Abstract: Provided is a control system of an industrial machine that can automatically detect the presence or absence of a wiring error at a start-up of a machine, and that prevents a dangerous operation such as high rotation/high torque of a motor from occurring due to a wiring error. A control system of an industrial machine includes: a control unit that controls driving of a drive unit of the industrial machine; a command unit that issues a command to the control unit; and a wiring error detection device that detects a wiring error in a system of the control unit and the drive unit on a basis of a feedback value of actual driving of the drive unit upon a start-up of the industrial machine.

Abstract: Provided is a photoelectric conversion device including: a photoelectric conversion unit including one microlens and a plurality of photoelectric conversion elements, a readout circuit unit configured to read out a first signal based on charges accumulated by a first photoelectric conversion element of the plurality of photoelectric conversion elements and a second signal based on charges accumulated by a second photoelectric conversion element of the plurality of photoelectric conversion elements, and a signal processing unit configured to, according to a determination result based on at least one of the first signal and the second signal, output a third signal obtained by adding the first signal and the second signal or output a fourth signal by replacing the third signal with the fourth signal different from the third signal.

Abstract: One embodiment of the present invention is a printing apparatus including: a print head having a printing element column in which a plurality of printing elements for ejecting ink from ejection ports is arrayed and performing printing on a printing medium by ejecting ink based on print data; a sensor that detects temperature of the print head; an acquisition unit configured to acquire information indicating a number of dots to be printed by printing elements corresponding to a predetermined area in the printing element column; and a control unit configured to control a printing operation of the print head based on temperature detected by the sensor and the number of dots acquired by the acquisition unit, and the printing apparatus performs printing on the printing medium by ejecting ink from the print head while the print head and the printing medium are moving relatively.

Abstract: A retrieval device includes one or more processors. The processors acquire trajectory information indicating a movement trajectory of a target in time-series images. The processors acquire situation information indicating a peripheral situation of the target in the time-series images. The processors acquire a retrieval query containing a movement trajectory and a peripheral situation. The processors retrieve an image matching with the retrieval query among images contained in the time-series images based on the trajectory information and the situation information.

Abstract: An object is to provide a monitoring system capable of preventing the occurrence of a defect in paper by monitoring the device. The present invention is directed to a monitoring system A having a papermaking machine 1 for manufacturing paper X, an applying device 2 for applying a chemical solution to a site of the papermaking machine directly or indirectly in contact with the paper while the papermaking machine 1 is operated, a control panel 3 for setting an application condition of the applying device 2, a monitoring camera 4 for monitoring a monitoring target site, and a control device 5 connected to the monitoring camera 4 via a network.

Abstract: A holder includes first and second attachments to be attached to an attachment target part of an image formation apparatus. The first attachment is located on a reflection light source side relative to a sensor in a direction of a line connecting the sensor and a reflection light source of the image formation apparatus The second attachment is located on an opposite side to the reflection light source relative to the sensor in the line direction. A holder includes first, second, and third attachments to be attached to an attachment target part of an image formation apparatus. The three attachments are elastically deformable portions. The first and second attachments are provided on one end side of the holder. The third attachment is provided on other end side of the holder. The three attachments are provided as to clamp the attachment target part by using resilience associated with elastic deformation.

Abstract: In order to provide an imaging device that includes an amplifier performing amplification with a plurality of gains for each signal from a pixel unit and can further reduce a noise component, an imaging device included in an imaging apparatus has the pixel unit in which unit pixels are arranged in a matrix and generates a signal voltage by photoelectric conversion. A column amplifier can amplify a photoelectrically converted signal with a plurality of gains. After an amplified signal is subjected to analog/digital conversion by a column ADC, a signal processing circuit subtracts a noise signal from a pixel signal. A noise signal read out after resetting a floating diffusion section included in the pixel unit and a pixel signal read out immediately thereafter are acquired by being multiplied by a first gain, and a pixel signal read out thereafter is acquired by being multiplied by a second gain. The first gain is set to a value larger than the second gain.

Abstract: To provide a water/oil repellent layer-provided substrate having improved long-term reliability of abrasion resistance, and a method for producing it. A water/oil repellent layer-provided substrate comprising a substrate, an undercoat layer formed on the surface of the substrate, and a water/oil repellent layer formed on the surface of the undercoat layer, in this order, wherein the alkali deficiency index is higher than 0.0, as determined by a depth profile obtained by X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy (XPS) by C60 ion sputtering from the side of the surface of the water/oil repellent layer, taking the total concentration of fluorine, silicon, aluminum, alkali metal elements and oxygen as 100 at %.

Abstract: To provide a water/oil repellent layer-provided substrate having a water/oil repellent layer excellent in abrasion resistance, a deposition material and a method for producing a water/oil repellent layer-provided substrate. The water/oil repellent layer-provided substrate of the present invention is a water/oil repellent layer-provided substrate comprising a substrate, an undercoat layer and a water/oil repellent layer in this order, wherein the water/oil repellent layer comprises a condensate of a fluorinated compound having a reactive silyl group, the undercoat layer contains an oxide containing silicon and an alkaline earth metal element, and the ratio of the molar concentration of the alkaline earth metal element in the undercoat layer to the molar concentration of silicon in the undercoat layer is from 0.005 to 5.

Abstract: An object detection apparatus includes a calculation section, a first generation section, and a second generation section. The calculation section calculates a plurality of first feature maps from an input image. The first generation section generates a spatial attention map for which a higher first weighted value is defined for an element having a higher relation in terms of a first space on the basis of the first feature maps. The second generation section generates a plurality of second feature maps by performing weighting on each of the first feature maps in accordance with the first weighted value indicated for the spatial attention map. A detection section detects an object included in an input image by using the second feature maps.

Abstract: A semiconductor device includes first to N-th PLL circuits configured to operate in synchronization with a common reference clock signal to output first to N-th clock signals, respectively; a majority circuit that performs a majority operation on the first to N-th clock signals to generate a majority clock signal; and a filter circuit to which the majority clock signal is provided, the filter circuit operating as a low-pass filter to output an output clock signal. N is an odd number of three or more.

Abstract: A pixel array has a plurality of output units arranged in matrix form and a plurality of A/D conversion units corresponds to the output units. Each of the output units outputs an electric signal based on incident electromagnetic waves. Each of the A/D conversion units converts the electric signal input from the corresponding output unit to a digital signal. A plurality of storage units corresponds to columns of the output units. Each of the storage units holds the corresponding digital signal. A first signal line is configured to supply a driving bias to at least one of the output units and the A/D conversion units. A second signal line is configured to transmit the digital signal from the A/D conversion units to the storage units. The output units are provided between the first signal line and the second signal line.

Abstract: To provide a water/oil repellent layer-provided substrate having a water/oil repellent layer excellent in abrasion resistance, a deposition material and a method for producing a water/oil repellent layer-provided substrate. The water/oil repellent layer-provided substrate of the present invention is a water/oil repellent layer-provided substrate comprising a substrate, an undercoat layer and a water/oil repellent layer in this order, wherein the water/oil repellent layer comprises a condensate of a fluorinated compound having a reactive silyl group, the undercoat layer contains an oxide containing silicon and at least one element selected from the group consisting of titanium, zirconium and aluminum, and the ratio of the total molar concentration of titanium, zirconium and aluminum in the undercoat layer to the molar concentration of silicon in the undercoat layer is from 0.03 to 0.7.

Abstract: To provide a water/oil repellent layer-provided substrate having a water/oil repellent layer excellent in abrasion resistance, a deposition material and a method for producing a water/oil repellent layer-provided substrate. The water/oil repellent layer-provided substrate of the present invention is a water/oil repellent layer-provided substrate comprising a substrate, an undercoat layer and a water/oil repellent layer in this order, wherein the water/oil repellent layer comprises a condensate of a fluorinated compound having a reactive silyl group, the undercoat layer contains an oxide containing silicon and at least one element of boron and phosphorus, and the ratio of the total molar concentration of boron and phosphorus in the undercoat layer to the molar concentration of silicon in the undercoat layer is from 0.003 to 9.

Abstract: A current sensor state determination device determines that an abnormality is caused in a current sensor when a sum of phase currents based on current detection values from each of the current sensors in three phases is greater than a first determination value, and determines that no abnormality is caused in the current sensor when the sum of phase currents is equal to or less than the first determination value. The state determination device determines that the current sensor is normal when it is determined that (i) no abnormality is caused in a preset electric angle range equal to or less than one electric-angle cycle of the rotating electric machine and (ii) a value of an electric current flowing in the rotating electric machine in a rotating coordinates system calculated based on the current detection value is equal to or greater than a second determination value.

Abstract: A vehicle thermal energy control system that is able to achieve improved heat management in the entirety of a vehicle is provided. A thermal energy control system is provided in a vehicle and includes heat sources and a heat amount distributor configured to assign a demanded heat amount calculated from heat demands generated in the entirety of the vehicle, to each heat source on the basis of a suppliable heat amount of each heat source.

Abstract: The purpose of the invention is to compensate for the radiation tolerance of a semiconductor memory. An apparatus (10) for compensating for radiation tolerance comprises: a voltage value acquisition unit (11) that acquires a data retention voltage value that is a maximum voltage value at which data is inverted when a power supply voltage of a semiconductor memory having a latch circuit is lowered; a correction value determination unit (12) that determines a voltage correction value on the basis of a difference between the data retention voltage value and a reference voltage value; and a voltage adjustment unit (13) that adjusts at least one among the power supply voltage and a substrate bias voltage by using the voltage correction value. The reference voltage value is set to be equal to or lower than the data retention voltage value that satisfies a required radiation tolerance.

Abstract: In a photoelectric conversion apparatus, an amplification unit outputs a first amplified signal generated by amplifying a first signal using a first gain, a second amplified signal generated by amplifying the first signal using a second gain, a third amplified signal generated by amplifying a second signal using a third gain, and a fourth amplified signal generated by amplifying the second signal using a fourth gain to an analog to digital (AD) conversion unit in this order. The AD conversion unit generates first to fourth digital signals corresponding to the first to fourth amplified signals, respectively, and outputs the second digital signal and the third digital signal to an output unit prior to the first digital signal and the fourth digital signal.

Abstract: Ink in a print head is heated to a target temperature by driving heating elements included in a print head. After heating control is completed, operation that is performed using power stored in a power storage unit is started. The target temperature in the heating control is determined in such a manner that the temperature of the print head when the operation is started is a set temperature or higher.

Abstract: A pad clip for a disc brake includes: a radial pressing portion which is disposed at inward than a clamping portion in a radial direction and presses outward in the radial direction an ear portion; a circumferential pressing portion which extends outward in the radial direction from a radially outer side portion of the clamping portion, an intermediate portion thereof being folded back inward in radial and circumferential directions of the rotor, and a tip end portion thereof pressing the pad inward in the circumferential direction; and a spring holding portion which protrudes outward in the circumferential direction from the radially outer side portion of the clamping portion than a base portion of the circumferential pressing portion, and holds a return spring which is made of wire material and presses the pad away from the rotor in an axial direction of the rotor.