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.

Abstract: Distance measurement accuracy is improved. A light-receiving element according to an embodiment includes a semiconductor substrate, and lattice-shaped pixel separating parts that divide the semiconductor substrate into a plurality of pixel regions arranged in a matrix form, wherein each of the pixel regions includes: a first semiconductor region disposed on a first surface side in the semiconductor substrate; a second semiconductor region disposed on the first surface side in the semiconductor substrate separately from the first semiconductor region; and a first blocking region disposed between the first semiconductor region and the second semiconductor region on the first surface side in the semiconductor substrate and having a dielectric constant different from that of the semiconductor substrate.

Abstract: An image forming apparatus incudes: a reservoir that stores a liquid; a moving part that is movable in a predetermined direction; and a circulation path part that allows the liquid in the reservoir to circulate between the reservoir and the moving part, wherein the moving part includes: an ejector that ejects the liquid to a recording medium; a communication path part that communicates with an ejection flow path of the ejector and communicates with the circulation path part; and a pressure adjuster that is provided in a portion of the communication path part, the portion communicating with the circulation path part, and that adjusts a pressure in order that the liquid supplied from the circulation path part passes through the ejector and returns to the circulation path part.

Abstract: The present disclosure provides methods and systems for using a hybrid architecture of classical and non-classical (e.g., quantum) computing to compute the quantum mechanical energy and/or electronic structure of a chemical system, as well as to identify stable conformations of a chemical system (e.g., a molecule) and/or to perform an ab initio molecular dynamics calculation or simulation on the chemical system.

Abstract: A light reception element and an electronic apparatus in which leakage current can be reduced to decrease current consumption are provided. The light reception element includes a pixel array section. The pixels each include two taps that detect an electric charge obtained through photoelectric conversion by a photoelectric conversion section. A flat region in each pixel, except the two taps and a pixel transistor region, includes a tap peripheral region and a pixel transistor neighboring region. In the tap peripheral region, an embedded oxide film is formed on a surface opposite to a light incident surface of a substrate, and a first semiconductor region is formed on the light incident surface side of the embedded oxide film. In the pixel transistor neighboring region, a second semiconductor region is formed. The present technology is applicable to a light reception element that carries out ranging, for example.

Abstract: An electrode unit of a joining apparatus includes an abutting section provided with a tapered outer circumferential surface that contacts a tapered pressure-receiving surface by being inserted into an inside of a first metal member. The tapered outer circumferential surface inclines in a direction of getting closer to an axial center of the abutting section from one end side to another end side. At least part of the abutting section has a thickness elastically deformable in such a manner that the tapered outer circumferential surface aligns with the tapered pressure-receiving surface during application of a pressurizing force to the first metal member and a second metal member.

Abstract: A light radiating unit provided at a distal end portion of an optical fiber includes a first light radiating unit having a predetermined length in a longitudinal direction and capable of radiating therapeutic light having first intensity and a second light radiating unit connected consecutively to the first light radiating unit in the longitudinal direction and configured to radiate therapeutic light having second intensity lower than the first intensity. Consequently, even when a bladder, which is a hollow organ, and a urethra, which is a conduit, are irradiated with the therapeutic light at a time, intensity of the therapeutic light with which surfaces (inner wall surfaces) of respective parts are irradiated is equalized.

Abstract: A light-receiving element includes an on-chip lens; an interconnection layer; and a semiconductor layer that is disposed between the on-chip lens and the interconnection layer. The semiconductor layer includes a first voltage application unit to which a first voltage is applied, a second voltage application unit to which a second voltage different from the first voltage is applied, a first charge detection unit that is disposed at the periphery of the first voltage application unit, a second charge detection unit that is disposed at the periphery of the second voltage application unit, and a charge discharge region that is provided on an outer side of an effective pixel region. For example, the present technology is applicable to a light-receiving element that generates distance information in a ToF method, or the like.

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 disclosure provides methods and systems for solving an optimization problem using a computing platform comprising at least one non-classical computer and at least one digital computer. The at least one non-classical computer may be configured to perform an adiabatic quantum computation with a first Hamiltonian and second Hamiltonian.

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: According to the present invention, provided is a heater including a heat generating member being conductive and configured to radiate heat rays by being fed with electric power, a tubular member constituted by a metal and accommodating the heat generating member, and an intermediate member arranged between the heat generating member and the tubular member and constituted by an electrically insulating material, wherein the intermediate member is arranged and/or configured to allow, among the heat rays radiated from the heat generating member, at least light having a wavelength of from 1 ?m to 2 ?m to pass through the intermediate member to reach the tubular member.

Abstract: An optical cable, in which a fiber optic core and tensile strength filaments are covered with a covering, is connected to a connecting element incorporated into a connector, wherein a clamping member clamps the end portion of the covering along its outer peripheral surface in a state where the covering has been removed from the end portion of the optical cable such that the fiber optic core and the tensile strength filaments are uncovered; a gripping member that grips the exposed tensile strength filaments in a state where the exposed fiber optic core passes therethrough; and a protective member that covers a range extending from the clamping member to the gripping member in the axial direction of the fiber optic core in a state where the exposed fiber optic core is connected to a connecting element of the connector while the gripping member is attached to the connector.

Abstract: The present disclosure provides methods and systems for using a hybrid architecture of quantum and classical computing to compute the quantum mechanical energy and/or electronic structure of a chemical system, as well as to identify stable conformations of a chemical system (e.g., a molecule) and/or to perform an ab initio molecular dynamics calculation or simulation on the chemical system.

Abstract: There is provided an on-vehicle display controller including a video data acquiring unit configured to acquire captured video data obtained through imaging by an imager that is configured to image surroundings of a vehicle, a detecting unit configured to detect at least one following vehicle in the captured video data, an identifying unit configured to identify a lower part of the following vehicle detected by the detecting unit, a display video data generating unit configured to set a clipping area of the captured video data so as to include the lower part of the following vehicle identified by the identifying unit, and generate display video data by performing clipping the clipping area from the captured video data, and a display controller configured to cause a display used in the vehicle to display the display video data generated by the display video data generating unit.

Abstract: In a printer that drives by a ribbon motor (302), a winding axle that holds an ink ribbon positioned between a thermal head that performs a photographic printing operation with respect to a photographic medium conveyed along a sub-scanning direction and a platen that opposes the photographic print head with the photographic medium between the photographic print head and the platen, a flywheel (303) is coupled to a shaft of the ribbon motor (302), and a rotational force of the ribbon motor (302) is transmitted to the winding axle, via a worm gear (501) and a helical gear (502).

Abstract: An optical cable, in which a fiber optic core and tensile strength filaments are covered with a covering, is connected to a connecting element incorporated into a connector, wherein a clamping member clamps the end portion of the covering along its outer peripheral surface in a state where the covering has been removed from the end portion of the optical cable such that the fiber optic core and the tensile strength filaments are uncovered; a gripping member that grips the exposed tensile strength filaments in a state where the exposed fiber optic core passes therethrough; and a protective member that covers a range extending from the clamping member to the gripping member in the axial direction of the fiber optic core in a state where the exposed fiber optic core is connected to a connecting element of the connector while the gripping member is attached to the connector.

Abstract: A vehicular display control device includes a video acquiring unit configured to acquire video data captured by a rear camera configured to capture a rear view of a vehicle, a frequency detecting unit configured to detect a frequency of a driver's action in the vehicle for changing a range of view with respect to a display installed in front of the driver, a video data generating unit configured to clip, when the frequency of the driver's action detected by the frequency detecting unit becomes high, a clipping range in the captured video data acquired by the video acquiring unit wider than a clipping range before the frequency of the driver's action becomes high to generate video data for a predetermined time, and a display controller configured to cause a display installed in front of the driver to display the video data generated by the video data generating unit.