Abstract: A component mounting device is configured to mount, on a substrate, an electronic component having a functional unit. The component mounting device includes a component supply mechanism, a recognition unit, a component mounting mechanism, and a holding position determination unit. The component supply mechanism supplies the electronic component. The recognition unit recognizes a position of the functional unit. The component mounting mechanism holds the electronic component supplied from the component supply mechanism and mounts the electronic component on the substrate. The holding position determination unit determines a holding position of the electronic component by the component mounting mechanism based on the position of the functional unit recognized by the recognition unit.

Abstract: One embodiment provides a method, including: capturing, using at least one camera sensor coupled to an information handling device, an image of a location; identifying, based upon analysis of the captured image, at least one user position in the location; determining, using a processor, whether a beamforming setting for a microphone array is optimized for the at least one user position; and adjusting, responsive to determining that the beamforming setting for the microphone array is not optimized for the at least one user position, the beamforming setting to an optimized beamforming setting. Other aspects are described and claimed.

Abstract: A page write operation is performed to hold positive hole groups generated by an impact ionization phenomenon, in a channel semiconductor layer of a memory cell and a page erase operation is performed to remove the positive hole groups out of the channel semiconductor layer. a refresh operation is performed to return the voltage of the channel semiconductor layer of a selected word line to a first data retention voltage thereby forming the positive hole groups by an impact ionization phenomenon in the channel semiconductor layer of the memory cell in which a voltage of the channel semiconductor layer is set to the first data retention voltage using the page write operation. The refresh operation is performed, with a switch circuit kept in a nonconducting state, concurrently with a page read operation of reading page data of a first memory cell group belonging to a first page.

Abstract: A viewing angle-controlling liquid crystal panel sequentially includes a first polarizing plate; a first liquid crystal panel; a second polarizing plate; a second liquid crystal panel; and a third polarizing plate, wherein an azimuthal angle ?P1 of the absorption axis of the first polarizing plate, an azimuthal angle ?1 of a director of liquid crystal molecules near the first substrate and an azimuthal angle ?2 of a director of liquid crystal molecules near the second substrate in the first liquid crystal panel, an azimuthal angle ?P2 of the absorption axis of the second polarizing plate, an azimuthal angle ?3 of a director of liquid crystal molecules near the third substrate and an azimuthal angle ?4 of a director of liquid crystal molecules near the fourth substrate in the second liquid crystal panel, and an azimuthal angle ?P3 of the absorption axis of the third polarizing plate satisfy specific formulas.

Abstract: The present disclosure relates to an information processing device and a method capable of suppressing a reduction in encoding efficiency of point cloud data. As for a point cloud representing an object having a three-dimensional shape as a point group, position information of a point to be processed is predicted on the basis of position information of a reference point, position information of a prediction point is generated, a difference between the generated position information of the prediction point and the position information of the point to be processed is derived, the derived difference is encoded, and a bitstream is generated. The present disclosure may be applied to, for example, an information processing device, an electronic device, an information processing method, a program or the like.

Abstract: A positive electrode active material containing a lithium metal composite oxide composed of secondary particles formed by aggregated primary particles, comprising lithium, at least one metal element and at least one additive element, the lithium metal composite oxide having a crystal structure of layered rock salt structure and the metal element including nickel in a content of 60 to 90 atomic percent and the additive element including boron in content of more than 1.0 atomic percent and 6.0 atomic percent or less, the nickel content and the boron content each with respect to the sum of the metal element and the additive element, the porosity of the secondary particles being 8% or more and 20% or less; a non-aqueous electrolyte secondary battery containing the positive electrode active material; and a process for producing the positive electrode active material.

Abstract: A specimen machining device includes an ion source which irradiates a specimen with an ion beam, a first rotating body (specimen holder) that holds the specimen and is rotatable about a first axis serving as a rotation axis, and a second rotating body on which the first rotating body is disposed and which is rotatable about a second axis serving as a rotation axis different from the first axis. The specimen machining device irradiates the specimen with the ion beam while moving the specimen by the rotation of the first rotating body and the rotation of the second rotating body.

Abstract: When molding surfaces (50A) of a pair of dies (50) are to be cleaned by air-blowing, air is blown towards the molding surfaces (50A) from blowing nozzles (22A) of a cleaning blowing function portion (22) while a moving body (16) is reciprocatingly moved by driving force of a driving mechanism (18). When a parting agent is to be applied to the molding surfaces (50A) of the pair of dies (50), the mold release agent is jetted out towards the molding surfaces (50A) from spraying nozzles (24A) of a parting agent application function portion (24) while the moving body (16) is reciprocatingly moved by the driving force of the driving mechanism (18). In both of these situations, at the same time as the treatment of the molding surfaces (50A), a cleaning brush (32) reciprocatingly moves together with the moving body (16) and sweeps a device floor surface (12).

Abstract: A joint according to one aspect of the disclosure includes: a joint body having an input gear meshing with a speed reduction mechanism, the joint body receiving an output shaft of a motor detachably coupled to the joint body; a motor flange disposed between the speed reduction mechanism and the motor and rotatably supporting the joint body; and an intermediate flange connecting between the motor flange and the motor. At least one fixing member for fixing the joint body and the output shaft to each other is provided at at least one position in the joint body that overlaps with the intermediate flange as viewed from a radial direction. The intermediate flange is formed as an annulus surrounding the joint body by a plurality of split pieces that can be split in a circumferential direction.

Abstract: A sheet folding device includes a sheet conveyance path, first and second side plates, a first folding roller pair, a first folding guide, and a guide drive mechanism. The first folding guide is reciprocatable between a folding position and a retracted position, and includes a guide main body and first and second arms provided respectively at both ends of the guide main body. The guide drive mechanism includes a drive source provided on the first side plate, a first drive transmission portion that transmits a drive force of the drive source to the first arm, a second drive transmission portion that transmits the drive force to the second arm, and a drive coupling portion that couples the first drive transmission portion to the second drive transmission portion and transmits the drive force from the first drive transmission portion to the second drive transmission portion.

Abstract: To provide a display device capable of performing image processing. Each pixel is provided with a memory circuit in which desired correction data is retained. The correction data is generated by calculation in an external device and written to each pixel. The correction data is added to image data by capacitive coupling and supplied to a display element. Thus, the display element can display a corrected image. Through the correction, image upconversion can be performed, or image quality decreased because of variations in pixel transistor characteristics can be corrected.

Abstract: A vehicle display control device, includes a memory; and a processor coupled to the memory. The processor is configured to cause a display unit provided in a vehicle cabin to display an inducement image requesting that an occupant grip a steering wheel in a case in which it is necessary for the occupant to grip the steering wheel, and cause the display unit to display the inducement image more prominently in a case of requesting that the occupant grip the steering wheel before the vehicle switches from an autonomous driving mode to a manual driving mode as the vehicle is continuing to drive autonomously, than in a case of requesting that the occupant continue to grip the steering wheel as the vehicle is continuing to drive autonomously.

Abstract: An electrostatic separator separates conductive particles from raw materials includes: a container with a raw material layer; a gas dispersion plate at the bottom of the raw material layer; at least one vibrating body in the raw material layer flush with the gas dispersion plate or above it; a fluidization gas supplier introduced from the container bottom into the raw material layer flows upward through the gas dispersion plate; an upper electrode above the raw material layer; a lower electrode in the raw material layer, the lower electrode being flush with the gas dispersion plate or above it; a power supply applies a voltage between the upper and lower electrode wherein one becomes a negative electrode, the other becomes a positive electrode, and an electric field is generated between them; and a capturer captures conductive particles that have flown out of the raw material layer surface toward the upper electrode.

Abstract: A display image to be displayed on a display unit is obtained in accordance with motion of a viewpoint of a driver, on the basis of a captured image obtained by capturing an image on a rear side from a vehicle, when a line-of-sight of the driver is in a certain region including the display unit. For example, the display image is obtained in accordance with a deviation of a viewpoint position of the driver from a reference viewpoint position. For example, the reference viewpoint position is updated on the basis of a long-term fluctuation of the viewpoint position. For example, the reference viewpoint position is not updated when a line-of-sight of the driver is in a certain region including a display unit that displays a display image.

Abstract: A marking pen, comprising: a shaft cylinder; a porous pen core accommodated in the shaft cylinder, and configured to project from, and retract into, an opening part provided at a tip end of the shaft cylinder; an inner cotton accommodated in the shaft cylinder, and filled with an aqueous ink composition to be fed to the pen core, the aqueous ink composition including a water soluble organic solvent in an amount of from 20 mass % to 60 mass %; and a delivery mechanism configured to cause a tip end of the pen core to project from, and retract into, the opening part.

Abstract: A coating liquid containing metal as a metal-containing coating liquid is supplied to a surface to be processed of a substrate by a coating processing unit, whereby a metal-containing coating film is formed on the surface to be processed. The substrate on which the metal-containing coating film has been formed is transported to a metal removal unit by a transport mechanism. A removal liquid for dissolving the metal is supplied to a peripheral portion of the substrate by the metal removal unit such that the metal-containing coating film remains in a region except for the peripheral portion of the surface to be processed of the substrate.

Abstract: According to one embodiment, a display device includes a first substrate, a second substrate, a sealant formed bonding the first substrate with the second substrate, a liquid crystal layer surrounded by the sealant, and a light emitting module. The sealant includes a first portion, a second portion opposed to the first portion with the liquid crystal layer sandwiched therebetween, an inlet formed in the second portion, and a filling material filled in the inlet. The liquid crystal layer is arranged over a display area where an image is displayed, a first area between the display area and the first portion, and a second area between the display area and the second portion, in plan view. A first width of the first area is larger than a width of the second area.

Abstract: There is provided an imaging lens with excellent optical characteristics which satisfies demand of wide field of view, low-profileness and low F-number. An imaging lens comprises, in order from an object side to an image side, a first lens with positive refractive power having an object-side surface being convex in a paraxial region, a second lens with negative refractive power in a paraxial region, a third lens, a fourth lens being a double-sided aspheric lens, a fifth lens, a sixth lens having an image-side surface being concave in a paraxial region, and a seventh lens with negative refractive power having an image-side surface being concave in a paraxial region, wherein the image-side surface of the seventh lens is an aspheric surface having at least one pole point in a position off the optical axis, and predetermined conditional expressions are satisfied.

Abstract: A thermopile sensor includes a thermopile. The thermopile is formed by connecting thermocouples, in series on an insulating film, in which a first PolySi interconnect and a metal interconnect including a metal portion in at least a part thereof are connected, each of the thermocouples connected in series is arranged side by side with a predetermined gap, the metal interconnect is arranged to overlap the first PolySi interconnect in each of the thermocouples, at a connection portion between a thermocouple and an adjacent thermocouple, the metal interconnect crosses the gap between the first PolySi interconnects, and a first width of a portion of the gap where the metal interconnect crosses the gap between the first PolySi interconnects is greater than a second width of a remaining portion of the gap between the first PolySi interconnects.

Abstract: A waste material processing system of the present disclosure that places a waste material on a conveyance surface of a conveyance section, conveys the waste material in a conveyance line, and recycles the waste material, the system includes a detection section disposed on a downstream side of a removal area where foreign matters included in the waste material are removed in the conveyance line, and configured to detect the foreign matters remaining in the conveyed waste material.