Abstract: A multilayer coil component includes: an element body having a pair of first side surfaces opposite to each other in a first direction and a pair of second side surfaces opposite to each other in a second direction orthogonal to the first direction; and a coil disposed inside the element body and having a coil axis extending in a third direction orthogonal to the first direction and the second direction, in which one of the pair of first side surfaces is a mounting surface, and a ratio of a first gap in the first direction between the coil and the mounting surface to a size of the element body in the first direction is 12 to 30% in a cross section viewed in the third direction.

Abstract: An information processing method performed by a computer includes: obtaining prediction results that are results of prediction performed by predictors on same input data; obtaining, for each of the prediction results, an influence that the input data had on the prediction result; determining, based on the prediction results, one or more combinations of the prediction results; and presenting, side by side or by superposition, using a presentation device, influences obtained for prediction results that are included in the prediction results and are in a same combination among the one or more combinations.

Abstract: A concrete test piece includes concrete having a planar first surface, a metal embedded in the first surface, and a nickel film or a palladium film formed on the first surface including the metal.

Abstract: An ECU of a vehicle control apparatus determines that an erroneous operation to an accelerator pedal has been performed, when both a prerequisite condition and an additional condition are satisfied. The prerequisite condition: an operation amount of the accelerator pedal becomes greater than a high threshold after an increasing rate of the accelerator pedal operation amount becomes great at a driving range. The additional condition is satisfied when at least one of three conditions (1)-(3) is satisfied. The condition (1): a shift position is at a driving range and a first operation to the accelerator pedal is not performed in a first period before the prerequisite condition becomes satisfied. The condition (2): a magnitude of a steering angle of when prerequisite condition becomes satisfied is great. The condition (3): a second operation to the accelerator pedal is performed at a non-driving range before the prerequisite condition becomes satisfied.

Abstract: An occupant state detection system includes an occupant monitoring apparatus, an occupant state detection apparatus, and a determination apparatus. The occupant state detection apparatus includes one or more processors and one or more memories. The one or more processors cooperate with one or more programs included in the one or more memories to receive occupant monitoring data from the occupant monitoring apparatus and determination data from the determination apparatus. On the basis of the determination data, the one or more processors make assignment of a part to be monitored, of an occupant in a vehicle, to be monitored by the occupant monitoring apparatus, to detect a physical state of the occupant.

Abstract: A measurement system includes: n measurement paths that output measurement data of one or more measurement objects, where n is an integer of four or greater; m reference signal generation circuits that output reference signals to be referenced by the n measurement paths, each of the m reference signal generation circuits outputting the reference signal to two or more measurement paths among the n measurement paths, where m is an integer of two or greater; k path anomaly detection circuits that detect/confirm presence or absence of anomalies by comparing the measurement data output from two measurement paths among the n measurement paths, where k is an integer of two or greater; and a processing circuit that receives the measurement data output from the n measurement paths and outputs from the k path anomaly detection circuits as its inputs.

Abstract: To effectively determine that a vehicle is traveling a parking lot, provided is a parking lot determination device for recognizing, based on image data acquired by capturing a periphery of a vehicle, a parking space and/or a parked vehicle in the periphery of the vehicle, and determining that the vehicle is traveling in a parking lot when a determination condition that a predetermined number or more of adjacent parking spaces and/or adjacent parked vehicles are recognized is satisfied, wherein the predetermined number to be used for the determination condition is reduced when a predetermined specific parking space is included in at least one or more parking spaces recognized based on the image data compared with the predetermined number to be used when the specific parking space is not included.

Abstract: An occluded hydrogen content estimation method implemented by an occluded hydrogen content estimation device performs an occluded hydrogen content estimation step in which, based on an occluded hydrogen unit content which is a content of hydrogen occluded in a metal due to a change in humidity from a wet state to a dry state, a period after the metal is placed, and meteorological data corresponding to the period for an area where the metal is located, a content of occluded hydrogen that is absorbed in the metal for the period after the metal is placed is estimated. In the occluded hydrogen content estimation step, the occluded hydrogen content is estimated by multiplying the number of rainfalls in the meteorological data by the occluded hydrogen unit content.

Abstract: A measuring device includes a voltage divider resistor component, an AD converter component, and a calculator. The voltage divider resistor component includes a plurality of voltage divider resistors that divide a voltage of a battery (object to be measured). The AD converter component includes a plurality of AD converters that convert voltages of at least two of the plurality of voltage divider resistors of the voltage divider resistor component into a plurality of first digital data items, the voltages each being a voltage across a voltage divider resistor among the at least two of the plurality of voltage divider resistors. The calculator calculates the voltage (electrical parameter) of the battery (object to be measured) from the plurality of first digital data items converted by the plurality of AD converters.

Abstract: A control device in one embodiment includes a first transmission unit, a first receiving unit, and a first generation unit. The first transmission unit is configured to transmit first performance data including contents of playing a keyboard instrument at a first communication base to a second communication base. The first receiving unit is configured to receive second performance data from the second communication base. The first generation unit is configured to generate a drive signal to produce a sound in accordance with the second performance data and output the drive signal to a sound generation device at the first communication base. At least one of the first performance data and the second performance data includes a key position signal indicating a key press amount on the keyboard instrument.

Abstract: A motor driver includes: a current detector that outputs a current signal corresponding to a motor current; a current comparison circuit that compares the current signal with a reference waveform signal; and a PWM circuit that outputs a first drive signal and a second drive signal. The first drive signal includes a first pulse that starts synchronously with a start of a reference pulse signal and ends after the pulse duration time has elapsed from a beginning of the reference pulse signal and when an absolute value of the current signal exceeds an absolute value of the reference waveform signal, and the second drive signal includes a second pulse that starts after the first pulse ends when the absolute value of the current signal exceeds the absolute value of the reference waveform signal within the pulse duration time.

Abstract: The present invention provides an information provision system that provides a user with information for coping with a problem by using an information terminal having a camera and a display, wherein the information terminal includes at least one processor with a memory comprising instructions cause the at least one processor to at least: identify a problem area in a captured image obtained by the camera; and display, on the display, a plurality of procedure screens indicating contents of a procedure for coping with the identified problem area, in accordance with an answer from the user, the plurality of procedure screens include a first procedure screen on which a plurality of answer items selectable by the user are displayed.

Abstract: A semiconductor device includes: a lead frame; a first semiconductor chip mounted face-up above the lead frame; and a second semiconductor chip mounted face-down above the first semiconductor chip. The second semiconductor chip has a chip size smaller than a chip size of the first semiconductor chip. The second semiconductor chip includes a bandgap element (an NPN transistor, an N-parallel NPN transistor) including a positive-negative (PN) junction and included in a band gap reference circuit.

Abstract: An impedance measurement device includes: a switching circuit that forms a loop circuit together with a battery; a current measurer connected to a path connecting the battery and the switching circuit; and a voltage measurement device connected to both ends of the battery, in which the switching circuit generates a current flowing intermittently through the loop circuit from the battery, and the impedance measurement device: changes a time during which the current flows intermittently and a time during which the current does not flow to sweep a frequency of an alternating current from the battery; and measures the alternating current using the current measurer and measures an alternating current voltage of the battery using the voltage measurement device to derive an alternating current impedance of the battery.

Abstract: A motor driving device includes: a series circuit of a Zener diode and a detection resistor, connected between a gate terminal and a ground of a first high-side transistor; a comparator that compares a voltage of the detection resistor with a reference voltage; a first driving transistor that short-circuits between the gate and source terminals of the first high-side transistor, using a detection signal output by the comparator; a control circuit; and an OR circuit that puts the first driving transistor into an open state regardless of a drive signal from the control circuit. The motor driving device puts the first high-side transistor into a conducting state when a power supply voltage increases and the gate terminal of the first high-side transistor reaches or exceeds a predetermined voltage, to inhibit an increase in the power supply voltage.

Abstract: A switch circuit is configured of a first semiconductor element and a second semiconductor element connected in series, and receives a DC voltage of 100 V or more. The drive circuit causes the first semiconductor element or the second semiconductor element to perform a switching operation. The isolated power supply circuit converts a predetermined power supply voltage into an isolated first power supply voltage, and outputs the first power supply voltage to the drive circuit. The isolation signal converter converts a first signal of 6 MHz or more into an isolated first drive signal, and outputs the first drive signal to the drive circuit. The single substrate mounts the isolated power supply circuit and the isolation signal converter. Both the first semiconductor element and the second semiconductor element are wide bandgap semiconductor elements.

Abstract: A tilt stage includes a mounting table on which a target supply device supplying a target to a predetermined region in a chamber is mounted, a rotation support portion supporting the mounting table rotatably about at least first and second axes, a first tilt support portion including a first ball and a first contact surface in contact with the first ball and supporting the mounting table, a first adjuster adjusting posture of the target supply device by moving one of the first ball and the first contact surface in a first direction, a second tilt support portion including a second ball and a second contact surface in contact with the first ball and supporting the mounting table, and a second adjuster adjusting the posture of the target supply device by moving one of the second ball and the second contact surface in a second direction.

Abstract: The object of the present invention is to search for a compound that may suppress the expression of TMPRSS2 in a cell or tissue. The expression of TMPRSS2 in a cell or tissue is suppressed by 5-aminolevulinic acids.

Abstract: An object of the invention is to provide a bearing apparatus which is superior in corrosion resistance against a fluorine gas, and superior in dimensional accuracy and durability. For achieving the object, a bearing apparatus for use in an environment where a fluorine gas exists is provided. The bearing apparatus comprises: a magnetic bearing comprising a magnetic member and an electromagnetic coil; and a touchdown bearing for protecting the magnetic bearing, wherein the touchdown bearing comprises an inner ring, an outer ring, and plural rolling members arranged between the inner ring and the outer ring, wherein the inner ring and the outer ring in the touchdown bearing are constructed by using a NiCrAl alloy.

Abstract: A current leakage detection circuit that detects current leakage from a battery having a first electrode and a second electrode, which is either the positive electrode or the negative electrode opposite to the first electrode, to a chassis includes: a detection circuit including a reference voltage source terminal, a first detection terminal, and a ground terminal connected to the first electrode; a first resistor connected between the second electrode and the chassis; a second resistor connected between the chassis and the first detection terminal; and a third resistor connected between the first detection terminal and a predetermined terminal. When the first electrode is the positive electrode, the predetermined terminal is the reference voltage source terminal. When the first electrode is the negative electrode, the predetermined terminal is the first electrode. The detection circuit detects an occurrence of current leakage based on a voltage of the first detection terminal.