Abstract: The present invention aims to provide a polyalkylene oxide-containing compound having an excellent particulate clay dispersing ability and an excellent anti-redeposition ability, a method for producing the compound, and a detergent or detergent composition containing the compound. The present invention relates to a polyalkylene oxide-containing compound containing a cationic group, a linking group, and a structural unit derived from a polyalkylene oxide.

Abstract: An electrolysis device of an embodiment includes: an electrolysis cell including a a porous cathode in contact with one surface of a diaphragm, an anode in contact with the other surface of the diaphragm, a cathode flow path in contact with the porous cathode, and an anode flow path in contact with the anode; a first supply part supplying the cathode flow path with a gas containing a substance to be reduced; and a second supply part supplying the anode flow path with an electrolysis solution. The cathode flow path has a first area including a gas flow path of a continuous structure that has a first gas inlet connected to the first supply part, and a first gas outlet, and a second area including a gas flow path of an interrupted structure that has a second gas inlet connected to the first gas outlet, and a second gas outlet.

Abstract: A power supply unit for an aerosol generation device includes: a power supply configured to supply power to a heater configured to heat an aerosol source; a receptacle configured to receive power for charging the power supply from a plug connected to an external power supply; a charger configured to control charging of the power supply by power received by the receptacle; and a controller. The receptacle and the power supply are connected in parallel with the charger, and the charger is configured to supply power from the receptacle and the power supply to the controller via the charger.

Abstract: A power supply unit for an aerosol generation device includes: a power supply configured to supply power to a heater configured to heat an aerosol source; a step-up system configured to function by a stepped-up voltage supplied from the power supply; a step-down system configured to function by a stepped-down voltage supplied from the power supply; and a direct-coupling system configured to function by a voltage supplied from the power supply.

Abstract: A shopping cart includes a cart body, a handle attached to the cart body on a front side thereof, a terminal attached to the cart body and including a display screen on a rear side of the cart body and on which information of an item stored in the shopping cart can be displayed, and a basket table attached to the cart body at a position lower than the display screen and the handle and located between the display screen and the handle when viewed from above.

Abstract: To promote improvement in services in accordance with a target body shape of a user. An information processing apparatus includes an acquisition unit, a calculation unit, and a providing unit. The acquisition unit acquires body shape information on a body shape of a user. The calculation unit calculates, based on comparison between the body shape information on the user acquired by the acquisition unit and statistical data of body shape information that is based on attribute information on the user, a difference from a standard body shape that is based on the statistical data. The providing unit that provides information on a target body shape as a goal to be achieved by the user in accordance with the difference that is calculated by the calculation unit.

Abstract: A pile press-in construction method uses a pile press-in device having a saddle, a clamp device grasping a top of an existing pile, a mast, a raising and lowering device, and a chuck device supported by the mast and holding a pile. The pile press-in device generates a reaction force by griping the existing pile with the clamp device, holds the pile by the chuck device, presses the pile into the ground by the raising and lowering device, and successively presses piles in while moving on a pile row including the existing pile to thereby extend the pile row. By turning of the mast and tilting of the chuck device about a chuck tilting axis, the chuck device is laid sideways and projects outward to a side of the pile row, the pile is supplied and inserted into the chuck device, and the chuck device grasps the pile.

Abstract: An information processing apparatus includes a first acquisition unit acquiring body shape information on a body shape of a first user, a second acquisition unit acquiring body shape information on a target user that is determined in advance as a user to whom information is to be provided by an information provider, a calculation unit calculating, based on comparison between the body shape information on the first user and statistical data of body shape information based on attribute information on the first user, a difference from a standard body shape that is based on the statistical data, and a providing unit providing information that is suitable for the first user among pieces of information of the information provider for which the body shape information on the target user includes the body shape information on the first user in accordance with the difference that is calculated by the calculation unit.

Abstract: To promote improvement in services related to purchase of a replacement for a personal property based on a body shape change of a user. An information processing apparatus includes an acquisition unit, a determination unit, and a providing unit. The acquisition unit acquires information on a body shape of a user. The determination unit determines whether a change of the body shape is equal to or larger than a predetermined threshold based on the information on the body shape of the user acquired by the acquisition unit. The providing unit, when the determination unit determines that the change of the body shape is equal to or larger than the predetermined threshold, provides information for proposing purchase of a substitute of a personal property of the user, the personal property not fitting the body shape of the user due to the change.

Abstract: The present invention provides an operation method for an inhalation device by which it is possible to suitably ascertain the state of consumption of an inhalation component source in the inhalation device during use, while taking into consideration tendencies regarding inhalation actions by a user.

Abstract: A power supply unit for an aerosol generation device includes: a power supply configured to supply power to a heater configured to heat an aerosol source; a receptacle configured to receive power for charging the power supply from a plug connected to an external power supply; a charger configured to control charging of the power supply by power received by the receptacle; and a controller. The receptacle and the power supply are connected in parallel with the charger, and the charger is configured to supply power from the receptacle and the power supply to the controller via the charger.

Abstract: A power supply unit for an aerosol generation device includes: a power supply configured to supply power to a heater configured to heat an aerosol source; a step-up system configured to function by a stepped-up voltage supplied from the power supply; a step-down system configured to function by a stepped-down voltage supplied from the power supply; and a direct-coupling system configured to function by a voltage supplied from the power supply.

Abstract: A power supply unit for an aerosol generation device includes: a power supply configured to supply power to a heater configured to heat an aerosol source; a receptacle configured to allow insertion of a plug including a plurality of pins and configured to receive power for charging the power supply from the inserted plug; and a charger configured to control charging of the power supply by power received by the receptacle. The receptacle includes pins connectable to only some of pins among the plurality of pins.

Abstract: A power supply unit of an aerosol generating device includes: a power supply; a first connector to which a load configured to generate aerosol from an aerosol source by consuming electric power supplied from the power supply or a coil configured to transmit electric power to the load by electromagnetic induction is connected; a first circuit substrate; a second circuit substrate; a first cable connecting the first circuit substrate and the second circuit substrate; and a second connector which is mounted on the second circuit substrate and to which the first cable is connected. A shortest distance between an edge of the second circuit substrate closest to the second connector and the second connector is longer than a shortest distance between a center of the second circuit substrate and the second connector.

Abstract: A power supply unit of an aerosol generating device includes: a power supply; a connector to which a load configured to generate aerosol from an aerosol source by consuming electric power supplied from the power supply, or a coil configured to transmit electric power to the load by electromagnetic induction is connected; a voltage converter that has an input terminal connected to the power supply and an output terminal connected to the connector; a first capacitor and a second capacitor connected between the output terminal of the voltage converter and the connector; and a circuit substrate on which the voltage converter, the first capacitor, and the second capacitor are mounted. The first capacitor and the second capacitor are not arranged in a line in a length direction or a width direction of the circuit substrate.

Abstract: A power supply unit of an aerosol generating device, includes: a power supply; a positive electrode-side discharge terminal and a negative electrode-side discharge terminal to which a load configured to generate aerosol from an aerosol source by consuming electric power supplied from the power supply or a coil configured to transmit electric power to the load by electromagnetic induction is connected; and a circuit substrate including a first surface on which the positive electrode-side discharge terminal is mounted and a second surface which is a back surface of the first surface and on which the negative electrode-side discharge terminal is mounted.

Abstract: A power supply unit of an aerosol generating device includes: a power supply; a positive electrode-side connector and a negative electrode-side connector to which a load configured to generate aerosol from an aerosol source by consuming electric power supplied from the power supply, or a coil configured to transmit electric power to the load by electromagnetic induction is connected; a first conductive pattern connecting the power supply and the positive electrode-side connector; a second conductive pattern branched from the first conductive pattern; a circuit substrate on which the first conductive pattern and the second conductive pattern are formed; and a first protection component having one end connected to the second conductive pattern and configured to protect an electronic component mounted on the circuit substrate from noise entering through the positive electrode-side connector.

Abstract: An inhalation device provided with: an AC power generation unit that generates AC power; an accommodation unit capable of accommodating in an inner space thereof a base material containing an aerosol source and a susceptor thermally proximal to the aerosol source; a plurality of electromagnetic induction sources that generate a variable magnetic field in the inner space by using the AC power supplied from the AC power generation unit; a plurality of switches that toggle between whether or not the AC power is supplied to each of the plurality of electromagnetic induction sources; and a control unit that controls each of the plurality of switches such that a total value of voltages respectively applied to the plurality of electromagnetic induction sources is no greater than a first threshold value.

Abstract: An operation device includes a touch detector and a display unit. The touch detector detects a touch operation performed on an operation surface and outputs a touch detection signal corresponding to the touch operation. The display unit displays an image of a display item for the touch operation in the operation surface. The operation device also includes a covering that covers at least part of the touch detector and the display unit. The covering transmits the image of the display item displayed on the display unit to allow the display item to be viewed on the operation surface. The operation device further includes an organic piezoelectric element that is light-transmissive and allows the image of the display item displayed on the display unit to be transmitted. The organic piezoelectric element is vibrated when the touch operation is performed so that the touch operation can be perceived.

Abstract: A vehicle rearward monitoring system configured to monitor an object located behind and above a truck, the vehicle rearward monitoring system including: an object detection unit installed in the truck and configured to detect the object located behind and above an upper end of a rear end of the truck; an object specifying unit configured to specify a position, a size and a velocity vector with respect to the truck of the object detected by the object detection unit; and a collision possibility determination unit configured to determine a possibility of collision of the truck with the object detected by the object detection unit from the position, the size and the velocity vector of the object specified by the object specifying unit, and make a driver of the truck recognize the possibility of collision when it is determined that there is the possibility of collision.