Abstract: A detection device includes a substrate, a plurality of photodiodes arranged on the substrate, a plurality of transistors provided correspondingly to each of the photodiodes, an insulating film that covers the transistors, and a plurality of lower electrodes each of which is provided above the insulating film correspondingly to each of the photodiodes, and is electrically coupled to the transistors. The lower electrodes and the photodiodes are stacked in this order above the insulating film, and one of the lower electrodes and one of the photodiodes are provided so as to overlap the transistors in a plan view from a direction orthogonal to the substrate.

Abstract: A lithium-ion secondary battery containing: a positive electrode; a negative electrode; a separator between the positive electrode and the negative electrode; and an electrolyte, in which the negative electrode may contain silicon or a silicon compound, a binder, and a carbon nanotube, the binder may contain a compound having a structure in which a linear molecule penetrates a cyclic molecule, and the electrolyte may contain an electrolytic salt containing one or more elements selected from the group consisting of boron, carbon, nitrogen, oxygen, and sulfur.

Abstract: Provided is a test method of a semiconductor device under test, the test method comprising: controlling the semiconductor device under test to an on state by inputting a control signal to the semiconductor device under test; and observing the semiconductor device under test at a time of controlling the semiconductor device under test in the on state to an off state and evaluating the semiconductor device under test, wherein the semiconductor device under test includes one semiconductor device under test or a plurality of semiconductor devices under test, and in the controlling to the on state, a length of an on-time for which the one semiconductor device under test or the plurality of semiconductor devices under test are set to the on state is adjusted based on a magnitude of a variation in a delay time of the control signal.

Abstract: To provide a system, a method and the like for acquiring more images or more quickly focused images. A control device acquires information regarding a situation of a range captured by an imaging device, determines a mode according to an assumed situation of the range captured by the imaging device among a plurality of focusing modes, and transmits designation information specifying the determined mode to the imaging device. The imaging device receives the designation information from the control device, and captures an image using the mode specified by the received designation information.

Abstract: A method of producing 1,3-butadiene including feeding oxygen and a feedstock gas containing n-butene into a reactor from the lower section of the reactor provided with a metal atom-containing catalyst, so that a product gas containing 1,3-butadiene is obtained through oxidative dehydrogenation of n-butene; cooling the product gas containing the 1,3-butadiene; and separating the 1,3-butadiene from the cooled product gas through selective absorption into an absorption solvent.

Abstract: This method for detecting a poor module-mounting-state in a concentrator photovoltaic apparatus includes: photographing a surface of an array by an imaging device; obtaining an image in which a virtual image, magnified through a condenser lens, of a light receiving portion including a cell and a vicinity thereof is formed, and a collection of pixels of the virtual image forms a composite virtual image of an entirety of the light receiving portion, the composite virtual image being projected over a plurality of modules; and detecting a poor module-mounting-state based on a form of the composite virtual image.

Abstract: A control device configured to control a supply condition of a gas which is supplied between two substrates that are to be bonded to each other by a substrate bonding device, is configured to control the supply condition based on a measurement result obtained by a measurement in relation to at least one of the substrate, another substrate bonded before the substrate is bonded, or the substrate bonding device, and the two substrates are bonded to each other by a contact region expanding after the contact region is formed in a center.

Abstract: A vehicle control device is provided. The vehicle control device includes a terminal device authentication unit that determines whether a terminal device of a user registered as a user of a vehicle, in advance, is present around or within the vehicle. The vehicle control device also includes a communication unit that communicates with the terminal device. Also included in the vehicle control device is a control unit that causes a display device provided in the vehicle to output a screen for setting communication between the communication unit and the terminal device. The display device outputs the screen in a case where it is determined by the terminal device authentication unit that the terminal device is present and the display device is started up.

Abstract: An authentication system according to one aspect of the present disclosure includes: at least one memory storing a set of instructions; and at least one processor configured to execute the set of instructions to: track an object included in a video captured by a first capture device; detect a candidate for biometric authentication in the object being tracked; determine whether biometric authentication has been performed for the candidate based on a record of biometric authentication performed for the object being tracked; and perform the biometric authentication for the candidate based on a video of an authentication part of the candidate when the biometric authentication has not been performed for the candidate, the video of the authentication part being captured by a second capture device having a capture range including a part of a capture range of the first capture device.

Abstract: A molded coil includes a bobbin, a coil, and an exterior member. The coil is wound around the bobbin, and generates a magnetic force in reaction to power supply. The exterior member covers the coil and the bobbin therewith. Two seams, a first seam and a second seam are provided between the bobbin and the exterior member. A first seal member is disposed on an upstream side of the first seam and between a cover member and the exterior member. A second seal member is disposed on an upstream side of the second scam and between a flange portion of a stator core main body and the exterior member.

Abstract: A method for setting conditions for a shaft diameter enlargement, a shaft diameter enlargement method, and a shaft diameter enlargement apparatus are provided. A controller of the shaft diameter enlargement apparatus controls a compressing section, a bending section, and a rotating section to enlarge an intermediate portion of a shaft workpiece to have a predetermined outer diameter by rotating the shaft workpiece about its axis with axial compressive force a bending angle being applied to the intermediate portion. The controller determines whether the shaft workpiece is acceptable, based on the number of rotations of die shaft workpiece required for enlarging the intermediate portion to have the predetermined outer diameter or based on an enlargement ratio of the intermediate portion.

Abstract: The disclosure is inputting a first image obtained by capturing an object of authentication moving in a specific direction; inputting a second image at least for one eye obtained by capturing a right eye or a left eye of the object; determining whether the second image is of the left eye or the right eye of the object, based on information including the first image, and outputting a determination result associated with the second image as left/right information; comparing characteristic information relevant to the left/right information, the characteristic information being acquired from a memory that stores the characteristic information of a right eye and a left eye pertaining to object to be authenticated, with characteristic information associated with the left/right information, and calculating a verification score; and authenticating the object captured in the first image and the second image, based on the verification score, and outputting an authentication result.

Abstract: An engine according to an embodiment includes at least one cylinder, at least one piston disposed in the at least one cylinder, a plurality of fuel injection valves disposed on the at least one cylinder, the plurality of fuel injection valves including a first fuel injection valve having a predetermined total hole area and a second fuel injection valve having a total hole area smaller than the total hole area of the first fuel injection valve, and a control device for controlling the first fuel injection valve and the second fuel injection valve according to a load of the engine.

Abstract: An opposed-piston engine according to an embodiment is a first fuel injection device configured to inject fuel from a circumferential wall surface of at least one cylinder into the cylinder, and a second fuel injection device disposed to be displaced in a circumferential direction so as to be opposite to the first fuel injection device across an axial center of the cylinder. Each of the first fuel injection device and the second fuel injection device includes a plurality of injection holes having different injection directions, in a cross-section orthogonal to the axial direction. A direction directed by a first downstream injection hole is configured to pass through a second injection region, and a direction directed by a second downstream injection hole is configured to pass through a first injection region.

Abstract: A production method of producing a fluorine-containing olefin by allowing a first olefin represented by the following Formula (1) and a second olefin to react with each other in the presence of a ruthenium compound represented by the following Formula (X) is provided.

Abstract: A second busbar is provided that has a second electrode terminal and a second connection terminal. A first busbar is provided that has a first electrode terminal, a lateral side coupler, an overhang, and a first connection terminal. The first electrode terminal and/or the second electrode terminal has a protruding piece for connection (connecting protrusion). This protruding piece is elastically depressible in response to contact with an electrode surface of a capacitor element unit inserted from an opposite side of the lateral side coupler across a space between the first and second electrode terminals.

Abstract: The insulating plate has a swelling protruding in a first direction that is a direction a first plate portion toward a second plate portion. The swelling is formed integral with the insulating plate. The first plate portion has a first fitting part protruding in the first direction and formed integral with this plate portion. The first fitting part is fitted, in the first direction, onto one surface side of the swelling of the insulating plate. The second plate portion has a second fitting part protruding in the first direction and formed integral with this plate portion. The second fitting part is fitted, in a second direction opposite to the first direction, onto the other surface side of the swelling.

Abstract: The insulating member is integrated with only one of the busbars by insert molding in which one of opposing plate members in either one of the busbars is used as an insert target. The insulating member includes an insulation active portion, a reinforcing portion and a connecting portion. The insulation active portion is disposed on a back-surface side of one of the opposing plate portions and is interposed between the back-surface side and the other one of the opposing plate portions. The reinforcing portion is disposed on the front-surface side of the one of the opposing plate portions. The connecting portion serves to connect the insulation active portion and the reinforcing portion into an integral unit.

Abstract: A method includes: an inner pipe insertion step of inserting an inner pipe to between a cored bar and a metal movable claw; a designated section corrugated portion formation step of forming a corrugated portion in a first designated section by pressing the first designated section of the inner pipe radially inward by the metal movable claw and plastically deforming the first designated section; a movable claw moving step of moving the metal movable claw outward in the radial direction of the inner pipe; and an inner pipe moving step of moving a second designated section that is the next designated section to between the cored bar and the metal movable claw.

Abstract: To provide a system, a method and the like for acquiring more images or more quickly focused images. A control device acquires information regarding a situation of a range captured by an imaging device, determines a mode according to an assumed situation of the range captured by the imaging device among a plurality of focusing modes, and transmits designation information specifying the determined mode to the imaging device. The imaging device receives the designation information from the control device, and captures an image using the mode specified by the received designation information.