Abstract: A coloration inhibitor characterized in containing, as an active ingredient, a heated oil obtained by implementing a heating treatment at 120° C. or higher on: an unrefined raw oil including an expressed oil of an oil and fat raw material, an extracted oil of the oil and fat raw material, or both the expressed oil and the extracted oil; or an oil and fat obtained by furthermore implementing degumming, deacidification, or both of these treatments on the unrefined raw oil. The coloration inhibitor is suitably used as an edible ingredient for inhibiting coloration of an edible oil and fat composition or inhibiting coloration of a food product cooked using the edible oil and fat composition.

Abstract: Provided is a cooking oil degradation degree determination device, etc., capable of accurately determining the degradation degree of fry oil, comprising: a fryer 2 that includes an oil vat 21 for storing frying oil Y therein and a color sample 23 for displaying gradual change in the color of the frying oil Y; a video camera 42 that captures an oil surface image of the frying oil Y; and a controller 5 that executes degradation degree determination processing of the frying oil Y, wherein the color sample 23 is arranged at a position included within an angle of view of the video camera 42 which is the same as an angle of view thereof for the oil surface image, and the controller 5 compares the color of the frying oil Y with colors displayed on the color sample 23, respectively, to determine the degradation degree of the frying oil Y.

Abstract: Provided is a food disposal time management device capable of managing a disposal time of a plurality of cooked foods being displayed in a display cabinet individually and easily. A fried food disposal time management device 4 for managing a disposal time of fried food X displayed in a hot showcase 1, comprising: an image acquisition unit 41 that acquires an image including images of a plurality of pieces of fried food X being displayed; an individual surface image management unit 42 that manages a surface image included in the image in association with identification information; a time measurement unit 43 that measures a time during which the surface image associated with the identification information is being included in the image; and a determination unit 45 that determines, for each of the plurality of pieces of fried food X, whether the measured time thereof has reached a reference time.

Abstract: An object of the invention is to provide a method for reducing the sulfur-containing-compound content of volatile substances from fried food. The invention provides a method for reducing the sulfur-containing-compound content of volatile substances from fried food, wherein a foodstuff is fried using an oil and fat composition containing an edible oil and fat and the following component A. Component A: One, two, or more oils and fats selected from (1) to (5). (1) A roasted oil, (2) a decoction oil, (3) an n-3 edible oil and fat, (4) an overheated oil, (5) olive oil.

Abstract: Provided is a fried food disposal time management device for improving the accuracy of management of the time to dispose a fried food being displayed in a display cabinet. A fried food disposal time management device 4 for managing a time to dispose a fried food X being displayed in a hot showcase 1 includes: a data acquisition unit 41 that acquires data on a condition of the fried food X; a determination unit 44 that determines whether the time to dispose the fried food X is reached based on the condition of the fried food acquired by the data acquisition unit 41 and a determination reference; and a notification unit 46 that outputs, when the determination unit 44 makes a determination result that the time to dispose the fried food X is reached, a notification signal for notifying the determination signal to a monitor 308.

Abstract: Provided is an edible oil deterioration level determination device and the like capable of precisely determining the deterioration level of frying oil. A deterioration level determination device 5 for determining the deterioration level of frying oil Y comprises an air bubble image extraction section 51 for extracting an air bubble image that is an image of a portion of air bubbles formed due to deep-fry cooking from an oil surface image, a feature parameter calculation section 54 for calculating a feature parameter F characterizing deterioration of the frying oil Y from the air bubble image extracted by the air bubble image extraction section 51, a deterioration indicator estimation section 55 for estimating a deterioration indicator DI of the frying oil Y based on the feature parameter F, and a deterioration level determination section 56 for determining the deterioration level of the frying oil Y based on the deterioration indicator DI.

Abstract: A frying oil ordering device 60 comprises a remaining amount recognition unit 61 that recognizes an amount of frying oil 17 remaining in a storage tank 33, and an ordering timing determination unit 62 that determines an ordering timing for the storage tank 33 to be replenished with the frying oil 17 based on the remaining amount and at least one of information regarding replacing the frying oil 17 in a fryer 14 in a facility 32, and parameters that affect future sales of fried foods 19 in the facility 32.

Abstract: A fried food display management apparatus 60 comprises: a first recognition unit 61 configured to recognize quantities of fried foods 19 according to type displayed in a display case 40 in a shop 32; a cooking schedule formulation unit 62 configured to, based on the quantities of the fried foods 19 according to type as recognized by the first recognition unit 61, formulate a cooking schedule for the types and quantities of fried foods 19 to be cooked in frying oil 17 in a fryer 14 installed in the shop 32; and a reporting unit 63 configured to report information relating to the cooking schedule in a display 25 provided in the shop 32.

Abstract: Provided is a system for reporting frying oil processing work information, with which frying oil processing work can be appropriately carried out. The frying oil processing work information reporting system comprises a deterioration state analysis unit 55 that analyzes a state of deterioration of frying oil 17 in a fryer 14, a processing work information recognition unit 56 that recognizes information about processing work for the frying oil 17 on the basis of the result of the analysis performed on the state of deterioration of the frying oil 17, and a first reporting unit 57 that is set up in a shop 32 and that reports the processing work information.

Abstract: A degree of deterioration of frying oil in a fryer can be assessed easily and accurately. A frying oil deterioration assessment device 41 comprises a recording unit 45 that records types of fried foods 19 fried in frying oil 17 in an electric fryer 14 and a fried quantity for each type, a holding unit 46 that holds correlation data indicating a relationship between the fried quantity for each type of fried food 19 and a degree of deterioration of the frying oil 17, and an assessment unit 47 that assesses the degree of deterioration of the frying oil 17 on the basis of the correlation data and the recorded types of fried food 19 and fried quantity of each type.

Abstract: A wired circuit board for battery includes a stainless steel layer, an insulating base layer, and a conductor layer sequentially toward one side in the thickness direction. The stainless steel layer is electrically connected to the conductor layer. The stainless steel layer includes a first laser weld portion that can be laser welded. The first laser weld portion is exposed to the one side and the other side in the thickness direction.

Abstract: A battery module includes: a battery having a flat shape and including an electrode disposed on a one-side surface in the thickness direction; and a metal plate disposed at one side in the thickness direction relative to the electrode. The metal plate has electrode bond portions bonded to the electrode. The metal plate includes: a board bondable portion bondable to a wired circuit board via a molten metal; and an opening penetrating the metal plate in the thickness direction. The opening is disposed between the electrode bond portions and board bondable portion.

Abstract: Recharging of a secondary battery within a short time after the battery is fully charged is prevented. A method of achieving this prevention includes: a charging step of charging a secondary battery by external power until a charging amount of the secondary battery becomes equal to a fully charged amount, while stopping a driving component; and a stop continuation step of stopping the charging of the secondary battery by the external power and stopping a driving component in a stop continuation period in which the charging amount of the secondary battery decreases from the fully charged amount to a predetermined charging amount.

Abstract: A wired circuit board includes a base insulating layer, and a circuit disposed on a one-side surface in the thickness direction of the base insulating layer. The circuit includes a transmitting and receiving circuit and a component mounting circuit. The transmitting and receiving circuit includes a first wire. The first wire includes a first aspect ratio R1. The component mounting circuit includes a second wire electrically connected to the first wire. The second wire has a second aspect ratio R2 lower than the first aspect ratio R1.

Abstract: A wireless power transmission system includes a power-supplying device including an electronic oscillator that generates electric power having a frequency of 1 MHz or more and 5 MHz or less, and a power-supplying coil member in which the electric power flows; and a power-receiving device including a power-receiving coil member that is capable of generating electric power based on the magnetic field generating from the power-supplying coil member, wherein the power-receiving coil member is a sheet coil including an insulating layer and a first coil pattern disposed at one side of the insulating layer, the first coil pattern is composed of wires, and the wires are disposed in spaced apart relation from each other with a predetermined space provided therebetween in the radial direction of the first coil pattern.

Abstract: A wireless power transmission system includes a power transmission device including a plurality of power transmission portions, and a power receiving object including a power receiving portion capable of receiving an electric power wirelessly transmitted from the power transmission portion. Of the plurality of power transmission portions, a specific power transmission portion transmits the electric power to the power receiving portion.

Abstract: A battery pack includes a secondary battery, a coil member, a circuit board, a housing, and a metal member. The metal member has a plurality of strip portions extending along the direction orthogonal to the thickness direction of the housing from the inside of the housing toward the peripheral end edge, and connected to each other inside the housing. The plurality of strip portions each has an end edge positioned at the peripheral end edge of the housing, and each of the end edges of the plurality of strip portions is position defined at different positions at the peripheral end edge of the housing.

Abstract: A battery pack includes a secondary battery having a battery negative electrode terminal disposed at one side in thickness direction of the secondary battery and a battery positive electrode terminal disposed at the other side in thickness direction of the secondary battery; a coil member; a circuit board electrically connected with the battery negative electrode terminal, the battery positive electrode terminal, and the coil member; and a housing accommodating the secondary battery, the coil member, and the circuit board, wherein the battery negative electrode terminal is exposed to the outside of the housing.

Abstract: A variable magnetic field in which a power-supplying coil and a power supplying resonator exist is generated only by the power-supplying coil. Power-supplying coils and each of which generates a variable magnetic field due to the supply of a variable current via a first current path on one coil end a side and a second current path on the other coil end side; resonance capacitors which are provided on the first current path and the second current path; and a power-supplying coil short-circuit mechanism which is able to cause at least one of the power-supplying coils and to function as a power supplying resonator by allowing the end portions and of the first current path and the second current path to short-circuit with each other are provided.

Abstract: A magnetic field which is partially a variable magnetic field with high or low magnetic field strength is formed at a predetermined region. A plurality of coil pieces and generating a variable magnetic field and a power-supplying coil which is provided to generate an induced current for at least one of the coil pieces and are provided, and coil ends of two or more of the coil pieces and are connected to each other.