Abstract: Disclosed is a host device including a display device that, in operation, displays an image in a host display region, a communication device that, in operation, communicates with multiple guest devices each having a display function, and a processor that, in operation, divides the host display region into at least two sub-regions and controls the display device to display at least two images currently displayed by at least two of the guest devices simultaneously connected to the host device, such that the at least two images are respectively displayed in corresponding ones of the at least two sub-regions.

Abstract: A semiconductor apparatus includes a semiconductor layer, a wiring layer or a plurality of wiring layers, and a first heat dissipation layer. The semiconductor layer has a first surface and a second surface and includes, between the first surface and the second surface, a semiconductor element and a protection circuit. The wiring layer(s) is disposed at a first-surface side and electrically connected to the protection circuit. The first-surface side is a side where the first surface is located. The first heat dissipation layer is disposed between the wiring layer and the semiconductor layer or between a wiring layer closest to the semiconductor layer, among the wiring layers, and the semiconductor layer, and not electrically connected to the protection circuit. In a plan view taken at the first-surface side, the first heat dissipation layer is disposed at a position of overlapping with at least a part of the protection circuit.

Abstract: A remote computer sequentially detects positions of an indicator on a sensor surface at a predetermined sampling rate using an input sensor, and sequentially transmits pieces of report data including the positions to a host computer. A host computer detects a gesture based on a series of the pieces of report data received from the remote computer, generates one or more deformed images by imparting a deformation corresponding to contents and an amount that are indicated by the gesture, to one or more images, transmits the one or more deformed images to the remote computer, and performs cancelation processing that cancels generation of the one or more deformed images when one of the pieces of report data received from the remote computer includes an end report indicating that the indicator has been moved away from the sensor surface.

Abstract: Provided is a computer including a host processor which, in operation, generates a stroke image representing a stroke indicated by a series of coordinate data indicating a plurality of positions of a pen on a touch surface and generates a video signal representing the stroke image, a timing controller which, in operation, controls, based on the video signal, a potential of each of a plurality of gate lines provided in a display, and a temporary stroke image generation processor which in operation, generates, in parallel with the host processor, a temporary stroke image representing a same stroke as the stroke of the stroke image, in which the temporary stroke image is superimposed on the video signal before the video signal is supplied to the timing controller.

Abstract: An image drawing method performed by first and second computers is provided. The image drawing method includes: transmitting, by the second computer, a streaming video that includes a pen stroke image generated by a first rendering process; generating, by the first computer, a pen stroke image by performing a second rendering process, which is shared with the first rendering process, in parallel with the first rendering process; receiving, by the first computer, the streaming video from the second computer via communication that incurs a delay; compositing, by the first computer, the pen stroke image into the streaming video; and outputting, by the first computer, the streaming video. The image drawing method enables alignment of appearances between a provisional image and the pen stroke image that appears within the streaming video.

Abstract: Provided is an input system including an instruction device; a detection device that detects an instruction position of the instruction device; a display device that is provided separately from the detection device and that displays an image of a space; a position detector that detects, in the space, a line-of-sight position in a line-of-sight of the position detector; a processor; and a memory storing instructions, which when executed by the processor, cause the processor to set, in the space, an instruction target area including a reference position of the instruction device, based on the line-of-sight position detected by the position detector at the time of reception of a predetermined operation by the instruction device, and control the display device to display the instruction position of the instruction device in the instruction target area and on the image of the space.

Abstract: Provided is an input system including an instruction device; a detection device that detects an instruction position of the instruction device; a display device that is provided separately from the detection device and that displays an image of a space; a position detector that detects, in the space, a line-of-sight position in a line-of-sight of the position detector; a processor; and a memory storing instructions, which when executed by the processor, cause the processor to set, in the space, an instruction target area including a reference position of the instruction device, based on the line-of-sight position detected by the position detector at the time of reception of a predetermined operation by the instruction device, and control the display device to display the instruction position of the instruction device in the instruction target area and on the image of the space.

Abstract: A photoelectric conversion device including a plurality of substrates in a stacked state, the plurality of substrates including a first substrate and a second substrate electrically connected to each other, the photoelectric conversion device comprising: a memory cell unit including row-selection lines that are to be driven upon selection of a row of a memory cell array and column-selection lines that are to be driven upon selection of a column of the memory cell array; and a memory peripheral circuit unit that includes row-selection line connection portions and column-selection line connection portions so as to drive the row-selection lines and to drive the column-selection lines, wherein a first portion that is at least a part of the memory peripheral circuit unit is formed on the first substrate and the memory cell unit is formed on the second substrate.

Abstract: A photoelectric conversion device comprising: a first substrate that includes a pixel circuit including a photoelectric conversion element; a second substrate having a signal processing circuit that drives the pixel circuit or processes a signal from the pixel circuit; a connection part electrically connecting the first substrate and the second substrate; and an inspection circuit, wherein the inspection circuit is formed in one of the first and second substrates and is connected to a wire supplying a first potential and being provided in the one of the first and second substrates, and the inspection circuit is connected via the connection part to a wire supplying a second potential and being provided in the other of the first and second substrates.

Abstract: Provided is an input system including an instruction device; a detection device that detects an instruction position of the instruction device; a display device that is provided separately from the detection device and that displays an image of a space; a position detector that detects, in the space, a line-of-sight position in a line-of-sight of the position detector; a processor; and a memory storing instructions, which when executed by the processor, cause the processor to set, in the space, an instruction target area including a reference position of the instruction device, based on the line-of-sight position detected by the position detector at the time of reception of a predetermined operation by the instruction device, and control the display device to display the instruction position of the instruction device in the instruction target area and on the image of the space.

Abstract: A photoelectric conversion apparatus includes a pad, a first protection circuit provided on a first semiconductor substrate, and a second protection circuit provided on a second semiconductor substrate. The first semiconductor substrate, which includes a plurality of photoelectric conversion units each receiving incident light and generating signal charge, and the second semiconductor substrate, which includes at least one signal processing circuit that processes an input signal based on the generated signal charge, are laminated. The pad receives a power supply voltage as input from an outside of the photoelectric conversion apparatus. At least one of the first protection circuit or the second protection circuit is provided on an outside of a region in which the pad is provided, in planar view. At least one of the first protection circuit or the second protection circuit is connected to the pad.

Abstract: A semiconductor device has a first transistor of a first conductivity type and a second transistor of a second conductivity type, the first transistor is arranged in an active region of a semiconductor substrate, and a gate electrode and the active region overlap with each other in a plan view and also have a portion located between the source and the drain of the first transistor of the semiconductor substrate. In the channel width direction, an impurity concentration of the second conductivity type is higher at the end than on the center side of the portion.

Abstract: A photoelectric conversion device comprising: a first substrate that includes a pixel circuit including a photoelectric conversion element; a second substrate having a signal processing circuit that drives the pixel circuit or processes a signal from the pixel circuit; a connection part electrically connecting the first substrate and the second substrate; and an inspection circuit, wherein the inspection circuit is formed in one of the first and second substrates and is connected to a wire supplying a first potential and being provided in the one of the first and second substrates, and the inspection circuit is connected via the connection part to a wire supplying a second potential and being provided in the other of the first and second substrates.

Abstract: A photoelectric conversion device including a plurality of substrates in a stacked state, the plurality of substrates including a first substrate and a second substrate electrically connected to each other, the photoelectric conversion device comprising: a memory cell unit including row-selection lines that are to be driven upon selection of a row of a memory cell array and column-selection lines that are to be driven upon selection of a column of the memory cell array; and a memory peripheral circuit unit that includes row-selection line connection portions and column-selection line connection portions so as to drive the row-selection lines and to drive the column-selection lines, wherein a first portion that is at least a part of the memory peripheral circuit unit is formed on the first substrate and the memory cell unit is formed on the second substrate.

Abstract: A semiconductor device has a first transistor of a first conductivity type and a second transistor of a second conductivity type, the first transistor is arranged in an active region of a semiconductor substrate, and a gate electrode and the active region overlap with each other in a plan view and also have a portion located between the source and the drain of the first transistor of the semiconductor substrate. In the channel width direction, an impurity concentration of the second conductivity type is higher at the end than on the center side of the portion.

Abstract: There is provided an information processing apparatus including one host controller which communicates with other devices via multiple ports, a monitoring unit which monitors an amount of traffic for each of the ports, a processing unit which gives notification of an required amount of traffic for performing predetermined processing by a device connected to a certain port of the multiple ports, and a communication control unit which controls an amount of traffic for each of the ports, based on a required amount of traffic, notification of which is given from the processing unit, and an actual amount of traffic acquired by the monitoring unit.

Abstract: There is provided an information processing apparatus including one host controller which communicates with other devices via multiple ports, a monitoring unit which monitors an amount of traffic for each of the ports, a processing unit which gives notification of an required amount of traffic for performing predetermined processing by a device connected to a certain port of the multiple ports, and a communication control unit which controls an amount of traffic for each of the ports, based on a required amount of traffic, notification of which is given from the processing unit, and an actual amount of traffic acquired by the monitoring unit.

Abstract: In a remote operation system in which an in-vehicle unit is controlled by an operation command transmitted from a portable unit carried by a driver via a service center, when the vehicle receives an operation command B for controlling the in-vehicle unit from a second state to a first state, the operation command B is executed only when control based on an operation command A for controlling from the first state to the second state is made.

Abstract: A remote control apparatus for a vehicle according to the invention includes a portable-device determination unit, and a distance determination unit. The portable-device determination unit determines whether a first portable device, which can remotely control a vehicle function, is present in the vehicle. The distance determination unit determines whether a distance between the user of the vehicle and the vehicle is greater than or equal to a predetermined distance. When the portable-device determination unit determines that the first portable device is present in the vehicle, and the distance determination unit determines that the distance between the user and the vehicle is greater than or equal to the predetermined distance, the remote control apparatus permits a second portable device, which can remotely control a vehicle function, to remotely control the vehicle function.

Abstract: A vehicle remote control apparatus (100) for causing a vehicle (101) to perform a requested operation in response to a remote operation request from a vehicle user includes a location identifying unit (204) configured to identify a latest vehicle location where the vehicle is parked, and a decision unit configured to decide whether it is acceptable to cause the vehicle to perform an operation requested from the vehicle user at the latest vehicle location identified by the location identifying unit.