Abstract: An imaging device that has an image processing function and is capable of a high-speed operation is provided. The imaging device has an additional function such as image processing, and can retain analog data obtained by an image capturing operation in pixels and extract data obtained by multiplying the analog data by a given weight coefficient. In the imaging device, the data is stored in a memory cell and pooling processing of data stored in a plurality of memory cells can be performed. The pixels are provided so as to have a region overlapping with at least one of the memory cells, a pooling processing circuit, and a reading circuit of the pixels; thus, an increase in the area of the imaging device can be inhibited even with an additional function.

Abstract: A multifunctional imaging device is provided. The imaging device includes first to fourth light-receiving elements and first and second functional layers. The first to fourth light-receiving elements are photoelectric conversion elements having sensitivity to light of different wavelengths from each other. The first and second functional layers each include first and second transistors. The first functional layer and the fourth to first light-receiving elements are stacked in this order over the second functional layer. In each of the first to fourth light-receiving elements, a first conductive layer, a first buffer layer, a photoelectric conversion layer, a second buffer layer, and a second conductive layer are stacked in this order. The photoelectric conversion layer includes an organic compound, and the first buffer layer and the second buffer layer each include a metal or an organic compound.

Abstract: Provided is a mutant polyhydroxyalkanoate synthetase having an amino acid sequence which has 85% or more sequence identity with the amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO: 1 and which contains a mutation of substitution of at least one of the amino acids at the 27th to 33rd, 39th, 56th, 106th, 129th, 144th, 165th, 170th and 172nd to 187th positions from the N-terminus of the amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO: 1 with another amino acid.

Abstract: A cathode electrode for a gas diffusion electrolytic flow cell that produces a carbon dioxide reduction product by reducing carbon dioxide, wherein the cathode electrode comprises a catalyst layer having a metal complex catalyst, a carbon material and an alkali metal salt, and a gas diffusion layer disposed on the catalyst layer.

Abstract: A polyhydroxyalkanoate-producing microorganism is cultured to obtain microbial bodies accumulating polyhydroxyalkanoate particles and having an average cell size of 2 ?m or more. The microbial bodies are subjected to a heat treatment at a temperature higher than a temperature in the culturing to increase an average particle size of the polyhydroxyalkanoate particles in the microbial bodies. The resulting average particle size is equal to or greater than 1.8 ?m and equal to or smaller than the average cell size. The microbial bodies subjected to the heat treatment can be disrupted to obtain a cell disruption solution. The PHA particles can be separated from an aqueous phase of the cell disruption solution.

Abstract: An information processing apparatus includes a setting unit configured to set an imaging condition under which an imaging apparatus captures a video, a region determination unit configured to determine a detectable region in which a detection target is detectable in the video, based on the imaging condition, an acquisition unit configured to acquire a desired detection condition under which a user desires detection for the detection target to be executed, and a condition determination unit configured to determine a detection condition under which the detection target is detected from the video, based on the desired detection condition and the detectable region determined based on at least one imaging condition.

Abstract: An input device is characterized in that in a first stroke region in which an operation panel is pushed during a touch operation, a first reaction force that occurs by pushing the operation panel is generated by the first elastic portion. In a second stroke region including a stroke longer than in the first stroke region and a stroke for performing a push operation, a second reaction force that occurs by pushing the operation panel is a resultant force generated by a first elastic portion and the push switch. In the vicinity of a boundary between the first stroke region and the second stroke region, the amount of change in the first reaction force with respect to a stroke length is less than the amount of change in the second reaction force with respect to a stroke length.

Abstract: Provided is a transformed microorganism that has a polyhydroxyalkanoate synthase gene and in which expression of an A1386 gene and/or an A2405 gene is reduced. In the transformed microorganism, expression of a minC gene and a minD gene may be enhanced. Also provided is a method of producing a PHA, the method including the step of culturing the transformed microorganism in the presence of a carbon source.

Abstract: The present application provides: a transformed microorganism for producing a PHA copolymer containing 3HH monomer unit at a higher composition ratio, specifically, a transformed microorganism comprising a PHA synthase gene capable of synthesizing a PHA copolymer containing 3HH monomer unit and a gene encoding a protein having (R)-specific enoyl-CoA hydratase activity, characterized in that, in the transformed microorganism, the expression of a gene encoding at least one ?-ketothiolase enzyme having thiolysis activity for ?-keto-(C6) acyl-CoA (i.e., ?-ketohexanoyl-CoA) is inhibited, thereby losing or reducing the enzyme activity; and a method for producing a PHA copolymer containing 3HH monomer unit, comprising a step of culturing the transformed microorganism.

Abstract: A method for producing a poly(3-hydroxybutyrate) resin-containing composition for melt processing includes: heating a material containing a poly(3-hydroxybutyrate) resin to a temperature equal to or higher than a melting point peak temperature in differential scanning calorimetry analysis of the poly(3-hydroxybutyrate) resin and equal to or lower than a melting point peak end temperature in the differential scanning calorimetry analysis of the poly(3-hydroxybutyrate) resin, wherein the difference between the melting point peak temperature and the melting point peak end temperature of the poly(3-hydroxybutyrate) resin is 10° C. or more; and extruding the heated material to obtain a composition for melt processing that has a new crystallization peak at a temperature higher than the melting point peak temperature.

Abstract: A method for producing an injection-molded body from a molding material containing a poly(3-hydroxybutyrate) resin includes: melting the molding material by heating the molding material to a temperature between a melting point peak temperature and a melting point peak end temperature in differential scanning calorimetry analysis of the molding material, wherein the difference between the melting point peak temperature and the melting point peak end temperature of the molding material is from 10 to 70° C.; injecting the molten molding material into a mold having a temperature of 30 to 80° C.; and cooling the molding material in the mold to crystallize and solidify the molding material.

Abstract: An apparatus acquires a video image from a surveillance camera 2 and displays an image based on the video image on a display 3. The apparatus 1 records the video image acquired from the surveillance camera 2 in a recording unit 105. The apparatus 1 includes an abnormality detection unit 106 configured to detect an abnormality from the video image, an attention period determination unit 107 configured to determine an attention period based on a period from a start to an end of a detected abnormality, and a displaying unit 102 configured to display a video image acquired from the surveillance camera 2 as it is on a display 3 until the abnormality being detected ends, and, when the abnormality being detected ends, acquire, from a recording unit 105, a recorded video image recorded in a period corresponding to the attention period and play back the acquired recorded video image.

Abstract: A video image processing apparatus includes a video image acquisition unit that acquires video images, a period selection unit that selects, from the video images acquired by the video image acquisition unit, a plurality of time periods in which a predetermined subject performed a predetermined movement, and a synthesizing unit that synthesizes a video image from the plurality of time periods that have been selected by the period selection unit by bringing them closer together in time, in order to synthesize a summary video image with good visibility based on the time periods in which a predetermined subject performed a predetermined movement.

Abstract: Provided are a PHA-producing microorganism producing a higher molecular weight PHA and a PHA production method using the PHA-producing microorganism. A PHA-producing microorganism including a gene encoding a PHA synthase derived from genus Aeromonas, in which at least a portion of a PHA degrading enzyme gene is altered by substitution, deletion, insertion, and/or addition to reduce or eliminate activity of a PHA degrading enzyme encoded by the gene, and further a glycerol kinase activity is enhanced.

Abstract: Provided is a polyhydroxyalkanoate resin composition containing a polyhydroxyalkanoate resin component. In differential scanning calorimetry of the resin composition, a highest melting peak temperature is 130° C. or higher, and a total crystalline melting enthalpy calculated from all melting peaks is in the range of 20 to 65 J/g. Preferably, the polyhydroxyalkanoate resin component is a mixture of at least two polyhydroxyalkanoate resins differing in crystalline melting enthalpy.

Abstract: A method includes: sandwiching a plastic layer between a glass substrate and a metal plate made of an iron-nickel alloy and joining the metal plate to the glass substrate with the plastic layer in between; forming a mask portion including a plurality of mask holes from the metal plate; joining a surface of the mask portion that is opposite to a surface of the mask portion that is in contact with the plastic layer to a mask frame, which has a higher rigidity than the mask portion and is in a shape of a frame surrounding the mask holes of the mask portion; and peeling off the plastic layer and the glass substrate from the mask portion.

Abstract: An image processing apparatus includes detecting means for detecting a plurality of predetermined parts of a subject from an image, estimating means for estimating a cause of failed detection if any of the plurality of predetermined parts is not detected in a result of the detection made by the detecting means, and determining means for determining a state of the subject based on a part detected by the detecting means and the cause estimated by the estimating means.

Abstract: An information processing apparatus that detects an object from an image, includes a determination unit configured to determine a boundary at which a movement of the object between partial regions in the image is estimated, the partial regions each including a plurality of objects, and an estimation unit configured to estimate movement information indicating a number of objects that have passed the boundary determined by the determination unit.

Abstract: An information processing apparatus includes a first setting unit configured to set a plurality of observation necessity degrees of positions in a real space and times, a first display unit configured to display the plurality of observation necessity degrees mapped based on a position in the real space and a time, a second display unit configured to display a plurality of targets detected from a captured image, based on observation necessity degrees each corresponding to a different one of the plurality of targets, and a receiving unit configured to receive an input of information corresponding to at least one target of the plurality of targets. The first setting unit resets at least one observation necessity degree of the plurality of observation necessity degrees based on the input information.

Abstract: Provided is a transformed microorganism that has a polyhydroxyalkanoate synthase gene and in which expression of a minD gene is enhanced. Also provided is a transformed microorganism that has a polyhydroxyalkanoate synthase gene and in which expression of a minC gene and a minD gene is enhanced. In this transformed microorganism, expression of a minE gene may be enhanced or reduced. Also provided is a method of producing a PHA, the method including the step of culturing any of the transformed microorganisms in the presence of a carbon source.