Abstract: Provided is an optical device capable of suppressing variations in the range for scanning light. This optical device comprises: a light source that emits a laser beam; a MEMS mirror that scans the laser beam toward a predetermined range; and a diffraction grating that guides the laser beam to the MEMS mirror by guiding the laser beam in a direction corresponding to the wavelength thereof. The optical device also comprises an MEMS control unit that performs control such that, by employing a change in the optical path of the laser beam caused through the diffraction grating by a change in the wavelength of the laser beam, variations in the scanning range of the laser beam by the MEMS mirror are suppressed.

Abstract: Disclosed herein is an apparatus that includes: a semiconductor substrate including first and second STI regions arranged in a first direction, a first diffusion region having a first conductivity type surrounded by the first STI region, a second diffusion region having a second conductivity type surrounded by the second STI region, and a third diffusion region extending in a second direction such that the third diffusion region is arranged between the first and second STI regions; a first gate electrode including a first polycrystalline silicon film covering a part of the first diffusion region to form a P-channel MOS transistor; a second gate electrode including a second polycrystalline silicon film covering a part of the second diffusion region to form an N-channel MOS transistor; and a third polycrystalline silicon film extending in the second direction such that the third polycrystalline silicon film covers the third diffusion region.

Abstract: A sheet manufacturing apparatus includes a case that accommodates raw material pieces including fibers, a rotator that rotates inside the case to stir the raw material pieces, a stirring motor that rotates the rotator, a transport apparatus that transports the raw material pieces through a transport path coupled to a side wall of the case, and a control apparatus that controls rotation states of the rotator and the transport apparatus, in which the transport apparatus includes a discharge pipe that rotates on a central axis along the transport path, and a transport motor that rotates the discharge pipe.

Abstract: An optical device comprises: a line sensor having a plurality of light reception elements that receive incident light including reflection light resulting from laser light having been emitted from a light source and reflected by an object, and including ambient light; a diffraction grating that guides the incident light to the plurality of light reception elements by diffracting the incident light to a direction depending on the wavelength; and a control unit that detects the reflection light on the basis of the light reception amounts of the light reception elements. The diffraction grating is configured to guide, to one of the plurality of light reception elements, a wavelength within a predetermined range that includes the wavelength of the laser light emitted from the light source.

Abstract: Embodiments of the disclosure are drawn to arrangements of one or more “cuts” or pattern of cuts in conductive structures. Wiring layers may each include a cut pattern including a set of cuts through conductive structures of the wiring layers where each of the cuts is offset from the other in a direction orthogonal to the cut. The cut pattern in a wiring layer may be orthogonal to the cut pattern in another wiring layer. In some examples, the cut pattern may be a stair-step pattern. In some examples, the cut pattern may be interrupted by other conductive structures.

Abstract: An information processing device includes one or more processors. The one or more processors are configured to: perform, by using a physical model for performing a simulation of operations of a plurality of electronic devices, the simulation, and output a plurality of pieces of first data representing outputs by the plurality of electronic devices; and estimate, based on the first data and a plurality of pieces of second data representing outputs obtained by operating the plurality of electronic devices, mapping data representing a correspondence between the plurality of electronic devices that output the first data and the plurality of electronic devices that output the second data.

Abstract: Some embodiments include an apparatus having a well region extending into a semiconductor substrate. A first conductive element is over the well region, and a second conductive element is over the first conductive element. A hole extends through the first conductive element. A connecting element extends from the second conductive element to the well region, and passes through the hole.

Abstract: An authentication device includes a deciding unit (118) that, based on distribution information of the feature points included in a pattern present in some part of the body of the user, decides on the position of that part of the body to be used in authentication of the user; a guiding unit (120) that, based on the decided position, guides the concerned part of the body to the decided position for the purpose of authentication of the user; and an authenticating unit (122) that performs authentication of the user based on feature information of the pattern as obtained due to the guiding.

Abstract: The present technology relates to a display control apparatus, a display control method, and a program which allow appropriate insurance to be recommended. Displayed is an insurance table of insurance, the insurance being detected in accordance with an evaluation value or evaluation values of the insurance preparing for a life relevant event or life relevant events being related to life, the evaluation value or evaluation values being calculated by using a development probability or development probabilities with which the life relevant event or life relevant events develop on a user. The present technology can be applied to a case where the insurance is recommended and other cases.

Abstract: A physiological information measurement apparatus includes a measuring section that acquires a physiological signal from a living body of a subject, a signal processor that produces a plurality of physiological signal waveforms based on the physiological signal acquired from the measuring section, and that identifies an arithmetic average waveform that is obtained by arithmetic averaging of the plurality of physiological signal waveforms, and information relating to arithmetic average dispersion, and a display that displays at least the information relating to the arithmetic average dispersion.

Abstract: A cleaning apparatus includes a cleaning roller configured to rotate about a first rotation axis to clean a component to which paper dust is attached, the cleaning roller having a first area and a second area that is adjacent to the first area in a direction along the first rotation axis and to which more paper dust is attached than to the first area, and a remover configured to rotate about a second rotation axis extending in a direction different from the first rotation axis and configured to come in contact with at least a portion of the second area to remove the paper dust from the second area.

Abstract: A face recognition technology that enables high-speed determination of erroneous detection of face regions and high-precision face recognition by means of a first face recognition processing unit of relatively low accuracy for detecting a face region of a person on each captured image captured by a monitor camera, and a second face recognition processing unit for performing face recognition of a person more accurately with respect to the detected face region transmitted from the first face recognition processing unit. The second face recognition. processing unit determines that the first face recognition processing unit has erroneously detected when the second face recognition processing unit is not able to recognize a face region on the detected face region transmitted from the first face recognition processing unit, and the first face recognition processing unit calculates and self-learns a barycentric coordinate of the detected face region as a point mask position. Thereafter, the first face recognition.

Abstract: An information processing system includes a storage unit configured to store correspondence information in which material information indicating a material of a composition and a process condition in a process using the composition are associated with performance information of a composition obtained by the process, a performance estimation unit configured to acquire the performance information on the basis of the input material information and processing condition, and the correspondence information, and an output unit configured to output the performance information.

Abstract: The charged particle beam irradiation apparatus includes: a focused ion beam column; an electron beam column; an electron detector; an image forming unit configured to form an observation image based on a signal output from the electron detector; and a control unit configured to repeatedly perform exposure control in which the focused ion beam column is controlled to expose a cross section of a multilayered sample toward a stacking direction with the focused ion beam, the control unit being configured to perform, every time exposure of an observation target layer at a cross section of the multilayered sample is detected in a process of repeatedly performing the exposure control, observation control in which the electron beam column is controlled to radiate the electron beam, and the image forming unit is controlled to form an observation image of the cross section of the multilayered sample.

Abstract: Apparatuses including semiconductor layout to mitigate local layout effects arc 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: An accommodation device with an air blowing function includes: an accommodation portion that is formed with an opening portion on an upper surface and accommodates a portable electronic device; a support portion, arranged so as to protrude from a side surface of the accommodation portion into the accommodation portion, the support portion configured to contact with side surfaces or upper and lower surfaces of the portable electronic device accommodated in the accommodation portion and hold the portable electronic device so as to pinch the portable electronic device; and a blower unit that blows air into the accommodation portion. The support portion has an air outlet for guiding the air sent out by the blower unit to the accommodation portion.

Abstract: An information processor including a sensor unit that recognizes an operating tool that comes into contact with a display unit, and a control unit that shows a guidance display for guiding an operation of the operating tool on the display unit.

Abstract: The present inventors have found that the use of a site-specific nuclease system which includes a combination of a molecule that simultaneously targets and cleaves one homology arm sequence of the donor DNA and the genomic sequence corresponding to the homology arm sequence, and a molecule that targets and cleaves the genomic region in the vicinity of the cleavage site by that molecule causes repair between genomic DNA and donor DNA through both non-homologous end joining and homologous recombination, making it possible to produce cells and organisms with knocked-in long donor sequences with high efficiency and accuracy.

Abstract: In order to sufficiently capture spatial distortion specific to an X-ray CT device and evaluate the three-dimensional shape measurement accuracy of the X-ray CT device, in a utensil, by attaching support rods fixing spheres to the tip thereof and having different lengths to a base spheres are arranged in an XYZ space on the base. On a flat surface on the top of the base, the support rods supporting the spheres and having different lengths are arranged at predetermined intervals. In doing so, the spheres are arranged in the XYZ space respectively at appropriate inter-sphere distances.