Abstract: A semiconductor device includes a via and first and second transistors of the same channel type which are formed in a semiconductor substrate. The first and second transistors are located in a first lateral direction of the via and have their channel direction that matches the first lateral direction. A first stress relaxation region is formed in the semiconductor substrate between the via and the first transistor which is located closer to the via than the second transistor is. A second stress relaxation region smaller than the first stress relaxation region is formed in the semiconductor substrate between the first transistor and the second transistor which is located farther from the via than the first transistor is.

Abstract: An optical element includes a gain chip, a ring modulator, which is a band-pass filter, a first optical waveguide and a second optical waveguide that are optically connected to the ring modulator, and a heater, wherein the first optical waveguide and the second optical waveguide are formed to be equal in optical path length (have no difference in optical path length) between a first light coupling point and a second light coupling point and equal in shape and length between the first light coupling point and the second light coupling point (to be symmetrical with the ring modulator interposed therebetween (with respect to the ring modulator)).

Abstract: A disclosed load estimation method includes: collecting run information of a processor being executing a predetermined program; specifying execution status of the processor based on the collected run information; and estimating a load of the predetermined program based on a result of comparison between the execution status of the processor and execution characteristics of the processor. Each of the execution characteristics is stored in association with a load level of the predetermined program.

Abstract: A system includes: a server; and a terminal. The server manages a first connection state indicating a state of connection with the terminal based on whether the connection with the terminal is determined as established, and performs deallocation or reuse of a server-side resource allocated by the server, based on whether the first connection state is synchronized with a second connection state managed in the terminal. The terminal repeatedly checks a connection with the server using the connection path including the at least part in which the wireless communication is performed, and manages the second connection state indicating a state of the connection with the server, based on whether the connection with the server is determined as established. The terminal performs deallocation or reuse of a terminal-side resource allocated by the terminal, based on whether the second connection state is synchronized with the first connection state.

Abstract: A transmission control device includes an acquiring unit that acquires propagation delay time for each propagation path between a plurality of terminal devices and a plurality of transmitter stations; a selector that selects, based on the propagation delay time acquired by the acquiring unit, combinations of terminal devices having similar propagation delay differences from the plurality of the transmitter stations; and a controller that controls transmission timing of the plurality of the transmitter stations that transmit signals to the combinations of the terminal devices selected by the selector.

Abstract: A non-transitory computer-readable recording medium stores a voxelization program that causes a computer to execute a process. The process includes voxelizing a three-dimensional shape to generate a first voxel structure corresponding to the three-dimensional shape, specifying, in a case where lines perpendicular to respective faces of a cube or a cuboid containing the generated first voxel structure are extended from the respective faces toward inside the cube or the cuboid until the lines hit the first voxel structure, a region outside an outer periphery of the first voxel structure according to whether at least lines extended from three faces orthogonal to each other intersect, and setting the specified outside region as a second voxel structure, and performing inversion to invert a region of the voxel structures and a region not set as a voxel in the cube or the cuboid.

Abstract: An information processing device includes a first port and a processor coupled to the first port and configured to transmit, via the first port, a first signal to a first device coupled to the first port, cause a second device coupled to the first port to determine whether a failure is present in the first port when the information processing device does not receive a first response signal in response to the first signal, and determine that the failure is present in the first device when the second device does not determine that the failure is present in the first port.

Abstract: A data processing device includes: a FIFO buffer; a write circuit writing data in the buffer according to a write clock signal; a read circuit reading data from the buffer according to a read clock signal, a PLL circuit conducting a phase synchronization processing of the read clock signal based on a phase difference between the write and read clock signals and outputting a notification signal when the phase difference becomes within a predetermined range; a write control circuit controlling a timing when the write circuit starts writing based on the notification signal; a read control circuit comparing an address in which data is written and a reference address and controlling a timing when the read circuit starts reading based on a comparison result; and a correction circuit correcting the reference address with a value corresponding to the phase difference obtained when the notification signal has been output.

Abstract: A program acquisition method performed by an information processing terminal, includes calculating a degree of matching a first condition that authorizes access to a predetermined program with respect to a condition detected in relation to the information processing terminal, acquiring the predetermined program and storing the acquired predetermined program in a storage in response to the degree of matching being within a predetermined range from a first value indicating that the degree of matching satisfies the first condition, and restricting the access to the predetermined program stored in the storage until the degree of matching indicates the first value.

Abstract: A method includes acquiring an image, acquiring display orders of a plurality of object data that respectively correspond to a plurality of reference objects based on correspondence information in which a reference object is associated with an object data that corresponds to the reference object and a display order of the object data, determining, among the plurality of object data, object data that corresponds to a display subject based on the display orders of the plurality of object data, executing a process that generates display information for displaying the object data that is the display subject, controlling a display to display the object data that is the display subject based on an execution result of the process, and performing the executing of the process for another object data, and the controlling of the display based on the another object data, the another object data being a next display subject.

Abstract: A method is executed by a computer which communicates with a plurality of terminal devices and a plurality of servers. The method includes receiving a request for assignment of a server from a first terminal device, identifying a first group to which the first terminal device belongs based on group information managing groups to which the plurality of terminal devices belong respectively, determining whether another terminal device belonging to the first group is coupled to any one of the plurality of servers based on the group information and connection information indicating a connection relationship between the plurality of servers and at least one of the plurality of terminal devices, and when the other terminal device is coupled to any one of the plurality of servers, assigning a first server coupled to the other terminal device to the first terminal device.

Abstract: A transmission method and apparatus of a discovery signal and a communication system. The transmission method of a discovery signal includes: determining one or more transmission resources from resource pools according to a sidelink discovery signal needing to be transmitted; and transmitting the sidelink discovery signal by using the one or more transmission resources; wherein the resource pools are segmented in a frequency domain and/or a time domain and hence comprise multiple types. Hence, cases of waste of resources or of impossible carrying may be reduced as much as possible even if sizes of discovery information are different due to different scenarios.

Abstract: Embodiments of this disclosure provide an information transmission method and apparatus based on a non-orthogonal multiple access technology and a system. The method is applicable to an eNB and includes: the eNB transmits first information and second information of UE to the UE by using same resources; and the eNB transmits indication information to the UE, the indication information indicating the UE that the first information of the UE is overlapped on resources for transmitting the second information of the UE. With the method, apparatus and system of the embodiments of this disclosure, a system capacity of a control channel area of the UE may be improved, thereby improving an overall capacity of the system.

Abstract: A computer readable storage medium stores a facetization processing program that causes a computer to execute a process. The process includes: voxelizing a three-dimensional shape; generating first voxels corresponding to the three-dimensional shape; specifying an area surrounded by the generated first voxels; setting the specified area as voxels to generate second voxels; and facetizing third voxels at a boundary between at least one of the first voxels and a non-voxel area, and the second voxels and the non-voxel area.

Abstract: A base station apparatus executes a first scheduling of allocating a first radio resource in a first frequency band used in a first wireless communication standard to a first terminal device, and executes a second scheduling of allocating a second radio resource in a second frequency band used in a second wireless communication standard to a second terminal device, wherein the second frequency band is broader than the first frequency band, the first frequency band is included in the second frequency band, when the first radio resource is not allocated in the first scheduling, the first frequency band is allocated as the second radio resource in the second scheduling, and when the first radio resource is allocated in the first scheduling, a frequency band other than the first frequency band in the second frequency band is allocated as the second radio resource in the second scheduling.

Abstract: A disclosed display method includes: projecting data of a space that includes a first display provided by a first display device to a perspective view; causing a second display device to display the perspective view on a second display; accepting a designation of a first position on the second display; converting the first position into a second position on the first display, upon detecting that the first position is inside an area that corresponds to the first display; and operating an image displayed on the first display based on the second position.

Abstract: A message processing device includes a memory and a processor coupled to the memory. The processor is configured to receive a transmission instruction from a first information processing device. The transmission instruction includes a first message, first authentication information to be used for first authentication of authenticating a first user, and first identification information for identifying a first storage area. The processor is configured to identify the first storage area by using the first identification information. The processor is configured to store the first message in the identified first storage area. The processor is configured to perform the first authentication by using the first authentication information. The processor is configured to store, when the first authentication is successfully completed, information indicating authenticity in the first storage area in association with the first message.

Abstract: An optical element includes a first optical waveguide that extends from a first end portion toward a second end portion, and has a first active layer, a second optical waveguide that has a second active layer, and is disposed side by side with the first optical waveguide and extends from the first end portion toward the second end portion, a reflective film disposed on an end face of the first optical waveguide at a side of the first end portion, and an anti-reflection film disposed on an end face of the second optical waveguide at the side of the first end portion, wherein the anti-reflection film extends from a side of the second optical waveguide to the first optical waveguide at the first end portion, and the reflective film includes the anti-reflection film as one of constituent elements.

Abstract: A communication method executed by a communication system, the communication method includes determining, by a first node that requests to execute an application, a policy for selecting a node to execute the application from the plurality of relay nodes based on an amount of an output data which is an execution result of the application and an amount of an input data for executing the application; transmitting a request message including identification information indicating the policy and requesting to execute the application via the path; receiving, by a third node, the request message; acquiring data for executing the application from a second node, when it is determined that the third node is able to execute the application based on the identification information; executing the application using at least the acquired data; and transmitting a response message including the execution result of the application to the first node.

Abstract: A power management apparatus configured to control charge and discharge of the battery, power discharged from the battery being supplied to a power consumption apparatus, the power management apparatus includes a memory, and a processor coupled to the memory and configured to receive, from the power consumption apparatus, first information indicating a first power amount which is predicted to be used in the power consumption apparatus, determine, based on the first power amount, a first value that is a value regarding a residual amount of the battery and is used for determining which of the charge and the discharge of the battery is to be preferentially executed, and control, based on the determined first value and the residual amount of the battery, the charge and the discharge of the battery.