Abstract: A wearable image pickup apparatus that eliminates manual change of an image pickup direction during picking up an image and can easily obtain an image that records experience while focusing attention on the experience. An image pickup apparatus includes an observation direction detection unit that is worn on a body other than a head of a user, an image pickup unit that is worn on the body of the user, a memory device that stores a set of instructions, and at least one processor that executes the set of instructions to: detect an observation direction of the user by the observation direction detection unit, pick up an image by the image pickup unit, and output an output image corresponding to the observation direction based on the image picked up by the image pickup unit.

Abstract: A gas sensor includes a gas detecting element that includes a first electrode, a metal oxide layer, and a second electrode; and a first insulating film that has an opening allowing the second electrode to be partially exposed therethrough and covers the first electrode, the metal oxide layer, and another part of the second electrode. The metal oxide layer has a characteristic where its resistance value changes as the second electrode makes contact with gas molecules including hydrogen atoms. A first step is provided at a portion lying on an interface between the metal oxide layer and the second electrode and located within the opening as viewed in plan view. A local region is provided in the metal oxide layer and near the first step. A degree of oxygen deficiency of the local region is greater than a degree of oxygen deficiency of other regions in the metal oxide layer.

Abstract: The power supply device performs one-side charge control for controlling the system main relay, the charging relay, the series connection relay, the parallel connection relay, and the first and second neutral point relays so that only the first power storage unit is charged using the external DC power until the voltage of the first power storage unit becomes equal to or higher than the voltage of the second power storage unit before the first and second neutral point relays are turned on and the power storage device is charged using the external DC power.

Abstract: In a power supply apparatus, a controller programmed to control the system main relay, the charging relay, the series connection relay, the parallel connection relay, and the first and second neutral point relays such that the first and second capacitors are both precharged, to detect the presence of an abnormality in a first current path charging the first capacitor based on voltage of the first capacitor, and to detect the presence of an abnormality in a second current path charging the second capacitor based on voltage of the second capacitor.

Abstract: A fishing lure comprising a hollow lure body which is equipped with a forwardly slanting lip on one end, in which the hollow lure body contains in a center-of-gravity movable tube comprising a longitudinally straight tube body and a weight in the form of a stick which is capable of moving in the tube in the longitudinal direction, in which the tube is installed in the lure body in the position lower than the middle height of the hollow space of the lure body, and the weight has a vertical section symmetrical in its width direction and is in the form of polygon, semicircle or other.

Abstract: The present invention provides a cereal flour composition containing a cereal-derived powder, and an enzyme belonging to the tannase family, wherein the tannase activity per 1 g of the cereal-derived powder is from 0.1 to 60 kU/g. Preferably, the content of the enzyme in terms of mass is from 10 to 10000 ppm with respect to the total amount of the cereal-derived powder. Preferably, the cereal-derived powder includes at least one type selected from wholemeal flour, bran, and other cereal flour having an ash content of 0.7 mass % or greater. Preferably, the cereal-derived powder has an ash content of 0.5 mass % or greater.

Abstract: A wearable image pickup apparatus that eliminates manual change of an image pickup direction during picking up an image and can easily obtain an image that records experience while focusing attention on the experience. An image pickup apparatus includes an observation direction detection unit that is worn on a body other than a head of a user, an image pickup unit that is worn on the body of the user, a memory device that stores a set of instructions, and at least one processor that executes the set of instructions to: detect an observation direction of the user by the observation direction detection unit, pick up an image by the image pickup unit, and output an output image corresponding to the observation direction based on the image picked up by the image pickup unit.

Abstract: An illumination optical system, which irradiates a target object with light from a light source unit includes: an integrator optical system that is disposed on an optical path of the light emitted from the light source unit and uniformizes an illuminance distribution of the light with which the target object is to be irradiated; an input lens that is disposed on a light incident side of the integrator optical system; a bandpass filter that is disposed between the input lens and the integrator optical system; an aperture that is disposed on a light emission side of the integrator optical system; and a condenser lens that irradiates the target object with light emitted from the aperture, the aperture having a size larger than a size of an irradiation region of the light with which the target object is to be irradiated.

Abstract: Disclosed herein is a lighting optical system comprising: a light source having a plurality of light-emitting elements configured to emit light from light-emitting surfaces, respectively; a relay optical system configured to convert a luminous intensity distribution of light emitted from each of the light-emitting elements into an irradiance distribution and to superimpose a plurality of the irradiance distributions corresponding to the plurality of light-emitting elements on each other on a superimposed surface; an optical integrator having a plurality of wavefront splitting elements arranged in parallel to each other, the plurality of wavefront splitting elements being configured to wavefront split irradiated light through the relay optical system and to transmit the wavefront split light as a plurality of pencils of light rays; and a condenser optical system configured to superimpose the plurality of pencils of light rays on each other on a surface to be irradiated.

Abstract: A line-of-sight detection device according to the present invention includes: a lens; an image sensor disposed on an edge of the lens; and a plurality of light sources disposed along the edge of the lens, wherein in a 360° range around an optical axis of the lens, a number of light sources per degree is the maximum in a range on opposite side of the image sensor with respect to the optical axis of the lens.

Abstract: An electronic apparatus includes a proximity detector configured to detect proximity of an object to a viewfinder, a line-of-sight detector configured to detect line-of-sight information for a first display unit disposed inside the viewfinder, a memory storing instructions, and a processor configured to execute the instructions to determine an eye proximity state or an eye absence state based on a detection result of the line-of-sight detector, and start driving the proximity detector in a case where the processor determines the eye absence state, and stop driving the line-of-sight detector in a case where the proximity detector does not detect the proximity of the object.

Abstract: An illumination optical system that irradiates a target object with light from a light source unit includes an integrator optical system, a condenser lens, and a bandpass filter. The integrator optical system is disposed on an optical path of the light emitted from the light source unit and uniformizes an illuminance distribution of the light with which the target object is to be irradiated. The condenser lens includes a plurality of lenses and irradiates the target object with the light emitted from the integrator optical system. The bandpass filter is disposed between any two of the plurality of lenses included in the condenser lens.

Abstract: A three-dimensional memory device includes an alternating stack of insulating layers and electrically conductive layers located over a substrate, memory openings located in a memory array region and vertically extending through the alternating stack, memory opening fill structures located in the memory openings, and laterally-isolated contact via assemblies located in a contact region. Each of the laterally-isolated contact via assemblies includes a contact via structure contacting a top surface of a respective one of the electrically conductive layers and an insulating spacer laterally surrounding the contact via structure and having an outer surface having a corrugated vertical cross-sectional profile in which first portions of the insulating spacer located at levels of the electrically conductive layers laterally protrude outward relative to second portions of the insulating spacer located at levels of the insulating layers.

Abstract: A water-soluble composition for bacteriostasis or for absorption through mucosal tissue which improves a cellular environment and a production method thereof are provided. The water-soluble composition contains magnesium, sodium, and protein. A content ratio between the magnesium and the sodium is magnesium:sodium=16:1 to 73:1. The protein is lactoferrin. A percentage content of the magnesium is 8.0 w/v % to 12.0 w/v %. A percentage content of the lactoferrin is 3.0 w/v % to 10.0 w/v %.

Abstract: A communication system includes a communication apparatus and a communication terminal configured to wirelessly communicate with each other, wherein the communication terminal includes a first wireless communication interface configured to support a Bluetooth® standard and include a single antenna, and wherein the communication apparatus includes a second wireless communication interface configured to support the Bluetooth® standard and include a plurality of antennas, and includes one or more controllers configured to function as a unit configured to obtain angle information and field intensity information based on a result of reception of radio waves, by the plurality of antennas, transmitted from the single antenna; and a unit configured to transmit an establishment request for wireless communication based on the Bluetooth® standard to the first wireless communication interface via the second wireless communication interface based on a fact that the angle information and the field intensity information sat

Abstract: A water-soluble composition for bacteriostasis or for absorption through mucosal tissue which improves a cellular environment and a production method thereof are provided. The water-soluble composition contains magnesium, sodium, and protein. A content ratio between the magnesium and the sodium is magnesium:sodium=16:1 to 73:1. The protein is lactoferrin. A percentage content of the magnesium is 8.0 w/v % to 12.0 w/v %. A percentage content of the lactoferrin is 3.0 w/v % to 10.0 w/v %.

Abstract: An ophthalmologic imaging apparatus having an OCT optical system for acquiring OCT data of a tissue of a subject eye based on a spectral interference signal of measurement light emitted to the tissue and reference light. The apparatus further has a second optical system for acquiring a front image of the tissue; an optical element having asymmetry and arranged on a common optical path of the OCT optical system and the second optical system; and an arithmetic controller that associates an OCT data acquisition position with coordinates of the front image while taking at least a difference in distortion caused by the optical element between the OCT optical system and the second optical system into consideration.

Abstract: A fishing lure comprising a hollow lure body which is equipped with a forwardly slanting lip on one end, in which the hollow lure body contains in a center-of-gravity movable tube comprising a longitudinally straight tube body and a weight in the form of a stick which is capable of moving in the tube in the longitudinal direction, in which the tube is installed in the lure body in the position lower than the middle height of the hollow space of the lure body, and the weight has a vertical section symmetrical in its width direction and is in the form of polygon, semicircle or other.

Abstract: A three-dimensional memory device includes an alternating stack of insulating layers and electrically conductive layers, where the electrically conductive layers include word lines and drain select gate electrodes that contain plurality of drain-select-level electrically conductive strips which are located above the word lines, memory stack structures vertically extending through the alternating stack, drain-select-level isolation structures located between a respective neighboring pair of drain-select-level electrically conductive strips, and a first laterally-insulated contact via assembly including a first layer contact via structure and a first tubular insulating spacer. The first laterally-insulated contact via assembly contacts a top surface of a first word line of the word lines, and the first laterally-insulated contact via assembly laterally contacts a first drain-select-level isolation structure of the drain-select-level isolation structures.