Abstract: An organic compound that absorbs light of a wavelength range from 450 nm to 580 nm in a reduction state and is colored and that is superior in high-temperature drive durability and that is expressed by the following formula [1]. Z1 and Z2 each represent a substituent. R11 to R18 each represent a hydrogen atom or a substituent. R12 and R13 are optionally bound to each other to form a ring. R21 and R22 each represent a hydrogen atom or a substituent. X? represents an anion, and n is an integer greater than or equal to 1. When n is 2 or greater, two or more X?s are the same or different from each other.

Abstract: A vehicle and a system and a method of operating the vehicle. The system includes a reasoning engine, an episodic memory, a resolver and a controller. The reasoning engine infers a plurality of possible scenarios based on a current state of an environment of the vehicle. The episodic memory determines a historical likelihood for each of the plurality of possible scenarios. The resolver selects a scenario from the plurality of possible scenarios using the historical likelihoods. The controller operates the vehicle based on the selected scenario.

Abstract: Described is a system for analyzing time series data. A sequence of symbols is generated from a set of time series input data related to a moving vehicle using automatic segmentation. A grammar is extracted from the sequence of symbols, and the grammar is a subset of a probabilistic context-free grammar (PCFG). Using the grammar, time series input data can be analyzed, and a prediction of the vehicle's movement can be made. Vehicle operations for an autonomous vehicle are determined using the prediction.

Abstract: An image reading device includes a single light source that irradiates an image reading target with light, a traveling change member that changes a traveling direction of the light from the light source and irradiates the image reading target with the light at an incidence angle different from an incidence angle of the light directly applied from the light source to the image reading target, and a switching mechanism that switches traveling of the light from the light source to an optical path for directly irradiating the image reading target or an optical path for irradiating the image reading target via the traveling change member.

Abstract: An image reading device includes plural light sources that irradiate an image reading target with light at different angles; and a switching mechanism that sequentially switches the light incident to the image reading target from the plural light sources during an image reading operation on the image reading target.

Abstract: The present invention is a resist composition, including: a resin (A) having: a repeating unit represented by the general formula (p-1); a repeating unit represented by the general formula (a-1); and a repeating unit represented by the general formula (b-1); a resin (B) having: a repeating unit represented by the general formula (p-2); a repeating unit represented by the general formula (a-1); and a repeating unit represented by the general formula (b-1); and a solvent (D), wherein a content of the resin (A) contained in the resist composition is smaller than a content of the resin (B). This provides a resist composition that reduces roughness and size uniformity of a hole pattern with high resolution exceeding that of conventional resist materials even with a high exposure-dose region, that has good pattern shape after exposure, and that has excellent etching resistance.

Abstract: An information processing apparatus includes a processor configured to acquire a plural pieces of image data generated by scanning a surface of an object at least two times while changing a light source, in a case where a result of collation of first image data generated by first scanning using a first light source with second image data generated by second scanning using a second light source different from the first light source is included within an allowable range, combine the first image data and the second image data, and in a case where the result of collation of the first image data with the second image data is not included within the allowable range, collate third image data generated by third scanning performed using the first light source with the second image data, and in a case where a result of the collation is included within the allowable range, combine the second image data and the third image data.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a SiSiC member including at least one long hole provided therein, the SiSiC member including: a tubular region A which is an outer peripheral region of the long hole; and a tube exterior region B which is a region outside the tubular region A, in which a content of Si simple substance in the tube exterior region B in terms of vol % is higher than a content of Si simple substance in the tubular region A in terms of vol %.

Abstract: A control system of the autonomous vehicle may generate multiple possible behavior control movements based on the driving goal and the assessment of the vehicle environment. In doing so, the method and system selects one of the best behavior control, among the multiple possible movements, and the selection is based on the quantitative grading of its driving behavior.

Abstract: As an example of an EC element in which vertical color separation is suppressed, the present disclosure provides an EC element including a pair of electrodes, a solvent, an anodic EC compound, and a cathodic EC compound. In the EC element, the difference between a solvation free energy of an oxidized form of the anodic EC compound in water and a solvation free energy of the oxidized form in octanol is 35 kcal/mol or more, and the difference between a solvation free energy of a reduced form of the cathodic EC compound in propylene carbonate and a solvation free energy of the reduced form in octanol is ?35 kcal/mol or less.

Abstract: A chemically amplified resist composition is provided comprising (A) a polymer P comprising repeat units having an acid labile group containing a fluorinated aromatic ring, repeat units having a phenolic hydroxy group, and repeat units adapted to generate an acid upon exposure, (B) an onium salt type quencher, and (C) a solvent. The resist composition exhibits a high sensitivity, low LWR and improved CDU when processed by photolithography.

Abstract: An aqueous composition includes (A) from 0.0001 to 10 mass % of one or more kinds of compounds selected from a C4-13 alkylphosphonic acid, a C4-13 alkylphosphonate ester, a C4-13 alkyl phosphate and a salt thereof, with respect to the total amount of the aqueous composition; and (B) from 0.0001 to 50 mass % of an acid other than the C4-13 alkylphosphonic acid, the C4-13 alkylphosphonate ester and the C4-13 alkyl phosphate or a salt thereof, with respect to the total amount of the aqueous composition.

Abstract: A method of path planning for a host vehicle includes: receiving host vehicle, environmental and obstacle information; calculating one or more projected host vehicle locations; computing a projected obstacle location for each obstacle; and determining a collision potential between each projected host vehicle location and each projected obstacle location. Until a maximum number of steps is reached, and while at least one projected host vehicle location has an associated collision potential below a collision threshold, the method further includes repeating the calculating, computing and determining steps.

Abstract: An aqueous composition includes (A) from 0.001 to 20 mass % of one or more kinds of fluorine-containing compounds selected from tetrafluoroboric acid, hexafluorosilicic acid, hexafluoroaluminic acid, hexafluorotitanic acid and a salt thereof, with respect to the total amount of the aqueous composition; and (B) from 0.0001 to 10 mass % of one or more kinds of compounds selected from a C4-13 alkylphosphonic acid, a C4-13 alkylphosphonate ester, a C4-13 alkyl phosphate and a salt thereof, with respect to the total amount of the aqueous composition.

Abstract: The present invention is a resist composition comprises a polymer compound having one or two repeating units selected from repeating units represented by the following general formulae (p-1), (p-2) and (p-3), a repeating unit represented by the following formula (a-1) and the formula (a-2) polarities of which are changed by an action of an acid, and a repeating unit represented by the following formula (b-1); a salt represented by the following general formula (B); and a solvent, wherein a difference of a C log P of the repeating unit (a-1) before and after changing the polarity is 3.0 to 4.5, and a difference of a C log P of the repeating unit (a-2) before and after changing the polarity is 2.5 to 3.2. This provides a resist composition which has high sensitivity, wide DOF and high resolution, reduces LER, LWR and CDU, and has good pattern shape after exposure and excellent etching resistance.

Abstract: An organic compound is represented by general formula (1) below: where X1 and X2 are each independently selected from the group consisting of an alkyl group, an aryl group, and an aralkyl group; R11 to R16 are each independently selected from the group consisting of a hydrogen atom, an alkyl group, an alkoxy group, an aryl group, a heterocyclic group, and a halogen atom; R21 and R22 are each independently selected from the group consisting of a hydrogen atom, an alkyl group, an aryl group, and an aralkyl group; and A1? and A2? each independently represent a monovalent anion.

Abstract: An image processing apparatus includes a medium discharge portion onto which a medium to be taken out by a person with the person standing is discharged, a placement portion that is installed above the medium discharge portion, an object in color that is represented by using a Y-value closer than a value that represents black color to a value that represents white color where the color is represented by using a Y-value that represents luminance in a YCbCr method being placed on the placement portion, an image capturing member that is installed above the placement portion and that captures an image of the object that is placed on the placement portion.

Abstract: A container apparatus includes a first container unit that is movable from a first position at which a recording medium having a first size is to be supplied into an apparatus body to a second position at which a user is to supply the recording medium and that includes an upstream end portion and a downstream end portion in a direction in which the recording medium is to be supplied into the apparatus body with the first container unit positioned at the first position. The upstream end portion and the downstream end portion of the first container unit are located at different heights with the first container unit positioned at the second position.