Abstract: The present disclosure appropriately encourages provision of a service according to a location or provision of a location according to a service. A controller of a server apparatus that is an information processing apparatus according to the present disclosure acquires, from an apparatus of a location provider, attribute information of a location that the location provider is able to provide. The controller acquires, from an apparatus of a service provider, attribute information of a service that the service provider is able to provide. The controller performs, at least one of transmission, to the apparatus of the location provider, of a notification encouraging rental of the location to the service provider and transmission, to the apparatus of the service provider, of a notification encouraging use of the location when the attribute information of the location and the attribute information of the service satisfy a predetermined condition.

Abstract: The present disclosure makes it possible to further improve convenience of customers and the like accompanying purchase of merchandise. An autonomous traveling unit is provided with: a driving portion including an autonomous traveling ability, the driving portion being configured to be movable together with a storing portion configured to store merchandise; and a controlling portion configured to execute: acquiring settlement completion information about the merchandise stored in the storing portion, the merchandise being merchandise in a store; and controlling the driving portion to cause the merchandise storing portion to move to a first point outside the store after acquiring the settlement completion information.

Abstract: A method of producing a phosphate-coated SmFeN-based anisotropic magnetic powder, the method including stirring a slurry containing a raw material SmFeN-based anisotropic magnetic powder, water, a phosphate source, and an aluminum source to obtain a SmFeN-based anisotropic magnetic powder having a surface coated with a phosphate.

Abstract: An as-sliced wafer processing method includes a grinding step of grinding a first surface of an as-sliced wafer, an outer periphery positioning step of moving a chuck table and a grinding unit relative to each other in directions parallel to a holding surface of the chuck table so as to position an edge on an outer periphery of grinding stones at an outer peripheral edge of the first surface after the grinding step is carried out, and a chamfering step of chamfering an outer periphery of the first surface of the as-sliced wafer by the grinding stones after the outer periphery positioning step is carried out.

Abstract: A method for producing a phosphate-coated SmFeN-based anisotropic magnetic powder, the method includes a phosphate treatment of adding an inorganic acid to a slurry containing an SmFeN-based anisotropic magnetic powder, water, and a phosphate compound to adjust a pH of the slurry to a range of 1 to 4.5 to form a phosphate-coated SmFeN-based anisotropic magnetic powder having a surface coated with a phosphate.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a composition for bonded magnets having good hot water resistance and a method of manufacturing the composition. The method of manufacturing a composition for bonded magnets includes: obtaining a first kneaded mixture by kneading a rare earth-iron-nitrogen-based magnetic powder and an acid-modified polypropylene resin; and obtaining a second kneaded mixture by kneading the first kneaded mixture with a polypropylene resin and an amorphous resin having a glass transition temperature of 120° C. or higher and 250° C. or lower, wherein, with respect to 100 parts by weight of the rare earth-iron-nitrogen-based magnetic powder, the amount of the acid-modified polypropylene resin is 3.5 parts by weight or greater and less than 10.4 parts by weight, and the total amount of the polypropylene resin and the amorphous resin is 0.35 part by weight or greater and less than 3.88 parts by weight.

Abstract: A method for producing a phosphate-coated SmFeN-based anisotropic magnetic powder, the method includes: a phosphate treatment of adding an inorganic acid to a slurry containing an SmFeN-based anisotropic magnetic powder, water, and a phosphate compound to adjust a pH of the slurry to a range from 1 to 4.5 to form an SmFeN-based anisotropic magnetic powder having a surface on which a phosphate coating is formed; and oxidizing by heat treating the SmFeN-based anisotropic magnetic powder having the surface on which the phosphate coating is formed, in an oxygen-containing atmosphere at a temperature in a range of 200° C. to 330° C., to form the phosphate-coated SmFeN-based anisotropic magnetic powder.

Abstract: Processing equipment includes a processing apparatus including a chuck table, a suction apparatus supplying a negative pressure to the chuck table, a first base that supports the processing apparatus, and a second base that supports the suction apparatus. The second base has, at a bottom part thereof, multiple leg parts that are disposed in such a manner as to penetrate through through-holes provided in the first base, without getting contact with the first base, and are each capable of extension and contraction. The second base is allowed to be supported by the first base through contracting of each of the multiple leg parts when the processing and suction apparatuses are to be conveyed. The second base stands by itself without getting contact with the first base, through extending of each of the multiple leg parts when the processing and suction apparatuses are to be installed on a floor surface.

Abstract: In a control device of an electric vehicle including a motor, driving wheels, a shifting device that is operated by a driver and selectively sets one of two shift positions of a traveling position that generates driving force by transmitting output torque of the motor to the driving wheels, and a non-traveling position that does not generate driving force without transmitting the output torque to the driving wheels, a controller causes the motor to output signal torque that enables the driver to sense a change in a vehicle behavior accompanied with switching of the shift position when the driver switches the shift position.

Abstract: A vehicle control device for controlling a vehicle, the vehicle control device being configured to switch between automatic driving and manual driving of the vehicle, learn driving characteristics during the manual driving, and reflect a learned value of the driving characteristics in control during the automatic driving. Further, the vehicle control device controls the vehicle in a manner that, in the learned value of the driving characteristics, a state of an occupant other than a driver during the manual driving is in association with the driving characteristics.

Abstract: In a control device of an electric vehicle including a motor, driving wheels, a shifting device that is operated by a driver and selectively sets one of two shift positions of a traveling position that generates driving force by transmitting output torque of the motor to the driving wheels, and a non-traveling position that does not generate driving force without transmitting the output torque to the driving wheels, a controller causes the motor to output signal torque that enables the driver to sense a change in a vehicle behavior accompanied with switching of the shift position when the driver switches the shift position.

Abstract: A processing apparatus includes a processing chamber cover having a first transverse member extending from between a first side plate and a first delivery port defined in the first side plate outwardly of a first processing chamber. The width of a gap between the first transverse member and a pedestal positioned in the first delivery port when a workpiece is processed in the first processing chamber, i.e., the length of the gap along the direction toward the outside of the processing chamber, is large. When processing water that is scattered passes through the gap, the processing water will likely contact the pedestal or the first transverse member and stay in the gap. As a result, the processing water is effectively prevented from being scattered out of the first processing chamber by a simple structure, compared with water supply means for forming a water film in the gap.

Abstract: A sealing device includes a reinforcing ring having annular shape around an axis line and an elastic body part formed from an elastic body, the elastic body part being attached to the reinforcing ring and having an annular shape around the axis line. The elastic body part includes an annular seal lip and an annular side lip that is provided on an outer side of the seal lip and that extends toward the outer side. In an inner peripheral surface of the side lip on an inner periphery side, at least one circumferential groove which is a groove having an annular shape around the axis line is provided and at least one axial groove which is a groove extending along a direction of the axis line is provided. The circumferential groove and the axial groove are connected with each other.

Abstract: Provided are a SmFeN magnetic powder which is superior not only in water resistance and corrosion resistance but also in hot water resistance, and a method of preparing the powder. The present invention relates to a method of preparing a magnetic powder, comprising: plasma-treating a gas; surface-treating a SmFeN magnetic powder with the plasma-treated gas; and forming a coat layer on the surface of the surface-treated SmFeN magnetic powder.

Abstract: A method of producing a phosphate-coated SmFeN-based anisotropic magnetic powder, the method including performing a phosphate treatment including adding an inorganic acid to a slurry containing a raw material SmFeN-based anisotropic magnetic powder, water, a phosphate compound, and a rare earth compound so that the slurry is adjusted to have a pH of at least 1 and not higher than 4.5 to obtain a phosphate-coated SmFeN-based anisotropic magnetic powder having a surface coated with a phosphate.

Abstract: A creep feed grinding apparatus includes a chuck table, a grinding unit having a spindle and a grinding wheel mounted on a lower end of the spindle, the grinding wheel including a plurality of grindstones disposed in an annular array on a surface of an annular base, the grindstones following an annular track upon rotation of the spindle, a moving mechanism for moving the chuck table and the grinding unit relative to each other along a predetermined direction perpendicular to the longitudinal axis of the spindle, and a bottom surface state adjusting mechanism for adjusting states of bottom surfaces of the grindstones by cleaning and/or correcting the bottom surfaces of the grindstones. The bottom surface state adjusting mechanism is positioned outside of a relative movement area of the chick table in which the chuck table and the grinding unit are moved relative to each other by the moving mechanism.

Abstract: In a driving force control device, a driving force is controlled based on an override driving force characteristic specifying a target acceleration according to a vehicle speed, an accelerator pedal position, and a traveling resistance to a vehicle, a longitudinal acceleration at a fully closed accelerator pedal position is higher in an override driving force characteristic than in a manual-driving-mode driving force characteristic, and a graph representing a relation between the accelerator pedal position and the longitudinal acceleration in the override driving force characteristic and a graph representing a relation between the accelerator pedal position and the longitudinal acceleration in the manual-driving-mode driving force characteristic intersect at a specific accelerator pedal position different from a fully closed position and a fully opened position.

Abstract: A driving force control device changes, when shifted to the manual driving mode, the driving force from a driving force generated in an automated driving mode to a driving force generated in a manual driving mode. Further, when the manual driving mode is shifted to the automated driving mode, the driving force is controlled based on an override driving force characteristic specifying the target acceleration according to the vehicle speed, the accelerator pedal position, and a traveling resistance to the vehicle, and when a driving mode is switched to the manual driving mode during the automated driving mode in which the driving force is controlled based on the override driving force characteristic, the control of the driving force based on the override driving force characteristic is continued for a predetermined period after the switching to the manual driving mode.

Abstract: A driving force control device in which, when an automated driving mode is shifted to a manual driving mode, a driving force is controlled based on an override driving force characteristic specifying target acceleration according to a vehicle speed, a accelerator pedal position, and a traveling resistance to the vehicle, a longitudinal acceleration at a fully closed accelerator pedal position in the override driving force characteristic is higher than the longitudinal acceleration at the fully closed accelerator pedal position in the manual-driving-mode driving force characteristic, and an inclination of a graph representing a relationship between the accelerator pedal position and the longitudinal acceleration in the override driving force characteristic is smaller than the inclination of the graph representing the relationship between the accelerator pedal position and the longitudinal acceleration in the manual-driving-mode driving force characteristic at a same accelerator pedal position.

Abstract: A vehicle control system configured to reduce physical stress on a driver to operate an accelerator pedal without reducing acceleration feel. The vehicle control system selects a first driving force property if an estimated stress on an ankle is less than a threshold value, and selects a second driving force property if the estimated stress on the ankle is greater than the threshold value to reduce the stress on the ankle. When the second driving force property is selected, a target driving force is reduced less than a target driving force calculated based on the first driving force property. In this case, the vehicle control system reduces a difference between: a ratio of acceleration to a pedal force given that the first driving force property is selected; and a ratio of acceleration to the pedal force given that the second driving force property is selected.