Abstract: A seat control device has a processor configured to determine whether a control transfer demand for transferring driving of a vehicle from a manual control operation to an automatic control operation or from the manual control operation to the automatic control operation has been made, determine whether a seat position of a seat on which a driver is seated is in a displaceable state based on information representing a state of the driver, and displace the seat position from a position for the automatic control operation to a position for the manual control operation or from the position for the manual control operation to the position for the automatic control operation using a seat drive unit when the control transfer demand has been made and the seat position is in the displaceable state.

Abstract: Provided is a welding management system that appropriately manages welding. The welding management system (100) includes a plurality of local magnetic sensors (10a to 10f) provided around a target joining position (K) and a correction magnetic sensor (20) curved to surround the target joining position (K). A data processing unit (30) generates information of a joining state of the target joining position (K) based on a difference between a detection value of each of the plurality of the local magnetic sensors (10a to 10f) and a detection value of the correction magnetic sensor (20).

Abstract: A water treatment apparatus for removing dissolved oxygen contained in water to be treated includes: an anode; a cathode; and a dissolved oxygen removal chamber which is located between the anode and the cathode and filled with an ion exchanger. At least a portion of the ion exchanger filled in the dissolved oxygen removal chamber is an ion exchanger on which a metal catalyst is supported. The ion exchanger on which the metal catalyst is supported is filled in a single bed configuration in at least a portion of the dissolved oxygen removal chamber. A DC current is applied between the anode and the cathode.

Abstract: A liquid ejection device includes: a head including a nozzle surface in which a nozzle is opened, the head being configured to eject liquid from the nozzle; a standby cap that covers the nozzle by coming into contact with the head; a receiving unit that receives the liquid ejected from the nozzle; and a maintenance unit that performs maintenance of the head. The head moves in a first area, a second area, and a printing area by moving in a scanning direction, and performs printing on a medium by ejecting the liquid onto the medium while moving in the printing area. The printing area is located between the first area and the second area in the scanning direction. The standby cap and the accommodation unit are located in the first area. The maintenance unit is located in the second area.

Abstract: This ScAlN laminate includes a substrate, an intermediate layer formed on the substrate and a ScAlN thin film formed on the intermediate layer, and a nearest neighbor distance, which is a distance between atoms closest to each other in a lattice plane parallel to a surface of the intermediate layer, is shorter than the a-axis length of the ScAlN thin film.

Abstract: A liquid ejection apparatus includes: a storage chamber which is connectable to a cartridge storing liquid and stores liquid supplied from the cartridge; a movable member provided in the storage chamber and including a float and a detection target portion, the float being lower in specific gravity than the liquid stored in the storage chamber; and a detection unit which detects movement of the movable member by detecting the detection target portion. The detection target portion is movable from a first position to a third position through a second position. The detection unit is arranged to detect the detection target portion in a case where the detection target portion is present at the second position.

Abstract: In order to determine whether a color contact lens is being worn on an iris, this image processing device includes: a first feature amount calculation means for using an image of the iris in a first wavelength band to calculate a first feature amount in the first wavelength band, said iris being used in authentication of a person; a second feature amount calculation means for using an image of the iris in a second wavelength band to calculate a second feature amount in the second wavelength band; and a covering determination means for determining, on the basis of the first feature amount and the second feature amount, whether a color contact lens is present on the iris.

Abstract: An animal model (e.g., mouse) and method of use, and cell culture assay method, for characterizing or screening a test compound for its effect on late onset Alzheimer's disease (LOAD). The test compound may be used as a therapeutic agent for treatment of Alzheimer's disease (AD). The AD animal model may be haploinsufficient for Shugoshin 1 (Sgo1) gene, or may comprise a genetic modification enabling modulation of Sgo1 expression in the brain of the animal when exposed to an Sgo1 expression-modulating compound, such as tamoxifen. After the test compound is administered to the animal model, the presence or amount of an AD biomarker is assessed or measured.

Abstract: An object is to provide a piezoelectric body having a value indicating a higher performance index (d33, e33, C33, g33, and/or k2) than aluminum nitride not doped with any element. The piezoelectric body is represented by a chemical formula Al1-X-YMgXMYN where X+Y is less than 1, X is in a range of more than 0 and less than 1, and Y is in a range of more than 0 and less than 1.

Abstract: This behavior planning device includes: an emergency stop requesting unit which detects abnormality on the basis of obstacle information acquired from an obstacle information acquisition unit and a roadside information acquisition unit and outputs an emergency stop request; a stop position determination unit which calculates a stop position of an own vehicle on the basis of the emergency stop request and determines whether or not the stop position is in an area where advancement of another traffic participant is obstructed; and a behavior plan generation unit which, in a case where it is determined that the own vehicle will stop in the area where advancement of another traffic participant is obstructed, such as an intersection, generates a behavior plan for causing the own vehicle to stop outside the area or after passing over the area.

Abstract: This emergency evacuation device includes: an emergency stop requesting unit which detects abnormality from obstacle information acquired from an obstacle information acquisition unit and a roadside information acquisition unit and an occupant physiological state acquired from an occupant state information acquisition unit, and outputs an emergency stop request; a movement permission determination unit which determines movement permission for a mobile object, using the emergency stop request; a movement permission cancellation unit which determines whether or not to cancel movement permission for the mobile object, using a control state of the mobile object acquired from a mobile object state information acquisition unit; and a mobile object control unit which controls movement of the mobile object, using information about movement permission and cancellation of the movement permission.

Abstract: Provided is a behavior planning device, a vehicle control system, and a behavior plan generation method in which whether or not to immediately stop is determined at a time when abnormality has been detected, thus reducing obstruction of advancement of another traffic participant. This behavior planning device includes: a stop request determination unit which determines occurrence of abnormality on the basis of acquired obstacle information, own-position information, road information, and vehicle state information, and outputs an emergency stop request or a stop request; and a behavior plan generation unit which, in a case where the emergency stop request is outputted, generates a behavior plan for immediately stopping a mobile object, and in a case where the stop request is outputted, generates a behavior plan for preventing the mobile object from stopping in an area where advancement of another traffic participant is obstructed.

Abstract: A route generation device includes: a steering loaded state input unit to which a steering loaded state of a vehicle is inputted; a parking slot position input unit to which a position of a parking slot near the vehicle is inputted; a vehicle position input unit to which a position of the vehicle is inputted; a number-of-times-of-static-steering upper limit calculation unit configured to calculate, on the basis of the steering loaded state, a number-of-times-of-static-steering upper limit value up to which static steering of the vehicle can be performed between the position of the vehicle and the position of the parking slot; and a guidance route generation unit configured to generate a guidance route for guiding the vehicle to the parking slot, on the basis of the position of the vehicle, the position of the parking slot, and the number-of-times-of-static-steering upper limit value.

Abstract: An autonomous driving integrated control system includes multiple roadside monitoring devices and an autonomous driving device, wherein the multiple roadside monitoring devices each have a sensor and a transmitter that transmits information of a detected object, and wherein the autonomous driving device has: a receiver unit; a vehicle abnormal state detection unit; an escape route generation unit that generates, per each of the roadside monitoring devices, intersection escape routes for escaping from the intersection; a selection unit that compares the thus-generated intersection escape routes with each other in terms of their collision-avoidance levels, to thereby make selections; a travelable distance calculation unit that calculates an abnormal-time travelable distance; a vehicle control unit that, when an abnormal state of the vehicle is detected, causes the vehicle to travel along a high-level intersection escape route corresponding to the abnormal-time travelable distance; and a vehicle operation unit.

Abstract: There are provided a piezoelectric body of ytterbium-doped aluminum nitride, having a greater piezoelectric coefficient d33 or g33 than those not doped with ytterbium, and a MEMS device using the piezoelectric body. The piezoelectric body is represented by a chemical formula Al1-xYbxN where a value of x is more than 0 and less than 0.37 and having a lattice constant ratio c/a in a range of 1.53 or more and less than 1.6. The piezoelectric body with such a configuration has a greater piezoelectric coefficient d33 or g33 than those not doped with ytterbium.

Abstract: There is provided a liquid container having increased usability over conventional art. The liquid container includes a main body including a storage chamber storing liquid and a nozzle projecting from the main body. In the nozzle, first, second, and third flow paths are formed. The first flow path brings the storage chamber into communication with the outside through a first opening formed on an edge face constituting a leading edge of the nozzle. The second and third flow paths bring the storage chamber into communication with the outside through a second opening and a third opening formed on the edge face, respectively. In a case where the edge face is viewed from the perpendicular direction of the edge face, the centroid of the third opening is not located on a line connecting the centers of gravity of the first and second openings.

Abstract: Provided is a scandium-doped aluminum nitride with nitrogen polarity. The nitride material is represented by the chemical formula ScXMYAl1-X-YN. M is at least one or more elements among C, Si, Ge, and Sn, X is greater than 0 and not greater than 0.4, Y is greater than 0 and not greater than 0.2, and X/Y is less than or equal to 5. The nitride material has piezoelectricity with a polarization direction of nitrogen polarity opposite to the direction of thin film growth.

Abstract: An operation management system manages operations carried out by people in charge of operation regarding a common operation target, including: an operation information database storing operation information related to implementation of the operations; a start notification unit that notifies each person of the start of each operation when the start notification unit detects occurrence of a predetermined trigger event in the operation target; an operation flow construction unit that constructs an operation flow indicating the operation to be carried out by each person in relation to the trigger event, on the basis of the operation information database; an information providing unit that provides, to each person, the operation information with content suitable for the person in charge of operation on the basis of the operation flow; and a progress notification unit that notifies each person of progress of the operation.

Abstract: An information distribution apparatus includes an obstacle identification apparatus that identifies an obstacle to a vehicle traveling in an area and then outputs obstacle information related to the position of the obstacle, a road database representing the positions of roads, and an impassable-road determination means that determines a road through which the vehicle cannot pass, based on the obstacle information outputted from the obstacle identification apparatus and the road database, and then outputs impassable-road information. A narrow-area automatic driving system is provided with the information distribution apparatus and the vehicle that travels from a departure point to a target point, along a route formed based on information outputted from the information distribution apparatus.

Abstract: An image acquisition unit (2) acquires an image obtained by capturing at least eyes of a target person. An object specifying unit (4) specifies an object in a line-of-sight direction of the target person using the acquired image. An incident light amount calculation unit (6) calculates an incident light amount representing an amount of light incident on the eyes of the target person using the acquired image. A reference pupil size determination unit (8) determines a reference pupil size based on the calculated incident light amount. A pupil size calculation unit (10) calculates a pupil size of the target person using the acquired image. An interest determination unit (12) determines an interest of the target person in the object by comparing the determined reference pupil size with the calculated pupil size.