Abstract: A lamp body includes a light source, a light guide body configured to cause light from the light source to be guided and cause the light to be emitted from a light emitting surface, a reflector configured to cause the light, which has exited from a light guide exit surface of the light guide body, to be reflected toward a side of the light emitting surface; and a half mirror disposed to face the reflector and having a reflection area where the light reflected by the reflector is reflected toward a side of the reflector and a transmission area where the reflected light is transmitted. In the light guide body, a first light guide lens causes the light to be guided in a first direction and a second light guide lens has the light guide exit surface from which the light exits in a second direction intersecting the first direction.

Abstract: A method for producing a half mirror includes forming a reflection region by which light is reflected and a transmission region through which the light is transmitted on a surface of a transparent plate Only the reflection region is coated with a plating. The coating includes a masking step of coating a position of the transparent plate corresponding to the transmission region with a masking material, a plating step of coating the entire surface which includes the transmission region which has been coated with the masking material and the reflection region with the plating, a plating removing step of removing the plating to a depth in which the masking material is exposed after the plating step, and a masking material removing step of removing the masking material after the plating removing step.

Abstract: An information processing apparatus includes a determination unit configured to determine a storage method of storing a kernel based on a configuration of a plurality of memory areas and a size of the kernel, a storage unit configured to store the kernel using the determined storage method, a reading unit configured to read the kernel from the storage unit based on the storage method of storing the kernel, and a calculation unit configured to execute calculation using input data and the read kernel.

Abstract: A vehicular lamp fitting, comprising a light guiding plate having a front surface and a back surface, and a light source which emits light guided by the light guiding plate, wherein the front surface includes first light control surfaces, the back surface includes second light control surfaces, and concave portions each of which is disposed between two adjacent second light control surfaces, the first light control surface is a refraction surface which is configured such that the exit angle of the light from the light source in the horizontal direction, which is refracted and exits through the first light control surface, be a predetermined angle, and the second light control surface is a reflection surface which is configured such that the exit angle of the light from the light source in the vertical direction, which exits through the first light control surface, be a predetermined angle.

Abstract: There is provided with an information processing apparatus. A control unit controls writing of weight data to a first memory and a second memory, and controls readout of the weight data from the first memory and the second memory. The control unit further switches an operation between a first operation in which a processing unit reads out first weight data from the first memory and performs the convolution operation processing using the first weight data while the processing unit writes second weight data to the second memory in parallel, and a second operation in which the processing unit reads out the first weight data from both the first memory and the second memory and performs the convolution operation processing using the first weight data.

Abstract: An introducer sheath is disclosed, which includes a tube body that is percutaneously inserted into a body lumen; and a hub that is connected to a proximal portion of the tube body. The tube body contains a polyvinylidene fluoride resin, a ratio of a thickness to an inner diameter of the tube body is 1/16 or lower, and a ratio of a kink radius to an outer diameter of the tube body is 9.5 or lower.

Abstract: An implant installation strength evaluation method includes a step of vibrating an implant, a step of measuring time series data of the number of vibrations and vibration strengths of the implant vibrated in the vibrating step, and a step of deriving information indicating an index of an installation strength of the implant based on the time series data of the number of vibrations and vibration strengths of the implant.

Abstract: Slow muscle and fast muscle can be distinguished by using a QSI method while devising a pulse sequence system and its conditions and using mean displacement, kurtosis or probability at zero displacement as a parameter. A method for typing skeletal muscle non-invasively can be provided.

Abstract: A vehicular lamp fitting, comprising a light guiding plate having a front surface and a back surface, and a light source which emits light guided by the light guiding plate, wherein the front surface includes first light control surfaces, the back surface includes second light control surfaces, and concave portions each of which is disposed between two adjacent second light control surfaces, the first light control surface is a refraction surface which is configured such that the exit angle of the light from the light source in the horizontal direction, which is refracted and exits through the first light control surface, be a predetermined angle, and the second light control surface is a reflection surface which is configured such that the exit angle of the light from the light source in the vertical direction, which exits through the first light control surface, be a predetermined angle.

Abstract: An image processing apparatus includes: an input unit configured to input image data; a detection unit configured to execute a detection process that detects a plurality of objects from the input image data; an integration unit configured to, after the detection process ends, integrate the plurality of detected objects on the basis of respective positions of the plurality of detected objects in the image data; an estimation unit configured to, before the detection process ends, estimate an integration time required for the integration unit to integrate the plurality of detected objects; and a termination unit configured to terminate the detection process by the detection unit on the basis of the estimated integration time and an elapsed time of the detection process by the detection unit.

Abstract: In a semiconductor device, a thinly-molded portion covering a whole of a heat dissipating surface portion of a lead frame and a die pad space filled portion are integrally molded from a second mold resin, because of which adhesion between the thinly-molded portion and lead frame improves owing to the die pad space filled portion adhering to a side surface of the lead frame. Also, as the thinly-molded portion is partially thicker owing to the die pad space filled portion, strength of the thinly-molded portion increases, and a deficiency or cracking is unlikely to occur.

Abstract: In a semiconductor device, a first skirt portion molded from a first mold resin and a second skirt portion molded from a second mold resin are provided on a heat dissipating surface of a lead frame. Also, a thinly-molded portion is molded integrally with the second skirt portion from the second mold resin. According to this kind of configuration, adhesion between the thinly-molded portion and lead frame is high, and the semiconductor device with excellent heat dissipation and insulation is obtained.

Abstract: An illumination device can include a light source; and a light guiding lens for receiving light from the light source. The light guiding lens includes a light emission portion that extends in a predetermined direction and has a main surface with reflecting cuts, and a light guiding portion provided to the light emission portion at an end portion thereof in the predetermined direction. The light guiding portion is configured to project more than the light emission portion in a thickness direction of the light emission portion and extend along the end portion of the light emission portion. The light source is disposed to face to an end face of the light guiding portion in an extending direction of the light guiding portion, the end face projecting more than the light emission portion. An end face of the light guiding portion has reflecting cuts arranged in the extending direction.

Abstract: A vehicle lighting fixture can achieve uniform projection of light while being capable of providing improved luxurious sense of projected light. The vehicle lighting fixture can include a housing, an outer lens configured to cover an opening of the housing to define a lighting chamber; and a light source and a light guiding lens located in the lighting chamber. The light guiding lens is configured so as to receive light from the light source and guide the light to a light exiting surface thereof for light projection. The light guiding lens has a functional surface which is opposite to the light exiting surface and can include a plurality of flute cuts configured to diffuse light and a plurality of prism cuts configured to reflect light. The plurality of prism cuts are arranged at random on the functional surface.

Abstract: A pressure adjustment unit of a hemostatic instrument includes a main container portion connected to a side of a balloon and an auxiliary balloon serving as an expansion member. The main container portion has, for example, air passing holes for permitting a portion of a fluid (air) to be expelled. A sliding member is installed at the main container portion and is movable along the main container portion from a state in which the air passing holes of the main container portion are blocked to a state in which one or more of the hole are open, and a moving body movable inside the main container portion to successively block the air passing holes opened by moving the sliding member.

Abstract: A spinal treatment method and device are provided. The treatment method includes a catheter introduction step of inserting a balloon catheter into a treatment site between nerves extending from a spine, while being bifurcated, and a lesion area that compresses the nerves; and a treatment step of dilating a balloon, on which anti-inflammatory agent is disposed, of the balloon catheter at the treatment site, and applying the anti-inflammatory agent to the treatment site.

Abstract: In a data processing method of determining a class to which each of a plurality of input data items belongs, a distance between input data and each of a plurality of representative data items is calculated, a distance calculation method is selected based on the input data, and the input data is allocated to a class to which representative data, from which a shortest distance has been obtained out of the calculated distances using the selected distance calculation method, belongs.

Abstract: A vehicle lighting unit can distribute light in a wider area than the conventional lighting unit without increasing the number of parts. The vehicle lighting unit can include: a light source; a light guiding member configured to have a side portion to receive light from the light source from the side portion and guide the light, and have an inclined face formed obliquely rearward in a light guiding path of the light; and a reflection face inclined forward and disposed to face to the inclined face with a gap between the reflection face and the inclined face of the light guiding member.

Abstract: A resin composition contains: polyolefin; a carbon fiber; a resin containing at least one of an amide bond and an imide bond; and a compatibilizer, the resin containing at least one of an amide bond and an imide bond forms a coating layer around the carbon fiber, and a thickness of the coating layer is from 50 nm to 700 nm.

Abstract: There is provided with a signal processing method. A filtering result is generated by performing spatial filtering on multi-dimensional data. Encoding result data is output by encoding the filtering result using a value at a pixel of interest of the filtering result and a value at a reference pixel located at a relative position with respect to the pixel of interest. The relative position of the reference pixel is decided in advance according to a characteristic of a spatial filter used in the spatial filtering step.