Abstract: A transmission processing section 206 transmits information regarding an operation performed by a user to an information processing apparatus 10. An image acquisition section 208 acquires image data of a game that reflects the operation information from the information processing apparatus 10. A voice acquisition section 210 acquires voice data of the game. A reproduction processing section 212 reproduces the acquired game image data and game voice data. A microphone voice control section 202 controls whether or not to transmit a voice signal of a microphone 204 to the information processing apparatus 10. A display processing section 214 displays a microphone icon indicating status of the microphone 204.

Abstract: A storage apparatus includes a memory, and a processor coupled to the memory and configured to, upon reception of an instruction to restore a copy source volume of a copy source storage apparatus that includes the copy source volume and a first volume on which a first snapshot of the copy source volume is created, make a determination as to whether remote copying of the first snapshot to a copy destination volume of a copy destination storage apparatus is completed and the copy destination volume is equivalent to the first volume, the copy destination storage apparatus including the copy destination volume onto which the remote copying is performed and including a second volume on which a second snapshot of the copy destination volume is created, and configured to decide, based on a result of the determination, a restoration source volume from the copy destination volume and the second volume.

Abstract: A heat exchanger includes: a plurality of flat pipes each having flat surfaces directed upward and downward, wherein the flat pipes are arranged in an up-down direction and extend in a fin stacking direction intersecting an air flow direction; and a plurality of heat transfer fins stacked in the fin stacking direction and each including: a plurality of cutouts into which the flat pipes are inserted, respectively, wherein the cutouts extend from a leeward side toward a windward side in the air flow direction; a plurality of fin main parts each formed between the cutouts adjacent to each other in the up-down direction; a fin windward part continuously extending from the fin main parts in the air flow direction toward the windward side of the cutouts; and a fin collar part extending from a peripheral portion of each of the cutouts toward one side in the fin stacking direction.

Abstract: An outdoor heat exchanger includes a plurality of flat multi-hole tubes, a return header, a plurality of heat transfer fins, and a partition including a concave-convex portion on the leeward side. A space inside the return header to which the flat multi-hole tubes are connected is formed so as to cause a larger amount of refrigerant to flow on the upstream side than on the downstream side in an airflow direction.

Abstract: The present invention provides low hygroscopic forms of aripiprazole and processes for the preparation thereof which will not convert to a hydrate or lose their original solubility even when a medicinal preparation containing the anhydrous aripiprazole crystals is stored for an extended period.

Abstract: A traveling energy distribution system includes a plurality of supply facilities each of which is able to supply traveling energy to a vehicle, an information acquisition unit configured to acquire, from a vehicle, vehicle information relevant to an amount of traveling energy remaining in the vehicle and acquire, from each of the plurality of supply facilities, supply facility information relevant to an amount of traveling energy that can be supplied from that supply facility, and a determination unit configured to determine a transfer source supply facility and a transfer destination supply facility for traveling energy to be transferred from among the plurality of supply facilities and determine an amount of the traveling energy to be transferred based on the vehicle information and the supply facility information acquired by the information acquisition unit.

Abstract: In automatic travel control of a flying device towards a target, when a current distance from the target is large in comparison to a prescribed distance threshold, a controller of the flying device performs velocity feedback PID control to control the flight propulsion unit of the flying device. When the current distance becomes small in comparison to the prescribed distance threshold, the controller performs a hybrid of the velocity feedback PID control and position feedback PID control to control the flight propulsion unit such that as the flying device approaches the target, the position feedback PID control becomes more dominant than the velocity PID control. The processor calculates a weighted average of the respective manipulated variables with dynamically adjusted weights to achieve the hybrid control.

Abstract: A storage battery module rental system includes a storage battery module prepared in each providing point that is dispersedly distributed and that can be rented to a user, an acquisition unit configured to acquire individual information of a plurality of the users and module information from the storage battery module, the user being a rentee candidate of the storage battery module, a determining unit configured to determine an incentive given for renting the storage battery module based on the individual information and the module information in such a way that the incentive could differ for each user; and a notifying unit configured to notify the user of the incentive determined by the determining unit for each of the users.

Abstract: An environment adjustment system includes an acquisition unit configured to acquire environmental information of an environment related to a user, a drafting unit configured to draft an action plan to recommend to the user based on the environmental information, a transmission unit configured to transmit the action plan to the user's terminal, and a confirming unit configured to confirm whether the user has performed the action plan. When the drafting unit drafts a new action plan for another user or for the user, it drafts the new action plan using a result of the confirmation by the confirming unit.

Abstract: A webbing take-up device has a pretensioner mechanism that rotates a spool in a take-up direction owing to a micro-gas generator being operated at a time of an emergency of a vehicle. A micro-gas generator mounting portion of the pretensioner mechanism is formed in a shape of a tube into which the micro-gas generator is inserted. The micro-gas generator mounting portion has recessed portions, whose micro-gas generator sides are open, and convex portions that are formed along the recessed portions, and that are formed in shapes that are convex toward the micro-gas generator side, and on which a portion of the micro-gas generator is anchored.

Abstract: A novel compound is used as a novel photopolymerization initiator, the novel compound having a molecular structure represented by general formula 1 below [R1 represents an alkyl group having 1 to 10 carbon atoms, R2 represents an alkyl group having 1 to 12 carbon atoms or the like, R3 represents an alkyl group having 1 to 12 carbon atoms or the like, R4 to R7 each independently represent a hydrogen atom, an alkyl group having 1 to 8 carbon atoms, or the like, Y1 represents an alkyl group having 3 to 19 carbon atoms or the like, Y2 represents an organic linking group, X1 represents an ethylene group or the like, X2 and X3 each represent an ethylene group or the like, Y3 represents a single bond or an alkylidene group, and n represents an integer of 1 to 3].

Abstract: At least one lithography apparatus that suppresses a decrease in the accuracy of stage control is provided. A lithography apparatus includes a moving unit configured to move with an original or a substrate mounted thereon, a plurality of measurement units configured to obtain information about a position of the moving unit, measurement areas of the respective measurement units overlapping each other, and a control unit configured to switch the measurement units used to obtain the information about the position of the moving unit, based on a switching position lying in an overlapping measurement area, wherein, in a case where a plurality of processes is performed on one of a plurality of processing targets on the original or on the substrate, the control unit makes the switching position changeable and controls the measurement units so that the same one of the measurement units is used in performing the plurality of processes.

Abstract: This method for producing a SiC single crystal includes a first growth step of growing a crystal from a seed crystal in a direction that is substantially orthogonal to the <0001> direction, a second growth step of growing the crystal in a direction that is substantially orthogonal to the <0001> direction and substantially orthogonal to the direction of crystal growth in the first growth step, a third growth step of growing the crystal along the direction of crystal growth in the first growth step but in the opposite orientation to the orientation of crystal growth in the first growth step, and a fourth growth step of growing the crystal along the direction of crystal growth in the second growth step but in the opposite orientation to the orientation of crystal growth in the second growth step.

Abstract: A stage apparatus includes: a coarse moving stage; a fine moving stage located at an interval from the coarse moving stage in a first direction; an electromagnetic actuator including a first core located on one of the coarse moving stage and the fine moving stage and a second core located on the other of the coarse moving stage and the fine moving stage and configured to accelerate or decelerate the fine moving stage in a second direction perpendicular to the first direction; and a controller configured to correct a command value of a thrust of the electromagnetic actuator in the second direction in accordance with a relative position of the fine moving stage with respect to the coarse moving stage in the first direction.

Abstract: A sheet feeding apparatus includes a casing that comprises a sheet feeding port, a first sheet feed tray in which a first medium is loaded and that is arranged along a sheet feeding port, and a cover that rotates from a position opposite the first sheet feed tray of the casing to a first sheet feed tray side and covers the sheet feeding port. The cover includes a second sheet feed tray that causes a second medium differing in size from the first medium to be capable of being loaded in the sheet feeding port when the cover covers the sheet feeding port.

Abstract: An image forming apparatus includes a housing; a mounting portion in the housing configured to hold a recording medium; one or more light receivers in the housing; a light adjuster that adjusts an amount of light incident on the light receivers based on presence or size of the recording medium on the mounting portion; and a controller that determines a size of the recording medium based on the amount of light that has been adjusted by the light adjuster.

Abstract: This storage battery unit (10), comprising: a battery stack (30) in which a plurality of battery modules (20) are stacked; and a housing (50) for accommodating the battery stack; wherein the housing (50) comprises a battery cover (51) for covering at least a part of the battery stack, the battery cover including a seamless cup portion (51a, 51b), and wherein the battery cover (51) is in thermally contact with the battery stack (30).

Abstract: At least one lithography apparatus that suppresses a decrease in the accuracy of stage control is provided. A lithography apparatus includes a moving unit configured to move with an original or a substrate mounted thereon, a plurality of measurement units configured to obtain information about a position of the moving unit, measurement areas of the respective measurement units overlapping each other, and a control unit configured to switch the measurement units used to obtain the information about the position of the moving unit, based on a switching position lying in an overlapping measurement area, wherein, in a case where a plurality of processes is performed on one of a plurality of processing targets on the original or on the substrate, the control unit makes the switching position changeable and controls the measurement units so that the same one of the measurement units is used in performing the plurality of processes.

Abstract: This storage battery apparatus (1), comprising: a battery section (10) including a battery stack (30) in which a plurality of battery modules (20) are stacked; and a charge and discharge device (92) configured to manage charging and discharging of the battery module; wherein the battery module (20) has a dimensional relationship of C>B>A, wherein A is a thickness, B is a width, and C is a height of the battery module, and wherein the battery modules (20) are disposed so that the width direction of the battery module extends along front-rear direction of the storage battery apparatus, and wherein the battery section (10) is disposed below the charge and discharge device (92).

Abstract: This storage battery apparatus (1) comprises: a storage battery unit (10) including a battery stack (30) in which a plurality of battery modules (20) are stacked and a metal housing (50) for accommodating the battery stack; and a holding member (80) for holding the storage battery unit (10); wherein, in an orientation that the storage battery unit is held by the holding member, (i) the battery modules (02) are stacked along a horizontal direction, and, (ii) at least one side surface of the battery stack (30) is in thermally contact, directly or via heat conductor) (a sheet-like heat conductor), with a part of the metal housing.