Abstract: A solid electrolytic capacitor that includes a resin molding, a first external electrode, and a second external electrode. The resin molding includes a laminate of multiple capacitor elements, and a sealing resin sealing the laminate. The following are satisfied: t1<t2, t3<t4, t1<t3, and t4/t3<t2/t1, where t1 is the thickness of an inner portion of the cathode lead-out layer, the inner portion not being exposed at the second end surface; t2 is the thickness of an exposed portion of the cathode lead-out layer, the exposed portion being exposed at the second end surface; t3 is the thickness of an inner portion of the valve-action metal substrate, the inner portion not being exposed at the first end surface; and t4 is the thickness of an exposed portion of the valve-action metal substrate, the exposed portion being exposed at the first end surface.

Abstract: A congestion degree determination apparatus (2000) acquires a captured image (50) generated by an in-vehicle camera that captures an inside of a target vehicle. The congestion degree determination apparatus (2000) determines, for each of persons (30) present in the target vehicle, an area (20) in which the person (30) is positioned out of a plurality of areas (20) in the target vehicle using the captured image (50). The congestion degree determination apparatus (2000) determines the congestion degree of the target vehicle using the number of the persons (30) positioned in each of two or more of the areas (20).

Abstract: A high-definition or high-resolution display apparatus is provided. The display apparatus includes a first light-emitting device, a second light-emitting device, a first insulating layer, and a second insulating layer. The first light-emitting device includes a first pixel electrode, a first light-emitting layer over the first pixel electrode, and a common electrode over the first light-emitting layer. The second light-emitting device includes a second pixel electrode, a second light-emitting layer over the second pixel electrode, and the common electrode over the second light-emitting layer. Each of an end portion of the first pixel electrode and an end portion of the second pixel electrode is covered with the first insulating layer. The second insulating layer is positioned over the first insulating layer. The second insulating layer covers each of a side surface of the first light-emitting layer and a side surface of the second light-emitting layer.

Abstract: There have been cases where transistors formed using oxide semiconductors are inferior in reliability to transistors formed using amorphous silicon. Thus, in the present invention, a semiconductor device including a highly reliable transistor formed using an oxide semiconductor is manufactured. An oxide semiconductor film is deposited by a sputtering method, using a sputtering target including an oxide semiconductor having crystallinity, and in which the direction of the c-axis of a crystal is parallel to a normal vector of the top surface of the oxide semiconductor. The target is formed by mixing raw materials so that its composition ratio can obtain a crystal structure.

Abstract: In a coil component, a shield layer is provided after the unevenness of the surface of an element body is smoothened by the surface being covered with an insulating layer. A Cu layer of the shield layer is provided on a smooth surface, and thus a thickness variation can be suppressed and the Cu layer can be formed with a substantially uniform thickness. In the coil component, a point where the shield layer is thin or a point lacking the shield layer is unlikely to be generated and a functional degradation of the shield layer is effectively suppressed.

Abstract: A contact probe capable of being used for an inspection of a semiconductor package in which a recess is formed in a terminal portion includes a plunger including a distal end portion that comes into contact with the terminal portion. The distal end portion includes a protruding portion protruding toward the terminal portion and a shoulder portion having a protruding height toward the terminal portion lower than that of the protruding portion.

Abstract: A laser annealing apparatus according to an embodiment includes a laser light source, an annealing optical system, a linear irradiation region along a Y-direction, a moving mechanism configured to change a relative position of the irradiation region with respect to the substrate along an X-direction, an illumination light source configured to generate illumination light for illuminating the substrate along a third direction, and a detector configured to detect detection light reflected, in a fourth direction, on the substrate illuminated by the illumination light so as to photograph an annealed part of the substrate in a linear field of view along the Y-direction. In a YZ-plane view, the third direction is inclined from the vertical direction and the fourth direction is inclined from the vertical direction.

Abstract: An apparatus includes a developer container to and from which a replenishment container is attachable and detachable and which includes an accommodating portion and a replenishment port, a transfer portion configured to transfer a developer image on an image bearing member onto a recording material, a supporting tray including a supporting surface configured to support the recording material thereon, and a discharge portion configured to discharge the recording material, onto which the developer image has been transferred, on the supporting surface, wherein the supporting surface has an opening portion opening such that the replenishment port is exposed through the supporting surface, and wherein an opening/closing member configured to be movable between a closed position where the opening/closing member covers the replenishment port and serves as a part of the supporting surface and an open position where the replenishment port is exposed is provided.

Abstract: A high-resolution display device is provided. A display device with both high display quality and high resolution is provided. The display device includes a first display element including a first pixel electrode, a first EL layer, and a common electrode; a second display element including a second pixel electrode, a second EL layer, and the common electrode; a first insulating layer covering an end portion of the first pixel electrode and an end portion of the second pixel electrode; a second insulating layer over the first insulating layer; and a third insulating layer over the second insulating layer. The first EL layer is placed over the first pixel electrode and the third insulating layer. The second EL layer is placed over the second pixel electrode and the third insulating layer.

Abstract: An optical waveguide includes a diamond layer including a first surface, a second surface and a diamond layer including a complex defect; a first clad layer in contact with the first surface; a second clad layer in contact with the second surface and including a polarity; and a metal layer in Schottky contact with the second clad layer.

Abstract: According to an embodiment, an inspection apparatus includes a communication interface and a processor. The communication interface acquires package information regarding a package being conveyed by a sorter that sorts the package and an operation signal generated based on an operation of an operator. The processor outputs reference information, based on past history in which inspection-result information indicating whether or not the package is a regulated-article candidate, generated based on the operation signal, and the package information are associated together, and the package information newly acquired.

Abstract: In the vehicle body structure including a body frame and a stabilizer which is supported by the body frame and connected to left and right front suspension arms, the body frame has an upper frame and a cross member connected to the upper frame, and the upper frame and the cross member are located upward of the front suspension arms. The cross member is connected to an air guide panel for redirecting ambient air flowing from the front of the vehicle body, and the air guide panel is arranged in a position overlapping the stabilizer in a vertical direction.

Abstract: A high-resolution or high-definition display apparatus is provided. The display apparatus includes a first light-emitting device and a second light-emitting device. The first light-emitting device includes a first conductive layer, a second conductive layer over the first conductive layer, a first light-emitting layer over the second conductive layer, and a common electrode over the first light-emitting layer. The second light-emitting device includes a third conductive layer, a fourth conductive layer over the third conductive layer, a second light-emitting layer over the fourth conductive layer, and the common electrode over the second light-emitting layer.

Abstract: A sound wave signal processing apparatus may include: an extraction unit configured to extract, from a sound wave signal, a plurality of frequency signals indicating respective frequency components of a plurality of frequency bands including different set frequencies; a setting unit configured to set a set frequency of the extraction unit on the basis of a comparison result between output levels of the frequency signals of the different set frequencies extracted by the extraction unit; and a detection unit configured to detect a formant frequency band including a formant frequency in the sound wave signal on the basis of a comparison result group between the output levels of the frequency signals of the different set frequencies extracted by the extraction unit, a setting history of the set frequency of the extraction unit by the setting unit, and a frequency characteristic of the extraction unit.

Abstract: A contact probe includes a first plunger including a tip portion and a base end portion, and a spring configured to bias the first plunger, in which a surface of the tip portion and a surface of the base end portion are formed of metal materials which are different from each other.

Abstract: A resin composition for molding having excellent heat resistance, hardness, cost-effectiveness and biodegradability is provided by using amorphous resin material components extracted from plant-derived wood. The resin composition includes a first resin including a hemicellulose or a hemicellulose derivative and a second resin including polymethylmethacrylate (PMMA, acrylic), polycarbonate (PC), cyclo olefin polymer (COP), cyclo olefin copolymer (COC), polypropylene (PP), polyethylene (PE), polyethylene terephthalate (PET), or polystyrene (PS) and has excellent injection moldability.

Abstract: A resin composition for molding having excellent heat resistance, hardness, cost-effectiveness, and biodegradability is provided by using an amorphous resin material component extracted from plant-derived wood. The resin composition is a hemicellulose monomer obtained by applying a methacrylation reaction or acrylation reaction to a hemicellulose or hemicellulose derivative and has a molecular structure in which a methacrylic group or acryloyl group is bonded to the hemicellulose or hemicellulose derivative. This hemicellulose monomer has excellent injection moldability.

Abstract: A rod lens array 10a includes a plurality of gradient-index rod lenses 1b arrayed to have optical axes parallel to each other, and forms an erecting equal-magnification image. The gradient-index rod lenses 1b each have a refractive-index distribution in a radial direction thereof. The refractive-index distribution n(r) is approximated by n(r)=n0?{1-(A/2)?r2}, where a refractive index at a center of the gradient-index rod lens 1b is represented by n0, a refractive-index distribution constant of the gradient-index rod lens 1b is represented by \A, and a distance from the center of the gradient-index rod lens 1b is represented by r. The gradient-index rod lens 1b has an aperture angle ? of 3 to 6°, the aperture angle ? represented by ?=sin?1(n0\A?r0), where a radius of the gradient-index rod lens is represented by r0. The rod lens array 10a has an imaging distance of 45 to 75 mm and a depth of field of 1.5 to 3.

Abstract: Provided is a valve seat insert for an internal combustion engine, which has both an excellent heat dissipation property and excellent wear resistance. The valve seat insert for an internal combustion engine is used while being press-fitted into an aluminum alloy cylinder head, is made of an iron-based sintered alloy, is formed by integrating two layers of a functional member side layer and a supporting member side layer, and has a plating film on at least an outer peripheral side. The plating film is preferably a copper plating film. The plating film is a plating film having a thickness of 1 to 100 ?m and a hardness of 50 to 300 HV, and the hardness of the plating film is adjusted so as to satisfy a range of 1.05 to 4.5 times hardness of the cylinder head in Vickers hardness HV. Pores contained in the valve seat insert are preferably sealed with a curable resin before plating treatment.

Abstract: A pneumatic tire has a side portion located between a tread portion and a bead portion which includes a decorative element. The decorative element comprises protrusions extending along the side portion and bending to form a hook. The protrusions are disposed at intervals with tips of the hooks aligned in the same direction. Each of the protrusions includes a first and second portions. The first portion extends from an inner side in the radial direction to an outer side in the radial direction. The second portion extends from a bend position of each one of the protrusions and forms an angle of 90° or greater with the first portion at the bend position. Each bend position mutually differs in position in the radial direction between the protrusions, and the interval between adjacent protrusions is wider at the second portion than at the first portion.