Abstract: An authenticating system according to the present invention has a characteristic structure of which an authenticating section 32 of a note type PC 10 and an authenticating section 42 of a battery 20 are directly connected through I/O ports 51 and 61, respectively. Thus, the authenticating system according to the present invention can be relatively easily accomplished using a conventional system. The present invention can be applied to a system that is composed of a plurality of electronic devices that perform an authenticating process.

Abstract: There is provided an information processing apparatus including an internal power source that supplies power, a power source information acquiring unit that acquires, from the internal power source, power source information relating to supply of the power in the internal power source, a drive status setting unit that determines power supply capability of the internal power source based on the power source information and sets setting information to define a drive status of a device in accordance with a determination result, and a device control unit that controls the drive status of one or more control subject device, based on the setting information.

Abstract: A battery pack includes: an obtaining unit for obtaining computation information for calculating a charge current including temperature information of a battery; a computation unit for computing a charge current for the battery based on the computation information; and a notification unit for notifying a computer of the charge current computed by the computation unit. The notification unit uses a dedicated command to notify the computer of the charge current. The battery pack includes: a storage unit for storing therein a first threshold value and a second threshold value relating to the temperature information, and the computation unit may compute the optimal charge current depending on which of ranges divided by the first threshold value and the second threshold value the temperature information belongs to.

Abstract: A sensor having photodiodes whose sensitivity and storage capacity can be increased is provided. The sensor is formed by arranging the photodiodes in an array with first region of second conductivity type is formed on the principal surface of a substrate of a first conductivity type. A pixel separating region of the first conductivity type is formed to penetrate through the first semiconductor region to separate the regions of the adjacent photodiodes. A second region of the second conductivity type used to drain excess charge is formed in substrate at a position away from the junction surface between substrate and the first region and below the junction surface.

Abstract: There is provided an information processing apparatus including an internal power source that supplies power, a power source information acquiring unit that acquires, from the internal power source, power source information relating to supply of the power in the internal power source, a drive status setting unit that determines power supply capability of the internal power source based on the power source information and sets setting information to define a drive status of a device in accordance with a determination result, and a device control unit that controls the drive status of one or more control subject device, based on the setting information.

Abstract: A battery pack includes: an obtaining unit for obtaining computation information for calculating a charge current including temperature information of a battery; a computation unit for computing a charge current for the battery based on the computation information; and a notification unit for notifying a computer of the charge current computed by the computation unit. The notification unit uses a dedicated command to notify the computer of the charge current. The battery pack includes: a storage unit for storing therein a first threshold value and a second threshold value relating to the temperature information, and the computation unit may compute the optimal charge current depending on which of ranges divided by the first threshold value and the second threshold value the temperature information belongs to.

Abstract: An authenticating system according to the present invention has a characteristic structure of which an authenticating section 32 of a note type PC 10 and an authenticating section 42 of a battery 20 are directly connected through I/O ports 51 and 61, respectively. Thus, the authenticating system according to the present invention can be relatively easily accomplished using a conventional system. The present invention can be applied to a system that is composed of a plurality of electronic devices that perform an authenticating process.

Abstract: A semiconductor device that contains photodiodes whose sensitivity and storage capacity can be increased, and a solid-state image pickup device formed by arranging the photodiodes in an array and its manufacturing method. A first semiconductor region 11 of a second conductivity type is formed on the principal surface of a semiconductor substrate 10 of a first conductivity type. A pixel separating region 14 of the first conductivity type is formed to penetrate through the first semiconductor region 11 to separate the regions of the adjacent photodiodes PD. A second semiconductor region 15 of the second conductivity type used to drain excess charge is formed in semiconductor substrate 10 at a position away from the junction surface between semiconductor substrate 10 and the first semiconductor region 11 and below the junction surface.

Abstract: A resin laminate 1 comprising a thermoplastic polyolefin elastomer (TPO) layer 10, a primer layer 30 superposed on the TPO layer 10, and a polyurethane layer 20 superposed on the primer layer, wherein the primer layer is made from a thermoplastic polyolefin elastomer containing an adhesion improver, and the adhesion improver comprises a compound having a functional group containing active hydrogen and/or a compound having an inorganic nature/organic nature ratio of 0.5 or higher.

Abstract: A personal computer receives a teletext signal. A television broadcast signal received by a TV tuner unit is converted to a composite video signal and a voice signal and are then supplied to a personal computer card. The personal computer card extracts character data with a character data extracting circuit when the input composite video signal is a teletext signal and converts such character data to the code data and supplies the code data to the personal computer for display on a liquid crystal display. Moreover, when the composite video signal is a television broadcast signal, it is converted to a digital signal with a video decoder and is then supplied to the personal computer for output to the liquid crystal display.

Abstract: A laminated core for a rotating electric machine comprising a plurality of single sheet cores, each single-sheet core being formed by arranging a plurality of salient poles continuously on a beltlike yoke plate and winding the beltlike yoke plate so as to be cylindrical while joining both ends of the beltlike yoke plate, wherein the laminated core is cylindrical and has a plurality of salient poles confronting a magnet, each salient pole having a winding and the laminated core is formed by laminating a plurality of the single-sheet cores.

Abstract: An asphalt composition comprising (A) 100 parts by weight of straight asphalt; (B) 0.1 to 20 parts by weight of a diene liquid rubber having at least one carboxyl group, epoxy group or amino group in the molecule; and (C) 2 to 350 parts by weight of (i) a fibrous filler or (ii) at least one filler selected from the group consisting of wood flour, talc, calcium carbonate, clay, carbon black and white carbon, having a grain size of 200 microns or less. The composition may also contain (D) 1 to 50 parts by weight of a resinous tackifier. The invention also provides a vibration damping sheet comprising said composition.