Abstract: Systems and techniques are provided for pruning a node from a possible nodes list for Hidden Markov Model with label transition node pruning. The node may be a label transition node. A frame may be at a predicted segmentation point in decoding input with the Hidden Markov Model. The node may be scored at the frame. The node may be pruned from the possible nodes list for the frame when score for the node is greater than the sum of a best score among nodes on the possible nodes list for the frame and a beam threshold minus a penalty term. A possible nodes list may be generated for a subsequent frame using label selection. A second node may be pruned from the possible nodes list for the subsequent frame with early pruning.

Abstract: A mobile body display device includes an acquisition component, a memory component, an input component, a length adjuster, and a display controller. The acquisition component acquires position and speed of a mobile body. The memory component stores a plurality of display ranges, a number of range rings for each display range, and a reference speed. The input component receives input designating one of the display ranges. The length adjuster adjusts length of a speed vector on a screen such that length of a speed vector indicating the reference speed on the screen is the same as a spacing of the range rings on the screen based on the display range. The display controller displays the mobile body on the screen according to the position, and displays adjacent to the mobile body a speed vector for which heading and length have been set based on the length and the speed.

Abstract: There is provided a new self-generating electric power device using a piezoelectric element. An electric power device includes: a resonant portion that is secured at least at one end, receives waves propagating through a space or a medium and resonates; a piezoelectric element that is formed to connect to the resonant portion, and generates a voltage according to resonance of the resonant portion; and a first electrode and a second electrode that are formed on opposite surfaces of the piezoelectric element, and output the generated voltage.

Abstract: A radar reception device is provided. The device includes a reception signal acquirer, a signal processor, a PPI-scope generator, an A-scope generator, a display output unit, and a user interface. The reception signal acquirer acquires, in an R?-coordinate system, a reception signal received by an antenna that rotates at a predetermined cycle. The signal processor performs signal processing on the reception signal in the R?-coordinate system according to a distance, and outputs the processed signal in the R?-coordinate system. The PPI-scope generator converts the processed signal from the R?-coordinate system into an XY-orthogonal coordinate system and generates a radar image in a PPI-scope. The A-scope generator generates a radar image where the reception signal before being signal-processed is illustrated in an A-scope. The display output unit displays the PPI-scope radar image and the A-scope radar image on a display unit simultaneously. The user interface accepts a user input.

Abstract: To provide a more reliable semiconductor device including a lower-cost and more reliable capacitor and a method of manufacturing the same. This manufacturing method comprises the steps of: preparing a semiconductor substrate; and forming, over one of the major surfaces of the semiconductor substrate, a first metal electrode including an aluminum layer, a dielectric layer over the first metal electrode, and a second metal electrode over the dielectric layer. In the step of forming the first metal electrode, the aluminum layer is formed so that the surface thereof satisfies a relationship of Rmax<80 nm, Rms<10 nm, and Ra<9 nm. The step of forming the first metal electrode comprises the steps of: forming at least one first barrier layer; forming the aluminum layer over the first barrier layer; and recrystallizing a crystal constituting the aluminum layer.

Abstract: The present technology provides an air pre-treatment and monitoring device that includes an inlet port configured to receive an air flow and an outlet port configured to expel the air flow. The illustrative air pre-treatment device further includes a multiple-stage filter arranged between the inlet and outlet ports and that is configured to filter particles from the air flow.

Abstract: Disclosed herein is a micro fluid transferring system that comprises a micropump having a chamber, a first fluid transferring portion connected to the chamber, and a second fluid transferring portion connected to the chamber. This system is characterized in that at least one of the first and second fluid transferring portions comprises a pressure absorbing section for absorbing or alleviating a liquid vibrational pressure therein.

Abstract: Systems and methods for medical diagnosis or risk assessment for a patient are provided. A fluid-testing microchip is described which includes a filter compartment configured to receive a fluid sample from an inlet port, wherein the filter compartment comprises a plurality of beads coated with a defoaming agent, a micro-pump configured to transfer the fluid sample from the filter compartment to a test compartment, and the test compartment comprising a test component configured to test the fluid sample. The systems include an instrument for reading or evaluating the test data. These systems and methods are designed to be employed at the point of care, such as in emergency rooms and operating rooms, or in any situation in which a rapid and accurate result is desired.

Abstract: To provide a more reliable semiconductor device including a lower-cost and more reliable capacitor and a method of manufacturing the same. This manufacturing method comprises the steps of: preparing a semiconductor substrate; and forming, over one of the major surfaces of the semiconductor substrate, a first metal electrode including an aluminum layer, a dielectric layer over the first metal electrode, and a second metal electrode over the dielectric layer. In the step of forming the first metal electrode, the aluminum layer is formed so that the surface thereof satisfies a relationship of Rmax<80 nm, Rms<10 nm, and Ra<9 nm. The step of forming the first metal electrode comprises the steps of: forming at least one first barrier layer; forming the aluminum layer over the first barrier layer; and recrystallizing a crystal constituting the aluminum layer.

Abstract: In an elastic wave apparatus, a first dielectric layer is laminated on a piezoelectric substrate. An electrode structure is provided at an interface between the first dielectric layer and the piezoelectric substrate. The electrode structure includes a first electrode structure of an elastic wave filter and a second electrode structure of elastic wave resonators. The elastic wave resonators are electrically connected to the elastic wave filter. An anti-resonant frequency at which the extreme impedance values of the elastic wave resonators are obtained is in a frequency band in which the higher-order mode spurious response of the elastic wave filter appears.

Abstract: The present technology provides an air pre-treatment and monitoring device that includes an inlet port configured to receive an air flow and an outlet port configured to expel the air flow. The illustrative air pre-treatment device further includes a multiple-stage filter arranged between the inlet and outlet ports and that is configured to filter particles from the air flow.

Abstract: A boundary acoustic wave device includes a piezoelectric substance made of LiNbO3 having a surface obtained by rotating a Y axis by about 15°±10° as a primary surface, a dielectric substance which is made of a silicon oxide and which is laminated to the piezoelectric substance, and an electrode structure disposed at a boundary between the piezoelectric substance and the dielectric substance and which includes an IDT arranged to utilize a boundary acoustic wave propagating along the boundary. When the density of the IDT, the thickness thereof, the wavelength deter-mined by the period of electrode fingers of the IDT, and the duty ratio thereof are represented by ? (kg/m3), H (?m), ? (?m), and x, respectively, x and the product of H/? and ? are set in a range that satisfies the following formula (1): (H/?)×?>70.7924(x+0.055)(?2.884)+797.09??Formula (1).

Abstract: There is provided a new self-generating electric power device using a piezoelectric element. An electric power device includes: a resonant portion that is secured at least at one end, receives waves propagating through a space or a medium and resonates; a piezoelectric element that is formed to connect to the resonant portion, and generates a voltage according to resonance of the resonant portion; and a first electrode and a second electrode that are formed on opposite surfaces of the piezoelectric element, and output the generated voltage.

Abstract: A longitudinally coupled resonator boundary acoustic wave filter device includes a piezoelectric substrate made of LiNbO3 having a principal plane obtained by rotating the Y-axis through about 15 degrees +?10 degrees, a dielectric substrate made of silicon oxide and laminated on the piezoelectric substrate, and an electrode structure arranged at a boundary between the piezoelectric substrate and the dielectric substrate. The electrode structure includes a plurality of IDTs arranged in a direction in which a boundary acoustic wave propagates, and reflectors, wherein where in each of the plurality of IDTs, the overlap width of electrode fingers is W and the interval of electrode fingers is P, W/P is in a range of about 20 to about 45.

Abstract: An elastic wave filter device includes first and second elastic wave filter units connected to an unbalanced terminal. The first and second elastic wave filter units include first to third IDTs and fourth to sixth IDTs, respectively. One end of the first IDT, one end of the second IDT, one end of the fourth IDT, and one end of the sixth IDT are commonly connected together and are connected to the unbalanced terminal. The second IDT and the fifth IDT are each divided into first to third sub-IDT portions in the elastic wave propagation direction, respectively. The second sub-IDT portions of the second and fifth IDTs are connected to first and second balanced terminals, respectively.

Abstract: Disclosed herein is a micro fluid transferring system that comprises a micropump having a chamber, a first fluid transferring portion connected to the chamber, and a second fluid transferring portion connected to the chamber. This system is characterized in that at least one of the first and second fluid transferring portions comprises a pressure absorbing section for absorbing or alleviating a liquid vibrational pressure therein.

Abstract: A longitudinally coupled resonator acoustic wave filter device that utilizes an inter-IDT resonance mode with a reduced insertion loss has a structure in which apodization weights are assigned in first to third IDTs having narrow pitch electrode finger portions in portions other than the narrow pitch electrode finger portions, such that the electrode finger overlap width sequentially varies in an acoustic wave propagating direction in which an acoustic wave propagates, and portions of the IDTs located at ends adjacent to the narrow pitch electrode finger portions have a maximum electrode finger overlap width.

Abstract: Disclosed herein is a micro fluid transferring system that comprises a micropump having a chamber, a first fluid transferring portion connected to the chamber, and a second fluid transferring portion connected to the chamber. This system is characterized in that at least one of the first and second fluid transferring portions comprises a pressure absorbing section for absorbing or alleviating a liquid vibrational pressure therein.

Abstract: An oscillation control device for controlling a frequency of an oscillator located at the remote site from a standard laboratory having a standard oscillator. The control device includes: a comparison section to compare a frequency of the frequency signal synchronized with a radio signal produced by a signal processing section with a frequency of a oscillation signal outputted from an oscillator to be controlled, an acquisition section to obtain, through a communication network, a comparison result which is obtained by a comparison of a frequency of the standard oscillator held by the standard laboratory and a frequency of the radio signal, a calculation section to calculate deviation between the frequency of the oscillator to be controlled and the frequency of the standard oscillator based on their comparison, and a control section to control the frequency of the oscillator to be controlled, based on the deviation calculated.

Abstract: A recovery phenomenon in which the concentration of a compound to be measured in soil increases again after reducing the concentration is utilized for changing the distribution state of the compound to be measured in soil, whereby the direction of the high-concentration region of the compound to be measured in soil can be detected.