Abstract: The present disclosure relates to an imaging device, a control method, and a program that make it possible to cope with various cases in which a plurality of communication standards is assumed to be mixed. A communication unit performs communication according to a first communication standard and a second communication standard. A communication compatibility processing unit performs communication compatibility processing necessary for maintaining communication compatibility in a case where an imaging system is assumed, the imaging system mixedly including a first external flash supporting only the first communication standard and a second external flash supporting both the first communication standard and the second communication standard. The present technology can be applied to, for example, an imaging system including an imaging device and an external flash.

Abstract: A multilayer capacitor includes an element body haying a pair of end surfaces, and a pair of side surfaces and a pair of main surfaces; and a pair of external electrodes. The element body includes an inner layer portion in which a plurality of internal electrodes and a plurality of dielectric layers are alternately stacked in a second direction where the pair of main surfaces face each other, and a pair of outer layer portions disposed outside the inner layer portion in the second direction. On at least one of the pair of end surfaces, the internal electrode of the inner layer portion protrudes outward in the first direction from the outer layer portion by a predetermined protrusion amount. A ratio of the protrusion amount to a dimension of one outer layer portion in the second direction ranges from 96,000 ppm to 176,000 ppm.

Abstract: Provided is a novel manufacturing method for a conical hollow needle that makes it possible to efficiently form a conical part that has a nearly perfectly circular outer circumferential surface shape. The present invention is a method of manufacturing a conical hollow needle that has a conical part that has a tapered outer circumferential surface. The manufacturing method involves immersing a hollow needle having a straight shape in an electrolyte solution to conically electropolish an outer circumferential surface. From a start to an end of the electropolishing, the hollow needle, which serves as an anode, is sandwiched between a pair of cathodes at a prescribed distance therefrom in a radial direction, and the hollow needle is rotated around a needle axis thereof to change which faces of the hollow needle are opposite to the cathodes.

Abstract: An accelerator device includes a pedal lever, a reaction force adjuster and a controller. The pedal lever operates according to a stepping operation. The reaction force adjuster is driven by an actuator, and is capable of adjusting a reaction force that is a force in a direction of pushing back the pedal lever. The controller includes a target operation amount setting unit and a drive control unit. The target operation amount setting unit sets a target operation amount, which is an operation amount of the pedal lever according to a vehicle speed. The drive control unit controls a drive of the actuator. The controller controls the reaction force according to the target operation amount so that the operation amount of the pedal lever is within a target range when switching from an automatic drive to a manual drive.

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.

Abstract: An article transport facility includes a transport vehicle. The transport vehicle is configured to switch an access point of a connection destination while moving along a path to maintain a communicable state with a control device. In a case in which a communication intensity of radio waves between the transport vehicle and the access point is lower than a predetermined switching threshold value, the transport vehicle performs switching processing of switching the connection destination to another access point having a stronger communication intensity. The switching threshold value is set to different values in accordance with a movement condition of the transport vehicle.

Abstract: An information collection and display system is provided, in which a data generation device that generates site data and a transaction data accumulation unit that stores the site data are connected. The system includes an association data accumulation unit storing association data which defines an association of each of multiple pieces of information included in the site data; an association data search unit which searches for second information associated with first information included in the pieces of information, on the basis of the association data; and a user interface that displays a connection relation of the pieces of information associated by the association data. The association data search unit searches for the second information associated with the first information displayed on the user interface and displays the first information and the second information on the user interface with the connection relation of the pieces of information.

Abstract: A pedal device comprises a brake pedal, an accelerator pedal, a support member and an adjusting device. The brake pedal is operated to be depressed by a leg of a passenger, and an operation amount of a depressing operation of the brake pedal is transmitted as an electrical signal. The accelerator pedal is operated to be depressed by a leg of the passenger, and an operation amount of a depressing operation of the accelerator pedal is transmitted as an electrical signal. The support member is connected with the brake pedal and the accelerator pedal, respectively, to support the brake pedal and the accelerator pedal in a rotatable manner. The adjusting device adjusts a position or a posture of the pedal unit including the brake pedal, the accelerator pedal, and the support member.

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 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 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 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.