Abstract: Provided are a method of manufacturing a modified sulfide solid electrolyte, which is excellent in coating suitability when applied as a paste even if a sulfide solid electrolyte has a large specific surface area, and can efficiently exhibit an excellent battery performance, the modified sulfide solid electrolyte obtained by the manufacturing method, and an electrode combined material and a lithium ion battery which exhibit an excellent battery performance. The method includes: mixing an organic halide and an organic solvent with a sulfide solid electrolyte having a BET specific surface area of 10 m2/g or more and containing a lithium atom, a sulfur atom, a phosphorus atom, and a halogen atom; and removing the organic solvent.

Abstract: To reduce the man-hours of software development when vehicle types are deployed an in-vehicle equipment control device includes a CPU and a memory. The CPU has an application layer, a middleware layer, and a device driver unit as software components. First communication packets on the application side and second communication packets on the device driver side are implemented in the middleware layer. The memory stores an internal mapping table that defines the connection relationships between the first communication packets and the second communication packets and an external mapping table that defines the direct communication routes between the first communication packets or the second communication packets and an in-vehicle network.

Abstract: To reduce software development man-hours when vehicle models are developed an in-vehicle equipment controller includes a CPU and memory. The CPU has, as a software configuration, an application layer, a middleware layer, and a device driver. In the middleware layer, a first communication packet on the application side and a second communication packet on a device driver side are installed. In the middleware layer, a communication path between the application layer and the device driver is generated based on a mapping table stored in the memory.

Abstract: The present disclosure relates to reducing software development man-hours when vehicle models are developed. In an in-vehicle equipment controller, a control section has, as a software configuration: an application layer in which an application for in-vehicle equipment is implemented; a device driver; and a middleware layer in which a communication path is generated between the application and the device driver. The middleware layer includes a physical quantity conversion module that converts physical quantity data according to a specified conversion rule, the physical quantity data being included in data transferred through the communication path.

Abstract: To reduce the man-hours of software development when vehicle types are deployed, an in-vehicle equipment control device has a control unit that outputs, to actuators, control signals based on the outputs from sensor devices. The control unit includes a middleware layer and a device driver layer as software components. The middleware layer includes a routing module that selects whether the communication data output from the sensor devices is output as is or the communication data is subjected to predetermined processing and then output according to the type of the communication data, and a treatment module that performs the predetermined processing on the communication data. The routing module has a function of outputting the communication data to the device driver.

Abstract: A printing apparatus for applying ink to a target print medium to form an image by a print unit, comprising a plurality of temperature regulation units juxtaposed in a conveyance direction of the target print medium and each configured to regulate a temperature of the target print medium, a plurality of measurement units each configured to measure the temperature of the target print medium, and a control unit configured to make a temperature regulation capability of each temperature regulation unit variable, wherein each temperature regulation unit regulates temperature in a widthwise direction of the target print medium, each measurement unit measures the temperature in the widthwise direction of the target print medium, and the control unit controls the plurality of temperature regulation units based on the measured temperatures.

Abstract: A printing apparatus includes a printing unit configured to form an ink image by discharging ink on a medium, and a heating unit configured to heat the ink image on the medium. The heating unit includes a heat generating unit configured to generate radiant heat, a reflecting unit that includes a reflecting surface configured to reflect the radiant heat of the heat generating unit, and a cooling unit configured to cool the reflecting surface by supplying a gas to the reflecting surface.

Abstract: To reduce the man-hours of software development when vehicle types are deployed an in-vehicle equipment control device includes a CPU and a memory. The CPU has an application layer, a middleware layer, and a device driver unit as software components. First communication packets on the application side and second communication packets on the device driver side are implemented in the middleware layer. The memory stores an internal mapping table that defines the connection relationships between the first communication packets and the second communication packets and an external mapping table that defines the direct communication routes between the first communication packets or the second communication packets and an in-vehicle network.

Abstract: The present disclosure relates to reducing software development man-hours when vehicle models are developed. In an in-vehicle equipment controller, a control section has, as a software configuration: an application layer in which an application for in-vehicle equipment is implemented; a device driver; and a middleware layer in which a communication path is generated between the application and the device driver. The middleware layer includes a physical quantity conversion module that converts physical quantity data according to a specified conversion rule, the physical quantity data being included in data transferred through the communication path.

Abstract: To reduce software development man-hours when vehicle models are developed an in-vehicle equipment controller includes a CPU and memory. The CPU has, as a software configuration, an application layer, a middleware layer, and a device driver. In the middleware layer, a first communication packet on the application side and a second communication packet on a device driver side are installed. In the middleware layer, a communication path between the application layer and the device driver is generated based on a mapping table stored in the memory.

Abstract: To reduce the man-hours of software development when vehicle types are deployed, an in-vehicle equipment control device has a control unit that outputs, to actuators, control signals based on the outputs from sensor devices. The control unit includes a middleware layer and a device driver layer as software components. The middleware layer includes a routing module that selects whether the communication data output from the sensor devices is output as is or the communication data is subjected to predetermined processing and then output according to the type of the communication data, and a treatment module that performs the predetermined processing on the communication data. The routing module has a function of outputting the communication data to the device driver.

Abstract: A printing apparatus includes a printing unit configured to form an ink image by discharging ink on a medium, and a heating unit configured to heat the ink image on the medium. The heating unit includes a heat generating unit configured to generate radiant heat, a reflecting unit that includes a reflecting surface configured to reflect the radiant heat of the heat generating unit, and a cooling unit configured to cool the reflecting surface by supplying a gas to the reflecting surface.

Abstract: An aromatic nitro compound has a structure in which a nitro group and a halogen atom, in a separated state, are directly bonded as substituents to the ring structure of the same ring; a reaction composition is provided which, in a hydrogenation reaction of the nitro group of said aromatic nitro compound, allows selectively hydrogenating the nitro group, and sufficiently reducing the separation of the halogen atom from the ring; also provided is a reaction system that uses this reaction composition. This reaction composition includes a catalyst which, with the aforementioned aromatic nitro compound as reactant, is used in a hydrogenation reaction of at least one of the one or more nitro groups of said reactant. Further, the reaction composition includes a base and an organic solvent. The catalyst includes a carrier, and Fe oxide particles and Pt particles supported by the carrier.

Abstract: An aromatic nitro compound has a structure in which a nitro group and a halogen atom, in a separated state, are directly bonded as substituents to the ring structure of the same ring; a reaction composition is provided which, in a hydrogenation reaction of the nitro group of said aromatic nitro compound, allows selectively hydrogenating the nitro group, and sufficiently reducing the separation of the halogen atom from the ring; also provided is a reaction system that uses this reaction composition. This reaction composition includes a solvent, and a catalyst which, with the aforementioned aromatic nitro compound as reactant, is used in a hydrogenation reaction of at least one of the one or more nitro groups of said reactant. The catalyst includes a carrier, and Fe oxide particles and Pt particles supported by the carrier.

Abstract: Provided is a catalyst mixture which, in a nitro group hydrogenation reaction of an aromatic nitro compound having a structure in which nitro groups and halogen atoms are directly bonded as substituents to a ring skeleton of the same ring while separated from each other, is capable of selectively hydrogenating the nitro groups and sufficiently reducing the removal of the halogen atoms from the ring. This catalyst mixture includes a catalyst which is used in a hydrogenation reaction of at least one among one or more nitro groups present in a reactant, which is an aromatic nitro compound having a structure in which one or more nitro groups and one or more halogen atoms are directly bonded as substituents to a ring skeleton of the same ring while separated from each other. This catalyst mixture further includes a base.

Abstract: A printing apparatus according to an embodiment of this invention brings, out of a cleaning unit that cleans a transfer member in contact with a transfer member and an application unit that applies a reactive liquid with ink to the transfer member, the cleaning unit into contact with the transfer member to clean the transfer member by the cleaning unit at the start of the printing operation. Alternatively, out of the application unit and an absorbing unit that absorbs a liquid component from the reactive liquid applied by the application unit in contact with the transfer member, the printing apparatus brings the application unit into contact with the transfer member to apply the reactive liquid by the application unit.

Abstract: A printing apparatus includes: a print unit configured to discharge ink onto a transfer member and form an ink image; a drying promotion unit configured to promote drying of the ink image on the transfer member; an absorption unit configured to absorb a liquid component from the ink image after drying promotion; and a transfer unit configured to transfer the ink image on the transfer member, whose liquid component is absorbed by the absorption unit, onto a print medium. The drying promotion unit includes: a first heating unit configured to radiate radiant heat to the ink image on the transfer member; and an airflow generating unit configured to generate an airflow flowing in a widthwise direction of the transfer member on the ink image on the transfer member heated by the first heating unit.

Abstract: A printing apparatus includes a transfer member that rotates, a printhead configured to form an image on the transfer member, and a transfer unit configured to transfer, to a print medium, the image formed on the transfer member. A detection unit is configured to detect a surface condition of the transfer member, and a specifying unit is configured to specify a region of the transfer member in which the surface condition is poor, based on a detection result output by the detection unit. In addition, a prohibiting unit is configured to prohibit image formation by the printhead for the region of the transfer member, specified by the specifying unit, for which the surface condition is poor.

Abstract: An inkjet printing apparatus includes a printhead configured to form an image by discharging ink to a transfer member, a transfer unit configured to transfer the image from the transfer member to a print medium, and an application unit configured to apply a first liquid to the transfer member prior to formation of the image by the printhead. The inkjet printing apparatus also includes a first drying unit configured to dry the first liquid applied to the transfer member by the application unit by blowing air using a first air blower before the ink is discharged by the printhead to the transfer member.

Abstract: An inkjet printing apparatus includes a transfer member, a printhead, a heating unit, and a transfer unit. A cooling unit, provided upstream of the printhead with respect to a rotation direction of the transfer member, cools down the transfer member, and a first measurement unit, provided around the transfer member, between the printhead and the cooling unit, measures a temperature of the transfer member. In addition, a second measurement unit, provided around the transfer member, between the heating unit and the transfer unit, measures a temperature of the transfer member. A control unit controls the cooling unit based on the temperature measured by the first measurement unit, and controls the heating unit based on the temperature measured by the second measurement unit.