Abstract: A liquid ejection head includes: a substrate for the liquid ejection head that includes a heating resistance element, a covering portion that covers the heating resistance element, and a fuse part that electrically connects the covering portion and a common wiring to each other; and a flow path forming member. The flow path forming member is provided with a through-opening or a concave portion that is concave from a surface of the flow path forming member on a side of the substrate for the liquid ejection head, at a position that overlaps at least a part of the fuse part.

Abstract: The liquid discharge head substrate includes a first covering portion that covers the first heat generation element and that has conductivity, a second covering portion that covers the second heat generation element and that has conductivity, an insulative layer disposed between the first heat generation element and the first covering portion and between the second heat generation element and the second covering portion, a fuse portion provided on the substrate on a side on which the first covering portion is provided, common wiring for electrically coupling the first covering portion and the second covering portion, the common wiring coupled with the first covering portion via the fuse portion, and a cover layer including at least silicon and carbon and covering the fuse portion.

Abstract: A liquid-discharge-head substrate includes a first covering portion covering a first heating resistance element and having electrical conductivity, a second covering portion covering a second heating resistance element and having electrical conductivity, a fuse, and a common wiring line for electrically connecting the first and second covering portions. The common wiring line is electrically connected with the first covering portion via the fuse. The common wiring line and the fuse each have a multilayer structure including a stack of a plurality of conductive layers including a first conductive layer and a second conductive layer that is less oxidizable than the first conductive layer.

Abstract: A method for manufacturing a silicon carbide semiconductor device includes preparing a silicon carbide layer including an n-type region having an n conductivity type and a p-type region having a p conductivity type, forming a material layer containing titanium, aluminum, and silicon on the n-type region and the p-type region, and forming an electrode layer in contact with the n-type region and the p-type region by heating the material layer. In forming a material layer, composition of the material layer is determined such that a point (x, y, z) (x, y, and z each being a numeric value greater than 0) representing a composition ratio among titanium, aluminum, and silicon is included in a first triangular pyramidal region having four points of the origin (0, 0, 0), a point (1, 2, 2), a point (2, 1, 2) and a point (2, 2, 1) as vertices.

Abstract: A front structure of a vehicle is provided with a vehicle front lamp disposed at each end portion of a vehicle front portion in a vehicle width direction. The vehicle front lamp includes a headlight, a cover member, and a lighting accessory. The cover member is disposed above the headlight. The lighting accessory is disposed above a rear portion of the headlight and below the cover member. The vehicle front lamp is provided with a ventilation path that is formed outward or inward of the headlight in the vehicle width direction below the cover member and that allows traveling wind from a vehicle front side to pass toward a vehicle rear side.

Abstract: Influence of transform of quality to an entire liquid discharge head is suppressed when a heat resistor and a covering portion are electrically connected to each other. To address this problem, a liquid discharge head substrate includes fuse portions for respective heat resistor arrays.

Abstract: Lamp unit includes a housing having a front opening portion and a rear opening portion, and a lamp main body disposed in the housing. The lamp main body includes a lamp case extending in a longitudinal direction of the vehicle in a position closer to a widthwise outer side of the front opening portion and spaced away from a widthwise outer edge of the front opening portion toward a widthwise inner side, and inner side and first outer side heat dissipation fins and protruding from the lamp case to the inner side and outer side in the vehicle width direction. The outer side heat dissipation fin protrudes greater than the inner side heat dissipation fin.

Abstract: A liquid discharge head substrate including a discharge opening through which a liquid is discharged, a base that includes a surface in which a heat generating element that generates heat to discharge the liquid through the discharge opening is provided, a first electrode that covers the heat generating element, a flow passage through which the liquid flows from a supply port that supplies the liquid, through the surface of the first electrode, and towards a collection port that collects the liquid, and a second electrode provided inside the flow passage, the second electrode together with the first electrode forming an electric field in the liquid, in which the second electrode is provided downstream of the first electrode in a flow direction of the liquid flowing towards the collection port from the supply port.

Abstract: The liquid ejection head includes a wall member having formed therein a void for communicating between a first liquid chamber and a second liquid chamber; a first energy generation element to eject the liquid in the first liquid chamber; a second energy generation element to eject the liquid in the second liquid chamber; a first electrode arranged in a vicinity of the first energy generation element in the first liquid chamber; a second electrode for forming, between the first electrode and the second electrode, an electric field in liquid inside the first liquid chamber; and a supply port which supplies liquid to the first energy generation element. The wall member includes a channel wall defining a channel through which the second liquid chamber, the void, and the supply port communicate, and the second electrode is arranged between the second liquid chamber and the supply port in the channel.

Abstract: An outboard motor includes an engine including a crankshaft, a generator including a rotor that rotates together with the rotation of the crankshaft and a stator in which a coil is wound so as to face the rotor, and a fan including a blade disposed coaxially with the rotor, provided separately from the rotor, and that rotates together with the rotation of the rotor.

Abstract: A control method of a liquid ejection head, in which the liquid ejection head having first and second heat generating resistors that generate thermal energy for ejecting liquid, includes first covering portion covers the first heat generating resistor. A second covering portion is electrically connected to the first covering portion and covering the second heat generating resistor. An insulating layer is provided between the first heat generating resistor and the first covering portion and between the second heat generating resistor and the second covering portion. Surface potentials are set of the first and second covering portions to be equal to or less than a ground potential in a state where drive voltage is not applied to the first and second heat generating resistors, is accomplished in accordance with application of drive voltage to at least either the first heat generating resistor or the second heat generating resistor.

Abstract: A liquid ejecting head maintains stable ejecting operations without causing kogation. To achieve such operations, the liquid ejecting head includes, in its liquid chamber, a first electrode placed so as to cover a heating resistor, a second electrode placed at a position different from that of the first electrode, and a third electrode. In a case where the heating resistor is driven, a voltage is applied between the first electrode and the second electrode so that the first electrode has the same polarity as that of a predetermined liquid component, and the second electrode has the opposite polarity. In a case where the heating resistor is not driven, a voltage is applied between the second electrode and the third electrode so that the second electrode has the same polarity as that of the predetermined component, and the third electrode has the opposite polarity.

Abstract: An electric potential difference between both ends of a first fuse portion is increased to more than the electric potential difference that is generated by an electric potential applied to drive print elements in a state where a first print element and a first covering portion are electrically connected to each other.

Abstract: To provide a POS system, a POS device, a data processing method therefor, and a recording medium, the POS system and the POS device being capable of selecting an advertisement having a high advertising effect and displaying the advertisement on a display, the POS device includes: a product registering unit that registers a product by reading product identification information from the product; and a product displaying unit that displays, based on customer information generated by image-capturing a customer in front of the POS device itself, a product relating to the customer in a selectable manner, the product registering unit adding and registering the product when the product displayed on the product displaying unit is selected.

Abstract: The liquid ejection head includes: a wall member having formed therein a void for communicating between a first liquid chamber and a second liquid chamber; a first energy generation element to eject the liquid in the first liquid chamber; a second energy generation element to eject the liquid in the second liquid chamber; a first electrode is arranged in a vicinity of the first energy generation element in the first liquid chamber; a second electrode for forming, between the first electrode and the second electrode, an electric field in liquid inside the first liquid chamber; and a supply port which supplies liquid to the first energy generation element, wherein the wall member includes a channel wall in which the second liquid chamber, the void, and the supply port communicate, and the second electrode is arranged between the second liquid chamber and the supply port in the channel.

Abstract: A first image capture unit generates a first customer image. A generation unit generates association information in which the first image and payment information are associated with each other. A second image capture unit generates a second customer image. A calculation unit calculates a first degree of similarity between a customer included in the first image and a customer included in the second image. An acquisition unit acquires payment information associated with the first image where there is the first image having the first degree of similarity equal to or greater than a first threshold value. A display control unit displays a candidate image where there is no first image having the first degree of similarity equal to or greater than the first threshold value. A first input reception unit receives an input for selecting a candidate image. The acquisition unit acquires payment information associated with the selected candidate image.

Abstract: The invention provides a checkout apparatus (1) including a product identification information reception unit (10) that receives an input of identification information of a product, a determination unit (20) that determines whether or not a customer satisfies an age requirement by analyzing an image obtained by photographing the customer when the identification information of an age restricted product is input, and a notification unit (30) that outputs a warning for prompting age verification in a case where the determination unit (20) determines that the customer does not satisfy the age requirement and does not output the warning in a case where the determination unit (20) determines that the customer satisfies the age requirement.

Abstract: A method of cleaning a liquid discharge head, which includes a heat generating resistor that generates thermal energy for discharging a liquid and a covering portion covering the heat generating resistor, includes alternately performing a first voltage application process and a second voltage application process multiple times, and reducing energy applied in the second voltage application process. The first voltage application process includes applying voltage between the covering portion and an electrode through the liquid to dissolve the covering portion in the liquid. The second voltage application process includes reversing relative polarities of the covering portion and the electrode in the first voltage application process and applying voltage between the covering portion and the electrode. Energy applied in the second voltage application process is reduced such that the energy applied is less than energy applied in the first voltage application process of an immediately preceding time.

Abstract: A front structure of a vehicle is provided with a vehicle front lamp disposed at each end portion of a vehicle front portion in a vehicle width direction. The vehicle front lamp includes a headlight, a cover member, and a lighting accessory. The cover member is disposed above the headlight. The lighting accessory is disposed above a rear portion of the headlight and below the cover member. The vehicle front lamp is provided with a ventilation path that is formed outward or inward of the headlight in the vehicle width direction below the cover member and that allows traveling wind from a vehicle front side to pass toward a vehicle rear side.