Abstract: An object of the present invention is to provide a powder material for additive manufacturing capable of forming an additive-manufactured product having more excellent mechanical strength. The present invention provides a powder material for additive manufacturing containing a carbide ceramic and a metal, in which a content of the metal is 8 to 43 volume % with respect to a total amount of the carbide ceramic and the metal, and in an XRD spectrum of an additive manufactured product obtained by additive manufacturing including laser light irradiation, peaks other than those derived from the powder material before the laser light irradiation are not included; or a solid solubility of the carbide ceramic in the metal at 1250° C. is 8 mass % or less.

Abstract: A rotary machine includes a rotor having a cylindrical shape and having a main oil feed hole through which lubricating oil passes and that is provided in an axial direction and a slide bearing provided outward in a radial direction with a gap between the rotor and the slide bearing and configured to hold the rotor so that the rotor rotates around an axis. The rotor is provided with a branch oil feed hole through which the gap and the main oil feed hole communicate with each other and through which the lubricating oil passes. A foreign matter separating portion configured to separate foreign matter from the lubricating oil is provided further backward in a direction of rotation of the rotor than the branch oil feed hole.

Abstract: A rectangular secondary battery includes a rectangular casing that contains an electrode body, a sealing plate that seals an opening of the rectangular casing, a first positive electrode tab group that is composed of a plurality of positive electrode tabs, a positive electrode terminal that is attached to the sealing plate, a second positive electrode current collector that constitutes a positive electrode current collector member that is electrically connected to the first positive electrode tab group and the positive electrode terminal, and a second insulator. The second insulator includes a base portion that is disposed between the sealing plate and the second positive electrode current collector. The first positive electrode tab group is bent and connected to the second positive electrode current collector, the region being disposed along the sealing plate. A first wall portion is disposed between the first positive electrode tab group and the rectangular casing.

Abstract: Provided is a novel production system that does not involve, or can minimize, the transport of liquid ammonia in the production of an organic compound or the production of a microorganism by microbial fermentation. A production system for an organic compound or a microorganism includes: an ammonia synthesis apparatus in which an ammonia-containing gas is synthesized by reaction of a source gas containing hydrogen and nitrogen in the presence of a supported ruthenium catalyst; and a culture apparatus that cultures a microorganism having organic compound productivity using ammonia originating from the ammonia-containing gas obtained by using the ammonia synthesis apparatus.

Abstract: An HVAC system is provided. Embodiments of the present disclosure generally relate to an HVAC system in which multiple indoor units are coupled to central outdoor unit, where at least one of the indoor units is configured to provide conditioned air through ductwork and at least one indoor unit is configured to provide conditioned air without ductwork. Moreover, a gas furnace can be provided in the system, for harsher environments that benefit from more robust heating. Additional systems, devices, and methods are also disclosed.

Abstract: A conductive member (61) is disposed near a side of the sealing plate (2) facing the inside of a battery with a first insulating member (10) disposed therebetween. The conductive member (61) has a conductive-member opening portion (61f) at a side facing the electrode assembly. An inserting portion (7b) of a positive electrode terminal (7) is inserted through a third terminal-receiving hole (61c) in the conductive member (61) and connected to the conductive member (61). The conductive-member opening portion (61f) of the conductive member (61) is sealed by a deformation plate (62), and the deformation plate (62) is connected to a first positive-electrode current collector (6a), which is electrically connected to positive electrode plates. The conductive member (61) includes a pressing projection (61e) that projects toward the first insulating member (10) from a portion thereof that faces the first insulating member (10).

Abstract: According to one embodiment, an optical sensor-equipped liquid crystal display device includes a display panel and a driver IC. The display panel includes a display area including pixels, a surrounding area surrounding the display area, peripheral circuits provided in the surrounding area, and an optical sensor outputting a detection signal in response to incident light. The peripheral circuit includes a shift register, and a gate switch group connected to the shift register and including a first gate switch and a second gate switch. The first gate switch is connected to a switching element for driving the pixel via a scanning line. The second gate switch is connected to a switching element included in a sensor circuit for driving the optical sensor via a scanning line for sensor.

Abstract: The present disclosure provides a behavior assistance device which improves the autonomy and skill level of a person in question and assists in the behavior of the person in question, so as to prevent a degradation in overall efficiency even when the assistance for the behavior of the person in question is no longer available. A behavior assistance device, which assists in the behavior of a person in question according to the surrounding environment of the person in question, comprises a learning unit, a prediction unit, and a behavior assistance unit. The learning unit learns environmental information pertaining to the environment and behavioral information pertaining to the behavior of the person in question for the environment, and generates a behavior model of the person in question. The prediction unit generates a prediction behavior of the person in question on the basis of the behavior model and the environmental information.

Abstract: A data management system receives a status update request in which a target is specified and executes status update processing of updating a status of the target specified in the status update request. The status update processing includes transaction processing that is processing of updating first information and second information in an ACID (Atomicity, Consistency, Isolation, Durability) transactional manner. The first information is a first object group (one or more first objects) for each target. The first object is data that represents the status of the target. The second information is a second object group (one or more second objects) for each target. The transaction processing includes first processing of creating, updating, or deleting the first object corresponding to the specified target, and second processing of adding the second object including at least one of a content of the first processing and a summary of the first object to the second object group corresponding to the specified target.

Abstract: A three-dimensional audio processing method for use in reproducing three-dimensional audio using an augmented reality (AR) device includes: obtaining change information indicating change occurring in a space in which the AR device is located when content that includes a sound is being output in the AR device; selecting, based on the change information, one or more audio processes among a plurality of audio processes for rendering sound information indicating the sound; executing only the one or more audio processes selected among the plurality of audio processes; and rendering the sound information based on a first processing result of each of the one or more audio processes executed.

Abstract: A context that is a description for identifying one or more targets is added to a state update request. The status update request is issued by a first computer system and input to an ordering system. For each node system in a second computer system that communicates with one or a plurality of first computer systems and includes a plurality of node systems, each time a state update request is output from the ordering system, one or more targets are identified from the context of the state update request. When the identified one or more targets do not conflict with one or more targets specified in one or more status update requests being executed in the node system, the status update request is executed in the node system.

Abstract: There is provided a powder material that is for densifying a molded article manufactured by an additive layer manufacturing method and improving harness of the molded article. There is provided a powder material for use in additive layer manufacturing containing ceramics and metals, in which a tapped filling rate defined by (tapped density/theoretical density)×100% is 40% or more.

Abstract: A sound signal processing method includes: obtaining a sound signal; determining, for each of a plurality of sound processes executed in a pipeline, whether to execute the sound process on the sound signal, based on priority information indicating a priority associated with the sound signal; and executing each sound process determined to be executed in the determining, on the sound signal.

Abstract: According to one embodiment, a liquid crystal display device with an optical sensor includes a display panel and a driver IC. The display panel includes first to third signal lines, an optical sensor including a photoelectric conversion element, and a sensor signal line that is connected to the optical sensor and transmits a detection signal to the driver IC. One first wiring line drawn from one terminal of the driver IC is connected to four switching elements. Three of the four switching elements are electrically connected to one of the first to third signal lines, respectively. One of the four switching elements, different from the three switching elements, is electrically connected to the sensor signal line.

Abstract: An information processing method includes: obtaining a position of a user within the three-dimensional sound field; determining a virtual boundary that includes two or more lattice points surrounding the user, based on the position of the user which has been obtained, the two or more lattice points being among a plurality of lattice points set at predetermined intervals within the three-dimensional sound reading field; the propagation characteristics of the sound from the sound source to the two or more lattice points included in the virtual boundary determined; calculating transfer functions of the sound from the two or more lattice points included in the virtual boundary determined to the position of the user; and generating the output sound signal by processing the sound information using the propagation characteristics read and the transfer functions calculated.

Abstract: In an acoustic processing method, (i) sound information related to a sound including a predetermined sound and (ii) metadata including information related to a space in which the predetermined sound is reproduced are obtained; based on the sound information and the metadata, sound image localization enhancement processing of generating a first sound signal expressing a sound including a sound image localization enhancement reflected sound for localization as a sound arriving from a predetermined direction is performed; based on the sound information and the metadata, acoustic processing of generating a second sound signal expressing a sound including a sound other than a direct sound that reaches a user directly from a sound source object is performed; and an output sound signal obtained by compositing the first sound signal and the second sound signal is output.

Abstract: An acoustic processing method includes: obtaining (i) sound information related to a sound including a predetermined sound and (ii) metadata including information related to a space in which the predetermined sound is reproduced; performing, based on the sound information and the metadata, acoustic processing of generating a sound signal expressing a sound including an early reflection that reaches a user after a direct sound that reaches the user directly from a sound source object; and outputting an output sound signal including the sound signal. The acoustic processing includes: determining parameters for generating the early reflection, the parameters including a position, in the space, of a virtual sound source object that generates the early reflection; and generating the early reflection based on the parameters determined. The parameters include at least a parameter that varies over time according to a predetermined condition.

Abstract: A reciprocating display mechanism performing predetermined display by reciprocating a hand within a fixed area includes a hand capable of reciprocating within the fixed area, a hand driving wheel that drives the hand and includes a wheel, a transmission wheel that rotates the hand driving wheel by engaging with a tooth of the wheel, and a biasing member that biases the hand in one direction of the reciprocating, wherein the wheel includes an angle area corresponding to the fixed area and a region adjacent to the angle area, the angle area provided with teeth and a part of the region adjacent to the angle area provided with an idle region in which the transmission wheel idles, and the one direction biasing by the biasing member is a direction in which the tooth adjacent to the idle region engages with the transmission wheel when the idle region faces the transmission wheel.

Abstract: An aquatic organism growth promotor, containing, as an effective ingredient, a low molecular weight lignin having a molecular weight peak in a molecular weight range of 4,000 to 9,500 and/or a high molecular weight lignin having a molecular weight peak in a molecular weight range of 10,000 to 40,000, wherein the molecular weight peak is measured at a wavelength of 254 nm by GPC molecular weight analysis using an UV detector.

Abstract: Each of one or more audio objects includes: sound data of a sound emitted from an object that corresponds to the audio object; and metadata that includes position information indicating a position of the object in a virtual sound space. A sound signal processing device includes: a selector that selects an audio object as a conversion target from among the one or more audio objects; and an fluctuation imparter that converts the audio object selected as the conversion target to impart, to the audio object selected, a fluctuation effect of fluctuating a sound emitted from an object that corresponds to the audio object converted when the sound signal is reproduced. The selector does not select an audio object that corresponds to an object whose position is moving in the virtual sound space based on a transition over time of the position information included in the metadata.