Abstract: A coating film includes a water-repellent resin having a smooth surface and a contact angle of 70 degrees or more. The coating film has a plurality of protrusions formed by the water-repellent resin, and the plurality of protrusions are scattered in the coating film and each have an end portion with a convex surface formed by cutting out a continuous region accounting for 50% or more of a spherical surface. The spherical surfaces each have an average radius of curvature of 16 ?m or less. An average distance between each ones of the plurality of protrusions adjacent to each other is less than or equal to 30 times a radius of curvature.

Abstract: A liquid ejecting apparatus includes: a container that contains a liquid having conductivity; an electrode bar that is disposed inside the container and that includes a first terminal, a second terminal, and a first insulating section that electrically insulates the first terminal from the second terminal; a detection section that detects a remaining amount of liquid contained in the container in accordance with an electrical signal from at least one of the first terminal and the second terminal; and a liquid ejection head that discharges the liquid supplied from the container. The remaining amount of liquid detected by the detection section when the first terminal is electrically coupled to the second terminal via the liquid in the container is larger than the remaining amount of liquid detected by the detection section when the first terminal is not electrically coupled to the second terminal via the liquid in the container.

Abstract: A liquid discharging apparatus includes an accommodating container accommodating conductive liquid, a rod-shaped first electrode accommodated in the accommodating container, a rod-shaped second electrode accommodated in the accommodating container, a detection portion that is electrically coupled to the first electrode and the second electrode and that detects a remaining amount of the liquid accommodated in the accommodating container in response to an electric signal from at least one of the first electrode and the second electrode, and a liquid discharging head discharging the liquid that is supplied from the accommodating container, in which the first electrode includes a first part having an outer periphery with a first length, and a second part having an outer periphery with a second length that is shorter than the first length.

Abstract: A liquid discharging apparatus includes an accommodating container accommodating conductive liquid, a first electrode accommodated in the accommodating container, a second electrode accommodated in the accommodating container, a detection portion that is electrically coupled to the first electrode and the second electrode and that detects a remaining amount of the liquid accommodated in the accommodating container in response to an electric signal from at least one of the first electrode and the second electrode, and a liquid discharging head discharging the liquid that is supplied from the accommodating container, in which the first electrode includes a first part where a distance between the first part and the second electrode is a first distance, and a second part where a distance between the second part and the second electrode is a second distance that is longer than the first distance.

Abstract: A liquid accommodating device includes an accommodating container accommodating conductive liquid, a first electrode accommodated in the accommodating container, a second electrode accommodated in the accommodating container, and a detection portion that is electrically coupled to the first electrode and the second electrode and that detects a remaining amount of the liquid accommodated in the accommodating container in response to an electric signal from at least one of the first electrode and the second electrode, in which the first electrode includes a first part where a first conduction portion formed with a conductive member is exposed, a second part where the first conduction portion is exposed, and a first insulation part that is provided between the first part and the second part and in which the first conduction portion is covered with an insulation member.

Abstract: The game system includes a first acquisition unit that acquires vehicle information about a vehicle, and a first transmission unit that transmits the vehicle information acquired by the first acquisition unit to a personal terminal brought into the vehicle. A vehicle-mounted device mounted on the vehicle; a second acquisition unit that acquires the vehicle information transmitted from the first transmission unit; and the vehicle information acquired by the second acquisition unit, on the personal terminal and the personal terminal including a control unit that controls the progress of the game by using it as a parameter of the game that is being executed.

Abstract: A lid component is arranged to face an electric oil pump. The lid component includes an accommodation groove that accommodates at least a part of the electric oil pump on a surface side from which a lid-side connector protrudes.

Abstract: An optical device includes a thin film Lithium Niobate (LN) layer, a first optical waveguide, and a second optical waveguide. The thin film LN layer is an X-cut or a Y-cut LN layer. The first optical waveguide is an optical waveguide that is formed on the thin film LN layer along a direction that is substantially perpendicular to a Z direction of a crystal axis of the thin film LN layer. The second optical waveguide is an optical waveguide that is routed and connected to the first optical waveguide. At least a part of a core of the first optical waveguide is made thicker than a core of the second optical waveguide.

Abstract: An ultrasonic diagnosis system includes a reaction force detection sensor that detects a reaction force acting on an ultrasonic probe when the ultrasonic probe is pressed against a body surface of a subject. Then, the ultrasonic diagnosis system estimates the push-in amount of the ultrasonic probe with respect to the subject by using the reaction force detection sensor during the ultrasonic diagnosis to output a display or a warning of the estimated push-in amount of the ultrasonic probe to the output device.

Abstract: The present disclosure proposes a diagnostic system capable of properly identifying the cause of even an error for which multiple factors or multiple compound factors may be accountable. The diagnostic system according to the present disclosure is provided with a learning device for learning at least one of a recipe defining operations of an inspection device, log data describing states of the device, or specimen data describing characteristics of a specimen in association with error types of the device, and estimates the cause of the error by using the learning device (refer to FIG. 4).

Abstract: A defect inspection apparatus includes: a feature value calculation unit calculating a feature value based on a captured image of a sample; an image information reduction unit generating a latent variable by reducing an information quantity of the feature value; a statistic value estimation unit estimating an image statistic value that can be taken by a normal image based on the latent variable; and a defect detection unit detecting a defect in an inspection image based on the image statistic value and the inspection image of the sample.

Abstract: A lid component is arranged to face an electric oil pump. The lid component includes an accommodation groove that accommodates at least a part of the electric oil pump on a surface side from which a lid-side connector protrudes.

Abstract: A hydrophobic structure includes: a resin substrate; and a superhydrophobic mixture layer formed on the resin substrate and including a mixture of a hydrophobic part and a resin forming a surface portion of the resin substrate. The hydrophobic part includes one or both of a fluororesin and hydrophobic fine particles formed by subjecting inorganic fine particles having an average particle size of 5 nm or more and 30 nm or less to a hydrophobic treatment. The superhydrophobic mixture layer has a surface roughness Sa of 1 ?m or more and 10 ?m or less.

Abstract: An error cause estimation device comprising: a data pre-processing unit that uses data to be processed and generates training data that has an appropriate format for input to a machine learning model; and a model tree generation unit that generates error detection models that are training models for detecting errors and uses the training data as inputs therefor, and generates a model tree that expresses the relationship between error detection models by using a tree structure that has the error detection models as node therefor. Thus, it is possible to generate a training model that detects errors for each of a plurality of types of errors that occur, even when there has been no prior annotation of error causes.

Abstract: The present invention provides an aqueous pigment dispersion liquid being such that a pigment is finely dispersed, and the viscosity, and the particle diameters of the pigment are unlikely to fluctuate, being excellent in storage stability, and enabling preparation of an emulsion-polymerized toner having properly controlled particle diameters while improving the pigment utilization rate. The aqueous pigment dispersion liquid is an aqueous pigment dispersion liquid for an emulsion-polymerized toner containing a pigment, a dispersant, and an aqueous medium.

Abstract: A heat exchanger coating composition includes an aqueous dispersion having a water-repellent resin containing spherical particles with an average particle size of 2 ?m or more and 50 ?m or less.

Abstract: An error cause estimation device comprises a feature value generation unit for using data transmitted from the outside to generate feature values suitable for a machine learning model; a model database having a plurality of error prediction models, for determining whether an error has occurred using the feature values as input data; a model evaluation unit for evaluating the performance of an error prediction model by comparing a prediction result of the error prediction model and an actually measured error; a model selection unit for selecting from the model database an error prediction model for which an evaluation value calculated by the model evaluation unit is greater than or equal to a preset defined value; and an error prediction model generation unit for generating a new error prediction model with respect to the measured error when no corresponding error prediction model has been selected by the model selection unit.

Abstract: The present disclosure proposes a diagnostic system capable of properly identifying the cause of even an error for which multiple factors or multiple compound factors may be accountable. The diagnostic system according to the present disclosure is provided with a learning device for learning at least one of a recipe defining operations of an inspection device, log data describing states of the device, or specimen data describing characteristics of a specimen in association with error types of the device, and estimates the cause of the error by using the learning device (refer to FIG. 4).

Abstract: Provided is a water repellent coating film, including: an undercoat layer formed on a surface of a base material and containing: at least one type of spherical particles having an average particle diameter of 2 ?m or more and 50 ?m or less and selected from the group consisting of spherical molten silica particles, spherical molten alumina particles, and spherical silicone resin particles; and an underlying resin; and a topcoat layer formed on the undercoat layer and containing: inorganic fine particles having an average particle diameter of 2 nm or more and 20 nm or less; and a water repellent resin. The underlying resin is preferably a polyurethane resin or a fluororesin. The water repellent resin is preferably a fluororesin or a silicone resin.

Abstract: A water-repellent coat according to the present disclosure includes: an undercoat layer that is formed on a surface of a base material and contains a base resin, at least one kind of spherical particles, and water-repellent particles, the at least one kind of spherical particles having an average particle diameter of 2 ?m or more and 1000 ?m or less and being selected from the group consisting of spherical molten silica particles, spherical molten alumina particles, and spherical silicone resin particles, the water-repellent particles having an average particle diameter of 5 nm or more and 30 nm or less; and a topcoat layer formed on the undercoat layer and containing a water-repellent resin and the water-repellent particles contained in the undercoat layer.