Abstract: Provided is a tobacco sheet for a non-combustion heating flavor inhaler, the tobacco sheet including a fibrous material.

Abstract: This tobacco sheet for a non-combustion heating-type flavor inhaler contains a tobacco powder having a cumulative 90% particle diameter (D90) of at least 200 ?m in a volume-based particle size distribution as measured by a dry laser diffraction method.

Abstract: Provided is a tobacco sheet for a non-combustion heating-type flavor inhaler including a tobacco material, wherein a cross-section of the tobacco sheet in the thickness direction has a wavy shape.

Abstract: A wiper drive device includes: a drive member that is configured to cause a wiper blade to wipe a region of a windshield as a wiping operation, the region of the windshield including a to-be-imaged region of the windshield, the to-be-imaged region being included in a field of view of a camera which images a predefined imaging range near a vehicle through the windshield; and a stop section that is configured to stop the wiper blade in an outside region in response to that an anomaly that hinders the wiping operation occurs while the drive member causes the wiper blade to perform the wiping operation on the windshield, the outside region being a region of the windshield outside of the to-be-imaged region.

Abstract: A wiper drive device includes: a drive member that is configured to cause a wiper blade to wipe a region of a windshield as a wiping operation, the region of the windshield including a to-be-imaged region of the windshield, the to-be-imaged region being included in a field of view of a camera which images a predefined imaging range near a vehicle through the windshield; and a stop section that is configured to stop the wiper blade in an outside region in response to that an anomaly that hinders the wiping operation occurs while the drive member causes the wiper blade to perform the wiping operation on the windshield, the outside region being a region of the windshield outside of the to-be-imaged region.

Abstract: A motor including a stator and a rotor. The stator includes teeth and windings. Each tooth has a distal portion defined by a radially inward side of the stator. The rotor, which is arranged inward in the radial direction from the stator, includes a rotor core, magnets, and salient poles. Each salient pole is separated by a void from the magnet that is adjacent in the circumferential direction. The distal portion of each tooth is longer than a radially outward side of each magnet.

Abstract: There is provided a motor including a rotor and a stator arranged outside the rotor in the radial direction. The rotor includes a rotor core, a plurality of magnets arranged at equal intervals in the circumferential direction of the rotor core and functioning as one magnetic pole, and salient poles integrated with the rotor core, each arranged between adjacent magnets and at a distance from the magnets. The salient poles function as the other magnetic pole. A stator has a stator core having a plurality of teeth extending in the radial direction of the stator and arranged at equal intervals in the circumferential direction, and multi-phase coils attached to the teeth.

Abstract: An information processing apparatus includes a first graphics chip having a first drawing processing capacity and being capable of producing a first image signal; a second graphics chip having a second drawing processing capacity higher than the first drawing processing capacity and being capable of producing a second image signal; an output changeover section capable of selectively outputting one of the first or second image signals; an inputting section configured to input a user operation to select one of the first graphics chip or the second graphics chip; and a control section configured to control the output of the output changeover section in response to the inputted user operation.

Abstract: A motor includes a motor case, and a rotor and a stator, which are disposed in the case. The case has a tubular portion, a front cover mounted to an axial end of the portion, and a rear cover mounted to the other axial end of the portion. The rotor has a rotary shaft and the stator includes a plurality of teeth, which extend toward a central axis of the shaft and are circumferentially disposed at equal intervals. Between each circumferentially adjacent pair of the teeth, a slot extending toward the axis is formed. In each slot, a U-shaped segment is inserted in parallel with the axis. The distal ends of the segments projecting out from the slots are electrically interconnected, thereby forming an SC coil including the segments disposed circumferentially. The SC coil includes a receiving terminal, and the terminal includes leads extending in parallel to the axis.

Abstract: A motor including a stator and a rotor. The stator includes teeth and windings. Each tooth has a distal portion defined by a radially inward side of the stator. The rotor, which is arranged inward in the radial direction from the stator, includes a rotor core, magnets, and salient poles. Each salient pole is separated by a void from the magnet that is adjacent in the circumferential direction. The distal portion of each tooth is longer than a radially outward side of each magnet.

Abstract: A motor including a rotor and a stator. The rotor includes a rotor core, magnet pole portions, and core pole portions. First magnetic pole portions, which are the magnet pole portions or the core pole portions, each include a first and second opposing parts arranged in an axial direction. Each first opposing part includes an auxiliary groove, and each second opposing part does not include an auxiliary groove. Where M(°) represents an open angle of the first magnetic pole portion, G(°) represents an open angle of the void, and L represents the number of teeth, an angle D1 from a center line in the circumferential direction of the first magnetic pole portion to the side surface in the auxiliary groove that is closer to the center line in the circumferential direction satisfies D1=M/2+G?a×360(°)/L (where a is a natural number).

Abstract: There is provided an information processing apparatus including a semiconductor storage device which stores a BIOS (Basic Input Output System), an auxiliary storage device which stores a plurality of pieces of BIOS related data capable of being used by the BIOS, and a control section which writes one or more pieces of BIOS related data to be used by the BIOS, from among the plurality of pieces of BIOS related data stored in the auxiliary storage device, to the semiconductor storage device.

Abstract: An information processing apparatus includes a first graphics chip having a first drawing processing capacity and being capable of producing a first image signal; a second graphics chip having a second drawing processing capacity higher than the first drawing processing capacity and being capable of producing a second image signal; an output changeover section capable of selectively outputting one of the first or second image signals; an inputting section configured to input a user operation to select one of the first graphics chip or the second graphics chip; and a control section configured to control the output of the output changeover section in response to the inputted user operation.

Abstract: A motor having a rotor and a stator is disclosed. The rotor is a consequent-pole rotor having a rotor core, a plurality of magnets, and a plurality of salient poles. The stator includes a stator core and multiphase coils. Each coil is wound about the teeth by distributed winding, in such a manner as to wind two or more consecutive teeth in single winding. The opening degree each of salient pole opposed to the distal ends of the teeth is set greater than or equal to twice the opening angle of the distal end of each tooth.

Abstract: An authenticating system according to the present invention has a characteristic structure of which an authenticating section 32 of a note type PC 10 and an authenticating section 42 of a battery 20 are directly connected through I/O ports 51 and 61, respectively. Thus, the authenticating system according to the present invention can be relatively easily accomplished using a conventional system. The present invention can be applied to a system that is composed of a plurality of electronic devices that perform an authenticating process.

Abstract: A motor having a rotor and a stator is disclosed. The rotor is a consequent-pole rotor having a rotor core, a plurality of magnets, and a plurality of salient poles. The stator includes a plurality of teeth. A first auxiliary groove is formed in a surface of each salient pole that is opposed to the teeth. Each first auxiliary groove has first and second side surfaces facing each other in the circumferential direction. The first side surface is closer to a circumferential center of the salient pole than the second side surface. When the angle from the circumferential center line to the first side surface of each salient pole about the axis of the rotor is represented by KC1, the opening angle between the circumferential ends of the distal end of each tooth about the axis is represented by KA, and the opening angle between the circumferential ends of each salient pole about the axis is represented by KB, the following expression is satisfied: KC1=KA?KB/2.

Abstract: A motor having a rotor and a stator is disclosed. A motor having a rotor and as stator is disclosed. The rotor is a consequent-pole rotor having a rotor core, a plurality of magnets, and a plurality of salient poles. The stator includes a plurality of teeth. The stator is arranged to be opposite to the rotor with a gap along the radial direction. The gap between the stator and the rotor is set to satisfy an expression 1<B/A, where A represents the shortest gap distance between the stator and the magnets, and B represents the shortest gap distance between the stator and the salient poles.

Abstract: A battery pack includes: an obtaining unit for obtaining computation information for calculating a charge current including temperature information of a battery; a computation unit for computing a charge current for the battery based on the computation information; and a notification unit for notifying a computer of the charge current computed by the computation unit. The notification unit uses a dedicated command to notify the computer of the charge current. The battery pack includes: a storage unit for storing therein a first threshold value and a second threshold value relating to the temperature information, and the computation unit may compute the optimal charge current depending on which of ranges divided by the first threshold value and the second threshold value the temperature information belongs to.

Abstract: A motor includes a motor case, and a rotor and a stator, which are disposed in the case. The case has a tubular portion, a front cover mounted to an axial end of the portion, and a rear cover mounted to the other axial end of the portion. The rotor has a rotary shaft and the stator includes a plurality of teeth, which extend toward a central axis of the shaft and are circumferentially disposed at equal intervals. Between each circumferentially adjacent pair of the teeth, a slot extending toward the axis is formed. In each slot, a U-shaped segment is inserted in parallel with the axis. The distal ends of the segments projecting out from the slots are electrically interconnected, thereby forming an SC coil including the segments disposed circumferentially. The SC coil includes a receiving terminal, and the terminal includes leads extending in parallel to the axis.

Abstract: An electronic apparatus is disclosed. The electronic apparatus includes a battery, a main body, a charging section, an obtaining section, and a controlling section. The battery has first information with which charging of the battery is controlled. The main body operates with the battery as a power supply. The charging section charges the battery. The obtaining section obtains the first information from the battery. The controlling section controls the charging section based on the obtained first information and causes the charging section to perform a charging according to another battery.