Abstract: A recording apparatus includes a conveyance unit that conveys a recording medium in a first direction toward a recording head for ejecting a liquid, a tank including a containing chamber containing the liquid to be supplied to the recording head, and an injection port through which the liquid is injected into the containing chamber, the tank being disposed downstream of the conveyance unit in the first direction, a rotatable lever that holds a tank cap for closing the injection port, and a cover that rotates about a rotation shaft between an open position for exposing the lever and a closed position for covering the lever, the rotation shaft being disposed upstream of the conveyance unit in the first direction. The cover includes a sliding portion that is provided on a surface facing the lever and comes into contact with the lever while the cover is rotating toward the closed position.

Abstract: A technique capable of certainly suppressing adhesion of waste ink to hands, clothes, and the like during replacement of a waste ink tank is provided. There are included a container portion provided with an insertion port which a discharge member discharging waste ink can be inserted into and pulled out from and a shielding portion movable between a shielding position where the insertion port is shielded and an open position where the insertion port is opened.

Abstract: A recording apparatus includes a tank including a chamber configured to store liquid to be supplied to a recording head that ejects the liquid and a filling port from which the liquid is injected into the chamber, and an injection auxiliary member configured to assist injecting of the liquid into the chamber from the filling port, the injection auxiliary member including a first and a second flow channels each defined by a first or a second upper end portion that opens toward outside of the tank and a first or a second lower end portion that opens toward inside of the tank, wherein the second flow channel has an expansion portion arranged in a middle portion between the second upper end portion and the second lower end portion and configured to form a step to expand a cross-sectional area.

Abstract: A lens barrel includes a lens drive unit that moves a lens holder holding a lens in an optical axis direction, a locking mechanism that regulates movement of the lens holder at a movable end of the lens holder, and a control unit that performs, as a shift process for shifting the lens holder to a movement regulated state produced by the locking mechanism, control for moving the lens holder by using the lens drive unit to a position where movement regulation is achieved by the locking mechanism in a state where movement regulating force generated by the locking mechanism is reduced.

Abstract: A display device includes a substrate including a first surface, and a second surface positioned at a side opposite to the first surface; a first light-emitting element located at a lateral side of the substrate; a plurality of light-receiving elements located at a second surface side of the substrate; a plurality of second light-emitting elements located on the first surface of the substrate; and a first drive element controlling driving of the second light-emitting elements based on output of the light-receiving elements. A light-emitting surface of the first light-emitting element is oriented in a first direction. The first direction is parallel to a direction from the first surface toward the second surface. Light-emitting surfaces of the second light-emitting elements are oriented in a second direction. The second direction is from the second surface toward the first surface.

Abstract: A display device includes a substrate including a first surface, and a second surface positioned at a side opposite to the first surface; a first light-emitting element located at a lateral side of the substrate; a plurality of light-receiving elements located at a second surface side of the substrate; a plurality of second light-emitting elements located on the first surface of the substrate; and a first drive element controlling driving of the second light-emitting elements based on output of the light-receiving elements. A light-emitting surface of the first light-emitting element is oriented in a first direction. The first direction is parallel to a direction from the first surface toward the second surface. Light-emitting surfaces of the second light-emitting elements are oriented in a second direction. The second direction is from the second surface toward the first surface.

Abstract: A tabular data analysis method includes determining, by a computer, whether a cell having data is present for each row or each column of input tabular data, and extracting, in a case where there is one or more cells having data, a block of rows or columns in which the one or more cells are consecutively included, as a part related to one piece of table data.

Abstract: A non-transitory computer-readable recording medium storing a data acquisition program that causes a computer to execute a process including: identifying a position of a part to be extracted in a document that is associated with a specific URL and includes structural information of tags, the position being on a hierarchical structure of the tags included in the document, and allowing the position on the hierarchical structure to be registered; and accessing periodically or non-periodically the document associated with the specific URL, and extracting and outputting data corresponding to the registered position on the hierarchical structure of the tags.

Abstract: An information acquisition method includes: acquiring a specific piece of data using information for specifying a position of the specific piece of data in a document of a certain site by referring to a storage that stores therein information for specifying the position of the specific piece of data in the document of the certain site and information for specifying a position of another piece of data having a predetermined relation to the specific piece of data in the document, by a processor; and acquiring the other piece of data using the position of the other piece of data related to the specific piece of data in the document by referring to the storage, and acquiring data having the predetermined relation to the other piece of data using the acquired other piece of data, by the processor.

Abstract: A semiconductor device includes a metal column that extends in a stretching direction; a polymer layer that surrounds the metal column from a direction crossing the stretching direction; and a guide that surrounds the polymer layer in the crossing direction so as to be spaced from the metal column with the polymer layer interposed therebetween. A method for manufacturing semiconductor devices includes a step of filling a mixture containing metal particles and polymers in a guide; and a step of subjecting the mixture to a heat treatment so that the polymers agglomerate to the guide to form a polymer layer that makes contact with the guide and the metal particles agglomerate away from the guide with the polymer layer interposed therebetween to form a metal column that stretches in a stretching direction of the guide from the metal particles.

Abstract: A data verification device includes a processor configured to: specify, out of a plurality of sites registered as acquisition sources of specific information, reliability of the site from which the information was acquired as the specific information based on storage content of a storage that stores therein the reliability in association with each of the sites; and output the information acquired as the specific information together with the specified reliability.

Abstract: To miniaturize metal columns. A semiconductor device includes a metal column (14) that extends in a stretching direction; a polymer layer (16) that surrounds the metal column from a direction crossing the stretching direction; and a guide (12) that surrounds the polymer layer in the crossing direction so as to be spaced from the metal column with the polymer layer interposed therebetween. A method for manufacturing semiconductor devices includes a step of filling a mixture (20) containing metal particles (22) and polymers (24) in a guide (12); and a step of subjecting the mixture to a heat treatment so that the polymers agglomerate to the guide to form a polymer layer (16) that makes contact with the guide and the metal particles agglomerate away from the guide with the polymer layer interposed therebetween to form a metal column (14) that stretches in a stretching direction of the guide from the metal particles.

Abstract: A tabular data analysis method includes determining, by a computer, whether a cell having data is present for each row or each column of input tabular data, and extracting, in a case where there is one or more cells having data, a block of rows or columns in which the one or more cells are consecutively included, as a part related to one piece of table data.

Abstract: An item name association processing method includes: extracting a plurality of item names from table format data, using a processor; referring to a storage in which a plurality of item groups is stored and determining which item group includes an item name that has a predetermined similar relationship with the plurality of individual extracted item names, using the processor; and selecting, as an association target, from among the plurality of item names, regarding the item name from which a positive determination result has been obtained, the item name having the predetermined similar relationship and submitting, as an association candidate, from among the plurality of item names, regarding the item name from which a negative determination result has been obtained, the item group determined to include the item name having the predetermined similar relationship with another item name, using the processor.

Abstract: A semiconductor device includes a metal column that extends in a stretching direction; a polymer layer that surrounds the metal column from a direction crossing the stretching direction; and a guide that surrounds the polymer layer in the crossing direction so as to be spaced from the metal column with the polymer layer interposed therebetween. A method for manufacturing semiconductor devices includes a step of filling a mixture containing metal particles and polymers in a guide; and a step of subjecting the mixture to a heat treatment so that the polymers agglomerate to the guide to form a polymer layer that makes contact with the guide and the metal particles agglomerate away from the guide with the polymer layer interposed therebetween to form a metal column that stretches in a stretching direction of the guide from the metal particles.

Abstract: A non-transitory computer-readable recording medium storing a data acquisition program that causes a computer to execute a process including: identifying a position of a part to be extracted in a document that is associated with a specific URL and includes structural information of tags, the position being on a hierarchical structure of the tags included in the document, and allowing the position on the hierarchical structure to be registered; and accessing periodically or non-periodically the document associated with the specific URL, and extracting and outputting data corresponding to the registered position on the hierarchical structure of the tags.

Abstract: An information acquisition method includes: acquiring a specific piece of data using information for specifying a position of the specific piece of data in a document of a certain site by referring to a storage that stores therein information for specifying the position of the specific piece of data in the document of the certain site and information for specifying a position of another piece of data having a predetermined relation to the specific piece of data in the document, by a processor; and acquiring the other piece of data using the position of the other piece of data related to the specific piece of data in the document by referring to the storage, and acquiring data having the predetermined relation to the other piece of data using the acquired other piece of data, by the processor.

Abstract: A non-transitory computer-readable recording medium stores a data acquisition program that causes a computer to execute a process including: extracting first data and second data that are separated from each other by a predetermined tag or symbol, from a document written in HTML; displaying the extracted first data and the extracted second data in an associated manner; and specifying a position of a tag included in the document on a hierarchical structure with respect to the first data or the second data in the document to allow registration of the position on the hierarchical structure, upon detecting that the displayed first data or the displayed second data is selected.

Abstract: A data verification device includes a processor configured to: specify, out of a plurality of sites registered as acquisition sources of specific information, reliability of the site from which the information was acquired as the specific information based on storage content of a storage that stores therein the reliability in association with each of the sites; and output the information acquired as the specific information together with the specified reliability.

Abstract: To miniaturize metal columns. A semiconductor device includes a metal column (14) that extends in a stretching direction; a polymer layer (16) that surrounds the metal column from a direction crossing the stretching direction; and a guide (12) that surrounds the polymer layer in the crossing direction so as to be spaced from the metal column with the polymer layer interposed therebetween. A method for manufacturing semiconductor devices includes a step of filling a mixture (20) containing metal particles (22) and polymers (24) in a guide (12); and a step of subjecting the mixture to a heat treatment so that the polymers agglomerate to the guide to form a polymer layer (16) that makes contact with the guide and the metal particles agglomerate away from the guide with the polymer layer interposed therebetween to form a metal column (14) that stretches in a stretching direction of the guide from the metal particles.