Abstract: There is provided an image sensor including a first substrate including a plurality of pixels and a plurality of vertical signal lines and a plurality of first wiring layers and a second substrate including a plurality of second wiring layers. The first and second substrates are secured together between the pluralities of first and second wiring layers. First pads are provided between one of the plurality of first wiring layers and one of the plurality of second wiring layers and second pads are provided between another of the plurality of first wiring layers and another of the plurality of second wiring layers. First vias and second vias connect the first pads and the one of the plurality of first wiring layers and the one of the plurality of second wiring layers together.

Abstract: A liquid droplet discharge apparatus includes: a metallic discharge head configured to discharge a liquid droplet onto a print medium; an electrode arranged facing the discharge head; a voltage source configured to generate a potential difference between the discharge head and the electrode; a current detection part configured to detect a current flowing between the discharge head and the electrode; and a controller. The controller is configured to calculate a volume of the liquid droplet based on a current value detected by the current detection part, in a case that the liquid droplet is discharged from the discharge head in a state that the potential difference is generated between the discharge head and the electrode by the voltage source.

Abstract: A seat experience system that allows an occupant to grasp the state of the system and feel secure about using the system is provided. In the seat experience system, a seat includes a seat body, and a sensor provided at the seat body and configured to acquire a measurement value for detection of a motion of the occupant seated on the seat body. A controller is connected to the sensor and capable of acquiring the measurement value from the sensor, and a seat experience device is connected to the controller and operable based on the measurement value. The seat experience device may be capable of communicating with a server. If the seat experience device detects a malfunction of the seat experience system, the seat experience device notifies the occupant of the malfunction and limits at least a subset of functions of the seat experience system.

Abstract: A zirconia pre-sintered body suitable for dental milling, grinding and/or cutting can provide a sintered body in which the strength between layers of powders is improved. A flexural strength of a test sample of the zirconia sintered body, measured pursuant to JISR1601, is preferably not less than 1000 or 1100 MPa.

Abstract: A zirconia sintered body is provided in which the strength between layers of powders is improved. A flexural strength of a test sample of the zirconia sintered body, measured pursuant to JISR1601, is not less than 1000 MPa. The test sample is formed by preparing a plurality of zirconia powders, each containing zirconia and preferably yttria as a stabilizer that suppresses phase transition of zirconia, the zirconia powders differing in a composition, layering the zirconia powders to form a zirconia composition, and sintering the zirconia composition to form a zirconia sintered body. The flexural strength is measured such that a load point is positioned at a boundary of the zirconia powders, the boundary traversing the test sample of the sintered body along a direction of load application.

Abstract: A blue luminescent compound including a nitrogen-containing aromatic heterocyclic skeleton and at least two aromatic substituents bonded to the nitrogen-containing aromatic heterocyclic skeleton, wherein the nitrogen-containing aromatic heterocyclic skeleton includes, as substituents, four branched or cyclic alkyl groups each having 3 to 20 carbon atoms, and the nitrogen-containing aromatic heterocyclic skeleton and the at least two aromatic substituents are not located on a same plane.

Abstract: Increased versatility of a seat with a sensor provided therein is sought for. Disclosed is an in-seat experience system (SYS) including: a seat which includes a seat body (S0), a sensor (pressure sensor PS) provided in the seat body (S0), and a seat controller (100) connected to the sensor and thereby allowed to acquire a measurement value from the sensor; an experience instruction device (smartphone SP) connected to the seat controller (100), configured to notify an occupant seated on the seat body a motion instruction and to store user identification information for use in identifying the occupant; and a server (300) capable of communicating with the experience instruction device.

Abstract: A merchandise registration device includes a lamp, a reading device reading a symbol on an item and providing identification information for the item, a weight sensor in a table on which a scanned item can be placed, and a processor. The processor performing a registration operation including acquiring identification information for the item and comparing an expected weight of the item to a measured weight from the weight sensor. The processor controlling the lamp to indicate progress states in the registration operation and whether the reading device is ready for reading a symbol for a next item in a sales transaction.

Abstract: A means for improving cycle durability of an electric device which uses a positive electrode active material containing sulfur is provided. The positive electrode material for an electric device includes, in the pores of a porous conductive material, a positive electrode active material containing sulfur and an electronic conductor.

Abstract: A compound represented by Formula (1): wherein in Formula (1) groups are variables are the same as described in the specification.

Abstract: A curing device includes a light emitting member, and a control device. The light emitting member has a light source configured to emit light to cure liquid on a printing medium. The light source and the printing medium are configured to be located with a gap therebetween. The gap is variable among a plurality of distances including a first distance and a second distance greater than the first distance. The control device is configured to perform: controlling the light source to emit light of an intensity based on the gap so that the intensity when the gap is the second distance is greater than when the gap is the first distance.

Abstract: A working machine includes: a machine body; a prime mover that is mounted on the machine body; a fuel cylinder that contains a fuel; a vaporizer that vaporizes the fuel sent from the fuel cylinder and supplies the fuel to the prime mover; a temperature detector that detects a temperature correlating with a decrease in the temperature of the vaporizer; and a controller that imposes restraint on the flow rate of the fuel flowing from the vaporizer to the prime mover when the temperature detected by the temperature detector is lower than or equal to a first temperature.

Abstract: A plug-in discharge detection unit includes two plugs of a cathode and an anode configured to allow insertion into respective two plug insertion holes of a plug socket. A discharge detection section configured to allow detection of a noise of discharge superimposed on a voltage or current, and an arithmetic section configured to allow determination of whether discharge has occurred based on the noise. The detection unit further includes a ground terminal electrically connected to a ground; at least one first switch electrically connected to a secondary side of the respective plug; and a current limiting resistor electrically connected to a secondary side of the first switch.

Abstract: A technology is provided to form p-type regions and to effectively reduce a contact resistance between the p-type region and an electrode. One embodiment of a nitride semiconductor device manufacturing method may include a magnesium layer formation step of forming a magnesium layer that comprises magnesium as a major component on a surface of a nitride semiconductor substrate. The method may include an annealing step of annealing the nitride semiconductor substrate on which the magnesium layer is formed.

Abstract: An electric device using a sulfur-containing positive electrode active material is capable of improving capacity characteristics and charge-discharge rate characteristics. Among positive electrode materials for an electric device including a sulfur-containing positive electrode active material and a sulfur-containing solid electrolyte, a positive electrode material for an electric device showing a peak in a range of 1400 to 1450 cm-1 in a Raman spectrum of microscopic Raman spectrometry using a laser with a wavelength of 532 nm is used.

Abstract: A mill blank may have a multilayer structure and desirable aesthetics. Such dental mill blanks may include a mill blank portion having a layered structure of two or more layers, and in which the layered structure includes an enamel layer and a core layer, the core layer comprising a first portion that is substantially a frustum, the frustum having a side face forming a part of an interface between the enamel layer and the core layer.

Abstract: A sintered body of the present invention includes cerium oxide and cerium fluoride or yttrium fluoride.

Abstract: A back door that reduces noise in a vehicle interior by suppressing vibration of an outer panel while reducing the weight and costs includes an outer panel and an inner panel. The inner panel includes a horizontal frame part, vertical frame parts, merging parts, and connecting parts. The connecting part extends only from one end part on an opening part side in a width direction of the horizontal frame part, the connecting part extends only from one end part on an opening part side in the width direction of the vertical frame part, and the connecting part extends only from one end part on an opening part side in the width direction of the vertical frame part. The connecting parts are respectively connected to the outer panel. The merging parts are formed with higher torsional rigidity than the horizontal frame part and the vertical frame parts.

Abstract: A biological signal measuring device that includes a light emitting unit that includes at least a first light emitting element and a second light emitting element that irradiate a biological surface, and a light receiving unit that includes at least one light receiving element that receives light scattered in a living body by light emitted from the light emitting unit, and outputs biological information that is a light intensity signal measured by the light receiving element. The biological signal measuring device is capable of performing both pulse measurement and blood flow measurement with high accuracy.

Abstract: A learning support device includes a processor. The processor is configured to: form a foreground image containing at least one treatment instrument by placing an image of the at least one treatment instrument within an image region; form a superimposed image by superimposing the foreground image on a background image; and form a training image by adjusting at least one of hue, saturation, or brightness of the superimposed image.