Abstract: An ultrasonic motor of the invention includes: a transducer including a plurality of piezoelectric elements and an elastic body having an outer wall surface on which the plurality of piezoelectric elements are secured, the transducer being configured to vibrate when an alternating voltage is applied to the plurality of piezoelectric elements; a rotator configured to rotate by receiving the vibration of the transducer by being pressed in contact with a surface of the transducer; a biasing spring configured to press the rotator against the elastic body; and an output shaft configured to output rotation of the rotator. The elastic body includes a hollow portion and houses the rotator and the biasing spring in the hollow portion, and the rotator rotates in a state of being pressed against an inner wall surface of the hollow portion of the elastic body by the biasing spring.

Abstract: A delivery date answering apparatus includes: an order quota calculation and disclosure unit for calculating surplus inventory of a product in a demand forecast channel, which is a sales channel where order quantities are forecasted, using the actual inventory and a sales plan of the demand forecast channel, and transfer the surplus inventory to an orderable quota for a non-demand forecast channel, which is a sales channel where order quantities are not forecasted, and set a predetermined disclosed quota for the orderable quota; and an actual order acquisition and delivery date answering unit for determining whether the quantity of an actual order acquired in the non-demand forecast channel is within a range of the disclosed quota. When the order is within the range, answer a date when the actual order is deliverable. When the order is not within the range, answer the order is undeliverable.

Abstract: A failure of battery modules is reliably determined. A power supply device includes: battery modules (2) each of which included a failure determination unit (21) configured to determine a failure and a normality and to output the failure and the normality as a High signal and a low signal; a failure transmission line (3) connected to the failure determination unit (21) of each battery module (2); and a module failure determination circuit (1) connected to the failure transmission line (3) and configured to determine failure and normality of the battery modules (2).

Abstract: A non-transitory computer readable recording medium stores instructions that cause a computer to execute: displaying a benefit provision period change screen that receives a change request from a user; in response to the change request, updating the benefit provision period after a start of the benefit provision period; registering a benefit that can be used in a game and is provided at a specific interval included in a remaining benefit provision period depending on the updated benefit provision period; and upon determining that a specific condition is satisfied, providing the user with the registered benefit at the specific interval included in the remaining benefit provision period.

Abstract: Methods and apparatus provide for: generating image data for an application to be displayed on an output device; recording the image data generated by the image generating unit; and receiving operation information from an input device, where the recording includes storing the image data for an application for a predetermined period of time up to the point in time at which operation information is received during the receiving operation information from a specific input unit provided in the input device while displaying an application image.

Abstract: An encoder includes memory and circuitry coupled to the memory. The circuitry, for each of temporal sub-layers for temporal scalability different from spatial scalability, stores first parameters into buffering period supplemental enhancement information (SEI) and encodes the first parameters. The first parameters present initial delays in timing to extract data from a coded picture buffer (CPB). The circuitry stores a second parameter into the buffering period SEI and encodes the second parameter. The second parameter indicates a total number of the temporal sub-layers. A value of the second parameter is equal to a value of a third parameter that is encoded into a sequence parameter set and indicates a total number of the temporal sub-layers.

Abstract: The information processing apparatus of the present embodiment includes a processing circuitry configured to: acquire a plurality of pieces of operation data including a minimum voltage among voltages of a plurality of battery cells, and a maximum voltage among the voltages of the plurality of battery cells, the plurality of battery cells being included in a rechargeable battery, and identification information identifying between charge or discharge of the rechargeable battery; generate, based on the plurality of pieces of operation data, evaluation target voltages by combining one of maximum voltages of the charge and minimum voltages of the charge and one of maximum voltages of the discharge and minimum voltages of the discharge; and determine, based on a voltage distribution of the evaluation target voltages, a state of the rechargeable battery.

Abstract: An alerting system that, when a risk indicator indicating a risk of a vehicle departing from a lane falls in a predetermined value range, executes a notification at a predetermined conspicuousness level to a driver of the vehicle via an HMI device; decides on a notification parameter set including parameters defining a notification output timing and the conspicuousness level; records presence or absence of a reactive behavior of the driver to the notification executed using the notification parameter set; records reaction information in which a reaction ratio, which is a ratio of the number of the notifications to which the reactive behavior occurs to the number of the notifications executed, is associated with each of the different notification parameter sets; and calculates and decides on, based on the reaction information, an optimal parameter set with which the reaction ratio is estimated to become the highest.

Abstract: A LiDAR apparatus includes a laser light source, at least one lens that controls an optical path of emission light from the laser light source, and a conical scanning mechanism that controls an optical path of emission light from the laser light source. The conical scanning mechanism includes at least one wedge prism, and a drive source that rotationally drives the at least one wedge prism. The drive source rotationally drives the at least one wedge prism, and thereby the at least one wedge prism deflects emission light from the laser light source in a conical shape. Then, the at least one lens and the at least one wedge prism are integrated.

Abstract: A performance recording system includes at least one memory and at least one processor. The at least one processor is configured to determine a plurality of candidate regions in a target capture area of a camera by use of first captured imagery generated by the camera configured to capture a plurality of players in a first playing of a piece of music. The at least one processor is configured to select a target area from among the plurality of candidate regions. The at least one processor is configured to extract, from a performance record, a portion corresponding to the target area, the performance record being obtained by capturing the plurality of players in a second playing of the piece of music or being obtained by receiving sounds produced in the second playing.

Abstract: A function management system according is communicatively connected to a client system and includes a request receiving unit and a function assignment unit. The request receiving unit receives an execution request for one process of a plurality of processes based on the control parameters for transmitting force tactile sensation. The function assignment unit identifies the functions required to execute the one process, and assigns each of the identified functions to either the client system or the function management system by which the function is to be implemented.

Abstract: An apparatus may produce a nitrogen-containing compound, and may include a cathode part including a nitrogen-activation catalyst, an organic solvent, a reducing agent, and a cathode electrode, an anode part including an anode electrode, and a diaphragm positioned between the cathode part and the anode part. At least one of the cathode part and the anode part may include a proton source, and voltage is applied between the cathode electrode and the anode electrode to synthesize a nitrogen-containing compound from nitrogen and protons originating from the proton source in the cathode part. A method may produce a nitrogen-containing compound using such an apparatus.

Abstract: Provided is a frame member formed by hot-stamping a steel sheet. The frame member has a closed cross section portion in which a cross section perpendicular to a longitudinal direction is a closed cross section, and the closed cross section portion has at least one flat part having a radius of curvature larger than a maximum external dimension of the cross section. A Vickers hardness of a thickness middle portion in a reference flat part is 300 Hv or greater, a width of the reference flat part is 2.0 times or less the effective width, and a standard deviation ratio obtained by dividing a standard deviation of hardness frequency distribution in a surface layer portion in the reference flat part by a standard deviation of hardness frequency distribution in the thickness middle portion in the reference flat part is less than 1.0.

Abstract: A cover assembly, for covering a visible surface of a side sill pocket for a lower sliding door rail of a vehicle, includes a cover and a mechanical fastener. The cover has a shape corresponding to a shape of the visible surface of the side sill pocket. The mechanical fastener is arranged on a bottom surface of the cover, and is used to reversibly connect the cover to the visible surface of the side sill pocket, thus covering at least a portion of the visible surface so as to hide the covered portion from view. The cover provides a different characteristic than the visible surface provides, and can be selectively removed for replacement, or for cleaning of the cover and/or surface of contamination.

Abstract: An object is to provide a light-emitting element capable of emitting light with a high luminance even at a low voltage, and having a long lifetime. The light-emitting element includes n EL layers between an anode and a cathode (n is a natural number of two or more), and also includes, between m-th EL layer from the anode and (m+1)-th EL layer (m is a natural number, 1?m?n?1), a first layer including a first donor material in contact with the m-th EL layer, a second layer including an electron-transport material and a second donor material in contact with the first layer, and a third layer including a hole-transport material and an acceptor material in contact with the second layer and the (m+1)-th EL layer.

Abstract: A fire assembly can include a tire, a sound absorbing material, and a plurality of functional components. The sound absorbing material can be placed on an inner side of the tire. The plurality of functional components can be placed on the inner side of the tire. The plurality of functional components can be placed such that masses of the plurality of functional components as a whole are distributed along a circumferential direction of the tire.

Abstract: According to one or more embodiments of the disclosure, an apparatus comprising a pad above a semiconductor substrate, an n-well in the semiconductor substrate, and a floating p-well in the semiconductor substrate is provided. The floating p-well is below the pad and surrounded by the n-well in the semiconductor substrate.

Abstract: An encoder includes circuitry and memory connected to the circuitry. In operation, the circuitry: stores MV information and correction processing information into a FIFO buffer for an HMVP mode in association, the MV information being derived for a processed block and correction processing information being related to correction processing of a prediction image of the processed block; registers, in a prediction candidate list for a merge mode, one or more prediction candidates each being a combination of MV information and correction processing information, the prediction candidates including a prediction candidate which is a combination of the motion vector information and the correction processing information stored in the FIFO buffer; and selects a prediction candidate from the prediction candidate list when a current block is to be processed in the merge mode, and performs correction processing of a prediction image of the current block, based on the correction processing information.

Abstract: A metal frame of an image forming apparatus includes a first support which includes a first metal plate and a second metal plate; a second support configured to support the image forming unit together with the first support; and a third support configured to connect the first support and the second support. The first metal plate includes a corner portion provided between a first portion and a second portion. The second metal plate includes a third portion, a fourth portion, and a fifth portion, wherein the fifth portion includes another corner portion located between a first stretched portion and a second stretched portion facing the corner portion of the first metal plate, and wherein a tip of the second stretched portion faces the fourth portion.

Abstract: A tire assembly includes a tire, a fixing member, and one or a plurality of functional members. The tire includes an attachment-receiving portion on an inside surface of the tire. The fixing member includes a body portion extending along a circumferential direction of the tire, and an attaching portion attachable to and detachable from the attachment-receiving portion. The one or plurality of functional members are configured to be fixed to the fixing member. The body portion includes at least one of metal, synthetic resin, or rubber.