Abstract: Provided is a crystal of a specific oxazole compound that has specific inhibitory activity against PDE4, and that shows excellent stability. Specifically, provided is a crystal of an oxazole compound represented by formula (5) wherein the crystal has peaks at diffraction angles)2?(°) of 9.6±0.2, 19.1±0.2, and 21.2±0.2 in an X-ray powder diffraction pattern measured using CuK? characteristic X-rays.

Abstract: An area management system includes an acquisition unit configured to acquire information on a mobile history of at least one mobile object that moves in a management target area, a statistical processing unit configured to generate a distribution of existence probability of the at least one mobile object in a management target area by performing statistical processing on information on a mobile history of the at least one mobile object, and an area definition unit configured to define a predetermined area included in the management target area together with an area attribute of the predetermined area, based on the distribution of existence probability of the at least one mobile object in the management target area.

Abstract: The cause tracking system according to the present disclosure includes: an event detecting unit that detects a new event occurring in a management target area; a recording unit that records an event detected in the past by the event detecting unit; a calculating unit that calculates a degree of association between the new event and a past event recorded in the recording unit; a recording control unit that causes the recording unit to record the new event as a past event in association with information on a past event in which the degree of association with the new event is equal to or greater than a threshold among past events recorded in the recording unit; and an output unit that reads out, from the recording unit, the designated event among the past events recorded in the recording unit and the other past events related to the designated event.

Abstract: A work assignment status monitoring system includes an acquisition unit configured to acquire information about one or more work areas, a monitoring target detection unit configured to detect a monitoring target and define a first monitoring target area where the monitoring target is positioned, a first determination unit configured to determine whether or not the monitoring target has performed a work assignment in the one or more work areas based on a presence or absence of interference with the one or more work areas by the first monitoring target area, an information generation unit configured to generate information about the work assignment in the one or more work areas performed by the monitoring target based on a result of the determination made by the first determination unit, and an output unit configured to output information about the work assignment performed by the monitoring target.

Abstract: A battery-state monitoring apparatus includes: a secondary battery 200 supplying an electric power to portable equipment 300; and an operation processing part 50 that can detect a battery state of the secondary battery 200 in a detection mode to detect the battery state of the secondary battery 200, the operation processing part using the secondary battery 200 as a power source, wherein the battery-state monitoring apparatus includes a start-up current detecting part 31 detecting a start-up of the portable equipment 300, and wherein the operation processing part 50 waits for a detection of the battery state in a standby mode in which power consumption is smaller than the detection mode until the start-up is detected by the start-up current detecting part 31, and, on the other hand, the operation processing part 50 detects, by intermittently performing a temporary return from the standby mode to the detection mode, the battery state of the secondary battery in a return period during which the return is made.

Abstract: A secondary battery charging system includes a secondary battery charging device and a power generation device that generates a charging current. The secondary battery charging device controls the charging a secondary battery, which has a protection timer that counts a first elapsed time from a start of charging. The secondary battery charging device includes a charging switch that controls a supply of the charging current, a time management timer portion that counts a second elapsed time starting from a point at which the charging switch becomes conductive and performs a charging stop determination and that counts a third elapsed time starting from a point at which the charging switch is cut off and performs a charging start determination, and a charging control portion that causes the charging switch to be conductive or cut off based on results of the charging stop determination and the charging start determination.

Abstract: A secondary battery charging system includes a secondary battery charging device and a power generation device that generates a charging current. The secondary battery charging device controls the charging a secondary battery, which has a protection timer that counts a first elapsed time from a start of charging. The secondary battery charging device includes a charging switch that controls a supply of the charging current, a time management timer portion that counts a second elapsed time starting from a point at which the charging switch becomes conductive and performs a charging stop determination and that counts a third elapsed time starting from a point at which the charging switch is cut off and performs a charging start determination, and a charging control portion that causes the charging switch to be conductive or cut off based on results of the charging stop determination and the charging start determination.

Abstract: The present invention applies load to a portable telephone by charging and discharging a secondary battery conforming to the actual way of use of the portable telephone, so that the performance of the secondary battery in a portable telephone connected for charging can be accurately tested. A battery testing device of the present invention has: a charge control circuit for controlling input power which is input to a lithium ion battery via an AC adapter; and a radio circuit for controlling output power which is output from the lithium ion battery and discharging the lithium ion battery, wherein when the lithium ion battery reaches a fully charged state, the radio circuit starts discharging while the charge control circuit stops charge of the lithium ion battery using the AC adapter, and when the lithium ion battery reaches a predetermined charged state, the charge control circuit starts charge of the lithium ion battery using the AC adapter while the radio circuit stops discharge of the lithium ion battery.

Abstract: The present invention provides a battery testing device and a battery testing method which can appropriately verify the behavior of a battery when damage occurs. Appropriately verification of battery behavior in a case of battery damage has not been achieved since a completely crushed state of a battery almost never occurs during the sue of a portable device, such as a portable telephone, and a completely crushed state of a battery is not the worst condition when determining an abnormality induced by an internal short. Therefore a secondary battery set on a test stand is partially crushed using a pressing member, and the quality of the secondary battery is determined by measuring the temperature of the secondary battery, whereby battery behavior when the secondary battery is damaged can be appropriately verified.

Abstract: A battery-state monitoring apparatus includes: a secondary battery 200 supplying an electric power to portable equipment 300; and an operation processing part 50 that can detect a battery state of the secondary battery 200 in a detection mode to detect the battery state of the secondary battery 200, the operation processing part using the secondary battery 200 as a power source, wherein the battery-state monitoring apparatus includes a start-up current detecting part 31 detecting a start-up of the portable equipment 300, and wherein the operation processing part 50 waits for a detection of the battery state in a standby mode in which power consumption is smaller than the detection mode until the start-up is detected by the start-up current detecting part 31, and, on the other hand, the operation processing part 50 detects, by intermittently performing a temporary return from the standby mode to the detection mode, the battery state of the secondary battery in a return period during which the return is made.

Abstract: A battery status detection device for detecting the status of a secondary battery 200 supplying power to a mobile device 300 includes a voltage detection unit 20 detecting voltages of the secondary battery 200; a current detection unit 30 detecting charge/discharge currents of the secondary battery 200; an arithmetic processing unit 50 calculating an internal resistance value of the secondary battery 200 based on a voltage difference between the voltages detected by the voltage detection unit 20 before and after the start of charging the secondary battery 200 and a current difference between the charge/discharge currents detected by the current detection unit 30 before and after the start of charging the secondary battery 200 and determining whether the secondary battery 200 is degraded based on the calculated internal resistance value; and a communication processing unit 70 outputting a signal indicating the determination result of the arithmetic processing unit 50.

Abstract: The present invention applies load to a portable telephone by charging and discharging a secondary battery conforming to the actual way of use of the portable telephone, so that the performance of the secondary battery in a portable telephone connected for charging can be accurately tested. A battery testing device of the present invention has: a charge control circuit for controlling input power which is input to a lithium ion battery via an AC adapter; and a radio circuit for controlling output power which is output from the lithium ion battery and discharging the lithium ion battery, wherein when the lithium ion battery reaches a fully charged state, the radio circuit starts discharging while the charge control circuit stops charge of the lithium ion battery using the AC adapter, and when the lithium ion battery reaches a predetermined charged state, the charge control circuit starts charge of the lithium ion battery using the AC adapter while the radio circuit stops discharge of the lithium ion battery.

Abstract: The present invention provides a battery testing device and a battery testing method which can appropriately verify the behavior of a battery when damage occurs. Appropriately verification of battery behavior in a case of battery damage has not been achieved since a completely crushed state of a battery almost never occurs during the sue of a portable device, such as a portable telephone, and a completely crushed state of a battery is not the worst condition when determining an abnormality induced by an internal short. Therefore a secondary battery set on a test stand is partially crushed using a pressing member, and the quality of the secondary battery is determined by measuring the temperature of the secondary battery, whereby battery behavior when the secondary battery is damaged can be appropriately verified.

Abstract: An electrostatic image developing toner containing a polysiloxane having the following repeating units (a) and ##STR1## wherein R.sup.1 is a C.sub.1 -C.sub.6 alkyl group such as a methyl group or a C.sub.6 -C.sub.12 aryl group such as a phenyl group, which may be different from each other, and R.sup.2 is a C.sub.6 -C.sub.200 saturated hydrocarbon group, provided that the carbon number of R.sup.2 is larger than the carbon number of R.sup.1.

Abstract: This invention relates to an air extractor for a bag-making filling and packaging machine for exhausting the air in a bag filled with goods. The air extractor comprises frames freely closing and opening for surrounding in an air-tight manner the bag filled with the goods. Air is supplied into the closed frames so as to squeeze the outer surfaces of the bag by the pressure of the supplied air to extract the air from the bag. In this manner, the air in the bag is reliably extracted irrespective of the shapes of the goods and their filled conditions without damaging the goods.