Abstract: A settlement apparatus of an embodiment includes a determination module, a subtraction module, and a processing module. In response to a single operation on an instruction object, the determination module determines an amount of money to be deducted from the settlement amount for one transaction based on a rule previously associated with the instruction object. The deduction module deducts the amount of money determined by the determination module from the settlement amount.

Abstract: A checkout system includes a registration apparatus that generates a settlement data necessary for settlement of a transaction, and a settlement apparatus that performs a settlement processing based on the settlement data transmitted from the registration apparatus through a network. The settlement apparatus monitors whether the registration apparatus is in an operating state or a non-operating state. The settlement apparatus operates in a link mode in which the settlement apparatus is linked to the registration apparatus if the registration apparatus is in the operating state, or operates in a stand-alone mode in which the settlement apparatus is not linked to the registration apparatus if the registration apparatus is in the non-operating state.

Abstract: A checkout system includes a registration apparatus and a settlement apparatus. The registration apparatus generates a settlement data required for a transaction settlement, adds information for specifying an operation mode thereof to the settlement data and transmits the settlement data to which the information is added to a network. The settlement apparatus receives the settlement data transmitted through the network, sets the operation mode thereof to the same operation mode as the registration apparatus based on the information added to the settlement data and performs a settlement processing according to the settlement data in the set operation mode.

Abstract: The device that generates the friction braking force to decelerate the vehicle estimates the disturbance torque acting on the vehicle. When the accelerator operation amount is equal to or less than the predetermined value and the vehicle is just before the stop of the vehicle, the control device for vehicle causes the friction braking amount to converge to the friction braking amount to the value decided on the basis of the disturbance torque estimated value Td in conjunction with the reduction in the motor rotation speed (speed parameter) proportionate to the traveling speed of the vehicle.

Abstract: A control device for electric motor vehicle using a motor as a traveling drive source and configured to decelerate by a regenerative braking force of the motor includes a motor torque command value setter configured to set a first torque target value for traveling based on the vehicle information as a motor torque command value for traveling based on the vehicle information before a speed parameter proportional to a traveling speed of an electric motor vehicle becomes equal to or less than a predetermined value, and set a second torque target value for stopping the electric motor vehicle and maintaining a vehicle stopped state as the motor torque command value when the speed parameter becomes equal to or less than the predetermined value, a motor controller configured to control the motor on the basis of the motor torque command value.

Abstract: A control device for electric motor vehicle is configured to decelerate by a regenerative braking force of the motor when an accelerator operation amount decreases or becomes zero. The control device detects the accelerator operation amount, calculates a motor torque command value, and controls the motor on the basis of the motor torque command value calculated. The control device detects a speed parameter proportional to a traveling speed and calculates a feedback torque for stopping the vehicle on the basis of the speed parameter detected. The control device also estimates a disturbance torque acting on the motor and converges, as the speed parameter is reduced, the motor torque command value to the disturbance torque on the basis of the feedback torque when the accelerator operation amount decreases or becomes zero and the electric motor vehicle stops shortly. The control device adjusts the feedback torque according to the disturbance torque.

Abstract: A control device for electric motor vehicle using the motor as the traveling driving source and configured to decelerate by a regenerative braking force from the motor detects the accelerator operation amount, calculates the disturbance torque estimated value, and detects or estimates the resistance component unrelated to the gradient from the vehicle state. The control device for electric motor vehicle corrects the disturbance torque estimated value according to the detected or estimated resistance component unrelated to the gradient. The motor is controlled on the basis of the motor torque command value. When the accelerator operation amount is equal to or less than the predetermined value and the electric motor vehicle is just before the stop of the vehicle, the motor torque command value converges to the corrected disturbance torque estimated value in conjunction with the reduction of the rotation speed of the motor.

Abstract: One object is to suppress thermal shrinkage of a cover resin layer at the time of thermal curing. A laminated coil according to one embodiment of the present invention is provided with a magnetic substrate formed of a sintered magnetic material, an insulation resin layer formed on the magnetic substrate, a cover resin layer formed on the insulation resin layer, and a coil conductor embedded in the insulation resin layer. In one embodiment of the present invention, said insulation resin layer includes a first resin and first filler particles, and said cover resin layer includes a second resin and second filler particles. A filling factor of the second filler particles in the cover resin layer is higher than a filling factor of the first filler particles in the insulation resin layer.

Abstract: a control device for electric motor vehicle uses the motor as the traveling driving source. The control device for electric motor vehicle is configured to decelerate by the regenerative braking force from the motor. The control device for electric motor vehicle is configured to detect the amount of the accelerator operation, detect the motor rotation speed proportionate to the traveling speed of the electric motor vehicle, and calculate the motor rotation speed estimated value according to the state of the electric motor vehicle. Additionally, the control device for electric motor vehicle is configured to detect or estimate the resistance component unrelated to the gradient from the vehicle state and correct the motor rotation speed estimated value according to the resistance component.

Abstract: The device that generates the friction braking force to decelerate the vehicle estimates the disturbance torque acting on the vehicle. When the accelerator operation amount is equal to or less than the predetermined value and the vehicle is just before the stop of the vehicle, the control device for vehicle causes the friction braking amount to converge to the friction braking amount to the value decided on the basis of the disturbance torque estimated value Td in conjunction with the reduction in the motor rotation speed (speed parameter) proportionate to the traveling speed of the vehicle.

Abstract: A control device for electric motor vehicle configured to decelerate by a regenerative braking force of the motor detects an accelerator operation amount, calculates a motor torque command value and controls the motor on the basis of the calculated motor torque command value. Further, a speed parameter proportional to a traveling speed is detected, and a feedback torque for stopping the electric motor vehicle is calculated on the basis of the detected speed parameter. Furthermore, the speed parameter is estimated in accordance with a state of the electric motor vehicle, and a feedforward torque is calculated on the basis of the estimated speed parameter. When accelerator operation amount is not larger than a predetermined value and the electric motor vehicle stops shortly, the motor torque command value is converged to zero on the basis of the feedback torque and the feedforward torque with a reduction in the traveling speed.

Abstract: An electrode for a secondary battery including an electrode laminated assembly that has a configuration in which electrodes and a separator are laminated, includes current collector 3 and active material layer 2 formed on a surface of current collector 3. Active material layer 2 includes a thick-layer portion and a thin-layer portion that is positioned at an edge portion of the active material layer and that is smaller in thickness than the thick-layer portion, and is formed by discharging slurry containing an active material from discharge port 12a of die head 12 toward the surface of current collector 3, the slurry being supplied to die head 12 through coating valve 13.

Abstract: In a coordinate detection apparatus, a resistance-film is formed on a substrate made of an insulating material. A common electrode applies a voltage to the resistance-film, the common electrode extending along a plurality of a resistance-film removal areas formed by removing portions of the resistance-film. A voltage application part applies the voltage to the common electrode. The voltage is applied from the voltage application part to the resistance-film through the common electrode to generate a potential distribution in the resistance-film. A coordinate position of a contact position at which the resistance-film is contacted is detected by detecting a potential of the resistance-film at the contact position.

Abstract: A pointing device includes: a film that includes a protruding portion which protrudes upward, and a plane portion which extends from the protruding portion; a first conducting layer that is disposed under the film; a second conducting layer that is disposed on a base material and is opposed to the first conducting layer; and a plurality of spacers that are formed on any one of a lower portion of the first conducting layer and an upper portion of the second conducting layer, and are arranged, between the first conducting layer and the second conducting layer, so as to be spaced mutually; wherein an interval between the spacers in an area of the plane portion is formed so as to become narrower than an interval between the spacers in an area of the protruding portion.

Abstract: An image quality adjustment apparatus includes an adjustment unit and an order controller. The adjustment unit sequentially receives instructions of adjustment details for adjustment processes of multiple of types for adjusting image quality, and sequentially performs the adjustment processes on an image. The order controller presents, in accordance with priority ranks that have been associated in advance with characteristics of an image to be processed, operation screens for receiving instruction operations for the adjustment details.

Abstract: A register system includes a first reader configured to optically read a code, a second reader configured to magnetically or electronically read user data from a medium carried by a user, an operation key that is activated to complete product registration, and a processor. The processor is configured to register products as codes on the products are optically read by the first reader and, as the products are being registered, determine whether or not a condition for completing product registration is satisfied using data about the products that have been registered and the user data read by the second reader, and if the condition is not satisfied at any time prior to activation of the operation key, generate a notification about the condition not being satisfied.

Abstract: An image forming device includes an image forming unit that forms an image on a recording medium in response to an input of image data representing the image, a reading unit that reads a first image formed by the image forming device, and a second image formed by another image forming device to respectively generate a first read image and a second read image, the first image and the second image being formed based on identical image data, a discrimination unit that discriminates the first read image and the second read image from each other, and a color correction unit that performs, on the image formed by the image forming unit, a color correction that cancels out a difference in color between the first read image and the second read image.

Abstract: A flat tube heat exchange apparatus that has flat tubes arranged at a regular pitch in the step direction which is orthogonal to the row direction of fins. If the step direction pitch of the flat tubes is defined as Dp, the coefficient of Dp is k, and if 0<k<0.5 or 0.5<k<1, the distance between a fin end at one side in the step direction of the fins, and the center of a flat tube in the thickness direction is k·Dp, and the distance between a fin end at the other side in the step direction of the fins, and the center of a flat tube in the thickness direction is (1?k)·Dp.

Abstract: A client interface unit receives a pause frame transmitted from a client device compatible with a relatively low communication rate. A data rate conversion unit generates a plurality of pause frames in accordance with a pause time designated by the received one pause frame and transmits the plurality of pause frames to a frame processing unit compatible with a relatively high communication rate. The frame processing unit stops transmitting a frame destined to the client device in accordance with the plurality of pause frames.

Abstract: A refrigerant pipe is provided to be capable of preventing a change in a length by which the refrigerant pipe is inserted after the refrigerant pipe is inserted. The refrigerant pipe includes a heat-exchanger-side pipe having a pipe component insertion flare formed at an end portion of the heat-exchanger-side pipe and at least one protrusion formed on an inner peripheral portion of the pipe component insertion flare, and a pipe component having a smaller outer diameter than an inner diameter of the pipe component insertion flare. A height of the at least one protrusion is greater than a dimension of a clearance defined on the basis of a difference between the inner diameter of the pipe component insertion flare and the outer diameter of the pipe component. The pipe component is inserted into the pipe component insertion flare, and the pipe component has a groove formed by the at least one protrusion.