Abstract: This positive electrode active material used in a non-aqueous electrolyte secondary battery includes a lithium transition metal composite oxide containing Al and Ni in an amount of at least 80 mol % with respect to the total number of moles of metal elements excluding Li, wherein a primary particle of the lithium transition metal composite oxide has a surface modification layer containing at least Ca on the surface thereof.

Abstract: A positive electrode material includes a positive electrode active material, a first solid electrolyte, and a coating material covering at least part of the surface of the positive electrode active material. The first solid electrolyte is represented by the following compositional formula (1): LiaMbXc . . . Formula (1). In the compositional formula (1), a, b and c are each independently a positive real number, M includes calcium, yttrium, and at least one rare earth element other than yttrium, and X includes at least one selected from the group consisting of F, Cl, Br and I.

Abstract: An object of the present disclosure is to provide a multilayer varistor with the ability to reduce the chances of causing crosstalk between external terminals. Inside a sintered body having the shape of a rectangular parallelepiped, of which the longitudinal axis is aligned with a first direction, a first facing portion and a second facing portion are provided to interpose a third facing portion between themselves. At least one of a first side surface or a second side surface is provided with a first external electrode connected to the first facing portion, a second external electrode connected to the second facing portion, and a third external electrode and a fourth external electrode connected to the third facing portion. In the first direction, the first external electrode and the second external electrode are interposed between the third external electrode and the fourth external electrode.

Abstract: A multilayer ceramic component according to the present disclosure includes a sintered body, a plurality of internal electrodes, and a side surface electrode. The side surface electrode includes: a primary electrode layer containing silver as a main component thereof; and a plating layer covering the primary electrode layer at least partially. The primary electrode layer includes a first terminal portion provided for the side surface of the sintered body and a second terminal portion. The second terminal portion extends, in a second direction, from at least one of a pair of end portions of the first terminal portion in a third direction and is provided for at least one of a pair of principal surfaces. An interposed portion is formed by allowing a part of the plating layer to enter a region where a tip of the second terminal portion and the sintered body are separate from each other.

Abstract: An electrolytic capacitor includes a capacitor element. The capacitor element includes an anode body having a dielectric layer at a surface of the anode body, and an electrolyte covering part of the dielectric layer. The electrolyte contains a conjugated polymer, a polymer dopant having an anionic group, and a metal ion. The amount of the metal ion is less than 1 equivalent, relative to 1 equivalent of the anionic group.

Abstract: An obstacle detection device including: a plurality of ranging sensors configured to transmit ultrasonic waves and receive reflected waves thereof, and disposed on a vehicle to be spaced in a vehicle width direction; a camera disposed on the vehicle and configured to acquire an image corresponding to detection areas of the plurality of ranging sensors; and a control circuit configured to detect an obstacle around the vehicle, based on the reflected waves received and the image. The control circuit is configured to detect an obstacle, based on the image acquired by the camera during a predetermined period between transmission of an ultrasonic wave by a first ranging sensor and reception of a first reflected wave thereof, the image being acquired for a detection area of a different ranging sensor other than the first ranging sensor.

Abstract: A verification method by a computer includes: accepting information that requires verification of presence of a user in a certain place; designating one or more first devices in the certain place as a verification-use device; notifying verification action information indicating execution guidance for a verification action to the verification-use device; collating information indicative of an action having been executed to the verification-use device after the notification of the verification action information with the verification action information; and outputting information indicative of a result of the collation.

Abstract: A positive electrode material includes a coated active material including a positive electrode active material and a coating layer and a first solid electrolyte. The coating layer contains a second solid electrolyte and covers at least a portion of a surface of the positive electrode active material. The first solid electrolyte is represented by the following Formula (1): Li?1M1?1X1?1??Formula (1) where ?1, ?1, and ?1 each independently represent a positive real number; M1 includes calcium, yttrium, and at least one rare earth element other than yttrium; X1 includes at least one selected from the group consisting of F, Cl, Br, and I. The second solid electrolyte is softer than the first solid electrolyte.

Abstract: A secondary battery negative electrode according to the present invention is provided with a negative electrode mixture layer comprising: a negative electrode active material that contains an Si compound; and a binding material that includes cellulose nanofibers having a fiber diameter of 9 nm or less and a conductive material containing single-walled carbon nanotubes having a fiber diameter of less than 4 nm. The content of the cellulose nanofibers is greater than or equal to 0.005 mass % and less than 0.2 mass % in relation to the mass of the negative electrode active material.

Abstract: A jumper chip component is designed to be mounted onto a printed board. The jumper chip component includes a base, a conductor, and an end face electrode. The base has electrical insulation properties. The conductor is disposed on a lower surface, facing the printed board, of the base to extend from a first end of the lower surface through a second end, facing the first end, of the lower surface. The end face electrode is disposed on at least a side surface of the base and arranged to be electrically connected to the conductor. The jumper chip component has one surface facing the printed board. The one surface is a flat surface.

Abstract: A multilayer varistor according to the present disclosure includes: a sintered compact having, on a surface thereof, at least one planar portion and at least one corner portion; an internal electrode provided inside the sintered compact; a high-resistivity layer arranged to cover the at least one planar portion and the at least one corner portion of the sintered compact at least partially; and an external electrode arranged to cover the high-resistivity layer partially and electrically connected to the internal electrode. The high-resistivity layer includes: a first high-resistivity layer covering the at least one planar portion; and a second high-resistivity layer covering the at least one corner portion. The first high-resistivity layer has a larger average thickness than the second high-resistivity layer.

Abstract: A signal processing method according to one aspect of the present disclosure includes obtaining compressed image data including two-dimensional image information that is obtained by compressing hyperspectral information corresponding to wavelength bands included in a target wavelength range, obtaining setting data including information designating one or more sub-wavelength ranges that are parts of the target wavelength range, and generating, based on the compressed image data, two-dimensional images corresponding to wavelength bands included in the one or more sub-wavelength ranges.

Abstract: A decoder which decodes a video. At least two items of prediction information are obtained for a first partition included in the video. A template is derived. At least two costs are calculated using the template and the at least two items of prediction information. A first direction is determined from a plurality of directions using the calculated at least two costs, where the first direction is substantially perpendicular to a second direction in which a second partition is opposed to a third partition in the first partition. One of the at least two items of prediction information is assigned to the second partition, and another of the at least two items of prediction information is assigned to the third partition. The first partition is decoded according to the at least two items of prediction information.

Abstract: Provided are branch part (103) that distributes a refrigerant having flowed out of condenser (104) into main circuit (130) communicating with evaporator (108) and bypass circuit (140) that bypasses evaporator (108), confluence part (112) that merges the refrigerant from main circuit (130) and the refrigerant from bypass circuit (140), first throttle (106) that decompresses and expands the refrigerant between condenser (104) and evaporator (108), first inter-refrigerant heat exchanger (114) that exchanges heat between the refrigerant between condenser (104) and first throttle (106), and the refrigerant between confluence part (112) and suction into compressor (102), second throttle (110) that is disposed in bypass circuit (140), and decompresses and expands the refrigerant distributed at branch part (103), and second inter-refrigerant heat exchanger (111) that is disposed in bypass circuit (140) and exchanges heat between the refrigerant decompressed and expanded by second throttle (110) and the refrigerant ha

Abstract: Methods for manufacturing a solar cell that includes a first substrate, a first electrode layer, a first electron transport layer, a first photoelectric conversion layer, a first hole transport layer, a second electrode layer, a third electrode layer, a second electron transport layer, a second photoelectric conversion layer, a second hole transport layer, a fourth electrode layer, and a second substrate that are disposed in the order stated. The first photoelectric conversion layer includes a first perovskite compound, and the second photoelectric conversion layer includes a second perovskite compound. The first perovskite compound has a bandgap greater than a bandgap of the second perovskite compound.

Abstract: The information processing device is an information processing device for generating driving assistance information for a vehicle. An information processing device includes: a detection data obtainer that obtains detection data, the detection data being three-dimensional data obtained by detecting an object located outside the vehicle; a data complementation that extracts object data from a plurality of pieces of three-dimensional data of objects stored in advance, the object data being three-dimensional data of the object corresponding to the detection data, and complements the detection data with the object data to generate complementary data that is three-dimensional data; and a data synthesizer that synthesizes the complementary data and vehicle data, the vehicle data being three-dimensional data of the vehicle, to generate synthesized data that is three-dimensional data including the vehicle and an external area of the vehicle.

Abstract: An information processing method performed using a computer includes: obtaining first vehicle information from a vehicle that is a monitoring target of a monitor, the first vehicle information indicating at least one of a running state and an external state of the vehicle; determining a monitoring priority level of the vehicle according to a degree of request for monitoring the vehicle by the monitor, the degree being based on the first vehicle information; generating presentation information for monitoring the vehicle, based on the monitoring priority level; and causing a presentation device to output the presentation information.

Abstract: An exemplary secondary battery comprises: a positive electrode including a positive electrode core, a positive electrode mixture layer provided on the positive electrode core, and a surface layer that is in direct contact with the positive electrode mixture layer at a position opposite to the positive electrode core across the positive electrode mixture layer, and that contains an inorganic compound; a negative electrode; and a separator located between the positive electrode and the negative electrode. Another exemplary secondary battery comprises: a negative electrode including a negative electrode core, a negative electrode mixture layer provided on the negative electrode core, and a surface layer that is in direct contact with the negative electrode mixture layer at a position opposite to the negative electrode core across the negative electrode mixture layer, and that contains an inorganic compound; a positive electrode; and a separator located between the positive electrode and the negative electrode.

Abstract: A fluorescence emitting element includes: a wavelength conversion member that is plate-shaped and includes a fluorescent material, the wavelength conversion member including a first principal surface and a second principal surface that is on an opposite side from the first principal surface; and a metal film bonded to at least one surface out of the first principal surface and the second principal surface. In a plan view of the wavelength conversion member, the wavelength conversion member includes a region that does not overlap the metal film, and the metal film includes a bonding surface that is bonded to the at least one surface, and an exposed surface on an opposite side from the bonding surface.

Abstract: An interference sound suppressing device includes: an input signal acquiring part that acquires an input signal obtained from a microphone; a reference signal acquiring part that acquires a reference signal; a data inserting part that increases an amount of data of the input signal to be larger than an amount of data of the reference signal by inserting a plurality of zeros into the input signal; an interference sound suppressing part that suppresses an interference sound component included in the input signal by using the input signal having the amount of data increased and the reference signal; a data deleting part that restores the amount of data of the input signal to an original amount by deleting the plurality of zeros inserted from the input signal in which the interference sound component is suppressed; and an output part that outputs the input signal having the amount of data restored.

Abstract: Laser processing device (100) includes a laser oscillator that generates laser beam (LB), laser head (60) that irradiates a workpiece with laser beam (LB), and manipulator (40) on which laser head (60) is mounted. Manipulator (40) includes robot arm (41), arm tip shaft (J6) provided at a tip of robot arm (41) in a manner rotatable about axis (RA), and connector component (50) that connects arm tip shaft (J6) and laser head (60). Connector component (50) is provided with gauge attachment portion (51a) to which gauge (80) is attached removably. Gauge (80) has a reference point corresponding to the focal position of laser beam (LB).

Abstract: A lens barrel 100 includes a fifth lens group unit 25, a focus ring 31, an internal gear 31b, a pinion gear 41, a detection magnet 43, and a GMR sensor 44. The internal gear 31b rotates integrally with the focus ring 31 and has a plurality of gear portions 31c. The pinion gear 41 is provided on the inner peripheral surface side of the focus ring 31 and has a gear portion 41a that mates with the gear portion 31c of the internal gear 31b, and a guide shaft 42 that is inserted through the center of the gear portion 41a. The guide shaft 42 is inserted through the detection magnet 43, and the detection magnet 43 rotates integrally with the gear portion 41a and has a magnetized surface 43b on which different magnetic poles are alternately magnetized. The GMR sensor 44 is fixed to a member separate from the detection magnet 43, is provided at a position adjacent to the detection magnet 43, and detects the rotation of the detection magnet 43 that rotates along with the pinion gear 41.

Abstract: An imaging apparatus includes: a casing having first and second attachment surfaces; a sheet fixing member having first and second contact surfaces coming into contact with the first and second attachment surfaces, respectively; and a sheet-like member disposed between the casing and the sheet fixing member. The sheet fixing member has a first portion and a second portion that is displaceable with respect to the first portion. The first contact surface of the sheet fixing member is disposed on the first portion. The second contact surface of the sheet fixing member is disposed on the second portion.

Abstract: A content playback device includes: a network interface that receives the current perceived temperature information for a person in a specific area from a server via a communication network; a memory that stores the perceived temperature information and date information indicating the current date; and a central processing unit (CPU) that causes the memory to store the perceived temperature information received by the network interface, selects playback content from a plurality of pieces of content, based on the perceived temperature information and the date information, and plays back the playback content.

Abstract: A motor unit includes: a case; a motor housed in the case; an input shaft; an output body; and a speed reducer mechanism. The input shaft penetrates through the case in an axial direction and is arranged to be rotatable around an axis defining the axial direction. The output body is arranged in the case to be rotatable around the axis. The speed reducer mechanism is housed in the case and reduces a rotational speed of the motor and transmits rotational force with the rotational speed thus reduced to the output body. The speed reducer mechanism includes only one pair of gears meshing with each other.

Abstract: An offline teaching device includes an acquisition unit that acquires position information of a plurality of welding lines of a workpiece and a scanning range of a sensor, a generation unit that generates a plurality of three-dimensional regions to be scanned, and a control unit that disposes the plurality of welding lines and the plurality of three-dimensional regions in a virtual space and highlights an overlapping region of each of the plurality of three-dimensional regions. The overlapping region is deleted, a new auxiliary screen in which the plurality of welding lines and at least one three-dimensional region after the deletion of the overlapping region are disposed in a virtual space is generated, and a teaching program for scanning the at least one three-dimensional region is created and output.

Abstract: This negative electrode for secondary batteries is provided with a negative electrode mixture that contains a negative electrode active material, an additive and a conductive agent. The negative electrode active material contains an Si-containing material; the additive contains an alkali metal sulfate salt; and the conductive agent contains carbon nanotubes. The content of the alkali metal sulfate salt in the negative electrode mixture is from 0.0025% by mass to 0.1% by mass relative to the total mass of the negative electrode active material.

Abstract: A three-dimensional data encoding method includes: obtaining an attribute information item of a three-dimensional point; executing an encoding process that executes a transform process on a numerical value indicated by the attribute information item and encodes the attribute information item or that encodes the attribute information item without executing the transform process, the transform process performing at least one of scaling or offset, the scaling performing at least one of a multiplication and division operation or a shift operation, the offset performing an addition and subtraction operation; and generating a bitstream including the attribute information item encoded and a transform identification information item indicating whether the transform process has been executed.

Abstract: Provided is an electrolytic capacitor including a capacitor element and a liquid component. The capacitor element includes an anode foil having a dielectric layer on a surface of the anode foil, and a conductive polymer component in contact with at least a portion of the dielectric layer. The conductive polymer component contains a self-doped conductive polymer. A difference ?HSP1 between a Hansen solubility parameter HSPp of the self-doped conductive polymer and a Hansen solubility parameter HSPe of the liquid component is 9.0 MPa0.5 or more and 11.4 MPa0.5 or less.

Abstract: An electrode foil for an electrolytic capacitor includes a metal foil having a first region and a second region other than the first region, in which the second region is a region extending linearly along an edge portion of the metal foil, the thickness of the second region is smaller than the thickness of the first region, and steps are provided between the first region and the second region on both surfaces of the metal foil.

Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a mobile terminal, a base station and respective operation methods. The mobile terminal comprises circuitry, which in operation assumes that a base station is configured to use one of a plurality of transmission beams, receives a downlink control channel candidate and a corresponding demodulation reference signal using one of a plurality of reception beams corresponding to the assumed one of the plurality of transmission beams, performs channel estimation based on the received demodulation reference signal, and, depending on the quality, demodulates the downlink control channel candidate using the channel estimation. The channel estimation is performed using a demodulation reference signal sequence which is generated observing an association which is associating the generated sequence with the assumed one of the plurality of transmission beams such that at least two of the plurality of transmission beams are associated with different demodulation reference signal sequences.

Abstract: When light adjusted at equal frequency intervals by optical comb generation filter 205 is incident and emitted from measurement head 207 to measurement target W, the light adjusted at equal frequency intervals by optical comb generation filter 205 is divided into measurement light and reference light by light division unit 208, and interference light in which reflected light of the measurement light from measurement target W and the reference light are multiplexed is detected by interference light detection unit 210.

Abstract: A terminal comprising a control circuit for controlling communications in units of a second symbol, each unit being associated with a plurality of first symbols, and a communication circuit for performing communications.

Abstract: An encoder includes circuitry and memory. Using the memory, the circuitry performs a primary transform on a derived prediction error, performs a secondary transform on a result of the primary transform, quantizes a result of the secondary transform, and encodes a result of the quantization as data of an image. When a current block to be processed has a predetermined shape, the encoder performs the secondary transform using, among secondary transform basis candidates that are secondary bases usable in the secondary transform, only a secondary transform basis candidate having a size that is not largest size containable in the current block.

Abstract: An image capturing device includes: a casing at least partially including a metal part, an outer surface of the casing including at least a part of which is formed by the metal part; a lens mount provided on a front surface of the casing; an image sensor provided inside the casing, the image sensor being positioned rearward of the lens mount; a thermally conductive sheet that transfers heat generated from the image sensor, to the metal part of the casing; and an elastic member biasing the thermally conductive sheet toward an inner surface of the metal part of the casing to maintain contact between the thermally conductive sheet and the inner surface.

Abstract: An image capturing device includes: a casing; a heat source provided inside the casing; a monitor; a hinge provided to the casing and rotatably supporting the monitor; and a heat dissipation unit including a plurality of fins provided on an outer surface of the casing and thermally connected to the heat source. The monitor is configured to be rotatable by the hinge between a first position at which the monitor covers the plurality of fins of the heat dissipation unit, and a second position at which the monitor is away from the plurality of fins.

Abstract: A method for manufacturing an electrode mixture includes: attaching a conductive material to an electrode active material to form a composite particle; mixing the composite particle and a granular mass of a fibrous binder to form a mixed material; and applying shear force to the granular mass in the mixed material to defibrate the granular mass and forming an agglomerate in which multiple composite particles are connected by the fibrous binder.

Abstract: A negative electrode active material for nonaqueous electrolyte secondary battery according to one embodiment of the present invention is composed of composite particles, each of which comprises a sodium aluminate phase that contains Na and Al, silicon phases that are dispersed in the sodium aluminate phase, and a conductive layer that is formed on the surface of a base particle which is composed of the sodium aluminate phase and the silicon phases.

Abstract: An integrated circuit includes transmission circuitry and control circuitry. The transmission circuitry, in operation, controls a transmission of first time resource information relating to a first resource configured for data and of second time resource information relating to a second resource configured for the data. The control circuitry, in operation, controls reception or transmission of the data based on the first time resource information and the second time resource information. The first time resource information and the second time resource information are transmitted in one field of a downlink control information (DCI). The first resource at least partially overlaps with the second resource in a time domain.

Abstract: A first conductor pattern and a second conductor pattern are provided with an overlapping pattern. The overlapping pattern includes a connection region where multiple first conductive lines and second conductive lines are electrically connected to each other. The second conductive lines located in the connection region are each provided with a via portion. The intersection at which one of the first conductive lines and one of the second conductive lines intersect with each other in the connection region is formed such that the via portion is electrically connected to the first conductive line. The via portion has a line width equal to or lower than the line width of each of the second conductive lines.

Abstract: This communication device comprises a control circuit and a transmission circuit. The control circuit determines which of a plurality of communications to be prioritized, that include transmission and/or reception of information to adjust the use of resources between communication devices in side link communication. A communication circuit performs communication in accordance with the determination of the control circuit.

Abstract: In a battery abnormality prediction system, an acquisition unit acquires a current flowing through a battery and a temperature of the battery. A prediction unit predicts the occurrence of an abnormality in the battery, based on a relationship between the amount of the current flowing through the battery for a certain period of time and a rise in the temperature of the battery for the certain period of time. The prediction unit may compare the ratio of an integrated amount of current to the temperature rise for the certain period of time with a threshold determined based on data on the battery having caught fire and thereby predict a sign of fire to be caught by the battery.

Abstract: Provided is cam curve generating device that generates a cam curve that is smoothly connected to an out-section cam curve and reduces fluctuations in speed of a driven shaft and acceleration of the driven shaft. Cam curve generating device includes section divider that divides an application section into a plurality of sub-sections, and cam curve generator that generates a cam curve in the application section. The division condition includes a length and the type of each of the plurality of sub-sections. The boundary condition includes a position, speed, and acceleration of the driven shaft at each of a start and an end of the application section. Cam curve generator generates a cam curve that allows a position of the driven shaft, speed of the driven shaft, and acceleration of the driven shaft to be continuous at each of boundaries of the plurality of sub-sections.

Abstract: A solid electrolytic capacitor includes a solid electrolytic capacitor element and an exterior body that seals the solid electrolytic capacitor element. The solid electrolytic capacitor element includes an anode body including a first end part and a second end part that is disposed opposite to the first end part, a dielectric layer covering at least a part of the anode body, and a cathode part covering at least a part of the dielectric layer. The at least a part of the dielectric layer is disposed on a portion of the anode body that is closer to the second end part than to the first end part. The cathode part includes a solid electrolyte layer covering the at least a part of the dielectric layer. A breaking strength of the solid electrolyte layer is 0.55 MPa or more and 45.00 MPa or less.

Abstract: A solid electrolyte material according to the present disclosure includes Li, DC, Y, Sm, and X. The DC is at least one selected from the group consisting of Mg, Ca, Sr, Ba, and Zn. The X is at least one selected from the group consisting of F, Cl, Br, and I. A battery according to the present disclosure includes a positive electrode, a negative electrode, and an electrolyte layer provided between the positive electrode and the negative electrode. At least one selected from the group consisting of the positive electrode, the negative electrode, and the electrolyte layer includes the solid electrolyte material according to the present disclosure.

Abstract: An electronic mirror system according to one embodiment of the present disclosure includes a first imaging device and an electronic mirror. The first imaging device acquires an image. The electronic mirror can display the image acquired by the first imaging device. The first imaging device includes a detector and a notifier. The detector detects a failure. The notifier notifies the electronic mirror of the detected failure. The electronic mirror includes an annunciator. The annunciator announces information on the notified failure.

Abstract: A green compact conveying mechanism includes: a conveyance path for a green compact obtained by compressively forming powder in a sheet shape; an extrusion part that sends the green compact to the downstream side of the conveyance path by extruding the green compact; and a buckling inducing part that is arranged in the conveyance path, causes the green compact to be easily bent locally, and induces buckling at that site.