Abstract: An imaging element mounting board for mounting an imaging element has a wire region including a first insulating layer, a metal wire disposed at one side in a thickness direction of the first insulating layer, and a second insulating layer disposed at one side in the thickness direction of the metal wire. An equivalent elastic modulus of the wire region is 5 GPa or more and 55 GPa or less.

Abstract: A dispensing system includes a liquid dispensing tap and an associated or integrated measuring cap/cup. The dispensing tap and cap/cup are configured such that the cap/cup is assembled with the tap prior to installation onto a container, and stays assembled with the tap during installation onto the container at the filling line, and which can later be removed for use and then reattached to the tap or container after use by the consumer.

Abstract: A control device obtains a specification of a vehicle-mounted device which is mounted on a vehicle, and implements a control according to the specification. The vehicle-mounted device includes a transmission unit that transmits a specific signal that enables the specification of the vehicle-mounted device to be obtained. The control device includes a receiving unit which is configured to be able to receive the specific signal, and a learning unit that learns that the specification of the vehicle-mounted device is a first specification if the receiving unit does not receive the specific signal, and learns that the specification of the vehicle-mounted device is a second specification, which is different from the first specification, when the receiving unit receives the specific signal.

Abstract: To provide a laser distance measuring apparatus that can set the irradiation range of the laser beam to the front ground surface appropriately regardless of the inclination of the front ground surface. A laser distance measuring apparatus controls the scanning mechanism to performs two-dimensional scan which scan laser beam in an irradiation angle range of the right and left direction to the traveling direction of own vehicle and scans laser beam in an irradiation angle range of the up and down direction with respect to the traveling direction of own vehicle; detects a relative inclination information of the up and down direction of a ground surface in front of own vehicle with respect to a ground surface where own vehicle is located; and moves the irradiation angle range of the up and down direction to up side or down side according to the relative inclination information.

Abstract: A band-pass filter includes first to sixth stage resonators. Each resonator includes a resonator conductor portion formed of a conductor line. The resonator conductor portion has a first end and a second end which are opposite ends of the conductor line. The resonator conductor portion of each of the first and sixth stage resonators includes a narrow portion, a first wide portion located between the narrow portion and the first end, and a second wide portion located between the narrow portion and the second end. Each of the first and sixth stage resonators is lower in unloaded Q than the other resonators.

Abstract: Provided is a fiber molded body which has excellent durability against repeated compression and also has excellent flexibility and a cushioning property. The fiber molded body forms, on a surface of the fiber molded body, the ridges having a compressed and flattened shape in the thickness direction of the fiber molded body; or the fiber molded body forms a continuous curved surface with the fiber layer which forms the ridges and extends from both sides of the ridges in the thickness direction of the fiber molded body, and portions of the fiber layer of mutually adjacent ridges which form ridges and extend in the thickness direction of the fiber molded body come into close contact with each other in the thickness direction of the fiber molded body.

Abstract: Provided is a gasket capable of reducing the risk of water leakage from a sealing member for use to join a ceramic member. The gasket is made of elastic material and usable for joining two members which form a flow passage for liquid, and at least one of which is a ceramic member. The gasket includes: a base having a loop shape; a protrusion standing on the base, extending along the loop shape, and protruding toward one of the members; and a retainer formed on an inner periphery of the base and protruding from the inner periphery in an inward direction with respect to the loop shape.

Abstract: Systems and methods provide at least one software application to users from a software monitor computer server. The software application requires a license grant for use. The software monitor computer server tracks usage of the software application to develop historical use patterns. The software monitor computer server also receives calendar input from electronic calendars of the users and analyzing the calendar input to identify future calendared uses of the software application. This allows the software monitor computer server to predict the future license grant needs of the software application based on the historical use patterns and the future calendared uses of the software application. The software monitor computer server also provides substitute software applications to the users when an insufficient number of license grants are available to meet the future calendared uses of the software application.

Abstract: This disclosure relates to systems and methods for distributing content to a mobile device. Systems and methods are described that provide techniques for the dynamic selection of content for distribution to a mobile device based on user profile information and/or feedback information associated with a user of the mobile device. Additional embodiments of the disclosed systems and methods may provide for the pre-distribution of certain shared content portions to a mobile device. In further embodiments, information relating to the rendering of content items from a set of serialized and/or episodic content items on a mobile device may be used to determine whether to pre-distribute other content items from the set of content items.

Abstract: Embodiments are generally directed to a multi-phase architecture for multiple rate pixel shading. An embodiment of an apparatus includes one or more processor cores, the one or more processing cores including a graphics pipeline and a memory to store data for graphics processing, the data including pixel data. The graphics pipeline includes a multi-phase shader for processing of pixel data, the multi-phase shader including multiple rendering stages, the rendering stages including at least a first stage for a first granularity and a second stage for a second, different granularity, the second rendering granularity being a finer granularity than the first rendering granularity. The multi-phase shader is structured to provide a hierarchy for image rendering, wherein pixel data is received at a rendering stage having a coarsest rendering granularity, with remaining pixel data being provided through the hierarchy to one or more rendering stages having finer rendering granularities.

Abstract: A metallic structure for an optical semiconductor device, including a base body having disposed thereon at least in part metallic layers in the following order; a nickel or nickel alloy plated layer, a gold or gold alloy plated layer, and a silver or silver alloy plated layer, wherein the silver or silver alloy plated layer has a thickness in a range of 0.001 ?m or more and 0.01 ?m or less.

Abstract: A flexible tube for an endoscope, the flexible tube having a flexible tube base made of metal, a resin cover layer that covers an outer periphery of the flexible tube base, and a primer layer that includes a compound represented by formula (1) and that is disposed between the flexible tube base and the resin cover layer, in which the resin cover layer includes a polyurethane elastomer on a side in contact with the primer layer. X1 and X2 each represent a hydrogen atom, an alkyl group, a cycloalkyl group, an alkenyl group, an aryl group, an acyl group, an alkoxycarbonyl group, or a carbamoyl group, Y1 represents a hydroxy group or an alkoxy group, and Y2 and Y3 each represent a hydroxy group, an alkoxy group, or an alkyl group. L represents a single bond or a specific divalent group.

Abstract: A hot water supply system includes a hot water supply device which can be connected to an external communication network via a communication repeater, and a server. The server obtains, in pairing processing of associating a mobile terminal device which can remotely control the hot water supply device with the hot water supply device, identification information of a communication repeater to which the mobile terminal device is connected, and stores the identification information along with pairing information. Besides, the server performs control to determine conditions of the remote control based on whether the identification information of the communication repeater stored in association with the hot water supply device being a remote operation destination matches identification information of the communication repeater received from the mobile terminal device in the communication, when the communication of the remote control is received from the mobile terminal device.

Abstract: The controller acquires a force applied to a manipulator of a robot, to generate, based on the acquired data, force state data containing information related to the force applied to the manipulator and control command adjustment data indicating an adjustment behavior of a control command related to the manipulator as state data, thereby executing, based on the generated state data, a process of machine learning related to the adjustment behavior of the control command related to the manipulator.

Abstract: A thermal head X1 according to the present disclosure includes a substrate, a heat generator, an electrode, and a protective layer. The heat generator is positioned on the substrate. The electrode is positioned on the substrate and connected to the heat generator. The protective layer covers the heat generator and part of the electrode. The protective layer contains titanium and nitrogen. The protective layer satisfies P2>P1 where P1 is the peak intensity of X-ray diffraction of the (111) plane, and P2 is the peak intensity of X-ray diffraction of the (200) plane.

Abstract: A platform for an airfoil of a gas turbine engine having an axis extending from a front of the gas turbine engine to a rear of the gas turbine engine. The platform includes a leading edge configured to face towards the front of the gas turbine engine. The platform further includes a trailing edge opposite the leading edge. The platform further includes a radially outer surface that defines a pocket for receiving a cooling airflow. The platform further includes a cover coupled to the radially outer surface to at least partially enclose the pocket and defining a plurality of air inlet holes configured to port at least a portion of the cooling airflow into the pocket.

Abstract: A fixing device includes: a belt; a heating element that heats the belt; and a pressure member that faces the belt and forms a nip portion between the pressure member and the belt. A dielectric relaxation rate of the belt 10 seconds after applying a corona discharge at 7000 V to the belt is greater than or equal to 9.5% and less than or equal to 28.9%.

Abstract: A transistor includes a polarization layer above a channel layer including a first III-Nitride (III-N) material, a gate electrode above the polarization layer, a source structure and a drain structure on opposite sides of the gate electrode, where the source structure and a drain structure each include a second III-N material. The transistor further includes a silicide on at least a portion of the source structure or the drain structure. A contact is coupled through the silicide to the source or drain structure.

Abstract: A light-emitting device includes: a light-emitting element; a first light-diffusion layer disposed laterally to the light-emitting element and constituting a first portion of lateral surfaces of the light-emitting device; a second light-diffusion layer disposed above the light-emitting element and the first light-diffusion layer and constituting a second portion of the lateral surfaces of the light-emitting device; a light-control portion disposed between the first light-diffusion layer and the second light-diffusion layer and configured to reflect a portion of light emitted from the light-emitting element; and a first light-reflection layer disposed on the second light-diffusion layer.

Abstract: An electro-optical apparatus includes a first pixel and a second pixel. The first pixel and the second pixel include a reflective layer, an insulating layer, a functional layer, and an opposing electrode. The insulating layer includes a first insulating layer, a second insulating layer having a first opening, and a third insulating layer having a second opening. A first pixel electrode is provided on the first insulating layer in the first opening. A second pixel electrode is provided on the second insulating layer.