Abstract: According to an embodiment, a store management system includes a store entry management device and a sales management device. The store entry management device reads identification data, of a shopper, for using the electronic receipt service from an information terminal of a shopper who wants to enter the store. The sales management device causes the store entry management device to permit the shopper to enter the store when the settlement data can be acquired based on the read shopper identification data.

Abstract: A magnetic memory including a plurality of magnetoresistance effect elements that hold information, each including a first ferromagnetic metal layer with a fixed magnetization direction, a second ferromagnetic metal layer with a varying magnetization direction, and a non-magnetic layer sandwiched between the first and second ferromagnetic metal layers; a plurality of first control elements that control reading of the information, wherein each of the plurality of first ferromagnetic metal layers is connected to a first control element; a plurality of spin-orbit torque wiring lines that extend in a second direction intersecting with a first direction which is a stacking direction of the magnetoresistance effect elements, wherein each of the second ferromagnetic metal layers is joined to one spin-orbit torque wiring line; a plurality of second control elements that control electric current flowing through the spin-orbit torque wiring lines.

Abstract: An engine system is provided, which includes a supercharger driven by a crankshaft of an engine, an electromagnetic clutch disconnectably connecting the crankshaft to the supercharger, and a controller configured to output a control signal to the electromagnetic clutch. The controller includes a processor configured to execute an uphill-angle detecting module to detect an uphill angle during traveling of a vehicle, an uphill determining module to determine whether the detected uphill angle is above a given first uphill angle, and a boost controlling module to, when the detected uphill angle is above the first uphill angle, control the electromagnetic clutch to connect the crankshaft to the supercharger even when a target torque of the engine is within a not-boosting range.

Abstract: A magnetic pole piece device according to an embodiment is a magnetic pole piece device disposed between an inner diameter side magnet field and an outer diameter side magnet field of a magnetic gear that includes an annular member which includes a plurality of magnetic pole pieces disposed at intervals in a circumferential direction, and a plurality of holding members respectively disposed between the plurality of magnetic pole pieces, and a cover member which is made of a composite material obtained by impregnating continuous fiber extending along the circumferential direction with a matrix resin. The cover member is disposed on at least one of an outer circumferential surface and an inner circumferential surface of the annular member. A relation of ?·tc?t?½·tc is satisfied, where tc is a gap between the annular member and the magnet field and t is a thickness of the cover member.

Abstract: A computer-implemented method according to one embodiment includes receiving, at a first system, a command to start encryption. In response to receiving the command to start encryption, a pair of keys are created on the first system. The pair of keys includes a public key and a secret key. The method further includes outputting the public key to a second system and saving the secret key on the first system. A command encrypted using the public key is received by the first system. The encrypted command is decrypted on the first system using the secret key and the decrypted command is executed. A computer program product according to another embodiment includes a computer readable storage medium having program instructions embodied therewith. The program instructions are readable and/or executable by a computer to cause the computer to perform the foregoing method.

Abstract: A disclosed managing apparatus and image forming apparatus management system ensure confidentiality of information in an image forming apparatus while usability is maintained. An image forming apparatus acquires IC card identifying information with an IC card reader. A management server acquires a user ID associated with the acquired IC card identifying information and use limit information concerning use of the image forming apparatus. A process is performed in the image forming apparatus in accordance with the use limit information.

Abstract: A heat load estimation device for a friction engaging element that estimates a heat load when at least one of a temperature, a heat generation amount, and presence or absence of seizure in the friction engaging element at a time of shifting of the transmission is regarded as the heat load, includes a storage device and an execution device. The storage device stores mapping data defining mapping. The mapping includes, as an input variable, a speed variable that is a variable indicating a relative rotation speed of members of the friction engaging element and a hydraulic pressure variable that is a variable indicating hydraulic pressure during the shifting of the transmission, and includes, as an output variable, the heat load. The execution device executes a calculation process for calculating a value of the output variable and a change process for changing an execution mode of the calculation process.

Abstract: In a disclosed plasma processing apparatus, an electrostatic chuck provided in a chamber includes a first region on which a substrate is placed and a second region on which an edge ring is placed. The first region includes a first electrode provided therein. The second region including a second electrode provided therein. A first feed line connects the first electrode and a bias power supply generating a pulse of a voltage applied to the first electrode to each other. A second feed line connects the second electrode and the bias power supply or another bias power supply generating a pulse of the voltage applied to the second electrode to each other. The second feed line includes one or more sockets and one or more feed pins. The one or more feed pins have flexibility in a radial direction thereof and are fitted into the one or more sockets.

Abstract: The optical communication system includes a transmitter including a display panel which has a curved surface and is capable of emitting light, and a transmission controller which causes the display panel to emit light representing an information signal; and a receiver including an image sensor which receives the light emitted from the display panel, and a reception controller which extracts the information signal from the light received by the image sensor. The display panel may be a transparent display panel which allows background light to pass through.

Abstract: A position sensor including: a power supply terminal to which a power supply voltage is applied; a ground terminal to which a ground voltage is applied; an output terminal that outputs a signal; a detection portion that operates based on the power supply voltage and the ground voltage, and detects a position of a detection target by a magnetic resistance element whose resistance value changes according to a movement of the detection target; and a signal processing portion that operates based on the power supply voltage and the ground voltage, and processes a signal input from the detection portion.

Abstract: An engine system is provided, which includes an engine, a swirl control valve, an EGR passage, an EGR gas adjusting mechanism, and a controller. The engine includes a cylinder, a piston, and a fuel injection valve. The swirl control valve is provided inside an intake passage and generates a swirl flow inside the cylinder when it closes. When an engine load is at or below a given threshold, the controller controls the swirl control valve to close. While the engine load is the threshold or below, the controller controls the EGR gas adjusting mechanism such that, at a fixed engine speed, an increase rate of an EGR gas amount with respect to an increase in the engine load is lower in a first load range than in a second load range, the first load range being on a higher load side of the second load range and including the threshold.

Abstract: A door locking mechanism and a seat forward tilt locking mechanism are installed in a vehicle. When a user moves away from the vehicle, a door lock and a seat forward tilt lock are engaged. A signal for unlocking the door lock and a signal for releasing the seat forward tilt lock are differentiated from each other, to thereby protect the vehicle against theft.

Abstract: A spacecraft including: an engine; a thrust vector control device controlling a thrust vector as a direction of a thrust acting on the spacecraft; and a main control device configured to acquire state quantities of the spacecraft in a powered descending in which the spacecraft is guided to a target point while the engine generates the thrust, and generate a throttling command by which combustion of the engine is controlled and an operation command by which the thrust vector control device is operated. The state quantities contain a first acceleration parameter and a second acceleration parameter. The first and second acceleration parameters are calculated as coefficients A and B obtained by fitting based on acceleration of the spacecraft previously detected, supposing the following equation is satisfied between a reciprocal number 1/a of the acceleration a of the spacecraft and time t: 1/a=?At+B??(1).

Abstract: A charging roll includes a core member, a rubber base material disposed around the core member, and a surface layer disposed around the rubber base material. The ten point height of irregularities RZ of a surface of the surface layer is equal to or greater than 3.9 micrometers, and is equal to or less than 6.1 micrometers. The mean spacing between peaks Sm of the surface of the surface layer is equal to or greater than 12.5 micrometers and is equal to or less than 13.5 micrometers.

Abstract: A semiconductor device includes a conductive resin layer that includes an insulating resin and first fillers dispersed in the insulating resin and has first and second main surfaces, and an element layer that is arranged on the first main surface and includes a semiconductor element. The first fillers are each a fibrous conductive filler. The conductive resin layer has a first surface layer section that includes the first main surface and has a thickness which is 30% of a thickness of the conductive resin layer, a second surface layer section that includes the second main surface and has a thickness which is 30% of the thickness of the conductive resin layer, and an intermediate layer section arranged between the first and second surface layer sections. First fillers have a smaller directional angle relative to the first main surface in the first surface layer section than in the intermediate layer section.

Abstract: A mounting table on which a housing section including a tape supply section having a tape roll around which a tape to be sent to a tape printing device is wound, and a housing case that houses the tape supply section is mounted, the mounting table includes: a mounting surface on which the housing section is mounted; and a rotation support portion that is provided to protrude from the mounting surface, is inserted into a shaft portion of the tape supply section when the housing section is mounted on the mounting surface, and rotatably supports the tape supply section.

Abstract: A disclosed managing apparatus and image forming apparatus management system ensure confidentiality of information in an image forming apparatus while usability is maintained. An image forming apparatus acquires IC card identifying information with an IC card reader. A management server acquires a user ID associated with the acquired IC card identifying information and use limit information concerning use of the image forming apparatus. A process is performed in the image forming apparatus in accordance with the use limit information.

Abstract: An actuator unit that drives a switching mechanism for a shift range of an automatic transmission is provided. The actuator unit includes a motor that generates a drive force for driving the switching mechanism, a control substrate that controls the motor, a connector that connects a wire to the control substrate, a housing that includes an opening, a cover that covers the opening, and a shock absorption material that includes a first shock absorption material and a second shock absorption material. The motor and the control substrate are positioned in a housing space defined by the housing and the cover. The control substrate is fixed to the housing. The first shock absorption material and the second shock absorption material are positioned between the control substrate and the cover, and contacts both the control substrate and the cover.

Abstract: An engine system is provided, which includes an engine, a swirl control valve, an EGR passage, an EGR gas adjusting mechanism, and a controller. The engine includes a cylinder, a piston, and a fuel injection valve. The swirl control valve is provided inside an intake passage and generates a swirl flow inside the cylinder when it closes. When an engine load is at or below a given threshold, the controller controls the swirl control valve to close. While the engine load is the threshold or below, the controller controls the EGR gas adjusting mechanism such that, at a fixed engine speed, an increase rate of an EGR gas amount with respect to an increase in the engine load is lower in a first load range than in a second load range, the first load range being on a higher load side of the second load range and including the threshold.

Abstract: There is provided a technique capable of uniformizing a flow of a gas discharged from a discharger by reducing a pressure difference in a substrate arrangement region of a process chamber. According to one aspect of the technique, there is provided a reaction tube in which a process chamber is provided and including an adjusting structure configured to suppress a flow of a gas discharged from a discharger, wherein a gas supplier is provided at one end of the process chamber and the discharger is provided at the other end of the process chamber, and a flow of the gas from the gas supplier to the discharger in the process chamber is adjusted by the adjusting structure such that the flow of the gas discharged from the discharger is uniformized.