Abstract: There is provided an information processing apparatus and method to make it possible to reduce a decrease in encoding efficiency. A predictive residual that is a difference between a reflected light intensity that is attribute data of a point cloud representing an object having a three-dimensional shape as a set of points and a predicted value of the reflected light intensity generated by using a reflection model of light on a surface of the object is generated by decoding encoded data of the predictive residual, a coefficient of the reflection model is derived, a predicted value is derived by performing prediction processing by using the reflection model and the coefficient, and the reflected light intensity is generated by adding the predictive residual obtained by decoding the encoded data and the derived predicted value. The present disclosure can be applied to, for example, an information processing apparatus, an electronic device, an image processing method, a program or the like.

Abstract: The present disclosure relates to an information processing device and method capable of suppressing a reduction in coding efficiency. For a point cloud representing a three-dimensional object as a set of points, a coordinate system for geometry data is transformed from a polar coordinate system to a Cartesian coordinate system, a reference relationship indicating a reference destination used to calculate a predictive value of attribute data of a processing target point is set by using the generated geometry data in the Cartesian coordinate system, a prediction residual that is a difference value between the attribute data of the processing target point and the predictive value calculated based on the set reference relationship is calculated, and the calculated prediction residual is encoded. The present disclosure can be applied to, for example, an information processing device, an encoding device, a decoding device, an electronic device, an information processing method, or a program.

Abstract: To provide a bottled carbonated drink containing indigestible dextrin, capable of reducing exuding of a dissolved carbon dioxide. The bottled carbonated drink containing indigestible dextrin, including a caramel pigment and a high-intensity sweetener is provided.

Abstract: To provide a bottled carbonated drink including a sweetener and a caramel composition, wherein the drink contains an indigestible dextrin and the amount of 4-methylimidazole in the drink is less than 200 ppb. The drink is a bottled carbonated drink of which foam is stabilized.

Abstract: To provide a bottled carbonated drink including a sweetener and a caramel composition, wherein the drink contains an indigestible dextrin and the amount of 4-methylimidazole in the drink is less than 200 ppb. The drink is a bottled carbonated drink of which foam is stabilized.

Abstract: According to a method of the present invention for controlling display of a menu screen, content is displayed in a content display region located in a central part of a display screen in a size smaller than the display screen, and a plurality of icons are displayed in a circle around the content display region so that the plurality of icons sequentially move to a specific position in accordance with a user's selecting operation while moving around the content display region without overlapping the content display region.

Abstract: According to a method of the present invention for controlling display of a menu screen, content is displayed in a content display region located in a central part of a display screen in a size smaller than the display screen, and a plurality of icons are displayed in a circle around the content display region so that the plurality of icons sequentially move to a specific position in accordance with a user's selecting operation while moving around the content display region without overlapping the content display region.

Abstract: Provided is a tea drink which contains at least a polyphenol, calcium and choline, and wherein the content of the polyphenol contained in 100 mL of the tea drink is 10 to 40 mg in terms of tannins, the content of caffeine contained in 100 mL of the tea drink is 2.0 mg or less and the calcium/choline ratio in the tea drink is 3 to 65. This drink is a tea drink in which a content of polyphenol is maintained within a fixed range and a content of caffeine has been reduced and after-astringency of the drink is improved.

Abstract: To provide a bottled carbonated drink including a sweetener and a caramel composition, wherein the drink contains an indigestible dextrin and the amount of 4-methylimidazole in the drink is less than 200 ppb. The drink is a bottled carbonated drink of which foam is stabilized.

Abstract: To provide a bottled carbonated drink containing indigestible dextrin, capable of reducing exuding of a dissolved carbon dioxide. The bottled carbonated drink containing indigestible dextrin, including a caramel pigment and a high-intensity sweetener is provided.

Abstract: A method for producing a fine convex pattern structure having a fine convex pattern projecting from a flat portion in a predetermined direction with respect to the flat portion includes: using an imprint mold that has a fine concave pattern corresponding to the fine convex pattern and forming the fine convex pattern projecting from the flat portion under a condition in which the fine convex pattern is inclined to the flat portion side from the predetermined direction; and causing the fine convex pattern to project in the predetermined direction with respect to the flat portion by inducing electric charges at least on the inclined fine convex pattern.

Abstract: According to a method of the present invention for controlling display of a menu screen, content is displayed in a content display region located in a central part of a display screen in a size smaller than the display screen, and a plurality of icons are displayed in a circle around the content display region so that the plurality of icons sequentially move to a specific position in accordance with a user's selecting operation while moving around the content display region without overlapping the content display region.

Abstract: A method for producing a fine convex pattern structure having a fine convex pattern projecting from a flat portion in a predetermined direction with respect to the flat portion includes: using an imprint mold that has a fine concave pattern corresponding to the fine convex pattern and forming the fine convex pattern projecting from the flat portion under a condition in which the fine convex pattern is inclined to the flat portion side from the predetermined direction; and causing the fine convex pattern to project in the predetermined direction with respect to the flat portion by inducing electric charges at least on the inclined fine convex pattern.

Abstract: According to a method of the present invention for controlling display of a menu screen, content is displayed in a content display region located in a central part of a display screen in a size smaller than the display screen, and a plurality of icons are displayed in a circle around the content display region so that the plurality of icons sequentially move to a specific position in accordance with a user's selecting operation while moving around the content display region without overlapping the content display region.

Abstract: An object of the present invention is to provide a cell culture substrate capable of quickly forming a cell sheet and easily removing the cell sheet after formed. The present invention relates to a cell culture substrate for forming a cell sheet by culturing cells, comprising a plurality of projections each having a top face and depressions formed between the projections, in which the depressions each have an opening whose dimensions are too small for a cell to be cultured to enter and the cell sheet is removable. The present invention further relates to a method of preparing a cell sheet using the substrate and a cell sheet prepared by the method.

Abstract: A stator transformer is composed of a concave metal ring formed by drawing a metal plate produced by pressing, and a planer metal plate formed by pressing. The concave metal ring has a bottom having a through hole in which a rotor is to be disposed, and a side formed upstanding at the bottom. The side has a circular or elliptic guide hole for guiding a lead wire connected to a stator transformer coil to the outside. The metal plate has the through hole in which the rotor is to be disposed. The concave metal ring has therein the stator transformer coil wound around a bobbin. The metal plate and the end of the side of the concave metal ring, which is formed upstanding at the bottom, are integrated with each other by, for example, welding or force-fitting.

Abstract: A stator transformer is composed of a concave metal ring formed by drawing a metal plate produced by pressing, and a planer metal plate formed by pressing. The concave metal ring has a bottom having a through hole in which a rotor is to be disposed, and a side formed upstanding at the bottom. The side has a circular or elliptic guide hole for guiding a lead wire connected to a stator transformer coil to the outside. The metal plate has the through hole in which the rotor is to be disposed. The concave metal ring has therein the stator transformer coil wound around a bobbin. The metal plate and the end of the side of the concave metal ring, which is formed upstanding at the bottom, are integrated with each other by, for example, welding or force-fitting.

Abstract: There is provided an optical recording medium provided with at least an optical recording layer, further comprising a cured layer provided on/over outer surface of the optical recording layer and a receiving layer provided on at least a part of the cured layer. It is possible to provide an optical recording medium which allows post-processing such as printing on the cured layer which has been very difficult to be carried out so far, without degrading the reliability of the information of the optical recording medium.

Abstract: The method for fabricating a semiconductor device comprises an insulation film forming step of forming an insulation film 12 on a semiconductor substrate 10, a semiconductor layer forming step of forming a semiconductor layer 14 on the insulation film 12, and an impurity implanting step of implanting an impurity containing hydrogen into the semiconductor layer 14, the method being characterized by further comprising a fluorine implanting step of implanting fluorine in at least the insulation film 12. The dangling bonds of the insulation film can be bonded with the fluorine, whereby the fluorine, which has higher bonding energy with respect to silicon of the insulation film than hydrogen, is never dissociated from the silicon of the insulation film in the following heat treatments, BT stress test, etc. Accordingly, an interface state density in the interface between the insulation film and the semiconductor substrate can be depressed low, and a fixed charge in the insulation film can be depressed small.