Abstract: A liquid processing apparatus includes: a storage tank that stores a processing liquid; a first circulation line that causes the processing liquid sent from the storage tank to pass through a first filter and to return to the storage tank; and at least one second circulation line that causes the processing liquid to pass through a second filter and to return to the storage tank, wherein the second circulation line is shorter in a flow path than the first circulation line, a second flow rate of the processing liquid flowing into the second circulation line is smaller than a first flow rate of the processing liquid flowing into the first circulation line at a downstream side of a location where the first circulation line and the second circulation line are joined, and the second filter is smaller in a filtration amount per unit time than the first filter.

Abstract: A method for manufacturing a semiconductor device includes forming a support on a side surface of a stack that extends from a substrate. The stack includes a second sacrificial film, plural first sacrificial films and plural silicon (Si)-containing films, wherein one first sacrificial film of the plural sacrificial films is stacked upon the second sacrificial film and the plural sacrificial films and the plural Si-containing films are alternately stacked upon one another, and at least a side of the second sacrificial film is not covered by the support, the one first sacrificial film and the substrate. The method further includes removing the second sacrificial film from the stack to form a space between the substrate and the one first sacrificial film and adjacent to the support, and filling the space with a dielectric film.

Abstract: A notification device is provided which decreases notifications that passengers find annoying. This notification device is provided with: a notification unit which detects an object that is approaching the vehicle and notifies a passenger of the approach of said object; a water detection unit which detects water present around the vehicle; and a notification control unit which controls the notification unit such that in the case that water has been detected by the water detection unit, the frequency of notifications is suppressed more than in the case that water is not detected.

Abstract: An organic device includes an outer edge, a wiring area and a display area that includes a first electrode, an organic layer on the first electrode and a second electrode on the organic layer. The wiring area includes a reference electrode connected to the second electrode and defining a reference potential. The display area includes a first area and a second area bordering the first area. The second area includes a normal area including the second electrode and transmission areas not including the second electrode and arranged in a first direction. The second electrode of the normal area includes connecting portions connected to the second electrode of the first area. The connecting portions include a first connecting portion located on the side of the first side in a second direction. The first connecting portion includes a facing connecting portion located between the transmission areas in the first direction.

Abstract: A mask group may include two or more masks. When a section in a normal direction is viewed, a region-defining straight line may be defined as a straight line that forms an angle ? together with a first surface. The region-defining straight line may intersect the first surface at a first intersection point. An effective region may be defined as a region inside the first intersection point in the through-hole, and a peripheral region may be defined as a region outside the first intersection point in the through-hole. The angle ? may be 35° or more and 70° or less. The penetration region in the second mask region may include a hole overlapping region in which the through-holes of two masks overlap. The hole overlapping region may include a first hole overlapping region in which the peripheral regions of the through-holes of the two masks overlap.

Abstract: There are included a vehicle behavior estimating unit (10) that estimates behavior of a vehicle (1); pattern illuminating units (4a to 4d) that illuminate a projection pattern onto ground around the vehicle (1); and an illumination control unit (11). The illumination control unit (11) controls the pattern illuminating units (4a to 4d) to illuminate a projection pattern, on the basis of the behavior of the vehicle (1) estimated by the vehicle behavior estimating unit (10).

Abstract: A water softening system includes a water feed channel through which water to be treated flows, and a crystallization unit that causes a metal ion contained in the water to be treated to precipitate. Further, the water softening system includes a separation unit that separates the water to be treated having passed through the crystallization unit into a crystal obtained through precipitation by the crystallization unit and soft water. Further, the water feed channel is configured so that at least a part thereof functions as a feed channel being a pressure application system in a substantially sealed state, and the crystallization unit and the separation unit are connected to parts corresponding to the feed channel being a pressure application system in a substantially sealed state in the water feed channel.

Abstract: An imaging apparatus provided in a moving object to capture an image of an area behind the moving object includes an imaging circuit and an optical system. The imaging circuit outputs an image based on an optical image input to a light-receiving surface. The optical system inputs the optical image to the imaging circuit. The optical system forms a first region at a first magnification and a second region at a second magnification lower than the first magnification. The second region is formed around the first region. The imaging apparatus is installed in the moving object so that, on the light-receiving surface of the imaging circuit, an axis passing through a center of the first region and extending in a direction from which the optical system receives light is inclined toward an upper side of the moving object with respect to a backward direction of the moving object.

Abstract: An imaging assembly includes an image acquisition circuit provided in a rear portion of a moving body. The image acquisition circuit includes an optical circuit and an image capturing circuit. The optical circuit forms an image in a first region and an image in a second region on the peripheral side having a lower image capturing magnification than the first region. A light receiving surface of the image capturing circuit includes a region in which light is incident along the optical axis of the optical circuit through the first region, and a region in which light is incident through the second region. The image acquisition circuit is disposed so that the optical axis of the optical circuit passes through an opening provided in the moving body, and light from the rear end of the moving body is incident on the image capturing surface.

Abstract: A method for producing an alloy fine particle-supported catalyst that supports alloy fine particles containing a noble metal includes: a step of mixing a noble metal salt, a base metal salt, an alcohol having 1 to 5 carbon atoms, and a support to form a mixture; and a heating step of heating the mixture at a temperature of 150° C. or higher and 800° C. or lower to produce an alloy fine particle-supported catalyst.

Abstract: An image capture apparatus to which a module having a predetermined function can be attached, the apparatus comprises a connecting unit configured to attach the module, a heat transfer unit configured to exchange heat with the module, a communication unit configured to communicate with the module, and a control unit configured to control a heat dissipation state of a system including the image capture apparatus and the module on the basis of information pertaining to heat dissipation performance of the module and position information pertaining to an attachment position of the module, the information having been acquired by the communication unit.

Abstract: A mount adapter couples a camera body and an interchangeable lens without rattling. The mount adapter includes a fixed cylinder and a movable cylinder that engages with the fixed cylinder and is movable in an optical axis direction with respect to the fixed cylinder. The fixed cylinder has a first mount surface that comes into contact with the camera body and a second mount surface that comes into contact with the interchangeable lens. The movable cylinder has first mount claw portions that engage with mount claw portions of the camera body and second mount claw portions that engage with mount claw portions of the interchangeable lens.

Abstract: An image capturing apparatus capable of suppressing an increase in the handling size thereof in a state in which cables are connected thereto. The image capturing apparatus is provided with a connection terminal section on a rear side of an image capturing apparatus body. The connection terminal section includes a plurality of first connector arrangement surfaces and first external connection terminals provided on the first connector arrangement surfaces, respectively. The first connector arrangement surfaces are arranged at respective locations not overlapping each other as viewed from a front-rear direction of the image capturing apparatus body and overlapping each other as viewed from a vertical direction of the image capturing apparatus body and are arranged such that the first connector arrangement surfaces face obliquely downward toward the rear of the image capturing apparatus body.

Abstract: A tube plate of a heat exchanger includes a tube plate base material to which ends of a plurality of heat transfer tubes are fixed, a first backplate that covers a surface of the tube plate base material on a first tube chamber side, and a fastener that includes at least a shaft section and fixes the first backplate to the tube plate base material. The first backplate includes heat transfer tube insertion holes through which a plurality of heat transfer tubes are inserted, and an insertion hole through which the shaft section is loosely inserted. The first backplate is joined to an end section of a second partition wall on a first end side. The second partition wall, the first backplate, and the fastener are formed of a material having higher corrosion resistance than the tube plate base material.

Abstract: A method for manufacturing a semiconductor device includes forming a support on a side surface of a stack that extends from a substrate. The stack includes a second sacrificial film, plural first sacrificial films and plural silicon (Si)-containing films, wherein one first sacrificial film of the plural sacrificial films is stacked upon the second sacrificial film and the plural sacrificial films and the plural Si-containing films are alternately stacked upon one another, and at least a side of the second sacrificial film is not covered by the support, the one first sacrificial film and the substrate. The method further includes removing the second sacrificial film from the stack to form a space between the substrate and the one first sacrificial film and adjacent to the support, and filling the space with a dielectric film.

Abstract: Provided is a method for producing metal nanoparticles, which enables metal nanoparticles to be more conveniently produced. The method for producing metal nanoparticles includes spraying and drying a mixture to form metal nanoparticles, the mixture containing a metal salt and at least one solvent selected from alcohols having 1 or more and 5 or less carbon atoms.

Abstract: A method for producing a noble metal fine particle-supported catalyst includes: a step of mixing a noble metal salt, an alcohol having 1 to 5 carbon atoms, and a support to form a mixture; and a heating step of the mixture at a temperature of 150° C. or higher and 800° C. or lower to produce a noble metal fine particle-supported catalyst.

Abstract: An image capturing apparatus capable of suppressing an increase in the handling size thereof in a state in which cables are connected thereto. The image capturing apparatus is provided with a connection terminal section on a rear side of an image capturing apparatus body. The connection terminal section includes a plurality of first connector arrangement surfaces and first external connection terminals provided on the first connector arrangement surfaces, respectively. The first connector arrangement surfaces are arranged at respective locations not overlapping each other as viewed from a front-rear direction of the image capturing apparatus body and overlapping each other as viewed from a vertical direction of the image capturing apparatus body and are arranged such that the first connector arrangement surfaces face obliquely downward toward the rear of the image capturing apparatus body.

Abstract: An image capture apparatus to which a module having a predetermined function can be attached, the apparatus comprises a connecting unit configured to attach the module, a heat transfer unit configured to exchange heat with the module, a communication unit configured to communicate with the module, and a control unit configured to control a heat dissipation state of a system including the image capture apparatus and the module on the basis of information pertaining to heat dissipation performance of the module and position information pertaining to an attachment position of the module, the information having been acquired by the communication unit.

Abstract: A mount adapter couples a camera body and an interchangeable lens without rattling. The mount adapter includes a fixed cylinder and a movable cylinder that engages with the fixed cylinder and is movable in an optical axis direction with respect to the fixed cylinder. The fixed cylinder has a first mount surface that comes into contact with the camera body and a second mount surface that comes into contact with the interchangeable lens. The movable cylinder has first mount claw portions that engage with mount claw portions of the camera body and second mount claw portions that engage with mount claw portions of the interchangeable lens.