Abstract: A seat provided in a vehicle interior of the vehicle; a side airbag having a plurality of chambers each folded, the side airbag being stored in a side portion of a seat back; an inflator arranged together with the side airbag, the inflator being capable of suppling gas to the plurality of chambers when a side-impact crash of the vehicle is detected; a channel section for distributing the gas generated from the inflator to the plurality of chambers; a valve unit provided in the channel section, the valve unit being capable of reducing the distributed amount of the gas flowing from the channel section to a particular chamber among the plurality of chambers; and an actuator unit that allows the valve unit to operate to reduce the distributed amount of the gas flowing from the channel section to the particular chamber according to the deployment behavior of any chamber among the plurality of chambers, are included.

Abstract: Controllers in a software defined network and methods implemented such controllers include forming an auxiliary graph based on a network graph. The network graph includes aggregating and non-aggregating nodes and the auxiliary graph includes a number of non-aggregating nodes based on a number of incoming neighbors to non-aggregating nodes in the network graph. A best path from a source node to a destination node through the auxiliary graph is determined based on output links from non-aggregating nodes are occupied. The best path through the auxiliary graph is translated to a best path from the source node to the destination node through the network graph. Traffic is routed through the software-defined network based on the best path.

Abstract: Provided is an image processing apparatus including an acquisition section that acquires one or more sets of attribute information which indicates an attribute of a publication, identification information which identifies the publication, and label information which indicates at least one of an arrangement of the publication in an establishment and a period during which the publication is not permitted to be lent, a conversion section that converts the acquired identification information into a code image, a generation section that generates a label image based on the acquired label information, and an image forming section that forms an image which expresses some or all of the acquired attribute information, the code image which is acquired through conversion, and the generated label image on one or more media such that image groups corresponding to one set are formed on one piece of medium.

Abstract: A side airbag device includes an airbag which includes a first base fabric and a second base fabric constituting an inflatable envelope, and in the event of a lateral collision of a vehicle, the airbag is deployed between an occupant and a door. The airbag further includes a partition fabric between the first base fabric and the second base fabric. The partition fabric partitions the inflatable envelope into a first inflatable compartment corresponding to a shoulder of the occupant, and a second inflatable compartment. The partition fabric is provided with a valve mechanism which opens to connect the first inflatable compartment and the second inflatable compartment when the first inflatable compartment is fully inflated.

Abstract: Systems and methods are disclosed for data communication by forming a hybrid that includes an electrical switching network with packet granularity of switching and store-and-forward forwarding services to network traffic and an optical switching network providing circuit granularity of switching and optical bypassing services to network traffic; applying local control of optical switching modules in the optical switching network with a network controller coupled to the electrical switching network, the optical switching network, and a loss-of-light detection module; and detecting loss-of-light in a failure point in the optical switching network and rerouting traffic to avoid the optical failure point.

Abstract: An autonomous control system having a numerical control device configured to perform machining operation by driving control of an item in a machining tool and an external device, the numerical control device includes a configuration data storing unit configured to store configuration data representing configuration of the item, and a machining program looking-ahead processing unit configured to generate item disposition data, and the external device includes a work information storing unit, an interference determination processing unit configured to command start of operation of the external device at time when the operation of the external device does not interfere with the item driven in the machining tool.

Abstract: A numerical controller generates machining change information on the basis of information on a currently executed block and a machining change signal input by an operator, converts the machining change information into a machining change program, merges the machining change program obtained through the conversion with the machining program, and generates a command for controlling a plurality of motors and a plurality of peripheral devices on the basis of the machining program after the merging.

Abstract: Provided is an image processing apparatus including an acquisition section that acquires one or more sets of attribute information which indicates an attribute of a publication, identification information which identifies the publication, and label information which indicates at least one of an arrangement of the publication in an establishment and a period during which the publication is not permitted to be lent, a conversion section that converts the acquired identification information into a code image, a generation section that generates a label image based on the acquired label information, and an image forming section that forms an image which expresses some or all of the acquired attribute information, the code image which is acquired through conversion, and the generated label image on one or more media such that image groups corresponding to one set are formed on one piece of medium.

Abstract: Provided is a recording material discharge device including a recording material discharge member that discharges recording materials, and a recording material accommodating unit that accommodates the plural recording materials which are discharged from the recording material discharge member, wherein a discharge velocity of a first recording material discharged by the recording material discharge member is lower than a discharge velocity of each of second and subsequent recording materials.

Abstract: A vibration device includes a touch panel, a vibrator that is arranged on the touch panel, a frame that is separated from at least a part of the touch panel and is arranged to surround the touch panel in a planar view, and a first connecting member that is arranged on the touch panel and the frame to cover a space between a part of the touch panel and the frame in a planar view and that connects the touch panel and the frame. Furthermore the first connecting member includes a first member positioned on the operation panel, a second member positioned on the frame, and a third member covering a space in a planar view. The thickness of the third member is smaller than those of the first and second members.

Abstract: [Object] To provide an input device, a display device and an electronic device capable of reducing a possibility of degradation of detection sensitivity while realizing a small size. [Solution] An input device (X1) includes a base (2), a first detection electrode (3a) provided on the base (2), a detection wire (8) provided on the base (2) and electrically connected to the first detection electrode (3a), an insulating layer (10) provided on the base (2) and covering the detection wire (8), a vibration body (13) disposed on the insulating layer (10), and a first conductive layer (11) provided between the vibration body (13) and the detection wire (8).

Abstract: There is provided a substrate processing method, in which a throughput can be improved even in case the time for recovery processing for restoring the state of a processing chamber is longer than the time for predetermined processing to be performed in the processing chamber. Substrates are alternately transferred to two processing chambers C, D, and the same film forming processing is performed on the substrates in the processing chambers C, D in parallel with each other. When the number of substrates processed in the processing chamber C has reached a predetermined number (11 substrates), dummy sputtering processing in the film forming chamber C is started and also 23rd-25th substrates of the first lot are transferred to the film forming chamber D to thereby perform film forming processing until the dummy sputtering processing is finished.

Abstract: A panel device 10, which is capable of increasing vibration amplitude of a panel without increasing power consumption of a piezoelectric element, includes a panel 11 rectangular in shape and piezoelectric elements 12, 13 also rectangular in shape disposed on the panel 11 for vibrating the panel 11, such that each of the piezoelectric elements 12, 13 is disposed having one side at a slant relative to one side of the panel 11.

Abstract: A manufacturing method of a device including: a first process in which a barrier film is formed on a substrate with a concave portion provided on one surface thereof so as to cover an inner wall surface of the concave portion; a second process in which a conductive film is formed so as to cover the barrier film; and a third process in which the conductive film is melted by a reflow method, wherein the method includes a process ? between the second process and the third process, in which the substrate with the barrier film and the conductive film laminated thereon in this order is exposed to an atmosphere under a pressure A for a time period B, and wherein in the process ?, control is carried out such that a product of the pressure A and the time period B is not greater than 6×10?4 [Pa·s].

Abstract: An epoxy resin composition includes: (A) an epoxy resin containing a compound represented by the following Formula (I); (B) a phenol resin containing a compound represented by the following Formula (II); and (C) a dihydroxynaphthalene compound containing a compound represented by the following Formula (III). In Formula (I), R represents a hydrogen atom, and n represents an integer from 0 to 10. In Formula (II), R1 represents a hydrogen atom, an alkyl group having from 1 to 6 carbon atoms, or an alkoxy group having 1 or 2 carbon atoms, and each R1 may be the same as or different from another R1. n represents an integer from 0 to 10. In Formula (III), R1 represents a hydrogen atom, an alkyl group having from 1 to 6 carbon atoms, or an alkoxy group having 1 or 2 carbon atoms.