Abstract: The present invention provides a method for inspecting a material to be inspected using ultrasound waves, the method including the following step 201 to step 301, in which step 201 is performed in a condition where: the surface temperature of a material under inspection—atmospheric temperature>2° C., and inspection using ultrasound waves in step 301 satisfies: a refractive attenuation rate?1.5%. Step 201: blowing a fluid from a blowing port onto the material to be inspected. Step 301: inspecting the material to be inspected using the ultrasound waves after step 201 or at the same time as the step 201.

Abstract: A composite material which includes a thermoplastic matrix resin and carbon fibers A including carbon fiber bundles A1 in which Li/(Ni×Di2) satisfies 6.7×101 to 3.3×103, wherein the carbon fibers A have a fiber length of 5-100 mm and have a value of LwA1/(NA1ave×DA12) of 1.0×102 to 3.3×103, the carbon fiber bundles A1 having an average bundle width WA1 less than 3.5 mm and being contained in an amount of 90 vol % or larger with respect to the carbon fibers A A production method for producing a molded object from the composite material is also provided.

Abstract: In a printing apparatus, in a first mode a head ejects a first type of liquid onto a printing medium and an energy applying device applies energy to the first type of liquid to form a background, and subsequently the head ejects a second type of liquid onto the background and the energy applying device applies energy to the second type of liquid on the background so that an image is formed on the background. In a second mode the head ejects the second type of liquid onto the printing medium without forming a background, and the energy applying device applies energy to the second type of liquid. The controller performs setting a quantity of the second type of liquid to be used in the first mode, to be greater than a quantity of the second type of liquid to be used in the second mode.

Abstract: A liquid discharging apparatus includes: a conveyor configured to convey a recording medium in a first direction; a discharging head configured to discharge an ultraviolet light-curable clear ink to the recording medium; an ultraviolet irradiator configured to irradiate, with ultraviolet light, the clear ink discharged to the recording medium, and arranged at a position different from the discharging head in the first direction; and a carriage configured to move in a second direction crossing the first direction, and having the discharging head and the ultraviolet irradiator mounted thereon.

Abstract: A vehicle lane keep control apparatus includes a steering control processor. the steering control processor is configured to, upon detection of a skid of a vehicle during control, switch modes from a lane keeping mode to a slip-handling mode, perform a steering control to allow the vehicle to have a stable attitude, and restart the lane keeping mode.

Abstract: Each of the mechanical seal devices of a rotary joint includes a first shaft side seal ring attached to a shaft body and a first case slide seal ring attached to one side of the first shaft side seal ring as well as a second case side seal ring attached to a case body and a second shaft side seal ring attached to the second case side seal ring. A first communication flow passage is formed between a first sliding portion of the first seal rings and a second sliding portion of the second seal rings. A second communication flow passage is formed between the first sliding portion of a mechanical seal device disposed on one side in the axial direction and the second sliding portion of a mechanical seal device disposed on the other side in the axial direction in mechanical seal devices adjacent to each other.

Abstract: An electronic device includes first and second processors, and first and second display units. While the first and second processors cooperate with each other and perform a display operation including a time display, the first processor can be set to a normal mode, a low power mode in which a power consumption is lower than a power consumption in the normal mode, or a pause mode in which a power consumption is lower than the power consumption in the low power mode, and the first processor is stopped. In the normal or low power modes, the first processor controls such that the first display unit displays a time, and the second processor controls such that the second display unit does not display a time. In the pause mode, the first display unit is turned off, and the second processor controls such that the second display unit displays a time.

Abstract: An object of the present invention is to provide a carbon fiber which exhibits excellent strength development rate when used in a composite material. The present invention that solves the problems is a carbon fiber which simultaneously satisfies the following formulae (1) and (2): Lc/d?3??(1) TS×d×Lc>6.0×105??(2) wherein: Lc is an X-ray crystallite size (?), d is a filament diameter (?m), and TS is a strand tensile strength (MPa).

Abstract: A silicon carbide semiconductor device includes a substrate, a drift layer disposed above the substrate, a base region disposed above the drift layer, a source region disposed above the base region, a gate trench formed deeper than the base region from a surface of the source region, a gate insulating film covering an inner wall surface of the gate trench, a gate electrode disposed on the gate insulating film, an interlayer insulating film covering the gate electrode and the gate insulating film and having a contact hole, a source electrode brought in ohmic contact with the source region through the contact hole, and a drain electrode disposed to a rear surface of the substrate. The source region has a lower impurity concentration on a side close to the base region than on a surface side brought in ohmic contact with the source region.

Abstract: A vehicle driving support apparatus includes a forward environment recognizing device configured to recognize a traveling environment forward of a vehicle, a control device configured to perform active lane keep centering control based on the traveling environment, an electric power steering device configured to apply an assist torque to control a turning angle of wheels in accordance with a steering angle received from a steering handle, and a driver monitoring system configured to detect biological information of a driver who drives the vehicle. During execution of the active lane keep centering control, the control device is configured to count the number of times a driver's line-of-sight direction in the biological information has deviated from a target route direction of the vehicle and if the counted number of times is greater than or equal to a predetermined threshold count, reduce the assist torque stepwise as the counted number of times increases.

Abstract: A vehicle driving support apparatus includes a forward environment recognizing device configured to recognize a traveling environment forward of a vehicle, a control device configured to perform adaptive cruise control and active lane keep centering control based on the recognized traveling environment, an electric power steering device configured to control a turning angle of wheels in a ganged manner in accordance with a steering angle received from a steering handle, and a driver monitoring system configured to detect changes in biological information of a driver who drives the vehicle. When the driver monitoring system detects a drop in alertness of the driver, the control device is configured to perform the adaptive cruise control and the active lane keep centering control and execute a steering handle idle mode that stops the electric power steering device from controlling the turning angle in the ganged manner in accordance with the steering angle.

Abstract: There is provided an image processing apparatus for a print executor, including a controller configured to execute direction determining processing. The direction determining processing including: determining whether a specified condition including a first condition is satisfied, the first condition indicating color difference pixels are present in a first partial image and an intermediate image, as well as the color difference pixels are present in a second partial image and the intermediate image; determining direction of head movement in the first partial printing and direction of head movement in the second partial printing to be same as each other in a case that the specified condition is satisfied, and determining the direction of the head movement in the second partial printing to be opposite to the direction of the head movement in the first partial printing in a case that the specified condition is not satisfied.

Abstract: The present invention provides a method for producing a press molded body, wherein a material X that contains a thermoplastic resin Rx and carbon fibers A having a weight average fiber length LWA and a material Y that contains a thermoplastic resin RY and carbon fibers B having a weight average fiber length LWB are heated, and the heated material X and material Y are pressed within a mold at the same time, thereby producing a press molded body which has a region X that is formed of the material X and a region Y that is formed of the material Y. This method for producing a press molded body is configured such that: LwB < LwA; LwB is from 0.1 mm to 15 mm (inclusive); and the press molded body has a transition zone XY wherein the region X and the region Y overlap with each other.

Abstract: A composite material containing reinforcing fibers A and a matrix resin, the reinforcing fibers A being discontinuous fibers having a fiber length of at least 5 mm and containing reinforcing fibers A1 having a bundle width of less than 0.3 mm and a reinforcing fiber bundle A2 having a fiber width of 0.3-3.0 mm, inclusive, wherein the coefficient of variation CViA2 of VfiA2 is 35% or less in at least a minimum bundle width zone (i=1) and a maximum bundle width zone (i=n) when the reinforcing fiber bundle A2 is divided into a pre-set plurality of bundle width zones (total number of bundle width zones n?3) and the volume ratio of the reinforcing fiber bundle A2 in each bundle width zone is VfiA2. Also, a method for producing a molded article which uses the composite material.

Abstract: A liquid discharging apparatus includes: a discharging head configured to discharge an ultraviolet cure ink onto a recording medium; and a controller configured to control the discharging head to: discharge the ink onto the recording medium on the basis of a raster data for an image to be formed on the recording medium, the image including a solid image area formed with the raster data at 100% of a printing rate; and execute a gloss reduction printing in which the solid image area is printed on the recording medium by varying the printing rate such that printing rates lower than 100% appear along a printing direction periodically or aperiodically in the course of 100% printing rate.

Abstract: A printing apparatus, including a discharging head for discharging ultraviolet-curable ink droplets, an energizer to supply energy to the ink droplets, a carriage with the discharging head and the energizer mounted thereon movable in a main scanning direction, and a controller, is provided. The controller forms a dots-linked portion having a plurality of the ink droplets landed on the printable medium being linked with one another and cured in a shape elongated in the main scanning direction. The controller forms both a dividing dot and a divided-dots linking portion or the divided-dots linking portion alone. The dividing dot is formed of a single one of the ink droplets cured independently at a position to one of adjoin and overlap the dots-linked portion in the main scanning direction. The divided-dots linking portion has a plurality of the ink droplets being linked and cured in a shape elongated in a sub-scanning direction.

Abstract: In a printing apparatus, in a first mode a head ejects a first type of liquid onto a printing medium and an energy applying device applies energy to the first type of liquid to form a background, and subsequently the head ejects a second type of liquid onto the background and the energy applying device applies energy to the second type of liquid on the background so that an image is formed on the background. In a second mode the head ejects the second type of liquid onto the printing medium without forming a background, and the energy applying device applies energy to the second type of liquid. The controller performs setting a quantity of the second type of liquid to be used in the first mode, to be greater than a quantity of the second type of liquid to be used in the second mode.