Abstract: In a nonaqueous electrolyte secondary battery, an insulating tape which covers at least a portion of an exposed portion of a current collector, together with at least a portion of a lead, has a substrate layer and a first adhesive layer, and the substrate layer has a first organic layer and a second organic layer interposed between the first organic layer and the first adhesive layer. The elastic modulus E2 of the second organic layer is lower than the elastic modulus E1 of the first organic layer, and the melting point or thermal decomposition temperature MP1 of the first organic layer is higher than the melting point or thermal decomposition temperature MP2 of the second organic layer.

Abstract: A joint structure and a manufacturing method thereof are provided which can improve heat dissipation properties and which can inhibit damages. A joint structure includes: an insulating substrate and a heat dissipation substrate; a first silver particle layer that is joined to the insulating substrate and that includes a plurality of first silver nanoparticles which are joined; a second silver particle layer that is joined to the heat dissipation substrate and that includes a plurality of second silver nanoparticles which are joined; and a copper particle layer that interposes the first silver particle layer and the second silver particle layer, that is joined to the first silver particle layer and the second silver particle layer, and that includes a plurality of copper nanoparticles which are joined. A particle size of the copper nanoparticles is larger than particle size of both the first silver nanoparticles and the second silver nanoparticles.

Abstract: An automatic vehicle dispatching system includes automatic vehicles, and a server device that performs communication with the automatic vehicles. The server device includes; a storage that stores: area information that includes path points in a predetermined area that indicate a drive route, each of the path points including driving attributes that represent an automatic vehicle movement state on the drive route; and vehicle information indicating a vehicle attribute of each of the automatic vehicles; and a route searcher that generates, for each of the automatic vehicles, first route information that includes path points selected from among the path points of the area information according to the vehicle information that corresponds to the automatic vehicle, the first route information indicating a first drive route for the automatic vehicle. Each of the automatic vehicles is controlled to drive based on the first route information generated.

Abstract: A light source device according to an embodiment includes a solid-state light source, and an optical transmission fiber. The optical transmission fiber includes a wavelength conversion core, a light guide core, and a clad, the wavelength conversion core absorbing excitation light to generate a population inversion state of electrons and including a wavelength conversion material emitting wavelength converted light in a visible light region, the light guide core covering a periphery of the wavelength conversion core and transmitting the wavelength converted light from a first end face side to a second end face side, and the clad covering a periphery of the light guide core. In the optical transmission fiber, the wavelength converted light propagating in the light guide core generates stimulated emission, and the excitation light and the wavelength converted light amplified by the stimulated emission are emitted from the second end face.

Abstract: An optical device includes a first substrate having light transmission properties, a second substrate opposing the first substrate and having light transmission properties, and an optical control layer disposed between the first substrate and the second substrate and including a first light-transmitting portion that includes an optical medium and an uneven structure and a second light-transmitting portion that includes only the optical medium out of the optical medium and the uneven structure. The optical medium and the uneven structure have different refractive indices. In a plan view, the first light-transmitting portion and the second light-transmitting portion are repeatedly arranged in one direction, and the area of repetition of at least one of the first light-transmitting portion and the second light-transmitting portion varies in the one direction.

Abstract: A saw wire and various methods of use and manufacture are provided. The saw wire includes a metal wire containing at least one of tungsten and a tungsten alloy. A nickel plating layer is provided over the metal wire. An adhesion layer is provided at an interface between the metal wire and the nickel plating layer. The adhesion layer contains nickel and tungsten. A plurality of abrasive particles are provided at a surface of the nickel plating layer.

Abstract: An optical device is provided. The optical device includes an excitation light source that emits excitation light. A first optical fiber guides the excitation light emitted from the excitation light source. A fluorescent plate includes a fluorescent light emitter that receives the excitation light guided by the first optical fiber and emits fluorescent light. The fluorescent plate further includes a dichroic mirror on a side of the fluorescent light emitter that receives the excitation light. The dichroic mirror transmits the excitation light and reflects the fluorescent light.

Abstract: A pulse can be stably estimated based on an image data suitable for extracting a pulse signal. A pulse estimation device includes image input portion (21) to which time-sequential captured images including at least a portion of subject H as an object are input from camera (2); region extractor (22) that extracts a skin-color region from each of the captured images; zoom commander (28) that transmits a zoom command to camera (2) that has imaged the captured images or a user of camera (2) in order to adjust a size of the skin-color region; and pulse estimator (23) that estimates a pulse of subject H based on the skin-color region of the captured images obtained by imaging with camera (2), after the zoom command is transmitted.

Abstract: A luminaire is provided. The luminaire includes a luminaire body and a first wireless communication device. The first wireless communication device receives a first control signal wirelessly transmitted from an outside of the luminaire body, and wirelessly transmits a second control signal in response to the first control signal. The luminaire body includes: a light source; a second wireless communication device that receives the second control signal; a light emission control circuit that is electrically connected to the second wireless communication device and controls a light emission state of the light source according to the second control signal; and a case that, with or without a cover, houses the second wireless communication device and the light emission control circuit. The first wireless communication device is attached to the luminaire body.

Abstract: The present invention provides a nonaqueous electrolyte secondary battery capable of suppressing the increase in IV resistance of a battery in a combination of a negative electrode containing a lithium-titanium composite oxide and a carbon material and a positive electrode containing a lithium transition metal oxide. A nonaqueous electrolyte secondary battery according to the present invention includes a positive electrode, a negative electrode, a separator placed between the positive electrode and the negative electrode, and a nonaqueous electrolyte. The positive electrode contains a lithium transition metal oxide in which Ni accounts for 30 mole percent or more of the total molar amount of metal elements excluding Li and also contains tungsten element. The negative electrode contains a lithium-titanium composite oxide and a carbon material. The nonaqueous electrolyte contains a substance reduced on the negative electrode at a potential of 0.5 V to 1.5 V (vs. Li/Li+).

Abstract: Facility imaging device and method reduces a load of traffic on a network when collecting images that result from image-capturing the insides. The facility imaging device including a capture that image-captures the inside of a facility and sequentially outputs captured images that temporally follow one another; a processor that performs image processing on the captured images and outputs processed images; and a communicator that transmits the processed images to an image recording server through the network. Whenever the captured image is input from the capture, the processor updates dominant image information and generates a reading still image that results from removing a moving object, as a processed image. The communicator transmits the reading still image at a prescribed timing. Furthermore, a reading screen is delivered from a facility operation support device to a user terminal device and thus the reading screen is displayed on the user terminal device.

Abstract: A method performed by an information terminal is provided. Profile information of an electrical device connected to a storage battery pack is received from the storage battery pack. The profile information includes device identification information of the electrical device and an item of state information indicating a state of the electrical device. A value of the item of state information of the electrical device is received from the storage battery pack. When a first instruction that causes the item of state information and the value of the item of state information to be displayed is received, a first display screen is displayed on the display of the information terminal. The first display screen depicts the item of state information and the value of the item of state information by using the received profile information and the received value of the item of state information.

Abstract: An information displaying method is provided. A monitor of a display device is caused to display, for each of a plurality of devices, first information and second information. The first information indicates a device of the plurality of devices. The second information indicates a state of charge of a battery pack in the device. The first information and the second information are displayed in association with each other.

Abstract: A camera device includes a lens on which subject light is incident, an imaging element that images an image based on the subject light, a shake sensor that detects shake of the camera device, a shake correction mechanism that holds a holder which holds the imaging element and performs shake correction on a captured image captured by the imaging element through driving of the holder, a characteristic estimator that estimates characteristics of the lens based on a detection value of the shake sensor and a shake correction amount of the shake correction mechanism, and a controller that causes the shake correction mechanism to drive the holder by using the detection value of the shake sensor and an estimation result of the characteristics of the lens.

Abstract: A light emitting device includes a light source for emitting light. A light guide includes an entrance surface that receives the light emitted from the light source. The light guide is configured to guide the received light along a length thereof in a direction away from the light source and to allow a part of the guided light to emerge outside of the light guide. A facing member includes a facing surface that extends along the length of the light guide and faces the light guide. The facing member is configured to be illuminated by the part of the light emerging outside of the light guide. At least one part of the facing member is configured to increase in luminance of the facing surface in accordance with an increase in a distance from the light source along the length of the light guide.

Abstract: A terminal and method for receiving a video delivery of a video signal are provided. The method includes receiving, from a server, the video signal for successively replaying a set of videos selected from among a plurality of videos. The selected videos are respectively selected for each of a plurality of periods in accordance with rating values of the plurality of videos. The rating values are given by a plurality of users. The plurality of videos is obtained by taking an identical scene from a plurality of different viewpoints over a plurality of successive periods. The method further includes successively replaying the selected videos in accordance with the video signal, displaying any video among the plurality of videos, and further displaying when any subject is selected by a user from among a plurality of subjects included in the displayed video, a menu for rating the selected subject.

Abstract: An object is to extract the motion tracks of other vehicles from an image taken from a target vehicle. An image generating apparatus includes: a determiner circuit that determines whether surroundings of the target vehicle are in a dark place; and a control circuit that causes an image sensor including a high-sensitivity cell and a highly-saturated cell to create a highly-saturated frame by multiple exposures through the highly-saturated cell, the highly-saturated cell having lower sensitivity and larger charge storage capacity than the high-sensitivity cell, when the determiner circuit determines that the surroundings of the target vehicle are in the dark place.

Abstract: An objective is recognition of the travel direction of an object captured in an image frame. An image generating apparatus includes: a receiver circuit that receives a single exposure frame created by a single exposure and a multiple exposure frame created by multiple exposures after the single exposure frame, the single exposure frame and the multiple exposure frame being output from an image sensor; and a control circuit that specifies a starting point of a motion track of an object in the multiple exposure frame in accordance with a position of the object in the single exposure frame and a position of the same object in the multiple exposure frame.

Abstract: The light-emitting device includes a flexible substrate, a lower barrier layer positioned above the flexible substrate, a light-emitting element and a thin-film transistor controlling the light-emitting element positioned above the lower barrier layer, a first upper barrier layer positioned above the light-emitting element and including a first inorganic material, and a second upper barrier layer positioned above the thin-film transistor and including a second inorganic material. The first upper barrier layer and the second upper barrier layer are spaced from each other at least in a region between the light-emitting element and the thin-film transistor.

Abstract: A lighting fixture includes: a lamp that is configured to be recessed in an opening of a ceiling, and includes a light source that emits illumination light; and a power supply that is configured to be disposed behind the ceiling when the lighting fixture is in the opening of the ceiling, and generates power for causing the light source to emit the illumination light. The lamp includes an infrared communication receiver that receives an infrared signal for controlling the lighting fixture. The power supply includes a radio communication circuit that receives a radio signal for controlling the lighting fixture.