Abstract: A control apparatus (10) includes a position information acquiring unit (110) and a control unit (120). The position information acquiring unit (110) acquires information (position information) indicating a position of a person in a store. The position information acquiring unit (110) generates position information by, for example, acquiring and processing image data generated by an image capture apparatus installed in the store in real time. The control unit (120) controls a plurality of speakers (22 and 24) in the store independently of each other by using the position information generated or acquired by the position information acquiring unit (110). A target of control to be performed herein includes, as described above, at least one of selection of sound data to be supplied, a timing of supplying sound data, and a sound volume.

Abstract: A semiconductor laminate film includes a silicon substrate and a semiconductor layer formed on the silicon substrate and containing silicon and germanium. The semiconductor layer having a surface roughness Rms of 1 nm or less. Further, the semiconductor layer satisfies the following relationship t?0.881×x?4.79 where t represents a thickness (nm) of the semiconductor layer, and x represents a ratio of the number of germanium atoms to a sum of the number of silicon atoms and the number of germanium atoms in the semiconductor layer. Also, the semiconductor layer being a mixed crystal semiconductor layer containing silicon and germanium.

Abstract: Provided is a soft candy having excellent shape retention and detachability, wherein the soft candy is made from a base composition containing a sugar, a glucide that inhibits crystallization of the sugar, and a thickener, wherein the base composition has a specific gravity of 1.00 to 1.25 g/cm3; and a ratio of the sugar to a total mass of the sugar and the glucide that inhibits crystallization of the sugar in the base composition is from 50 to 75 mass %, or among bubbles present in a cross section of a soft candy produced by shaping the base composition, a total area of bubbles having an area of 0.05 mm2 or greater is 80% or less relative to a total area of the bubbles.

Abstract: The present invention improves the reliability of measurement data obtained by measuring the state of a user during sleep. A sleep monitoring capsule comprises a capsule that defines a sleeping space for one person, said sleep monitoring capsule comprising a monitoring unit that monitors the sleep state of a user sleeping in the capsule and that monitors the state of the user during sleep, wherein the capsule has a door which enables opening and closing of an opening in the capsule from the inside of the capsule, and a ventilation unit which ventilates the inside of the capsule.

Abstract: An article recommendation device includes: a memory; and at least one processor coupled to the memory. The processor performs operations. The operations include: acquiring a first article based on information related to a predetermined evaluation in a networking service; acquiring at least one of a category that includes the acquired first article and a feature of the first article; acquiring a second article related to at least one of the acquired category and the feature; and displaying the acquired second article as a recommended article.

Abstract: A risk detection unit detects an occurrence risk of an incident related to a work machine. A time calculation unit measures a risk time from an occurrence time of the risk to an elimination time of the risk. An evaluation unit calculates a safety evaluation index on the basis of the risk time. An output unit outputs the safety evaluation index.

Abstract: An outboard motor includes an engine to rotate a propeller and an engine cover that houses the engine. The engine cover includes two divided covers disposed above the engine and that directly face the engine. The two divided covers include two connections that are connected together and that overlap the engine in a plan view.

Abstract: The present invention provides a shop system (10) including: an acquisition unit (13) that acquires, from an information acquisition terminal (12), person-related information about a person who visits a shop; a determination unit (14) that determines, based on the person-related information, whether to permit the person who visits the shop to enter the shop; and an operation control unit (16) that controls, based on a result of the determination, operation of a shop entry control apparatus (11) that controls entry into the shop.

Abstract: An information processing apparatus (2000) detects that a customer (30) takes up a product from a display area (20), using a captured image (12). The information processing apparatus (2000) generates information (customer information) indicating the acquisition count by the customer (30) in a manner that is associated with an identifier of the customer (30). The information processing apparatus 2000 sets the acquisition count, which is indicated by the customer information on the customer (30), in a case where the customer (30) makes payment for the products, to zero.

Abstract: A recording apparatus includes: a liquid ejection head including a heating element, a first protection layer that blocks contact between the heating element and liquid, a second protection layer that covers at least a portion of the first protection layer to be heated by the heating element and that functions as a first electrode, a second electrode that is electrically connected to the first electrode through the liquid, an ejection port that ejects the liquid, and a temperature detection element that corresponds to the heating element, and a detection unit configured to detect a feature point in a temperature curve that indicates a relationship between time and temperature, in which a combination of a potential set for the first electrode and a potential set for the second electrode in a case where printing is performed varies from that in a case where the detection unit detects the feature point.

Abstract: An image acquire device comprising: an irradiator configured to irradiate an undyed tissue with excitation light; an image sensor configured to acquire a third harmonic image of the undyed tissue based on light generated in third harmonic generation caused by interaction between the undyed tissue and the excitation light.

Abstract: A heat exchange unit includes a heat exchanger, a structure supporting the heat exchanger, an insulating member electrically insulating the heat exchanger from the structure, a compressor electrically connected to the heat exchanger and the structure, and a connection member attached to the heat exchanger. The connection member electrically connects the heat exchanger and the structure. The connection member is provided separately from a first conductive path that electrically connects the compressor and the heat exchanger, and a second conductive path that electrically connects the compressor and the structure.

Abstract: An outboard motor includes an engine to rotate a propeller and an engine cover that houses the engine. The engine cover includes two divided covers disposed above the engine and that directly face the engine. The two divided covers include two connections that are connected together and that overlap the engine in a plan view.

Abstract: An object of the present invention is to provide a tube having a holding force and being easily crushed. The present disclosure provides a tube into which an insert can be inserted. The tube into which an insert can be inserted, the tube includes a plurality of protrusions provided to protrude from an inner wall surface of the tube and to be inclined with respect to the inner wall surface.

Abstract: A sales management server that includes a generation unit and a notification unit. The generation unit generates advertisement information that includes: information about products for sale to a customer at a child store at which a product replaced by an employee of a mother store: and a number of the products for the sale. The notification unit notifies at least one of a portable communication terminal held by the customer or a device installed in the child store.

Abstract: An information processing device system according to an aspect of the present disclosure includes: at least one memory configured to store instructions; and at least one processor configured to execute the instructions to: acquire a customer identifier (ID) that identifies a customer at a store; generate action information that represents an action of the customer in the store; and assign points in association with the customer ID based on the action information.

Abstract: This information processing device is provided with: an image acquisition unit that acquires a commodity image obtained by photographing commodities at a store; an image manipulation unit that manipulates the commodity image on the basis of a manipulation instruction for the commodity image, the instruction being received from a customer information terminal; and an identification unit that identifies the customer needs for the commodities at the store on the basis of the manipulated commodity image.

Abstract: An information processing device of a child store communicably connected to a mother store terminal of a mother store according to an aspect of the present disclosure includes: at least one memory configured to store instructions; and at least one processor configured to execute the instructions to: acquire an item ID and an item quantity of an item input by a customer at the child store; generate an item request based on the item ID, the item quantity, and an item stock in the child store; transmit the item request to the mother store terminal; receive, from the mother store terminal, replenishment date and time of the item, determined based on the item request and an item stock in the mother store; and output the replenishment date and time of the item.

Abstract: A method of cleaning a liquid discharge head includes first eluting a first electrode and second eluting a second electrode. In the cleaning method, the first eluting and the second eluting are executed such that a ratio between a first electric power amount used in the first eluting and a second electric power amount used in the second eluting is a ratio based on a ratio between an area of a first face of the first electrode and an area of a second face of the second electrode.

Abstract: A liquid ejection apparatus, an ejection control method, and a liquid ejection head are capable of suppressing shortening of the life of the liquid ejection head and maintaining stable ejection operation. For this purpose, voltage is applied to upper electrodes and counter electrodes so as to make the voltage at the upper electrodes lower than the voltage at the counter electrodes before heat generating resistive elements are driven, and voltage is applied to the upper electrodes and the counter electrodes so as to make the voltage at the upper electrodes higher than the voltage at the counter electrodes at the same time as or after the start of driving of the heat generating resistive elements.