Abstract: A server includes: a communication unit that communicates with a mobile terminal (terminal) of a user; and a processor (control unit) that controls the communication unit. When the communication unit has not received deterioration information (battery information) on a battery from the mobile terminal for greater than or equal to a cycle (predetermined period), the processor performs control for obtaining the deterioration information through the mobile terminal.

Abstract: A server includes: a communication unit (acquisition unit) that acquires information of a capacity retention (degree of degradation) of a battery (secondary battery); and a processor (control unit) that calculates a lease fee of the battery using the information of the capacity retention. The processor performs suppression processing for suppressing an increase of the lease fee, the increase of the lease fee being based on deterioration (decrease) of the capacity retention due to an environment in which the electrically powered vehicle is used.

Abstract: A server includes: a communication unit (acquisition unit) that acquires information about a degree of degradation of a battery (secondary battery); and a processor (control unit) that calculates a lease fee of the battery using the information about the degree of degradation of the battery. The processor performs suppression processing for suppressing an increase of the lease fee, the increase of the lease fee being based on deterioration of a degree of discharging-caused degradation caused by discharging in response to a request for adjusting a power demand/supply state in a power system (PG).

Abstract: A leasing method includes obtaining first data representing a history of a current that flows in a power storage mounted on a vehicle, obtaining second data representing a history of an amount of accelerator operation in the vehicle, obtaining third data representing a travel distance or a time period of travel of the vehicle, obtaining an accident risk of the vehicle based on the first data, the second data, and the third data, and obtaining a degree of exhaustion of a consumable including the power storage based on the first data, the second data, and the third data, the consumable being provided to the vehicle by lease.

Abstract: A management method for a power storage device includes: when energy management by charging or discharging of a power storage device is requested from an aggregator, determining whether or not requested power for charging or discharging exceeds a predetermined value; when the requested power exceeds the predetermined value, if the aggregator having requested is a registered aggregator, performing charging or discharging of the power storage device in accordance with the request; and when the requested power exceeds the predetermined value, if the aggregator having requested is not the registered aggregator, not performing charging or discharging of the power storage device in accordance with the request.

Abstract: A management method for managing a power storage device includes: when information indicating that an accident has occurred with regard to a target vehicle including a power storage device, obtaining first owner information indicating an owner of the power storage device from a data management device that manages information about a plurality of vehicles including the target vehicle; specifying the owner of the power storage device using the obtained first owner information; and providing, to a terminal of the specified owner of the power storage device, a notification that informs the occurrence of the accident of the target vehicle.

Abstract: A method of assessing a probe by measuring a known sample whose shape is known with the probe in an electronic microscope, the known sample having a projection part on a surface thereof, and the projection part having a shape tapered toward a vertex thereof, the method comprising a step of measuring circle equivalent radius of the projection part, a step of comparing the circle equivalent radius with a first threshold value, and a step of determining that the probe is satisfactory when the width is less than the first threshold value, and a step of determining that the probe is unsatisfactory when the width is equal to or greater than the first threshold value.

Abstract: Provided is a technique for making a user analyze a sample while providing convenience to the user. An information providing system is provided with a determination unit configured to determine whether or not the part needs to be replaced, a display unit, and a display control unit configured to control the display unit. The display control unit causes the display unit to display supplier information on a supplier of the part when the part needs to be replaced.

Abstract: Provided is a technique that makes a user analyze a sample without stressing the user as much as possible. An analyzer is provided with a display unit and a display control unit for controlling the display unit. The display control unit causes the display unit to display predetermined information in a step in which the user is waiting among steps of analyzing the sample.

Abstract: A cantilever has a probe at a tip end. An optical system emits laser light to the cantilever and detects the laser light reflected by the cantilever. A measurement unit measures characteristics of a sample based on a displacement of the cantilever obtained by a change in a position of the laser light detected by the optical system. The laser light adjustment unit adjusts, when adjusting the optical axis of the laser light, a spot diameter of the laser light to be larger than the spot diameter when measuring the characteristics of a sample. The imaging unit captures an image of a range including the position of the probe when adjusting the optical axis of the laser light. The display unit displays the captured image.

Abstract: This invention is directed to a pattern height information correction system which includes a contour line information of a pattern extracted from an acquired image including at least an AFM (atomic force microscope) module, a design information database that stores design information including at least layer information, and a computer system that divides the extracted pattern into regions based on the design information stored in the design information database relating to the extracted pattern and associates the divided regions with layer information, in which the computer system specifies a horizontal region designated as horizontal in advance from the divided regions, creates an approximated curved surface based on the specified horizontal region corresponding to the same layer information, and corrects height information of the extracted pattern using the approximated curved surface.

Abstract: It is intended to save time for adjusting a position of a detection unit. In a position adjustment process of a detector, a control device moves the detector obliquely with respect to a boundary line partitioning photodiodes on a plane on which the detector moves and moves the detector so that the position of the center of gravity of a spot of a laser beam and the center of a light-receiving surface coincide in response to the incident of at least a part of the laser beam on the light-receiving surface.

Abstract: Diffused reflection of a laser beam is prevented from adversely affecting the processing of an optical axis adjustment of the laser beam in a scanning probe microscope. In a case where a position of a spot of a laser beam identified based on an image captured by an imaging unit is moved in a direction predicted when the laser beam is moved, a control device of the scanning probe microscope sets a position of the identified spot as an initial position. The control device identifies the position that diffusely reflects the laser beam based on the image captured by the imaging unit and moves the spot from the initial position to the tip of the cantilever by avoiding the position that diffusely reflects the laser beam.

Abstract: A scanning probe microscope (50) is provided with a probe (20), a cantilever (2) supporting the probe (20), a scanner (43) on which a sample (S) is placed, a drive unit (4) for changing the distance between the sample (S) and the probe (20), and a displacement measurement unit (3) for measuring the displacement of the cantilever (2).

Abstract: A cantilever (2) has a probe (7) at a tip end. An optical system (80) emits laser light to the cantilever (2) and detects the laser light reflected by the cantilever (2). A measurement unit (14) measures characteristics of a sample (9) based on a displacement of the cantilever (2) obtained by a change in a position of the laser light detected by the optical system (80). The laser light adjustment unit (20) adjusts, when adjusting the optical axis of the laser light, a spot diameter of the laser light to be larger than the spot diameter when measuring the characteristics of a sample (8). The imaging unit (10) captures an image of a range including the position of the probe (7) when adjusting the optical axis of the laser light. The display unit (12) displays the captured image.

Abstract: Diffused reflection of a laser beam is prevented from adversely affecting the processing of an optical axis adjustment of the laser beam in a scanning probe microscope. In a case where a position of a spot of a laser beam identified based on an image captured by an imaging unit is moved in a direction predicted when the laser beam is moved, a control device of the scanning probe microscope sets a position of the identified spot as an initial position. The control device identifies the position that diffusely reflects the laser beam based on the image captured by the imaging unit and moves the spot from the initial position to the tip of the cantilever by avoiding the position that diffusely reflects the laser beam.

Abstract: It is intended to save time for adjusting a position of a detection unit. In a position adjustment process of a detector, a control device moves the detector obliquely with respect to a boundary line partitioning photodiodes on a plane on which the detector moves and moves the detector so that the position of the center of gravity of a spot of a laser beam and the center of a light-receiving surface coincide in response to the incident of at least a part of the laser beam on the light-receiving surface.

Abstract: This invention is directed to a pattern height information correction system which includes a contour line information of a pattern extracted from an acquired image including at least an AFM (atomic force microscope) module, a design information database that stores design information including at least layer information, and a computer system that divides the extracted pattern into regions based on the design information stored in the design information database relating to the extracted pattern and associates the divided regions with layer information, in which the computer system specifies a horizontal region designated as horizontal in advance from the divided regions, creates an approximated curved surface based on the specified horizontal region corresponding to the same layer information, and corrects height information of the extracted pattern using the approximated curved surface.

Abstract: A data processing device for a scanning probe microscope, the data processing device processing biaxial data indicating a change in a second physical quantity with respect to a change in a first physical quantity, the biaxial data being acquired for each of a plurality of measurement points on a sample surface by scanning the sample surface with a probe using a scanning probe microscope, the data processing device includes: a feature amount calculator 41 that acquires one or a plurality of types of feature amounts from the biaxial data at each measurement point; a feature amount selector 42 that causes a user to select one of the one or the plurality of types of feature amounts; a two-dimensional mapping image display unit 43 that displays the feature amount on a screen as a two-dimensional mapping image with each measurement point as one pixel based on selection of the feature amount by the user; and a biaxial data display unit 44 that, when the user selects one of the pixels in the two-dimensional mapping i

Abstract: According to one embodiment, an automatic analyzing apparatus includes a liquid tank, a first pump, a dispensing probe, and a thermal exchanger. The liquid tank stores a first liquid. The first pump pressurizes and sends the first liquid supplied from the liquid tank. The dispensing probe uses the first liquid that is sent out from the first pump as a pressure transmitting medium. The thermal exchanger exchanges heat between an atmosphere in the automatic analyzing apparatus and the first liquid in at least a part of a first flow path connecting the first pump to the liquid tank.