Abstract: A sensor includes a base layer and a pressing unit protruding with respect to the base layer. The pressing unit includes a first structure unit and a hollow second structure unit disposed on the first structure unit and having a bottom side opened. The second structure unit has a shape portion on a surface facing the base layer.

Abstract: The present invention addresses the problem of providing a method for producing a vegetable cheese-like food product which exhibits suitability for a shaping process, such as shredding, and which has natural cheese-like meltiness (melting and oil-release when heated) and a milky flavor similar to that of natural cheese. This vegetable cheese-like food product is obtained by adjusting, through organic acid fermentation and/or lactic acid fermentation, the pH of an emulsified oil or fat composition to 3.5-5.7, said composition including a specific soybean protein, an acid-treated starch, and an oil or fat in which the solid fat content (SFC) account for at least 45% at 10° C. and at least 20% at 20° C.

Abstract: The sensor device includes a first conductive layer, a second conductive layer, an electrode substrate, a first support, and a second support. The first conductive layer is formed to be deformable sheet-shaped. The second conductive layer is disposed to be opposed to the first conductive layer. The electrode substrate includes multiple first electrode wires and multiple second electrode wires and is disposed to be deformable between the first conductive layer and the second conductive layer, the multiple second electrode wires being disposed to be opposed to the multiple first electrode wires and intersecting with the multiple first electrode wires. The first support includes multiple first structures, the multiple first structures connecting the first conductive layer and the electrode substrate. The second support includes multiple second structures, the multiple second structures connecting the second conductive layer and the electrode substrate.

Abstract: Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer programs encoded on a computer storage medium, for transcoding and providing resources. A query is received. A resource is generated, and the resource, when processed by a client device, causes the client device to perform various operations. The operations include displaying a search result having an associated landing page and detecting user interaction with the search result. The operations include, in response to detecting user interaction with the search result, displaying a first portion of the landing page that is embedded within the resource and requesting, over a network, a second portion of the landing page. The operations include receiving the second portion of the landing page, and loading the second portion of the landing page. The generated resource is provided in response to the query.

Abstract: An image forming apparatus includes: an image carrier that includes a rotating shaft, and is rotatable around the rotating shaft; a plurality of functional members disposed along an outer periphery of the image carrier; and a plurality of distance regulating members that maintains a constant distance between each of the plurality of functional members and the image carrier, wherein the plurality of functional members includes a first functional member and a second functional member, the plurality of distance regulating members includes a first distance regulating member and a second distance regulating member, the first distance regulating member includes a first abutting surface, the second distance regulating member includes a second abutting surface, and the first abutting surface and the second abutting surface are disposed side by side in a circumferential direction on the peripheral surface of the rotating shaft.

Abstract: An image forming apparatus includes: an image carrier that includes a rotating shaft, and is rotatable around the rotating shaft; a plurality of functional members disposed along an outer periphery of the image carrier; and a plurality of distance regulating members that maintains a constant distance between each of the plurality of functional members and the image carrier, wherein the plurality of functional members includes a first functional member and a second functional member, the plurality of distance regulating members includes a first distance regulating member and a second distance regulating member, the first distance regulating member includes a first abutting surface, the second distance regulating member includes a second abutting surface, and the first abutting surface and the second abutting surface are disposed side by side in a circumferential direction on the peripheral surface of the rotating shaft.

Abstract: An exhaust heat recovery device including a heat exchange portion, an exhaust branch portion, and an exhaust distribution portion, wherein the heat exchange portion comprises a pillar-shaped honeycomb body having a first end face and a second end face, and a casing accommodating the honeycomb body, the exhaust branch portion has a branch path that branches a path of exhaust gas flowing into the honeycomb body into a central portion and an outer circumferential portion in a cross-section orthogonal to an axial direction of the honeycomb body, and the exhaust distribution portion has an exhaust distribution mechanism that adjusts a heat recovery amount by changing an airflow resistance of the path of the exhaust gas in the central portion of the honeycomb body and varying the exhaust amount passing through the path of the exhaust gas in the outer circumferential portion of the honeycomb body.

Abstract: A position identifying apparatus includes a position detecting unit; an information acquiring unit; a feature extracting unit; an index value calculating unit; a feature selecting unit; a correlating unit; a weight setting unit; and a correcting unit. The position detecting unit performs a map matching to detect a vehicle position on a map. The information acquiring unit acquires road information from the map. The feature extracting unit extracts features of a ground object. The index value calculating unit calculates an index value representing a likelihood of a stationary object. The feature selecting unit selects feature candidates among the features having the index values larger than or equal to a predetermined likelihood of the stationary object. The correlating unit correlates the feature candidates with the road information. The weight setting unit sets weights of the feature candidates. The correcting unit corrects the position of the vehicle using the weights.

Abstract: A heat exchanger according to the present invention includes: a pillar shaped honeycomb structure having a plurality of cells, the cells providing first flow paths through which a first fluid is passed; an inner cylinder attached to an outer periphery of the honeycomb structure; and an outer cylinder disposed on an outer periphery of the inner cylinder, the outer cylinder providing a second flow path through which a second fluid is passed, the second flow path being arranged between the outer cylinder and the inner cylinder. The second flow path includes: an intermediate flow path extending in an axial direction of the honeycomb structure so as to include an outer peripheral position of the honeycomb structure; and side flow paths located on both sides of the intermediate flow path in the axial direction. The intermediate flow path has a height lower than that of each of the side flow paths.

Abstract: In a location estimation device, a change detection unit detects a point of change in the width of a roadside structure as a width change point. A width correction unit calculates a width deviation between a first relative location of the roadside structure on a map data segment and a second relative location of the roadside structure obtained based on shape information of the roadside structure in the width direction of a vehicle. The width correction unit corrects, as a function of the width deviation and a positional accuracy of the vehicle in the travelling direction, an estimated location of the vehicle in the width direction when it is determined that there is the point of change in the width of the roadside structure in the travelling direction of the vehicle.

Abstract: A sensor is provided with a conductor layer, a sensor layer including a plurality of sensor units, and a separating layer which separates the conductor layer from the sensor layer, the sensor unit is formed of alternately arranged first and second electrode elements, and sensitivity on an outer periphery of the sensor unit is higher than the sensitivity in a central portion of the sensor unit.

Abstract: A sensor device includes: a sensor layer provided at a position facing a surface, of a substrate having an operation surface, opposite to the operation surface, and configured to detect a contacted position or a pressed position on the operation surface; and a gap layer located in a gap between the substrate and the sensor layer. The gap layer includes a bonding region bonding the substrate to the sensor layer, and a relaxation region relaxing stress applied from the substrate to the sensor layer.

Abstract: Provided is a sensor device, including: a deformable first surface; a second surface facing the first surface; an electrode board between the first surface and the second surface, the electrode board including a plurality of capacitive elements arranged in a matrix; a support including a first support layer and a second support layer, the first support layer including a plurality of first columns, the second support layer being layered on the first support layer, the support being deformable following deformation of the first surface, the support connecting at least one of the first surface and the second surface to the electrode board; and a conductor layer supported by the support.

Abstract: A sensor includes a base layer and a pressing unit protruding with respect to the base layer. The pressing unit includes a first structure unit and a hollow second structure unit disposed on the first structure unit and having a bottom side opened. The second structure unit has a shape portion on a surface facing the base layer.

Abstract: An input apparatus includes a conductive layer having flexibility, a capacitance-type sensor layer having a plurality of detection units, and a structure layer having a plurality of structures, a reaction force of which is non-linearly changed with respect to a pressing amount. The structure layer is disposed between the conductive layer and the sensor layer. The two or more structures are disposed in an operation area corresponding to the detection units.

Abstract: An input apparatus includes a conductive layer having flexibility, a plurality of structures, a reaction force of which is non-linearly changed with respect to a pressing amount, a capacitance-type sensor layer, and an intermediate layer disposed between the plurality of structures and the sensor layer. The intermediate layer has a plurality of hole portions into which the plurality of structures is pressed, respectively.

Abstract: Provided are an input device and an electronic apparatus each including capacitive elements and being capable of allowing a plurality of information items to be separately input by simple operations. The input device includes: a capacitive element; a conductor that can be electrostatically coupled to the capacitive element; an operation portion that allows a load to be applied to the conductor; and a retaining portion that retains the conductor apart from the capacitive element. The retaining portion is capable of displacing the conductor with respect to the capacitive element in a stepwise manner in accordance with the load that is applied to the conductor through intermediation of the operation portion, and is capable of retaining the conductor at a plurality of positions with respect to the capacitive element.

Abstract: A method for producing an optical component includes presenting a laminate and separating a second layer from a substrate. In presenting the laminate, the laminate includes the substrate, a first layer disposed on the substrate, the second layer disposed on the first layer, and a third layer disposed on the second layer. The first layer includes a portion that does not overlap with the second layer and the third layer. In separating the second layer from the substrate, the second layer is separated from the substrate by dissolving the first layer from the substrate with a liquid. The first layer and the third layer each contain a compound.

Abstract: [Object] To provide a sensor device capable of detecting an operation position and a pressing force with high accuracy. [Solution] A sensor device includes a first conductor layer, an electrode substrate, and a plurality of first structural bodies configured to separate the first conductor layer from the electrode substrate. At least one of the first conductor layer and the electrode substrate has flexibility. The electrode substrate includes a plurality of first electrodes and a plurality of second electrodes intersecting the plurality of first electrodes. At least one of the first and second electrodes includes a plurality of sub-electrodes.

Abstract: An exhaust heat recovery device including a heat exchange portion, an exhaust branch portion, and an exhaust distribution portion, wherein the heat exchange portion comprises a pillar-shaped honeycomb body having a first end face and a second end face, and a casing accommodating the honeycomb body, the exhaust branch portion has a branch path that branches a path of exhaust gas flowing into the honeycomb body into a central portion and an outer circumferential portion in a cross-section orthogonal to an axial direction of the honeycomb body, and the exhaust distribution portion has an exhaust distribution mechanism that adjusts a heat recovery amount by changing an airflow resistance of the path of the exhaust gas in the central portion of the honeycomb body and varying the exhaust amount passing through the path of the exhaust gas in the outer circumferential portion of the honeycomb body.