Abstract: A control device including a control unit configured to control a fan system including a fan and a motor for driving the fan is disclosed. The control unit includes a fan characteristic storage unit configured to store correlated information correlated to a fan characteristic, the fan characteristic being a characteristic of the fan. The control unit controls the fan system based on the correlated information. The control unit includes a correction unit configured to correct the correlated information to correspond to changes in the fan characteristic occurring as a function of deformation over time of the fan.

Abstract: A fluid transfer apparatus includes a control device configured to determine whether or not a structure is in a clogged state, using a physical quantity obtained from a motor and correlated with a pressure loss in a fluid passage, At least one of a transfer section or the fluid passage is configured to make a proportion of a disturbance to the physical quantity small.

Abstract: The present invention intends to estimate the orientation of a resin while suppressing anisotropy. The resin composition for injection molding according to the present invention including a first thermoplastic resin and a filler including a non-fibrous first inorganic particle, further including at least one of an aggregate of second inorganic particles and a resin composition of a second thermoplastic resin. A ratio of a longest first length to a shortest second length among lengths of the aggregate and the resin composition in three directions orthogonal to each other is larger than or equal to 2 and smaller than or equal to 20, and the first length is larger than or equal to 25 ?m and smaller than or equal to 100 ?m. The aggregate or the resin composition does not include the first inorganic particles having a particle diameter of larger than or equal to 25 ?m.

Abstract: A method of repairing a tire is a method to repair a damaged part of the tire, the damaged part being a part in a rubber layer of a tire side section located between a carcass ply and a tire surface and terminated within the rubber layer. The method of repairing the tire includes: a first step of opening the damaged part while in a state the tire is retained; a second step of injecting or applying an adhesive to the damaged part; a third step of releasing a damaged-part-opened state and bonding mutually opposing wall surfaces of the damaged part.

Abstract: In one embodiment, a control apparatus for a carbon dioxide capturing apparatus includes a model creator configured to create a model for predicting a deterioration state of an absorbing solvent in the carbon dioxide capturing apparatus through learning, based on data regarding the carbon dioxide capturing apparatus, and a deterioration time determiner configured to determine a deterioration time of the absorbing solvent, using the model created by the model creator. The control apparatus further includes a computer configured to compute a replacement amount by which an entirety or a part of the absorbing solvent is to be replaced with a new absorbing solvent, based on the deterioration time determined by the deterioration time determiner. The control apparatus further includes a controller configured to control the carbon dioxide capturing apparatus, based on the replacement amount computed by the computer.

Abstract: To control an excess bias to an appropriate value in a light detection device. A solid-state image sensor includes a photodiode, a resistor, and a control circuit. In this solid-state image sensor, the photodiode photoelectrically converts incident light and outputs a photocurrent. Furthermore, in the solid-state image sensor, the resistor is connected to a cathode of the photodiode. Furthermore, in the solid-state image sensor, the control circuit supplies a lower potential to an anode of the photodiode as a potential of the cathode of when the photocurrent flows through the resistor is higher.

Abstract: A ferrule is formed with an optical fiber insertion hole into which an optical fiber is inserted, and includes a resin composition containing a thermoplastic resin and a filler, wherein a size of coarse particles originated from the filler is 50 ?m or less, or a size of aggregates originated from the filler is 50 ?m or less.

Abstract: A ferrule is formed with an optical fiber insertion hole into which an optical fiber is inserted, and includes a resin composition containing a thermoplastic resin and a filler, wherein a size of coarse particles originated from the filler is 50 ?m or less, or a size of aggregates originated from the filler is 50 ?m or less.

Abstract: To reduce the influence of generation of after-pulses when a pixel including a SPAD is used. In a SPAD pixel, a PN junction part of a P+ type semiconductor layer and an N+ type semiconductor layer is formed, a P type semiconductor layer having a concentration higher than the concentration of a silicon substrate is formed in a region deeper than the PN junction part and close to a light absorption layer. With no quenching operation generating no after-pulse, electrons generated in the light absorption layer are guided to the PN junction part and subjected to avalanche amplification. When the quenching operation is performed after avalanche amplification, the electrons are guided to the N+ type semiconductor layer by a potential barrier to prevent avalanche amplification. The present disclosure is applicable to an image sensor including a SPAD.

Abstract: A filament winding device includes a fiber bundle retainer that temporarily retains fiber bundles. The fiber bundle retainer includes: a reel member including an outer peripheral portion having pins movable in the axial direction relative to the fiber bundles supplied through fiber bundle guides and rotatable about the axis of the liner, the reel member capable of winding the fiber bundles onto the outer peripheral portion; a first cutting unit configured to cut a part of each of the fiber bundles in the circumferential direction, the part being between a part of the fiber bundle wound on the outer peripheral portion and a part of the fiber bundle wound on the liner; and a second cutting unit different from the first cutting unit and configured to cut a part of each of the fiber bundles in the axial direction, the part being wound on the outer peripheral portion.

Abstract: A filament winding apparatus includes a rail extending in a first direction, a core material support device that supports a core material, and a winding device that winds a fiber bundle onto an outer peripheral surface of the core material, the winding device including: a guide unit having an opening through which the core material passes, and guiding the fiber bundle; and a main frame on which the guide unit is mounted; wherein the main frame is movable relative to the core material in the first direction, the main frame is movable in a second direction orthogonal to the first direction, and the main frame is rotatable around a first rotational axis extending in a third direction orthogonal to each of the first direction and the second direction.

Abstract: To control an excess bias to an appropriate value in a light detection device. A solid-state image sensor includes a photodiode, a resistor, and a control circuit. In this solid-state image sensor, the photodiode photoelectrically converts incident light and outputs a photocurrent. Furthermore, in the solid-state image sensor, the resistor is connected to a cathode of the photodiode. Furthermore, in the solid-state image sensor, the control circuit supplies a lower potential to an anode of the photodiode as a potential of the cathode of when the photocurrent flows through the resistor is higher.

Abstract: To control an excess bias to an appropriate value in a light detection device. A solid-state image sensor includes a photodiode, a resistor, and a control circuit. In this solid-state image sensor, the photodiode photoelectrically converts incident light and outputs a photocurrent. Furthermore, in the solid-state image sensor, the resistor is connected to a cathode of the photodiode. Furthermore, in the solid-state image sensor, the control circuit supplies a lower potential to an anode of the photodiode as a potential of the cathode of when the photocurrent flows through the resistor is higher.

Abstract: Provided is an imaging device with low noise and a high dynamic range. An imaging device includes: a conversion unit that converts an incident electromagnetic wave into a charge; a first capacitor that accumulates the charge when a voltage corresponding to the charge is equal to or lower than a predetermined threshold; a second capacitor that accumulates the charge when the voltage exceeds the threshold; a voltage conversion circuit that converts the charges accumulated in the first capacitor and the second capacitor into voltages; a first storage unit that stores a voltage corresponding to the accumulated charge in the first capacitor after a lapse of a first period since the first capacitor has started accumulating the charge; and a second storage unit that stores a voltage corresponding to the accumulated charges in the first capacitor and the second capacitor after a lapse of a second period longer than the first period since the first capacitor has started accumulating the charge.

Abstract: To control an excess bias to an appropriate value in a light detection device. A solid-state image sensor includes a photodiode, a resistor, and a control circuit. In this solid-state image sensor, the photodiode photoelectrically converts incident light and outputs a photocurrent. Furthermore, in the solid-state image sensor, the resistor is connected to a cathode of the photodiode. Furthermore, in the solid-state image sensor, the control circuit supplies a lower potential to an anode of the photodiode as a potential of the cathode of when the photocurrent flows through the resistor is higher.

Abstract: A method of repairing a tire is a method to repair a damaged part of the tire, the damaged part being a part in a rubber layer of a tire side section located between a carcass ply and a tire surface and terminated within the rubber layer. The method of repairing the tire includes: a first step of opening the damaged part while in a state the tire is retained; a second step of injecting or applying an adhesive to the damaged part; a third step of releasing a damaged-part-opened state and bonding mutually opposing wall surfaces of the damaged part.

Abstract: Provided is a semiconductor device capable of improving the optical response speed. The semiconductor device includes a pixel array portion in which a plurality of pixels are arranged in a matrix, each of the plurality of pixels including: a pixel forming region partitioned by a separation region in a semiconductor layer; a first semiconductor region of a first conductivity type and a second semiconductor region of a second conductivity type sequentially arranged from a first surface side of the pixel forming region toward a second surface side opposite to the first surface; a pn junction portion in which the first semiconductor region and the second semiconductor region are bonded; a charge extraction region of the second conductivity type provided in a side wall of the separation region; and a relay region of the second conductivity type provided at a position deeper than the second semiconductor region so as to be connected to the charge extraction region and the second semiconductor region.

Abstract: To control an excess bias to an appropriate value in a light detection device. A solid-state image sensor includes a photodiode, a resistor, and a control circuit. In this solid-state image sensor, the photodiode photoelectrically converts incident light and outputs a photocurrent. Furthermore, in the solid-state image sensor, the resistor is connected to a cathode of the photodiode. Furthermore, in the solid-state image sensor, the control circuit supplies a lower potential to an anode of the photodiode as a potential of the cathode of when the photocurrent flows through the resistor is higher.

Abstract: A photodetector including a plurality of photoelectric conversion sections that is provided to a semiconductor substrate. The photoelectric conversion sections each include a first region of a first electrical conduction type that is provided on a first surface side of the semiconductor substrate, a second region of a second electrical conduction type that is provided on a second surface side of the semiconductor substrate opposite to the first surface, a third region of a third electrical conduction type that is provided in a region between the first region and the second region of the semiconductor substrate, a first electrode that is electrically coupled to the first region from the first surface side, and a second electrode that is electrically coupled to the second region from the second surface side. The third region absorbs incident light.

Abstract: In a filament winding apparatus, a supplying device supplies fiber bundles to a surface of a core material. A moving part is movable relative to the core material, and rotatable around a rotational axis extending in a vertical direction. A small diameter aligning guide part is placed at the moving part and has an opening portion through which the core material can pass. The small diameter aligning guide part guides fiber bundles to an outer peripheral surface of the core material such that the fiber bundles are arranged side by side in a circumferential direction of the core material. The tightening fiber bobbin supporting part is placed at the moving part and rotates around a center of the opening portion. A winding guide rotates with the tightening fiber bobbin supporting part and guides a tightening fiber bundle drawn from a tightening fiber bobbin toward the surface of the core material.