Abstract: A metal article comprises an alloy substrate having a surface and a non-diffused metal monolayer disposed thereon. The surface has a first surface work function value ?s. The non-diffused monolayer deposited on the surface has a second surface work function value ?s that is less negative than the first surface work function value. A method for depositing the monolayer via underpotential deposition (UPD) is also disclosed.

Abstract: In a receiving device, an oscillating section generates a local oscillating signal for performing frequency conversion of one reception target channel of channels in broadcasting in a first frequency band and channels in broadcasting in a second frequency band; a first receiving section generates a channel signal based on the local oscillating signal and a high-frequency signal in the first frequency band when the reception target channel is a channel in the first frequency band, and does not perform the generation when the reception target channel is a channel in the second frequency band; and second receiving section generates a channel signal based on the local oscillating signal and a high-frequency signal in the second frequency band when the reception target channel is a channel in the second frequency band, and does not perform the generation when the reception target channel is a channel in the first frequency band.

Abstract: A motion SFC program component creation device includes a componentization unit that componentizes, in a program unit, a motion SFC program including a series of a plurality of steps, and an incorporation unit that incorporates the componentized motion SFC programs into a motion SFC program used for a motion control executed by a driving command device that supplies a driving command to a drive device.

Abstract: A memory device includes a substrate, first and second trench isolations, a plurality of line-type isolations, a first word line, and a second word line. The substrate comprises an active area having source and drain regions. The first and second trench isolations extend parallel to each other. The line-type isolations define the active area together with the first and second trench isolations. The first word line extends across the active area and is formed in the substrate adjacent to the first trench isolation defining a first segment of the active area with the first trench isolation. The second word line extends across the active area and is formed in the substrate adjacent to the second trench isolation defining a second segment of the active area with the second trench isolation. The size of the first segment is substantially equal to the size of the second segment.

Abstract: A solar module is disclosed, which includes a back plate, a reflecting structure, one or more solar cell units, a bottom sealant, a top sealant, and a transparent plate. The reflecting structure is disposed on the back plate. The reflecting structure has inclines and a reflector layer. The solar cell units are disposed on the back plate. The solar cell units are spatially separated from and adjacent to the reflecting structure. The inclines are tilted towards nearby solar cell units. The reflector layer is disposed on the incline for directing the light toward the solar cell unit through total internal reflection. The bottom sealant is disposed between the back plate and the solar cell units. The top sealant is disposed on the solar cell units, and the transparent plate is disposed on the top sealant. A method for fabricating the solar module is also disclosed.

Abstract: There is provided a connector capable of reducing deterioration of the noise removal capability by suppressing deformation of a ferrite. The connector includes: a housing which is provided with a plurality of connector fitting portions to be fitted in a plurality of mating connectors, respectively; a plurality of terminals which are attached to the housing to project within the plurality of connector fitting portions, respectively; a plurality of ferrites which remove noise generated from the plurality of terminals, each ferrite being provided for the respective one of the connector fitting portions and having a through hole through which each of the plurality of terminals passes; and a plurality of pressing arms which are provided in the housing, each pressing arm holding the respective one of the plurality of ferrites.

Abstract: A touch sensing system comprising a set of touch surfaces in a touch panel including a population of touch surfaces; and at least one touch alert generator separately alerting for touch on each of, and both of, at least first and second touch surfaces from among the population of touch surfaces, wherein the alert generator is operative to determine capacitance of said first touch surface, determine touch object capacitance of said first and second touch surfaces, and compute a difference between the two capacitances, thereby to generate an approximation for touch object capacitance of said second touch surface.

Abstract: An incorporated slide fastener that is incorporated simultaneously with the weaving of the fastener tape for a zigzag-type continuous element row. The weft yarn of the fastener tape is woven with one thread traversing and doubling back in the tape width direction, forming a set of two threads. Fastener elements have: engaging heads; first and second leg portions that each extend in the width direction of the tape; first connecting portions that connect first legs that are adjacent in the longitudinal direction of the tape; and second connecting parts that connect second legs that are adjacent in the longitudinal direction of the tape. Of the two yarns configuring the weft yarn, one yarn is woven diagonally straddling the first surface of a first leg and the second surface of a second leg of adjacent fastener elements.

Abstract: A motor drive device employed, for example, in an electric power steering apparatus for vehicle, achieves a reduction not only in size but also in vibration and noise at the same time. At least one of a motor drive control unit (30) and a motor (10) is provided with at least two screw holes (53) for fixation to a gear (speed reducer) of an electric power steering apparatus. Let L1 be a maximum value of a distance between center points of the screw holes (53) and L2 be a distance between an end face (D) of a stator iron core (12) in an axial direction on a farther side from the gear and an attachment surface (C) attached to a gear side, then a value of L1 is equal to or greater than a value of L2.

Abstract: The present invention is to provide a position information providing apparatus that allows the calculation of the confidence level of the measurement result with high accuracy. A position information providing apparatus includes a sensor data acquiring unit 110 acquiring sensor data, a feature amount calculating unit 120 calculating a feature amount from the sensor data, and a confidence level calculating unit 130 calculating a confidence level using the feature amount, wherein the sensor data is more than one, and the feature amount includes a statistical amount of more than one piece of the sensor data and an amount showing a form of the sensor data.

Abstract: There is provided a method that can quickly perform a secure sum-of-product computation by cooperative computation by three parties (computation apparatuses) that is easy to implement. In a secure computation method in which a party X performs a party-X random number generation step, a party-X first computation step and a party-X second computation step, a party Y performs a party-Y random number generation step, a party-Y first computation step and a party-Y second computation step, and a party Z performs a party-Z random number generation step, a party-Z first computation step and a party-Z second computation step, computation processings performed by the parties are symmetrical to each other.

Abstract: An oscillating device includes an atomic oscillator, an oven controlled crystal oscillator, a correcting unit configured to correct an output signal of the oven controlled crystal oscillator on the basis of an output signal of the atomic oscillator, a housing configured to house the atomic oscillator and the oven controlled crystal oscillator, and a temperature adjusting unit configured to adjust the temperature in the housing to a predetermined temperature.

Abstract: There is provided an image processing device including an input image acquisition portion that acquires an input image, a past image acquisition portion that acquires a past image of a photographic subject in the input image, a mode selection portion that selects one of modes, using the input image, from among a plurality of modes including a first mode in which the photographic subject in the past image is overlapped with the photographic subject in the input image and a second mode in which the photographic subject in the past image is arranged side by side with the photographic subject in the input image, and a display control portion that superimposes the past image on the input image in accordance with the mode selected by the mode selection portion.

Abstract: Multi-channel support within single user, multiple user, multiple access, and/or MIMO wireless communications. A communication device is implemented to encode information bit(s) to encoded bits, which subsequently can undergo processing by an interleaver that is implemented to generate interleaved bits. A constellation mapper is implemented to map the interleaved bits to constellation(s) to generate mapped signals. Two or more inverse discrete fast Fourier transform (IDFT) processors are respectively implemented to process the mapped signals to generate signal streams. For example, a first IDFT processor is implemented to process a first of the mapped signals to generate a first signal stream, and a second IDFT processor is implemented to process a second of the mapped signals to generate a second signal stream. Such a communication device also includes communication interface(s) to transmit the signal streams to at least one additional communication device.

Abstract: A lithium secondary battery according to the present invention includes a positive electrode containing a positive electrode active material capable of occluding/releasing lithium ions; a negative electrode containing a negative electrode active material capable of occluding/releasing lithium ions; a separator located between the positive electrode and the negative electrode; and an electrolyte having a lithium ion conductivity. The positive electrode active material contains a lithium nickel complex oxide substantially having an irreversible capacity; the negative electrode active material has lithium occluded thereto in advance; and in a completely discharged state of the lithium secondary battery when an environmental temperature is 25° C., an amount of lithium releasable from the negative electrode is larger than an irreversible capacity of the lithium secondary battery.

Abstract: There is derived an index FS (P) obtained by integrating the product of a probability distribution function f (?{square root over ( )}areamax) of an inclusion size ?{square root over ( )}areamax of a part and a “size S (P, ?{square root over ( )}?{square root over ( )}areamax) of a region of the part” where a stress amplitude ? of an acting stress exceeds a stress amplitude ?w of a fatigue strength at each location in the case of a load being applied under a loading condition P set previously by an operator over the inclusion size ?{square root over ( )}?{square root over ( )}areamax of the part with the whole region of a range where a probability distribution of the inclusion size ?{square root over ( )}areamax exists set as an integral range.

Abstract: A touch panel includes a substrate, first and second electrode units, and an auxiliary electrode unit. The substrate has first and second touch areas. The first electrode unit includes a plurality of first electrodes arranged spacedly in one of rows and columns, and disposed on the substrate to span the first and second touch areas. The second electrode unit includes a plurality of second electrodes arranged spacedly in the other of rows and columns to intersect without contacting the first electrodes. The auxiliary electrode unit is disposed proximate to and without contacting the second electrode unit such that the second electrode unit is able to detect a signal passing through the auxiliary electrode unit.

Abstract: A method for forming a print head having a plurality of reentrant structures to reduce wetting of the print head surface by the ink during use, and a resulting structure. The method can include the use of a single photosensitive layer to form plurality of reentrant structures, each having a pillar and a cap which overhangs the pillar. A plurality of print head nozzles can also be formed during the formation of the reentrant structures. Embodiments can include the formation of pillars, caps, and nozzles using three different masks, two different masks, or a single mask.

Abstract: A composite substrate which includes a silicon layer having less lattice defects is provided. A composite substrate includes an insulating substrate and a functional layer of which one main surface is bonded to an upper surface of the substrate. A dopant concentration of the functional layer decreases from the other main surface toward the substrate side in a thickness direction of the functional layer.

Abstract: There is provided an image processing apparatus including a dynamic body detecting unit for detecting a dynamic body contained in a moving image, a dynamic body region setting unit for, during a predetermined time from a time point the dynamic body is detected by the dynamic body detecting unit, setting a region containing the dynamic body at the detection time point as a dynamic body region, and a fluctuation removable processing unit for performing a fluctuation removal process on a region other than the dynamic body region set by the dynamic body region setting unit.