Abstract: An ear-worn device includes: a microphone that obtains a sound and outputs a sound signal of the sound obtained; a DSP that performs signal processing on the sound signal to determine whether speech contained in the sound has reverberance, and outputs, based on a result of the determination, a first sound signal obtained by performing first signal processing on the sound signal; a loudspeaker that reproduces the sound based on the first sound signal output; and a housing that contains the microphone, the DSP, and the loudspeaker.

Abstract: An electrolytic capacitor includes a capacitor element having bottom surface and upper surface and including an anode lead, a cathode lead terminal, and outer packaging resin. The cathode lead terminal includes a cathode terminal having an exposed surface exposed from bottom surface, and two cathode anchor portions each extending from the cathode terminal to be embedded in the outer packaging resin. The cathode terminal has two end sides each being along a longitudinal direction of the anode lead. Each of the two cathode anchor portions includes a cathode upright portion rising from corresponding one of two end sides of the cathode terminal toward upper surface, a first extension portion extending from the cathode upright portion, and a second extension portion extending from the first extension portion.

Abstract: A positive electrode active material for nonaqueous electrolyte secondary batteries which allows the capacity of nonaqueous electrolyte secondary batteries to be increased and offers a smaller decrease in charge discharge cycle characteristics, and to provide a nonaqueous electrolyte secondary battery having such a positive electrode active material. A positive electrode active material for nonaqueous electrolyte secondary batteries according to the present invention includes a composite oxide containing Li, Ni, Co, Al, W and additive elements M, the proportion of Ni in the composite oxide being not less than 80 mol % relative to the total number of moles of the metal elements except Li, the additive elements M including at least either of an alkaline earth metal element and an alkali metal element except Li, and a tetravalent or higher valent element, the average valence of the additive elements M being not less than 3.6.

Abstract: A battery material includes a compound having an imidazoline ring and an aromatic ring. The compound has a molecular weight of less than 350. The compound is, for example, 2-benzylimidazoline. The battery material, for example, further includes a solid electrolyte. The solid electrolyte has, for example, a particle shape. The compound is, for example, located between a plurality of particles of the solid electrolyte.

Abstract: For power transfer from a first DC part to a second DC part in a dual active bridge (DAB) converter by stepping down a voltage, a first bridge circuit includes a period in which the first DC part and a primary winding of an insulated transformer conduct and a period in which ends of a primary winding of the insulated transformer are short-circuited in the first bridge circuit. A second bridge circuit includes a rectification period. A control circuit variably controls a phase difference between a first leg a the second leg, variably controls a simultaneous off period of a fifth switching element and a sixth switching element, and variably controls a simultaneous off period of a seventh switching element and an eighth switching element.

Abstract: An information processing apparatus includes: an obtainer that obtains sensing data; a common neutral network (NN) that inputs the sensing data into an inference model to obtain a result of inference and information on a processing time for a plurality of tasks subsequent to the processing performed by the inference model; and an NN inference computation management unit that determines a task schedule for a task processing unit that processes the plurality of subsequent tasks to process the plurality of subsequent tasks on the basis of the information on the processing time for the plurality of subsequent tasks and inputs the result of the inference into the task processing unit to process the plurality of subsequent tasks according to the determined task schedule.

Abstract: First group data indicating a position of a first end surface of a first sheet material and second group data indicating a position of a second end surface of a second sheet material are acquired from an inspection machine, and information indicating whether or not a winding body has a defect, and which constituent of a sheet material supplier is a cause of the defect in a case where the winding body has the defect, on the basis of a positional relationship among continuous positions of the first end surface indicated by the first group data, continuous positions of the second end surface indicated by the second group data, and reference lines, is output to a display for maintenance.

Abstract: A thermal image processing device includes: an acquirer that acquires a thermal image from a thermal image sensor; a first processor that performs, on a high temperature pixel indicating a temperature higher than a first temperature among a plurality of pixels included in the thermal image acquired, image processing for decreasing the temperature indicated by the high temperature pixel; and a second processor that performs high frequency enhancement processing for enhancing a high frequency component included in a converted image serving as the thermal image on which the image processing has been performed.

Abstract: A semiconductor device that is a surface mount-type device includes a nitride semiconductor chip including a silicon substrate having a first thermal expansion coefficient and an InxGayAl1-x-yN layer in contact with a surface of the silicon substrate, where 0?x?1, 0?y?1, 0?x+y?1; and a die pad including Cu and having a second thermal expansion coefficient that is greater than the first thermal expansion coefficient. A thickness of the nitride semiconductor chip is at least 0.2 mm, length L of the nitride semiconductor chip is at least 3.12 mm, and thickness tm of the die pad and length L of the nitride semiconductor chip satisfy tm?2.00×10?3×L2+0.173, tm being a thickness in mm and L being a length in mm.

Abstract: A method includes: detecting, through a sensor, a location and a movement direction of the user and an object around the user; specifying the type and the location of the detected object; if the object is a dangerous object and is located in the movement direction of the user, setting a relative position where the robot is to be located relative to the user to a lead position ahead of the user and in a direction different from the movement direction; driving at least one pair of legs or wheels of the robot to cause the robot to move to the lead position; and driving the at least one pair of legs or wheels to cause the robot to accompany the user in the lead position and induce a change in the movement direction of the user.

Abstract: A processor of an information processing device acquires first device information including failure information related to each client terminal, and failure resolution information, and generates a failure database containing the failure information and the failure resolution information associated with each other. The processor acquires second device information related to each client terminal at a predetermined time interval, and performs, in the failure database, primary search for the failure resolution information based on information for search for searching for the failure resolution information.

Abstract: The present disclosure is directed to an optical system internally having an intermediate imaging position that is conjugated to a magnification conjugate point on a magnification side and a reduction conjugate point on a reduction side, respectively, the optical system including: a magnification optical system having A (A is an integer of three or more) pieces of lens elements, positioned on the magnification side with respect to the intermediate imaging position; and a relay optical system having B (B is an integer of two or more) pieces of lens elements, positioned on the reduction side with respect to the intermediate imaging position. A first lens group composed of ? pieces (? is one or more and less than B) of lens elements positioned first from the magnification side in the relay optical system has a negative power.

Abstract: A disclosed electrolytic capacitor includes a capacitor element and a cathode lead terminal. The capacitor element includes an anode body and a cathode part. The cathode lead terminal includes a connection part that is connected to the cathode part via a conductive member. The connection part includes a plate-shaped part, and first and second side walls standing from the plate-shaped part. Grooves are formed in a surface of each of the plate-shaped part and the first and second side walls. The grooves include first grooves and second grooves that are formed so as to extend continuously from the plate-shaped part across the first and second side walls. The conductive member is disposed between one surface of the cathode part and the plate-shaped part, and between two side surfaces of the cathode part and the respective corresponding first and second side surfaces.

Abstract: Provided is a method for use by a driving assistance apparatus that assists a transition from an autonomous driving mode in which a vehicle is driven under autonomous control to a manual driving mode in which the vehicle is driven by a driver. The method includes: detecting an activity by the driver; detecting conditions of the driver; and determining a take-over request method which is a method of presenting, in the vehicle, a take-over request that informs the driver that the autonomous driving mode is going to be cancelled, the determining being based on at least the detected activity by the driver and the detected conditions.

Abstract: A packaging cushion material, to be housed in a box body together with an article, includes a holder portion adapted to accommodate the article, a holder support portion adapted to support the holder portion, and a hinge portion connecting the holder portion and the holder support portion to each other. The holder portion, the holder support portion, and the hinge portion are integrally molded as one component. When the packaging cushion material is housed in the box body in a state where the hinge portion is folded, the holder support portion supports the holder portion with the hinge portion interposed therebetween such that the holder portion is displaceable.

Abstract: This laser processing device includes an imaging portion accommodated in a housing of a head unit that accommodates a scanning portion. The imaging portion acquires a target object image including at least a portion of a machining region, by imaging a machining target through protective glass. The imaging portion is disposed in such a way that an imaging axis for acquiring the target object image intersects a vertical axis of the protective glass in a position a prescribed first distance from the protective glass.

Abstract: A power conversion device includes: a DC/DC converter including a conversion circuit; and a control circuit that detects a first voltage at an output terminal, a first current flowing through the conversion circuit, and a second voltage at an input terminal, obtains information indicating a target output voltage and a predetermined voltage, and performs calculations to emit a PWM signal for operating the conversion circuit. The control circuit performs: a first calculation for calculating a target current for approximating the first voltage to the target output voltage; a second calculation for calculating a first duty ratio for approximating the first current to the target current; a third calculation for calculating a second duty ratio based on the predetermined voltage and the second voltage; and a fourth calculation for calculating a driving duty ratio of the PWM signal using the first and the second duty ratios to control the first voltage.

Abstract: An imaging device includes: a mechanical shutter; a shutter driver that operates the mechanical shutter in a continuous shooting mode and a single shooting mode; a driving electric power supplier; and an undercut controller (undercut/driving electric power controller) that stops operation of the imaging device when a power supply voltage becomes lower than a predetermined undercut voltage. In the single shooting mode, the driving electric power supplier lowers a driving electric power and the undercut controller stops operation of the imaging device at a lower undercut voltage.

Abstract: Provided is a battery including: a first electrode; a second electrode; and an electrolyte layer located between the first electrode and the second electrode, wherein the first electrode includes: a current collector; and an active material layer located between the current collector and the electrolyte layer, the active material layer contains Bi as a main component of an active material, and the active material has a density of from 6.0 g/cm3 to 9.8 g/cm3, inclusive.

Abstract: Provided is a composite member including a matrix part that includes inorganic substance particles and is formed by bonding the inorganic substance particles to each other, organic substance particles present in a dispersed state inside the matrix part, and a radio wave absorbing material present in a dispersed state inside the matrix part, wherein the matrix part includes at least one of a metal oxide or a metal oxide hydroxide.