Abstract: A printing apparatus includes a print head provided with a discharge port that discharges liquid and a pressure chamber filled with the liquid to be discharged from the discharge port, and configured to perform a printing operation by discharging the liquid from the discharge port based on print data, includes a circulation unit that performs circulation of the liquid in a circulation passage including the pressure chamber in a state where the printing operation is performed, and includes a control unit that controls the circulation unit to continue the circulation for a predetermined time after the printing operation is completed.

Abstract: In one embodiment, a method of manufacturing a semiconductor device includes forming a first film on a substrate. The method further includes etching the first film with first gas including carbon and fluorine to form a concave portion in the first film and form a second film in the concave portion. The method further includes treating the second film by using the second film to second gas or second liquid, wherein the second film is treated without plasma.

Abstract: The inkjet printing apparatus includes: a printing unit to eject ink; a wiping unit capable of wiping an ejection opening surface by moving relative to the ejection opening surface with an opening, adapted to be in contact with the ejection opening surface, put in contact with the ejection opening surface; a suction unit connected to the wiping unit and configured to apply negative pressure to the ejection opening surface via the opening; a moving unit to move the wiping unit relative to the ejection opening surface; and a control unit to perform suction wiping operation by wiping the ejection opening surface with the wiping unit while applying negative pressure to the ejection opening surface. The control unit determines the timing to perform the suction wiping operation, and, according to the timing, determines a moving speed of the moving unit and a pressure value caused by the suction unit.

Abstract: A box-opening device is disclosed. The box-opening device includes a first holding part that holds a first surface and a second holding part that holds a second surface. The first surface is one of two adjacent surfaces of a folded corrugated cardboard sheet, and the second surface is the other of the two adjacent surfaces of the corrugated cardboard sheet. The box-opening device also includes a first holding part movement mechanism which changes a position of the first holding part with respect to the second holding part and thereby transforms the corrugated cardboard sheet into an opened state. The first holding part movement mechanism has a support member that supports the first holding part so that the part rotates on an arc track about a central axis of rotation that overlaps an imaginary line extending along a boundary line between the first surface and the second surface.

Abstract: A combination weighing apparatus 1 includes a pool hopper 5 and a support body 11. An attached portion 30 of the support body 11 has first defining portions 34 and 39 and second defining portions 35 and 40, support portions 36 and 41 capable of supporting a first locking member 24, and guide portions 37 and 42 disposed on the track of a second locking member 25 at a time when the pool hopper 5 is swung to the support body 11 side about the first locking member 24 with the first locking member 24 supported by the support portions 36 and 41 and guiding the second locking member 25 such that the second locking member 25 moves to the lower side in a height direction with respect to a position on the track and is positioned in the second defining portions 35 and 40.

Abstract: In one embodiment, a semiconductor device includes a substrate, insulating films and first films alternately stacked on the substrate, at least one of the first films including an electrode layer and a charge storage layer provided on a face of the electrode layer via a first insulator, and a semiconductor layer provided on a face of the charge storage layer via a second insulator. The device further includes at least one of a first portion including nitrogen and provided between the first insulator and the charge storage layer with an air gap provided in the first insulator, a second portion including nitrogen, provided between the charge storage layer and the second insulator, and including a portion protruding toward the charge storage layer, and a third portion including nitrogen and provided between the second insulator and the semiconductor layer with an air gap provided in the first insulator.

Abstract: A power supply control system controls a redundant power supply system that includes a first power supply system and a second power supply system connected in parallel to a power supply unit. The first power supply system includes a first power supply and a first system. The second power supply system includes a second power supply and a second system. The power supply control system includes a first switch that is a MOSFET provided between the power supply unit and the first power supply, a second switch that is a MOSFET provided between the power supply unit and the second power supply, a wiring configured to supply a dark current flowing from the first power supply to the second system, a first relay of a normally-on type provided on the wiring, and a second relay of a normally-off type provided between the second power supply and the second switch.

Abstract: A power supply switching control system switches a power supply for supplying power to a load between a first power supply and a second power supply in a power supply system. The power supply switching control system includes a first switch provided between the first power supply and the load in the power supply path and configured to cut off a current flowing from the second power supply to the first power supply in an off state of the first switch, a second switch provided between the second power supply and the load in the power supply path and configured to cut off a current flowing from the first power supply to the second power supply in an off state of the second switch, and a control unit configured to set the second switch in an on state when the second power supply is charged.

Abstract: An object is to provide a refrigeration cycle apparatus capable of reducing freezing in a lower part of a heat exchanger in which drainage water tends to accumulate and reducing an amount of refrigerant in a refrigerant circuit. The refrigeration cycle apparatus includes the refrigerant circuit 1 connecting, by refrigerant pipes, a compressor, a first expansion device, and a first heat exchanger configured to serve as evaporator during heating operation. The first heat exchanger is provided with a first heat exchange unit and a second heat exchange unit connected to the first heat exchange unit in series in the refrigerant circuit. The first expansion device is connected in parallel with the second heat exchange unit in the refrigerant circuit, and the second heat exchange unit is placed at a position lower than a position of the first heat exchange unit.

Abstract: Disclosed herein is a sensor processing system including an acquisition unit, a time series analysis unit, and a decision unit. The acquisition unit acquires measurement data from a measuring unit. The measuring unit measures a physical quantity, of which a value varies depending on whether a human is present in, or absent from, an object space. The time series analysis unit obtains an analysis model for a time series analysis in which the measurement data acquired at a predetermined timing is represented by multiple items, acquired before the predetermined timing, of the measurement data. The decision unit decides, depending on a decision condition including a condition concerning a coefficient of the analysis model, whether the human is present or absent at the predetermined timing.

Abstract: A recording apparatus including: a recording head that includes an ejection component that ejects a liquid; a circulation unit configured to perform a circulation operation of circulating the liquid in a circulation route including the recording head; a cleaning mechanism that performs a cleaning process with respect to the recording head; and a preliminary ejection unit configured to perform a preliminary ejection operation of preliminarily ejecting the liquid from the ejection component. The cleaning mechanism performs the cleaning process in a state in which circulation of the liquid is stopped, and at least one of the circulation operation by the circulation unit and the preliminary ejection operation by the preliminary ejection unit is performed after the cleaning process.

Abstract: A switch failure detection device includes switches provided on branch paths, current detection units provided on the branch paths, the current detection units being configured to output a current detection signal, a storage unit configured to store an initial value of the current detection signal, the initial value being output from the current detection units, a switch control unit to turn off one of the plurality of switches one by one with at least another one of the plurality of switches being turned on and a first failure detection unit configured to compare the initial value and a value of a first current detection signal output from a corresponding one of the current detection units when the one of the switches is turned off, the first failure detection unit being further configured to detect a first failure of the plurality of switches based on a result of the comparison.

Abstract: A motor control device includes a command current derivation unit that derives a command current vector based on a command torque for a brushless motor, a phase difference derivation unit that derives a phase difference between a direction of a real d-axis of rotating coordinates of vector control and a direction of an estimated d-axis thereof, a change unit that changes a direction of the command current vector derived by the command current derivation unit according to the phase difference, and a drive control unit that drives the brushless motor based on the command current vector whose direction is changed by the change unit.

Abstract: A lid forming device of a cardboard box using a first flap with a slit and a second flap to be extended after being bent into a mountain shape is disclosed. The lid forming device includes first and second folding mechanisms. The fist folding mechanism folds the first flap in a direction of closing the opening. The second folding mechanism bends the second flap into a mountain shape and inserts part of the second flap into the slit of the first flap while extending the second flap. The second folding mechanism includes first and second retaining units. The first retaining unit retains a first face of the second flap located between a free end of the second flap and a bend line set beforehand in the second flap. The second retaining unit retains a second face of the second flap located between an anchored end and the bend line.

Abstract: A MPU controls a changeover switch, which is an FET switch that connects a main battery and a sub-battery having a low rated voltage. The changeover switch is set to an ON state in a case where a potential difference, which is a difference between a voltage of the main battery and a voltage of the sub-battery, is equal to or greater than a positive first predetermined value. A PWM signal is output to a driver to cause the changeover switch to be in a half-ON state in a case where the potential difference is less than the first predetermined value and is greater than a second predetermined value equal to or less than 0. The changeover switch is set to an OFF state in a case where the potential difference is equal to or less than the second predetermined value.

Abstract: In one embodiment, a method of manufacturing a semiconductor device includes forming a first film on a substrate. The method further includes etching the first film with first gas including carbon and fluorine to form a concave portion in the first film and form a second film in the concave portion. The method further includes treating the second film by using the second film to second gas or second liquid, wherein the second film is treated without plasma.

Abstract: A vehicle control system includes: a vehicle near field communication unit that communicates via a near field communication path; a vehicle network communication unit that communicates via a global communication path; a control ECU; a transmission control unit that transmits control commands received by the vehicle near field communication unit and the vehicle network communication unit to the control ECU that controls actions of the vehicle; and a control command detection unit that detects whether or not there are a plurality of same control commands received within a prescribed time. When the control command detection unit detects a plurality of control commands received within the prescribed time, the transmission control unit transmits the control commands in order according to a prescribed priority order, and the control ECU processes the control commands received from the transmission control unit in a received order to control the actions of the vehicle.

Abstract: In one embodiment, a method of manufacturing a semiconductor device includes forming a first film on a substrate. The method further includes etching the first film with first gas including carbon and fluorine to form a concave portion in the first film and form a second film in the concave portion. The method further includes treating the second film by using the second film to second gas or second liquid, wherein the second film is treated without plasma.

Abstract: A temperature detection device according to the present invention can improve assembling workability to a coil. A temperature detection device 1 includes a temperature sensor 10 that includes a thermosensitive element 111 detecting temperature of a coil 8, a holder 20 that holds the temperature sensor 10 and positions the coil 8 with respect to the temperature sensor 10, and a clip 30 as an elastic body configured to sandwich the temperature sensor 10 and the coil 8 that are positioned by the holder 20. The clip 30 is movable to an attachment position where the clip 30 is attached to the holder 20 to sandwich the temperature sensor 10 and the coil 8, and a separated position where the clip 30 is separated from the temperature sensor 10 when the coil 8 is positioned with respect to the temperature sensor 10 by the holder 20.

Abstract: An object of the present invention is to bring a print head into a liquid ejectable state while reducing waste ink. The present invention is a printing apparatus including: a tank in which liquid is stored; a print head that comprises an ejection port surface on which an ejection port is formed, the ejection port ejecting the liquid which is supplied from the tank; a cap mechanism that caps the ejection port surface of the print head; a timer that counts a time during which the ejection port surface is capped; and a circulation unit configured to circulate the liquid in a circulation path including the tank and the print head, and in a case where the timer counts a predetermined time, the circulation unit circulates the liquid.