Abstract: A computer implemented method includes executing a read-ahead operation by reading data from a tape according to a read plan and storing said data in a ring buffer, determining whether the ring buffer is full, receiving a command indicating an area to be read according to the read plan, and, responsive to receiving the command, reading data from an area of the list of areas to be read corresponding to the command from the ring buffer. The method may further include executing additional read-ahead operations until the ring buffer is full. A computer program product and computer system corresponding to the method are also disclosed.

Abstract: The present invention reduces security risks while improving the convenience of utilization control technology of an usage target object. A use permit issuance device (1): stores, for each user, authentication data and an authentication method in association with identification information of one or more users and upon receipt of a use permit issuance request from a setting terminal (5), issues a use permit to generate a signature, and identifies the authentication data associated with the user identification information and the authentication method included in the issuance request, and notifies the setting terminal (5) of setting information including the use permit, the signature and the authentication data. The setting terminal (5) registers the setting information in a use permit notification device (4).

Abstract: An approach for deleting a file from a primary file system. The approach deletes a directory entry, associated with a file, from an in-memory index associated with a secondary file system. The approach updates an index cache associated with a secondary file system, based on the in-memory index. The approach updates a dirty flag, associated with the secondary file system, to a value of TRUE.

Abstract: An optical system (LS) includes lenses (L22,L23) satisfying the following conditional expressions, ndLZ+(0.01425×?dLZ)<2.12, and ?dLZ<35.0, where ndLZ: a refractive index of the lens with reference to d-line, and ?dLZ: Abbe number of the lens with reference to d-line.

Abstract: A touch panel system includes a touch panel, a cover member overlapping the touch panel, and a controller. The controller includes a position detection unit configured to detect a position of a pointer, based on a signal value obtained from a position detection electrode, an amplification processing unit configured to perform amplification processing on at least one signal value in a pressing force detection range corresponding to the position of the pointer detected by the position detection unit among signal values obtained from a pressing force detection electrode, and a pressing force detection unit configured to calculate magnitude of a pressing force generated by the pointer, based on a signal value after the amplification processing being a signal value in the pressing force detection range including a signal value obtained by amplification by the amplification processing unit.

Abstract: An information processing apparatus includes an annealing control unit, a spin interaction memory, a random number generation unit, and a spin state update unit and obtains a solution by using an Ising model. The annealing control unit controls an annealing step and a parameter of a temperature and a parameter of a self-action. The spin interaction memory stores the interaction coefficient of a spin. The random number generation unit generates a predetermined random number. The spin state update unit includes a spin buffer that stores values of a plurality of spins, an instantaneous magnetic field calculation unit that calculates instantaneous magnetic fields of the plurality of spins, a probability calculation unit that calculates update probabilities of the plurality of spins, and a spin state determination unit that updates the values of the spins based on the update probabilities and a random number.

Abstract: A method for producing a flared or lap joint including a steel sheet and an aluminum-based sheet material through brazing, wherein a preceding laser beam irradiates ahead of a steel sheet joining position and the aluminum-based sheet material in the joining direction to preheat a joining position, an electrically-heated aluminum-based filler wire feeds to the joining position, a following laser beam is irradiated behind the filler wire so the wire melts performin brazing, and the filler wire is fed with a tilt ranging from 0°?D?19° to a front or rear side in the joining direction with respect to a line passing through a groove center of the flared joint and is perpendicular to the joining direction, so that a flared joint or lap joint including a steel sheet and aluminum-based sheet material is produced without appearance defects of a bead and with a sufficient joint strength.

Abstract: A power transmission device includes power transmission coils arranged in a line, a power transmission circuit connected to the power transmission coils, and control circuitry that switches an electrical connection between the power transmission circuit and each power transmission coil, detects a relative position between the power receiving coil and each power transmission coil, selects two or more power transmission coils adjacent to each other based on the detected relative position, and causes the power transmission circuit to supply the AC power to the selected two or more power transmission coils. In an array direction of the power transmission coils, a width Dwt of each power transmission coil is shorter than a width Dwr of the power receiving coil. In a direction perpendicular to the array direction, a width Dlt of each power transmission coil is equal to or longer than a width Dlr of the power receiving coil.

Abstract: According to one embodiment, a sensor device includes a panel and a control circuit. The panel includes an insulating layer, a first electrode, and a second electrode. The control circuit including a first circuit including a timing control circuit and a first amplifier, and a second circuit including a detection circuit connected to a floating ground line. During a first sensing drive period, the first output unit outputs a first synchronization signal, the timing control circuit outputs a second synchronization signal, the first amplifier provides the amplified second synchronization signal to each of the floating ground line and the first electrode, and the detector reads a change in a sensor signal.

Abstract: Disclosed is an absorbent body for an absorbent article comprising 1) a water permeable topsheet; 2) a water impermeable backsheet; 3) an absorbent core disposed between the topsheet and the backsheet; and 4) a composite isolation sheet bonded to the wearer facing side of the topsheet.

Abstract: Disclosed is an Fe-based electroplated steel sheet including: a Si-containing cold-rolled steel sheet containing Si in an amount of 0.1 mass % or more and 3.0 mass % or less; and an Fe-based electroplating layer formed on at least one surface of the Si-containing cold-rolled steel sheet with a coating weight per surface of 5.0 g/m2 or more, in which in an intensity profile measured by glow discharge optical emission spectrometry, a peak of emission intensity at wavelengths indicating Si is detected within a range from a surface of the Fe-based electroplating layer to more than 0.2 ?m in a thickness direction and not more than a thickness of the Fe-based electroplating layer, and an average value of C concentration in a region ranging from 10 ?m to 20 ?m in the thickness direction from the surface of the Fe-based electroplating layer is 0.10 mass % or less.

Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a photodetection device and an electronic apparatus that allow for reducing surface reflection from an on-chip microlens and suppressing deterioration of image quality. Provided is a photodetection device including: a plurality of pixels that have photoelectric conversion units; on-chip microlenses that are formed in such a way as to correspond to the individual pixels; and an antireflection film that is formed on a surface of the on-chip microlens, in which the antireflection film is constituted by a stacking of: a first inorganic film that is formed by a metal oxide film; and a second inorganic film that is formed on a surface of the first inorganic film and has a lower refractive index than the first inorganic film. The present disclosure can be applied to, for example, a CMOS solid-state imaging device.

Abstract: Disclosed is an absorbent body comprising: 1) a water permeable topsheet; 2) a water impermeable backsheet; 3) an absorbent core disposed between the topsheet and the backsheet; and 4) a composite isolation sheet bonded to the wearer facing side of the topsheet. The composite isolation sheet comprises: a) a pair of inner cuffs having a pair of side edges which are elasticized in the longitudinal direction; b) a front portion or a back portion; and c) a longitudinal elastic element disposed on the front portion or the back portion. The longitudinal elastic element extends substantially in the longitudinal direction.

Abstract: A power transmission device includes: a case including a first oil reservoir configured to be able to store oil, a second oil reservoir configured to be able to store the oil, and a partition wall configured to separate the first oil reservoir and the second oil reservoir; the oil sealed in the case; a rotating member configured to be able to be in contact with the oil in the first oil reservoir; and an oil supplying unit configured to be able to supply the oil in the second oil reservoir to the first oil reservoir. The oil supplying unit is configured to be able to adjust an amount of the oil in the second oil reservoir supplied to the first oil reservoir.

Abstract: The present invention reduces security risks while improving convenience in a utilization control technique of a usage target object. A utilization control device (1) can communicate only via Near Field Communication, and is separated from a network. And in the utilization control device (1), a hole data including a public key is set. In a use permit notification device (2), a use permit and signature are registered for each user ID. The signature is generated by using a private key paired with the public key included in the hole data. The use permit notification device (2) sends the use permit and signature in connection with the ID read from an ID card (3) to the utilization control device (1) via the Near Field Communication.

Abstract: The purpose of the present invention is to provide a fiber-reinforced resin material having minimal directionality of strength as well as excellent productivity, a method and device for manufacturing a fiber-reinforced resin material whereby a molded article is obtained, and a device for inspecting a fiber bundle group. A method for manufacturing a sheet-shaped fiber-reinforced resin material in which a paste (P1) is impregnated between cut fiber bundles (CF), the method for manufacturing a fiber-reinforced resin material including a coating step applying a coating of a paste (P1) on a first sheet (S11) conveyed in a predetermined direction, a cutting step for cutting a long fiber bundle (CF) using a cutter (113A), a scattering step for dispersing the cut fiber bundles (CF) and scattering the cut fiber bundles (CF) on the paste (P1), and an impregnation step for pressing a fiber bundle group (F1) and the paste (P1) on the first sheet (S11) and impregnating the paste (P1) between the fiber bundles (CF).

Abstract: In an approach to improve magnetic tape file systems through tape-to-tape copying between nodes on a Linear Tape File System using a cluster-wide named pipe. Embodiments transfer data between a first node and a second node. Additionally, both the first node and the second node implement a parallel shared-disk file system through a data path for node data reading and writing from a shared-disk and to the shared-disk. Further, to transfer data between the first node and the second node, embodiments, write, by the first node, the data for tape-to-tape copy from a first tape drive to the shared-disk, and write, by the second node, the data written from the shared-disk to a second tape drive.

Abstract: An approach for deleting a file from a primary file system. The approach deletes a directory entry, associated with a file, from an in-memory index associated with a secondary file system. The approach updates an index cache associated with a secondary file system, based on the in-memory index. The approach updates a dirty flag, associated with the secondary file system, to a value of TRUE.

Abstract: There is provided with an image identification apparatus. An extraction unit extracts a feature value of an image from image data using a Neural Network (NN). A processing unit identifies the image based on the feature value extracted by the extraction unit. The NN comprises a plurality of calculation layers connected hierarchically. The NN includes a plurality of sub-neural networks for performing processing of calculation layers after a specific calculation layer. Mutually different data from an output of the specific calculation layer are respectively inputted to the plurality of sub-neural networks.

Abstract: It is made possible to perform data transmission through a cable satisfactorily. A cable is connected between first electronic equipment and second electronic equipment. The cable includes a current consumption unit that receives supply of current from the first electronic equipment through a power supply line, a current monitor unit that observes a current amount the first electronic equipment is capable of supplying to the power supply line, and an information transmission unit that transmits control information according to the observed current amount to the first electronic equipment. The first electronic equipment controls the state of data to be supplied to the cable, on the basis of the control information transmitted thereto from the cable.