Abstract: Provided are a method and an apparatus for resistance spot welding in which preliminary current application is executed and then main welding is executed in accordance with master patterns of various parameters obtained during the preliminary current application. The main welding is executed under welding conditions of the master patterns, and whether a welding abnormality has occurred and whether the welding abnormality is likely to occur are determined. When the welding abnormality is likely to occur, the welding conditions for the main welding are corrected so as to prevent the welding abnormality. When the welding abnormality is unlikely to occur, the welding conditions for the main welding are corrected so as to match the master patterns.

Abstract: A resistance spot welding method includes sandwiching metal plates put on top of one another between a pair of electrodes and performing resistance spot welding sequentially on a plurality of welding points close to each other on the metal plates by performing a current application between the electrodes so as to join the metal plates to each other. A welding current value to form a welding nugget at a welding point to be subjected to the resistance spot welding second or later among the welding points is set to be higher than a first welding current value to form a first welding nugget at a first welding point to be subjected to the resistance spot welding first among the welding points.

Abstract: A conductive supporting member includes an outer portion that includes a Cu matrix phase and a second phase dispersed in the Cu matrix phase and containing a Cu—Zr compound and that has an alloy composition represented by Cu-xZr (x is atomic % of Zr and 0.5?x?16.7 is satisfied) and an inner portion that is present on an inner side of the outer portion, is formed of a metal containing Cu, and has higher conductivity than the outer portion.

Abstract: Provided are an organic semiconductor film, an organic semiconductor transistor formed of the organic semiconductor film, and a method of manufacturing the organic semiconductor transistor. In the organic semiconductor film, the formation or propagation of cracks can be effectively suppressed even in a case where the organic semiconductor film is patterned or is exposed to high heat. Provided are an organic semiconductor film, an organic semiconductor transistor formed of the organic semiconductor film, and a method of manufacturing the organic semiconductor transistor. The microcrystalline organic semiconductor film includes a compound represented by the following Formula (1) that has a molecular weight of 3000 or lower and in which a crystal domain size is 1 nm to 100 nm. X, Y, and Z each independently represent a specific ring-constituting atom. R1 and R2 each independently represent a hydrogen atom, an alkyl group, an alkenyl group, an alkynyl group, an aryl group, or a heteroaryl group.

Abstract: An object is to provide a bottom gate type organic semiconductor transistor in which a sufficient carrier mobility is exhibited, a variation in performance between elements is small, and power consumption is also suppressed. Provided is a bottom gate type organic semiconductor transistor including: a gate insulating layer; and an organic semiconductor layer that is disposed adjacent to the gate insulating layer. in which a surface free energy of a surface of the gate insulating layer on the organic semiconductor layer side is 20 to 50 mN/m, an arithmetic average roughness Ra of the surface of the gate insulating layer on the organic semiconductor layer side is 2 nm or lower, and the organic semiconductor layer includes a compound represented by the following Formula (1) that has a molecular weight of 3000 or lower. X, Y, and Z each independently represent a specific ring-constituting atom.

Abstract: An audio device includes a first broadcast processor configured to execute reception processing of a first broadcast wave to generate a first reproduction signal, a reproduction unit configured to reproduce audio based on the first reproduction signal, a first storage configured to temporarily store audio data related to the first reproduction signal, a controller configured to acquire a time table of a broadcast related to the first broadcast wave and receive a saving instruction of a musical piece from a user, and a second storage configured to, when the controller receives the saving instruction, cut first musical piece data of a predetermined musical piece depending on a reception time of the saving instruction from the audio data temporarily stored in the first storage based on the time table and store the first musical piece data.

Abstract: All information providing device includes an acquisition unit configured to acquire radio wave information indicating a radio-wave receiving sensitivity on a route; and a processor configured to estimate, in consideration of the radio wave information, a decrease time during which a movable body moves on a first route where the radio-wave receiving sensitivity is decreased, and to store, prior to the decrease time, data in an amount that allows contents of the data to be continuously output at least during the decrease time.

Abstract: Objects of the present invention are to provide an organic semiconductor element in which carrier mobility is high, variation of mobility is suppressed, and temporal stability under high temperature and high humidity is excellent, and a manufacturing method thereof, to provide a novel compound suitable for an organic semiconductor, and to provide an organic semiconductor film in which mobility is high, variation of mobility is suppressed, and temporal stability under high temperature and high humidity is excellent, a manufacturing method thereof, and an organic semiconductor composition that can suitably form the organic semiconductor film. The organic semiconductor element according to the present invention is an organic semiconductor layer containing a compound having a constitutional repeating unit represented by Formula 1 and having a molecular weight of 2,000 or greater.

Abstract: An object of the present invention is to provide a compound which, when used for organic semiconductor films in organic thin-film transistors, makes the organic thin-film transistors exhibit a high carrier mobility, a material for an organic thin-film transistor for which the compound is used, a composition for an organic thin-film transistor, an organic thin-film transistor and a method for manufacturing the same, and an organic semiconductor film. An organic thin-film transistor of the present invention contains a compound represented by General Formula (1) in an organic semiconductor film (organic semiconductor layer) thereof.

Abstract: A Hall IC of an actuator calculates a relative angle by using magnetic flux densities in two directions, and corrects a linearity error in the relative angle by using correction values at correction points and a function to calculating an interpolated correction value between correction points, the correction values and the function being stored in a storage. The storage stores, as correction values at outermost correction points in a relative angle range, correction values L? and L? causing linearity errors which are outermost ones of plural extremums to be equal to or less than linearity errors which are other ones of the plural extremums each of which is located inwardly next to the outermost extremum, the plural extremums being exhibited by the linearity error in the relative angle which is corrected by using an interpolated correction value calculated from the function which uses the correction values as parameters.

Abstract: A system including a first output apparatus and a second output apparatus that are connected to an information processing apparatus via a network and includes a job generating unit that generates a plurality of jobs that instruct the execution of processing to exchange a first age output to the first output apparatus for a second image output to the second output apparatus based on an image exchange instruction received on a screen that receives user operations and a job execution instructing unit that instructs the first output apparatus and the second output apparatus to execute the processing to exchange the first image for the second image based on the jobs.

Abstract: A brushed motor includes a shaft inserted in a cylindrical stator, a rotor including a core provided on an outer circumference of the shaft to face the stator and a coil having a distributed winding structure wound around teeth of the core, a commutator provided on one end of the shaft, and electrically connected with the coil by a wire drawn from coil end parts of the coil, a resin molded part covering the coil end parts and a hooking portions for the wire of the commutator, and a brush in contact with an outer circumference of the commutator. A width of a gap between the resin molded part and the brush is set to a value larger than a scattering distance of a spark generated between the commutator and the brush.

Abstract: There is provided an organic semiconductor composition containing the following (a) to (c), a method of manufacturing an organic thin film transistor using this composition, and an organic thin film transistor including (a) and (b) in an organic semiconductor layer: (a) an organic semiconductor polymer having a specific molecular weight and a specific structure; (b) an insulating polymer having a specific molecular weight; and (c) a solvent, in which a weight-average molecular weight Mw1 of the organic semiconductor polymer and a weight-average molecular weight Mw2 of the insulating polymer satisfy a relational expression below, and 0.1?Mw1/Mw2?10 a content C1 mass % of the organic semiconductor polymer and a content C2 mass % of the insulating polymer in the organic semiconductor composition satisfy a relational expression below. 0.

Abstract: Disclosed herein is a vehicle control device reducing a driving force generated by an engine of a vehicle to prevent the vehicle from colliding with a forward obstacle. The vehicle control device includes an ECU configured to control the driving force, an ultrasonic sensor configured to detect the forward obstacle in front of the vehicle, and a monocular camera configured to take an image of an area in front of the vehicle. The ECU determines the presence or absence of the forward obstacle in front of the vehicle based on the image taken with the monocular camera while the vehicle is travelling, and changes an upper limit of the driving force in accordance with a combination of whether or not the ultrasonic sensor has detected an object and the presence or absence of the forward obstacle determined based on the image taken with the monocular camera.

Abstract: There are provided a method for producing particles by suspension polymerization which ensures an excellent dispersion stability of the monomer and a simpler washing step, composite particles obtainable by this production method, and use of the composite particles. The method for producing composite particles includes a polymerization step of subjecting a monomer mixture which contains a polymerizable vinyl monomer to aqueous suspension polymerization in a presence of small polymer particles having a volume-average particle size of 20 to 500 nm, with a water-soluble cellulose compound adsorbing on surfaces of the small polymer particles, and thereby obtaining composite particles which contain the small polymer particles and large polymer particles greater than the small polymer particles.

Abstract: A Hall IC of an actuator calculates a relative angle by using magnetic flux densities in two directions, and corrects a linearity error in the relative angle by using correction values at correction points and a function to calculating an interpolated correction value between correction points, the correction values and the function being stored in a storage. The storage stores, as correction values at outermost correction points in a relative angle range, correction values L? and L? causing linearity errors which are outermost ones of plural extremums to be equal to or less than linearity errors which are other ones of the plural extremums each of which is located inwardly next to the outermost extremum, the plural extremums being exhibited by the linearity error in the relative angle which is corrected by using an interpolated correction value calculated from the function which uses the correction values as parameters.

Abstract: A motor rotor structure for an electric turbo charger is manufactured at low cost with good quality by fixedly fitting, over a shaft, a rotor core having electromagnetic steel sheets pre-formed as an integrated stack. The rotor structure includes a rotor core which is rotated by a magnetic field formed by a stator in a housing; a shaft configured to rotate a compressor impeller and the rotor core together; and a bearing supporting the shaft. The rotor includes the rotor core including the electromagnetic steel sheets; a stopper portion formed at an intermediate portion of the shaft to restrict axial movement of the rotor core; and a pressing unit which presses the rotor core fitted over the shaft against the stopper portion. The pressing unit prevents a circumferential phase shift between the shaft and the rotor core by a pressing force thereof.

Abstract: Polymer particles excellent in uniform dispersibility and the use thereof are provided. The polymer particles contain a surfactant, and have a coefficient of variation in the volume-based particle diameter distribution in the range from not less than 13.0% to not more than 25.0%. When 15.0 g of water is added to 5.0 g of the polymer particles so as to disperse the polymer particles in the water by performing a dispersion treatment for 60 minutes using an ultrasonic cleaner, and furthermore when an obtained dispersion liquid is put into a centrifuge tube with an inside diameter of 24 mm so as to be centrifuged, by a centrifugal separator, under conditions that K factor is 6943 and a rotating time is 30 minutes to recover a supernatant, a concentration of non-volatile components in the obtained supernatant is less than 3.5 wt. %.

Abstract: A brake device includes: a battery connected to a power supply line; a fluid pressure unit driven by power from the supply line and applies fluid pressure to a brake; an alternator that receives power from a vehicle engine and generates power at a voltage higher than a charged voltage of the battery; a capacitor that stores the power generated by the alternator; and a DC/DC converter that converts the voltage of the capacitor to a predetermined value and supplies the converted voltage to the supply line. When the vehicle will potentially collide with a forward obstacle, an output of the DC/DC converter is set at a target higher than an output voltage in a normal state before brake actuation, or if output of the DC/DC converter cannot be set at the target voltage, the alternator is driven to connect a generation voltage of the alternator to the supply line.

Abstract: A sign recognition and display device (1) includes: a camera (2); a sign recognition unit (10) configured to recognize a road sign included in an image taken with the camera; a speed limit information obtaining unit (12) configured to repeatedly obtain speed limit information; and a display control unit (14) configured to, if a speed limit sign is recognized, and the speed limit information is obtained, show, on a display device (8), information on a speed limit indicated by the speed limit sign. If, while information on the speed limit indicated by the speed limit sign is displayed, the speed limit information is obtained, and the speed limit determined by the obtained speed limit information is different from the speed limit determined by the previously obtained speed limit information, the display control unit shows information on the speed limit determined by the presently obtained speed limit information.