Abstract: The present invention provides steel sheet excellent in cold formability and ductility after heat treatment and a method for production thereof. The steel sheet of the present invention is steel sheet which has a chemical composition containing, by mass %, C: 0.10 to 0.40%, Si: 0.30 to 1.00%, Mn: 0.30 to 1.00%, Al: 0.001 to 0.10%, P: 0.0001 to 0.02%, and S: 0.0001 to 0.01% and having a balance of Fe and impurities, which steel sheet characterized in that a ratio (B/A) of the number of carbides at the ferrite grain boundaries (B) to the number of carbides inside the ferrite grains (A) is over 1, a ferrite grain size is 5 ?m to 50 ?m, an average grain size of carbides is 0.4 ?m to 2.0 ?m, a pearlite area ratio is 6% or less, and a Vicker's hardness is 120 HV to 170 HV.

Abstract: Provided is an information processing apparatus including an interface capable of receiving identification information on a user retrieved by an information reading apparatus installed in a gaming hall, and a controller capable of retrieving locational information on an object related to the user in the gaming hall from a storage device based on the identification information on the user and performing image processing to create a floor map of the gaming hall in which an image associated with the object is mapped to a corresponding position of the object in the gaming hall. The storage device stores identification information for identifying the object together with the identification information on the user and further stores the locational information for locating the object together with the identification information on the object. The information processing apparatus enables grasp of objects related to the user in the gaming hall.

Abstract: A steel sheet having a chemical composition of the base metal including, in mass %, C: 0.17 to 0.40%, Si: 0.10 to 2.50%, Mn: 1.00 to 10.00%, P: 0.001 to 0.03%, S: 0.0001 to 0.02%, Al: 0.001 to 2.50%, N: 0.0001 to 0.010%, O: 0.0001 to 0.010%, Ti: 0 to 0.10%, Nb: 0 to 0.10%, V: 0 to 0.10%, B: 0 to 0.010%, Cr: 0 to 2.00%, Ni: 0 to 2.00%, Cu: 0 to 2.00%, Mo: 0 to 2.00%, Ca: 0 to 0.50%, Mg: 0 to 0.50%, REM: 0 to 0.50%, the balance: Fe and impurities, wherein the steel sheet has an internal oxidized layer in which at least one part of a crystal grain boundary is covered by oxides, and in which a grain boundary coverage ratio of oxides is 60% or more in a region from the surface of the base metal to a depth of 5.0 ?m.

Abstract: A high-strength cold-rolled steel sheet which is a steel sheet having a tensile strength of 980 MPa or more has a predetermined chemical component composition, a metallographic microstructure of the steel sheet contains, by area ratio, ferrite and granular bainite: 10% or more and 50% or less in total, one or both of upper bainite and lower bainite: 10% or more and 50% or less in total, tempered martensite: more than 0% and 30% or less, retained austenite: 5% or more, and one or more of pearlite, cementite, and martensite: 0% to 10% in total, and an area ratio of the ferrite with respect to a total area ratio of the ferrite and the granular bainite is 25% or less.

Abstract: A loudspeaker including a magnetic circuit; a voice coil body; a diaphragm attached to the voice coil body; a housing which accommodates the magnetic circuit and the voice coil body and to which an outer circumferential portion of the diaphragm and the magnetic circuit are attached; two connection terminals disposed exposed inside and outside the housing; and signal wires which extend from the voice coil body and are connected to the connection terminals. Each signal wire is outwardly curved to be away from a virtual straight line connecting the proximal end of the signal wire and the connection portion. The distal end of the signal wire projects from the connection portion toward the voice coil body.

Abstract: There is provided a steel sheet including an inner layer and a hard layer formed on one or both surfaces of the inner layer, wherein each content of C and Mn in the hard layer is more than each content of C and Mn in the inner layer, a thickness of the hard layer is 20 ?m or more and a total of the thickness of the hard layer is ? or less of the entire sheet thickness, an average micro-Vickers hardness of the hard layer is 400 HV or more and less than 800 HV, an average micro-Vickers hardness of the inner layer is 350 HV or more and is 50 HV or more smaller than a hardness of the hard layer, and a screw dislocation density of the inner layer is 2.0×1013 m/m3 or more.

Abstract: Provided is an information processing apparatus that enables adequately grasping the gaming environment. The information processing apparatus receives environmental information representing a gaming environment at a place where a gaming machine is installed in a gaming hall and performs image processing to create a floor map of the gaming hall in which gaming machines installed in the gaming hall are mapped to corresponding positions by associating the environmental information with the position of the gaming machine.

Abstract: Provided is an information processing apparatus that enables adequately grasping the gaming environment. The information processing apparatus receives environmental information representing a gaming environment at a place where a gaming machine is installed in a gaming hall and performs image processing to create a floor map of the gaming hall in which gaming machines installed in the gaming hall are mapped to corresponding positions by associating the environmental information with the position of the gaming machine.

Abstract: [Object] To provide avoidance of a situation in which a player becomes addicted to a game. [Solution] An information providing system includes: an input device that receives an input of game value consumption plan information based on a setting operation performed by a player; a gaming machine enabling a game to be played; and an information processing device communicable with the gaming machine. The information processing device receives game value consumption information about a game value consumed by the player from the gaming machine, and upon determination that the player's consumption information reaches the consumption plan information, transmits predetermined instruction information to the gaming machine. The gaming machine announces information that encourages the player not to play the game based on the predetermined instruction information.

Abstract: Steel sheet low in cost and improved in fatigue characteristics without causing a drop in the cold formability, characterized in that it comprises an inner layer and a hard layer on one or both surfaces of the inner layer, a thickness of the hard layer is 20 ?m or more and 40% or less of the thickness of the steel sheet, an average micro-Vickers hardness of the hard layer is 240 HV or more and less than 400 HV, an amount of C of the hard layer is 0.4 mass % or less, an amount of N is 0.02 mass % or less, a variation of hardness measured by a nanoindenter at a depth of 10 from the surface of the hard layer is a standard deviation of 2.0 or less, an average micro-Vickers hardness of the inner layer is 80 HV or more and less than 400 HV, a volume rate of carbides contained in the inner layer is less than 2.00%, and the average micro-Vickers hardness of the hard layer is 1.05 times or more the average micro-Vickers hardness of the inner layer.

Abstract: Provided is a game information analysis system which is operable to conduct member management by grasping a degree of satisfaction of a customer for each member and to categorize members, each of the members being categorized in accordance with a degree of satisfaction of each of the members. An analysis server 2012 of the game information analysis system 2001 receives game information from each slot machine 2014; determines a psychological state of a player based on transition of IN/OUT included in the game information in each game; and calculates a customer satisfaction degree score. The customer satisfaction degree score is managed for each of the members, and the members are classified, each of the members being classified in accordance with a customer satisfaction degree of each of the members.

Abstract: Provided is a game information analysis system which is operable to conduct member management by grasping a degree of satisfaction of a customer for each member and to categorize members, each of the members being categorized in accordance with a degree of satisfaction of each of the members. An analysis server 2012 of the game information analysis system 2001 receives game information from each slot machine 2014; determines a psychological state of a player based on transition of IN/OUT included in the game information in each game; and calculates a customer satisfaction degree score. The customer satisfaction degree score is managed for each of the members, and the members are classified, each of the members being classified in accordance with a customer satisfaction degree of each of the members.

Abstract: Provided is a game information analysis system which is operable to conduct member management by grasping a degree of satisfaction of a customer for each member and to categorize members, each of the members being categorized in accordance with a degree of satisfaction of each of the members. An analysis server 2012 of the game information analysis system 2001 receives game information from each slot machine 2014; determines a psychological state of a player based on transition of IN/OUT included in the game information in each game; and calculates a customer satisfaction degree score. The customer satisfaction degree score is managed for each of the members, and the members are classified, each of the members being classified in accordance with a customer satisfaction degree of each of the members.

Abstract: Provided is a game information analysis system which is operable to determine whether or not each game played on a gaming machine is a bonus game in order to evaluate a psychological state of a player. An analysis server 2012 of the game information analysis system 2001 receives game information from each slot machine 2014 and previously calculates a normal-time PO from transition of IN/OUT included in the game information in a predetermined period. Thereafter, from the transition of IN/OUT included in game information targeted for an analysis, a game whose PO has a large discrepancy with respect to the normal-time PO is extracted, and it is determined whether or not said game is a bonus game.

Abstract: Provided is a commercial information providing system that provides commercial information intended by the administrator in the commercial information suitable for a response to the user. The commercial information providing system includes a control device and an information providing device. The control device is connectable to a database and configured to perform processing of extracting a set of commercial information to be provided from a plurality of sets of commercial information and a response template to be used from a plurality of response templates based on question information input from a user interface and creating response information using the response template. The response information includes a set of commercial information selected from the extracted the set of commercial information based on the priority level. The information providing device is configured to provide the response information created by the control device to the user.

Abstract: A steel sheet including an inner layer and a hard layer at one or both surfaces of the inner layer wherein the hard layer and the inner layer have predetermined compositions, each hard layer has a thickness of 20 ?m or more and ? of the total sheet thickness or less, the hard layer has an average micro-Vickers hardness of 400 HV or more and less than 700 HV, the hard layer has an N amount of 0.02% or less, the inner layer has an average micro-Vickers hardness of 80 HV or more and less than 400 HV, the inner layer has a carbide volume ratio of less than 2.00%, and the hard layer has a nanohardness standard deviation of 2.00 or less is provided.

Abstract: [Object] To provide avoidance of a situation in which a player becomes addicted to a game. [Solution] An information providing system includes: a storage device that stores game information with respect to each player; an announcement device operable to announce information; and an information processing device communicable with the announcement device. Upon determination that the game information associated with the player exceeds a predetermined threshold value, the information processing device transmits predetermined instruction information to the announcement device. The announcement device announces information for guiding the player not to play a game, based on the predetermined instruction information.

Abstract: A fixing device is for fixing a developing agent image to a recording sheet by electrostatically spraying a charged fixing solution toward the developing agent image on the sheet. The fixing device includes a container portion, a plurality of nozzles, and a potential difference generating portion. The container portion is configured to store therein the fixing solution. The plurality of nozzles is in communication with the container portion and configured to spray the fixing solution toward the developing agent image. The potential difference generating portion is configured to generate a potential difference between the fixing solution stored in the plurality of nozzles and the recording sheet conveyed at a position separated from the plurality of nozzles.

Abstract: A fixing device is for fixing a developing agent image to a recording sheet by electrostatically spraying a charged fixing solution toward the developing agent image on the sheet. The fixing device includes a container portion, a plurality of nozzles, and a potential difference generating portion. The container portion is configured to store therein the fixing solution. The plurality of nozzles is in communication with the container portion and configured to spray the fixing solution toward the developing agent image. The potential difference generating portion is configured to generate a potential difference between the fixing solution stored in the plurality of nozzles and the recording sheet conveyed at a position separated from the plurality of nozzles.

Abstract: An object is to achieve appropriate imaging of a fraud person. An imaging system includes: a gaming machine provided in a facility and including an imager; an imaging device provided in the facility and operable to image the gaming machine; and an information processing device communicable with the gaming machine and the imaging device. The imager images a person existing in front of the gaming machine. Upon obtaining information concerning a fraud in the gaming machine, the information processing device instructs the imaging device to perform imaging under a predefined imaging condition that covers surroundings of the gaming machine.