Abstract: A power conversion system includes a power conversion apparatus and a programming support apparatus connected to the power conversion apparatus. The power conversion apparatus includes power conversion circuitry, program storage that stores a control program configured to control the power conversion circuitry, and a control unit that controls the power conversion circuitry according to a control program. The programming support apparatus includes a display data generation unit that generates display data of a block diagram illustrating a content of the control program using a plurality of functional blocks, and a link indicating input and output of information between the functional blocks based on the control program stored in the program storage.

Abstract: A derailleur for a human-powered vehicle comprises a base member, a movable member, a linkage, an electrical actuator, a first biasing member, and a second biasing member. The base member is configured to be attached to a vehicle body of the human-powered vehicle. The movable member is configured to be movable relative to the base member in a first direction and a second direction different from the first direction. The linkage is configured to movably connect the movable member to the base member. The electrical actuator is configured to operatively move the movable member relative to the base member. The first biasing member is configured to deform if first external force is applied to move the movable member in the first direction. The second biasing member is configured to deform if second external force is applied to move the movable member in the second direction.

Abstract: Provided is a container including a container body and an image on the container body. The image includes a plurality of dented portions and non-dented portions. A visibility value of the image represented by Mathematical formula (1) below is greater than or equal to a predetermined value. Visibility value=b0·L*0·(1?exp(b1·?L*))??Mathematical formula (1) In Mathematical formula (1), L*0 represents a luminosity of the image. ?L* represents a difference between the luminosity of the image and a luminosity of any other portion than the image, b0 represents a positive real number, and b1 represents a negative real number.

Abstract: A bicycle electric rear derailleur 26 comprises a base member 41, a movable member 43, and a linkage structure 45. The linkage structure 45 is configured to operatively couple the base member 41 to the movable member 43. The linkage structure 45 includes at least one of a wireless communication unit receiving space S11, a charging-portion receiving space S12, a control-board receiving space S13, an operating-member receiving space S14, a display-unit receiving space S15, a connector receiving space S16 and a data-reader receiving space S17.

Abstract: An objective of the present invention is to provide a document creation assistance server and document creation assistance method which are capable of efficiently acquiring information necessary to write a specification or other such documents, and of generating a document from the acquired information.

Abstract: A bicycle part includes a housing and a lid. The housing includes an inner peripheral portion, an outer peripheral portion, an end wall portion and a connecting portion. The outer peripheral portion is spaced radially outward from the inner peripheral portion with respect to a center axis of the enclosed area. The end wall portion interconnects the inner peripheral portion and the outer peripheral portion to at least partly define an internal space. The connecting portion interconnects the inner peripheral portion and the outer peripheral portion. The lid overlies the internal space. The lid is welded to the inner peripheral portion along an inner weld path and the outer peripheral portion along an outer weld path. The lid is further welded to at least part of the connecting portion of the housing a connecting weld path connecting the inner weld path and the outer weld path.

Abstract: A hub is provided for a human-powered vehicle. The hub comprises a hub axle, a hub body, a sprocket support structure, a detected part and a rotation detection sensor. The hub axle has a center axis. The hub body is rotatably disposed around the center axis. The sprocket support structure is rotatably disposed around the center axis to transmit a driving force to the hub body while rotating in a driving rotational direction around the center axis. The detected part is provided to the sprocket support structure. The rotation detection sensor is configured to detect the detected part to detect rotation of the sprocket support structure around the center axis and being disposed in the hub body.

Abstract: A power conversion device is provided, which includes: a power conversion circuit that performs power conversion between a primary power and a secondary power; a buffer data accumulation circuit that, in a predetermined buffer cycle, repeatedly acquires data sets relating to a state of the power conversion circuit and store the data sets in a ring buffer; a state monitoring circuit that generates a trigger signal in a case where a state of a predetermined monitoring target satisfies a predetermined condition; and a data replication circuit that, in a case where a trigger signal is generated, stores, in a data storage circuit, a plurality of the data sets accumulated in the ring buffer in a target storage period including a time before a generation time of the trigger signal.

Abstract: A pressure sensor 1 according to the first aspect of the invention includes: a substrate 50; and a functional element 40 which is laid on the substrate 50 and is composed of functional titanium oxide including crystal grains of at least one of ?-phase trititanium pentoxide (?-Ti3O5) and ?-phase trititanium pentoxide (?-Ti3O5) and having the property that at least a portion of crystal grains of at least one of ?-phase trititanium pentoxide (?-Ti3O5) and ?-phase trititanium pentoxide (?-Ti3O5) change into crystal grains of titanium dioxide (TiO2) when the functional titanium oxide is heated to 350° C. or higher. The substrate 50 includes a substrate thin-film section 51 having a thin film form in which the thickness in the stacking direction of the substrate 50 and the functional element 40 is smaller than that in the other directions.

Abstract: A user interface of a bicycle derailleur is configured to receive a user input to execute at least one of: calibration in which a sensor is reset; changing an assist operation of an assist driving unit; changing information displayed in a display; a recovering operation by an actuator of the bicycle derailleur; a reset of a pairing operation; changing a shifting threshold used in an automatic shifting mode; changing a communication channel between a wired communication channel and a wireless communication channel; changing a function assigned to an operating device; a shut-down of a system of the bicycle derailleur; a wake-up operation of the system; a restart of the system; an operation of at least one additional bicycle component; changing a shifting mode between the automatic shifting mode and a manual shifting mode; and changing the shifting operation between a synchronized shifting mode and a non-synchronized shifting mode.

Abstract: Workpieces are disposed between a pair of side walls in a heat treatment chamber. A centrifugal fan is disposed to face the workpieces inside the heat treatment chamber, and sucks gas from the workpiece side and generates air current. In regions at the respective side wall sides relative to an intermediate position between the pair of side walls, an air current regulation unit regulates the air current so as to restrict flows of the air current from the centrifugal fan to the respective side wall sides when a rotary blade of the centrifugal fan rotates in regions in which outer circumferential edge portions of the rotating rotary blade separate from the respective side walls, and allows the flows in regions in which the outer circumferential edge portions of the rotating rotary blade approach the respective side walls.

Abstract: A bicycle derailleur comprises a base member, a linkage structure, and a motor unit. The linkage structure includes a first link pin rotatably mounted to the base member about a first pivot axis. The motor unit is configured to apply rotational force to the first link pin to rotate the first link pin relative to the base member about the first pivot axis.

Abstract: A shifting control device comprises a controller configured to control an actuator of a gear shifting device to arrange a chain guide of the gear shifting device on a plurality of gear positions. The controller is configured to control the actuator to temporarily arrange the chain guide on a first temporary position in a multistage gear shift operation before stopping the chain guide at the first target gear position. The controller is configured to temporarily arrange the chain guide on a second temporary position in a single gear shift operation before stopping the chain guide at the second target gear position. The first temporary position is offset from the second temporary position in the gear shift direction if the first target gear position is the first target gear position and the second target gear position correspond to the same gear position of the plurality of gear positions.

Abstract: A controlling device includes a storage device configured to store predetermined information about durability of a component of a man-powered vehicle, and a controller configured to control an indicator based on the predetermined information.

Abstract: First and second types of object detectors, a sensing device, and a mobile apparatus. The first and second types of object detectors include a light source configured to emit light, photoreceptor configured to receive the light reflected by an object, and a binarizing circuit configured to binarize a signal sent from the photoreceptor at a threshold Vth. In the first and second types of object detectors, object detection processes are performed in a same direction until a high-level signal is output M times from the signal binarized by the binarizing circuit. In the first type of object detector, a value of the M is determined based on an incidence of shot noise where peak intensity exceeds the threshold Vth in the photoreceptor. In the second type of object detector, a threshold Vth is set based on a value of the M.

Abstract: A branch element identification unit identifies a branch element being a program element for branching, from a model diagram representing a plurality of program elements and a relationship among the program elements. A group identification unit identifies a branch destination group, the branch destination group being a series of program elements constituting branch destination of the branch element, for each branch destination from the model diagram. A sequence determination unit determines a sequence of the branch destination groups in a program code. A code generation unit generates the program code based on the model diagram. The program code includes codes corresponding to the branch destination groups in accordance with the sequence of the branch destination groups.

Abstract: A bicycle transmission control device comprises a controller configured to control an operating speed of a bicycle derailleur based on a running speed of a bicycle and a gear ratio of the bicycle.

Abstract: A user interface of a bicycle derailleur is configured to receive a user input to execute at least one of: calibration in which a sensor is reset; changing an assist operation of an assist driving unit; changing information displayed in a display; a recovering operation by an actuator of the bicycle derailleur; a reset of a pairing operation; changing a shifting threshold used in an automatic shifting mode; changing a communication channel between a wired communication channel and a wireless communication channel; changing a function assigned to an operating device; a shut-down of a system of the bicycle derailleur; a wake-up operation of the system; a restart of the system; an operation of at least one additional bicycle component; changing a shifting mode between the automatic shifting mode and a manual shifting mode; and changing the shifting operation between a synchronized shifting mode and a non-synchronized shifting mode.

Abstract: A bicycle rear derailleur including a base member, a chain guide, an actuator, and a controller. The chain guide is movably coupled to the base member. The actuator is operatively coupled to the chain guide to move the chain guide relative to the base member. The controller is electrically connected to the actuator to move the chain guide relative to the base member from a current stop position to a target-stop position. The controller is configured to change a current rear shift position corresponding to the current stop position based on a front shift position of a front derailleur.

Abstract: An object of this invention is to obtain a whitelist generator with which the accuracy of data relating to the specifications of normal communication serving as an automatic generation source can be guaranteed, whereby the accuracy of a generated whitelist can be guaranteed over an entire whitelist generation flow. The whitelist generator is applied to a system formed from a plurality of devices, the plurality of devices being configured to exchange data with each other, in order to generate a whitelist used for whitelisting intrusion detection, and includes a model verification unit that verifies, on the basis of an input model, at least one of whether or not normal communication in the system has been modeled correctly and whether or not the model is logically consistent, and a model conversion unit that converts the verified model into a whitelist.