Abstract: Disclosed is a compound represented by formula (I): in formula (I), R1 and R2 each independently represent a hydrogen atom or a methyl group, X1 and X2 each independently represent a group represented by any one of formula (X1-1) to formula (X1-8): A1 and A2 each independently represent an aliphatic hydrocarbon group having 1 to 24 carbon atoms which may have a substituent, and —CH2— included in the aliphatic hydrocarbon group may be replaced by —O—, —S—, —CO— or —S(O)2—, and R3 represents a hydrocarbon group having 1 to 24 carbon atoms which may have a substituent, and —CH2— included in the hydrocarbon group may be replaced by —O—, —S—, —CO— or —S(O)2—.

Abstract: A proportional solenoid (100) of the present invention includes a tubular member (101) in which a first magnetic region (12a) mainly including a ferrite structure, a first semimagnetic region (14a) present at a position spaced apart from an adsorptive surface (11b), the first semimagnetic region including a ferrite structure, a martensite structure, and an austenite structure, and a nonmagnetic region (13) present at a position spaced farther apart from the adsorptive surface than the semimagnetic region, the nonmagnetic region mainly including an austenite structure, are formed continuously and integrally.

Abstract: Provided are a battery pack and an electrical apparatus by which information can be transmitted at an appropriate timing from the battery pack to a device body. A battery pack (10) includes: a serial communication reception circuit (31) and a temperature information transmission circuit (32); an LS terminal that is selectively connected to the serial communication reception circuit (31) or the temperature information transmission circuit (32); a first switching circuit (21) that is provided between the LS terminal and the serial communication reception circuit (31) and the temperature information transmission circuit (32); and a V terminal that is connected to the first switching circuit (21). The first switching circuit (21) switches between connecting the serial communication reception circuit (31) or the temperature information transmission circuit (32) to the LS terminal according to a signal inputted from the V terminal.

Abstract: A battery pack includes cell units in which upper and lower battery cells are connected in series, wherein an output of series-connection and an output of parallel-connection can be switched. The cell units are respectively provided with protection circuit ICs for monitoring the state of the battery cells, and only the protection circuit on the lower cell unit side is provided with a controller 350 including a microcomputer. To adjust the power consumption for the microcomputer only provided in the lower cell unit, the circuit on the upper cell unit side is provided with a current consumption control means including dummy loads. The current consumption control means is operated in conjunction with the start-up of the microcomputer in the controller so as to equalize power consumption on the upper cell unit side and the lower cell unit side.

Abstract: An antenna device includes: a dielectric substrate 1; a first conductor 2 provided on a first surface of the dielectric substrate 1; a second conductor 100 provided on a second surface of the dielectric substrate 1, the second surface being opposite to the first surface on which the first conductor 2 is provided, the second conductor 100 having a feeding point 12; a third conductor 200a provided on the same second surface on which the second conductor 100 is provided; and a pair of transmission lines that electrically connect the second conductor 100 and the third conductor 200a.

Abstract: A salt represented by the formula (I). wherein Z+, Q1, Q2, R1, R2, R3, R4, R5, Z, X1, X2, Xa, Xb, L1, L2, L3 and L4 are defined in the specification.

Abstract: A battery pack which has cell units in which top-side and bottom-side battery cells are connected in series, and is capable of switching the connection state of the cell units, wherein a control unit monitors voltage imbalances between the cell units, and also monitors whether or not a cell unit contact failure has occurred. In order to stop a charging/discharging when a contact failure occurs, a signal (abnormality stoppage signal or charging stoppage signal) for stopping discharge is produced and outputted to the electrical device body-side.

Abstract: A power tool which brakes a motor without turning off a trigger switch when a trouble occurs in the motor is provided. The power tool (10) comprises: a motor (20) that rotates by supply of electricity from a power source (PS); a controller (38) for controlling the rotation of the motor; a switch (12) for switching on and off of power supply from the power source to the motor manually; first braking means (23) for braking the motor when the switch (12) is switched from on to off; and second braking means (23, 45) for braking the motor (20) on the basis of a prescribed signal from the controller when the switch (12) is in an on state.

Abstract: An object of the present invention is to vary the directivity of an antenna (100a) while reducing the signal loss by switching circuits (5a-5d) in a splitter circuit. The switching circuits (5a-5d) in the splitter circuit connect or disconnect n (n is an integer of 2 or more) second lines (12a) connected in parallel with a first line (10a) to/from output terminals (7) connected to n antenna elements (8) having different directivities of signals. If m (m is an integer ranging from 1 to n?1) switching circuits (5b, 5d) arbitrarily selected from the n switching circuits (5a-5d) are switched to on-states, the characteristic impedance of each of the n second lines (12a) is set to a product between the characteristic impedance of the first line (10a) and the number m of switching circuits (5b and 5d) switched to on-states.

Abstract: Included are: a waveguide in which multiple probe inserting holes are provided in a first wall surface, and multiple connection shaft inserting holes are provided in a second wall surface; multiple feed probes each of which is inserted in one of the probe inserting holes, and to a first end of each of which one of multiple circularly polarized element antennas is connected; multiple connection shafts each of which is inserted in one of the connection shaft inserting holes, and a third end of each of which is connected to a second end of one of the feed probes; multiple rotation shafts, a fifth end of each of which is connected to a fourth end of one of the connection shafts; multiple rotation devices each of which rotates one of the rotation shafts; and a control device that individually controls rotation of the rotation devices.

Abstract: Disclosed is a resin comprising a structural unit derived from a compound represented by formula (I?) and a structural unit having an acid-labile group: wherein R1 and R2 each independently represent an alkyl group which may have a halogen atom, a hydrogen atom or a halogen atom, Ar represents an aromatic hydrocarbon group which may have a substituent, L1 represents a group represented by formula (X1-1), etc., L11, L13, L15 and L17 each independently represent an alkanediyl group, L12, L14, L16 and L18 each independently represent —O—, —CO—, CO—O—, —O—CO— or —O—CO—O—, and * and ** are bonds, and ** represents a bond to an iodine atom.

Abstract: A salt represented by formula (I) and a resist composition including the salt are described. wherein, in formula (I), Q1 and Q2 each independently represent a fluorine atom or the like, R1 and R2 each independently represent a hydrogen atom or the like, Z represents an integer of 0 to 6, X1 represents *—CO—O—, *—O—CO—, *—O—CO—O— or *—O—, L1 represents a single bond or an alkanediyl group having 1 to 6 carbon atoms, A1 represents a divalent cyclic hydrocarbon group having 3 to 36 carbon atoms which may have a substituent, L2 represents a single bond, a carbonyl group or an alkanediyl group having 1 to 6 carbon atoms, A2 represents a divalent saturated hydrocarbon group having 1 to 24 carbon atoms which may have a substituent, R3, R4 and R5 each independently represent a saturated hydrocarbon group having 1 to 6 carbon atoms, and Z+ represents an organic cation.

Abstract: Disclosed is a resin comprising a structural unit derived from a compound represented by formula (I) and a structural unit having an acid-labile group: wherein R1 represents a hydrocarbon group which may have a substituent, R2 each independently represent an alkyl group which may have a halogen atom, a hydrogen atom or a halogen atom, Ar represents an aromatic hydrocarbon group which may have a substituent, L1 represents a group represented by formula (L1-1), etc., L11, L13, L15 and L17 each independently represent an alkanediyl group, L12, L14, L16 and L18 each independently represent —O—, —CO—, —CO—O—, etc., * and ** are bonds, and ** represents a bond to an iodine atom.

Abstract: The antenna device includes: an element part 100 having an excitation element 1, a first passive element 11 having first and second conductive parts 11a and 11b, a second passive element 21 having third and fourth conductive parts 21a and 21b, a first switch 12 controlling conduction between the first and second conductive parts, and a second switch 22 controlling conduction between the third and fourth conductive parts; and a controller 200 outputting an electric signal for controlling conduction of the first and second switches. The controller outputs identical DC signal to the first and second switches, and one of the first and second switches is brought into conduction while the other one is brought out of conduction.

Abstract: An array antenna device AAD including: a plurality of element antennas EAs; a transmission/reception module TRM, which is to be connected to one of the EAs, and includes a transmission circuit TC, a reception circuit RC, and a transmission/reception switch; a transmission/reception controller controlling by controlling an amplitude and phase of a signal passing through each TC and RC, and by switching transmission/reception; a distributor distributing a signal from a signal transmitter to each TC to transmit a distributed signal from the each TC; a combiner combining a signal from the each RC; and a receiver receiving the combined signal. A detection signal, which contains a detected amplitude and phase of the signal received by the receiver, is corrected with a piece of interconnection amplitude-phase information about the EAs to obtain a calibration value in calibration of each TRM, and calibration is conducted with the calibration value.

Abstract: An image capture device is mounted in a vehicle. The image capture device includes: an image capture unit; and a setting unit that sets an image capture condition for each region of the image capture unit each having a plurality of pixels, or for each pixel, based upon at least one of a state exterior to the vehicle and a state of the vehicle.

Abstract: Provided is a light source device for a collimator capable of improving an illuminance ratio in an inside of a visible light's radiation field to an outside thereof. The light source device for a collimator includes an LED with a light emitting portion that irradiates visible light and a visible light guide member. The visible light guide member may have a main body, a spacer, and a base. In the main body, a through-hole of a truncated conical shape is formed. The through-hole of a truncated cone shape forms a first opening at a first surface of the main body on a side of the LED and a second opening a second surface of the main body opposite to the first surface. The first opening may be smaller than the second opening. The conical surface of the through-hole having the truncated conical shape is formed as a mirror surface which reflects the visible light irradiated from the LED with high reflectance.

Abstract: There are provided a communication excitation distribution calculating unit (11) that calculates an excitation distribution W1(t) of a communication beam using an excitation phase distribution S that directs a main lobe of the communication beam in a communication direction; an interference excitation distribution calculating unit (14) that calculates an excitation distribution W2(t) of an interference beam using an excitation phase distribution D that forms a null of an antenna pattern in the communication direction; and an excitation distribution combining unit (20) that combines the excitation distribution W1(t) of the communication beam and the excitation distribution W2(t) of the interference beam. An amplitude/phase controlling unit (30) controls amplitudes and phases of carrier signals to be provided to element antennas (3-1) to (3-K), in accordance with the combined excitation distribution obtained by the excitation distribution combining unit (20).

Abstract: A motion compensator includes a divider, a frame memory transfer controller, and a motion compensation processor. Based on information about a coding unit CU and prediction unit PU provided by a decoder, the divider determines whether or not to divide the PU. Next, based on a motion vector of the PU yet to be divided, reference image information, and information about divided blocks locations, the frame memory transfer controller determines the storage location of the reference image of a reference picture in a frame memory on the basis of each of the blocks divided, thereby obtaining reference image data. The motion compensation processor performs motion compensation operation on a motion compensation control block basis to generate a predicted image. Then, a reconstructor obtains a restored image based on a residual image generated by an inverse frequency transformer.

Abstract: An amplitude phase calculating unit (32) calculates information about a propagation path between a receiving station (2) and each of transmitting stations (1-1 to 1-N) at each communication point at each communication time, and calculates the amounts of amplitude phase adjustment to a communication symbol sequence. An amplitude phase adjusting unit (33) adjusts the amplitude and the phase of the communication symbol sequence by using the amounts of amplitude phase adjustment, and transmits this adjusted signal from each of the transmitting stations (1-1 to 1-N). A timing control unit (22) of the receiving station (2) controls the receiving timing on the basis of each communication time, and a reception RF unit (23) converts the signal from each of the transmitting stations (1-1 to 1-N) into a signal in a baseband at the controlled receiving timing, and calculates a reception symbol sequence.