Abstract: Provided is a microelectrode having a layered structure, including a layer containing a polymer compound having an aromatic ring (polymer compound layer) and a layer containing a conductive material (conductive layer), wherein a thickness of the polymer compound layer is 10 to 900 nm, a thickness of the conductive layer is 0.3 to 10 nm, and the microelectrode has a three-dimensional curved shape.

Abstract: A laminated battery disclosed herein includes an electrode body, a laminated exterior body, and positive and negative electrode terminals. At least one of the positive and negative electrode terminals is configured of a plate-shaped clad material in which a first metal and a second metal, which are different from each other, are joined to each other, and a tab film composed of a resin material is arranged on the surfaces of the first metal and the second metal of the clad material. The boundary region of the first metal and the second metal of the clad material is not exposed to the outside of the exterior body, and the tab film is arranged at a peripheral edge portion close to the boundary region, excluding the boundary region, on the wide surface of the clad material, and the tab film is welded to the exterior body.

Abstract: (a) An electrode assembly is accommodated in a laminated casing. (b) A pressure-applied portion is formed by sandwiching at least a portion of a peripheral edge of the laminated casing between a first tool and a second tool. (c) A sealed portion is formed by applying ultrasonic vibration from at least one of the first tool and the second tool to the pressure-applied portion. The first tool includes a projection portion. The second tool is provided with a groove portion. A bending tendency portion is formed in the laminated casing by sandwiching the laminated casing between a tip of the projection portion and a bottom portion of the groove portion. The laminated casing is welded on both sides across the bending tendency portion.

Abstract: A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium storing an explanatory information output program for causing a computer to execute processing includes obtaining a contribution of each of a plurality of factors to an output result of a machine learning model in a case of inputting each of a plurality of pieces of data, each of the plurality of factors being included in each of the plurality of pieces of data; clustering the plurality of pieces of data based on the contribution of each of the plurality of factors to generate a plurality of groups of factors; and outputting explanatory information that includes a diagram representing magnitude of the contribution of each of the plurality of factors to the output result in a case of inputting data included in the group for each of the plurality of groups.

Abstract: There is provided a technique including: at least one pipe heater configured to heat at least one gas pipe configured to supply a gas to a process chamber in which a substrate is processed; at least one temperature detector configured to detect a temperature of the at least one gas pipe; at least one temperature controller configured to be capable of, based on the temperature detected by the at least one temperature detector, outputting a manipulated variable indicating electric power to be supplied to the at least one pipe heater, and controlling the temperature of the at least one gas pipe to approach at least one desired setpoint; and a host controller configured to be capable of controlling start and stop of heating of the at least one gas pipe performed under the control of the at least one temperature controller.

Abstract: The terminal disclosed herein is suitably used in a laminated battery, in which an electrode body is accommodated inside a bag-shaped outer casing made of a laminated film. The terminal has an inner terminal portion which is connected to the electrode body inside the outer casing, an outer terminal portion which is exposed to outside of the outer casing, and a plate-shaped portion which is disposed between the inner terminal portion and the outer terminal portion and is welded to the laminated film. In a predetermined part of a surface of the plate-shaped portion, to which the laminated film is welded, a surface-roughened portion having an arithmetic average height higher than an arithmetic average height of a part other than the predetermined part is provided, and a notch portion is provided in the surface-roughened portion.

Abstract: The laminated battery disclosed herein includes an electrode body, an outer casing made of a laminated film which accommodates the electrode body, and an electrode terminal. The outer casing has a weld portion in which inner surfaces of the laminated films are stacked and welded together in a peripheral edge of space which accommodates the electrode body. The electrode terminal passes between the laminated films stacked on each other in the weld portion and is inserted into the outer casing, one end of the electrode terminal is electrically connected to the electrode body, and another end of the electrode terminal is exposed to outside of the outer casing. In addition, at least a part of the electrode terminal inserted into the outer casing is plate-shaped. In the plate-shaped portion, a surface-roughened portion having a notch portion is provided at a position of the weld portion.

Abstract: An inspection device of a film-type battery is provided which can detect a poorly sealed site of a heat seal part. The present disclosure provides an inspection device of a film-type battery including an electrode body, and a film exterior body for accommodating the electrode body in the inside thereof, and having a heat seal part at the periphery thereof. The inspection device includes a temperature measuring device for measuring the temperature distribution of the heat seal part, and a first determination part for controlling the temperature measuring device in a prescribed time after forming the heat seal part at the film exterior body, and determining the presence or absence of a poorly sealed site based on the temperature distribution measured.

Abstract: Provided is a high-performance, high-quality battery module including plurality of electrode bodies connected in series. The battery module disclosed herein has a plurality of electrode bodies that include positive electrodes and negative electrodes, connecting terminals that connect the plurality of electrode bodies in series, and a film exterior body that covers the plurality of electrode bodies and the connecting terminals. The electrode bodies each includes a pair of flat surfaces and are made into a module by being superimposed on each other, such that the flat surfaces face each other. The connecting terminal is made up of a cladding material resulting from joining of a first metal, which is a metal of identical type to that of the positive electrode, and a second metal, which is a metal of identical type to that of the negative electrode.

Abstract: A film type battery is provided in which the film exterior body can be stably cleaved, thereby relaxing the internal pressure when the internal pressure of the film exterior body has increased to a prescribed value. The present disclosure provides a film type battery including a film exterior body, an electrode body accommodated in the inside of the film exterior body, a sheet-shaped terminal whose one end is extended to the outside of the film exterior body, a sealed part provided at the edge on the side of the film exterior body from which at least the terminal is extended, and a sealant film integrated with the terminal, and welded to the film exterior body at the sealed part. The sealant film includes a notch part formed such that the width in the direction of extension of the terminal of the sealed part is narrower than at other portions.

Abstract: A laminated battery disclosed herein includes an electrode body, a laminated exterior body, and positive and negative electrode terminals. At least one of the positive and negative electrode terminals is configured of a plate-shaped clad material in which a first metal and a second metal, which are different from each other, are joined to each other, and a tab film composed of a resin material is arranged on the surfaces of the first metal and the second metal of the clad material. The boundary region of the first metal and the second metal of the clad material is not exposed to the outside of the exterior body, and the tab film is arranged at a peripheral edge portion close to the boundary region, excluding the boundary region, on the wide surface of the clad material, and the tab film is welded to the exterior body.

Abstract: The present disclosure provides a manufacturing method of an electrode outer casing capable of improving a yield in a manufacturing method of an electrode outer casing which uses a laminated film and implementing an increase in productivity. The manufacturing method of an electrode outer casing disclosed herein includes a preparation step of preparing a multilayer laminated film which has at least a plurality of resin film layers, a transport step of transporting the laminated film to an unevenness forming section in order to form an uneven shape, a forming step of forming the laminated film in the unevenness forming section, and a cutting step of cutting the laminated film having been subjected to the forming step.

Abstract: A color temperature of each of a first sensed image that is sensed by a first image sensing device and a second sensed image that is sensed by a second image sensing device different from the first image sensing device is acquired, a color temperature that is common between the first image sensing device and the second image sensing device is decided based on the acquired color temperatures, and color information in an image sensed by the first image sensing device and an image sensed by the second image sensing device is adjusted based on the decided color temperature.

Abstract: A secondary battery of sealed structure disclosed herein is provided with a stacked electrode body inside a battery case. At a region closer to a lid body of the battery case when a rectangular positive electrode sheet and rectangular negative electrode sheet that make up the electrode body is bisected with respect to a direction from the lid body to a bottom surface of a case body, a positive electrode collector exposed portion and a negative electrode collector exposed portion, which do not have a positive or negative electrode active material layer, are formed, in the rectangular positive electrode sheet and negative electrode sheet, on the inward side of the rectangular positive and negative electrode sheets, in such a manner that one side of each exposed portion makes up part of an edge, of the positive and negative electrode sheets, neighboring and opposing the lid body.

Abstract: A laser welding method includes preliminarily heating an entire welding path by irradiating the entire welding path with a heating laser beam for a first predetermined time, the welding path being closed loop-shaped and formed at a boundary between two workpieces as welding objects, and performing scanning with a welding laser beam along the welding path while continuously performing the irradiation with the heating laser beam after the preliminary heating and terminating the irradiation with the welding laser beam after the welding laser beam goes around the welding path.

Abstract: The aspect of the embodiments is directed to an image processing apparatus capable of executing gradation processing according to various shapes of boundary portions by determining start positions for starting the gradation processing for applying a gradient to a luminance value in a horizontal direction of an image in positions in a vertical direction of the image.

Abstract: A color temperature of each of a first sensed image that is sensed by a first image sensing device and a second sensed image that is sensed by a second image sensing device different from the first image sensing device is acquired, a color temperature that is common between the first image sensing device and the second image sensing device is decided based on the acquired color temperatures, and color information in an image sensed by the first image sensing device and an image sensed by the second image sensing device is adjusted based on the decided color temperature.

Abstract: A color temperature of each of a first sensed image that is sensed by a first image sensing device and a second sensed image that is sensed by a second image sensing device different from the first image sensing device is acquired, a color temperature that is common between the first image sensing device and the second image sensing device is decided based on the acquired color temperatures, and color information in an image sensed by the first image sensing device and an image sensed by the second image sensing device is adjusted based on the decided color temperature.

Abstract: A line-of-sight detection method includes detecting an eye region of a subject from an image, determining whether a position of a boundary between a pupil and an iris is detected from the image based on a brightness change in the eye region, executing, in accordance with a result of the determining, at least one of first processing in which a position of a center of the pupil is detected based on an outline of the pupil and second processing in which the position of the center of the pupil is detected based on another outline of the iris, and detecting a line of sight of the subject based on the position of the center of the pupil detected by the at least one of the first processing and the second processing.

Abstract: A secondary battery of sealed structure disclosed herein is provided with a stacked electrode body inside a battery case. At a region closer to a lid body of the battery case when a rectangular positive electrode sheet and rectangular negative electrode sheet that make up the electrode body is bisected with respect to a direction from the lid body to a bottom surface of a case body, a positive electrode collector exposed portion and a negative electrode collector exposed portion, which do not have a positive or negative electrode active material layer, are formed, in the rectangular positive electrode sheet and negative electrode sheet, on the inward side of the rectangular positive and negative electrode sheets, in such a manner that one side of each exposed portion makes up part of an edge, of the positive and negative electrode sheets, neighboring and opposing the lid body.