Abstract: An integrated circuit according to one or more embodiments may include a terminal to which an impedance element and a power supply having a predetermined potential can be connected. The integrated circuit may be configured to change a potential of one of electrodes of the impedance element connected to the terminal, detect a change in electrical characteristics of the terminal based on characteristics of the impedance element when the potential of the one electrode of the impedance element is changed, to determine a setting condition among a plurality of setting conditions that are used for an operation of the integrated circuit, store the setting condition in a storage, and use the setting condition stored in the storage for the operation of the integrated circuit.

Abstract: A method for producing a modified conjugated diene-based polymer includes polymerizing a monomer including a conjugated diene compound in the presence of an alkali metal compound or an alkali earth metal compound to obtain a polymer having an active terminal; (a modification) reacting the polymer having an active terminal with a compound [M] having a plurality of hydrocarbyloxysilyl groups to obtain a modified polymer; and a mixing the modified polymer with at least one compound [C] selected from a compound [N] having one hydrocarbyloxysilyl group and an alcohol having 6 to 20 carbon atoms.

Abstract: Provided is a sensor that is able to efficiently identify a variety of motions made by a user. The sensor includes: a structure body configured to be deformable by an external force; an electrode configured to be disposed at an arbitrary position of the structure body; a determination unit configured to determine a contact state of an object with the structure body based on a change in impedance measured using the electrode; and an output unit configured to output a signal based on the contact state of the object with the structure body to an external device.

Abstract: A severing machine includes an ingot holding unit configured to hold an SiC ingot with a wafer, which is to be produced, facing up, an ultrasonic generation unit disposed so as to face the SiC ingot held on the ingot holding unit, and configured to generate ultrasonic vibrations, and a liquid supply unit configured to supply liquid between the wafer to be produced and the ultrasonic generation unit. The ultrasonic generation unit includes an ultrasonic transducer, and a case member having a bottom surface formed to have an area equal to or greater than an area to which the ultrasonic vibrations are desired to be applied.

Abstract: One or more embodiments may relate to an information processing device connectable to a network and including interfaces in which network identification numbers can be set. The information processing device may include: a network connection determination processor that determines whether or not first and second interfaces of the interfaces are connected on a same network; an identification number setting processor that sets, when the first and second interfaces are connected on the same network, a network identification number of one of the first and second interfaces in the other interface; and a stop-startup processor that stops the one of the first and second interfaces.

Abstract: The present invention provides a gel-like electrolyte having excellent electrolyte solution retention ability. The resin composition contains an electrolyte composition containing a solvent and an electrolyte and a vinylidene fluoride copolymer. The vinylidene fluoride copolymer is a copolymer of vinylidene fluoride and a comonomer represented by Formula (1) below, wherein R1 and R2 are each independently a hydrogen atom or a fluorine atom, R3 is a hydrogen atom, a fluorine atom, or an alkyl group having from 1 to 5 carbons, and R4 is a basic group that is capable of forming an intermolecular hydrogen bond.

Abstract: An appearance inspection device creates a combination of a first image which is a normal product image and a second image which is a product image as a comparison object, on the basis of a reference data set and a learning data set, and a machine learning device learns classification of a product corresponding to the second image as normal or not normal for the combination. The machine learning device observes the combination of the first image and the second image as a state variable representing a current state of an environment, acquires a label given to the second image as label data, and performs learning by associating the state variable with the label data.

Abstract: An image forming apparatus includes a power supply part that supplies electronic power in two different power modes (first and second modes), a communication part that includes a transmitting and receiving part that receives a network packet in the both modes, and a determination part that stores filter information and determines whether or not the network packet matches one of filter settings, a determination control part that performs a rewrite operation to repeatedly rewrite the filter information while running in the second mode, a power supply control part that transits the power mode of the power supply part from the second mode to the first mode based on a determination result of the determination part, a packet transmitting and receiving part that receives the network packet supplied from the transmitting and receiving part in the first mode and stops an operation of itself in the second mode, and an image forming part stops an operation of itself in the second mode.

Abstract: One or more embodiments may relate to an information processing device connectable to a network and including interfaces in which network identification numbers can be set. The information processing device may include: a network connection determination processor that determines whether or not first and second interfaces of the interfaces are connected on a same network; an identification number setting processor that sets, when the first and second interfaces are connected on the same network, a network identification number of one of the first and second interfaces in the other interface; and a stop-startup processor that stops the one of the first and second interfaces.

Abstract: An inspection apparatus includes a group data creation unit configured to create group data obtained by dividing a plurality of samples into a plurality of groups, a statistical state calculation unit configured to perform a statistical process for the samples divided into each of the groups to calculate data indicating a statistical state of a predetermined data item between the groups, and a user interface unit configured to display the statistical state in a display format enabling recognition of the statistical state between the groups on the basis of the data indicating the statistical state of the predetermined data item between the groups calculated by the statistical state calculation unit.

Abstract: An image forming apparatus includes a power supply part that supplies electronic power in two different power modes (first and second modes), a communication part that includes a transmitting and receiving part that receives a network packet in the both modes, and a determination part that stores filter information and determines whether or not the network packet matches one of filter settings, a determination control part that performs a rewrite operation to repeatedly rewrite the filter information while running in the second mode, a power supply control part that transits the power mode of the power supply part from the second mode to the first mode based on a determination result of the determination part, a packet transmitting and receiving part that receives the network packet supplied from the transmitting and receiving part in the first mode and stops an operation of itself in the second mode, and an image forming part stops an operation of itself in the second mode.

Abstract: An inspection condition determination device comprises: an addition unit that adds data mimicking a flaw assumed to occur in an inspection target to a designated position of a three-dimensional model of the inspection target; a generation unit that generates an image without a flaw by replicating an optical condition for capturing an image of the inspection target on the three-dimensional model, and an image with the flaw by replicating the optical condition on the three-dimensional model to which the data mimicking the flaw is added; a determination unit that determines whether or not a difference between the image without a flaw and the image with the flaw at the designated position exceeds a threshold that allows detection of the flaw in the inspection target; and an extraction unit that extracts an optical condition available for detecting flaws of multiple designated patterns from multiple optical conditions.

Abstract: An inspection apparatus of the present disclosure includes: a machine learning device that performs machine learning on a basis of state data acquired from an inspection target and label data indicating an inspection result related to the inspection target to generate a learning model; a learning model evaluation index calculation unit that calculates a learning model evaluation index related to the learning model generated by the machine learning device as an evaluation index to be used to evaluate the learning model; an inspection index acquisition unit that acquires an inspection index to be used in the inspection; and a learning model selection unit that displays the learning model evaluation index and the inspection index so as to be comparable with each other regarding the learning model generated by the machine learning device, receives selection of the learning model by an operator, and outputs a result of the selection.

Abstract: Disclosed is an inspection device including: a machine learning device that performs machine learning on the basis of state data acquired from an inspection target and label data indicating an inspection result related to the inspection target to generate a learning model; a learning model evaluation index calculation unit that calculates a learning model evaluation index related to the learning model generated by the machine learning device as an evaluation index used to evaluate the learning model; an inspection index acquisition unit that acquires an inspection index used in an inspection; and an index value determination unit that determines whether the learning model generated by the machine learning device satisfies the inspection index on the basis of the learning model evaluation index and the inspection index and outputs a result of the determination.

Abstract: An image processing device includes: a sub-image generation section, the sub-image generation section configured to generate a third sub-image by providing a peripheral image including at least a first region that is a transparent region around a first sub-image and to perform a filtering process on the entire or a part of a second sub-image including the first sub-image and the peripheral image; and a composition section configured to composite together a frame image and the third sub-image.

Abstract: The present invention provides a resin composition having excellent electrolyte solution retention ability. The resin composition contains an electrolyte composition containing a solvent and an electrolyte and a vinylidene fluoride copolymer. The vinylidene fluoride copolymer is a copolymer of vinylidene fluoride and a comonomer represented by Formula (1) below, wherein R1 and R2 are each independently a hydrogen atom or a fluorine atom, R3 is a hydrogen atom, a fluorine atom, or an alkyl group having from 1 to 5 carbons, and R4 is a basic group that is capable of forming an intermolecular hydrogen bond.

Abstract: A dialog management unit (31) selects a response template corresponding to a dialog state with a user and outputs a term symbol included in the response template to a comprehension level estimating unit (30). The comprehension level estimating unit (30) outputs the user's comprehension level of the input term symbol to the dialog management unit (31). A response generating unit (32) generates a response sentence on the basis of the response template selected by the dialog management unit (31), adds an explanatory sentence to the response sentence depending on the user's comprehension level of the term input from the dialog management unit (31), and outputs the response sentence.

Abstract: Provided is a gel electrolyte that has a lower concentration of matrix polymer and that can maintain a gel state. The gel electrolyte contains a non-aqueous electrolyte solution in which a lithium-containing electrolyte is dissolved in a non-aqueous solvent and a matrix polymer, the matrix polymer being a copolymer containing a vinylidene fluoride unit and a fluorine atom-containing monomer unit as a repeating unit, and the melting point Tm of the matrix polymer being within a range that satisfies the following Relationship (I) relative to the concentration C (mass %) of the matrix polymer included in the gel electrolyte: Tm?145?C ??(I) where 0.1?C?30.