Abstract: Provided is a method for performing accurate object recognition in a stable manner in consideration of changes in a shooting environment. In such a method, a camera captures an image of a shooting location where an object is to be placed and an object included in an image of the shooting location is recognized utilizing a machine learning model for object recognition. The method further involves: determining necessity of an update operation on the machine learning model for object recognition at a predetermined time; when the update operation is necessary, causing the camera to capture an image of the shooting location where no object is placed to thereby re-acquire a background image for training; and causing the machine learning model to be trained using a composite image of a backgroundless object image and the re-acquired background image for training as training data.

Abstract: There is provided a processing apparatus for forming a film with a plasma. The processing apparatus comprises: a processing container, having a ceramic sprayed coating on an inner wall on which an antenna that radiates microwaves is arranged, configured to accommodate a substrate; a mounting table configured to mount the substrate in the processing container; and a controller configured to perform a precoating process of coating a surface of the ceramic sprayed coating with a first carbon film with a plasma of a first carbon-containing gas at a first pressure and a film forming process of forming a second carbon film on the substrate with a plasma of a second carbon-containing gas at a second pressure.

Abstract: A substrate processing method of processing a substrate includes: a carry-in process of carrying the substrate into a processing container; a first process of forming a first carbon film on the substrate with plasma of a first mixture gas containing a carbon-containing gas in a state in which interior of the processing container is maintained at a first pressure; and a second process of changing a pressure in the processing container to a second pressure higher than the first pressure.

Abstract: Provided is a heterocyclic compound that can have an antagonistic action on an NMD A receptor containing the NR2B subunit and that is expected to be useful as a prophylactic or therapeutic agent for depression, bipolar disorder, migraine, pain, peripheral symptoms of dementia and the like. A compound represented by the formula (I), wherein each symbol is as defined in the DESCRIPTION, or a salt thereof.

Abstract: Apparatuses including semiconductor layout to mitigate local layout effects are disclosed. An example apparatus includes a plurality of standard cells each including an active region, an isolation region adjacent the active region, and a first gate structure disposed on the active region and the isolation region. The first gate structure includes a first gate portion disposed on the active region, and a first contact portion disposed on the isolation region. The apparatus further includes a second gate structure disposed on the active region and the isolation region. The second gate structure includes a second gate portion disposed on the active region, and a second contact portion disposed on the isolation region. In the apparatus, a distance between a first contact point and the first gate portion is substantially equal to a distance between a second contact point and the second gate portion.

Abstract: The musical instrument tuner includes: a sensor device that is attached to a musical instrument; and an operation device that is able to perform wireless communication mutually with the sensor device, in which the sensor device includes an acceleration sensor that has at least two detection axes, frequency detection means for detecting, as a detected frequency, a frequency of a vibration of musical sound generated through an operation of the musical instrument based on an output from the acceleration sensor, and sensor-side communication means for transmitting transmission information including information regarding the detected frequency to the operation device, and the operation device includes operation-side communication means for receiving the transmission information transmitted from the sensor device, display means, and control means for generating tuning information of the musical instrument and causing the display means to display the tuning information based on the transmission information received

Abstract: An imaging device according to the present disclosure includes a front case, a rear case, and a shield member. The front case supports an imaging optical unit. The rear case includes an electrically conductive output mechanism configured to output a signal output from the imaging optical unit. The shield member electrically connects the front case and the output mechanism.

Abstract: A work machine includes a housing, a motor positioned on an upper surface of the housing, a battery connected with the motor, and a blade to be driven by the motor. An air introduction member that cools a control device by causing air to flow is provided on an inside of a motor case. Plural bottom surface ventilation ports and plural side surface ventilation ports are provided in the motor case. Both of the ventilation ports cause air to flow into the inside of the motor case. The plural bottom surface ventilation ports and the plural side surface ventilation ports are disposed at positions lower than the air introduction member and the control device.

Abstract: Provided is a motor control apparatus that suppresses a steep rush current to a charging circuit and that can quickly start driving of a motor without depending on a current-limiting resistor. The motor control apparatus according to the present disclosure includes an inverter for driving a motor, a charging circuit for supplying electric power to the inverter, a relay circuit for connecting a charging circuit and a power supply terminal, a control unit for controlling the inverter and the relay circuit, and a pre-charging circuit that is provided in parallel with the relay circuit, that starts charging from the power supply terminal to the charging circuit after a power switch for connecting an external power source with the power supply terminal is turned on, and that completes charging of the charging circuit before the control unit starts operation thereof.

Abstract: An image forming system includes an image forming apparatus and an insertion device. The image forming apparatus includes an image forming device, a transport device, and a control device. The control device acts as a controller and an executer. The controller causes the image forming device to execute a printing job, and causes the insertion device to insert the interleaving paper in a printed material at an insertion start timing designated by the printing job. The executer executes calibration at an execution start timing set in advance, and sets a time point that a predetermined time has elapsed after a previous calibration to the execution start timing in advance. The executer starts to execute the calibration at the insertion start timing, when a predetermined condition is satisfied.

Abstract: An electric motor control device includes a current detection unit, an interface unit, a switching unit, and an arithmetic processing unit. A detection signal of a current detected by the current detection unit is input to the interface unit. The interface unit includes a plurality of filters having time constants different from one another, and performs filtering processing on the detection signal. The switching unit controls power supplied to an electric motor. The arithmetic processing unit uses, as a selected filter, a filter selected from among the plurality of filters based on the length of a control pulse. The arithmetic processing unit uses, as a detected current value, a value obtained by A/D conversion of a processed signal that is the detection signal on which the filtering processing has been performed with the selected filter.

Abstract: An image formation system includes an image forming apparatus and an inserter. The image forming apparatus includes an image forming device, a conveyance device, and a control device. The control device functions as a controller and an executor. The controller allows the inserter to insert an interleaving paper between sheets of printed material at an insertion start timing specified by a print job. When the plurality of calibrations include a second calibration capable of being completed within an interleaving paper insertion time required to insert the interleaving paper or a third calibration capable of being completed within a total time of the interleaving paper insertion time and a predetermined additional time, the executor executes the second calibration or the third calibration in time with the insertion start timing.

Abstract: The present invention aims to provide an aldehyde scavenger which has excellent aldehyde scavenging properties and yields a resin composition with excellent moldability (mold fouling resistance) when added to a resin. The present invention relates to an aldehyde scavenger containing at least one of: (1) a copolymer (A) containing a (meth)acrylamide (a) and an acid group-containing unsaturated monomer (b) as constituent monomers; and (2) a mixture containing a (co)polymer (B) and a (co)polymer (C), the (co)polymer (B) containing the (meth)acrylamide (a) as a constituent monomer but not containing the acid group-containing unsaturated monomer (b) as a constituent monomer, and the (co)polymer (C) containing the acid group-containing unsaturated monomer (b) as a constituent monomer but not containing the (meth)acrylamide (a) as a constituent monomer.

Abstract: An image forming system includes an image forming apparatus and an insertion device. The image forming apparatus includes an image forming device, a transport device, and a control device. The control device acts as a controller and an executer. The controller causes the image forming device to execute a printing job, and causes the insertion device to insert the interleaving paper in a printed material at an insertion start timing designated by the printing job. The executer executes calibration at an execution start timing set in advance, and sets a time point that a predetermined time has elapsed after a previous calibration to the execution start timing in advance. The executer starts to execute the calibration at the insertion start timing, when a predetermined condition is satisfied.

Abstract: An image formation system includes an image forming apparatus and an inserter. The image forming apparatus includes an image forming device, a conveyance device, and a control device. The control device functions as a controller and an executor. The controller allows the inserter to insert an interleaving paper between sheets of printed material at an insertion start timing specified by a print job. When the plurality of calibrations include a second calibration capable of being completed within an interleaving paper insertion time required to insert the interleaving paper or a third calibration capable of being completed within a total time of the interleaving paper insertion time and a predetermined additional time, the executor executes the second calibration or the third calibration in time with the insertion start timing.

Abstract: An object is to provide an acid-type carboxymethylated cellulose nanofiber in which the viscosity is not excessively high at the time of preparing a dispersion liquid and the introduced carboxymethyl group is desalted to convert the acid type, and the acid-type carboxymethylated cellulose nanofiber has 0.01 to 0.50 of the degree of substitution with carboxymethyl group per glucose unit, wherein the B-type viscosity in an aqueous dispersion with a concentration of 0.95 to 1.05% by mass is 1000 mPa·s or more under the condition of 60 rpm and 20° C., and 7000 mPa·s or more under the condition of 6 rpm and 20° C.

Abstract: The present invention intends to provide an acid type carboxylated cellulose nanofiber having a high viscosity in a low shear region, or to provide an acid type carboxylated cellulose nanofiber having a very short fiber length, and the acid type carboxylated cellulose nanofiber has a carboxy group at least in part of a constituent unit constituting a cellulose molecular chain, wherein a viscosity of water dispersion with a content from 0.95 to 1.05% by mass is 400 Pa·s or higher at a shear velocity from 0.003 to 0.01 s?1 at 30° C., or an average fiber length is from 50 to 500 nm and a ratio of fibers having a fiber length of 300 nm or shorter is 50% or higher.

Abstract: The objective is to provide a motor control apparatus that suppresses a steep rush current to a charging circuit and that can quickly start driving of a motor without depending on a current-limiting resistor. A motor control apparatus according to the present disclosure includes an inverter for driving a motor, a charging circuit for supplying electric power to the inverter, a relay circuit for connecting a charging circuit and a DC power source, a control unit for controlling the inverter and the relay circuit, and a pre-charging circuit that is provided in parallel with the relay circuit, that starts charging from the DC power source to the charging circuit after a power switch for connecting an external power source with the DC power source is turned on, and that completes charging of the charging circuit before the control unit starts operation thereof.

Abstract: This mixed suspension contains (1) a dispersant, (2) a cellulose nanofiber, and (3) a filler.

Abstract: In a musical performance support system including a sensor device that is attached to a musical instrument and an operation device that is able to perform wireless communication mutually with the sensor device and is able to perform communication with an instructor terminal of an instructor via a server, the sensor device transmits a detection signal detected by an acceleration sensor that has at least to detection axes to the operation device, the operation device generates practice result information of musical performance of a user using the musical instrument and transmits the practice result information to the server, and the operation device receives guidance information in response to the practice result information from the instructor terminal through the server and causes display means to display the guidance information.