Abstract: Encoding devices, methods and programs that encode with high transmission efficiency by controlling a running disparity are disclosed. In one example, an encoding device includes a scrambling circuit that scrambles an input data string, a calculation circuit that calculates a first running disparity of the scrambled data string, a determination circuit that determines whether or not to invert the scrambled data string on the basis of a first running disparity calculated by the calculation circuit and a second running disparity calculated at a time point before the first running disparity, and an addition circuit that inverts or non-inverts the scrambled data string on the basis of a determination result by the determination circuit, adds a flag indicating the determination result, and outputs the data string. The technology can be applied to devices that perform SLVS-EC standard communication.

Abstract: The technology relates to an encoding device, an encoding method, a decoding device, a decoding method, and a program enabling encoding with favorable transmission efficiency with a controlled running disparity. A calculation section divides inputted data into N or M bits to calculate a first running disparity of an N or M bit data string. A determination section determines whether the data string is inverted based on the first running disparity calculated by the calculation section and a second running disparity calculated therebefore. An addition section inverts or non-inverts the data string based on a determination result by the determination section to add a flag indicating the determination result for outputting. The determination section determines not to perform inversion when the data string is a control code. The addition section adds the flag assigned to the control code. The technology is applicable to a device communicating in an SLVS-EC specification.

Abstract: To improve the flexibility of a power storage device, or provide a high-capacity power storage device. The power storage device includes a positive electrode, a negative electrode, an exterior body, and an electrolyte. The outer periphery of each of the positive electrode active material layer and the negative electrode active material layer is a closed curve. The exterior body includes a film and a thermocompression-bonded region. The inner periphery of the thermocompression-bonded region is a closed curve. The electrolyte, the positive electrode active material layer, and the negative electrode active material layer are in a region surrounded by the thermocompression-bonded region.

Abstract: To provide a battery having excellent charge-discharge characteristics even in a low-temperature environment. The battery includes a positive electrode, a negative electrode, an electrolyte solution, and a separator. The electrolyte solution and the separator are included between the positive electrode and the negative electrode; the negative electrode includes a carbon material; and the electrolyte solution includes a lithium salt, a potassium salt, a fluorinated cyclic carbonate, a fluorinated linear carbonate, and at least one kind of anion. The carbon material includes graphite; the lithium salt includes LiPF6; the potassium salt includes KFSI; the fluorinated cyclic carbonate includes fluoroethylene carbonate; and the fluorinated linear carbonate includes methyl trifluoropropionate.

Abstract: An AR system includes an acquisition unit configured to acquire a user state, an identification unit configured to identify gazed content which is content at which a content sharing source user is gazing, a first decision unit configured to decide whether or not to share the gazed content with other users, a second decision unit configured to identify a content sharing destination candidate user having a strong relationship with the content sharing source user on the basis of user states of the content sharing source user and one or more content sharing destination candidate users when the gazed content is shared with the other users and decide on the identified content sharing destination candidate user as a content sharing destination user, and a sharing unit configured to share the gazed content with the content sharing destination user.

Abstract: A light-diffusing sheet includes a plurality of depressed portions formed in an approximately inverted polygonal pyramid on at least a first surface. Ridgelines that partition the plurality of depressed portions have a depressed shape between intersections of the ridgelines with respect to straight lines that connect the intersections. When an array pitch of the plurality of depressed portions is denoted by P and a dimension occupied by a curved portion of a vertex of each of the ridgelines in an array direction of the plurality of depressed portions is denoted by Wr, a ratio Wr/P is 0.3 or lower. A maximum height difference d between the straight lines connecting the intersections of the ridgelines and the ridgelines is 1 ?m or more and 10 ?m or less. The plurality of depressed portions include a depressed portion of which a vertex of the approximately inverted polygonal pyramid is formed in a linear shape.

Abstract: A film contains a resin, and particles of a siloxane compound having a structure represented by Formula: [RSiO1.5] n (in the formula, R represents an organic group and n represents an integer of 2 or more), where at least one R in the formula is a group including an alkyl group, in which in a spatial distribution of the particles present in an evaluation region of 63 ?m×42 ?m, an integrated value of a statistical quantity L(r) represented by Equation (1) in an interparticle distance r of 0.05 ?m or more and 5.00 ?m or less is 0 or more and 1.6 or less. L ? ( r ) := K ? ( r ) / ? - r ( 1 ) In Equation (1), r represents the interparticle distance, and K(r) represents a Ripley's K function K(r) represented by Equation (2).

Abstract: An information processing device including a control unit that displays a virtual object on a three-dimensional coordinate space associated with a real space and causes the virtual object to perform a predetermined movement according to a predetermined sound reproduced from a real sound source disposed in the real space, in which the control unit performs delay amount setting processing of increasing a delay amount of movement start timing at which the virtual object is caused to perform the predetermined movement with respect to reproduction timing at which the real sound source reproduces the predetermined sound, as a position of the real sound source in the real space and a position of the virtual object on the three-dimensional coordinate space are separated from each other.

Abstract: A motor control device according to the present disclosure includes: a motor drive circuit that outputs a drive current to a motor; a drive current detector; a main control unit, and an auxiliary control unit, wherein the main control unit has a first control signal generator that generates a first control signal based on a detected current signal; a first drive signal generator that generates a drive signal based on the first control signal, and a first switcher that switches to an output state of the motor drive circuit of the drive signal, and the auxiliary control unit has a second control signal generator that generates a second control signal; a second drive signal generator that generates the drive signal based on the second control signal, and a second switcher that switches to an output state of the motor drive circuit of the drive signal.

Abstract: Provided is a membrane electrode assembly having excellent durability. A membrane electrode assembly includes: a solid polymer electrolyte membrane; an anode catalyst layer disposed on one surface of the solid polymer electrolyte membrane; and a cathode catalyst layer disposed on the other surface of the solid polymer electrolyte membrane. The membrane electrode assembly includes metal ions selected from cerium ions and manganese ions and a host compound capable of forming an inclusion compound with the metal ions. The host compound is a crown ether compound comprising an amino group or a salt thereof.

Abstract: An information processing system includes a competition management system, a host terminal, a participant terminal, and a participant game device. The competition management system includes game competition generation means configured to generate information for holding a game competition, registration means configured to register participant information, pairing information generation means configured to generate pairing information indicating pairing of participants who play a communication game, and pairing information update means configured to update the pairing information based on report data. The competition management system generates a session for play of the communication game together by participants designated by the pairing information, in association with the designated participants.

Abstract: A secondary battery that can inhibit degradation of an electrode is provided. A flexible secondary battery is provided. A flexible secondary battery includes a positive electrode, a negative electrode, and an exterior body surrounding the positive electrode and the negative electrode. The positive electrode includes a positive electrode current collector and a positive electrode active material layer provided over the positive electrode current collector. The negative electrode includes a negative electrode current collector and a negative electrode active material layer provided over the negative electrode current collector. One or both of the positive electrode current collector and the negative electrode current collector have rubber elasticity.

Abstract: To improve the flexibility of a power storage device, or provide a high-capacity power storage device. The power storage device includes a positive electrode, a negative electrode, an exterior body, and an electrolyte. The outer periphery of each of the positive electrode active material layer and the negative electrode active material layer is a closed curve. The exterior body includes a film and a thermocompression-bonded region. The inner periphery of the thermocompression-bonded region is a closed curve. The electrolyte, the positive electrode active material layer, and the negative electrode active material layer are in a region surrounded by the thermocompression-bonded region.

Abstract: To improve the flexibility of a power storage device, or provide a high-capacity power storage device. The power storage device includes a positive electrode, a negative electrode, an exterior body, and an electrolyte. The outer periphery of each of the positive electrode active material layer and the negative electrode active material layer is a closed curve. The exterior body includes a film and a thermocompression-bonded region. The inner periphery of the thermocompression-bonded region is a closed curve. The electrolyte, the positive electrode active material layer, and the negative electrode active material layer are in a region surrounded by the thermocompression-bonded region.

Abstract: Provided is a method of etching a metal oxide film in a laminate including a substrate and the metal oxide film formed on a surface thereof by an atomic layer etching method, the method including: a first step of introducing, into a treatment atmosphere storing the laminate, at least one oxidizable compound selected from the group consisting of: an alcohol compound; an aldehyde compound; and an ester compound; and a second step of introducing an oxidizing gas into the treatment atmosphere after the first step.

Abstract: A negative electrode active material, a negative electrode active material layer, and a secondary battery including them, or a formation method thereof are provided. In one embodiment of the present invention, carbon particles and a silicon-based material are mixed and used as a negative electrode active material. A polymer including a polar substituent such as a carboxy group is used as a binder. Specifically, as the binder for the carbon particles and the silicon-based material, a polymer containing glutamic acid is used. As the silicon-based material, nanosilicon particles each having a particle diameter less than 1 ?m is used.

Abstract: Compositions for manufacturing a thin film are provided. The compositions may include a compound having a structure of Chemical Formula 1: M may be strontium (Sr) or barium (Ba), X1 and X2 may each independently be oxygen (O) or a substituted or unsubstituted alkylamino group having 1 to 5 carbon atoms, R1 and R2 may each independently be a substituted or unsubstituted alkyl group having 1 to 5 carbon atoms or a substituted or unsubstituted perfluoro alkyl group having 1 to 5 carbon atoms, R3 may be hydrogen or a substituted or unsubstituted alkyl group having 1 to 5 carbon atoms, L may be a substituted or unsubstituted polyether having 1 to 6 oxygen atoms, or a substituted or unsubstituted polyamine having 1 to 6 nitrogen atoms, or a substituted or unsubstituted polyetheramine having 1 to 6 oxygen atoms or nitrogen atoms, and n may be an integer of 1 to 6.

Abstract: A conductive additive a small amount of which is used for forming an active material layer with high electron conductivity is provided. An electrode for a secondary battery including a highly filled active material layer having a high density and containing a small amount of a conductive additive is provided. A secondary battery having high capacity per electrode volume is provided. The electrode includes an active material layer containing a plurality of particulate active materials and a plurality of fibrous carbon-containing compounds. Each of the carbon-containing compounds is a high molecular compound. A monomer of the high molecular compound contains at least one selected from thiophene, benzene, pyrrole, aniline, phenol, phthalocyanine, furan, azulene, and a derivative of any of these.

Abstract: An organometallic adduct compound and a method of manufacturing an integrated circuit device, the organometallic adduct compound being represented by General Formula (I):

Abstract: Exposure of a leftover material at a cartridge that forms a vapor product is prevented. There is provided a cartridge that is assembled in a part of a vapor product that includes a heating element for heating an aerosol source. The cartridge includes a first component and a second component, at least one of which being formed of resin, and a connection section whose one end is connected to the first component and whose another end is joined or welded to the second component. The second component includes a recessed section. The other end of the connection section is joined or welded to the recessed section.