Abstract: A charging stand includes a controller. The controller is configured to perform one of a speech operation and a voice recognition operation using contents in accordance with a location of a charging stand that supplies electric power to the mobile terminal.

Abstract: A light-receiving device includes: a plurality of light-receiving elements arranged in a row on a main surface of a substrate and a first reflection surface and a second reflection surface formed on the substrate to extend in the arrangement direction with the row of the plurality of light-receiving elements interposed therebetween. Each of the first reflection surface and the second reflection surface includes an inclined surface forming one flat surface formed from a main surface of the substrate on which each light-receiving element is formed to a back surface side of the substrate.

Abstract: Provided is a niobium sputtering target having improved film thickness uniformity throughout the target life. In the niobium sputtering target, a rate of change in a {111} area ratio of each of an upper, central, and lower portions of the sputtering target, as represented by the following equation (2), is 2.

Abstract: Provided is a semiconductor light receiving element which can achieve a high-speed operation without sacrificing light receiving sensitivity while increasing the margin of a manufacturing process. The semiconductor light receiving element according to the present invention is characterized by comprising: a semiconductor layer doped with a first impurity; a semiconductor light absorption layer in which a band gap energy is adjusted to absorb incident light on the semiconductor layer doped with the first impurity; a semiconductor layer on the semiconductor light absorption layer and doped with a second impurity; and a metal electrode contacting side surfaces of the semiconductor layer doped with the second impurity, wherein side surfaces of the metal electrode are surfaces parallel to a growth direction of the semiconductor layer doped with the second impurity.

Abstract: According to the present invention, an electrolyte is composed of one or more lithium salts of asymmetric imides each having a perfluoroalkyl group, or a mixed salt of a lithium salt of an asymmetric imide having a perfluoroalkyl group and a lithium salt of a symmetric imide having a perfluoroalkyl group. The composition ratio of the one or more lithium salts and the mixed salt is expressed by (lithium salt of asymmetric imide)x(lithium salt of symmetric imide)1-x (wherein x is from 0.1 to 1.0) in terms of the molar ratio; the asymmetric imide lithium salt is (C2F5SO2) (CF3SO2)NLi or (C3F7SO2) (CF3SO2)NLi; the symmetric imide lithium salt is (CF3SO2)2NLi; and the composition of an electrolyte solution according to the present invention contains 1.0 mole or more but less than 2 moles of a solvent per 1 mole of the one or more lithium salts or the lithium salts of the mixed salt.

Abstract: A nozzle vane of a variable geometry turbocharger comprises: a nozzle vane body rotatably disposed in an exhaust gas passage defined between a shroud surface and a hub surface; and a flange portion provided on at least one of a shroud-side end surface or a hub-side end surface of the nozzle vane body, and formed around a center of rotation of the nozzle vane body.

Abstract: A substrate, a first n-type contact layer, a buffer layer, a multiplication layer, an electric field control layer, an absorption layer, and a p-type contact layer are provided. An electrically conductive layer is formed in a central portion of the buffer layer. The substrate is made of a semiconductor having thermal conductivity higher than that of InP, such as SiC, and the first n-type contact layer is made of the same semiconductor as that of the substrate but having n-type conductivity. An n electrode is formed over the first n-type contact layer via a second n-type contact layer.

Abstract: Provided is processing of allowing an information processor to output characteristic information on at least either sports equipment or a method for using the sports equipment by a user, the information processor executing: image acquisition processing acquiring an image of the sports equipment after use, of the sports equipment with a mark attached, or of an installed tool installed, during use of the sports equipment, on the sports equipment; position identification processing identifying a position likely to be damaged of the sports equipment by performing detection of a color change place, a shape change place, or the mark on the image acquired in the image acquisition processing; and information outputting processing outputting the characteristic information based on the position identified in the position identification processing.

Abstract: The disclosure is related to reducing the cost of sputtering target products. Provided is a sputtering target product wherein: the sputtering target product includes a target, a backing plate or backing tube, and insert material layer; at least a part of the non-sputtering side of the target is profiled so as to have protrusions and recesses that have plane symmetry; the insert material layer is formed so as to adhere closely to the profiled side, and the insert material is made of metal with specific gravity that is at least less than those of the metal constituting the target.

Abstract: A printing apparatus is provided which executes duplex printing on each print medium one by one when printing of a surface to be printed first of both surfaces of an (N+1)th print medium cannot be performed before starting printing of a surface to be printed later of both surfaces of an Nth print medium and continuously prints two print media when printing of a part of the surface to be printed first of the (N+1)th print medium can be performed before starting printing of the surface to be printed later of the Nth print medium.

Abstract: An embodiment avalanche photodiode includes a substrate, an n-type contact layer, a buffer layer, a multiplication layer, a field-control layer, an absorption layer, and a p-type contact layer. A conductive layer is formed in a central part of the buffer layer. The substrate is constituted of a semiconductor with a higher thermal conductivity than InP such as SiC, and the n-type contact layer is constituted of a same semiconductor as the substrate and is made n-type.

Abstract: An audio output system according to an embodiment has functions as: a receiving unit that receives voice data including a voice or sound data including a sound as output-data to be output; a content identification information generating unit that generates content identification information for identifying content that is determined from the output-data; a status identification information generating unit that generates status identification information for identifying a status from at least one of sensor data and input data; a parameter information generating unit that generates parameter information used for controlling output of the output-data from the content identification information and the status identification information; and an output control unit that controls audio output of the output-data by using the parameter information.

Abstract: A management system including a management server, and a terminal device including a display unit. The management server receives first operating information from a printer to be managed. The terminal device displays, on the display unit, first screen information based on the first operating information, and, in response to an operation based on the first screen information, requests the management server to acquire information. The management server provides a demand for second operating information to the printer according to the request from the terminal device, and receives the second operating information transmitted by the printer in response to the demand. The terminal device displays, on the display unit, second screen information based on the second operating information received by the management server.

Abstract: An object of the present invention is to provide a bismaleimide (D-BMI) modified product in which an amino group of dimer diamine (DDA) is maleimidized, which has the good heat resistance, and has the sufficiently enhanced processability, and a method for producing the same. There are provided: <1> A bismaleimide (D-BMI) modified product in which an amino group of dimer diamine is maleimidized, the bismaleimide modified product having the following characteristics: 1) An acid value of the D-BMI modified product is 2 mg-KOH/g or less. 2) In 1H-NMR, when quantitative comparison is performed using an integrated value (A) of a peak corresponding to a proton of a methylene group directly bound to a nitrogen atom of a maleimide group and an integrated value (B) of a peak corresponding to a vinyl proton of a maleimide group, A/B is 1.25 or more and 2.00 or less.

Abstract: Provided is a joined body of a target material and a backing plate, the joined body comprising: a target material containing Ta; and a backing plate joined to the target material, wherein a tensile strength between the target material and the backing plate is 20 kg/mm2 or more, and the target material has an average hydrogen content of 7 ppm by volume or less.

Abstract: A light receiving device includes a semiconductor optical amplifier formed on a principal surface of a first substrate. The semiconductor optical amplifier has a first reflection portion that is formed by an end face at one end thereof, the end face being formed to be oblique to the principal surface of the first substrate. The semiconductor optical amplifier also has a second reflection portion that is formed by an end face at the other end thereof, the end face being formed to be oblique to the principal surface of the first substrate. The light receiving device further includes a second substrate having a back surface bonded to a back surface of the first substrate, and a photodiode formed on a principal surface of the second substrate.

Abstract: An electrolytic solution of a nonaqueous electrolyte secondary battery contains a metal salt, and an organic solvent having a heteroatom and satisfies Is>Io, when an intensity of an original peak of the solvent is represented as Io and an intensity of a peak resulting from shifting of the original peak is represented as Is. For the negative electrode, (1) a graphite whose G/D ratio of G-band and D-band peaks in a Raman spectrum is not lower than 3.5; (2) a carbon material whose crystallite size, calculated from a half width of a peak appearing at 2?=20 degrees to 30 degrees in a X-ray diffraction profile is not larger than 20 nm; (3) silicon element and/or tin element; (4) a metal oxide configured to occlude and release lithium ions; or (5) a graphite whose ratio (long axis/short axis) is 1 to 5.

Abstract: A structure includes an insulating layer on a semiconductor substrate, and a first through-hole and a second through-hole formed in the insulating layer. The second through-hole is formed in the insulating layer at a set distance from the first through-hole. The structure also includes a first electrode portion and a second electrode portion. The first electrode portion is formed by filling the first through-hole. The first electrode portion includes a probing pad on the insulating layer. The probing pad is wider than an opening area of the first through-hole. The second electrode portion is formed by filling the second through-hole. The second electrode portion includes a probing pad on the insulating layer. The probing pad is wider than an opening area of the second through-hole.

Abstract: A centrifugal compressor according to an embodiment includes a compressor impeller, a compressor housing, a suction-surface-side member disposed on a suction surface side of the compressor impeller, and a piezoelectric vibrator disposed in at least one of the compressor housing or the suction-surface-side member. The compressor housing and the suction-surface-side member have wall surfaces defining a space surrounded by the compressor housing and the suction-surface-side member. The wall surface of the at least one of the compressor housing or the suction-surface-side member is at least partially vibratable by operation of the piezoelectric vibrator.

Abstract: An object is to provide a method for easily producing maleimide (MI) in which trace amounts of residual acid components as impurities in a crude MI are efficiently reduced, that is, the acid value is sufficiently reduced. <1> A method for producing purified MI, comprising reducing an acid value of crude MI by 50% or more, by adding carbodiimide (CDI) to a solution comprising the crude MI to react an acid component in the crude MI with the CDI. <2> The method for producing purified MI, comprising adding 0.5% by mass or more and 8% by mass or less of the CDI with respect to a mass of the crude MI for reaction. <3> The method for producing purified MI, wherein the CDI is N,N?-diisopropyl carbodiimide (DIC). <4> The method for producing purified MI, comprising removing a urea derivative of the CDI (CDI-U) by-produced when reacting the acid component in the crude MI with the CDI.