Abstract: An in-vehicle communication device includes: a controller to execute control for selecting at least one speaker from among a plurality of speakers in a vehicle interior, the at least one speaker outputting sound input into one of a plurality of microphones in the vehicle interior; a sound recognizer that recognizes a word included in the sound; and a memory that stores association information that associates the plurality of microphones and speakers with each other. The controller is further configured to: in a case where the sound recognizer recognizes that sound input into one of the plurality of microphones includes a specific word, based on the association information, execute control for causing a speaker of the plurality of speakers associated with the one microphone into which the sound is input, to output sound that is input subsequently to the specific word into the one microphone into which the sound is input.

Abstract: A server is an information processing apparatus that is connected to a printer and manages delivery of a printing head replaceable with a printing head attached to the printer, the information processing apparatus including a replacement-information acquiring unit configured to acquire, from the printer, replacement information indicating that the printing head attached to the printer was replaced with the delivered printing head and a replacement processor configured to instruct delivery of a new printing head when the replacement-information acquiring unit acquires the replacement information.

Abstract: A reactor includes a coil having a winding part, a holding member, and a magnetic core. The winding part is partially buried inside the holding member, and has an upper exposed part and a lower exposed part exposed from the holding member in the vertical direction (Z direction). The upper exposed part has an upper curved surface part. The upper curved surface part is exposed from the holding member at both sides in the horizontal direction (Y direction). The magnetic core has two outer legs. The winding part is positioned between the two outer legs in the horizontal direction. The holding member has two side walls corresponding to each of the outer legs. Each of the side walls is positioned between the corresponding outer leg and the winding part in the horizontal direction.

Abstract: An audio signal processing device includes: an output sound signal generator configured to generate from an input sound signal with an input sampling frequency an output sound signal with an output sampling frequency; a plurality of functional blocks configured to perform signal processing on the output sound signal; and a function selector configured to select one of the plurality of functional blocks. The output sound signal generator sets the output sampling frequency according to the internal sampling frequency used in the selected functional block.

Abstract: A radiation-sensitive resin composition includes: a resin including a structural unit represented by formula (1); a radiation-sensitive acid generator; and a solvent. R1 is a hydrogen atom, a fluorine atom, a methyl group, or a trifluoromethyl group; L1 represents a single bond or —COO-L-; L represents a substituted or unsubstituted alkanediyl group; R2 represents a monovalent hydrocarbon group having 1 to 20 carbon atoms; L2 represents a single bond or a divalent linking group; and Ar represents a group obtained by removing (n+1) hydrogen atoms from an aromatic ring. R3 is independently a halogen atom, a halogenated hydrocarbon group, a hydroxy group, a monovalent hydrocarbon group having 1 to 10 carbon atoms, or a monovalent alkyl ether group having 1 to 10 carbon atoms, and at least one R3 is a halogen atom or a halogenated hydrocarbon group.

Abstract: A server is an information processing apparatus that is connected to a printer including a replaceable printing head and manages collection of the printing head, the information processing apparatus including a replacement-information acquiring unit configured to acquire replacement information indicating that the printing head was replaced and register the replacement information in a replacement history, an identification-information acquiring unit configured to, when the printing head detached by the replacement is collected, acquire a head ID for identifying the collected printing head and register the head ID in a collection history, a determining unit configured to determine, based on the replacement history and the collection history, whether uncollected head is present, and a notifying unit configured to perform notification when it is determined that the uncollected head is present.

Abstract: A light emitting device and a ranging system capable of moving an irradiation position of light The light emitting device includes a plurality of light emitting elements that generate light, and a moving unit to move an irradiation position of the light by driving a predetermined portion related to the light in a first direction. The light emitting elements are arranged at intersections of a plurality of first straight lines extending in a second direction orthogonal to the first direction and a plurality of second straight lines extending in a third direction parallel to neither the first direction nor the second direction. Light emitting elements on straight line A and the light emitting elements on adjacent straight line B are arranged so as not to be adjacent to each other in the first direction. The irradiation position of the light can be moved by, for example, uniaxial drive.

Abstract: A semiconductor device includes: a substrate; a device region provided in the substrate; a terminal covering the device region in a plan view; a plurality of pseudo-bumps densely arranged on the terminal in a state of being opened from a wire; and at least one genuine bump arranged more sparsely than the plurality of the pseudo-bumps on the terminal in a state of being connected to the wire.

Abstract: A diaphragm valve 100 includes a valve body 10, a diaphragm 20, a bonnet 40, and a compressor 60. The diaphragm 20 includes a first portion 21 and a second portion 22 surrounding the first portion 21, the first portion 21 having a first thickness T1 and a curved plate shape, the second portion 22 having a second thickness T2 smaller than the first thickness T1 to form a step and having a flat plate shape. The second portion 22 includes a sealing band SB surrounding the first portion 21. The bonnet 40 has an inner step 43 that contains a part of the first portion 21 and the inner step 43 has a depth G in the Z direction larger than a difference T1-T2 between the first and second thicknesses.

Abstract: A semiconductor device having a high on-state current is provided. The semiconductor device includes a first oxide; a first conductor and a second conductor provided over the first oxide to be separated from each other; and a second oxide provided over the first oxide and between the first conductor and the second conductor. Each of the first oxide and the second oxide has crystallinity, the first oxide includes a region where a c-axis is aligned substantially perpendicularly to a top surface of the first oxide, and the second oxide includes a region where the c-axis is aligned substantially perpendicularly to the top surface of the first oxide, a region where the c-axis is aligned substantially perpendicularly to a side surface of the first conductor, and a region where the c-axis is aligned substantially perpendicularly to a side surface of the second conductor.

Abstract: The X-ray imaging apparatus according to the embodiment includes an X-ray irradiator and processing circuitry. The X-ray irradiator is placed in a surgery room. The processing circuitry is configured to sequentially acquire a position of each staff member presenting in the surgery room during a procedure using the X-ray irradiator. The processing circuitry is configured to sequentially acquire an exposure dose of each staff member from a dosimeter. The processing circuitry is configured to associate the position of each staff member and the exposure dose of each staff member with a time, and sequentially record association data in a memory circuit. The processing circuitry is configured to display association data indicating a relation between the position of each staff member and the exposure dose of each staff member in an identifiable manner on a display.

Abstract: A crystalline multilayer structure having a high-quality crystalline layer and a semiconductor device employing such a crystalline multilayer structure are provided. A crystalline multilayer structure, including a first crystalline layer having a first crystal, and a second crystalline layer stacked on the first crystalline layer and having a second crystal, wherein the first crystal includes polycrystalline ?-Ga2O3 and the second crystal is a single crystal of a crystalline oxide.

Abstract: A server is an information processing apparatus that is connected to a printer including a replaceable printing head and manages delivery of the printing head, the information processing apparatus including a replacement-information acquiring unit configured to acquire replacement information indicating that the printing head was replaced, a determining unit configured to, when the replacement-information acquiring unit acquires the replacement information, determine presence or absence of an abnormality concerning the replacement based on a delivery history of the printing head, and a notifying unit configured to perform notification corresponding to a determination result of the determining unit.

Abstract: A method for producing a semiconductor device includes: preparing a template substrate including an underlying substrate and a mask including an opening portion and a mask portion; forming a first semiconductor portion from above the opening portion over a first region of the mask portion; and forming a second semiconductor portion located above the first semiconductor portion and containing gallium and aluminum, and a third semiconductor portion located on a second region of the mask portion where the first semiconductor portion is not formed and containing aluminum.

Abstract: Provided is an article transportation facility including a plurality of article transportation vehicles and an operation terminal for controlling the article transportation vehicles, in which each of the article transportation vehicles includes a vehicle transmission/reception section for transmitting and receiving signals for communicating with the operation terminal. The operation terminal includes an operation section operated by a user, a terminal transmission/reception section that transmits and receives signals to and from the vehicle transmission/reception section, an extensible section that can extend and retract the distance between the operation section and the terminal transmission/reception section, and a setting changing section that changes a setting of at least one of a signal transmission strength and a reception sensitivity of the terminal transmission/reception section.

Abstract: A mounting structure includes a micro vibrator and a mounting substrate. The micro vibrator includes a curved surface portion having an annular curved surface and a connecting portion extending from the curved surface portion toward an inner center position of the curved surface portion. The micro vibrator is disposed so that the connecting portion is bonded to the mounting substrate and the curved surface portion is in a hollow state free from other elements. The mounting substrate includes a plurality of electrode portions that are arranged to face and surround a rim of the curved surface portion of the micro vibrator, and spaced apart from each other, the rim being an end of the curved surface portion opposite to the connecting portion. Further, the mounting substrate includes a guard electrode.

Abstract: A method of manufacturing a semiconductor element includes forming a mask on a front surface of a substrate, the mask having an opening to expose the front surface; growing a first semiconductor layer by epitaxially growing a semiconductor along the mask, starting from the front surface exposed through the opening, and growing a second semiconductor layer on a surface of the first semiconductor layer located opposite to the substrate in a layering direction, and providing an electrode on a surface of the second semiconductor layer located opposite to the surface of the first semiconductor layer in the layering direction. A width from an end portion of the surface to the electrode is smaller than a width of the mask.

Abstract: Provided is a vehicle management system capable of securing safety of an escorted vehicle while suppressing a decrease in productivity by improving setting of an entry prohibited area of an unmanned vehicle at the time when an abnormal state of position information on the escorted vehicle has been detected. The vehicle management system is configured such that an unmanned vehicle, an escorted vehicle, an escorting vehicle, and a control station that controls the unmanned vehicle on the basis of position information on the escorting vehicle and position information on the escorted vehicle are capable of communicating with each other.

Abstract: A server connected via a network to a printing apparatus including a plurality of nozzles includes an acquisition unit that acquires nozzle information indicating a state of the plurality of nozzles, a determination unit that determines, among the plurality of nozzles, a nozzle to be cleaned based on the nozzle information acquired by the acquisition unit, and an instruction unit that instructs the printing apparatus to perform cleaning on the nozzle to be cleaned determined by the determination unit.