Abstract: A connector includes a contact retained in a housing selectively in one of a first posture and a second posture inverted 180 degrees around a fitting direction, the contact including a contact portion to be contacted with a contact of a counter connector and a connection portion to be connected to a flexible conductor of a connection object, between a case where the contact is retained in the housing in the first posture and a case where the contact is retained in the housing in the second posture, the contact portion is situated at a same position with respect to the housing and the connection portion is situated at a different position with respect to the housing, the contact being retained in the housing in, of the first posture and the second posture, a posture corresponding to an orientation of a flexible conductor exposed surface of the connection object.

Abstract: A method for manufacturing a honeycomb structure containing silicon carbide, including blending a recycled raw material derived from a material constituting a first honeycomb structure containing silicon carbide in a process after firing as a part of an initial raw material for a second honeycomb structure containing silicon carbide, wherein the initial raw material comprises silicon carbide and metallic silicon; and the recycled raw material is a powder recovered from the material constituting the first honeycomb structure containing silicon carbide in the process after firing, and after the recovering, a particle size is adjusted so that a 10% diameter (D10) is 10 ?m or more and a 50% diameter (D50) is 35 ?m or less when a cumulative particle size distribution on a volume basis is measured by a laser diffraction/scattering method.

Abstract: A monitoring satellite system includes a space development agency (SDA) satellite investigating a threat object; and a monitoring satellite group including a plurality of monitoring satellites that orbit the Earth at intervals from each other and monitor flying objects, wherein each monitoring satellite monitors the flying object when at a location that allows monitoring of the flying object, and the monitoring satellite, upon discovering the threat object to the flying object while monitoring the flying object, transmits information about the threat object to the other monitoring satellites, the information about the threat object is a mission command that instructs the SDA satellite to investigate the threat object, and of the multiple monitoring satellites that transmit or receive the mission command, the monitoring satellite that is in a location that allows communication with the SDA satellite transmits the mission command to the SDA satellite.

Abstract: A charging system, a management terminal, a vehicle, a charging method, and a non-transitory computer-readable recording medium capable of inhibiting, by revising a charging plan, an effect of an interruption or the like due to occurrence of an error while charging control is being performed on the basis of the charging plan. The charging system includes a setting section that sets, based on a scheduled departure time and a target level of charge set for each of a plurality of vehicles, a charging plan including charging periods and charging times such that charging of the plurality of vehicles will be completed by the scheduled departure times, a control section that performs the charging in accordance with the plan, and a detection section that detects a charging error in one of the plurality of vehicles. The setting section revises the plan if the charging error satisfies a certain condition.

Abstract: A charging system, a management terminal, a vehicle, a charging method, and a non-transitory computer-readable recording medium capable of revising, when charging of a vehicle is interrupted while charging control based on a charging plan is being performed, the charging plan in consideration of the interruption and continuing the charging while inhibiting an effect of the interruption are provided. The charging system includes a setting section that sets a charging plan for a plurality of vehicles and a control section that controls charging of a battery of each of the plurality of vehicles based on the charging plan. If charging of one of the plurality of vehicles based on the charging plan is interrupted, the setting section revises the charging plan.

Abstract: A notification apparatus includes: an acquisition section that acquires first information on a first amount of power used for travel of a vehicle that operates with power, and second information on a second amount of power used for equipment in the vehicle for a purpose other than the travel; and a control section that notifies a user of the first amount of power and the second amount of power in accordance with the first information and the second information so that the first amount of power and the second amount of power can be compared.

Abstract: A charging system, a management terminal, a vehicle, a charging method, and a non-transitory computer-readable recording medium capable of completing charging of a plurality of vehicles by scheduled departure times of the plurality of vehicles are provided. The charging system includes an obtaining section that obtains a scheduled departure time and work time, during which a certain operation is performed, of each of a plurality of vehicles, a setting section that sets a charging plan including charging periods and charging times such that both charging and the certain operations of the plurality of vehicles will be completed by the scheduled departure times, and a control section that controls the charging of the battery of each of the plurality of vehicles in accordance with the charging plan.

Abstract: A charging system, a management terminal, a vehicle, a charging method, and a a non-transitory computer-readable recording medium capable of prompting a driver or a manager to perform charging before charge amount actually decreases by notifying the driver or the manager of occurrence of deviation from power consumption estimated from an operation plan. The charging system includes a storage section that stores planned charge amount, which is charge amount while an operation plan for a plurality of vehicles is being carried out, while associating the planned charge amount with progress of the operation plan, an obtaining section that obtains progress information regarding the operation plan and remaining charge from the plurality of vehicles that are carrying out the operation plan, and a notification section that performs certain notification if a difference between the obtained planned charge amount and the remaining charge exceeds a threshold.

Abstract: A charging system, a management terminal, a vehicle, a charging method, and a non-transitory computer-readable recording medium capable of vehicles to be properly operated are provided. The charging system controls a plurality of vehicles and at least one charger that supplies charging power to the plurality of vehicles. The charging system includes a setting section that sets, for the plurality of vehicles, a charging plan indicating charging start times and charging end times and a control section that controls charging of a battery of each of the plurality of vehicles based on the charging plan. Even when one of the plurality of vehicles and the charger are connected to each other in a period for which the charging plan is set, the control section does not perform charging with the charging power supplied from the charger when present time is within a charging stop period in the charging plan.

Abstract: A charging system, a management terminal, a vehicle, a charging method, and a non-transitory computer-readable recording medium capable of enabling a plurality of vehicles to be properly operated and prepared for the operation are provided. The charging system includes a setting section that sets, based on a scheduled departure time and a target level of charge set for each of a plurality of vehicles, a charging plan including charging periods and charging times such that charging of the plurality of vehicles will be completed by the scheduled departure times and a control section that performs the charging in accordance with the charging plan. The setting section revises the charging plan when one of the plurality of vehicles is connected to a charger.

Abstract: A charging system, a management terminal, a vehicle, a charging method, and a non-transitory computer-readable recording medium capable of completing charging of a plurality of vehicles by scheduled departure times of the plurality of vehicles are provided. The charging system includes an obtaining section that obtains a scheduled departure time and a target level of charge of each of a plurality of vehicles, a setting section that sets, based on the scheduled departure times and the target levels of charge, a charging plan including a period where a battery of each of the plurality of vehicles is charged, and a control section that controls the charging of the battery of each of the plurality of vehicles in accordance with the charging plan.

Abstract: A notification apparatus includes a determination section that determines whether a position of a vehicle that includes a battery and a heater that beats the battery is in a low-temperature environment, and a notification section that sends a notification for encouraging charging the battery depending on a result of determination of the determination section.

Abstract: A charging system, a management terminal, a vehicle, a charging method, and a non-transitory computer-readable recording medium capable of properly monitoring a state of charging control based on a charging plan when a manager performs the charging control are provided. The charging system includes a setting section that sets a charging plan indicating charging start times and charging end times for a plurality of vehicles, a control section that controls charging of a battery of each of the plurality of vehicles based on the charging plan, and a notification section that notifies a user of information regarding the charging plan and charging control based on the charging plan.

Abstract: A charging system, a management terminal, a vehicle, a charging method, and a non-transitory computer-readable recording medium capable of checking progress in a charging plan by displaying. The charging system includes a setting section that sets, based on a scheduled departure time and a target level of charge set for each of a plurality of vehicles, a charging plan including charging periods and charging times such that charging of the plurality of vehicles will be completed by the scheduled departure times, a control section that performs the charging in accordance with the charging plan, and a presentation section capable of displaying, for each of the plurality of vehicles, percentage of charge amount with respect to the target level of charge and percentage of the charge amount with respect to full charge.

Abstract: A charging system, a management terminal, a vehicle, a charging method, and a non-transitory computer-readable recording medium capable of detecting improper charging from a charger and responding to the improper charging while charging control based on a charging plan is being performed are provided. The charging system includes an obtaining section that obtains a scheduled departure time and a target level of charge for each of a plurality of vehicles, a setting section that sets a charging plan including charging periods and charging times such that charging of the plurality of vehicles will be completed by the scheduled departure times, a control section that performs the charging in accordance with the charging plan, and a monitoring section that monitors power supply states of chargers during the charging.

Abstract: According to one embodiment, a key management device includes an acquiring circuitry and a processor. The acquiring circuitry is configured to: acquire identity verification data of a remote QKD key generated by a remote QKD device, and remote QKD device identification information identifying the remote QKD device, from another key management device via a classical communication channel. The processor is configured to: collect a local QKD key generated by a local QKD device and local QKD device identification information identifying the local QKD device; generate identity verification data of the local QKD key; and map, when the identity verification data of the remote QKD key matches the identity verification data of the local QKD key, the remote QKD device identification information to the local QKD device identification information.

Abstract: A control device of the present invention is for calculating allocation information regarding the allocation of wireless resources of a plurality of base stations to a plurality of user devices. The control device includes: information managing means for storing request data amounts of the user devices; calculating means for calculating an estimated waiting time for each of the user devices by dividing the request data amount by an available bandwidth, and, using the maximum transmission power of the base stations as a constraint, calculating the allocation information regarding the allocation of the wireless resources of the base stations to the user devices so as to minimize the estimated waiting time of the user device having the highest estimated waiting time; and outputting means for outputting the allocation information that was calculated by the calculating means.

Abstract: A brake operation unit includes, for example, a master cylinder that movably houses a piston moving in connection with an operation member; an electric discharging unit including a motor and a discharging mechanism that is caused to discharge a working fluid by operation of the motor; and a reaction force applying mechanism that applies a reaction force to the operation member. A second central axis of the motor is separated from a first central axis of the master cylinder, and intersects a direction parallel to the first central axis. When viewed in a direction parallel to the second central axis, the first central axis is located between the second central axis and the reaction force applying mechanism.

Abstract: An imprint apparatus including a mold holding unit configured to hold a mold, an adjusting unit configured to adjust a pressure difference between a first pressure on a second surface on an opposite side of a first surface on which a pattern of the mold held by the mold holding unit is formed and a second pressure in a first space between a substrate and the first surface of the mold, and a control unit configured to control an imprint process, wherein the imprint process includes a separation process of separating the mold from a pattern made of a cured product of an imprint material on the substrate, and the control unit controls, in the separation process, the adjustment of the pressure difference by the adjusting unit so that the first pressure is smaller than the second pressure.

Abstract: A period setting system of the present disclosure is capable of setting an appropriate lease period for an electric vehicle according to the user's operation plan. The period setting system is for setting a lease period of an electric vehicle and includes the following: an acquisition section that acquires user information including a user's operation plan for the electric vehicle; a storage section that stores deterioration information indicating the relationship between the user information and a deterioration degree of a battery that is used for a travel of the electric vehicle and installed in the electric vehicle; a calculation section that calculates a specific period specified for setting a lease period based on the user information and the deterioration information; and an output section that outputs the specific period.