Abstract: A binding member includes a body part extending in stacking direction X of batteries, a supporting part extending in stacking direction X and projecting from the body part, the supporting part supporting a battery stack, and a plurality of pressing parts arranged to have a predetermined interval from the supporting part, the plurality of pressing parts being arranged in the stacking direction and projected from the body part to press the battery stack toward the supporting part. When the body part is divided into two regions that are a supporting part side region and a pressing part side region, a rigidity in the supporting part side region is smaller than a rigidity in the pressing part side region.

Abstract: A behavior inducement system includes: a communication unit which obtains information from a household device, an information communication device, and a behavior detector which detects a behavior; and a control unit which controls a lighting device having a music playback function based on the information obtained by the communication unit. The communication unit obtains, from the information communication device, inducement information indicating condition related to inducement, obtains, from the household device, household device information indicating a state of the household device, and obtains, from the behavior detector, behavior information indicating the behavior. The control unit causes the lighting device to start playback of music via the communication unit when the state satisfies the condition, and, based on the behavior information, the control unit adjusts, after the start of the playback of the music, time required for the lighting device to complete the playback of the music.

Abstract: A mobile vehicle wirelessly receives AC power from a power transmission device including first and second power transmission electrodes arranged along a road surface. The mobile vehicle includes: a sensor that detects an obstacle located at least either on a route of the mobile vehicle or under the mobile vehicle; a first power reception electrode that forms electric field coupling with the first power transmission electrode when facing the first power transmission electrode; a second power reception electrode that forms electric field coupling with the second power transmission electrode when facing the second power transmission electrode; an actuator that moves at least the part of the first power reception electrode in a direction of gravity; and a control circuit that controls the actuator based on a result of detection by the sensor to avoid contact between the first power reception electrode and the obstacle.

Abstract: A nitride semiconductor device includes: a substrate; a first nitride semiconductor layer disposed above the substrate; a second nitride semiconductor layer disposed above the first nitride semiconductor layer and having a band gap larger than a band gap of the first nitride semiconductor layer; a third nitride semiconductor layer selectively disposed above the second nitride semiconductor layer and containing a p-type first impurity element; a high resistance region disposed in the third nitride semiconductor layer, the high resistance region containing a second impurity element and having a specific resistance higher than a specific resistance of the third nitride semiconductor layer; and a gate electrode disposed above the high resistance region, wherein an end of the high resistance region is inside a surface end of the third nitride semiconductor layer.

Abstract: A placement detection system includes: a placement table; an imaging device that images an object placed on the placement table to generate an input image; and a control device. The control device generates a first binarized image for the input image based on a first threshold value and determines whether the object is placed in a predetermined placement orientation. The control device changes a threshold value for a target pixel to a second threshold value higher than the first threshold value when the object is determined to be placed in the predetermined placement orientation, the target pixel being sandwiched between pixels having pixel levels lower than or equal to the first threshold value and has a higher pixel level than the first threshold value in a first region, generates a second binarized image for the target pixel based on the second threshold value, and detects a shape of the object.

Abstract: A solid-state imaging device including a plurality of two-dimensionally arranged pixels is provided. The pixels each include a light receiving circuit that senses incident light having arrived at the light receiving element in a light exposure period, a counter circuit that counts the number of arrivals of the incident light based on the light reception signal from the light receiving circuit, a comparison circuit that outputs a comparison signal according to the count from the counter circuit, and a storage circuit that stores a time signal as a distance signal when the comparison signal from the comparison circuit is ON. Transistors included in the light receiving circuit, the counter circuit, the comparison circuit, and the storage circuit have the same conductivity type.

Abstract: A binding member includes a body part extending in stacking direction X of batteries, a supporting part extending in stacking direction X and projecting from the body part, the supporting part supporting a battery stack, and a plurality of pressing parts arranged to have a predetermined interval from the supporting part, the plurality of pressing parts being arranged in stacking direction X and projected from the body part to press the battery stack toward the supporting part. A first pressing part predetermined among the plurality of pressing parts provides a pressing force stronger than a pressing force provided by a second pressing part among the plurality of pressing parts, the second pressing part being closer to a fixing part fixing the battery stack and the binding member with respect to the first pressing part.

Abstract: The present invention provides a method for determining whether or not a test sample contains a phytopathogenic fungus selectively from two kinds of fungi of a phytopathogenic fungus and a non-phytopathogenic fungus. The method according to the present invention comprises: (a) putting the test sample on a front surface of a substrate comprising a through hole; wherein the substrate comprises a cellulose film on a back surface thereof; the cellulose film has no through hole; the cellulose film has a thickness of more than 2 micrometers and not more than 3.7 micrometers; and the through hole has a cross-sectional area of not less than 7.065 square micrometers and not more than 19.625 square micrometers; (b) leaving the test sample at rest; (c) observing a back surface of the cellulose film; and (d) determining that the test sample contains the phytopathogenic fungus, if a fungus which has penetrated the cellulose film is found on the back surface of the cellulose film.

Abstract: Variations in device characteristics in a plane parallel to the principal surface of a semiconductor wafer are suppressed. A semiconductor epitaxial wafer includes a semiconductor wafer and a first conductivity type semiconductor epitaxial layer that is disposed on a principal surface of the semiconductor wafer and contains a first conductivity type impurity, and the thickness distribution of the semiconductor epitaxial layer and the concentration distribution of the impurity in the semiconductor epitaxial layer have a positive correlation in a plane parallel to the principal surface of the semiconductor wafer.

Abstract: An imaging device includes: a first pixel including a first photoelectric converter that converts incident light into first signal charges, and a first charge storage node that accumulates the first signal charges; and a second pixel including a second photoelectric converter that converts incident light into second signal charges, and a second charge storage node that accumulates the second signal charges. An area of the second photoelectric converter is greater than an area of the first photoelectric converter in a plan view. Capacitance of the first charge storage node is greater than capacitance of the second charge storage node.

Abstract: A server device that is a face image processing device includes a controller, a storage unit, an input unit, an output unit, and a registration database. The identification information of an entering person acquired at an entrance gate is transmitted to the server device and collated with the registration database by the controller, and persons related to the entering person and persons matching the entering person are included in a search range. Search load is reduced, errors are suppressed, and high speed is achieved by narrowing down the search range.

Abstract: An electrode unit is used in a power transmitting device or a power receiving device in a wireless power transmission system of an electric field coupling method. The electrode unit includes a first electrode and a second electrode, which are a power transmitting electrode pair or a power receiving electrode pair, and a matching circuit to be connected between a power conversion circuit and the first and second electrodes in the power transmitting device or the power receiving device. The matching circuit includes a first inductor connected to the first electrode, a second inductor connected to the second electrode, and a first capacitor. The first capacitor is connected between a wire between the first electrode and the first inductor and a wire between the second electrode and the second inductor. The first inductor and the second inductor are magnetically coupled together with a negative coupling coefficient.

Abstract: In a display system, a source drive circuit outputs a source signal. Multiple switching elements are respectively connected between multiple source lines and the source drive circuit, and each switching element outputs a source signal output from the source drive circuit to a source line in an ON state and stops the output of the source signal to the source line in an OFF state. A switching circuit supplies multiple pulse signals to the multiple switching elements. A CPU determines pulse widths of the multiple pulse signals. The pulse widths of the multiple pulse signals are determined such that each of the pulse widths of the multiple pulse signals is longer than or equal to a charging time of a pixel electrode and such that the sum of the pulse widths of the multiple pulse signals is shorter than or equal to a horizontal synchronization period.

Abstract: In a display system, a display device includes a plurality of gate lines, a plurality of source lines and a plurality of common electrodes used for both image display and touch detection. A first acquirer acquires a specific frequency to be avoided. A second acquirer acquires a frequency of a control signal used to control the display device. When the specific frequency and the frequency of the control signal satisfy a changing condition, a changing unit changes the frequency of the control signal.

Abstract: In a display system, a second display device is disposed adjacent to a first display device. The first display device includes a first touch detection region adjacent to the second display device. The second display device includes a second touch detection region. A first frame period of the first display device includes a first display period for which the first display device displays an image and a first touch detection period for which a first touch detection circuit performs touch detection in a first touch detection region. A second frame period of the second display device includes a second display period for which the second display device displays an image and a second touch detection period for which a second touch detection circuit performs touch detection in a second touch detection region. Start and end timings of a first touch detection period overlap with a second display period.

Abstract: A color conversion element includes: a substrate; a phosphor portion that is disposed above the substrate, receives laser light transmitted from an outside, and emits light in a color different from a color of the laser light; a reflective layer that includes a dielectric multilayer film and is disposed on a principal surface of the phosphor portion facing the substrate; and a joining portion interposed between the reflective layer and the substrate to join the reflective layer and the substrate. The joining portion includes an air layer that exposes the reflective layer in a position where the air layer at least partially overlaps an irradiation region in a plan view, the irradiation region being a region irradiated with the laser light on the phosphor portion.

Abstract: A detection value acquirer acquires a plurality of detection values that are based on capacitance of each of a plurality of common electrodes arranged in a matrix. A detection value calculator calculates detection values in a plurality of block regions each containing two or more common electrodes out of the plurality of common electrodes based on the plurality of detection values. A touch detector detects a touch by a conductor on the display screen of a display device based on the detection value of each of the plurality of block regions. The detection value calculator calculates the detection value of each of the plurality of block regions in the display screen based on the detection value of each of the two or more common electrodes included in each of the plurality of block regions.

Abstract: A secondary battery includes a positive electrode containing a positive electrode active material; a negative electrode; and an electrolyte. The electrolyte contains a solvent, a lithium salt dissolved in the solvent, and a film forming compound. The film forming compound includes fluorine and an unsaturated bond between carbons. A surface of the positive electrode active material is at least partially covered with a film containing lithium, oxygen, carbon, and fluorine.

Abstract: A processor performs, in accordance with a single instruction, multiplication processing and comparison processing. The multiplication processing includes obtaining a multiplication result by multiplying together a first data element and a first value. The comparison processing includes comparing the multiplication result with a second data element. The first data element is stored in a first register, the second data element is stored in a second register, and the first value is stored in a third register.

Abstract: An imaging apparatus includes an imager and an image converter. The imager captures an image of a subject to generate original image data representing the image captured with a predetermined resolution. The image converter performs a predetermined conversion process on the original image data. The image converter reduces a resolution of the original image data to generate first image data representing an entire image represented by the original image data with a resolution being lower than the resolution of the original image data. The image converter clips a part of the image represented by the original image data to generate second image data representing the part of the image clipped from the entire image represented by the original image data.