Abstract: A method may include designating selected stages of a power amplifier as active stages. Each active stage includes a tristate inverter having a high side switch and a low side switch connected to the high side switch at a drain node; and a capacitor connected in series with the tristate inverter. The method includes enabling a high side switch of an active stage in a high side state, enabling a low side switch of the active stage in a low side state, and disabling the high side switch and the low side switch while in a floating state while transitioning from at least one of the high side state to the low side state or the low side state to the high side state.

Abstract: A spark discharge monitoring system includes a receiving unit, a control unit, and a display unit. The receiving unit receives spark information. The control unit acquires a temporal change of the spark number based on the spark information, corrects the spark number based on operation data including at least a field current, and displays the temporal change of the corrected spark number on the display unit.

Abstract: Provided is a light-emitting device, a lighting appliance, and a street light that emit light with minimal negative effects on the behavior of sea turtles and which makes irradiated objects easily visible to humans. The light-emitting device includes a light-emitting element having an emission peak wavelength within a range from 400 nm to 490 nm; and a first phosphor having an emission peak wavelength within a range from 570 nm to 680 nm, wherein the light-emitting device, lighting appliance, and street light emit light that has a correlated color temperature of 1950 K or less, an average color rendering index Ra of 40 or greater, a full width at half maximum of an emission spectrum indicating a maximum emission intensity in an emission spectrum of the light-emitting device of 110 nm or less, and a sea turtle light attraction index T derived from Equation (1) of 0.416 or less.

Abstract: Recognition processing of a specific photographic subject is executed on a medical image, and an acceptance mode is determined on the basis of a calculated reliability level of the recognition result of the specific photographic subject. The acceptance mode accepts a correction to the recognition result in accordance with the reliability level with respect to a threshold value, and the recognition result that is corrected is displayed. The acceptance mode includes a first mode for selecting an option of a candidate correction, a second mode for accepting no correction, and a third mode for accepting a correction using any text.

Abstract: Techniques are disclosed for validating a cloud region built at a prefab factory. A computing device of the cloud region can receive a network configuration from a manager service. The network configuration can correspond to a network topology of physical resources in the cloud region and can include a first identifier associated with a computing device, a second identifier associated with a neighboring computing device, and information associating the computing device with the neighboring computing device. The computing device can be configured for transmitting to a second data center and can boot into a test mode at the second data center and receive a new identifier from a server device. The computing device can verify the new identifier and send a validation request to the neighboring computing device. The computing device can validate a network connection to the neighboring computing device based on a response to the validation request.

Abstract: A method for producing an aldehyde includes the following steps (1) to (3): (1) withdrawing part or all of a reaction solution from a hydroformylation reaction zone while performing the hydroformylation reaction; (2) oxidizing by bringing the withdrawn reaction solution into contact with an oxygen-containing gas in an atmosphere having a total pressure of 0.8 MPaA or less and an oxygen partial pressure ratio of 10% or less; and (3) feeding the oxidized reaction solution to the hydroformylation reaction zone while maintaining a state in which the catalyst is dissolved or dispersed in the reaction solution.

Abstract: An antenna device includes a substrate and four antenna units. The four antenna units are disposed on the substrate. Each of the four antenna units includes an L-shaped radiation portion, a hook-shaped coupling portion and a ground portion. The hook-shaped coupling portion is adjacent to the L-shaped radiation portion. The ground portion is disposed around the L-shaped radiation portion and the hook-shaped coupling portion. One end of the hook-shaped coupling portion is connected to the ground portion.

Abstract: A multilayer inductor includes: an element body having a pair of end surfaces facing each other, and a side surface extending in a facing direction of the pair of end surfaces in such a way as to connect the pair of end surfaces; and a through conductor disposed inside the element body and extending in the facing direction. The element body includes a first portion surrounding the through conductor and a second portion positioned outward of the first portion, when viewed in the facing direction. The first portion is disposed spaced from the side surface. The first portion and the second portion have different magnetic permeabilities from each other.

Abstract: An impurity recovery device according to the present embodiment may recover impurities present on a surface of a substrate. The substrate may be placed on a stage. A sprayer may spray a recovery liquid toward the substrate along a direction from a side of a central part of the substrate to a side of the end part of the substrate. A recovery portion may recover the recovery liquid from the end part of the substrate.

Abstract: The distance measuring apparatus detects return light reflected off or scattered by an object and measures a distance to the object. The distance measuring apparatus includes a laser light source, an optical scanning unit to scan with outgoing light emitted from the laser light source, a light receiving unit to detect the return light, which is reflected off the object irradiated with the outgoing light from the optical scanning unit, reflected off the optical scanning unit, a light-path guiding unit to direct the outgoing light emitted from the laser light source toward the optical scanning unit, and a first aperture to make a diameter of the outgoing light small and disposed on an optical path, from the laser light source to the light-path guiding unit, of the outgoing light.

Abstract: The electronic device of the disclosure includes a substrate, a spacer, a sensing electrode, a first electrode, a second electrode and a transistor. The spacer is disposed on the substrate. The sensing electrode disposed on the substrate, wherein a portion of the sensing electrode is overlapped with the spacer. The first electrode is disposed on the spacer. The second electrode is disposed on the substrate, wherein the spacer is disposed between the second electrode and the first electrode. The transistor is disposed on the substrate and electrically connected to the second electrode, and the spacer is overlapped with a portion of the transistor.

Abstract: A display system including an image output apparatus that outputs an image having a first aspect ratio, and a display apparatus that displays the image output by the image output apparatus, the display apparatus transmitting resolution information to the image output apparatus, the resolution information containing information indicating a first resolution that is the resolution in a first direction and a second resolution that is the resolution in a second direction perpendicular to the first direction, the image output apparatus performing receiving the resolution information from the display apparatus, and outputting a first image to the display apparatus based on the resolution information, the first image having a third resolution lower than the first resolution, and the second resolution and having an aspect ratio equal to the first aspect ratio, and the display apparatus displaying a second image containing the first image and having the first and second resolutions.

Abstract: Described herein is a fractional phase locked loop with sigma-delta modulator (SDM) quantization noise cancellation. The fractional phase includes a digital filter configured to receive an error signal based on a comparison of a reference clock and a feedback clock, a controlled oscillator configured to generate an output clock by adjusting a frequency of the controlled oscillator based on a control signal output by the digital filter, the feedback clock being based on the output clock, a sigma-delta modulator configured to control division of the output clock to generate a divided output clock which includes a sigma-delta modulator quantization noise and a digital-to-time converter configured to receive a cancellation code from an integrator in the sigma-delta modulator and cancel the sigma-delta modulator quantization noise in the divided output clock with the cancellation code to generate the feedback clock.

Abstract: A semiconductor structure includes: a base, a first and a second electrode layer, where the first electrode layer is located on the base and includes a first comb handle part and a plurality of first comb tooth parts connected to the first comb handle part and arranged in parallel, one end of the first comb handle part is configured to access an input signal, and the other end is configured to access an output signal; and the second electrode layer is located on the base and located on the same layer with the first electrode layer, and includes a second comb handle part and a plurality of second comb tooth parts connected to the second comb handle part and arranged in parallel, the second comb tooth parts and the first comb tooth parts are parallel in a crossed manner, and the second comb handle part is configured to be grounded.

Abstract: A vehicle spat device includes a spat, a link mechanism, and a clutch mechanism. The spat is an aerodynamic member of a vehicle. The link mechanism can move the spat between a deployed position where the spat is arranged at a position closer to a front end of the vehicle than a wheel of the vehicle and a retracted position where the spat is retracted. The clutch mechanism restricts relative rotation of the spat around a clutch axis, and allows the relative rotation, based on external force input to the spat. The link mechanism includes a rotation shaft member and a movement shaft member. A line along an axis of the rotation shaft member is a rotation axis in movement of the spat between the deployed position and the retracted position. A line along an axis of the movement shaft member is the clutch axis.

Abstract: To allow users to communicate with each other using the tactile sense, which is not limited to the direction and magnitude of force. A guide rope is constituted by a first gripping component, a first connection component, a second gripping component, and a second connection component that are annularly connected in sequence. An inner portion of the first gripping component, an inner portion of the first connection component, an inner portion of the second gripping component, and an inner portion of the second connection component are all hollow, and the inner portions of the components are connected to form one sealed space. The first gripping component and the second gripping component are formed in such a way as to be easily deformed by a change in pressure of air in the inner portion or a change in force from outside.

Abstract: A recognition device includes a data extraction unit, a recognition unit, and a ratio estimation unit. The data extraction unit acquires related information related to a target in a recognition target image which is a post-image obtained through photographing before and after treatment on a container that stores the target, and extracts recognition target data which is a combination of the recognition target image and the related information The recognition unit accepts the recognition target data as an input to a model learned in advance and outputs a recognition result obtained by recognizing an area where at least the container, the target, and a portion other than the target are divided by an output of the model. The ratio estimation unit estimates a ratio of the target in the recognition target image based on the recognition result and an area ratio in a pre-stored pre-image obtained through the photographing before and after the treatment.

Abstract: An electronic component includes an element body formed by laminating a plurality of insulating layers, and a resonator disposed in the element body. The resonator includes a first conductor and a second conductor extending in a stacking direction of the plurality of insulating layers, and inductor conductors electrically connecting the first conductor and the second conductor. In at least one conductor of the first conductor and the second conductor, when the conductor is viewed from the stacking direction, a first length in one direction is longer than a second length in the other direction orthogonal to the one direction, and as viewed from the stacking direction, a direction in which the first conductor and the second conductor are arranged is orthogonal to the one direction.

Abstract: A control device supports self-sustaining operation of a smart grid which includes a power generation facility that performs power generation, a first storage battery that controls a voltage of the smart grid to be a target value, and a second storage battery that performs charge and discharge according to a charge and discharge command. The control device includes: an acquisition unit configured to acquire a generated power in the smart grid and a consumed power in the smart grid; a calculation unit configured to calculate a differential power that is a difference between the generated power and the consumed power; a determination unit configured to determine a charge and discharge power of the second storage battery using the differential power; and a control unit configured to transmit the charge and discharge command indicating the determined charge and discharge power of the second storage battery to the second storage battery.

Abstract: A data transmission method includes: a step in which each of a plurality of devices determines an IP address of each device based on a hash value calculated from a public key of each device according to a hash function; a step in which each of the plurality of devices holds state information reflecting a connection relationship between the devices and transmits a notification message indicating content of the state information to another device; a step in which each of the plurality of devices updates the state information held by each device based on the notification message received from the another device; and a step in which, in a group of devices logically defined based on the state information held by each device, a routing table that is held between the devices included in the group and is used to search for a device to be a destination of data transmission is determined.