Abstract: An information processing apparatus comprises a processor configured to execute a program so as to: acquire viewpoint information, motion information and object information; process an object image wherein: the object image is an image representing a virtual substance and is updated based on the viewpoint information and the motion information; calculate a position when superimposing a background image and the object image, wherein: the background image is an image according to the field of view of the user; generate visual information superimposing the background image and the object image based on the position calculated, and output the generated visual information to a display device; and generate tactile information for an ultrasound generator irradiating the user with ultrasound corresponding to the object based on the position calculated, the motion information and the object information, and output the generated tactile information to the ultrasound generator.

Abstract: Provided is an endoluminal device system including: an elongated and flexible endoluminal device; a wire that is disposed in the endoluminal device; a first sensor that detects tension of the wire; a second sensor that detects displacement of the wire; a driving device capable of pulling the wire; and a processor. The processor is configured to: cause the driving device to execute a relaxing operation for relaxing the wire, acquire the tension and the displacement of the wire during the relaxing operation, which are detected by the first sensor and the second sensor, respectively, and adjust a control parameter of the endoluminal device based on a rate of change in the tension with respect to the displacement.

Abstract: A polishing apparatus includes a holding table for holding a workpiece thereon, a polishing head disposed above the holding table and having an acrylic plate for polishing the workpiece held on the holding table, a moving mechanism for moving the polishing head toward the workpiece held on the holding table, and a polishing water supplying unit for supplying polishing water between the acrylic plate and the workpiece held on the holding table.

Abstract: A light emitting element includes: a semiconductor structure including: a substrate, an n-side nitride semiconductor layer located on the substrate, and a p-side nitride semiconductor layer located on the n-side nitride semiconductor layer, wherein a p-side nitride semiconductor side of the semiconductor structure is a light extraction face side, and an n-side nitride semiconductor side of the semiconductor structure is a mounting face side; a first protective layer located on and in direct contact with an upper face of the p-side nitride semiconductor layer in a region corresponding to the peripheral portion of the p-side nitride semiconductor layer; and a current diffusion layer located on and in direct contact with an upper face of the p-side nitride semiconductor layer in a region corresponding to the area inside of the peripheral portion. The current diffusion layer does not overlap the first protective layer in a top view.

Abstract: A method for calibrating an endoscope, the endoscope including a curved portion that can be driven to bend and a flexible portion through which a bending wire that bends the curved portion is inserted, includes: arranging the curved portion and the flexible portion of the endoscope so that they have a predetermined shape; bending the curved portion; measuring first shape information, which is information about a shape of the curved portion; and updating a control parameter for the endoscope to drive the curved portion based on the measured first shape information.

Abstract: Provided is an optical laminate with excellent durability and an image display device formed of the optical laminate. The optical laminate includes a pressure sensitive adhesive layer 1, a specific laminate including a resin layer and a light absorption anisotropic layer which are adjacent to each other, and a pressure sensitive adhesive layer 2 in order, in which the light absorption anisotropic layer contains a dichroic substance, the pressure sensitive adhesive layer 1 is adjacent to the resin layer of the specific laminate, and a storage elastic modulus Ep of the pressure sensitive adhesive layer 1 and a storage elastic modulus Ea and a moist heat strain ?a of the resin layer satisfy Expression (1-1) ¼ (3 × Ep/Ea)? > ?a.

Abstract: Provided is an image display device including an optical laminate having, in order, a pressure-sensitive adhesive layer, a specific laminate including an alignment layer and an optically anisotropic layer which are adjacent to each other, and another pressure-sensitive adhesive layer in this order, in which the pressure-sensitive adhesive layers are adjacent to the two surfaces of the specific laminate. The specific laminate has a thickness of 15 ?m or less, the optically anisotropic layer has a thickness of 5 ?m or less, and a thickness d of the alignment layer and an elastic modulus E of the alignment layer satisfy Expression (1): ?E+0.45×d+3.6>0 (1), where d is in units of ?m, and E is in units of GPa.

Abstract: Provided is an optical laminate having excellent resistance to the pressure from the surface and a display device including the same. The optical laminate includes a surface protective layer, a first pressure sensitive adhesive layer, a light absorption anisotropic layer, and a second pressure sensitive adhesive layer in this order, in which an indentation elastic modulus of the first pressure sensitive adhesive layer is greater than an indentation elastic modulus of the light absorption anisotropic layer, the light absorption anisotropic layer is a layer formed of a composition for forming a light absorption anisotropic layer containing a liquid crystal compound and a dichroic substance, and a thickness of the light absorption anisotropic layer is less than 5 ?m.

Abstract: An endoscope includes: an insertion portion having a joint; a first wire and a second wire fixed on both sides of a central axis in a longitudinal direction of the joint at a distal end of the joint; a first wire sheath which is inserted through an internal path of the insertion portion and through which the first wire is inserted; and a second wire sheath which is inserted through the internal path of the insertion portion and through which the second wire is inserted, wherein the first wire sheath is bundled by a first fastener so as to be close to the second wire sheath, and the first wire sheath and the second wire sheath are bundled so as to be relatively advancing and retreating by the first fastener.

Abstract: Provided is an image display device including an optical laminate having, in order, a pressure-sensitive adhesive layer, a specific laminate including an alignment layer and an optically anisotropic layer which are adjacent to each other, and another pressure-sensitive adhesive layer in this order, in which the pressure-sensitive adhesive layers are adjacent to the two surfaces of the specific laminate. The specific laminate has a thickness of 15 ?m or less, the optically anisotropic layer has a thickness of 5 ?m or less, and a thickness d of the alignment layer and an elastic modulus E of the alignment layer satisfy Expression (1): ?E+0.45×d+3.6>0 (1), where d is in units of ?m, and E is in units of GPa.

Abstract: A learning device, for constructing a learning model for generating a prior acceleration command value for controlling a control target in advance of the time a load on a boiler used for thermal power generation changes, includes: a learner configured to generate the learning model by mechanically learning, as learning data, a data set including a power generation command value for the thermal power generation and the prior acceleration command value which have been used in a previous operation of the boiler.

Abstract: A polarizing plate includes: a polymer film; a polarizer; and a stress relaxation layer disposed between the polymer film and the polarizer, wherein a relationship of the following Expression (1) is satisfied, a thickness of the polymer film is equal to or greater than 10 ?m, a distance(Ds) from the surface of the polarizing plate on the side of the polymer film to the interface between the polymer film and the stress relaxation layer is equal to or greater than 15 ?m, a difference between the distance(Ds) and a thickness(C) of the polymer film is less than 15 ?m, and a total thickness of the polymer film and the stress relaxation layer is equal to or less than 80 ?m, 0.01<B/A<0.9 . . . (1), in Expression (1), A represents the elastic modulus of the polymer film, and B represents the elastic modulus of the stress relaxation layer.

Abstract: A polarizing plate includes an outer protective film and a polarizer. The sum S of the product of the modulus of elasticity and the cube of the thickness in each layer is up to 150,000 Pa·mm3, and the value obtained by dividing the sum S by the Knoop hardness k of the outer protective film is 200 or more but up to 450. The polarizing plate is excellent in surface pencil hardness even when its thickness is reduced.

Abstract: A polarizing plate includes an outer protective film and a polarizer. The sum S of the product of the modulus of elasticity and the cube of the thickness in each layer is up to 150,000 Pa·mm3, and the value obtained by dividing the sum S by the Knoop hardness k of the outer protective film is 200 or more but up to 450. The polarizing plate is excellent in surface pencil hardness even when its thickness is reduced.

Abstract: A polarizing plate includes: a polymer film; a polarizer; and a stress relaxation layer disposed between the polymer film and the polarizer, wherein a relationship of the following Expression (1) is satisfied, a thickness of the polymer film is equal to or greater than 10 ?m, a distance(Ds) from the surface of the polarizing plate on the side of the polymer film to the interface between the polymer film and the stress relaxation layer is equal to or greater than 15 ?m, a difference between the distance(Ds) and a thickness(C) of the polymer film is less than 15 ?m, and a total thickness of the polymer film and the stress relaxation layer is equal to or less than 80 ?m, 0.01<B/A<0.9 . . . (1), in Expression (1), A represents the elastic modulus of the polymer film, and B represents the elastic modulus of the stress relaxation layer.