Abstract: A method for forming a functional layer includes giving information to the functional layer while forming the functional layer on a surface of an object. The functional layer includes an information area having the information and a non-information area other than the information area. The information area is different in color from the non-information area.

Abstract: An outboard motor includes an engine, a fan, and a top cowl assembly. The fan suctions air around the engine and discharges the air through a discharge port. The top cowl assembly includes a top cowl to house the engine and the fan, and a cover to cover at least a portion of an outside of the top cowl. The top cowl assembly includes an exhaust port to communicate with the discharge port via an exhaust channel. At least a portion of the exhaust channel is defined by a surface of the top cowl and a surface of the cover.

Abstract: An outboard motor includes an engine assembly, a top cowl assembly, and a soundproof material. The engine assembly includes an engine main body and an intake port to take outside air into the engine main body. The top cowl assembly includes a top cowl to house at least a portion of the engine assembly and a cover to cover at least a portion of an outside of the top cowl. The soundproof material is provided between the top cowl and the cover at a location opposed to the intake port in the top cowl assembly.

Abstract: A soft magnetic alloy includes a main component of (Fe(1?(?+?))X1?X2?)(1?(a+b+c+d+e))MaBbPcSidCe. X1 is one or more of Co and Ni. X2 is one or more of Al, Mn, Ag, Zn, Sn, As, Sb, Cu, Cr, Bi, N, O, and rare earth elements. M is one or more of Nb, Hf, Zr, Ta, Mo, W, and V. 0.020?a?0.14 is satisfied. 0.020<b?0.20 is satisfied. 0?d?0.060 is satisfied. ??0 is satisfied. ??0 is satisfied. 0??+??0.50 is satisfied. c and e are within a predetermined range. The soft magnetic alloy has a nanohetero structure or a structure of Fe based nanocrystallines.

Abstract: A light emitting device includes a substrate and a light emitting body. The light emitting body includes a plurality of light emitting elements and an insulating body in which the plurality of light emitting elements is embedded except for a light emitting surface of the plurality of light emitting elements. The plurality of light emitting elements is formed from a singulated compound semiconductor layer and is arranged in a row direction and a column direction. The substrate includes a drive circuit, a first terminal, and a second terminal and is joined to the light emitting body. The drive circuit drives the plurality of light emitting elements. The first terminal and the second terminal electrically couple the drive circuit and the plurality of light emitting elements to each other.

Abstract: A steering control device configured to control a steering device, the steering device including a steering shaft to which a handle is detachably coupled and a motor configured to generate torque that is given to the steering shaft. The steering control device includes a processing circuit configured to execute a process for controlling driving of the motor. The process for controlling the driving of the motor includes a lock process of driving the motor such that a rotation position of the steering shaft is fixed at a specific position, in a state where the handle has been detached from the steering shaft.

Abstract: A vehicle control device includes a recognizer configured to recognize a position of a vehicle, a driving controller configured to control one or both of acceleration/deceleration and steering of the vehicle and to cause the vehicle to travel in one of a plurality of driving modes in which tasks imposed on an occupant of the vehicle are different, and a mode determiner configured to determine a driving mode which is to be performed by the driving controller. The recognizer recognizes first road information including road marking objects near the vehicle with respect to a position of the vehicle on the basis of a recognition result from an external sensor, recognizes second road information including road marking objects near the vehicle from map information on the basis of position information of the vehicle, and performs a process of recognizing the position of the vehicle through matching between the first road information and the second road information.

Abstract: A container member includes a container body that contains a recording medium and that tilts with respect to a horizontal direction such that a leading edge of the contained recording medium is higher than a trailing edge, a trailing edge restriction portion that comes into contact with the trailing edge of the recording medium that is contained in the container body in a front-rear direction of the recording medium and that restricts a position of the trailing edge of the recording medium, and a restriction portion that restricts movement of the trailing edge in a thickness direction of the recording medium that is contained in the container body.

Abstract: An accommodating device includes a device body, an accommodating unit that is movable to a supply position where a user is able to supply a medium by being pulled out from the device body in a pulling direction and of which a centroid position is located on one side surface side with respect to a center in an intersecting direction with the pulling direction, a first expanding and contracting member that expands and contracts to connect the accommodating unit to the device body so as to be able to be pulled out and is fixed to one side surface of the accommodating unit in the intersecting direction, and a second expanding and contracting member that expands and contracts to connect the accommodating unit to the device body so as to be able to be pulled out and is fixed at a position higher than the first expanding and contracting member on the other side surface of the accommodating unit in the intersecting direction.

Abstract: A pillar delivery method is a method for delivering a plurality of pillars onto a substrate, including a glass panel, to manufacture a glass panel unit. The pillar delivery method includes an irradiation step, a holding step, and a mounting step. The irradiation step includes setting, over a holder, a sheet for use to form pillars and irradiating the sheet with a laser beam to punch out the plurality of pillars. The holding step includes having the plurality of pillars, which have been punched out of the sheet, held by the holder. The mounting step includes picking up some or all of the plurality of pillars from the holder and mounting the pillars onto the substrate.

Abstract: A method for manufacturing a glass panel unit includes an assembling step, a bonding step, a gas exhausting step, a sealing step, and an activating step. The bonding step includes melting a peripheral wall in a baking furnace at a first predetermined temperature to hermetically bond a first glass pane and a second glass pane together with the peripheral wall thus melted. The gas exhausting step includes exhausting a gas from an internal space through an exhaust port in the baking furnace to turn the internal space into a vacuum space. The sealing step includes locally heating to a temperature higher than a second predetermined temperature, and thereby melting, either a port sealing material or an exhaust pipe to seal the exhaust port and thereby obtain a work in progress. The activating step includes activating a gas adsorbent after the sealing step to obtain a glass panel unit.

Abstract: An information processing apparatus that performs machine learning of a learning model for improving the accuracy of inference of an image even in a case where the characteristics of an image are changed by correction applied to the image. The image processing apparatus includes an image processor configured to perform image processing on a training image and a teacher image according to each of a plurality of correction conditions. Machine learning of the learning model is performed using the training image and the teacher image. A plurality of parameters obtained by performing the machine learning of the learning model are stored in association with the plurality of correction conditions, respectively.

Abstract: An image processing apparatus comprising: a plurality of output units outputting arithmetic operation results; a memory storing instructions; and a processor executing the instructions causing the image processing apparatus to: acquire images from a plurality of mutually different viewpoints, perform an arithmetic operation for converting the acquired images into distance information, and perform control to output arithmetic operation results from the plurality of output units, wherein the processor assigns the plurality of arithmetic operation results requiring different amounts of arithmetic operation obtained in the arithmetic operation process to the plurality of output units, and selectively switches the arithmetic operation results to be assigned in accordance with an operation condition of the image processing apparatus.

Abstract: An outboard motor includes an engine to rotate a propeller and an engine cover that houses the engine. The engine cover includes two divided covers disposed above the engine and that directly face the engine. The two divided covers include two connections that are connected together and that overlap the engine in a plan view.

Abstract: An image processing device including an image acquisition unit configured to acquire an image containing a subject via a lens unit; a distance information acquisition unit configured to acquire distance information indicating a distance to the subject; an auxiliary data generation unit configured to generate auxiliary data related to the distance information; a data stream generation unit configured to generate a data stream in which the image, the distance information, and the auxiliary data are superimposed; and an output unit configured to output the data stream to outside.

Abstract: An image processing device that can facilitate setting related to layer information based on distance information is provided. The image processing device includes an image acquisition unit configured to acquire an image including a subject through a lens unit, a distance information acquisition unit configured to acquire distance information indicating a distance to the subject, a layer information generation unit configured to generate layer information on a layer for each distance based on the distance information, and a setting unit configured to set a reference for generating the layer information and switch display of a setting value capable of being set in accordance with the lens information of the lens unit.

Abstract: An image processing apparatus compress tones of first image data and, by applying a neural network that performs predetermined image processing on image data whose tones have been compressed, output image data on which the predetermined image processing has been performed. The apparatus decompress the tones of the image data on which the predetermined image processing has been performed. The number of bits that represent a pixel value in the neural network is smaller than the number of bits that represent a pixel value of the first image data, and the apparatus compresses tones using a characteristic that the lower the brightness, more tones are allocated.

Abstract: This disclosure provides an image processing apparatus which comprises a first generation unit configured to generate a plurality of images having an M-bit depth per pixel by inputting an input image having a bit depth of N bits, and clipping M-bit segments from mutually different positions within the N bits; a second generation unit including a neural network for an M-bit-depth image and configured to generate, by inputting the plurality of images generated by the first generation unit into the neural network, a plurality of output images corresponding to each of the plurality of images being input; and a third generation unit configured to generate an image having the N-bit depth from the plurality of output images generated by the second generation unit.

Abstract: Provided is a sputtering target material having excellent crack resistance and a method of producing the same. Also provided is a sputtering target material and a method of producing the same. The sputtering target material is composed of an alloy consisting of B; one or more rare earth elements; and the balance consisting of Co and/or Fe and unavoidable impurities. The amount of B in the alloy is 15 at. % or more and 30 at. % or less. The one or more rare earth elements are selected from the group consisting of Pr, Sm, Gd, Tb, Dy, and Ho. The total amount of the one or more rare earth elements in the alloy is 0.1 at. % or more and 10 at. % or less.

Abstract: An image capturing apparatus that has an image capturing device including polarization elements and sets a proper frame rate according to a situation when acquiring a video using polarization information. The image capturing device an image capturing device including polarization pixels that detect polarization information of a plurality of different directions. The polarization information of the polarization pixels is determined by performing first polarization calculation or second polarization calculation which is smaller in calculation load than the first polarization calculation, on video signals output from the polarization pixels. A polarization-processed image is generated by using the polarization information. The first polarization calculation and the second polarization calculation are switched according to a predetermined timing, a mode, or a result of detecting a predetermined state.