Abstract: According to one embodiment, a superconducting element used as a pixel for detecting a particle is disclosed. The superconducting element includes at least one superconducting strip. The at least one superconducting strip includes a superconducting portion extending in a first direction, including first and second ends and made of a first superconducting material, a first conductive portion connected to the first end of the superconducting portion, and a second conductive portion connected to the second end of the superconducting portion. A superconducting region of the superconducting portion is configured to be dived when the particle is made incident on the superconducting portion along the first direction via the first conductive portion.

Abstract: A power generation system includes a plurality of power generation apparatuses. The power generation system is configured to supply electric power to a load by performing interconnecting operation of the plurality of power generation apparatuses sets one of the plurality of apparatuses as a master apparatus and the other power generation apparatus as a slave apparatus. When power consumption by the load is less than electric power, the master apparatus causes the master apparatus and the slave apparatus to generate power in such a manner that the electric power supplied to the load follows the power consumption by the load. The electric power is generated by rated operation of the master apparatus and the slave apparatus.

Abstract: A fuel cell apparatus corresponds to a first slave apparatus among a plurality of fuel cell apparatuses that includes a master apparatus and slave apparatuses including the first slave apparatus and a second slave apparatus. The first slave apparatus includes a cell stack, a communication unit, and a controller. The communication unit communicably connects to the master apparatus and the second slave apparatus. The controller controls the cell stack on the basis of control information acquired from the master apparatus. The controller transmits a master candidacy message indicating assumption by proxy of functionality of the master apparatus to the second slave apparatus from the communication unit when the controller detects that the master apparatus has lost functionality.

Abstract: A reflection-type exposure mask includes a light reflector provided in a pattern on a substrate. The light reflector has a multilayer structure including first-type layers and second-type layers that are alternately stacked. The second-type layers have a refractive index higher at an extreme ultraviolet wavelength than a refractive index of the first-type layer at the extreme ultraviolet wavelength. A light transmitting medium is on a side surface of the light reflector.

Abstract: According to one embodiment, an imaging apparatus includes a light source for illumination, a stage on which an imaging object illuminated by illumination light from the light source is to be placed, a critical illumination optical system configured to supply the illumination light to the imaging object placed on the stage, and to have a greater magnification in a first axis direction than in a second axis direction, an imaging optical system configured to form an image of the imaging object placed on the stage and illuminated using the critical illumination optical system, and a detector configured to detect the image of the imaging object formed by the imaging optical system, and to have a detection area longer in the first axis direction than in the second axis direction.

Abstract: A head rest that can secure backward view when it is not used, and enable adjustment of its front-and-rear position in use. The head rest is rotatable from a rearmost position to a stored position in which the head rest is tilted down forward. When the head rest is in a use range from the rearmost position to a forward adjustment limit position located in front, the tilting angle of the head rest is adjustable, and the head rest can be rotated forward to the stored position and rotated backward to the rearmost position. By contrast, when the head rest is in the stored position, forward rotation and backward rotation of the head rest are regulated, and the head rest can be rotated backward to the rearmost position.

Abstract: A headrest with a lock urging member in which unintentional change in an urging direction will hardly occur is provided. The headrest includes a first member, a second member, a backward urging member, a lock plate, a lock urging member, a lock switching member, and a resistance member. The lock switching member is provided with a switching pin abutment portion A, a switching pin abutment portion B, and a switching cam abutment portion. The lock plate includes a switching cam abutted portion. In a lock adjustment range, the lock switching member is moved together with the second member by the resistance member configured to apply resistance to movement of the lock switching member with respect to the second member. In addition, in rotation further forward beyond a forward adjustment limit position, the switching abutment portion B abuts against the switching pin fixed to the first member, so that the lock switching member does not follow the second member, whereby the headrest is unlocked.

Abstract: A relay apparatus 400 performs control to measure a first signal quality of a radio signal from a smart meter 300 and present the first signal quality to a user. The relay apparatus 400 establishes a radio connection with the smart meter 300 having a radio communication function. The relay apparatus 400 relays communication between the smart meter 300 and the power management apparatus 200.

Abstract: A headrest (1) includes a stay (6), a framework (2) supported by the stay (6) in a turnable manner toward a head of a sitting person, and supporting the head thereof, a shaft member (4) to be actuated in conjunction with the turning of the framework (2), and turning at a larger angle than a turning angle of the framework (2), and a coil spring (5) including a coil (50) wound around a pivot portion (47) of the shaft member (4) in a direction tightening the shaft member (4) when the framework (2) turns to the opposite side to the head side of the sitting person, and supports the head of the sitting person.

Abstract: In order to provide a management apparatus that can reliably notify the user of the device state even when a device in a consumer's facility is operated via an external server, a management apparatus includes a first communication interface that transmits an operating instruction for devices in a consumer's facility to the devices, a storage that stores an operation history of the devices, and a second communication interface that transmits the operation history of the device to a server.

Abstract: A head rest is provided that can secure backward view when it is not used, and enable adjustment of its front-and-rear position in use. A head rest is rotatable from a rearmost position to a stored position in which the head rest is tilted down forward. When the head rest is in a use range from the rearmost position to a forward adjustment limit position located in front, the tilting angle of the head rest is adjustable with in-use tilting-angle adjustment means, and the head rest can be rotated forward to the stored position and rotated backward to the rearmost position with unlock means. By contrast, when the head rest is in the stored position, forward rotation and backward rotation of the head rest are regulated with storage backward rotation regulating means, and the head rest can be rotated backward to the rearmost position with unlock means.

Abstract: An armrest comprises an arm body in which a through hole is formed, an arm connected to the arm body, a drum that includes a cylinder inserted in the through hole, a bottom, and planar walls extending outside from a part of an end of the cylinder, is arranged rearward the arm body, and pivots the arm body about the cylinder; and mounting metal fittings that are integrally connected to the drum while locking the bottom and can be mounted on the seat frame. The armrest can adjust a position of the arm at a storage state and at a use state. The planar walls are arranged in such a manner as to position in a front-and-rear direction of the arm body in the use state, and the arm body is sandwiched between the planar walls and the mounting metal fittings in an axial direction of the cylinder.

Abstract: A headrest (1) includes a stay (6), a framework (2) supported by the stay (6) in a turnable manner toward a head of a sitting person, and supporting the head thereof, a shaft member (4) to be actuated in conjunction with the turning of the framework (2), and turning at a larger angle than a turning angle of the framework (2), and a coil spring (5) including a coil (50) wound around a pivot portion (47) of the shaft member (4) in a direction tightening the shaft member (4) when the framework (2) turns to the opposite side to the head side of the sitting person, and supports the head of the sitting person.

Abstract: A headrest with a lock urging member in which unintentional change in an urging direction will hardly occur is provided. The headrest includes a first member, a second member, a backward urging member, a lock plate, a lock urging member, a lock switching member, and a resistance member. The lock switching member is provided with a switching pin abutment portion A, a switching pin abutment portion B, and a switching cam abutment portion. The lock plate includes a switching cam abutted portion. In a lock adjustment range, the lock switching member is moved together with the second member by the resistance member configured to apply resistance to movement of the lock switching member with respect to the second member. In addition, in rotation further forward beyond a forward adjustment limit position, the switching abutment portion B abuts against the switching pin fixed to the first member, so that the lock switching member does not follow the second member, whereby the headrest is unlocked.

Abstract: According to one embodiment, an imaging apparatus includes a light source, a stage on which an object is placed and which is scanned in a predetermined direction, an illumination optical system supplying light from the light source to the object, an imaging optical system forming an image of the object, and a detector detecting the image of the object. The illumination optical system includes a plurality of mirrors located at a predetermined, position, and the plurality of mirrors have different inclinations and form an illumination region on a surface of the object, the illumination region being composed of a plurality of illumination portions in which no gap is formed when being viewed from the predetermined direction.

Abstract: Provided are a touch sensor (11), a pressure detection unit (12) that detects pressure on a touch face, a tactile sensation providing unit (13) that vibrates the touch face, a battery information acquisition unit (17) that acquires information on a battery, and a control unit (15) that switches between a first input mode, in which the control unit (15), upon the touch sensor (11) detecting contact, executes predetermined processing, and a second input mode, in which the control unit (15), upon data based on pressure detected by the pressure detection unit (12) satisfying a predetermined standard while the touch sensor (11) is detecting contact, controls the tactile sensation providing unit (13) to provide a tactile sensation and executes predetermined processing. The control unit (15) switches between the first input mode and the second input mode based on the information on the battery acquired by the battery information acquisition unit (17).

Abstract: Equipment (300) is controlled and/or managed by EMS (200) by exchanging, with the EMS (200), a message configured to comply with a predetermined communication protocol through a network. The equipment (300) comprises a controller (330) that determines to execute a process requested by a request message requesting execution of the process on the equipment (300) when the request message is received from the EMS (200) and the request message includes predetermined authentication information.

Abstract: An armrest comprises an arm body in which a through hole is formed, an arm connected to the arm body, a drum that includes a cylinder inserted in the through hole, a bottom, and planar walls extending outside from a part of an end of the cylinder, is arranged rearward the arm body, and pivots the arm body about the cylinder; and mounting metal fittings that are integrally connected to the drum while locking the bottom and can be mounted on the seat frame. The armrest can adjust a position of the arm at a storage state and at a use state. The planar walls are arranged in such a manner as to position in a front-and-rear direction of the arm body in the use state, and the arm body is sandwiched between the planar walls and the mounting metal fittings in an axial direction of the cylinder.

Abstract: The rotary damper includes a brake drum (10) whose either end is integrally connected to the first member (100); a cylindrical case (20) covering the brake drum (10) in a state that the cylindrical case relatively rotates with respect to the brake drum, and being connected to the second member (200) in a state that the cylindrical case rotates in conjugation with the second member; a brake spring (30) being externally fitted to the brake drum (10) with the coil spring tightened, and being configured by a coil spring whose one end is fixed to one end of the cylindrical case (20) and other end is fixed to other end of the cylindrical case. The brake drum (10) is provided with a releasing concave portion (10c) on an outer periphery thereof and fixing portions for winding the brake spring rotating independently from the brake drum.

Abstract: An energy management apparatus capable of taking an appropriate measure in the event of a power outage, an energy management system, and a method of controlling the energy management system will be provided. A power input unit (112) for receiving power supply from a grid power source (50) and a control unit (114) for notifying, when there is no power supply to the power input unit (112) from the grid power source (50), a communication terminal (12) of power outage information are provided.