Abstract: A control apparatus includes an optical zoom control unit configured to perform optical zoom, an electronic zoom control unit configured to perform electronic zoom, and a main control unit configured to control the optical zoom control unit and the electronic zoom control unit. The main control unit sets at least one of a start position and an end position of a first range in which the optical zoom and the electronic zoom are simultaneously performed based on a target zoom position and a specified zooming time specified by a user.

Abstract: A semiconductor device includes an interconnect including (i) a first layer, and (ii) a second layer provided on the first layer and including copper. The device also includes a plug provided on the interconnect and including (a) a third layer including titanium and nitrogen, and (b) a fourth layer provided on the third layer and including tungsten. A concentration of chlorine in the third layer is less than or equal to 5.0 × 1021 atoms/cm3, and a concentration of oxygen at the interface between the third layer and the fourth layer is less than or equal to 5.0 × 1021 atoms/cm3.

Abstract: A mobile object control device includes a storage medium storing computer-readable instructions and a processor connected to the storage medium. The processor executes the computer-readable instructions to recognize a surrounding situation of a mobile object, set a risk area to be avoided in a traveling process of the mobile object in a plurality of distance-specific areas centered on the mobile object on the basis of the recognized surrounding situation, generate a target trajectory indicating a route along which the mobile object is to travel in the future on the basis of the set risk area, and cause the mobile object to travel along the generated target trajectory. The processor sets different types of risk areas in accordance with the plurality of distance-specific areas.

Abstract: A semiconductor device includes: a first insulating film; an interconnect disposed in the first insulating film and containing copper, cobalt, nickel, or manganese; a second insulating film that includes a first portion connected to the interconnect and that contains silicon and nitrogen; a third insulating film including a second portion connected to the first portion; a first conductor disposed in the first portion and in contact with the interconnect; a film covering a side surface of the second portion and containing a metal or containing silicon and nitrogen; and a second conductor disposed in the second portion and in contact with the film.

Abstract: A semiconductor device includes an interconnect including (i) a first layer, and (ii) a second layer provided on the first layer and including copper. The device also includes a plug provided on the interconnect and including (a) a third layer including titanium and nitrogen, and (b) a fourth layer provided on the third layer and including tungsten. A concentration of chlorine in the third layer is less than or equal to 5.0×1021 atoms/cm3, and a concentration of oxygen at the interface between the third layer and the fourth layer is less than or equal to 5.0×1021 atoms/cm3.

Abstract: A video display device includes performs a first Retinex process on an inputted video and a second Retinex process, which is different from the first Retinex process, on the inputted video. A video composing unit is configured to compose a video processed by the first Retinex processing unit and a video processed by the second Retinex processing unit in accordance with a feature of the inputted video, which is then displayed. In a process of composing the video processed by the first and second Retinex processing units, the video composing unit is configured to perform a process of converting a luminance level for each pixel so that more output luminance levels are assigned to a luminance band having a large frequency distribution to improve visibility of the video. A gain of the luminance level converting process is varied in accordance with an average pixel value level of the inputted video.

Abstract: A semiconductor device according to the present disclosure includes: a first charge accumulation unit capable of accumulating a charge; a first initialization unit that is connected to the first charge accumulation unit and initializes the first charge accumulation unit; and a first voltage switching unit that is connected to the first initialization unit and is capable of selectively supplying a first voltage and a second voltage different from the first voltage to the first initialization unit.

Abstract: An apparatus includes at least one processor programmed to perform operations of the following units: a focus detection unit configured to detect a defocus amount; and a control unit configured to control a focus lens to move based on the defocus amount, wherein the control unit includes three speed control patterns of acceleration control, constant speed control, and deceleration control, and the speed control patterns are changed based on at least two or more parameters.

Abstract: The present invention is provided with: a heat source unit; a heat detection unit that detects the intensity of light of a prescribed wavelength obtained from paper sheets in which heat provided from the heat source unit is stored; and a control unit that detects, on the basis of the intensity of the light of the prescribed wavelength obtained from the paper sheets, a repaired paper sheet which has been repaired with a repair member.

Abstract: An attribute selection section (101) selects as a recommended attribute, based on analysis status in a past anomaly analysis on each of a plurality of attributes of a new anomaly which is a newly detected anomaly, an attribute being recommended to be emphasized in an analysis on the new anomaly, from among the plurality of attributes. An attribute presentation section (103) presents the recommended attribute selected by the attribute selection section (101).

Abstract: A base isolation unit comprises a first connector and a second connector disposed in a direction of base isolation with a predetermined distance therebetween, and a movement regulator provided between the first connector and the second connector and receiving an external force in the direction of base isolation. The movement regulator includes a first casing having one end connected to the first connector, a second casing having one end connected to the second connector, a first damping device accommodated inside the first casing, a second damping device accommodated inside the second casing, a vibration damper provided between the first casing and the second casing, and a coupling member coupling the first damping device and the second damping device together. The first damping device and the second damping device each have a cylinder, a compressible fluid and a piston.

Abstract: A structure includes: a first portion including a first front surface and a first rear surface that faces opposite to the first front surface; a second portion including a second front surface that faces opposite to the first front surface, and a second rear surface that faces opposite to the second front surface; a support portion that supports the first portion and the second portion; a first film formed on the first front surface; a second film formed on the first rear surface; and a third film (an eighth film, a ninth film and a tenth film) formed on at least a part of a surface of the support portion. A thermal emissivity of the first film is higher than thermal emissivities of the second film, the eighth film, the ninth film, and the tenth film.

Abstract: A rotation detecting apparatus includes a rotating member, detectors regarding a rotating direction of the rotating member, and a predetermined unit. Each detector detects whether a predetermined standard direction is included in detecting ranges different for each rotating member and outputs a result. The predetermined unit combines the detection result output from each detector and extracts an angle range. The predetermined unit specifies the rotating direction of the rotating member based on changes in the angle ranges extracted a plurality of times occurring in the plurality of times. The detecting range corresponding to each of the plurality of detectors is determined to be able to identify relative positions before and after a change from the angle range extracted by the predetermined unit to the angle range that is clockwise or counterclockwise apart a predetermined number or less to the angle range extracted, the predetermined number being two or more.

Abstract: A semiconductor device comprises a first chip including a first semiconductor substrate, a first semiconductor element on the first semiconductor substrate, a first wiring layer to be connected to the first semiconductor element, and a first pad to be connected to the first wiring layer, and a second chip including a second semiconductor substrate, a second semiconductor element on the second semiconductor substrate, a second wiring layer to be connected to the second semiconductor element, and a second pad to be connected to the second wiring layer and joined to the first pad. At least one of the first pad and the second pad includes a first metal layer to be joined to the other pad, a second metal layer having a coefficient of thermal expansion higher than that of the first metal layer, and a barrier metal layer between the first metal layer and the second metal layer.

Abstract: A light source device includes: a fluorescent rod that contains a fluorescent substance; at least one light-guide element including a first end face, a second end face having a smaller area than that of the first end face, and a side surface portion that reflects incident light from the first end face to condense on the second end face, the second end face being optically joined to a surface of the fluorescent rod except for the emission surface; a plurality of excitation light sources arranged to face the first end face of the light-guide element; and a dichroic film provided on the surface of the fluorescent rod expect for the emission surface and having the properties of transmitting excitation light and reflecting fluorescent light.

Abstract: A projector includes: a phosphor wheel that, in response to the irradiation of excitation light that is used as the first illumination light, generates fluorescence that contains second illumination light and third illumination light and emits the excitation light and fluorescence in opposite directions; first to third image display elements that are provided corresponding to the first to third illumination light; a first illumination optical system that guides the excitation light that was emitted from the phosphor wheel to the first image display element; and a second illumination optical system and third illumination optical system that guide the second illumination light and third illumination light that are contained in the fluorescence emitted from the phosphor wheel to the second image display element and to the third image display element. The lengths of the optical paths of the first, second, and third illumination optical systems are the same.

Abstract: According to one embodiment, a semiconductor device includes: a semiconductor substrate; a first via provided on the semiconductor substrate; a metal wiring provided on the first via; and a second via provided on the metal wiring. One of the side surfaces facing each other in the first direction of the metal wiring and one of the side surfaces facing each other in the first direction of the second via are aligned in the first direction.

Abstract: A projector includes: a phosphor wheel that, in response to the irradiation of excitation light that is used as the first illumination light, generates fluorescence that contains second illumination light and third illumination light and emits the excitation light and fluorescence in opposite directions; first to third image display elements that are provided corresponding to the first to third illumination light; a first illumination optical system that guides the excitation light that was emitted from the phosphor wheel to the first image display element; and a second illumination optical system and third illumination optical system that guide the second illumination light and third illumination light that are contained in the fluorescence emitted from the phosphor wheel to the second image display element and to the third image display element. The lengths of the optical paths of the first, second, and third illumination optical systems are the same.

Abstract: A semiconductor device includes a first substrate, a logical circuit, a first insulating film, a wiring, a plug, and a first layer containing a metal oxide or a metal nitride. The logical circuit is disposed on the first substrate. The first insulating film is disposed above the logical circuit. The wiring includes a first film disposed in the first insulating film, the first film extending in a first direction along an upper surface of the first substrate, and the first film containing a metal, and a first metal layer disposed in the first insulating film via the first film. The plug is disposed under the wiring, extends in a second direction that intersects the first direction, and is electrically connected to the wiring. The first layer is provided between an upper end of the plug and a bottom end of the wiring.

Abstract: A semiconductor device includes an interconnect including (i) a first layer, and (ii) a second layer provided on the first layer and including copper. The device also includes a plug provided on the interconnect and including (a) a third layer including titanium and nitrogen, and (b) a fourth layer provided on the third layer and including tungsten. A concentration of chlorine in the third layer is less than or equal to 5.0×1021 atoms/cm3, and a concentration of oxygen at the interface between the third layer and the fourth layer is less than or equal to 5.0×1021 atoms/cm3.