Abstract: A printing apparatus includes a printing unit configured to print an image on a sheet; a first exit path from which the sheet with the image printed thereon by the printing unit is discharged while being reversed; a second exit path from which the sheet with the image printed thereon by the printing unit is discharged without being reversed; and a switch member configured to be pivotably arranged so as to switch between the first exit path and the second exit path. The first exit path passes above a pivot center of the switch member, and the second exit path passes below the pivot center.

Abstract: An electronic device 10 comprises chip capacitors 20a and 20b, an accommodation recess 62 accommodating the chip capacitors 20a and 20b, and a case 60 including a protrusion 64 partitioning the accommodation recess 62 into a first accommodation space 62a and a second accommodation space 62b along the X-axis direction. The protrusion 64 includes a first protrusion 64a and a second protrusion 64b disposed away from the first protrusion 64a along the Y-axis direction. The first protrusion 64a and the second protrusion 64b are disposed with a communication space 69 provided between the first protrusion 64a and the second protrusion 64b, so that the first accommodation space 62a and the second accommodation space 62b communicate.

Abstract: A piezoelectric element includes a substrate; and a first electrode, a first piezoelectric film, a second electrode, a second piezoelectric film, and a third electrode which are provided on the substrate in this order, in which both the first piezoelectric film and the second piezoelectric film contain PZT having a metal element M doped thereto, as a main component, one piezoelectric film of the first piezoelectric film and the second piezoelectric film has a spontaneous polarization aligned in a film thickness direction, and in a case where in a hysteresis curve showing polarization-voltage characteristics of the one piezoelectric film, a coercive voltage Vcf+ on a positive side and a coercive voltage Vcf? on a negative side, and in polarization-voltage characteristics of the other piezoelectric film, a coercive voltage Vcr+ on a positive side and a coercive voltage Vcr? on a negative sid, |Vcr++Vcr?|<|Vcf++Vcf?|?0.2 is satisfied.

Abstract: A piezoelectric element includes a substrate; and a first electrode, a first piezoelectric film, a second electrode, a second piezoelectric film, and a third electrode which are provided on the substrate in this order, in which both the first piezoelectric film and the second piezoelectric film contain a perovskite-type oxide containing Pb Zr, Ti, and M, as a main component, Pb composition ratios in the perovskite-type oxides contained in the first piezoelectric film and the second piezoelectric film are different from each other, and polarization-electric field hysteresis measured for the first piezoelectric film with the first electrode grounded and the second electrode as a drive electrode, and polarization-electric field hysteresis measured for the second piezoelectric film with the second electrode grounded and the third electrode as a drive electrode are shifted in the same electric field direction with respect to origins thereof.

Abstract: A piezoelectric element includes a substrate, a first electrode, a first piezoelectric film, a second electrode, a second piezoelectric film, and a third electrode, in which both the first piezoelectric film and the second piezoelectric film have spontaneous polarizations aligned in a film thickness direction and directions of the spontaneous polarizations are the same, and in a case where in a hysteresis curve of one piezoelectric film, a coercive voltage Vcf+, a coercive voltage Vcf?, |Vcf+?Vcf?|=?Vcf, and the larger of an absolute value of Vcf+ and an absolute value of Vcf? is denoted by Vcf, and in a hysteresis curve of the other piezoelectric film, a coercive voltage Vcr+, a coercive voltage Vcr?, |Vcr+?Vcr?|=?Vcr, and the larger of an absolute value of Vcr+ and an absolute value Vcr? is denoted by Vcr, ?Vcr<?Vcf?0.2 and Vcr<Vcf?0.2 are satisfied.

Abstract: A piezoelectric element includes a substrate; and a first electrode, a first piezoelectric film, a second electrode, a second piezoelectric film, and a third electrode which are provided on the substrate in this order, in which both the first piezoelectric film and the second piezoelectric film contain a perovskite-type oxide containing Pb at an A site and containing Zr, Ti, and M at a B site as a main component, an M composition ratio in the first piezoelectric film is different from an M composition ratio in the second piezoelectric film, and polarization-electric field hysteresis measured for the first piezoelectric film with the first electrode grounded and the second electrode as a drive electrode, and polarization-electric field hysteresis measured for the second piezoelectric film with the second electrode grounded and the third electrode as a drive electrode are shifted in the same electric field direction with respect to origins thereof.

Abstract: An information processing device includes a memory, and a processor configured to execute a process. The process includes acquiring a first controller model, the first controller model including information indicating a control condition based on a measurement value, and information indicating a control action defining an action of a control target when the control condition is satisfied; and outputting a second controller model, the second controller model being capable of tolerating a measurement value including a measurement error, wherein the second controller model includes information indicating a control condition based on the information indicating the control condition included in the first controller model, and information indicating a control action based on the information indicating the control condition and the information indicating the control action included in the first controller model.

Abstract: A control device includes a controller that executes determining a connection between a first unit that has a boarding space which allows a user to board and is provided with a predetermined facility and that is provided with a first path through which a fluid used in the predetermined facility passes and a second unit that is configured to be separated from and connected to the first unit and that has a drive device of a vehicle that is formed by being connected to the first unit, and supplying the fluid in the first path to a second unit side to absorb heat generated from the drive device.

Abstract: A lithium-ion battery manufacturing device and a lithium-ion battery manufacturing method can suppress variation in thickness and shape distortion of a lithium-ion battery. The lithium-ion battery includes a cathode current collector, a cathode active material layer, a separator, an anode active material layer, and an anode current collector that are stacked. The lithium-ion battery has a circular frame member that fixes an outer edge of the separator, which is placed between the cathode current collector and the anode current collector, and that seals the cathode active material layer, the separator, and the anode active material layer. The lithium-ion battery manufacturing device includes: a holder that sandwiches the lithium-ion battery from both sides of the stacking direction; and a sealing device that has a frame-shaped heater, which heat-seals an outer edge of the lithium-ion battery by heating the frame member placed at the outer edge.

Abstract: A control apparatus for controlling a vehicle includes a travel controlling unit for executing a one-pedal function for controlling both a driving force and a braking force of the vehicle according to an operation amount of an accelerator pedal, and an output controlling unit capable of displaying, on a display device of the vehicle, a first indicator indicating that the one-pedal function is enabled and a second indicator indicating that a stopped state of the vehicle is being held by a braking force of the one-pedal function.

Abstract: An examination method of the present invention is characterized by including a step of bringing conductor probes into contact with surfaces of an examination target to measure voltage or electric resistance at a plurality of points on the surfaces of the examination target, the examination target being a resin current collector, an electrode sheet having an active material layer laminated on the resin current collector, a separator-attached electrode sheet in which a separator is combined with the electrode sheet, or a unit cell including one set of a positive electrode resin current collector, a positive electrode active material layer, a separator, a negative electrode active material layer, and a negative electrode resin current collector, which are laminated in order, and a step of determining whether or not a point at which the voltage or the electric resistance is out of an allowable range is present in the examination target.

Abstract: The disclosure provides a brake control device for performing brake control of a vehicle. The vehicle has a regenerative braking device and a friction braking device, the regenerative braking device is configured to adjust the regenerative braking force applied to the wheels of the vehicle, and the friction braking device is configured to adjust the frictional braking force applied to the wheels. The brake control device includes a brake control unit to control the regenerative braking device and the friction braking device. When the vehicle is decelerated, after the brake control unit performs a braking force application process to apply frictional braking force to all wheels, the brake control unit increases the regenerative braking force applied to the wheels by converting the frictional braking force applied to the wheels into regenerative braking force.

Abstract: A rapid acceleration suppression device of a subject vehicle includes: an information acquisition part configured to acquire information on vehicle speed and time-series information on accelerator position; a determination part configured to determine whether or not the accelerator has been performed abnormally, based on the time-series information on the accelerator position; and a control part configured to provide control over a drive force of the subject vehicle, based on a current vehicle speed and a current accelerator position. If the determination part determines that the accelerator has been performed abnormally, the control part allows an acceleration of the subject vehicle within a range within which the current vehicle speed does not exceed a preset upper limit vehicle speed.

Abstract: A manufacturing device for an electrode of a lithium-ion battery, comprising: a placing section for placing an electrode material for a lithium-ion battery on a substrate, the electrode material for a lithium-ion battery consisting of an electrode composition including electrode active material particles and a frame-like member placed annularly so as to surround the electrode composition; a pressure reduction packaging section for reducing pressure and packaging the electrode material for a lithium-ion battery together with the substrate so as to fix the electrode composition by the frame-like member and a packaging material; and a pressure molding section for roll-pressing the electrode composition fixed by the frame-like member and the packaging material

Abstract: A semiconductor memory device includes first and second memory devices arranged in a first direction, and a plurality of first bump electrodes disposed between the first and the second memory devices. Each of the first and the second memory devices includes a first chip including a memory cell array and a plurality of first electrodes, a second chip including a peripheral circuit and a plurality of second electrodes, and a plurality of second bump electrodes disposed between the first and the second chips. The plurality of first bump electrodes electrically connect the plurality of first electrodes to the plurality of second electrodes. The plurality of second bump electrodes electrically connect the memory cell array to the peripheral circuit in the first and the second memory devices.

Abstract: A vehicle running control device that is provided with an accelerating-decelerating operation element with an operation range inclusive of a driving range and a braking range includes the following. An input-output section that receives various information including information on a direction in which the vehicle is currently running, a determining section that determines whether the vehicle is in a switch-back state, and an acceleration-deceleration control section that controls the vehicle running. When a braking-driving request value for an operation of the accelerating-decelerating operation element is in the braking range and the determining section determines that the vehicle is in the switch-back state, the acceleration-deceleration control section keeps the braking-driving force at a braking-driving force that is applied to the vehicle when a shift range switch request is accepted.

Abstract: This disclosure provides a means for treating dry eye. This disclosure can provide: a composition for use in treating dry eye; and a use thereof. The composition includes (E)-2-(7-trifluoromethyl-chroman-4-ylidene)-N-(7-hydroxy-5,6,7,8-tetrahydronaphthalene-1-yl)acetamide, a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof, or a solvate thereof. This disclosure can provide: a composition for treating dry eye; and a use thereof. The composition includes a Vi/Vc zone inhibitor.

Abstract: There is provided a production method for a recyclable electrode active material for a lithium ion battery, the lithium ion battery having a charge storage element including a first electrode that has a first current collector and a first electrode active material layer formed on the first current collector and consisting of a first electrode composition containing a first electrode active material, a second electrode that has a second current collector and a second electrode active material layer formed on the second current collector and consisting of a second electrode composition containing a second electrode active material, and a separator disposed between the first electrode active material layer and the second electrode active material layer, in which the first current collector is a first resin current collector, the production method including an isolation step of isolating the first electrode active material from the lithium ion battery in which a first current collector is a first resin current co

Abstract: A vehicle deceleration controller includes: a brake pedal; an accelerator pedal which is operated when an acceleration/deceleration request of a vehicle is inputted; a target acceleration/deceleration setting part configured to set a target deceleration based on a deceleration operation of the accelerator pedal; and an acceleration/deceleration control part configured to, when the accelerator pedal is operated to decelerate the vehicle, provide deceleration control over the vehicle such that an actual deceleration follows the target deceleration set by the target acceleration/deceleration setting part.

Abstract: A control device configured to control a vehicle is provided. The device comprises a traveling control unit capable of executing a one-pedal function of controlling both a driving force and a braking force of the vehicle in accordance with an operation amount of an accelerator pedal, and an output control unit of notifying a driver of an instruction to depress a brake pedal in a case in which a seatbelt is detached during execution of the one-pedal function and during traveling of the vehicle, and the vehicle stops in that state.