Abstract: An information processing apparatus includes a display, a touch sensor disposed on a screen of the display unit detects an input position by an input medium on the screen, a main controller, and an embedded controller. The embedded controller predicts a subsequent input position of the input medium based on detected input positions of the input medium detected by the touch sensor at predetermined detection intervals, and output, to the main controller, the predicted subsequent input position as part of the detected input positions detected by the touch sensor. The main controller, based on the plurality of detected input positions received from the embedded controller, display a movement trajectory of the input medium on the screen.

Abstract: An information processing apparatus includes a display unit, a touch sensor disposed on the display unit and detects contact with an object on the display unit, a main system, and an embedded system. The embedded system generates image data of an input area for a virtual input device, output image data of the input area to the main system by using a first general-purpose interface protected by the main system, and output input information, which is based on detection information detected in the input area by the touch sensor, via the virtual input device to the main system by using a second general-purpose interface protected by the main system. The main system displays, on the display unit, the image data of the input area output by the embedded system.

Abstract: High-strength galvannealed steel sheet including any of a) an oxide containing Fe and Mn, b) an oxide containing Fe and Mn and an Fe oxide, c) an oxide containing Fe and Mn and a Mn oxide, d) an oxide containing Fe and Mn, an Fe oxide, and a Mn oxide, and e) an Fe oxide and a Mn oxide is present in a zinc coated layer. The total amount of oxide is 0.01 to 0.100 g/m2; the ratio by mass % of Mn to Fe, e.g., Mn/Fe, contained in the oxide is 0.10 to 10.00; an oxide of at least one selected from Fe and Mn is present in an amount of 60% or more; and an oxide of at least one selected from Fe and Mn is present in a surface layer portion of a steel sheet in an amount of 0.040 g/m2 or less (not including zero).

Abstract: An information processing apparatus includes: a display; a touch sensor on the display that detects a contact with an object on the display; a main system that executes processing in accordance with an operating system (OS); and an embedded system different from and independent of the main system. The embedded system causes the display to display third image data obtained by synthesizing first image data output from the main system and second image data that is image data in an input area for a virtual input device, and to output input information based on detection information detected by the touch sensor in the input area to the main system as input information accepted by the virtual input device.

Abstract: A high-strength hot-dip coated hot-rolled steel sheet excellent in terms of surface appearance quality and coating adhesiveness and a method for manufacturing. The method includes performing hot rolling followed by pickling on steel to form a pickled steel sheet, the steel having a chemical composition containing, by mass %, C: 0.02% or more and 0.30% or less, Si: 0.01% or more and 1.0% or less, Mn: 0.3% or more and 2.5% or less, P: 0.08% or less, S: 0.02% or less, Al: 0.001% or more and 0.20% or less, and Fe and inevitable impurities. The method further includes performing rolling with a rolling reduction ratio of 1% or more and 10% or less, and a hot-dip coating treatment. The obtained steel sheet has an arithmetic average roughness Ra of 2.0 ?m or less on the surface of the steel sheet, and a tensile strength of 590 MPa or more.

Abstract: Apparatus and systems for operating pen-shaped input devices in a plurality of set modes are disclosed herein. Various apparatus and systems include an input acceptance unit that receives a pen-based input signal from a pen-shaped input device for operating in a plurality of set modes, the input signal including information on a contact position of the pen-shaped input device on a display screen, a mode decision unit that determines which set mode of the plurality of set modes that the pen-shaped input device is currently operating, and a signal conversion unit that converts the pen-based input signal to a mouse-based input signal in response to the mode decision unit determining that the set mode of the plurality of set modes that the pen-shaped input device is currently operating is a direct mouse mode. Methods for executing the various functions of the apparatus and/or systems are also disclosed herein.

Abstract: An information processing device includes an obtaining unit configured to obtain a result of detection by a first detection sensor that detects a first touch operation relative to a first panel and a result of detection by a second detection sensor that detects a second touch operation relative to a second panel; and an integration unit configured to integrate, based on the results of detection obtained by the obtaining unit, the result of detection of the first touch operation relative to the first panel and the result of detection of the second touch operation relative to the second panel as a result of detection of a touch operation relative to a panel resulting from integration of the first panel and the second panel into one panel.

Abstract: Methods, systems, and apparatus that overlay a touch panel with a precision touch pad are disclosed. One method includes detecting, by a processor of an information handling device, a touch position of a touch on a display unit, generating a touch panel area where the touch panel is formed, a second area that is not controlled by an operating system and that is overlaid on a first area of a touch screen controlled by the operating system according to a predetermined operation, and generating a signal indicating that a precision touch pad is touched in response to the second area being touched. Apparatus and computer program products for performing the method are also disclosed.

Abstract: A high-strength galvanized steel sheet of the present invention includes a steel sheet having a chemical composition containing a predetermined component element, and a steel structure in which an average grain size of inclusions containing at least one of Al, Si, Mg, and Ca and existing in an area extending from a surface to a position of ? of a sheet thickness is 50 ?m or less, and an average nearest distance between ones of the inclusions is 20 ?m or more; and a galvanized layer provided on a surface of the steel sheet and having a coating weight per one surface of 20 g/m2 or more and 120 g/m2 or less, in which an amount of diffusible hydrogen contained in the steel is less than 0.25 mass ppm, and a tensile strength is 1100 MPa or more.

Abstract: A method for producing a high-strength galvanized steel sheet having excellent fatigue resistance properties. The method includes an oxidation processing in which a steel sheet is heated at a temperature of 400 to 750° C. in an atmosphere having an O2 concentration of 1000 ppm by volume or more and a H2O concentration of 1000 ppm by volume or more, and the steel sheet is heated at a temperature of 600 to 850° C. in an atmosphere having an O2 concentration of less than 1000 ppm by volume and a H2O concentration of 1000 ppm by volume or more. The method also includes reduction-annealing in which the steel sheet is heated at a heating rate of 0.1° C./sec or more to a temperature of 650 to 900° C. in an atmosphere having a H2 concentration of 5 to 30 vol % and a H2O concentration of 10 to 1000 ppm by volume.

Abstract: A high-strength galvanized steel sheet includes a steel sheet containing a predetermined component element, a mass ratio of a content amount of Si to a content amount of Mn in the steel (Si/Mn) being 0.2 or more, and a steel structure in which an average grain size of inclusions existing in an area extending from a surface to a position of ? of a sheet thickness is 50 ?m or less, and an average nearest distance between ones of the inclusions is 20 ?m or more; and a galvanized layer provided on a surface of the steel sheet, in which an amount of diffusible hydrogen contained in the steel is less than 0.25 mass ppm, oxides containing predetermined elements in an outer layer portion of the steel sheet account for 0.010 g/m2 or more per one surface, and a tensile strength is 1100 MPa or more.

Abstract: A method for producing a high-strength galvanized steel sheet having excellent fatigue resistance properties. The method includes an oxidation processing in which a steel sheet is heated at a temperature of 400 to 750° C. in an atmosphere having an O2 concentration of 1000 ppm by volume or more and a H2O concentration of 1000 ppm by volume or more, and the steel sheet is heated at a temperature of 600 to 850° C. in an atmosphere having an O2 concentration of less than 1000 ppm by volume and a H2O concentration of 1000 ppm by volume or more. The method also includes reduction-annealing in which the steel sheet is heated at a heating rate of 0.1° C./sec or more to a temperature of 650 to 900° C. in an atmosphere having a H2 concentration of 5 to 30 vol % and a H2O concentration of 10 to 1000 ppm by volume.

Abstract: A high-strength galvanized steel sheet includes a steel sheet having a chemical composition containing a predetermined component element, a mass ratio of a content of Si to a content of Mn in the steel (Si/Mn) being 0.1 or more and less than 0.2, and the balance: Fe and incidental impurities, and a steel structure in which an average grain size of inclusions containing at least one of Al, Si, Mg, and Ca and existing in an area extending from a surface to a position of ? of a sheet thickness is 50 ?m or less, and an average nearest distance between ones of the inclusions is 20 ?m or more; and a galvanized layer provided on a surface of the steel sheet, in which an amount of diffusible hydrogen contained in the steel is less than 0.25 mass ppm, and a tensile strength is 1100 MPa or more.

Abstract: Provided are a high-strength galvannealed steel sheet, and a manufacturing method therefor. The manufacturing method is for a high-strength galvannealed steel sheet which includes a zinc coated layer with a coating weight of 20 to 120 g/m2 per side on a surface of a steel sheet having a chemical composition containing, in mass %, C: 0.03 to 0.35%, Si: 0.01 to 1.00%, Mn: 3.6 to 8.0%, Al: 0.001 to 1.00%, P: 0.100% or less, and S: 0.010% or less, with the balance being Fe and inevitable impurities. The method includes: setting a cold rolling reduction ratio to 20% or more and 35% or less when cold rolling is performed on the steel sheet, and setting a maximum steel sheet temperature to be reached in an annealing furnace to 600° C. or higher and 700° C. or lower when annealing is further performed on the steel sheet.

Abstract: A method of producing a galvannealed steel sheet includes: annealing a steel strip by conveying the steel strip through a heating zone including a direct fired furnace, a soaking zone, and a cooling zone in this order in an annealing furnace; hot-dip galvanizing the steel strip discharged from the cooling zone; and heat-alloying a galvanized coating formed on the steel strip. Mixed gas of humidified gas and dry gas is supplied into the soaking zone from at least one gas supply port located in a region of lower ½ of the soaking zone in a height direction so that a dew point measured in a region of upper ? of the soaking zone in the height direction and a dew point measured in a region of lower ? of the soaking zone in the height direction are both 20° C. or more and 0° C. or less.

Abstract: Provided are a cold-rolled steel sheet which can preferably be used for manufacturing a high-strength galvanized steel sheet and methods for manufacturing the steel sheets. The cold-rolled steel sheet has a specified chemical composition, in which the Mn concentration in a surface layer of the steel sheet satisfies relational expression (1) and relational expression (2) below. 8?(Cp/Cc)×Mn . . . (1) (Cmin/Cc)×Mn?2.5 . . . (2) where Cp: maximum Mn concentration in a region within 0.5 ?m of the surface of a steel sheet in the thickness direction; Cc: average Mn concentration in a region from a position located 5 ?m from a surface of a steel sheet in the thickness direction to a position located 5 ?m from an opposite surface in the thickness direction; Cmin: minimum Mn concentration in a region from 0.5 ?m to 5 ?m from the surface of a steel sheet in the thickness direction; and Mn: Mn content (mass %).

Abstract: A method for producing a high-strength galvanized steel sheet having excellent fatigue resistance properties. The method includes an oxidation processing in which a steel sheet is heated at a temperature of 400 to 750° C. in an atmosphere having an O2 concentration of 1000 ppm by volume or more and a H2O concentration of 1000 ppm by volume or more, and the steel sheet is heated at a temperature of 600 to 850° C. in an atmosphere having an O2 concentration of less than 1000 ppm by volume and a H2O concentration of 1000 ppm by volume or more. The method also includes reduction-annealing in which the steel sheet is heated at a heating rate of 0.1° C./sec or more to a temperature of 650 to 900° C. in an atmosphere having a H2 concentration of 5 to 30 vol % and a H2O concentration of 10 to 1000 ppm by volume.

Abstract: Provided is a hot-dip Al—Zn—Mg—Si coated steel sheet having good corrosion resistance in flat parts and edge parts, and also having excellent worked part corrosion resistance. The hot-dip Al—Zn—Mg—Si coated steel sheet includes a base steel sheet and a hot-dip coating on a surface of the base steel sheet. The hot-dip coating includes an interfacial alloy layer present at an interface with the base steel sheet and a main layer present on the interfacial alloy layer, and contains from 25 mass % to 80 mass % of Al, from greater than 0.6 mass % to 15 mass % of Si, and from greater than 0.1 mass % to 25 mass % of Mg. The Mg content and Si content in the hot-dip coating satisfy formula (1): MMg/(MSi?0.6)>1.7??(1) where MMg represents the Mg content (mass %) and MSi represents the Si content (mass %).

Abstract: A method for producing high-strength galvanized steel sheets having excellent coating adhesion, workability and appearance. The method comprises hot rolling a slab comprising, by mass %, C: 0.05 to 0.30%, Si: 0.1 to 2.0% and Mn: 1.0 to 4.0%, then coiling the steel sheet into a coil at a specific temperature TC, and pickling the steel sheet, cold rolling the hot-rolled steel sheet resulting from the hot rolling, annealing the cold-rolled steel sheet resulting from the cold rolling under specific conditions, and galvanizing the annealed sheet resulting from the annealing in a galvanizing bath containing 0.12 to 0.22 mass % Al.

Abstract: Provided are a high-strength galvanized steel sheet which can preferably be used as a material for automobile parts and a method for manufacturing the steel sheet. The steel sheet has a C content of 0.15% or less, in which an area ratio of ferrite is 10% or less, an area ratio of bainitic ferrite is 2% or more and 30% or less, an area ratio of martensite is 60% or more and 98% or less, an area ratio of retained austenite is less than 2%, an average grain diameter of martensite adjacent to bainite is 15 ?m or less, a proportion of massive martensite adjacent only to bainite to the whole metallographic structure is 10% or less, and a value (?Hv) calculated by subtracting the Vickers hardness at a position located at 20 ?m from the surface of the steel sheet from the Vickers hardness at a position located at 100 ?m from the surface of the steel sheet is 30 or more.