Abstract: A force detector includes a layered structure including a first layer and a second layer. The first layer includes a detection face that receives a force to be detected and the second layer is disposed on a face opposite to the detection face. A Young's modulus of the first layer is different from a Young's modulus of the second layer. The force detector further includes a stress generator formed in the layered structure and that receives the force acting in a tangential direction of the detection face and generates a stress with a distribution that is asymmetric with respect to a normal direction of the detection face around the stress generator. The force detector further includes a plurality of sensors disposed around the stress generator.

Abstract: A stress and/or strain measurement cell for a stress and/or strain measurement system. The cell includes a reference contact, a sensor contact and a first current mirror circuit which is integrated into a semiconductor material and has a first conduction path connectable or connected to the reference contact and a second conduction path connectable or connected to the sensor contact. The first conduction path includes a first transistor and the second conduction path includes a second transistor. A first crystal direction of the semiconductor material oriented perpendicular to a first inversion channel of the first transistor is definable for the first inversion channel and a second crystal direction of the semiconductor material oriented perpendicular to a second inversion channel of the second transistor is definable for the second inversion channel. The first crystal direction of the semiconductor material is inclined relative to the second crystal direction of the semiconductor material.

Abstract: The outer housing for a pressure monitoring system includes a sidewall shell comprising an annular inner sidewall projection extending from a top end thereof; a cap mounted to the sidewall shell, the cap defining an inner cap surface, an outer cap surface, a cap bottom end, and an annular cap recess extending into the cap bottom end between the outer cap surface and the inner cap surface, wherein the annular inner sidewall projection is configured to engage the annular cap recess; and an antenna assembly directly mounted to the inner cap surface, the antenna assembly comprising an antenna.

Abstract: A road-surface state determination apparatus for a vehicle is provided. The road-surface state determination apparatus includes an acquiring unit and a control unit. The acquiring unit acquires, as a first detection signal, information on a changed pixel of which a luminance value changes based on an absolute displacement of a road-surface state or a relative displacement of the road-surface state relative to a moving vehicle. The control unit determines a type of the road-surface state using the first detection signal.

Abstract: The present inventive concept relates to a method for removing impurities in thin film and a substrate processing apparatus. The method for removing impurities in a thin film includes the steps of: providing a substrate having a thin film formed thereon in a process chamber; supplying a first gas reacting and coupling with impurities contained in the thin film, into the process chamber; exhausting a coupled product of the impurities and the first gas by depressurizing an interior of the process chamber after stopping the supply of the first gas; curing the thin film by supplying a second gas being different from the first gas into the process chamber; and stopping the supply of the second gas and exhausting the remaining second gas from the interior of the process chamber.

Abstract: Disclosed is a 5G NR antenna device. An antenna module includes an antenna material formed of a metal material and having a semi-planar inverted-F antenna (PIFA) structure, and a support formed in the shape of a hexahedron with side and bottom faces that are bent from the antenna material by stamping, wherein the support and the antenna material are formed as an integral body.

Abstract: An elevator system includes a guide rail, an elevator car, a safety brake actuator and a safety brake. The safety brake actuator and the safety brake are mounted to the elevator car to move along the guide rail with the elevator car in use. The safety brake actuator includes an actuation mechanism configured in use to actuate the engagement of the safety brake against the guide rail. The safety brake actuator also includes a proximal surface, the safety brake actuator is mounted adjacent to the guide rail with the proximal surface facing the guide rail and spaced from the guide rail to define a clearance gap between the guide rail and the proximal surface of the safety brake actuator.

Abstract: An elevator system including: an elevator car configured to travel through an elevator shaft; a first guide beam extending vertically through the elevator shaft, the first guide beam comprising a first surface and a second surface opposite the first surface; a propulsion system configured to move the elevator car through the elevator shaft; a first on-board energy management system configured to power the propulsion system, the first on-board energy management system is attached to the propulsion system and configured to travel with the propulsion system.

Abstract: Provided is a solar cell and a solar cell module. The solar cell includes a converging busbar. The converging busbar separates a first surface of the solar cell into a first region and a second region. The first region includes a plurality of first sub-busbars spaced along a first direction and a plurality of main busbars spaced along a second direction, and the main busbar is electrically connected to the first sub-busbar. The second region includes a plurality of second sub-busbars spaced along a third direction. The converging busbar is located between the first region and the second region, and is electrically connected to the plurality of main busbars and the plurality of second sub-busbars.

Abstract: An information processing apparatus includes a memory, and a processor, in which the memory stores a motion picture, a subtitle set in the motion picture, and a display starting time point and a display ending time point of the subtitle, and the processor is configured to display the subtitle in the motion picture being played back in accordance with a current playback time point and display notification information for notifying a user that the current playback time point is a specific time before or after a time point at which display of the subtitle is started or ended at the specific time before or after the display starting time point or the display ending time point of the subtitle in the motion picture.

Abstract: Provided is a pressure-sensitive element having more sufficient expandability, a relatively wide measurement range of pressure force, and a relatively simple structure, and an electronic device using the pressure-sensitive element. The pressure-sensitive element includes a plurality of first electrodes being elongated in first direction, arranged in a first plane, and including a conductive elastic body, a plurality of second electrodes being elongated in second direction intersecting the first direction, arranged in a second plane facing the first plane, and including a conductor wire, and a plurality of dielectrics covering a surface of the plurality of second electrodes. The plurality of second electrodes have bent parts K arranged periodically, and capacitance at intersections of the plurality of first electrodes and the plurality of second electrodes changes in accordance with pressure force applied between the plurality of first electrodes and the plurality of second electrodes.

Abstract: Various systems and methods for managing identity credentials on a mobile device are described herein. A verifier device may perform operations including receiving one or more data elements associated with a credential, wherein the data elements are signed with a signature associated with an issuer of the data elements, analyzing the signature to determine a confidence score, the confidence score enumerated into a plurality of confidence levels, configuring a verification process based on the confidence score, and executing the verification process.

Abstract: A method for observing the crop processing and/or handling working processes of an agricultural machine is provided. The method utilizes a digital video system with a plurality of digital image acquisition units, with at least one display unit and with at least one network coupling element preferably designed as a switch, via which the image acquisition units are connected to the display unit. The image acquisition units record image data for images of, in particular, a video stream, and at least one of the images, in particular of the video stream, is reproduced at least partially in one of in particular a plurality of configurable shapes comprising one or multiple image reproduction regions on the display unit that is in particular designed as a touchscreen of an EDP unit that is preferably designed as a Panel PC (8).

Abstract: Methods and systems for diagnosing a sensor can involve detecting a group of sensor signals output from a sensor, and differentiating from among the sensor signals to distinguish inequalities in the sensor signals for an indication of a potential fault in the sensor. A small sensor signal can be identified from a larger sensor signal among the sensor signals for the indication of the potential fault in the sensor. The sensor can include a group of piezo-resistive Wheatstone bridge elements, and in some embodiments, the sensor may be a pressure transmitter.

Abstract: A system deletes and sanitizes files in a distributed file system. The system also randomizes rotation of data in a distributed file system.

Abstract: An elevator system includes a hoistway, an elevator car configured to travel in the hoistway, and a pit located at a bottom of the hoistway. A safety chain is configured to enable or disable motion of the elevator car, and a sensor assembly is configured to initiate opening the safety chain to disable motion of the elevator car upon detection of a person in a detection region of the sensor assembly in the hoistway. A test device is configured to test operation of the sensor assembly to detect malfunctioning and/or tampering of operation of the sensor assembly.

Abstract: There is provided a capacitive pressure sensor comprising: a dielectric layer; a first electrode disposed on a first surface of the dielectric layer and to which a pressure is applied; a second electrode disposed on a second surface of the dielectric layer opposite to the first surface and including a plurality of unit electrodes having a predetermined shape; and a measuring device configured to detect a measurement value of a capacitance of the dielectric layer for each unit electrode by causing a potential difference between the first electrode and the second electrode.

Abstract: Provided is a strain sensor. The strain sensor according to embodiments of the inventive concept includes a flexible substrate, rigid patterns on the flexible substrate, the rigid patterns including a first pattern and a second pattern spaced apart from the first pattern in a first direction, a first electrode on the first pattern, a second electrode on the second pattern, the second electrode being spaced apart from the first electrode, and a piezoresistive layer connecting the first electrode and the second electrode. Here, each of the rigid patterns may have a stiffness greater than that of the flexible substrate.

Abstract: An electromagnetic ultrasonic double wave transducer, comprising a shell (1), and a permanent magnet assembly, a coil (4), a shielding layer (5), and a wire (6) which are provided in the shell (1). The permanent magnet assembly comprises a first permanent magnet (2) and a second permanent magnet (3) sleeved on the first permanent magnet (2). The magnetizing directions of the first permanent magnet (2) and the second permanent magnet (3) are perpendicular to the bottom of the shell (1), and the magnetic field directions of the first permanent magnet (2) and the second permanent magnet (3) are opposite. A non-conducting non-magnetic bushing material (9) is provided between the first permanent magnet (2) and the second permanent magnet (3), and upper end faces of the first permanent magnet (2) and the second permanent magnet (3) realize magnetic circuit closing by means of a magnetic circuit closing element (8).

Abstract: There is provided a vibration suppression device for a rope-like body of an elevator that can inhibit displacement of the rope-like body from becoming unstable due to amplification of the displacement and can make a movable range of the rope-like body wider. A vibration suppression device (20) includes a movable unit and a stopper. The movable unit can move in a direction in which a distance from an equilibrium position (19) of the rope-like body changes. The stopper restricts movement of the movable unit to a position closer than a first distance (d1) from the equilibrium position (19). The movable unit includes a displacement amplifier and a restriction member. The displacement amplifier is arranged to be directed to a first position (P1) of the rope-like body. The displacement amplifier amplifies displacement of the rope-like body. The restriction member inhibits the rope-like body from approaching the displacement amplifier.