Abstract: An excrement judgement system according to the embodiment including: an acquisition unit that acquires image information on an image in which excrement excreted in a defecation action per time is captured; a determination unit that determines properties of a plurality of stools included in the image information and stool amounts corresponding to the properties of the plurality of stools; and an outputting unit that associates the properties of the plurality of stools and the stool amounts corresponding to the properties of the plurality of stools that are determined by the determination unit, and outputs the associated properties and stool amounts to a device to be displayed.

Abstract: A battery housing apparatus including a housing portion forming a housing space in which a battery is removably housed, a holding portion configured to hold the battery, and an openable cover portion closing the housing space. The housing portion includes a support portion rotatably supporting the holding portion about a rotational axis so that the battery is movable between a housed position and a non-housed position in the housing space.

Abstract: A dual power supply system includes a first power storage battery, a second power storage battery, and a power controller. The first power storage battery is to supply power to a load and has a first internal resistance. The second power storage battery is to supply power to the load and has a second internal resistance higher than the first internal resistance. The power controller is configured to control the second power storage battery to be charged and discharged. The power controller is configured to prohibit the second power storage battery from being charged while the load is in operation.

Abstract: A cylindrical honeycomb metal support (11) is provided. The metal support (11) includes a honeycomb support (12) having a cylindrical portion (17) formed in its center (16) by laminating a plurality of corrugated sheet materials (23) each in the form of a strip having a corrugated portion (24) and winding the corrugated sheet materials about their middle portions (25), and a cylindrical member (13) in which the honeycomb support is fitted. The wound ends (19, 21) of the wound corrugated sheet materials are fixed to the inner surface (22) of the cylindrical member.

Abstract: A cylindrical honeycomb structure formed by spirally winding a strip metal flat sheet and a strip metal corrugated sheet overlapped thereon. The metal flat sheet is welded, at each turn, to the metal corrugated sheet at a plurality of axially arranged welding positions on each portion where the metal flat sheet contacts the metal corrugated sheet. Letting L be the axial length of the honeycomb structure and D be the diameter of the honeycomb structure, the maximum value L1 of distances between adjacent welding positions satisfies at least one of relationships given by L1≦/D/2 and L1≦/L/2, or the distance L2 between the outermost welding positions in the axial direction of the honeycomb structure and the outer end face of the honeycomb structure satisfies at least one of relationship given by L2≦/D/20 and L2≦/L/10.

Abstract: A cylindrical honeycomb structure 23 is formed by spirally winding a strip metal flat sheet 21 and a strip metal corrugated sheet 22 overlapped thereon while welding, for each turn, the metal flat sheet 21 to the metal corrugated sheet 22 at a plurality of welding positions W1 to W6 axially arranged on each of mutual contact portions of the metal flat sheet 21 and the metal corrugated sheet 22. Letting L be the axial length of the honeycomb structure 23 and D be the diameter of the honeycomb structure 23, the maximum value L1 of distances each between adjacent ones of the plurality of welding positions W1 to W6 satisfies at least one of relationships given by L1≦D/2 and L1 ≦L/2, or the distance L2 between the outermost one W1 or W6 of the plurality of the welding positions W1 to W6 in the axial direction of the honeycomb structure 23 and the outer end surface of the honeycomb structure 23 satisfies at least one of relationships given by L2≦D/20 and L2≦L/10.

Abstract: A metal carrier for a catalyst having a cylindrical case with an excellent high temperature oxidation resistance. A metal carrier for the catalyst includes a honeycomb structure which is in a cylindrical form and has plural air vents extending in an axial direction. The cylindrical case covers the periphery of the honeycomb structure. The cylindrical case is made of ferritic stainless steel containing Mo. The present invention makes it possible to avoid the occurrence of abnormal oxidation of the cylindrical case at high temperature.