Abstract: A substrate structure includes a first substrate with a plurality of chip parts including a first chip part mounted, and a second substrate connected to the first substrate. The first chip part has a strain equal to or more than a predetermined value, which is from 500 ?ST to 4000 ?ST, in a non-connected state in which the second substrate is not connected to the first substrate and the first substrate is supported at two predetermined points. The strain of the first chip part is equal to or less than the predetermined value in a connected state in which the second substrate is connected to the first substrate and the first substrate is supported at the two predetermined points.

Abstract: There is provided a communication device comprising: a BLE communication section configured to perform BLE communication with another communication device different from the communication device, the BLE communication being wireless communication conforming to BLE communication standards; a UWB communication section configured to perform UWB communication with the another communication device, the UWB communication being wireless communication conforming to UWB communication standards; and a control section configured to control the BLE communication of the BLE communication section and the UWB communication of the UWB communication section, wherein the control section performs control to start the UWB communication based on a response signal transmitted by one of the BLE communication section and the another communication device as a response to a request signal transmitted by other one of the BLE communication section and the another communication device during the BLE communication.

Abstract: A control device including a control section configured to cause a ranging process of measuring a distance between communication devices to be executed a designated number of times, and control a subsequent process that is a process of using a ranging value that satisfies a designated allowable value, on a basis of whether or not at least any of a plurality of ranging values that have been acquired satisfies the designated allowable value. The control section controls start of the subsequent process when the ranging value that satisfies the designated allowable value is acquired.

Abstract: A control device comprising, a control section configured to control an authentication process of performing a process related to device authentication together with at least one communication device on a basis of information included in a signal received through wireless communication with the communication device, wherein the control section performs control in such a manner that a signal including authentication information that is information to be used for the authentication process is transmitted to the communication device through the wireless communication, the authentication information varying depending on signal types, which are types of roles of signals to be transmitted to the communication device in the authentication process.

Abstract: Disclosed is an additive for a nonaqueous electrolyte solution, including a compound represented by the following formula (1): in formula (1), X represents a sulfonyl group or a carbonyl group, R1 represents an alkyl group having 1 to 4 carbon atoms, which may be substituted with a halogen atom, a hydroxyl group, or the like, and R2 represents a hydrocarbon group having 1 to 3 carbon atoms, which may be substituted with a halogen atom.

Abstract: When supplying oxygen source to molten pig iron inside a converter-type refining furnace and performing desiliconization, dephosphorization, and decarburization refining, one or more of slag removal flow shape, slag removal flow velocity, and slag surface shape while discharging slag through a throat is measured to estimate one or both of a slag removal amount and physical properties of removed slag. When sequentially performing one or both of desiliconization and dephosphorization, an intermediate step of discharging part or all of generated slag through the throat, and the remaining other refining step, in the intermediate step, the method measures one or two of slag removal flow shape, slag removal flow velocity, and slag surface shape, estimates one or both of amount and physical properties of slag removed, estimates remaining slag amount, or remaining slag amount and composition, and determines an auxiliary raw material amount to be fed in the other refining step.

Abstract: The present invention provides a binder for a secondary battery having excellent binding force. A binder for a secondary battery comprising a polymer compound, wherein the polymer compound contains an acrylic repeating unit, and a 3% by mass aqueous solution of the polymer compound has a yellowness index of 14 or less.

Abstract: An object of the present invention is to provide a control device and control method that make it possible to perform an inter-device authentication process more certainly and improve security. Provided is a control device including: a control section configured to control an authentication process of performing a process related to device authentication together with at least one communication device on a basis of information included in a signal received through wireless communication with the communication device. The control section performs control in such a manner that authentication information is changed for each process group in which the authentication process is repeated more than once, the authentication information being information to be used for the authentication process.

Abstract: A control device comprising, a control section configured to control an authentication process of performing a process related to device authentication together with at least one communication device on a basis of information included in a signal received through wireless communication with the communication device, wherein the control section performs control in such a manner that a signal including authentication information that is information to be used for the authentication process is transmitted to the communication device through the wireless communication, the authentication information varying depending on signal types, which are types of roles of signals to be transmitted to the communication device in the authentication process.

Abstract: There is provided an antenna device comprising: a chip antenna that is disposed on a substrate; and a metal element that is disposed above or below the chip antenna in a direction orthogonal to a plane of the substrate.

Abstract: There is provided an antenna device comprising: a pattern antenna formed on a substrate; and a metal element arranged on the same substrate as the pattern antenna, wherein the metal element is arranged such that a longitudinal direction of the metal element is vertical with respect to the substrate near an area surface in which a current flows in the pattern antenna.

Abstract: There is provided an antenna device comprising: a chip antenna arranged on a substrate; and a metal element arranged on the same substrate as the chip antenna, wherein the metal element is arranged such that a longitudinal direction of the metal element is vertical with respect to the substrate in a direction in which a current flows in the chip antenna.

Abstract: A control device and control method prevent an unnecessary authentication process from being executed. The control device includes a control section configured to perform an authentication process of authenticating another device by using information obtained through communication with the other device. In the case where a predetermined condition is satisfied, the control section performs control in such a manner that the authentication process is not performed.

Abstract: There is provided a determination device comprising a determination section configured to determine an area where a portable device is positioned, on a basis of wireless communication between a plurality of first wireless communication devices disposed at different portions in a target space where a plurality of areas is defined and a second wireless communication device installed in a portable device, in conformity with a designated communication standard, wherein the determination section determines the area where the portable device is positioned, by using different determination expressions depending on the respective first wireless communication devices, each of which has successfully calculated an RSSI with regard to a signal received from the second wireless communication device through wireless communication compliant with the designated communication standard and a determination target area.

Abstract: There is provided a determination device comprising a determination section configured to determine an area where a portable device is positioned, on a basis of wireless communication between a plurality of first wireless communication devices installed at different portions of a mobile object and a second wireless communication device installed in a portable device, in conformity with a designated communication standard, wherein the determination section determines the area where the portable device is positioned, by using different determination expressions depending on the respective first wireless communication devices, each of which has successfully calculated an RSSI with regard to a signal received from the second wireless communication device through wireless communication compliant with the designated communication standard and a determination target area.

Abstract: A communication device achieves inter-device authentication with high accuracy and high responsiveness. The communication device includes a control section configured to execute a process related to transmission or reception of a first authentication signal and a second authentication signal that are necessary for a first authentication process for authentication of another communication device. The control section starts execution of a second authentication process for different authentication from the first authentication process, after transmission or reception of the first authentication signal and before transmission or reception of the second authentication signal.

Abstract: [Object] To provide a mechanism that makes it possible to avoid inconveniences when the authentication process has abnormality. [Solution] A communication device comprising a control section configured to control each of a first process that achieves a prescribed function, and a second process that authenticates another communication device and that is different from the first process, wherein the control section performs control in such a manner that the second process is not performed in a case where abnormality is recognized.

Abstract: A control device including a control section configured to obtain distance measurement information, and perform a process according to the obtained distance measurement information, the distance measurement information being information that is obtained by transmitting and receiving a distance measurement signal between at least two communication devices, and the distance measurement signal being a signal that is transmitted and received to measure a distance between the two communication devices.

Abstract: A determination device comprising a determination section configured to determine whether a portable device is positioned in a first area or a second area on a basis of results of ranging based on wireless communication between at least two first wireless communication devices and a second wireless communication device, the at least two first wireless communication devices being disposed with a boundary arrangement interposed therebetween, the boundary arrangement being arranged at a boundary between the first area and the second area, the second wireless communication device being installed in the portable device, wherein the determination section determines whether the portable device is positioned in the first area or the second area on a basis of a difference between ranging value calculated by first wireless communication device disposed in the first area and ranging value calculated by first wireless communication device disposed in the second area.

Abstract: Disclosed is an additive for a nonaqueous electrolyte solution, containing a first compound represented by Formula (1) and a second compound which is a carbonate compound, a cyclic sulfone compound, and/or a cyclic disulfonic acid ester compound. [In Formula (1), Q represents an alkylene group or alkenylene group having 4 to 8 carbon atoms, which forms a cyclic group together with a sulfur atom of a sulfonyl group, X represents a sulfonyl group, a carbonyl group, or a phosphoryl group, R1 represents an alkyl group having 1 to 4 carbon atoms, an alkenyl group having 2 to 6 carbon atoms, an alkynyl group having 2 to 6 carbon atoms, an aryl group, an alkoxy group having 1 to 4 carbon atoms, an alkenyloxy group having 2 to 6 carbon atoms, an alkynyloxy group having 2 to 6 carbon atoms, or an aryloxy group, and n represents 1 or 2.