Abstract: A power supply unit for an aerosol generation device, includes a control unit configured to control supply of power to a heater configured to heat an aerosol source using the power supplied from a power supply and a charge of the power supply, and a measurement circuit configured to measure a state of the power supply, wherein the measurement circuit includes a detection circuit configured to detect that the state of the power supply is an abnormal state, and an output unit configured to output an abnormality notification in response to the detection by the detection circuit.

Abstract: A power source unit for an aerosol generation device comprises: a communication module including an integrated circuit portion and an antenna portion; and a power source configured to supply power for driving a heater configured to heat an aerosol source. The power source unit comprises a controller configured to control the supply of the power from the power source to the heater; and a circuit board on which the communication module and an electronic component are mounted. A first side edge portion closest to the communication module is located at a position closer to the antenna portion than the integrated circuit portion.

Abstract: A power supply unit for an aerosol generation device includes a connector to which a heater for heating aerosol source is connected, a control unit for controlling supply of power to the heater and charge operation of the power supply, and a measurement circuit for measuring state of the power supply. The control unit has a first terminal for receiving information having correlation with the state of the power supply and acquires first index according to the information supplied to the first terminal. The measurement circuit has a second terminal for receiving information having correlation with the state of the power supply and generates second index according to the information supplied to the second terminal and provides the second index to the control unit. The control unit controls the charge operation of the power supply in accordance with the first index and the second index.

Abstract: A power supply unit of an aerosol generation device includes: a power supply; a heater connector to which a heater configured to heat an aerosol source by consuming power supplied from the power supply is connected; a controller configured to control supply of power from the power supply to the heater and including a power supply terminal to which power for operation is input; a restart circuit configured to restart the controller; and an IC including the power supply terminal to which the power for operation is input and that is separated from the controller. The power supply terminal of the controller is configured to be supplied with a second system voltage generated from the power supply, and the power supply terminal of the IC is supplied with a first system voltage generated from the power supply even while the controller is restarted by the restart circuit.

Abstract: An aerosol generating apparatus of the present disclosure comprises an operation device to detect an input operation by a user, and a heater configured to atomize an aerosol source. The apparatus unlocks a locked state of the apparatus if the input operation satisfies an operation condition determined by the user. If an action state of the apparatus is a predetermined state in which heating of the heater cannot be started, the apparatus does not unlock the locked state of the apparatus.

Abstract: An inhaler power source unit, that supplies electric power from a power supply to a heater configured to heat an aerosol source is provided. The power source unit includes a control unit configured to control an operation of the power source unit, a housing configured to accommodate the power supply and the control unit, a panel configured to be detachably attached to a surface of the housing, and a detection unit configured to detect attachment or detachment of the panel to or from the housing. The control unit is configured to impose, in a case where the detection unit detects the detachment of the panel, a function restriction on a plurality of functions controlled by the control unit. The control unit has a plurality of operation modes, and contents of the function restriction are different for each operation mode.

Abstract: An inhalation device comprising a power supply, a heater that heats an aerosol source, a first temperature sensor that contacts with the heater and detects a temperature of the heater, a second temperature sensor that does not contact with the heater, a LED, and a controller is disclosed. The controller, based on a current value and a voltage value detected from the power supply, makes a determination if a current or voltage amount of the power supply is abnormal. The controller, based on a temperature detected by the second temperature sensor, further makes a determination if temperature of a body of the inhalation device is abnormal. The control unit outputs the determination using the LED in a manner that allows a user of the inhalation device to understand how to attend to the determined abnormality.

Abstract: The present invention aims to provide a joining method that can prevent poor joining. The present invention provides a joining method including: a measuring step that measures a height near a joint portion, which serves as a part for joining formed by a first metal member and a second metal member placed in a positional relationship for joining by abutting or overlapping, and obtains measured values; a setting step that sets a height position of a rotating tool based on the measured values obtained by the measuring step; and a friction stir step that relatively moves the turning rotating tool along the joint portion based on the height position set by the setting step.

Abstract: A rotary tool used in a joining device that performs friction stir welding of a joint member. The rotary tool includes: a main body having a fixed unit attached and secured to the joining device, and a rotary shaft for transmitting a rotary force from the joining device; a stirring member that has a stirring pin inserted into the joint member to perform friction stirring on the joint member, that is arranged so as to be rotatable by receiving the rotary force from the rotary shaft, and that is provided on the main body so as to be movable relative to an axial direction of the rotary shaft; and an elastic member that biases the stirring member toward a distal-end side relative to the axial direction of the rotary shaft.

Abstract: An aerosol generating device includes a power supply that supplies electric power to a heating unit, and a control unit that controls the supply of electric power in accordance with a control sequence consisting of sections including a first section and a second section. The control sequence designates a first time length for the first section and a second time length for the second section. The control unit terminates the first section when the temperature of the heating unit has reached a predetermined temperature and, in a case of terminating the first section earlier than a first time point, continues the second section over a total time of a residual time until the first time point and the second time length.

Abstract: A vehicle assistance device includes an object sensing unit that detects an object around an own vehicle included in a range viewable through a monitoring area set in a part of a field-of-view range of a driver, sensed object information extraction unit and an additional information generation unit that generate additional information regarding the object detected, a driver's line-of-sight sensing unit that detects a line of sight of the driver, a mirror gaze determination unit that determines that movement of the line of sight of the driver detected has stopped in the monitoring area, and an additional information voice generation and output unit that outputs by voice the additional information generated by the additional information generation unit at a time point when stop of the line-of-sight movement is determined.

Abstract: A power supply unit for an aerosol generation device includes a power supply, a heater connector, a control circuit, a power supply monitoring circuit, a charge cutoff switch, a discharge cutoff switch, and a protection circuit. If a state of the power supply satisfies a condition of a first condition set, the power supply monitoring circuit performs an operation for at least temporarily restricting at least one of charge of the power supply and supply of power from the power supply to a heater. If the state of the power supply satisfies a condition of a second condition set, the protection circuit turns off at least one of the discharge cutoff switch and the charge cutoff switch. Both of the first and second condition sets includes a condition concerning a first physical quantity of the power supply.

Abstract: A rotary tool includes: a main body having a fixed unit and a rotary shaft; a stirring pin rotatable and movable relative to an axial direction of the rotary shaft, and inserted into a joint member to perform friction stirring; and a shoulder that is arranged on the main body so as not to receive a rotary force from the main body but to be movable relative to the axial direction of the rotary shaft, and that presses the joint member while in contact with the joint member, wherein the stirring pin and the shoulder are mounted to form an assembly so as to be relatively movable and to move integrally in the axial direction of the rotary shaft, and the rotary tool further includes a first elastic member that biases the assembly toward a distal-end side of the stirring pin relative to the axial direction of the rotary shaft.

Abstract: A power supply unit for an inhalation device configured to generate aerosol added with a flavor component is provided. The power supply unit includes a power supply, a power supplier configured to supply electric power from the power supply to the heater, a notification unit, and a control unit configured to control the power supplier and the notification unit. The control unit controls the power supplier in accordance with a predetermined control sequence, and controls the notification unit to make a notification of at least one timing including a timing at which an amount of the flavor component contained in the aerosol becomes a predetermined amount during an inhalation enable period determined by the control sequence.

Abstract: A rotary tool includes: a main body, and a rotary shaft for transmitting a rotary force; a stirring pin that is arranged on the main body so as to be rotatable by receiving the rotary force and to be movable relative to an axial direction of the rotary shaft, and that is inserted into a joint member to perform friction stirring on the joint member; a shoulder that is formed separately from the stirring pin, that is arranged on the main body so as not to receive the rotary force from the main body but to be movable separately from the stirring pin relative to the axial direction of the rotary shaft, and that presses the joint member while in contact with the joint member; and a first elastic member that biases the stirring pin toward a distal-end side relative to the axial direction of the rotary shaft.

Abstract: Provided are: an aluminum alloy filler material which is less likely to cause welding cracks and from which a joint portion having excellent strength and toughness is formed, in high-speed joining of an aluminum alloy; an aluminum alloy welded structure manufactured using the aluminum alloy filler material; and a method for joining an aluminum material using the aluminum alloy filler material. The aluminum alloy filler material for high-speed joining according to the present invention is characterized by comprising aluminum including a surface-active element that lowers the surface tension of molten aluminum, wherein the surface-active element is at least one among Ca, Sr, and Ba, and the content of the surface-active element is 0.05-0.50 mass %.

Abstract: A photoelectric conversion apparatus includes a semiconductor layer including a front surface, a back surface, and a plurality of photoelectric conversion portions, a first insulation film on a back surface side of the semiconductor layer, a light shielding film between the first insulation film and the back surface, a first light shielding wall in the first insulation film, and a second light shielding wall in the first insulation film, wherein an end portion of the first light shielding wall that is on the back surface side is in contact with the light shielding film, and wherein a distance between an end portion of the light shielding film that is on the back surface side and the back surface is greater than a distance between an end portion of the second light shielding wall that is on the back surface side and the back surface.

Abstract: Provided is a display device including a plurality of display units for displaying a remaining capacity of a battery; and a control unit that performs control to change a display mode of all of the plurality of display units in a case where the remaining capacity of the battery is larger than a first remaining capacity to present a change of the remaining capacity of the battery within a range larger than the first remaining capacity, to change a display mode of at least one display unit among the plurality of display units to a first display mode in a case where the remaining capacity of the battery becomes less than or equal to the first remaining capacity, and to change the display mode of the at least one display unit to a second display mode in a case where the remaining capacity of the battery becomes less than or equal to a second remaining capacity lower than the first remaining capacity.

Abstract: Provided is a display device including multiple display elements arranged in a row to display a state of an apparatus during operation of the apparatus, and a controller that, when an error has occurred in the apparatus, executes control to display the occurrence of the error with the multiple display elements.

Abstract: A display device includes a plurality of displays, and a controller. The displays are configured to, when an apparatus is performing an operation, display a state of the apparatus. The controller is configured to, in response to an error occurring in the apparatus, display an indication of occurrence of the error on the displays in a manner that causes all or a subset of the displays to turn on for a predetermined period of time and then turn off for a predetermined period of time.