Abstract: The present invention provides an alloy fine particle including palladium and ruthenium, the alloy fine particle including at least one first phase in which the palladium is more abundant than the ruthenium and at least one second phase in which the ruthenium is more abundant than the palladium, the at least one first phase and the at least one second phase being separated by a phase boundary, the palladium and the ruthenium being distributed in the phase boundary in such a manner that the molar ratio of the palladium and the ruthenium continually changes, a plurality of crystalline structures being present together in the phase boundary.

Abstract: A resist coating for etching use which enables high speed and high accuracy patterning is provided by applying, to a cold rolled steel strip, a positive resist ink which solubilizes upon exposure to light; then drying the positive resist ink to form a resist coating; then scanning a laser beam converged in a point shape in the width direction of the cold rolled steel strip to form a photosensitive portion; and then removing the photosensitive portion of the resist film with a developing solution. Subsequently, by dissolving and removing by etching a portion of the steel strip below the removed portion of the resist coating, a fine and uniform linear groove can be formed in a surface of the steel strip.

Abstract: An image capturing apparatus includes a plurality of unit pixels that each have a plurality of photoelectric conversion portions, and are arranged in a matrix; a plurality of column output lines arranged for each column of the unit pixels; and a switching unit configured to switch between a first read out mode where signals that have been accumulated in the plurality of photoelectric conversion portions of a unit pixel are read out from respectively different column output lines, and a second read out mode where signals that have been accumulated in the plurality of photoelectric conversion portions of a unit pixel are combined and then read out from a single column output line.

Abstract: It is an object of the present invention to provide a mounting sheet which can be easily mounted to a visor shield in a helmet, a lens in goggles, or the like and is less likely to come off. A mounting sheet is a mounting sheet which is mounted to a concave curved surface, which is an inner wall surface of a visor shield or a goggle lens, in a state where the mounting sheet is deflected along the curved surface. The mounting sheet is configured to include a plate-shaped base material sheet, which is formed of polycarbonate having a thickness of 0.1 mm or more and has a curvature smaller than that of a mounting surface when not mounted to the mounting surface, and an anti-fog layer provided on at least one of both surfaces of the base material sheet, which does not face the concave curved surface when mounted to the concave curved surface.

Abstract: The present invention addresses the problem of providing a solid catalyst capable of achieving high selectivity and high yield for isosorbide, preferably at the same time, in a dehydration reaction by which dianhydrosugar alcohol is obtained from a sugar alcohol, particularly, in a dehydration reaction by which isosorbide is obtained from sorbitol. The above-mentioned problem is solved by a solid catalyst for a dehydration reaction for preparing dianhydrosugar alcohol from sugar alcohol, said catalyst including an H-type ? zeolite having an atomic composition ratio of Si to Al (Si/Al) of more than 20.

Abstract: A resist coating for etching use which enables high speed and high accuracy patterning is provided by applying, to a steel strip, a negative resist ink which solidifies upon exposure to light; drying the ink to form a resist coating; then irradiating the steel strip with light while moving a mask member in synchronization with a traveling speed of the steel strip, the mask member being configured to cover a surface of the resist coating to block light, to thereby solidify a portion of the resist coating not covered with the mask member to form a solidified portion; and removing an unsolidified portion other than the solidified portion with a developing solution. Subsequently, by dissolving and removing by etching a portion of the steel strip below the removed portion of the resist coating, a fine and uniform linear groove can be formed in a surface of the steel strip.

Abstract: A routing control apparatus that constructs a transmission path for transmitting communication data in a wireless mesh network includes: a previous hop state managing unit that receives a first control signal for constructing a portion of the transmission path, and manages first information indicating operability, which is availability of a previous hop apparatus in a future, the portion being from a source apparatus to the routing control apparatus; an operation state managing unit that manages second information indicating operability of the routing control apparatus; and a routing control processing unit that compares the first information and the second information, and, if the operability of the routing control apparatus is higher than or equal to the operability of the previous hop apparatus, transmits a second control signal for constructing a remaining portion of the transmission path other than the portion.

Abstract: A control device for performing start assist control for an internal combustion engine includes: a first start assist processing unit that executes a first start assist process that brings a first engagement device into slip engagement at a first engagement pressure while increasing a torque generated by a rotating electrical machine; and a second start assist processing unit that increases, when the first start assist process fails to start the internal combustion engine, an engagement pressure of the first engagement device to a second engagement pressure higher than the first engagement pressure while increasing the torque generated by the rotating electrical machine. The second start assist processing unit determines the second engagement pressure on the basis of a rotational speed of the internal combustion engine in the first start assist process.

Abstract: An image capturing apparatus comprises a unit pixel including a plurality of light receiving elements, a plurality of column output lines provided, for each column, at a number greater than or equal to at least a number of the light receiving elements of each unit pixel, and a switching unit configured to switch between a first readout mode for reading out signals from the plurality of light receiving elements via respectively different column output lines and a second readout mode for reading out signals from the plurality of light receiving elements via the same column output line for each unit pixel.

Abstract: The present invention addresses the issue of providing an external composition for screen foamers such as pump foamers, that can be safely used even when not removed after application. Provided is an external composition for screen foamers, including a non-ionic surfactant as a foaming component and, ideally, being in a soluble state.

Abstract: An image capturing apparatus comprises a pixel area having a plurality of pixels arranged in a matrix; output circuits that apply preset processing to signals read out in parallel from divided areas obtained by dividing the pixel area in a column direction and output the processed signals in parallel; a controller that performs control to execute first driving for reading out signals for obtaining correction data from the divided areas to the output circuits, and second driving for reading out image signals from the divided areas to the output circuits; and a correction circuit that obtains the correction data from the signals read out through the first driving and corrects the image signals using the correction data. The controller executes the first driving with respect to pixels in a part of rows that includes a row at a border of the divided areas.

Abstract: In an image capturing apparatus that comprises a pixel area of pixels arranged in a matrix, output circuits apply preset processing to signals read out in parallel from divided areas obtained by dividing the pixel area in a column direction and output the processed signals, a controller performs control to execute first driving for reading out signals corresponding to a predetermined voltage to the output circuits, and second driving for reading out image signals from the pixel area, and a correction circuit generates gain data based on the predetermined voltage for correcting differences between the signals for correction of different columns output for each of the divide areas, and corrects the image signals of the divided areas using the gain data generated for the corresponding divided areas.

Abstract: A control device that includes an electronic control unit that is programmed such that, when the internal combustion engine is started by the rotary electric machine while output torque from the rotary electric machine is transferred to the wheels in a state in which rotation of the internal combustion engine has been stopped, the electronic control unit: executes second slipping control in which the second engagement device is controlled into a slipping engagement state, executes first slipping control in which the first engagement device which has been in a disengaged state is controlled into a slipping engagement state during execution of the second slipping control, and controls an engagement pressure of the first engagement device so as to lower a rotational speed of the rotary electric machine in the first slipping control.

Abstract: A slurry application device includes: a slurry supply unit configured to supply slurry to a surface of a traveling base material; a slurry application unit including a first roll body disposed at the downstream side in relation to the slurry supply unit and configured to press the first roll body against the slurry to apply the slurry onto the surface and to adjust an adhesion amount of the slurry such that a film thickness of the slurry becomes one time or more and two times or less of a target film thickness; and a slurry adhesion amount adjustment unit including a second roll body disposed at the downstream side in relation to the slurry application unit and configured to press the second roll body against the slurry to adjust the slurry adhesion amount such that the film thickness of the slurry becomes the target film thickness.

Abstract: An image sensor has a plurality of unit pixels each provided with a plurality of photoelectric conversion portions and a floating diffusion portion, and an analog-digital converter. The analog-digital converter is controlled to: convert a reset level of the floating diffusion portion by counting in a first or second direction to acquire a first noise signal, acquire a first optical signal by counting in the first direction an analog signal of a first photo charge accumulated in a first photoelectric conversion portion, acquire a second noise signal by counting in the second direction a potential that the floating diffusion portion has after the first optical signal is acquired, and acquire a second optical signal by counting in the first direction an analog signal of a second photo charge accumulated in a second photoelectric conversion portion.

Abstract: A vehicle body frame includes a first vertical bead portion (38) adjacent to an inner ridge line (54), a first strain development region (39) defined by an arc (67) of a minimum distance (L1) between the first vertical bead portion (38) and an outer ridge line (55), a second vertical bead portion (41) adjacent to the outer ridge line (55), and a second strain development region (42) defined by an arc (68) of the minimum distance (L1) between the second vertical bead portion (41) and the inner ridge line (54).

Abstract: The present invention provides an alloy fine particle including palladium and ruthenium, the alloy fine particle including at least one first phase in which the palladium is more abundant than the ruthenium and at least one second phase in which the ruthenium is more abundant than the palladium, the at least one first phase and the at least one second phase being separated by a phase boundary, the palladium and the ruthenium being distributed in the phase boundary in such a manner that the molar ratio of the palladium and the ruthenium continually changes, a plurality of crystalline structures being present together in the phase boundary.

Abstract: There is provided a photoelectric encoder that can deconcentrate a calculation load in a photoelectric ABS encoder, and reduce power consumption. A photoelectric encoder includes light receiving units 6 configured to output a plurality of photocurrent signals obtained by receiving light emitted from a light emission unit 5, via a scale SC, a signal conversion unit 10 configured to output a conversion signal by converting the plurality of photocurrent signals, a position calculation unit 20 configured to calculate an absolute position based on the conversion signal, and a microcomputer 3 configured to perform drive control of the light emission unit 5, the signal conversion unit 10, and the position calculation unit 20. The microcomputer 3 intermittently drives at least either one of the light emission unit 5 and the signal conversion unit 10, and causes the position calculation unit 20 to execute calculation according to a timing of intermit driving.

Abstract: The present invention addresses the problem of providing a solid catalyst capable of achieving high selectivity and high yield for isosorbide, preferably at the same time, in a dehydration reaction by which dianhydrosugar alcohol is obtained from a sugar alcohol, particularly, in a dehydration reaction by which isosorbide is obtained from sorbitol. The above-mentioned problem is solved by a solid catalyst for a dehydration reaction for preparing dianhydrosugar alcohol from sugar alcohol, said catalyst including an H-type ? zeolite having an atomic composition ratio of Si to Al (Si/Al) of more than 20.

Abstract: preparing a composition, which forms a coating film having excellent properties after application though the formulation is the same characterized in that 1) a method of producing a composition of an oil-in-water emulsifier type containing a carboxyvinyl polymer optionally alkyl-modified and/or a salt thereof and a nonionic surfactant, wherein an oil-in-water emulsion is prepared at a temperature higher than the cloud point of the nonionic surfactant, the emulsion is cooled to a temperature not higher than the cloud point of the nonionic surfactant, then, a carboxyvinyl polymer is added, and thereafter, the carboxyvinyl polymer is neutralized with an alkaline agent.