Abstract: Provided is a secondary battery comprising a positive electrode, a negative electrode, and an electrolyte. The positive electrode is provided with a positive electrode collector, a positive electrode mix layer containing positive electrode active substance particles, and an intermediate layer disposed between the positive electrode collector and positive electrode mix layer. The intermediate layer contains a conductor and a cured product of a curable resin having at least one selected from a glycidyl, hydroxy, carboxyl, amino, acryloyl, and methacryloyl groups.

Abstract: According to the present invention, a positive electrode is provided with: a positive electrode current collector which contains aluminum; a positive electrode mixture layer which contains a positive electrode active material that is configured of a lithium transition metal oxide; and an intermediate layer which is arranged between the positive electrode current collector and the positive electrode mixture layer. The intermediate layer contains inorganic compound particles, a conductive material and a binder; the circularity is from 5% to 75% (inclusive); the void fraction of the intermediate layer is from 30% to 69% (inclusive); and the average circularity of the inorganic compound particles is from 5% to 75% (inclusive).

Abstract: A positive electrode used in a secondary cell that is an example of the present embodiment is provided with a positive electrode collector, an intermediate layer formed on the positive electrode collector, and a positive electrode mixture layer formed on the intermediate layer. The positive electrode mixture layer has a thermally expandable material and a positive electrode active material. The thermally expandable material content of the positive electrode mixture layer is at least 0.1% by mass and less than 5% by mass. The intermediate layer has an insulating inorganic material and a conductive agent. The insulating inorganic material content of the intermediate layer is 80-99% by mass.

Abstract: According to the present invention, a positive electrode is provided with: a positive electrode current collector; a positive electrode active material layer which contains a positive electrode active material that is configured from a lithium transition metal oxide; a protective layer which is arranged between the positive electrode current collector and the positive electrode active material layer; and a positive electrode tab which is bonded with the positive electrode current collector at a positive electrode tab bonding part where the positive electrode active material layer and the protective layer are not formed so that the positive electrode current collector is exposed. An end edge of the positive electrode active material layer facing the positive electrode tab and an end edge of the protective layer facing the positive electrode tab are arranged in different positions in the longitudinal direction of the positive electrode.

Abstract: A positive electrode is disclosed including a positive electrode collector containing aluminum, a positive electrode mixture layer containing a positive electrode active substance constituted from a lithium transition metal oxide, and a protective layer provided between the positive electrode collector and the positive electrode mixture layer. The protective layer contains inorganic compound particles and a conductive material, and has a recessed structure wherein the positive electrode mixture layer is recessed into the protective layer.

Abstract: A positive electrode for this non-aqueous electrolyte secondary battery is provided with: a positive electrode current collector; a positive electrode active material layer formed on the positive electrode current collector; a positive electrode tab connected to an exposed portion at which the positive electrode current collector is exposed and on which the positive electrode active material layer is not formed; and a protective layer covering the exposed portion and the positive electrode tab on the exposed portion. The protective layer is composed of a base material including a curable resin.

Abstract: There is provided a glow discharge mass spectroscope having a higher analytical sensitivity by increasing an amount of extracted ion beams without a significant change in device construction and drive conditions of conventional glow discharge systems.

Abstract: In an existing service points granting method, service points are changed according to whether the ink ejection amount is corrected. However, changing the service points according to a user's purchases or purchase frequency for components or services has not been considered. A display unit displays products or services relevant to an ink jet recording apparatus, points corresponding to the products or services, and cumulative points possessed by each customer.

Abstract: There is provided a glow discharge mass spectroscope having a higher analytical sensitivity by increasing an amount of extracted ion beams without a significant change in device construction and drive conditions of conventional glow discharge systems.

Abstract: There is provided a glow discharge mass spectroscope having a higher analytical sensitivity by increasing an amount of extracted ion beams without a significant change in device construction and drive conditions of conventional glow discharge systems. An extraction plate 25 that is disposed at an ion extraction port of a discharge cell 20 and functions as an extraction electrode includes a first plate 26 that has a projection 26a projected toward a discharge region 27 in an opening 25a and that is disposed on the discharge region 27 side, and a second plate 28 that is connected to the first plate 26 in an outer circumferential edge and that is disposed with a gap provided between the first plate 26 and the second plate 28.

Abstract: According to the present invention, a positive electrode of a lithium secondary battery is provided with an insulating tape that covers an electrode tab on an exposed part. This insulating tape has a multilayer structure that is composed of an organic material layer, a composite material layer which is formed from an organic material and an inorganic material, and an adhesive layer. The inorganic material in the composite material layer accounts for 20% or more of the weight of the composite material layer; and the inorganic material contains at least one substance selected from the group consisting of metal oxides, metal nitrides, metal fluorides and metal carbides. Puncture strength is ensured by means of the organic material layer, while heat resistance is ensured by means of the composite material layer.

Abstract: A nonaqueous electrolyte secondary battery includes an insulating tape which covers at least a portion of an exposed portion of a current collector, together with at least a portion of a lead. The insulating tape has a substrate layer and a first adhesive layer, and the substrate layer has a first organic layer and a second organic layer interposed between the first organic layer and the first adhesive layer. The elastic modulus E1 of the first organic layer is lower than the elastic modulus E2 of the second organic layer.

Abstract: In a nonaqueous electrolyte secondary battery, an insulating tape which covers at least a portion of an exposed portion of a current collector, together with at least a portion of a lead, has a substrate layer and a first adhesive layer, and the substrate layer has a first organic layer and a second organic layer interposed between the first organic layer and the first adhesive layer. The elastic modulus E2 of the second organic layer is lower than the elastic modulus E1 of the first organic layer, and the melting point or thermal decomposition temperature MP1 of the first organic layer is higher than the melting point or thermal decomposition temperature MP2 of the second organic layer.

Abstract: A driving assist device acquires information from an imaging device and a ranging device and performs a process to assist driving of an automobile. A position or orientation estimation apparatus includes an image data plane detection unit configured to detect a plurality of plane regions from image information and first ranging information obtained by the imaging device ant a ranging data plane detection unit configured to detect a plurality of plane regions from second ranging information obtained by the ranging device. A position or orientation estimation unit estimates relative positions and orientations between the imaging device and the ranging device by performing alignment using a first plane region detected by the image data plane detection unit and a second plane region detected by the ranging data plane detection unit.

Abstract: An image processing apparatus that acquires a focusing distance from a plurality of images each having different degrees of blur, comprises a misalignment detection unit that detects misalignment among the plurality of images; a distance information acquisition unit that acquires, based on the plurality of images, distance information, which is information to indicate a focusing distance in an area of the images; and a reliability information acquisition unit that creates, based on the detected misalignment, reliability information, which is information to indicate reliability of the focusing distance acquired for each area, wherein the distance information acquisition unit changes the acquired distance information based on the reliability information.

Abstract: An imaging apparatus comprising: an image acquisition unit configured to acquire an image; a depth map acquisition unit configured to acquire a first depth map; a working range map generation unit configured to generate a working range map showing a working range in the image on the basis of the first depth map; a synthesizing unit configured to synthesize the image and the working range map and to generate a synthesized image; and a display unit configured to display the synthesized image.

Abstract: An image processing apparatus that acquires a focusing distance from a plurality of images each having different degrees of blur, comprises a misalignment detection unit that detects misalignment among the plurality of images; a distance information acquisition unit that acquires, based on the plurality of images, distance information, which is information to indicate a focusing distance in an area of the images; and a reliability information acquisition unit that creates, based on the detected misalignment, reliability information, which is information to indicate reliability of the focusing distance acquired for each area, wherein the distance information acquisition unit changes the acquired distance information based on the reliability information.

Abstract: A method for producing an electrostatic chuck 10 includes the steps of (a) pouring a ceramic slurry containing a ceramic powder, a solvent, a dispersant, and a gelling agent into a first molding die 31 in which an electrostatic electrode precursor 24 is removably attached to an inner surface of the first molding die 31, gelatinizing the ceramic slurry by causing a chemical reaction of the gelling agent, and then removing the first molding die 31 to prepare an embedded-electrode-containing ceramic molded body 41X in which the electrostatic electrode precursor 24 is embedded in a first ceramic molded body 41; (b) preparing a second ceramic molded body 42; and (c) preparing a stacked calcined body 50 using the embedded-electrode-containing ceramic molded body 41X and the second ceramic molded body 42, and conducting hot-press firing of the stacked calcined body 50.

Abstract: An image processing apparatus that acquires a focusing distance from a plurality of images each having different degrees of blur, includes: a misalignment detection unit that detects misalignment among the plurality of images; a distance information acquisition unit that acquires, based on the plurality of images, distance information, which is information to indicate a focusing distance in an area of the images; and a reliability information acquisition unit that creates, based on the detected misalignment, reliability information, which is information to indicate reliability of the focusing distance acquired for each area, wherein the distance information acquisition unit changes the acquired distance information based on the reliability information.

Abstract: An image processing apparatus comprising: an image acquisition unit configured to acquire an image; a depth map acquisition unit configured to acquire a depth map corresponding to the image; a refinement unit configured to detect a saliency region from the image and to refine the depth map on the basis of the saliency region, the saliency region being a region on which a person tends to focus; and an image processing unit configured to apply image processing to the image using the depth map refined by the refinement unit.