Abstract: A battery 1000 according to the present disclosure includes a first electrode 101, a second electrode 103, and an electrolyte layer 102 positioned between the first electrode 101 and the second electrode 103. The first electrode 101 includes a current collector 100 and an active material layer 104 positioned between the current collector 100 and the electrolyte layer 102. The active material layer 104 includes an alloy, and the alloy includes Bi and Mn. A method for producing an electrode according to the present disclosure includes: forming a plating layer on a current collector by electroplating, the plating layer including a Bi plating film and a Mn plating film; and heating the current collector and the plating layer to obtain an electrode in which an active material layer including an alloy is formed on the current collector, the alloy including Bi and Mn.

Abstract: A negative electrode active material for nonaqueous electrolyte secondary batteries according to the present invention is characterized by containing composite particles that contain SiC and at least one of Si and an Si alloy, and is also characterized in that the composite particles have a crystallite diameter of 2.0 mm to 5.0 nm as calculated from the half width of the diffraction peak of the (111) plane of SiC in an XRD pattern obtained by an X-ray diffraction method.

Abstract: A joined structure includes: a first member; and a second member that faces the first member and that is joined to the first member via a joining layer. The joining layer includes a metal material and a solder material, apart of the metal material has at least one pore, and the solder material is located in a part of an internal area of the at least one pore. Also disclosed is a joining method that makes it possible to produce the joined structure. Further disclosed is a joining material used in the joining method. The joining method makes it possible to achieve non-pressurization sintering processes while maintaining high precise thickness of a joining layer between the first layer and the second layer based on the spacer.

Abstract: An imaging device includes: an area light source including an emission surface from which a sub-terahertz wave is emitted to a measurement target; and a detector including an image sensor that receives a reflected wave generated by the measurement target reflecting the sub-terahertz wave emitted from the emission surface. The area light source includes: at least one point light source that emits a sub-terahertz wave; and a reflector that reflects the sub-terahertz wave emitted from the at least one point light source, to generate a sub-terahertz wave to be emitted from the emission surface. The reflector has a reflection surface that is a bumpy surface which includes two or more frequency components in a spatial frequency range and whose roughness curve element mean length RSm is at least 0.3 mm.

Abstract: The present disclosure provides a device for detecting a tomato pathogenic fungus, the device including an artificial cell wall, a test-sample-solution receptacle disposed over the artificial cell wall, and a culture-solution storage disposed under the artificial cell wall, wherein, in the culture-solution storage, a culture solution contains greater than or equal to 0.5 mg/L and less than or equal to 1.3 mg/L of fludioxonil.

Abstract: Provided is a monitoring system configured such that, even when there is a deviation of a shooting region of a camera, if the deviation is within an acceptable level, an accurate vehicle detection using a recognition model can be performed without readjusting parameters or re-training the model. Based on an image of a no-entry zone and a platform zone, a processor performs a first operation for detecting a person in the no-entry zone and a second operation for detecting a vehicle in the no-entry zone; and based on detection results, determines whether an alert needs to be issued. When there is a deviation of the shooting region of a camera, the processor performs a conversion operation for converting an image of a current shooting region to an image that would be captured by the camera with an original shooting region and uses the converted image for the two detection operations.

Abstract: A positive electrode active material for a lithium ion secondary battery contains a lithium metal composite oxide. The lithium metal composite oxide includes lithium (Li), nickel (Ni), cobalt (Co), and element M (M) in a mass ratio of Li:Ni:Co:M=1+a:1?x?y:x:y (wherein ?0.05?a?0.50, 0?x?0.35, 0?y?0.35, and the element M is at least one element selected from Mg, Ca, Al, Si, Fe, Cr, Mn, V, Mo, W, Nb, Ti, Zr, and Ta), wherein when a line analysis is performed with STEM-EELS from a surface of a particle of the lithium metal composite oxide to a center of the particle in a cross-section of the particle during charging at 4.3 V (vs. Li+/Li), a thickness of an oxygen release layer, in which an intensity ratio of a peak near 530 eV (1st) to a peak near 545 eV (2nd) at an O-K edge is 0.9 or less, is 200 nm or less.

Abstract: The positive electrode active material for a lithium ion secondary battery contains a lithium-nickel-manganese composite oxide, in which metal elements constituting the lithium-nickel-manganese composite oxide include lithium, nickel, manganese, cobalt, titanium, niobium, and optionally zirconium, an amount of substance ratio of the elements is represented as Li:Ni:Mn:Co:Zr:Ti:Nb=a:b:c:d:e:f:g (provided that, 0.97?a?1.10, 0.80?b?0.88, 0.04?c?0.12, 0.04?d?0.10, 0?e?0.004, 0.003<f?0.030, 0.001<g?0.006, and b+c+d+e+f+g=1), in the amount of substance ratio, (f+g)?0.030 and f>g are satisfied.

Abstract: Effective component generation device includes internal component and case. Internal components include discharger that generates an effective component. Case is formed in a box shape having discharge port through which an effective component is discharged, and houses internal components. Case includes metal body including a bottom plate and peripheral walls surrounding at least discharger in internal component. Metal body has seamless portion at a corner portion between two surfaces of adjacent peripheral walls oriented in different directions. As a result, there is provided effective component generation device capable of suppressing electromagnetic noise radiated to the outside of case and reducing an influence of electromagnetic noise to the outside.

Abstract: An image processing method includes: acquiring image data; detecting a face region including at least a part of a face of a person from the image data; setting a first region used for detection of an eye of the person in the face region having been detected; setting a second region estimated to include a pupil or an iris by narrowing the first region based on a predetermined criterion; detecting pupil information indicating the pupil or the iris in the second region; and outputting the pupil information having been detected.

Abstract: A three-dimensional data encoding method includes: assigning three-dimensional points to one of layers, based on items of geometry information of the three-dimensional points; searching three-dimensional points surrounding a current three-dimensional point to be encoded, to select, from the three-dimensional points, a three-dimensional point to be referred to when a predicted value of attribute information of the current three-dimensional point is calculated, the current three-dimensional point belonging to a first layer among the layers; and calculating the predicted value of the attribute information of the current three-dimensional point using the three-dimensional point selected. In the searching of the three-dimensional points, a search range for a same layer as the current three-dimensional point is different from a search range for a layer higher than the first layer.

Abstract: A decoder includes circuitry which, in operation, parses a first flag indicating whether a CCALF (cross component adaptive loop filtering) process is enabled for a first block located adjacent to a left side of a current block; parses a second flag indicating whether the CCALF process is enabled for a second block located adjacent to an upper side of the current block; determines a first index associated with a color component of the current block; and derives a second index indicating a context model, using the first flag, the second flag, and the first index. The circuitry, in operation, performs entropy decoding of a third flag indicating whether the CCALF process is enabled for the current block, using the context model indicated by the second index; and performs the CCALF process on the current block in response to the third flag indicating the CCALF process is enabled for the current block.

Abstract: A parking support device includes: an acquisition circuit configured to acquire first detection points related to obstacles around a vehicle before setting a parking direction, and acquire second detection points related to the obstacles after setting the parking direction; an analysis circuit configured to calculate first approximate straight lines and first variations for first detection point groups related to the first detection points, and calculate second approximate straight lines and second variations for second detection point groups related to the second detection points; a setting circuit configured to set a parking point based on the first detection points, and set the parking direction based on the first approximate straight lines and the first variations; and a correction circuit configured to correct the parking direction using a correction amount calculated using the second approximate straight lines weighted based on the second variations after setting the parking direction.

Abstract: A transmitting method includes: configuring a frame using a plurality of orthogonal frequency-division multiplexing (OFDM) symbols, by allocating time resources and frequency resources to a plurality of transmission data; and transmitting the frame, wherein the frame includes a first period in which a preamble which includes information on a frame configuration of the frame is transmitted, and a second period in which the plurality of transmission data are transmitted by at least one of time division and frequency division, and among the plurality of OFDM symbols, OFDM symbols included in the second period include pilot symbols arranged along a time axis with a predetermined spacing therebetween, and a predetermined number of data symbols.

Abstract: The electromagnetic relay includes a contact unit, an electromagnet, an armature unit, and a base. The contact unit includes a fixed contact and a movable spring including a movable contact. The armature unit is movable in accordance with excitation of the electromagnet to allow the movable contact to move between a closed position in contact with the fixed contact and an open position away from the fixed contact. The base holds the contact unit and the electromagnet on a certain surface side. The movable contact is placed between the base and the fixed contact in an arrangement direction in which the base and the electromagnet are arranged. The armature unit includes a press part which causes movement of the movable contact by applying a pressing force to a certain surface facing the fixed contact, of the movable spring.

Abstract: An encoder according to one aspect of the present disclosure encodes a block of an image, and includes a processor and memory connected to the processor. Using the memory, the processor partitions a block into a plurality of sub blocks and encodes a sub block included in the plurality of sub blocks in an encoding process including at least a transform process or a prediction process. The block is partitioned using a multiple partition including at least three odd-numbered child nodes and each of a width and a height of each of the plurality of sub blocks is a power of two.

Abstract: An encoder includes circuitry which generates a first coefficient value by applying a CCALF process to a first reconstructed image sample of a luma component; generates a second coefficient value by applying an ALF process to a second reconstructed image sample of a chroma component; generates a third coefficient value by adding the first coefficient value to the second coefficient value; and encodes a third reconstructed image sample of the chroma component using the third coefficient value. The circuitry writes a first parameter into a sequence parameter set; writes a second parameter into a parameter set of a picture in response to a value of the first parameter being 1; writes a third parameter into a slice header in response to the value of the first parameter being 1; and writes a fourth parameter into a coding tree unit in response to a value of the third parameter being 1.

Abstract: A battery includes a positive electrode current collector, a positive electrode active material layer, a solid electrolyte layer, a negative electrode active material layer, a negative electrode current collector, and a sealing member. In plan view, the negative electrode active material layer is larger than the solid electrolyte layer. In plan view, each of the positive electrode current collector and the negative electrode current collector is larger than the negative electrode active material layer. In plan view, the sealing member is located outside the solid electrolyte layer. In cross-sectional view perpendicular to a laminating direction, the sealing member is disposed in a region sandwiched between a part of the positive electrode current collector and a part of the negative electrode active material layer and a region sandwiched between another part of the positive electrode current collector and a part of the negative electrode current collector.

Abstract: An information processing method performed by a computer includes: obtaining prediction results that are results of prediction performed by predictors on same input data; obtaining, for each of the prediction results, an influence that the input data had on the prediction result; determining, based on the prediction results, one or more combinations of the prediction results; and presenting, side by side or by superposition, using a presentation device, influences obtained for prediction results that are included in the prediction results and are in a same combination among the one or more combinations.

Abstract: A thermoelectric conversion material according to the present disclosure includes Ge, Te, and Sb. The thermoelectric conversion material includes a first region and a second region. The content of Sb in the first region in terms of number density of atoms is higher than the content of Sb in the second region in terms of number density of atoms. The first region includes a dispersed phase.

Abstract: A separating device includes a casing, a rotor, and a blade. The casing has a gas inlet, a gas outlet, and a discharge port for solid substances. The rotor is disposed on an inner side of the casing and is configured to be rotatable around a central axis of rotation of the rotor, the central axis of rotation extending along an axial direction of the casing. The blade is disposed between the casing and the rotor and is configured to rotate together with the rotor. The blade has a first end adjacent to the gas inlet and a second end adjacent to the gas outlet. The casing has a space between the second end of the blade and the discharge port in the axial direction.

Abstract: In a management device that manages a power storage module in which a plurality of cell blocks in which a plurality of cells are connected in parallel are connected in series, a voltage detector detects a voltage of each of the plurality of cell blocks connected in series. The controller calculates a change value of a voltage of each of the plurality of cell blocks for a certain period of time, integrates absolute values of calculated voltage change values for each of the cell blocks, and determines presence or absence of a cell block including a separated cell that is electrically separated based on an integration value of voltage changes for each of the plurality of cell blocks.

Abstract: A power storage module includes at least one power storage device, and a buffer member arranged with the power storage device in a first direction X. The buffer member includes a hard part having a predetermined hardness and a soft part softer than the hard part, the hard part and the soft part receiving a load in first direction X from the power storage device. The hard part changes its shape by receiving a load of a predetermined magnitude or more. The buffer member changes its state, by the hard part changing its shape, from a first state in which the load is received by the hard part to a second state in which the load is received by the soft part.

Abstract: A three-dimensional data encoding method includes: calculating difference values each of which is a difference between (i) a corresponding one of pieces of attribute information of three-dimensional points included in point cloud data and (ii) a predicted value corresponding to the corresponding attribute information; generating a second code sequence including first information and a second information, the first information indicating a total number of zero difference values consecutive in a first code sequence in which the difference values are arranged, the second information indicating a value of a non-zero difference value included in the difference values, the zero difference values being included in the difference values and having a value of 0; and generating a bitstream including the second code sequence.

Abstract: An on-vehicle device according to the present disclosure is capable of communicating with a server and mounted on a vehicle. The on-vehicle device includes a memory, and a hardware processor coupled to the memory. The hardware processor is configured to: receive, from the server, a log acquisition requirement including an anomaly detected point portion that designates one or more anomaly detected points and a log acquisition target portion that indicates one or more logs to be acquired when an anomaly is detected at the one or more anomaly detected points designated by the anomaly detected point portion; store the log acquisition requirement; detect an anomaly of the vehicle; acquire, when detecting an anomaly, a log based on a part where an anomaly is detected and the log acquisition requirement; and transmit the acquired log to the server.

Abstract: An attack detection method includes determining a sampling rule including a sampling interval and a sampling time on the basis of at least one of a statistic indicating a variation in sensor values included in the sensor data or event information on the mobility entity, which indicates the timing of a change in sensor values; generating sampling data including two or more sensor values selected from the sensor data on the basis of the sampling interval and the sampling time, first order information, and second order information; and calculating a first anomaly score indicating the degree of anomalies in the evaluation target data and a second anomaly score indicating the degree of anomalies in the evaluation target data, determining on the basis of the calculated first and second anomaly scores whether the evaluation target data has resulted from the attack, and outputting a determination result.

Abstract: An encoder includes circuitry and memory. Using the memory, the circuitry, in operation, selects an encoding mode from among candidates including a decoder-side motion vector refinement (DMVR) encoding mode and a partition encoding mode. When the DMVR encoding mode is selected, the circuitry: obtains a first motion vector for a first image block; derives a second motion vector from the first motion vector using motion search; and generates a prediction image for the first image block using the second motion vector. When the partition encoding mode is selected, the circuitry: determines a plurality of partitions in a second image block; obtains a third motion vector for each partition; and generates a prediction image for the second image block using the third motion vector, without deriving a fourth motion vector from the third motion vector using motion search.

Abstract: A transmitting multi-link device (MLD) includes circuitry and a transmitter. The circuitry, in operation, constructs an Additional Authentication Data (AAD) and a Nonce, and encapsulates a plaintext medium access control (MAC) protocol data unit (MPDU), the AAD, and the Nonce to generate an encapsulated MPDU. The AAD includes an Address 1 (A1) field, to which a recipient MLD's MAC address is set, and an AAD Address 2 (A2) field, to which the transmitting MLD's MAC address is set. The Nonce includes a Nonce Address 2 (A2) field, to which the transmitting MLD's MAC address is set. The transmitter, in operation, transmits the encapsulated MPDU to the recipient MLD on a first link.

Abstract: An electronic control unit is connected to a network in an in-vehicle network system. The electronic control unit includes a first control circuit that operates on a first operating system and a second control circuit that operates on a second operating system. The first control circuit is connected to the network via the second control circuit. The second control circuit performs a first determination process on frames to determine conformity of the frames with a first rule. Upon determining that the frames conform to the first rule, the second control circuit transmits contents of the frames to the first control circuit. The first control circuit performs a second determination process on the contents of the frames to determine conformity with a second rule. The second rule is different from the first rule.

Abstract: An object detection device according to the present disclosure, installed in a vehicle, includes a plurality of ranging sensors and each including a transmitter configured to transmit ultrasonic waves and a receiver configured to receive reflected waves of the ultrasonic waves transmitted by the transmitter and reflected by an object around the vehicle, and processing circuitry configured to detect the object around the vehicle based on the reflected waves received by the receiver during a wave receiving period until a predetermined period of time elapses from transmission of the ultrasonic waves by the transmitter. The processing circuitry is configured to acquire an imaged image imaged by an in-vehicle camera that images surroundings of the vehicle. The processing circuitry is configured to determine whether a specific object is contained based on the imaged image.

Abstract: Provided is an encoder including: circuitry; and memory coupled to the circuitry. In operation, the circuitry: performs a mapping process of Luma Mapping with Chroma Scaling (LMCS) for transforming a first pixel value space applied to a luma display image signal into a second pixel value space applied to a luma encoding process signal, using line segments forming a transform curve, each of which corresponds to a different one of sections obtained by partitioning the first pixel value space; and encodes an image, and in the performing of the LMCS, the circuitry determines the transform curve so that among boundary values in the second pixel value space, a first value obtained by dividing a boundary value by a base width defined according to a bit depth of the image is not equal to a second value obtained by dividing another boundary value by the base width.

Abstract: A control apparatus reserves a first recording region and a second recording region in a recording apparatus based on a first reservation command and a second reservation command, respectively, and transmits first access information concerning the first recording region and second access information concerning the second recording region to a first video processing apparatus and a second video processing apparatus, respectively. The first video processing apparatus generates a first recording command based on the received first access information, and transmits the first recording command with first video data to the recording apparatus using a protocol of the recording apparatus. The second video processing apparatus generates a second recording command based on the received second access information, and transmits the second recording command with second video data to the recording apparatus using the protocol of the recording apparatus.

Abstract: A power transmitting device includes a power transmitting coil for providing output power to a power receiving coil, a thermal sensor that detects a temperature around the power transmitting coil, and a power transmission control circuit that controls the power transmitting device. The power transmission control circuit causes the power transmitting coil to provide first output power, the power transmitting coil to provide second output power to the power receiving coil for charging a battery connected to the power receiving coil, the thermal sensor to detect the temperature around the power transmitting coil, and, if the detected temperature is equal to or higher than a threshold because of existing a metal foreign object, the power transmitting coil to reduce a level of the output power or stop the output power. The level of the first output power is lower than the level of the second output power.

Abstract: A defrosting control system includes an obtainer, a setting unit, and an outputter. The obtainer obtains schedule information indicating whether power saving is scheduled for a temporary power saving request. The setting unit sets a defrosting schedule including an execution time period and an execution interval of defrosting control for refrigeration equipment, based on the schedule information obtained by the obtainer. The outputter outputs an instruction to execute the defrosting control for the refrigeration equipment according to the defrosting schedule set by the setting unit.

Abstract: A communication apparatus comprising: circuitry, which, in operation, generates a transmission signal that includes a data field, the data field carrying an aggregated medium access control protocol data unit (A-MPDU) that is segmented into one or more code block; and a transmitter which, in operation, transmits the transmission signal to another communication apparatus; and wherein the A-MPDU comprises one or more A-MPDU subframe that are mapped to the one or more code block, such that an A-MPDU subframe not soliciting immediate acknowledgement and an A-MPDU subframe soliciting immediate acknowledgement are not mapped into a single code block.

Abstract: A method for projecting an image for a head-up display includes: emitting a light by a backlight; passing the light emitted by the backlight through a first light-transmissive member; passing the light transmitted through the first light-transmissive member through a light-diffusion structure; passing the light transmitted through the light-diffusion structure through a display screen; displaying an image on the display screen; and forming a virtual image corresponding to the image displayed on the display screen by reflecting the light transmitted through the display screen, in a target space.

Abstract: A monitoring device runs on a first virtual machine in which one or more monitoring programs operate, the first virtual machine being included in the two or more virtual machines, the one or more monitoring programs being for monitoring a command. The monitoring device includes a processor and a non-transitory memory. The processor executes a program to cause the monitoring device to operate as: a command receiver that receives a command transmitted or received in a process operating in a second virtual machine; a configuration information obtainer that obtains configuration information on the second virtual machine; a monitoring program controller that determines an execution method for executing the one or more monitoring programs, according to the configuration information and the feature of the command; and an anomaly responder that sends notice of an anomaly when the anomaly is included in a result of monitoring the command.

Abstract: A positive electrode active material which is to be included in this nonaqueous electrolyte secondary battery and contains a lithium-containing complex oxide having a prescribed composition which has a layered evaporitic structure, wherein: the lithium-containing complex oxide contains secondary particles formed by clumping primary particles with one another; and a sulfonic acid compound represented by general formula I, one or more types of element selected from Ca and Sr, and one or more types of element selected from W, Mo, Ti, Si, Nb and Zr are present on the surface of the secondary particles or at the interface between the primary particles. (In the formula, A is a Group 1 element or a Group 2 element, R is a hydrocarbon group, and n is 1 or 2.

Abstract: A stretching and conveying device for a green compact includes a first roll and a second roll structured to convey by rotation the green compact by sandwiching the green compact between the first roll and the second roll and stretch the green compact using a circumferential speed difference between the first roll and the second roll. The second roll has a curvature radius larger than a curvature radius of the first roll, and is positioned downstream of the first roll. The green compact is conveyed while being supported on a circumferential surface of the first roll, delivered to the second roll side at a position where the first roll and the second roll face each other, and conveyed while being supported on a circumferential surface of the second roll.

Abstract: A management server stores administrator setting information for managing an expanded rental mode for each battery station based on specification by an administrator, controls, by referring to the administrator setting information, switching between the expanded rental mode and a normal rental mode which permits rental of only fully charged battery devices at each battery station, and displays a station guidance screen on a user terminal, the station guidance screen providing the user with guidance on the battery stations based on control of the rental mode thereof and including information on a transition state to the expanded rental mode at each battery station.

Abstract: A motor unit comprises a case, a motor, an input shaft, an output structure, a transmission member, a first tooth portion, a torque detection unit, and a rotator. The case includes a first supporting portion located at a first end of an inside of the case in the axial direction and rotatably supporting the rotator, and a second supporting portion located at a second end of the inside of the case in the axial direction and rotatably supporting the rotator. The rotator includes a second tooth portion meshing with the first tooth portion. A meshing part of the first tooth portion with the second tooth portion is arranged between the input shaft and the rotator in a direction perpendicular to the axis and is arranged radially outward of the rotator than the first supporting portion and the second supporting portion.

Abstract: A negative electrode for a secondary battery includes a negative electrode current collector and a negative electrode mixture layer including a negative electrode active material, wherein the negative electrode active material includes carbon particles and Si-containing particles, and in a distribution in a plane direction of the negative electrode mixture layer of a presence probability of Si element in a thickness direction of the negative electrode mixture layer, a difference of an upper limit value Rmax and a lower limit value Rmin in a 1? region: Rmax?Rmin is 20% or less.

Abstract: A loudspeaker system includes: a first vibration actuator that is fixed to a first vibration face and imparts vibration to the first vibration face to cause the first vibration face to emit sound; and a first tweeter that outputs sound in a high-frequency range.

Abstract: Water softening device (1) of the present disclosure includes water softening tank (3), neutralization tank (4), electrolytic tank (12), water pump (19), current value detector (18), and controller (17) that controls a regeneration treatment. In the regeneration treatment, controller (17) continues the regeneration treatment when a current value of water pump (19) detected by current value detector (18) is more than or equal to a predetermined value, and stops the regeneration treatment and shifts to a hardness component discharge treatment of discharging a hardness component in the water softening device to the outside of the water softening device when the current value of water pump (19) detected by current value detector (18) is less than the predetermined value.

Abstract: An integrated ECU, which is a monitoring apparatus, includes: a virtual command generator that obtains a physical signal and converts the physical signal into a virtual command; a virtual command notifier that transmits the virtual command to a control virtual machine; and a virtual command preparation component that causes a first command monitor to monitor the virtual command after the virtual command has been transmitted to the control virtual machine by the virtual command notifier.

Abstract: An encoding method includes determining video format information, (i) setting each of all frames or all fields which are included in the video, as a picture, regardless of whether the video format is the interlace format or the progressive format, (ii) setting a POC indicating display order to each of all of the set pictures one by one, the POC being different each other, and encoding a picture to be encoded which is the frame or the field with reference to a picture previously encoded before encoding the picture to be encoded. In the encoding, the video is encoded with a syntax structure which is not dependent on the video format, the video format information is encoded in a header of a sequence which is a unit of the video, and the encoded bit stream is generated.

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: 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: 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: 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.