Abstract: Provided is an electronically controlled throttle device configured to reduce size of a motor and concurrently to enhance reduction of a noise of the motor. The electronically controlled throttle device includes: a body including a throttle valve; a motor provided with a brush, the motor configured to drive the throttle valve; a bracket (20F) configured to attach the motor to the body; a pigtail connected electrically to the brush, and arranged on a surface of the bracket (20F), the surface facing the motor; and a filter circuit (an inductor (31), a capacitor (32), and a resistor (33)) connected electrically to the pigtail and configured to reduce the noise of the motor. The filter circuit is arranged on a surface of the bracket (20F), the surface opposite the motor.

Abstract: A learning device is configured to perform learning of a decision tree. The learning device includes a branch score calculator, and a scaling unit. The branch score calculator is configured to calculate a branch score used for determining a branch condition for a node of the decision tree based on a cumulative sum of gradient information corresponding to each value of a feature amount of learning data. The scaling unit is configured to perform scaling on a value related to the cumulative sum used for calculating the branch score by the branch score calculator to fall within a numerical range with which the branch score is capable of being calculated.

Abstract: A wavelength checker includes an optical waveguide chip. A known arrayed-waveguide diffraction grating is formed on the optical waveguide chip. The wavelength checker includes a light conversion unit made of a conversion material that converts infrared light into visible light. The light conversion unit is arranged on an output side of a plurality of first output waveguides of the optical waveguide chip to be capable of receiving light emitted from the plurality of first output waveguides. The light conversion unit is formed on a side surface of a support facing an output end surface of the optical waveguide chip. The support is fixed to a main board.

Abstract: The variable magnification optical system consists of a front group, a middle group, and a rear group, in order from an object side. The front group consists of two or fewer lens groups and has a negative refractive power. The middle group includes only one lens group that has a positive refractive power as a lens group. The rear group consists of three or less lens groups. An aperture stop is disposed between a lens surface closest to an image side in the front group and a lens surface closest to the object side in the rear group. The front group includes at least three negative lenses and at least one positive lens. A negative meniscus lens convex toward the object side is disposed closest to the object side in the front group. The variable magnification optical system satisfies predetermined conditional expressions.

Abstract: According to one aspect of the present invention, a learning device is configured to perform learning of decision trees by gradient boosting. The learning device includes an initializer and a learning unit. The initializer is configured to perform initialization processing on an address memory that stores an address in a data memory of learning data used for learning of a node in a decision tree. The learning unit is configured to perform learning of the decision tree by using the learning data stored in the data memory. The initializer is configured to perform, after a certain decision tree is learned by the learning unit, the initialization processing for a next decision tree of the certain decision tree in parallel with processing for the certain decision tree.

Abstract: A learning device is configured to perform learning of a decision tree, and includes: a plurality of learning units each corresponding to a data memory of a plurality of data memories, and being configured to perform learning at a first node using learning data acquired by using first addresses related to a storage destination of the learning data corresponding to the first node of the decision tree in the data memory, and output a second address related to a storage destination of each piece of the learning data branched from the first node; and a plurality of managers each corresponding to a learning unit of the plurality of learning units, and being configured to calculate third addresses related to storage destinations of learning data corresponding to second nodes being next nodes of the first node using the first addresses and the second address output from the learning unit.

Abstract: An imaging lens consisting of, in order from an object side to an image side: a first lens group that has a positive refractive power; a second lens group that has a positive refractive power; and a third lens group, wherein: during focusing, the second lens group moves along an optical axis, and the first lens group and the third lens group remain stationary with respect to an image plane, the second lens group includes a stop, an Lp1 lens, which is a positive lens, is disposed closest to the object side in the second lens group, an Lp2 lens, which is a positive lens, is disposed closest to the image side in the second lens group.

Abstract: A learning device is configured to perform learning of a decision tree by gradient boosting. The learning device includes a plurality of learning units and a plurality of model memories. The plurality of learning units are configured to perform learning of the decision tree using learning data divided to be stored in a plurality of data memories. The plurality of model memories are each configured to store data of the decision tree learned by corresponding one of the plurality of learning units.

Abstract: A zoom lens consisting of, in order from an object side to an image side: a first lens group that has a positive refractive power; a second lens group that has a negative refractive power; and a subsequent group that has a plurality of lens groups, wherein: the zoom lens includes an aperture stop at a position closer to the image side than a lens surface closest to the image side in the second lens group, a lens group closest to the image side in the subsequent group includes at least one negative lens of which an object side lens surface is a concave surface being in contact with air, during zooming, a spacing between the first lens group and the second lens group changes, a spacing between the second lens group and the subsequent group changes, and spacings between all adjacent lens groups in the subsequent group change.

Abstract: A light conversion portion includes a conversion material that converts infrared light to visible light. A reflection portion is fixed to a position on a main substrate at which the reflection portion faces an output end of an optical waveguide chip on the side from which light is output to an external space. The reflection portion includes a reflection surface that faces the output end and is inclined with respect to a plane of the main substrate such that a reflection direction is toward the upper side of the main substrate. The reflection surface reflects near infrared light.

Abstract: A learning device includes: a learning unit configured to read out feature amounts of learning data from a data memory and derive a branch condition for a node of a decision tree based on the feature amounts, to perform learning of the decision tree; and a discriminator configured to perform determining, in accordance with the branch condition, a node to which learning data is to be branched from the node corresponding to the branch condition. The learning unit is configured to, in parallel with processing of the discriminator reading out learning data at a specific node from the data memory via a first port of the data memory and performing the determining, read out, from the data memory via a second port, learning data at a node on which the discriminator is configured to perform determining subsequent to the specific node and derive the branch.

Abstract: A zoom lens consists of, in order from the object side, a first lens group that has a positive refractive power, a middle group that includes a plurality of lens groups in which the spacings between adjacent lens groups change during zooming, and the final lens group. The focusing group that moves during focusing is disposed in the middle group. The zoom lens satisfies predetermined conditional expressions.

Abstract: A light conversion portion is constituted by a conversion material that converts infrared light to visible light. A reflection portion is fixed to a position on a main substrate at which the reflection portion faces an output end of an optical waveguide chip on the side from which light is output to an external space. The reflection portion includes a reflection surface that faces the output end and is inclined with respect to a plane of the main substrate such that a reflection direction is toward the upper side of the main substrate. The reflection surface reflects near infrared light.

Abstract: The zoom lens consists of, in order from the object side, a first lens group that has a positive refractive power, a second lens group that has a positive refractive power, and a subsequent group. During zooming, a spacing between the first lens group and the second lens group changes, and a spacing between the second lens group and the subsequent group changes. The subsequent groups include a focusing group that moves during focusing.

Abstract: An optical element that is optically coupled to light inlet/outlet ends of an optical fiber is disposed on a base placed near the light inlet/outlet ends of the optical fiber. Moreover, a rod-like reinforcing member has an integral structure fixed into a first hole formed in the optical fiber and a second hole formed in the base 102.

Abstract: A learning device includes a data storage unit configured to store learning data for learning a decision tree; a learning unit configured to determine whether to cause learning data stored in the data storage unit to branch to one node or to the other node of lower nodes of a node based on a branch condition for the node of the decision tree; and a first buffer unit and a second buffer unit configured to buffer learning data determined to branch to the one node and the other node, respectively, by the learning unit up to capacity determined in advance. The first buffer unit and the second buffer unit are configured to, in response to buffering learning data up to the capacity determined in advance, write the learning data into continuous addresses of the data storage unit for each predetermined block.

Abstract: A learning and discrimination device configured to perform learning by gradient boosting, including: a histogram memory unit configured to store, for each value of a feature amount, a histogram obtained by integrating gradient information corresponding to the value in sample data; a category accumulated gradient calculator configured to calculate a histogram corresponding to a value of the feature amount corresponding to a threshold for the feature amount as a cumulative sum of the gradient information; a non-category accumulated gradient calculator configured to calculate, as a cumulative sum of the gradient information, a sum of a histogram corresponding to a value of the feature amount that is classified using a classification method with the threshold different from the category accumulated gradient calculator; and a cumulative sum selector configured to output the cumulative sum calculated by the category accumulated gradient calculator or the non-category accumulated gradient calculator.

Abstract: A wavelength checker includes an optical converter composed of a conversion material that converts infrared light into visible light. The optical converter is disposed, on an output side (side from which light is output to an external space) of a plurality of first output waveguides of an optical waveguide chip, to receive emitted light that is guided through the first output waveguides and reflected on and emitted from the light emitting-side end surface. The light emitting-side end surface is a reflection surface that is inclined to face a main substrate.

Abstract: A photoelectric fiber includes a fiber including a core through which light is guided; an electrical unit formed continuously with the fiber, the electrical unit being configured to house a photoelectric conversion chip including a photoelectric conversion element; and an external electrode formed on a front surface of at least one of the fiber or the electrical unit, wherein the photoelectric conversion chip is optically connected to the core and electrically connected to the external electrode.

Abstract: The zoom lens consists of, in order from an object side, a positive first lens group, a negative second lens group, a third lens group, a positive fourth lens group, and a positive fifth lens group. During zooming, the second lens group, the third lens group, and the fourth lens group move. The first lens group consists of, in order from an object side, a negative first a lens group, a positive first b lens group that moves during focusing, and a positive first c lens group. A most-image-side lens of the first b lens group is a negative meniscus lens having a convex surface facing an object side.