Abstract: An input device includes: a plurality of input members; an upper surface having a right region in which a part of the plurality of input members is disposed, a left region in which another part of the plurality of input members is disposed, and a center region that is a region between the right region and the left region; and a light emitting region formed along an outer edge of the center region. The light emitting region includes a first light emitting portion configured to indicate identification information assigned to a plurality of input devices connected to an information processing apparatus, and a second light emitting portion configured to emit light based on information different from the identification information.

Abstract: A musical instrument includes: a fixed member; a movable member displaceable relative to the fixed member within a movable range in response to a playing operation of the musical instrument; a detectable circuit including a magnetic or conductive body and disposed on the movable member; a detector circuit including a coil disposed on the fixed member and configured to output a detection signal corresponding to a voltage that is dependent on a distance between the detectable circuit and the coil; at least one memory storing instructions; and at least one processor configured to implement the instructions to perform a plurality of tasks, including: a generating task that generates, based on correspondences between voltages of detection signals and positions of the movable member in the movable range, position data indicating a position of the movable member that depends on the voltage of the detection signal output from the detector circuit; and a calibrating task that calibrates the correspondences based on th

Abstract: A musical instrument includes a fixed member; a movable member displaceable in response to a playing operation of the musical instrument, the movable member being displaceable relative to the fixed member from a first state where the movable member is in an initial position to a second state where the movable member is displaced from the initial position; a detectable circuit including a magnetic or conductive body and disposed on the movable member; and a detector circuit including a coil disposed on the fixed member and configured to output a detection signal corresponding to a voltage that is dependent on a distance between the detectable circuit and the coil. A distance between the detectable circuit and the coil in the first state is smaller than a distance between the detectable circuit and the coil in the second state.

Abstract: The thermally conductive resin composition containing: 5 to 95 parts by weight of a copolymer (a) having a (meth)acrylic monomer unit A having an anionic group, a (meth)acrylic monomer unit B having a cationic group, and a silicone (meth)acrylic monomer unit C; 95 to 5 parts by weight of a silicone resin (b); and 500 to 3000 parts by weight of a thermally conductive filler (c) having a thermal conductivity of 10 W/mK or more, wherein a total content of the copolymer (a) and the silicone resin (b) is 100 parts by weight.

Abstract: The thermally conductive resin composition containing: 5 to 95 parts by weight of a copolymer (a) having a (meth)acrylic monomer unit A having an anionic group, a (meth)acrylic monomer unit B having a cationic group, and a silicone (meth)acrylic monomer unit C; 95 to 5 parts by weight of a silicone resin (b); and 500 to 3000 parts by weight of a thermally conductive filler (c) having a thermal conductivity of 10 W/mK or more, wherein a total content of the copolymer (a) and the silicone resin (b) is 100 parts by weight, and the silicone resin (b) includes a crosslinked silicone resin (b-1), wherein a content of the crosslinked silicone resin (b-1) is 5 to 100 mass % based on the total amount of the silicone resin (b).

Abstract: Disclosed is the copolymer having a (meth)acrylic monomer unit A having an anionic group, a (meth)acrylic monomer unit B having a cationic group, and a (meth)acrylic monomer unit C other than the (meth)acrylic monomer unit A and the (meth)acrylic monomer unit B.

Abstract: An automatic vessel position holding control method for holding a vessel position and a vessel heading of a vessel on the ocean in order to reduce a positional deviation and a heading deviation sharply as compared with the conventional automatic vessel position holding control by performing feedforward control for estimating and then compensating for at least one of a wave drifting force and a wave drifting moment that act on the vessel, wherein a vessel position holding control is performed that includes such controls as estimating waves entering the vessel from motion thereof, calculating at least one of the wave drifting force and the wave drifting moment from the estimated waves and performing feedforward control for at least one of the calculated wave drifting force and the calculated wave drifting moment.

Abstract: An automatic vessel position holding control method for holding a vessel position and a vessel heading of a vessel on the ocean in order to reduce a positional deviation and a heading deviation sharply as compared with the conventional automatic vessel position holding control by performing feedforward control for estimating and then compensating for at least one of a wave drifting force and a wave drifting moment that act on the vessel, wherein a vessel position holding control is performed that includes such controls as estimating waves entering the vessel from motion thereof, calculating at least one of the wave drifting force and the wave drifting moment from the estimated waves and performing feedforward control for at least one of the calculated wave drifting force and the calculated wave drifting moment.

Abstract: An automatic vessel position holding control method for holding a vessel position and a vessel heading of a vessel on the ocean in order to reduce a positional deviation and a heading deviation sharply as compared with the conventional automatic vessel position holding control by performing feedforward control for estimating and then compensating at least one of a wave drifting force and a wave drifting moment that act on the vessel, wherein a vessel position holding control is performed that includes such controls as estimating waves entering the vessel from motion thereof, calculating at least one of the wave drifting force and the wave drifting moment from the estimated waves and performing feedforward control for at least one of the calculated wave drifting force and the calculated wave drifting moment.

Abstract: An objective is to realize an air conditioner in which the amount of consumed electric power can be integrated without using an exclusive electric-power-amount counter, and a control line for measuring the amount of the electric power can be shortened. Commercial electric power is supplied to an outdoor unit 1 and an indoor unit of the air conditioner through a Watt-hour meter 3, for measuring the amount of electric power supplied to the outdoor unit 1 and the indoor unit, having a transmitter for transmitting pulse signals, and through an electric power line 4. The Watt-hour meter 3 and the outdoor unit 1 are communicatively connected to each other through a control line 5. The outdoor unit 1 and the indoor unit are communicatively connected to a centralized controller through a transmission line 7.

Abstract: An improved luminaire load control system for handling control signals as by converting them into power line carrier communication signals which are transmitted through branch power lines to terminal control units without causing any significant interference to power line installation. the conversion of the control signals is done respectively at a plurality of gate way units mounted on each branch power line and each gate way unit further includes memory unit for storing the information regarding to the connecting status of the terminal unit for sending back the stored information to a central control unit upon receipt of a send back command therefrom.

Abstract: An improved luminaire load control system for handling control signals as by converting them into power line carrier communication signals which are transmitted through branch power lines to terminal control units without causing any significant interference to power line installation, the conversion of the control signals is done respectively at a plurality of gate way units mounted on each branch power line and each gate way unit further includes memory unit for storing the information regarding to the connecting status of the terminal unit for sending back the stored information to a central control unit upon receipt of a send back command therefrom.

Abstract: A paging device for receiving information and including a test mode for determining the receiving characteristics of the device and a scan mode for scanning a frequency range within which the information exists in determining the frequency of the information. A receiver within the device for receiving information at a receiving frequency can be set at different receiving frequencies. A control unit sets the receiving frequency during the test mode to a predefined test frequency. The predefined test frequency is determined by the control unit without the device entering the scan mode.

Abstract: An improved luminaire load control system for handling control signals as by converting them into power line carrier communication signals which are transmitted through branch power lines to terminal control units without causing any significant interference to power line installation. The conversion of the control signals is done respectively at a plurality of gate way units mounted on each branch power line and each gate way unit further includes memory unit for storing the information regarding to the connecting status of the terminal unit for sending back the stored information to a central control unit upon receipt of a send back command therefrom.