Abstract: A drive system of an electric vehicle includes: an internal combustion engine; a generating motor provided so as to be able to generate electricity by receiving motive force from the internal combustion engine; and a travel motor provided so as to be able to be driven by electric power generated by the generating motor, and the drive system is configured so as to be able to switch a series hybrid mode and an engine direct connected mode, the series hybrid mode being a mode in which, while the internal combustion engine and the drive wheel are linked via a first clutch so as to be unlinkable/linkable, the travel motor and the drive wheel are linked via a second clutch different from the first clutch so as to be unlinkable/linkable, and the travel motor is used as a drive power source such that the electric vehicle travels by transmitting motive force from the travel motor to the drive wheel, the engine direct connected mode being a mode in which at least one of the internal combustion engine and the generator

Abstract: A thin film has a band gap of 2.2 eV or more and in which a crystal includes an atomic vacancy and an electron, a microwave irradiation system configured to irradiate the thin film with a microwave in response to driving from outside, an excitation unit configured to excite the electron included in the thin film in response to driving from outside, and a detector configured to detect, as an electric signal, at least either one of an intensity of light outputted from the thin film when the electron transitions from an excited state to a ground state and a change in conductivity of the thin film based on excitation.

Abstract: A reference region determination device is for determining a reference region to be stored in a reference image buffer, and includes: a motion vector acquisition portion configured to acquire a motion vector for each one of already encoded blocks; a position change amount derivation portion configured to derive a position change amount for the reference region based on the acquired motion vectors; and a reference region determination portion configured to determine a position of the reference region to be used in encoding of a next block for encoding after the already encoded blocks based on the position change amount.

Abstract: A sensor includes two magnetic sensors detecting a magnetic field around an object, and outputting at least one of a magnetic field signal and a temperature signal, an optical system emitting the excitation light to the two magnetic sensors, and a processor calculating a difference between a magnetic fields corresponding to the magnetic field signal detected by the two magnetic sensors, wherein each of the magnetic sensors includes an element disposed around the object and having color centers, an antenna radiating a microwave magnetic field to the element, an optical sensor detecting an intensity of a fluorescence generated by the element, and outputting an intensity signal, and a controller calculating at least one of a magnetic field and temperature around the measurement object, and output at least one of a magnetic field signal indicating the calculated magnetic field and a temperature signal indicating the calculated temperature to the processor.

Abstract: An electric mileage estimation apparatus includes a storage device and a hardware processor connected to the storage device. The storage device stores information in which traveling history information is associated with an electric mileage of traveling. The traveling history includes a characteristic of a driver. The hardware processor acquires information about a traveling schedule including a characteristic of a driver. The hardware processor calculates an electric mileage estimation value on the basis of the information about the traveling schedule and parameters calculated from the information stored in the storage device. The hardware processor outputs information based on the electric mileage estimation value.

Abstract: A physical state measurement apparatus includes a main solid material which generates fluorescence by excitation light from a light source part. A microwave application part applies microwaves to the main solid material so as to control an electron state of the main solid material. A detection part detects the physical state of an object to be measured by the fluorescence from the main solid material. A feedback part has a solid material for feedback and a control part and detects a difference in amplitude between operating points on a low-frequency side and a high-frequency side of a lowering portion of a spectrum amplitude centered on a resonance frequency of an electron spin resonance spectrum of fluorescence from the solid material for feedback and feedback-controls the microwave application part such that the difference becomes zero.

Abstract: A magnetic measuring device includes: a determination part configured to identify four maximum inclination points in an average value in a visual field of a light detection magnetic resonance spectrum and configured to determined a degree of decrease in relative fluorescence intensity and a microwave frequency at each of the maximum inclination points; a setting part configured to set a reference decrease degree of the relative fluorescence intensity in a predetermined area and configured to set operating point frequency initial values at four points at which the reference decrease degree is achieved, near the microwave frequencies at the respective maximum inclination points; a frequency update part configured to update operating point frequencies at the four points; and a frequency correction part configured to input the updated operating point frequencies to a microwave oscillator as corrected operating point frequencies.

Abstract: A vehicle management apparatus according to the present disclosure includes a memory, and a hardware processor coupled to the memory. The hardware processor is configured to: acquire a degradation state of a battery mounted on a vehicle, and an external variable factor concerning a plurality of districts in which the vehicle is to travel; and generate, based on the degradation state of the battery and the external variable factor, a vehicle deployment plan in which assignment of the vehicle to the plurality of districts is defined.

Abstract: A battery information management device according to the present disclosure includes a memory, and a hardware processor coupled to the memory. The hardware processor being configured to: when a degree of deterioration of a battery is lower than a reference, collect battery information on the battery with a first collection period; when the degree of deterioration of the battery is equal to or higher than the reference, collect the battery information with a second collection period shorter than the first collection period; and transmit the collected battery information to an external device.

Abstract: A thin film has a band gap of 2.2 eV or more and in which a crystal includes an atomic vacancy and an electron, a microwave irradiation system configured to irradiate the thin film with a microwave in response to driving from outside, an excitation unit configured to excite the electron included in the thin film in response to driving from outside, and a detector configured to detect, as an electric signal, at least either one of an intensity of light outputted from the thin film when the electron transitions from an excited state to a ground state and a change in conductivity of the thin film based on excitation.

Abstract: A magnetic measuring device includes: a determination part configured to identify four maximum inclination points in an average value in a visual field of a light detection magnetic resonance spectrum and configured to determined a degree of decrease in relative fluorescence intensity and a microwave frequency at each of the maximum inclination points; a setting part configured to set a reference decrease degree of the relative fluorescence intensity in a predetermined area and configured to set operating point frequency initial values at four points at which the reference decrease degree is achieved, near the microwave frequencies at the respective maximum inclination points; a frequency update part configured to update operating point frequencies at the four points; and a frequency correction part configured to input the updated operating point frequencies to a microwave oscillator as corrected operating point frequencies.

Abstract: [Problem] The present invention is to provide: a film which is excellent in film moldability, is also excellent in heat resistance and transparency, and has a small shrinkage factor and a small heating weight loss ratio even under a high-temperature atmosphere; and a heat-resistant adhesive tape comprising the same. [Solution] A multilayer film having alternately laminated therein one or more layers of each of a substrate layer (A) comprising a sulfone-based resin having a glass transition temperature of 200° C. or more and an adhesive layer (B) comprising a thermoplastic resin having a glass transition temperature of 190° C. or more, and a multilayer film excellent in film moldability, heat resistance, and transparency is obtained due to at least one outermost layer of the multilayer film comprising the adhesive layer (B) and the arithmetic mean surface roughness Ra of a surface of at least one outermost layer of the multilayer film being greater than 0.1 ?m and less than 10.0 ?m.

Abstract: A Polyvinylidene fluoride-based microporous membrane comprising: a substrate film; and the following microporous membrane, wherein the microporous membrane is an asymmetric membrane, and has a skin layer in which micropores are formed and a support layer which supports the skin layer and in which pores larger than the micropores are formed, a material of the microporous membrane is a polyvinylidene fluoride-based resin, the skin layer has a plurality of spherical bodies, a plurality of linear binding materials extend three-dimensionally from the respective spherical bodies, the adjacent spherical bodies are connected with each other by the linear binding materials to form a three-dimensional network structure where the spherical bodies serve as intersections, and the number of defects (the number of colored coarse voids) is less than 20.

Abstract: A diamond crystal according to the present invention has an NV region containing a complex (NV center) of nitrogen substituted with a carbon atom and a vacancy located adjacent to the nitrogen, on a surface or in the vicinity of the surface, wherein the NV region has a donor concentration equal to or higher than the concentration of the NV centers, or a crystal of the NV region is a {111} face or a face having an off-angle that is ±10 degrees or less against the {111} face, and a principal axis of the NV center is a <111> axis that is perpendicular to the {111} face. Such a diamond crystal enables almost 100% of the NV center to be a state (NV?) of having a negative electric charge, and spin states of the NV? centers to be aligned in one direction.

Abstract: An engine starting device is provided with a battery, a starter motor, an inrush current limit circuit and a control unit. The inrush current limit circuit has a resistor and a bypass relay connected in parallel. The inrush current limit circuit is interposed between the battery and the starter motor. The bypass relay has a normally open contact that is configured to be closed at a time of engine startup. The control unit is programmed to include a fault identification unit that identifies a location of fault occurrence in the inrush current limit circuit based on a minimum voltage of the battery existing while the starter motor is determined to be in operation and an amount of decrease in voltage of the battery existing while the normally open contact is determined to be actuated in a closing direction.

Abstract: A remote control device for vehicle is capable of remotely controlling the start and stop of an engine mounted in a vehicle. The remote control device for vehicle includes a remote controller for transmitting a start request and a stop request of the engine, and an engine control unit for stopping the engine by stopping fuel supply to the engine in the case of satisfying, in a state where the engine is started upon receiving the start request, at least one of a condition that a predetermined forced OFF time has elapsed and a condition that the stop request has been received.

Abstract: A diamond crystal according to the present invention has an NV region containing a complex (NV center) of nitrogen substituted with a carbon atom and a vacancy located adjacent to the nitrogen, on a surface or in the vicinity of the surface, wherein the NV region has a donor concentration equal to or higher than the concentration of the NV centers, or a crystal of the NV region is a {111} face or a face having an off-angle that is ±10 degrees or less against the {111} face, and a principal axis of the NV center is a <111> axis that is perpendicular to the {111} face. Such a diamond crystal enables almost 100% of the NV center to be a state (NV?) of having a negative electric charge, and spin states of the NV? centers to be aligned in one direction.

Abstract: The present invention provides a diamond semiconductor device which includes: a diamond substrate; a diamond step section disposed over substrate surface of the diamond substrate having a {001} crystal face to rise substantially perpendicularly to substrate surface; an n-type phosphorus-doped diamond region; and a diamond insulation region. In the diamond step section, a first step section having a {110} crystal face over a side surface is integrated with a second step section having a {100} crystal face over a side surface. The phosphorus-doped diamond region is formed by crystal growth started from base angle of the step shape of the first step section over the side surface of the first step section and substrate surface of the diamond substrate as growth base planes. The diamond insulation region is formed by crystal growth over the side surface of the second step section and substrate surface of the diamond substrate as growth base planes.

Abstract: A production method uses ultrasonic forming but does not leave a bonding face exposed to the exterior in a final product. The production method of a leading edge member of a fan blade comprises the steps of causing superplastic forming by using a combination of a first mold having a flow path for gas and a second mold having a female mold to pressurize a plate member with the gas through the flow path to fit the plate member onto the female mold; bonding a backing with the plate member processed with the superplastic forming; and cutting out a periphery of the plate member to obtain a product shape.

Abstract: A control device of a vehicle which device makes a generated voltage of an alternator variable so that a state of charge SOC of a battery installed in the vehicle reaches a control target includes an idle stop permitting SOC setting unit for setting a battery state of charge SOC in which idle stop is permissible, and a battery SOC adjusting unit for reducing and resetting a control target of the battery state of charge SOC in a range beyond the idle stop permitting SOC when a predetermined operation condition holds.