Abstract: The information processing apparatus acquires the first body color desired by a user as a body color of a vehicle ordered by the user. Furthermore, based on at least the appraised value of the vehicle having a first body color after a predetermined period has elapsed, the information processing apparatus determines whether or not to propose to the user to topcoat the vehicle having the second body color with an easily peelable paint of the first body color.

Abstract: An information processing apparatus calculates a fee for applying a second coating film including an easily removable layer to a first vehicle having a first coating film applied thereon. The information processing apparatus disclosed herein has a controller that calculates a first fee defined as a fee for applying the second coating film to the first vehicle that is for lease lower than a second fee defined as a fee for applying the second coating film to the first vehicle that is not for lease. In other words, the controller calculates the first fee by subtracting a first subtraction value from the second fee.

Abstract: A substrate processing method includes: supplying a processing solution onto the upper surface of the substrate; executing, under atmospheric pressure, plasma processing on a liquid film of the processing solution that is formed at least in part of the upper surface of the substrate, with a thickness of the liquid film being a first thickness; and executing, under atmospheric pressure, plasma processing on the liquid film of the processing solution that is formed at least in part of the upper surface of the substrate, with the thickness of the liquid film being a second thickness, in which the first thickness is smaller than the second thickness. Thus, resists on the upper surface of the substrate can be efficiently removed.

Abstract: In a shift device, as a result of lower sliding projections of a lever moving slidingly against lower sliding plates of soft materials, the slidability of the lever is improved. Moreover, as a result of restricting projections of the lever being abutted against stoppers of the soft materials, noise generated when a sliding motion of the lever is restricted is reduced. Additionally, because the lower sliding plates and the stoppers are formed integrally with each other, the structure can be simplified.

Abstract: A shift device for a vehicle includes: a shift body that is moved in a predetermined range in a first direction and in a second direction that is a direction opposite from the first direction, and whose shift position is changed; and a moving mechanism that has a moving member at which a first moving portion and a second moving portion are provided, the first moving portion moving the shift body in the first direction, and the second moving portion moving the shift body in the second direction, due to movement of the moving member.

Abstract: A substrate processing method includes: supplying a processing solution onto the upper surface of the substrate; executing, under atmospheric pressure, plasma processing on a liquid film of the processing solution that is formed at least in part of the upper surface of the substrate, with a thickness of the liquid film being a first thickness; and executing, under atmospheric pressure, plasma processing on the liquid film of the processing solution that is formed at least in part of the upper surface of the substrate, with the thickness of the liquid film being a second thickness, in which the first thickness is smaller than the second thickness. Thus, resists on the upper surface of the substrate can be efficiently removed.

Abstract: A shift lever device is provided with retention frames at a front side and rear side of a lever, and a plate is provided with blocks at the front side and rear side of the lever. Even if the plate and the lever are installed to a vehicle with the front side and rear side of the plate and the lever reversed, changing the retention frame that retains a detent rod enables the block on the side of the detent rod to restrict swinging of the detent rod, enabling swinging of the lever to be restricted. This thereby enables the plate and the lever to be commonly employed.

Abstract: A shift device for a vehicle includes: a shift body that is moved and whose shift position is changed to a plurality of shift positions; a moving unit that moves the shift body; and a restricting body that restricts movement of the shift body by the moving unit at a predetermined shift position among the plurality of shift positions.

Abstract: An image reading device includes a housing with a document platen provided on an upper surface of the housing, a scanning body provided to be reciprocally movable in the housing, and a flat cable having one end connected with an image reader of the scanning body. The flat cable includes a follow-up deformed section deformable following a movement of the scanning body, and a bent section bent so that the flat cable is aligned in a main scanning direction. The bent section is arranged on a lower surface of a base of the scanning body, and a holder that holds the bent section is formed on the lower surface of the base.

Abstract: An information processing device includes a categorizing section configured to extract a material component image identified as a material component from plural images obtained by imaging a sample fluid containing a plurality of types of material components and flowing through a flow cell, and to categorize the extracted material component image by predetermined category, a count derivation section configured to derive a count of the material component per standard visual field, or derive a count per unit liquid volume of the material component contained in the sample fluid, for each of the categories based on the number of material component images categorized by the categorizing section, and a generation section configured to generate an all-component image in which the material component images are arranged according to the counts that have been derived by the count derivation section for each of the categories.

Abstract: In a shift device, a lever is able to slide in a front-rear direction relative to a housing, and an FFC electrically connects a sensor substrate of the housing to an operating substrate of the lever. Here, the lever is moved slidingly in the front-rear direction, which is on a perpendicular direction side relative to a width direction of the FFC. Because of this, a reduction in the durability of the FFC can be inhibited.

Abstract: A shift device for a vehicle having an automated parking mode is provided that includes a shift body and a display section. The shift body is movable into a variety of shift positions, i.e. D, N, R, and P. The display section displays not only the range of shift positions but can also display an automatic parking mode state (AP) when the shift body is in the park (P) state. The display section does not remain in the park P when the vehicle is driven into a parking place by the automatic parking mode, but instead displays the particular shift position (D, R, or N) the vehicle is in as it is being automatically parked.

Abstract: At a shift lever device, at a time when a lever is rotated in a left-right direction, a joint of the lever moves a joint tube of a link in an up-down direction. Moreover, at a time when the lever is rotated in a front-rear direction, a link operating portion of the lever rotates an operation tube of the link in the front-rear direction around the joint side. Here, at the time when the lever is rotated in the left-right direction, the joint is moved in the left-right direction with respect to the joint tube. Therefore, the need to provide parts between the lever and the joint can be eliminated, and a number of parts can be reduced.

Abstract: An image reading device includes a housing with a document platen provided on an upper surface of the housing, a scanning body provided to be reciprocally movable in the housing, and a flat cable having one end connected with an image reader of the scanning body. The flat cable includes a follow-up deformed section deformable following a movement of the scanning body, and a bent section bent so that the flat cable is aligned in a main scanning direction. The bent section is arranged on a lower surface of a base of the scanning body, and a holder that holds the bent section is formed on the lower surface of the base.

Abstract: An image reading apparatus includes an image scanning unit that is provided with a holding portion holding a flexible flat cable. The holding portion is protruded toward an upstream side in a sub scanning direction, and provided with a second wall part. The flexible flat cable that is extended from a connector is brought into contact with the second wall part. As for the flexible flat cable, a downward movement is regulated by a lower holding portion and an upward movement is regulated by an upper holding portion. Accordingly, the flexible flat cable does not rise.

Abstract: An analysis apparatus comprises a flow cell which has a flow passage for a liquid containing a tangible component; an image pickupper which picks up images of the liquid flowing through the flow passage; an adjuster which adjusts a relative position of the flow cell with respect to the image pickupper in relation to an optical axis direction of the image pickupper and a direction in which the liquid flows through the flow passage; and a controller which determines an image pickup position of the flow cell in at least one of the optical axis direction and the direction in which the liquid flows, on the basis of a number of pieces of the tangible component in focusing states existing in the images of the liquid picked up by the image pickupper at a plurality of positions at which the relative position differs.

Abstract: In a shift device, a link is rotated as a result of a knob being slidingly operated. Here, the knob is coincidingly disposed on an axial direction of rotation side of the link. For this reason, the dimension of the shift device in the radial direction of rotation of the link can be reduced, and so the shift device can be downsized.

Abstract: A shift device for a vehicle includes: a shift body that is moved in a predetermined range in a first direction and in a second direction that is a direction opposite from the first direction, and whose shift position is changed; and a moving mechanism that has a moving member at which a first moving portion and a second moving portion are provided, the first moving portion moving the shift body in the first direction, and the second moving portion moving the shift body in the second direction, due to movement of the moving member.

Abstract: An illuminating device capable of stably illuminating an irradiated object such as a document while suppressing light loss with a simply structure is provided. An LED array and a reflective plate are disposed sandwiching a slit (St) through which light reflected by a document MS passes and a light-guiding member is disposed on the side of the LED array. The light-guiding member includes a direct emission unit disposed between an illumination range y centered on a document reading position and the LED array and an indirect emission unit disposed between the reflective plate and the LED array, a light incidence face of the direct emission unit and a light incidence face of the indirect emission unit are disposed at mutually different position around the LED array, and the LED array is disposed on a side of an interior angle formed by the light incidence faces.

Abstract: A shift device for a vehicle includes: a shift body that is moved and whose shift position is changed to a plurality of shift positions; a moving unit that moves the shift body; and a restricting body that restricts movement of the shift body by the moving unit at a predetermined shift position among the plurality of shift positions.