Abstract: An electronic device comprises: a plurality of transmission antennas configured to transmit transmission waves; a plurality of reception antennas configured to receive reflected waves resulting from reflection of the transmission waves; and a controller configured to detect an object reflecting the transmission waves, based on a transmission signal transmitted as the transmission waves and a reception signal received as the reflected waves. The controller is configured to determine a band part used to transmit the transmission waves in a predetermined frequency band, depending on an incidence angle when the reception antennas receive the reflected waves.

Abstract: An electronic device comprises: a transmission antenna configured to transmit transmission waves; a reception antenna configured to receive reflected waves resulting from reflection of the transmission waves; and a controller. The controller is configured to detect an object reflecting the transmission waves, based on a transmission signal transmitted as the transmission waves and a reception signal received as the reflected waves. The controller is configured to make a range of detection of the object by the transmission signal and the reception signal, variable.

Abstract: An electronic device comprises: a transmission antenna configured to transmit transmission waves; a reception antenna configured to receive reflected waves resulting from reflection of the transmission waves; and a controller. The controller is configured to detect an object reflecting the transmission waves, based on a transmission signal transmitted as the transmission waves and a reception signal received as the reflected waves. The controller is configured to set a range of detection of the object, for each frame of the transmission waves.

Abstract: A reinforcing fiber tape material having a reinforcing fiber strand, used for resin injection molding, characterized in that the tape material is formed by being restrained and integrated with reinforcing fibers forming the reinforcing fiber strand or/and a plurality of reinforcing fiber strands with each other by a resin material arranged on at least one of surfaces of the reinforcing fiber strand and another resin material arranged on one of the surfaces different in softening point from the resin material, and both the resin materials have matrix resin permeability, a production method thereof, and a reinforcing fiber layered body and a fiber reinforced resin molded body using the reinforcing fiber tape material.

Abstract: A dry tape material for fiber placement includes a plurality of reinforcing fiber strands that satisfy (i) to (iii): (i) the reinforcing fiber strand has thicknesses T1 and T3 at both ends in a width direction of a section of the reinforcing fiber strand, and both T1 and T3 are 50 to 200% relative to a thickness T2 at a central portion of the reinforcing fiber strand, (ii) the reinforcing fiber strand has a number of filaments N and a width W that satisfy a relationship of 4.8<N/W<12, and (iii) the reinforcing fiber strand has a form kept by a first resin material having a glass transition temperature Tg or a melting point Tm of 40° C. to 200° C., the first resin material being heat-meltable, wherein the plurality of reinforcing fiber strands are bound and integrated with each other by a second resin material.

Abstract: A driving evaluation system includes an acquirer configured to acquire an operation state of a direction indicator and a relative position of a vehicle with respect to a traveling lane along which the vehicle travels, and an evaluator configured to refer to the relative position acquired and thereby evaluate a driver's skill in driving as higher as the vehicle travels at a position closer to the center of the traveling lane, the evaluator reducing an influence of the relative position of the vehicle on an evaluation during a first period from when the direction indicator is operated to be in an on state on the basis of the operation state of the direction indicator, and gradually reducing the influence during a second period shorter than the first period from when the direction indicator is operated to be in an on state.

Abstract: It is intended to provide a novel compound having high antitumor activity and low toxicity to normal cells.

Abstract: A sheet-like reinforcing fiber base material reduces waste in production of a fiber-reinforced resin molded product and has a small position shift of a reinforcing fiber base material for reinforcement, as well as a preform and a fiber-reinforced resin molded product. The sheet-like reinforcing fiber base material is configured to maintain a sheet-like form by arraying and arranging reinforcing fiber bundles such that longitudinal directions thereof are one identical direction and restraining positions of adjacent reinforcing fiber bundles with respect to each other. In the sheet-like reinforcing fiber base material, the placement amount of reinforcing fibers is partly increased, such that the placement weight of reinforcing fibers per unit area is non-uniform.

Abstract: A driving evaluation system includes an acquirer configured to acquire an operation state of a direction indicator and a relative position of a vehicle with respect to a traveling lane along, and an evaluator configured to refer to the relative position acquired and thereby evaluate a driver's skill in driving as higher as the vehicle travels at a position closer to the center of the traveling lane, the evaluator reducing an influence of the relative position of the vehicle on an evaluation during a first period from when the direction indicator is operated to be in an on state on the basis of the operation state of the direction indicator, and gradually reducing the influence during a second period shorter than the first period from when the direction indicator is operated to be in an on state.

Abstract: A notification system includes an acquirer configured to acquire acceleration of a vehicle and an operation state of a direction indicator, and a controller configured to cause an output unit to output a notification for prompting a user to suppress the acceleration of the vehicle in a case where the acceleration is equal to or more than a first predetermined value, the controller not performing the notification in a case where the acceleration is equal to or more than the first predetermined value and information that makes it possible to recognize that the direction indicator is operated is acquired.

Abstract: A driving evaluation system includes an approach determiner configured to determine whether a degree of approach between an object present in a periphery of a vehicle and the vehicle is a predetermined degree or more, a relative position acquirer configured to acquire a relative position of the vehicle with respect to a traveling lane along which the vehicle travels, and an evaluator configured to refer to the relative position acquired by the relative position acquirer and thereby evaluate a driver's skill in driving the vehicle as higher as the vehicle travels at a position closer to a center of the traveling lane, the evaluator excluding an interval in which it is determined by the approach determiner that the degree of approach is a predetermined degree or more from a target for evaluation.

Abstract: A dielectric composition contains barium titanate, an oxide of yttrium, and an oxide of magnesium. 0.70??/??1.10 is satisfied, where a content of the oxide of yttrium is ? mol part in terms of Y2O3, and a content of the oxide of magnesium is ? mol part in terms of MgO.

Abstract: A reinforced fiber sheet exhibits a stable shape and favorable bulking properties, a method of manufacturing same, and a fiber-reinforced resin molded body. The reinforced fiber sheet includes a plurality of reinforced fiber bundles arranged in one direction, wherein first and second reinforced fiber bundle layers, in which there is no direct binding force between reinforced fiber bundles within a layer, are disposed to have mutually distinct fiber orientations, and are integrally formed by being fastened together using fastening elements, satisfying conditions (i) and (ii): (i) fastening surfaces of the first and second reinforced fiber bundle layers have fastening sections that include at least one fastening element, and an average surface area S1 of 100 mm2; (ii) in the fastening sections, the surface area ratio of the fastening elements to the fastening section is 0.1% to 80%.

Abstract: A ceramic electronic component includes an interior part and an exterior part. The interior part includes an interior part dielectric layer and an internal electrode layer. The exterior part includes an exterior part dielectric layer. The exterior part is positioned outside the interior part along a laminating direction thereof. The interior part dielectric layer and the exterior part dielectric layer respectively contain barium titanate as a main component. ????0.20 and ?/??0.88 are satisfied, where ? mol part and ? mol part are respectively an amount of a rare earth element contained in the interior and exterior part dielectric layers, provided that an amount of barium titanate contained in the interior and exterior part dielectric layers is respectively 100 mol parts in terms of BaTiO3.

Abstract: A method of producing a reinforcing fiber preform includes: holding at least one substrate laminate by a shaping mold composed of at least two molds that face each other, wherein the at least one substrate laminate is selected from a substrate laminate produced by laminating multiple reinforcing fiber substrates each having a fixing material applied to at least one surface thereof and a substrate laminate produced by laminating multiple reinforcing fiber substrates with the fixing material interposed therebetween; and subsequently applying an electric current to the substrate laminate in a direction of lamination to heat the reinforcing fiber substrates and thereby apply heat to the fixing material to fix substrate layers in the substrate laminate to each other; wherein a means of making electric resistance in a fixing area is relatively lower compared to that in a non-fixing area in the substrate laminate.

Abstract: When a request for a service is made from a Web browser to a Web application, the Web application requests the service from a service provider of an MFP in accordance with the request. The service provider obtains a destination URL from the Web browser, and compares the destination URL with the URL of a service host written in a manifest file of a cooperation permission application. If those URLs match, the service provision is permitted.

Abstract: To provide a hard-amorphous-carbon-coated piston ring having low friction and excellent wear resistance and peeling resistance to reduce the fuel consumption of automobiles, an outer peripheral surface of a steel-made piston ring base material is provided with a primary layer constituted by a CrN/Cr laminate coating or a CrN/TiN laminate coating as thick as 10-60 ?m, which is obtained by alternately laminating CrN-type chromium nitride and chromium metal or TiN-type titanium nitride, an intermediate layer of chromium metal and/or titanium metal as thick as 0.05-1.0 ?m, and then a hard amorphous carbon coating as thick as 0.4-20 ?m.

Abstract: To provide a piston ring having a hard laminate coating having excellent scuffing resistance, wear resistance and peeling resistance, which can be used in an environment of high mechanical and thermal load in engines, the piston ring is provided on its outer peripheral sliding surface with a CrN-type hard coating as thick as 10-60 ?m and comprising a CrN/CrCN laminate coating having hardness Hv of 1000 or more and residual compression stress of 1500 MPa or less, a laminate unit composed of a CrN layer and a CrCN layer being as thick as 30 nm or more; the CrN/CrCN laminate coating being formed by alternately laminating CrN layers and CrCN layers containing C dissolved in CrN by ion plating.

Abstract: A sheet-like reinforcing fiber base material reduces waste in production of a fiber-reinforced resin molded product and has a small position shift of a reinforcing fiber base material for reinforcement, as well as a preform and a fiber-reinforced resin molded product. The sheet-like reinforcing fiber base material is configured to maintain a sheet-like form by arraying and arranging reinforcing fiber bundles such that longitudinal directions thereof are one identical direction and restraining positions of adjacent reinforcing fiber bundles with respect to each other. In the sheet-like reinforcing fiber base material, the placement amount of reinforcing fibers is partly increased, such that the placement weight of reinforcing fibers per unit area is non-uniform.

Abstract: A ceramic electronic component includes a dielectric layer and an electrode layer. The dielectric layer contains barium titanate and yttrium. The dielectric layer contains dielectric particles and Y—Ti segregation particles. An area ratio occupied by the Y—Ti segregation particles is 1.3% or less on a cross section of the dielectric layer.