Abstract: A semiconductor device (10) according to one aspect of the present disclosure includes: a driving section (40) that drives an object to be driven; an abnormality detecting circuit (30), which is one example of an instruction circuit that outputs an instruction signal to the driving section (40); and a light amount detecting section (20) that detects an amount of incident light and invalidates the instruction signal output from the abnormality detecting circuit (30) in accordance with the amount of incident light.

Abstract: A pressure regulation device is attached to a waterproof case and regulates pressure within the waterproof case. The device has abase part for attachment to the waterproof case and an air conduit is joined with the base part so as to extend in the direction away from the waterproof case when the base part is attached to the waterproof case. The air conduit has first and second apertures, such that the first aperture is joined to the base part and communicates with the interior of the waterproof case and the second aperture communicates with the surrounding atmosphere. The air conduit has at least one bent part between the first and second apertures, and the second aperture is arranged between the bent part and the first end part in the height direction perpendicular to the base part.

Abstract: A printed wiring board includes a multilayer substrate. The multilayer substrate includes a core layer and a build-up layer. The build-up layer is stacked on one surface of the core layer and constitutes a first surface of the multilayer substrate. The multilayer substrate is provided with a via conductor that penetrates through the core layer and the build-up layer in a thickness direction. The via conductor includes a filled via and a conformal via electrically connected to the filled via. At least part of the filled via overlaps the conformal via when viewed in the thickness direction and the filled via is positioned towards the first surface relative to the conformal via.

Abstract: A line management assistance device (100) is connectable to at least two sensors installed on a line. The line management assistance device (100) includes a receiver (11) that receives a management condition specified as a condition for managing the line, and a display (12) that displays assistance information indicating a list of candidates for a sensor to be used to manage the line. The candidates are one or more sensors preassociated with a use condition of preregistered use conditions for the at least two sensors. The use condition has a degree of similarity to the management condition exceeding a threshold.

Abstract: A maintenance support system includes a wearable device that provides an on-site maintenance worker with maintenance instruction information; a plurality of maintenance support terminals installed in a plurality of regions having time differences; and a maintenance management server connected to the wearable device and the maintenance support terminals. The maintenance management server includes a representative selection unit that selects a maintenance support terminal on the basis of representative level information, the standard work hours being fixed for each of the plurality of regions; and a translation unit that translates audio information transmitted and received between the wearable device and the maintenance support terminal selected by the representative selection unit on a basis of a language set on the wearable device and a language set on the maintenance support terminal selected by the representative selection unit.

Abstract: A maintenance support system includes a wearable device that provides an on-site maintenance worker with maintenance instruction information; a plurality of maintenance support terminals installed in a plurality of regions having time differences; and a maintenance management server connected to the wearable device and the maintenance support terminals. The maintenance management server includes a representative selection unit that selects a maintenance support terminal on the basis of representative level information, the standard work hours being fixed for each of the plurality of regions; and a translation unit that translates audio information transmitted and received between the wearable device and the maintenance support terminal selected by the representative selection unit on a basis of a language set on the wearable device and a language set on the maintenance support terminal selected by the representative selection unit.

Abstract: An authentication terminal (2) includes a behavior information acquisition unit (232) that acquires a plurality of types of behavior information acquired on the basis of an action of a worker who is a subject of personal authentication, and an authentication unit (25) that performs identity authentication of the worker on the basis of a comprehensive evaluation obtained by comprehensively evaluating the plurality of types of the behavior information. The authentication terminal (2) performs the identity authentication of the worker on the basis of the comprehensive evaluation obtained by comprehensively evaluating the plurality of types of the behavior information, and thus can perform user-friendly personal authentication using the behavior information of an individual.

Abstract: An image forming apparatus includes: a rotatable transfer cylinder with a first groove formed in an outer portion thereof in a rotational radial direction that causes an image to be transferred to a recording medium when it passes along an outer surface of the transfer cylinder; a rotatable fixing cylinder that has a second groove formed in an outer portion thereof in a rotational radial direction, that causes the image transferred to the recording medium to be fixed thereto when the recording medium passes along an outer surface of the fixing cylinder; a loop-shaped circulating member that is wrapped at least around the transfer and fixing cylinders, that circulates in response to rotations of the transfer and fixing cylinders; a recording medium holding member supported by the circulating member, disposed in the first groove when the holding member passes along the transfer cylinder and disposed in the second groove when the holding member passes along the fixing cylinder; first and second driving units tha

Abstract: A display device includes: an insulating substrate having flexibility and including a bent portion that is bent at 90 degrees or more outside a display area provided with an image display function; and a spacer disposed inside the bent portion and including a curved area around which the bent portion is wrapped and a plane area facing the insulating substrate, wherein the insulating substrate includes a flat portion adjacent to the bent portion and provided so as to face the plane area.

Abstract: Provided is a thickening/stabilizing agent that thickens, gelatinizes, and/or stabilizes a fluid organic substance to a desired viscosity. The thickening/stabilizing agent according to the present invention contains a compound (1) represented by Formula (i) and a compound (2) represented by Formula (ii), in a mole ratio of the compound (1) to the compound (2) of 95:5 to 25:75. The four R1s in Formula (i) represent, identically in each occurrence, a C12-C18 aliphatic hydrocarbon group; and the four R2s in Formula (ii) represent, identically in each occurrence, an C4-C10 aliphatic hydrocarbon group.

Abstract: A display device includes: a flexible substrate having a first region and a second region arranged in a length direction, the flexible substrate having the second region bent around an axis extending in a width direction perpendicular to the length direction; a display circuit layer in the first region on the flexible substrate, the display circuit layer configured to display an image; a lead-out line on the flexible substrate, the lead-out line extending from the display circuit layer to the second region; and a conductive shield inside and/or outside a bend of the second region on the flexible substrate, the conductive shield covering the lead-out line.

Abstract: Example implementations described herein involve systems and methods involving a plurality of sensors monitoring one or more processes, the sensors providing sensor data, which can include determining a probability map of the sensor data from a database and a functional relationship between key performance indicators (KPIs) of the one or more processes and the sensor data; executing a search on the probability map to determine constrained and continuous ranges for the sensor data that optimize KPIs for the one or more processes based on the functional relationship; and generating a recommendation for the one or more processes that fit within the constrained and continuous range of the sensor data.

Abstract: A piezoelectric resonator unit that includes a base, a piezoelectric resonator mounted on the base member, and a cover that is bonded to the base and that collectively forms an inner space that accommodates the piezoelectric resonator. The cover includes a top surface that faces the base with the piezoelectric resonator interposed therebetween, and a side wall that extends in a direction that intersects a main surface of the top surface. The piezoelectric resonator unit is designed so that the thickness of the top surface is larger than the thickness of the side wall.

Abstract: Example implementations described herein involve systems and methods involving a plurality of sensors monitoring one or more processes, the sensors providing sensor data, which can include determining a probability map of the sensor data from a database and a functional relationship between key performance indicators (KPIs) of the one or more processes and the sensor data; executing a search on the probability map to determine constrained and continuous ranges for the sensor data that optimize KPIs for the one or more processes based on the functional relationship; and generating a recommendation for the one or more processes that fit within the constrained and continuous range of the sensor data.

Abstract: Example implementations described herein are directed to constructing prediction models and conducting predictive maintenance for systems that provide sparse sensor data. Even if only sparse measurements of sensor data are available, example implementations utilize the inference of statistics with functional deep networks to model prediction for the systems, which provides better accuracy and failure prediction even if only sparse measurements are available.

Abstract: A display device includes: an insulating substrate having flexibility and including a bent portion that is bent at 90 degrees or more outside a display area provided with an image display function; and a spacer disposed inside the bent portion and including a curved area around which the bent portion is wrapped and a plane area facing the insulating substrate/ wherein the insulating substrate includes a flat portion adjacent to the bent portion and provided so as to face the plane area.

Abstract: Provided is a thickening/stabilizing agent that thickens, gelatinizes, and/or stabilizes a fluid organic substance to a desired viscosity. The thickening/stabilizing agent according to the present invention contains a compound (1) represented by Formula (i) and a compound (2) represented by Formula (ii), in a mole ratio of the compound (1) to the compound (2) of 95:5 to 25:75. The four R1s in Formula (i) represent, identically in each occurrence, a C12-C18 aliphatic hydrocarbon group; and the four R2s in Formula (ii) represent, identically in each occurrence, an C4-C10 aliphatic hydrocarbon group.

Abstract: A display device includes: an insulating substrate having flexibility and including a bent portion that is bent at 90 degrees or more outside a display area provided with an image display function; and a spacer disposed inside the bent portion and including a curved area around which the bent portion is wrapped and a plane area facing the insulating substrate, wherein the insulating substrate includes a flat portion adjacent to the bent portion and provided so as to face the plane area.

Abstract: The present invention provides a compound that thickens or gels a fluid organic substance to a desired viscosity, or uniformly stabilizes a composition containing a fluid organic substance. The compound of the present invention is a compound represented by Formula (1) below: wherein, R1 represents a monovalent aliphatic hydrocarbon group having 4 or more carbons; R2 represents a divalent aliphatic hydrocarbon group having from 1 to 12 carbons; R3 represents a monovalent aliphatic hydrocarbon group having from 1 to 12 carbons; m represents an integer from 0 to 10; and n represents an integer from 1 to 4; in a case where n is 1 or 2, (4?n) R1s may be the same or different; and in a case where n is from 2 to 4, n R2s, n R3s, and n m's each may be the same or different.

Abstract: To associate condition information, such as (a) a location in a movement section at which fatigue occurred, (b) a type of work or operation during which fatigue occurred, and (c) a type of natural phenomenon experienced when fatigue occurred, a device for displaying the material fatigue of a machine is configured to observe stress variation in a time series using a sensor correlated with the stress variation or stress of a machine. Stress variation in a single cycle and the time when the stress variation occurred are detected, and the stress variation value and time of occurrence are output and displayed.