Abstract: This composite comprises: a material having electrical conductivity; and a transition metal oxide which is supported by said material. The transition metal oxide has an amorphous structure.

Abstract: There have been cases where transistors formed using oxide semiconductors are inferior in reliability to transistors formed using amorphous silicon. Thus, in the present invention, a semiconductor device including a highly reliable transistor formed using an oxide semiconductor is manufactured. An oxide semiconductor film is deposited by a sputtering method, using a sputtering target including an oxide semiconductor having crystallinity, and in which the direction of the c-axis of a crystal is parallel to a normal vector of the top surface of the oxide semiconductor. The target is formed by mixing raw materials so that its composition ratio can obtain a crystal structure.

Abstract: A system and method control an automobile by decelerating the automobile at a first deceleration using a braking mechanism in response to detecting that a parking brake switch is turned on, a second deceleration which is smaller than the first deceleration, in response to not detecting that the parking brake switch is turned on and determining that the driver is incapacitated, and a third deceleration which is smaller than the first deceleration, in response to determining that an SOS switch is turned on, detecting that the parking brake switch is changed from on to off, and not determining that the driver is incapacitated.

Abstract: A network system includes a refrigerator, a terminal, and a server that is capable of communicating with the refrigerator and the terminal and that provides, to the terminal, at least information based on an opening/closing operation of a door of the refrigerator. When the refrigerator starts an eco-mode, the server restricts an operation related to the watching service.

Abstract: An autonomous travel cart includes a control device controlling the autonomous travel cart to travel autonomously based on detection information from an obstacle detection device. The control device includes a wall length detection unit that detects wall lengths of wall portions from the autonomous travel cart to an exit end of the narrow path, a wall length determination unit that determines whether or not the wall lengths are greater than a predetermined wall length threshold, and a narrow path travel control unit that controls the autonomous travel cart to travel at a normal speed when the wall lengths are greater than the predetermined wall length threshold, and to decelerate and travel at a predetermined reduced speed when at least one of the wall lengths detected by the wall length detection unit is equal to or less than the predetermined wall length threshold.

Abstract: A coin placement unit is equipped with: a coin spread portion having two perpendicular wall surfaces and a recessed surface comprising a gutter-shaped recessed portion extending in the direction orthogonal to the perpendicular wall surfaces between the two perpendicular wall surfaces; a coin slot portion having a coin slot; and a ridge line portion provided between the coin spread portion and the coin slot portion so as to partition the coin spread portion and the coin slot portion. The coin spread portion, the ridge line portion, and the coin slot portion have the same width and are continuous in the direction toward a depth side.

Abstract: A network system includes a refrigerator, a terminal, and a server that is capable of communicating with the refrigerator and the terminal and that provides, to the terminal, at least information based on an opening/closing operation of a door of the refrigerator. When the refrigerator starts an eco-mode, the server restricts an operation related to the watching service.

Abstract: The production method for producing a rifled tube, which includes a plurality of first helical ribs on its inner surface, includes: a steps of: preparing a steel tube; and producing a rifled tube by performing cold drawing on a steel tube by using a plug which includes a plurality of second helical ribs, the plug satisfying Formulae and: 0.08 <W×(A?B)×N/(2?×A)<0.26??(1) 0.83<S×(A?B)×N/(2×M)<2.0??(2) where, W is a width of a groove bottom surface of the helical groove; A is a maximum diameter of the plug; B is a minimum diameter of the plug; N is a number of the second helical ribs; S is the width of the groove bottom surface; and M is a pitch of adjacent second helical ribs.

Abstract: A cleaner for a cleaning robot cleaning a floor surface while traveling includes a support member, two parallel link mechanisms fixed to both right and left sides of the support member so as to be swingable in an upward-downward direction of the cleaning robot, a first connecting pin interconnecting joint portions of the two parallel link mechanisms, a second connecting pin disposed above the first connecting pin and interconnecting other joint portions of the two parallel link mechanisms, a brush unit attached to the first connecting pin and having a brush grounded to the floor surface, and a lifting and lowering unit lifting and lowering the brush unit by swinging the parallel link mechanism in the upward-downward direction.

Abstract: An autonomous travel cart includes a control device controlling the autonomous travel cart to travel autonomously based on detection information from an obstacle detection device. The control device includes a wall length detection unit that detects wall lengths of wall portions from the autonomous travel cart to an exit end of the narrow path, a wall length determination unit that determines whether or not the wall lengths are greater than a predetermined wall length threshold, and a narrow path travel control unit that controls the autonomous travel cart to travel at a normal speed when the wall lengths are greater than the predetermined wall length threshold, and to decelerate and travel at a predetermined reduced speed when at least one of the wall lengths detected by the wall length detection unit is equal to or less than the predetermined wall length threshold.

Abstract: A cleaner for a cleaning robot cleaning a floor surface while traveling includes a support member, a brush unit attached to the support member and having a brush grounded to the floor surface, and a flip-up mechanism flipping up the brush such that the brush is directed in a direction perpendicular to an upward-downward direction of the cleaning robot.

Abstract: A coin placement unit is equipped with: a coin spread portion having two perpendicular wall surfaces and a recessed surface comprising a gutter-shaped recessed portion extending in the direction orthogonal to the perpendicular wall surfaces between the two perpendicular wall surfaces; a coin slot portion having a coin slot; and a ridge line portion provided between the coin spread portion and the coin slot portion so as to partition the coin spread portion and the coin slot portion. The coin spread portion, the ridge line portion, and the coin slot portion have the same width and are continuous in the direction toward a depth side.

Abstract: A vibration generating device includes at least one coil fixed to a casing, a magnet holder disposed in the casing, a permanent magnet attached to the magnet holder, the permanent magnet and the magnet holder being configured to vibrate when a current flows into the coil, a plurality of elastic supporting sections configured to support the magnet holder, a plurality of weights formed of material including tungsten, and a plurality of attachment sections configured to hold the respective weights and be attached to the magnet holder.

Abstract: It is an object of this invention to provide a display device capable of easily adjusting the height thereof without providing an extension and contraction mechanism. The display device (1) of this invention includes: a casing (3); and a display unit (5) to be installed for use onto the casing (3), the casing (3) and the display unit (5) being available to directly couple to each other. A coupling structure between the casing (3) and the display unit (5) is changeable from a state in which the casing (3) and the display unit (5) are directly coupled to each other to a state in which the casing (3) and the display unit (5) are coupled to each other with a pole (7) having a columnar shape and separable along a center axis thereof, which is mounted between the casing (3) and the display unit (5).

Abstract: Methods and apparatus (400) for a shadow mask are provided. A mask pattern (302) includes a mandrel (305) comprising a material having a coefficient of thermal expansion less than or equal to about 7 microns/meter/degrees Celsius with a conductive material formed thereon, and a dielectric material (310) having a plurality of openings (318) formed therein exposing at least portion of the conductive material. The dielectric material (310) comprises a pattern of volumes, each of the volumes has a major dimension of about 5 microns to about 20 microns.

Abstract: Provided is a display device, including: a display unit (31); a touch panel (32) stacked on a front part of the display unit (31); and a case for housing the touch panel (32) and the display unit (31). The case includes: a rear case (21); and a front case (22) removably attached to the rear case (21), which has an opening portion for exposing a touch detection region and a visible region of the touch panel (32) and the display unit (31) stacked together. The display unit (31) is mounted to the rear case (21), and the touch panel (32) is mounted to the front case (22).

Abstract: The display device includes a display unit including a screen configured to display information; a support column having a tubular shape and being configured to support the display unit at a top end portion of the support column; and a support base configured to support the support column and including a tubular portion that is insertable into and removable from a bottom end portion of the support column. The display device is configured such that the support column is reinserted into the tubular portion of the support base, to thereby enable the screen of the display unit to be faced at a plurality of angles having a tubular axis of the tubular portion as a center.

Abstract: The production method for producing a rifled tube, which includes a plurality of first helical ribs on its inner surface, includes: a steps of: preparing a steel tube; and producing a rifled tube by performing cold drawing on a steel tube by using a plug which includes a plurality of second helical ribs, the plug satisfying Formulae and: 0.08 <W×(A?B)×N/(2?×A)<0.26??(1) 0.83<S×(A?B)×N/(2×M)<2.0??(2) where, W is a width of a groove bottom surface of the helical groove; A is a maximum diameter of the plug; B is a minimum diameter of the plug; N is a number of the second helical ribs; S is the width of the groove bottom surface; and M is a pitch of adjacent second helical ribs.

Abstract: The display device includes a display unit including a screen configured to display information; a support column having a tubular shape and being configured to support the display unit at a top end portion of the support column; and a support base configured to support the support column and including a tubular portion that is insertable into and removable from a bottom end portion of the support column. The display device is configured such that the support column is reinserted into the tubular portion of the support base, to thereby enable the screen of the display unit to be faced at a plurality of angles having a tubular axis of the tubular portion as a center.

Abstract: Provided is a display device, including: a display unit (31); a touch panel (32) stacked on a front part of the display unit (31); and a case for housing the touch panel (32) and the display unit (31). The case includes: a rear case (21); and a front case (22) removably attached to the rear case (21), which has an opening portion for exposing a touch detection region and a visible region of the touch panel (32) and the display unit (31) stacked together. The display unit (31) is mounted to the rear case (21), and the touch panel (32) is mounted to the front case (22).