Abstract: A biometric image processing apparatus including a memory and a processor coupled to the memory. The processor obtains a Y value, a U value and a V value in a YUV space from each pixel of an image, determines, for each pixel, whether or not the U value and the V value are in a range that is in accordance with the Y value, and extracts a pixel having been determined to be in the range.

Abstract: There is provided fuel-system failure detection apparatus applied to an engine capable of switching between a first injection mode and a second injection mode, which comprises a first failure determination unit which performs a fuel system failure determination process while the engine is operating in the first and the second injection modes, respectively, a second failure determination unit which, when the first failure determination unit gives a decision of failure while the engine is operating in either of the two injection modes, performs the fuel system failure determination process while the engine is operating in the other injection mode, and a failure identification unit which identifies a failure in fuel systems governing the first and second injection modes respectively, based on a decision about failure given by the second failure determination unit.

Abstract: By preparing a polyimide film with a face at the support side and subjected to a surface treatment; subjecting at least one of a face of the support and the face of the polyimide film which are opposite to each other to a patterning treatment using a coupling agent to form a satisfactorily bondable part and an easily releasable part which differ in adhesion/peel strength; subsequently, superposing the support and the polyimide film to be subjected to a pressurizing/heating treatment and to be bonded to each other, subjecting the surface of the polyimide film to an organic alkali treatment; and then, applying a polyamic acid solution free from a slip agent ingredient, drying the coating film and imidizing the film, a layered product having a structure of at least three layers in which at least one layer contains a slip agent material and both surface layers have no slip agent material is produced.

Abstract: A semiconductor device provided with: a first input/output circuit connected to a first pad; a second input/output circuit disposed in the direction along one side constituted by a chip edge in relation to the first input/output circuit, the second input/output circuit being connected to a second pad; and an ESD protective circuit disposed near the outer-side chip edge of the first and second input/output circuits. The ESD protection circuit is provided with a resistor, a capacitor, an inverter, and an N-channel-type transistor.

Abstract: An exposure device includes: a substrate that includes a plate-shaped main body that extends in one direction, a plurality of light emitting elements that are mounted on one surface of the main body, and a heating element that is mounted on the other surface of the main body generates heat in accordance with a light emitting operation of the light emitting elements; a housing that includes resin and that extends in the one direction, has a frame shape in which a through hole is formed, and to an inside of the through hole of which the substrate is fixed so that a thickness direction of the substrate is a penetrating direction of the through hole; and a suppression member that extends in the one direction, is fitted in the through hole, and suppresses thermal deformation of the housing.

Abstract: A diagnostic device incorporates a processor and a memory and diagnoses a failure related to a fuel injection system for an engine whose air-fuel ratio of is feedback-controlled. The diagnostic device includes a calculation unit which calculates a corrected value of a fuel injection amount according to a difference between a target value and a measured value of the air-fuel ratio. The diagnostic device includes a setting unit which sets a mask period in which a failure diagnosis is suspended, according to the corrected value upon switchover of a fuel injection mode. The diagnostic device includes a diagnostic unit which does not carry out the diagnosis in the mask period and carries out the diagnosis outside the mask period.

Abstract: A biometric capture device includes: a first light source configured to emit a light of a first wavelength to a biometric body; a second light source configured to emit a light of a second wavelength different from the first wavelength to the biometric body; a camera configured to capture a reflected light from the biometric body; a memory; and a processor coupled to the memory and the processor configured to execute a process, the process including: acquiring a biometric image based on a component of the first wavelength from an image captured by the camera; acquiring distance information between the biometric body and the camera based on a component of the second wavelength from the image captured by the camera; and correcting the biometric image based on the distance information.

Abstract: An illumination apparatus is disclosed, which includes a light source configured to generate light for an illumination area to be illuminated, and a diffraction grating element provided between the illumination area and the light source, and including a plurality of diffraction gratings arranged in a two dimensional array. A distribution of grating intervals of the diffraction gratings in the diffraction grating element has a characteristic such that a center region, along a predetermined line in a plane of the two dimensional array, has a greater grating interval than an end region.

Abstract: It is provided that a polymer film; a preparation method of the polymer film; and a laminated body used the polymer film. The polymer film is suitable for use in producing a laminate body which comprises a support and a polymer film, and is reduced in foreign-matter trapping and which can be used for supplying film devices using conventional apparatuses for glass substrates or silicon substrates. The polymer film coated with the layer of silane coupling agent, which is suitable for producing a laminate that comprises a support and a polymer film, comprises a silane coupling agent layer formed on at least one surface of the polymer film, wherein the silane coupling agent layer has a three-dimensional surface roughness (Sa) of 5.0 nm or less. The method of efficient for producing the polymer film coated with the above layer is the method for producing without using a vacuum.

Abstract: A biometric information process device includes: an image device configured to capture an image of an object; a memory; and a processor coupled to the memory and the processor configured to execute a process, the process comprising: detecting a touch point of the object with respect to a touch panel; extracting a biometric feature from the image of the object that is acquired by the image device; and correcting biometric information acquired from the image of the object based on a movement amount of the object on the touch panel and a movement amount of the biometric feature in the image of the object when the touch point detected in the detecting moves.

Abstract: A biometric authentication device includes: a memory; and a processor coupled to the memory and the processor configured to execute a process, the process comprising: extracting a finger crotch from a palm image for comparison; extracting a finger root wrinkle from the palm image for comparison; adjusting at least one of a position of a biometric feature for comparison of the palm image for comparison and a position of an enrollment biometric feature of an enrolled palm image, based on position information of the finger crotch extracted in the extracting of the finger crotch and position information of the wrinkle extracted in the extracting of the finger root wrinkle; and comparing the biometric feature for comparison and the enrollment biometric feature after the adjusting.

Abstract: An information processing apparatus includes a touch panel; a camera; and a processor coupled to the touch panel and the camera and configured to: display first guide information on the touch panel, display second guide information at a location different from a location of the first guide information on the touch panel when an operation to the first guide information is detected, acquire a plurality of images of a first palm photographed during a period from when a finger touching to the first guide information has been detected to when a finger touching to the second guide information has been detected, and extract a first authentication image for use in authentication of a user from the plurality of images of the first palm.

Abstract: The invention provides a laminate of an inorganic layer, a resin layer, and a coupling agent treatment layer interposed therebetween, which different delamination strengths between the inorganic layer and the resin layer to form a prescribed pattern. The invention also provides a production method comprising (1) treating an inorganic layer with a coupling agent; (2) performing a patterning process to form strong adhesion sections and easily separated sections; and (3) forming a resin layer by drying and heat-treating a coated solution layer obtained by coating a resin solution or a resin precursor solution onto the surface of the inorganic layer that was treated with a coupling agent and then patterned.

Abstract: A method includes acquiring, from a touch panel, a contact position of a manipulating body and contact information that indicates a degree to which the manipulating body is in contact at the contact position, acquiring, from a camera, a plurality of images captured while the manipulating body is in contact with a plurality of mutually different positions on the touch panel due to manipulations with the manipulating body, creating variation information that indicates a variation in contact information, according to a plurality of contact information corresponding to the plurality of contact positions, and deciding, according to the variation information, suitability of the plurality of images in the biometric authentication to be executed using the plurality of images.

Abstract: An illumination device includes M light sources provided on a surface of a substrate, a diffraction optical element configured to diffract light from the M light sources to irradiate N illuminating areas into which an illuminating region is segmented, and a control unit. The control unit turns on L=M/N light sources of each of first through Nth light source groups during first through Nth time intervals, respectively, and successively irradiates the light from the on L light sources of the first through Nth light source groups in time division onto first through N illuminating areas forming the illuminating region, where M and N are natural numbers greater than or equal to 2, and L is a natural number greater than or equal to 1.

Abstract: A control apparatus of the invention is applied to a three-cylinder internal combustion engine that is mounted in a vehicle and in which a first MG is connected to a crankshaft in a manner capable of transmitting power. When stopping the internal combustion engine, a vehicle control unit controls output torque of the first MG such that the internal combustion engine is stopped in a state where a preset particular cylinder is in a compression stroke.

Abstract: A biometric imaging device includes a processor that outputs an instruction of an operation position on an input device, in response to detection of a first input to the input device, and a camera that captures a biometric image after the detection of the first input.

Abstract: A terminal apparatus includes an information input device that detects a coordinate value of an input operation position touched by a user, a biometric sensor that captures a capture area of a palm of the user at a time of an input operation to the information input device, to generate biometric data, and a processor. The processor performs a process including matching the biometric data to a corresponding portion of registered biometric data registered in advance and read based on the coordinate value, to compute a similarity of the biometric data to the corresponding portion.

Abstract: An illumination apparatus is disclosed, which includes a light source configured to generate light for an illumination area to be illuminated, and a diffraction grating element provided between the illumination area and the light source, and including a plurality of diffraction gratings arranged in a two dimensional array. A distribution of grating intervals of the diffraction gratings in the diffraction grating element has a characteristic such that a center region, along a predetermined line in a plane of the two dimensional array, has a greater grating interval than an end region.

Abstract: A non-woven fabric which is excellent in thermal resistance, mechanical strength, and thermal dimensional stability for applications exposed to high temperature circumstance and has an extremely large surface area and exhibit an excellent filter performance is obtained. The non-woven fabric is composed of polyimide fibers which are obtained by polycondensation of at least an aromatic tetracarboxylic acid and an aromatic diamine having a benzoxazole structure and have a fiber diameter in the range of 0.001 ?m to 1 ?m. The non-woven fabric is obtained by the steps of preparing a polyamic acid by polycondensation of an aromatic tetracarboxylic acid and an aromatic diamine having a benzoxazole structure, and electro-spinning the polyamic acid to form a polyimide precursor non-woven fabric; and imidizing a polyimide precursor fiber bundle.