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.

Abstract: There is provided a printing apparatus including: a head having a discharge surface in which a nozzle configured to discharge a liquid droplet in a first direction is opened; a light-emitter configured to emit light; a light-receiver configured to receive the light; a gradient adding member configured to add a gradient to a light intensity of an optical path of the light in each of second and third directions, the second and third directions intersecting the first direction, the second and third directions intersecting with each other; and a controller. The optical path intersects a flying area in which the liquid droplet from the nozzle flies at a position between the gradient adding member and the light-receiver. The controller is configured to detect a deviation of a flying direction of the liquid droplet based on an amount of the light received by the light-receiver.

Abstract: A double-walled resin container includes: an outer container made of resin and having a tapered shape in which an upper surface is opened, a bottom surface is closed, and a diameter is reduced from an upper surface side to a bottom surface side; and an inner container made of resin and inserted into the outer container from the upper surface side, the double-walled resin container including a heat insulating space in a gap between the outer container and the inner container. The outer container and the inner container are each formed by a biaxial stretch blow method.

Abstract: A portable charging device includes a housing, a power storage device, a charging interface, and a circuit board. The housing includes a power receiving-side wall and a charging-side wall. The power receiving-side wall and the charging-side wall include two surfaces of the housing that face each other. The charging interface is configured to supply power of the power storage device to an external device. A power receiving antenna is mounted on the circuit board. The power storage device and the charging interface are disposed so as to face the charging-side wall. The circuit board is disposed such that the power receiving antenna faces the power receiving-side wall.

Abstract: A steer-by-wire control device according to the present invention includes a control device that controls a first motor that operates a steering wheel of a vehicle and a second motor that controls steering operation of a wheel. Before making a transition to an automatic driving mode of the vehicle, the control device applies input torque to the steering wheel by the first motor in a forward rotation direction and a backward rotation direction of rotation directions of the first motor, acquires behavior information of the steering wheel obtained by application of the input torque, and determines whether or not to estimate a control parameter of the steering wheel based on the behavior information. The behavior information includes at least one of a value of a rotation angle of a steering wheel and a value obtained by time-differentiating a rotation angle.

Abstract: A gas-shielded arc welding method is disclosed and includes joining steel materials together by narrow-gap multilayer welding. A groove between the steel materials has an groove angle ? of 20° or less, and a root gap G (mm) that is a gap at a lower portion of the groove is 7 to 15 mm. Root pass is performed in one pass using a ceramic-made backing material at a welding current I (A) of 250 to 400 A and a welding voltage V (V) of 25 to 45 V while a value [Q/G] obtained by dividing a welding heat input Q (KJ/mm) computed using a prescribed formula by the root gap G (mm) is controlled within a range of 0.32 to 0.70.

Abstract: An information processing apparatus comprises a processor configured to execute a program so as to: acquire viewpoint information, motion information and object information; process an object image wherein: the object image is an image representing a virtual substance and is updated based on the viewpoint information and the motion information; calculate a position when superimposing a background image and the object image, wherein: the background image is an image according to the field of view of the user; generate visual information superimposing the background image and the object image based on the position calculated, and output the generated visual information to a display device; and generate tactile information for an ultrasound generator irradiating the user with ultrasound corresponding to the object based on the position calculated, the motion information and the object information, and output the generated tactile information to the ultrasound generator.

Abstract: A semiconductor device includes: a substrate; a breakdown voltage holding insulating film; an element portion including a lower element and an upper element; a lead-out wire; a first electrode pad; a second electrode pad being one end portion of the upper element; and a top layer protective film covering the upper element so that the second electrode pad is exposed from a second contact hole. The breakdown voltage holding insulating film and the top layer protective film extend to a region outside the first electrode pad in a direction of extension of the lead-out wire. An electrically conductive pad double stack portion is disposed on an upper surface of the second electrode pad. The top layer protective film covers a peripheral portion of the pad double stack portion.

Abstract: A zoom optical system (ZL) comprises a first negative lens group (G2) having a negative refractive power; and a second negative lens group (G4) disposed closer to an image than the first negative lens group (G2), wherein a distance between the first negative lens group (G2) and the second negative lens group (G4) changes during zooming, at least part of the first negative lens group (G2) is movable so as to have a displacement component in a direction perpendicular to an optical axis, at least part of the second negative lens group (G4) is movable along the optical axis during focusing, and the following conditional expression, 0.50<fGb/fGa<2.60 is satisfied, where, fGa: a focal length of the first negative lens group (G2), and fGb: a focal length of the second negative lens group (G4).

Abstract: There is provided an optical member and an optical apparatus capable of miniaturizing a device while illuminance on a multilayer film is uniform. The present technology provides an optical member including an angle selection film that transmits light incident at a predetermined angle among incident light, and a diffraction grating that diffracts the incident light and emits the light to the angle selection film, in which the diffraction grating and the angle selection film are disposed in an order of the diffraction grating and the angle selection film from an incident side of the light.

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: The present invention aims to provide, for example, a coffee bean extract containing a Liberica coffee bean extract and having an improved flavor with a less musty smell, and a method of producing the coffee bean extract. The present invention relates to a coffee bean extract having an isovaleric acid content per soluble solids of less than 10 ppm, wherein the coffee beans include Liberica coffee beans.

Abstract: Provided is a method for producing a gas barrier paper packaging material which can impart sufficient gas barrier properties even when a barrier coating agent for forming a barrier layer is applied in a dry amount of 2 g/m2 or less. The method for producing a gas barrier paper packaging material at least includes: a barrier layer forming step of applying a barrier coating agent to one side of a sealant film to form a barrier layer; and a lamination step of laminating the barrier layer and a paper substrate layer via an adhesive layer.

Abstract: In anomaly determination using an autoencoder, the present invention enables highly accurate anomaly determination with respect to an unknown anomaly image, even in the case of learning using only a non-defective image. In a learning step of learning a parameter of the autoencoder using a non-defective learning image /{f_i/} captured of a non-defective test target, an anomaly determination accuracy rate Rc of the non-defective learning image /{f_i/} is used as an evaluation value, and a dimension compression rate Rd of a code layer of the autoencoder is maximized or an input signal amount to the code layer or an output signal amount from the code layer is decreased, such that the anomaly determination accuracy rate Rc is maximized or becomes at least a predetermined threshold th.

Abstract: A self-service point-of-sale (POS) terminal for a customer to register a commodity to be purchased in a store, includes an input device, a reading device configured to read a symbol on a commodity, a network interface configured to receive, from an external device operated by a store clerk or the like, instruction information that instructs output of caution information, and a processor. The processor is configured to acquire commodity information about a commodity based on the symbol read by the reading device and register the commodity using the commodity information. Upon receipt of an input of completion of registration via the input device, the processor determines whether to proceed to payment processing for the registered commodity based on whether the instruction information has been received from the external device.