Abstract: The feature amount of each pixel of an image is received. If the frequency value of the feature amount is registered in the second memory accessible at higher speed than the first memory which stores frequency values of respective feature amounts, the frequency value in the second memory is increased. If the frequency value is not registered, the frequency value is read out from the first memory into the second memory, and increased. With this processing, a histogram of the feature amounts of the respective pixels of the image is generated. The bins of the histogram are rearranged so that bins with high frequency values are close to each other in the histogram.

Abstract: A crimp terminal includes a crimp barrel to be crimped around a conductive core of a cable. The crimp barrel includes an inner surface which is formed with a plurality of cavities independent of one another. Each of the cavities has a predetermined shape in a plane perpendicular to a depth direction of the cavity. The predetermined shape contains a plurality of straight-line segments. Every one of the straight-line segments of the predetermined shape is not parallel with remaining ones of the straight-line segments of the predetermined shape. The straight-line segments of the predetermined shape includes at least one pair of the straight-line segments, which are closest to each other among the straight-line segments of the predetermined shape and are arranged to make an interior angle less than 90 degrees or, if not intersecting each other, are arranged on two straight lines, respectively, wherein the two straight lines make an interior angle less than 90 degrees.

Abstract: Provided is a field-effect transistor which has a high mobility and a low variation of mobility. A field-effect transistor at least comprising a substrate, a semiconductor layer, a source electrode, and a drain electrode is produced by forming the source electrode and/or the drain electrode so that the source electrode and/or the drain electrode has a taper shape in a cross-section which is parallel with a channel length direction and perpendicular to the substrate, and forming the semiconductor layer through coating process.

Abstract: There is provided with an information processing apparatus. A detection unit detects a first region and a second region from a captured image. The first region includes a first portion of the measurement target that reflects a larger amount of light toward an imaging unit. The second region includes a second portion of the measurement target that reflects a smaller amount of light toward the imaging unit than the first portion does. A generation unit generates a measurement pattern that has different amounts of irradiation light depending on regions, such that an amount of irradiation light in the first region is smaller than an amount of irradiation light in the second region.

Abstract: It is an object of the present invention to provide an electronic circuit apparatus in which mounting efficiency and connection stability of an electrolytic capacitor are compatible. An electronic circuit apparatus 5 of the present invention includes a board 60 with a circuit element 70 mounted thereto, a case 80 holding and surrounding the board 60, and a board mount connector (connector for mounting the electrolytic capacitor onto the board) 1 mounted onto the board 60 and holding the electrolytic capacitor 20. The board mount connector 1 includes a board connector 30 to be mounted onto the board and a holder 10 connected to the board connector 30 and holding the electrolytic capacitor 20 as an insulating holding body. The electrolytic capacitor 20 is mounted onto the board 60 via the board mount connector 1 by mounting the board connector 30 onto the board 60.

Abstract: Provided is a technique for improving connection reliability. A contact part that contacts with a detecting male contact is formed in a detecting collision spring piece. The detecting male contact includes a contact surface that contacts with the contact part. The detecting collision spring piece is elastically deformed in advance so that a gap is formed between the contact part and the contact surface when the contact part is opposed to the contact surface in a height direction. When an elastic deformation force that elastically deforms the detecting collision spring piece is released, the contact part contacts with the contact surface with collision against the contact surface due to a spring restoring force of the detecting collision spring piece. A locus of the contact part just before the contact part collides with the contact surface is oblique with respect to the contact surface when seen from a mate direction.

Abstract: Provided is a technique for improving connection reliability. A contact part that contacts with a detecting male contact is formed in a detecting collision spring piece. The detecting male contact includes a contact surface that contacts with the contact part. The detecting collision spring piece is elastically deformed in advance so that a gap is formed between the contact part and the contact surface when the contact part is opposed to the contact surface in a height direction. When an elastic deformation force that elastically deforms the detecting collision spring piece is released, the contact part contacts with the contact surface with collision against the contact surface due to a spring restoring force of the detecting collision spring piece. A locus of the contact part just before the contact part collides with the contact surface is oblique with respect to the contact surface when seen from a mate direction.

Abstract: The present invention provides a broadleaf perennial weed control agent for grass, which has a powerful herbicide effect on weeds that have proven difficult to control with conventional herbicides for grass and/or on weeds having resistance to conventional herbicides, and yet is safe for use on grasses; and a method for controlling broadleaf perennial weeds in grass by applying the control agent to the soil or the foliage.

Abstract: It is an object of the present invention to provide an electronic circuit apparatus in which mounting efficiency and connection stability of an electrolytic capacitor are compatible. An electronic circuit apparatus 5 of the present invention includes a board 60 with a circuit element 70 mounted thereto, a case 80 holding and surrounding the board 60, and a board mount connector (connector for mounting the electrolytic capacitor onto the board) 1 mounted onto the board 60 and holding the electrolytic capacitor 20. The board mount connector 1 includes a board connector 30 to be mounted onto the board and a holder 10 connected to the board connector 30 and holding the electrolytic capacitor 20 as an insulating holding body. The electrolytic capacitor 20 is mounted onto the board 60 via the board mount connector 1 by mounting the board connector 30 onto the board 60.

Abstract: A field effect transistor including a gate insulation portion, an organic semiconductor portion, a source electrode and a drain electrode, wherein when a voltage is applied to the gate at 70° C. for 5.0±0.1 hours so that the field strength in the gate insulation portion would be 100±5 MV/m, the change in the threshold voltage is within 5 V. The organic semiconductor portion has a high driving stability, of which the change in characteristics by driving is thereby small.

Abstract: Provided is a field-effect transistor which has a high mobility and a low variation of mobility. A field-effect transistor at least comprising a substrate, a semiconductor layer, a source electrode, and a drain electrode is produced by forming the source electrode and/or the drain electrode so that the source electrode and/or the drain electrode has a taper shape in a cross-section which is parallel with a channel length direction and perpendicular to the substrate, and forming the semiconductor layer through coating process.

Abstract: A connector assembly has a first connector, a second connector matable with the first connector along a mating direction, a mating assistance mechanism, a mating maintenance mechanism, and a detection mechanism. The mating maintenance mechanism includes a stopper, an engagement portion and an elastic support. The engagement portion is configured to be engaged with the stopper in a mating state of the first connector and the second connector so as to maintain the mating state. The detection mechanism is operable to detect the mating state and includes a short-circuit member and first and second terminals having first and second contacting sections, respectively, extending along the mating direction. The short-circuit member is arranged to establish a short circuit between the first terminal and the second terminal in the mating state.

Abstract: A connector assembly has a first connector, a second connector matable with the first connector along a mating direction, a mating assistance mechanism, a mating maintenance mechanism, and a detection mechanism. The mating assistance mechanism has an operation member and is operable to mate the second connector with the first connector in accordance with an operation of the operation member. The mating maintenance mechanism includes a stopper, an engagement portion and an elastic support. The engagement portion is configured to be engaged with the stopper in a mating state of the first connector and the second connector so as to maintain the mating state. The elastic support is configured to support the engagement portion. The elastic support is elastically deformed and moves the engagement portion along a direction different from the mating direction when the second connector is mated with the first connector.

Abstract: The present invention provides a broadleaf perennial weed control agent for grass, which has a powerful herbicide effect on weeds that have proven difficult to control with conventional herbicides for grass and/or on weeds having resistance to conventional herbicides, and yet is safe for use on grasses; and a method for controlling broadleaf perennial weeds in grass by applying the control agent to the soil or the foliage.

Abstract: A field effect transistor including a gate isulation portion, an organic semiconductor portion, a source electrode and a drain electrode, wherein when a voltage is applied to the gate at 70° C. for 5.0±0.1 hours so that the field strength in the gate insulation portion would be 100±5 MV/m, the change in the threshold voltage is within 5 V. The organic semiconductor portion has a high driving stability, of which the change in characteristics by driving is thereby small.

Abstract: To improve either stability of emission characteristics with respect to time or with respect to inter-device fluctuation. On this purpose, in a light emitting device comprising the first luminescent material, and the second luminescent material absorbing light from said first luminescent material and emitting light, the phosphor included in said second luminescent material is used, the absorption spectrum of which satisfies the formula (1) below. 1?P(?)min/P(?)max?0.3 ??(I) (In the formula (I) above, P(?) indicates the intensity of the absorption spectrum at the wavelength a, P(?)max indicates the maximum value of P(?) in the range of 400 nm???450 nm, and P(?)min indicates the minimum value of P(?) in the range of 400 nm???450 nm.

Abstract: An object of the present invention is to provide a light emitting device having a high emission intensity, and a light emitting device having a high emission intensity and a good color rendering property. The present invention provides a light emitting device which comprises: a first light emitter emitting light of from 350 to 415 nm and a second light emitter emitting visible light by exposure to the light from the first light emitter, wherein said second light emitter comprises a phosphor capable of satisfying any one of the following conditions (i) to (iv): (i) the phosphor comprises: (a) a crystal phase whose Eu concentration providing the maximum emission intensity at any one of excitation wavelengths of from 350 to 415 nm is higher than that providing the maximum emission intensity at an excitation wavelength of 254 nm; and (b) a crystal phase which is activated by Eu having at least 1.1 times the concentration providing the maximum emission intensity at an excitation wavelength of 254 nm and 0.

Abstract: An object of the present invention is to manufacture a material for concrete by using a fresh concrete sludge as a starting material. The invention relates to a method of manufacturing a material for concrete in which a material for concrete is manufactured from a slurry composed of a fresh concrete sludge obtained by treating a fresh concrete waste to separate a coarse aggregate and a fine aggregate. The manufacturing method comprises a grinding step of obtaining a product containing fine particles with a mean particle size of 10 ?m or less by wet grinding the slurry under a condition of water content of 60 wt. % or more.

Abstract: The present invention provides a tetrazoyloxime derivative which is less likely to cause chemical injury to useful plants and is also superior in chemical efficacy to a conventional hetero ring-substituted oxime derivative. A tetrazoyloxime derivative represented by the general formula (1): X represents a hydrogen atom, a halogen atom, an alkyl group, an alkoxy group, a cyano group, a methanesulfonyl group, a nitro group, a trifluoromethyl group, or an aryl group; A represents a 1-alkyltetrazoyl-5-yl group or a 5-alkyltetrazoyl-1-yl group; and Het represents a pyridyl group having a substituent or a thiazoyl group having a substituent, and a plant disease controlling agent containing the same as an active ingredient are disclosed.

Abstract: The present invention provides a tetrazoyloxime derivative which is less likely to cause chemical injury to useful plants and is also superior in chemical efficacy to a conventional hetero ring-substituted oxime derivative. A tetrazoyloxime derivative represented by the general formula (1): X represents a hydrogen atom, a halogen atom, an alkyl group, an alkoxy group, a cyano group, a methanesulfonyl group, a nitro group, a trifluoromethyl group, or an aryl group; A represents a 1-alkyltetrazoyl-5-yl group or a 5-alkyltetrazoyl-1-yl group; and Het represents a pyridyl group having a substituent or a thiazoyl group having a substituent, and a plant disease controlling agent containing the same as an active ingredient are disclosed.