Abstract: A virtual-break-room providing system includes: a detection device including a detection unit configured to detect, based on a detection result of a position detection sensor about a position of a user, whether the user satisfies a condition to connect to a virtual break room that enables the user to communicate with another user in virtual space; and a terminal device. The terminal device includes a virtual-break-room connection unit configured to connect to the virtual break room when the detection device detects that the user satisfies the condition to connect to the virtual break room, a virtual-break-room-information acquisition unit configured to acquire information about the virtual break room, and an output control unit configured to output the information about the virtual break room.

Abstract: An optical cable laying construction set (X) that includes an optical cable (C1) and plugs (P1 and P2). The optical cable (C1) includes an optical fiber which is a refractive index distribution-type plastic optical fiber. The plug (P1) includes a connecting portion connectable to the optical fiber, and an electric connector connectable to an external device, and has a configuration for converting an electric signal into an optical signal. The plug (P2) includes a connecting portion connectable to the optical fiber, and an electric connector connectable to an external device, and has a configuration for converting an optical signal to an electric signal. In an optical cable laying construction method of the present invention, laying construction of the optical cable on site is carried out using the optical cable laying construction set (X).

Abstract: Provided is a nonaqueous electrolyte solution for a lithium secondary battery, the nonaqueous electrolyte solution containing a compound (I) represented by Formula (I) and a compound (II) represented by Formula (II). In Formula (I), each of R1 and R2 independently represents a substituent such as an alkyl group having from 1 to 7 carbon atoms. In Formula (II), R3 represents an oxygen atom or the like; R4 represents a group represented by Formula (ii-1), a group represented by Formula (ii-2), or the like; and * represents a binding position. In Formula (ii-1), R41 represents an oxymethylene group or the like and, in Formula (ii-2), R42 represents an alkyl group having from 1 to 6 carbon atoms, or the like.

Abstract: An adhesive removing device includes a scraping member scraping an adhesive layer adhering to a front surface of a belt transporting a medium being a transport target object, and a support portion supporting the scraping member. The support portion supports the scraping member such that a support state of the scraping member is changeable. For example, the support portion supports a different type of scraping member in a replaceable manner.

Abstract: An information of a network to which a new function unit has been added is easily acquired. A relay device installed in a vehicle includes: a detection unit configured to detect a new function unit being a function unit that is newly added to a network including an existing function unit being one or a plurality of function units; a relay unit configured to relay a frame between the function units; and an acquisition unit configured to acquire, from the frame, relayed by the relay unit, between the new function unit detected by the detection unit and the existing function unit, function unit information that includes information regarding a network configuration of a layer of a lower order than an application layer, the function unit information being of at least one of the new function unit and the existing function unit.

Abstract: The semiconductor device includes a chip which has a main surface, a first conductivity type channel region which is formed in a surface layer portion of the main surface, a second conductivity type drift region which is formed in the surface layer portion of the main surface so as to be adjacent to the channel region, a gate insulating film which covers the channel region and the drift region on the main surface, and a polysilicon gate which has a second conductivity type first portion which faces the channel region across the gate insulating film and a first conductivity type second portion which faces the drift region across the gate insulating film and forms a pn-junction portion with the first portion.

Abstract: A broadcast receiving apparatus includes: a digital broadcast receiver configured to receive digital broadcasting in which contents are transmitted; a network transceiver configured to execute network communication; a data string converter configured to perform a mixing process for creating a new coded data string based on a coded data string of the received contents and a coded data string acquired by the network transceiver; a digital interface configured to output the contents to external equipment; and a controller configured to determine a state of the network communication of the external equipment. The state of the network communication of the external equipment includes a first state in which the network communication is in a communicable state and a second state in which the network communication is in an uncommunicable state. In accordance with the determined state of the network communication, the digital interface performs three types of output operations.

Abstract: A route generation system includes a diagnosis unit, a generation unit, and an output unit. The diagnosis unit performs a diagnosis to estimate a deterioration degree of a road surface from an image to be monitored. The generation unit generates a travel route based on the deterioration degree of the road surface for each point diagnosed by the diagnosis unit and information regarding a road environment affecting the diagnosis for each point, the travel route being generated for capturing another image used for another diagnosis. The output unit outputs the generated travel route.

Abstract: A semiconductor device includes an n-type semiconductor layer, a p-type drift region formed in a surface layer portion of the semiconductor layer, an n-type body region formed in the surface layer portion of the semiconductor layer, a p-type drain region formed in a surface layer portion of the drift region, a p-type source region formed in a surface layer portion of the body region, a gate insulating film formed on a surface of the semiconductor layer, and a polysilicon gate formed on the gate insulating film, wherein a region extending from the source region to a side edge of the drift region is a channel region, and wherein the polysilicon gate includes a p-type first portion facing at least a portion of the channel region, and an n-type second portion facing at least a portion of the drift region.

Abstract: A broadcast receiving includes a broadcast receiver that receives a broadcast wave of a digital broadcasting service; a separator that separates coded program video data, program-cooperation data, and screen layout control information, from the broadcast wave; a video decoder that decodes the coded program video data to reproduce program video information; a cooperation information generator that interprets the program-cooperation data to generate program-cooperation information; and a control unit that, when an instruction to display a given screen is input while the presentation processor divides video display region into sub-regions based on the screen layout control information, places the program video information in one of the sub-regions, places the program-cooperation information in another sub-region, and outputs the data of the video display region as the video information, outputs information of the given screen as the video information without dividing the video display region based on the screen

Abstract: A vehicle door device includes first and second link arms each including a first pivotal connection point to a vehicle body and a second pivotal connection point to a door of a vehicle, and a drive unit that opens and closes the door based on an operation of a link mechanism formed by the first and second link arms by using at least one of the first and second link arms as a drive link and pivoting the drive link. The drive unit includes an actuator that outputs drive torque, and a transmission mechanism that transmits the drive torque to the drive link disposed at a position separated from the actuator. The transmission mechanism includes a torque input portion that inputs the drive torque to the drive link, and a power transmission member that forms a transmission path for the drive torque in a state of extending between the actuator and the torque input portion and has flexibility to enable transmission of the drive torque in a bent state.

Abstract: Provided is an analyzer column cartridge that can control the temperature of an analysis column while saving resources and costs. An analyzer column cartridge 1 includes: metal blocks 7, 8 that accommodate an analysis column 10 used in a liquid chromatography; and housings 2, 3 that accommodate the metal blocks 7, 8. A plurality of holes 11A, 11B, 11C, 11D, and 11E that communicate with an accommodation space of the analysis column 10 are formed in the metal block 8. The housing has a plurality of windows 6A, 6B, 6C, 6D, and 6E formed at positions facing the plurality of holes 11A, 11B, 11C, 11D, and 11E formed in the metal block 8.

Abstract: A technique for replacing a separation column includes: a driving device supporting a first pipe along a first direction; a fixing member that fixes a second pipe to be opposed to the first pipe along the first direction; a column case between the first pipe and the second pipe, having a first and second holes communicating with the first and second pipes, respectively; and an interlocking mechanism that moves the column case in the first direction in conjunction with movement of the first pipe. The column case allows a column cartridge retaining a separation column to be connected and disconnected. The driving device moves the first pipe and the interlocking mechanism such that two states are reversibly taken; a closed state in which the separation column is between the first and second pipes and an open state in which the first and second pipes are positioned outside the column case.

Abstract: A tempered glass sheet according to an embodiment of the present invention has a compressive stress layer on a surface of the tempered glass sheet, in which a compressive stress value on the outermost surface of the compressive stress layer is 200 MPa or higher, and a bending strain is 30×10?4 or less.

Abstract: A method is provided that determines authenticity of a second recording medium mounted in a second device by using a first device mounted with a first recording medium. A non-user area of the first recording medium previously records first identification information and first algorithm data. A controller of the first recording medium causes a first display device to display a first image pattern and, after display of the first image pattern, causes a first imaging device to capture a second image pattern displayed on a second display device of the second device. The controller decodes first code data from the second image pattern and utilizes the first algorithm data to perform arithmetic that uses the first identification information and a first variable value. The controller determines the second recording medium to be authentic if the decoded first code data matches an arithmetic result.

Abstract: A seasoning method implemented in a plasma processing apparatus is provided. The plasma processing apparatus comprises a chamber and an electrostatic chuck, the electrostatic chuck including a central region which supports a substrate and an annular region which surrounds the central region and supports a ring assembly, the seasoning method includes: disposing the ring assembly on the annular region of the electrostatic chuck; disposing the substrate on the central region of the electrostatic chuck; forming a plasma in the chamber; calculating a thermal resistance between the electrostatic chuck and the ring assembly; and determining, based on the calculated thermal resistance, whether to repeat the forming the plasma and the calculating the thermal resistance.

Abstract: The present disclosure provides a detection method implemented in a plasma processing apparatus. The plasma processing apparatus comprising a plasma processing chamber, a substrate support disposed in the plasma processing chamber and a plurality of heaters disposed in the substrate support, the detection method comprising: disposing a substrate on the substrate support; performing plasma processing by generating plasma in the plasma processing chamber; measuring temperatures of each of the plurality of heaters with a plasma being formed in the plasma processing chamber; and detecting a significant point in the substrate support based on the measured temperatures of the plurality of heaters.

Abstract: A column connection method of a liquid chromatograph and a liquid chromatograph capable of keeping a mistakenly installed column by an operator as an unused column are provided. The column connection method of the liquid chromatograph includes: a first step of installing a column at a column installation part and obtaining a first reading result by reading identification information of the column before connecting the column with an analysis flow path; and a second step of connecting the column with the analysis flow path and obtaining a second reading result by reading identification information of the column, in which the first reading result is compared with the second reading result to judge identity of the column.

Abstract: A method for constructing a plastic optical fiber includes a first step of cutting the plastic optical fiber at a construction site to form end faces of the plastic optical fiber; and a second step of connecting the end faces to wavelength multiplexing optical extenders without polishing the end faces at the same construction site.

Abstract: An article conveys containers with carriers moved by a linear driving apparatus. The article conveyance apparatus includes a first upper side linear conveyance rail, a second lower side linear conveyance rail, a first delivery unit that is inverted while holding the carriers to deliver the carriers from a downstream end A of the first conveyance rail to an upstream end of the second conveyance rail. A second delivery unit that is inverted while holding the plurality of carriers, delivers the carriers from a downstream end of the second conveyance rail to an upstream end B of the first conveyance rail. An interval between the first conveyance rail (forward path) and the second conveyance rail (return path) is reduced as compared with an existing article conveyance apparatus.