Abstract: The present invention provides a oxazole compound represented by Formula (1), or a salt thereof: wherein R1 is an aryl group which may have one or more substituents; R2 is an aryl group or a nitrogen atom-containing heterocyclic group each of which may have one or more substituents; and W is a divalent group represented by —Y1-A1- or —Y2—C(?O)— wherein Y1 is a group such as —C(?O)—, A1 is a group such as a lower alkylene group, and Y2 is a group such as a piperazinediyl group. The oxazole compound has a specific inhibitory action against phosphodiesterase 4.

Abstract: A first power source voltage transferred from a control unit by a power source line is input to an imaging device as a second power source voltage. The imaging device generates a first voltage in a first period and generates a second voltage in a second period. The imaging device generates a reference voltage. The imaging device outputs a first signal indicating the first voltage and the reference voltage to a video signal line and outputs a second signal indicating the second voltage and the reference voltage to the video signal line. An amount of current consumption in the imaging device in the first period is less than an amount of current consumption in the imaging device in the second period.

Abstract: A method for manufacturing a cellulose derivative includes a step of preparing a low crystalline cellulose having a degree of crystallinity of 70% or less and a step of derivatizing the low crystalline cellulose described above.

Abstract: A moving body control device includes an outside recognition unit configured to acquire recognition data of an outside of a moving body, a reception unit which receives designation of a predetermined parking position from a user of the moving body, and a control unit configured to perform automatic parking control for parking the moving body at the predetermined parking position based on the recognition data of the outside and the predetermined parking position, and register the predetermined parking position as a designated parking position. The control unit is configured to register feature points related to the designated parking position by using a plurality of patterns based on illuminance of the outside calculated from the recognition data of the outside.

Abstract: An image processing method of holding a plurality of texture data for applying a metal representation on an image. The method includes acquiring predetermined information concerning at least one of an observation distance as a distance between a print product on which a target region is printed and an observer observing the print product, a sheet on which the target region is printed, or an environment in which the print product is observed, selecting texture data from the plurality of texture data based on the acquired predetermined information, and applying, to the target region, the texture data selected in the selecting.

Abstract: To achieve both guarantee of safety related to vehicle control and improvement of availability in an in-vehicle device that cannot independently perform automatic driving and needs assistance of vehicle control. To achieve the above object, a control system includes an in-vehicle device and a coordination device that are synchronized in time point. The control system includes a travelable time calculation unit that calculates a travelable time for guaranteeing that a vehicle does not collide with an obstacle on a travel trajectory in a target region through which the vehicle equipped with the in-vehicle device passes, a travelability determination unit that determines validity of the travelable time, and a trajectory following unit that permits the in-vehicle device to follow the travel trajectory when it is determined that the travelable time is valid.

Abstract: A method of transfer printing on a tatami mat cover includes a printing step for performing printing on an intermediate transfer medium using a color ink composition containing a sublimable dye, a water-soluble organic solvent, and water, and a transfer step for transferring the print on the intermediate transfer medium to a tatami mat cover, wherein the transfer step is performed under conditions of a heating temperature of from 170° C. to 180° C., a pressure of from 0.5 kg/cm2 to 0.6 kg/cm2, and a heating time of from 60 seconds to 180 seconds.

Abstract: The present invention provides a topical composition for a nanobubble cosmetic with which functional properties required by various types of cosmetic products can be improved. The present invention is a topical composition for a nanobubble cosmetic to be used in a container equipped with a device mechanism for generating nanobubbles, said topical composition containing a polyoxypropylene diglyceryl ether and ethoxydiglycol, or containing hyaluronic acid or a salt thereof, or containing ethanol and menthol or a derivative thereof, or containing sorbitol and glycerin, or containing phytosteryl/octyldodecyl lauroyl glutamate, or containing glycereth-26, or containing hydrogenated lecithin and polysorbate 20, or containing ethanol and polysorbate 20.

Abstract: A coil spring jig includes a spring support portion where one end of a coil spring is capable of being placed, a plurality of displacement regulating portions extending along an axis of the coil spring from the spring support portion with the coil spring supported by the spring support portion as a reference, capable of abutting against an outer peripheral surface of the coil spring, and regulating displacement of the coil spring in a radial direction of the coil spring, and a lid portion supported by the displacement regulating portions and capable of keeping the coil spring in a compressed state by sandwiching the coil spring together with the spring support portion.

Abstract: In a case where the coating film is confirmed to remain in a third step, at least one or more of conditions of the shot peening treatment including a propelling speed of the shot medium, a propelling time of the shot medium, a material of the shot medium, and an average particle diameter of the shot medium are changed and the second step and the third step are repeated until the coating film does not remain In a case where the coating film is not confirmed to remain in the third step, the condition of the shot peening treatment in the second step in which the coil spring is obtained with no remaining coating film is determined as the propelling condition for the shot medium.

Abstract: An imaging system includes a camera unit and a main body. A clock detection circuit is configured to detect a first clock signal of the camera unit from first digital data transmitted from the camera unit. A phase comparator is configured to generate second digital data that represent a difference between a phase of the first clock signal and a phase of a second clock signal of the main body. A second communicator is configured to perform communication in a second direction in which the second digital data are transmitted to the camera unit in a blanking period. A first clock generation circuit is configured to generate the first clock signal synchronized with the second clock signal on the basis of the second digital data.

Abstract: An advertisement system has a printer and a posting server that can communicate with the printer. The advertisement system uses the printer to issue a flyer on which advertisement images are printed. The posting server acquires a plurality of advertisement images of different advertisers, and selects a plurality of advertisement images from the plurality of acquired advertisement images according to a distribution period for the flyer, the distribution period being set for each acquired advertisement image. The posting server then creates print data involved in printing the plurality of selected advertisement images, and transmits the created print data to the printer. The printer receives the print data created by the posting server. To issue the flyer, the printer executes printing according to the received print data.

Abstract: A compound of formula (I) (in the formula (I), R1 represents a substituted or unsubstituted C1-6 alkyl group or the like, R2 represents a substituted or unsubstituted 5- or 6-membered heteroaryl group, R3 represents a substituted or unsubstituted C1-6 alkyl group, a substituted or unsubstituted C1-6 alkoxycarbonyl group or the like, Y represents an oxygen atom or NH, A1 represents a sulfur atom, an oxygen atom, or NR4, R4 represents a C1-6 alkyl group, A2 is a carbon atom or a nitrogen atom, X represents a substituent, n represents the chemically acceptable number of X, and is an integer of 0 to 3, and, when n is 2 or more, X may be identical to or different from each other), or a salt thereof is provided.

Abstract: A seat belt device includes a buckle provided on a side portion of a seat for a vehicle, and configured such that a tongue plate is inserted into the buckle; a buckle force limiter mechanism connected to the buckle via a connecting member having an elongate shape, the buckle force limiter mechanism being configured to allow the buckle to move in a pulling direction when a tensile load equal to or larger than a predetermined tensile load is applied to the buckle; and a case covering the connecting member from an inner side in a seat width direction, the case having a corner at an upper end portion of the case, the corner facing the connecting member, and the corner having an arc shape.

Abstract: An advertisement system includes a distribution member computer that causes a printer to print the test image data received from a posting server and transmits read data obtained by reading an image of a printed matter obtained by printing test image data by the printer to a posting server, and the posting server including an evaluation unit that evaluates printing quality of the printed matter based on the read data and a decision unit that determines whether to distribute the advertisement data to the distribution member computer based on an evaluation result by the evaluation unit.

Abstract: An advertisement system that issues a leaflet by a distributor printer of the distributor who distributes the leaflet on which an advertisement image is printed includes a processing unit that causes a same model printer whose model is the same as a model of the distributor printer to issue, as a sample of the leaflet, a print sample on which the advertisement image is printed, and that transmits a requests for delivering the print sample issued by the same model printer to an advertiser.

Abstract: In an advertisement system that issues a leaflet using a printer of a distributor who distributes a leaflet, the advertisement system includes a server storage unit that stores distributor information about a distributor, a reception unit that receives, from an advertiser, an advertisement request including a distribution condition related to a distribution of the leaflet, an identification unit that identifies the distributor who satisfies the distribution condition included in the advertisement request received by the reception unit based on the distributor information stored in the server storage unit, and a server communication unit that transmits, to the printer of the distributor identified by the identification unit, print data instructing issuance of the leaflet based on the advertisement request received by the reception unit.

Abstract: A driving assistance device includes a driving state detection portion that detects a driving state of a vehicle by a driver; an environment detection portion that detects an environment in which the vehicle travels; an emotion detection portion that detects the driver's emotion or change in emotion; a characteristic estimation portion that estimates the drivers characteristic with respect to the vehicle on the basis of the driving state of the driver in the environment detected by the environment detection portion, and the driver's emotion or change in emotion during the driving; and a change portion that changes setting of various control in the vehicle on the basis of the driver's characteristic estimated by the characteristic estimation portion.