Abstract: A training device includes, a cable that is paid out in response to movement of a user, a reel on which the cable is wound, a rotary encoder to detect a rotation state of the reel, a magneto-rheological fluid brake to apply a braking force to the reel, and a controller configured or programmed to calculate a stroke amount of the cable based on an output value of the rotary encoder and to control the braking force based on the stroke amount to change a magnitude of a load during the movement.

Abstract: A battery recycling system according to the present disclosure includes: a primary crushing device configured to crush a case of a discharged secondary battery to expose an electrode material; an electrolytic solution recovery device configured to heat the secondary battery whose electrode material has been exposed under a reduced-pressure environment to recover an electrolytic solution contained in the electrode material; a secondary crushing device configured to further crush the secondary battery whose electrolytic solution has been recovered; a sorting device configured to sort crushed objects of the secondary battery; and an adjustment device configured to adjust an atmosphere in each of the devices to an N2 atmosphere, and further includes: a plurality of first sensors configured to detect oxygen concentrations in the respective devices; a second sensor; and a control device that causes the second sensor to selectively detect the oxygen concentration in each of the devices.

Abstract: A battery recycling system according to the present disclosure includes: a discharging device configured to discharge a secondary battery to be recycled; a primary crushing device configured to crush a case of the secondary battery that has been discharged to cause an electrode material of the secondary battery to be exposed; an electrolytic solution recovery device configured to heat the secondary battery whose electrode material has been exposed under a reduced-pressure environment to recover an electrolytic solution contained in the electrode material; a secondary crushing device configured to further crush the secondary battery whose electrolytic solution has been recovered; a sorting device configured to sort crushed objects of the secondary battery crushed by the secondary crushing device; and an adjustment device configured to adjust an atmosphere in each of the primary crushing device, the electrolytic solution recovery device, the secondary crushing device, and the sorting device to an N2 atmosphere.

Abstract: A drying treatment apparatus includes: a housing having a charging port for charging crushed pieces, and a discharging port for discharging the crushed pieces; a screw conveyor including a screw blade provided in an internal space of the housing, and a driving device that drives the screw blade, the screw conveyor conveying the crushed pieces charged through the charging port to the discharging port using a pushing-out action of the screw blade; and a heater that heats the housing. In the drying treatment apparatus, the driving device drives the screw blade while the heater is heating the housing.

Abstract: A magneto-rheological damper includes a cylinder including a magneto-rheological fluid with a viscosity that is changeable in accordance with magnetic field application, a piston movable in the cylinder and partitioning the cylinder into first and second compartments, a fluid passage enabling the first compartment and the second compartment to communicate with each other, and an electromagnet including an electromagnetic coil and an iron core pipe. A magnetic field is applicable to the fluid passage by energizing the electromagnetic coil to increase a flow resistance of the magneto-rheological fluid in the fluid passage so that movement resistance is applied to an object connected to the piston. The fluid passage includes: a first fluid passage facing one end portion of the iron core pipe and to which the magnetic field is applied by the electromagnetic coil, and a second fluid passage extending through the iron core pipe.

Abstract: A hopper having an openable and closable discharge outlet includes a partition plate that divides an inside of the hopper into a main storage chamber connected to the discharge outlet and a sub-storage chamber not connected to the discharge outlet. At least a part of the partition plate is a movable plate that is switchable between an opening state of opening a sub-discharge passage extending from the sub-storage chamber to the discharge outlet and a blocking state of blocking the sub-discharge passage.

Abstract: A solvent recovery device is configured to liquefy and recover a solvent gas from a mixed gas of the solvent gas and a carrier gas. The solvent recovery device includes: a multi-tube heat exchanger; an actuator; and a control circuit. The multi-tube heat exchanger includes a plurality of tubes arranged in parallel through which the mixed gas circulates, and a shell accommodating the plurality of tubes and circulating a cooling medium around the plurality of tubes. The actuator is configured to change a total surface area that is a sum of surface areas of inner walls of a tube or a plurality of tubes through which the mixed gas is brought to flow, among the plurality of tubes. The control circuit is configured to control the actuator to change the total surface area according to a gas concentration of the solvent gas in the mixed gas.

Abstract: A training device includes, a cable that is paid out in response to movement of a user, a reel on which the cable is wound, a rotary encoder to detect a rotation state of the reel, a magneto-rheological fluid brake to apply a braking force to the reel, and a controller configured or programmed to calculate a stroke amount of the cable based on an output value of the rotary encoder and to control the braking force based on the stroke amount to change a magnitude of a load during the movement.

Abstract: A motion state display device includes a cable that is paid out in response to movement of a user, a reel on which the cable is wound, a rotary encoder to detect a rotation state of the reel, a magneto-rheological fluid brake to apply a braking force to the reel, a controller configured or programmed to control the braking force according to a stroke amount of the cable calculated based on an output value of the rotary encoder, to change a load for the movement, and a display to display an actual measured waveform of a speed at which the cable is paid out.

Abstract: A pseudorandom number generation circuit 2 whose generation timings of pseudorandom numbers vary randomly is disclosed. The pseudorandom number generation circuit 2 includes a clock generation circuit 4 which generates four kinds of clocks, a selection signal generation circuit 8 which generates selection signals randomly, a selection circuit 6 which selects either one of the four kinds of clocks based on the selection signals, and a linear feedback shift register (LFSR) 10 which carries out shift operation based on the clock selected by the selection circuit 6. The LFSR 10 generates a pseudorandom number in response to the selected clocks. Since the selection of the clock is carried out randomly by the selection signal generation circuit 8, the generation timings of the pseudorandom numbers generated by the LFSR 10 are also random.

Abstract: A pseudorandom number generation circuit 2 whose generation timings of pseudorandom numbers vary randomly is disclosed. The pseudorandom number generation circuit 2 includes a clock generation circuit 4 which generates four kinds of clocks, a selection signal generation circuit 8 which generates selection signals randomly, a selection circuit 6 which selects either one of the four kinds of clocks based on the selection signals, and a linear feedback shift register (LFSR) 10 which carries out shift operation based on the clock selected by the selection circuit 6. The LFSR 10 generates a pseudorandom number in response to the selected clocks. Since the selection of the clock is carried out randomly by the selection signal generation circuit 8, the generation timings of the pseudorandom numbers generated by the LFSR 10 are also random.

Abstract: A pseudorandom number generation circuit 2 whose generation timings of pseudorandom numbers vary randomly is disclosed. The pseudorandom number generation circuit 2 includes a clock generation circuit 4 which generates four kinds of clocks, a selection signal generation circuit 8 which generates selection signals randomly, a selection circuit 6 which selects either one of the four kinds of clocks based on the selection signals, and a linear feedback shift register (LFSR) 10 which carries out shift operation based on the clock selected by the selection circuit 6. The LFSR 10 generates a pseudorandom number in response to the selected clocks. Since the selection of the clock is carried out randomly by the selection signal generation circuit 8, the generation timings of the pseudorandom numbers generated by the LFSR 10 are also random.

Abstract: For realizing a memory access control circuit giving a high degree of protection against a fraudulent access, an instruction fetch address register 14 holds the value of a program counter 11, a first area table 15 holds an address of a region to be protected in a memory, and a second area table 16 holds an address of an instruction allowed to access to the region to be protected. An access detecting circuit 17 compares an address of an access destination obtained as the result of an instruction decoding, with the address of the first area table 15, in order to discriminated whether or not the instruction is an instruction accessing to the region to be protected.

Abstract: Display data is read out from a display memory in parallel, and is temporarily held in a first shift register located near to the display memory. The display data is serially read out and transferred from the first shift register in one bit unit to a second shift register located near to an display data latch, in synchronism with a shift clock signal outputted from a shift clock controlling circuit. The display data held in the second shift register is outputted in parallel to the display data latch in accordance with a display data read signal. Thus, it is possible to reduce the increase of the number of the wiring lines extending from the display memory to the display data latch, as well as the increase of the chip area, both of which would be caused by the increase of the display segments. It is also possible to reduce the limitations related to the arrangement of the interior of the microcomputer.