Abstract: A resist film formed on a surface electrode is exposed and developed, thereby forming a fine resist pattern. An exposure focus is aligned with a surface of the resist film on a normal portion of the surface electrode, whereby deficient pattern portions of the resist pattern are caused on a convex defect and on a concave defect of the surface electrode. The deficient pattern portions of the resist pattern are detected either using a difference of intensities of lights reflected from the resist pattern on the surface electrode between an area thereof where the deficient pattern portion is formed and an area thereof where no surface defect occurs by irradiating light on the resist pattern, or using a comparison between a surface image of deficient pattern portion and a surface image of the surface where no surface defect occurs by photographing the surface of the semiconductor wafer.

Abstract: An all-solid-state battery is provided that can ensure adequate insulation even in a situation in which tab wires extending from negative electrode current collectors are gathered in order for the function as a battery to be performed, and a clearance between the tab wires and a positive electrode current collector is short due to bend of the tab wires. The all-solid-state battery includes an electrode body including a positive electrode current collector, a positive electrode layer, a solid electrolyte layer, a negative electrode layer, and a negative electrode current collector that are stacked in this order. The battery further includes a first insulating material at an end of the positive electrode layer, and a second insulating material at a portion that is between the negative electrode current collector and the solid electrolyte layer and faces an end of the solid electrolyte layer and an end of the first insulating material.

Abstract: A printing system including a provision system that provides a virtual space, a user device for experiencing the virtual space, and a printing apparatus, wherein: the provision system has a reception unit configured to receive operations to print contents corresponding to objects that exist in the virtual space in accordance with operations that the user has executed in the virtual space; the user device has an output unit configured to externally output print data corresponding to the contents in response to an operation to print the contents having been received by the reception unit; and the printing apparatus has a print control unit configured to print the contents by acquiring the print data in response to the operation to print the contents.

Abstract: A method of manufacturing a semiconductor device includes forming a surface structure having a MOS structure in a semiconductor substrate; forming an interlayer insulating partially covering the surface structure; forming an aluminum alloy film in contact with the surface structure and covering an entire area where the surface structure, including the interlayer insulating film, is formed; forming a resist film on the surface of the aluminum alloy film so as to have a thickness that covers the surface of the aluminum alloy while exposing a convex-shaped defect formed at the surface of the aluminum alloy film; patterning the aluminum alloy film using the resist film as a mask; and removing the resist film.

Abstract: A method of manufacturing a semiconductor device includes forming a surface structure having a MOS structure in a semiconductor substrate; forming an interlayer insulating film partially covering the surface structure; forming an aluminum alloy film in contact with the surface structure and covering an entire area where the surface structure, including the interlayer insulating film, is formed; forming a resist film covering the surface of the aluminum alloy film so as to have a thickness partially exposing a convex-shaped defect of the aluminum alloy film; patterning the aluminum alloy film using the resist film as a mask; and removing the resist film.

Abstract: A non-aqueous secondary battery includes a positive electrode composite material layer. In a cross-section in a direction of thickness of the positive electrode composite material layer, the positive electrode composite material layer includes a first region including one end portion in a direction intersecting with the direction of thickness, a second region including the other end portion, and a third region lying between the first region and the second region. The first region is composed of a first composite material containing lithium iron phosphate and lithium nickel cobalt manganese composite oxide, and the second region is composed of a second composite material containing lithium iron phosphate and lithium nickel cobalt manganese composite oxide. The third region is composed of a third composite material containing lithium nickel cobalt manganese composite oxide.

Abstract: A method of manufacturing a semiconductor device, including: forming a surface structure including a metal oxide semiconductor structure in a semiconductor substrate; forming an interlayer insulating film covering the surface structure; forming, in the interlayer insulating film, a contact hole to expose the surface structure; forming a first Al alloy film in contact with the surface structure and covering an entire surface of the interlayer insulating film, the first Al alloy film having a thickness of 0.05 ?m to 0.5 ?m; detecting, using a dark field, a defect of a surface of the first Al alloy film; forming a second Al alloy film covering the entire surface of the first Al alloy film; patterning the first and second Al alloy films; annealing the first and second Al alloy films; and dicing the semiconductor substrate into a plurality of chips, and picking, among the plurality of chips, chips free of the detected defect.

Abstract: A parking support device includes a parking support control device mounted on an own vehicle. The parking support control device is configured to be able to receive an operation signal in a state where the driver gets off the own vehicle, and executes parking support control such that the own vehicle moves along a movement route according to the received operation signal. The parking support control device controls the drive device and the foot brake device such that the own vehicle travels at a speed at which a shift position can be switched to a parking position. The parking support control device can execute a shift switching process during execution of the parking support control, and when a switching destination of the shift position is a position other than the parking position, the parking brake device is operated to apply braking force to the wheels and switch the shift position.

Abstract: A printing system including a provision system that provides a virtual space, a user device for experiencing the virtual space, and a printing apparatus, wherein: the provision system has a reception unit configured to receive operations to print contents corresponding to objects that exist in the virtual space in accordance with operations that the user has executed in the virtual space; the user device has an output unit configured to externally output print data corresponding to the contents in response to an operation to print the contents having been received by the reception unit; and the printing apparatus has a print control unit configured to print the contents by acquiring the print data in response to the operation to print the contents.

Abstract: The information processing apparatus obtains a search result desired by a user by performing: receiving a first keyword selected by the user from among a plurality of keyword candidates and a second keyword input manually by the user; generating a query character string including a first synonym, which is generated by converting the first keyword, and the second keyword; and outputting the query character string for searching for contents.

Abstract: A manufacturing method of a semiconductor apparatus, including: preparing a wafer on which an adhesion layer is provided in an outer peripheral region of a front surface; applying a protective tape on the front surface of the wafer, wherein the protective tape is applied on the adhesion layer; cutting a front surface of the protective tape; and grinding a back surface of the wafer while holding the wafer by a grinding apparatus through the protective tape, is provided. In addition, a semiconductor apparatus, including: a wafer; a semiconductor device provided in a central region of a front surface of the wafer; and an adhesion layer of a polyimide film provided in an outer peripheral region surrounding the central region on the front surface of the wafer, is provided.

Abstract: When a remote moving control is executed, and a state of controlling a vehicle is a state of changing a shift state of a transmission apparatus of the vehicle, a remote moving application software controls a terminal control unit to cause an operation terminal to generate vibration having a vibration pattern different from the vibration pattern of the vibration generated by the operation terminal when the state of controlling the vehicle is a state other than the state of changing the shift state or output informing sounds having an output pattern different from the output pattern of the informing sounds output by the operation terminal when the state of controlling the vehicle is the state other than the state of changing the shift state.

Abstract: In a remote travel system, a vehicle control device of a host vehicle and a terminal control device of an operation terminal perform wireless communication with each other, and the vehicle control device performs remote travel control of making the host vehicle travel autonomously to a designated stall in response to operation of the operation terminal. The remote travel system is configured such that a stall registered in the remote travel system is allowed to be designated as the designated stall during execution of the remote travel control. The remote travel system is configured such that, even when there is a movable obstacle on a travel route of the host vehicle to a stall to be reached by the host vehicle during execution of the remote travel control, that stall is allowed to be designated as the designated stall when that stall is one registered in the remote travel system.

Abstract: A parking assistance device includes: a traveling assistance control unit that causes a vehicle to automatically travel to a designated parking area and park the vehicle; a detection unit that detects whether or not a passenger carrying a terminal device enabling traveling control of the vehicle has performed a getting on and off action at a driver's seat of the vehicle; and an authority determination unit that determines whether a traveling control authority of the vehicle is to be attributed to the traveling assistance control unit or the passenger based on a detection result of the detection unit.

Abstract: Provided is a manufacturing method for a semiconductor device including forming a first electrode layer on a front surface of a wafer, implanting, into an outer peripheral region of the front surface of the wafer, a heavy ion of an element in third and subsequent rows of a periodic table, forming an oxide film in the outer peripheral region into which the heavy ion has been implanted, and forming a second electrode layer on the first electrode layer by plating. A dose of the heavy ion may be 1E15 cm?2 or more. A depth of an implantation range of the heavy ion into the wafer may be 0.02 ?m or more. The heavy ion may be an As ion, a P ion, or an Ar ion.

Abstract: A parking support device includes a parking support control device mounted on an own vehicle. The parking support control device is configured to be able to receive an operation signal in a state where the driver gets off the own vehicle, and executes parking support control such that the own vehicle moves along a movement route according to the received operation signal. The parking support control device controls the drive device and the foot brake device such that the own vehicle travels at a speed at which a shift position can be switched to a parking position. The parking support control device can execute a shift switching process during execution of the parking support control, and when a switching destination of the shift position is a position other than the parking position, the parking brake device is operated to apply braking force to the wheels and switch the shift position.

Abstract: A control apparatus for a vehicle cooling apparatus that includes: a PCU cooling unit for cooling a power control unit controlling an electric motor; a T/A cooling unit for cooling a drive-force transmitting apparatus including the electric motor; and a heat exchanger for transferring heat between the PCU cooling unit and the T/A cooling unit. The T/A cooling unit includes a first pump for circulating a refrigerant of the T/A cooling unit, while the PCU cooling unit includes a second pump for circulating a refrigerant of the PCU cooling unit. The control apparatus includes a controlling portion configured to cause the first pump to be driven when a temperature of the power control unit is higher than a threshold temperature value and a temperature of the refrigerant of the PCU cooling unit is higher than a temperature of the refrigerant of the T/A cooling unit.

Abstract: Provided are a welding apparatus and a method, including a welding torch, a wire nozzle, a support stand that supports the welding torch and the wire nozzle with a predetermined distance therebetween, and a first support mechanism that supports the support stand so that the support stand is rotatable around a first support axis that is along a direction in which the welding torch and the wire nozzle are arranged.

Abstract: A power supply system includes a plurality of power conversion devices, a plurality of breakers, and a controller. The plurality of breakers are respectively connected to the plurality of power conversion devices and configured to perform switching of an electrical connection between the power conversion device and a power system, wherein the breaker switches an ON state and an OFF state. The controller is configured to control the breakers and switch connection states of the plurality of power conversion devices are switched, and the controller being configured to determine whether or not the connected breaker is in an ON state and electrically conducted to the power system and the number of the power conversion devices in a standby state reaches a predetermined number.

Abstract: According to one embodiment, in a secondary battery, a first container member has an accommodating space defined by a bottom wall and side walls, and includes a flange, defining an edge of the opening of the accommodating space, at a portion opposite to the bottom wall. The electrode group is accommodated in the accommodating space, and the second container member is arranged to face the flange. A welding part, provided on an outer side relative to the edge of the opening, hermetically welds the flange and the second container member to seal the accommodating space. A projection, provided on one of the flange and the second container member between the welding part and the edge of the opening, projects toward another of the flange and the second container member.