Abstract: With a control apparatus for a three-terminal static DC transformer for drive-controlling the three-terminal static DC transformer, a computing unit is provided with first, second, and third self-excited single-phase inverters so that each of voltages at their AC sides is caused to become a rectangular wave of three levels which are a positive voltage, a null voltage, and a negative voltage, wherein the rectangular wave is caused to undergo time changes so that the rectangular wave of the positive voltage is repeated in a half-cycle by being folded at the null voltage; and the computing unit drives each of the first, second, and third self-excited single-phase inverters so that a product of a length of a section in which the AC-side voltage of each of the first, second, and third self-excited single-phase inverters is not zero, and a voltage between the first, second, and third DC terminals becomes equal.

Abstract: A control unit is provided with a step-down unit which causes a system voltage of each phase of a system to step down, a voltage pulse signal generation unit which generates a voltage pulse signal of each phase that was stepped down by the step-down unit, a current pulse signal generation unit which generates a current pulse signal of each phase of the system, a zero crossing point detection unit which outputs time information of a zero crossing point of the system voltage and the system current of each phase based on the voltage pulse signal and the current pulse signal of each phase of the system, and an arithmetic unit which calculates, respectively, a value of active power and a value of reactive power of AC power output by the power conditioner to the system based on the time information of the zero crossing point of the system voltage and the system current of each phase of the system provided from the zero crossing point detection unit, and thereby controls the power conditioner.

Abstract: The magnetic tape includes a non-magnetic support; and a magnetic layer containing a ferromagnetic powder, in which, in a small-angle X-ray scattering spectrum obtained by small-angle X-ray scattering measurement of the non-magnetic support, in a region where a q-value is 0.01 to 0.10 ??1, a ratio Imax/Imin of a scattering intensity Imax at a q-value qmax of a maximal value of a scattering intensity change rate to a scattering intensity Imin at a q-value qmin of a minimal value of the scattering intensity change rate is 2.7 or more, and qmin<qmax is satisfied, and a glass transition temperature Tg of the non-magnetic support is 140° C. or higher.

Abstract: A magnetic tape management device includes a processor. The processor acquires a temperature and humidity of an environment in which a magnetic tape is stored, derives a specific enthalpy using the temperature and the humidity, and performs management processing on the magnetic tape in accordance with the specific enthalpy.

Abstract: An information processing apparatus includes: a processor configured to: when a request for recommendation information and situation information are input, identify one or more actions associated with a situation indicated by the situation information based on action history information in which a past action is associated with a situation where the past action is executed, the situation information indicating a situation of a user; for each target action among the one or more identified actions, calculate a first probability and a second probability, the first probability being a probability that each target action is included as a choice for the user, the second probability being a probability that the user selects each target action when the each target action is included as the choice; and output an action with a relatively low first probability and a relatively high second probability, as the recommendation information, among the one or more actions.

Abstract: A magnetic tape management device includes a processor. The processor acquires a temperature and humidity of an environment in which a magnetic tape is stored, derives a specific enthalpy using the temperature and the humidity, and performs management processing on the magnetic tape in accordance with the specific enthalpy.

Abstract: A method for displaying aerial images includes detecting a capacitive response of a non-contact gesture made by a user proximate to a touch sensing enabled display screen, and in response to detecting the non-contact gesture, displaying one or more images in a three-dimensional (3D) space proximate to the display screen.

Abstract: A control unit is provided with a step-down unit which causes a system voltage of each phase of a system to step down, a voltage pulse signal generation unit which generates a voltage pulse signal of each phase that was stepped down by the step-down unit, a current pulse signal generation unit which generates a current pulse signal of each phase of the system, a zero crossing point detection unit which outputs time information of a zero crossing point of the system voltage and the system current of each phase based on the voltage pulse signal and the current pulse signal of each phase of the system, and an arithmetic unit which calculates, respectively, a value of active power and a value of reactive power of AC power output by the power conditioner to the system based on the time information of the zero crossing point of the system voltage and the system current of each phase of the system provided from the zero crossing point detection unit, and thereby controls the power conditioner.

Abstract: The magnetic recording medium includes: a non-magnetic support; and a magnetic layer including a ferromagnetic powder and a binding agent on the non-magnetic support, in which the magnetic layer further includes a compound including a polyalkyleneimine chain and a vinyl polymer chain. The composition for a magnetic recording medium includes: ferromagnetic powder; and a compound including a polyalkyleneimine chain and a vinyl polymer chain.

Abstract: The magnetic tape includes a non-magnetic support, and a magnetic layer including a ferromagnetic powder. The non-magnetic support is a polyamide support, and a deformation rate ratio of a deformation rate in a width direction to a deformation rate in a longitudinal direction of the magnetic tape, (the deformation rate in the width direction/the deformation rate in the longitudinal direction), is 0.45 or less, the deformation rates each being measured after a load is applied in the longitudinal direction of the magnetic tape for 96 hours.

Abstract: The magnetic tape includes a non-magnetic support, and a magnetic layer including a ferromagnetic powder. The non-magnetic support is a polyethylene naphthalate support, and a deformation rate ratio of a deformation rate in a width direction to a deformation rate in a longitudinal direction of the magnetic tape, (the deformation rate in the width direction/the deformation rate in the longitudinal direction), is 0.42 or less, the deformation rates each being measured after a load is applied in the longitudinal direction of the magnetic tape for 96 hours.

Abstract: A polyimide precursor solution contains resin particles and a polyimide precursor. The resin particles in the polyimide precursor solution have a volume particle size distribution with one or more peaks. The volume frequency of a peak having the highest volume frequency of the one or more peaks accounts for 90% to 100% of the total volume frequency of all peaks of the volume particle size distribution.

Abstract: A method for displaying aerial images includes detecting a capacitive response of a non-contact gesture made by a user proximate to a touch sensing enabled display screen, and in response to detecting the non-contact gesture, displaying one or more images in a three-dimensional (3D) space proximate to the display screen.

Abstract: A method for displaying aerial images includes detecting a capacitive response of a non-contact gesture made by a user proximate to a touch sensing enabled display screen, and in response to detecting the non-contact gesture, displaying one or more images in a three-dimensional (3D) space proximate to the display screen.

Abstract: Provided are a power control device and control method employed therein. The power control device is provided with: a storage battery connected between the solar cell and the power conditioner; a converter, which is disposed between the storage battery and the solar cell, and which charges the storage battery with output power of the solar cell; and a control unit which controls the converter such that the converter charges the storage battery with differential power between the output power of the solar cell and the output power of the power conditioner in the cases where it is determined that the output of the solar cell will be larger than the outputtable power of the power conditioner.

Abstract: A control device includes a detector which detects a voltage of each of the DC terminals in a state where a DC voltage is applied to one of the DC terminals and said one of the DC terminals is maintained at a fixed voltage; a minimum voltage terminal selection circuit which selects a low-voltage DC terminal with a lowest voltage among the DC terminals to which the DC voltage has not been applied, based on a detection result of the detector; and an arithmetic circuit which generates, in a connected bridge circuit to which the DC voltage has been applied, an AC voltage of a size that is equal to a difference between the voltage of said one of the DC terminals to which the DC voltage has been applied and the voltage of the low-voltage DC terminal selected by the minimum voltage terminal selection circuit.

Abstract: The magnetic recording medium includes: a non-magnetic support; and a magnetic layer including a ferromagnetic powder and a binding agent on the non-magnetic support, in which the magnetic layer further includes a compound including a polyalkyleneimine chain and a vinyl polymer chain. The composition for a magnetic recording medium includes: ferromagnetic powder; and a compound including a polyalkyleneimine chain and a vinyl polymer chain.

Abstract: A polyimide laminated film includes a porous polyimide layer that has a porosity of from 30% to 90% and pores having a spherical shape and a non-porous polyimide layer that has a porosity of 5% or less.

Abstract: An apparatus generates property data with a first context relation set between text display areas contained in a display image of a first webpage, and generates, based on the property data, dialog control data with a second context relation set between pieces of text extracted from structural elements of text display areas contained in a second webpage.

Abstract: The magnetic recording medium includes: a non-magnetic support; and a magnetic layer including a ferromagnetic powder and a binding agent on the non-magnetic support, in which the magnetic layer further includes a compound including a polyalkyleneimine chain and a vinyl polymer chain. The composition for a magnetic recording medium includes: ferromagnetic powder; and a compound including a polyalkyleneimine chain and a vinyl polymer chain.