Abstract: A method for producing an oxide superconducting thin film wire having a particular width includes a cutting step of cutting a wide oxide superconducting thin film wire in a longitudinal direction with the particular width, the wide oxide superconducting thin film wire being obtained by forming an oxide superconducting layer above a belt-shaped metal substrate with an intermediate layer disposed therebetween. In the cutting step, the wide oxide superconducting thin film wire is thermally cut in the longitudinal direction with the particular width by irradiating, with infrared laser light, a portion of the wide oxide superconducting thin film wire to be cut.

Abstract: A filter generation device includes left and right speakers, left and right microphones, and a processor that generates filters in accordance with transfer characteristics from the left and right speakers to the left and right microphones based on sound pickup signals. The processor includes a direct sound arrival time search unit that searches for a direct sound arrival time by using a time at which an absolute value of an amplitude reaches its maximum, a left and right direct sound determination unit that determines whether signs of amplitudes at the direct sound arrival time match, an error correction unit that, when the signs do not match, corrects cutout timing so that the direct sound arrival times coincide, and a waveform cutout unit that cuts out the transfer characteristics.

Abstract: A superconducting wire includes a substrate and a superconducting material layer. The substrate includes a first main surface and a second main surface opposite to the first main surface. The superconducting material layer is disposed on the first main surface. Along at least a part of the superconducting wire in a direction in which the superconducting wire extends, the superconducting material layer is disposed to cover a side surface of the substrate in a width direction of the substrate and cover at least a part of the second main surface. A thickness of the superconducting material layer located on the first main surface varies along the width direction. A maximum thickness of the superconducting material layer located on the second main surface is smaller than a maximum thickness of the superconducting material layer located on the first main surface.

Abstract: A transfer characteristics measurement unit measures first transfer characteristics from left and right sound sources to left and right microphones, respectively. An environmental measurement unit picks up environmental measurement signals output from the left and right sound sources with use of the left and right microphones, sets an amplitude level of transfer characteristics measurement signals and a tap length of the transfer characteristics, picks up sounds with use of the left and right microphones in a state where no sound is output from the left and right sound sources, and measures second transfer characteristics. A correction unit corrects a low frequency range of the first transfer characteristics based on the second transfer characteristics.

Abstract: An oxide superconducting wire includes an oriented metal substrate, an intermediate layer formed on the oriented metal substrate, and an oxide superconducting layer formed on the intermediate layer. The oriented metal substrate has an in-plane orientation ?? of 7° or less. The intermediate layer is formed of a single layer.

Abstract: An out-of-head localization processing apparatus according to an embodiment includes headphones, left and right microphones, a measurement unit configured to measure left and right headphone transfer characteristics, respectively, an inverse-filter calculation unit configured to calculate inverse filters of the headphone transfer characteristics, a correction unit configured to calculate correction filters by correcting the inverse filters, and an input unit configured to receive a user input. The correction unit corrects the inverse filters by using a predefined correction function in a first frequency band. The correction unit corrects the inverse filters according to a correction pattern selected based on the user input in a second frequency band.

Abstract: An out-of-head localization processing apparatus according to the embodiments includes a filter selection unit configured to select a preset filter, an out-of-head localization processing unit configured to perform out-of-head localization processing using the preset filter selected, headphones configured to output, to a user, a signal of a test sound source, an input unit configured to accept a user input, a sensor unit, a three-dimensional coordinate calculation unit configured to calculate three-dimensional coordinates of a localized position of a sound image based on a detection signal from the sensor unit, and an evaluation unit configured to evaluate, based on the three-dimensional coordinates of each of the preset filters, a filter optimal for the user from the plurality of preset filters.

Abstract: An oxide superconducting thin film wire includes a metal substrate, a laminate, and a Cu stabilizing layer. The metal substrate includes a supporting base material and a conductive layer located on the supporting base material. The conductive layer includes a Cu layer serving as an internal layer and a biaxially orientated surface layer. The laminate includes a buffer layer, an oxide superconducting layer, and a Ag stabilizing layer stacked on the metal substrate in this order from the metal substrate. The Cu stabilizing layer is formed so as to surround the laminate and the metal substrate. At least one of the Cu stabilizing layer and the Ag stabilizing layer is formed so as to be in contact with at least a portion of the conductive layer of the metal substrate and be electrically conductive with the conductive layer of the metal substrate.

Abstract: An echo removal device comprises: an echo canceller that includes a first delay unit configured to delay a reception signal from a communication counterpart, and that is configured to subtract, from a transmission signal for the communication counterpart, a cancellation signal that is generated based on the delayed reception signal obtained by the first delay unit and property information which simulates a property of an echo path; a second delay unit configured to delay the reception signal by an amount of delay different from an amount of delay of the first delay unit; an echo suppressor configured to receive the delayed reception signal obtained by the second delay unit and an output of the echo canceller; and a delay amount calculator configured to calculate and set the amount of delay of the first delay unit and the amount of delay of the second delay unit based on the property information.

Abstract: A superconducting wire includes: a substrate having a first main surface and a second main surface opposite to the first main surface; and a superconducting material layer disposed on the first main surface of the substrate. The superconducting material layer is disposed to cover at least a part of a side surface of the substrate in a width direction of the substrate.

Abstract: A superconducting wire includes a multilayer stack and a covering layer (stabilizing layer or protective layer). The multilayer stack includes a substrate having a main surface and a superconducting material layer formed on the main surface. The covering layer (stabilizing layer or protective layer) is disposed on at least the superconducting material layer. A front surface portion of the covering layer (stabilizing layer or protective layer) located on the superconducting material layer (front surface portion of the stabilizing layer or upper surface of the protective layer) has a concave shape.

Abstract: An oxide superconducting thin film wire includes a metal substrate, a laminate, and a Cu stabilizing layer. The metal substrate includes a supporting base material and a conductive layer located on the supporting base material. The conductive layer includes a Cu layer serving as an internal layer and a biaxially orientated surface layer. The laminate includes a buffer layer, an oxide superconducting layer, and a Ag stabilizing layer stacked on the metal substrate in this order from the metal substrate. The Cu stabilizing layer is formed so as to surround the laminate and the metal substrate. At least one of the Cu stabilizing layer and the Ag stabilizing layer is formed so as to be in contact with at least a portion of the conductive layer of the metal substrate and be electrically conductive with the conductive layer of the metal substrate.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a method of producing a substrate, including the steps of preparing a substrate having a nickel layer formed on a copper layer through plating, subjecting the nickel layer to thermal treatment at 800-1000° C., and epitaxial-growing an intermediate layer on the nickel layer, after the step of subjecting the nickel layer to thermal treatment. According to the present invention, there can be provided a substrate that allows the orientation and flatness at the surface of a nickel layer to be improved, and a method of producing the substrate.

Abstract: The used condition of a simplex communication apparatus is notified with a light-emitting device attached to the communication apparatus. It is determined whether a communication mode of the simplex communication apparatus is a transmission mode or a standby mode. A sound pick-up state of a sound carried by a speech signal to be transmitted is determined if the communication mode is the transmission mode. The light-emitting device is controlled so that it is turned off, turned on or repeatedly turned on and off based on determination results of the communication-mode determination and the sound pick-up state determination.

Abstract: A metal laminated substrate for an oxide superconducting wire is manufactured such that a non-magnetic metal plate T1 having a thickness of not more than 0.2 mm and a metal foil T2 made of Cu alloy which is formed by cold rolling at a draft of not less than 90% and has a thickness of not more than 50 ?m is laminated to each other by room-temperature surface active bonding, after lamination, crystal of the metal foil is oriented by heat treatment at a temperature of not less than 150° C. and not more than 1000° C. and, thereafter, an epitaxial growth film T3 made of Ni or an Ni alloy having a thickness of not more than 10 ?m is laminated to the metal foil.

Abstract: Provided is a reinforcing-member-equipped oxide superconducting wire in which occurrence of defects such as separation of a reinforcing member due to a decrease in the strength of an edge portion is sufficiently suppressed, problems such as separation of a reinforcing member do not occur even when a force in a thickness direction is applied, and stable superconducting properties can be maintained. The reinforcing-member-equipped oxide superconducting wire includes an oxide superconducting wire and two reinforcing members that are disposed so as to sandwich the oxide superconducting wire. The reinforcing members are bonded to the oxide superconducting wire using solder, and each of the reinforcing members has a width equal to or smaller than a width of the oxide superconducting wire or at least surfaces of the oxide superconducting wire, the surfaces facing the reinforcing members, are covered with copper, nickel, or an alloy containing at least one of these metals.

Abstract: A substrate of the present invention includes a copper layer, an alloy layer containing copper and nickel, formed on the copper layer, a nickel layer formed on the alloy layer, and an intermediate layer formed on the nickel layer. The concentration of nickel in the alloy layer at the interface between the alloy layer and the nickel layer is greater than the concentration of nickel in the alloy layer at the interface between the alloy layer and the copper layer. According to the present invention, there can be provided a substrate that allows the AC loss of a superconducting wire to be reduced, a method of producing a substrate, a superconducting wire, and a method of producing a superconducting wire.

Abstract: In frequency signals obtained by converting input audio signals from time-domain signals to frequency-domain signals, a level control value setting unit 5 establishes a level control value for reducing the levels of spectrums at a noise-components level. A level control value smoothing unit 6 carries out a smoothing process of smoothing the level control value established by the level control value setting unit 5 temporally. A spectral adjustment unit 8 multiplies the level control value after the smoothing process by the frequency signals, performing a level control.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a method of producing a substrate, including the steps of preparing a substrate having a nickel layer formed on a copper layer through plating, subjecting the nickel layer to thermal treatment at 800-1000° C., and epitaxial-growing an intermediate layer on the nickel layer, after the step of subjecting the nickel layer to thermal treatment. According to the present invention, there can be provided a substrate that allows the orientation and flatness at the surface of a nickel layer to be improved, and a method of producing the substrate.

Abstract: A substrate of the present invention includes a copper layer, an alloy layer containing copper and nickel, formed on the copper layer, a nickel layer formed on the alloy layer, and an intermediate layer formed on the nickel layer. The concentration of nickel in the alloy layer at the interface between the alloy layer and the nickel layer is greater than the concentration of nickel in the alloy layer at the interface between the alloy layer and the copper layer. According to the present invention, there can be provided a substrate that allows the AC loss of a superconducting wire to be reduced, a method of producing a substrate, a superconducting wire, and a method of producing a superconducting wire.