Abstract: The present disclosure provides a method for producing a microchannel device, which can form a channel that has high hydrophobicity, high solvent resistance as well, and also resistance to heat and damage, on demand with high accuracy, and produces the microchannel device at a low cost, while having high productivity. The method for producing a microchannel device includes: forming a channel pattern from a hydrophobic resin on a porous substrate by an electrophotographic method; melting the channel pattern by heat to allow the channel pattern to permeate into the porous substrate, thereby forming a channel in the inside of the porous substrate.

Abstract: According to one embodiment, a memory system includes nonvolatile memory including a plurality of memory areas and a memory controller. A read operation includes a first operation of reading data from a memory cell array and a second operation of transmitting at least a part of the read data to the memory controller. The memory controller determines, when executing the read operation in a first memory area and a second memory area in parallel, priorities of the second operation in the first memory area and the second operation in the second memory area based on a result of comparison between (A) a first total time period of the read operation in the first memory area and (B) a second total time of the read operation in the second memory area.

Abstract: A Bluetooth module is disposed behind a keyboard when viewed from a user side with the user facing this tube printer. Furthermore, the Bluetooth module is disposed behind a display when viewed from the user side with the user facing the tube printer. Furthermore, at least part of the Bluetooth module is disposed overlapping the display in the longitudinal direction of the keyboard.

Abstract: A vehicle control apparatus includes front-wheel and rear-wheel driving systems, and a control system. The front-wheel driving system includes a first travel motor mechanically coupled to a front wheel of a vehicle and a first accumulator electrically coupled to the first travel motor. The rear-wheel driving system includes a second travel motor mechanically coupled to a rear wheel of the vehicle and a second accumulator electrically coupled to the second travel motor. The control system includes one or more processors and one or more memories communicably coupled to the one or more processors, and controls the first and second travel motors. When a difference between an SOC of the first accumulator and an SOC of the second accumulator is greater than a threshold value, the one or more processors change a torque distribution ratio between the first and second travel motors from a reference distribution ratio.

Abstract: A memory system includes a nonvolatile memory including first and second planes each including a plurality of memory cells, and a memory controller configured to transmit commands to the first and second planes via a first signal line and receive data from the first and second planes via a second signal line. The memory controller is configured such that, when the first plane is executing a first process, the memory controller suspends transmission of a first command instructing reservation of the first process to the second plane until a first condition is satisfied.

Abstract: An internal combustion engine includes a first blow-by gas passage defined in a second wall. The internal combustion engine includes a second blow-by gas passage defined in a third wall. The internal combustion engine includes a third blow-by gas passage defined in a fourth wall. The first blow-by gas passage to the third blow-by gas passage connect an oil chamber and an oil separator to each other. The second wall includes a first connecting path. The fourth wall includes a second connecting path. The first connecting path connects the first crank chamber and the second crank chamber. The second connecting path connects the third crank chamber and the fourth crank chamber to each other. The third wall does not have a passage connecting the second crank chamber and the third crank chamber to each other.

Abstract: An internal combustion engine includes a first blow-by gas passage defined in a second wall. The internal combustion engine includes a second blow-by gas passage defined in a third wall. The internal combustion engine includes a third blow-by gas passage defined in a fourth wall. The first blow-by gas passage to the third blow-by gas passage connect an oil chamber and an oil separator to each other. The second wall includes a first connecting path. The fourth wall includes a second connecting path. The first connecting path connects the first crank chamber and the second crank chamber. The second connecting path connects the third crank chamber and the fourth crank chamber to each other. The third wall does not have a passage connecting the second crank chamber and the third crank chamber to each other.

Abstract: According to one embodiment, a memory system includes nonvolatile memory including a plurality of memory areas and a memory controller. A read operation includes a first operation of reading data from a memory cell array and a second operation of transmitting at least a part of the read data to the memory controller. The memory controller determines, when executing the read operation in a first memory area and a second memory area in parallel, priorities of the second operation in the first memory area and the second operation in the second memory area based on a result of comparison between (A) a first total time period of the read operation in the first memory area and (B) a second total time of the read operation in the second memory area.

Abstract: The present application discloses a method and a compound that are useful for preparation of a compound of Formula (XI). Furthermore, the present application discloses the compound of Formula (XI) comprising a small amount of impurities.

Abstract: A travelling support apparatus includes: a communication section that communicates with a vehicle around an own vehicle; a state determination section that determines whether a driver is capable of driving appropriately; a path setting section that sets an evacuation path for bringing the own vehicle to an emergency stop on the basis of a certain algorithm when the state determination section determines that the driver is incapable of driving appropriately; an information acquisition section that acquires various types of information required for execution of the algorithm; an evacuation control section that performs evacuation traveling to bring the own vehicle to the emergency stop along the evacuation path set by the path setting section; and an information transmitting section that transmits, to the vehicle around the own vehicle via the communication section, information indicating that the own vehicle performs the evacuation traveling.

Abstract: An insulating film (2) is provided on a base material (1). The insulating film (2) is a compressive film in which a stress is applied in a direction of peeling away from the base material at a central portion. A recess (3) is formed in the central portion of the insulating film (2) so that a thickness is partially reduced.

Abstract: A memory system includes a first volatile semiconductor memory, a second nonvolatile semiconductor memory that includes a plurality of blocks, and a controller configured to store management information in the first semiconductor memory in which identification information of the blocks and corresponding numbers of valid clusters of the blocks are stored and respectively associated with each other. The controller includes a block management unit configured to generate an update instruction to update the number of valid clusters associated with a block in which data is to be written, according to a write request received from a host, and a first memory controller configured to read, from the first semiconductor memory, the number of valid clusters corresponding to the update instruction, update the read number of valid clusters by an update amount corresponding to the update instruction, and write the updated number of valid clusters back to the first semiconductor memory.

Abstract: An image processing device for stitching a plurality of input images together so as to generate a panoramic composite image is provided. An imaging control section sets a guide for photographing a photographing subject from different imaging directions as a guide information for obtaining a plurality of input images suitable for the image composition. A guide display setting section displays a photographing guide image based on the guide information. A user rotates a camera while checking the guide image and captures the plurality of input images from different imaging directions. An image compositing section stitches the plurality of input images together so as to generate a composite image.

Abstract: A solid electrolyte condenser includes two condenser components disposed along a first direction Z and connected in parallel. Each condenser component includes: a porous sintered body forming an anode; an anode wire having a portion being inserted into the porous sintered body; a dielectric layer covering the porous sintered body; and a cathode portion forming a cathode. The solid electrolyte condenser includes: a spacer, which is conductive and of which two ends in the first direction Z are respectively connected with the anode wires; an anode terminal, fixed to a side of the spacer that is opposite to the two condenser components; a cathode terminal, connected with each cathode portion at the two sides in the first direction Z; a sealing resin, covering the two condenser components; and an anode connection portion, fixed at the anode terminal of the spacer and formed along the first direction Z.

Abstract: A driving support apparatus includes a driving support unit, a switching control unit, a reliability detection unit, and a threshold lowering unit. The switching control unit ceases driving support by the driving support unit and switches a driving state from driving in which the driving support is performed to manual driving, according to input from an operation detection unit when operating force or an operation amount exceeds a threshold. The reliability detection unit detects degradation of reliability of the driving support by the driving support unit. The threshold lowering unit lowers the threshold when the reliability detection unit detects the degradation of the reliability.

Abstract: An insulating film (2) is provided on a base material (1). The insulating film (2) is a compressive film in which a stress is applied in a direction of peeling away from the base material at a central portion. A recess (3) is formed in the central portion of the insulating film (2) so that a thickness is partially reduced.

Abstract: Disclosed herein is a delivery system including a delivery apparatus. The delivery apparatus includes a setting information acquisition section configured to acquire setting information set to a terminal on which an application is executed on the basis of the setting information, a terminal section configured to have at least part of functions of the terminal and execute an application in accordance with an instruction from the terminal on the basis of the setting information acquired by the setting information acquisition section, and a delivery section configured to deliver image information based on the execution of the application to one of the terminal and a terminal related to the terminal.

Abstract: A memory system includes a first volatile semiconductor memory, a second nonvolatile semiconductor memory that includes a plurality of blocks, and a controller configured to store management information in the first semiconductor memory in which identification information of the blocks and corresponding numbers of valid clusters of the blocks are stored and respectively associated with each other. The controller includes a block management unit configured to generate an update instruction to update the number of valid clusters associated with a block in which data is to be written, according to a write request received from a host, and a first memory controller configured to read, from the first semiconductor memory, the number of valid clusters corresponding to the update instruction, update the read number of valid clusters by an update amount corresponding to the update instruction, and write the updated number of valid clusters back to the first semiconductor memory.

Abstract: In a collision avoidance apparatus (1), a first information acquisition unit (7) generates first information that includes the position, speed and advancement direction of a first mobile body, and obtains first information from a first information transmitting unit (1) having a transmitting function. A second information acquisition unit (9) obtains second information that includes the position, speed and advancement direction of a second mobile body. A first mobile body prediction unit (11) predicts positions (P1) of the first mobile body at future time points T, based on the first information, and a second mobile body prediction unit (13) predicts the positions (P2) of the second mobile body at the time points T, based on the second information.

Abstract: An evacuation control apparatus includes a decrease detecting unit, a rear monitoring unit, and an evacuation control unit. The decrease detecting unit detects decrease in a consciousness level of a driver of an own vehicle. The rear monitoring unit monitors a state behind the own vehicle. The evacuation control unit outputs control information for making the own vehicle perform an emergency evacuation based on monitoring results of the rear monitoring unit, when the decrease detecting unit detects decrease in the consciousness level of the driver.