Abstract: A brake system includes: brake cylinders; electromagnetic valve devices respectively corresponding to the brake cylinders and capable of individually controlling hydraulic pressures in the respective brake cylinders; pumps respectively connected to the brake cylinders; one pump motor driven in common with the pumps; and a brake-hydraulic-pressure controller that controls the electromagnetic valve devices and the one pump motor to control the hydraulic pressures in the respective brake cylinders.

Abstract: A memory device includes a substrate and a stacked body arranged along a first direction. The stacked body includes electrode films. A configuration of an end portion in a second direction of the stacked body is a staircase configuration. Steps corresponding to the electrode films are formed in the staircase configuration. A first distance between a first step and an end edge of the stacked body in the second direction is shorter than a second distance between a second step and the end edge in the second direction. The first step is positioned at an end portion in a third direction of the stacked body. The second step is positioned at a central portion in the third direction of the stacked body. The first and second steps correspond to two of the electrode films positioned at the same level when counting along the first direction from the substrate side.

Abstract: A vehicle brake system including a hydraulic brake device having two systems and configured to generate a braking force, wherein, in a failure condition of one of the two systems, one of the following two operation modes of the hydraulic brake device is selectively established: (a) a two-wheel mode in which master shut-off valves shut respective master fluid passages and a braking force that depends on a pressure of a working fluid supplied from a master cylinder is generated for each of right and left wheels; and (b) a one-wheel mode in which one of the master shut-off valves corresponding to the other of the two systems shuts off the corresponding master fluid passage and a braking force that depends on the working fluid supplied by a controlled-pressure supply device is generated for only one of the right and left wheels that corresponds to the other of the two systems.

Abstract: A bump stopper includes a cap, a stopper configured to receive a bump cushion, and a collar, wherein the cap includes a plate-shaped part having a rod hole into which a piston rod is inserted, and a cylindrical part configured to receive a cylinder, the stopper is provided to the plate-shaped part, and the collar provided to the plate-shaped part opposing the cylinder.

Abstract: A vehicle drive assistance system is provided, which includes one or more processors configured to execute a general driver model learning engine configured to build a general driver model to be applied to a plurality of vehicle drivers based on driving data of the plurality of vehicle drivers, an individual driver model learning engine configured to build an individual driver model unique to a specific driver based on driving data of the specific driver and the general driver model, and a vehicle control changing program configured to change vehicle control processing executed by a specific vehicle operated by the specific driver based at least on the individual driver model.

Abstract: A drivable distance calculation device calculates a drivable distance that the vehicle equipped with the device can travel. The drivable distance calculation device includes a remaining battery capacity sensor which calculates a remaining capacity of a battery installed in the vehicle; and a arithmetic unit which calculates multiple power consumption ratios for different units of driving in accordance with variations in the remaining battery capacity calculated by the remaining battery capacity sensor and calculates the drivable distance based on the remaining battery capacity calculated by the remaining battery capacity sensor and a power consumption ratio selected from among the calculated multiple power consumption ratios.

Abstract: A memory device includes a substrate and a stacked body arranged along a first direction. The stacked body includes electrode films. A configuration of an end portion in a second direction of the stacked body is a staircase configuration. Steps corresponding to the electrode films are formed in the staircase configuration. A first distance between a first step and an end edge of the stacked body in the second direction is shorter than a second distance between a second step and the end edge in the second direction. The first step is positioned at an end portion in a third direction of the stacked body. The second step is positioned at a central portion in the third direction of the stacked body. The first and second steps correspond to two of the electrode films positioned at the same level when counting along the first direction from the substrate side.

Abstract: A vehicle management method is provided for managing an electric vehicle by using a management server based on vehicle-specific ID information that defines a condition of use transmitted from an onboard controller. The vehicle management method includes acquiring vehicle ID information from the electric vehicle by using the management server; determining the vehicle ID information to be valid if the vehicle ID information acquired falls within a use period set in advance and determining the vehicle ID information to be invalid if the vehicle ID information acquired falls outside a use period set in advance; and applying a prescribed limitation to charging of a battery of the electric vehicle having the vehicle ID information upon determining that the vehicle ID information is invalid.

Abstract: A fixing device includes a leading-end fixing value output part to output a leading-end fixing value indicating a leading-end fixing temperature and a leading-end separation value output part to output a leading-end separation value indicating a leading-end separation temperature. These output parts both output a higher value as a leading-end toner value representing a toner adhesion amount of a toner image in a leading area of a sheet is higher. A controller of the fixing device performs separation control to control a heating temperature by a heating source so that a leading-end set temperature at a fixing nip while the sheet leading area is passing through the fixing nip becomes equal to or higher than the leading-end fixing temperature. When the leading-end fixing value is lower than the leading-end separation value, the leading-end set temperature becomes equal to or higher than the leading-end separation temperature.

Abstract: An applicator of one aspect for applying microneedles to skin includes a resistive portion configured to apply resistance against movement of a microneedle sheet having the plurality of microneedles formed along a main surface of the sheet, and a bending portion configured to bend the microneedle sheet passed through the resistive portion to raise the microneedle from the main surface.

Abstract: A fixation apparatus includes a first belt without end, a second belt without end which is in contact with an outer circumferential surface of the first belt, a pressurization member which is provided inside the first belt and pressurizes a portion of contact between the first belt and the second belt toward the second belt, a drive roller which is provided inside the second belt along the portion of contact and rotationally drives the second belt, and a heating unit which heats at least one of the first belt and the second belt and provides heat to a transfer target medium passing through the portion of contact. The drive roller is in contact with both of the first belt and the second belt.

Abstract: There is provided a method of manufacturing a pattern substrate in which a pattern is formed on the surface of the substrate. The manufacturing method includes a step of preparing the substrate and a step of arranging a liquid-repellent or lyophilic material on the surface of the substrate so as to form the pattern on the surface of the substrate in which the surface of the substrate has a liquid-repellent region and a lyophilic region, the pattern is formed by one of the liquid-repellent region and the lyophilic region and the pattern is used to locate a component by the surface tension of a liquid member.

Abstract: An information processing method includes receiving a change instruction to change a voice parameter used in synthesizing a voice for a set of texts, changing the voice parameter in accordance with the change instruction to change the voice parameter, changing, in accordance with the change instruction, an image parameter used in synthesizing an image of a virtual object, the virtual object indicating a character that vocalizes the voice that has been synthesized, synthesizing the voice using the changed voice parameter, and synthesizing the image using the changed image parameter.

Abstract: When a parking brake mechanism is in a braking state and an operation switch is switched to a braking-released state, a control unit of an electric vehicle brings a parking brake mechanism into a braking-released state on the condition that the control unit detects using a stop lamp switch that the brake pedal is not depressed and detects that the shift range of the shift lever is a P range.

Abstract: According to one embodiment, a semiconductor memory device includes first to third conductive layers extending along a first direction, and a memory portion. A portion of the second conductive layer is provided between the third conductive layer and a portion of the first conductive layer. The first conductive layer includes a first end portion crossing the first direction. The second conductive layer includes a second end portion crossing the first direction. The third conductive layer includes a third end portion crossing the first direction. A position in the first direction of a portion of the second end portion is between a position of the first end portion and a position of the third end portion. The position in the first direction of the portion of the second end portion is between a position of another portion of the second end portion and the position of the third end portion.

Abstract: In this endoscope apparatus, an imaging optical system is disposed in a distal end of an endoscope insertion unit. An measurement processing unit performs a measurement process by the principle of triangulation on the basis of an image corresponding to an optical image obtained via an imaging optical system and camera parameters of a first position and a second position. A reliability determination unit determines the reliability of the measurement process. The measurement process is based on a measurement point set in the image corresponding to the optical image obtained via the imaging optical system at the first position. A notification control unit sends a notification to prompt a user to perform an operation of moving the distal end in a direction from the second position toward the first position when the reliability determination unit determines that the reliability is low.

Abstract: According to one embodiment, a semiconductor memory device includes first to third conductive layers extending along a first direction, and a memory portion. A portion of the second conductive layer is provided between the third conductive layer and a portion of the first conductive layer. The first conductive layer includes a first end portion crossing the first direction. The second conductive layer includes a second end portion crossing the first direction. The third conductive layer includes a third end portion crossing the first direction. A position in the first direction of a portion of the second end portion is between a position of the first end portion and a position of the third end portion. The position in the first direction of the portion of the second end portion is between a position of another portion of the second end portion and the position of the third end portion.

Abstract: To provide a method for operating a blast furnace with which the combustion efficiency of a solid fuel, such as pulverized coal, is improved, thereby making it possible to improve productivity and reduce CO2 emissions. Pulverized coal and LNG are blown from an upstream lance configured by a double tube, and oxygen is blown from a downstream lance on the downstream side in a hot air blast direction, so that oxygen used for preceding combustion of the LNG is supplied from the downstream lance, and the pulverized coal whose temperature has been increased by the combustion of the LNG is combusted along with the supplied oxygen.

Abstract: A vehicle power supply device including a battery and mounted in a vehicle capable of traveling by using a motor as a drive source includes an external charging terminal used to charge the battery from an external power supply or an external charger; an external output terminal used to discharge the battery to supply electricity from the battery to an electric device; and a mark display unit configured to display a charging mark indicating that the battery is being charged and a discharging mark indicating that the battery is being discharged to supply electricity to the electric device. The charging mark and the discharging mark each have a shape resembling a plug and respectively include terminals pointing in opposite directions.

Abstract: To provide a method for operating a blast furnace with which the combustion efficiency of a solid fuel, such as pulverized coal, is improved, thereby making it possible to improve productivity and reduce CO2 emissions. Pulverized coal and oxygen are blown from an upstream lance 4 configured by a double tube, and LNG is blown from a downstream lance 6 on the downstream side in a hot air blast direction, so that oxygen to be used for combustion of the LNG is supplied from the upstream lance 4, and the pulverized coal whose temperature has been increased by the combustion of the LNG is combusted along with the supplied oxygen or oxygen in an air blast.