Abstract: An electrode according to an embodiment contains an electrode mixture layer containing an active material and a conductive assistant. In a logarithmic differential pore volume distribution by a mercury intrusion method, the electrode mixture layer satisfies: a ratio P1/P2 within a range of 2 or more and less than 8, and a ratio S1/S2 within a range of 3 or more and less than 10. P1 is a value of a maximum logarithmic differential pore volume in a pore diameter range of 0.1 ?m or more and 1 ?m or less. P2 is a value of a logarithmic differential pore volume of a pore diameter of 0.03 ?m. S1 is an integrated value in a pore diameter range of 0.1 ?m or more and 1 ?m or less. S2 is an integrated value in a pore diameter range of more than 0 ?m and less than 0.1 ?m.

Abstract: A method and apparatus for summarizing and conveying expected thermal responses is described. Expected thermal responses of a room or an entire structure are calculated based on thermostat setpoints. The expected thermal responses are summarized into an expected thermal response visualization and displayed to a user for easy understanding of current, and future, temperature expectations before or as a room or entire structure is heated or cooled.

Abstract: A method and apparatus for summarizing and conveying expected thermal responses is described. Expected thermal responses of a room or an entire structure are calculated based on thermostat setpoints. The expected thermal responses are summarized into an expected thermal response visualization and displayed to a user for easy understanding of current, and future, temperature expectations before or as a room or entire structure is heated or cooled.

Abstract: An auxiliary chamber type internal combustion engine includes a main chamber, an auxiliary chamber, a plurality of connecting passages connecting the main chamber with the auxiliary chamber, and an ignition plug configured to ignite a mixture introduced into the auxiliary chamber. The plurality of connecting passages include a first connecting passage having a first injection port and a second connecting passage having a second injection port. A flame generated in the auxiliary chamber is injected into the main chamber through the first and second injection ports. The first injection port is configured such that the flame propagates along a ridge line at which the plurality of inclined surfaces of the cylinder head intersect. The second connecting passage extends in a direction oriented to the piston with respect to the first connecting passage when viewed from a direction perpendicular to the cylinder axial direction.

Abstract: An auxiliary chamber type internal combustion engine includes a main chamber, an auxiliary chamber, a plurality of connecting passages connecting the main chamber with the auxiliary chamber, and an ignition plug configured to ignite a mixture introduced into the auxiliary chamber. The plurality of connecting passages include a first connecting passage having a first injection port and a second connecting passage having a second injection port. A flame generated in the auxiliary chamber is injected into the main chamber through the first and second injection ports. The first injection port is configured such that the flame propagates along a ridge line at which the plurality of inclined surfaces of the cylinder head intersect. The second connecting passage extends in a direction oriented to the piston with respect to the first connecting passage when viewed from a direction perpendicular to the cylinder axial direction.

Abstract: A method and apparatus for summarizing and conveying expected thermal responses is described. Expected thermal responses of a room or an entire structure are calculated based on thermostat setpoints. The expected thermal responses are summarized into an expected thermal response visualization and displayed to a user for easy understanding of current, and future, temperature expectations before or as a room or entire structure is heated or cooled.

Abstract: An information processing apparatus includes: a CPU board configured to communicate with an external apparatus via a network and including a CPU; and a printer being an internal equipment configured to communicate with the CPU board by a communication method different from a communication method used between the CPU board and the network and having a USB device descriptor, wherein the CPU obtains the USB device descriptor from the printer and generates identification information corresponding to the printer based on the obtained USB device descriptor, and when the CPU receives an inquiry request to the printer from the external apparatus, the CPU transmits first response information indicating the generated identification information to the external apparatus.

Abstract: A system for providing a health care service includes a sound detection device, a first environmental sensor, a network accessible platform, and a network communicatively coupling the sound detection device, the first environmental sensor, and the network accessible platform. The network accessible platform is programmed to evaluate a sound data received from the sound detection device and generated by a user and a first sensor data received from the first environmental sensor to determine an abnormal condition associated with the user. The platform then causes an action to be performed by at least one further device coupled to the network accessible platform. The action is an action that was associated with the determined abnormal condition associated with the user.

Abstract: A printer includes a processor configured to be communicatively coupled to an external device and a POS terminal on which a web browser operates, and enabling control of the external device by a control object with respect to the POS terminal based on relationship information, in which the processor enables the control of the external device by the control object with respect to a first POS terminal based on first relationship information, deletes the first relationship information while the control object is not deleted when the control of the external device by the first POS terminal ends, generates second relationship information indicating a relationship between a second POS terminal and the control object when a request for the external device from the second POS terminal is received after deleting the first relationship information, and enables the control of the external device from the second POS terminal by the control object.

Abstract: A device control device with a near-field wireless communication capability can use the configuration having the near-field wireless communication capability to easily establish a communication path between an external device and another device. A device controller has a USB interface that connects to a USB device; a tag reader that reads, by near-field wireless communication, an IC tag storing an external device address, which is the address of a tablet terminal; and a device controller that sends a device control device address, which is its own address, to the external device address read by the tag reader as the destination, and when, after sending the device control device address, establishing a communication path between the tablet terminal and a USB device is received from the tablet terminal, establishes a communication path between the tablet terminal and USB device.

Abstract: A printer includes a processor configured to be communicatively coupled to an external device and a POS terminal on which a web browser operates, and enabling control of the external device by a control object with respect to the POS terminal based on relationship information, in which the processor enables the control of the external device by the control object with respect to a first POS terminal based on first relationship information, deletes the first relationship information while the control object is not deleted when the control of the external device by the first POS terminal ends, generates second relationship information indicating a relationship between a second POS terminal and the control object when a request for the external device from the second POS terminal is received after deleting the first relationship information, and enables the control of the external device from the second POS terminal by the control object.

Abstract: An information processing apparatus includes: a CPU board configured to communicate with an external apparatus via a network and including a CPU; and a printer being an internal equipment configured to communicate with the CPU board by a communication method different from a communication method used between the CPU board and the network and having a USB device descriptor, wherein the CPU obtains the USB device descriptor from the printer and generates identification information corresponding to the printer based on the obtained USB device descriptor, and when the CPU receives an inquiry request to the printer from the external apparatus, the CPU transmits first response information indicating the generated identification information to the external apparatus.

Abstract: A control apparatus includes an HTTP server that communicates with a terminal, a device interface that communicates with a device, a first device control unit on which a device driver corresponding to the device is mounted, a second device control unit that uses a driver that is able to correspond to the device, and a process unit that selects the first device control unit or the second device control unit based on control information received from the terminal by the HTTP server, generates a command based on the control information, and transmits the generated command to the device by the device interface.

Abstract: A printer includes a printing mechanism configured to print a paper receipt; a first communicator configured to communicate with a POS terminal; a second communicator configured to communicate with a management server; an electronic receipt information generator configured to, when receiving an electronic receipt issuing command and settlement information via the first communicator, generate electronic receipt information including address information to transmit the electronic receipt information from the second communicator; and a print processor configured to cause the printer to print the paper receipt based on the settlement information when the electronic receipt issuing command includes print instruction information that the paper receipt is to be printed.

Abstract: An order receiving system includes a server that provides a terminal device owned by a customer with an ordering application, and a printer that prints details of an order entered via the ordering application. The server includes a memory unit that has an area for storing the ordering application, a first receiver that receives entry of the order from the customer via the ordering application, and a first transmitter that transmits to the terminal device an email form addressed to the printer. A token for permitting access from the printer is attached to the email form. The printer includes a second receiver that receives an email from the terminal device, a second transmitter that transmits to the server an authentication request for the token attached to the received email, and a printing unit that prints the details of the order based on authentication of the token by the server.

Abstract: A device control device with a near-field wireless communication capability can use the configuration having the near-field wireless communication capability to easily establish a communication path between an external device and another device. A device controller has a USB interface that connects to a USB device; a tag reader that reads, by near-field wireless communication, an IC tag storing an external device address, which is the address of a tablet terminal; and a device controller that sends a device control device address, which is its own address, to the external device address read by the tag reader as the destination, and when, after sending the device control device address, establishing a communication path between the tablet terminal and a USB device is received from the tablet terminal, establishes a communication path between the tablet terminal and USB device.

Abstract: A direct injection internal combustion engine employs a spray guided combustion method, wherein a fuel spray injected from a fuel injection valve is collected at an electrode section of a spark plug so that satisfactorily high combustion performance may be achieved even with a small amount of injected fuel. The engine includes spray control posts 30 arranged on both sides of the spark plug 5, for guiding the fuel injected from the fuel injection valve 4 to be directed toward the electrode section 10 of the spark plug 5.

Abstract: An information display has an information carrier including a storable display panel separate from a processing unit including a battery, and where there is a need to perform a process such as updating or manipulating information displayed on the display panel, it is possible to perform a desired process by connecting the processing unit to the information carrier.

Abstract: A fuel injection unit of an internal combustion engine includes at least an injector, an inlet opening, and an intake stroke injection device. A controller causes the intake stroke injection device to cause the injector to inject fuel in an intake stroke so that the fuel is introduced into an interior of a cylinder from the inlet opening. The fuel is injected from the injector into a range, which spreads in a width of an inside of the inlet opening when viewed from above of the cylinder, and which spreads in a width defined in a side of a center of the cylinder from a valve shaft in a state where the inlet valve is in a maximum lift-up level within the inside of the inlet opening when viewed from a lateral of the cylinder.

Abstract: An information processing system includes a host device transmitting an order according to a USB standard and an information processing terminal responding to the order. The information processing terminal includes a storing unit, a first operation unit, a receiver, an operation-mode switch, a first processor, and a first outputting unit. The host device includes a second operation unit, a transmitter, a second processor, and a second outputting unit.