Abstract: A battery monitoring apparatus includes: battery state detection devices configured to detect states of battery modules: a control device wirelessly connected to a plurality of the battery state detection devices to manage the states of the battery modules; and a processing unit configured to give, to the battery state detection devices to which identification information is to be given, an identification information indicating arrangement positions of the battery state detection devices based on a plurality of wireless communication strengths among wireless communication strengths between the battery state detection devices to which the identification information is to be given and other battery state detection devices, and wireless communication strengths between the battery state detection devices to which the identification information is to be given and the control device.

Abstract: An API adapter test support system includes an API adapter test support apparatus (2), a user terminal simulation apparatus (50) and a user server simulation apparatus (60). The user terminal simulation apparatus and the user server simulation apparatus are connected to a wholesale service apparatus to which an API adapter. The API adapter test support apparatus includes a test scenario creation unit (32) configured to create a test scenario that ensures comprehensiveness of a test case of an API adapter test, a control signal test scenario execution unit (34) configured to execute a control signal API test for the API adapter by using the test scenario, and a data signal test scenario execution unit (41) configured to execute a data signal API test for the user terminal simulation apparatus (50) and the user server simulation apparatus (60) by using the test scenario.

Abstract: A record management apparatus 1 for managing an order record of an order executed for a control target is provided. The record management apparatus 1 includes: an order record storage unit 12 that stores the order record in association with a plurality of time axes; an order record registration unit 11 that receives the order record and registers the order record in association with the plurality of time axes in the order record storage unit 12; and an order record acquisition unit 13 that when a retrieval request with a task type designated is received, retrieves the order record from the order record storage unit according to the task type using the plurality of time axes.

Abstract: A film forming method includes: providing the substrate into the processing container; forming a metal-based film on the substrate within the processing container; and subsequently, supplying a Si-containing gas into the processing container in a state in which the substrate is provided within the processing container.

Abstract: There is provided an information processing apparatus and method capable of more easily comparing 3D objects. Comparison information which is information for displaying a plurality of 3D objects of 6DoF content in a comparable manner is generated. Further, the plurality of 3D objects of the 6DoF content is displayed in a comparable manner on the basis of comparison information which is information for displaying the plurality of 3D objects in a comparable manner. The present disclosure can be applied to, for example, an information processing apparatus, an information processing method, an information processing system, and the like.

Abstract: An observation system includes an observation apparatus including a housing having an arrangement surface for placement of a sample, the sample including a culture medium, and an external illumination unit which is disposed outside the housing and includes at least one light source configured to emit illumination light. At least a part of the arrangement surface is formed of a transparent member having an optically transparent property. The observation apparatus includes an imaging unit which is provided in the housing and includes an image sensor configured to image, via the transparent member, the sample illuminated by the illumination light from the external illumination unit to acquire images of at least three colors.

Abstract: There is provided a supporting body that is able to select a form of support to a display unit in accordance with a user's purpose or preference, an installation environment, or the like. The supporting body supports the display unit, and includes a first supporting unit and a second supporting unit that are detachably provided on the display unit, and a first form and a second form are configured to be selectable. In the first form, the first supporting unit is mounted at a first position of the display unit and the second supporting unit is mounted at a second position of the display unit. In the second form, the second supporting unit is mounted at the first position or a third position of the display unit, and the first supporting unit is mounted at the second position or a fourth position of the display unit.

Abstract: A method of forming a titanium nitride film on a substrate. The method includes: performing treatment of changing hydrophilicity of a base film formed on a substrate including a surface on which the base film capable of having its hydrophilicity changed is formed; and forming a titanium nitride film by vapor phase growth on a top surface of the base film subjected to the treatment of changing the hydrophilicity.

Abstract: A polymerizable liquid crystal compound represented by the following general formula (1): (the symbols in the general formula (1) are as described in the DESCRIPTION.

Abstract: A semiconductor device includes a plurality of tunnel diodes, each of which includes a first semiconductor region of a first conductive type and a second semiconductor region of a second conductive type that is provided above the first semiconductor region, the second semiconductor region being a nanowire shape; an insulating film provided around a side surface of the second semiconductor region; a plurality of first electrodes, each coupled to the first semiconductor region; and a plurality of second electrodes, each coupled to the second semiconductor region, wherein the second electrode has a first surface that faces the side surface of the second semiconductor region across the insulating film, and a diameter of a second semiconductor region of a first tunnel diode of the plurality of tunnel diodes is different from a diameter of a second semiconductor region of a second tunnel diode.

Abstract: A virtual space experience system capable of preventing unintentional contact between players without inhibiting a sense of immersion is provided. A virtual space image determination unit 35 of a VR system S causes an image of a virtual space to be perceived by a second player to include an image in which a first avatar corresponding to a first player moves so as to generate a gap in a correspondence relationship between coordinates of the first player and coordinates of the first avatar when a trigger event is recognized, and causes the image of the virtual space to be perceived by the second player to include an image of a second avatar corresponding to the second player and a third avatar corresponding to the first player after the recognition. An avatar coordinate determination unit 34 determines coordinates of the third avatar based on the coordinates of the first player.

Abstract: [Object] To provide a barrier laminate that includes a multilayer substrate with high interlayer adhesiveness to an evaporated film and that has high gas barrier properties. [Solution] A barrier laminate according to the present invention includes a multilayer substrate, an evaporated film, and a sealant layer, wherein the multilayer substrate includes at least a polypropylene resin layer and a surface coating layer, the polypropylene resin layer is subjected to a stretching process, the surface coating layer contains a resin material with a polar group, and the evaporated film is composed of an inorganic oxide.

Abstract: [Object] To provide a barrier laminate that includes a multilayer substrate with high interlayer adhesiveness to an evaporated film and that has high gas barrier properties. [Solution] A barrier laminate according to the present invention includes a multilayer substrate and an evaporated film, wherein the multilayer substrate includes at least a polypropylene resin layer and a surface coating layer, the polypropylene resin layer is subjected to a stretching process, the surface coating layer contains a resin material with a polar group, and the evaporated film is composed of an inorganic oxide.

Abstract: A compound represented by formula (I) or formula (II): wherein, A represents an oxygen atom or a sulfur atom; X1 represents a halogeno group, a substituted or unsubstituted C1-6 alkyl group and so on; m represents the number of X1 and is any integer of 0 to 5; any two of X1 may be bound together to form a bivalent hydrocarbon group; Y represents a single bond or a substituted or unsubstituted C2-6 alkenylene group; Q1 represents a substituted or unsubstituted C6-10 arylene group or a substituted or unsubstituted 6- to 10-membered heteroarylene group; Q2 represents a substituted or unsubstituted C6-10 aryl group or a substituted or unsubstituted 5- to 6-membered heteroaryl group; Zq? represents a counter ion; and q represents a valence of the counter ion and is 1 or 2.

Abstract: A cooling structure includes a power storage stack including power storage cells, first and second end plates, a refrigerant supply path for supplying refrigerant, and first paths each provided in a clearance between two of the adjacent power storage cells. The first end plate is configured to form a second path communicating with the refrigerant supply path in a clearance between a first end of the power storage stack and the first end plate. The second end plate is configured to form a third path communicating with the refrigerant supply path in a clearance between a second end of the power storage stack and the second end plate. The power storage stack is cooled to have a temperature distribution in which the power storage cells disposed on the second end side have temperatures higher than the temperatures of the power storage cells disposed on the first end side.

Abstract: A heat exchanger includes a plurality of fins extending along upper and lower directions, and a flat tube extending crosswise to the plurality of fins. Each of the plurality of fins has a first side edge portion and a second side edge portion, the first side edge portion and the second side edge portion extending along the upper and lower directions. The flat tube has end portions in the longitudinal axis direction of the flat tube, the end portions including a first end portion and a second end portion. The first end portion is positioned closer to the first side edge portion than the second end portion is to the first side edge portion.

Abstract: A method of forming a titanium nitride film includes: forming the titanium nitride film by alternately repeating supplying a raw material gas, which contains a titanium compound including chlorine and titanium, to a substrate accommodated in a processing container, and supplying a reaction gas, which contains a nitrogen compound including nitrogen and reacts with the titanium compound to form titanium nitride, to the substrate, wherein the forming the titanium nitride film is executed under a condition in which a pressure in the processing container is set within a range of 2.7 kPa to 12.6 kPa so that a specific resistance of the titanium nitride film becomes 57 micro-ohm-cm or less.

Abstract: According to an embodiment, a system for dynamically generating user interfaces for electronic receipts is disclosed. An electronic receipt management server receives and stores a first electronic receipt generated for a transaction made by a customer at a physical store, a customer identifier, and first additional information unique to the physical store. The server receives and stores a second electronic receipt for a transaction made by the customer at an online store, the customer identifier, and second additional information unique to the online store. The server transmits the first and second electronic receipts, the customer identifier, and the first and second additional information, in response to an inquiry containing the customer code. A client device displays a first graphical user interface including a first selectable object to view an image of the first electronic receipt and a second selectable object to view an image of the second electronic receipt.

Abstract: A gas vent duct includes a lower case, an upper case, and a valve element. The valve element includes a shaft at its upper part and pivots on the shaft from a blocking position so that the gas vent pathway communicates with the outside of the vehicle compartment. The blocking position is a position in which the valve element blocks the ventilation pathway. The lower case includes a support supporting the shaft so that the valve element is pivotable. The support covers the shaft from above. A recess is defined by a portion of the inner surface of the upper case that is located above the support, the recess being recessed upward. When the recess and the support are seen from above, at least a part of the support is located within the recess.

Abstract: To make it possible to more adequately perform switching between a filmed image of a camerawork operated by a user and a filmed image of a camerawork operated by a subject other than the user. There is provided an information processor including: an acquisition unit that acquires information regarding a motion of a user; and a control unit that controls, on a basis of the information regarding the motion of the user, switching between a first display region corresponding to a first camerawork operated by the user and a second display region corresponding to a second camerawork operated by a subject other than the user.