Abstract: A communication system includes multiple VPN termination devices that perform a first VPN communication and a configuration server that configures the first VPN communication. Each of the VPN termination devices includes a first processor programmed to implement a configuration information receiver that receives configuration information for the first VPN communication sent from the configuration server, a communication controller that controls the first VPN communication based on the configuration information, and a first VPN communication unit that performs the first VPN communication with another one of the VPN termination devices according to a control of the communication controller.

Abstract: A property display method includes obtaining variables and pieces of option data, determining compositions of compounds by selecting one of the pieces of option data for each of the variables, obtaining predicted property values corresponding to the compositions, obtaining experimental property values corresponding to the compositions, generating a map indicating the predicted property values at positions corresponding to the compositions, generating a first image in which the experimental property values are superimposed upon the map, outputting the first image to a display unit, obtaining a piece of compound identification information corresponding to a selected one of the experimental property values on the map, obtaining a piece of compound information data relating to the experimental property value, generating a second image including a compound data image indicating the compound information data and the first image, and outputting the second image to the display unit.

Abstract: A solid electrolyte material of the present disclosure consists of Li, M1, M2, and X. The M1 is one selected from the group consisting of Mg, Ca, Sr, Ba, and Zn. The M2 is at least one selected from the group consisting of Gd and Sm. The X is at least one selected from the group consisting of F, Cl, Br, and I. A battery of the present disclosure includes a positive electrode, a negative electrode, and an electrolyte layer provided between the positive electrode and the negative electrode. At least one selected from the group consisting of the positive electrode, the negative electrode, and the electrolyte layer includes the solid electrolyte material of the present disclosure.

Abstract: A property display device includes: a search content acquirer that acquires search variables and search data; a property value acquirer that acquires property values of a compound corresponding to the search data; a priority setter that sets a priority of the search variables; a display format determiner that determines a display format of the property of the compound by assigning search variables of high priority to coordinate axes A1 and A2 of color maps Ma and assigning search variables of lower priority than the search variables of high priority to array direction axes A3 and A4 of a first array map Mb1; and an image processor that generates at least one first array map Mb1 as a single image on the basis of the search data, the property values, and the display format.

Abstract: A ceramic electronic device includes: a multilayer chip having a structure in which each of dielectric layers and each of internal electrode layers are alternately stacked; and external electrodes provided on end faces of the multilayer chip, wherein a main component of the external electrodes is a first metal, wherein the internal electrode layers include the first metal and a second metal of which a melting point is higher than that of the first metal, wherein a diffusion coefficient of the first metal with respect to the second metal is larger than that of the second metal with respect to the first metal, wherein a number of a cavity in a range of 10 numbers of the internal electrode layers that are next to each other and are connected to a same external electrode of the first external electrode and the second external electrode is 1 or less.

Abstract: An information processing apparatus includes processing circuitry; and a memory storing computer-executable instructions that cause the processing circuitry to transmit an image acquisition request to an image display apparatus upon detecting that a predetermined condition is satisfied; receive image data of an image displayed on the image display apparatus, transmitted from the image display apparatus in response to the image acquisition request; and store the received image data in a shared storage destination.

Abstract: A disclosed information processing system includes a first terminal device used by a reporting user to post a reporting document; a second terminal device used by a user to transmit remuneration to the reporting user; and a document management device to manage the reporting document, wherein the first terminal device transmits the posting of the reporting document to the document management device, the second terminal device transmits, to the document management device, information about remuneration to be transmitted to the reporting user from a user who desires to transmit the remuneration to the reporting user, and the document management device identifies a destination for transmitting the remuneration to the reporting user from the posting of the reporting document, and executes an instruction to transmit the remuneration to the reporting user, based on the information about the remuneration and the identified destination.

Abstract: A magnetostrictive material includes a FeGaSm alloy that is represented by Expression (1), Fe(100-x-y)GaxSmy??(1) (in Expression (1), x and y are respectively a content rate (at. %) of Ga and a content rate (at. %) of Sm, and satisfy that y?0.35x?4.2, y??x+20.1, and y??0.1x+2.1).

Abstract: A communication system includes multiple VPN termination devices that perform a first VPN communication and a configuration server that configures the first VPN communication. Each of the VPN termination devices includes a first processor programmed to implement a configuration information receiver that receives configuration information for the first VPN communication sent from the configuration server, a communication controller that controls the first VPN communication based on the configuration information, and a first VPN communication unit that performs the first VPN communication with another one of the VPN termination devices according to a control of the communication controller.

Abstract: A vacuum cleaner system includes a position sensor that acquires a positional relationship between the vacuum cleaner and an object around the vacuum cleaner, a map acquisition unit that acquires a floor map indicating the predetermined floor, a self-position estimation unit that estimates a self-position on the floor map based on the position sensor, the self-position being a position of the vacuum cleaner, a boundary information generation unit that acquires, based on the self-position, boundary information indicating a boundary of a cleaning area which is an area where the vacuum cleaner performs cleaning on the floor, a boundary instruction unit that instructs the boundary information generation unit on the boundary, a cleaning area creation unit that creates a cleaning area based on the boundary information, and a running route creation unit that creates a running route for cleaning based on the created cleaning area.

Abstract: An information processing apparatus includes processing circuitry; and a memory storing computer-executable instructions that cause the processing circuitry to transmit an image acquisition request to an image display apparatus upon detecting that a predetermined condition is satisfied; receive image data of an image displayed on the image display apparatus, transmitted from the image display apparatus in response to the image acquisition request; and store the received image data in a shared storage destination.

Abstract: A ceramic electronic device includes: a multilayer chip having a structure in which each of dielectric layers and each of internal electrode layers are alternately stacked; and external electrodes provided on end faces of the multilayer chip, wherein a main component of the external electrodes is a first metal, wherein the internal electrode layers include the first metal and a second metal of which a melting point is higher than that of the first metal, wherein a diffusion coefficient of the first metal with respect to the second metal is larger than that of the second metal with respect to the first metal, wherein a number of a cavity in a range of 10 numbers of the internal electrode layers that are next to each other and are connected to a same external electrode of the first external electrode and the second external electrode is 1 or less.

Abstract: A distance-measurement controller is to be used with an imaging device. The imaging device includes a light source that emits invisible light and a light receiver that receives reflected light. The reflected light is the invisible light that has been reflected by a target object. The distance-measurement controller includes a controller and a distance measurer. The controller causes the light receiver to make images at a constant frame rate, and causes the imaging device to vary a condition for at least two divided ranges into which a range that is a predetermined distance from the imaging device is divided. The condition is a condition under which the images are made to measure a distance from the imaging device to the target object. The distance measurer measures the distance from the imaging device to the target object, based on the reflected light.

Abstract: A magnetostrictive material includes a FeGaSm alloy that is represented by Expression (1), Fe(100-x-y)GaxSmy??(1) (in Expression (1), x and y are respectively a content rate (at. %) of Ga and a content rate (at. %) of Sm, and satisfy that y?0.35x?4.2, y??x+20.1, and y??0.1x+2.1).

Abstract: A magnetostrictive material includes a FeGaC alloy that is represented by Expression (1), F(100-x-y)GaxCy??(1) (in Expression (1), x and y are respectively a content rate (at. %) of Ga and a content rate (at. %) of C, and satisfy that y?0.5x?7.75, y??x+20, and y?0.5).

Abstract: There is provided a road surface detection apparatus which can precisely estimate a road surface grade. The road surface detection apparatus includes: an inputter that receives an input of an image signal from an imaging apparatus; a distance measurer that divides a road surface into a plurality of cells based on the image signal, and derives a distance to a representative point of each of the cells by a time of flight distance measurement method; and an estimator that estimates a gradient of the road surface based on the distances to a plurality of representative points.

Abstract: There is provided an imaging control apparatus which can improve distance measurement precision of a time of flight distance measurement method. The imaging control apparatus includes: a clustering processor which clusters a region from which a feature point is extracted based on an infrared image or a distance image obtained by an imaging apparatus; and a distance measurer which derives a distance to a target corresponding to the region by a time of flight distance measurement method based on information of each pixel in the region clustered by the clustering processor.

Abstract: A valve timing control apparatus includes a temperature sensing member which expands at a main lock phase when a temperature of an engine is higher than or equal to a predetermined temperature so as to prohibit a main lock component from moving out of a main lock hole to a guide slot. The temperature sensing member shrinks at the main lock phase when the temperature of the engine is lower than the predetermined temperature so as to allow the main lock component to move out of the main lock hole toward the guide slot.

Abstract: A main lock member is fitted in a main lock bore at a main lock phase for closing an intake valve at a timing later than a timing when a piston reaches a bottom dead center, whereby a rotation phase is locked. In a subordinate lock mechanism, the rotation phase is locked at a subordinate lock phase advancing further than the main lock phase. In a lock control mechanism, a temperature sensing body is changed to an expanded state, whereby a moving member is latched at a first position in which the main lock member is allowed to be fitted in the main lock bore, whereas at a main lock phase in a cold stop state after a timing when the temperature of the stopped internal combustion engine becomes less than a preset temperature, the temperature sensing body is changed to a contracted state.

Abstract: A main locking mechanism locks a phase at a main locking phase, at which an intake valve is closed at timing later than a bottom dead center, by inserting a main locking member into a main locking hole. A sub locking mechanism locks a phase at a sub locking phase advanced more than the main locking phase by inserting a sub locking member into a sub locking hole. A movable body disposed in the main locking hole reciprocates between an open position and a blocking position of the main locking hole. During a warm start of an engine, a driving source maintains the movable body at the open position at which the inserting of the main locking member into the main locking hole is maintained. In contrast, during a cold start of the engine, the driving source drives the movable body to the blocking position at which the main locking member is removed from the main locking hole.