Abstract: A vehicle collision avoidance assist apparatus is capable of alerting the driver of a host vehicle that is to enter an intersection to the probability of collision or the like at right timing in order to prevent a crossing accident using information acquired from remote vehicles through inter-vehicle communication. The attention of the driver of the host vehicle to the front side including the intersection is increased when a large number of remote vehicles exist around the intersection which the host vehicle is to enter, compared with a case in which the number of remote vehicles around the intersection is small. The vehicle collision avoidance assist apparatus makes the alert, such as a warning, later than reference alert timing (normal alert timing) in consideration of the above situation to suppress excessive alert.

Abstract: A vehicle collision avoidance assist apparatus is capable of alerting the driver of a host vehicle that is to enter an intersection to the probability of collision or the like at right timing in order to prevent a crossing accident using information acquired from remote vehicles through inter-vehicle communication. The attention of the driver of the host vehicle to the front side including the intersection is increased when a large number of remote vehicles exist around the intersection which the host vehicle is to enter, compared with a case in which the number of remote vehicles around the intersection is small. The vehicle collision avoidance assist apparatus makes the alert, such as a warning, later than reference alert timing (normal alert timing) in consideration of the above situation to suppress excessive alert.

Abstract: A chromatogram data processing system having an impurity detector including a differential chromatogram creator, a purity curve creator and a determiner. The differential chromatogram creator calculates a differential coefficient of an absorbance spectrum with respect to wavelength at a local maximum or local minimum absorption wavelength of the target component, and creates a differential chromatogram which shows a temporal change of the differential coefficient. The purity curve creator creates a purity curve which shows a temporal change of the difference between the degree of similarity of a spectrum on the target peak to a reference spectrum and a threshold of the degree of similarity which is determined taking into account the influence of noise components. The differential chromatogram and the purity curve are displayed on a display unit in a superposed form on a wavelength chromatogram created by a wavelength chromatogram creator.

Abstract: After determination of from which side, right or left, a second vehicle is approaching, a position of a collision point is determined, a position of a stop point is set from the determined collision point, and a warning is given at a position and timing of a warning point which is set to allow a first vehicle to stop before the set stop point.

Abstract: A wiring board includes a variable wettability layer situated on a top surface of a support board and containing a material of which a critical surface tension changes by energy given thereto. A conductive layer is situated inside a concave portion formed in the variable wettability layer. The concave portion has opposite side walls formed in tapered surfaces inclining so that a distance between the side walls is reduced toward a bottom of the concave portion in a cross-sectional shape taken along a plane perpendicular to a conducting direction of the conductive layer. Upper edges of the side walls are formed in gently curved surfaces.

Abstract: Regarding a chromatogram data processing device configured to process three-dimensional chromatogram data collected on a target sample in which dimensions are made up of time, wavelength, and absorbance, and the chromatogram data processing device includes a differential spectrum generating means configured to generate a differential spectrum that represents a change in a wavelength differential coefficient, which is a differential coefficient in a wavelength direction in a predetermined wavelength range, based on the three-dimensional chromatogram data, with respect to an absorbance spectrum representing a relation of the wavelength and the absorbance at each time in an entire temporal range or a predetermined temporal range, and a determination means configured to determine whether or not one or plural other components are included in a peak of a target component, based on a temporal change in a waveform of the differential spectrum, so that the determination on whether or not a target sample includes impur

Abstract: A preparative separation chromatograph system having a column for temporally separating components in a sample and for discharging an eluate fluid with the components, a detector for obtaining an absorbance spectrum of the eluate fluid, and a fraction collector for continuously creating a chromatogram. The system further includes: a peak section determiner; a differential value determiner for calculating a differential spectrum value and for determining whether or not the absolute value of the differential spectrum value is equal to or less than a predetermined value; and a fraction collector controller for controlling the fraction collector so as to fractionate the eluate fluid during a period of time for which it is determined that the chromatogram peak of the target component is present and for which it is also determined the absolute value of the differential spectrum value is equal to or less than the predetermined value.

Abstract: The invention provides electrolytic a manganese dioxide with a BET specific surface area of 20 to 60 m2/g, and a volume of at least 0.023 cm3/g for pores with pore diameters of 2 to 200 nm. Also provided is a method for producing an electrolytic manganese dioxide including a step of suspending a manganese oxide in a sulfuric acid-manganese sulfate mixed solution to obtain the electrolytic manganese dioxide, wherein a manganese oxide particles are continuously mixed with a sulfuric acid-manganese sulfate mixed solution, for a manganese oxide particle concentration of 5 to 200 mg/L in the sulfuric acid-manganese sulfate mixed solution. Still further provided is a method for producing a lithium-manganese complex oxide, including a step of mixing the electrolytic manganese dioxide with a lithium compound and heat treating the mixture to obtain a lithium-manganese complex oxide.

Abstract: A method of forming a stacked-layer wiring includes forming first wettability variable layer on a substrate using material that changes surface energy by energy application; forming first conductive layer in or on the first wettability variable layer; forming second wettability variable layer on the first wettability variable layer using material that changes surface energy by energy application; forming concave portion to become wiring pattern of second conductive layer to the second wettability variable layer while concurrently forming high surface energy area on surface exposed by forming the concave portion by changing surface energy; forming via hole by exposing a part of the first conductive layer while concurrently forming high surface energy area on surface exposed by forming the via hole by changing surface energy; and applying conductive ink to the high surface energy area to form the second conductive layer and via simultaneously.

Abstract: A power supply device comprises: a fuel cell configured to generate electric power by causing an oxidation reaction between a fuel and an oxidant; a rechargeable battery that is chargeable and dischargeable; a temperature detection unit configured to detect a temperature of the rechargeable battery; an output unit configured to externally output electric power; and a control unit configured to be capable of controlling at least one electric power of an input power to be inputted to the rechargeable battery from the fuel cell and an output power to be outputted from the rechargeable battery, based on a detected temperature detected by the temperature detection unit.

Abstract: An image formation apparatus includes a primary transfer unit configured to transfer a developer image from an image carrier to an intermediate transfer body, a secondary transfer unit configured to transfer the developer image to a recording medium, a voltage application unit configured to apply a voltage to the secondary transfer unit, a voltage controller configured to control the voltage to be applied to the secondary transfer unit by the voltage application unit, a recording medium type detector configured to detect a type of the recording medium, and a recording medium width detector configured to detect a width of the recording medium in a direction orthogonal to a conveyance direction of the intermediate transfer body. The voltage controller controls the voltage to be applied to the secondary transfer unit, based on the detected recording medium type and the detected recording medium width.

Abstract: An apparatus for controlling operation of a vehicle that is communicable with a moving object through a portable terminal carried by the moving object, comprising: a receiving unit adapted to receive a moving plan of the moving object to be sent from the portable terminal, a driving plan preparing unit adapted to prepare a driving plan of the vehicle based on the received moving plan of the moving object, and an informing unit adapted to inform a driver of the vehicle of the prepared driving plan.

Abstract: An image forming apparatus includes a first print engine and a second print engine. The first print engine forms a first image formed of a first toner having a first average diameter. The first image is transferred onto a recording medium. The second print engine forms a second image formed of a second toner having a second average diameter larger than the first average diameter. The second image is transferred onto the first image in registration.

Abstract: A wiring board includes a variable wettability layer situated on a top surface of a support board and containing a material of which a critical surface tension changes by energy given thereto. A conductive layer is situated inside a concave portion formed in the variable wettability layer. The concave portion has opposite side walls formed in tapered surfaces inclining so that a distance between the side walls is reduced toward a bottom of the concave portion in a cross-sectional shape taken along a plane perpendicular to a conducting direction of the conductive layer. Upper edges of the side walls are formed in gently curved surfaces.

Abstract: A method of forming a stacked-layer wiring includes forming first wettability variable layer on a substrate using material that changes surface energy by energy application; forming first conductive layer in or on the first wettability variable layer; forming second wettability variable layer on the first wettability variable layer using material that changes surface energy by energy application; forming concave portion to become wiring pattern of second conductive layer to the second wettability variable layer while concurrently forming high surface energy area on surface exposed by forming the concave portion by changing surface energy; forming via hole by exposing a part of the first conductive layer while concurrently forming high surface energy area on surface exposed by forming the via hole by changing surface energy; and applying conductive ink to the high surface energy area to form the second conductive layer and via simultaneously.

Abstract: A method of manufacturing an interconnection member includes forming on a substrate a wettability changing layer containing a material in which critical surface tension is changed by giving energy; forming a depression part in the wettability changing layer by a laser ablation method using a laser of an ultraviolet region; and coating the depression part with an electrically conductive ink to form an electrically conductive part. At the same time when a pattern of the depression part is formed in the wettability changing layer, a pattern of a high surface energy area is formed as a result of the critical surface tension being changed.

Abstract: A data processing system for a chromatograph has an impurity detector including a differential chromatogram creator and a determining section. The differential chromatogram creator calculates a wavelength differential coefficient by differentiating an absorbance spectrum with respect to the wavelength at each point in time of the measurement and creates a differential chromatogram which shows a temporal change in the wavelength differential coefficient. Based on a shape of the thus created differential chromatogram, the determining section determines whether or not a peak of a target component contains an impurity. By this method, whether or not the peak of the target component contains an impurity can be determined with high accuracy, without requiring complex calculations.

Abstract: An imaging module includes an imaging chip including a micro-lens guiding incident light and an imaging element in a semiconductor substrate and converting the incident light into an electric signal, and a polarizing glass chip including a polarizing filter glass having a polarizer determining a polarization direction of the incident light arranged on a transparent substrate such that the polarizer faces the micro-lens and a spacer member connected to the polarizing filter glass to adjust a gap between the polarizer and the micro-lens of the imaging chip. In the imaging module, a melt-bonding surface of the spacer member is melt-bonded to the semiconductor substrate such that the polarizer of the polarizing glass chip and the micro-lens of the imaging chip are arranged close to each other via the gap, and the imaging element and the micro-lens of the imaging chip are sealed by the polarizing glass chip.

Abstract: An inner lens for use in a vehicle light can be configured to sufficiently enhance aesthetic features, decorative features, unpredictable features, etc., without adversely affecting the formation of the main light distribution. The inner lens can include a main body portion having a main surface that faces towards the reflecting surface of the reflector, and a plurality of independent convex projections formed on the main surface of the main body portion at an area corresponding to the reflecting surface. The light emitted from the light source and that reaches the projections can enter the projections and the main body portion and then be reflected and/or refracted by the projections and the main body portion so as to be directed to a direction diagonally forward of the vehicle light as light that does not contribute to the formation of the main light distribution.

Abstract: An image formation apparatus includes a primary transfer unit configured to transfer a developer image from an image carrier to an intermediate transfer body, a secondary transfer unit configured to transfer the developer image to a recording medium, a voltage application unit configured to apply a voltage to the secondary transfer unit, a voltage controller configured to control the voltage to be applied to the secondary transfer unit by the voltage application unit, a recording medium type detector configured to detect a type of the recording medium, and a recording medium width detector configured to detect a width of the recording medium in a direction orthogonal to a conveyance direction of the intermediate transfer body. The voltage controller controls the voltage to be applied to the secondary transfer unit, based on the detected recording medium type and the detected recording medium width.