Abstract: There is provided an information processing apparatus including a part generation unit configured to generate a part that is suitable for a predetermined application and that includes at least a portion of any photo and is displayed on a display screen at a time of execution of the application, and an application control unit configured to control the execution of the application and at least display the part on the display screen during the execution of the application.

Abstract: A highly reliable semiconductor device and a method for manufacturing the semiconductor device are provided. The semiconductor device is manufactured with a high yield, so that high productivity is achieved. In a semiconductor device including a transistor in which a source electrode layer and a drain electrode layer are provided over and in contact with an oxide semiconductor film, entry of impurities and formation of oxygen vacancies in an end face portion of the oxide semiconductor film are suppressed. This can prevent fluctuation in the electric characteristics of the transistor which is caused by formation of a parasitic channel in the end face portion of the oxide semiconductor film.

Abstract: A positive electrode active material particle with little deterioration is provided. A power storage device with little deterioration is provided. A highly safe power storage device is provided. The positive electrode active material particle includes a first crystal grain, a second crystal grain, and a crystal grain boundary positioned between the crystal grain and the second crystal grain; the first crystal grain and the second crystal grain include lithium, a transition metal, and oxygen; the crystal grain boundary includes magnesium and oxygen; and the positive electrode active material particle includes a region where the ratio of the atomic concentration of magnesium in the crystal grain boundary to the atomic concentration of the transition metal in first crystal grain and the second crystal grain is greater than or equal to 0.010 and less than or equal to 0.50.

Abstract: To provide an oxide semiconductor film having stable electric conductivity and a highly reliable semiconductor device having stable electric characteristics by using the oxide semiconductor film. The oxide semiconductor film contains indium (In), gallium (Ga), and zinc (Zn) and includes a c-axis-aligned crystalline region aligned in the direction parallel to a normal vector of a surface where the oxide semiconductor film is formed. Further, the composition of the c-axis-aligned crystalline region is represented by In1+?Ga1??O3(ZnO)m (0<?<1 and m=1 to 3 are satisfied), and the composition of the entire oxide semiconductor film including the c-axis-aligned crystalline region is represented by InxGayO3(ZnO)m (0<x<2, 0<y<2, and m=1 to 3 are satisfied).

Abstract: By using a conductive layer including Cu as a long lead wiring, increase in wiring resistance is suppressed. Further, the conductive layer including Cu is provided in such a manner that it does not overlap with the oxide semiconductor layer in which a channel region of a TFT is formed, and is surrounded by insulating layers including silicon nitride, whereby diffusion of Cu can be prevented; thus, a highly reliable semiconductor device can be manufactured. Specifically, a display device which is one embodiment of a semiconductor device can have high display quality and operate stably even when the size or definition thereof is increased.

Abstract: An image generation device according to an embodiment includes a synthesis unit and a superimposition unit. The synthesis unit synthesizes an overview image for a virtual viewpoint that is provided in a manner to look in a direction of travel of a vehicle so as to include at least a portion of a side of the vehicle based on a taken image that is taken by an image-taking unit that is provided on the vehicle. The superimposition unit superimposes a plane image where a vehicle has been caused to be planar, at a position of the vehicle on a road surface, on an overview image that is synthesized by the synthesis unit.

Abstract: Provided is a positive electrode active material which suppresses a reduction in capacity due to charge and discharge cycles when used in a lithium ion secondary battery. A covering layer is formed by segregation on a superficial portion of the positive electrode active material. The positive electrode active material includes a first region and a second region. The first region exists in an inner portion of the positive electrode active material. The second region exists in a superficial portion of the positive electrode active material and part of the inner portion thereof. The first region includes lithium, a transition metal, and oxygen. The second region includes magnesium, fluorine, and oxygen.

Abstract: An operation input device includes a touch detector configured to detect an operation state to an operation unit of a steering wheel of a vehicle, a controller configured to determine an operation command by fingers of an operator to the touch detector based on a touch state of the fingers of the operator to the touch detector and to operate an operation target device, and a notification unit for notifying the operator based on the operation command by the fingers determined by the controller.

Abstract: A vehicle lamp includes a lamp body, a translucent cover combined with the lamp body to form a lamp chamber in between, a printed circuit board disposed in the lamp chamber and including a light emitting element mounted thereon and a ground pattern provided on the same surface as or a surface opposite to the light emitting element, and a lamp component disposed in the lamp chamber and including a base formed of an insulating member, a conductive surface provided on at least a portion of a surface of the base, and a discharge protrusion disposed on the base so as to be closer to the ground pattern than the light emitting element and covered by the conductive surface.

Abstract: A vehicle lamp includes a long lamp component, and the lamp component includes a plurality of divided parts arranged in a longitudinal direction thereof and interconnected by a joint structure. The joint structure includes a first claw configured to connect upper surfaces of two adjacent divided parts of the plurality of divided parts and a first claw receiving hole fitted into the first claw, and a second claw configured to connect lower surfaces of the two divided parts and a second claw receiving hole fitted into the second claw.

Abstract: A display control apparatus includes a display control unit for controlling a display unit for displaying an image, the display control unit being configured to display a plurality of represented images that represent a plurality of image groups classified depending on related information of the images on the display unit in a first display mode, and display related images relating to the represented images between a plurality of the represented images displayed in the first display mode depending on a user input on the display unit in a second display mode.

Abstract: An object is to provide a semiconductor device including an oxide semiconductor with stable electric characteristics can be provided. An insulating layer having many defects typified by dangling bonds is formed over an oxide semiconductor layer with an oxygen-excess mixed region or an oxygen-excess oxide insulating layer interposed therebetween, whereby impurities in the oxide semiconductor layer, such as hydrogen or moisture (a hydrogen atom or a compound including a hydrogen atom such as H2O), are moved through the oxygen-excess mixed region or oxygen-excess oxide insulating layer and diffused into the insulating layer. Thus, the impurity concentration of the oxide semiconductor layer is reduced.

Abstract: An identification code includes dot position groups adjacent two of which are located such that a circumscribed circle of the dot positions in one of the dot position groups on an inner side and as inscribed circle of the dot positions in another of the dot position groups on an outer side overlap each other. The dot positions in each of the dot position groups have different individual information pieces depending on the dot positions located relative to a line connecting the center mark with the reference mark. One of the dot positions in each of the dot position groups is selectively represented by one or more of the dots such that the individual information piece at the selected dot position represents information for the corresponding digit of the identification information, allowing the identification code to represent the identification information.

Abstract: An image heating apparatus includes a first rotatable member and a second rotatable member, which are configured to form a nip in which a toner image is fixed on a recording material, an air blowing mechanism, and a duct configured to guide air from the air blowing mechanism toward an end portion of the first rotatable member with respect to a longitudinal direction of the first rotatable member. The image heating apparatus also includes an opening and closing mechanism configured to open and to close an air blowing port of the duct. The opening and closing mechanism includes a plurality of shutter members configured to close the air blowing port in cooperation with each other.

Abstract: The present application discloses a steering assistance device, including: a motor configured to output a drive force in accordance with a steering force applied to a steering shaft; and a speed reducer including: a gear section configured to rotate and oscillate in accordance with the drive force; an outer cylinder having an internally toothed ring formed thereon, the internally toothed ring being configured to mesh with the gear section; and a carrier configured to rotate in accordance with rotation and oscillation of the gear section and output a steering assistance force to a steering mechanism, the steering mechanism being configured to steer vehicle wheels in accordance with rotational operation applied to a steering wheel. The engagement ratio between the gear section and the internally toothed ring is from 25 to 100%.

Abstract: A sliding contact material that is used for a constituent material, particularly a brush, of a motor. The sliding contact material includes: Pd in an amount of 20.0% by mass or more and 50.0% by mass or less; Ni and/or Co in an amount of 0.6% by mass or more and 3.0% by mass or less in terms of a total concentration; and Ag and inevitable impurities as a balance. Preferably, the sliding contact material further contains an additive element M including at least one of Sn and In, and the total concentration of the additive element M is 0.1% by mass or more and 3.0% by mass or less. When containing the additive element M, the sliding contact material has material structures in which composite dispersed particles containing an intermetallic compound of Pd and the additive element M are dispersed in an Ag alloy matrix, and the ratio (KPd/KM) of the content (% by mass) of Pd and the content (% by mass) of the additive element M in the composite dispersed particles is within a range of 2.4 or more and 3.6 or less.

Abstract: A metal oxide film including a crystal part and having highly stable physical properties is provided. The size of the crystal part is less than or equal to 10 nm, which allows the observation of circumferentially arranged spots in a nanobeam electron diffraction pattern of the cross section of the metal oxide film when the measurement area is greater than or equal to 5 nm? and less than or equal to 10 nm?.

Abstract: The present technology relates to a control apparatus, a control method, and a program for giving a sense of imaging to a user. There are provided a processing unit that processes data based on pixel signals output from a plurality of pixels, and a display control unit that causes a display unit to display an image based on the data processed by the processing unit as a through image. The display unit displays a mark indicating a recording process in response to an instruction of recording the data together with the through image displayed on the display unit. The mark is displayed at each of four corners of the display unit. Alternatively, the mark is displayed near a frame of autofocus. The present technology is applicable to an imaging device.

Abstract: By using a conductive layer including Cu as a long lead wiring, increase in wiring resistance is suppressed. Further, the conductive layer including Cu is provided in such a manner that it does not overlap with the oxide semiconductor layer in which a channel region of a TFT is formed, and is surrounded by insulating layers including silicon nitride, whereby diffusion of Cu can be prevented; thus, a highly reliable semiconductor device can be manufactured. Specifically, a display device which is one embodiment of a semiconductor device can have high display quality and operate stably even when the size or definition thereof is increased.

Abstract: A power converter may include a plurality of power conversion circuits, a plurality of temperature sensors, and a controller. Each of the power conversion circuits may include a switching element. The plurality of power conversion circuits may be connected in parallel. Each of the temperature sensors may measure a temperature of one of the switching elements. The controller may select the power conversion circuit to be driven in an ascending order of the temperatures of the switching elements measured by the temperature sensors based on a supplied current value Iin supplied to the power converter.