Abstract: The remaining amounts of inks in tanks are obtained, and, based on the obtained results, whether direction for printing an image next is to be inverted with respect to a set direction. This can reduce a difference in ink remaining amount between the tanks corresponding to print heads.

Abstract: A magnetic field generator includes a refrigerating machine, a cold head, a superconductor which is formed in a cylindrical shape, a cold head extension portion which extends from the cold head and is brought into thermal contact with the superconductor at its extended end; and a vacuum heat insulating container having an internal space in which the cold head, the cold head extension portion, and the superconductor are received. The superconductor has a room temperature bore space, which is formed on its inner peripheral side along an axial direction of the superconductor, and is spatially isolated from the internal space of the vacuum heat insulating container. The room temperature bore space has both ends communicating to an outside of the magnetic field generator.

Abstract: A thermoelectric conversion module package includes: a thermoelectric conversion module including a first and a second substrate opposed to each other, a plurality of thermoelectric elements arranged between the first and second substrates, and a first and a second lead wire drawn out from one of the first and second substrates; and a package including a first metal foil covering the first substrate of the thermoelectric conversion module, a second metal foil covering the second substrate of the thermoelectric conversion module, a resin portion hermetically connecting the first metal foil and the second metal foil along an outer edge portion of the thermoelectric conversion module, and an insertion portion for hermetically passing the first and second lead wires through the resin portion.

Abstract: An emission control device for an internal combustion engine is configured to perform a particulate matter trap function of trapping, with a particulate filter, particulate matter contained in exhaust gas which flows in an exhaust passage of the internal combustion engine. The emission control device includes a controller. The controller is configured to calculate a particulate matter accumulation amount, which is a total amount of particulate matter trapped by the particulate filter based on an operation condition of the internal combustion engine. The controller is configured to stop calculating the particulate matter accumulation amount when the particulate matter trap function is not functioning.

Abstract: A main object of the present disclosure is to provide a solid electrolyte including excellent fluoride ion conductivity. The present disclosure achieves the object by providing a solid electrolyte including fluoride ion conductivity, the solid electrolyte comprising: a crystal phase having a perovskite structure or a layered perovskite structure; the crystal phase contains A cation positioned in A site, B cation positioned in B site, and a fluoride ion; the A cation contains R1R2R3R4N+ cation (each of R1 to R4 is independently a hydrogen element or a hydrocarbon group with two or less carbon atoms) or a hydrocarbon cation with two or less carbon atoms; and the B cation contains a divalent metal cation and a monovalent metal cation.

Abstract: A control device for an internal combustion engine includes an electronic control unit configured to execute dither control processing in a first mode and a second mode. The dither control processing is processing for operating a fuel injection valve such that an air-fuel ratio of at least one cylinder among cylinders becomes lean air-fuel ratio, and an air-fuel ratio of cylinders different from the at least one cylinder becomes rich air-fuel ratio when a condition that a regeneration request of the filter occurs is established. In the second mode, an absolute value of the difference between the air-fuel ratio in the lean combustion cylinder and the air-fuel ratio in the rich combustion cylinder smaller than in the first mode.

Abstract: In one embodiment, a charged particle beam writing apparatus includes a deflector deflecting a charged particle beam, a first correcting lens and a second correcting lens correcting a focus position of the charged particle beam, a focus correction amount calculator calculating a first correction amount for the focus position according to a change in a height position of a sample surface, and calculating a second correction amount for the focus position according to a change in shot size of the charged particle beam, a first DAC (digital to analog converter) amplifier applying a voltage for a ground potential based on the first correction amount to the first correcting lens, and a second DAC amplifier applying a voltage for a ground potential based on the second correction amount to the second correcting lens, an output of the second DAC amplifier being smaller than an output of the first DAC amplifier.

Abstract: A golf club head comprises a sole portion defined as being surrounded by a sole contour line which is the outer peripheral border of the head in the bottom view of the head. The sole portion is provided with a weight member and a retaining portion retaining the weight member. The weight member comprises a lower surface facing toward a bottom surface side of the head, and a first side surface extending upward from a first side portion of the lower surface. The lower surface is exposed to the outside in a bottom surface of the head. The first side surface is exposed to the outside on the side of the sole contour line.

Abstract: Provided is a treatment tool including an elongated inserting section that is curvable or bendable, a wire that is disposed from an end effector to a proximal end side of the inserting section through the inserting section, the end effector being connected to a tip of the inserting section, and a power input section that is disposed on the proximal end side of the inserting section and configured to input power to a proximal end portion of the wire, and the wire transmits, to the end effector, power to drive the end effector, and the power input section is configured to increase the power to be input into the proximal end portion of the wire in response to displacement of the proximal end portion of the wire in a longitudinal direction, the displacement accompanying a curve or bend of the inserting section.

Abstract: A club 2 includes a head 4, a shaft 6 and a grip 8. A club length L1 is 45 inches or greater and 48 inches or less. A ratio (Wh/Wc) of a head weight Wh to a club weight Wc is equal to or greater than 0.71. A moment of inertia Ix about an axis of a swing is equal to or less than 6.90×103 (kg·cm2). However, when the club weight is defined as Wc (kg); an axial-directional distance between a grip end and a center of gravity of the club is defined as Lc (cm); and a moment of inertia about the center of gravity of the club is defined as Ic (kg·cm2), the moment of inertia Ix (kg·cm2) is calculated by the following formula (1).

Abstract: An acoustic model learning apparatus includes a first output probability distribution calculating part that calculates a first output probability distribution including a distribution of output probabilities of respective units of an output layer using a feature amount obtained from an acoustic signal for learning and a learned first acoustic model including a neural network, and the first output probability distribution calculating part obtains the first output probability distribution using a smoothing parameter made up of a real value greater than 0 as input so that the first output probability distribution approaches a uniform distribution as the smoothing parameter is greater, and calculates the first output probability distribution by obtaining logits of respective units of an output layer using the feature amount obtained from the acoustic signal for learning and the first acoustic model and setting a value of the smoothing parameter greater in the case where an output unit number with the greatest log

Abstract: A tape feeder (part feeding device) includes a main body including a transporting passage for guiding a part feeding tape to a part removing position, a conveyor for positioning a storage of the part feeding tape which is inserted to the transporting passage to the part removing position, and a part detector for detecting the part stored in the storage in the transporting passage at the upstream side of the part removing position. The transporting passage includes a travelling surface for supporting the part feeding tape from underneath, a pair of side guides for guiding two side surfaces of the part feeding tape, and a squeezed portion in which a distance between the pair of side guides is gradually reduced from the upstream side of the part detector toward a part detecting position of the part detector.

Abstract: To provide a speech recognition results re-ranking technology for re-ranking speech recognition results so as to render speech recognition results suitable for intended use of speech recognition while reducing preparation costs required prior to execution of re-ranking processing of speech recognition results. A speech recognition results re-ranking device includes: a speech recognition unit 210 that generates a speech recognition result set with recognition score from speech data; and a re-ranking unit 220 that generates a speech recognition result set with integrated score from the speech recognition result set with recognition score by using a word vector expression database, a cluster center vector expression database, and a normalized knowledge information word DF value database.

Abstract: A semiconductor device has an MIS structure that includes a semiconductor layer, a gate insulating film on the semiconductor layer, and a gate electrode on the gate insulating film. The gate insulating film has a layered structure that includes a base SiO2 layer and a high-k layer on the base SiO2 layer and containing Hf. The gate electrode has a portion made of a metal material having a work function of higher than 4.6 eV, the portion being in contact with at least the high-k layer.

Abstract: A golf club set includes at least one first golf club whose loft angle is not less than 46 degrees and less than 56 degrees, and at least one second golf club whose loft angle is not less than 56 degrees and less than 60 degrees. The first and second golf clubs each comprise a face provided with score lines each formed by a groove having a groove bottom and a pair of opposite grooves walls which are inclined at an inclination angle with respect to a normal direction to the face so that the groove width between the opposite grooves walls is increased from the groove bottom toward the face. The inclination angle of the groove walls of the score lines of the first golf club is in the range from 28 to 42 degrees. The inclination angle of the groove walls of the score lines of the second golf club is in the range from 23 to 37 degrees and smaller than that of the first golf club.

Abstract: A printing apparatus including a plurality of printing units along one guide can read test patterns printed with a plurality of types of conveying amount of a recording medium and determine a conveying amount based on the reading result.

Abstract: Aspects of the subject technology relate to an image generation device that generates an image with good white balance while preventing burn-in of a liquid crystal element, and a head-up display. A light adjustment unit includes a liquid crystal element for adjusting a polarization angle of laser light, and adjusts the polarization angle of the laser light in order to adjust the intensity of laser light that is oriented in an emission direction. A light detection unit detects the light intensity of the laser light (reflected light) that has passed through the light adjustment unit. A control unit corrects outputs of a plurality of light sources based on the light intensity of the laser light (reflected light) detected by the light detection unit at a timing different from a timing at which a voltage applied to the liquid crystal element is reversed.

Abstract: A club 2 includes a head 4, a shaft 6, and a grip 8. A club length L1 is 43 inches or greater and 48 inches or less. A ratio (Wh/Wc) of a head weight Wh to a club weight Wc is equal to or greater than 0.66. An inertia moment Ix about a swing axis is 7.20×103 (kg·cm2) or greater and 7.50×103 (kg·cm2) or less. A static moment Mt (kg·cm) of the club is equal to or greater than 16.0 (kg·cm). The inertia moment Ix (kg·cm2) is calculated by the following formula (1). Lc is an axial-directional distance between a grip end and a center of gravity of the club.

Abstract: Provided is a head including a striking face forming portion and a rib frame that is constituted by a plurality of extending portions. The rib frame and the striking face forming portion constitute a head structure portion. The head structure portion includes a first shape portion having a shape corresponding to a first constituent face that is arbitrarily selected from a semi-regular polyhedron, and a second shape portion having a shape corresponding to a second constituent face that shares one side with the first constituent face in the semi-regular polyhedron. The first constituent face may be a triangle, a quadrangle, or a pentagon. The semi-regular polyhedron may be an icosidodecahedron, for example. Alternatively, the semi-regular polyhedron may be a cuboctahedron, for example.

Abstract: A part feeding device of the present disclosure includes a main body; a conveyor; and a part detector. At a position further upstream than the part detector, the transporting passage includes a guide surface for guiding the lower surface of the part feeding tape, and a ceiling surface which faces the guide surface and is positioned at a position upwardly apart from the guide surface by the dimension larger than the thickness of the part feeding tape having the maximum thickness to be used in the part feeding device. The transporting passage includes a partial guide surface which supports the lower surface of the part feeding tape, and the partial guide surface includes an approaching portion approaching a ceiling surface in a downstream direction.