Abstract: An imaging system according to the present disclosure includes: an imaging device that is mounted in a vehicle, and captures and generates an image of a peripheral region of the vehicle; and a processing device that is mounted in the vehicle, and executes processing related to a function of controlling the vehicle on the basis of the image. The imaging device includes: a first control line, a first voltage generator that applies a first voltage to the first control line, a first signal line, a plurality of pixels that applies a pixel voltage to the first signal line, a first dummy pixel that applies a voltage corresponding to the first voltage of the first control line to the first signal line in a first period, a converter including a first converter that performs AD conversion on the basis of a voltage of the first signal line in the first period to generate a first digital code, and a diagnosis section that performs diagnosis processing on the basis of the first digital code.

Abstract: There is provided a gas-filled container in which the purity of filled (E)-1,1,1,4,4,4-hexafluoro-2-butene is less likely to decrease over a long term. The gas-filled container includes: a filled container filled with (E)-1,1,1,4,4,4-hexafluoro-2-butene. A part in contact with the filled (E)-1,1,1,4,4,4-hexafluoro-2-butene of the filled container is formed of a metal having a copper concentration of less than 0.5% by mass.

Abstract: The present invention is a method for growing diamond on a silicon substrate, the method includes: subjecting a surface of the silicon substrate to damage as a pretreatment so as to make a Raman shift of a peak at 520 cm-1 in Raman spectroscopy 0.1 cm-1 or more, or subjecting the surface of the silicon substrate to unevenness formation as the pretreatment so as to make a surface roughness Sa measured by AFM 10 nm or more, or subjecting the surface of the silicon substrate to both the damage and the unevenness formation thereon as the pretreatment, and growing diamond by a CVD method on the silicon substrate subjected to the pretreatment. This provides a method for growing diamond on a silicon substrate and a method for selectively growing diamond on a silicon substrate.

Abstract: The present disclosure relates to an imaging apparatus and an imaging method, a camera module, and an electronic apparatus that are capable of detecting a failure in an imaging device having a structure in which a plurality of substrates are stacked. The timing at which a row drive unit provided in a second substrate outputs a control signal for controlling accumulation and reading of pixel signals in a pixel array provided in a first substrate is compared with the timing at which the control signal output from the row drive unit is detected after passing through the pixel array. Depending on whether or not the timings coincides with each other, a failure is detected. The present disclosure can be applied to an imaging apparatus mounted on a vehicle.

Abstract: Provided is an imaging device that includes an imaging unit that performs an imaging operation, a data generator that generates first power supply voltage data corresponding to a first power supply voltage and a flag generation section that generates a flag signal for the first power supply voltage by comparing the first power supply voltage data and first reference data. The first power supply voltage is supplied to the imaging unit.

Abstract: A metal laminating and modeling method includes a first inclination angle modeling step including a first inclination step of setting a table on which the metal layers are to be formed at a first table inclination angle and setting a welding torch at a first torch inclination angle and a first welding step of forming a weld bead that becomes a part of the modeled object by arc welding with the welding torch and a second inclination angle modeling step including a second inclination step of inclining the table at a second table inclination angle that is larger than the first table inclination angle and setting the welding torch at a second torch inclination angle and a second welding step of forming the weld bead.

Abstract: The present invention provides a method for producing a heteroepitaxial wafer heteroepitaxially growing a 3C-SiC single crystal film on a single crystal silicon substrate, the method including: with using a reduced-pressure CVD apparatus, a first step of removing a native oxide film on a surface of the single crystal silicon substrate by hydrogen baking; a second step of nucleation of SiC on the single crystal silicon substrate on a condition of pressure of 13332 Pa or lower and a temperature of 300° C. or higher and 950° C. or lower and a third step of forming the 3C-SiC single crystal film by growing a SiC single crystal on condition of pressure of 13332 Pa or lower and a temperature of 800° C. or higher and lower than 1200° C., while supplying a source gas containing carbon and silicon into the reduced-pressure CVD apparatus.

Abstract: An additive manufacturing method includes cutting a cutting region in a workpiece to heat the workpiece so that a temperature of an additive manufacturing region which is in the cutting region becomes a preheating lower limit temperature or above, and adding melted metal to the additive manufacturing region whose temperature has been a preheating lower limit temperature or above.

Abstract: Provided is a method capable of producing (E)-1,1,1,4,4,4-hexafluoro-2-butene at a high yield. The method for producing (E)-1,1,1,4,4,4-hexafluoro-2-butene includes vaporizing 1,2,3,4-tetrachlorobutane and reacting the 1,2,3,4-tetrachlorobutane vaporized in the vaporizing, with chlorine gas and hydrogen fluoride gas in the gas phase in the presence of a solid catalyst to yield (E)-1,1,1,4,4,4-hexafluoro-2-butene.

Abstract: The disclosure provides a steering dust seal which seals a gap between a shaft hole of a column hole provided in a dashboard and a steering shaft. The steering dust seal includes an annular mounting portion attached to an inner peripheral surface of the shaft hole, an annular bumper facing the steering shaft in a non-contact state, a bellows connecting the mounting portion and the bumper, and a seal lip extending from the bumper to contact with the steering shaft. A lip included in the seal lip is covered over its entire circumference with a resin-made sliding portion having a friction coefficient preventing abnormal noise from occurring due to a stick-slip phenomenon between the rotating steering shaft and the sliding portion.

Abstract: An epitaxial wafer production method, including forming a gettering epitaxial film containing silicon and carbon on a silicon substrate under reduced pressure using a reduced pressure CVD apparatus, and forming a silicon epitaxial film on the gettering epitaxial film. This provides a low-cost, low-contamination carbon-containing epitaxial wafer, and a method for producing such an epitaxial wafer.

Abstract: A method for precise plasma etching of micropatterns on a silicon substrate containing silicon or additionally having a silicon oxide film. An etching method for plasma-etching a silicon substrate having silicon or a silicon oxide film using a halogen fluoride having a nitrogen (N2) content of 1 vol % or less as an etching gas. Also disclosed is a method for producing a semiconductor using the etching method.

Abstract: To further reduce the pixel size. An imaging device includes: a plurality of pixels; and a holding unit that holds a signal output from the pixel. The pixel includes: a conversion unit that converts radiation or light into charges; a charge storage unit that stores the charges; a reset unit that resets the charges stored in the charge storage unit; a first amplification unit that amplifies a signal based on the charges stored in the charge storage unit; a second amplification unit that amplifies the signal amplified by the first amplification unit and outputs the signal such that the signal is held in the holding unit; a first capacitor connected between an output portion of the first amplification unit and an input portion of the second amplification unit; and a voltage control unit that controls a voltage at an input portion of the second amplification unit.

Abstract: An imaging device capable of reporting more reliably an occurrence of trouble is provided. The imaging device of the present disclosure includes an imaging sensor configured to generate image data, a diagnosis circuit configured to perform diagnosis processing for the imaging sensor and an output circuit configured to output a flag signal corresponding to a result of the diagnosis processing, wherein the flag signal is set to a ground level signal in response to the result of the diagnosis processing indicating an error.

Abstract: Suppressing a dead period at the time of mode switching. A solid-state imaging device includes: a plurality of pixels (300) that each outputs a luminance change of incident light; and a detection circuit (305) that outputs an event signal based on the luminance change output from each of the pixels, in which each of the pixels includes: a photoelectric conversion element (311) that generates a charge according to an incident light amount; a logarithmic conversion circuit (312, 313) that is connected to the photoelectric conversion element and converts a photocurrent flowing out of the photoelectric conversion element into a voltage signal corresponding to a logarithmic value of the photocurrent; and a first transistor (318) having a drain connected to a sense node of the logarithmic conversion circuit.

Abstract: The history record unit, in the non-volatile storage device, records recovery history information showing a history of the recovery process. The suspension control unit, when the recovery process' frequency specified based on the recovery history information exceeds a first reference frequency, restricts execution of the specific suspension process which is in response to a satisfaction of the suspension condition. Further, the suspension control unit, when the recovery process' frequency specified based on the recovery history information is lower than a second reference frequency, which is lower than the first reference frequency, under a situation where the specific suspension process' execution is restricted, cancels the restricting of the specific suspension process' execution.

Abstract: Accuracy of results obtained by integrally processing information acquired by different sensors is improved. A solid-state imaging device according to an embodiment includes: a first sensor that detects light in a first wavelength band; and a second sensor that detects light of a second wavelength band different from the first wavelength band, in which the first sensor includes a first pixel (110) that detects light of the first wavelength band in incident light, and the second sensor includes a second pixel (110) that detects light in the second wavelength band that has transmitted through the first pixel among the incident light.

Abstract: To provide an apparatus and a method that efficiently determines a best path on which a moving apparatus such as a walking robot can travel safely. The apparatus includes a path planning unit that determines a travel path of the moving apparatus such as a walking robot, and the path planning unit is configured to calculate a path cost for each of a plurality of path candidates by applying a cost calculation algorithm in which a path that enables more stable traveling has a lower cost and to determine the path candidate having the path cost that has been calculated to be the lowest cost as the travel path that is best. The path planning unit sets a plurality of sampling points in a path, calculates a cost corresponding to each sampling point by applying the cost calculation algorithm in which the cost becomes higher as the difference between landing heights of the left and right legs at each sampling point becomes larger, and calculates an addition value of the costs of the sampling points as the path cost.

Abstract: Switching is performed between a global shutter method and a local shutter method. A pixel control unit 30 performs local shutter and global shutter on a pixel. The image generation unit 40 generates a first frame, which is an image based on the first image signal, and a second frame, which is an image based on the second image signal. The self-position estimation unit 50 generates a surrounding map from the first frame. The object detection unit 60 detects a target object from the second frame and generates target object information.

Abstract: A coupling device attaches a sealing device to a panel. The sealing device seals a gap between the panel and a rotational shaft located in a shaft hole provided in the panel. The coupling device includes: a supporting wall part formed with a through hole into which the sealing device is to be inserted; multiple sealing-device hooks located on a first surface side of the supporting wall part and located around the through hole, the sealing-device hooks for being hooked on the sealing device from the outside; and multiple panel hooks located on a second surface side of the supporting wall part and located around the through hole, the panel hooks for being inserted into the shaft hole of the panel and to be hooked on a periphery of the shaft hole of the panel from the inside.