Abstract: Provided is a light-emitting device having a high luminous flux. The light-emitting device comprises a light-emitting element 11 that has a dominant wavelength in a range of 380 nm or more and 485 nm or less, and a fluorescent material layer 31 that includes a fluorescent material emitting light by being excited by light emitted from the light-emitting element 11, and a neodymium compound, wherein the light-emitting device emits light having a dominant wavelength in a range of 584 nm or more and 780 nm or less.

Abstract: Driving assistance systems, methods, and programs accept an inputted planned travel route from the route guidance system, provide driving assistance of the vehicle on the planned travel route, based on driving assistance map data, and obtain, when versions of the route guidance map data and the driving assistance map data do not match each other, the driving assistance map data whose version matches the version of the route guidance map data from a map provider. Route guidance systems search for a planned travel route based on route guidance map data, provide guidance on the planned travel route, output the planned travel route to the driving assistance system, and obtain, when versions of the route guidance map data and the driving assistance map data do not match each other, the route guidance map data whose version matches the version of the driving assistance map data from a map provider.

Abstract: In a printer, a controller controls a printing portion to execute a sample print to print on a sheet a plurality of barcodes. Each of the plurality of barcodes is represented by a received barcode data and printed in a different printing condition. The controller controls a reading portion to read the plurality of barcodes printed on the sheet in the sample print process to obtain a plurality of sets of scan data corresponding to respective ones of the plurality of barcodes. The controller performs a quality determination process to determine qualities of the plurality of printed barcodes based on the respective ones of the plurality of sets of scan data, and a printing condition setting process to set a printing condition based on the qualities determined in the quality determination process. The set printing condition is to be used to print a barcode by the printing portion.

Abstract: Provided is a semiconductor device capable of suppressing an Al slide at a time of an operation under a high temperature in a laminated structure of an aluminum electrode layer and a copper electrode layer. Accordingly, in the semiconductor device according to the present disclosure, a first copper electrode layer includes a plurality of protruding regions as regions protruding toward the aluminum electrode layer in an interface with the aluminum electrode layer.

Abstract: A laser welding method is usable to weld a material containing copper as a main component. The laser welding method includes heating the material by irradiation with a first laser light and welding the material by irradiation of a portion, which has been irradiated with the first laser light, of the material with a second laser light with which an energy absorption rate of the copper contained in the material increases by an increase in a temperature of the material. A wavelength of the first laser light is 400 nm to 470 nm.

Abstract: Provided is a light emitting device that is bright in both scotopic vision and photopic vision, and has reduced glare for humans. The light emitting device includes a light emitting element having a dominant wavelength in a range of 430 nm or more and 500 nm or less, and a fluorescent material that is excited by light emitted from the light emitting element and has a light emission peak wavelength in a range of 507 nm or more and 660 nm or less, wherein the light emitting device emits light having a dominant wavelength in a range of 490 nm or more and 500 nm or less, wherein the light emitting device has an S/P ratio, which is the ratio of a luminous flux in photopic vision to a luminous flux in scotopic vision, being 6.5 or less, and wherein the light emitting device has a light emission intensity in the light emission peak wavelength of the light emitting element that is greater than that in the light emission peak wavelength of the fluorescent material.

Abstract: Provided are a device and a method which enable easy analysis and evaluation of work efficiency of a worker without burdensome tasks and easy determination of a worker's skill level by comparing the worker's work efficiency status with that of another worker or a past record of the same worker, wherein analytical information is produced by estimating the worker's joint positions based on a video; acquiring time series data on joint positions; determining work efficiency based on the time series data; acquiring a target range (part of a work process with low work efficiency); output an image of the target range overlaid on a graph of the time series data; and output a posture image of the worker overlaid on the video. The analytical information may include information on a working activity to be analyzed and information on a chosen model working activity with high work efficiency.

Abstract: An occupant protection system for protecting a vehicle occupant sitting in a seat includes a seatbelt that includes a lap belt for arresting the pelvis of the occupant, and an airbag that is stored in the lap belt. The airbag as deployed includes a main inflatable portion for protecting an upper body of the occupant, and a head protecting portion that is located in a vicinity of an upper end of the main inflatable portion for protecting a head of the occupant. The head protecting portion includes a front inflatable portion for covering a front side of the head, and a pair of side inflatable portions that extend rearward from left and right ends of the front inflatable portion for covering sides of the head. Each of the side inflatable portions is configured to be deployed in such a manner that a space is formed between itself and the head.

Abstract: An occupant protection system for protecting a vehicle occupant sitting in a seat includes a seatbelt that includes a lap belt for arresting the pelvis of the occupant, and an airbag disposed in the lap belt. The airbag is coupled to the lap belt in such a manner as to be movable relative to the lap belt in a left and right direction, and includes a main inflatable portion that is deployable in front of upper body of the occupant, and a positioning inflatable portion that protrudes from a lower end region of the main inflatable portion. The positioning inflatable portion includes a contact surface that contacts and is supported by an environmental member which is disposed in a circumference of the lap belt at airbag deployment, whereby helps align a center in the left and right direction of the main inflatable portion generally with that of the upper body.

Abstract: An occupant protection device, protecting an occupant seated in a seat, includes: a seat belt; and an airbag which is arranged in an area of a lap belt in the seat belt. The airbag includes a bag body and a regulatory tether. A thigh abutment surface abutting on a thigh of the occupant is arranged on a lower surface side of the bag body, and an upper body restraining surface restraining an upper body of the occupant is arranged on a rear surface side. The regulatory tether connects a base end to a rear surface side of an upper-lower intermediate portion of the bag body and connects a tip extending downward from the base end to the lap belt side and a length dimension is set a dimension in which a connecting portion connecting the base end of the bag body can be pulled toward the lap belt side.

Abstract: A light emitting device includes: a light emitting element having a light emission peak wavelength in a range of 380 nm or more and 485 nm or less; a wavelength conversion member including a fluorescent material layer disposed on a light emission side of the light emitting element and containing a fluorescent material having a reflectance to light having a wavelength of 450 nm of 10% or less and a light emission peak wavelength in a range of 610 nm or more and 780 nm or less, and a dielectric multilayer film disposed on a light emission side of the fluorescent material layer.

Abstract: A light emitting device includes: a light emitting element having a light emission peak wavelength in a range of 380 nm or more and 470 nm or less, and a wavelength conversion member disposed on a light emission side of the light emitting device and comprising: a fluorescent material layer containing a fluorescent material excited by light emitted from the light emitting device, having a light emission peak wavelength in a range of 500 nm or more and 780 nm or less, and a band-pass filter layer disposed on a light emission side of the fluorescent material layer.

Abstract: A semiconductor chip including a main electrode and a control electrode is bonded to a substrate. A wiring chip including a first electrode, a second electrode and a wiring is bonded to the substrate. A main electrode member is bonded to the main electrode. A control electrode member is bonded to the second electrode. The control electrode is bonded to the first electrode with a connection member. The semiconductor chip, the substrate, the wiring chip, the main electrode member, the control electrode member and the connection member are putted into a mold and are sealed with sealing material by injecting the sealing material into the mold in a state that distal end surfaces of the main electrode member and the control electrode member are pressed against a buffer material provided between the main electrode member/the control electrode member and the mold. The sealing material is not ground.

Abstract: A laser apparatus includes six first laser devices that output respective blue laser beams for preliminary heating of an object, and a second laser device that outputs an infrared laser beam for main heating of the object. At least one of a relative positional relationship and each of respective first irradiation positions of the blue laser beams is changeable, the relative positional relationship being a relative positional relationship between the respective first irradiation positions of the six first laser beams in the object and a second irradiation position of the infrared laser beam in the object.

Abstract: A driving assistance systems, methods, and programs are capable of communicating with a route guidance system that searches for a planned travel route of a vehicle and provides guidance on the planned travel route. The systems, methods, and programs accept, as input, the planned travel route from the route guidance system as a route for driving assistance and provide driving assistance of the vehicle on the route for driving assistance. The systems, methods, and programs accept, as input, when the planned travel route whose guidance is provided by the route guidance system no longer matches the route for driving assistance, the planned travel route from the route guidance system.

Abstract: A light source device according to an embodiment of the present disclosure includes: a light source section; a rotating body; a motor; a housing; one or more lens groups; a lens holding section; and an adjusting mechanism. The rotating body includes a fluorescent light body. The fluorescent light body is excited by excitation light from the light source section to output fluorescent light. The motor drives the rotating body. The housing accommodates the rotating body. The one or more lens groups gather the excitation light from the light source section and direct the excitation light toward the rotating body. The lens holding section holds the one or more lens groups. The adjusting mechanism adjusts a distance between the rotating body and the one or more lens groups.

Abstract: An occupant protection device, which protects an occupant seated in a seat, includes: a seat belt; a front airbag device provided with a front airbag which is placed in an area of a lap belt and inflates to cover a front of the occupant when operated; and a seat airbag device provided with a seat airbag which is arranged inside a seat portion in the seat and inflates so as to raise at least a front portion side of the seat portion upward. The front airbag causes inflation gas to flow into the inside and inflates so as to protrude forward and upward when operated and a thigh abutment surface abutting on a thigh of the occupant and an upper body restraining surface restraining an upper body of the occupant are arranged on an outer peripheral surface of the front airbag when the inflation is completed.

Abstract: A semiconductor apparatus includes: a first conductor plate; a second conductor plate separated from the first conductor plate; a plurality of semiconductor devices having back surface electrodes connected to the first conductor plate; a relay substrate mounted on the second conductor plate and including a plurality of first relay pads and a second relay pad connected to the plurality of first relay pads; a plurality of metal wires respectively connecting control electrodes of the plurality of semiconductor devices to the plurality of first relay pads; a first conductor block connected to front surface electrodes of the plurality of semiconductor devices; a second conductor block connected to the second relay pad; and a sealing material sealing the first and second conductor plates, the plurality of semiconductor devices, the relay substrate, the metal wire, and the first and second conductor blocks, the sealing material includes a first principal surface and a second principal surface opposed to each other,

Abstract: A semiconductor device includes a base plate, a substrate, a semiconductor element, a case, and a wiring terminal. The case is disposed on the base plate so as to cover the substrate and the semiconductor element. The wiring terminal is electrically connected to the semiconductor element. The case includes a first case unit and a second case unit that is separate from the first case unit. The wiring terminal includes a first wiring unit and a second wiring unit. The first wiring unit is disposed so as to protrude from an inside to an outside of the case, and is electrically connected to the semiconductor element. The second wiring unit is bent with respect to the first wiring unit and disposed outside the case. The first case unit and the second case unit are disposed so as to sandwich the first wiring unit.

Abstract: Provided is a floating ring type mechanical seal in which a floating ring is pinched and held between a rotary ring provided in a rotary shaft and a stationary ring provided in a seal casing to be movable in an axial direction while being urged toward the rotary ring so that a relative rotation of the floating ring with respect to the stationary ring is inhibited. The rotary ring is made of a sintered compact of SiC or cemented carbide. A diamond film is formed on a sealing surface sliding on the floating ring in the rotary ring. A diamond film continuous to the diamond film of the sealing surface is formed on an outer peripheral surface of the rotary ring and a rear surface, which is a surface opposite to the sealing surface, in the rotary ring.