Abstract: In one embodiment, a nitride semiconductor device is provided with a first semiconductor layer that is a layer of Alx1Ga(1-x1)N (0<x1?1), a second semiconductor layer that is on the first semiconductor layer and is a layer of a nitride semiconductor Iny2Alx2Ga(1-x2-y2)N (0<x2<1, 0<y2<1, 0<x2+y2?1) containing indium, a third semiconductor layer that is on the second semiconductor layer and is a layer of Alx3Ga(1-x3)N (0?x3<1), and a fourth semiconductor layer that is on the third semiconductor layer and is an layer of Iny4Alx4Ga(1-x4-y4)N (0<x4<1, 0?y4<1, 0<x4+y4?1).

Abstract: According to one embodiment, in general, an information processing apparatus includes one or more processors. The one or more processors receive from an onboard device of a probe vehicle an image showing a vehicle group of one or more vehicles stopping on the same lane, imaging time of the image, and a position of the probe vehicle at the imaging time. The one or more processors select vehicle groups according to the imaging time and an imaging position. The one or more processors identify the selected vehicle groups as a vehicle queue. The one or more processors calculate a stopping vehicle-queue evaluation value. The one or more processors calculate a parking vehicle-queue evaluation value. The one or more processors determine whether the identified vehicle queue is the stopping vehicle queue or the parking vehicle queue.

Abstract: A software update system updating software executed on a predetermined system for controlling a mobile body and including a vehicle-mounted gateway (GW) apparatus within the mobile body and connected to the predetermined system, and a software (SW) update apparatus connected to the vehicle-mounted gateway apparatus through a network. The SW update apparatus delivers software to the vehicle-mounted GW apparatus, receives reception OK or reception NG of the software from the vehicle-mounted GW apparatus, and records the reception OK or the reception NG in the delivery-side log information. The vehicle-mounted GW apparatus records reception OK or reception NG of the software in the mobile body-side log information associated with the delivery-side log information, and transmits the reception result to the SW update apparatus.

Abstract: According to one embodiment, a voltage-current conversion circuit includes an amplifier first, second and third inputs, a transistor including a first and second terminals, and a control terminal electrically connected to an output of the amplifier, and a serial connection including resistors connected in series between the first terminal and an ac ground, wherein a predetermined connecting point, among a first connecting point between the first terminal and the serial connection, a second connecting point between the ac ground and the serial connection, and one or more third connecting points between the resistors, is connected to the second input, and one of the connecting points other than the predetermined connecting point is connected to the third input.

Abstract: A phosphor according to an embodiment is a europium-activated alkaline-earth chloroapatite phosphor having a composition expressed by a composition formula: (M1-xEux)5(PO4)3Cl, where M is an alkaline-earth element containing at least Sr and Ba, x is an atomic ratio satisfying 0.04?x?0.2. In the phosphor of this embodiment, absorptance of light at a wavelength of 400 nm is 90% or more, and absorptance of light at a wavelength of 650 nm is 2% or less.

Abstract: According to one embodiment, in a disk device, the head includes a first read element and a second read element. The disk medium is partitioned into a plurality of zones. The plurality of zones include a first zone and a second zone. The first zone includes a plurality of tracks on each of which a servo area and a data area are placed, a servo burst region in the servo area from which to detect the amount of off-track of the head from the center of a track, having a first bit length. The second zone includes a plurality of tracks on each of which a servo area and a data area are placed, a servo burst region in the servo area from which to detect the amount of off-track of the head from the center of a track, having a second bit length shorter than the first bit length.

Abstract: A sound generating device according to an embodiment includes a sound tube and a sound generator. The sound tube is to be held between a tragus and an antitragus. The sound generator is disposed inside the sound tube.

Abstract: According to one embodiment, a detector is disclosed. The detector has a mechanism with first and second vibrators which vibrate in first and second directions. Circuits detect output first and second signals conforming to the detected positions of the vibrators. A detection circuit detects second signal using the first signal as a reference of synchronous detection and outputs a detection signal. A filter continues a moving average process on the detection signal for a period set based on the first signal. A controller circuitry controls the mechanism to causes the first vibrator to start vibrating in the first direction in synchronization with a clock signal.

Abstract: A driver circuit having an overcurrent protection function is configured to: output, when a current value of an output transistor exceeds a threshold value, a shut-off signal for turning OFF the output transistor; output an interval signal for turning ON the output transistor after a predetermined time interval has elapsed from a timing at which the shut-off signal is output when the control signal is in a control state for turning ON the output transistor; and turn OFF the output transistor when any one of the interval signal and the shut-off signal is in a state for turning OFF the output transistor.

Abstract: A carbon dioxide capture system according to an embodiment includes a carbon dioxide capturer, a first washer, and a second washer. The first washer includes a spray configured to spray first cleaning liquid supplied under first pressure. The second washer includes a cleaning liquid diffuser configured to diffuse and drop second cleaning liquid supplied under second pressure lower than the first pressure.

Abstract: A data transfer control device includes an acquisition section, an analysis section, a band detection section, a mask output section and a selection section. The acquisition section acquires data from a plurality of processing sections for transmitting the data with a transmission path. The analysis section analyzes additional information of the data acquired by the acquisition section. The band detection section detects a transmission band of the transmission path based on the additional information. The mask output section outputs a request mask signal for suppressing the transmission of the data based on the transmission band detected by the band detection section and a target band preset on the transmission path. The selection section selects the data transmitted by the processing section based on the request mask signal output by the mask output section.

Abstract: A semiconductor device according to an embodiment includes: a normally-off transistor having a first source, a first drain, and a first gate; a normally-on transistor having a second source electrically connected to the first drain, a second drain, and a second gate; a first capacitor having a first end and a second end, wherein the second end is electrically connected to the second gate; a first diode having a first anode electrically connected between the second end and the second gate, and a first cathode; a gate drive circuit electrically connected to the first gate and the first end; and a switch having a third end and a fourth end, wherein the third end is electrically connected to the first end.

Abstract: An information processing device according to an embodiment includes a keyword extracting unit, a tag generating unit and a UI control unit. The keyword extracting unit extracts a keyword from time-series texts within a time range set by a user. The tag generating unit generates a tag corresponding to a time period from a first appearing time until a last appearing time of a same keyword appearing plural times within a duration set according to the time range. The UI control unit creates a UI screen including a first display area in which a time axis corresponding to the time range is displayed and a second display area in which the tag is displayed while causing the tag to correspond to the time period on the time axis, and resets, by selecting the tag, a time period of the selected tag in the time range to update the UI screen.

Abstract: In one embodiment, a toner container comprises a toner container body in which toner is stored, a cover portion configured to cover the toner container body, and a projection. The projection is provided in the vicinity of a rear end portion in a longitudinal direction of the cover portion or a longitudinal direction of the toner container body, and projecting toward a rear side of the toner container.

Abstract: According to an embodiment, a quantum computer includes first physical systems provided in a cavity, a second physical system provided in the cavity, and a light source unit. The first physical systems include a transition coupled to a common cavity mode of the cavity. The second physical system includes a first transition coupled to the common cavity mode and a second transition. The light source unit generates a first and a second light beam to manipulate two of the first physical systems and generates a third light beam that resonates with the second transition. The third light beam is radiated to the second physical system during a period when the first and the second light beam are simultaneously radiated to the two first physical systems.

Abstract: A power control apparatus according to an embodiment includes an acquisition unit and a determination unit. The acquisition unit acquires information relating to a voltage and an electric current of a chargeable/dischargeable secondary battery during charging/discharging. The determination unit determines a maximum current of the secondary battery during charging on the basis of the information acquired by the acquisition unit so that the voltage of the secondary battery does not exceed a predetermined voltage.

Abstract: According to one embodiment a magnetic disk device, includes a disk which includes a plurality of servo sectors radially extending in a radial direction and being discretely disposed with a gap in a circumferential direction, a head which writes data to the disk and reads data from the disk, and a controller which writes a plurality of pieces of correction data with respect to a repeatable run-out of the disk to a plurality of first sectors disposed between the servo sectors in a first region, and writes the pieces of correction data to a plurality of second sectors disposed between the servo sectors in a second region different from the first region.

Abstract: According to one embodiment, a wireless communication device includes a transmitter configured to transmit a first frame including information to specify a plurality of frequency components; and controlling circuitry configured to determine whether a second frame is received via each of the plurality of frequency components. The transmitter is configured to transmit a third frame including first information concerning a first value range which is used to determine whether to respond to the first frame, the first value range being dependent on a number of frequency components via which the second frame has been received.

Abstract: A method for manufacturing a semiconductor element includes forming a first region in a semiconductor region by ion-implanting impurities using a first mask; forming an interconnect including a gate portion extending in a first direction over the first region; and forming a source/drain region by ion-implanting impurities into a second region. A gate threshold voltage of the semiconductor element has first to third correlations dependent respectively on distances between an inner wall of the first mask and an outer edge of the second region, between the gate portion and the outer edge of the second region and between the outer edge of the second portion and a portion of the interconnect other than the gate portion. At least one of the distances is determined based on the first to third correlations to obtain a prescribed gate threshold voltage of the semiconductor element.

Abstract: An UV-irradiation apparatus of an embodiment is provided with an irradiation unit, a measuring unit, a detecting unit, a calculator and a display. The irradiation unit irradiates treatment water as a treatment target with treating ultraviolet rays. The measuring unit measures ultraviolet ray intensity of ultraviolet rays transmitted through the treatment water. The detecting unit detects a deterioration of the irradiation unit in accordance with the ultraviolet ray intensity measured by the measuring unit. The calculator calculates the ultraviolet ray permeability of the treatment water, on the basis of the ultraviolet ray intensity of ultraviolet rays emitted from the irradiation unit depending on a preset setting value and the ultraviolet ray intensity measured by the measuring unit. The display displays the detection result of the deterioration of the irradiation unit by the detecting unit, and the ultraviolet ray permeability calculated by the calculator.