Abstract: A device includes a first display, a second display, a battery, a control processor, and a second processor. The second display consumes less power than the first display. The control processor changes a display mode of the device between a first display mode and a second display mode. In the first display mode the first display displays information, and in the second display mode the second display displays information. The control processor switches from the first display mode to the second display mode to give the battery a longer life. The control processor is operated by an “Operating System” (OS), and the second processor is operated by a “Basic Input Output System” (BIOS).

Abstract: A manufacturing method of a molded article, including a first step of arranging a primary molded article made of a soft material in a molding die such that an outer peripheral surface of an exposed section of the primary molded article which is exposed to an outside without being embedded in a secondary molded article corresponds to an inner peripheral surface of the molding die, a second step of pressing and deforming an outer peripheral portion of the primary molded article arranged in the molding die by a pressing section so as to bring the outer peripheral surface of the exposed section into close contact with the inner peripheral surface of the molding die, and a third step of molding the secondary molded article by withdrawing the pressing section from inside the molding die while injecting resin to be the secondary molded article into the molding die.

Abstract: A switch device including: a case provided with a through hole; an operating member having a shaft portion slidably inserted into the through hole; and a plurality of gaskets which are provided on an outer periphery of the shaft portion and are in slidable contact with an inner surface of the through hole, at least one gasket among the plurality of gasket being made of a material containing fluorine.

Abstract: A formation sheet is equipped with (i) a base, and (ii) n thermal expansion layers (n is greater than or equal to two) stacked on a first main surface of the base and each including a binder and a thermal expansion material that expands due to heat. Among post-expansion average particle sizes of the thermal expansion materials included in the n thermal expansion layers, a post-expansion average particle size of the thermal expansion material included in an n-th thermal expansion layer is smallest.

Abstract: A smartphone including a near-field communication circuit capable of performing communication with an electronic terminal; a GPS positioning unit which makes a positional measurement; and a CPU. The electronic terminal includes an acceleration sensor used to count a number of steps and measure an intensity of exercise of a user. The near-field communication circuit receives, from the electronic terminal, an exercise log indicative of the number of steps of the user. The CPU displays, on a touch panel display, a route log positioned by the GPS positioning unit and the exercise log in association with each other.

Abstract: A display device includes a display panel, and a processor. The display panel displays an image. The processor acquires, as a display image, three-dimensional image data including data of a right-eye image and a left-eye image, and controls the display panel to display the right-eye image and the left-eye image. A distance between the right-eye image and the left-eye image displayed shifted on the display panel is substantially half a spacing between eyes of a user viewing the display panel.

Abstract: A data processing method includes: outputting output information, the output information including coordinate system setting information to specify a correspondence between each of one or more coordinate axes of a coordinate system and each of attributes each of which is assigned to each of the one or more coordinate axes, thereby enabling an image generation device including a control unit to acquire the output information and to generate an image including a graph drawn in a coordinate system, which is set in accordance with the correspondence specified by the coordinate system setting information of the acquired output information, based on data on the attribute.

Abstract: A light source according to the present invention includes an excitation light source configured to emit excitation light, and a luminescent wheel including a base material, a fluorescent light emitting zone formed on one surface of the base material and configured to emit fluorescent light having a wavelength in a wavelength range which differs from that of the excitation light and a reflection zone disposed so as to be aligned with the fluorescent light emitting zone on the one side surface of the base material and configured to reflect the excitation light, and a shining position of the excitation light on the fluorescent light emitting zone and a shining position of the excitation light on the reflection zone differ from each other in relation to a radial direction of the luminescent wheel.

Abstract: A shaped object includes a thermally expandable sheet including (i) a base, (ii) a thermal expansion layer disposed on a first surface of the base and including a thermally expandable material, and (iii) a thermal conversion member disposed on at least one of a second surface of the base or the thermal expansion layer, and including a thermal conversion material for conversion of electromagnetic waves into heat. The thermal conversion member further includes thermal conversion layers disposed on an entire region corresponding to an expansion region for expansion of the thermal expansion layer. At least part of one of the thermal conversion layers is disposed at a location separated from an adjacent other thermal conversion layer.

Abstract: An electronic apparatus provided with a touch screen, the electronic apparatus comprising: a first sensor that detects approach of a finger to the touch screen; and a controller that switches, in an inactive state of the touch screen, in a case where the first sensor detects the approach of the finger to the touch screen, an operating state of the touch screen from the inactive state to an active state.

Abstract: A non-volatile recording medium has recorded thereon a program for causing a computer of an information processing apparatus to, when displaying a virtual electronic apparatus on a first display, display a first display area and a second display area on the first display, the first display area and the second display area each respectively capable of displaying at least part of contents stored as a display target in a virtual memory of the virtual electronic apparatus, the first display area being displayed on the first display as a virtual display of the virtual electronic apparatus, and the second display area being capable of displaying, within one screen in the second display area, more contents than a maximum amount displayable within one screen in the first display area from among the stored contents of the display target.

Abstract: A printing device 1 includes a platen roller 7 which feeds a thermal tape 42, a thermal head 8 which performs printing on the thermal tape 42, and a control circuit 12. The control circuit 12 rotates the platen roller 7 backward to feed the thermal tape 42 backward in order to make a printing start area PT of the thermal tape 42 reach a backward feed position more away from an outlet 2b than a normal position NP of the thermal head 8. After that, the control circuit 12 rotates the platen roller 7 forward to perform printing using the thermal head 8.

Abstract: An autonomous mobile apparatus includes a controller, an image acquirer, an inertia measurer, a distance measurer, and a storage. The controller updates environment map information stored in the storage. The controller estimates a height from a reference surface, based on an image obtained by the image acquirer. The inertia measurer detects an amount of fluctuation of the height. The distance measurer detects whether or not the bottom portion of the autonomous mobile apparatus is in contact with an object. The controller, if having detected a change in height equal to or larger than a reference from information obtained from the image acquirer, the inertia measurer, or the distance measurer, stops updating the environment map information or deletes the environment map information.

Abstract: A method includes creating information indicating a first content in response to an operation on a first client terminal, assigning a unique first address on a network to the first content, permitting access to the first address from a second client terminal, which is anonymous, and on which an authentication process with an ID is not performed, editing the first content assigned with the first address, in response to an operation on the second client terminal, storing, in a storage, information on a second content corresponding to the second client terminal as and obtained based on the edited first content, and creating a unique second address on the network to the second content.

Abstract: A three-dimensionally shaped object forming sheet includes: a thermally expansive layer distending at a predetermined temperature or higher; a base laminated on one side thereof with the thermally expansive layer; and a photothermal conversion layer for converting absorbed light to heat, formed on at least one side, wherein the base includes a first base and a second base that are laminated; and the first base has an elasticity that is greater than an elasticity of the second base.

Abstract: An information processing apparatus includes a first processor, a second processor, and a positioning processor. The second processor consumes a reduced amount of power compared to the first processor during an operation. The positioning processor receives radio waves from positioning satellites and converts the radio waves into positioning data. The second processor controls the positioning processor. The second processor stores the positioning data received from the positioning processor. The second processor transfers the stored positioning data to the first processor at a timing determined in accordance with an operating condition of the first processor.

Abstract: A data processing system includes a unit which executes predetermined data processing by linking first and second apparatuses, a communication control unit which establishes and maintains a communication connection between the apparatuses even if the connection is not in a predetermined operation state capable of executing data processing, a pairing unit which causes the apparatuses to transition to a pairing state, and a control unit which, if the apparatuses' transition to the pairing state is not in a predetermined operation state, causes transition to the operation state by transmitting predetermined signals between the apparatuses via the communication control unit. The execution unit causes the apparatuses to transition to a pairing state, and then executes data processing by linking them. The communication control unit judges whether to establish a communication connection between the apparatuses by referencing pairing states between them, and of a combination with another first or second apparatus.

Abstract: A display module, display device, and method for controlling same which can suppress power consumption of an electronic device while providing a user with various types of information by various display methods. The display device is configured with two processors with different processing capacities and, with the processors cooperating mutually, image data is written in a driver circuit of a display section via separate interfaces in accordance with an operation mode. A driver circuit writes pixel data based on the image data in each pixel of a display panel which is a memory characteristic liquid crystal panel for retention, thereby controlling the display form of an image in the display panel.

Abstract: In an electronic musical instrument that can output stored lyrics of a song in accordance with operations by a user, a processor determines whether a pedal is on or off, and if the pedal is off, the lyric is advanced in accordance with a user operation of a keyboard, and if the pedal is on, the lyric is not advanced in accordance with a user operation of a keyboard.

Abstract: A lithium battery module includes: a wound body formed by winding a positive electrode and a negative electrode with a separator interposed between the positive electrode and the negative electrode; an exterior body enclosing the wound body; a protective case housing the exterior body; and a pressing member provided between the exterior body and the protective case, in which the exterior body includes: a first member serving as a base; and a second member provided in a partial region of the exterior body, the second member has lower stretchability than the first member, and the pressing member transfers pressing force from the protective case to the wound body through the second member to fix the wound body by pressing force from the exterior body.