Abstract: The external additive for toner includes an external additive particle containing: a base particle A; and a plurality of convex forming particles B each configured to form a convex portion on a surface of the base particle A. The base particle A and the convex forming particles B are particles each containing a silicon compound having a siloxane bond, and a chemical bond is formed between the base particle A and each of the convex forming particles B. The base particle A and the convex forming particles B each have a total content of the following unit (a), unit (b), and unit (c) of 80 mass % or more and 100 mass % or less: where R1 and R2 each represent an alkyl group having 1 or more and 6 or less carbon atoms.

Abstract: A reward determination system determines distribution of a reward received from a data user to reward distribution targets in a platform for distribution and utilization of biological data provided by data providers. Each reward distribution target has: development task information obtained by quantifying a workload of a task required for developing the platform into numbers; data provision task information obtained by quantifying a workload of a task required for providing the biological data into numbers; and data processing task information obtained by quantifying a workload of a task required for processing the biological data into numbers. A reliability parameter and a contribution parameter of each task are calculated based on the development task information, the data provision task information, and the data processing task information on each task, and a reward to be allocated is determined for each reward distribution target based on the reliability parameter and the contribution parameter.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a transdermal absorption preparation that can maintain a blood concentration sufficient to exert the efficacy of tandospirone, and also shows good storage stability against heat, humidity, and light. According to the present invention, a transdermal absorption preparation containing tandospirone or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof, and levulinic acid, which is superior in the skin permeability of tandospirone or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof in the preparation, and shows good preservation stability against heat and light can be provided.

Abstract: A display device to be disposed in front of eyes of a user includes a display unit having a right-eye region and a left-eye region, a detector configured to detect detection information enabling estimation of a direction of a line of sight of the user, a setting unit configured to set display region information indicating display regions of the right-eye and left-eye regions, and a controller configured to output the display region information and the detection information to a control device. After receiving an image including a right-eye image and a left-eye image corresponding to the display regions indicated by the display region information from the control device, the controller displays the received right-eye image in the display region of the right-eye region indicated by the display region information, and display the received left-eye image in the display region of the left-eye region indicated by the display region information.

Abstract: A driving assistance device sets, in front of an own vehicle, an actuation region that is a region sandwiched by boundary lines, positioned at left and right, respectively. In a case where a target existing around the own vehicle has entered the actuation region, the device performs driving assistance for avoiding collision with the target or mitigating collision damage. The device, when setting the actuation region, in a case where the own vehicle is in a turning state, changes a lateral position of a boundary line in an outside in a turning direction of the own vehicle, of the left and right boundary lines of the actuation region, to a position closer to the own vehicle according to turning information. For a boundary line in an inside in a turning direction of the own vehicle, the device does not change a lateral position according to the turning information.

Abstract: A display device to be disposed in front of eyes of a user includes a display unit having a right-eye region and a left-eye region, a detector configured to detect detection information enabling estimation of a direction of a line of sight of the user, a setting unit configured to set display region information indicating display regions of the right-eye and left-eye regions, and a controller configured to output the display region information and the detection information to a control device. After receiving an image including a right-eye image and a left-eye image corresponding to the display regions indicated by the display region information from the control device, the controller displays the received right-eye image in the display region of the right-eye region indicated by the display region information, and display the received left-eye image in the display region of the left-eye region indicated by the display region information.

Abstract: According to an aspect, a display system includes: a display device attached to VR goggles; and an information processing device configured to output an image to the display device. The display device includes a sensor configured to supply a detection signal indicating a motion of the display device, and a display part. The information processing device includes an information processor configured to receive information detected by the sensor of the display device and generate an image signal based on the received information. The display part of the display device displays an image based on the image signal generated by the information processor.

Abstract: A radar device includes a transmitting unit, a receiving unit, and a signal processor. The transmitting unit transmits a radar wave. The receiving unit mixes the received incoming wave with the radar wave to generate a beat signal. The signal processor executes a target detection process to detect a target having reflected the radar wave. In the target detection process, a signal value is extracted from the beat signal generated by the receiving unit for each of specified times, the specified time being a reciprocal of a DC component frequency, an approximation curve of a plurality of the signal values is calculated as a DC component signal, and the calculated DC component signal is subtracted from the beat signal to generate a target signal. Based on a result of frequency analysis performed on the target signal, a target that is a source of the incoming wave is detected.

Abstract: A vehicle control apparatus accumulates a history of timings of avoidance operations performed by a driver of with respect to objects that are at prescribed distances ahead of a host vehicle, and calculates a distribution of the timings of the avoidance operations. Based on the distribution of the timings of the avoidance operations, the vehicle control apparatus sets the output timing of a warning to the driver such that interference does not occur between the avoidance operation and an avoidance operation that is actually performed by the driver, and furthermore the vehicle control apparatus judges the risk of a collision with the host vehicle, with the judgement based on the position of an object that is ahead of the host vehicle, and changes the output timing of the warning based on results of the judgement of risk.

Abstract: An object detection apparatus includes a fusion target generation section that generates a fusion target by combining first target information, which is acquired as a reflected wave of a carrier wave, of an object present ahead of an own vehicle and second target information, which is acquired by image processing by an imaging unit, of the object present ahead of the own vehicle, and that detects the object by using the fusion target.

Abstract: A CPU in a deceleration determination device detects a probability of whether the own vehicle will collide with a preceding vehicle. The CPU determines a first deceleration of the own vehicle when detecting that the own vehicle will collide with the preceding vehicle and the preceding vehicle accelerates at a first acceleration. The CPU determines a second deceleration of the own vehicle when detecting that the own vehicle will collide with the preceding vehicle and the preceding vehicle accelerates at a second acceleration. A magnitude of the second acceleration is greater than a magnitude of the first acceleration. The second deceleration is smaller than the first deceleration.

Abstract: A control device controls a collision mitigation operation of a collision mitigation device applied to a vehicle. The control device includes: a determination unit that determines the probability of a collision between the vehicle and an object on the basis of the position of the object detected by a detection device and a history of positions of the object; an execution unit that causes the collision mitigation device to execute the collision mitigation operation in response to determining that the probability of a collision is higher than a predetermined value; and a condition changing unit that executes, in response to determining that the detected object is a pedestrian or bicycle emerging rapidly from behind a stationary object, a condition changing process for making a change such that the determination unit determines the probability of a collision without using the history of positions of the object.

Abstract: A driving assistance device sets, in front of an own vehicle, an actuation region that is a region sandwiched by boundary lines, positioned at left and right, respectively. In a case where a target existing around the own vehicle has entered the actuation region, the device performs driving assistance for avoiding collision with the target or mitigating collision damage. The device, when setting the actuation region, in a case where the own vehicle is in a turning state, changes a lateral position of a boundary line in an outside in a turning direction of the own vehicle, of the left and right boundary lines of the actuation region, to a position closer to the own vehicle according to turning information. For a boundary line in an inside in a turning direction of the own vehicle, the device does not change a lateral position according to the turning information.

Abstract: A vehicle control apparatus accumulates a history of timings of avoidance operations performed by a driver of with respect to objects that are at prescribed distances ahead of a host vehicle, and calculates a distribution of the timings of the avoidance operations. Based on the distribution of the timings of the avoidance operations, the vehicle control apparatus sets the output timing of a warning to the driver such that interference does not occur between the avoidance operation and an avoidance operation that is actually performed by the driver, and furthermore the vehicle control apparatus judges the risk of a collision with the host vehicle, with the judgement based on the position of an object that is ahead of the host vehicle, and changes the output timing of the warning based on results of the judgement of risk.

Abstract: An object detection apparatus includes a fusion target generation section that generates a fusion target by combining first target information, which is acquired as a reflected wave of a carrier wave, of an object present ahead of an own vehicle and second target information, which is acquired by image processing by an imaging unit, of the object present ahead of the own vehicle, and that detects the object by using the fusion target.

Abstract: A radar device includes a transmitting unit, a receiving unit, and a signal processor. The transmitting unit transmits a radar wave. The receiving unit mixes the received incoming wave with the radar wave to generate a beat signal. The signal processor executes a target detection process to detect a target having reflected the radar wave. In the target detection process, a signal value is extracted from the beat signal generated by the receiving unit for each of specified times, the specified time being a reciprocal of a DC lo component frequency, an approximation curve of a plurality of the signal values is calculated as a DC component signal, and the calculated DC component signal is subtracted from the beat signal to generate a target signal. Based on a result of frequency analysis performed on the target signal, a target that is a source of the incoming wave is detected.

Abstract: Provided is a methylphenidate patch preparation superior in the stability of a drug (methylphenidate and/or a salt thereof) in the patch preparation, skin permeability of a drug during use of the patch preparation, and methylphenidate availability. A patch preparation having a support and an adhesive layer formed on at least one surface of the support, wherein the adhesive layer contains methylphenidate and/or a salt thereof, polyisobutylene and a liquid plasticizer. The liquid plasticizer preferably has an HLB value of 1.0-3.3.

Abstract: A detergent composition for metal according to the present invention contains a specific non-ionic surfactant, a specific nitrogen-containing organic compound, a specific carboxylic acid or salt thereof, and a specific alkanol amine, and has a pH of at least 9 that is measured at 25° C. when the detergent composition is diluted to 1% by mass of an aqueous solution. According to the present invention, the detergent composition for metal having excellent corrosion inhibition properties, excellent effluent treatment properties, excellent foaming suppressing properties and excellent liquid stability in addition to high detergent properties for metal, can be provided.

Abstract: A detergent composition for metal according to the present invention contains a specific non-ionic surfactant, a specific nitrogen-containing organic compound, a specific carboxylic acid or salt thereof, and a specific alkanol amine, and has a pH of at least 9 that is measured at 25° C. when the detergent composition is diluted to 1% by mass of an aqueous solution. According to the present invention, the detergent composition for metal having excellent corrosion inhibition properties, excellent effluent treatment properties, excellent foaming suppressing properties and excellent liquid stability in addition to high detergent properties for metal, can be provided.