Abstract: A driving assistance device includes a driving state detection portion that detects a driving state of a vehicle by a driver; an environment detection portion that detects an environment in which the vehicle travels; an emotion detection portion that detects the driver's emotion or change in emotion; a characteristic estimation portion that estimates the drivers characteristic with respect to the vehicle on the basis of the driving state of the driver in the environment detected by the environment detection portion, and the driver's emotion or change in emotion during the driving; and a change portion that changes setting of various control in the vehicle on the basis of the driver's characteristic estimated by the characteristic estimation portion.

Abstract: In a solid-state imaging device, a power supply voltage is input to a power supply terminal. A power supply line connects together the power supply terminal and a first control circuit. A detection circuit detects the power supply voltage input to the power supply terminal and a first digital signal corresponding to the detected power supply voltage. An output terminal outputs the first digital signal output from the detection circuit and a second digital signal corresponding to pixel signals.

Abstract: An imaging system includes a camera unit and a main body. A clock detection circuit is configured to detect a first clock signal of the camera unit from first digital data transmitted from the camera unit. A phase comparator is configured to generate second digital data that represent a difference between a phase of the first clock signal and a phase of a second clock signal of the main body. A second communicator is configured to perform communication in a second direction in which the second digital data are transmitted to the camera unit in a blanking period. A first clock generation circuit is configured to generate the first clock signal synchronized with the second clock signal on the basis of the second digital data.

Abstract: An advertisement system has a printer and a posting server that can communicate with the printer. The advertisement system uses the printer to issue a flyer on which advertisement images are printed. The posting server acquires a plurality of advertisement images of different advertisers, and selects a plurality of advertisement images from the plurality of acquired advertisement images according to a distribution period for the flyer, the distribution period being set for each acquired advertisement image. The posting server then creates print data involved in printing the plurality of selected advertisement images, and transmits the created print data to the printer. The printer receives the print data created by the posting server. To issue the flyer, the printer executes printing according to the received print data.

Abstract: An advertisement system includes a distribution member computer that causes a printer to print the test image data received from a posting server and transmits read data obtained by reading an image of a printed matter obtained by printing test image data by the printer to a posting server, and the posting server including an evaluation unit that evaluates printing quality of the printed matter based on the read data and a decision unit that determines whether to distribute the advertisement data to the distribution member computer based on an evaluation result by the evaluation unit.

Abstract: An advertisement system issues a flyer by using a printer through communication between a tablet terminal and a posting server. The tablet terminal detects a current position and transmits current position information indicating the detected current position to the posting server. The posting server receives the current position information from the tablet terminal, and selects advertisement images based on the current position indicated by the received current position information from a plurality of advertisement images acquired from advertisers. The posting server then creates print data involved in printing the selected advertisement images, and transmits the created print data to the tablet terminal. The tablet terminal receives the print data and causes the printer to execute printing based on the received print data.

Abstract: A posting server includes a server communication unit, and a server controller that transmits advertisement data and a plurality of pieces of ID information to the distribution member device. The distribution member device includes a wireless communication unit, and a device controller that selects one piece of the ID information from the plurality of pieces of ID information received, outputs the selected ID information and the received advertisement data to the printer, and causes the printer to generate an advertising material on which the selected ID information and advertisement data are printed. The pieces of ID information having different values are printed on the advertising material.

Abstract: In an AD converter, a first capacitor DAC circuit performs a first operation in parallel with a second operation by a second capacitor DAC circuit, and the first capacitor DAC circuit performs the second operation in parallel with the first operation by the second capacitor DAC circuit. Electric charge corresponding to an input signal is sampled in the first operation. AD conversions are sequentially performed on the basis of the electric charge sampled in each first capacitor included in a plurality of first capacitors or each second capacitor included in a plurality of second capacitors in the second operation. The first capacitor DAC circuit and the second capacitor DAC circuit alternately perform the first operation and the second operation.

Abstract: A seat belt device includes a buckle provided on a side portion of a seat for a vehicle, and configured such that a tongue plate is inserted into the buckle; a buckle force limiter mechanism connected to the buckle via a connecting member having an elongate shape, the buckle force limiter mechanism being configured to allow the buckle to move in a pulling direction when a tensile load equal to or larger than a predetermined tensile load is applied to the buckle; and a case covering the connecting member from an inner side in a seat width direction, the case having a corner at an upper end portion of the case, the corner facing the connecting member, and the corner having an arc shape.

Abstract: A compound represented by a formula (II), an N-oxide compound, or a salt thereof: wherein R1 is a hydrogen atom, a substituted or unsubstituted C1-6 alkyl group, or a halogeno group; R2 is a substituted or unsubstituted 5- to 6-membered heteroaryl group; R3 is a substituted or unsubstituted C6-10 aryl group or a substituted or unsubstituted 5- to 10-membered heteroaryl group; Y is an oxygen atom, a nitrogen atom, or a sulfur atom; A1, A2, A3 and A4 are each independently a carbon atom or a nitrogen atom, provided that two or more of A1 to A4 do not represent nitrogen atoms at the same time; X is a substituent; n represents the number of chemically acceptable substituents represented by X, and is any one of integers of 0 to 5; and when n is 2 or more, the substituents X may be the same or different from each other.

Abstract: In an AD converter, a first DAC circuit performs a first operation in parallel with a second operation performed by a second DAC circuit, and the first DAC circuit performs the second operation in parallel with the first operation performed by the second DAC circuit. In the first operation, electric charge corresponding to an input signal of the first DAC circuit or an input signal of the second DAC circuit is sampled. In the second operation, an AD conversion is sequentially performed on the basis of the electric charge sampled in the first operation. The first DAC circuit and the second DAC circuit alternately perform the first operation and the second operation.

Abstract: An A/D converter includes: a first wiring layer including a first A/D conversion circuit including a first capacitor group in which a plurality of weighted unit capacitors are connected in parallel and a second capacitor group in which a plurality of unit capacitors are connected in parallel, the second capacitor group being connected in parallel with the first capacitor group; and a second wiring layer including a second A/D conversion circuit including a third capacitor group in which a plurality of weighted unit capacitors are connected in parallel and a fourth capacitor group in which a plurality of unit capacitors are connected in parallel, the fourth capacitor group being connected in parallel with the third capacitor group, in which the first wiring layer and the second wiring layer are stacked such that the first A/D conversion circuit and the second A/D conversion circuit are disposed at overlapping positions.

Abstract: In a solid-state imaging device, a power supply voltage is input to a power supply terminal. A power supply line connects together the power supply terminal and a first control circuit. A detection circuit detects the power supply voltage input to the power supply terminal and a first digital signal corresponding to the detected power supply voltage. An output terminal outputs the first digital signal output from the detection circuit and a second digital signal corresponding to pixel signals.

Abstract: An endoscope power supply system includes an endoscope including an imaging unit that images an object, a housing apparatus to which the endoscope is detachably connected, a plurality of power source units that are provided in the housing apparatus and configured to output electric power different from one another, switches each provided in an output stage of each of the power source units of the housing apparatus and formed of two FETs that are back-to-back connected, and a controller that is provided in the housing apparatus, selects a power source unit necessary to operate the endoscope from the power source units, and controls the switches to output electric power generated by the selected power source unit to the endoscope.

Abstract: A driving assistance device includes a driving state detection portion that detects a driving state of a vehicle by a driver; an environment detection portion that detects an environment in which, the vehicle travels; an emotion detection portion that detects the driver's emotion or change in emotion; a characteristic estimation portion that estimates the drivers characteristic with respect to the vehicle on the basis of the driving state of the driver in the environment detected by the environment detection portion, and the driver's emotion or change in emotion during the driving; and a change portion that changes setting of various control in the vehicle on the basis of the driver's characteristic estimated by the characteristic estimation portion.

Abstract: A semiconductor device includes a pixel array, a plurality of column circuits, an amplifier, switch arrays of a first layer to an nth layer, and signal lines of the first layer to the nth layer. n is an integer of two or more. The switch array of an ith layer is disposed between the switch array of an (i+1)th layer and the amplifier. i is an integer of one or more and less than n. The signal line of the first layer is connected to the nth amplifier. The signal line of the nth layer is connected to the switch array of the nth layer. Each of the plurality of switches included in the switch array of the nth layer is connected to the column circuit.

Abstract: A semiconductor device is provided that includes an amplification circuit, a downstream circuit, and a clipping circuit. The amplification circuit includes a sampling capacitor, a feedback capacitor, and an operational amplifier circuit. The sampling capacitor holds air input signal on which sampling is performed, as a signal whose reference is a first reference voltage. The signal that is held in the sampling capacitor is transferred to the feedback capacitor. The operational amplifier circuit amplifies the signal that is held in the sampling capacitor, according to a ratio between values of the sampling capacitor and the feedback capacitor, and outputs the amplified signal, as a signal whose reference is a second reference voltage. The clipping circuit limits a voltage of an output signal of the operational amplifier circuit to a predetermined voltage or below.

Abstract: A successive approximation type A/D conversion circuit includes a first capacitor circuit, a second capacitor circuit, a plurality of comparison circuits, a determination circuit, and a control circuit. The determination circuit counts a first number of first state and a second number of second state with respect to a plurality of first digital signals output from the plurality of comparison circuits. The determination circuit outputs a control signal for stopping the plurality of comparison circuits to the control circuit when an absolute value of a difference between the first number and the second number is equal to or smaller than 1. The control circuit stops the plurality of comparison circuits on the basis of the control signal.