1. A non-aqueous electrolyte secondary battery comprising:
a power generating element comprising
a positive electrode obtained by forming a positive electrode active material layer on a surface of a positive electrode current collector,
a negative electrode obtained by forming a negative electrode active material layer on a surface of a negative electrode current collector, and
a separator, wherein
the negative electrode active material layer comprises an aqueous binder,
a highly porous layer having a porosity that is higher than that of the separator is provided between the negative electrode active material layer and the separator, the porosity of the highly porous layer being from 50 to 90%,
a ratio of a thickness of the highly porous layer to a thickness of the negative electrode active material layer is from 0.01 to 0.4, and
a ratio of a battery area, defined as a projected area of the battery including an outer casing of the battery, to rated capacity is 5 cm2Ah or more and the rated capacity is 3 Ah or more.
2. The non-aqueous electrolyte secondary battery according to claim 1, wherein the highly porous layer comprises heat resistant particles having a melting point or a thermal softening point of 150\xb0 C. or higher.
3. The non-aqueous electrolyte secondary battery according to claim 1, wherein the power generating element has a structure sealed by an outer casing and an internal volume of the outer casing is greater than a volume of the power generating element.
4. The non-aqueous electrolyte secondary battery according to claim 1, wherein the negative electrode active material layer has a rectangular shape and a length of a short side of the rectangular shape is 100 mm or more.
5. (canceled)
6. The non-aqueous electrolyte secondary battery according to claim 1, wherein an aspect ratio of an electrode defined by a longitudinaltransversal ratio of a positive electrode active material layer with a rectangular shape is from 1 to 3.
7. The non-aqueous electrolyte secondary battery according to claim 1, wherein the aqueous binder comprises at least one rubber-based binder selected from the group consisting of a styrene-butadiene rubber, an acrylonitrile-butadiene rubber, a methyl methacrylate-butadiene rubber, and a methyl methacrylate rubber.
8. The non-aqueous electrolyte secondary battery according to claim 7, wherein the aqueous binder comprises a styrene-butadiene rubber.
The claims below are in addition to those above.
All refrences to claim(s) which appear below refer to the numbering after this setence.
1. A computing device for providing communication services and character processing, the computing device comprising:
a first portion comprising a first input module for receiving characters and a second input module including a switch for receiving user inputs;
a second portion coupled with the first portion and movable relative to the first portion between at least a first state and a second state, the first input module exposed in the first state, the first input module concealed in the second state; and
a detector for detecting the relative movement of the second portion; and
a control logic for processing the characters received from the first input and second modules, control logic transitioning the computing device to a first power mode from a second power mode responsive to receiving a signal from the detector, the second power mode consuming less energy compared to the first power mode, the control logic transitioning the computing device to the first power mode from the second power mode responsive to receiving a user input from the second input module in the second state.
2. The device of claim 1, wherein the first input module comprises a physical keypad.
3. The device of claim 1, wherein the second input module comprises a jog rocker.
4. The device of claim 1, wherein the second input module comprises an application button.
5. A computing device, comprising:
a first portion comprising an input module for receiving characters;
a second portion coupled with the first portion and movable relative to the first portion between at least a first state exposing the input module and a second state concealing the input module;
a detector for generating a detection signal responsive to detecting movement of the second portion from the second state to the first state; and
a control logic coupled to the detector for launching an application on the computing device or controlling an application on the computing device responsive to receiving the detection signal.
6. The computing device of claim 5, wherein the application comprises a telephone application, the control logic retrieving previous call attempts to the computing device and presenting the previous call attempts to a user responsive to receiving the detection signal.
7. The computing device of claim 5, wherein the application comprises a Short Message Service (SMS) application, the control logic retrieving received SMS messages and presenting the received SMS messages to a user responsive to receiving the detection signal.
8. The computing device of claim 5, wherein the launched application comprises an application that was active during previous transition from the first state to the second state.
9. The computing device of claim 5, wherein the control logic configured to launch the application or control the application based on stored user configuration.
10. The computing device of claim 5, wherein the application is one of memo pad application, a task list application, an application providing time in other locations and a calculator.
11. The computing device of claim 5, wherein the control logic is further configured to transition the computing device to a first power mode from a second power mode responsive to receiving the detector signal, the second power mode consuming less energy compared to the first power mode.
12. The computing device of claim 5, wherein the second portion comprises a lid covering at least a part of the first portion.
13. The method of operating a computing device, comprising:
detecting relative movement between a first portion and a second portion of the computing device, the first portion comprising an input module for receiving characters, the second portion coupled with the first portion and movable relative to the first portion between at least a first state exposing the input module and a second state concealing the input module; and
launching an application or controlling an application responsive to detecting transition from the second state to the first state.
14. The method of claim 13, wherein the application comprises a telephone application, the control logic retrieving previous call attempts to the computing device and presenting the previous call attempts to a user responsive to receiving the detection signal.
15. The method of claim 13, wherein the application comprises a Short Message Service (SMS) application, the control logic retrieving received SMS messages and presenting the received SMS messages to a user responsive to receiving the detection signal.
16. The method of claim 13, wherein the launched application comprises an application that was active during previous transition from the first state to the second state.
17. The method of claim 13, wherein the control logic configured to launch the application or control the application based on stored user configuration.
18. The method of claim 13, wherein the application is one of memo pad application, a task list application, an application providing time in other locations and a calculator.
19. The method of claim 13, further comprising transitioning the computing device to a first power mode from a second power mode responsive to receiving the detector signal, the second power mode consuming less energy compared to the first power mode.
20. The method of claim 13, wherein the second portion comprises a lid covering at least a part of the first portion.