Abstract: A production management device includes: a communication section provided to enable communication with a combination weighing apparatus and a bag-making and packaging apparatus; a management device provided to enable communication with the combination weighing apparatus and the bag-making and packaging apparatus via the communication section; and a storage device configured to store therein various information. The management device generates and stores production information in the storage device.

Abstract: An automotive interior component is provided which includes: an infrared sensor that includes an emission unit and a reception unit, the emission unit emitting infrared rays to an object, and the reception unit receiving the infrared rays reflected by the object; a molded body in which the infrared sensor is installed; and a surface material disposed so as to cover the infrared sensor, the surface material transmitting the infrared rays.

Abstract: The laser module includes a QCL element, a diffraction grating unit including a movable diffraction grating, a first lens that transmits light emitted from an end surface of the QCL element and light returning from the movable diffraction grating to the QCL element, a second lens that transmits terahertz waves emitted from the QCL element, a first holder, and a package. The first holder has a support surface on which the QCL element is mounted and a side surface connected to the support surface and facing the first lens in a resonance direction. A distance from an intersection point between the side surface and the support surface to the end surface along the resonance direction is smaller than a distance between the intersection point and the first lens along the resonance direction.

Abstract: A semiconductor device according to an embodiment includes: a silicon carbide layer; a silicon oxide layer; and a region disposed between the silicon carbide layer and the silicon oxide layer and having a nitrogen concentration equal to or more than 1 × 1021 cm-3. A nitrogen concentration distribution in the silicon carbide layer, the silicon oxide layer, and the region have a peak in the region, a nitrogen concentration at a first position 1 nm away from the peak to the side of the silicon oxide layer is equal to or less than 1 × 1018 cm-3 and a carbon concentration at the first position is equal to or less than 1 × 1018 cm-3, and a nitrogen concentration at a second position 1 nm away from the peak to the side of the silicon carbide layer is equal to or less than 1 × 1018 cm-3.

Abstract: A method for manufacturing a semiconductor device of an embodiment includes performing first ion implantation of implanting aluminum (Al) into a silicon carbide layer in a first projected range and a first dose amount, performing second ion implantation of implanting carbon (C) into the silicon carbide layer in a second projected range and a second dose amount which is a dose amount equal to or more than 10 times the first dose amount, performing a first heat treatment of 1600° C. or more, performing an oxidation treatment of oxidizing the silicon carbide layer, performing an etching process of etching the silicon carbide layer in an atmosphere containing a hydrogen gas, forming a silicon oxide film on the silicon carbide layer, and forming a gate electrode on the silicon oxide film.

Abstract: An information processing apparatus, an information processing system, and an information processing method. The information processing apparatus identifies a work target and work content of work, based on voice data sent from a terminal for inputting utterance about the work by a worker, updates work implementation status information indicating work implementation status of the work stored in a memory based on the work target and work content of the work that are identified, and controls to display the work implementation status of the work based on the work implementation status information on a display terminal connected through a network.

Abstract: To enable a lighting cover disposed over a plurality of light-emitting portions to have a soft tactile sensation, the lighting cover includes a light guide member and a soft light-transmissive member The light guide member has a plurality of isolation spaces arranged to correspond to the plurality of light-emitting portions and guides light from the plurality of light-emitting portions The soft light-transmissive member has a soft tactile sensation, and transmits light generated from the plurality of light-emitting portions by being disposed on an outer side of the light guide member.

Abstract: To provide a decorative molded article that enables clear visual recognition of an arbitrary pattern on a surface of a skin material when a light source is turned on. The decorative molded article is a decorative molded article capable of being illuminated by a light source on a back surface and configured so that a skin material having an OD value of 1 or more and 3.5 or less, a light-shielding layer having an arbitrary pattern, and a transparent molded body are laminated together in sequence, and so that a color difference ?E between a light emitting unit and a non-light emitting unit of the skin material is 50 or more when the light source is turned on. The decorative molded article may further include a nonwoven fabric between the skin material and the light-shielding layer, or between the light-shielding layer and the molded body.

Abstract: To provide a decorative molded article that enables clear visual recognition of an arbitrary pattern on a surface of a skin material when a light source is turned on. The decorative molded article is a decorative molded article capable of being illuminated by a light source on a back surface and configured so that a skin material having an OD value of 1 or more and 3.5 or less, a light-shielding layer having an arbitrary pattern, and a transparent molded body are laminated together in sequence, and so that a color difference ?E between a light emitting unit and a non-light emitting unit of the skin material is 50 or more when the light source is turned on. The decorative molded article may further include a nonwoven fabric between the skin material and the light-shielding layer, or between the light-shielding layer and the molded body.

Abstract: A method for manufacturing a near-infrared sensor cover includes a film setting step. The film setting step includes setting a heater film on a first molding die and setting a hard coating film on a second molding die. The method for manufacturing a near-infrared sensor cover further includes a base molding step for molding a base including clamping a mold, injecting molten plastic into a gap between the heater film and the hard coating film, and curing the molten plastic.

Abstract: A bag-making and packaging apparatus, for forming a bag containing a packaged article from a conveyed packaging material, is disclosed. The apparatus includes a printing part, first and second receiving parts, and a retaining part. The printing part prints information on the packaging material. The first receiving part is used in a first mode to print on the packaging material during conveyance without stopping conveyance. The second receiving part is used in a second mode to print on the packaging material at a timing when conveyance of the packaging material is stopped. The retaining part retains the first receiving part or the second receiving part so that the first receiving part and the printing part face each other with the packaging material disposed therebetween in the first mode, and the second receiving part and the printing part face each other with the packaging material disposed therebetween in the second mode.

Abstract: The present invention provides a nucleic acid construct containing at least one guide RNA portion that binds to one or more target RNAs and an RNA-cleaving Cas protein expression portion, wherein the one or more target RNAs are derived from a mutation in a vertebrate cell, a virus, or a bacterium.

Abstract: An information processing apparatus, an information processing system, and an information processing method. The information processing apparatus identifies a work target and work content of work, based on voice data sent from a terminal for inputting utterance about the work by a worker, updates work implementation status information indicating work implementation status of the work stored in a memory based on the work target and work content of the work that are identified, and controls to display the work implementation status of the work based on the work implementation status information on a display terminal connected through a network.

Abstract: A method for manufacturing a near-infrared sensor cover includes a film setting step. The film setting step includes setting a heater film on a first molding die and setting a hard coating film on a second molding die. The method for manufacturing a near-infrared sensor cover further includes a base molding step for molding a base including clamping a mold, injecting molten plastic into a gap between the heater film and the hard coating film, and curing the molten plastic.

Abstract: The present disclosure provides a foam molded product and a manufacturing method. The foam molded product is includes a foam body, an insert material having a display unit or a detection unit attached to the foam body, and a surface material affixed to a surface to which at least the insert material is attached. A manufacturing method includes: preparing a pair of molds including a first mold and a second mold; affixing an insert material and a surface material together such that the surface material is in contact with a molding surface of the first mold; closing the pair of molds; injecting a foam resin into a molding space formed by closing the molds; foaming the foam resin to form a foam body; opening the pair of molds; and removing a molded product in which the affixed part and the foam body are integrated.

Abstract: A film in which a decorative design layer is formed on a base film is positioned and locked relative to a cavity mold while the mold is open. A pressing portion includes a tip portion made of a soft material. The tip portion pushes the film toward the cavity mold and presses the film against a portion of the molding surface. In this state, vacuum suction causes the film to stick to the molding surface. After that, an article body is molded by injecting molten plastic into the cavity while the mold is clamped. The obtained decorative molded article includes the decorative design layer that decorates the design surface of the article body by causing the decorative design layer of the film to stick to the design surface of the article body.

Abstract: A lifting control device includes: a position acquisition portion configured to acquire an extended or contracted position of the hydraulic cylinder; a target setting portion configured to set a target position of the hydraulic cylinder; a control portion configured to control an energized amount of the solenoid valve; and an input judging portion configured to judge whether the operational input is an opening command to perform an opening control in which the solenoid valve is made to be fully open or is a positional control command to perform a positional control in which the solenoid valve is actuated according to an operation input amount to control the extended or contracted position of the hydraulic cylinder, wherein when the operational input is judged as the opening command by the input judging portion, the opening control is performed due to the non-integral type control by the control portion.

Abstract: A control device for a fluid pressure actuator includes a first valve controlling a flow of working oil supplied to or discharged from a hydraulic cylinder, a regulation determining portion determining whether to increase or decrease an energization amount to the first valve on the basis of a position deviation between an actual position and a target position of the hydraulic cylinder, a first proportional gain output portion deciding a command current value to be applied to the first valve on the basis of the position deviation, and an offset current output portion setting an offset current value to be applied to the first valve on the basis of a judgment result of the regulation determining portion. The offset current output portion sets a first current value as the offset current value in a valve closing process, and sets a second current value greater than the first current value as the offset current value in a valve opening process.

Abstract: A method for manufacturing a decorative molded article includes first to fourth steps. In the first step, a plastic sheet is secured to a cavity block in a state in which first and second portions are arranged along an open end of a molding recess. The plastic sheet is tightly held by the cavity block and a securing member at the first portions and is not tightly held at the second portions. In the second step, the plastic sheet is deformed. In the third step, the plastic sheet is secured to the cavity block in a state in which the plastic sheet is tightly held by the cavity block and the securing member over the entire periphery of the opening of the molding recess. In the fourth step, the plastic sheet is molded by being caused to closely contact the molding surface of the cavity block through vacuum suction.

Abstract: To provide a decorative panel that expresses a deep jet-black color represented by Japanese lacquer or the like. Provided are: a base member; a black-colored layer provided on the base member; and a laminate provided on the black-colored layer, the laminate having a plurality of transparent layers having different refractive indexes such that the plurality of transparent layers are layered. The refractive indexes of the transparent layers in the laminate are increased in order toward the base member.