Abstract: An information processing apparatus includes a unit that receives, on a group chat, an execution command to execute specific processing that requires entry of secret information from a first user belonging to the group chat including two or more users; an acquisition unit that acquires the secret information from a second user belonging to the group chat without letting a third user belonging to the group chat and different from the second user know the secret information; and a controller that performs control so that the specific processing based on the execution command is executed by using the secret information.

Abstract: A circuit board incorporable into an apparatus includes a substrate, a reception unit that is provided on the substrate and that wirelessly receives a function program for achieving a function, a storage unit that is provided on the substrate and to which a writing program for writing the function program received by the reception unit has been written in advance, a power supply provided on the substrate, and a power control unit that supplies power for receiving, with the reception unit, the function program and power for writing, on a basis of the writing program, the function program to the storage unit using the power supply without using an external power supply.

Abstract: An information processing apparatus includes a memory in which information on output devices corresponding to plural users participating in a group chat is stored; and a controller that, in a case where any one of the plural users gives a post indicative of an output command to output data on the group chat, performs control for outputting the data from output devices corresponding to one or more output destination users including a user who has not given the post indicative of the output command among the plural users in accordance with the information stored in the memory.

Abstract: An information processing apparatus includes a memory in which information on output devices corresponding to plural users participating in a group chat is stored; and a controller that, in a case where any one of the plural users gives a post indicative of an output command to output data on the group chat, performs control for outputting the data from output devices corresponding to one or more output destination users including a user who has not given the post indicative of the output command among the plural users in accordance with the information stored in the memory.

Abstract: An information processing apparatus includes a unit that receives, on a group chat, an execution command to execute specific processing that requires entry of secret information from a first user belonging to the group chat including two or more users; an acquisition unit that acquires the secret information from a second user belonging to the group chat without letting a third user belonging to the group chat and different from the second user know the secret information; and a controller that performs control so that the specific processing based on the execution command is executed by using the secret information.

Abstract: A circuit board incorporable into an apparatus includes a substrate, a reception unit that is provided on the substrate and that wirelessly receives a function program for achieving a function, a storage unit that is provided on the substrate and to which a writing program for writing the function program received by the reception unit has been written in advance, a power supply provided on the substrate, and a power control unit that supplies power for receiving, with the reception unit, the function program and power for writing, on a basis of the writing program, the function program to the storage unit using the power supply without using an external power supply.

Abstract: A nickel hydride secondary battery houses an electrode group including a positive electrode and a negative electrode which are overlapped with each other via a separator with an alkaline electrolyte solution, the negative electrode includes a hydrogen absorbing alloy, a negative-electrode additive agent, a thickening agent, and a conductive material, and the negative-electrode additive agent includes at least one selected from calcium fluoride, calcium sulfide, and calcium chloride.

Abstract: A nickel hydrogen rechargeable battery has a positive electrode and a negative electrode. The positive electrode includes positive-electrode active material made of nickel hydroxide particles in which magnesium is dissolved, and the negative electrode includes rare earth-Mg—Ni-based hydrogen storage alloy powder. At least either one of the negative and positive electrodes includes as additive at least one selected from a group including zinc and zinc compounds. The content of the additive ranges from 0.2 to 1.5 part by weight per 100 parts by weight of hydrogen storage alloy in the negative electrode, and ranges from 0.3 to 1.5 part by weight per 100 parts by weight of positive-electrode active material in the positive electrode.

Abstract: A nickel hydrogen rechargeable battery contains an electrode group made up of positive and negative electrode put together with a separator intervening therebetween. The positive electrode includes positive-electrode active material particles each having a base particle composed mainly of nickel hydroxide and a conductive layer that covers the surface of the base particle and is made from a Co compound containing Li. The negative electrode includes a rare earth-Mg—Ni-based hydrogen storage alloy containing a rare-earth element, Mg and Ni. The total amount of Li contained in the battery is in a range of from 15 to 50 (mg/Ah) on the condition that the Li is converted into LiOH, and that the total amount of Li is found as a mass per Ah of positive electrode capacity.

Abstract: A nickel hydride secondary battery houses an electrode group including a positive electrode and a negative electrode which are overlapped with each other via a separator with an alkaline electrolyte solution, the negative electrode includes a hydrogen absorbing alloy, a negative-electrode additive agent, a thickening agent, and a conductive material, and the negative-electrode additive agent includes at least one selected from calcium fluoride, calcium sulfide, and calcium chloride.

Abstract: An alkaline rechargeable battery comprises an electrode assembly formed of a positive electrode and a negative electrode stacked with a separator interposed between and an alkaline electrolyte, wherein the positive electrode holds a positive electrode mixture containing positive-electrode active material particles, each comprising of a base particle formed primarily of nickel hydroxide, coated with a conducive layer of a Co compound containing Li, and a positive-electrode additive containing aluminum hydroxide, distributed between the positive-electrode active material particles, where the amount U of the positive-electrode additive (in parts by weight) relative to 100 parts by weight of the positive-electrode active material particles satisfies 0.01?U<1.5, and wherein Li is present within the alkaline rechargeable battery, where the total amount of Li present within the alkaline rechargeable battery, in terms of weight of LiOH per unit positive-electrode capacitance 1 Ah, is between 20 and 30 (mg/Ah).

Abstract: A nickel hydrogen rechargeable battery contains an electrode group made up of positive and negative electrode put together with a separator intervening therebetween. The positive electrode includes positive-electrode active material particles each having a base particle composed mainly of nickel hydroxide and a conductive layer that covers the surface of the base particle and is made from a Co compound containing Li. The negative electrode includes a rare earth-Mg—Ni-based hydrogen storage alloy containing a rare-earth element, Mg and Ni. The total amount of Li contained in the battery is in a range of from 15 to 50 (mg/Ah) on the condition that the Li is converted into LiOH, and that the total amount of Li is found as a mass per Ah of positive electrode capacity.

Abstract: A nickel hydrogen rechargeable battery has a positive electrode and a negative electrode. The positive electrode includes positive-electrode active material made of nickel hydroxide particles in which magnesium is dissolved, and the negative electrode includes rare earth-Mg—Ni-based hydrogen storage alloy powder. At least either one of the negative and positive electrodes includes as additive at least one selected from a group including zinc and zinc compounds. The content of the additive ranges from 0.2 to 1.5 part by weight per 100 parts by weight of hydrogen storage alloy in the negative electrode, and ranges from 0.3 to 1.5 part by weight per 100 parts by weight of positive-electrode active material in the positive electrode.