Abstract: A mass transportation vehicle includes a stop selector and a dispatcher. The stop selector is configured to enable a passenger on the mass transportation vehicle to select a destination stop at which the passenger plans to get off. The dispatcher is configured to book dispatch of an autonomous vehicle to which the passenger transfers after getting off the mass transportation vehicle at the destination stop. The dispatcher sends information about the destination stop to a dispatch management device of the autonomous vehicle as information about a waiting point of the autonomous vehicle.

Abstract: Information related to a vehicle can be displayed by projecting an image based on the information on a road surface or the like. An image projection apparatus that projects an image includes: an acquisition unit that acquires information to be displayed; and an image projection unit that projects the image based on the information to be displayed acquired by the acquisition unit.

Abstract: A storage device includes a memory cell including a variable resistance element and a switching element having snapback current-voltage characteristics. The switching element includes a first conductive layer in contact with the variable resistance element, a second conductive layer, and a switching layer provided between the first conductive layer and the second conductive layer. The switching layer includes at least one switching member and a first insulating layer having a thermal conductivity higher than 1.4 W/m/K. A cross-sectional area of the switching member at a connection surface between the switching layer and the first conductive layer and a cross-sectional area of the switching member at a connection surface between the switching layer and the second conductive layer are each smaller than a cross-sectional area at a connection surface between the first conductive layer and the variable resistance element.

Abstract: Information related to a vehicle can be displayed by projecting an image based on the information on a road surface or the like. An image projection apparatus that projects an image includes: an acquisition unit that acquires information to be displayed; and an image projection unit that projects the image based on the information to be displayed acquired by the acquisition unit.

Abstract: The present invention relates to an Ni-based alloy which is excellent in terms of wear resistance and high-temperature corrosion resistance and which includes 0.3?C?1.0 mass %, 36.0?Cr?50.0 mass %, and 3.0?Al?7.0 mass %, with the balance being Ni and unavoidable impurities, and relates to an Ni-based alloy product made of the Ni-based alloy according to the present invention, and methods for producing the Ni-based alloy product.

Abstract: Provided are a novel compound having an antagonistic activity for the P2X7 receptor, and a pharmaceutical composition having an antagonistic activity for the P2X7 receptor.

Abstract: A switching element includes a first conductive layer, a second conductive layer, and a switching material layer provided between the first conductive layer and the second conductive layer and formed of an insulating material containing an additional element. The switching material layer includes a first interface region including a first interface between the first conductive layer and the switching material layer and a second interface region including a second interface between the second conductive layer and the switching material layer. A concentration of the additional element in the switching material layer has a first peak in the first interface region.

Abstract: A path checking device includes: a caution zone setting unit that is configured to, when a moving obstacle is located ahead of a subject vehicle, set a caution zone for the subject vehicle that is located away from the subject vehicle over a safety distance and is between the moving obstacle and the subject vehicle; and a path selection unit that is configured to select, from among generated driving plans, a driving plan along which the subject vehicle will travel such that the moving obstacle does not come in the caution zone for the subject vehicle.

Abstract: A mass spectrometer includes an ion source, an ion guide, a quadrupole mass filter, a detector, DC and RF power sources, and a voltage control device for controlling an acceleration voltage by controlling the power source. The voltage controller controls the acceleration voltage such that it is increased as the mass-to-charge ratio of ions to be measured is increased within a control region. The control region is surrounded, having one coordinate axis representing the mass-to-charge ratio of the ions passing the ion guide and another axis representing the acceleration voltage applied to the ion guide, by a line representing a lower limit of a stable region where the ions pass the ion guide stably, a line representing an ion mobility of the ions, an upper side representing an upper limit of the acceleration voltage, and a lower side representing a value at which the acceleration voltage is zero.

Abstract: A lighting assembly for use with a vehicle includes a light bar having a one or more circuit boards positioned within one or more housings wherein each circuit board includes light emitting diodes (LEDs) mounted to a surface thereof. The light bar may be divided into portions wherein each portion has its own housing. The light bar is operationally connected to an electronic control unit (ECU), wherein the ECU controls operation of the light bar and its components. The ECU is operationally connected to an electrical system of the vehicle such that the ECU can receive signals, commands, and/or information from the vehicle. The ECU is adapted to control the light bar, including illumination of LEDs thereon, based on the signals, commands, and/or information from the vehicle. The ECU is further adapted to emit and/or control audio output based on the signals, commands, and/or information from the vehicle.

Abstract: An image forming device capable of reducing resources related to destruction of a wireless tag is provided. The image forming device according to the present embodiment includes a reader and writer, a fixing unit, a determination unit, and a control unit. The reader and writer reads information from the wireless tag. The fixing unit heats and conveys a sheet having the wireless tag. The determination unit determines a defect of the wireless tag based on a reading result of the reader and writer. If the determination unit determines that the wireless tag is defective, the control unit controls the fixing unit to increase an amount of heat applied to the wireless tag such that information cannot be read from the wireless tag.

Abstract: A health data management system includes a health data measurement apparatus and a health management server communicable therewith. The apparatus includes medical and health equipment that measures health data of a user and first circuitry that collects the health data. The management server includes a first memory that stores the health data from the apparatus and second circuitry. Based on the stored health data, the second circuitry generates health management data representing a health state of the user, and analyzes at least one of an item indicating a worsening health state of the user, an item with insufficient measurement data, or an item lacking measurement data as a required check item. When determined that the health management data includes the required check item, the second circuitry transmits to the apparatus a message prompting the user to take a measurement of the required check item, and requests the health data.

Abstract: According to one aspect of embodiments, a driver circuit having an overcurrent protection function includes a control signal generating circuit that outputs a Pulse Width Modulation (PWM) control signal for controlling turning ON and OFF of the output transistor that supplies output current to a load; and a control circuit that generates a signal indicating an overcurrent state when a count value of an overcurrent detecting signal exceeds a predetermined number, which indicates that a value of an output current of the output transistor within the predetermined time interval exceeds a predetermined threshold value.

Abstract: An organic photoelectric conversion device includes first and second organic photoelectric conversion elements which convert light into electrical energy. The first and second organic photoelectric conversion elements are disposed to be stacked in this order along an incident direction of the light. The first organic photoelectric conversion element includes a first element main body including a first substrate, first and second transparent electrodes, and an organic photoelectric conversion unit having sensitivity in a first wavelength band of the light, and a first protective film that covers the first element main body. The second organic photoelectric conversion element includes a second element main body including a second substrate, a third transparent electrode, an electrode, and an organic photoelectric conversion unit having sensitivity in a second wavelength band of the light, and a second protective film that covers the second element main body.

Abstract: The wheel is for a railway vehicle that travels on a rail. The wheel includes a wheel tread, a flange and a throat portion. The wheel tread is provided at an outer circumferential portion of the wheel. The wheel tread faces a head surface of the rail. The flange is provided at the outer circumferential portion of the wheel. The flange projects further outward than the wheel tread in the radial direction of the wheel. The throat portion connects the surface of the flange and the wheel tread. The throat portion has a protrusion. The protrusion projects to the rail side. The protrusion extends along the entire circumference of the throat portion.

Abstract: An organic photoelectric conversion device includes first and second organic photoelectric conversion elements which convert light into electrical energy. The first and second organic photoelectric conversion elements are disposed to be stacked in this order along an incident direction of the light. The first organic photoelectric conversion element includes a first element main body including a first substrate, first and second transparent electrodes, and an organic photoelectric conversion unit having sensitivity in a first wavelength band of the light, and a first protective film that covers the first element main body. The second organic photoelectric conversion element includes a second element main body including a second substrate, a third transparent electrode, an electrode, and an organic photoelectric conversion unit having sensitivity in a second wavelength band of the light, and a second protective film that covers the second element main body.

Abstract: According to one aspect of embodiments, a driver circuit having an overcurrent protection function includes a control signal generating circuit that outputs a Pulse Width Modulation (PWM) control signal for controlling turning ON and OFF of the output transistor that supplies output current to a load; and a control circuit that generates a signal indicating an overcurrent state when a count value of an overcurrent detecting signal exceeds a predetermined number, which indicates that a value of an output current of the output transistor within the predetermined time interval exceeds a predetermined threshold value.

Abstract: The wheel is for a railway vehicle that travels on a rail. The wheel includes a wheel tread, a flange and a throat portion. The wheel tread is provided at an outer circumferential portion of the wheel. The wheel tread faces a head surface of the rail. The flange is provided at the outer circumferential portion of the wheel. The flange projects further outward than the wheel tread in the radial direction of the wheel. The throat portion connects the surface of the flange and the wheel tread. The throat portion has a protrusion. The protrusion projects to the rail side. The protrusion extends along the entire circumference of the throat portion.

Abstract: A linear solenoid driving device that drives a linear solenoid, the linear solenoid driving device includes a driving circuit that performs switching control over a switching element connected to the linear solenoid based on a driving command; a current detection circuit that has a detection resistor which is connected to the switching element and the linear solenoid, and detects a current, and an operational amplifier which amplifies a voltage across both ends of the detection resistor and outputs the amplified voltage; a reference voltage output circuit that outputs a reference voltage which has a same temperature characteristic as an output voltage of the operational amplifier; and a control unit.

Abstract: An antioxidant dispersion contains an oil component having a polyunsaturated fatty acid content of less than 50% by mass, a water-soluble antioxidant, at least one kind of compound selected from the group consisting of a polyhydric alcohol compound having 5 or less carbon atoms and reduced starch syrup, an emulsifier, and water. The emulsifier preferably contain a compound having an HLB value of 4.0 or less. In addition, in the antioxidant dispersion, a content of the emulsifier is preferably 0.5% by mass to 20% by mass with respect to a total mass of the antioxidant dispersion.