Abstract: An intermediate transfer belt has metal oxide particles as a solid lubricant on a surface of the intermediate transfer belt, in which an average spacing between the metal oxide particles on the surface is 1,000 nm or less, and an average height of the metal oxide particles from the surface is 15 nm or more and 320 nm or less.

Abstract: A paper oil-resistant agent composition containing a hydrocarbon group-containing polymer having a repeating unit formed from a monomer having a hydrocarbon group having 7 to 40 carbon atoms and an NH group-containing group in an amount of 80% by weight or more based on the polymer. Also disclosed is an oil-resistant paper to which the hydrocarbon group-containing polymer in the paper oil-resistant agent composition adheres, a method for producing paper which includes treating paper with the paper oil-resistant composition, and a method for producing molded pulp which includes filling a mold with the paper oil-resistant agent composition and a pulp slurry, and molding the pulp.

Abstract: An endless belt, in which an outer peripheral surface of the endless belt has a coefficient of dynamic friction of 0.85 or less, and in a case where polyester resin particles having a volume-average particle size of 4.7 ?m are caused to adhere to the outer peripheral surface under a load of 0 g/cm2, and then air is sprayed on the outer peripheral surface from above the outer peripheral surface at a spray pressure that keeps increasing, all the polyester resin particles having adhered to the outer peripheral surface are spaced apart from the outer peripheral surface at the spray pressure of 6 kPa or less.

Abstract: An endless belt includes a resin and conductive particles, in which a content of the conductive particles with respect to the endless belt is 5% by volume or more and 20% by volume or less in terms of a volume ratio, a Young's modulus of the endless belt is 3,000 MPa or more, and the number of times of bending endurance of the endless belt measured by an MIT test specified in JIS P8115:2001 is 10,000 or more.

Abstract: A system and method control an automobile by decelerating the automobile at a first deceleration using a braking mechanism in response to detecting that a parking brake switch is turned on, a second deceleration which is smaller than the first deceleration, in response to not detecting that the parking brake switch is turned on and determining that the driver is incapacitated, and a third deceleration which is smaller than the first deceleration, in response to determining that an SOS switch is turned on, detecting that the parking brake switch is changed from on to off, and not determining that the driver is incapacitated.

Abstract: A pedal device includes: a pedal that is depressed by a driver; and a reaction force generation mechanism. The reaction force generation mechanism generates a reaction force against a depression force applied from the driver to the pedal. The reaction force generation mechanism includes at least one resilient member, a first holder and a second holder. The first holder contacts the at least one resilient member from one side where the pedal is placed in one direction. The second holder contacts the at least one resilient member from another side that is opposite to the one side. One holder among the first holder and the second holder includes an outer guide portion, and another holder among the first holder and the second holder includes an inner guide portion that is fitted into the outer guide portion and is movable relative to the outer guide portion in the one direction.

Abstract: A machine learning method includes acquiring data including attendance records of employees and information indicating which employee has taken a leave of absence from work, in response to determining that a first employee of the employees has not taken a leave of absence in accordance with the data, generating a first tensor on a basis of an attendance record of the first employee and parameters associated with elements included in the attendance record, in response to determining that a second employee of the employees has taken a leave of absence in accordance with the data, modifying the parameters, and generating a second tensor on a basis of an attendance record of the second employee and the modified parameters, and generating a model by machine learning based on the first tensor and the second tensor.

Abstract: A learning device receives, for each target, learning data that represents the source of generation of a tensor including a plurality of elements which multi-dimensionally represent the features of the target over a period of time set in advance. When the target satisfies a condition set in advance, the learning device identifies the period of time corresponding to the condition in the learning data. Subsequently, the learning device generates a weighted tensor corresponding to the learning data that is at least either before or after the concerned period of time.

Abstract: A travel amount estimation apparatus includes a vehicle travel amount calculation unit, a sensor travel amount calculation unit, an error cause determination unit, and a vehicle travel amount correction unit. The vehicle travel amount calculation unit acquires vehicle information and calculates a vehicle travel amount based on the vehicle information. The sensor travel amount calculation unit acquires sensor information from an external sensor and calculates a sensor travel amount based on the sensor information. The error cause determination unit determines an error cause of the vehicle travel amount. The vehicle travel amount correction unit corrects the vehicle travel amount by using the sensor travel amount in accordance with the error cause and estimates a travel amount of the vehicle on which it is mounted.

Abstract: An elastic wave device includes a piezoelectric substrate, an interdigital transducer electrode on the piezoelectric substrate, a support on the piezoelectric substrate, including a cavity, and surrounding the interdigital transducer electrode at the cavity, a cover covering the cavity and provided on the support, and a via hole electrode penetrating the cover and the support. The via hole electrode includes a projection portion projecting outward from a side surface portion when seen in a plan view. The projection portion is located within the cover.

Abstract: An image recognizing device includes an image storing portion, a cylindrical distortion correcting portion, a vertical edge extracting portion; a column candidate extracting portion, a pole candidate evaluating portion, a pole foot position setting portion, a movement distance acquiring portion, a detected distance difference calculating portion, and a pole identifying portion. When the vehicle is moving toward a pole candidate, the movement distance acquiring portion acquires a movement distance moved by the vehicle during a prescribed time interval, and the detected distance difference calculating portion calculates a detected distance difference between a starting detected distance and an ending detected distance for the prescribed time interval.

Abstract: An elastic wave device includes a substrate, an IDT electrode, a spacer layer, a cover, and a protective layer. The spacer layer is provided on the substrate and surrounds the IDT electrode. The cover is provided on the spacer layer, is spaced apart from the IDT electrode, and includes a first main surface adjacent to the spacer layer and a second main surface facing the first main surface. The protective layer includes a third main surface contacting the second main surface, a fourth main surface facing the third main surface, and a side surface connected to the fourth main surface. In at least portion of the side surface of the protective layer, a portion including an intersection line between the side surface and the fourth main surface is located farther inward than an outer edge of the substrate in plan view in the thickness direction of the substrate.

Abstract: A display control device includes a front image acquiring portion configured to acquire front images by a front camera that images a front of a vehicle traveling on a traveling lane, a lane line position calculation portion configured to calculate a position of a lane line separating the traveling lane and an adjacent lane adjacent to the traveling lane based on movement of the vehicle in a period from a point at which the front image is acquired by the front camera, a movement track calculation portion configured to calculate a movement track of the vehicle, a map creating portion configured to create a map, and a display control portion configured to display, a synthesized image in which a pseudo lane line image corresponding to the lane line is superimposed onto a rear side image acquired after the movement of the vehicle by a rear side camera based on the map.

Abstract: A travel amount estimation apparatus 10 includes a vehicle travel amount calculation unit 14, a sensor travel amount calculation unit 11, an error cause determination unit 16, and a vehicle travel amount correction unit 17. The vehicle travel amount calculation unit 14 acquires vehicle information 30 related to traveling of an own-vehicle and calculates a vehicle travel amount indicating a travel amount of the own-vehicle based on the vehicle information 30. The sensor travel amount calculation unit 11 acquires sensor information related to a surrounding environment of the own-vehicle from an external sensor 20 and calculates a sensor travel amount indicating a travel amount of the own-vehicle based on the sensor information. The error cause determination unit 16 determines an error cause of the vehicle travel amount.

Abstract: A position estimation apparatus includes: an image information calculation unit that extracts each of image feature points from a plurality of images which are sequentially captured and associates the image feature points with each other between the plurality of images; a travel amount calculation unit that estimates the position of the mobile object; a three-dimensional image feature point calculation unit that estimates a three-dimensional position of the image feature point in a real space on the basis of a result of associating the image feature points with each other and the position of the mobile object; a position correction unit that corrects the three-dimensional position and the position of the mobile object so as to reduce a position error between a position of the three-dimensional position, when the three-dimensional position is reprojected onto any one of the plurality of images, in the relevant image and the image feature point; a route regeneration judgment unit that judges whether or not to r

Abstract: An object of the present disclosure is to provide a method for producing a core-shell porous silica particle with an increased thickness of the shell. The object is met by a method for producing a core-shell porous silica particle, the method including the following steps: (a) preparing; (b) forming a shell precursor; (c) forming a shell; (d) preparing; (e) forming a shell precursor; and (f) forming a shell; wherein the steps (d) through (f) are further repeated one to three times, in which case the step of forming a shell described in step (d) refers to step (f).

Abstract: An adhered-substance detecting apparatus capable of detecting adhered substances such as water droplets, mud, and dust, including those with ambiguous outlines, which adhere to, for example, a lens for an imaging apparatus, and a vehicle system equipped with the adhered-substance detecting apparatus are provided.

Abstract: An adhered-substance detecting apparatus capable of detecting adhered substances such as water droplets, mud, and dust, including those with ambiguous outlines, which adhere to, for example, a lens for an imaging apparatus, and a vehicle system equipped with the adhered-substance detecting apparatus are provided.

Abstract: An engine lubrication system including: an oil pump configured to be driven by an engine; an oil jet mechanism configured to inject oil pressure-fed by the oil pump to a piston; and circuitry configured to set a target hydraulic pressure of the oil injected from the oil jet mechanism according to an operation state of the engine; determine a hydraulic pressure state of the oil injected from the oil jet mechanism; and change a gear stage of the automatic transmission to a lower gear stage in a case that a predetermined condition between the determined hydraulic pressure state and the target hydraulic pressure is satisfied.

Abstract: A vehicle-mounted image processing device 1000 acquires an image around a host vehicle 10, senses a feature amount of a target object present on a road surface from the image, and relative position coordinates with respect to the host vehicle 10, acquires information of a three-dimensional object around the host vehicle 10 and relative position coordinates of the three-dimensional object, distinguishes whether the feature amount is a feature amount of a feature on the road surface or a feature amount of a feature on the three-dimensional object by using a positional relationship between the feature amount and the three-dimensional object, and recognizes the target object by using a feature on the road surface. As a result, a vehicle-mounted image processing device, which is capable of avoiding misrecognition of a part of a three-dimensional object as a target object when sensing the target object present on a road surface such as a parking bay by using a camera image, is provided.