Abstract: A multilayer ceramic capacitor includes a multilayer body in which dielectric layers are laminated, first and second internal electrode layers extending to both end surfaces of the multilayer body, first and second external electrodes connected to the first internal electrode layer and disposed on both end surfaces, and third and fourth external electrodes connected to the second internal electrode layer and disposed on both side surfaces. A number of the first internal electrode layers is greater than a number of the second internal electrode layers, and at least two first internal electrode layers are continuously laminated. In the first internal electrode layer, a recess is provided so as not to overlap the third and fourth external electrodes on a portion of both principal surfaces when the multilayer ceramic capacitor is viewed from a height direction.

Abstract: A multilayer ceramic capacitor includes a multilayer body including first and second main surfaces, first and second side surfaces, and first and second end surfaces, first and second inner electrode layers on laminated dielectric layers and extending to the first and second end surfaces, first and second outer electrodes respectively on the first and second end surfaces, a third outer electrode on the first side surface, and a fourth outer electrode on the second side surface. The first inner electrode layers each have a first opposing portion facing the second inner electrode layers, a first extended portion extending from the first opposing portion to the first end surface, and a second extended portion extending from the first opposing portion to the second end surface. The second inner electrode layers each include first and second extension portions that are partially or entirely bent toward the second main surface.

Abstract: A coordinate input apparatus includes an insulating substrate, sensor electrodes having detecting positions, a top panel including an operating surface that allows an operation with a pointer and covering the sensor electrodes, a measuring circuit that measures capacitances of the detecting positions, and a calculating circuit that calculates a position of the pointer in two-axis directions of the operating surface, wherein, at a detecting position at which a maximum measured value is obtained and detecting positions next to the detecting position, the calculating circuit applies a quadratic curve to the maximum value and the measured values measured at the adjacent detecting positions to calculate a position of a vertex of the quadratic curve, and wherein, when the detecting position at which the maximum value is obtained is at an extreme end in either of the two-axis directions, the calculating circuit corrects the position of the pointer toward the extreme end.

Abstract: Provided is an information processing system that, when a shopper purchases a product displayed in a shop, enables the automation of the purchase of the product and reduces the time required for purchasing the product. This information processing system comprises a moving object tracking means, a shelf product recognition means, and a purchase means. The moving object tracking means identifies moving objects, such as shoppers and baskets, that are moving through a shop, defines the region of the moving object, and picks up images while tracking the moving object. The shelf product recognition means constantly picks up images of the state of the shelves, compares images picked up before and after an object is taken from a shelf, defines the region from the picked up image of a recognized product, and identifies the product from the defined image region. The purchase means purchases the identified product.

Abstract: A medical image processing device processes tomographic image data of a living tissue. The medical image processing device includes a control unit that includes at least one processor and at least one memory storing computer program code. The computer program code, when executed by the at least one processor, causes the at least one processor to: acquire a tomographic image in which a layer of the living tissue appears; perform a tilt-reduction process on the acquired tomographic image to reduce a tilt of the layer of the living tissue with respect to a main direction; and acquire medical data by inputting, into a mathematical model, a tilt-reduced image that is the tomographic image on which the tilt-reduction process was performed.

Abstract: A multilayer ceramic capacitor includes a multilayer body, a first internal electrode layer extending to opposing end surfaces of the multilayer body, a second internal electrode layer extending to opposing side surfaces of the multilayer body, first and second external electrodes connected to the first internal electrode layer and provided on the opposing end surfaces, and third and fourth external electrodes connected to the second internal electrode layer and provided on the opposing side surfaces. The second internal electrode layer includes a central section in a central portion of the dielectric layer and an extending section extending to the opposing side surfaces. The first internal electrode layer is larger in number than the second internal electrode layer, at least two first internal electrode layers are successively layered, and the extending section is larger in thickness than the central section located in the central portion of the dielectric layer.

Abstract: A valve structure for a power storage device includes a passage that communicates the interior of a container housing a power storage device element with the exterior of the container, and a check valve disposed to block the passage and configured to open when the internal pressure of the container increases due to gas produced inside the container and pass the gas from the internal side of the container to the external side, the check valve including a valve seat and a valve body, and the valve structure including a liquid disposed to come in contact with the valve seat and the valve body.

Abstract: A multilayer ceramic capacitor includes a multilayer body including dielectric layers and internal electrode layers, first and second main surfaces facing each other in a stacking direction, first and second side surfaces facing each other in a width direction perpendicular or substantially perpendicular to the stacking direction, and first and second end surfaces facing each other in a length direction perpendicular or substantially perpendicular to the stacking and width directions, a first external electrode on the first end surface, a second external electrode on the second end surface, a third external electrode on the first side surface, and a fourth external electrode on the second side surface. A first internal electrode layer is exposed at the first and second end surfaces, and a second internal electrode layer is exposed at the first and second side surfaces and is within a range from the second main surface to ? of the multilayer body in the stacking direction.

Abstract: An input device includes a top panel having an operation surface, a detection unit configured to detect a capacitance corresponding to a distance between the operation surface and an object, and a controller configured to determine, based on a detection result from the detection unit, a relative state between the operation surface and the object to be one out of a non-detection state and a plurality of states. The controller measures, for each of the plurality of states, a duration in which the capacitance is greater than or equal to a corresponding one of capacitance thresholds set for the plurality of states, and determines, using the durations and the time thresholds and capacitance thresholds set for the plurality of states, the relative state to be one out of the non-detection state and the plurality of states.

Abstract: An input device includes a top panel having an operation surface, a detection unit configured to detect a capacitance corresponding to a distance between the operation surface and an object, and a controller configured to determine, based on a detection result from the detection unit, a relative state between the operation surface and the object to be one out of a non-detection state and a plurality of states. The controller measures, for each of the plurality of states, a duration in which the capacitance is greater than or equal to a corresponding one of capacitance thresholds set for the plurality of states, and determines, using the durations and the time thresholds and capacitance thresholds set for the plurality of states, the relative state to be one out of the non-detection state and the plurality of states.

Abstract: A multilayer ceramic capacitor includes a multilayer body, a first internal electrode layer extending to opposing end surfaces of the multilayer body, a second internal electrode layer extending to opposing side surfaces of the multilayer body, first and second external electrodes connected to the first internal electrode layer and provided on the opposing end surfaces, and third and fourth external electrodes connected to the second internal electrode layer and provided on the opposing side surfaces. The second internal electrode layer includes a central section in a central portion of the dielectric layer and an extending section extending to the opposing side surfaces. The first internal electrode layer is larger in number than the second internal electrode layer, at least two first internal electrode layers are successively layered, and the extending section is larger in thickness than the central section located in the central portion of the dielectric layer.

Abstract: A multilayer ceramic capacitor includes a multilayer body, a first internal electrode layer extending to opposing end surfaces of the multilayer body, a second internal electrode layer extending to opposing side surfaces of the multilayer body, first and second external electrodes connected to the first internal electrode layer and provided on the opposing end surfaces, and third and fourth external electrodes connected to the second internal electrode layer and provided on the opposing side surfaces. The second internal electrode layer includes a central section in a central portion of the dielectric layer and an extending section extending to the opposing side surfaces. The first internal electrode layer is larger in number than the second internal electrode layer, at least two first internal electrode layers are successively layered, and the extending section is larger in thickness than the central section located in the central portion of the dielectric layer.

Abstract: A multilayer ceramic capacitor includes a multilayer body in which dielectric layers are layered, first internal electrode layers extending to opposing end surfaces of the multilayer body, second internal electrode layers extending to opposing side surfaces of the multilayer body, first and second external electrodes connected to the first internal electrode layers and provided on the respective opposing end surfaces, and third and fourth external electrodes connected to the second internal electrode layers and provided on the respective opposing side surfaces. A number of the first internal electrode layers is larger than a number of the second internal electrode layers, at least two first internal electrode layers are successively layered, and a thickness of the second internal electrode layers is larger than a thickness of the first internal electrode layers.

Abstract: A multilayer ceramic capacitor includes a multilayer body including dielectric layers and inner electrodes stacked in an alternating manner, and first, second, third, and fourth outer electrodes provided on a surface of the multilayer body. An effective portion includes a capacitance generating portion in which first and second inner electrodes face each other to generate an electrostatic capacitance, a first successive stacking portion in which first inner electrodes are successively stacked, and a second successive stacking portion in which second inner electrodes are successively stacked. The following relational expressions (1) and (2) are satisfied. (1) about 0.168?Total thickness of inner electrodes/Dimension of multilayer body in stacking direction. (2) about 0.19?Total number of first and second inner electrodes opposing each other with dielectric layers interposed therebetween/Total number of inner electrodes?about 0.48.

Abstract: A multilayer ceramic capacitor includes a multilayer body in which dielectric layers are laminated, first and second internal electrode layers extending to both end surfaces of the multilayer body, first and second external electrodes connected to the first internal electrode layer and disposed on both end surfaces, and third and fourth external electrodes connected to the second internal electrode layer and disposed on both side surfaces. A number of the first internal electrode layers is greater than a number of the second internal electrode layers, and at least two first internal electrode layers are continuously laminated. In the first internal electrode layer, a recess is provided so as not to overlap the third and fourth external electrodes on a portion of both principal surfaces when the multilayer ceramic capacitor is viewed from a height direction.

Abstract: A capacitor component includes a laminate including dielectric layers and internal electrode layers, first and second external electrodes respectively provided on first and second end surfaces of the laminate, and a third external electrode provided on at least one of first and second lateral surfaces of the laminate. The internal electrode layers include a first internal electrode layer connected to the first external electrode and not connected to either the second or the third external electrode; a second internal electrode layer connected to the second external electrode and not connected to either the first or the third external electrode; a third internal electrode layer not connected to any of the first, the second, or the third external electrode; and a fourth internal electrode layer connected to the third external electrode and not connected to either the first or the second external electrode.

Abstract: A multilayer ceramic capacitor includes a multilayer body, a first internal electrode layer extending to opposing end surfaces of the multilayer body, a second internal electrode layer extending to opposing side surfaces of the multilayer body, first and second external electrodes connected to the first internal electrode layer and provided on the opposing end surfaces, and third and fourth external electrodes connected to the second internal electrode layer and provided on the opposing side surfaces. The second internal electrode layer includes a central section in a central portion of the dielectric layer and an extending section extending to the opposing side surfaces. The first internal electrode layer is larger in number than the second internal electrode layer, at least two first internal electrode layers are successively layered, and the extending section is larger in thickness than the central section located in the central portion of the dielectric layer.

Abstract: A multilayer ceramic capacitor includes a multilayer body in which dielectric layers are layered, first internal electrode layers extending to opposing end surfaces of the multilayer body, second internal electrode layers extending to opposing side surfaces of the multilayer body, first and second external electrodes connected to the first internal electrode layers and provided on the respective opposing end surfaces, and third and fourth external electrodes connected to the second internal electrode layers and provided on the respective opposing side surfaces. A number of the first internal electrode layers is larger than a number of the second internal electrode layers, at least two first internal electrode layers are successively layered, and a thickness of the second internal electrode layers is larger than a thickness of the first internal electrode layers.

Abstract: Provided is an information processing system that, when a shopper purchases a product displayed in a shop, enables the automation of the purchase of the product and reduces the time required for purchasing the product. This information processing system comprises a moving object tracking means, a shelf product recognition means, and a purchase means. The moving object tracking means identifies moving objects, such as shoppers and baskets, that are moving through a shop, defines the region of the moving object, and picks up images while tracking the moving object. The shelf product recognition means constantly picks up images of the state of the shelves, compares images picked up before and after an object is taken from a shelf, defines the region from the picked up image of a recognized product, and identifies the product from the defined image region. The purchase means purchases the identified product.

Abstract: Provided is an information processing system that, when a shopper purchases a product displayed in a shop, enables the automation of the purchase of the product and reduces the time required for purchasing the product. This information processing system comprises a moving object tracking means, a shelf product recognition means, and a purchase means. The moving object tracking means identifies moving objects, such as shoppers and baskets, that are moving through a shop, defines the region of the moving object, and picks up images while tracking the moving object. The shelf product recognition means constantly picks up images of the state of the shelves, compares images picked up before and after an object is taken from a shelf, defines the region from the picked up image of a recognized product, and identifies the product from the defined image region. The purchase means purchases the identified product.