Abstract: A circuit for an aerosol generation device includes: a heater connector to which is connected a heater that consumes power supplied from a power supply and heats an aerosol source; a controller that includes a first communication terminal and a second communication terminal for serial communication, and controls supply of power from the power supply to the heater; a first IC that is a separate entity from the controller and that includes a third communication terminal for serial communication; a second IC that is a separate entity from the controller and the first IC, and that includes a fourth communication terminal for serial communication; a first communication line that connects the first communication terminal and the third communication terminal; and a second communication line that connects the second communication terminal and the fourth communication terminal and that does not have an electrical contact with the first communication line.

Abstract: A power supply unit of an aerosol generation device includes: a power supply; a heater connector to which a heater configured to heat an aerosol source by consuming power supplied from the power supply is connected; a first sensor disposed in the vicinity of the heater or the power supply and configured to output a value related to a temperature of the heater or a value related to a temperature of the power supply; and a second sensor provided at a position separated from the first sensor and configured to output a value related to a temperature at the position. At least one of the output value of the first sensor and the output value of the second sensor is abnormal, at least one or both of charging of the power supply and discharging from the power supply to the heater are temporarily prohibited.

Abstract: In an electronic apparatus, a display at least partially has flexibility, includes a plurality of display portions, and includes a bending portion at each of boundaries of the display portions. An electronic apparatus includes, near each bending portion, a hinge portion that relatively rotatably couples two display portions and is configured to be bendable at each bending portion as a start point in response to rotation of each hinge portion. A main body coupling member rotatably couples the display to the main body portion. The display is able to transition to an accommodated state in which the display overlaps at a position that is different from the grip portion inside an outer shape of the main body portion and an unfolded state in which the plurality of display portions are unfolded in a parallel and same direction.

Abstract: An image capturing apparatus used for image capturing in a state floating on a water surface, includes a first camera and a second camera that capture images, a float that generates a buoyant force for positioning one of the first and second cameras above the water surface and positioning the other under the water surface, a posture detection section that detects a vertical direction of the image capturing apparatus in the floating state, and central controllers that control the first and second cameras. Each central controller switches one of the first and second cameras, positioned above the water surface, to a first image capturing mode suitable for above-water image capturing, and the other positioned under the water surface to a second image capturing mode suitable for underwater image capturing, based on a result of detection performed by the posture detection section.

Abstract: A method of forming a silicon oxycarbonitride layer on a substrate is disclosed. An exemplary method includes forming a layer comprising SiOC and forming a layer comprising SiCN, which together form the silicon oxycarbonitride layer.

Abstract: To provide a laminate excellent in stretchability and solvent resistance. A laminate comprising a base film and a clear layer, wherein the clear layer is a layer formed by curing a composition containing a fluorinated polymer having hydroxy or carboxy groups, a non-fluorinated polymer, and a curing agent having functional groups that react with the hydroxy or carboxy groups, and the hydroxy value or acid value of the fluorinated polymer is at least 20 mgKOH/g, and the content of the fluorinated polymer is at most 30 mass % to the total content of the fluorinated polymer and the non-fluorinated polymer.

Abstract: A resonant pressure sensor includes a first substrate and a resonator. The first substrate includes a diaphragm and a projection disposed on the diaphragm. The resonator is disposed in the first substrate, a part of the resonator being included in the projection, and the resonator being disposed between a top of the projection and an intermediate level of the first substrate. The first substrate is an SOI substrate in which a silicon dioxide layer is inserted between a silicon substrate and a superficial silicon layer. The intermediate level of the first substrate is disposed in the silicon substrate, and the resonator is disposed in the projection included in the superficial silicon layer.

Abstract: A coil component includes a drum core including a winding core portion, first and second flange portions, a first metal terminal attached to the first flange portion, and a first wire. The first flange portion is connected to a first end of the winding core portion in a direction along a central axis of the winding core portion. A first connection end of the first wire is joined to the first metal terminal, which has a bonding portion that is fixed to an outer end surface. The bonding portion has a facing surface and a recess that is recessed with respect to the facing surface and accommodates an adhesive. When viewed in a direction along a central axis, an area of a region of the recess facing the outer end surface is equal to or larger than an area of the facing surface.

Abstract: A decrease in mounting strength of a first metal terminal is suppressed in a coil component. A coil component includes a drum core including a winding core portion, first and second flange portions, a first metal terminal attached to the first flange portion, and a first wire. The first flange portion is connected to a first end in a direction along a central axis of the winding core portion. A first connection end of the first wire is joined to the first metal terminal. The first flange portion protrudes outward with respect to the winding core portion in a first positive direction. The first metal terminal includes a bonding portion, a mounting portion, and a coupling portion connecting the bonding portion and the mounting portion. The bonding portion is joined to an outer surface of the first flange portion with an adhesive interposed therebetween.

Abstract: A resonant pressure sensor with improved linearity includes: a substrate including a substrate-separated portion separated from a housing-fixed portion; a first resonator that: is disposed in the substrate-separated portion; and detects a change of a first resonance frequency based on a strain in the substrate caused by static pressure applied by a pressure-receiving fluid; a second resonator that: is disposed in the substrate; detects a change of a second resonance frequency based on the strain in the substrate; and has a pressure sensitivity of the second resonance frequency; and a processor that: measures the static pressure based on the detected change of the first resonance frequency; and corrects the static pressure according to internal temperature of the pressure sensor based on a difference between the second resonance frequency and the first resonance frequency.

Abstract: Methods of forming metal silicon oxide layers and metal silicon oxynitride layers are disclosed. Exemplary methods include providing a silicon precursor to the reaction chamber for a silicon precursor pulse period, providing a first metal precursor to the reaction chamber for a first metal precursor pulse period, and providing a first reactant to the reaction chamber for a first reactant pulse period, wherein the silicon precursor pulse period and the first metal precursor pulse period overlap.

Abstract: A display of an electronic apparatus includes first to third display portions that at least partially have flexibility and are integrally configured. The display has a first bending portion at a boundary between the first display portion and the second display portion and has a second bending portion at a boundary between the second display portion and the third display portion. A first hinge portion is relatively rotatably coupled to the first and second display portions. A second hinge portion is relatively rotatably coupled to the second and third display portions. The display is configured to be bendable at each bending portion as a start point in response to rotation of each hinge portion. The first bending portion and the second bending portion do not intersect each other and substantially perpendicularly intersect on extended lines of the first bending portion and the second bending portion.

Abstract: Methods of forming a silicon oxycarbide layer on a surface of a substrate are disclosed. Exemplary methods include providing an oxygen-free reactant to a reaction chamber and performing one or more deposition cycles, wherein each deposition cycle includes providing a silicon precursor to the reaction chamber for a silicon precursor pulse period and providing plasma power for a plasma power period to form the silicon oxycarbide layer. Exemplary silicon precursors comprise a molecule comprising silicon, oxygen, carbon, and optionally nitrogen. The silicon precursor can further include one or more of (i) one or two silicon-oxygen bonds, (ii) one or two silicon-carbon bonds, or (iii) one carbon-carbon double bond.

Abstract: An electrode catalyst layer for electrolytic cell 3 of an embodiment includes: a carbon material; a metal catalyst supported on the carbon material; and a water-repellent organic substance. In the electrode catalyst layer for electrolytic cell of the embodiment, the water-repellent organic substance includes an organic substance containing sulfur. A metal-sulfur bond is formed between the organic substance containing sulfur and the metal catalyst. A mass ratio (S/M) of a sulfur element (S) to a metal element (M) in the metal catalyst in the catalyst layer is not less than 0.03 nor more than 0.1.

Abstract: A pipe connection structure provided in a processing apparatus, includes a first pipe having a first flange portion formed at one end thereof, a second pipe having a second flange portion formed at one end thereof and connected to the first flange portion, and a pipe clamp configured to connect and fasten the first flange portion and the second flange portion at a plurality of positions including a position where a pipe axis of the first pipe and a pipe axis of the second pipe do not coincide with each other.

Abstract: An apparatus receives an input of a position to a display unit and receives a moving instruction for moving a selected position corresponding to the input position on the display unit. The apparatus controls to, in a case where an object area including the input position has a first size, move the selected position in accordance with a moving operation of a first operation amount and, in a case where the object area has a second size that is smaller than the first size, move the selected position by a second movement amount smaller than the first movement amount in accordance with the moving operation of the first operation amount.

Abstract: A waterproof camera system that maintains a wireless connection state with an external device while floating on a water surface includes an image pickup apparatus equipped with a wireless module, a waterproof casing that hermetically stores the image pickup apparatus, and a float attached to the waterproof casing. An antenna unit of the wireless module is arranged at either a position with a height approximately equal to a water surface or a position separated from the water surface in an above water direction in each of a first position where the waterproof camera system floats on the water surface so that the image pickup apparatus can perform underwater image pickup and a second position where the waterproof camera system floats on the water surface so that the image pickup apparatus can perform above water image pickup.

Abstract: A waterproof camera system that can easily perform underwater image pickup and overwater image pickup. The waterproof camera system includes an image pickup apparatus, a waterproof casing that hermetically stores the image pickup apparatus. The image pickup apparatus includes a first housing that includes a lens unit and a second housing that holds the first housing. The waterproof casing includes a first section that surrounds a circumference of the first housing and a second section that surrounds a circumference of the second housing. The waterproof camera system has buoyancy that floats the waterproof camera system on a water surface in both a first posture in which the first section of the waterproof casing is in an underwater side and a second posture in which the first section is in an overwater side in a state where the image pickup apparatus is stored.

Abstract: Methods of forming metal silicon oxide layers and metal silicon oxynitride layers are disclosed. Exemplary methods include providing a silicon precursor to the reaction chamber for a silicon precursor pulse period, providing a first metal precursor to the reaction chamber for a first metal precursor pulse period, and providing a first reactant to the reaction chamber for a first reactant pulse period, wherein the silicon precursor pulse period and the first metal precursor pulse period overlap.

Abstract: A magnetic pump is provided that includes a magnet can and an impeller that are individually formed, that is capable of easily performing assembling/disassembling, that has high workability during manufacturing or maintenance, and that has high strength in a connection part between the magnet can and the impeller, and to provide a rotary body for the magnetic pump.