Abstract: This disclosure provides an image processing apparatus which comprises a first generation unit configured to generate a plurality of images having an M-bit depth per pixel by inputting an input image having a bit depth of N bits, and clipping M-bit segments from mutually different positions within the N bits; a second generation unit including a neural network for an M-bit-depth image and configured to generate, by inputting the plurality of images generated by the first generation unit into the neural network, a plurality of output images corresponding to each of the plurality of images being input; and a third generation unit configured to generate an image having the N-bit depth from the plurality of output images generated by the second generation unit.

Abstract: A sheet conveyance device includes a roller by which a sheet having a wireless tag is conveyed along a path, a communication device configured to transmit a radio signal to the wireless tag and receive a response signal therefrom, and a processor configured to repeatedly perform a process of controlling the roller to convey a sheet along the path while controlling the communication device to transmit the radio signal to a wireless tag of the sheet using a transmission power that is different in each repeat, and acquire a strength of the response signal from the wireless tag, and specify a minimum strength of the response signal that has been acquired in the repeated process, the minimum strength being equal to or greater than a threshold, and set a transmission power that has been used when the minimum strength has been acquired as a reference strength of the radio signal.

Abstract: An image sensor comprises: a pixel region including a plurality of microlenses arranged in a matrix, and a plurality of photoelectric conversion portions provided for each of the microlenses; a plurality of amplifiers that apply a plurality of different gains to signals output from the pixel region; and a scanning circuit that scans the pixel region so that a partial signal and an added signal are read out, the partial signal being a signal from some of the plurality of photoelectric conversion portions, and the added signal being a signal obtained by adding the signals from the plurality of photoelectric conversion portions.

Abstract: A communication apparatus includes an antenna, an actuator assembly, a transducer, and a controller. The actuator assembly is configured to move the antenna in two dimensions relative to a space configured to contain a wireless tag. The transducer is configured to provide phase data indicating a phase of a signal transmitted from the wireless tag in at least (a) a first detection condition in which the antenna has a first position relative to the space and (b) a second detection condition in which the antenna has a second position relative to the space. The controller is configured to determine whether the wireless tag is located inside of the space based on the phase data.

Abstract: The semiconductor device according to the present invention includes a semiconductor module, a cooling member, and a heat transfer member. The semiconductor module includes a switching element and a diode connected in antiparallel to each other. The heat transfer member is disposed between the semiconductor module and the cooling member so as to transfer heat generated by the switching element and the diode to the cooling member. The heat transfer member has a mounting surface on which the switching element and the diode are mounted side by side and a surface which is opposite to the mounting surface and is disposed in contact with the cooling member. In the heat transfer member, the thermal conductivity in a first direction parallel to the mounting surface is higher than the thermal conductivity in a second direction perpendicular to the mounting surface.

Abstract: The present invention provides an intermediate compound for easily producing a compound having an azaperylene skeleton. Another object of the present invention is to provide a method for easily producing a compound having an azaperylene skeleton. The compound of the present invention is a compound represented by Formula (I), or a compound represented by Formula (II).

Abstract: An image sensor comprises: a pixel region including a plurality of microlenses arranged in a matrix, and a plurality of photoelectric conversion portions provided for each of the microlenses; a plurality of amplifiers that apply a plurality of different gains to signals output from the pixel region; and a scanning circuit that scans the pixel region so that a partial signal and an added signal are read out, the partial signal being a signal from some of the plurality of photoelectric conversion portions, and the added signal being a signal obtained by adding the signals from the plurality of photoelectric conversion portions.

Abstract: A generation unit generates a background separation image in which regions of a captured image are classified as a foreground region, a background region, and an unknown region, based on distance distribution information obtained from a plurality of parallax images. An output unit outputs the captured image and the background separation image. A region in which a distance in the distance distribution information is within a first range is classified as the foreground region. A region in which a distance in the distance distribution information is outside a second range broader than the first range is classified as the background region. A region in which a distance in the distance distribution information is outside the first range and inside the second range is classified as the unknown region.

Abstract: A catalyst having an excellent oxygen reduction catalytic ability, and showing excellent durability when used for an electrode for fuel cells and metal-air batteries; and a production method of a catalyst having an excellent oxygen reduction catalytic ability, and showing excellent durability when used for an electrode for fuel cells and metal-air batteries are provided. The production method of a catalyst includes: a step (a) of dissolving a metal complex in a solvent to prepare a solution; a step (b) of dispersing a conductive powder in the solution to prepare a dispersion liquid; and a step (c) of removing the solvent from the dispersion liquid, in which a complex is formed by adsorbing the metal complex on a surface of the conductive powder to use the complex as a catalyst.

Abstract: An image capturing apparatus comprises an image sensor that outputs a first added signal and a first average partial signal amplified by a first gain, and a second added signal and a second averaged partial signal amplified by a second gain, a processing unit that generates a third added signal by synthesizing the first and second added signals with a first ratio and a third averaged partial signal by synthesizing the first and second averaged partial signals with a second or third ratio, a determination unit that determines the first ratio based on the first or second added signal and determines the second ratio based on the first ratios, and changes the second ratio of a pixel group that includes a pixel corresponding to the saturated first or second added signal to the third ratio, which is not based on the first ratio.

Abstract: A sheet conveyance device includes a roller by which a sheet having a wireless tag is conveyed along a path, a communication device configured to transmit a radio signal to the wireless tag and receive a response signal therefrom, and a processor configured to repeatedly perform a process of controlling the roller to convey a sheet along the path while controlling the communication device to transmit the radio signal to a wireless tag of the sheet using a transmission power that is different in each repeat, and acquire a strength of the response signal from the wireless tag, and specify a minimum strength of the response signal that has been acquired in the repeated process, the minimum strength being equal to or greater than a threshold, and set a transmission power that has been used when the minimum strength has been acquired as a reference strength of the radio signal.

Abstract: A wireless tag communication device includes a communication interface device configured to communicate with a wireless tag attached to or included in a sheet conveyed along a conveyance direction in a printer, and a controller configured to acquire light reception information indicating a time period in which light emitted towards the sheet has been blocked by the wireless tag during conveyance of the sheet, compare the acquired light reception information to reference information and determine a direction of the wireless tag with respect to the conveyance direction, determine a polarization direction of a radio wave to be transmitted to the wireless tag based on the determined orientation direction of the wireless tag, and control the communication interface device to transmit to the wireless tag the radio wave having the determined polarization direction.

Abstract: A wireless tag communication device includes a communication interface device configured to communicate with a wireless tag attached to or included in a sheet conveyed along a conveyance direction in a printer, and a controller configured to acquire light reception information indicating a time period in which light emitted towards the sheet has been blocked by the wireless tag during conveyance of the sheet, compare the acquired light reception information to reference information and determine a direction of the wireless tag with respect to the conveyance direction, determine a polarization direction of a radio wave to be transmitted to the wireless tag based on the determined orientation direction of the wireless tag, and control the communication interface device to transmit to the wireless tag the radio wave having the determined polarization direction.

Abstract: A power conversion unit includes a plurality of semiconductor modules, a gate drive circuit, a first substrate having a flat plate shape, and a second substrate having a flat plate shape. The first substrate has a first surface facing a bottom plate of a casing accommodating the semiconductor modules and the gate drive circuit, and a second surface on an opposite side to the first surface. The second substrate is arranged above the first substrate in parallel with the second surface. The semiconductor modules are mounted on the first surface. The gate drive circuit is formed on a surface of the second substrate on a side that does not face the second surface. The power conversion unit further includes a connector provided on the second surface and connected to a surface on a side facing the second substrate.

Abstract: An object of the present invention is to provide a composition capable of manufacturing an organic thin film transistor having excellent carrier mobility even under low temperature conditions. The composition of the present invention contains a compound represented by Formula (1) and an alcohol represented by Formula (S1).

Abstract: An image sensor comprises: a pixel region including a plurality of microlenses arranged in a matrix, and a plurality of photoelectric conversion portions provided for each of the microlenses; a plurality of amplifiers that apply a plurality of different gains to signals output from the pixel region; and a scanning circuit that scans the pixel region so that a partial signal and an added signal are read out, the partial signal being a signal from some of the plurality of photoelectric conversion portions, and the added signal being a signal obtained by adding the signals from the plurality of photoelectric conversion portions.

Abstract: An image sensor comprises: a pixel region including a plurality of microlenses arranged in a matrix, and a plurality of photoelectric conversion portions provided for each of the microlenses; a plurality of amplifiers that apply a plurality of different gains to signals output from the pixel region; and a scanning circuit that scans the pixel region so that a partial signal and an added signal are read out, the partial signal being a signal from some of the plurality of photoelectric conversion portions, and the added signal being a signal obtained by adding the signals from the plurality of photoelectric conversion portions.

Abstract: An image capturing apparatus comprises an image sensor that outputs a first added signal and a first average partial signal amplified by a first gain, and a second added signal and a second averaged partial signal amplified by a second gain, a processing unit that generates a third added signal by synthesizing the first and second added signals with a first ratio and a third averaged partial signal by synthesizing the first and second averaged partial signals with a second or third ratio, a determination unit that determines the first ratio based on the first or second added signal and determines the second ratio based on the first ratios, and changes the second ratio of a pixel group that includes a pixel corresponding to the saturated first or second added signal to the third ratio, which is not based on the first ratio.

Abstract: The semiconductor device according to the present invention includes a semiconductor module, a cooling member, and a heat transfer member. The semiconductor module includes a switching element and a diode connected in antiparallel to each other. The heat transfer member is disposed between the semiconductor module and the cooling member so as to transfer heat generated by the switching element and the diode to the cooling member. The heat transfer member has a mounting surface on which the switching element and the diode are mounted side by side and a surface which is opposite to the mounting surface and is disposed in contact with the cooling member. In the heat transfer member, the thermal conductivity in a first direction parallel to the mounting surface is higher than the thermal conductivity in a second direction perpendicular to the mounting surface.

Abstract: When image data having a size larger than a size transmittable in a predetermined format is to be transmitted, an image transmission apparatus divides the image data in a raster scanning direction in a unit of a predetermined number of pixels and sequentially allocates the image data of the unit of a predetermined number of pixels to a plurality of divided images in an order of the raster scanning direction to divide the image data into the plurality of divided images, and outputs the plurality of divided images through a plurality of transmission paths.