Abstract: An image capture device for recording HDR (high dynamic range) image data obtained through image capture performs control so as to, when encoding HDR image data obtained by capturing an image with an image sensor, divide part of the HDR image data corresponding to a coding area to be encoded into a plurality of divided HDR image data, encode each of the plurality of divided HDR image data by using encoding means, and record the plurality of divided HDR image data that are encoded on a recording medium in a predetermined recording format.

Abstract: An electrical storage module includes: an electrical storage device; a case in which an electrical storage device is housed; and a lid configured to cover an opening part of the case. The case includes a groove part at an outer periphery of the opening part, and the lid includes a rib configured to be inserted into the groove part. A sealing member is present between the rib and the groove part. The sealing member, in a state of having viscosity, is accommodated in the groove part, and then is cured, and the viscosity becomes low. The sealing member is an adhesive.

Abstract: Provided is a welding method enabling enhancement of quality of welding between an upper plate and a lower plate. One aspect of the present disclosure is the welding method including welding the upper plate and the lower plate overlapped with the upper plate by irradiating a surface of the upper plate with a laser beam. The welding includes: forming an auxiliary welding path that is continuous and includes a reciprocating or circling path; and forming a main welding path that intersects a welding advancing direction and that includes turning points, after formation of the auxiliary welding path.

Abstract: An intake variable valve timing mechanism (VVT) that collectively changes an intake valve close timing as a close timing of a plurality of intake valves and a control device that controls an engine including a plurality of injectors and the intake VVT are provided. When a specified engine stop condition is satisfied, a fuel cut is performed to stop a fuel supply into a plurality of cylinders by the injector. After the fuel cut, the intake VVT is controlled such that a retarded amount of the intake valve close timing immediately before a stop of a stop-time compression stroke cylinder as a cylinder stopped in a compression stroke from intake bottom dead center is larger than a retarded amount of the intake valve close timing immediately before a stop of a stop-time expansion stroke cylinder as a cylinder stopped in an expansion stroke from the intake bottom dead center.

Abstract: There is provided an image processing apparatus comprising. An obtainment unit obtains a first circular fisheye image accompanied by a first missing region in which no pixel value is present. A generation unit generates a first equidistant cylindrical projection image by performing first equidistant cylindrical transformation processing based on the first circular fisheye image. The generation unit generates the first equidistant cylindrical projection image such that a first corresponding region corresponding to the first missing region has a pixel value in the first equidistant cylindrical projection image.

Abstract: An information processing apparatus includes: a processor; and a memory storing a program which, when executed by the processor, causes the information processing apparatus to obtain an image and correction information on a first optical system and a second optical system, the image including a first area corresponding to a first image inputted via the first optical system and a second area corresponding to a second image inputted via the second optical system having a predetermined parallax with respect to the first optical system; execute correcting processing of correcting, based on the correction information, positions of a pixel included in the first area and a pixel included in the second area in the image, and generate a processed image by executing processing of transforming the corrected first area and the corrected second area.

Abstract: A motor case has a first case portion and a second case portion coupled to the first case portion. The stator has a stator core and an insulator fixed to the stator core. The insulator has a tubular portion having an outer circumferential surface and a polygonal shape in the cross-sectional view, and on the outer circumferential surface, insulator flat portions lined up in a circumferential direction. The first case portion includes: three or more core supports which project inward in the radial direction from an inner circumferential surface of a circumferential wall of the first case portion, come into contact with the core outer-circumferential surface, and are disposed at intervals from each other in the circumferential direction; and at least one first detent which is in contact with or is disposed to come into contact with the insulator flat portion.

Abstract: An intake variable valve timing mechanism (VVT) that collectively changes an intake valve close timing as a close timing of a plurality of intake valves and a control device that controls an engine including a plurality of injectors and the intake VVT are provided. When a specified engine stop condition is satisfied, a fuel cut is performed to stop a fuel supply into a plurality of cylinders by the injector. After the fuel cut, the intake VVT is controlled such that a retarded amount of the intake valve close timing immediately before a stop of a stop-time compression stroke cylinder as a cylinder stopped in a compression stroke from intake bottom dead center is larger than a retarded amount of the intake valve close timing immediately before a stop of a stop-time expansion stroke cylinder as a cylinder stopped in an expansion stroke from the intake bottom dead center.

Abstract: Provided is a start controller for an engine capable of reducing torque of a starter consumed to start the engine. The start controller includes a stop position sensor that detects a position of a piston in each cylinder at an engine stop time, an intake pressure sensor that detects an intake pressure in an intake passage, and a processor that determines whether the position of the piston in each of the cylinders detected by the stop position sensor is within a specified target range after the engine is stopped. In the case where it is determined that the position of the piston in each of the cylinders after the engine stop is out of the target range and the intake pressure detected by the intake pressure sensor is lower than an atmospheric pressure, the engine is started by a motor even when an engine start condition is not satisfied.

Abstract: An image capture device for recording HDR (high dynamic range) image data obtained through image capture performs control so as to, when encoding HDR image data obtained by capturing an image with an image sensor, divide part of the HDR image data corresponding to a coding area to be encoded into a plurality of divided HDR image data, encode each of the plurality of divided HDR image data by using encoding means, and record the plurality of divided HDR image data that are encoded on a recording medium in a predetermined recording format.

Abstract: An image processing apparatus comprises a processing unit which executes determination processing for determining a parameter to be used in development processing of a target playback frame within a RAW movie file, based on a difference between a parameter for the target playback frame and a parameter used in development processing of a proceeding frame, a developing unit which performs development processing on a RAW image of the target playback frame using the determined parameter, and a control unit which, when a playback start position is designated by a user, determines a parameter for a frame of interest corresponding to the playback start position, by causing the processing unit to execute the determination processing for each of a plurality of frames from a frame that is a preset number of frames before the frame of interest to the frame of interest.

Abstract: One aspect of the present disclosure is a welding method including welding an upper plate and a lower plate overlapped with the upper plate by irradiating a surface of the upper plate with a laser beam. The welding includes forming a main welding path that intersects a welding advancing direction and that includes turning points. The upper plate and the lower plate are arranged in an inclined manner with respect to a horizontal plane when viewed parallel to the welding advancing direction. In the forming the main welding path, an amount of energy applied by the laser beam in an area in a neighborhood of the turning point on a vertically upper side is designed to be larger than an amount of energy applied by the laser beam in an area in a neighborhood of the turning point on a vertically lower side.

Abstract: An image capture device for recording HDR (high dynamic range) image data obtained through image capture performs control so as to, when encoding HDR image data obtained by capturing an image with an image sensor, divide part of the HDR image data corresponding to a coding area to be encoded into a plurality of divided HDR image data, encode each of the plurality of divided HDR image data by using encoding means, and record the plurality of divided HDR image data that are encoded on a recording medium in a predetermined recording format.

Abstract: Provided is a welding method that can enhance joining quality between an upper plate and a lower plate. One aspect of the present disclosure is a joining method including joining the upper plate to the lower plate that is overlapped with the upper plate by applying energy to a top surface of the upper plate to thereby melt the upper plate and the lower plate together. A joining path designed to apply the energy to the top surface of the upper plate crosses an axis along a joining-travel direction and includes a turn-point. An amount of the energy includes a first energy applied in the vicinity of the turn-point and a second energy amount applied in an area other than the vicinity of the turn-point. The first energy amount is smaller than the second energy amount.

Abstract: To make it possible to enhance waterproofness of a vent hole when an electronic controller is mounted on an automobile. The electronic controller includes a waterproof case that accommodates a printed circuit board with electronic parts mounted thereon, and a connector that electrically connects the printed circuit board and an external apparatus to each other, the electronic controller being mounted on the automobile in a posture having the connector directed downward. The waterproof case has an inclined surface that is smaller as the distance from a bottom surface is more on the connector side, and the inclined surface is formed with a vent hole that is closed with the breathing filter.

Abstract: A system for controlling a compression ignition engine includes: a speed obtaining section which detects or estimates an engine speed achieved by combustion in an n-th cycle; and an injection amount setting section which sets, in a start period after the start of cranking, a fuel injection amount to be injected by injectors in an (n+1)-th cycle. If the engine speed achieved by the combustion in the n-th cycle falls in the resonance range, the injection amount setting section sets the fuel injection amount for an (n+1)-th cycle to be larger than the fuel injection amount injected when the engine speed is higher than or equal to an upper limit of the resonance range.

Abstract: A system includes a communication circuit provided in at least one of multiple devices that are connected to a control device in a predetermined connection relationship. The control device includes: a signal transmitter designating, as a destination, one of the devices provided with the communication circuit, based on the connection relationship, and transmitting a call signal to the device designated as the destination; a receiver circuit wirelessly receiving a recall signal, which is transmitted in response to the call signal; and a determination unit determining that the control device and the device designated as the destination are connected in the connection relationship when the receiver circuit receives the recall signal. The communication circuit wirelessly transmits the recall signal to the control device when the device provided with the communication circuit itself is designated as the destination and when the device provided with the communication circuit itself receives the call signal.

Abstract: A method for producing a microneedle device having a coating on the microneedles comprises a step A of drying a precursor composition containing a biologically active substance and a first solvent to obtain -a freeze-dried composition, a step B of mixing the freeze-dried composition with a second solvent to obtain a coating composition, and a step C of applying the coating composition to the microneedles and drying the same, wherein the precursor composition further contains a thickener, or a thickener is added when the freeze-dried composition and the second solvent are mixed.

Abstract: A method for producing a microneedle device having a coating on the microneedles comprises a step A of drying a precursor composition containing a biologically active substance and a first solvent to obtain -a freeze-dried composition, a step B of mixing the freeze-dried composition with a second solvent to obtain a coating composition, and a step C of applying the coating composition to the microneedles and drying the same, wherein the precursor composition further contains a thickener, or a thickener is added when the freeze-dried composition and the second solvent are mixed.