Abstract: An application program causes a computer to: acquire a first schedule indicating a planned movement of a vehicle, the first schedule being input by a user who desires to participate in demand response in which power is exchanged between a battery of the vehicle and an external power source, and acquire a second schedule indicating candidate time periods for demand response that are estimated based on influence factors which influence control of demand response; display a schedule management screen including the first schedule and the second schedule on a display device; and receive, on the displayed schedule management screen, an instruction from the user to change the first schedule from a time when the schedule management screen is displayed to a first deadline which is set in advance.

Abstract: A power transaction system includes: an acquisition unit configured to acquire power transaction information indicating a user's power transaction; a calculation unit configured to calculate a cumulative remuneration on the basis of the power transaction information; and a display control unit configured to generate display information on the basis of a degree of participation in the power transaction based on the power transaction information and the cumulative remuneration and to transmit the display information to the user's terminal. The display information includes a graphical object. The terminal presents the display information to the user.

Abstract: A vehicle image display system including: an image data obtaining unit; and a drawing controller. The image data obtaining unit is configured to obtain three-dimensional image data of a user-designated vehicle and two-dimensional image data sets of a plurality of sub-display target vehicles from an information providing apparatus. The user-designated vehicle is designated by a user. The plurality of sub-display target vehicles is extracted from a plurality of the registered vehicles. The drawing controller is configured to cause a three-dimensional image of the user-designated vehicle to be displayed in a main image region 101a and cause two-dimensional images of the plurality of sub-display target vehicles to be displayed side by side in sub-image regions 102a defined on a wall surface 102 behind the main image region 101a on a basis of the three-dimensional image data of the user-designated vehicle and the two-dimensional image data sets of the sub-display target vehicles.

Abstract: A vehicle customization assistance system includes a customization assistance controller 84 that determines a plurality of external appearance components of a target vehicle, an image data obtaining unit 81 that obtains image data of a plurality of display target vehicles extracted from a plurality of registered vehicles from an information providing apparatus, a drawing controller 82 that causes a display of a user terminal 6 to display images of the plurality of display target vehicles on the basis of the obtained image data, and a view history information obtaining unit 83 that obtains information regarding a history of selection operations for the plurality of displayed display target vehicles as user view history information. The customization assistance controller 84 prompts the user to determine a plurality of external appearance components by causing the display to display a recommendation image generated on the basis of the user view history information.

Abstract: There is provided a semiconductor module that can reduce the assembly tolerance between a case part and a base part.

Abstract: An image forming apparatus includes a fixing device that fixes toner on a recording medium to form a toner image and processing circuitry. The processing circuitry receives and analyzes print data in a monochrome mode to generate image data. The print data includes a drawing command. The processing circuitry calculates an image area rate per page of the recording medium based on the print data in the monochrome mode, determines that the image area rate is not greater than a predetermined value, determines a preset fixing temperature of the fixing device according to the image area rate, and controls the fixing device to fix the toner on the recording medium according to the image data.

Abstract: An image forming apparatus includes an image forming section, a fixing device, and circuitry. The image forming section forms one or more toner images of one or more toners on a recording medium. The fixing device heats the one or more toner images and the recording medium based on a target fixing temperature. The circuitry is configured to receive a print job, determine a maximum toner overlapping ratio of the one or more toner images on a page in the print job, determine the target fixing temperature of the fixing device in accordance with the maximum toner overlapping ratio on the page, control the image forming section to form the one or more toner images, and control the fixing device to heat and fix the one or more toner images on the recording medium at the target fixing temperature.

Abstract: Disclosed is a negative electrode including a negative electrode charge collector, and a negative electrode layer that is disposed on the negative electrode charge collector and contains solid electrolyte particles. The value of (D90?D10)/D50 is less than 10.0, where D10, D50, and D90 are defined as cumulative volume particle diameters of the solid electrolyte particles at cumulative volumes of 10 vol %, 50 vol %, and 90 vol % respectively, as measured according to a laser diffraction/scattering particle size distribution measurement method. The negative electrode contains no negative electrode active material. Preferably, a cumulative volume particle diameter D95 of the solid electrolyte particles at a cumulative volume of 95 vol % as measured according to the laser diffraction/scattering particle size distribution measurement method is less than 65 ?m.

Abstract: A semiconductor device, including: a circuit board; a case which includes a housing member with a rectangular outer shape in a plan view of the semiconductor device and houses the circuit board, the housing member including an upper surface portion having a lower surface thereof facing an upper surface of the housed circuit board with a gap therebetween, the upper surface portion including a first edge portion at an edge thereof in the plan view; a first external connection terminal that is held by the first edge portion and protrudes from the first edge portion in a direction that is perpendicular to an upper surface of the first edge portion; and an encapsulating member that encapsulates the gap between the upper surface of the circuit board and the lower surface of the upper surface portion.

Abstract: Provided is a semiconductor device that can prevent resin leakage during transfer molding and prevent poor appearance. The semiconductor device includes: semiconductor chips; a frame surrounding the semiconductor chips and covering the semiconductor chips from above; control terminals electrically connected to the semiconductor chips and projecting from a top surface side of the frame; and a sealing resin provided inside the frame and sealing the semiconductor chips.

Abstract: An ozone-generating apparatus includes: a plurality of discharge tubes each including: a first electrode having a tubular shape extending along a first axis; a second electrode extending along the first axis; and a dielectric extending along the first axis and disposed between the first electrode and the second electrode, the plurality of discharge tubes including a first discharge tube and a second discharge tube adjacent to the first discharge tube; and a connecting member electrically connecting the second electrode of the first discharge tube to the second electrode of the second discharge tube. The connecting member faces an end of the dielectric of the first discharge tube and an end of the dielectric of the second discharge tube.

Abstract: An electrode mixture including an active material and a solid electrolyte and exhibiting at least two peaks in a volume particle size distribution measured by laser diffraction particle size distribution analysis. In the volume particle size distribution, at least two peaks are preferably in the particle diameter range from 0.2 to 20 ?m, and it is preferable that the peak top of the frequency peak at the smallest particle diameter, among the at least two peaks, be in a particle diameter range from 0.2 to 5.0 ?m, and at the same time, that the peak top of the frequency peak at the largest particle diameter be in a particle diameter range from 2.0 to 20 ?m.

Abstract: According to one embodiment, a semiconductor device includes the following structure. The semiconductor chip is provided between first and second conductors. A joint component is provided between the chip and the second conductor. The thin film is provided on the second conductor and contains a material different from a material of the joint component. The second conductor includes first, second and third plates. The first plate extends in a first direction along a first surface of the chip and is connected to the chip via the joint component. The second plate extends from the first plate obliquely with respect to the first direction. The third plate extends from the second plate in the first direction. The thin film is arranged on a surface of the second plate continuous from a surface on which the joint component is provided.

Abstract: A semiconductor device includes: a semiconductor chip having a first surface, a second surface, a first electrode provided on the first surface, a second electrode provided on the second surface, and a third electrode provided on the second surface; a first conductor including a fourth conductor and a fifth conductor; a conductive first connector provided between the first conductor and the first electrode; a second conductor including a sixth conductor and a seventh conductor; a conductive second connector provided between the second electrode and the sixth conductor; a third conductor including an eighth conductor, an intermediate conductor, and a ninth conductor, the intermediate conductor being provided between the eighth conductor and the ninth conductor, the eighth conductor being provided between the semiconductor chip and the intermediate conductor, and the intermediate conductor having a through hole; and a conductive third connector.

Abstract: The electronic device includes a semiconductor module provided on a heat sink including a first joined surface portion. The semiconductor module includes a heat dissipation plate including a second joined surface portion joined to the first joined surface portion via a thermally-conductive bonding material, and a transistor chip placed on a side of the heat dissipation plate which is opposite to the second joined surface portion. At least one joined surface portion out of the first joined surface portion and the second joined surface portion includes a plurality of protrusions protruding toward the other joined surface portion out of the first joined surface portion and the second joined surface portion, a first recess placed between the protrusions and recessed in a direction away from the other joined surface portion, and a second recess placed outward of the plurality of protrusions and recessed in a direction away from the other joined surface portion.

Abstract: An image forming apparatus includes an image forming section, a fixing device, and circuitry. The image forming section forms an image on a recording medium. The fixing device includes a rotator including a flexible endless belt, a pressure rotator pressed against the rotator to form a nip between the rotator and the pressure rotator, a heater heating the rotator, and a movable shield. The movable shield is disposed between the heater and the rotator to shield the rotator from radiant heat generated from the heater and is movable according to a size of the recording medium. The circuitry is configured to control the image forming section to form the image on the recording medium based on an image forming condition and change at least one of an operating temperature of the movable shield or a shielding amount of the movable shield based on the image forming condition.

Abstract: A semiconductor device, including: a semiconductor chip including an electrode on an upper surface thereof; and a wiring member including a bonding portion, a rising portion, and a connecting portion, the bonding portion being bonded to the electrode via a bonding material, the rising portion being of a shape of a flat plate and extending upward from the bonding portion, the connecting portion connecting the bonding portion to the rising portion. The rising portion includes a lower region connected to the connecting portion and an upper region located above the lower region. Both the lower region and the connecting portion have a first thickness, and the upper region has a second thickness that is larger than the first thickness.

Abstract: A battery including a self-supporting laminate structure is provided. The laminate structure includes a solid electrolyte sheet containing a solid electrolyte, a first active material layer containing a first active material on one major surface of the solid electrolyte sheet, and a second active material layer containing a second active material on the other major surface of the solid electrolyte sheet. The solid electrolyte sheet preferably has a first extending portion extending outwardly from the periphery of the first active material layer or, a second extending portion extending outwardly from the periphery of the second active material layer.

Abstract: An image forming apparatus includes a processor; and a memory that includes instructions, which when executed, cause the processor to execute forming, by an image former, an image on a recording medium; fixing, by a fixer including a rotatable fixing member, the image onto the recording medium, by causing the recording medium on which the image is formed by the image former to be disposed against the fixing member; driving, by a driver, the fixing member; and acquiring, by control circuitry, life information related to a life of the fixer based on either a driving current or a torque of the driver and an operation state of the fixer, and outputting the acquired life information.