Abstract: An acoustic wave resonator includes: a piezoelectric substrate; a pair of comb-shaped electrodes that is located on the piezoelectric substrate and excites an acoustic wave, each of the pair of comb-shaped electrodes including a plurality of electrode fingers; and a polycrystalline substrate that is located at an opposite side of the piezoelectric substrate from a surface on which the pair of comb-shaped electrodes is located, an average particle size of the polycrystalline substrate being equal to or less than 66 times an average pitch of the plurality of electrode fingers.

Abstract: A component mounting device that mounts on a board a fitting component to be attached by a mechanical fitting or engagement to a to-be-attached part formed in the board. The component mounting device includes a mounting head which carries out a moving and mounting operation in which the fitting component is taken out from a component supply part by sucking and holding the fitting component, moved and mounted on the to-be-attached part, and pressed by a first load, and a pressing operation in which the fitting component is pressed by a second load larger than the first load, and a head control part which controls the mounting head to suck and hold a neighborhood of a central portion of an upper surface of the fitting component in the moving and mounting operation, and to press a press part corresponding to the to-be-attached part in the pressing operation.

Abstract: To improve cycle durability in an electrical device such as a lithium ion secondary battery including a negative electrode containing a silicon-containing negative electrode active material, an electrical device includes a power generating element containing a unit cell layer. The unit cell contains a positive electrode in which a positive electrode active material layer containing a positive electrode active material is formed on a surface of a positive electrode current collector, a negative electrode in which a negative electrode active material layer containing a silicon-containing negative electrode active material is formed on a surface of a negative electrode current collector, and a separator. In the unit cell layer, the electrical device satisfies formula (1): 0.91?C/A<0.99 where the area of the negative electrode active material layer is A [m2] and the area of the positive electrode active material layer is C [m2].

Abstract: A non-limiting example training instrument comprises a hollow main body formed of an aluminum alloy. The main body is constituted by two gripping portions opposite to each other with a space therebetween and a coupling portion coupling the two gripping portions. A load sensor is arranged in the coupling portion inside the main body. The load sensor is a load cell, a strain gauge affixed to an interior of the main body, and a part of the main body to which the strain gauge is affixed functions as a strain body. Therefore, if a user applies a force so as to bring the two gripping portions close to each other or a force so as to move the two gripping portions away from each other, a load thereof is detected by the load sensor.

Abstract: It is an object of the present invention to provide a novel therapeutic agent for demyelinating disease which has an action to suppress demyelination of nerve axons. According to the present invention, a therapeutic agent for demyelinating disease which comprises cyclic phosphatidic acids, carba-cyclic phosphatidic acids, thia-cyclic phosphatidic acids, or a salt thereof is provided.

Abstract: A smartphone in accordance with an embodiment of the present invention includes a control section capable of generating an output image by adjusting a gradation value of each pixel of an input image with use of specialized gradation change characteristics. In the specialized gradation change characteristics, (i) a gradation change rate is substantially constant in a low gradation region and a high gradation region, (ii) in a first side of an intermediate gradation region selected from (a) a low-gradation-region side and (b) a high-gradation-region side, the gradation change rate is lower than in the low gradation region and lower than in the high gradation region, and (iii) in a second side of the intermediate gradation region selected from (a) the low-gradation-region side and (b) the high-gradation-region side, the second side differing from the first side, the gradation change rate is higher than in the low gradation region and higher than in the high gradation region.

Abstract: A recognition mark which is formed on a tape retaining cover which retains a carrier tape, which holds components in pockets, in relation to a sprocket with which the tape feeder is provided, and the component or the pocket which is positioned at a suction position through an opening which is formed in the tape retaining cover are recognized. Based on recognition results, tape feed positional correction for positioning the suction target component at the suction position is performed such that the component, which is adjacent on an upstream side in a tape feed direction to the component which is positioned at the suction position, is not exposed by greater than or equal to a predetermined amount from the opening.

Abstract: A component mounting device which mounts on a board electronic components including a fitting component to be attached by a mechanical fitting or engagement to a to-be-attached part formed in the board. The component mounting device includes a moving and mounting head which holds and takes out the fitting component by a holding unit from a component supply part to move and mount the fitting component on the to-be-attached part of the board, and a pressing head which presses the fitting component that is moved and mounted on the to-be-attached part by a pressing unit to attach the fitting component to the to-be-attached part.

Abstract: A range imaging apparatus includes a light illuminator that emits signal light from a light source toward a subject; a light receiver that receives light reflecting off the subject; a range image generator that calculates a distance value to the subject based on a time difference between emission and light reception, and generates a range image; a distance value distribution analyzer that calculates a distribution characteristic of the distance value calculated by the range image generator; an illumination controller that adjusts output of the light illuminator; an exposure controller that adjusts exposure by the light receiver; and a signal adjuster that adjusts the illumination controller and the exposure controller based on the distribution characteristic. The signal adjuster adjusts at least one of the illumination controller and the exposure controller for the second signal light based on the distribution characteristic obtained through emission and light reception of the first signal light.

Abstract: A reflection characteristic measurement system includes: a hand-held reflection characteristic measurement apparatus including a light receiver that receives reflected light; and a guide member that supports the reflection characteristic measurement apparatus, wherein the guide member includes: a plate-shaped support part having a support surface to support the reflection characteristic measurement apparatus; and a white calibration plate applicable to white calibration of the reflection characteristic measurement apparatus, the support part includes: an elongated hole extending in one direction along the support surface; and a guide structure provided to guide the reflection characteristic measurement apparatus so as to enable the apparatus to move along the one direction, the light receiver is provided on the reflection characteristic measurement apparatus so as to move along a predetermined moving path, the moving path of the light receiver extends in the one direction, and the white calibration plate is p

Abstract: In a non-aqueous organic electrolyte secondary cell, the counter charge capacity ratio (A/C) between the cathodes and the anodes represented by the following formula is set to within the range from 1.10 to 1.35, A/C=?×(anode charge capacity×?)/(cathode charge capacity×?×?) where ? is the electrode area coefficient defined as (anode area)/(cathode area) and ?>1.0, ? is a design coefficient and 0.85???1.15, ? is the charge-discharge efficiency ratio defined as (charge-discharge ratio at 25° C.)/(charge-discharge ratio at 55° C.), and ? is the temperature characteristic coefficient defined as (charge capacity at 55° C.)/(charge capacity at 25° C.).

Abstract: In an electric device the negative electrode active material layer includes a silicide phase containing a silicide of a transition metal is dispersed in a parent phase containing amorphous or low crystalline silicon as a main component, a predetermined composition, and a ratio value (B/A) of a diffraction peak intensity B of a silicide of a transition metal in a range of 2?=37 to 45° to a diffraction peak intensity A of a (111) plane of Si in a range of 2?=24 to 33° in a predetermined range in an X-ray diffraction measurement using a CuK?1 ray is used as a Si-containing alloy. A solid solution or an oxide-coated solid solution in which a coating layer containing an oxide in a predetermined amount is formed on the particle surface of the solid solution and is used in the positive electrode active material layer.

Abstract: A clad material includes a first layer made of stainless steel and a second layer made of Cu or a Cu alloy and roll-bonded to the first layer. In the clad material, a grain size of the second layer measured by a comparison method of JIS H 0501 is 0.150 mm or less.

Abstract: A clad material includes a first layer made of stainless steel and a second layer made of Cu or a Cu alloy and roll-bonded to the first layer. In the clad material, a grain size of the second layer measured by a comparison method of JIS H 0501 is 0.150 mm or less.

Abstract: A method of fabricating an electronic device, the method including: arranging a device chip with no bump located on a lower surface of the device chip on a mounting substrate including a bump located on an upper surface of the mounting substrate; and bonding a pad located on the lower surface of the device chip and the bump by applying an ultrasonic wave to the device chip from an upper surface of the device chip.

Abstract: An information processing apparatus includes a detecting unit, an extracting unit, a managing unit, and a deriving unit. The detecting unit detects an object from an image. The extracting unit extracts a feature amount of the object detected by the detecting unit. The managing unit manages an element in the object detected by the detecting unit in association with the feature amount of the object in the element. The deriving unit derives a reliability indicative of a certainty for identifying an object with respect to the feature amount of the element.

Abstract: A duct of the present invention includes a pair of groove-shaped members which are formed of sound absorbing sheets and a pair of flange portions which are formed of parts of the pair of groove-shaped members that are extended outward from groove opening edges and which are joined in an overlaid state on each other when the pair of groove-shaped members are arranged such that groove openings are opposed to each other. The pair of flange portions includes a seal portion which is formed by crimping the sound absorbing sheets in parts of the flange portions along the groove opening edges and an outer thick portion which is extended outward from the seal portion and which is formed of the sound absorbing sheet thicker than the sound absorbing sheet of the seal portion.

Abstract: An information processing apparatus includes an evaluation unit configured to evaluate whether a partial region of a photographing range of an imaging unit is a region suitable for analysis processing to be performed based on feature quantities of an object, with reference to a track of the object in an image captured by the imaging unit, and an output control unit configured to control the information processing apparatus to output information reflecting an evaluation result obtained by the evaluation unit. Accordingly, the information processing apparatus can support a user to improve the accuracy of the analysis processing to be performed based on the feature quantities of the object.

Abstract: A substrate conveyance mechanism that includes conveyance units and a working area length change part to easily change the types of substrates to allow substrates of different lengths to be selected to mount electronic components onto the substrate. The conveyance units include a working area for substrates having different length that are conveyed from a stand-by area, an area length of the working area that is variable in accordance with the length of the substrate, and a stand-by unit corresponding to a stand-by area for the substrate to be carried in to the working area. The working area length change part changes an interval between a commonly used first pulley and one of a plurality of second pulleys selectively used in accordance with the area length of the working area by changing a belt winding path of a conveyance belt wound on the pulleys in the working unit.

Abstract: A transition metal oxide containing solid-solution lithium that realizes high initial discharge capacity and capacity retention is represented by the compositional formula: Li1.5[NiaMbMnc[Li]d]O3, wherein M represents at least one kind of element selected from the group consisting of silicon, phosphorus and metal elements (excluding Ni, Mn and Li), a, b, c and d satisfy specific relationships, and n is the valence of M. The oxide has a layered structure site and a site which changes to a spinel structure by performing a charge or a charge-discharge in a predetermined electric potential range, and a spinel structure change ratio k in a range of 0.25?k<1.0 when the spinel structure change ratio is assumed to be 1 in a case where Li2MnO3 of the layered structure in the transition metal oxide containing solid-solution lithium completely changes to LiMn2O4 of the spinel structure.