Abstract: An operation device of a construction machine includes a rotation operation unit that receives rotation operation. A control unit that controls the operation device applies, to an object to be operated, a first operation content that depends on the rotation operation amount of the rotation operation unit according to a first operation in which the rotation operation amount is less than a predetermined operation amount threshold per predetermined unit time, and applies a second operation content different from the first operation content to the object to be operated according to a second operation in which the rotation operation amount is greater than or equal to the operation amount threshold per unit time.

Abstract: A backup power system according to the present disclosure includes a battery, a charging circuit, power storage, a first load, a second load, and a controller that controls the charging circuit. The controller causes an input current at the charging circuit to increase at a first rate of change in response to a start signal. When the controller detects an increase in a charging voltage at the power storage up to a first voltage at which driving of the first load is possible, the controller controls the charging circuit to cause the input current at the charging circuit to increase at a second rate of change lower than the first rate of change. The charging circuit is controlled by the controller to cause the input current to increase at the second rate of change, and the charging voltage at the power storage increases up to a second voltage at which driving of both the first load and the second load is possible.

Abstract: [Problem] To provide a separator for a lead acid battery capable of suppressing electrolyte stratification and improving the battery reliability (prolongation of life during idling stop operation and stability of capacity detection) of a lead acid battery. [Solution] A separator for a lead acid battery, characterized in that the separator comprises a porous backweb and a plurality of ribs extending from each of both surfaces of the backweb, the rib on a surface on a side that comes into contact with a positive electrode plate is a broken rib, has a shape with two or more bending points, and is a linear broken rib that bends in opposite directions at each of two consecutive bending points or is a curved broken rib having one or more inflection points.

Abstract: A television receiver 101 is connected to two or more wireless terminals via a communication line. A controller 214 and a network I/F 212 in the television receiver 101 send pieces of login information entered from the two or more wireless terminals to the content distribution server and obtain pieces of content list information each generated by the content distribution server based on the pieces of login information. An aggregated content list in which the obtained pieces of content list information are aggregated is generated. The display 210 displays the aggregated content list. The content list information includes content available for viewing on the information terminal connected to the communication line. The aggregated content list includes content available for viewing on the two or more information terminals in which the pieces of content list information are aggregated.

Abstract: A flexible printed board has deflection with the flexible printed board and a control board being connected to each other. A positioning portion for the flexible printed board on a plate member is provided. The positioning portion is provided with a protrusion provided in the plate member and a hole provided in the flexible printed board. The flexible printed board is positioned by a side surface of the hole being pressed against the protrusion due to the deflection of the flexible printed board. The protrusion includes a columnar portion that extends substantially vertically from a main surface of the plate member, and a projection that projects from the columnar portion in a direction intersecting the columnar portion.

Abstract: A flexible printed board includes a first portion, a branch portion, and a second portion that branches from the first portion at the branch portion. The first portion of the flexible printed board includes a main body portion and a tip portion, and the first portion is connected to the other component. A connector portion is connected to the control board in an extending direction of the main body portion of the first portion. The second portion of the flexible printed board and the control board are electrically connected to each other via the connector portion. A rising suppression portion that prevents the flexible printed board from rising from the plate member is provided between the branch portion and the tip portion of the first portion.

Abstract: An image capturing apparatus, comprises an instructing unit capable of issuing an instruction for an image capture preparation operation and an instruction for an image capture operation, a metering unit configured to meter brightness of a subject, a calculating unit configured to calculate values of exposure parameters based on a metering result, an acquiring unit configured to acquire information related to an image capture lens; and a controlling unit configured to, when image capture is performed with light emitted by a light emitter, control the calculating unit so as to make different a calculation method for the values of the exposure parameters at the time of issuance of the instruction for the image capture preparation operation based on the information related to the image capture lens.

Abstract: Provided is a steering control unit for improving influence of fluctuations in an estimated electrical angle on steering feel. A steering control unit includes a microcomputer that performs sensorless control of the driving of a motor by using an estimated electrical angle estimated by calculation. The microcomputer calculates the estimated electrical angle from a value that is obtained by selectively accumulating a first additional angle or a second additional angle. The microcomputer adjusts a vibration component of fluctuations in the estimated electrical angle by varying the amount of change in the first additional angle and the second additional angle.

Abstract: An image pickup apparatus that is capable of automatically finding an irradiation angle of each external flash in photographing using a plurality of external flashes. An image pickup apparatus controls external flashes that are communicably connected to one another and have light emitting units of which irradiation angles are variable. A photometry device obtains a photometry value. A memory device stores a set of instructions. At least one processor that executes the set of instructions to: obtain photometry values at times of emissions at each of different irradiation angles for each of the external flashes, generate an evaluation value at each of the different irradiation angles based on a photometry result obtained by the photometry device, and decide an irradiation angle for photographing of each of the external flashes based on the evaluation values generated.

Abstract: An image capturing apparatus, comprises an instructing unit capable of issuing an instruction for an image capture preparation operation and an instruction for an image capture operation, a metering unit configured to meter brightness of a subject, a calculating unit configured to calculate values of exposure parameters based on a metering result, an acquiring unit configured to acquire information related to an image capture lens; and a controlling unit configured to, when image capture is performed with light emitted by a light emitter, control the calculating unit so as to make different a calculation method for the values of the exposure parameters at the time of issuance of the instruction for the image capture preparation operation based on the information related to the image capture lens.

Abstract: According to a mode of the present invention, a method of manufacturing an electronic component includes: preparing a component main-body 110 including a first surface having an electrode-formed region having a plurality of bump electrodes 103, a second surface opposite to the first surface, and side peripheral surfaces connecting the first surface and the second surface; forming a mask section M1 on at least a peripheral portion of the first surface, the mask section surrounding the electrode-formed region, a height of the mask section being equal to or more than a height of the plurality of bump electrodes; bonding the mask section of the first surface to an adhesive layer 30 on a holder for holding a component; forming a protective film 105 on the component main-body, the protective film covering the second surface and the side peripheral surfaces; and removing the mask section M1 from the first surface.

Abstract: Provided is a steering control apparatus in which the response of steering assistance to driver's steering can be improved during execution of rotation angle sensor-less control. When the rotation angle sensor-less control is executed and when an induced voltage value is equal to or lower than a threshold voltage, driving of a motor is controlled based on a second addition angle. The second addition angle is calculated such that values obtained by multiplying a first pre-addition angle calculated based on a steering torque and a second pre-addition angle calculated based on an induced voltage derivative by respective predetermined use ratios that are based on the induced voltage value are added together. By using the second addition angle, a more appropriate estimated electrical angle is calculated in response to a driver's steering situation.

Abstract: Provided is a steering control apparatus capable of executing driving assistance control even during rotation angle sensor-less control. When an induced voltage generated in a motor is equal to or lower than a threshold voltage at an early stage of execution of the rotation angle sensor-less control and when the driving assistance control is executed based on a command value from a higher-level control apparatus, a second pre-addition angle that is based on the command value is used as a second addition angle in place of a first pre-addition angle that is based on a steering torque. Therefore, even in a situation in which the steering torque is not detected due to, for example, execution of driving assistance, an estimated electrical angle of the motor is calculated by integrating the second addition angle. Then, driving of the motor is controlled based on the calculated estimated electrical angle.

Abstract: A current command value calculation circuit includes an end abutment determination circuit and a guard processing circuit. When a decrease amount of an induced voltage value within a predetermined time is equal to or larger than a predetermined decrease amount in the state that a steering torque is equal to or larger than a predetermined torque, the end abutment determination circuit determines that the end abutment occurs. When a determination signal indicating that the end abutment state does not occur is input, the guard processing circuit outputs an elemental current command value directly as a q-axis current command value. When a determination signal indicating that the end abutment state occurs is input, the guard processing circuit outputs, as the q-axis current command value, a value obtained by limiting the elemental current command value so that its absolute value is equal to or lower than a predetermined limit current value.

Abstract: An image capturing apparatus comprises an image sensor, an image processor and a controller. The image sensor includes pixels each having a photoelectric conversion element and a signal storing unit. The controller transfers image signals to the image processor in a predetermined period if the image signals is a first image signal, and stores, if the image signals is a second image signal, the image signals output from the pixels in the signal storing unit, and transfers some of the image signals stored in the signal storing unit to the image processor during an interval in which the first image signals are transferred to the image processor. The image processor switches image processing in accordance with the type of the image signals transferred from the image sensor.

Abstract: An image pickup apparatus that is capable of automatically finding an irradiation angle of each external flash in photographing using a plurality of external flashes. An image pickup apparatus controls external flashes that are communicably connected to one another and have light emitting units of which irradiation angles are variable. A photometry device obtains a photometry value. A memory device stores a set of instructions. At least one processor that executes the set of instructions to: obtain photometry values at times of emissions at each of different irradiation angles for each of the external flashes, generate an evaluation value at each of the different irradiation angles based on a photometry result obtained by the photometry device, and decide an irradiation angle for photographing of each of the external flashes based on the evaluation values generated.

Abstract: A steering control unit includes a microcomputer that performs sensorless control of driving of a motor by using an estimated electrical angle estimated by calculation. The microcomputer has a first estimation calculation state and a second estimation calculation state. In the first estimation calculation state, the microcomputer calculates the estimated electrical angle from a value obtained by accumulating a first additional angle calculated by a first additional angle calculation circuit on the basis of a voltage induced in the motor. In the second estimation calculation state, the microcomputer calculates the estimated electrical angle from a value obtained by accumulating a second additional angle calculated by a second additional angle calculation circuit that performs torque feedback control that causes steering torque to follow a target torque value. In a low steering velocity state, the microcomputer calculates the estimated electrical angle in the second estimation calculation state.

Abstract: Provided is a steering control unit for improving influence of fluctuations in an estimated electrical angle on steering feel. A steering control unit includes a microcomputer that performs sensorless control of the driving of a motor by using an estimated electrical angle estimated by calculation. The microcomputer calculates the estimated electrical angle from a value that is obtained by selectively accumulating a first additional angle or a second additional angle. The microcomputer adjusts a vibration component of fluctuations in the estimated electrical angle by varying the amount of change in the first additional angle and the second additional angle.

Abstract: Provided is a steering control apparatus capable of executing driving assistance control even during rotation angle sensor-less control. When an induced voltage generated in a motor is equal to or lower than a threshold voltage at an early stage of execution of the rotation angle sensor-less control and when the driving assistance control is executed based on a command value from a higher-level control apparatus, a second pre-addition angle that is based on the command value is used as a second addition angle in place of a first pre-addition angle that is based on a steering torque. Therefore, even in a situation in which the steering torque is not detected due to, for example, execution of driving assistance, an estimated electrical angle of the motor is calculated by integrating the second addition angle. Then, driving of the motor is controlled based on the calculated estimated electrical angle.

Abstract: A current command value calculation circuit includes an end abutment determination circuit and a guard processing circuit. When a decrease amount of an induced voltage value within a predetermined time is equal to or larger than a predetermined decrease amount in the state that a steering torque is equal to or larger than a predetermined torque, the end abutment determination circuit determines that the end abutment occurs. When a determination signal indicating that the end abutment state does not occur is input, the guard processing circuit outputs an elemental current command value directly as a q-axis current command value. When a determination signal indicating that the end abutment state occurs is input, the guard processing circuit outputs, as the q-axis current command value, a value obtained by limiting the elemental current command value so that its absolute value is equal to or lower than a predetermined limit current value.