Abstract: Provided is an electromagnetic-wave detection apparatus and a distance-measurement apparatus that reduces the difference between the timing of image acquisition and the timing of electromagnetic wave detection. An electromagnetic-wave detection apparatus (10) includes an image-information acquisition unit (141) that acquires image information of a space in which an object (ob) is present, an outline detection unit (142) that detects an outline of the object included in the image information, a radiation system (111) that radiates an electromagnetic wave into the space, a radiation control unit (143) that controls the radiation system such that the radiation system radiates the electromagnetic wave in a direction corresponding to the outline of the object in the space, and a first detection unit (20) that detects a reflected wave that is the electromagnetic wave reflected by the object.

Abstract: A control device comprising: a wireless communication unit configured to transmit or receive a radio signal conforming to a first communication standard to or from a portable device; and a control unit configured to perform control of an operation of a control target device on the basis of a result of authentication based on the radio signal conforming to the first communication standard, and a result of prescribed processing based on a radio signal conforming to a second communication standard, the radio signal conforming to the second communication standard being transmitted or received between at least one communication control device mounted on a mobile object and the portable device, wherein the control unit receives encrypted data at least indicating success or failure of the prescribed processing, and performs control of the operation of the control target device on the basis of content of the encrypted data.

Abstract: A method for manufacturing an exhaust gas purification catalyst device includes: (A) placing a catalyst coating layer-forming coating liquid on the upper end surface of a honeycomb substrate having a plurality of cell flow paths partitioned by cell walls in a coating liquid placing station; (B) transferring the substrate from the coating liquid placing station to a suction station; and (C) suctioning the substrate from the lower end surface in the suction station to coat the cell walls of the substrate with the coating liquid, wherein the suction station comprises two or more suction devices, and step (B) comprises (B1) transferring the substrate, on which the coating liquid has been placed, from the coating liquid placing station to a branch station, and (B2) transferring the substrate, on which the coating liquid has been placed, to an empty suction device among the suction devices of the branch station.

Abstract: An output sound abnormality detection apparatus includes an output sound generation circuit configured to generate a first sound and a second sound, the first sound being an output target and the second sound having same content as content of the first sound; an amplifier configured to amplify and output the first sound and the second sound; a comparator configured to compare signal levels of the first sound and the second sound output from the amplifier; and an abnormality determination circuit configured to determine whether there is an abnormality in one or both of the first sound generated by the output sound generation circuit and the amplifier based on a comparison result obtained by the comparator.

Abstract: A signal processing device determines whether a relationship between a first signal and a second signal satisfies a first condition, the first signal being based on an output of a first microphone inserted into an ear canal of a user, the second signal being based on an output of a second microphone positioned outside the ear canal. The signal processing device starts processing relating to transmission of a sound signal when it is determined that the first condition is satisfied, and that continues the processing, even after the first condition is not satisfied, during a period in which a second condition that differs from the first condition is satisfied.

Abstract: A multilayer electronic component, may include: a body including a dielectric layer and internal electrodes; and an external electrode disposed on the body, in which a lattice-type groove shape having a plurality of grooves arranged in a lattice form may be formed in at least a portion of a surface of the body.

Abstract: A heat collector includes a body including a hollow portion extending from a first end to a second end of the body and being a metal-extruded body having a light-receiving surface to receive sunlight, a pair of lids adjacent to the first end and the second end and covering the hollow portion, an inlet located in one of the pair of lids to allow a heating medium to enter the hollow portion, and an outlet located in one of the pair of lids to allow the heating medium to exit the hollow portion.

Abstract: A method of manufacturing a printed circuit board includes: forming a resist layer; exposing first areas of the resist layer spaced apart from each other; after exposing the first areas, exposing second areas of the resist layer, the second areas being spaces between the first areas; forming first and second openings spaced apart from each other in the first and second areas by developing the resist layer; and forming a plurality of conductor patterns by filling the first and second openings with conductors.

Abstract: A multilayer electronic component includes a body including a dielectric layer and an internal electrode; and an external electrode including a base electrode layer disposed on the body and including a first metal element, and an alloy layer and a plating layer, sequentially disposed on the base electrode layer. The alloy layer includes a first alloy layer disposed to contact the base electrode layer and including an alloy of the first metal element and Sn, and a second alloy layer disposed to contact the first alloy layer and including an alloy of Ni and Sn, and the plating layer includes an Ni plating layer disposed to contact the second alloy layer.

Abstract: An electromagnetic wave deflection device includes: a mirror configured to reflect electromagnetic waves; a first drive unit; a second drive unit; and a weight. The first drive unit tilts the mirror with a first axis as a tilt axis. The second drive unit tilts the mirror with a second axis intersecting the first axis as a tilt axis. The weight is located in at least one of the first drive unit or the second drive unit in a manner in which a resonance frequency of the second drive unit differs from natural number multiples of a resonance frequency of the first drive unit.

Abstract: An optical deflection device includes a first mirror unit, a second mirror unit, and a support unit. The first mirror unit includes a first mirror surface that is a reflection surface that reflects light. The second mirror unit is opposed to the first mirror unit and includes a second mirror surface that is a reflection surface that reflects light. The support unit couples the first mirror unit and the second mirror unit while supporting the first mirror unit and the second mirror unit in a swingable manner about a movable axis. The first mirror surface and the second mirror surface are respectively disposed on surfaces different from surfaces at which the first mirror unit and the second mirror unit are coupled to the support unit.

Abstract: A vehicle control system includes a terminal device and a vehicle. The terminal device includes a first verification unit that verifies whether the terminal devices matches the vehicle through wireless communication when the terminal device enters an area in which wireless communication between the terminal device and the vehicle is available, and an operation instruction unit that receives an instruction to execute a predetermined operation of the vehicle from the user and the first verification unit has verified that the terminal device matches the vehicle, and transmits a signal according to the instruction to the vehicle, and the vehicle includes a second verification unit that communicates with the first identification unit and verify whether with the vehicle matches the terminal device, and an operation controller that receives the signal from the operation instruction unit and executes the predetermined operation according to the signal.

Abstract: An electromagnetic (EM) wave detection apparatus includes an irradiator that emits EM waves and a reflector that changes an irradiation position of the EM waves on an object by changing a direction of the emitted EM waves. A separation unit separates EM waves incident thereon to propagate the EM waves in first and second directions. A first detector detects the EM waves in the first direction. A switch includes plural switching elements that can switch between first and second states. EM waves in the second direction are caused to propagate in a third direction in the first state and caused to propagate in a fourth direction in the second state. A second detector detects the EM waves in the third direction. The switch switches each of the plurality of switching elements between the first and second states according to the direction in which the reflector reflects the EM waves.

Abstract: A transparent display includes a substrate formed of a transparent material and having a plurality of pixel regions which are partitioned, a plurality of micro-LEDs disposed in each of the plurality of pixel regions, each of the micro-LEDs being configured to emit light of a corresponding color of a plurality of colors, interconnects configured to apply a common drive voltage to the plurality of micro-LEDs included in pixel regions arranged in a same row among the plurality of pixel regions, and a driver configured to generate the common drive voltage and apply the common drive voltage to the interconnects, wherein the interconnects include a plurality of branch interconnects each configured to apply the common drive voltage separately to a corresponding micro-LED of the plurality of micro-LEDs included in a same pixel region of the plurality of pixel regions.

Abstract: An electromagnetic wave deflection device includes a mirror configured to reflect an electromagnetic wave, a housing that accommodates the mirror and includes an opening, and a transmissive member provided in the opening. The transmissive member is configured to transmit at least part of the electromagnetic wave. The housing includes a bottom surface positioned on an opposite side from the opening. The mirror is accommodated in the housing so as to be inclined relative to the bottom surface.

Abstract: A vehicle control system includes a terminal device and a vehicle. The terminal device includes a first verification unit that verifies whether the terminal devices matches the vehicle through wireless communication when the terminal device enters an area in which wireless communication between the terminal device and the vehicle is available, and an operation instruction unit that receives an instruction to execute a predetermined operation of the vehicle from the user and the first verification unit has verified that the terminal device matches the vehicle, and transmits a signal according to the instruction to the vehicle, and the vehicle includes a second verification unit that communicates with the first identification unit and verify whether with the vehicle matches the terminal device, and an operation controller that receives the signal from the operation instruction unit and executes the predetermined operation according to the signal.

Abstract: A multilayer electronic component according to an embodiment of the present disclosure includes a body including a dielectric layer and internal electrodes; and an external electrode disposed on the body and including an electrode plating layer disposed to at least partially contact the internal electrodes, and a plating layer disposed on the electrode plating layer. The electrode plating layer may include a plurality of first crystal grains having a major axis of 0.2 ?m or more, and the plurality of first crystal grains may have an average ratio of a major diameter to a minor axis to 1:1 to 3:1.

Abstract: An output sound abnormality detection apparatus includes an output sound generation circuit configured to generate a first sound and a second sound, the first sound being an output target and the second sound having same content as content of the first sound; an amplifier configured to amplify and output the first sound and the second sound; a comparator configured to compare signal levels of the first sound and the second sound output from the amplifier; and an abnormality determination circuit configured to determine whether there is an abnormality in one or both of the first sound generated by the output sound generation circuit and the amplifier based on a comparison result obtained by the comparator.

Abstract: A terminal device separate from a vehicle includes a receiver that receives a notification signal from the vehicle indicating that the vehicle is in a first state different from a second state, a notification unit that notifies a user of the terminal device of the first state based on the notification signal, an input unit that receives, from the user of the terminal device, an input commanding the first state to be maintained, and a transmitter that transmits a signal to the vehicle based on the input received by the input unit. The vehicle includes a control unit that performs control that maintains the first state after lapse of a predetermined time from a time that the notification unit of the terminal device notifies of the first state of the vehicle when a reception unit of the vehicle receives the signal transmitted from the transmitter within the predetermined time.

Abstract: An electromagnetic wave detection apparatus comprises an irradiator configured to emit electromagnetic waves; a switch comprising an action surface with a plurality of pixels disposed thereon, the switch being configured to switch each pixel between a first state of causing electromagnetic waves, including reflected waves, from an object, of electromagnetic waves irradiated from the irradiator, incident on the action surface to travel in a first direction and a second state of causing the electromagnetic waves incident on the action surface to travel in a second direction; a first detector configured to detect the electromagnetic waves that travel in the first direction; and a second detector configured to detect the electromagnetic waves that travel in the second direction. Also, the switch is configured to switch each of the plurality of pixels between the first and second states according to an irradiation region of the electromagnetic waves emitted from the irradiator.