Abstract: According to the present embodiment, a control device controlling a control target is provided which includes a first controller, a second controller, a detector, and a corrector. The first controller is configured to, by using a first measured value measured for the control target and a first command value that is a target value of the first measured value as inputs, generate a second command value. The second controller is configured to, by using a second measured value measured for the control target and the second command value as inputs, generate a target value supplied to the control target as a third command value. The detector is configured to detect a change in the second measured value and to change a control mode. The corrector is configured to generate a second correction value and correct the second controller in accordance with the control mode.

Abstract: An image forming apparatus includes an image forming unit configured to form an image on a sheet, a reversing unit configured to convey a sheet conveyed from the image forming unit in a first direction, stop the conveyance, and then convey the sheet in a second direction, which is opposite to the first direction, an image detection unit disposed to detect at least a portion of the image on the sheet stopped by the reversing unit, and a control unit configured to control the reversing unit and the image detection unit. The control unit is configured to detect the image on the sheet by the image detection unit while the sheet conveyance is stopped by the reversing unit.

Abstract: A measurement device includes: a light emitting unit configured to emit light to each of a plurality of measurement areas at different heights; an exposure unit having a plurality of exposure areas respectively corresponding to the measurement areas at different heights, and exposed to reflected light from the measurement areas by a plurality of light receiving elements respectively provided for the exposure areas; and a distance calculation unit configured to calculate a distance to a target in the measurement areas based on an exposure result of the exposure unit.

Abstract: The present disclosure relates to an image processing device, an image processing method, a program, and an image presentation system capable of presenting a more suitable image to the interior of a vehicle. An image processing unit generates a presentation image to be presented to the interior of a second vehicle that is traveling, on the basis of a vehicle external image obtained by capturing an environment outside a first vehicle that is traveling. The present disclosure can be applied to, for example, a projector type presentation device.

Abstract: A flame-retardant soundproofing material for vehicles includes a polyurethane foam obtained by foam-molding a urethane resin composition. The urethane resin composition includes an isocyanate component (A), a polyol component (B), a flame-retardant plasticizer (C), and an antioxidant (D). The isocyanate component (A) includes a mixture of 2,4?-diphenylmethane diisocyanate and 4,4?-diphenylmethane diisocyanate, and one or more modified products selected from a carbodiimide-modified product and a uretonimine-modified product of at least one of 2,4?-diphenylmethane diisocyanate and 4,4?-diphenylmethane diisocyanate of the mixture.

Abstract: A mounting structure includes: a first substrate that has a first surface on which a functional element is provided; a wiring portion that is provided at a position, which is different from a position of the functional element on the first surface, and is conductively connected to the functional element; a second substrate that has a second surface that is opposite to the first surface; and a conduction portion that is provided on the second surface, is connected to the wiring portion, and is conductively connected the functional element. The shortest distance between the functional element and the second substrate is longer than the longest distance between the second substrate and a position where the wiring portion is connected to the conduction portion.

Abstract: A template to be used for imprint lithography transferring a transfer pattern in a concave and convex structure to a resin on a transfer substrate includes a first step structure on a main surface of a base, a second step structure on the first step structure, and at an upper surface of the second step structure, a first concave and convex structure body configuring the transfer pattern, and a second concave and convex structure body configuring an alignment mark. An outer side region of the second step structure at an upper surface of the first step structure is covered with a light shielding film. A high contrast film configured by a film of a different material from a material configuring the base, is on the light shielding film and on a bottom surface of a concave part in the second concave and convex structure body.

Abstract: A motor controller includes a first control circuit, a second control circuit, a determination circuit, and a command circuit. The first control circuit outputs a first control value based on a rule base from a command value of an angular velocity and a measured value of an angular velocity. The second control circuit outputs a second control value based on a learned model from the command value of the angular velocity and the measured value of the angular velocity. The determination circuit determines a state based on at least the second control value. The command circuit acquires and outputs a control command value from the first control value and the second control value based on a result determined by the determination circuit.

Abstract: An image forming system includes an image forming apparatus, a varnish application apparatus, and a controller. The varnish application apparatus includes a varnish application unit configured to apply varnish to a recording material, a first conveyance unit configured to convey a recording material in a first conveyance path that passes through the varnish application unit, and a second conveyance unit configured to convey a recording material in a second conveyance path that does not pass through the varnish application unit. When failure is occurred to one or both of the varnish application unit and the first conveyance unit and failure is not occurred to the second conveyance unit, the controller is configured to permit execution of the second image forming job and to convey a recording material by the second conveyance unit in the varnish application apparatus.

Abstract: A processing method disclosed herein includes a heating step of heating at 850° C. or more, a collection target including a positive electrode containing at least a lithium-transition metal complex oxide with a layer structure and a negative electrode containing a carbon material, and a separating step of adding a foaming agent and a scavenger to a slurry including the collection target after the heating step and separating a metal component and a carbon component included in the collection target.

Abstract: A transmission device is configured to receive a video signal from an external camera in a form of a baseband signal and convert the video signal into an IP signal to transmit a video. The transmission device includes: a transmission unit configured to transmit, to a predetermined external device, a camera video that is being captured and is received from the camera; and a display provided in a housing of the transmission device.

Abstract: A control device in one embodiment includes a first transmission unit, a first receiving unit, and a first generation unit. The first transmission unit is configured to transmit first performance data including contents of playing a keyboard instrument at a first communication base to a second communication base. The first receiving unit is configured to receive second performance data from the second communication base. The first generation unit is configured to generate a drive signal to produce a sound in accordance with the second performance data and output the drive signal to a sound generation device at the first communication base. At least one of the first performance data and the second performance data includes a key position signal indicating a key press amount on the keyboard instrument.

Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a reproduction method for obtaining a negative electrode active material with improved rapid charge-discharge property, from a used lithium ion secondary battery. A technology disclosed herein is directed to a reproduction method for a negative electrode active material from a used lithium ion secondary battery, including: a preparation step of preparing the used lithium ion secondary battery including a positive electrode, a negative electrode including a negative electrode active material containing a carbon material, and an electrolyte; a charging step of charging the lithium ion secondary battery; a discharging step of discharging the lithium ion secondary battery obtained after the charging step, at a discharge rate higher than a charge rate of the charging step; and a recovery step of recovering the negative electrode active material containing the carbon material from the negative electrode in the lithium ion secondary battery obtained after the discharging step.

Abstract: A servo pattern recording apparatus according to an embodiment of the present technology is an apparatus that records a plurality of servo patterns adjacent to each other in a tape width direction on a magnetic layer of a magnetic tape, including: a servo write head; and a temperature adjustment unit. The servo write head includes a plurality of recording units arranged corresponding to a plurality of servo bands of the magnetic layer on which the plurality of servo patterns is recorded. The temperature adjustment unit is configured to be capable of individually adjusting temperatures of the plurality of recording units.

Abstract: An image forming apparatus includes: a photoconductor; a charging portion that charges a surface of the photoconductor; an exposure portion including a substrate including a plurality of light emitting portions for exposing the photoconductor; a developing portion that develops a latent image formed on the surface of the photoconductor with toner; a fan that generates an airflow for cooling the exposure portion; and a duct that communicates with the fan and communicates with the support portion, the duct guiding the airflow generated by the fan to the substrate; in which a part of the duct is formed by a charging support portion that supports the charging portion, a developing support portion that supports the development, and a duct portion, and a space between the duct portion and the charging support portion and a space between the duct portion and the developing support portion are sealed by a sealing member.

Abstract: A cathode unit for a magnetron sputtering apparatus includes a backing plate joined to an upper side opposed to a sputtering surface of a target set in a posture facing an inside of a vacuum chamber and a magnet unit disposed above the backing plate at an interval, a refrigerant passage through which a refrigerant can flow being formed in the backing plate, in which a surface pressure applying unit is provided, the surface pressure applying unit applying, toward an upper outer surface of the backing plate from above the backing plate, a surface pressure equivalent to pressure applied to an upper inner surface of the backing plate when the refrigerant is circulated.

Abstract: A fiber-reinforced thermoplastic resin filament for a 3D printer is formed by impregnating a thermoplastic resin into a plurality of continuous reinforcing fibers, wherein: an average value S of a roundness parameter s of a cross section is 60% to 100%, the average value S being evaluated by (i) taking a photograph of the cross section perpendicular to the axial direction of the filament, (ii) drawing an inscribed circle and a circumscribed circle of the filament in a cross-sectional image and determining the diameter length of each, (iii) calculating the roundness parameter s defined by equation (1), and (iv) repeating (i)-(iii) at a plurality of locations on the filament and calculating the average value S of the roundness parameter s; and the coefficient of variation of the diameter length of the circumscribed circle is 0% to 10%.