Canon Kabushiki Kaisha

Mitsubishi Electric Corporation

Alps Alpine Co., Ltd.

Alps Electric Co., Ltd.

Anritsu Corporation

Hiroaki Endo

Toshihiko Suzuki

Hidenori Hoshi

Masamichi Saito

Fumihito Koike

Hideto Ando

Masahiro Ishihara

Takafumi Noguchi

Hiroaki Kotake

Eiji Umetsu

Takashi Sakamoto

Shingo Ikeda

Sumihito Morita

Takuya Hiraoka

Takao Tanimoto

Tokuo Nakamura

Yasuaki Nagashima

Yasushi Kuwabara

Hiroaki Ohtateme

Yoshiro Murakami

Muneo Ishiwata

Yohei Miyaura

Kazushige Sejimo

Kouji Kogusuri

Masaya Shimizu

Yoshitaka Otaki

A centralized management device includes a sensor data acquirer and an acquisition cycle changer. The sensor data acquirer acquires periodically, by communication, from each of one or more outdoor units, sensor data including measurement results of one or more sensors included by the outdoor unit. When a sign of malfunction is detected in any of the outdoor units, the acquisition cycle changer makes a change to shorten an acquisition cycle of the sensor data for the outdoor unit for which the sign of malfunction is detected.

Air-conditioning system, management device, air conditioner, sensor data acquisition method, and recording medium

An outdoor unit includes a group information manager that manages group information relating to a group corresponding to the outdoor unit, the group information being set by a user, a group information transmitter that transmits the group information to a management device, a transfer destination address manager that manages, as a transfer destination address, an address of another outdoor unit that corresponds to a same group as the group corresponding the outdoor unit, the address being received from the management device, a command transferer that transfers, when a destination of a received first operation command is not any of indoor units connected to the outdoor unit, the first operation command to another outdoor unit indicated by a transfer destination address, and transfers, when a destination of a received second operation command is any of the indoor units connected to the outdoor unit, the second operation command to the indoor unit.

Outdoor unit, air-conditioning system, and recording medium

A device management system () includes a common certification information acquirer, a certifier, an identification information generator, and a setter. The common certification information acquirer acquires common certification information from a device () including a storage for storing the common certification information. The common certification information stored in the storage is shared with another device. The certifier certifies the device () based on the common certification information. The identification information generator generates identification information for identification of the device () certified by the certifier. The setter sets the identification information to the device ().

Device management system, network adapter, server, device, device management method, and program

An adapter device includes a device information manager to manage device information with respect to an electrical device, and a service provider to manage service information and provide the service based on service information. The service information indicates content of the service and includes action information indicating an operation of an electrical device and event information indicating a condition for executing the operation indicated by the action information. An adapter device includes a controller to control the operation of the electrical device. Upon determining that the device information with respect to the electrical device satisfies the condition indicated by the event information, the service provider causes the controller to control the electrical device to perform the operation indicated by the action information.

Edge device linking system, edge device linking method, and recording medium

A data collector collects device data obtained from a device that is placed, for example, at a home, a workplace or the like. A distribution data generator adds ancillary information (for example, a time, a unit, precision, a resolution, a content of processing, a manufacturer, a model number or the like) to the device data collected by the data collector, thereby generating distribution data. A data provider provides, to an outside, (for example, to a data usage server), the distribution data generated by the distribution data generator.

Server device, data distribution system, data provision method, and recording medium

In an exchange coupling film that has a large magnetic field (Hex) in which the direction of magnetization of a fixed magnetic layer is reversed, high stability under high temperature conditions, and excellent strong-magnetic field resistance, an antiferromagnetic layer, a fixed magnetic layer, and a free magnetic layer are stacked, the antiferromagnetic layer is composed of a PtCr layer and an XMn layer (where X is Pt or Ir), the XMn layer is in contact with the fixed magnetic layer, and the fixed magnetic layer is made of iron, cobalt, an iron-cobalt alloy, or an iron-nickel alloy.

Exchange coupling film, and magnetoresistive sensor and magnetic detector including the same

An exchange coupling film in which a magnetic field (Hex) at which the magnetization direction of a pinned magnetic layer is reversed is high, in which stability under high-temperature conditions is high, and which is excellent in strong-magnetic field resistance. The exchange coupling film includes an antiferromagnetic layer and a pinned magnetic layer including a ferromagnetic layer, the antiferromagnetic layer and the pinned magnetic layer being stacked together. The antiferromagnetic layer has a structure including a PtCr layer, a PtMn layer, and an IrMn layer stacked in this order. The IrMn layer is in contact with the pinned magnetic layer. The thickness of the PtMn layer is 12 &#x212b; or more, and the thickness of the IrMn layer is 6 &#x212b;. The sum of the thickness of the PtMn layer and the thickness of the IrMn layer is 20 &#x212b; or more.

Exchange coupling film, magnetoresistance effect element film using the exchange coupling film, and magnetic detector using the exchange coupling film

An exchange-coupling film having a large magnetic field (Hex) at which the magnetization direction of a pinned magnetic layer is reversed, thus exhibiting high stability under high-temperature conditions, and having excellent high-magnetic-field resistance includes an antiferromagnetic layer and a pinned magnetic layer in contact with the antiferromagnetic layer. The antiferromagnetic layer has an alternating multilayer structure of three or more layers, the layers including alternately stacked XCr and XMn layers, where Xrepresents one or more elements selected from the group consisting of platinum group elements and Ni, and Xrepresents one or more elements selected from the group consisting of platinum group elements and Ni and may be the same as or different from X.

Exchange-coupling film and magnetoresistive element and magnetic detector using the same

In a communication device, a communicator communicates with a communication counterpart using a first communication mode or a second communication mode. When a communication by the communicator with the communication counterpart using the second communication mode is reset due to a first cause, if the communication with the communication counterpart using the second communication mode is acceptable, a communication controller causes the communicator to resume communication with the communication counterpart using the second communication mode, and if the communication with the communication counterpart using the second communication mode is unacceptable, the communication controller causes the communicator to start a communication with the communication counterpart using the first communication mode. When the communication by the communicator with the communication counterpart using the second communication mode is reset due to a second cause, the communication controller causes the communicator to resume communication with the communication counterpart using the second communication mode.

Communication device, communication system, communication method, and program

An exchange-coupled film according to the present invention includes an antiferromagnetic layer, pinned magnetic layer, and free magnetic layer which are stacked. The antiferromagnetic layer is composed of a Pt&#x2014;Cr sublayer and an X&#x2014;Mn sublayer (where X is Pt or Ir). The X&#x2014;Mn sublayer is in contact with the pinned magnetic layer. The Pt&#x2014;Cr sublayer has a composition represented by the formula PtCr(&#x3b1; is 44 at % to 58 at %) when the X&#x2014;Mn sublayer is placed on the Pt&#x2014;Cr sublayer or has a composition represented by the formula PtCr(&#x3b1; is 44 at % to 57 at %) when the X&#x2014;Mn sublayer is placed on the pinned magnetic layer.

Magnetoresistive element having exchange-coupled film including PtCr/XMn antiferromagnetic bilayer

A system includes an image transmitting unit and an image receiving unit. The image transmitting unit has a compression unit for compressing, in accordance with a provided compression parameter, a pixel block in image data, and a first transmitting unit for transmitting the compressed data to an image receiving unit in the system. The image receiving unit has a receiving unit for receiving the compressed data, a decompression unit for decompressing the received compressed data, a determination unit for determining a compression parameter based on the result of the decompression, and a second transmitting unit for transmitting the determined compression parameter to the image transmitting unit. The compression unit compresses an untransmitted second pixel block in the image data to be compressed in accordance with the compression parameter transmitted from the second transmitting unit.

Image transmission system and method of controlling same

An image processing apparatus comprising an acquiring unit configured to acquire an encoding target block having a plurality of groups each including a predetermined number of pixels, a deciding unit configured to decide, for each group, a quantization parameter used to quantize image data of the group and an encoding scheme so that a code length of the encoding target block does not exceed a predetermined value corresponding to a target code amount of the encoding target block, and an encoding unit configured to generate encoded data by encoding image data of the encoding target block in accordance with the quantization parameters and the encoding schemes decided for the respective groups by the deciding unit.

Coding apparatus and method for encoding image data

An image processing apparatus comprising a reading unit reading out a movie file including RAW image data from a recording medium, an image development unit developing the RAW image data, a display control unit controlling a display unit to display the RAW image data that were developed, and an operation unit instructing a display rate of an image displayable by the display unit, wherein the image development unit executes image development by switching between first image development processing and second image development processing, the image development unit switches image development processing of the RAW image data from the first image development processing to the second image development processing in response to an instruction to lower the display rate while the RAW image data developed by the first image development processing is being displayed.

Image processing apparatus, method for controlling image processing apparatus, and non-transitory computer readable storage medium

A magnetic sensor includes a substrate, magnetoresistive effect elements arranged on a surface of the substrate, a first wiring line arranged on a surface of the substrate, an insulation layer configured to cover the magnetoresistive effect elements and the first wiring line, a soft magnetic body arranged on the insulation layer, and a second wiring line arranged on the insulation layer, wherein the magnetoresistive effect elements each extend in a first direction and are arranged while being separated from each other in a second direction orthogonal to the first direction in a case of viewing in plan the substrate, the soft magnetic body includes a first direction extension portion that extends in the first direction, and when viewed in plan, the first direction extension portion is arranged between the magnetoresistive effect elements, and the second wiring line is connected to the first wiring line.

Magnetic sensor

An encoding apparatus includes a dividing unit that divides a target image included in an image into coding blocks, an encoding unit that encodes the target image including the coding blocks, a generating unit that generates a locally decoded image from the encoded target image, a filtering unit that applies a predetermined filtering to the locally decoded image, and a determination unit that determines, based on whether a predetermined condition is satisfied or not, whether a band offset process is applied to the locally decoded image or an edge offset process is applied to the locally decoded image.

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Hiroaki Endo