Abstract: An image processing apparatus includes a first extraction unit configured to subject an input image to first extraction processing to extract a first feature quantity, a second extraction unit configured to subject the input image to second extraction processing having a lower throughput than the first extraction processing to extract a second feature quantity, a comparison unit configured to compare the first feature quantity with the second feature quantity and then output a comparison result, and an update unit configured to update parameters to be used for the second extraction processing by the second extraction unit, based on the comparison result.

Abstract: Provided is a sensor having a high SN ratio. The sensor includes a light source, a band pass filter; and a light-receiving element, in which the band pass filter includes a cholesteric liquid crystal layer that is a layer obtained by immobilizing a cholesteric liquid crystalline phase, the cholesteric liquid crystal layer has a region where a refractive index nx in an in-plane slow axis direction and a refractive index ny in an in-plane fast axis direction satisfy nx>ny, and in a case where a selective reflection wavelength of the cholesteric liquid crystal layer is represented by ?, the cholesteric liquid crystal layer has a second selective reflection peak at a wavelength ?/2 and a half-width of the second selective reflection peak at ?/2 is 30 nm or less.

Abstract: Provided is a method that enables efficient production of a laminate for a secondary battery including an electrode and a separator that are affixed to each other while also ensuring adhesive strength between the electrode and the separator. The method of producing a laminate for a secondary battery includes: a step (A) of forming an adhesive material on an affixing surface of at least one of an electrode and a separator; a step (B) of, after step (A), conveying the electrode and the separator to an affixing start position without bringing another member into contact with the affixing surface on which the adhesive material has been formed; and a step (C) of, after step (B), affixing the electrode and the separator to each other via the affixing surface. The formed amount of the adhesive material in step (A) is not less than 0.1 g/m2 and not more than 100 g/m2.

Abstract: An object of the present invention is to provide: an optical element in which incident light can be transmitted or reflected at an angle in the predetermined direction and the wavelength dependence of the amount of transmitted light or reflected light is small; and an optical element including the optical element. The optical element according to the present invention comprises: an optically-anisotropic layer that is formed using a composition including a liquid crystal compound and an infrared absorbing colorant, in which the optically-anisotropic layer has a liquid crystal alignment pattern in which a direction of an optical axis derived from the liquid crystal compound changes while continuously rotating in at least one in-plane direction, and an absorption of the infrared absorbing colorant in a wavelength range of 700 to 2000 nm in a minor axis direction is higher than an absorption of the infrared absorbing colorant in a wavelength range of 700 to 2000 nm in a major axis direction.

Abstract: Provided is an imprinting method suitable for positioning. The imprinting method includes: supplying an imprint material onto a substrate; bringing a patterned portion of a mold into contact with the imprint material, which has been supplied onto the substrate in the supplying of the imprint material, to form a pattern on the imprint material in a predetermined pattern region on the substrate; and increasing viscosity of the imprint material at a predetermined position, which includes a position of a predetermined mark provided on the substrate, other than the pattern region to be higher than viscosity of the imprint material in the pattern region after the supplying of the imprint material and before the bringing of the patterned portion into contact with the imprint material.

Abstract: Provided are a light guide element in which incidence light can be emitted with high use efficiency and a wide FOV can be obtained for use in AR glasses, and an image display device and a sensing apparatus that include the light guide element. The light guide element includes a light guide plate and first to third diffraction elements, in which the first diffraction element diffracts incidence light in two or more different directions to be incident into the light guide plate, the second diffraction element includes a plurality of diffraction elements that diffract the light to the third diffraction element, the third diffraction element emits the light from the light guide plate, and at least one of the first diffraction element or the third diffraction element has a liquid crystal alignment pattern in which a direction of an optical axis derived from the liquid crystal compound changes while continuously rotating in at least one in-plane direction.

Abstract: A vehicle control apparatus includes a traveling motor and an accelerator operation part. The traveling motor is coupled to a wheel. The accelerator operation part is to be operated by a driver. The vehicle control apparatus includes a control system including a processor and a memory communicably coupled to each other. A control mode adapted to control the traveling motor includes a torque control mode of feedback-controlling a motor torque and a speed control mode of feedback-controlling a motor rotation speed. When a motor lock is detected, the control system detects an operation amount of the accelerator operation part and calculates a switching threshold by adding a predetermined amount to the operation amount. The control system switches the control mode to the speed control mode when: the accelerator operation part is further operated while the motor lock has continued; and the operation amount exceeds the switching threshold.

Abstract: To provide an injection mold capable of molding a member with reduced weld marks. An injection mold 1 includes: a ring-shaped gate through which a molten resin is poured into a cavity disposed at a center; and a plurality of runners that supply the molten resin supplied from a sprue to the gate, and the gate includes a first ring that has a plurality of gate inlets, each of which communicates with one of the plurality of runners, a second ring that has a slit-shaped gate outlet extending in a circumferential direction and communicating with the cavity, the second ring being disposed inside the first ring and having a thickness thinner than the first ring, and a step that is disposed between the first ring and the second ring and establishes communication between the first ring and the second ring.

Abstract: A cooler includes a base material, and a plurality of ribs protruding from a main surface of the base material, a distance between an upstream side end portion of a first rib and an upstream side end portion of a second rib in a second direction is larger than a distance between a downstream side end portion of the first rib and a downstream side end portion of the second rib in the second direction, and a distance between the upstream side end portion of the second rib and an upstream side end portion of a third rib in the second direction is smaller than a distance between the downstream side end portion of the second rib and a downstream side end portion of the third rib in the second direction.

Abstract: A cooler includes a base material, and a plurality of ribs protruding from a main surface of the base material, a distance between a base end of a first rib and a base end of a second rib in a second direction is larger than a distance between a protruding end of the first rib and a protruding end of the second rib in the second direction, and a distance between the base end of the second rib and a base end of a third rib in the second direction is smaller than a distance between the protruding end of the second rib and a protruding end of the third rib in the second direction.

Abstract: To provide an injection molding device capable of injection-molding a molded article in a tubular shape with a constant inner diameter by using a core with a simple structure with no draft angle.

Abstract: The disclosure provides a frozen dessert composition including (A) about 6 to 15% by weight of palatinose based on the total weight of the composition, and (B) about 10 to 30% by weight of a dextrin or a combination of a dextrin and a soluble dietary fiber based on the total weight of the composition. The disclosure also provides a method of manufacturing a frozen dessert composition including mixing the following components with water; (A) about 6 to 15% by weight of palatinose based on the total weight of the composition, and (B) about 10 to 30% by weight of a dextrin or a combination of a dextrin and a soluble dietary fiber based on the total weight of the composition.

Abstract: A housing includes an inner tube component having a tubular shape and capable of accommodating therein a heating element, a cooler having a tubular shape and defining a coolant passage for causing a coolant to flow along an outer peripheral surface of the inner tube component, and an outer tube component having a tubular shape and accommodating therein the inner tube component and the cooler.

Abstract: A signal processing device (10) includes: a speech enhancement unit (11) that generates, from an observation signal, an enhancement signal in which a voice of a speaker is enhanced; an original sound addition unit (12) that adds the observation signal to the enhancement signal; and a speech recognition unit (13) that performs speech recognition on the enhancement signal to which the observation signal is added by the original sound addition unit (12).

Abstract: A service system includes a reservation section by which a reservation for a commodity or a service in a commercial facility can be made and specific information for an electric vehicle that visits the commercial facility can be set, a connection confirmation section that detects that an electric vehicle corresponding to the specific information set by the reservation section has been connected to a charge and discharge device of the commercial facility, and a notification section that notifies the commercial facility that connection of the electric vehicle corresponding to the specific information to the charge and discharge device has been detected by the connection confirmation section.

Abstract: A pen-type controller includes a pen portion having a pen shape, a grip portion that intersects an axis direction of the pen portion, and a first light emitting part disposed at an end part of the grip portion, wherein the end part is closer to the axis of the pen portion than another end part of the grip portion.

Abstract: Provided is a binder composition in which viscosity increases of an electrode mixture slurry is prevented or reduced while a high peel strength between a current collector and an electrode mixture layer is maintained.

Abstract: An object is to provide a technique that enables avoiding of erroneous attachment of multiple cartridges. A cartridge is attachable to a first attachment portion included in a printing apparatus. The cartridge includes a storage portion capable of storing a liquid. The cartridge includes a protruding portion configured to come into contact with another cartridge attempted to be inserted into the first attachment portion in a state where the cartridge is inserted in a second attachment portion adjacent to the first attachment portion.

Abstract: Provided is an optical element in which the occurrence of sidelobe is suppressed and a reflectivity is high.

Abstract: Provided are a liquid crystal diffraction element, an image display apparatus, and a head mounted display where occurrence of a ghost in a head mounted display such as VR glasses can be suppressed.