Abstract: A sensor includes a piezoelectric film having a first and second main surfaces facing each other in a first direction, a first electrode on the first main surface, a second electrode on the second main surface, and a wiring portion. The first electrode and the second electrode overlap each other in the first direction and include a first portion overlapping the piezoelectric film and a second portion that does not overlap the piezoelectric film, the first portion and the second portion are arranged in a second direction orthogonal to the first direction, and the wiring portion includes a wiring substrate overlapping the second portion in the first direction and having a third and a fourth main surface, a first conductor on the third main surface and electrically connected to the first electrode, and a second conductor on the fourth main surface and electrically connected to the second electrode.

Abstract: A control device comprising: a control unit that applies a weight parameter based on a reliability parameter that is an index indicating a degree of whether or not a signal is appropriate as a processing target for estimating a positional relationship between the communication device and the other communication device calculated on the basis of a signal received from the other communication device by the communication device to a provisional positional relationship between at least two of the communication devices and the other communication device estimated on the basis of the signals transmitted and received between the communication device and the other communication device, and performs control for estimating the positional relationship between the communication device and the other communication device.

Abstract: A biomass-derived carbon material is provided, the carbon material having a carbon content of 60 to 75% by weight and an integrated heat of oxidation reaction of 5 kJ/kg or less when maintained in air at 107° C. for 20 minutes. A method for producing a carbon material is provided, the method including: a carbonization step of obtaining biomass chars having a carbon content of 61 to 75% by weight from biomass; and an oxidation step of heating the biomass chars to 200° C. or higher in an atmosphere having an oxygen concentration of 2 to 13% by volume.

Abstract: A valve device includes: a case having a valve chamber and first to third water communication ports communicating with the valve chamber; first and second valve bodies disposed in the valve chamber; and a shaft body connected with the first valve body. The first valve body is rotated about a central axis of the shaft part. The second valve body is rotated about the central axis together with the first valve body. When rotated about the central axis in a first angle region, the first valve body changes a first flow rate, i.e., a flow rate of water between the first and third water communication ports, and a second flow rate, i.e., a flow rate of water between the second and third water communication ports. When the first valve body is rotated about the central axis in a second angle region, the second valve body changes the second flow rate.

Abstract: A composition, such as a cosmetic composition, is provided. The composition contains ceramide NH having an acyl chain length of C18.

Abstract: To estimate a positional relationship between devices having transmitted and received signals with higher accuracy. A control device includes a control unit that compares reliability parameters that are indexes indicating a degree of whether or not a signal is appropriate as a processing target for estimating a positional relationship between each of the plurality of communication devices and the other communication device, calculated on the basis of the signals received from the other communication device by the communication device, and performs control for estimating the positional relationship on the basis of a signal transmitted and received between the communication device that has received a signal that is more appropriate as a processing target for estimating the positional relationship and the other communication device.

Abstract: A luminance determining unit determines a luminance distribution of an exterior circumstantial image in a line-of-sight direction of a driver, and a luminance changing unit determines a bright region of this luminance distribution. Further, the luminance changing unit determines a luminance after the change in a peripheral region of this bright region. A virtual-image creating unit creates a virtual image based on the determined luminance, and a display processing unit displays this virtual image on a display unit. In this manner, since a display system displays the virtual image for use in increasing the luminance in periphery of the bright region, the feeling of the brightness for the driver can be moderated, and therefore, the visual recognition can be improved. That is, the display system can output the virtual image depending on the circumstances.

Abstract: An object of the present invention is to provide an automatic analysis device and an automatic analysis method that inhibit an increase in a usage amount of a detergent or a processing time due to excessive additional cleaning. According to the present invention, an automatic analysis device includes: a dispensing mechanism configured to aspirate and discharge a specimen; a cleaning unit configured to clean the dispensing mechanism; and a control unit configured to determine whether to perform additional cleaning in addition to normal cleaning performed at each dispensing. The control unit is configured to perform the determination based on a use of a pre-specimen dispensed before a post-specimen to be dispensed by the dispensing mechanism.

Abstract: A method for automatically populating a document being prepared via a software application based on extracted data from one or more of a plurality of different source documents may include displaying a graphical user interface associated with the software application and include a first area configured to display data associated with the document and a second area displaying a queue including at least a first graphical object descriptive of a first source document of the plurality of source documents. The method includes automatically populating one or more data fields of the document that are displayed within the first area of the graphical user interface with the extracted data from the first source document. In response to the automatically populating, the method includes automatically updating the second area of the graphical user interface to reflect the data fields have been auto populated with the extracted data from the first source document.

Abstract: A control device includes a control section configured to obtain a distance measurement value, and estimate a relative position of a position changeable type communication device with respect to a target space based on the distance measurement value, the distance measurement value being obtained when at least one of a plurality of position fixed type communication devices and the position changeable type communication device perform wireless communication, and indicating a distance between the at least one position fixed type communication device and the position changeable type communication device, the plurality of position fixed type communication devices including a first position fixed type communication device that is fixed inside a target space and to at least one part included in the target space, and a second position fixed type communication device that is fixed to a part different from the at least one part.

Abstract: A tube body production method includes: a disposing step of disposing carbon fibers with respect to an outer circumferential surface of a mandrel so that the carbon fibers extend in the axial direction of the mandrel; and a molding step of impregnating the fiber body with a resin on the outer circumferential surface of the mandrel and then heating the resin to mold the resin, wherein the disposing step and the molding step are performed in a state where the axial direction of the mandrel coincides with an up-down direction.

Abstract: According to one embodiment, a semiconductor device has a substrate with an upper face and a lower face. The substrate includes a first end portion near a first edge and a second end portion near a second edge. An element region is between the first end portion and the second end portion. A first ridge portion protrudes from a first portion of the substrate that is between the first end portion and the element portion. The first ridge portion is on the lower face. A second ridge portion protrudes from a second portion of the substrate that is between the second end portion and the element portion in the second direction. The second ridge portion is on the lower face.

Abstract: A wiring substrate includes a metallic plate, a first through-hole, an insulating layer, a second through-hole, a wiring layer, and feedthrough wiring. The first through-hole is formed in the metallic plate. The insulating layer covers both surfaces of the metallic plate and an inner wall surface of the first through-hole. The second through-hole is formed on an inner side of the insulating layer in the first through-hole. The wiring layer is laminated on the insulating layer on both surface sides of the metallic plate. The feedthrough wiring is formed in the second through-hole, and connects the wiring layer disposed on both surface sides of the metallic plate. The metallic plate includes a bent portion that is bent in a bottomed box shape and that forms a space on one of the surface sides of the metallic plate.

Abstract: An electric motor control method is an control method which is capable of selecting a first mode or a second mode as a control mode for controlling an operation of the electric motor according to an operating state of the electric motor. The method, when the second mode is selected as the control mode, stops a part of processing in the first mode, and continuously executes other processing including integral calculation except for the part of processing in the first mode. Also, the method, when the control mode is switched from the second mode to the first mode, starts the part of processing by using at least one control value obtained by continuing the other processing.

Abstract: A sensor that includes a first film having a first main surface and a second main surface, the first film generating a charge according to a deformation amount of the first film; a first electrode on the first main surface; a second electrode on the second main surface; and a first fixing member and a second fixing member constructed to fix the first film, the first electrode, and the second electrode to an article. The first film is dimensioned to occupy an area equal to or more than half a peripheral surface of the article. The second electrode is located closer to the article than the first electrode. The first fixing member is separated from the second fixing member in an extending direction of the article.

Abstract: An input includes a first electrode and a first deformation portion. An output includes a second electrode and a second deformation portion. A transmission portion enables transmission of an elastic wave from the first deformation portion to the transmission portion and transmission of an elastic wave from the transmission portion to the second deformation portion. In operation, an input signal is input to the first electrode that deforms the first deformation portion to generate an elastic wave. The transmission portion transmits the elastic wave from the first deformation portion to the second deformation portion that is deformed by the elastic wave to generate an output signal to the second electrode. The detection unit detects a deformation amount from the reference state of the transmission portion based on the output signal.

Abstract: A myoelectric sensor includes a wearable portion configured to be worn on a living body and deformable in response to deformation of the living body, an electrode sheet disposed on a surface of the wearable portion, and fixing members configured to fix the electrode sheet to the surface, wherein the electrode sheet includes a plurality of bioelectrode units, and interconnect members each electrically connecting two bioelectrode units among the plurality of bioelectrode units, wherein the interconnect members are located between the wearable portion and the fixing members, and the fixing members press the interconnect members to the surface.

Abstract: An input includes a first electrode and a first deformation portion. An output includes a second electrode and a second deformation portion. A transmission portion enables transmission of an elastic wave from the first deformation portion to the transmission portion and transmission of an elastic wave from the transmission portion to the second deformation portion. In operation, an input signal is input to the first electrode that deforms the first deformation portion to generate an elastic wave. The transmission portion transmits the elastic wave from the first deformation portion to the second deformation portion that is deformed by the elastic wave to generate an output signal to the second electrode. The detection unit detects a deformation amount from the reference state of the transmission portion based on the output signal.

Abstract: A tube is used in fiber-reinforced plastic power transmission shaft. The tube comprises: a cylindrical body section; a connection portion that has a larger diameter than the body section; and an inclined portion that has an outer diameter that increases toward the second connection section from the main body part. The inclined section has formed thereon, a weak section that is damaged when a load input in the axial direction exceeds a prescribed value. With this configuration, the cost of the tube can be reduced, and when a prescribed load is input to the tube in the axial direction, the tube is reliably damaged.

Abstract: A fiber with which a further enhanced electric field intensity is obtained when a compressive force is applied across the longitudinal axis of the fiber. The fiber is composed of a potential generating filament having at least one interior angle of less than 120° in a contour shape in a sectional view in a direction perpendicular to a longitudinal axis of the fiber.