Abstract: A window regulator has a guide rail extending in a drive direction of a window glass, and a slider supporting the window glass and supported on the guide rail so as to slide in the drive direction. In the window regulator, the guide rail has a grease application region extending in the drive direction, and the slider has multiple grease application portions provided along the drive direction to apply grease in a stepwise manner to the grease application region.

Abstract: A semiconductor device includes a semiconductor layer of a first conductivity type having a first main surface at one side and a second main surface at another side, a trench gate structure including a gate trench formed in the first main surface of the semiconductor layer, and a gate electrode embedded in the gate trench via a gate insulating layer, a trench source structure including a source trench formed deeper than the gate trench and across an interval from the gate trench in the first main surface of the semiconductor layer, a source electrode embedded in the source trench, and a deep well region of a second conductivity type formed in a region of the semiconductor layer along the source trench, a ratio of a depth of the trench source structure with respect to a depth of the trench gate structure being not less than 1.5 and not more than 4.

Abstract: An information processing apparatus includes an input interface, a processor, and an output interface. The input interface obtains observation data obtained from an observation space. The processor detects a detection target included in the observation data. The processor maps coordinates of the detected detection target as coordinates of a detection target in a virtual space, tracks a position and a velocity of a material point indicating the detection target in the virtual space, and maps coordinates of the tracked material point in the virtual space as coordinates in a display space. The processor sequentially observes a size of the detection target in the display space and estimates a size of a detection target at a present time on a basis of observed values of a size of a detection target at the present time and estimated values of a size of a past detection target.

Abstract: An information processing apparatus includes an input interface, a processor, and an output interface. The input interface obtains observation data obtained from an observation space. The processor detects a subject image of a detection target from the observation data, calculates a plurality of individual indices indicating degrees of reliability, each of which relates to at least identification information or measurement information regarding the detection target, and also calculates an integrated index, which is obtained by integrating a plurality of calculated individual indices. The output interface outputs the integrated index.

Abstract: A monitoring device is configured to include an image data acquiring unit, a detecting unit, and a notifying unit. The image data acquiring unit acquires image data obtained by imaging a work area, and information relating to the position in which the image data were captured. The detecting unit detects, from the image data, at least either an unsafe behavior of a worker in the work area, or an unsafe environment around the worker, as an unsafe condition. The notifying unit notifies a terminal of the unsafe condition detected by the detecting unit, and the information relating to the position in which the unsafe condition is detected.

Abstract: Provided is a food or beverage product having good taste with sharp astringent taste of cycloaspartylglycine in the food or beverage product reduced. The content of cycloaspartylglycine and the weight ratio of the content of glucose to the content of maltose ([glucose]/[maltose] weight ratio) in the food or beverage product are adjusted to fall within specific ranges.

Abstract: A semiconductor device includes a chip, an electrode that is formed on the chip, an inorganic insulating layer that covers the electrode and has a first opening exposing the electrode, an organic insulating layer that covers the inorganic insulating layer, has a second opening surrounding the first opening at an interval from the first opening, and exposes an inner peripheral edge of the inorganic insulating layer in a region between the first opening and the second opening, and an Ni plating layer that covers the electrode inside the first opening and covers the inner peripheral edge of the inorganic insulating layer inside the second opening.

Abstract: To provide an electrocatalyst for fuel cells, which is configured to ensure both the initial performance and durability of fuel cells. An electrocatalyst for fuel cells, wherein the electrocatalyst comprises a carbon support including a mesopore and a catalyst alloy supported on the carbon support, and the catalyst alloy is a catalyst alloy of platinum and a transition metal; wherein the mesopore includes at least one throat; wherein an average effective diameter of the at least one throat is 1.8 nm or more and less than 3.2 nm; and wherein a transition metal ratio of the catalyst alloy supported on a deeper-side region than the at least one throat, is lower than the transition metal ratio of the catalyst alloy supported on a nearer-side region than the at least one throat.

Abstract: One of the purposes of the present invention is to provide an SiH group-containing polysiloxane emulsion composition having a less risk of expansion of a container due to the dehydrogenation reaction with time during storage, causing less deterioration in its performance, and having an excellent shelf life. Another purpose of the present invention is to provide an addition-curable silicone emulsion composition comprising the aforesaid emulsion composition and having excellent curability. Another purpose is to provide a cured film obtained by curing the aforesaid addition-curable silicone emulsion composition and having excellent light releasability from an adhesive. The present invention provides an emulsion composition comprising components (A), (B), (C) and (E): 100 parts by mass of (A) organohydrogenpolysiloxane having at least two hydrogen atoms each bonded to a silicon atom (i.e., SiH group) in one molecule, 0.1 to 20 parts by mass of (B) a nonionic surfactant, 0.

Abstract: An image processing apparatus 10 includes an interface 12 configured to acquire a stereo image that includes a standard image and a reference image captured from different viewpoints and a processor 13 configured to perform low-rank approximation by singular value decomposition on the standard image and the reference image, and calculate a parallax by performing stereo matching processing between the standard image and the reference image that are subjected to the low-rank approximation by the singular value decomposition.

Abstract: The present invention provides an acrylate-based copolymer obtained by polymerizing constituent monomers including a polymerizable monomer (a) consisting of an alkyl acrylate-based monomer represented by the following general formula (1) in an amount of from 10 mol % to 95 mol % with respect to a total number of moles of the constituent monomers, a polymerizable monomer (b) consisting of an alkylene glycol acrylate-based monomer represented by the following general formula (2) in an amount of from 5 mol % to 50 mol % with respect to the total number of moles of the constituent monomers, and at least one kind of polymerizable monomer (c) selected from the group consisting of an aromatic vinyl-based monomer (c-1) and a short-chain alkyl acrylate-based monomer (c-2) represented by the following general formula (3) in an amount of from 0 mol % to 60 mol % with respect to the total number of moles of the constituent monomers.

Abstract: A work vehicle control system includes an actual topography acquisition device, a storage device, and a controller. The actual topography acquisition device acquires actual topography information, which indicates an actual topography of a work target. The storage device stores design topography information, which indicates a final design topography that is a target topography of the work target. The controller acquires the actual topography information from the actual topography acquisition device, and the design topography information from the storage device. The controller determines an intermediate design topography positioned above the actual topography and below the final design topography. The controller generates a command signal to move the work implement based on the intermediate design topography. The intermediate design topography includes a plurality of intermediate design surfaces divided in the traveling direction of the work vehicle.

Abstract: A diketopiperazine mixture suitable for mixing with a food or drink and a method for producing the mixture. High-temperature and high-pressure treatment of plant peptides in a liquid allows production of a plant extract containing a high concentration of diketopiperazines including cyclo-leucyl-leucine and cyclo-leucyl-phenylalanine. Diketopiperazines having excellent flavor derived from a plant natural product and can produce a food or drink provided with the functions of the diketopiperazines by directly mixing the diketopiperazines with the food or drink.

Abstract: A reproduction apparatus dividing a cross section of superposed light into a plurality of regions in a tangential and/or radial direction includes: an optical system configured to generate each of a first set of signal light and reference light having a phase difference of approximately 0°, a second set of signal light and reference light having a phase difference of approximately 180°, a third set of signal light and reference light having a phase difference of approximately 90°, and a fourth set of signal light and reference light having a phase difference of approximately 270°, using a plurality of superposed light beams corresponding to the divided regions; an optical receiver configured to output signals corresponding to the sets of the signal light and the reference light; and a circuit configured to compute signals as differences between the signals, and obtain a reproduction signal by computation from the computed signals.

Abstract: An SiC semiconductor device includes an SiC semiconductor layer of a first conductivity type having a main surface, a source trench formed in the main surface and having a side wall and a bottom wall, a source electrode embedded in the source trench and having a side wall contact portion in contact with a region of the side wall of the source trench at an opening side of the source trench, a body region of a second conductivity type formed in a region of a surface layer portion of the main surface along the source trench, and a source region of the first conductivity type electrically connected to the side wall contact portion of the source electrode in a surface layer portion of the body region.

Abstract: The method for manufacturing a solar cell includes: forming a first semiconductor layer of first conductivity type on a surface of a semiconductor substrate; forming a lift-off layer containing a silicon-based material on the first semiconductor layer; selectively removing the lift-off layer and first semiconductor layer; forming a second semiconductor layer of second conductivity type on a surface having the lift-off layer and first semiconductor layer; and removing the second semiconductor layer covering the lift-off layer by removing the lift-off layer using an etching solution.

Abstract: An image processing apparatus 10 includes an interface 12 configured to acquire an image and a processor 13 configured to perform low-rank approximation by singular value decomposition on the acquired image, and perform object recognition on the acquired image subjected to the low-rank approximation by the singular value decomposition.

Abstract: The present invention provides a recording medium detecting device, an image forming device, an image forming system, a recording medium detecting method, and a non-transitory recording medium storing a computer readable program capable of detecting a grain direction of a recording medium. A recording medium detecting device has: a sensor capable of detecting a recording medium from a first detection direction and a second detection direction different from the first detection direction; and a control unit. The control unit determines a grain direction of a recording medium from first surface property data obtained when the recording medium is detected from the first detection direction and second surface property data obtained when the recording medium is detected from the second detection direction.

Abstract: A reproduction apparatus dividing a cross section of superposed light into a plurality of regions in a tangential and/or radial direction includes: an optical system configured to generate each of a first set of signal light and reference light having a phase difference of approximately 0°, a second set of signal light and reference light having a phase difference of approximately 180°, a third set of signal light and reference light having a phase difference of approximately 90°, and a fourth set of signal light and reference light having a phase difference of approximately 270°, using a plurality of superposed light beams corresponding to the divided regions; an optical receiver configured to output signals corresponding to the sets of the signal light and the reference light; and a circuit configured to compute signals as differences between the signals, and obtain a reproduction signal by computation from the computed signals.

Abstract: A variable displacement swash plate compressor includes a displacement control valve that is configured to change crank chamber pressure, and an opening adjusting valve that adjusts an amount of refrigerant sucked into a suction chamber. The opening adjusting valve includes a valve case, a first valve element, a second valve element, and an urging spring. The valve case has a valve seat on which the second valve element is seated. The valve seat regulates movement of the second valve element toward the first valve element. A sealing member is provided between an inner peripheral surface of the valve case that defines a second valve chamber and an outer peripheral surface of the second valve element to prevent refrigerant in the second valve chamber so that leakage between a bleed passage and a control passage is prevented.