Abstract: A multilayer ceramic electronic device includes a plurality of internal electrode layers, a plurality of dielectric layers, each of which has a perovskite structure that is expressed by a general formula of ABO3, a pair of cover layers respectively provided on an upper end and a lower end in a stacking direction in a capacity section, and has a main component that is a same as a main component of the plurality of dielectric layers. The capacity section has a first section positioned in a center portion in the stacking direction and a pair of second sections outside of the first section in the stacking direction. An A/B ratio of the first section is larger than the A/B ratio of the second section. The A/B ratio of the pair of cover layers is larger than the A/B ratio of the first section.

Abstract: A multilayer ceramic device includes a multilayer chip. The multilayer chip has a capacity section, a side margin and an intermediate portion. The intermediate portion is provided between the capacity section and the side margin. An A/B ratio is larger in the side margin than in the capacity section, and is smaller in the intermediate portion than in the capacity section.

Abstract: A vehicle includes a steering device, a torque sensor, and an electronic control unit. The steering device includes a rack shaft, a steering shaft, and a turning actuator including an electric motor connected to the rack shaft or the steering shaft via a motion conversion mechanism. The torque sensor is configured to detect a steering torque by a driver, the torque sensor being attached to the steering shaft. The electronic control unit is configured to switch from turning of the wheels by an automatic steering control to turning of the wheels based on at least a steering operation by the driver in a case where a torque detected by the torque sensor exceeds a torque threshold value during execution of the automatic steering control of the wheels. The torque threshold value is changed in accordance with a temperature of the motion conversion mechanism.

Abstract: Provided is an interior article for a conveyance including a touch switch suppressing an unintended misoperation by an occupant. An interior article for a conveyance of the present invention includes a touch switch operating an electrical component provided in a conveyance and a recess portion formed in an interior side surface of the conveyance. The touch switch has a sensor detecting an occupant’s finger. The recess portion has an opening portion,a bottom portion, a standing wall portion formed around the bottom portion, and a curved surface formed to be curved so as to protrude toward the opening portion side in the bottom portion. The sensor is disposed on the curved surface.

Abstract: A vehicle-mounted display device includes a glass plate that includes a first arcuate surface at a first outer circumferential edge part, the first arcuate surface facing a front surface side, a casing that supports the glass plate from a rear surface side, the casing including a housing and a frame that projects from the housing, and a display unit stored in the casing configured to output a display light toward the glass plate. A rear surface of the glass plate and a front surface of the frame face each other at a spaced distance. The frame further includes a projection that projects, within the spaced distance, from the front surface of the frame toward the rear surface of the glass plate at a second outer circumferential edge part of the front surface of the frame, and the projection includes a second arcuate surface.

Abstract: A control device includes: a distance measuring device that detects an object; a support device that supports the distance measuring device; and a controller configured to detect a prescribed object and to control a state of the support device. When the object has been detected, the controller is configured to cause the distance measuring device to emit electromagnetic waves in a state in which the distance measuring device is supported in a first posture or at a first position and then to cause the distance measuring device to emit electromagnetic waves in a state in which the distance measuring device is supported in a second posture or at a second position to which a direction or a position of the distance measuring device changes in at least one of an upward direction and a downward direction from the first posture or the first position.

Abstract: A learning method includes steps of associating, with an extended area in a bird's-eye view image, an annotation indicating that the extended area is a three-dimensional object; and generating, based on training data in which a bird's-eye view image is associated with an annotated bird's-eye view image obtained by assigning an annotation to a three-dimensional object in the bird's-eye view image, a trained model by learning parameters of a machine learning model so that the trained model receives input of a bird's-eye view image to output a three-dimensional object in the bird's-eye view image.

Abstract: Provided is a mobile object control device comprising a storage medium storing computer-readable commands and a processor connected to the storage medium, the processor executing the computer-readable commands to: acquire a subject bird's eye view image obtained by converting an image, which is photographed by a camera mounted in a mobile object to capture a surrounding situation of the mobile object, into a bird's eye view coordinate system; input the subject bird's eye view image into a trained model, which is trained to receive input of a bird's eye view image to output at least a three-dimensional object in the bird's eye view image, to detect a three-dimensional object in the subject bird's eye view image; detect a travelable space of the mobile object based on the detected three-dimensional object; and cause the mobile object to travel so as to pass through the travelable space.

Abstract: A control device mounted on a mobile object acquires surrounding situation information indicating a surrounding situation of a mobile object recognized by an object recognition device mounted on the mobile object, detects a predetermined reference object present in a traveling direction of the mobile object on the basis of the surrounding situation information, identifies a travelable area of the mobile object on the basis of the surrounding situation information, controls traveling of the mobile object such that the mobile object travels in the travelable area, causes the mobile object to move closer to the reference object when the reference object is detected, and detects an accompanying object accompanying the reference object on the basis of the surrounding situation information recognized by the object recognition device after the mobile object moves closer to the reference object, and identifying the travelable area by excluding the reference object and the accompanying object.

Abstract: A control system for a mobile object includes: a first sensor; a second sensor, different from the first sensor, that is mounted in the mobile object and is configured to detect an object by causing the mobile object to contact or approach the object; and a control device configured to recognize circumstances of the mobile object on the basis of a detection result from the first sensor and to control movement of the mobile object on the basis of the circumstances. The control device assumes that a second object which is not recognizable or hard to recognize is present at a reference position which is determined on the basis of a position of a prescribed first object when the first object has been recognized and causes the mobile object to move to a position at which the second sensor is able to detect the second object.

Abstract: A peptide vaccine complexed so that the peptide vaccine can be delivered specifically to the surface of specific immune cells and a method for delivering a peptide vaccine specifically to the surface of specific immune cells. The peptide vaccine is combined with an IgG binding peptide capable of binding to an IgG that is an agonist against molecules on the surface of specific immune cells such as dendritic cells.

Abstract: A method of maintaining a backpressure of a fluidic product is provided. The method includes pressurizing a first reservoir to a first predetermined pressure level using compressed air, delivering the fluidic product to the pressurized first reservoir until a current level of the fluidic product in the first reservoir reaches a first predetermined level, pressurizing a second reservoir to a second predetermined pressure level using the compressed air, delivering the fluidic product to the pressurized second reservoir until a current level of the fluidic product in the second reservoir reaches a second predetermined level, and controlling the backpressure of the fluidic product using the first reservoir and the second reservoir such that a discharge flow of the fluidic product is continuous.

Abstract: A wheel for an omnidirectional moving device includes an annular core body formed by connecting joint members in an annular shape, and free rollers rotatably supported by the core body. Each of the joint members includes a shaft portion having a first end and a second end, a first connecting portion provided at the first end, and a second connecting portion provided at the second end. Each of the free rollers is rotatably supported by the shaft portion of the corresponding joint member. The first connecting portion of each of the joint members is rotatably connected to the second connecting portion of the adjacent joint member. The first end of each of the joint members abuts on the second end of the adjacent joint member so that a rotation range of the adjacent joint members is restricted. A cushioning material is provided between the first end and the second end.

Abstract: Provided are: a nucleating agent capable of imparting excellent mechanical properties to a molded article; a resin composition; a method of producing a resin composition; and a molded article. The nucleating agent contains: (A) an aromatic phosphate metal salt having a structure represented by Formula (1) (wherein, R1 to R5 each independently represent a hydrogen atom or an alkyl group; n represents 1 or 2; when n is 1, M1 represents an alkali metal or dihydroxyaluminum; and when n is 2, M1 represents an alkaline earth metal, zinc, or hydroxyaluminum); and (B) a carboxylic acid metal salt having a structure represented by Formula (2) (wherein, M2 represents an alkali metal, an alkaline earth metal, hydroxyaluminum, or dihydroxyaluminum; a represents 1 or 2; x represents 1 or 2; a and x satisfy ax=2; and Z represents a group having a structure represented by Formula (3) or (4)).

Abstract: The semiconductor device includes an Si chip which has a main surface facing a {100} plane, a trench which is formed by digging down the main surface and has an open end extending inclined in a <110> direction side with respect to a <100> direction in a plan view, and an oxide film which is constituted of an oxide of the Si chip and formed as a film on the main surface and at the open end.

Abstract: A video processing device installable in a vehicle is disclosed. The vehicle includes a first imaging device, a first display device, and a second display device. The first imaging device images the outside of the vehicle and generates a first video. The first display device displays a second video obtained by performing first processing on the first video. The second display device displays a third video obtained by performing second processing on the first video. The video processing device includes a first reception device, a video processing device, a first transmission device, and a second transmission device. The first reception device receives the first video from the first imaging device. The video processing device performs the second processing on the first video. The first transmission device transmits the first video to the first display device. The second transmission device transmits the third video to the second display device.

Abstract: A fuel cell system includes a fuel cell stack of a plurality of power generation cells and an impedance measuring device for measuring the impedance in the fuel cell stack. When stopping the operation of the fuel cell system, a method for stopping the operation of the fuel cell system operates the plurality of power generation cells to generate electric power, until the impedance value becomes equal to or greater than an objective impedance value. After the impedance value has become equal to or greater than the objective impedance value, the operation stopping method still continues the power generation of the multiple power generation cells for a given period of time.

Abstract: A package for an optical fiber includes: a base portion; a plurality of protruding portions that protrude from a flat surface of the base portion, are arranged along an outer periphery of the base portion, and are configured so that an optical fiber including a connector mounted to at least one end thereof is wound along a part of an outer periphery of each of the protruding portions; a mounting portion to which the connector of the optical fiber is to be mounted; and a plurality of fall-off preventing portions that are formed integrally with the base portion and capable of restricting a position of the optical fiber to be wound over the plurality of protruding portions.

Abstract: A vehicle-mounted display device includes a glass plate including a first arcuate surface at a first outer circumferential edge part and facing a front surface side, a casing that supports the glass plate from a rear surface side and including a housing and a frame that projects therefrom, and a display unit stored in the casing. A rear surface of the glass plate and a front surface of the frame are spaced and face each other. The frame includes a projection that projects from the front surface of the frame toward the rear surface of the glass plate at a second outer circumferential edge part of the front surface of the frame. The projection includes a second arcuate surface and a center and a radius of the second arcuate surface that are identical to a center and a radius of the first arcuate surface, respectively.

Abstract: A backside protective sheet for solar cell modules includes a first layer configured to reflect near-infrared light, a first colored layer arranged closer to a light-receiving surface than the first layer and configured to transmit near-infrared light, and a second colored layer arranged closer to the light-receiving surface than the first colored layer and configured to transmit near-infrared light.