Abstract: A method for making a screw hole in a workpiece including a plate-shaped portion includes: preparing an auxiliary member having a flat plate shape; forming, in the plate-shaped portion, a first pilot hole having a minor diameter smaller than a major diameter of the screw hole; forming, in the auxiliary member, a second pilot hole having a minor diameter smaller than the major diameter of the screw hole; fixing the auxiliary member to the plate-shaped portion so that the first pilot hole is concentric with the second pilot hole; and making the screw hole in the plate-shaped portion and the auxiliary member by inserting a tap in the first pilot hole and the second pilot hole.

Abstract: An electronic device includes a housing, a display, a light source, a light guide plate, and a mark portion. The light source is provided inside the housing and below the display. The mark portion is provided in the rear surface of the housing and includes a portion that shines as light from the light source passes therethrough. A lower end of the mark portion is defined as a first end and an upper end of the mark portion is defined as a second end. When viewed in a direction from the rear surface toward the front surface, the light source is located between the first end and the second end, and a distance from the second end to the light source is longer than a distance from the first end to the light source.

Abstract: Interior material for vehicle including a foamed sheet layer having a foam surface opposing a first rear surface of the first sheet layer, a first sheet layer joined along the foam surface, and a second sheet layer joined to a part of a first surface of the first sheet layer, bonded together while a surface boundary of the first sheet layer and the second sheet layer is kept linear, in which a first surface of the first sheet layer has a joined portion having a width dimension substantially the same as that of the second sheet layer and formed linearly, and a surface treated layer formed excluding the joined portion, and the second sheet layer joined along the joined portion and bonded together by a pressing force with a second surface of the second sheet layer and a foam rear surface of the foamed sheet layer as pressure receiving surfaces.

Abstract: In this uninterruptible power supply system, a first converter (2) for generating a DC voltage and a second converter (5) for regenerating power are separately provided. DC buses (L1 to L3) are connected to the second converter (5) and to a bidirectional chopper (6) with bus bars (B1 to B3). The bus bars (B1 to B3) are formed into a laminated bus bar (24). First semiconductor modules (M1d, M2d) included in the second converter (5) and second semiconductor modules (M1a to M1c, M2a to M2c) included in the bidirectional chopper (6) are each mounted on the laminated bus bar (24) and connected to the bus bars (B1 to B3). The bus bars (B1 to B3) and the first and second semiconductor modules (M1a to M1d, M2a to M2d) are configured as an integrated converter unit (7).

Abstract: An example accessory can be attached to an information processing device. The accessory includes a housing, a movable operation section, and a movable portion. An inside of the housing is visible from an outside thereof through at least a portion thereof. At least a portion of the operation section is exposed on the outside of the housing. The movable portion is placed at a position inside the housing that is visible from the outside of the housing through the portion of the housing. A position and/or an attitude of the movable portion changes in response to the operation section being operated.

Abstract: An example accessory can be attached to an information processing device. The accessory includes a housing, a movable operation section, and a movable portion. An inside of the housing is visible from an outside thereof through at least a portion thereof. At least a portion of the operation section is exposed on the outside of the housing. The movable portion is placed at a position inside the housing that is visible from the outside of the housing through the portion of the housing. A position and/or an attitude of the movable portion changes in response to the operation section being operated.

Abstract: An example accessory can be attached to an information processing device. The accessory includes a housing, a movable operation section, and a movable portion. An inside of the housing is visible from an outside thereof through at least a portion thereof. At least a portion of the operation section is exposed on the outside of the housing. The movable portion is placed at a position inside the housing that is visible from the outside of the housing through the portion of the housing. A position and/or an attitude of the movable portion changes in response to the operation section being operated.

Abstract: A power supply apparatus includes a housing being self-standing and having an opening on a front side, and a unit disposed in the housing to be insertable and removable in a front-back direction through the opening. The unit includes a lower-left slide portion positioned at a left lower end when facing forward from inside the housing, a lower-right slide portion positioned at a right lower end when facing forward from inside the housing, and a hook portion disposed between the lower-left slide portion and the lower-right slide portion. The hook portion includes a hook base portion extending downward, and a hook tip portion extending forward from a lower end of the hook base portion.

Abstract: An attachment configured to be attached to a game controller with a camera is provided. The attachment includes a housing and an operation portion in the housing. The housing includes a support portion which supports the game controller such that a direction of shooting of the camera is oriented to the inside of the housing. The operation portion has a movable portion in the housing, a position of the movable portion being changed in accordance with a pressing operation onto the operation portion, and at least one of a shape of and a pattern on the movable portion viewed from the camera being changed in accordance with a rotation operation onto the operation portion.

Abstract: A power supply apparatus includes a housing being self-standing and having an opening on a front side, and a unit disposed in the housing to be insertable and removable in a front-back direction through the opening. The unit includes a lower-left slide portion positioned at a left lower end when facing forward from inside the housing, a lower-right slide portion positioned at a right lower end when facing forward from inside the housing, and a hook portion disposed between the lower-left slide portion and the lower-right slide portion. The hook portion includes a hook base portion extending downward, and a hook tip portion extending forward from a lower end of the hook base portion.

Abstract: In this uninterruptible power supply system, a first converter (2) for generating a DC voltage and a second converter (5) for regenerating power are separately provided. DC buses (L1 to L3) are connected to the second converter (5) and to a bidirectional chopper (6) with bus bars (B1 to B3). The bus bars (B1 to B3) are formed into a laminated bus bar (24). First semiconductor modules (M1d, M2d) included in the second converter (5) and second semiconductor modules (M1a to M1c, M2a to M2c) included in the bidirectional chopper (6) are each mounted on the laminated bus bar (24) and connected to the bus bars (B1 to B3). The bus bars (B1 to B3) and the first and second semiconductor modules (M1a to M1d, M2a to M2d) are configured as an integrated converter unit (7).

Abstract: An example accessory can be attached to an information processing device. The accessory includes a housing, a movable operation section, and a movable portion. An inside of the housing is visible from an outside thereof through at least a portion thereof. At least a portion of the operation section is exposed on the outside of the housing. The movable portion is placed at a position inside the housing that is visible from the outside of the housing through the portion of the housing. A position and/or an attitude of the movable portion changes in response to the operation section being operated.

Abstract: An exemplary portable electronic apparatus includes a display provided at a front surface, and an infrared camera and a distance measuring sensor which are provided at a side surface. When a user holds the portable electronic apparatus with their left hand and makes a gesture with their right hand, the portable electronic apparatus analyzes an image from the infrared camera to detect the gesture made by the user. The portable electronic apparatus displays an image corresponding to a result of detection of the gesture on the display.

Abstract: A hand-held information processing terminal includes a display, a camera arranged in proximity to the display and capable of obtaining an image of a user including infrared components, an estimation module that estimates relative positional relation between the display and the user based on the obtained image, a generation module that generates a plurality of display images in accordance with the relative positional relation, and a control module that provides stereoscopic display to the user in accordance with a position thereof with the use of the plurality of display images.

Abstract: An example accessory can be attached to an information processing device. The accessory includes a housing, a movable operation section, and a movable portion. An inside of the housing is visible from an outside thereof through at least a portion thereof. At least a portion of the operation section is exposed on the outside of the housing. The movable portion is placed at a position inside the housing that is visible from the outside of the housing through the portion of the housing. A position and/or an attitude of the movable portion changes in response to the operation section being operated.

Abstract: A hand-held information processing terminal includes a display, a camera arranged in proximity to the display and capable of obtaining an image of a user including infrared components, an estimation module that estimates relative positional relation between the display and the user based on the obtained image, a generation module that generates a plurality of display images in accordance with the relative positional relation, and a control module that provides stereoscopic display to the user in accordance with a position thereof with the use of the plurality of display images.

Abstract: An attachment configured to be attached to a game controller with a camera is provided. The attachment includes a housing and an operation portion in the housing. The housing includes a support portion which supports the game controller such that a direction of shooting of the camera is oriented to the inside of the housing. The operation portion has a movable portion in the housing, a position of the movable portion being changed in accordance with a pressing operation onto the operation portion, and at least one of a shape of and a pattern on the movable portion viewed from the camera being changed in accordance with a rotation operation onto the operation portion.

Abstract: A method of manufacturing a semiconductor device includes forming a silicon nitride film having an opening portion on a semiconductor substrate, forming a silicon oxide film on the silicon nitride film and on a side face of the opening portion, performing an etching treatment to the silicon oxide film so that a sidewall is formed on the side face of the opening portion, forming a trench on the semiconductor substrate with use of the sidewall and the silicon nitride film as a mask, and forming an insulating layer in the trench. The step of forming the silicon oxide film includes oxidizing the silicon nitride film with a plasma oxidation method or a radical oxidation method.

Abstract: An example accessory can be attached to an information processing device. The accessory includes a housing, a movable operation section, and a movable portion. An inside of the housing is visible from an outside thereof through at least a portion thereof. At least a portion of the operation section is exposed on the outside of the housing. The movable portion is placed at a position inside the housing that is visible from the outside of the housing through the portion of the housing. A position and/or an attitude of the movable portion changes in response to the operation section being operated.