Abstract: A providing device according to the present application includes a detecting unit and a providing unit. The detecting unit detects a function, from among functions used for communication with an authentication server that authenticates the identity of a user by verifying a signature of authentication result information that is information created by adding the signature using a predetermined key to an authentication result obtained by an authentication device that performs personal authentication on the user and that is information processed by a specific authentication procedure, that is not held by a terminal device that is used by the user. The providing unit provides the function detected by the detecting unit to the terminal device that is used by the user.

Abstract: Refrigeration apparatus R that includes a refrigerant circuit composed of compressor 11, gas cooler 28, electric expansion valve 39, and evaporator 41 includes: electric expansion valve 33; tank 36; split heat exchanger 29; electric expansion valve 43; electric expansion valve 47; auxiliary circuit 48; main circuit 38; low-pressure sensor 51; and control apparatus 57, in which control apparatus 57 regulates the pressure of the refrigerant after the refrigerant flows out of tank 36 but before flows into electric expansion valve 39 to be a first constant pressure when the pressure detected by low-pressure sensor 51 is smaller than a specified pressure, and regulates the pressure of the refrigerant to be a second constant pressure smaller than the first constant pressure when the pressure detected by low-pressure sensor 51 is larger than the specified pressure.

Abstract: According to one embodiment, an aggregation management apparatus includes processing circuitry configured to acquire position information and performance information of each photovoltaic power generation facility in a set of photovoltaic power generation facilities from a storage; and calculate an evaluation value of a predictive error of a total generated energy of the set of photovoltaic power generation facilities, based on the position information, the performance information, and a correlation level of the predictive errors of solar radiation information depending on a distance between two locations.

Abstract: A control apparatus of a vehicle for causing an own vehicle to travel following a preceding vehicle calculates a requested acceleration of the own vehicle on the basis of a feedback requested acceleration to maintain an inter-vehicle distance at a target distance and a feedforward requested acceleration to cause the own vehicle to travel following the preceding vehicle. The apparatus calculates the feedforward requested acceleration on the basis of information on an acceleration of the preceding vehicle sent from the preceding vehicle through a wireless communication. The apparatus sets the feedforward requested acceleration to zero when a vehicle travel stabilization control is executed in the preceding vehicle to control a friction braking force applied to at least one of vehicle wheels of the preceding vehicle to stabilize a travel of the preceding vehicle, and the feedforward requested acceleration is larger than zero.

Abstract: A graphite film which is low in graphite dust generation can be produced by properly selecting acid dianhydride and diamine which constitute a polyimide film, which polyimide film is a raw material of the graphite film. Specifically, the graphite film which is low in graphite dust generation can be obtained if (1) the acid dianhydride is PMDA and the diamine has a molar ratio of ODA/PDA in a range of 100:0 to 80:20, or (2) the acid dianhydride has a molar ratio of PMDA/BPDA in a range of 80:20 to 50:50, and the diamine has a molar ratio of ODA/PDA in a range of 30:70 to 90:10.

Abstract: Refrigeration apparatus R that includes a refrigerant circuit composed of compression section 11, gas cooler 28, electric expansion valve 39, and evaporator 41 includes: electric expansion valve 33; tank 36; split heat exchanger 29; electric expansion valve 43; electric expansion valves 47 and 71; auxiliary circuit 48, main circuit 38, and control apparatus 57, in which control apparatus 57 regulates the gas cooler outlet temperature based on outside air temperature when the outside air temperature is higher than a specified temperature, and regulates the gas cooler outlet temperature based on saturation temperature ST of saturated liquid of the refrigerant after the refrigerant flows out of compressor 11 but before flows into electric expansion valve 33, when the outside air temperature is lower than the specified temperature.

Abstract: Fins have a region not provided with a heat transfer promoting portion and a region other than the region provided with the heat transfer promoting portion, and the region not provided with the heat transfer promoting portion is set to a region between a lower end portion of a heat transfer tube and an upper end portion of a heat transfer tube.

Abstract: A bending apparatus has (a) a first manipulator which feeds a hollow metal blank of closed cross section in its lengthwise direction, (b) a second manipulator which supports a first support means disposed at a first position and a metal blank while feeding it, a heating means disposed at a second position downstream of the first position in the blank feed direction for heating all or part of the circumference of the blank, and a cooling means disposed at a third position downstream of the second position for cooling a portion of the heated blank, and (c) a third manipulator which constitutes a second support means disposed at a fourth position downstream of the third position in the feed direction of the blank and which moves two-dimensionally or three-dimensionally while supporting at least one location of the metal blank to bend the metal blank into a desired shape.

Abstract: The imaging device performs a global electronic shutter operation in which exposure periods of a plurality of pixels coincide with each other. In a first period during which a photoelectric conversion portion of at least one of the pixels accumulates an electric charge, signals based on electric charges held in holding portions of the plurality of pixels are sequentially output to an output line. During a second period after the output of the signals from the plurality of pixels is finished, the holding unit of each of the plurality of pixels holds an electric charge.

Abstract: Provided is a remanufacturing method of a developer accommodating unit including a flexible container provided with an opening and configured to accommodate developer, and a frame member configured to accommodate the flexible container. The remanufacturing method includes refilling the developer into the flexible container.

Abstract: To judge whether there is roaming, a computer is caused to perform a position information acquisition procedure to acquire position information of the computer, a connection carrier information acquisition procedure to acquire connection carrier identification information for identifying a communication carrier of a communication network to which the computer is connected at the position where the position information was acquired, and a log information generation procedure to generate log information in which the position information and the connection carrier identification information are associated with each other.

Abstract: A projection lens system includes a first lens group including a 1a-th lens group having a negative refractive power, a 1b-th lens group having a positive or negative refractive power, and a 1c-th lens group having a positive or negative refractive power. During a zoom, the first lens group remains stationary on an optical axis. During a focus from a remote distance side to a close distance side, the 1a-th lens group remains stationary on the optical axis while the 1b-th and 1c-th lens groups move toward the enlargement conjugate side along different loci respectively. Conditional formula ?4.7<fl/fw<?2.5 is fulfilled at both the remote and close distance sides, where fl represents a focal length of the first lens group, and fw represents a focal length of the entire system at a wide-angle end.

Abstract: Provided are a refrigeration cycle that is formed by connecting a compressor, a condenser, expansion means, and an evaporator and that performs cooling operation; an evaporator heating device that heats the evaporator; a drain pan that receives drain-water from the evaporator and drains the drain-water; a drain-pan heating device that heats the drain pan; frost detecting means including a light-emitting element that emits light to the evaporator and a light-receiving element that receives reflected light from the evaporator and outputs a voltage according to the reflected light; and a control device that controls on-off operation of the evaporator heating device and the drain-pan heating device. The control device determines a frosting condition on the evaporator from an output of the frost detecting means and individually controls the evaporator heating device and the drain-pan heating device in accordance with the determination result.

Abstract: A separator includes a base material layer and a heat resistance layer. The heat resistance layer includes, in a direction of thickness of the heat resistance layer, a central portion and a first end portion and a second end portion between which the central portion lies. The first end portion includes an interface with an electrode. The second end portion includes an interface with the base material layer. A composition ratio of a resin binder to a total mass of inorganic particles and the resin binder in the first end portion and the second end portion is not lower than 8 mass % and not higher than 30 mass %. A composition ratio of the resin binder to a total mass of the inorganic particles and the resin binder in the central portion is not lower than 2 mass % and not higher than 7 mass %.

Abstract: An image device transfers charges of a previous frame from the holding units to the amplification units, during a read-out period of each frame, the read-out period includes a period in which a plurality of overflow transistors are in an on-state and a first period in which a plurality of photoelectric conversion units accumulate charges, and, during a second period following the first period, the plurality of photoelectric conversion units of the plurality of pixels accumulate charges while the plurality of holding units of the plurality of pixels hold the charges accumulated during the first period. During the first and second periods, each of the plurality of pixels performs a plurality of times of charge transfers from the photoelectric conversion unit to the holding unit. The plurality of times of charge transfers including a charge transfer performed at the end of the second period.

Abstract: An information processing apparatus includes an acquisition unit that acquires image information of an image of an original document, a recognition unit that recognizes from the image information acquired by the acquisition unit each of plural entry items and an entry remark written differently from the plural entry items, included in the image, and an associating unit that associates the entry remark with one of the entry items in accordance with a relationship between a location of the entry items recognized by the recognition unit and a location of the entry remark.

Abstract: A control device includes a memory device and a processor. The memory device is configured to store therein log information obtained by accumulating logs received from an apparatus. The logs relate to a plurality of processes. The processor is configured to determine on basis of the log information and preset expectation information whether the plurality of processes are normally terminated in a case where the log information includes information indicating that the plurality of processes are normally terminated. The expectation information includes first state information in association with expected state information. The first state information indicates a first state of an object before execution of the plurality of processes. The expected state information indicates an expected state of the object after the execution. The processor is configured to write the log information into a storage device upon determining that the plurality of processes are abnormally terminated.

Abstract: A rear seat side airbag device includes: an airbag module that is placed between a side portion of a seat back of a rear seat and a body, the airbag including a side airbag that deploys at the side of an occupant at a time of a collision and an inflator that supplies a gas to the side airbag; and a case in which the airbag module is stored, the case being equipped with a bottom wall that supports, from a vehicle rear side, the side airbag in a deployed state, the case having a sloping surface that is formed at a lower portion of the bottom wall and slopes in a vehicle forward direction heading in a vehicle downward direction relative to a common portion of the bottom wall.

Abstract: An apparatus includes: a generating unit which generates, from each of images respectively obtained at viewpoint positions, one of different-viewpoint images which corresponds to an image at a virtual viewpoint position different from the viewpoint positions, the different-viewpoint image including a hole area in which a pixel value is missing; a calculating unit which calculates, for each of processing units respectively in predetermined areas in the different-viewpoint images, a hole density indicating, with respect to the predetermined area, a ratio of one of the hole areas in the processing units in the different-viewpoint images; a calculating unit which calculates, for each processing unit, a combination ratio of the different-viewpoint image, based on the hole density of the processing unit co-located with an other one of the processing units in an other one of the different-viewpoint images; and a combining unit which combines the different-viewpoint images, based on the combination ratios.

Abstract: A two-component developer includes a toner and a carrier. The toner includes a plurality of toner particles. The carrier includes a plurality of carrier particles. Each of the toner particles includes a toner core and a shell layer disposed over the surface of the toner core. The toner has a charge decay constant of at least 0.020 and no greater than 0.050 as measured with the toner particles in an external additive-free state. The carrier has a volume resistivity of at least 1.0×1012 ?·cm.