Abstract: An apparatus includes an image forming portion 10 for forming an image on a sheet; a first rotatable member 100; a second rotatable member 101 cooperative with the first rotatable member to form a nip for fixing the image formed by the image forming portion, on the sheet; a pressing mechanism 112, 113 for pressing the first rotatable member toward the second rotatable member; a moving mechanism 120 for moving the pressing mechanism between a first position in which the nip is formed by the first rotatable member and the second rotatable member, and a second position in which the first rotatable member and the second rotatable member are spaced from each other; and a controller 800 for controlling an operation of the moving mechanism, wherein the image forming apparatus is capable of executing an operation in a control mode in which a pressure releasing operation is executed such that the pressing mechanism is shifted from the first position to the second position after elapse of a predetermined time after com

Abstract: A resin sheet has a single composition, and changes in thermal conductivity according to an area. The resin sheet includes a region having a thermal conductivity that is greater than an average value of a thermal conductivity of an entirety of the resin sheet by 1 W/mK or more. A method for manufacturing a resin sheet includes: forming a resin composition into a molded body having a sheet shape, the resin composition containing a filler having magnetic anisotropy; performing magnetic field orientation on the filler by using a bulk superconductor magnet in one or a plurality of predetermined portions of the molded body; and forming a region having a thermal conductivity that is greater than an average value of a thermal conductivity of an entirety of the resin sheet by 1 W/mK or more, in the one or the plurality of predetermined portions.

Abstract: Provided is a vehicle control apparatus with which it is possible to allocate programs to multiple cores so as to satisfy a deadline even when software programs having two or more control cycles are intermixed. The vehicle control apparatus pertaining to the present invention allocates tasks to processor cores in consideration of the execution order of the tasks, the execution cycles of the tasks, and the cost of communication between the processor cores.

Abstract: The present invention provides a vehicle control device and a vehicle control simulation device that enable, even for parallel processing with a plurality of arithmetic devices, approximation in act between at verification of simulation operation on a model base and at verification of operation on an actual vehicle. Provided are: control model information for control of a system; hardware information for operation of a control model; arithmetic-device allocation information as to which arithmetic device in hardware is allocated to perform arithmetic processing to a control program in the control model; delay time information regarding a case where the control model operates on the hardware; and a delay-time adding unit configured to create delay-inclusive control model information in which the delay time information is inserted in the control model, based on at least either the arithmetic-device allocation information or the hardware information.

Abstract: Provided is an in-vehicle control device that allows the giving and receiving of data via inter-core communication at the timing of a user, as well as being capable of minimizing processing load while satisfying safety requirements of different functional safety levels in the inter-core communication of a multicore microcomputer. The data communication between a plurality of cores is performed by a writing means for writing the data of a core register into a region of a shared memory of the cores, where safety levels are set, using a hardware function. The cores have different functional safety levels.

Abstract: A method for preparing a compact of resin compound comprising the following steps (a) to (c): (a) a preparation step of mounting a sheet-shaped or block-shaped compact of resin compound including a resin composition, which contains a filler having magnetic anisotropy and is solidified by curing or by being advanced to a B-stage, on a transportation unit which is movable in the horizontal direction, and covering at least a top surface of the compact of resin compound with a cover material; (b) a step of applying a magnetic field to the compact of resin compound obtained in the step (a) with a bulk superconductor magnet having a central magnetic flux density of 1 T or more; and (c) a step of moving the compact of resin compound in the horizontal direction and scanning it while applying vibrations to the compact of resin compound mounted on a region of a central part of the bulk superconductor magnet under application of a magnetic field.

Abstract: The present invention provides an information processing apparatus which can direct a user to a playlist different from a playlist being reproduced. There is provided the information processing apparatus including a content storage unit storing a plurality of contents therein, a playlist storage unit storing a plurality of playlists which is related to at least some of the plurality of contents, a reproducing unit sequentially reproducing a plurality of contents belonging to a first playlist in a plurality of playlists, a candidate content extracting unit extracting one or more candidate contents relating to a content being reproduced by the reproducing unit from the content storage unit, a playlist extracting unit extracting a second playlist to which the extracted candidate contents belong from the playlist storage unit, and a playlist switching unit switching a playlist to be reproduced by the reproducing unit from the first playlist into the second playlist.

Abstract: The present invention provides a vehicle control device with which, even when an abnormality is detected in a core in a multi-core processor, it is possible to reduce the time needed until the core in which the abnormality is detected restarts and re-executes application software. The present invention is characterized by being provided with: a diagnostic means for carrying out a diagnostic process when starting a processor core, the diagnostic process including hardware diagnosis performed by hardware and software diagnosis performed using software after the hardware diagnosis; and a diagnostic process information change processing means for changing the method for executing the diagnostic process when all of the processor cores are started and when one of the processor cores is restarted.

Abstract: This deformation detection sensor for a sealed secondary battery comprises: a polymer matrix layer attached to an exterior body among members constituting a battery; a casing sandwiching the exterior body together with the polymer matrix layer; a spacer layer sandwiched, along with the polymer matrix layer, between the exterior body and the casing; and a detection unit detecting a change in the external field arising in response to a deformation of the polymer matrix layer. When C is the surface area on a placement surface of the exterior body for attaching the polymer matrix layer and the spacer layer, A is the contact surface area between the placement surface and the polymer matrix layer, and B is the contact surface area between the placement surface and the spacer layer, the relationship 0.15?(A+B)/C?1 is established.

Abstract: The present invention provides an information processing apparatus which can direct a user to a playlist different from a playlist being reproduced. There is provided the information processing apparatus including a content storage unit storing a plurality of contents therein, a playlist storage unit storing a plurality of playlists which is related to at least some of the plurality of contents, a reproducing unit sequentially reproducing a plurality of contents belonging to a first playlist in a plurality of playlists, a candidate content extracting unit extracting one or more candidate contents relating to a content being reproduced by the reproducing unit from the content storage unit, a playlist extracting unit extracting a second playlist to which the extracted candidate contents belong from the playlist storage unit, and a playlist switching unit switching a playlist to be reproduced by the reproducing unit from the first playlist into the second playlist.

Abstract: According to the present invention, the residual capacity in a fully-charged state is measured for each of a plurality of batteries (A, B, C) which become candidates to constitute a serial body (step S11). Then, the batteries (A, B) to constitute the serial body are selected from among the candidate batteries (A, B, C) on the basis of the residual capacities (step S12). Here, only the batteries (A, B), wherein the absolute value of the difference between the residual capacity and the maximum residual capacity of each battery is within 10% of the maximum residual capacity, are selected from among the batteries constituting the serial body. Then, the serial body is formed by connecting only the selected batteries (A, B) in series (step S13).

Abstract: A deformation detecting sensor for a sealed secondary battery of the present invention is used with a unit cell, battery module, or battery pack of the sealed secondary battery and includes: a magnetic resin layer stuck to the unit cell and/or battery module, the resin layer comprising a matrix composed of a resin component and a magnetic filler dispersed in the matrix; and a magnetic sensor attached to the inside or outside wall of a package case so as to be capable to detect a change of a magnetic field caused by the magnetic layer. The present invention can provide a deformation detecting sensor capable to detect bulging of a sealed secondary battery with higher sensitivity and to exhibit stable detection characteristics.

Abstract: A monitoring sensor for a sealed secondary battery 1 including a sealed outer casing 21 and an electrode group 22 accommodated in the inside of the sealed outer casing 21, including a polymer matrix layer 3 that is disposed in the inside of the outer casing 21 and a detection unit 4 that is disposed on the outside of the outer casing 21, wherein the polymer matrix layer 3 contains a filler that is dispersed therein and that changes an external field in accordance with deformation of the polymer matrix layer 3, and the detection unit 4 detects change in the external field.

Abstract: A sealed secondary battery remaining capacity prediction method comprising: a step of detecting deformation of a sealed secondary battery during a charging/discharging cycle C1 before a time at which a remaining capacity is predicted, so as to determine a first curve representing a relationship between a charged/discharged capacity and a deformation amount of the battery; a step of determining a second curve by fitting a reference curve to the first curve; a step of detecting a deformation amount Tm of the battery during a charging/discharging cycle C2 after the cycle C1; and a step of acquiring a charged/discharged capacity Qm corresponding to the deformation amount Tm on a basis of the second curve and determining a difference between a charged/discharged capacity Qd in a completely discharged state on the second curve and the charged/discharged capacity Qm as the remaining capacity.

Abstract: In a deformation detection method for a sealed-type rechargeable battery 1 in which an electrode group 22, which is formed by stacking a positive electrode 23 and a negative electrode 24 with a separator 25 interposed therebetween, is accommodated in a sealed outer casing 21, a polymer matrix layer 3 is attached to an outer surface of a wall portion 28a of the outer casing 21 that faces the electrode group 22 in a thickness direction of the positive electrode 23 and the negative electrode 24 or in a direction perpendicular to the thickness direction. The polymer matrix layer 3 contains a filler that is dispersed therein and that changes an external field in response to deformation of the polymer matrix layer 3. Change in the external field accompanying the deformation of the polymer matrix layer 3 is detected by a detection unit 4.

Abstract: An image forming apparatus is operable in a first mode in which a control unit is in a rest state and a second mode in which electric power is supplied to the control unit. The image forming apparatus changes the mode of the operation to the second mode of an operation in response to change of detection of a detecting portion from presence of the sheet on a manual feeding tray to absence thereof during execution of the operation in the first mode with a pressing mechanism being in the second position, and then in response to receipt of input of a predetermined instruction about an image forming operation by a receiving portion in the second mode, the control unit controls the moving mechanism so that the pressing mechanism moves from the low pressure position to a nip-forming position.

Abstract: An image forming apparatus is operable in a first mode in which a control unit is in a rest state and a second mode in which electric power is supplied to the control unit. The image forming apparatus changes the mode of the operation to the second mode of the operation in response to detection of putting of the sheet on the manual feeding tray during execution of the operation in the first mode with the pressing mechanism being in the second position, and then in response to receipt of input of a predetermined instruction about an image forming operation by a receiving portion in the second mode, the control unit controls the moving mechanism so that the pressing mechanism moves from the low pressure position to a nip-forming position.

Abstract: An image forming apparatus is operable in a first mode in which a control unit is in a rest state and a second mode in which electric power is supplied to the control unit. The image forming apparatus changes the mode of the operation to the second mode of the operation in response to detection of putting of the sheet on the manual feeding tray during execution of the operation in the first mode with the pressing mechanism being in the second position, and then in response to receipt of input of a predetermined instruction about an image forming operation by a receiving portion in the second mode, the control unit controls the moving mechanism so that the pressing mechanism moves from the low pressure position to a nip-forming position.

Abstract: The present invention provides a deformation detection sensor for a sealed secondary battery, that makes it possible to detect deformation resulting from swelling of a cell with a high degree of sensitivity, that does not restrict capacity, and that has excellent stability. The deformation detection sensor for a sealed secondary battery includes a polymer matrix layer 3 and a detection unit 4. The polymer matrix layer 3 contains a magnetic filler that is dispersed therein and that changes an external field in accordance with deformation of the polymer matrix layer 3. The detection unit 4 detects change in the external field. The polymer matrix layer 3 is sandwiched in a gap between adjacent cells 2 and mounted in a compressed state.

Abstract: A method produces a coil sheet from an initial coil sheet in which a conductor layer, a thermally resistant insulating layer, a thermosetting, uncured adhesive layer, and a base layer are stacked in this order. The method includes a first cutting step of cutting the conductor layer into a predetermined shape through etching, and a second cutting step of cutting, after the first cutting step, the insulating layer and the adhesive layer into the predetermined shape through etching.