Abstract: A compression apparatus includes an electrolyte membrane, an anode on a principal surface of the electrolyte membrane, a cathode on another principal surface of the electrolyte membrane, an anode separator on the anode, a cathode separator on the cathode, and a voltage applicator. Upon the voltage applicator applying a voltage, protons are extracted from an anode fluid fed to the anode to move to the cathode through the electrolyte membrane and compressed hydrogen is produced. The anode separator has a fluid channel, a manifold hole, and a communicating path which are formed in an anode-side principal surface. The compression apparatus includes a face seal disposed on an outer periphery of a region of the anode-side principal surface of the anode separator which faces the anode. The face seal has a three-layer structure including a metal sheet and a pair of elastic sheets.

Abstract: The present invention addresses the problem that, when applying pressure and heat to laminate substrates, to maintain the flatness of the substrates so as not to have the load concentrated in one part, and to prevent the occurrence of resistance value abnormalities by making the electrically conductive layers between terminal parts uniform over the entire substrate.

Abstract: An information processing apparatus includes an annealing control unit, a spin interaction memory, a random number generation unit, and a spin state update unit and obtains a solution by using an Ising model. The annealing control unit controls an annealing step and a parameter of a temperature and a parameter of a self-action. The spin interaction memory stores the interaction coefficient of a spin. The random number generation unit generates a predetermined random number. The spin state update unit includes a spin buffer that stores values of a plurality of spins, an instantaneous magnetic field calculation unit that calculates instantaneous magnetic fields of the plurality of spins, a probability calculation unit that calculates update probabilities of the plurality of spins, and a spin state determination unit that updates the values of the spins based on the update probabilities and a random number.

Abstract: Provided is a decorative sheet having extremely good bleed-out suppression and long-term weather resistance maintenance.

Abstract: A learning device calculates an estimation target item reference value according to a fixed value of each estimation target object. The learning device acquires learning data that includes the fixed value of each estimation target object, a variable item value, and an estimation target item value according to the fixed value and the variable item value. The learning device trains, using the learning data and an evaluation function, a model that outputs an estimated value of the estimation target item value in response to input of the fixed value of each estimation target object and the variable item value.

Abstract: A coil component includes an element and a coil disposed in the element. The element includes a plurality of first magnetic layers and second magnetic layers laminated. The coil includes a plurality of coil conductive layers laminated. Each of the coil conductive layers is disposed between a corresponding one of the first magnetic layers and a corresponding one of the second magnetic layers. A pore area proportion in the second magnetic layers is smaller than a pore area proportion in the first magnetic layers. A void is present between the coil conductive layer and the corresponding one of the second magnetic layers.

Abstract: Provided is a liquid crystal display device including a liquid crystal panel including in the following order an active matrix substrate, a liquid crystal layer, and a counter substrate. The active matrix substrate includes in the following order a first electrode and a second electrode including a first linear electrode portion extending in a first direction. The counter substrate includes a third electrode including second linear electrode portions extending in a second direction crossing the first direction, and a fourth electrode including an island-shaped electrode portion as a floating electrode. The island-shaped electrode portion is disposed between the second linear electrode portions in a plan view, overlaps an optical aperture of one of two pixels adjacent to each other along the second direction, and does not overlap an optical aperture of the other of the two pixels.

Abstract: An air pump device includes an electric pump unit including a pump mechanism and a motor configured to drive the pump mechanism, a case housing the electric pump unit, and a vibration-proof member interposed between the electric pump unit and the case. The vibration-proof member is a plate-shaped member made of an elastic resin material and is wound around the electric pump unit to wrap the electric pump unit therein. A part of the vibration-proof member is sandwiched between the electric pump unit and one of facing surfaces that are inner surfaces of the case and face each other inside the case. Another part of the vibration-proof member is sandwiched between the electric pump unit and the other one of the facing surfaces.

Abstract: A compression apparatus includes an electrolyte membrane, an anode on a principal surface of the electrolyte membrane, a cathode on another principal surface of the electrolyte membrane, an anode separator on the anode, a cathode separator on the cathode, and a voltage applicator. Upon the voltage applicator applying a voltage between the anode and the cathode, protons are extracted from an anode fluid fed to the anode to migrate to the cathode through the electrolyte membrane and compressed hydrogen is produced. The cathode separator has a first O-ring groove formed in a cathode-side principal surface of the cathode separator to surround a region of the cathode-side principal surface which faces the cathode. The compression apparatus includes a first O-ring held by the first O-ring groove and a face seal disposed on an outer periphery of a region of an anode-side principal surface of the anode separator which faces the anode.

Abstract: In a local cart traveling system, a frame track includes first and second metal rails each with an L-shaped cross section and facing each other. A local cart is within the frame track, and includes a first electricity receiving tire and a second electricity receiving tire to travel on horizontal travel surfaces of the rails. A voltage supplier supplies an AC voltage to the travel surfaces, so that the first metal rail and a first electricity receiving tire define a first capacitor and the second metal rail and the second electricity receiving tire define a second capacitor. The local cart includes a power receiver to receive AC power, and a travel motor that receives power after the AC power is rectified. The frame track includes a connecting plate as an electrical insulator covering portions of the surfaces of vertical walls of the first metal rail and the second metal rail.

Abstract: An ultrasonic diagnostic apparatus includes: an ultrasonic probe that transmits/receives ultrasonic waves; a camera that captures a subject; an ultrasonic image generator that generates an ultrasonic image of the subject based on a reception signal acquired from the ultrasonic probe; a first hardware processor that generates a display image including a camera image acquired from the camera and an ultrasonic image acquired from the ultrasonic image generator; and a second hardware processor that decides a display style of the camera image to be arranged in the display image in accordance with an operation mode of the ultrasonic diagnostic apparatus.

Abstract: An ultrasound diagnostic apparatus includes: an ultrasound probe that transmits an ultrasound wave and receives a reflected wave; a display that displays an ultrasound image on a screen; and a hardware processor that activates a screen saver processing of displaying an image hiding information displayed on the screen or a freeze processing of stopping transmission and reception of the ultrasound wave when conditions (A1) or (A2) is continuously satisfied for a predetermined time or more while the ultrasound image is displayed, wherein the conditions (A1) and (A2) are: (A1) a state in which, in an input captured image, a change amount of the probe and surroundings is a first threshold or less; and (A2) a state in which a volume of input voice is a second threshold or less, or a state in which a volume of a specific frequency of input sound is a third threshold or less.

Abstract: An image acquisition apparatus comprising pixels each including sub-pixels, the apparatus comprising signal holding units for holding signals from the sub-pixels, and a signal processing unit for acquiring and processing each of the signals from the signal holding units, wherein the signal processing unit includes a first mode of amplifying, by a predetermined amplification factor, the signals held by the signal holding units and individually outputting the signals, and a second mode of amplifying, by amplification factors at least some of which are different from the amplification factor in the first mode, the signals held by the signal holding units to add and output the signals.

Abstract: A coil component is provided in which the insulation between coil conductor layers can be enhanced. The coil component includes an element body; and a coil provided in the element body and spirally wound along a first direction. The coil has a plurality of coil conductor layers stacked along the first direction. The element body has a first area between the coil conductor layers adjacent to each other along the first direction in the element body, and has a second area other than the first area. The first area has a pore area rate less than a pore area rate in at least a part of the second area.

Abstract: A laminated coil component in which the reliability can be improved by suppressing a decrease in the bonding strength between an extended conductor layer and an external electrode. The laminated coil component includes an element body; a coil placed inside the element body and including a plurality of coil conductor layers that are electrically connected; and an external electrode formed on an outer surface of the element body and electrically connected to the coil via an extended conductor layer electrically connected to the coil. The extended conductor layer has an average crystal grain size less than an average crystal grain size of each of the coil conductor layers.

Abstract: A coil component in which a crack is rarely generated around a coil conductor layer. The coil component includes an element body; and a coil provided in the element body and spirally wound along a first direction. The coil has a plurality of coil conductor layers stacked along the first direction. The element body has a vicinity area located in a vicinity of each of the coil conductor layers, and has a non-vicinity area other than the vicinity area. The vicinity area has a pore area rate less than a pore area rate in at least a part of the non-vicinity area.

Abstract: An ultrasonic diagnostic apparatus includes: an ultrasonic probe that transmits/receives ultrasonic waves; a camera that captures a subject; an ultrasonic image generator that generates an ultrasonic image of the subject based on a reception signal acquired from the ultrasonic probe; a first hardware processor that generates a display image including a camera image acquired from the camera and the ultrasonic image acquired from the ultrasonic image generator, and reproducibly saves the display image in a storage; and a second hardware processor that decides a display style of the camera image to be arranged in the display image in accordance with a usage when reading the display image.

Abstract: A method of manufacturing a coil component which includes an element body including magnetic layers stacked in a first direction and having a surface located in the first direction or a second direction reverse to the first direction, a coil and extended wiring in the element body, and an outer electrode at least on the surface. The method includes forming an unbaked coil wiring layer zone by providing a paste-like unbaked coil wiring layer and a paste-like unbaked magnetic layer in the same layer in the direction orthogonal to the first direction on an upper surface of a sheet-like unbaked magnetic layer with respect to the first direction; and forming an unbaked extended wiring layer zone by providing a paste-like unbaked extended wiring layer and a paste-like unbaked magnetic layer in the same layer in the direction orthogonal to the first direction without providing a sheet-like unbaked magnetic layer.

Abstract: An image reading apparatus comprises a first reading unit configured to output an analog signal by reading an original, a second reading unit different from the first reading unit, a conversion unit configured to convert analog signals outputted from the first reading unit and the second reading unit to digital signals, a wire connection control unit configured to control wire connection between the first reading unit and the second reading unit, and the conversion unit, and an output control unit configured to control an output of an analog signal from the first reading unit.

Abstract: A coil component includes a multilayer body including a plurality of insulating layers and a plurality of coil conductor layers which are stacked in a stacking direction, and a first via conductor and a second via conductor that electrically connect the coil conductor layers. The first via conductor is smaller than the second via conductor.