Abstract: The present invention provides an optical multiplexer that can be downsized and includes a directional coupler capable of being fabricated with stable quality and accuracy. The present invention further provides an image projector including the optical multiplexer. The optical multiplexer includes: input waveguides for respectively receiving a plurality of visible light beams of different wavelengths; a directional coupler for multiplexing the plurality of visible light beams; and an output waveguide for outputting the multiplexed light. At least one of the input waveguides connected to the directional coupler and the output waveguide have a tapered structure. Therefore, the optical multiplexer can be downsized by reducing its overall length and can be fabricated with stable quality and accuracy by reducing a decrease in multiplexing efficiency caused by an error in the width of an optical coupling waveguide.

Abstract: A data recorder capable of reducing adverse effects caused by radiation is provided. In one aspect of a data recorder of the present disclosure, an input interface includes a first buffer memory, the input interface accepts input of data from outside and records the data in the first buffer memory, a control unit switches a state of a power supply for non-volatile memory to an on state at a timing determined on the basis of an amount of data recorded in the first buffer memory and a mode of the input of the data from the outside via the input interface, the input interface transfers the data recorded in the first buffer memory to the non-volatile memory in a case where the power supply for non-volatile memory is in an on state.

Abstract: A self-checkout system includes a checkout device that checks out a product registered by a portable terminal, a camera that captures an image of a scene where a customer attempts to register the product, a detector that detects a registration failure state where registration of the product is determined to have failed during a period in which the registration of the product according to a single transaction is attempted, and a display that displays, during a period in which the checkout device is checking out the product registered according to the single transaction, the detected registration failure state.

Abstract: An imaging device according to the present disclosure includes the plurality of normal pixels arranged in a matrix, the special pixel arranged by replacing a part of the normal pixels, the color filter corresponding to the normal pixels and arranged according to a predetermined rule, the special filter arranged corresponding to the special pixel, and the special pixel color filter arranged to surround at least a part of the periphery of the special filter.

Abstract: A compound represented by a formula (1C-A) below. One of R4 to R8 and R10 to R12 is a group represented by a formula (1D-A) above; R1 to R3, R9, and R4 to R8 and R10 to R12 not being the group represented by the formula (1D-A) are each a hydrogen atom, a substituent, or the like; at least one of R21 to R30 is other than a hydrogen atom; when R11 is a group represented by a formula (1D), R12 is a hydrogen atom or a phenyl group; when R12 is a group represented by the formula (1D), R11 is a hydrogen atom or a phenyl group; in the formula (1D), one of R21 to R30 represents a bonding position to a benz[a]anthracene ring in the formula (1C), and R21 to R30 not being the bonding position are each a hydrogen atom, a substituent, or the like.

Abstract: A thermal fixer includes a first thermal fixing roller and a second thermal fixing roller. The first thermal fixing roller includes a first heater. The second thermal fixing roller is pressed to the first thermal fixing roller. The second thermal fixing roller includes a second heater and has a diameter, a rigidity, and a surface releasability substantially identical to the first thermal fixing roller.

Abstract: A semiconductor device includes a semiconductor element and a first connection member. The semiconductor element includes a substrate and an electrode pad. The substrate includes a transistor formation region, in which a transistor is formed and which is shaped to be non-quadrangular. The electrode pad is located on the transistor formation region. The first connection member is connected to the electrode pad at one location. The electrode pad is arranged to cover a center of gravity of the transistor formation region in a plan view of the electrode pad. In the plan view, a connection region in which the first connection member is connected to the electrode pad includes a center of gravity position of the transistor formation region.

Abstract: According to a first aspect of the disclosure, there is provided a manufacturing method for a can container including forming a diameter-reduced portion with a die necking tool at one end of a can body whose surface is not formed with a varnish layer, wherein a coefficient of dynamic friction between the die necking tool and the can body is 0.30 or less. In addition, according to a second aspect of the disclosure, there is provided a can container including a can trunk portion, a bottom portion provided on one end side of the can trunk portion, and a diameter-reduced portion having an outer diameter reduced at the other end side of the can trunk portion, wherein a varnish layer is not formed on an outer surface of at least the diameter-reduced portion.

Abstract: An image processing apparatus includes a color stabilization processing unit and a display control unit. The color stabilization processing unit is configured to determine a correction amount of gradation of image data to be printed, based on a read image obtained by reading a recording medium as a print processing result. The display control unit is configured to display information indicating the correction amount.

Abstract: A reefer container configured to cool a gas inside a container body, including: the container body; a circulation line with a suction port and a blowout port each of which is disposed inside the container body; a compressor disposed in the circulation line and configured to compress the gas suctioned from inside the container body to the circulation line through the suction port; a heat exchanger disposed in the circulation line and configured to cool the gas compressed in the compressor; an expander disposed in the circulation line and configured to expand the gas cooled in the heat exchanger; and at least one separation device disposed in the circulation line and configured to separate some of components from the gas compressed in the compressor.

Abstract: Provided is a semiconductor apparatus including a body region formed on a drift region, a body contact region formed on the body region, a gate trench formed to penetrate both the body region and the body contact region and reach the drift region, the gate trench including a side wall and a bottom wall, a source region formed along part of the side wall, the source region being in contact with both the body region and the body contact region, and source wiring arranged across both the gate trench and the body region as viewed in a depth direction of the gate trench. The source region includes a source contact region that is in contact with the source wiring. The source wiring is in contact with both a side surface of the source contact region and a front surface of the body contact region.

Abstract: A semiconductor device includes: a semiconductor layer; first and second wiring lines; an insulating layer that has a first opening and a second opening from which a part of the first wiring line and a part of the second wiring line are exposed, respectively; and first and second electrodes. The first electrode extends over the first wiring line and the insulating layer, and has a first edge on the insulating layer. The second electrode extends over the second wiring line and the insulating layer, and has a second edge on the insulating layer. The insulating layer includes an interposed portion interposed between the first edge and the second edge, which face each other. The interposed portion includes a groove that is recessed from the upper surface of the interposed portion toward the semiconductor layer. The groove extends along at least one of the first edge and the second edge.

Abstract: There are provided an inexpensive copper alloy plate having excellent bending workability, excellent stress corrosion cracking resistance and excellent stress relaxation resistance while maintaining the high strength thereof, and a method for producing the same. The copper alloy plate has a chemical composition which contains 17 to 32% by weight of zinc, 0.1 to 4.5% by weight of tin, 0.5 to 2.5% by weight of silicon, 0.01 to 0.3% by weight of phosphorus and the balance being copper and unavoidable impurities, the total of the content of silicon and six times as much as the content of phosphorus being 1% by weight or more, the copper alloy plate having a crystal orientation wherein I{220}/I{420} in the range of from 2.5 to 8.0 assuming that the X-ray diffraction intensity on {220} crystal plane on the plate surface of the copper alloy plate is I{220} and that the X-ray diffraction intensity on {420} crystal plane thereon is I{420}.

Abstract: A semiconductor device includes a semiconductor element and a conductive member. The semiconductor element includes a first wiring line connected to the conductive member, a second wiring line separated from the first wiring line and at least partially surrounding the first wiring line, and a passivation layer covering the first wiring line and the second wiring line. The passivation layer includes a first opening partially exposing the first wiring line as a connection region for the conductive member, a first slit located between the first opening and the second wiring line and partially exposing the first wiring line, and a second slit partially exposing the second wiring line.

Abstract: A semiconductor device includes: a semiconductor element that includes an element main body having an element main surface facing one side in a thickness direction, and a first electrode arranged on the element main surface; a first insulating layer that is arranged over a peripheral edge portion of the first electrode and the element main surface and includes a first annular portion formed in an annular shape when viewed in the thickness direction; and a second insulating layer that is laminated on the first insulating layer, is made of a resin material, and includes a second annular portion overlapping with the first annular portion when viewed in the thickness direction.

Abstract: An imaging device according to the present disclosure includes the plurality of normal pixels arranged in a matrix, the special pixel arranged by replacing a part of the normal pixels, the color filter corresponding to the normal pixels and arranged according to a predetermined rule, the special filter arranged corresponding to the special pixel, and the special pixel color filter arranged to surround at least a part of the periphery of the special filter.

Abstract: A search apparatus according to the present disclosure includes a transmission unit configured to transmit, at a plurality of sites, a first communication request signal to a terminal; a reception unit configured to receive, from the terminal, a first response signal to the first communication request signal; and a calculation unit configured to calculate an approximate position of the terminal, in which the reception unit receives the first response signal including a time of reception of the first communication request signal by the terminal, and the calculation unit calculates a time difference obtained from a time when the first communication request signal is transmitted and a time when the first communication request signal is received, and calculates the approximate position of the terminal using Observed Time Difference Of Arrival (OTDOA) obtained based on a time difference at at least two of a plurality of sites.

Abstract: Provided are a solid-state imaging element and an electronic device capable of suppressing a decrease in sensitivity even if a partition wall is provided between color filters for each pixel. A solid-state imaging element includes a plurality of pixels. Each of the plurality of pixels includes a first lens that condenses incident light, a color filter that absorbs light having transmitted through the first lens and having a specific wavelength, the color filter having different wavelength characteristics of light absorption between an outer peripheral part and an inner region of the outer peripheral part, and a photoelectric conversion unit that photoelectrically converts the incident light having transmitted through the color filter, and the inner region is formed according to a light condensing region of the incident light in the color filter.

Abstract: An image processing apparatus includes a color stabilization processing unit and a display control unit. The color stabilization processing unit is configured to determine a correction amount of gradation of image data to be printed, based on a read image obtained by reading a recording medium as a print processing result. The display control unit is configured to display information indicating the correction amount.

Abstract: An information processing apparatus includes acquisition means for acquiring a first received signal strength of a beacon signal at a communication terminal transmitted from at least one beacon transmitter arranged in each of a plurality of areas arranged along a route; specification means for specifying a first area among the plurality of areas where a user using the communication terminal is present and an area movement history of the user based on the first received signal strength; and control means for deciding whether or not to provide a service to the communication terminal based on the first area and the area movement history.