Abstract: This audio signal output device includes an audio signal output portion, a volume setting information acquisition portion, and a control portion acquiring maximum volume information of volume information of an audio signal of content. The control portion is configured to calculate the maximum output volume of an external device on the basis of the maximum volume information of the content and volume setting information of the external device and perform control of lowering the output volume of the external device when the maximum output volume is higher than a prescribed volume threshold.

Abstract: Objects of the invention are to provide nonaqueous electrolytic solutions that allow nonaqueous electrolyte secondary batteries to achieve improvements in initial battery characteristics and in battery characteristics after durability testing at the same time, and to provide nonaqueous electrolyte secondary batteries containing the nonaqueous electrolytic solutions.

Abstract: An optical fiber capable of achieving both of the ZSA property and the rapid curability is provided. The optical fiber includes a glass optical fiber 13, a primary coating layer 16 that coats an outer periphery of the glass optical fiber 13, and a secondary optical fiber 17 that coats an outer periphery of the primary coating layer 16. Young's modulus of the primary coating layer 16 is 1.2 MPa or less and Young's modulus of the secondary coating layer 17 is 800 MPa or more. Sulfur content of the surface of the glass optical fiber 13 is 0.2% by atom or more. Sulfur is not present in the vicinity of the outer periphery of the primary coating layer 16.

Abstract: An object of the invention is to provide nonaqueous electrolyte batteries having high initial efficiency, excellent initial capacity and excellent overcharge safety, and nonaqueous electrolytic solutions realizing such batteries. A nonaqueous electrolytic solution includes an electrolyte and a nonaqueous solvent, and further includes an aromatic compound represented by Formula (I) (in which R1 to R5 are independently hydrogen, a halogen, or an unsubstituted or halogen-substituted hydrocarbon group having 1 to 20 carbon atoms, R6 and R7 are independently a hydrocarbon group having 1 to 12 carbon atoms, at least two of R1 to R7 may be bonded together to form a ring, and Formula (I) satisfies at least one of the requirements (A) and (B): (A) at least one of R1 to R5 is a halogen, or an unsubstituted or halogen-substituted hydrocarbon group having 1 to 20 carbon atoms, (B) the total number of carbon atoms in R1 to R7 is 3 to 20). A nonaqueous electrolyte battery includes the nonaqueous electrolytic solution.

Abstract: An object of the invention is to provide nonaqueous electrolyte batteries having high initial efficiency, excellent initial capacity and excellent overcharge safety, and nonaqueous electrolytic solutions realizing such batteries. A nonaqueous electrolytic solution includes an electrolyte and a nonaqueous solvent, and further includes an aromatic compound represented by Formula (I) (in which R1 to R5 are independently hydrogen, a halogen, or an unsubstituted or halogen-substituted hydrocarbon group having 1 to 20 carbon atoms, R6 and R7 are independently a hydrocarbon group having 1 to 12 carbon atoms, at least two of R1 to R7 may be bonded together to form a ring, and Formula (I) satisfies at least one of the requirements (A) and (B): (A) at least one of R1 to R5 is a halogen, or an unsubstituted or halogen-substituted hydrocarbon group having 1 to 20 carbon atoms, (B) the total number of carbon atoms in R1 to R7 is 3 to 20). A nonaqueous electrolyte battery includes the nonaqueous electrolytic solution.

Abstract: An input/output map storage unit stores an input/output map representing connection relationships between ports of controllers and ports of input/output devices. A model program execution unit executes a model program for a controller, a model program for an input/output device and a model program for a control target apparatus that are selected from a library by a user through a user input unit. The model program execution unit, when executing the model program for the controller, performs data exchange between the model program for the controller and the program for the input/output device, based on the input/output map.

Abstract: An IGCC plant includes a coal gasifier that gasifies coal by using an oxidizer, a gas turbine that is driven by combustion gas generated by combustion of fuel gas obtained by purifying gas generated by the coal gasifier in gas clean-up equipment, and an oxidizer supply path for supplying air extracted from an air compressor of the gas turbine or oxygen separated from the air as an oxidizer for the coal gasifier. A control unit (50) for the gasification power generation plant controls the amount of the oxidizer that is supplied to the coal gasifier to be less than or equal to a predetermined upper-limit value, while allowing deviation of an air ratio from a predetermined set value, the air ratio representing the ratio of the amount of air that is supplied to the coal gasifier relative to a theoretical amount of air for combustion of carbon, in accordance with variations in an operating-state quantity of the coal gasifier or variations in a load of the IGCC plant.

Abstract: The present invention relates to an optical fiber containing a glass fiber and a resinous coating layer that covers a periphery of the glass fiber, in which the resinous coating layer contains an ethanol of 10 mg or less or a methanol of 2 mg or less per gram of the resinous coating layer.

Abstract: A non-aqueous liquid electrolyte suitable for use in a non-aqueous liquid electrolyte secondary battery comprising a negative electrode and a positive electrode, capable of intercalating and deintercalating lithium ions, and the non-aqueous liquid electrolyte, the negative electrode containing a negative-electrode active material having at least one kind of atom selected from the group consisting of Si atom, Sn atom and Pb atom, wherein the non-aqueous liquid electrolyte comprises a carbonate having at least either an unsaturated bond or a halogen atom.

Abstract: This IGCC plant is provided with an ASU which separates oxygen gas and nitrogen gas from air, a coal gasification furnace which uses an oxidizing agent to gasify coal, and a gas turbine which is driven by the combustion gas resulting from burning a gas generated by means of the coal gasification furnace. This IGCC plant control device (50) is provided with an air separation amount determination unit (52) which determines the production amount of nitrogen gas produced by the ASU depending on the operating load of the IGCC plant, and supplies to the coal gasification furnace the entire amount of oxygen gas generated as a byproduct in response to the determined nitrogen gas production amount. By this means, the IGCC plant can minimize blow-off of oxygen gas produced from the air.

Abstract: An object is to provide a nonaqueous electrolyte and a nonaqueous-electrolyte secondary battery which have excellent discharge load characteristics and are excellent in high-temperature storability, cycle characteristics, high capacity, continuous-charge characteristics, storability, gas evolution inhibition during continuous charge, high-current-density charge/discharge characteristics, discharge load characteristics, etc. The object has been accomplished with a nonaqueous electrolyte which comprises: a monofluorophosphate and/or a difluorophosphate; and further a compound having a specific chemical structure or specific properties.

Abstract: A communication terminal device includes the following units. A detection unit detects a control signal instructing start of registration processing. A channel selection unit selects at random, from a plurality of frequency channels, the first frequency channel to be used in transmission of a beacon request when the control signal is detected. A scan control unit transmits the beacon request to the control devices by using the selected frequency channel. A receiving unit receives the beacon signal transmitted from each of the control devices. A list storage unit stores a predetermined parameter included in the beacon signal and the frequency channel in association with each other. A registration control unit transmits a registration request signal to the control device.

Abstract: An ultraviolet irradiation device that is used for a fluid to be irradiated having a low ultraviolet ray transmissivity, a spirally wound tube in which the fluid to be irradiated flows is supported and fixed, and an irradiation amount of ultraviolet rays with which the fluid is irradiated is increased. A tube 3 having ultraviolet ray transmitting property is spirally wound on an outer circumferential surface of a support pipe 5, a plurality of ultraviolet lamps 7 are disposed around an axis of the support pipe apart from the tube, an inner case 9 that supports the support pipe and that encloses the plurality of ultraviolet lamps is provided, and a fluid flows in the tube and is irradiated with ultraviolet rays. The tube which is a fluid channel is thereby fixed to the support pipe, so that breakage of the tube and the ultraviolet lamps 7 can be prevented.

Abstract: A process for producing an optical fiber including a glass fiber, a primary resin coating layer which covers the periphery of the glass fiber, and a secondary resin coating layer which covers the periphery of the primary resin coating layer, wherein the primary resin coating layer is formed by curing a curable resin composition which includes one or more oligomers, one or more monomers, and a reaction initiator, the curable resin composition containing a one-end-capped oligomer in an amount of 30% by mass or larger based on all the oligomers. The optical fiber produced by this production process does not deteriorate in low-temperature transmission loss, because the primary resin coating layer is inhibited from generating voids even when having a low Young's modulus.

Abstract: A non-aqueous liquid electrolyte suitable for use in a non-aqueous liquid electrolyte secondary battery comprising a negative electrode and a positive electrode, capable of intercalating and deintercalating lithium ions, and the non-aqueous liquid electrolyte, the negative electrode containing a negative-electrode active material having at least one kind of atom selected from the group consisting of Si atom, Sn atom and Pb atom, wherein the non-aqueous liquid electrolyte comprises a carbonate having at least either an unsaturated bond or a halogen atom.

Abstract: A nonaqueous electrolyte containing a monofluorophosphate and/or a difluorophosphate and a compound having a specific chemical structure or specific properties. The nonaqueous electrolyte can contain at least one of a saturated chain hydrocarbon, a saturated cyclic hydrocarbon, an aromatic compound having a halogen atom and an ether having a fluorine atom.

Abstract: A non-aqueous electrolyte solution containing a lithium salt, a non-aqueous solvent, a cyclic carbonate compound having an unsaturated bond and a compound of the following formula (Ic): CFnH(3-n)CH2X3??(Ic) where n represents an integer of 1-3 and X3 represents a group selected from the group consisting of formulas (Ic-1), (Ic-2) and (Ic-4): —O—R31??(Ic-1) —O—Y3—O—R32??(Ic-2) and wherein R31, R32 and R34 represent, independently of each other, an alkyl group having 1-20 carbon atoms that may be substituted by a halogen atom, and Y3 represents a divalent hydrocarbon group having 1-10 carbon atoms that may be substituted by a halogen atom.

Abstract: A simulation unit receives a series of simulation command values, calculates and outputs a series of simulation values of a position or speed of an object. A control unit provides the simulation unit with the series of simulation command values and displays the series of simulation values. The control unit acquires a series of actual command values output by the control apparatus at predetermined intervals in control cycles for controlling the operation of the object and a series of actual values of the position or speed of the object, acquired by the control apparatus at the predetermined intervals. The control unit provides the simulation unit with the series of actual command values serving as the series of simulation command values. The control unit displays the series of actual values in a mode where the series of actual values can be compared with the series of simulation values.

Abstract: Image pickup lens unit (100) comprises, in order to minimize the positional displacement between an optical system and a holder therefor, compound lens (6), holder (2) which houses compound lens (6) therein, and cover (4) which covers compound lens (6). In holder (2), there is formed peripheral section (2e) which restricts the movement of compound lens (6) in the XY-direction. In cover (4), there is formed projecting section (4e) which restricts the movement of compound lens (6) in the Z-direction.