Abstract: Provided is a heat sink that can prevent dryout without impairing heat transfer characteristics even when an environmental temperature at the time of use is lower than a melting point of a working fluid. The heat sink includes a heat transport member including a heat receiving part thermally connected to a heat generating body, and a first heat radiating fin group in which a plurality of first heat radiating fins are arranged, the first heat radiating fin group being thermally connected to the heat transport member at a heat radiating part, the heat transport member has an inner space that communicates from the heat receiving part to the heat radiating part and in which a working fluid is sealed, and a heat transfer member is thermally connected to a heat insulating part located between the heat receiving part and the heat radiating part of the heat transport member.

Abstract: The heat transport device includes a first wick structure provided in the internal space of the first heat transport section, and extending from the evaporation section to the condensation section, a second wick structure provided on an inner surface of the second heat transport section, and extending along the heat transport direction of the second heat transport section, and a reflux promoting body provided on the second wick structure, extending along the heat transport direction of the second heat transport section, and having a capillary force, wherein a capillary force of the first wick structure is larger than the capillary force of the reflux promoting body, and the capillary force of the reflux promoting body is larger than a capillary force of the second wick structure, or the capillary force of the reflux promoting body is equal to the capillary force of the second wick structure.

Abstract: The vapor chamber including a container having a cavity portion formed inside, and having a first surface to which a heating element is to be thermally connected and a second surface facing the first surface, a first wick portion provided on the first surface, a second wick portion provided on the second surface, a support portion having a third wick portion, protruding in a direction to connect the first surface and the second surface in the inside of the container, a working fluid enclosed in the cavity portion, and a vapor flow path through which the working fluid in a gas phase is to flow, the vapor flow path being provided in the cavity portion, in which one end of the third wick portion is integrated with the first wick portion, and another end of the third wick portion is integrated with the second wick portion.

Abstract: The disclosure provides a vapor chamber that has excellent fixing stability of a wick structure inside a container and also has excellent circulation properties for a liquid-phase working fluid due to excellent capillary force of the wick structure. The vapor chamber includes a container in which a cavity portion is formed by one plate-shaped body and another plate-shaped body facing the one plate-shaped body, a working fluid enclosed in the cavity portion, and a wick structure contained in the cavity portion and welded to the container so that a welded portion is formed in the wick structure.

Abstract: The vapor chamber includes a container having a cavity formed of one plate-shaped body to which a heating element is thermally connected and another plate-shaped body facing the one plate-shaped body, a working fluid enclosed in the cavity, and a wick structure that is enclosed in the cavity and separated from the container. The container includes a support part protruding from an inner surface of the other plate-shaped body toward the one plate-shaped body, the support part being formed of a recessed part provided to an outer surface of the other plate-shaped body. At the rising base portion of the support part from the inner surface of the other plate-shaped body, the defined angle between the support part and the inner surface of the other plate-shaped body is an obtuse angle.

Abstract: The vapor chamber includes a container having a hollow cavity and formed of one plate-shaped member and another plate-shaped member facing the one plate-shaped member that are layered on each other, a working fluid enclosed in the cavity, and a wick structure provided in the cavity. The wick structure includes a first wick part extending from a heat receiving part to a heat discharge part and having a first wick member using a linear member, and a second wick part provided to the heat receiving part and having a second wick member using a linear member. An average diameter the linear member of the second wick member is smaller than an average diameter of the linear member of the first wick member or an aperture dimension of the second wick member is smaller than an aperture dimension of the first wick member.

Abstract: An information processing device includes a speed selection instruction receiving unit, a display control unit, a location-pointing action accepting unit, and a characteristic measurement unit. The speed selection instruction receiving unit receives a speed selection instruction from the examinee. The display control unit executes a speed-variable display process to display a simulated moving image, which is a moving image simulating the field of vision of a moving human and including at least one target object in such a manner that the moving speed is set in accordance with the speed selection instruction. The location-pointing action accepting unit accepts a location-pointing action performed by the examinee to point to a specific location in the simulated moving image. The characteristic measurement unit measures the characteristics based on the indication results correlating with whether the location-pointing action correctly point to the location of the target object.

Abstract: The purpose of the present invention is to develop a method or system for measuring the skin condition easily and accurately. The method for determining the skin condition based on the thermal sensitivity in the skin was perfected by discovering that the skin condition, especially the skin barrier function, can be determined based on the thermal sensitivity in the skin.

Abstract: A cooling device that can reduce heat resistance by improving a heat exchange action of a condensation tube, and can exhibit excellent cooling characteristics, and a cooling system using the cooling device are provided. The cooling device includes a container to which at least one heating element is thermally connected, a primary refrigerant sealed inside the container, a condensation tube through which a secondary refrigerant flows and which penetrates through a gaseous phase portion inside the container, and a porous member provided at an outer surface of the condensation tube.

Abstract: The heat sink includes a heat transport member having an evaporation portion to be thermally connected to a heat-generating element, a tube body which is connected to a connection portion located in a condensation portion of the heat transport member, and a heat radiation fin group which is thermally connected to the tube body, in which the heat transport member has an integral internal space, the internal space of the heat transport member communicates with an internal space of the tube body via the connection portion, the tube body has a circular portion in which a shape in a radial direction is a circular shape, and a flat portion in which a shape in the radial direction is a flat shape, the circular portion is located in the connection portion, and the flat portion is located in a part to which the heat radiation fin group is thermally connected.

Abstract: A heat sink includes: a container in which a cavity is formed, the container having a first principal surface and a second principal surface; a working fluid encapsulated in the cavity, and a steam flow path defined in the cavity, in which the container has a flat portion and a protruding part projecting from the flat portion, an inner space of the protruding part of the container is in communication with an inner space of the flat portion to form the cavity, the protruding part of the container includes a heat receiver that is to be thermally connected with a heating element that is a cooling target, and the flat portion of the container has an intermediate portion region continuous from the protruding part and a heat radiator region more distant from the protruding part than the intermediate portion region and thermally connected with a heat radiating fin.

Abstract: In a video decoding device for decoding video using inter prediction, decoding control means sets capable values of an inter-PU (Prediction Unit) partition type of a CU (Coding Unit) to be decoded, based on whether or not a size of the CU to be decoded is equal to a minimum inter-PU size.

Abstract: The video encoding device for encoding video using inter prediction includes a unit which determines to perform an entropy-encoding process of encoding a PU (Prediction Unit) partition type syntax of a CU (Coding Unit) to be encoded, based on a prediction mode of the CU to be encoded being an inter prediction mode and a size of the CU to be encoded being equal to a predetermined minimum inter-PU size.

Abstract: A video decoding device for decoding video using inter prediction includes entropy decoding means for decoding an inter-PU partition type syntax; and decoding control means for making the entropy decoding means decode the inter-PU (Prediction Unit) partition type syntax of a CU (Coding Unit) to be decoded, based on whether the prediction mode of the CU to be decoded is an inter prediction mode and whether a size of the CU to be decoded is equal to a predetermined minimum inter-PU size.

Abstract: A heat sink includes: a container having a cavity inside and a first surface and a second surface opposite the first surface; a working fluid encapsulated in the cavity; and a steam flow path in the cavity where the working fluid in a gas phase flows, the first surface having a flat part and a protruding part projecting from the flat part in an external direction, causing the container to have a flat portion and a protruding portion projecting from the flat portion in the external direction, an inner space of the protruding portion of the container being in communication with an inner space of the flat portion, causing the cavity to be formed, and a first heat radiating fin being provided on an exterior of the flat part of the first surface and a second heat radiating fin being provided on an exterior of the second surface.

Abstract: A vapor chamber has: a container in which a cavity portion is formed in an inside; a wick structure provided in the cavity portion; a working fluid enclosed in the cavity portion; a vapor flow path which is formed in the cavity portion and through which the working fluid in a gas phase flows; and a hydrogen occlusion metal that is disposed in the cavity portion and absorbs hydrogen at 350° C. or lower and does not release hydrogen at 350° C. or lower, the hydrogen occlusion metal being coated in a region in contact with the working fluid in an inner surface of the cavity portion and/or the wick structure.

Abstract: Provided is a heat pipe which is installed in a cold region in a bottom heat posture in which a longitudinal direction of a container is substantially in parallel with a gravitational direction, is capable of preventing the container from deforming even when a working fluid has become frozen, and has excellent heat transport properties.

Abstract: The evaporation unit structure of a heat transport member that is an evaporation unit structure of the heat transport member in which a container including an internal space in which the working fluid is enclosed includes an evaporation unit in which the working fluid in a liquid phase changes in phase, and a condensation unit in which the working fluid in a gas phase changes in phase, wherein a sintered body layer is provided on an inner surface of the evaporation unit, the sintered body layer with an average thickness n is composed of a first site that is a region of n/2 on an inner surface side of the container, and a second site that is a region of n/2 on the internal space side, and a percentage of voids of the first site is less than a percentage of voids of the second site.

Abstract: A vapor chamber including a container having a cavity portion formed inside, and including a first surface and a second surface opposing the first surface, a working fluid sealed in the cavity portion, and a vapor flow path through which the working fluid in a gas phase flows, the vapor flow path being provided in the cavity portion, wherein a container inner surface area increasing unit including a protruding part is formed on an inner surface of the first surface, and a first wick structure is provided on a surface of the protruding part.

Abstract: A video decoding device includes a demultiplexing unit which demultiplexes a video bitstream including video data of an encoded slice, Supplemental-Enhancement-Information having first information indicating a refresh group of segments in gradual refresh, and Supplemental-Enhancement-Information having second information indicating segments where a refresh has completed in a current picture, an extracting unit which extracts the second information from a message which is part of the demultiplexed Supplemental-Enhancement-Information, and a video decoding unit which decodes image data from the demultiplexed video bitstream by using at least inter picture prediction.