Abstract: Provided are: an etchant composition for titanium or titanium alloy, the etchant composition being used for selectively etching a titanium layer or titanium-containing layer formed on an oxide semiconductor layer; and an etching method using said etchant composition. The etchant composition according to the present invention, which is used for etching a titanium layer or titanium-containing layer on an oxide semiconductor, comprises: a compound containing ammonium ions; hydrogen peroxide; and a basic compound, wherein the etchant composition has a pH of 7-11.

Abstract: A peeling apparatus for an aluminum plate material is configured to be able to peel one or a plurality of aluminum plate materials from a stack of aluminum plate materials in which a plurality of aluminum plate materials are pressure-annealed and adhered to each other. The peeling apparatus includes a vibration transmitting section that is configured to be able to abut an outer peripheral surface of an aluminum plate material and is configured to be able to apply vibration along a stacking direction of the stack to the aluminum plate material, and a transducer that generates the vibration, and transmits the vibration to the vibration transmitting section.

Abstract: A formable resin sheet includes a base and a thermally expansive layer that contains a thermally expandable material and is formed on one surface of the base. When the thermally expansive layer is expanded, the base is deformed with expansion of the thermally expansive layer, such that the base is deformed in an embossed shape, and a deformation amount of the base is greater than an expansion height of the thermally expansive layer.

Abstract: Provided is a vehicle driving support system that achieves a balance between accurately evaluating the path cost of a candidate path and reducing the load of calculating the path cost. A vehicle driving support system includes a controller that sets a target path on a travel road based on travel road information. The controller sets, in the vicinity of an obstacle, a warning area with an outer shape according to the obstacle, and sampling points at first intervals along a part of the candidate path that is included in the warning area, and sets the sampling points at second intervals, longer than the first interval, along the other part of the candidate path.

Abstract: Provided is a vehicle driving support system that achieves a balance between accurately evaluating the path cost of a candidate path and reducing the load of calculating the path cost. A vehicle driving support system includes a controller that sets a target path and a target stop position on a travel road based on travel road information. The controller sets sampling points at first intervals along a part of a candidate path that is in the vicinity of the target stop position, and sets the sampling points at second intervals, longer than the first interval, along the other part of the candidate path.

Abstract: A method of producing a shaped object includes preparing a formation sheet that includes a base and a thermally expansive layer that is laminated on a first main surface of the base, the thermally expansive layer containing a binder and a thermal expansion material; laminating, onto a second main surface on a side opposite to the first main surface of the base or onto the thermally expansive layer, a thermal conversion layer in predetermined pattern, the thermal conversion layer converting first electromagnetic waves into heat; and causing the thermally expansive layer to expand in a pattern that corresponds to the predetermined pattern by irradiating the formation sheet on which the thermal conversion layer is laminated with the first electromagnetic waves and second electromagnetic waves that cause the binder to become cross-linked.

Abstract: The present invention provides: an aluminum alloy substrate for magnetic discs with excellent plating surface smoothness; a manufacturing method therefor; and a magnetic disc using said aluminum alloy substrate for magnetic discs. The present invention is an aluminum alloy substrate for magnetic discs, a manufacturing method therefor, and a magnetic disc using said aluminum alloy substrate for magnetic discs, the aluminum alloy substrate being characterized in being obtained from an aluminum alloy containing Mg: 2.0-8.0 mass % (“%” below), Be: 0.00001-0.00200%, Cu: 0.003-0.150%, Zn: 0.05-0.60%, Cr: 0.010-0.300%, Si: 0.060% or less, Fe: 0.060% or less, the balance being obtained from Al and unavoidable impurities.

Abstract: A system, method and computer program product provide vehicle driving assistance, wherein candidate travel routes for the vehicle are analyzed to identify one of the travel routes as a selected travel route. The selection includes calculating a route cost associated with directing the vehicle to ride over a center of a travel lane, for each of the candidate routes and selecting the one with the lowest cost.

Abstract: A system and method provide vehicle driving assistance, wherein candidate travel routes for the vehicle are analyzed to identify one of the travel routes as a selected travel route. The selection includes calculating a route cost associated with vehicle acceleration or deceleration, for each of the candidate routes and selecting the one with the lowest cost.

Abstract: A system, method, and computer readable medium provide vehicle driving assistance, wherein candidate travel routes for the vehicle are analyzed to identify one of the travel routes as a selected travel route. The selection includes calculating a route cost associated with vehicle lateral acceleration, for each of the candidate routes and selecting the one with the lowest cost.

Abstract: A system, method and computer program product provide vehicle driving assistance, wherein candidate travel routes for the vehicle are analyzed to identify one of the travel routes as a selected travel route. The selection includes calculating a route cost associated with vehicle acceleration/deceleration, for each of the candidate routes and selecting the one with the lowest cost.

Abstract: An ECU of a driving support system as a route candidate setting system is configured to provide a first curved line represented by a first function having x coordinate as a variable and y coordinate and a second curved line represented by a second function having x coordinate as a variable and y coordinate and having a lower degree than the first function, and set the first and second curved lines as traveling-route candidate RC. In a case where an obstacle is detected by a camera and a radar, the ECU is configured not to provide the first curved line having its terminal point corresponding to a grid point Gn located on a forward side, in an advancing direction of a vehicle, of the obstacle and the second curved line having its start point corresponding to this grid point Gn.

Abstract: Provided is an etchant composition for a multilayered metal film comprising both a layer comprising copper and a layer comprising molybdenum, the etchant composition: being capable of etching en bloc a multilayered metal film comprising a layer constituted of copper or an alloy including copper as the main component and a layer constituted of molybdenum or an alloy including molybdenum as the main component; being effective in preventing the molybdenum layer from being undercut; making it easy to regulate the component concentrations so as to accommodate the cross-sectional shape control and cross-section; and being stable. Also provided are a method of etching using the etchant composition and a method for prolonging the life of the etchant composition.

Abstract: An input device includes a housing, an operation unit, a vibrating body, a piezoelectric element, a picker, and a signal processing unit. The operation unit is movable relative to the housing. The vibrating body has elasticity. The vibrating body includes a first end partially fixed to the housing, and a second end provided so as to be vibratable. The piezoelectric element is provided to the vibrating body. The piezoelectric element is configured to convert vibration energy of the vibrating body into electrical energy as the vibrating body vibrates. The picker flicks the vibrating body to allow the vibrating body to vibrate in conjunction with the operation unit. The signal processing unit is configured to receive power generated by the piezoelectric element to operate and transmit, through wireless communications, detection information to be generated as the operation unit moves.

Abstract: A shaped object includes a thermally expandable sheet including (i) a base, (ii) a thermal expansion layer disposed on a first surface of the base and including a thermally expandable material, and (iii) a thermal conversion member disposed on at least one of a second surface of the base or the thermal expansion layer, and including a thermal conversion material for conversion of electromagnetic waves into heat. The thermal conversion member further includes thermal conversion layers disposed on an entire region corresponding to an expansion region for expansion of the thermal expansion layer. At least part of one of the thermal conversion layers is disposed at a location separated from an adjacent other thermal conversion layer.

Abstract: In a three-dimensional object formed by bending and deforming a sheet-like base material made of a thermoplastic resin at a ridge line, a surface of the base material bent and oriented outward at least at the ridge line is covered with a thermal expansion layer that expands when heated to a thermal deformation temperature of the thermoplastic resin or a higher temperature, and the thermal expansion layer is expanded at the ridge line.

Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a signal processing apparatus and method that enables to reduce required power. In the signal processing apparatus, a RTC of a main chip and a RTC of a power supply chip are synchronized before power supply of the main chip is stopped, and the RTC of the main chip is synchronized with the time of the RTC of the power supply chip after the power supply of the main chip is restored. In this way, the RTC uses continuous time information before and after the stop. The present disclosure is capable of being applied to, for example, a GPS module in which a digital circuit includes a plurality of chips.

Abstract: A thermally expandable sheet includes a base and a first thermally expansive layer provided on at least a first side of the base and containing a first binder, a first thermally expandable material, and a first electromagnetic wave heat conversion material that converts electromagnetic waves into heat.

Abstract: A resin molded sheet includes: a base material made of resin; a first thermal expansion layer including a thermally expandable material and provided on a first surface of the base material; and a second thermal expansion layer including a thermally expandable material and provided on a second surface of the base material, wherein the first thermal expansion layer is provided at least on a first region, where the base material is deformed by the first thermal expansion layer, on the first surface of the base material, and the second thermal expansion layer is provided at least in a second region, where the base material is deformed by the second thermal expansion layer, on the second surface of the base material.

Abstract: A production method for a shaped object includes preparing a formable resin sheet that includes a base made from a resin, and a thermally expansive layer provided on a first side of the base and containing a thermally expandable material, a thermal conversion layer forming step of forming a thermal conversion layer that contains an electromagnetic wave heat conversion material that converts electromagnetic waves to heat on a first side of the formable resin sheet, an electrically conductive layer forming step of forming an electrically conductive layer on a second side of the formable resin sheet, and an irradiating step of, after forming the thermal conversion layer and the electrically conductive layer, irradiating the thermal conversion layer with the electromagnetic waves to cause the thermal expansive layer to distend and cause the base to deform in accordance with the distension of the thermal expansive layer.