Abstract: A set of liquid compositions used to form a positive or negative electrode layer is provided. The set of liquid compositions includes a first liquid composition having a first electrode material dissolving or dispersing in a first liquid; and a second liquid composition having a second electrode material dissolving or dispersing in a second liquid, the second electrode material differing from the first electrode material, and the second liquid differing from the first liquid, wherein the second electrode material dissolves or disperses easily in the second liquid than in the first liquid.

Abstract: An electrostatic input apparatus is provided. A measuring unit measures capacitance at a plurality of coordinates of an electrostatic coordinate input unit. A converting unit obtains a reference value of the capacitance and converts the capacitance to difference values according to a distance between the electrostatic coordinate input unit at the coordinates and a finger. A first coordinate calculating unit calculates barycentric coordinates of a contact portion from the difference values for the plurality of coordinates. A cycle determining unit determines whether the difference values at coordinates on a circumference of a circle with a predetermined radius centered on the barycentric coordinates exhibit periodicity of two cycles in one round along the circle. An operation determining unit performs, when the cycle determining unit determines that the difference values exhibit periodicity of two cycles, a determination that an input operation using two or more fingers has been performed.

Abstract: [Problem] To Provide a fabric-like sensor in which an output signal can be improved when in use and damage or fracture of a sensor element hardly occurs, and a fabric-like sensor device using it. Solution In a fabric-like sensor S having a fabric base material 1 and a line-shaped sensor element 2, at least one line-shaped cavity portion 11 is provided inside the fabric base material 1, and at least a part of the cavity portion 11 is composed of a raw fabric at least a part of the cavity portion has no elasticity in a line direction of the cavity portion 11, and further the line-shaped sensor element 2 is arranged in a state of not being substantially constrained or fixed in at least one of cavity portions in a fabric 1.

Abstract: An electrode manufacturing method includes a first step of applying an electrode liquid composition in a desired shape at a desired position on a substrate, the electrode liquid composition containing an electrode mixture material; a second step of acquiring positional information as to where the electrode liquid composition is applied; and a third step of cutting only the substrate at a desired position in a region other than an electrode mixture material region where the electrode liquid composition is applied to obtain an electrode cut out in a desired shape.

Abstract: A resist underlayer film-forming composition capable of reducing occurrence of defects caused by microparticles or the like that may be generated during formation of a coating film. A silicon-containing resist underlayer film-forming composition including: [A]a polysiloxane; [B] a glycol compound having a normal boiling point of 230.0° C. or higher and being of the following Formula (1): (wherein R1 and R2 are each independently a hydrogen atom, a C1-4 alkyl group, or a C3-4 acyl group; and n is an integer of 3 or more); and [C] a solvent (except for a compound corresponding to the compound [B]).

Abstract: Provided is a program in which any of a plurality of stage-raising conditions different from each other is set for any stage, the program causing a computer to execute steps of: determining, upon acceptance of a player input for selecting a target game medium from among a game medium (or media), the stage of the target game medium being to be raised, whether a first stage-raising condition set for the stage of the target game medium is satisfied; determining whether a stage-raising condition set for the next stage thereof is a second stage-raising condition, in the case where it is determined that the first stage-raising condition is satisfied; and displaying a transition-instruction accepting unit for making the transition to a screen for presenting the second stage-raising condition, in the case where it is determined that the stage-raising condition set for the next stage is the second stage-raising condition.

Abstract: An input device includes a top panel having an operation surface, a detection unit configured to detect a capacitance corresponding to a distance between the operation surface and an object, and a controller configured to determine, based on a detection result from the detection unit, a relative state between the operation surface and the object to be one out of a non-detection state and a plurality of states. The controller measures, for each of the plurality of states, a duration in which the capacitance is greater than or equal to a corresponding one of capacitance thresholds set for the plurality of states, and determines, using the durations and the time thresholds and capacitance thresholds set for the plurality of states, the relative state to be one out of the non-detection state and the plurality of states.

Abstract: An input device includes a top panel having an operation surface, a detection unit configured to detect a capacitance corresponding to a distance between the operation surface and an object, and a controller configured to determine, based on a detection result from the detection unit, a relative state between the operation surface and the object to be one out of a non-detection state and a plurality of states. The controller measures, for each of the plurality of states, a duration in which the capacitance is greater than or equal to a corresponding one of capacitance thresholds set for the plurality of states, and determines, using the durations and the time thresholds and capacitance thresholds set for the plurality of states, the relative state to be one out of the non-detection state and the plurality of states.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a liquid composition for forming an electrochemical device contains one or both of an active material or an electrolyte; a dispersion medium; and a polymer, wherein the polymer contains constituent units having one or both of an amide bond or an imide bond, and having a group represented by a following general formula (I): wherein X is an oxygen atom, or a carbon atom substituted with a hydrogen atom or an alkyl group, wherein R1, R2, R3, and R4 are each independently hydrogen atoms, substituted or unsubstituted alkyl groups, or substituted or unsubstituted cycloalkyl groups, and m and n are positive integers.

Abstract: A liquid composition contains an inorganic oxide and an organic solvent represented by the following Chemical Formula 1, where R1 and R2 each, independently represent straight chain alkyl groups or straight chain alkoxy groups, wherein the organic solvent has a topological index chai4v of 0.9 or greater.

Abstract: An electrostatic coordinate input device includes a finger detection unit that detects a proximity position of a finger of an operator on an operation surface by a capacitive sensing method; and a correction unit that, in a case where two proximity positions corresponding to two fingers are detected by the finger detection unit, corrects the two proximity positions so as to increase a distance between the two proximity positions.

Abstract: The location system includes two measurers apart from each other and configured to measure first and second variables in accordance with times of arrival of radio waves and first reception strengths, respectively; a memory configured to store first data associating a plurality of zones with first and second reference variables corresponding to times of arrivals of radio waves with respect to the two measurers for a case where the radio waves are transmitted from the plurality of zones, and second data associating the plurality of zones with first and second reference reception strengths with respect to the two measurers for the case where the radio waves are transmitted from the plurality of zones; and a processor configured to identify from among the plurality of zones a zone having a highest probability of including a position from where radio waves are transmitted.

Abstract: The electrolyte analysis test strip of the present invention includes a substrate extending in one direction. A first ion-sensitive film provided in a specific region on the one end side in the one direction and a first extraction electrode extending from the first ion-sensitive film to the other end side are provided on one main surface of the substrate. A second ion-sensitive film provided in a specific region on the one end side and a second extraction electrode extending from the second ion-sensitive film to the other end side are provided on the other main surface of the substrate. The first ion-sensitive film and the second ion-sensitive film each come into contact with an electrolyte to generate a first potential corresponding to a concentration of a first ion species and a second potential corresponding to a concentration of a second ion species, respectively.

Abstract: A liquid composition containing a solvent, an inorganic solid electrolyte, and a dispersant is provided. The dispersant is soluble in the solvent. A 10% volume fraction-component's particle diameter (D10), a 50% volume fraction-component's particle diameter (D50), a 90% volume fraction-component's particle diameter (D90), and a mode diameter (Dm) of solids contained in the liquid composition satisfy D90/D10>10, D50<1 ?m, and Dm<2 ?m, where D10, D50, D90, and Dm are measured by a laser diffraction method.

Abstract: A central command system may determine a mission plan for resilient execution by a swarm of drones comprising one or more sensors to capture data in accordance with the mission plan. The mission plan may specify requirements for fault tolerance or parallelism and a redundancy structure for the swarm. The mission plan may be transmitted to a remote drone swarm controller device that determines a swarm configuration based on the mission plan and available drones. The controller may transmit instructions regarding the swarm configuration to dispatch a resilient swarm of drones. During execution of the mission plan, drones in the resilient swarm may be monitored by other drones in the swarm, by the remote drone swarm controller, and/or by the central command system. The redundancy structure provides for failover options for one or more drones in the resilient swarm.

Abstract: A contact determination device includes a sensor measuring a contact degree of a body to be detected with an object, a contact determination unit determining whether the body to be detected is in contact with the object, based on a reference value, and a correction unit correcting the reference value, in which a cumulative value is obtained by accumulating a fluctuation amount of the detection value from a contact start time of the body to be detected with the object during a period in which the body to be detected is in contact with the object, and when the detection value increases as the contact degree increases, the correction unit corrects the reference value, based on a maximum value of the cumulative value, or when the detection value decreases as the contact degree increases, the correction unit corrects the reference value, based on a minimum value of the cumulative value.

Abstract: A power storage system includes a power storage element; and a voltage detecting unit configured to detect an output voltage of the power storage element. The power storage element and the voltage detecting unit are formed by integrally forming structural materials of the power storage element and the voltage detecting unit on the same base material, without any point bonding portions formed by solder mounting.

Abstract: A composite material includes vanadium lithium phosphate, and a conductive carbon. an amount of the conductive carbon is 2.5 mass % or more and 7.5 mass % or less.

Abstract: A method comprising receiving a plurality of images of a scene captured by at least one drone; identifying features within the plurality of images; identifying similar images of the plurality of images based on the features identified within the plurality of images; comparing the similar images based on the features identified within the similar images to determine a proportion of features shared by the similar images; selecting a subset of the plurality of images that have a proportion of shared features that meets a predetermined range; generating a first 3D model of the scene from the subset of images using a first 3D model building algorithm; generating a second 3D model of the scene from the subset of images using a second 3D model building algorithm; computing errors for the first and second 3D models; and selecting as the model of the scene the first or second 3D model.

Abstract: A method for improving wireless communication for a drone swarm, the method comprising, at a computing system, receiving, from a plurality of drones of a drone swarm, data comprising radio frequency signal characteristics detected by the plurality of drones; generating a model of a radio frequency environment for the drone swarm based on the data received from the plurality of drones; and controlling at least one wireless communication system to improve wireless communication for the drone swarm based on the model of the radio frequency environment.