Abstract: Provided are a mass spectrometer and a method for controlling the same capable of suppressing decrease in sensitivity even where the atmospheric pressure around the mass spectrometer varies. The mass spectrometer includes an ion source, a mass analysis unit, a control unit, and a storage unit. The ion source includes an ion source chamber, an inlet, a first gas introduction port, a second gas introduction port, an outlet, and a gas discharge port. The storage unit stores a table indicating a relationship between a measurement condition and a flow rate of the second gas. The control unit changes the flow rate of the second gas according to the measurement condition on the basis of the table, and controls a flow rate of the first gas to suppress a variation in a pressure inside the ion source chamber.

Abstract: A seat pad having a pad body made of a polyurethane foam molding, a ventilation passage extending along a pad back surface of the pad body, a duct member which is harder than the pad body forming an inner peripheral wall of the ventilation passage, and a back surface member provided along the pad back surface. The duct member and the back surface member are integrally foam-molded with the pad body. The back surface member has an overlapping portion which is not provided on a bottom surface of the ventilation passage but is provided so as to overlap the duct member in the direction perpendicular to the plane in a non-bottom area outside the bottom surface.

Abstract: A Cr—Si film contains chromium (Cr) and silicon (Si). In the Cr—Si film, a composition range of the film is Cr/(Cr+Si)=0.25 to 0.75, and absolute values of TCR in increments of 10° C. in a temperature range of 40° C. to 150° C. are each 0 ppm/° C. or more and 100 ppm/° C. or less.

Abstract: A liquid crystal display device includes a first substrate, a second substrate, and a liquid crystal layer. Each pixel includes a reflective region and a transmissive region. The first substrate includes a reflective layer, an interlayer insulating layer provided to cover the reflective layer, and a pixel electrode provided on the interlayer insulating layer in each pixel. The interlayer insulating layer has a recess portion which is defined by a bottom surface and an inclined side surface and at least a part of which is located in the transmissive region. A depth of the recess portion of the interlayer insulating layer is 0.5 ?m or more, and an inclination angle of the inclined side surface of the recess portion is 25° or less.

Abstract: The disclosure includes: a third current mirror, through which a current obtained by adding a first reference current copied by a first current mirror and a second reference current copied by a second current mirror is made to flow; a reference resistor of the first type, through which the first reference current obtained by subtracting the second reference current copied by the first current mirror from one output of the third current mirror is made to flow; and a reference resistor of the second type, through which the second reference current obtained by subtracting the first reference current copied by the first current mirror from the other output of the third current mirror is made to flow. By the third current mirror, voltage drops at the reference resistor of the first type and the reference resistor of the second type are made the same, and the second reference current is set to be inversely proportional to the resistance value of the reference resistor of the second type.

Abstract: A liquid discharge apparatus is used that includes: a liquid discharge head having a discharge port, a liquid chamber that communicates with the discharge port, a heat generating resistor provided in the liquid chamber, and a first electrode and a second electrode provided in the liquid chamber; and a control unit that controls potential to the first electrode and the second electrode, on the basis of a potential control condition according to the type of the liquid. The first electrode is provided so as to overlap a position at which the heat generating resistor is provided, and the second electrode is provided so as not to overlap a position at which the first electrode is provided. The control unit modifies the potential control condition in accordance with changes in the composition of the liquid.

Abstract: An information processing device includes a first evaluation section that performs regression analysis for plural types of material sample based on first data including plural explanatory variables that are feature values and an objective variable that is a performance by regression analysis for respective combinations explanatory variables and that also evaluates error with respect to the regression analysis result, a second evaluation section that performs regression analysis for respective combinations of explanatory variables based on second data resulting from modifying a value of the objective variable in the first data and that also evaluates error with respect to a result of the regression analysis on the combination, a generation section that generates a distribution expressing a frequency of combinations of the explanatory variables with respect to the regression analysis result with the first data and that generates a distribution expressing a frequency of combinations of the explanatory variables

Abstract: An autonomous work system includes an autonomous work machine, a plurality of supplementary charging stations, and a controller. The autonomous work machine moves along a work route that sequentially passes through multiple work positions and performs a predetermined task at each of the work positions. The plurality of supplementary charging stations are arranged along the work route to charge the battery by wireless power transfer. The controller acquires a remaining charge of the battery. The controller determines whether additional charging of the battery is necessary in a middle of the work route based on the remaining charge of the battery. The controller determines the work route to move the autonomous work machine to one of the plurality of supplementary charging stations in a middle of the work route to perform the additional charging of the battery upon determining that the additional charging is necessary.

Abstract: A soft magnetic powder includes Fe and Co. The total content of Fe and Co with respect to the soft magnetic powder overall is 90 mass % or greater. The Fe content with respect to the total content of Fe and Co is 30-95 mass %. The average particle diameter of the soft magnetic powder is 0.10-5.0 ?m. The amount of oxygen on the surface of the soft magnetic powder is 0.010 g/m2 or less. The true density of the soft magnetic powder with respect to the theoretical density of the soft magnetic powder is 90-99%.

Abstract: According to one embodiment, a liquid crystal optical element includes an optical waveguide including a first main surface and a second main surface opposed to the first main surface, a first alignment film disposed on the second main surface, a first liquid crystal layer which overlaps the first alignment film, which comprises a first cholesteric liquid crystal, and which reflects at least part of light incident through the optical waveguide toward the optical waveguide, a second alignment film which overlaps the first liquid crystal layer, and a second liquid crystal layer which overlaps the second alignment film, which comprises a second cholesteric liquid crystal, and which reflects at least part of light incident through the optical waveguide toward the optical waveguide.

Abstract: An electronic-component-protection structure which can protect, with a simple configuration, an electronic component from static electricity that may be charged in a case member. A ground member having conductivity is integrally formed with a circuit board or electrically connected to the circuit board, wherein the circuit board has an electronic component mounted thereon. A housing includes a base member and a case member and accommodates the circuit board and a ground member. A sealing member, which is a conductive elastic member disposed between the base member and the case member, is at least partly exposed to the outside of the housing.

Abstract: The information processing device includes a storage unit, a communication unit, a time information provision unit, and a control unit. The storage unit stores spot information including location information and time frame information. The communication unit can communicate with information equipment carried by a user and an in-vehicle device mounted on a vehicle on which the user is located, and can acquire current location information of either or both of the information equipment and the vehicle. The time information provision unit provides current time information. The control unit determines a virtual area based on the current location information, extracts a spot located in the virtual area based on the spot information, and determines whether to generate a notification related to the extracted spot based on the location information of the extracted spot, the time frame information associated with the extracted spot, the current location information, and the current time information.

Abstract: A disconnect device includes a heatsink, a substrate, a first charging relay disposed on a first heat transfer part, a second charging relay disposed on a second heat transfer part, a first discharging relay disposed on a third heat transfer part, a second discharging relay disposed on a fourth heat transfer part, and first and second power storage ends. The first and second discharging relays are disposed closer to the first and second power storage ends than the first and second charging relays are. The first, second, third, and fifth heat transfer parts are aligned in a first direction. The fourth and fifth heat transfer parts are aligned in a second direction perpendicular to the first direction. A heat dissipating performance of the heatsink on the third, fourth, and fifth heat transfer parts is higher than a heat dissipating performance of the heatsink on the first and second heat transfer parts.

Abstract: A current consumption in a DRAM circuit is reduced. The DRAM circuit is a dynamic random access memory (DRAM) circuit provided with a main input/output line pair and a reset circuit. A potential of the main input/output line pair is held in a period from an end of a write cycle to a start of a first write cycle after the write cycle or a period from the end of the write cycle to a start of a first read cycle after the write cycle. The reset circuit resets a state of the main input/output line pair at a time of the start of the first read cycle.

Abstract: An image processing device includes a control unit configured to determine, when an input is received of at least one cross-sectional image obtained using a sensor configured to move in a lumen of a biological tissue, whether a deformation spot that is on an inner surface of the biological tissue and that has been deformed by pressing an elongated medical device inserted into the lumen is included in the at least one cross-sectional image, and specify a position of the medical device based on a position of the deformation spot when it is determined that the deformation spot is included in the at least one cross-sectional image.

Abstract: Provided is a surgical robot that spatially separates non-clean areas by disposable and facilitates setup. A surgical robot is equipped with a robot arm to which a surgical tool is mounted; and a storage circuit that stores information associated with motion control of the robot arm. The storage circuit stores at least one of a robot ID for identifying an individual or a model of the surgical robot, configuration information of the robot arm, or calibration information for when controlling the motion of the robot arm. In addition, the storage circuit is writable and stores information for identifying presence or absence of use or operation used.

Abstract: A picture coding device includes: a block vector candidate derivation unit that derives block vector candidates of a target block in a target picture from coding information stored in coding information storage memory; a selector that selects a selected block vector from the block vector candidates; and a reference position correction unit that performs a correction regarding a reference block to be referred to by the selected block vector so that a reference position of the reference block is to be corrected to refer to an inside of a referenceable region, in which a decoded sample in the target picture is acquired from decoded picture memory as a prediction value of the target block based on the reference position of the reference block.

Abstract: An electrolytic capacitor includes a capacitor element and a liquid component. The capacitor element includes an anode body including a dielectric layer on a surface of the anode body, and a solid electrolyte layer covering at least a part of a surface of the dielectric layer. The solid electrolyte layer contains a conductive polymer component, and the liquid component contains a first polymer component. The first polymer component includes a carbon chain whose main chain does not contain a heteroatom at a position other than a terminal of the main chain. Units constituting the first polymer component include at least one first unit selected from the group consisting of a (meth)acrylic acid-based unit having a carboxy group and a vinyl alcohol-based unit having a hydroxy group. A proportion of the at least one first unit in an entirety of the units constituting the first polymer component is more than 50 mass %.

Abstract: An electronic module includes a plurality of loads, a first wiring portion, a second wiring portion, a power source unit, and a feedback portion. The first wiring portion includes a plurality of first portions to which the plurality of loads are respectively connected, and a plurality of second portions each closest to a corresponding one of the plurality of first portions. The second wiring portion is connected to the plurality of second portions. The power source unit includes a feedback terminal, an output terminal, and a power source circuit. In the first wiring portion, a minimum path length from each of the plurality of second portions to the corresponding one of the plurality of first portions is smaller than 1/2 of a minimum path length from a part of the first wiring portion connected to the output terminal to the corresponding one of the plurality of first portions.

Abstract: A ferrite sintered magnet represented by A1?xRx(Fe12?yCoy)zO19 in terms of atomic number ratio. A is at least one selected from a group made of Sr, Ba and Pb. R is La only or La and at least one selected from a group made of Bi and rare earth elements. 0.14?x?0.22, 11.60?(12?y)×z?11.99, and 0.13?y×z?0.17 are satisfied. 0.500?Mc?0.710 is satisfied in which Mc is CaO content in mass % converted from a content of Ca included in the ferrite sintered magnet. 0.410?Ms?0.485 is satisfied in which Ms is SiO2 content in mass % converted from a content of Si included in the ferrite sintered magnet.