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 imaging device that has an image processing function and is capable of operating at high speed is provided. The imaging device has an additional function such as image processing, image data obtained by an imaging operation is binarized in a pixel unit, and a product-sum operation is performed using the binarized data. A memory circuit is provided in the pixel unit and retains a weight coefficient used for the product-sum operation. Thus, an arithmetic operation can be performed without the weight coefficient read from the outside every time, whereby power consumption can be reduced. Furthermore, a pixel circuit, a memory circuit, and the like and a product-sum operation circuit and the like are stacked, so that the lengths of wirings between the circuits can be reduced, and high-speed operation with low power consumption can be performed.

Abstract: A correction method of a display apparatus is provided. A method for evaluating display quality of a display apparatus is provided. The display apparatus includes a display panel, a correction circuit, and a memory. First, first imaging data including all pixels in the display apparatus is acquired in a state where an image with a first grayscale is displayed on the display apparatus. Then, second imaging data including all the pixels in the display apparatus is acquired in a state where an image with a second grayscale is displayed on the display apparatus. Next, correction data is generated based on the first imaging data and the second imaging data. After that, the correction data is output to the memory of the display apparatus. The correction circuit has a function of correcting image data based on the correction data stored in the memory to generate corrected image data and outputting the corrected image data to the display panel.

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: 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: In a partitioning member that is accommodated in a battery assembly to partition single cells and in which a liquid is sealed, an opening position of the partitioning member that opens upon receiving heat generated from the single cells is defined at a specific spot at a peripheral edge portion or a surface of the partitioning member. A partitioning member 1 includes a sealing portion 32 formed by sealing edge portions of multilayer sheets 31, 31 each including a resin layer and a metal layer in a band-like manner, a liquid and a heat insulation material 2 are sealed in an internal space surrounded by the sealing portion 32, and a weak seal strength portion 4A protruding from a side facing the internal space to an edge portion side of the sealing portion 32 is provided in the sealing portion 32.

Abstract: A microorganism is cultivated in the presence of a carbon source. The microorganism is a transformed microorganism having an introduced fadH gene encoding 2,4-dienoyl-CoA reductase. That is, the transformed microorganism has an introduced foreign gene encoding a protein having an amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO: 1 or an introduced foreign gene encoding a protein having an amino acid sequence that is at least 85% identical to the amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO: 1. The carbon source contains an oil containing unsaturated fatty acids as constituents or free unsaturated fatty acids.

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 imaging device that has an image processing function and is capable of operating at high speed is provided. The imaging device has an additional function such as image processing, image data obtained by an imaging operation is binarized in a pixel unit, and a product-sum operation is performed using the binarized data. A memory circuit is provided in the pixel unit and retains a weight coefficient used for the product-sum operation. Thus, an arithmetic operation can be performed without the weight coefficient read from the outside every time, whereby power consumption can be reduced. Furthermore, a pixel circuit, a memory circuit, and the like and a product-sum operation circuit and the like are stacked, so that the lengths of wirings between the circuits can be reduced, and high-speed operation with low power consumption can be performed.

Abstract: Provided is a method of producing a polyhydroxyalkanoate copolymer mixture. The method includes the step of culturing a microorganism that produces the polyhydroxyalkanoate copolymer mixture. The mixture contains: a fraction (I) containing a polyhydroxyalkanoate copolymer having a 3-hydroxybutyrate structural unit and a 3-hydroxyhexanoate structural unit, the fraction (I) having an average 3-hydroxyhexanoate unit ratio of 20 mol % or more; and a fraction (II) containing a polyhydroxyalkanoate having a 3-hydroxybutyrate structural unit, the fraction (II) having an average 3-hydroxyhexanoate unit ratio of 0 to 15 mol %. The polyhydroxyalkanoate copolymer mixture has an average 3-hydroxyhexanoate unit ratio of 22 mol % or less.

Abstract: There is provided with an image processing apparatus. A determination unit determines, based on at least one of first face information and first posture information of a first person detected from an image, and second posture information of a second person different from the first person, whether a face of the first person is occluded by part of the first person or part of the second person. An authentication unit performs face authentication of the first person, in a case where the determination unit determines that the face of the first person is not occluded by part of the first person or part of the second person.

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: An input device including a panel that is held in a tiltable manner, a plurality of input operation sections that are disposed on the panel and that are capable of detecting a touch input operation, a pressure detector that detects pressure to the panel, and a pressing determination section that determines pressing based on a result of the pressure detection performed by the pressure detector, further includes a tilt detector that detects tilt of the panel.

Abstract: A problem to be solved of the invention is to provide a fiber for artificial hair comprising polyamide, which has a glossy feeling with suppressed luster similar to natural hair, is excellent in persistent antistatic properties, and also excellent in heat-setting properties. The means for solving the problem is a fiber for artificial hair comprising a thermoplastic polyamide and a polymeric antistatic agent having compatibility with the thermoplastic polyamide, wherein the polymeric antistatic agent has a melting point equal to or lower than the melting point of the thermoplastic polyamide.

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: A sensor capable of detecting local expansion or the like is provided, and a storage battery system including a safety system such as the sensor and a secondary battery is provided. The storage battery system includes a first secondary battery and a second secondary battery each including an exterior body holding an electrolyte solution, a positive electrode, and a negative electrode; a sensor member provided to be in contact with part of the exterior body; and a detection circuit controlling the sensor member. The first secondary battery includes a memory unit storing data collected with gas introduction into the second secondary battery, a learning model constructed on the basis of the data, and an estimated value obtained using the learning model; and a unit providing information based on the estimated value.

Abstract: Provided is a power storage system, a secondary battery control system, a secondary battery measurement circuit, or the like that consumes low power. Provided is a power storage system, a secondary battery control system, a secondary battery measurement circuit, or the like that is highly integrated. The power storage system includes a secondary battery and a measurement circuit; the measurement circuit includes a resistor, a capacitor, and an inductor; one terminal of the resistor is electrically connected to one electrode of the capacitor; the other terminal of the resistor is electrically connected to one terminal of the inductor; one terminal of the inductor is electrically connected to a positive electrode of the secondary battery; and the measurement circuit has a function of measuring impedance of the secondary battery by measuring current of the resistor.

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: In culturing a poly(3-hydroxyalkanoate)-producing microorganism, an oil A and an oil B are used as the carbon source. The proportion of the oil B to the total amount of the oils A and B used during the entire course of the culturing is 10 wt% or more. The oil A is the total oil used until the amount of the poly(3-hydroxyalkanoate) accumulated in the poly(3-hydroxyalkanoate)-producing microorganism reaches 16 wt%, and the average unsaturated fatty acid content in constituent fatty acids is from 25 wt% to less than 75 wt% in the total oil A. The unsaturated fatty acid content in constituent fatty acids in the oil B is higher than the average unsaturated fatty acid content in the total oil A.

Abstract: An imaging device that has an image processing function and is capable of operating at high speed is provided. The imaging device has an additional function such as image processing, image data obtained by an imaging operation is binarized in a pixel unit, and a product-sum operation is performed using the binarized data. A memory circuit is provided in the pixel unit and retains a weight coefficient used for the product-sum operation. Thus, an arithmetic operation can be performed without the weight coefficient read from the outside every time, whereby power consumption can be reduced. Furthermore, a pixel circuit, a memory circuit, and the like and a product-sum operation circuit and the like are stacked, so that the lengths of wirings between the circuits can be reduced, and high-speed operation with low power consumption can be performed.