Abstract: A quantum device capable of effectively cooling a quantum chip and an area (e.g., a space) therearound is provided. A quantum device includes a quantum chip and an interposer on which the quantum chip is located. The interposer includes an interposer substrate and an interposer wiring layer. The interposer wiring layer is disposed on a surface of the interposer substrate on a side on which the quantum chip is located. The interposer wiring layer includes, in at least a part thereof, a superconducting material layer formed of a superconducting material and a non-superconducting material layer formed of a non-superconducting material.

Abstract: A recycle information management system includes a communication device and a management device. The communication device transmits recycle information acquired from a recycle system via a network. The recycle system includes at least a recycling device that removes at least oil from the collected refrigerant to recycle the refrigerant. The management device includes a storage unit that stores the recycle information in association with a recycle system ID usable to identify the recycle system.

Abstract: An ophthalmologic information processing apparatus analyzes an image of a subject's eye formed by arranging a plurality of A-scan images acquired by performing OCT scan on inside the subject's eye with measurement light deflected around a scan center position. The ophthalmologic information processing apparatus includes a correcting unit, a region specifying unit, and a direction specifying unit. The correcting unit is configured to transform a pixel position in the image into a transformation position along a traveling direction of the measurement light passing through the scan center position. The region specifying unit is configured to specify a predetermined layer region by analyzing the image in which the pixel position has been transformed by the correcting unit. The direction specifying unit is configured to specify a normal direction of the layer region specified by the region specifying unit.

Abstract: A pneumatic tire comprises a first sound damper fixed to a tire inner surface and being made of a sponge material; a second sound damper disposed on a tire internal space side of the first sound damper, and being made of a sponge material; and a communication device retained between the first sound damper and the second sound damper. The second sound damper has a hardness in a range of greater than 25N and no greater than 55N. The first sound damper has a hardness in a range of no less than 25N and less than 55N. The hardness of the second sound damper is greater than the hardness of the first sound damper. The hardness is measured in accordance with the Method A in Section 6.4 of the test methods as defined under the Hardness Tests in Section 6 of JIS K6400-2 (2012).

Abstract: A tire according to the present disclosure includes a sound absorber on an inner surface of the tire, and a portion or all of the sound absorber is orange.

Abstract: A pneumatic tire in accordance with the present disclosure comprises a first sound damper fixed to a tire inner surface and being made of a sponge material; a second sound damper disposed on a tire internal space side of the first sound damper, and being made of a sponge material; and a communication device retained between the first sound damper and the second sound damper, wherein the second sound damper has a hardness greater than a hardness of the first sound damper.

Abstract: A pneumatic tire of the present disclosure includes: a pair of bead cores embedded in a pair of bead portions, the pair of bead cores each including a pair of small bead cores divided in a tire width direction; and a carcass including one or more carcass plies, the carcass toroidally straddling between the pair of bead cores with end portions of the carcass each sandwiched between the pair of small bead cores and engaged with the small bead cores, in which a sound control body is disposed on an inner surface of the tire in the pair of bead portions.

Abstract: A tire anti-theft system includes a transmitter attached to a tire and configured to transmit tire ID information; a first database configured to store vehicle ID information and tire ID information of a tire mounted on the vehicle; a second database configured to store the tire ID information and tire status information indicating whether or not the tire identified with the tire ID information is stolen tire; and a vehicle control apparatus, in which the vehicle control apparatus includes a reader configured to perform near field communication with the transmitter attached to the tire mounted on a vehicle to be controlled and acquire the tire ID information, and a controller configured to, in a case where the reader acquires the tire ID information, restrict operation of the vehicle to be controlled if information indicating that the tire is stolen tire is stored in association with the tire ID information.

Abstract: An information presentation system includes an information presentation apparatus, a transmitter attached to a tire and configured to transmit tire ID information for identifying the tire, and a database configured to store tire ID information of tires which are genuine products, and the information presentation apparatus includes a reader configured to perform near field communication with the transmitter, to acquire the tire ID information transmitted by the transmitter, and a controller configured to cause an information presenter to present information indicating that the tire identified with the tire ID information is a genuine product in a case where the tire ID information is stored in the database, and/or cause the information presenter to present information indicating that the tire identified with the tire ID information is a counterfeit product in a case where the tire ID information is not stored in the database.

Abstract: A tire theft monitoring system includes a transmitter attached to a tire and configured to transmit tire ID information, a second database configured to store the vehicle ID information of the vehicle and contact information of an owner of the vehicle in association with each other, and a monitoring apparatus mounted on a vehicle to be monitored, and the monitoring apparatus includes a reader configured to perform near field communication with the transmitter attached to the tire mounted on the vehicle to be monitored, to acquire the tire ID information, and a controller configured to, in a case where the reader cannot acquire the tire ID information, determine that the tire identified with the tire ID information has been stolen and make a notification to contact information stored in the second database in association with vehicle ID information of the vehicle to be monitored.

Abstract: A tire anti-theft system includes a transmitter attached to a tire and configured to transmit tire ID information; a first database configured to store vehicle ID information and tire ID information of a tire mounted on the vehicle; a second database configured to store the tire ID information and tire status information indicating whether or not the tire identified with the tire ID information is stolen tire; and a vehicle control apparatus, in which the vehicle control apparatus includes a reader configured to perform near field communication with the transmitter attached to the tire mounted on a vehicle to be controlled and acquire the tire ID information, and a controller configured to, in a case where the reader acquires the tire ID information, restrict operation of the vehicle to be controlled if information indicating that the tire is stolen tire is stored in association with the tire ID information.

Abstract: A tire which includes a carcass which extends from a pair of bead portions through a sidewall portion to reach a tread portion and an inner liner disposed at an inner circumferential surface of a tire main body is provided. The tire further includes a sound control layer which covers at least a part of an inner circumferential surface of the tire. The inner liner includes an end in a tire width direction annularly extending in a tire circumferential direction on the inner circumferential surface of the tire main body. The sound control layer is fixed on the end in a tire width direction to cover at least a part of a periphery of the end in a tire width direction of the inner liner.

Abstract: An information presentation system includes an information presentation apparatus, a transmitter attached to a tire and configured to transmit tire ID information for identifying the tire, and a database configured to store tire ID information of tires which are genuine products, and the information presentation apparatus includes a reader configured to perform near field communication with the transmitter, to acquire the tire ID information transmitted by the transmitter, and a controller configured to cause an information presenter to present information indicating that the tire identified with the tire ID information is a genuine product in a case where the tire ID information is stored in the database, and/or cause the information presenter to present information indicating that the tire identified with the tire ID information is a counterfeit product in a case where the tire ID information is not stored in the database.

Abstract: A tire rental management apparatus according to the present disclosure includes an input interface configured to accept input of a usage area and/or a usage period of a tire as a condition regarding rental of the tire to a user, and a controller configured to determine a tire in accordance with the usage area and/or the usage period input to the input interface as a rental tire among a plurality of tires for rental.

Abstract: A tire theft monitoring system includes a transmitter attached to a tire and configured to transmit tire ID information, a second database configured to store the vehicle ID information of the vehicle and contact information of an owner of the vehicle in association with each other, and a monitoring apparatus mounted on a vehicle to be monitored, and the monitoring apparatus includes a reader configured to perform near field communication with the transmitter attached to the tire mounted on the vehicle to be monitored, to acquire the tire ID information, and a controller configured to, in a case where the reader cannot acquire the tire ID information, determine that the tire identified with the tire ID information has been stolen and make a notification to contact information stored in the second database in association with vehicle ID information of the vehicle to be monitored.

Abstract: A tire rental management apparatus according to the present disclosure includes a memory configured to store rental history of each of a plurality of tires for rental, and a controller configured to estimate remaining life of a tire on the basis of the rental history of the tire stored in the memory and determine a rental tire in accordance with a period during which a user desires to rent a tire and the estimated remaining life.

Abstract: A threaded joint is constructed of a pin and a box. The pin includes, in order from an end thereof, a shoulder surface, a nose portion, a first sealing surface, a first male threaded portion, an annular portion, a second sealing surface, and a second male threaded portion. The box includes a shoulder surface, a recessed portion, a first sealing surface, a first female threaded portion, an annular portion, a second sealing surface, and a second female threaded portion. In the threaded joint, in a fastened state, the shoulder surfaces are in contact with each other, the first sealing surfaces are in contact with each other, the second sealing surfaces are in contact with each other, a clearance is provided between the nose portion and the recessed portion, a clearance is provided between the annular portions.

Abstract: A pneumatic tire in accordance with the present disclosure comprises a first sound damper fixed to a tire inner surface and being made of a sponge material; a second sound damper disposed on a tire internal space side of the first sound damper, and being made of a sponge material; and a communication device retained between the first sound damper and the second sound damper, wherein the second sound damper has a hardness greater than a hardness of the first sound damper.

Abstract: A pneumatic tire in accordance with the present disclosure comprises a first sound damper fixed to a tire inner surface and being made of a sponge material; a second sound damper disposed on an inner-tire space side of the first sound damper, and being made of a sponge material; and a sensor retained to at least the first sound damper, the sensor being configured to detect a displacement of the tire inner surface or a physical quantity calculable based on the displacement of the tire inner surface, wherein the first sound damper has a hardness greater than a hardness of the second sound damper.

Abstract: A tire includes a pair of bead portions, a pair of sidewall portions arranged at an outer side in a tire radial direction of the bead portions and a tread portion arranged between the sidewall portions, and a reinforcing rubber layer is provided to the sidewall portions. The reinforcing rubber layer extends over at least a part of the tread portion from the sidewall portions. The tire further includes a sound control layer which covers at least a part of an inner circumferential surface of the tire. The sound control layer is not laminated on the reinforcing rubber layer.