Abstract: A film formation method includes: providing a film formation apparatus including a substrate support, a target holder, and a magnet unit; forming a film on a substrate by a magnetron sputtering of a target; and performing a serial communication monitoring to repeatedly acquire information on power from a power supply through serial communication. The magnet unit oscillates in a predetermined direction along the target, and the serial communication is performed to switch the power supplied to the target holder when the magnet unit reaches a predetermined power switch position while oscillating, such that when the magnet unit faces the end of the target, the power increases, and when the magnet unit faces the center of the target, the power decreases. The serial communication monitoring stops at least from a predetermined time before the time point when the magnet unit reaches the power switching position until the serial communication is completed.

Abstract: A battery replacement apparatus includes a detection device (detector) that detects position and orientation of a battery (first battery), a battery mount where the battery that is removed from an electric vehicle is placed, the battery mount being driven below the electric vehicle, and a processor (controller) that controls driving of the battery mount. The processor controls position and orientation of the battery mount based on the position and the orientation of the battery detected by the detection device. Furthermore, the processor performs control of removing the battery from the electric vehicle, in a state where the position and the orientation of the battery mount are controlled.

Abstract: An air floating video display apparatus includes: a video display apparatus displaying a video; a lenticular lens arranged on a video-light emission side of the video display apparatus; and a retroreflector reflecting video light emitted from the video display apparatus and aerially forming an air floating video by using the reflection light. The video display apparatus displays a plurality of multi-viewpoint images including at least three objects so that a position of an optional object among the at least three objects is fixed while a position of an object other than the optional object is shifted among the plurality of different multi-viewpoint images in a predetermined direction.

Abstract: An electrically powered vehicle includes: a vehicle body including a power converter that operates a motor; and a first battery that is attached in a replaceable manner to the vehicle body and supplies electric power to the power converter. The vehicle body includes a first connector for connecting to the first battery. The first battery includes a second connector to be connected to the first connector. The electrically powered vehicle further includes a lock mechanism that locks connection between the first connector and the second connector when the connection between the first connector and the second connector is completed.

Abstract: A second axis is located on a lower side with respect to a first axis and on a first widthwise side with respect to the first axis. An inverter device is disposed on the first widthwise side with respect to the second axis so that a disposition area in an up-down direction overlaps a rotary electric machine and a pair of output members. At least a part of a breather chamber is disposed between the rotary electric machine and the inverter device in a width direction in an area in the up-down direction where both the rotary electric machine and the inverter device are disposed.

Abstract: A medicament for the prophylaxis or treatment of inflammatory diseases or fibrous diseases, may be produced by inducing mesenchymal stem cells by culturing neural crest cells in a medium composition for inducing mesenchymal stem cells from neural crest cells, comprising a basal medium and corticosteroid, the composition having a converted concentration of the corticosteroid in the medium composition of not less than 1.25 ?M.

Abstract: An ink set which includes a first ink composition that contains a coloring agent, a surfactant in an amount of A1 mass %, a hydrophobic organic solvent in an amount of A2 mass %, and water, the first ink composition being used to form a first image, and a second ink composition that contains a coloring agent, a surfactant in an amount of B1 mass %, a hydrophobic organic solvent in an amount of B2 mass %, and water, the second ink composition being used to form a second image on the first image. The surfactant is a specific silicone-based surfactant; the octanol/water partition coefficient of the hydrophobic organic solvent is not less than 2.00 but less than 3.50; and the following formula 0.05?(0.5×(B1?A1)+(B2?A2))?0.70 is satisfied.

Abstract: It is to provide a granulated product comprising a dark-green vegetable, and having excellent dispersibility and drinkability. According to the present invention, by using dark-green vegetable for granulation in the process of developing an oral composition comprising a dark-green vegetable, it is possible to provide a granulated product having excellent dispersibility and drinkability.

Abstract: A battery replacement apparatus includes: a battery replacement station including a floor on which an electrically powered vehicle can be stopped; a battery mounting table on which the first battery and the second battery can be mounted and which is movable below the electrically powered vehicle in a vertical direction; and a raising and lowering unit movable below the electrically powered vehicle in the vertical direction independently of the battery mounting table. The raising and lowering unit is movable between a raised position to which at least a part of the electrically powered vehicle has been moved upward from the floor, and a separated position separated downward from the electrically powered vehicle. The battery mounting table is capable of moving up to a position where the battery mounting table contacts a bottom surface of the first battery when the raising and lowering unit is located at the raised position.

Abstract: To provide an air passage type silencer that can suppress generation of a wind noise, that has a high sound attenuation effect in a low-frequency band, and that has high air passage performance.

Abstract: A battery replacement apparatus includes a detection device that detects position and orientation of a battery (first battery), a battery mount where a battery (second battery) is placed, the battery mount being capable of being raised, and an adjuster that adjusts position and orientation of the battery that is placed on the battery mount. The battery mount allows the battery to be attached to a vehicle body from below the vehicle body, by being raised below the vehicle body in a state where the battery is placed on the battery mount. The adjuster adjusts the position and the orientation of the battery placed on the battery mount, based on the position and the orientation of the battery detected by the detection device.

Abstract: A battery replacement apparatus includes: a battery replacement station where removal of a first battery from the electrically powered vehicle and attachment of a second battery to the electrically powered vehicle are performed; a storage that stores the second battery, and a storage space that is provided at a position separate from the storage and stores the first battery.

Abstract: An electrically powered vehicle includes: an accessory device capable of communicating with an external device; a power converter that operates a motor; a first relay and a second relay; a control device that controls operation of the first relay and the second relay; a first battery that supplies electric power to the accessory device when the first relay is in ON state; and a second battery that supplies electric power to the power converter when the second relay is in ON state. When the second relay is in ON state and the electrically powered vehicle receives a battery replacement instruction to replace the second battery with a charged battery, the control device controls the first relay into ON state and controls the second relay into OFF state.

Abstract: A control method and a control device for controlling a spark-ignition internal combustion engine that is equipped with a turbocharger and an exhaust gas recirculation device. The operation of the engine is carried out to perform a stoichiometric air-fuel ratio by performing exhaust gas recirculation even in a high-load range including a maximum-output operation point. When the maximum output operation point is required, intake air information such as atmospheric pressure and outside air temperature is used as a basis to calculate intake air density, which is compared with a predetermined density threshold. When the intake density is equal to or less than the density threshold at a high-altitude location or the like, an exhaust gas recirculation rate is set to 0. As a result, the maximum output can be higher than when exhaust gas recirculation is performed.

Abstract: This joined body includes a metal member having a joining surface with depressions formed therein and a resin member that is joined to the metal member at the joining surface. The joined body includes an intersecting-direction uneven section and a cover section. The intersecting-direction uneven section is included in a depressed surface formation section that forms a depressed surface of the metal member that faces the depressions. The intersecting-direction uneven section is uneven in a direction intersecting a depth direction of the depression. The cover section forms a surface layer of the depressed surface formation section and covers the intersecting-direction uneven section. The cover section forms a thinner layer than an uneven depth of the intersecting-direction uneven section, and has a porous structure which is filled with the resin member.

Abstract: According to an aspect, a head up display includes, inside a case: a display panel that is configured to emit light to project an image; a first mirror that is configured to reflect light having passed through the display panel; and a semi-reflective mirror provided between the display panel and the first mirror. The semi-reflective mirror includes a cholesteric liquid crystal layer that is configured to transmit light from the display panel and reflect light from the first mirror. An acute angle is formed between a surface of the semi-reflective mirror through which light from the display panel is transmitted and a surface of the display panel through which light from the display panel is emitted.

Abstract: A medical imaging system includes a surgery mode setting unit that sets a surgery mode, a region-of-interest setting unit that sets, on the basis of the surgery mode, an ROI image to be used for performing AF processing, from among a Near image focused on a near point, a Mid image focused on a middle point, and a Far image focused on a far point, the Near image, the Mid image, and the Far image being captured by three pieces of imaging elements having different optical path lengths from one imaging lens, and sets a region of interest in the ROI image, and a focus processing unit that obtains an evaluation value from a region of interest of the ROI image, and adjusts focus. The present technology can be applied to, for example, a medical imaging system capable of capturing an EDOF image.

Abstract: A flow switching device is provided at a refrigeration cycle apparatus. The flow switching device includes a plurality of plates; and a first inlet, a second inlet and a flow passage connecting between the first inlet and the second inlet. The flow passage have an anisotropic flow passage configured to have a forward flow resistance for a forward flow, the forward flow being a refrigerant flow from the first inlet to the second inlet, and a backward flow resistance for an inverse flow, the inverse flow being a refrigerant flow from the second inlet to the first inlet, the forward flow resistance being different from the backward flow resistance. A part of the anisotropic flow passage is at a plate, on which neither the first inlet nor the second the inlet is formed, of the plurality of plates.

Abstract: This imaging device comprises a focus position detection unit for detecting a focus position when a visual sensor is in focus. The imaging device comprises a parameter setting unit for setting a parameter for calculating a three-dimensional position corresponding to a specific position in an image captured by the visual sensor. The imaging device comprises a characteristic position calculation unit for calculating the three-dimensional position of a characteristic portion using the parameter set by the parameter setting unit. The parameter setting unit sets the parameter on the basis of the focus position.

Abstract: An aspect of a heat exchange unit of a refrigeration cycle device, includes a housing having openings, and gripping members attached to the openings. Each gripping member has a main body having an inner space that opens to an outside, and a plurality of claws that protrude from the main body and that hook to a circumferential edge of the openings. The plurality of claws include a plurality of first claw portions, and at least one second claw portion that is provided on an opposite side to the plurality of first claw portions in a predetermined direction that intersects the opening direction. At least one claw portion out of the plurality of first claw portions and the at least one second claw portion is an elastic claw that is cantilevered by the main body and is elastically deformable in the predetermined direction with respect to the main body.