Abstract: An information processing device includes an acquisition unit which acquires use history information indicating a use history of a vehicle, a prediction unit which predicts an output decrease amount based on use history information acquired by the acquisition unit and output decrease characteristic information indicating an output decrease characteristic of a fuel cell in the vehicle according to the use history, and a control unit which executes predetermined processing based on the output decrease amount predicted by the prediction unit. The control unit executes processing of predicting a deterioration time at which a rated output of the fuel cell is equal to or smaller than a threshold value based on changes in the output decrease amount from start of use of the vehicle to present, and outputting information indicating the deterioration time.

Abstract: The present application generally relates to topical formulations comprising monoterpenoid compounds which are effective inhibitors of FGF-5-dependent signaling in hair follicles or parts thereof, the manufacture of such topical formulations, and their use to reduce, delay or prevent loss of terminal hair caused by FGF-5 signaling in the hair follicle, such as in subjects suffering from, or having a propensity to develop, alopecia.

Abstract: The present application generally relates to topical formulations comprising monoterpenoid compounds which are effective inhibitors of FGF-5-dependent signalling in hair follicles or parts thereof, the manufacture of such topical formulations, and their use to reduce, delay or prevent loss of terminal hair caused by FGF-5 signalling in the hair follicle, such as in subjects suffering from, or having a propensity to develop, alopecia

Abstract: This invention provides a catalyst material comprising a conductive material coated with a polynuclear complex molecule derived from at least two types of heteromonocyclic compounds and a catalyst metal coordinated to the coating layer of the polynuclear complex molecule, and a catalyst material comprising a conductive material coated with a polynuclear complex molecule derived from a heteromonocyclic compound and a catalyst metal, which is a composite of a noble metal and a transition metal, coordinated to the coating layer of the polynuclear complex molecule. Such catalyst material of the invention has excellent catalytic performance and serviceability as, for example, an electrode of fuel cells.

Abstract: A display apparatus includes a display for block interlace scanning such that scanning lines in the display screen are classified into M blocks, and the interlace scanning is conducted one block by one block, to display on the M blocks the video data in the speed of M times in the same display timing as a speed of a single times.

Abstract: Provided is a display apparatus whose light extraction efficiency is not reduced even when a film thickness error of an image display device is caused. The display apparatus includes a plurality of image display devices. Each of the image display devices includes at least: a stack (3) associated with light emission and including a plurality of layers; a pair of electrodes (first transparent electrode 2, second transparent electrode 4) disposed sandwiching the stack (3); a transparent substrate (1) disposed on the one electrode (first transparent electrode 2) side; and an optical filter (circularly polarizing filter 5) and a reflective layer (sealing layer 6) formed on the other electrode (second transparent electrode 4) side in the mentioned order from the other electrode side.

Abstract: A method of reproducing multilevel information using a light spot. The multilevel information is recorded by defining virtual cells at regular intervals on tracks of an optical information recording medium and varying sizes of information pits in the cells. The method includes the steps of obtaining cell boundary values, each of the cell boundary values being obtained by performing sampling when the center of the light spot reaches a boundary between adjacent cells, calculating cell boundary value metrics on the basis of the cell boundary values and prestored reference values for the cell boundary values, calculating path metrics on the basis of the cell boundary value metrics, selecting a path metric having a minimum value of the path metrics, and reproducing the multilevel information on the basis of the path metric having the minimum value of the path metrics.

Abstract: An optical information reproducing method of reproducing multivalued information recorded on a track of an optical information medium having a recording/reproducing region, which has virtual cells arranged thereon at regular spacings, the multivalued information being recorded thereon by changing a length of an information pit in a track direction or an area of the information pit in a cell with the use of a light spot, and the multivalued information being reproduced by detecting the level of a multistage reproduced signal from the information pit.

Abstract: An optical information reproducing method of reproducing multivalued information recorded on a track of an optical information medium having a recording/reproducing region, which has virtual cells arranged thereon at regular spacings, the multivalued information being recorded thereon by changing a length of an information pit in a track direction or an area of the information pit in a cell with the use of a light spot, and the multivalued information being reproduced by detecting the level of a multistage reproduced signal from the information pit.

Abstract: In three consecutive cells consisting of a preceding cell, a center cell, and a subsequent cell, a possible change rate of the amplitude of a reproduced signal for the center cell with respect to the sum of the multiple values of the preceding and subsequent cells is obtained in advance. Then, for reproduction, the sum of the multiple values of the adjacent preceding and subsequent cells is obtained with respect to each cell. The amplitude of the reproduced signal obtained at the center cell is corrected to be closer to a reference value on the basis of the obtained change rate and sum.

Abstract: An optical information recording/reproducing apparatus is adapted to record and/or reproduce multilevel information on/or from an optical information recording medium. The multilevel information is recorded in the form of pits in cells virtually formed at regular intervals on a track. The respective levels are represented by varying the length or the area of information pits such that a reproduced signal has a different amplitude level depending on the length or the area of information pits. A reproduced signal correction circuit corrects a reproduced signal obtained by performing sampling at the center of each cell. An error power calculation circuit calculates error power on the basis of the difference between the corrected reproduced signal and an ideal value of each level of the cell. A decoder performs decoding on the basis of the calculated error power values.

Abstract: An optical information reproducing method of reproducing multivalued information recorded on a track of an optical information medium having a recording/reproducing region, which has virtual cells arranged thereon at regular spacings, the multivalued information being recorded thereon by changing a length of an information pit in a track direction or an area of the information pit in a cell with the use of a light spot, and the multivalued information being reproduced by detecting the level of a multistage reproduced signal from the information pit.

Abstract: An optical information reproducing method of reproducing multivalued information recorded on a track of an optical information medium having a recording/reproducing region, which has virtual cells arranged thereon at regular spacings, the multivalued information being recorded thereon by changing a length of an information pit in a track direction or an area of the information pit in a cell with the use of a light spot, and the multivalued information being reproduced by detecting the level of a multistage reproduced signal from the information pit.

Abstract: An optical information reproducing method of reproducing multivalued information recorded on a track of an optical information medium having a recording/reproducing region, which has virtual cells arranged thereon at regular spacings. The multivalued information is recorded thereon by changing a length of an information pit in a track direction or an area of the information pit in a cell with the use of a light spot. The multivalued information is reproduced by detecting the level of a multistage reproduced signal from the information pit. The method includes sampling a reproduced signal in the multivalued information recorded in one cell with an M-value (M<N), which is arranged at each of the plurality of cells recorded with an N-value (N?3) on the track, and detecting a cell center value.

Abstract: An optical information reproducing method capable of determining multi-level information with high precision, and an apparatus for the method. Specifically, a cell having a reduced multi-level is provided in a portion of a data region to perform the level correction or automatic gain control. For example, a cell recorded with an M-value for each group including a plurality of cells, each of which is recorded with an N-value (N>3, M<N), is provided. A reproduction signal level of a cell recorded with the N-value, which follows the cell recorded with the M-value, is corrected based on a difference between a cell center value of a reproduction signal sampled when a center of a light spot is moved to a center of the cell recorded with the M-value and a reference value obtained from learning information.

Abstract: A catalyst material that bears active species densely, thereby having higher catalytic performance and serviceability, for example, as an electrode for fuel cells. A catalyst material, wherein a conductive material whose surface physically adsorbs a polymerizable ligand having an electrochemically polymerizable heterocycle and an electron-withdrawing group bonded to the heterocycle or is coated with polynuclear complex molecules formed by electrochemical polymerization of the polymerizable ligand having an electrochemically polymerizable heterocycle and an electron-withdrawing group bonded to the heterocycle. A catalytic metal is coordinated to the adsorption layer of the polymerizable ligand having an electrochemically polymerizable heterocycle and an electron-withdrawing group bonded to the heterocycle, or to the coating layer of the polynuclear complex molecules.

Abstract: The present invention provides a multi-level information recording/reproducing method of recording or reproducing multi-level information by virtually setting cells at constant regular intervals on a track of an optical information medium where information is recorded or reproduced with a light spot and by varying an information pit width in a direction of the track or an information pit area, comprising the steps of: detecting a reproduced signal by radiating a light spot onto the track; detecting a cell border value by sampling the reproduced signal when the center of the light spot falls on a border between one cell and its following cell; and judging multi-level information of the following cell based on the cell border value.

Abstract: The present invention is intended to provide a catalyst material that supports active species densely, thereby having higher catalytic performance and serviceability as, for example, an electrode for fuel cells. To achieve the above object, the present invention provides a process for preparing a catalyst material, including: an electrochemical polymerization step of electrochemically polymerizing a heteromonocyclic compound so that the surface of a conductive material is coated with polynuclear complex molecules derived from the heteromonocyclic compound; and a metallation step of coordinating a catalytic metal to the coating layer of the polynuclear complex molecules, characterized in that the potential applied in the electrochemical polymerization is 0.8 to 1.5 V.

Abstract: An optical information recording method includes the steps of irradiating laser light onto cells provided on a track of an optical information recording medium, recording on the optical information recording medium multilevel information including information of a level zero for which no information pit is formed, by changing, for each of the cells, widths in a track direction or sizes of information pits in the cells, and, for recording the information of a level zero, irradiating the laser light at a power that is greater than an erasing power for erasing the information pits and that does not permit formation of the information pits.

Abstract: A multi-level information reproducing method is provided which can increase the degree of separation between distributions of cell boundary values to thereby improve the accuracy of reproduction. Specifically, in a method of reproducing multi-level information recorded on a track of an optical information recording medium by virtually providing cells at equal intervals and by varying a width of an information pit in a track direction or an area of an information pit, a cell boundary value (a value obtained by sampling a reproduced signal when a center of a light spot is located at a boundary of cells) is corrected based on cell center values of two cells adjacent to the boundary (a value obtained by sampling a reproduced signal when the center of the light spot is located at a center of a cell), and the multi-level information is reproduced based on the corrected cell boundary value.