Abstract: A toner comprises toner particles each containing a binder resin and a crystalline compound represented by a specific chemical formula. The crystalline compound. exhibits a CuK? X-ray diffraction spectrum having a diffraction peak at a Bragg angle 2?±0.2 in the range of 4.0° to 5.0°. The diffraction peak has a half-value width of 0.7° or more.

Abstract: A toner is provided, which contains a toner particle and a metal titanate particle, wherein, in a number-based particle size distribution of the metal titanate particle on the surface of the toner particle, when D10, D50 and D90 denote the particle diameter at which the cumulative value from the small particle diameter side reaches 10% by number, 50% by number and 90% by number, respectively, the D50 is at least 10 nm and not more than 90 nm, and the particle size distribution index A, which is represented by D90/D10, is at least 2.00 and not more than 10.00, and the value of storage elastic modulus G? at 40° C. in viscoelasticity measurements of the toner is at least 1.0×107 Pa and not more than 1.0×1010 Pa.

Abstract: A lawn mower includes a driving source mounting portion formed in a traveling frame, a driving source mounted in the driving source mounting portion, and a lawn mowing unit attached to the driving source. A bottom surface of the traveling frame includes a frame-side seal surface surrounding the lower end of the driving source mounting portion, and a lawn mowing unit peripheral surface surrounding the frame-side seal surface. A waterproof member is in tight contact with the frame-side seal surface. The lawn mowing unit peripheral surface is formed over a range from an outer circumferential edge of the frame-side seal surface to an outer circumferential edge of the lawn mowing unit. A boundary between the frame-side seal surface and lawn mowing unit peripheral surface is formed into the shape of a step.

Abstract: An air cushioning material includes: a belt-like part between a first and second air cells into which air is sealed, wherein side edges of the first and second air cells are connected to each other via the belt-like part; and an air flow passage that is formed in the belt-like part and communicates the first and second air cells, wherein at least a part including the air flow passage in the belt-like part is in a shape folded in a way from the first air cell to the second air cell.

Abstract: A toner containing a toner particle containing a binding resin and a colorant and an inorganic fine particle, in which the inorganic fine particle is a silica particle containing aluminum and the content of the aluminum in the silica particle is 0.2 ppm or more and 200 ppm or less.

Abstract: A notification device (1) includes a sweep signal generator (3) that generates a sweep signal by changing the frequency of a predetermined wave at a constant speed in a frequency band which allows exciters (EX1, EX2, EX3, EX4) to generate a vibration, a sweep signal divider (4) that divides the sweep signal into a higher-band sweep signal in a higher-frequency band including an overlap frequency band and a lower-band sweep signal in a lower-frequency band including the overlap frequency band, a signal output determination unit (2) that determines from which exciters the higher-band sweep signal and lower-band sweep signal should be outputted, and an output signal adjuster (9) that makes an adjustment for outputting the higher-band sweep signal and lower-band sweep signal from the exciters determined.

Abstract: Provided is a magenta toner having a toner particle containing a binder resin, a wax and a colorant, wherein the colorant contains a specific amount of a compound (1), the colorant also contains one or more compounds selected from the group consisting of a naphthol compound, a quinacridone compound and a lake compound thereof in addition to the compound (1), and the binder resin contains a specific amount of a polyester resin.

Abstract: A filter generator (100) generates a filter on the basis of band information (frequency) and gain characteristics (gain value) set by a user. The filter generator (100) obtains weighting factor information on the basis of the band information selected by the user and calculates a gain difference between a gain value used in a preceding filtering process and the new gain value selected by the user. The filter generator (100) then obtains a correction gain by multiplying the weighting factor information by the gain difference and generates a filter by multiplying a coefficient of the filter used in the preceding filtering process by the correction gain.

Abstract: A notification device (1) includes a sweep signal generator (3) that generates a sweep signal by changing the frequency of a predetermined wave at a constant speed in a frequency band which allows exciters (EX1, EX2, EX3, EX4) to generate a vibration, a sweep signal divider (4) that divides the sweep signal into a higher-band sweep signal in a higher-frequency band including an overlap frequency band and a lower-band sweep signal in a lower-frequency band including the overlap frequency band, a signal output determination unit (2) that determines from which exciters the higher-band sweep signal and lower-band sweep signal should be outputted, and an output signal adjuster (9) that makes an adjustment for outputting the higher-band sweep signal and lower-band sweep signal from the exciters determined.

Abstract: Provided is a notification device and notification method that reduce the output and power consumption of an amplifier or the like and allow a user to sufficiently feel the presence or absence of notification through vibration. A notification device (1) includes a sweep signal generator (4) configured to generate a detection sweep signal by continuously changing the frequency in a frequency band in which a speaker (6) can cause a user to feel a signal in the form of vibration, a vibration detector (7) configured to detect vibration outputted from the speaker (6), and a sound measurement unit (8) configured to detect, as a sweep frequency band, a frequency band in which vibration indicates signal levels equal to or higher than a threshold. The sweep signal generator (4) generates a resonance sweep signal by changing the frequency in the sweep frequency band and causes the speaker (6) to generate vibration.

Abstract: Provided is a toner including a toner particle that contains a toner base particle containing a binder resin and a wax, and a coating layer containing a 1,2-polybutadiene resin at the surface of the toner base particle, wherein the coverage ratio of the toner base particle by the coating layer is at least 50%.

Abstract: Provided is a toner including toner particles each containing an amorphous polyester resin and a wax, in which: the surface of each of the toner particles has a coating layer; and the coating layer contains one or more kinds of olefin-based copolymers each having a specific ester moiety.

Abstract: An acoustic processing device comprises: a resonant band detecting means that detects a resonant band of sound output from a speaker based on a measurement result of a predetermined measurement signal reproduced through the speaker; an analyzing means that analyzes the measurement result of the predetermined measurement signal; a control parameter generating means that generates a control parameter for controlling the resonant band detected by the resonant band detecting means based on an analysis result by the analyzing means; and an audio signal controlling means that controls an audio signal input from a predetermined audio signal reproducing device based on the control parameter generated by the control parameter generating means such that a resonant band component of reproduced sound of the audio signal is suppressed to be short on a time axis.

Abstract: A phase control signal generation device generating a phase control signal for each of frequency bands for an audio signal converted into a frequency domain, the phase control signal generation device comprising: a setting change means that is able to change setting of a propagation delay time for each of predetermined frequency bands; a difference obtaining means that obtains a difference between propagation delay times before and after setting change; an updating means that updates a phase control amount of the frequency band for which the propagation delay time is changed, based on the obtained difference; and a phase control signal generating means that generates a phase control signal of each frequency band by performing a smoothing process for the phase control amount in a frequency domain using the updated phase control amount.

Abstract: A sound-field correction device, comprising: a target calculating means that calculates, based on a predetermined sound signal, a target amplitude characteristic targeted for sound-field correction by a parametric equalizer and a plurality of auxiliary target amplitude characteristics having amplitude characteristics approximately equal to or gentler than the target amplitude characteristic; a correction amplitude characteristic calculating means that calculates a correction amplitude characteristic for correcting sound-filed based on the calculated target amplitude characteristic and the plurality of auxiliary target amplitude characteristics; and a setting means that sets the parametric equalizer based on the calculated correction amplitude characteristic.

Abstract: A sound field measuring device (1) obtains frequency characteristics by collecting output sound outputted from a pair of speakers (101a, 101b) installed at a narrow interval. A low-pass filter (22a) extracts low-range components of a first measurement signal. A high-pass filter (22b) extracts mid/high-range components of a second measurement signal different from the first measurement signal. A combined signal generation unit (22c) generates a combined signal by combining the low-range components of the first measurement signal and the mid/high-range components of the second measurement signal. An external output unit (6) outputs the first measurement signal to an audio system (102). A microphone (7) collects the first measurement signal and the combined signal simultaneously outputted from the pair of speakers. A Fourier transform unit (13) obtains the frequency characteristics of a sound field by Fourier transforming the signals collected.

Abstract: A filter generator (100) generates a filter on the basis of band information (frequency) and gain characteristics (gain value) set by a user. The filter generator (100) obtains weighting factor information on the basis of the band information selected by the user and calculates a gain difference between a gain value used in a preceding filtering process and the new gain value selected by the user. The filter generator (100) then obtains a correction gain by multiplying the weighting factor information by the gain difference and generates a filter by multiplying a coefficient of the filter used in the preceding filtering process by the correction gain.

Abstract: The present invention provides a vibration audio system for transmitting an audio signal outputted from a sound source to a listener in the form of vibration while reducing output level of the signal and power consumption. The system includes an envelope detection unit (204) for detecting an envelope signal of the audio signal outputted from a sound source, a vibration transmission member for allowing the listener to perceive vibration of a low-frequency sound outputted from a low-frequency output speaker that outputs audio signals, and a frequency conversion unit (205) for generating an audio signal frequency-converted on the basis of resonant frequencies by multiplying the envelope signal by sine waves having the same frequencies as resonance frequencies obtained from an impulse response of the low-frequency output speaker disposed in the vibration transmission member. The audio signal frequency-converted by the frequency conversion unit (205) is outputted from the low-frequency output speaker.

Abstract: Provided is a magenta toner having a toner particle containing a binder resin, a wax and a colorant, wherein the colorant contains a specific amount of a compound (1), the colorant also contains one or more compounds selected from the group consisting of a naphthol compound, a quinacridone compound and a lake compound thereof in addition to the compound (1), and the binder resin contains a specific amount of a polyester resin.

Abstract: A toner comprises a toner particle containing an amorphous polyester, wherein the amorphous polyester contains an amorphous polyester 1, the amorphous polyester contains a tin compound and a titanium compound, a Sn/Ti abundance ratio between Sn and Ti in the amorphous polyester according to x-ray fluorescence analysis is 20/80 to 80/20, and a weight-average molecular weight Mw1 of the amorphous polyester 1 according to measurement by gel permeation chromatography (GPC) is Mw1<7,000.