Abstract: In a rack bar and a steering device using the same, an endmost tooth bottom for reducing a stress exerted on a first forging die during die forging of a rack tooth molding part is formed on the endmost side of a plurality of tooth bottoms. Specifically, the endmost tooth bottom is formed so that a depth thereof is less than a depth of an ordinary tooth bottom by a difference. This reduces an amount of flow of a material of the rack bar during formation of the endmost tooth bottom by an amount commensurate with the difference. As a result, the stress exerted on the first forging die can be reduced, and occurrence of heat checking in the first forging die can be suppressed.

Abstract: The technology relates to an encoding device, an encoding method, a decoding device, a decoding method, and a program enabling encoding with favorable transmission efficiency with a controlled running disparity. A calculation section divides inputted data into N or M bits to calculate a first running disparity of an N or M bit data string. A determination section determines whether the data string is inverted based on the first running disparity calculated by the calculation section and a second running disparity calculated therebefore. An addition section inverts or non-inverts the data string based on a determination result by the determination section to add a flag indicating the determination result for outputting. The determination section determines not to perform inversion when the data string is a control code. The addition section adds the flag assigned to the control code. The technology is applicable to a device communicating in an SLVS-EC specification.

Abstract: In order to improve accuracy of an investigation of the disaster situation, a disaster investigation assistance device of the present invention includes a range determination means configured to determine a disaster range using a change in a ground surface that is a result of an analysis using a measurement result by a ground surface measurement device; an investigation region extraction means configured to extract an investigation region based on the disaster range; an image acquisition means configured to acquire an image acquired by an image acquisition device in the investigation region; and a water level determination means configured to determine a first water level in the investigation region using the acquired image.

Abstract: In order to determine an appropriate investigation area, this investigation area determination device includes: a candidate area extraction means for extracting a candidate area for an investigation of the state of a disaster, by using sensor information that has been acquired by a sensor information acquisition device; a ground surface information acquisition means for acquiring a ground surface change in the candidate area, the ground surface change being the results of analysis using the results of measurement carried out by a ground surface measurement device; and an investigation area determination means for determining, by using the ground surface change, an area for the investigation of the state of a disaster in the candidate area.

Abstract: In order to search for a suitable route, including regions where vehicles cannot pass, a route search device according to the present invention includes: a traffic information generating means for generating road traffic information by using sensor information relating to the road acquired by a sensor information acquisition device; a disaster range identifying means for identifying a disaster range by using a terrain change obtained on the basis of measurement results by a terrain measurement device; and a route searching means for searching for a route to a prescribed site by using the disaster range and the traffic information.

Abstract: In order to determine a disaster situation in an area that vehicles and the like cannot enter, a situation determination device according to the present invention comprises: an area identification means that uses sensor information acquired from a sensor information acquisition device to identify an area from which ground surface changes are to be acquired; a ground surface information acquisition means that acquires ground surface changes in the identified area, which are results of analysis using results of measurement by a ground surface measurement device; and a disaster determination means that determines the occurrence of a disaster in the area using the ground surface changes.

Abstract: It is intended to provide a novel peptide. The present invention provides a peptide which comprises the amino acid sequence shown in SEQ ID NO: 30 and inhibits protease activity.

Abstract: A processing circuit includes: a clock generating circuit configured to generate, based on a reference clock signal and a frequency division ratio, a first clock signal; a frequency dividing and delay circuit configured to generate a second clock signal to have a first phase difference with the reference clock signal by dividing the frequency of the first clock signal and delaying the first clock signal based on a phase shift set signal and the frequency division ratio; an analog-to-digital converter circuit configured to convert an analog signal into a digital signal based on the first clock signal and a conversion trigger signal indicating a sampling period and a conversion period; and a control circuit configured to generate the conversion trigger signal to have the same cycle as the second clock signal based on the frequency division ratio and the first clock signal.

Abstract: An adhesive tape includes an adhesive layer containing an adhesive composition, wherein: the adhesive composition contains a styrene-butadiene-based block copolymer and first, second, and third tackifiers; a butadiene portion of the styrene-butadiene-based copolymer is partially hydrogenated; a content of a styrene-derived monomer unit of the styrene-butadiene-based copolymer is 24 mass % or more; in GPC measurement, the styrene-butadiene-based copolymer contains a component (a) having a peak top molecular weight of between 200000 and 400000, and a component (b) having a peak top molecular weight of between 100000 and 200000; the first tackifier is a terpene-based resin which is liquid at 23° C.; the second tackifier has a softening point of 70 to 120° C.; the third tackifier is a terpene phenolic resin having a softening point of 140° C. or higher; and the adhesive tape includes a nonwoven fabric coated with the adhesive composition by hot-melt coating, the nonwoven fabric containing rayon.

Abstract: A display processing device capable of preventing generation of interference when performing voice wireless communications between a plurality of ships, or between a ship and a land station, and making normal voice wireless communications start smoothly, is provided. The display processing device includes a receiver and processing circuitry. The receiver receives a radio wave for voice. The processing circuitry performs a determination of a channel used for propagation of the radio wave for voice and a ship/land determination for determining whether an output source of the radio wave for voice is either one of a ship and a land station. The processing circuitry displays, on a screen indicative of a time-series change in the status of use for every channel that may be used, a result of the ship/land determination for the used channel.

Abstract: A control device of the present invention is for calculating allocation information regarding the allocation of wireless resources of a plurality of base stations to a plurality of user devices. The control device includes: information managing means for storing request data amounts of the user devices; calculating means for calculating an estimated waiting time for each of the user devices by dividing the request data amount by an available bandwidth, and, using the maximum transmission power of the base stations as a constraint, calculating the allocation information regarding the allocation of the wireless resources of the base stations to the user devices so as to minimize the estimated waiting time of the user device having the highest estimated waiting time; and outputting means for outputting the allocation information that was calculated by the calculating means.

Abstract: A touch panel including an oxide semiconductor film having conductivity is provided. The touch panel includes a transistor, a second insulating film, and a touch sensor. The transistor includes a gate electrode; a gate insulating film; a first oxide semiconductor film; a source electrode and a drain electrode; a first insulating film; and a second oxide semiconductor film. The second insulating film is over the second oxide semiconductor film so that the second oxide semiconductor film is positioned between the first insulating film and the second insulating film. The touch sensor includes a first electrode and a second electrode. One of the first and second electrodes includes the second oxide semiconductor film.

Abstract: The present invention provides a water absorbent agent that achieves both improvement in the water absorption time thereof and reduction in the residual monomer variation rate thereof. A present inventive method for producing a water absorbent agent having a water-absorbent resin as a main component, the method including a surface-crosslinking step for a water-absorbent resin and a mixing step for a sulfur-containing reducing agent aqueous solution, the method satisfies (1) a specific surface area of the water-absorbent resin, (2) an average droplet diameter of the sulfur-containing reducing agent aqueous solution, and a temperature of the aqueous solution, (3) stirring-mixing conditions, and (4) a heating and drying step conditions.

Abstract: While a vehicle is traveling in an automatic driving mode, an auto-driving oil pressure changing unit makes the engagement pressure of hydraulic oil supplied to a release-side engagement device to be released during a downshift of a stepwise shifting unit, higher than the engagement pressure set during traveling in a manual driving mode, so that retraction of the acceleration due to a drop of drive torque during the downshift is reduced. At this time, an auto-driving rotating machine controller makes drive-side MG2 torque generated from a second rotating machine, larger than that generated during traveling in the manual driving mode, so as to speed up the progress of the downshift, and prevent retraction of the acceleration from being prolonged.

Abstract: An object of the present invention is to provide an oral administration agent for a pregnant woman for used in increasing a blood short-chain fatty acid concentration in a pregnant woman or an unborn baby, imparting resistance to obesity to an unborn baby, or preventing postnatal obesity or a disorder resulting from postnatal obesity of an unborn baby, and, in order to achieve the object, the present invention provides an oral administration agent for a pregnant woman containing an oligosaccharide, for used in increasing a blood short-chain fatty acid concentration in a pregnant woman or an unborn baby, imparting resistance to obesity to an unborn baby, or preventing postnatal obesity or a disorder resulting from postnatal obesity of an unborn baby.

Abstract: An information processing apparatus comprises a controller configured to: receive vehicle data from a plurality of vehicles, specify a first vehicle, among the plurality of vehicles, that is predicted to be parked to pick up or drop off a person in a predetermined period of time, based on the vehicle data, make a determination, based on the vehicle data, whether the first vehicle is in a first state in which parking for pick-up of the person is predicted to be performed or a second state in which parking for drop-off of the person is predicted to be performed, and perform assignment of a parking position to the first vehicle based on a result of the determination.

Abstract: A heat exchange member includes: a honeycomb structure including: an outer peripheral wall; an inner peripheral wall; and partition walls arranged between the outer peripheral wall and the inner peripheral wall, the partition walls defining a plurality of cells, each of the cells extending from a first end face to a second end face to form a flow path for a first fluid; and a covering member for covering an outer peripheral surface of the outer peripheral wall. In a cross section of the honeycomb structure orthogonal to a flow path direction for the first fluid, the partition walls extend in a radial direction. Each of the cells is formed from the outer peripheral wall, the inner peripheral wall, and the partition walls.

Abstract: A method of manufacturing a light-receiving element of the present disclosure includes forming a first contact layer at one surface of a substrate, forming a light receiving layer on the first contact layer, forming a second contact layer on the light receiving layer, removing a portion of each of the second contact layer, the light receiving layer, and the first contact layer and forming a first groove at which the first contact layer is exposed, filling the first groove with a resin, and after filling the first groove with the resin, removing the second contact layer and forming a second groove separating pixels.

Abstract: The present disclosure provides a frequency deviation estimation device for estimating a frequency deviation upon receiving a digitally modulated non-repetitive signal. The frequency deviation estimation device is equipped with an instantaneous frequency measurement module, a minimum frequency detection module, and a frequency deviation calculation module. The instantaneous frequency measurement module measures the instantaneous frequency of the received communication signal. The minimum frequency detection module detects the minimum frequency of the instantaneous frequency. The frequency deviation calculation module calculates the frequency deviation between the received communication signal and the reference signal for coarse adjustment using the reference minimum frequency and the minimum frequency when the frequency deviation is zero Hertz.

Abstract: According to an embodiment, a semiconductor device includes a substrate, a connector, a volatile semiconductor memory element, multiple nonvolatile semiconductor memory elements, and a controller. A wiring pattern includes a signal line that is formed between the connector and the controller and that connects the connector to the controller. On the opposite side of the controller to the signal line, the multiple nonvolatile semiconductor memory elements are aligned along the longitudinal direction of the substrate.