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.

Abstract: A display apparatus according to the present invention, includes: a display panel; a display optical system for looking at the display panel; an image sensor for capturing an eye of an user looking at the display panel, the image sensor having a rectangular imaging plane; and an imaging optical system for forming an optical image of the eye on the imaging plane, wherein the imaging optical system has an optical axis that is nonparallel to an optical axis of the display optical system, and a projected line of the optical axis of the display optical system on the imaging plane is substantially parallel to a long side of the imaging plane.

Abstract: In a communication system including a communication apparatus and a communication terminal which are able to perform wireless communication with each other, the communication apparatus includes a first wireless communication interface conforming to a Bluetooth standard and including a plurality of antennas, and the communication terminal includes a second wireless communication interface conforming to the Bluetooth standard and one or more controllers configured to acquire angle information and radio field intensity information based on a result of a plurality of radio waves respectively emitted from the plurality of antennas having been received by the second wireless communication interface, and, in response to the angle information and the radio field intensity information having satisfied a predetermined condition, transmit a request for establishment of wireless communication conforming to the Bluetooth standard to the first wireless communication interface via the second wireless communication interface

Abstract: The present invention provides an image processing method capable of intuitively recognizing the three-dimensional shape of an organ by limiting the inspection range to the vicinity of the diagnostic target organ in image diagnosis. Given binary three-dimensional data representing an object in three-dimensional space, the image processing method partitions the object into individual segments with boundaries on narrow parts of the object's shape. A series of organs with no numerical differences in the boundaries on the image data can be segmented into individual organs at geometrically constricted locations because the connected organs can be identified by their shape. As a result, it is possible to examine a limited area specific to the target organ during image diagnosis, and to perform the examination while viewing the intuitive 3D shape of the organ during image interpretation.

Abstract: A fishing rod includes: a reel seat; a blank extending from a front end surface of the reel seat; a cylindrical spacer provided on the blank on the same axis; a hood holder screwed at a front end portion of the reel seat; a hood continuously provided at a rear end of the hood holder; and a rocker including a plurality of support parts extending frontward from near a front end of the hood holder and coming into contact with an outer peripheral surface of the spacer, wherein in a state where the hood holder is screwed into the reel seat side, a protruding part of each of the support parts is close to the spacer.

Abstract: A beverage dispensing apparatus for preparing a beverage and dispensing the prepared beverage into a container. The beverage dispensing apparatus includes a beverage reading device configured to read information indicating the beverage, the information including a kind and a volume of the beverage, a display operation device configured to display thereon the information indicating the beverage, and a control device configured to perform control to cause the display operation device to display the information indicating the beverage, and to cause the beverage to be prepared and dispensed into the container.

Abstract: A method includes providing a first wafer including a respective set of first metal bonding pads and at least one first alignment diagnostic structure, providing a second wafer including a respective set of second metal bonding pads and a respective set of second alignment diagnostic structures, overlaying the first wafer and the second wafer, measuring at least one of a current, voltage or contact resistance between the first alignment diagnostic structures and the second alignment diagnostic structures to determine an overlay offset, and bonding the second wafer to the first wafer.

Abstract: An information processing apparatus includes a storage unit configured to store at least a first boot program and a second boot program corresponding to the first boot program, a controller configured to read and execute a program, detect, in accordance with occurrence of a read error at reading of the first boot program, an address of a storage area storing a program in which the read error has occurred in the first boot program, and specify, from an address of a storage area storing the second boot program, an address corresponding to the detected address. The controller reads and executes the second boot program stored in the specified address.

Abstract: In a communication system including a communication apparatus and a communication terminal which are able to perform wireless communication with each other, the communication apparatus includes a first wireless communication interface conforming to a Bluetooth standard and including a plurality of antennas, and the communication terminal includes a second wireless communication interface conforming to the Bluetooth standard and one or more controllers configured to acquire angle information and radio field intensity information based on a result of a plurality of radio waves respectively emitted from the plurality of antennas having been received by the second wireless communication interface, and, in response to the angle information and the radio field intensity information having satisfied a predetermined condition, transmit a request for establishment of wireless communication conforming to the Bluetooth standard to the first wireless communication interface via the second wireless communication interface

Abstract: An alternating stack of insulating layers and sacrificial material layers is formed over a substrate. Memory openings and support openings are formed through the alternating stack, and memory opening fill structures and support pillar structures are formed in the memory openings and in the support openings, respectively. Via cavities extending to each of the sacrificial material layers are formed through the alternating stack without forming any stepped surfaces in the alternating stack. The via cavities may be formed in areas that do not overlap with the support pillar structures, or in areas that include at least one support pillar structure. Sacrificial via fill structures are formed in the via cavies, and the sacrificial material layers are replaced with electrically conductive layers. The sacrificial via fill structures are removed, and a combination of a tubular dielectric spacer and a contact via structure can be formed in the via cavities.