Abstract: A management method includes determining, by a management apparatus, an acceptable range of a delivery time based on a delivery condition of goods ordered from a store, and determining, by the management apparatus based on the acceptable range of the delivery time and vehicle classification data on a vehicle that delivers goods, goods to be loaded into the vehicle.

Abstract: An information processing method performed by an information processing apparatus includes acquiring route information that indicates a route or a stop position for a delivery vehicle, the route information being generated based on driver information regarding a driver of the delivery vehicle and delivery information regarding a package to be delivered by the delivery vehicle.

Abstract: A management method performed by a management apparatus includes determining a delivery vehicle based on vehicle classification data and delivery environment information.

Abstract: A management method includes determining, by a management apparatus, a stopping location for a vehicle used for delivery, based on vehicle classification data on the vehicle, delivery environment information, and stopping environment information during the delivery.

Abstract: Semiconductor devices and multiply-accumulate operation devices are disclosed. In one example, a semiconductor device includes synapses in which a nonvolatile variable resistance element taking a first resistance value and a second resistance value lower than the first resistance value and a fixed resistance element having a resistance value higher than the second resistance value are connected in series. An output line outputs a sum of currents flowing through the plurality of synapses.

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: The recording device includes an elongated member 79 and a housing section 60. The housing section 60 houses the elongated member 79, and has a fixed end 61, a moving end, and an elongated variable section. A curved portion, which is a portion where the variable section is folded back on the way, moves following the movement of the carriage. In the height direction HD of the housing section 60, film member 76 having flexibility is disposed between the elongated member 79 and the housing section 60. A coefficient of friction between the film member 76 and the elongated member 79 is smaller than a coefficient of friction between the housing section 60 and the elongated member 79.

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: An imaging device capable of executing image processing is provided. Analog data (image data) acquired through an imaging operation is retained in a pixel, and data obtained by multiplying the analog data by a given weight coefficient in the pixel can be extracted. The data is taken into a neural network or the like, whereby processing such as image recognition can be performed. Since an enormous amount of image data can be retained in pixels in an analog data state, processing can be performed efficiently.

Abstract: In an electrochemical device of an embodiment, a cell stack has a spacer disposed to be arranged next to an insulating sealing member in a direction orthogonal to a stack direction. A plurality of the spacers are arranged in the stack direction between a pair of end plates, and the spacer is interposed between a pair of separators adjacently arranged in the stack direction. The spacer is formed of a material whose thickness reduction ratio when an operation of the electrochemical device is executed is smaller than that of the insulating sealing member. Before the execution of the operation of the electrochemical device, the thickness of the spacer is thinner than the thickness of the insulating sealing member. Further, the thickness of the spacer keeps a state of being equal to or less than the thickness of the insulating sealing member when the operation of the electrochemical device is executed.

Abstract: An imaging device having a motion detecting function and an image processing function is provided. The imaging device can detect a difference between a reference frame image and a comparative frame image, and can switch from a motion detecting mode to a normal image capturing mode when a significant difference is detected. A low-frame-rate operation in the motion detecting mode can reduce power consumption. Moreover, the imaging device has an image recognition function in combination with the motion detecting function, so that switching from the motion detecting mode to the normal image capturing mode can be performed when a particular image is recognized.

Abstract: An ultrasound automatic scanning system according to an embodiment includes an ultrasound probe, a mechanical mechanism, and processing circuitry. The ultrasound probe transmits and receives ultrasonic wave. The mechanical mechanism holds and moves the ultrasound probe while an ultrasonic-wave transmission-reception surface of the ultrasound probe is pointed to a subject. The processing circuitry acquires a distance between a body surface of the subject and the ultrasonic-wave transmission-reception surface of the ultrasound probe based on reflected wave data collected while the ultrasound probe is moved by the mechanical mechanism. The processing circuitry generates, based on information of the distance, locus information of movement of the ultrasound probe when ultrasound scanning is executed on the subject. The mechanical mechanism executes ultrasound scanning on the subject by moving the ultrasound probe based on the locus information generated by the processing circuitry.

Abstract: A vehicle brake system, including: a first-braking-force control mechanism configured to control a first braking force, a second-braking-force control mechanism configured to control a second braking force, an abnormal-state detecting device configured to detect whether the first-braking-force control mechanism is in an abnormal state, a pseudo-abnormal-state detecting device configured to detect whether the first-braking-force control mechanism is in a pseudo abnormal state in which the first-braking-force control mechanism is suspected to be in the abnormal state, and a controller including a pseudo abnormal state controller configured to control the second-braking-force control mechanism in an operating state of the first-braking-force control mechanism so as to control the second braking force when the pseudo-abnormal-state detecting device detects that the first-braking-force control mechanism is in the pseudo abnormal state.

Abstract: According to one embodiment, a semiconductor device includes a first electrode, a second electrode, a third electrode; a fourth electrode, a semiconductor member, a first conductive member, a second conductive member, and an insulating member. The semiconductor member includes first, second and third semiconductor regions. The first semiconductor region includes a first outer edge region, a first partial region, a second partial region, a third partial region, and a fourth partial region. The first, third and fourth partial regions are of a first conductivity type. The second semiconductor region is of a second conductivity type. The third semiconductor region is of the first conductivity type. The second conductive member includes a first conductive portion. The insulating member includes a first insulating region and a second insulating region. An electrical resistivity of the second partial region is higher than an electrical resistivity of the first partial region.

Abstract: Provided is a method for making a mold of a gap between components, the method comprising: a step for preparing a curable composition by mixing a resin material with a curing agent that promotes curing of the resin material; a step for cooling the curable composition (M) to a predetermined temperature at which curing of the curable composition is not initiated, so as to manufacture a mold-making kit; a step for placing the mold-making kit in a gap between a first member and a second member so as to fill the gap; a step for curing the mold-making kit between the first member and the second member to mold the mold-making kit into the shape of the gap; and a step for removing the cured mold-making kit from the gap.

Abstract: A semiconductor device has an active region through which current flows and an edge termination structure region arranged outside the active region. The semiconductor device includes a low-concentration semiconductor layer of a first conductivity type, and formed in the edge termination structure region, on a front surface of a semiconductor substrate. The semiconductor device includes a second semiconductor layer of a second conductivity type, in contact with one of a semiconductor layer of the second conductivity type in the active region and a semiconductor layer of the second conductivity type in contact with a source electrode. The second semiconductor layer has an impurity concentration that is lower than that of the semiconductor layer, and the second semiconductor layer is not in contact with a surface of the semiconductor substrate.

Abstract: An information processing apparatus according to one embodiment, comprising: a regression model generator configured to, by combining two or more of a plurality of variables, generate a plurality of terms that include combinations of two or more of the plurality of variables, respectively, and generate a regression model that regresses a property variable or an objective variable indicating an output of an objective function that includes the property variable, by the plurality of terms; a subgroup generator configured to generate, based on coefficients of the plurality of terms included in the regression model, subgroups that are the combinations of variables included the terms, respectively; and a subspace search processor configured to perform search for each of subspaces spanned by the subgroups based on an optimization criterion for the objective function, and generate pieces of first design value data that include values of the plurality of variables for the subspaces.

Abstract: To ensure that a biodegradable medical implement dissolves in vivo at an appropriate dissolution rate. The biodegradable medical implement of the present invention is formed of a magnesium material, and, at least in one transverse section, a layer of magnesium crystal grains in which a (0001) plane in a hexagonal crystal structure is oriented toward a surface side is continuous over an entire circumference.

Abstract: According to one embodiment, a semiconductor device includes a first element. The first element includes a first conductive member, a second conductive member, a first semiconductor member, a third conductive member, and a third conductive member wiring. The first conductive member includes a first conductive portion including a first face and a second conductive portion including a second face. The second conductive member includes a third conductive portion including a third face and a fourth conductive portion including a fourth face. The fourth conductive portion includes a facing conductive portion. The first semiconductor member is of a first conductive type. The first semiconductor member includes a first partial region, a second partial region and a third partial region. The third partial region includes a facing face facing the facing conductive portion. The third conductive member wiring is electrically connected to the third conductive member.

Abstract: According to one embodiment, the ultrasonic probe includes a transducer group, an acoustic transmission layer, and a protective material. The transducer group has a plurality of transducers transmitting ultrasonic waves. The acoustic transmission layer transmits the ultrasonic waves transmitted by the transducer group. The protective material protects the transducer group and the acoustic transmission layer. A width of the transducer group in an elevation direction and an opening width of the protective material at the position corresponding to the body contact surface of the acoustic transmission layer are almost identical. The transducer group is provided at a predetermined distance from the body contact surface of the acoustic transmission layer.