Abstract: An aluminum alloy foil having a composition including, Fe of 1.0% by mass or more and 1.8% by mass or less, Si of 0.01% by mass or more and 0.08% by mass or less, Cu of 0.005% by mass or more and 0.05% by mass or less, Mn of 0.01% by mass or less, and Al. In a crystal orientation analysis per unit area by electron backscatter diffraction (EBSD), a ratio (HAGBs/LAGBs) of a length of high angle grain boundaries (HAGBs) having an orientation difference of 15° or more to a length of low angle grain boundaries (LAGBs) having an orientation difference of 2° or more and less than 15° is more than 2.0, and a Cu orientation density is 40 or less and an R orientation density is 30 or less as a texture.

Abstract: A remote driving device configured to remotely operate a vehicle includes a remote operation device, a reaction force unit, a receiver, and a processor. The remote operation device is operated by an operator in order to remotely operate the vehicle. The reaction force unit is configured to generate an operation reaction force to be applied to the remote operation device. The receiver is configured to receive a parameter affecting vehicle characteristics of the vehicle from the vehicle. The processor is configured to control the reaction force unit so as to generate a magnitude of the operation reaction force according to the received parameter.

Abstract: Vehicle interior material includes interior material main body portion and attachment section protruding from interior material main body portion and inserted into an opening portion of an attached section and is attached thereto by locking attachment section to the opening portion. Attachment section includes plate-like portion extending in a predetermined direction from interior material main body portion, a pair of slits formed in plate-like portion along a predetermined direction, and locking base positioned between slits, extending in the predetermined direction, and elastically deformable in a thickness direction of plate-like portion. Locking base has protrusion that is raised in the thickness direction of plate-like portion and locked to and held by the opening portion by interference of a proximal end portion side of locking base with the opening portion and includes a portion having different cross-sectional areas on the proximal and a distal end portion sides with respect to protrusion.

Abstract: An image forming apparatus includes a main casing, a cartridge, and a controller. The cartridge is attachable to the main casing. The cartridge includes a cartridge memory configured to store identification information. The controller is configured to perform a rewriting process to rewrite the identification information to information indicating that the cartridge is the normal cartridge, in a case where the controller receives a cancellation instruction to instruct to cancel the service contract and the identification information, which is stored in a cartridge memory of the cartridge attached to the main casing, indicates that the cartridge is the contract cartridge.

Abstract: An apparatus memory stores first type information indicating whether an apparatus main body is a contract apparatus or a normal apparatus. The contract apparatus is usable in a case where an apparatus contract for an image forming apparatus is set. A consumable memory stores second type information indicating whether a consumable is a contract consumable or a normal consumable. The contract consumable is usable in a case where a consumable contract for an image forming apparatus is set. A controller is configured to: determine whether the first type information indicates that the apparatus main body is the contract apparatus; determine whether the second type information indicates that the consumable attached to the apparatus main body is the contract consumable; and switch a function usable in the image forming apparatus based on a combination of the first type information and the second type information.

Abstract: An image forming apparatus includes a memory and a controller. The memory stores first mode information indicating whether the apparatus is set to a contract mode or a normal mode, and second mode information indicating whether a print permission mode is active or inactive. The controller sets the second mode information to active information indicating that the print permission mode is active in a state in which the first mode information indicates the normal mode, sets the second mode information to inactive information indicating that the print permission mode is inactive in a state in which the first mode information indicates the contract mode, and rewrites the second mode information to the active information when an instruction to activate the print permission mode is received in a state in which the first mode information indicates the contract mode and the second mode information is set to the inactive information.

Abstract: To provide an article inspection apparatus capable of sensitively and stably detecting a change in a spectrum when an unspecified foreign substance is contained and determining a defective product. A transport unit that transports a tablet for inspection to an article inspection position, a light irradiation unit that irradiates the tablet transported to the article inspection position with light, a light detection unit that detects light transmitted through the tablet, and an article inspection unit that inspects a quality of the tablet based on spectral characteristics of the light detected by the light detection unit are provided, and the article inspection unit standardizes a measured value of a spectrum of the light detected by the light detection unit for each wavelength and determines whether the tablet is a normal product or a defective product based on a standardized value.

Abstract: A layer transfer device includes a supply reel, a take-up reel, a driving source, a releasable restraining device, a heating roller, a pressure roller, and a controller. The driving source drives the take-up reel. The releasable restraining device is capable of switching to a restraining state in which a multilayer film is put under restraint in being drawn out from the supply reel and to a release state in which the restraint is lifted. The controller is configured such that when the driving source is generating the mechanical power, the releasable restraining device is in the restraining state if an image area in which an image is formed on the sheet is not present in a layer transfer position between the heating roller and the pressure roller, and the releasable restraining device is in the release state if the image area is present in the layer transfer position.

Abstract: An aluminum alloy foil having a composition, including Fe: 1.2% by mass or more and 1.8% by mass or less, Si: 0.05% by mass or more and 0.15% by mass or less, Cu: 0.005% by mass or more and 0.10% by mass or less, and Mn: 0.01% by mass or less, with a remainder being Al and inevitable impurities. An average crystal grain size of the aluminum alloy foil is 20 to 30 ?m, a maximum crystal grain size/the average crystal grain size is ?3.0, a Cube orientation density is 5 or more, a Cu orientation density is 20 or less, and an R orientation density is 15 or less.

Abstract: An object of the present invention is to provide a conductive silicone composition that is cured at a low temperature in a short time and from which a cured product having excellent conductivity can be obtained. A conductive silicone composition containing (A) to (E) components described below and containing greater than or equal to 10 parts by mass and less than 100 parts by mass of the (D) component with respect to 100 parts by mass of the (A) component: (A) component: a polyorganosiloxane having one or more alkenyl groups in a molecule (B) component: a compound having a hydrosilyl group (C) component: a hydrosilylation catalyst (D) component: a silane compound having an epoxy group and an alkoxysilyl group (E) component: a conductive powder.

Abstract: In various embodiments, single-crystal aluminum nitride boules and substrates having high transparency to ultraviolet light and low defect density are formed. The single-crystal aluminum nitride may function as a platform for the fabrication of light-emitting devices such as light-emitting diodes and lasers.

Abstract: In an access device associated with a first network cell, a method for enabling user equipment (UE) to obtain a service unavailable through the first network cell includes receiving a request for the UE to access the service, and identifying, in a message to the UE, a plurality of second network cells providing the service.

Abstract: A steering control device in a seer-by-wire system calculates a current limit presentation command value so as to convey an output-limited state of a turning device to a driver, calculates a steering torque command value on a basis of a physical quantity corresponding to an output torque of the turning device, and calculates a basic reaction force torque command value being a basic value of a reaction force torque command value so that a detection value of a torque sensor follows a target value that is based on the steering torque command value. The control device controls a current flowing to a reaction-force-use rotary electric machine on a basis of the basic reaction force torque command value and the end presentation command value, and increases an absolute value of the current limit presentation command value when the turning device is in the output-limited state.

Abstract: A drum cartridge includes a frame on which a toner cartridge is attachable, a photosensitive drum, and a drum memory. The drum cartridge relays information stored in the toner memory to the image forming apparatus when the toner cartridge is attached to the frame.

Abstract: An imaging apparatus, which can be mounted with an interchangeable lens and operates with power from a battery, includes: a connection detachably connected to the interchangeable lens; a controller that controls a lower-limit voltage indicating a lower limit for supplying power from the battery; and a selector that selects one operation mode from a plurality of operation modes for operating the imaging apparatus with power from the battery, wherein the controller switches the lower-limit voltage among a plurality of set values respectively corresponding to combinations of types of the interchangeable lens and the plurality of operation modes on a basis of the interchangeable lens connected to the connection and the operation mode selected by the selector.

Abstract: The method includes determining, by using a first information processing device, whether a cartridge mounted in the specified image forming apparatus needs replacing. The method further includes attaching a label to the newly shipped cartridge capable of using in each of the plurality of image forming apparatuses or to a packing box packing the newly shipped cartridge. The label indicates specific information associated with identification information of the specified image forming apparatus in which the determining determines that the cartridge needs replacing. The specific information is retrieved from a database in which the identification information is associated with the specific information. The identification information identifies the each of the plurality of image forming apparatuses. The specific information specifies the each of the plurality of image forming apparatuses.

Abstract: In a case where a user terminal such as a smartphone having a plurality of IC card applications performs payment processing using communication data of UWB communication or the like other than NFC communication with a payment device such as a ticket gate or a store terminal, the user terminal selects an IC card application corresponding to the payment device used for the payment processing. The user terminal receives data from the payment device such as a ticket gate or a store terminal, performs search processing as to whether or not the own device has a specific communication scheme-compatible IC card application capable of processing communication data according to a specific communication scheme such as UWB communication on the basis of the received data, acquires an identifier (AID) of the detected application, and transmits the acquired identifier to the payment device.

Abstract: One or more multiphase power converters are connected to a positive electrode and a negative electrode of a power supply via a high potential line and a low potential line, respectively, convert DC power of the power supply into multiphase alternate current power by operations of a plurality of inverter switching elements, and apply a voltage to each of phase windings of a multiphase winding set. A DC rotating machine switch including switches on a high potential side and a low potential side connected in series via a DC motor terminal connected to a second terminal that is an end of the DC rotating machine on an opposite side to a first terminal. The DC rotating machine switch generates a voltage of the DC motor terminal variable by switching. A control unit controls operations of the inverter switching elements and the DC rotating machine switch.

Abstract: A power steering apparatus has a first actuator provided as a multi-phase rotating electric machine and disposed on a steering column side of an intermediate shaft and a second actuator disposed on a rack gear side thereof. A first ECU controls a drive of the first actuator and detects an abnormality of the first actuator. The first ECU changes an output of the first actuator based on a notification from a communication bus. The first ECU performs an initial diagnosis of the first actuator at a vehicle startup time for detecting abnormality, by supplying an electric power to the first actuator for not providing a torque to a steering wheel.

Abstract: A compressor includes a rotor, a stator configured to rotate the rotor, a compressor unit configured to compress a refrigerant with rotation of the rotor, and a housing in which an internal space for housing the rotor, the stator, and the compressor unit is formed, wherein the rotor includes a rotor core that has an upper surface and a lower surface, an edge plate that covers the upper surface or the lower surface, and a fixing member that fixes the edge plate to the rotor core, a plurality of refrigerant holes through which the refrigerant passes are formed in the rotor core, an opening that allows the plurality of refrigerant holes to communicate with the internal space and a fixing member opening through which the fixing member penetrates are formed in the edge plate, and a thickness portion is formed between the opening and the fixing member opening.