A composition according to the present disclosure includes a perovskite compound precursor, a first solvent, and a second solvent. The first solvent has a boiling point of 50° C. or more and a dipole moment of 3.0 D or less, and does not dissolve a perovskite compound formed from the perovskite compound precursor. The second solvent has a dipole moment of more than 3.0 D, and dissolves the perovskite compound.
H10K 30/30 - Organic devices sensitive to infrared radiation, light, electromagnetic radiation of shorter wavelength or corpuscular radiation comprising bulk heterojunctions, e.g. interpenetrating networks of donor and acceptor material domains
H10K 30/40 - Organic devices sensitive to infrared radiation, light, electromagnetic radiation of shorter wavelength or corpuscular radiation comprising a p-i-n structure, e.g. having a perovskite absorber between p-type and n-type charge transport layers
A repair welding system includes an inspection device configured to inspect an appearance of a welded portion of a workpiece, and a robot control device that controls a robot configured to weld the workpiece. The inspection device determines whether there is a defective portion among welded portions of the workpiece based on a predetermined standard, and sets one of a plurality of defect ranks to the defective portion in a case that the defective portion is detected. The robot control device generates a repair welding program corresponding to the defect rank, and instructs the robot to execute, in accordance with the repair welding program, a repair welding on the defective portion to which the defect rank is set.
B23K 31/12 - Processes relevant to this subclass, specially adapted for particular articles or purposes, but not covered by any single one of main groups relating to investigating the properties, e.g. the weldability, of materials
B23K 9/095 - Monitoring or automatic control of welding parameters
At least three light fluxes of the test pattern projected from optical module 1 are acquired by wavefront sensor 9, the parallelism of the respective light fluxes is calculated, and the orientation of display panel 5 of the optical module is adjusted so that the parallelism of each light flux coincides.
A method includes providing a first laminate and a second laminate. The first laminate includes a first conductor layer, a first insulating layer containing polyimide, and a second conductor layer. The second laminate includes a second insulating layer containing polyimide and a third conductor layer. The method further includes: heating each of the first laminate and the second laminate under a condition including a heating temperature equal to or higher than 100° C. and a heating duration equal to or longer than half an hour; and stacking, after the heating, the first laminate and the second laminate one on top of the other with a third insulating layer interposed between the second conductor layer and the second insulating layer.
A sound adjustment method of an aircraft is provided. The sound adjustment method includes acquiring a sound signal; acquiring flight state information of the aircraft; amplifying the sound signal having a first frequency or lower when the flight state information indicates ascending or descending of the aircraft; and amplifying the sound signal having a second frequency or lower when the flight state information indicates level flight of the aircraft. The second frequency is lower than the first frequency. The amplified sound signal is output.
G10K 11/178 - Methods or devices for protecting against, or for damping, noise or other acoustic waves in general using interference effectsMasking sound by electro-acoustically regenerating the original acoustic waves in anti-phase
An arithmetic device executes a method for acoustic adjustment including: setting an initial value of a gain value of a preamplifier based on a difference between energies of the test sound source before and after correction by an equalizer to an input sound; amplifying a volume of the test sound source by the preamplifier using the initial value, calculating a loudness value and a clipping occurrence rate of the test sound source corrected by the equalizer, and determining whether calculation results of the loudness value and the clipping occurrence rate are each less than a predetermined threshold; and reducing the initial value of the gain value by a specified value in a case where the calculation result of the loudness value or the clipping occurrence rate is equal to or greater than the predetermined threshold.
H04R 3/04 - Circuits for transducers for correcting frequency response
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POSITIVE ELECTRODE ACTIVE MATERIAL FOR NON-AQUEOUS ELECTROLYTE SECONDARY BATTERY, POSITIVE ELECTRODE FOR NON-AQUEOUS ELECTROLYTE SECONDARY BATTERY, NON-AQUEOUS ELECTROLYTE SECONDARY BATTERY, AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING POSITIVE ELECTRODE ACTIVE MATERIAL FOR NON-AQUEOUS ELECTROLYTE SECONDARY BATTERY
Provided is a positive electrode active material having high capacity and reduced reaction resistance of a battery. This positive electrode active material for a non-aqueous electrolyte secondary battery includes a lithium-containing composite oxide that has a layered rock salt structure and a sulfonic acid compound present on the surface of the lithium-containing composite oxide, wherein: the lithium-containing composite oxide contains at least 85 mol % of Ni, at least 4 mol % of Al, and 0-1.5 mol % of Co relative to the total mole number of metal elements excepting Li; and the sulfonic acid compound is represented by general formula I. (In the formula, A is a group 1 element or a group 2 element, R is a hydrocarbon group, and n is 1 or 2.)
Provided is a positive electrode active material having high capacity and reduced reaction resistance of a battery. This positive electrode active material for a non-aqueous electrolyte secondary battery includes a lithium-containing composite oxide that has a layered rock salt structure and a sulfonic acid compound present on the surface of the lithium-containing composite oxide, wherein: the lithium-containing composite oxide contains at least 85 mol % of Ni, at least 4 mol % of Al, and 0-1.5 mol % of Co relative to the total mole number of metal elements excepting Li; and the sulfonic acid compound is represented by general formula I. (In the formula, A is a group 1 element or a group 2 element, R is a hydrocarbon group, and n is 1 or 2.)
H01M 4/525 - Selection of substances as active materials, active masses, active liquids of inorganic oxides or hydroxides of nickel, cobalt or iron of mixed oxides or hydroxides containing iron, cobalt or nickel for inserting or intercalating light metals, e.g. LiNiO2, LiCoO2 or LiCoOxFy
H01M 4/02 - Electrodes composed of, or comprising, active material
H01M 4/505 - Selection of substances as active materials, active masses, active liquids of inorganic oxides or hydroxides of manganese of mixed oxides or hydroxides containing manganese for inserting or intercalating light metals, e.g. LiMn2O4 or LiMn2OxFy
A cylindrical secondary battery comprises an external can that has a cylindrical tube part and an electrode body that is provided inside the tube part. The electrode body is obtained by winding a positive electrode plate and a negative electrode plate with a separator therebetween. In the external can, the ratio of the average value of the outer diameter of the middle of the tube part in the axial direction of the external can to the average value of the outer diameter of the bottom-side end of the tube part is 100.10-100.50%, and the standard deviation of the outer diameter of the middle of the tube part is 0.020-0.050 mm.
H01M 10/0587 - Construction or manufacture of accumulators having only wound construction elements, i.e. wound positive electrodes, wound negative electrodes and wound separators
H01M 4/02 - Electrodes composed of, or comprising, active material
H01M 4/587 - Carbonaceous material, e.g. graphite-intercalation compounds or CFx for inserting or intercalating light metals
H01M 50/107 - Primary casingsJackets or wrappings characterised by their shape or physical structure having curved cross-section, e.g. round or elliptic
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SECONDARY BATTERY POSITIVE ELECTRODE, PRODUCTION METHOD THEREFOR, AND SECONDARY BATTERY
A positive electrode for a secondary battery including a positive electrode current collector, and a positive electrode active material layer supported on the positive electrode current collector. The positive electrode active material layer contains active material particles, a binder, and a thermal decomposable additive. The thermal decomposable additive includes a sulfamic acid. The binder includes at least one selected from the group consisting of a fluorocarbon resin and a hydrogenated nitrile butadiene rubber.
H01M 4/525 - Selection of substances as active materials, active masses, active liquids of inorganic oxides or hydroxides of nickel, cobalt or iron of mixed oxides or hydroxides containing iron, cobalt or nickel for inserting or intercalating light metals, e.g. LiNiO2, LiCoO2 or LiCoOxFy
H01M 4/02 - Electrodes composed of, or comprising, active material
A projection optical system includes a plurality of lenses. The projection optical system projects projection light, to display an image formed on the video display element onto a projection target. The projection light having reflected on lens surfaces of the plurality of lenses form a ray passing through the projection optical system. Each lens surface, among the lens surfaces in the projection optical system, satisfies |X|>f/2. Where, in ray tracing using paraxial ray tracing with a marginal ray of an axial light flux passing through the projection optical system, when a first ray is a reflection of the marginal ray propagated backwards on the display surface, X denotes a distance between the display surface and a convergence plane where a reflection of the first ray on the lens surface converges, and f denotes a focal length of an entire system of the projection optical system.
A battery of the present disclosure includes: a power-generation element including a plurality of laminated battery cells connected electrically in parallel, each battery cell including an electrode layer, a counter-electrode layer, and a solid electrolyte layer; and a first connection member connected to a side surface of the power-generation element, and the first connection member includes a first metal layer having a first surface facing the side surface, a first insulating layer located on the first surface, and first conductive vias passing through the first insulating layer and electrically connecting the first metal layer and the electrode layers.
H01M 50/533 - Electrode connections inside a battery casing characterised by the shape of the leads or tabs
H01M 10/0585 - Construction or manufacture of accumulators having only flat construction elements, i.e. flat positive electrodes, flat negative electrodes and flat separators
The positive electrode active material for a non-aqueous electrolyte secondary cell according to an embodiment of the present disclosure is characterized in having a Ni-containing lithium transition metal oxide having a layered structure; the proportion of Ni in the lithium transition metal oxide being 91 to 96 mol % relative to the total number of moles of metal elements excluding Li; a transition metal being present in the Li layer of the layered structure at an amount of 1 to 2.5 mol % relative to the total number of moles of transition metals in the Ni-containing lithium transition metal oxide; and the Ni-containing lithium transition metal oxide being such that the half width n of the diffraction peak for the (208) plane in an X-ray diffraction pattern obtained by X-ray diffraction is 0.30°≤n≤0.50°.
H01M 4/525 - Selection of substances as active materials, active masses, active liquids of inorganic oxides or hydroxides of nickel, cobalt or iron of mixed oxides or hydroxides containing iron, cobalt or nickel for inserting or intercalating light metals, e.g. LiNiO2, LiCoO2 or LiCoOxFy
A63B 69/00 - Training appliances or apparatus for special sports
A viewer control method for controlling a viewer includes: determining a first region around an actual viewpoint of a frame, the frame having been generated by shooting an object from the actual viewpoint; and outputting information on the first region to the viewer. When the viewer receives a setting operation regarding a viewpoint from a user during displaying of a three-dimensional model of the object, the viewer sets a virtual viewpoint in the first region based on the setting operation, and displays a three-dimensional model of the object viewed from the virtual viewpoint set.
A robot control device includes an acquisition unit configured to acquire information related to a position of a workpiece produced by welding, a storage unit configured to store a set position of the workpiece with a robot configured to perform the production as a reference, a calculation unit configured to calculate a position displacement amount of the workpiece based on the set position of the workpiece and an actual measured position of the workpiece based on the information related to the position of the workpiece, a modification unit configured to modify positions of teaching points of a plurality of teaching programs used by the robot in the production based on the position displacement amount of the workpiece, and a control unit configured to control the robot by using the plurality of modified teaching programs.
An optical device includes a first structure, a second structure, one or more optical waveguide regions, and a seal member. The first structure has a first surface. The second structure has a second surface facing the first surface. The one or more optical waveguide regions are located between the first surface of the first structure and the second surface of the second structure and contain a liquid crystal material. The seal member fixes a spacing between the first structure and the second structure, surrounds the one or more optical waveguide regions, and includes an opening through which the liquid crystal material is injected. A width of the opening in a first direction is greater than a width of the one or more optical waveguide regions in the first direction.
G02F 1/19 - Devices or arrangements for the control of the intensity, colour, phase, polarisation or direction of light arriving from an independent light source, e.g. switching, gating or modulatingNon-linear optics for the control of the intensity, phase, polarisation or colour based on variable-reflection or variable-refraction elements not provided for in groups
G02F 1/1335 - Structural association of cells with optical devices, e.g. polarisers or reflectors
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REMAINING CAPABILITY EVALUATION METHOD FOR SECONDARY BATTERY, REMAINING CAPABILITY EVALUATION PROGRAM FOR SECONDARY BATTERY, COMPUTATION DEVICE, AND REMAINING CAPABILITY EVALUATION SYSTEM
A deterioration diagnosis unit of an arithmetic unit constituting a remaining performance evaluation system diagnoses the deterioration degree of a secondary battery that has already been used for primary use based on an actual measurement value. The deterioration speed update unit updates the deterioration speed of the secondary battery based on the diagnosis result of the secondary battery. The remaining performance estimation unit estimates the remaining performance of the secondary battery after the start of secondary use based on the updated deterioration speed and a usage method at the time of the secondary use of the secondary battery.
G01R 31/389 - Measuring internal impedance, internal conductance or related variables
G01R 31/36 - Arrangements for testing, measuring or monitoring the electrical condition of accumulators or electric batteries, e.g. capacity or state of charge [SoC]
G01R 31/367 - Software therefor, e.g. for battery testing using modelling or look-up tables
G01R 31/392 - Determining battery ageing or deterioration, e.g. state of health
G01R 31/396 - Acquisition or processing of data for testing or for monitoring individual cells or groups of cells within a battery
H01M 10/48 - Accumulators combined with arrangements for measuring, testing or indicating the condition of cells, e.g. the level or density of the electrolyte
H02J 7/00 - Circuit arrangements for charging or depolarising batteries or for supplying loads from batteries
When light adjusted at equal frequency intervals by optical comb generation filter 205 is incident and emitted from measurement head 207 to measurement target W, the light adjusted at equal frequency intervals by optical comb generation filter 205 is divided into measurement light and reference light by light division unit 208, and interference light in which reflected light of the measurement light from measurement target W and the reference light are multiplexed is detected by interference light detection unit 210.
A measurement system includes a light source, an optical detector, and a processing circuit. The light source emits irradiation light to be applied to multiple measurement points included in at least one evaluation region of a surface of an object. The optical detector receives reflected light returned from the multiple measurement points and outputs a detection signal. The processing circuit calculates and outputs a roughness parameter regarding an uneven shape of the at least one evaluation region, based on the detection signal. The processing circuit corrects the roughness parameter in accordance with an angle of incidence of the irradiation light incident on the at least one evaluation region, a measurement distance in the at least one evaluation region, or intensity of received light obtained as a result of the at least one evaluation region being irradiated with the irradiation light.
A food processing apparatus includes: a container that includes a space for accommodating a food item; a catalyst film that includes an activation surface in contact with the space; and a light source that is disposed closer to a principal surface of the catalyst film than to the activation surface in a thickness direction of the catalyst film, and emits ultraviolet light toward the catalyst film. The principal surface is on an opposite side of the catalyst film with respect to the activation surface. The catalyst film includes a surface layer including the activation surface and an absorption layer including the principal surface. The absorption layer contains an ultraviolet-light absorbing particle that absorbs a portion of the ultraviolet light.
A23L 3/28 - Preservation of foods or foodstuffs, in general, e.g. pasteurising, sterilising, specially adapted for foods or foodstuffs by irradiation without heating with ultraviolet light
A power storage device includes a case, a power storage element, a band-shaped lead, and a sealing member. The sealing member includes an insulating gasket including a base part, and a conductive sealing plate. The sealing plate includes a displacement part. The displacement part of the sealing plate and the lead are electrically connected to each other. The displacement part is configured to be displaced in a direction away from the lead in response to an increase in an internal pressure of the case, thereby electrically disconnecting the displacement part and the lead from each other. The power storage device further includes displacement suppressing means disposed in the case and configured to suppress displacement of the lead when the displacement part is displaced in the direction away from the lead. Thus, it is possible to increase the operational reliability of a current interrupt device.
H01M 50/578 - Devices or arrangements for the interruption of current in response to pressure
H01M 50/107 - Primary casingsJackets or wrappings characterised by their shape or physical structure having curved cross-section, e.g. round or elliptic
H01M 50/152 - Lids or covers characterised by their shape for cells having curved cross-section, e.g. round or elliptic
H01M 50/184 - Sealing members characterised by their shape or structure
H01M 50/186 - Sealing members characterised by the disposition of the sealing members
H01M 50/533 - Electrode connections inside a battery casing characterised by the shape of the leads or tabs
Provided is an oral cleansing device including a battery housing that can be downsized. The oral cleansing device according to the present disclosure includes a battery housing capable of housing a battery and is driven by the battery. The battery housing includes a body having a housing space in which the battery is housed, and battery cover that closes an opening of the housing space. Here, battery cover includes only positive electrode terminal out of a negative electrode terminal electrically connected to a negative electrode of the battery and positive electrode terminal electrically connected to a positive electrode of the battery. Then, the body includes the negative electrode terminal electrically connected to positive electrode terminal of battery cover through the battery.
A61C 17/02 - Rinsing or air-blowing devices, e.g. using fluid jets
H01M 50/247 - MountingsSecondary casings or framesRacks, modules or packsSuspension devicesShock absorbersTransport or carrying devicesHolders specially adapted for portable devices, e.g. mobile phones, computers, hand tools or pacemakers
H01M 50/271 - Lids or covers for the racks or secondary casings
H01M 50/296 - MountingsSecondary casings or framesRacks, modules or packsSuspension devicesShock absorbersTransport or carrying devicesHolders characterised by terminals of battery packs
The present disclosure provides an oral cavity washing device capable of changing a liquid flow of a washing liquid without increasing the number of parts. The oral cavity washing device according to the present disclosure includes a device body including a pump that discharges a washing liquid, and nozzle that is provided in the device body and discharges the washing liquid discharged by the pump to an outside, wherein nozzle includes narrow portion in such a manner that the sectional area thereof is set to be smaller than that of another portion of nozzle, and that the sectional area of narrow portion is variable.
A data acquisition unit acquires usage data of a secondary battery and battery information for specifying the type of the secondary battery. A degradation characteristic search unit searches a degradation characteristic database on the basis of the battery information and specifies a degradation characteristic information that includes a storage degradation characteristic, a charging degradation characteristic, and a discharging degradation characteristic of the secondary battery. A degradation state analysis unit estimates a storage degradation amount, a charging degradation amount, and a discharging degradation amount of the secondary battery on the basis of the usage data of the secondary battery and the specified degradation characteristic information.
G01R 31/392 - Determining battery ageing or deterioration, e.g. state of health
G01R 31/374 - Arrangements for testing, measuring or monitoring the electrical condition of accumulators or electric batteries, e.g. capacity or state of charge [SoC] with means for correcting the measurement for temperature or ageing
G01R 31/3842 - Arrangements for monitoring battery or accumulator variables, e.g. SoC combining voltage and current measurements
G01R 31/396 - Acquisition or processing of data for testing or for monitoring individual cells or groups of cells within a battery
An object of the present disclosure is to achieve a small-sized inductor capable of handling a high current, and having a high coupling coefficient. Inductor includes magnetic core and coil element embedded in magnetic core. Coil element includes at least four flat coils, and first coil element, second coil element, third coil element, and fourth coil element are provided in an overlapping manner. Ends of each coil element protrude from bottom surface, and are bent along bottom surface, to form external electrode. Ends of first coil element and ends of third coil element are bent toward first side surface. Ends of second coil element and ends of fourth coil element are bent toward second side surface.
POSITIVE ELECTRODE ACTIVE MATERIAL FOR NON-AQUEOUS ELECTROLYTE SECONDARY BATTERY, POSITIVE ELECTRODE FOR NON-AQUEOUS ELECTROLYTE SECONDARY BATTERY, NON-AQUEOUS ELECTROLYTE SECONDARY BATTERY, AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING POSITIVE ELECTRODE ACTIVE MATERIAL FOR NON-AQUEOUS ELECTROLYTE SECONDARY BATTERY
Provided is a positive electrode active material having a high capacity and improved output characteristics. The positive electrode active material included in this non-aqueous electrolyte secondary battery includes a lithium-containing complex oxide having a layered rock salt structure, and a sulfonic acid compound that is present on the surface of the lithium-containing complex oxide. The lithium-containing complex oxide contains 80 mol % or more of Ni, 1.5 mol % or more of Co, and 4 mol % or more of Al based on the total molar number of metal elements excluding Li. The sulfonic acid compound is represented by the general formula I. (In the formula, A is a Group 1 element or a Group 2 element, R is a hydrocarbon group, and n is 1 or 2.)
Provided is a positive electrode active material having a high capacity and improved output characteristics. The positive electrode active material included in this non-aqueous electrolyte secondary battery includes a lithium-containing complex oxide having a layered rock salt structure, and a sulfonic acid compound that is present on the surface of the lithium-containing complex oxide. The lithium-containing complex oxide contains 80 mol % or more of Ni, 1.5 mol % or more of Co, and 4 mol % or more of Al based on the total molar number of metal elements excluding Li. The sulfonic acid compound is represented by the general formula I. (In the formula, A is a Group 1 element or a Group 2 element, R is a hydrocarbon group, and n is 1 or 2.)
H01M 4/525 - Selection of substances as active materials, active masses, active liquids of inorganic oxides or hydroxides of nickel, cobalt or iron of mixed oxides or hydroxides containing iron, cobalt or nickel for inserting or intercalating light metals, e.g. LiNiO2, LiCoO2 or LiCoOxFy
H01M 4/02 - Electrodes composed of, or comprising, active material
H01M 4/36 - Selection of substances as active materials, active masses, active liquids
H01M 4/60 - Selection of substances as active materials, active masses, active liquids of organic compounds
A voice registration device includes an acquisition unit that acquires a voice signal of an utterance voice of a speaker, a detection unit that detects, from the voice signal, a first utterance section of the speaker and a second utterance section different from the first utterance section, a sensing unit that compares a voice signal of the first utterance section with a voice signal of the second utterance section and senses switching from the speaker to another speaker different from the speaker, and a registration unit that registers the voice signal of the speaker in a database based on the sensing of the switching by the sensing unit.
G10L 17/04 - Training, enrolment or model building
G10L 17/02 - Preprocessing operations, e.g. segment selectionPattern representation or modelling, e.g. based on linear discriminant analysis [LDA] or principal componentsFeature selection or extraction
G10L 17/06 - Decision making techniquesPattern matching strategies
G10L 25/63 - Speech or voice analysis techniques not restricted to a single one of groups specially adapted for particular use for comparison or discrimination for estimating an emotional state
The present disclosure provides an electric toothbrush that improves a dirt removing effect. Electric toothbrush according to the present disclosure includes: head including brush part; drive unit that operates head; input unit that identifies a type or a position of a tooth to be brushed by brush part; and controller that determines which classification based on a specific criterion the type or the position of the tooth identified by input unit belongs to, and controls drive unit to change an operation of head according to the classification.
An information processing method is an information processing method executed by a computer, and includes acquiring first information concerning polyhedra including two or more kinds of polyhedra having different shapes; generating second information concerning a three-dimensional structure in which the polyhedra are arranged on the basis of the first information; and outputting the second information thus generated. The three-dimensional structure is a structure in which the polyhedra are arranged without any gaps.
G06F 30/13 - Architectural design, e.g. computer-aided architectural design [CAAD] related to design of buildings, bridges, landscapes, production plants or roads
A solid electrolyte material of the present disclosure comprises Li, M, O, and X, wherein M is at least one selected from the group consisting of Nb and Ta, and X is at least one selected from the group consisting of F, Cl, Br, and I. The solid electrolyte material contains columnar crystals. The average of aspect ratios (L/W) of the length (L) and the width (W) of the columnar crystals is 5 or more, and the average length is 20 μm or less. A battery of the present disclosure includes a positive electrode, a negative electrode, and an electrolyte layer disposed between the positive electrode and the negative electrode. At least one selected from the group consisting of the positive electrode, the negative electrode, and the electrolyte layer contains the solid electrolyte material according to the present disclosure.
A transmission apparatus comprises an assignment information generator which, in operation, assigns resources on a resource unit (RU) basis to one or more terminal stations (STAs) and generates assignment information that specifies RUs allocated to the one or more STAs; a transmission signal generator which, in operation, generates a transmission signal that includes a legacy preamble, a non-legacy preamble and a data field, wherein the non-legacy preamble comprises a first signal field and a second signal field that carry a set ID and the assignment information, and wherein the set ID identifies one assignment set comprising the one or more STAs and a plurality of assignment indices, and wherein the assignment information comprises a resource assignment indication for each of a plurality of assignment which are referenced by the plurality of assignment indices; and a transmitter which, in operation, transmits the generated transmission signal.
An imaging device includes a pixel that includes a photoelectric converter converting light into a signal charge and a charge accumulator accumulating the signal charge and outputs a pixel signal according to an amount of the signal charge accumulated in the charge accumulator, an AD conversion circuit performing AD conversion of the pixel signal output from the pixel, and a control circuit setting the number of gradations of digital output of the AD conversion. The photoelectric converter has photoelectric conversion characteristics such that photoelectric conversion efficiency changes according to a potential difference between a counter electrode and a pixel electrode. Linearity of a magnitude of the pixel signal with respect to an amount of light incident on the photoelectric converter changes depending on a voltage VITO supplied from a voltage supply circuit to the pixel. The control circuit changes the number of gradations in accordance with the voltage VITO.
A surface light-emitting device includes a plurality of light sources, a light guide that guides light emitted from the plurality of light sources, and a controller that controls turn-on operations of the plurality of light sources. The light guide includes a plurality of light controllers on which the light from the plurality of light sources are incident. The plurality of light controllers are disposed side by side in a first direction intersecting optical axes of the plurality of light controllers, the plurality of light sources include a first light source and a second light source, the first light source is disposed on one of the optical axes of the plurality of light controllers, the second light source is disposed at a position away from the optical axes of the plurality of light controllers, and the controller turns on at least one of the first light source and the second light source.
When an electric field reversal test is performed using water (W1) containing bubbles (10), in which the bubbles (10) are alternately attracted to an anode and a cathode, the bubbles (10) exhibit a behavior in which the bubbles (10) have charges of opposite signs between a slow filed reversal and a fast field reversal in which the electric field is reversed in a shorter period than in the slow field reversal.
A device including a power transmitting coil for providing electric power; a thermal sensor; and a circuit operative to: before start of transmitting first electric power for charging, cause the power transmitting coil to supply second electric power to a charging space; cause the thermal sensor to detect whether temperature in the charging space increases after the second electric power is transmitted; before start of transmitting the first electric power, determine chargeability based on presence information and foreign object information, the presence information indicating whether a mobile object is present in the charging space, and the foreign object information indicating whether the temperature in the charging space increases, and cause the power transmitting coil to transmit the first electric power in a case the circuit determines chargeable. The second electric power is lower than the first electric power, and the second electric power is supplied before the mobile object is located on the charging space.
B60L 53/124 - Detection or removal of foreign bodies
B60L 53/126 - Methods for pairing a vehicle and a charging station, e.g. establishing a one-to-one relation between a wireless power transmitter and a wireless power receiver
G08G 1/14 - Traffic control systems for road vehicles indicating individual free spaces in parking areas
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TRANSMISSION METHOD, RECEPTION METHOD, TRANSMISSION APPARATUS, AND RECEPTION APPARATUS
A transmission method includes: generating a stream including a plurality of Internet Protocol (IP) data flows corresponding one-to-one with a plurality of services in broadcast, the IP data flows storing the corresponding services of the plurality of services; and transmitting the generated stream in a predetermined channel.
H04H 60/07 - Arrangements for generating broadcast informationArrangements for generating broadcast-related information with a direct linkage to broadcast information or to broadcast space-timeArrangements for simultaneous generation of broadcast information and broadcast-related information characterised by processes or methods for the generation
A wireless communication system, a repeater, and a wireless communication method capable of transmitting a message to another user in a specific area selected by a user are provided. The wireless communication system includes a plurality of wireless communication terminals and the repeater. The wireless communication terminal acquires an operation of a user, and transmits a message and direction information. The repeater determines a communication area based on the received information, and transmits a message to another wireless communication terminal worn by a user in the communication area.
An alkaline dry battery includes a positive electrode, a negative electrode, and a separator disposed between the positive electrode and the negative electrode. The positive electrode contains electrolyte and the negative electrode contains electrolyte. The positive electrode further contains electrolytic manganese dioxide, sodium, and zinc. The electrical potential of the electrolytic manganese dioxide is 300 mV or higher and 340 mV or lower with respect to that of a reference electrode made of mercury oxide. The content of the sodium in the positive electrode is 800 ppm by mass or more and 3000 ppm by mass or less. The content of the zinc in the positive electrode is 2400 ppm by mass or more and 4600 ppm by mass or less.
A high-molecular compound has a constitutional unit (U) having a heterocyclic ring, a carbonyl group, and a substituent bonded to the heterocyclic ring. The substituent includes at least one group selected from the group consisting of a halogen group, a hydroxyl group, an aldehyde group, a carboxyl group, an alkyl group, a halogenated alkyl group, and a hydroxyalkyl group.
The power conversion device can undergo autonomous search control for ZVS without a larger circuit area or lower reliability. The power conversion device performs, in each switching cycle, an operation of turning the control switch (CTLSW) on and afterward off while the synchronous rectification switch (SRSW) is off, and then turning the synchronous rectification switch on and afterward off while the control switch is off. Whether the inductor current (iL) is positive or negative is detected at the detection timing backed by a predetermined period (Text) from a timing at which the synchronous rectification switch switches from on to off, based on the detection result, the on-period (TOFF) of the synchronous rectification switch is corrected.
H02M 3/158 - Conversion of DC power input into DC power output without intermediate conversion into AC by static converters using discharge tubes with control electrode or semiconductor devices with control electrode using devices of a triode or transistor type requiring continuous application of a control signal using semiconductor devices only with automatic control of output voltage or current, e.g. switching regulators including plural semiconductor devices as final control devices for a single load
A voice registration device includes an acquisition unit configured to acquire a voice signal of an utterance voice of a speaker, an emotion identification unit configured to identify at least one type of emotion of the speaker included in the voice signal, and a registration unit configured to register a voice signal for the each type of emotion in a database based on an identification result by the emotion identification unit.
G10L 25/63 - Speech or voice analysis techniques not restricted to a single one of groups specially adapted for particular use for comparison or discrimination for estimating an emotional state
A welding system includes a tip that biases a welding wire and has a forced power supply mechanism for supplying power to the welding wire at a distal end, a torch including the tip at a distal end, the torch supplying the welding wire toward a welded portion, an automatic machine that holds the torch, and a welding wire straightener attached to the automatic machine, the welding wire straightener correcting a bending tendency of the welding wire.
A composite active material particle includes an oxide phase containing an oxide, multiple active material domains containing an active material and dispersed in the oxide phase, and at least one first solid electrolyte having a composition different from the composition of the oxide. The first solid electrolyte covers at least part of the surface of a base particle composed of the oxide phase and the multiple active material domains.
H01M 4/485 - Selection of substances as active materials, active masses, active liquids of inorganic oxides or hydroxides of mixed oxides or hydroxides for inserting or intercalating light metals, e.g. LiTi2O4 or LiTi2OxFy
H01M 4/02 - Electrodes composed of, or comprising, active material
A composite active material particle includes an oxide phase containing an oxide and multiple active material domains containing an active material and dispersed in the oxide phase. When a region occupying a surface layer portion of the composite active material particle is defined as a first region, and a region located more inward than the first region is defined as a second region, the first region includes the oxide phase, the second region includes the oxide phase and the multiple active material domains, and the abundance of oxygen in the first region is higher than the abundance of oxygen in the second region.
H01M 4/36 - Selection of substances as active materials, active masses, active liquids
H01M 4/02 - Electrodes composed of, or comprising, active material
H01M 4/485 - Selection of substances as active materials, active masses, active liquids of inorganic oxides or hydroxides of mixed oxides or hydroxides for inserting or intercalating light metals, e.g. LiTi2O4 or LiTi2OxFy
A battery of the present disclosure includes: a power-generation element including a plurality of laminated battery cells connected electrically in parallel, each battery cell including an electrode layer, a counter-electrode layer, and a solid electrolyte layer; and a first connection member connected to a side surface of the power-generation element, the first connection member includes a first base material having a first surface facing the side surface and a first conductive member located on the first surface and electrically connected to the electrode layers, and one or more first insulating members are located so as to cover the counter-electrode layers on the side surface.
A solid electrolyte composition according to the present disclosure contains a solvent and an ionic conductor containing a solid electrolyte and a binder and dispersed in the solvent, wherein the binder contains a styrene elastomer, and the styrene elastomer has a total nitrogen content of 30 ppm or more and 130 ppm or less.
A photoelectric conversion element includes: a photoelectric conversion layer converting light into signal charge, a first electrode collecting the signal charge, a second electrode, and a first charge blocking layer. The first charge blocking layer blocks charge of polarity opposite to the signal charge. A photocurrent characteristic of the element, with respect to a voltage applied between the first and second electrodes when the photoelectric conversion layer is irradiated with light, exhibits first and second voltage ranges. A photocurrent density at a first voltage in the first voltage range is less than that at a second voltage in the second voltage range. The first voltage is less than the second voltage. A change ratio of photocurrent density at the first voltage is less than that at the second voltage. An absolute value of a difference between the maximum and minimum voltages of the first voltage range is ≥0.5 V.
An information processing method is an information processing method to be executed by a computer. The information processing method includes acquiring experimental spectrum information indicating an experimental spectrum obtained by actually measuring a material to be searched for; acquiring material information regarding a composition of the material; generating, based on the material information, pieces of candidate structure information regarding candidate structures that are candidates for a crystal structure of the material, and acquiring computational spectrum information indicating computational spectra each corresponding to a corresponding one of the candidate structures; generating structure information regarding the crystal structure, based on a correlation between the experimental spectrum information and the computational spectrum information; and outputting the generated structure information.
A power storage device includes a first electrode having a first current collector, a second electrode having a second current collector, and a separator interposed between the first electrode and the second electrode. The first electrode, the second electrode, and the separator constitute a wound body having a columnar shape. The power storage device further includes a case having a cylindrical bottomed shape for accommodating the wound body, and a current collection plate electrically connected to the first electrode and the case. The first electrode has an overlapping region overlapping the current collection plate when viewed from a case axial direction and a non-overlapping region not overlapping the current collection plate when viewed from the axial direction. The first electrode and the current collection plate are electrically connected to each other in the overlapping region. The first current collector is provided in at least a part of the non-overlapping region, and has a contact part in contact with the case bottom.
H01M 50/538 - Connection of several leads or tabs of wound or folded electrode stacks
H01M 10/04 - Construction or manufacture in general
H01M 50/107 - Primary casingsJackets or wrappings characterised by their shape or physical structure having curved cross-section, e.g. round or elliptic
A seating plate pair has a mounting surface having a pair of terminal storage grooves. Distal end portions of a pair of lead terminals are inserted into the pair of terminal storage grooves, respectively. The seating plate includes an auxiliary terminal on the mounting surface. The auxiliary terminal includes an auxiliary mounting portion, and a first embedded portion and a second embedded portion protruding respectively from both sides of the auxiliary mounting portion. The first embedded portion and the second embedded portion are embedded in the seating plate, and the auxiliary mounting portion is exposed on the mounting surface. On the mounting surface, the auxiliary terminal is disposed away from an adjacent terminal storage groove by ⅕ or more of a width of the adjacent terminal storage groove.
A battery abnormality detection system includes the following constituents. A battery data acquisition unit acquires voltages of one of a plurality of cells and a plurality of parallel cell blocks in a battery pack and temperatures at a plurality of observation points respectively measured by a plurality of temperature sensors provided in the battery pack. A determination unit determines presence or absence of an abnormality in one of a specific cell and a specific parallel cell block, based on a transition of a voltage of the one of the specific cell and the specific parallel cell block in a predetermined period in the battery pack and on a difference between a temperature change at a first observation point and a temperature change at a second observation point in the predetermined period in the battery pack.
G01R 31/396 - Acquisition or processing of data for testing or for monitoring individual cells or groups of cells within a battery
G01K 1/02 - Means for indicating or recording specially adapted for thermometers
G01K 3/14 - Thermometers giving results other than momentary value of temperature giving differences of valuesThermometers giving results other than momentary value of temperature giving differentiated values in respect of space
G01R 31/3835 - Arrangements for monitoring battery or accumulator variables, e.g. SoC involving only voltage measurements
G01R 31/52 - Testing for short-circuits, leakage current or ground faults
An electrode foil for an electrolytic capacitor includes a metal foil having a first region and a second region other than the first region, in which the second region is a region extending linearly along an edge portion of the metal foil, the thickness of the second region is smaller than the thickness of the first region, and steps are provided between the first region and the second region on both surfaces of the metal foil.
A voice registration device includes an acquisition unit that acquires a voice signal of an utterance voice of a speaker and speaker information capable of identifying the speaker, a registration unit that registers the acquired voice signal and speaker information in an associated manner in a database, a progress degree determination unit that repeatedly determines a registration progress degree of the voice signal registered in the database with respect to a registration target amount of the voice signal registered in the database, and a notification unit that notifies the determined registration progress degree.
G10L 17/04 - Training, enrolment or model building
G10L 17/02 - Preprocessing operations, e.g. segment selectionPattern representation or modelling, e.g. based on linear discriminant analysis [LDA] or principal componentsFeature selection or extraction
An imaging device of the present disclosure includes: a communication unit that connects via a communication network to a provision server that provides a trained model used for image capturing; a connection unit that connects to a storage and outputs data to the storage; and a controller. The storage stores the trained model. The controller transmits photographing-related information obtained in association with image capturing to the provision server via the communication unit at a predetermined timing; and the controller stores, in the storage, a new trained model transmitted from the provision server in response to the photographing-related information.
The optical system includes a light guide including a reproduction region including a dividing diffraction structure dividing an image light ray propagating in a first propagation direction intersecting a thickness direction of a body, into image light rays propagating in a second propagation direction intersecting the first propagation direction, in the first propagation direction and including first and second diffraction structure regions formed respectively at first and second surfaces in the thickness direction to face each other, and an exit diffraction structure allowing the image light rays propagating in the second propagation direction to travel toward a field of view region. When first and second field of view angles in first and second directions of the virtual image are denoted by FOV1 and FOV2, a relation of FOV2/FOV1<0.5 is satisfied. The first propagation direction in the reproduction region corresponds to the first direction in a virtual image.
An imaging device includes a pixel electrode having a top surface and a bottom surface facing the top surface, a photoelectric conversion layer that is in contact with the top surface and converts light into electric charge, and a top electrode that faces the top surface of the pixel electrode with the photoelectric conversion layer interposed therebetween. The pixel electrode contains a nitride of a first metal, and a second metal different from the first metal. The nitride of the first metal is a main component of the pixel electrode. A concentration of the second metal in a first three-dimensional region including the top surface is higher than a concentration of the second metal in a second three-dimensional region including the bottom surface. The first three-dimensional region does not include the bottom surface, and the second three-dimensional region does not include the top surface.
An optical system includes an incidence part changing a traveling direction of the incident image light from a display part and an expansion part that divides and duplicates the image light traveling from the incidence part. The expansion part includes a first and a second expansion part. The first expansion part includes a first and a second diffraction structure part each having a diffraction structure that divides and duplicates the image light along a first direction, and a non-diffraction structure part disposed between the first and the second diffraction structure part. The second expansion part includes a third diffraction structure part that divides and duplicates image light along the first direction. The third diffraction structure part is disposed to overlap with the non-diffraction structure part of the first expansion part in a vertical direction with respect to the pupil expansion part.
A battery pack according to the present disclosure comprises a battery that supplies power to the electronic device, a communicator that receives power from the battery and performs near field communication, and a setting storage that stores a setting related to power supply from the battery to the communicator, wherein when the battery pack is connected to the electronic device, the communicator is supplied with power from the battery on a basis of the setting stored in the setting storage and performs near field communication.
H04B 5/79 - Near-field transmission systems, e.g. inductive or capacitive transmission systems specially adapted for specific purposes for data transfer in combination with power transfer
The solid electrolyte material of the present disclosure is a solid electrolyte material including Li, M, O, and X. Here, M is at least one selected from the group consisting of Nb and Ta, X is at least one selected from the group consisting of F, Cl, Br, and I, and the solid electrolyte material has a specific surface area of greater than 7.5 m2/g. The battery of the present disclosure includes a positive electrode, a negative electrode, and an electrolyte layer arranged between the positive electrode and the negative electrode. At least one of the positive electrode, the negative electrode, and the electrolyte layer contains the solid electrolyte material of the present disclosure.
An offline teaching device includes a first determination unit configured to determine whether data related to production of a workpiece to be produced by welding is changed, a second determination unit configured to determine, in a case where the first determination unit determines that the data is changed, a target whose relative position between the workpiece and a welding robot that executes the welding is changed based on the changed data, and a teaching program creation unit configured to create and output a second teaching program obtained by correcting a first teaching program for executing the welding, based on a displacement amount between a position of the target after the change of the relative position and a position of the target before the change of the relative position.
An optical module is held stably. A disclosed encoder includes a rotating plate that rotates about a rotation axis, optical module including at least one of a light source that emits a light to the rotating plate and a light receiving element that receives the light reflected by the rotating plate or the light transmitted through the rotating plate, substrate on which optical module is disposed, and a frame that supports the substrate. Substrate has first mounting hole and second mounting hole, and is screwed to the frame by a first screw inserted in first mounting hole and a second screw inserted in second mounting hole. In a view in a direction along the rotation axis, optical module is disposed on first line segment connecting the center of first mounting hole and the center of second mounting hole.
G01D 5/347 - Mechanical means for transferring the output of a sensing memberMeans for converting the output of a sensing member to another variable where the form or nature of the sensing member does not constrain the means for convertingTransducers not specially adapted for a specific variable using optical means, i.e. using infrared, visible or ultraviolet light with attenuation or whole or partial obturation of beams of light the beams of light being detected by photocells using displacement encoding scales
A disclosed electrochemical device includes a positive electrode, a negative electrode, an olefin-based separator, and a lithium ion-conductive electrolyte. The negative electrode includes a negative electrode current collector, and a negative electrode material layer supported on the negative electrode current collector. The negative electrode material layer includes a negative electrode active material into which lithium ions are reversibly doped. A surface layer portion of the negative electrode material layer has a film region, and when the film region is measured by X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy, a peak in an O1s spectrum is observed in a binding energy range of 530 to 534 eV. The peak intensity in the O1s spectrum increases from the surface layer of the film region to the inner side.
H01M 50/489 - Separators, membranes, diaphragms or spacing elements inside the cells, characterised by their physical properties, e.g. swelling degree, hydrophilicity or shut down properties
H01M 4/02 - Electrodes composed of, or comprising, active material
H01M 4/583 - Carbonaceous material, e.g. graphite-intercalation compounds or CFx
H01M 10/0525 - Rocking-chair batteries, i.e. batteries with lithium insertion or intercalation in both electrodesLithium-ion batteries
A heating cooker includes a heating chamber, a circulation fan, and an air passage. The heating chamber can accommodate a heating target. The circulation fan sucks air in the heating chamber and blows sucked air into the heating chamber to form a circulation flow passage in an inner space of the heating chamber. The air passage is disposed inside the heating chamber, and defines a flow rate and a blowing direction of air blown from the circulation fan to the heating chamber. The air passage is disposed in an upper part of the heating chamber and forms an upper space of the heating chamber. The air passage includes a flow guide and an outflow port communicating with the heating chamber.
A plasma generation unit includes: a first coil that includes first conductors that are connected in parallel to each other; and a first distribution portion that distributes, to each of the first conductors, first high frequency power to be supplied to the first coil. The first distribution portion includes: a first input portion to which the first high frequency power is input; a first branch portion at which the first high frequency power input to the first input portion is divided and delivered into first branch lines; and second branch portions at each of which a corresponding one of the first branch lines branches out into second branch lines. Each of the second branch lines is connected to one of first application portions that are included in the first conductors. The first branch lines have a substantially equal length. The second branch lines have a substantially equal length.
A gyro sensor includes a gyro element and a control unit. Control unit includes a drive controller and a signal processor. Drive controller generates a drive signal to input to gyro element the drive signal generated. Drive controller feedback-controls drive signal based on a drive sense signal output from gyro element. Signal processor includes an analog processor, an A/D converter, a digital calculator and a checker. Analog processor selectively outputs either a detection component or a quadrature component to A/D converter. Detection component and quadrature component are included in detection signal. Checker checks a state relating to control unit based on a first output signal or a second output signal. First output signal is output from A/D converter in response to that quadrature component is input to A/D converter. Second output signal is output from digital calculator in response to that first output signal is input to digital calculator.
An optical system includes a first expansion region that expands a luminous flux traveling in a first direction by splitting and duplicating it into luminous fluxes traveling in a second direction intersecting the first direction to increase the number of luminous fluxes, and a second expansion region that expands the luminous fluxes traveling in the second direction by splitting and duplicating them to increase the number of luminous fluxes. The first expansion region has a central region that contains a center of the first expansion region, and an end region that lies on at least one end side of the first expansion region. The end region has a diffracted light quantity less than half the diffracted light quantity in the central region.
An information processing method includes: obtaining travel information on travel of mobile bodies capable of autonomous travel and remote operation and/or monitoring; predicting, based on the travel information and location information on a first area in which the remote operation and/or monitoring is required, a first mobile body having a travel route scheduled to pass through the first area and being to enter the first area; identifying, based on the travel information and the location information, a second mobile body having a travel route scheduled to pass through the first area; determining whether the second mobile body catches up with the first mobile body before the first mobile body enters the first area; and outputting instruction information for causing the second mobile body to perform following control to follow the first mobile body, when the second mobile body catches up with the first mobile body.
B60W 30/165 - Control of distance between vehicles, e.g. keeping a distance to preceding vehicle automatically following the path of a preceding lead vehicle, e.g. "electronic tow-bar"