Abstract: A printing apparatus includes: a control unit configured to control a first heating process and a second heating process and configured to control the first heating process and the second heating process to be performed before a printing head starts printing an image on printing medium that is a printing target, wherein the second heating process is performed after the first heating process and before the printing head prints the image, and wherein a first target temperature in the first heating process is higher than a second target temperature in the second heating process.

Abstract: An object detecting device includes: an overall processing unit configured to perform object detection processing on an input image; an allocation processing unit configured to determine a segmented image for each frame which is subject to object detection among the plurality of segmented images in advance in a cycle of N frames, and reserve the determined segmented image; a selection processing unit configured to select and output, for each frame, some of the segmented images that are subject to object detection among the plurality of segmented images based on a reservation result from the allocation processing unit; a division processing unit configured to perform object detection processing on each of the segmented images output from the selection processing unit; and a synthesizing processing unit configured to synthesize an object detection result from the overall processing unit and an object detection result from the division processing unit.

Abstract: Semiconductor devices, systems and methods are described. A system can include a controller configured to generate a control signal, a power module and a gate driver. The gate driver can be configured to drive the power device according to the control signal. The gate driver can be further configured to measure a voltage across a source wire of the power device. The gate driver can be further configured to output the voltage across the source wire to the controller. The controller can be further configured to determine, based on at least the voltage across the source wire, an overshoot voltage associated with the power device. The controller can be further configured to determine, based on at least the overshoot voltage, a peak drain-source voltage of the power device. The controller can be further configured to adjust the control signal based on the determined peak drain-source voltage.

Abstract: A photoelectric conversion apparatus includes a first substrate including a pixel array having a plurality of pixels including a pixel configured to output a focus detection signal and a second substrate layered on the first substrate, the second substrate including an analog-to-digital (A/D) converter including a plurality of A/D conversion circuits that converts a signal output from the first substrate to a digital signal, wherein the second substrate further includes a plurality of signal processing sections configured to perform a mechanical learning process, the second substrate including a first signal processing section and a second signal processing section, wherein the plurality of A/D conversion circuits includes a plurality of different sets, wherein the first signal processing section is disposed in correspondence with one of the plurality of sets, and wherein the second signal processing section is disposed in correspondence with another of the plurality of sets.

Abstract: Systems and methods for injecting a current into are described. A switch converter can include a high-side switch and a low-side switch. A driver circuit can be configured to drive the high-side switch and the low-side switch in the switch converter. A controller can be configured to provide control signals to control the driver circuit. The driver circuit can further include a circuit configured to inject a current dip into a gate current outputted by the driver circuit to drive at least one of the high-side switch and the low-side switch.

Abstract: A manufacturing method of a rolling bearing ring comprising: a step of obtaining a base member; a step of forming, by laser cladding, a cladded layer made of a metal material having a higher hardness than the base member on one surface of the body member; a step of forming a rolling element guide surface by finishing a surface of the cladded layer; and a step of forming, by laser hardening, a hardened layer over the entire circumference of a surface layer portion of at least a part of the base member that is separated from the cladded layer.

Abstract: A new compound and a new composition useful as a surface treatment agent capable of forming a surface-treated layer having excellent abrasion resistance on a substrate, a surface treatment agent capable of forming such a surface-treated layer, a method for manufacturing an article including such a surface-treated layer, and such an article are provided.

Abstract: A malfunction detection method detects a malfunction in an electronic control device. The electronic control device includes a normal power supply terminal connected to a normal power supply mounted on a vehicle, a starting power supply terminal connected to a starting power supply, a controller activated by supply of a normal voltage, and a wake-up circuit having a wake-up switch to open and close a power supply path from the normal power supply terminal to the controller. The wake-up circuit turns on the wake-up switch when a starting voltage input to the starting power supply terminal is equal to or greater than an ON threshold. The malfunction detection method includes determining by the controller that the wake-up switch has an ON sticking malfunction when the normal voltage is equal to or greater than a threshold and the starting voltage is less than the ON threshold.

Abstract: A new compound and a new composition useful as a surface treatment agent capable of forming a surface-treated layer having excellent abrasion resistance on a substrate are provided. A compound represented by Formula (1-1) or Formula (1-2).

Abstract: A calculation unit (22) sets each frame, of a moving image including a plurality of frames, as a target frame, calculates a motion vector with reference to a reference frame over an entirety of the target frames, and calculates an index indicating a magnitude of change between a key frame and the target frame, which is represented by using the motion vector, a judgement unit (25) judges whether or not the calculated index is equal to or greater than a predetermined threshold value, a first detection unit (27) detects a region indicating an object from the target frame by using an object detection model in a case in which the index is equal to greater than the threshold value, a second detection unit (28) detects a region on the target frame, which is obtained by correcting a position of a region detected in the reference frame by using the motion vector in a case in which the index is less than the threshold value, and an output unit (30) outputs information of the region detected by the first detection unit

Abstract: A method for producing a high-purity polymer (A); and a method for producing a silicone hydrogel lens at a low cost are provided. A method for producing a polymer (A) includes: (step 1) a step of obtaining a polymer (A1) by polymerizing a first monomer (a) that has one ethylenically unsaturated group; (step 2) a step of obtaining a polymer (A2) by having the polymer (A1) react with a second monomer that has an ethylenically unsaturated group; and (step 3) a step of obtaining a polymer (A) by purifying the polymer (A2) with use of a subcritical or supercritical fluid. The first monomer is selected from one of the first group consisting of hydroxyl group-containing monomers, and the second group consisting of isocyanate compounds of (meth)acrylic acids, anhydrides of (meth)acrylic acids, and halides of (meth)acrylic acids. The second monomer is selected from the other of the first and second group.

Abstract: An information processing device according to an embodiment includes a hardware processor connected to a memory. The processor receives an input of input information including recognition target data. The processor executes one or more recognition tasks. Each of the recognition tasks is a task of recognizing the recognition target data based on reference information including reference data, one or more pieces of attention region information indicating an entire or a partial attention region of the reference data, and explanatory information about the attention region. The processor outputs information including recognition result obtained by executing the one or more recognition tasks.

Abstract: A printing apparatus includes: a control unit configured to control a first heating process and a second heating process and configured to control the first heating process and the second heating process to be performed before a printing head starts printing an image on printing medium that is a printing target, wherein the second heating process is performed after the first heating process and before the printing head prints the image, and wherein a first target temperature in the first heating process is higher than a second target temperature in the second heating process.

Abstract: An image processing apparatus comprises a printing unit configured to downsample and print a two-dimensional code image when a mode for two-dimensional code image printing different from a mode for text printing is set.

Abstract: A photoelectric conversion device includes a pixel array in which pixels are arranged to form rows and columns, and a scanning circuit configured to perform scanning for sequentially selecting a row in which the pixels output signals, from among the rows. A first pixel arranged in a first region of the pixel array outputs a signal based on incident light. A second pixel arranged in a second region of the pixel array does not output a signal based on incident light. In a period in which pixels in one row of the pixel array output signals, a reset operation is started or ended. In a period from a start of one scan to a start of the next scan, the number of times of the reset operation performed in the second pixel is greater than the number of times of the reset operation performed in the first pixel.

Abstract: As a result of the processing by the dot arrangement unit, dots are arranged so that in a first edge pixel group located in a first end portion of the object in the scanning direction and adjacent to a boundary between the object and an outside of the object, a ratio of arranging dots in the second regions is lower than a ratio of arranging dots in the first regions, and in a second edge pixel group adjacent to the boundary and located in a second end portion different from the first end portion and on a opposite side of the first end portion in the scanning direction, a ratio of arranging dots in the first regions is lower than a ratio of arranging dots in the second regions.

Abstract: Object detection with high accuracy can be realized while maintaining a constant processing speed even in a limited environment of resources. An object detection device includes a rectangle extraction unit that extracts a plurality of rectangles to be candidates to which object detection is applied from an input image, a rectangle selection unit that selects a fixed number of rectangles to which the object detection is applied from among the rectangle candidates extracted from the rectangle extraction unit, and an object detection unit that performs the object detection on the rectangle selected by the rectangle selection unit to output metadata including at least a class, reliability, and a bounding box of the object included in the input image as an object detection result.

Abstract: A circuit device is used for a head-up display apparatus. The circuit device includes a distortion correction circuit and an error detection circuit. The distortion correction circuit performs a distortion correction on input image data as image data of an input image and outputs output image data as image data of an output image after the distortion correction. Respective first divisional areas of a first divisional area group formed by division of the input image correspond to respective second divisional areas of a second divisional area group in the output image in the distortion correction. Here, the error detection circuit performs detection of a distortion correction error of the respective second divisional areas by comparing the input image data of the respective first divisional areas to the output image data of the respective second divisional areas.

Abstract: According to one embodiment, a learning apparatus includes processing circuitry that generates a detection network for detecting an object from an image belonging to a target domain. The processing circuitry computes a detection task loss by supervised learning of the detection network. The processing circuitry computes a domain identification loss by adversarial learning of the detection network. The processing circuitry computes a self-learning loss by self-learning of the detection network. The processing circuitry computes a total loss based on weighted addition of the domain identification loss, the detection task loss and/or the self-learning loss. The processing circuitry updates learning parameters of the detection network by minimizing the total loss.

Abstract: A piezoelectric element includes a plurality of vibration regions that are separated from each other by a slit, and the slit is formed to have a tapered portion that is tapered from a first surface of the vibration regions on an opposite side to a support to a second surface opposite to the first surface. An electrode film is positioned inside than the slit when being viewed from a normal direction orthogonal to the first surface, and an angle formed by a side surface of the tapered portion in the vibration region and a surface parallel to the first surface is in a range of 39 to 81 degrees.