Abstract: A liquid container is a liquid container configured to contain ink to be ejected onto a medium by a liquid ejection apparatus, the liquid container including a containing unit configured to contain the ink, a containing unit which is disposed not to communicate with the containing unit, and which is configured to contain same ink as the ink contained in the containing unit, and a coupling portion configured to couple the containing units to each other, wherein the containing units include derivation units configured to derive the ink contained in the containing units, and the containing units are individually sealed.

Abstract: A data collection apparatus includes a first communication device capable of communicating directly, or via at least one repeater, with a plurality of remote terminals and a first communication control device that controls communication by the first communication device. The first communication control device includes: a first communication mode for calling remote terminals and repeaters collectively using first identification information for grouping the remote terminals and the repeaters; and a second communication mode for individually calling the remote terminals and the repeaters using second identification information that is unique to the remote terminals and the repeaters.

Abstract: An imaging element according to an embodiment of the present disclosure includes: a first electrode; a second electrode disposed to be opposed to the first electrode; an organic layer provided between the first electrode and the second electrode and at least including a photoelectric conversion layer; and a first semiconductor layer provided between the second electrode and the organic layer and having an electron affinity of 4.5 eV or more and 6.0 eV or less, the first semiconductor layer including a first carbon-containing compound and a second carbon-containing compound, the first carbon-containing compound having an electron affinity greater than 4.8 eV or an electron affinity greater than a work function of the second electrode, the second carbon-containing compound having an ionization potential greater than 5.5 eV.

Abstract: A system and method that generate a network of communication apparatuses, each equipped with a first communication device being used to transmit messages to form the network and a second communication device being used to perform general-purpose communication. Communication via the first communication device is performed independently of the general-purpose communication via the second communication device. The network generation includes: acquiring, by an information processing apparatus provided separately from the network, identification information of a plurality of candidate communication apparatuses; allowing selection, on the information processing apparatus, of the communication apparatuses to form the network; generating first setting information; and transmitting the generated first setting information, such that the first setting information is applied to the respective first communication devices of the selected communication apparatuses to form the network.

Abstract: A system and method that generate a first sensor network of first communication apparatuses that include first communication units to transmit communication messages to form the first sensor network and second communication units. The first sensor network is formed by acquiring identification information of the communication apparatuses via second communication units that are general-purpose communication units in substantially parallel communication, and selecting by a first information processing apparatus two or more of the plurality of first communication apparatuses. The first setting information is transmitted to the second communication units such that the selected first communication apparatuses communicate to form the first sensor network.

Abstract: A fuel reformer of an internal combustion engine includes: an octane number-increasing catalytic device including an octane number-increasing catalyst; and an oxygen supply device that supplies oxygen to the octane number-increasing catalytic device. The octane number-increasing catalyst includes rhodium and increases an octane number of liquid-phase fuel under presence of oxygen.

Abstract: A fuel reformer of a power source includes: a gas-liquid separator which separates raw fuel into gas-phase fuel and liquid-phase fuel; and a molecular weight-increasing catalytic device which is provided downstream of the gas-liquid separator and includes a molecular weight-increasing catalyst which increases molecular weight of the gas-phase fuel. The fuel reformer is capable of improving combustion characteristics.

Abstract: An apparatus for conveying and storing articles comprises an inlet/outlet slot, a plurality of storage spaces stacked vertically and transversely, and a movable bucket for conveying an article from the inlet/outlet slot to one of the storage spaces and conveying an article from one of the storage spaces to the inlet/outlet slot. The bucket comprises a bucket body, an arm projecting from the bucket body, a first driving roller provided on the arm and a guide projecting from the bucket body. The first driving roller and the guide enter one of the storage spaces to clamp an article, thereby enabling the article to be transferred from the bucket into the storage space and be taken from the storage space into the bucket.

Abstract: A pressure sensor comprising a plurality of sensor parts arranged in matrix. A first electrode being connected with first wiring and a second electrode being connected with second wiring are disposed oppositely through a cavity part in the sensor part. The second electrode bends to the first electrode side in response to a pressure from a specimen and touches the first electrode upon application of a pressure of a specified level or above. When the specimen is pressed against a pressure detecting region, both electrodes touch each other at a sensor part corresponding to a protrusions of the specimen and are separated at a sensor part corresponding to a recess. When a scanning signal is fed from a scanning circuit to one wiring and presence of a signal flowing through the second wiring is detected by a sensing circuit, a pressure being applied to each sensor part can be detected.

Abstract: A pressure sensor comprising a plurality of sensor parts arranged in matrix. A first electrode being connected with first wiring and a second electrode being connected with second wiring are disposed oppositely through a cavity part in the sensor part. The second electrode bends to the first electrode side in response to a pressure from a specimen and touches the first electrode upon application of a pressure of a specified level or above. When the specimen is pressed against a pressure detecting region, both electrodes touch each other at a sensor part corresponding to a protrusion of the specimen and are separated at a sensor part corresponding to a recess. When a scanning signal is fed from a scanning circuit to one wiring and presence of a signal flowing through the second wiring is detected by a sensing circuit, a pressure being applied to each sensor part can be detected.

Abstract: A pressure sensor comprising a plurality of sensor parts arranged in matrix. A first electrode being connected with first wiring and a second electrode being connected with second wiring are disposed oppositely through a cavity part in the sensor part. The second electrode bends to the first electrode side in response to a pressure from a specimen and touches the first electrode upon application of a pressure of a specified level or above. When the specimen is pressed against a pressure detecting region, both electrodes touch each other at a sensor part corresponding to a protrusions of the specimen and are separated at a sensor part corresponding to a recess. When a scanning signal is fed from a scanning circuit to one wiring and presence of a signal flowing through the second wiring is detected by a sensing circuit, a pressure being applied to each sensor part can be detected.

Abstract: According to an automatic gear shifting method of the present invention, the actual gear shifting is carried out, when the throttle valve opening degree is greater than a predetermined opening degree, after the following steps have taken place, a step of initiating the closing movement of the throttle valve and when a predetermined time has passed after the initiation of the closing movement of the throttle valve a step of disengaging the clutch.