Abstract: An optical transmission system including an optical transmission device and an optical reception device that receives, via an optical transmission line, a signal transmitted from the optical transmission device, the optical transmission system including a transmission-mode selection unit that selects transmission mode information in descending order of priority out of transmission mode information, which is combinations of a plurality of parameters concerning transmission performance, the transmission mode information being a plurality of kinds of the transmission mode information common to the transmission performance of the optical transmission device and the optical reception device, a signal transmission unit that transmits, to the optical reception device, a signal modulated based on the selected transmission mode information, and a signal reception unit that receives the signal and modulates the received signal based on the transmission mode information selected by the transmission-mode selection unit.

Abstract: Provided are a stator for a rotary electric machine and the rotary electric machine. The stator includes a stator core, and a stator winding formed in a plurality of phases, the stator winding including a slot conductor and a crossover conductor configured to connect ends of a pair of the slot conductors, the ends placed at a same side of the pair of slot conductors.

Abstract: The present invention provides a method for manufacturing diamond, comprising electrolytically reducing carbon dioxide into diamond to obtain diamond in an electrolytic reduction apparatus having an anode, a cathode, and an electrolytic solution containing carbon dioxide, wherein the electrolytic solution comprises an ionic liquid.

Abstract: Provided is an electric device made more convenient by being configured such that the temperature of a wide area in each accommodation section can be individually adjustable. In an electric device, a first refrigerant pipe is provided to a right-side member constituting a side surface of a first accommodation chamber, and a second refrigerant pipe is provided to a left-side member constituting a side surface of a second accommodation chamber. The first refrigerant pipe and the second refrigerant pipe are independent of each other. A regulating valve includes: a first regulating valve provided to the first refrigerant pipe, and a second regulating valve provided to the second refrigerant pipe.

Abstract: An optical combiner includes: a plurality of first input optical fibers that each include a core; a bridge fiber that includes a bridge input surface connected to the cores of the plurality of first input optical fibers, a diameter reduction portion having a diameter that decreases away from the bridge input surface along an optical axis of the optical combiner, and a bridge output surface located opposite to the bridge input surface along the optical axis; an intermediate optical fiber that includes a core connected to the bridge output surface of the bridge fiber; a second input optical fiber that includes a core; and an output optical fiber that includes a first optical waveguide connected to the core of the intermediate optical fiber, and a second optical waveguide connected to the core of the second input optical fiber.

Abstract: A vehicle front structure, which can improve structural strength to protect a high voltage electrical component and improve collision safety performance, is provided. The vehicle front structure includes: a side frame, disposed on a side part of a vehicle and extending in a vehicle front-rear direction; a sub-frame, installed below the side frame and supporting a suspension component; a high voltage electrical component, disposed below a floor panel and located behind the sub-frame; a reinforcing frame, disposed around the high voltage electrical component; and a block component, disposed at a front end of the reinforcing frame. The block component has an inclined surface, and the inclined surface is inclined upward toward the sub-frame.

Abstract: A moisture content measurement method that calculates moisture content of dehydrated sludge using a calibration curve for calculating the moisture content of the dehydrated sludge, the calibration curve being obtained by performing multivariate regression analysis after first-order differential processing or an offset correction is performed on absorbance for reflected light or reflectance for infrared rays from dehydrated sludge, the absorbance or the reflectance being obtained by measuring the dehydrated sludge using an infrared measurement apparatus provided with a light-receiving unit that can receive at least infrared rays reflected from a target object to be measured and a light source that has a plurality of infrared LEDs that can emit infrared rays having respectively different wavelengths or a light source having an infrared-region tungsten lamp or halogen lamp.

Abstract: Provided is an electrical device. In a setting unit, a right-room temperature display unit displays a set temperature or the current temperature of a first housing room. A left-room temperature display unit displays a set temperature or the current temperature of a second housing room. A right-room temperature setting button is an operation unit for a user to switch the set temperature of the first housing room. A left-room temperature setting button is an operation unit for a user switch the set temperature of the second housing room. The set temperature difference between the first and second housing rooms is controlled to be within a prescribed value. When the set temperature of one of the first and second housing rooms is changed so that the set temperature exceeds a prescribed value, a microcomputer automatically changes the other set temperature so that the set temperature difference is within a prescribed value.

Abstract: A photochromic composition contains, in a predetermined combination: one or more photochromic compounds represented by General Formula 1; and one or more selected from the group consisting of a photochromic compound represented by General Formula A, a photochromic compound represented by General Formula B, and a photochromic compound represented by General Formula C.

Abstract: A turning tool includes: a holder portion; and a cutting edge portion fixed to the holder portion, wherein the cutting edge portion is composed of a synthetic single-crystal diamond, and the cutting edge portion has a nose curvature having a curvature radius of more than or equal to 0.1 mm and less than or equal to 1.2 mm, and the nose curvature satisfies at least one of a condition that a direction of a line of intersection between the rake face and a bisecting cross section of a vertex angle of the nose curvature is within ±10° relative to a <110> direction of the synthetic single-crystal diamond, and a condition that the direction of the line of intersection between the rake face and the bisecting cross section of the vertex angle of the nose curvature is within ±10° relative to a <100> direction of the synthetic single-crystal diamond.

Abstract: An image capturing apparatus includes a determination unit configured to determine a first shutter speed based on a reciprocal of a light amount change frequency of detected flicker and a selection unit configured to select a second shutter speed as a candidate in capturing an image of the object with reduced effect of the flicker. If a third shutter speed is set in advance, the determination unit determines a closer one of shutter speeds to the third shutter speed than the others as the first shutter speed, wherein the shutter speeds being integer multiples of a shutter speed that is the reciprocal of the light amount change frequency of the flicker detected. The selection unit selects one of settable shutter speeds of the image capturing apparatus as the second shutter speed, wherein the one has a smaller difference from the first shutter speed than the others.

Abstract: A tank includes a liner and a reinforcement layer. The liner has a body portion with a cylindrical shape, and a pair of dome-shaped portions respectively provided at both ends of the body portion in an axial direction of the body portion. The reinforcement layer covers the liner and is made of a fiber reinforced resin that is a resin-impregnated fiber bundle. The reinforcement layer includes a part reinforcement layer disposed from an apex side of each of the dome-shaped portions across a boundary between the dome-shaped portion and the body portion to part of the body portion, and an outer hoop layer disposed outside the part reinforcement layer and provided so as to press an end, adjacent to the body portion, of the part reinforcement layer.

Abstract: Provided is an onboard apparatus configured to connect to an other onboard apparatus via a first transmission path and a second transmission path, which are transmission paths of different types, the onboard apparatus comprising a control unit; and a transmission unit configured to transmit communication information to the other onboard apparatus, wherein the control unit, depending on contents of the communication information, selects at least one from among the first transmission path and the second transmission path as the transmission path to use to transmit the communication information and causes the transmission unit to transmit the communication information via a selected transmission path.

Abstract: Provided is an in-vehicle apparatus including a first processing unit performing control processing for controlling the vehicle and is connected to a plurality of in-vehicle ECUs, a second processing unit, connected the plurality of in-vehicle ECUs, communicates with the first processing unit. A first reception table and a second reception table includes information indicating a type of a reception target message of the first processing unit second processing unit respectively. The second processing unit receives the reception target message of the second processing unit based on the second reception table and outputs information included in the received message to the first processing unit, and the first processing unit receives the reception target message of the first processing unit based on the first reception table and performs control processing based on at least one of information included in the received message and the information output from the second processing unit.

Abstract: A vehicle-mounted apparatus includes a first processing unit that is connected to each of the plurality of vehicle-mounted ECUs and performs relay processing on the messages; a second processing unit that is connected to each of the plurality of vehicle-mounted ECUs and performs relay processing on the messages; a first routing table including a relay destination of each message to be processed at the first processing unit; and a second routing table including a relay destination of each message to be processed at the second processing unit. Each of the first processing unit and the second processing unit includes a connection unit to which wiring connected to the plurality of vehicle-mounted ECUs is connected, the first processing unit performs the relay processing based on the first routing table, and the second processing unit performs the relay processing based on the second routing table.

Abstract: An electronic control unit includes a microcomputer configured to be started by a plurality of starting factors, in which different operation modes are associated with each of the starting factors, and a resource is associated with each of the operation modes. The microcomputer identifies a starting factor in an initialization process started by the starting factor, and selects and executes an operation mode associated with the starting factor identified. When another starting factor is generated during execution of the operation mode, the microcomputer stops execution of the operation mode and restarts, and then executes an operation mode associated with the other starting factor.

Abstract: Provided is an onboard apparatus configured to connect to an other onboard apparatus via a first transmission path and a second transmission path, which are transmission paths of different types, the onboard apparatus comprising a control unit; and a transmission unit configured to transmit communication information to the other onboard apparatus, wherein the control unit, depending on contents of the communication information, selects at least one from among the first transmission path and the second transmission path as the transmission path to use to transmit the communication information and causes the transmission unit to transmit the communication information via a selected transmission path.

Abstract: A high-pressure tank includes a liner that includes a body that is cylindrical in shape and a pair of dome portions each of which is provided at a respective end of the body in an axial direction, and a reinforcing layer provided on an outer circumferential face of the liner. The reinforcing layer includes a pair of resin rings each of which is provided encircling a respective end portion of an outer circumferential face of the body, a hoop layer that covers part of the outer circumferential face of the body, between the resin rings, and a helical layer that covers the resin rings, the hoop layer, and the dome portions. The resin rings are configured to cover part of the body from boundary portions between the body and the dome portions, and increase in thickness from the boundary portions toward a middle of the body.

Abstract: Provided is an in-vehicle update device for acquiring an update program transmitted from an external server located outside a vehicle, and performing processing for updating a program for an in-vehicle control device mounted in the vehicle, the in-vehicle update device including a storage unit, and a control unit, in which the acquired update program is stored in the storage unit, the control unit is configured to control transmission of the acquired update program to the in-vehicle control device, the control unit interrupts the transmission due to stop of the vehicle, compares derivation values respectively derived based on the update program stored in the storage unit before and after the interruption with each other, and determines the validity of the update program stored in the storage unit based on a comparison result.

Abstract: A high-pressure tank includes an assembly of a pipe split body having a pipe liner and a pipe reinforcement layer covering an outer circumferential surface of the pipe liner, first dome split body having a first dome liner and a first dome reinforcement layer covering an outer circumferential surface of the first dome liner, and second dome split body having a second dome liner and a second dome reinforcement layer covering an outer circumferential surface of the second dome liner. The pipe split body and the first dome split body are assembled such that the first dome liner is located in the outer portion of the high-pressure tank relative to the pipe liner. The pipe split body and the second dome split body are assembled such that the second dome liner is located in the outer portion of the high-pressure tank relative to the pipe liner.