Abstract: A battery-type determination apparatus includes a battery installation unit equipped with battery connection terminals in which a battery is installed, a voltage detector that detects a voltage generated by Seebeck effect between a battery connection terminal and an electrode of the battery, a temperature rise controller that raises a temperature at a contact point between the electrode of the battery and the battery connection terminal, and a type determination unit that determines a type of the battery installed in the battery installation unit, based on the voltage detected by the voltage detector with the temperature risen at the contact point.

Abstract: A battery-type determination apparatus includes a battery installation unit equipped with battery connection terminals in which a battery is installed, a voltage detector that detects a voltage generated by Seebeck effect between a battery connection terminal and an electrode of the battery, a temperature rise controller that raises a temperature at a contact point between the electrode of the battery and the battery connection terminal, and a type determination unit that determines a type of the battery installed in the battery installation unit, based on the voltage detected by the voltage detector with the temperature risen at the contact point.

Abstract: A computer-readable information storage medium storing a program that causes a computer to function as: an object data storage section that stores a plurality of base objects each of which forms a base of a hairstyle of a game character and a plurality of part objects each of which can be attached to at least one of the plurality of base objects; a setting information storage section that stores setting information that links one base object among the plurality of base objects and at least one part object among the plurality of part objects that have been selected by a game player to a game character of the game player; an object space setting section that sets the one base object and the at least one part object in an object space as elements of a game character based on the setting information; and a drawing section that generates an image of the object space viewed from a given viewpoint.

Abstract: There is provided a method for producing a thermoplastic resin laminated sheet in which a thermoplastic resin film is bonded to a thermoplastic resin sheet with the sufficient adhesion, and such laminated sheet is obtained by sandwiching between lamination rolls the thermoplastic resin film and the thermoplastic resin sheet of which lamination temperature is kept at a temperature within a predetermined range while at least one of the lamination surface of thermoplastic resin sheet and a lamination surface of the thermoplastic resin film has a surface tension of not smaller than 50 mN/m.

Abstract: There is provided a method for producing a thermoplastic resin laminated sheet in which a thermoplastic resin film is bonded to a thermoplastic resin sheet with the sufficient adhesion, and such laminated sheet is obtained by sandwiching the thermoplastic resin film and the thermoplastic resin sheet between lamination rolls while each of their surfaces to be laminated has a temperature within a predetermined specific range, followed by pressing them.

Abstract: The present invention provides a method for producing a coated plate comprising the steps of: holding a plate in such a manner that surfaces of the plate to be coated is aligned substantially parallel to a gravity direction; placing the plate between two coating rolls having substantially horizontal rotation axes; passing the plate between the coating rolls, wherein a coating solution is supplied to at least one coating roll and the plate almost contacts with the coating rolls, by moving the plate upward and/or moving the coating rolls downward while causing the coating rolls to rotate in a direction opposite to movement of the plate; and forming a film of the coating solution on at least one surface of the plate. By this method, a coated plate having substantially even coating thickness is obtained and both sides of a plate can be coated at a time and at a faster speed, which results in a superior productivity.