Abstract: A printer includes a medium feeding device that is one of different types of medium feeding devices including a first medium feeding device that feeds an elongate medium from a first print medium including the medium, and a second medium feeding device that feeds the medium from a second print medium including the medium and a plurality of wireless communication elements provided at intervals in the longitudinal direction of the medium, and a printing device including a printing portion that performs printing on the medium fed from one of the medium feeding devices. The printing device includes a connector portion that is selectively connectable to the common connection portion of each of the different types of medium feeding devices. The second medium feeding device includes a wireless communication portion that communicates with the wireless communication elements, and a terminal portion that connects the wireless communication portion to the printing device.

Abstract: A vaporization system includes a vaporization chamber having a first portion and a second portion. A first fluid supply part is connected to the first portion of the vaporization chamber, and configured to supply a mixed fluid in which a first carrier gas and a liquid precursor are mixed, toward the second portion. A second fluid supply part is configured to supply a second carrier gas toward the mixed fluid at the second portion.

Abstract: An apparatus according to the present invention in which a first substrate including a photoelectric conversion element and a gate electrode of a transistor, and a second substrate including a peripheral circuit portion are placed upon each other. The first substrate does not include a high-melting-metal compound layer, and the second substrate includes a high-melting-metal compound layer.

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: An optical signal emitting direction control method of a present embodiment includes arranging a transparent member to extend over an underwater space and an in-air space, causing an optical signal to enter the transparent member from the underwater space via a surface of an underwater portion of the transparent member immersed in the underwater space, and causing the optical signal entered the transparent member to be emitted into the in-air space via a surface of an in-air portion of the transparent member exposed to the in-air space.

Abstract: A capacitive button capable of improving tolerance to electrostatic discharge is provided. The capacitive button includes: a pair of sensor electrodes which are provided side by side; a floating electrode which is arranged on a front side of the pair of sensor electrodes via an insulating layer; and a ground electrode which is arranged so as to surround the floating electrode, and is grounded without being electrically connected with the pair of sensor electrodes and the floating electrode. By providing the configuration, the tolerance to the electrostatic discharge of the capacitive button can be improved.

Abstract: An X-ray inspection apparatus includes: a transportation unit that transports an object through an inspection area; an X-ray generation source; an X-ray detection unit; an image data generation unit that generates image data from an output of the X-ray detection unit; a good or not determination unit that performs quality inspection of the object based on the generated image data and a predetermined criterion; and a control unit that controls the inspection, wherein the control unit switches between an inspection mode and a calibration mode in which calibration data for bringing into uniformity the brightness of the image is generated. The control unit includes a calibration data generation unit that generates calibration data based on image data generated before and after a calibration member is inspected in the calibration mode, and a correction unit that corrects the image data of the object, based on the calibration data.

Abstract: Provided are a curable composition, a cured product thereof, and an adhesive. The curable composition contains a blocked isocyanate prepolymer (A) formed from a polyol compound (a1), a polyisocyanate compound (a2), and a blocking agent (a3) as essential raw materials, an epoxy resin (B), and a curing agent (C). The blocking agent (a3) contains a phenol compound having a hydrocarbon group having 12 or more carbon atoms. The curable composition has excellent adhesive properties and resistance to humidity and heat, and can be suitably used for an adhesive and the like.

Abstract: A near-infrared cut filter is provided which has extremely low incident angle dependence and excellent oblique incidence characteristics. The near-infrared cut filter comprises a transparent substrate having a thickness of 0.16 to 0.26 mm and an average transmittance in a wavelength range of 800 to 1100 nm of 1% or less, and a resin layer formed at least one main surface of the transparent substrate and configured to absorb light of a specific wavelength.

Abstract: To improve accuracy of inspecting a quality state of an inspection object. An inspection device 1 includes: an image storage unit 21 that captures a plurality of images having different input channels for an inspection object W under an imaging condition corresponding to each input channel, and stores multiple inspection images obtained by the capturing and combining the plurality of images of the inspection object W; and a determination unit 24 that obtains a defective quality degree for the multiple inspection images stored in the image storage unit 21 based on a learned model 22 created in advance by learning using an image having a same imaging condition as the multiple inspection images, and determines a quality state of the inspection object W by comparison between the defective quality degree and a preset threshold.

Abstract: To improve accuracy of inspecting a quality state of an inspection object. An inspection device 1 includes: an image storage unit 21 that stores, as pseudo RGB images, three inspection images for an inspection object W, which have different transmission characteristics and are obtained by capturing a predetermined type of the inspection object W; and a determination unit 24 that obtains a defective quality degree for the pseudo RGB image stored in the image storage unit 21 based on a learned model 22 created in advance by learning using an image having a same format as the pseudo RGB image, and determines a quality state of the inspection object W by comparison between the defective quality degree and a preset threshold.

Abstract: Provided is a near-infrared cut-off filter having excellent oblique incidence characteristics due to extremely low dependence on the angle of incidence, and a low transmittance in a wavelength region of 1000 nm or more. More particularly, the near-infrared cut-off filter includes a transparent substrate that is formed of glass containing iron atoms and has a half-value wavelength of greater than 630 nm on a long wavelength side of a transmittance curve and an average transmittance of 1% or less in a wavelength region of 1000 to 1200 nm; and a resin layer formed on at least one main surface of the transparent substrate to absorb light of a specific wavelength.

Abstract: A light treatment system includes: a probe configured to be inserted into a bladder, the probe including an optical fiber configured to propagate light, and a light emitter that is provided at a distal end of the optical fiber, the light emitter being configured to emit the light; and a balloon catheter into which the probe is inserted, the balloon catheter being configured to be inserted into the bladder, the balloon catheter including a distal end portion that is to be dilated in the bladder, a wall configured to divide inside of the distal end portion into two regions, and a reflector configured to reflect the light emitted by the light emitter, the reflector being provided on a surface of the wall, the surface facing a region of the two regions, the region being where the light emitter is positioned.

Abstract: The present technique relates to an imaging element and a distance measurement module capable of reducing parasitic capacity._A distance measurement module includes: a first wiring that connects predetermined transistors in first adjacent pixels to a via formed in one of first adjacent pixels and connected to a wiring formed in another layer; and a second wiring that connects predetermined transistors in second adjacent pixels to a via formed in a pixel that is adjacent to one of second adjacent pixels and connected to a wiring formed in another layer, in which the first wiring is connected to a redundant wiring. The present technique can be applied to a distance measurement sensor that performs distance measurement, for example.

Abstract: The present technology relates to an image sensor, an imaging device, and a ranging device capable of performing imaging so that noise is reduced. A photoelectric conversion unit configured to perform photoelectric conversion; a charge accumulation unit configured to accumulate charges obtained by the photoelectric conversion unit; a transfer unit configured to transfer the charges from the photoelectric conversion unit to the charge accumulation unit; a reset unit configured to reset the charge accumulation unit; a reset voltage control unit configured to control a voltage to be applied to the reset unit; and an additional control unit configured to control addition of capacitance to the charge accumulation unit are included. The charge accumulation unit includes a plurality of regions. The present technology can be applied to, for example, an imaging device that captures an image and a ranging device that performs ranging.

Abstract: The present technology relates to a light receiving device and a distance measuring module capable of curbing a decrease in distance measurement accuracy due to an increase in the number of pixels. A light receiving device includes a pixel array unit in which pixels each having a first tap detecting charge photoelectrically converted by a photoelectric conversion unit and a second tap detecting charge photoelectrically converted by the photoelectric conversion unit are two-dimensionally arranged in a matrix. In the pixel array unit, four vertical signal lines for outputting a detection signal detected by any one of the first tap and the second tap to the outside of the pixel array unit are arranged for one pixel column. The present technology can be applied to a distance measuring sensor or the like of the indirect ToF scheme, for example.

Abstract: The present technology relates to a light receiving device and a distance measuring module capable of improving sensitivity. A light receiving device includes a pixel array unit in which pixels each having a first tap detecting charge photoelectrically converted by a photoelectric conversion unit and a second tap detecting charge photoelectrically converted by the photoelectric conversion unit are two-dimensionally arranged in a matrix. The first tap and the second tap each have a voltage application unit that applies a voltage, the pixel array unit has a groove portion formed by digging from a light incident surface side of a substrate to a predetermined depth, and the groove portion is arranged so as to overlap at least a part of the voltage application unit in plan view. The present technology can be applied to a distance measuring sensor or the like of the indirect ToF scheme, for example.

Abstract: To improve ranging accuracy while suppressing deterioration in a resolution. A light-receiving element according to an embodiment includes: a semiconductor substrate (40); a light-shielding film (44) provided on a first surface of the semiconductor substrate and having a lattice form in which openings are arrayed in a matrix form; a plurality of first semiconductor regions (21) arrayed in a matrix form on a second surface opposite to the first surface of the semiconductor substrate; a plurality of second semiconductor regions (22A, 22B) provided in an adjacent region which is the second surface of the semiconductor substrate and interposes each of the first semiconductor regions in a column direction; and a wiring layer (71, 72) provided on the second surface of the semiconductor substrate and electrically connected to the first semiconductor regions.