Abstract: A processor included in an information processing apparatus is configured to generate a follow-up command to perform follow-up travel to follow an autonomous vehicle with an autonomous driving function or an unmanned aircraft. The processor is configured to send the follow-up command to a work vehicle with a follow-up travel function.

Abstract: A transfer processing device includes an arithmetic instruction number acquisition circuit, a buffer circuit, a transfer information acquisition circuit, and a software processing unit. The arithmetic instruction number acquisition circuit acquires a transfer instruction number corresponding to transfer information which is information related to the next transfer destination of an arithmetic instruction. The buffer circuit is arranged between the arithmetic instruction number acquisition circuit and the transfer information acquisition circuit, and temporarily stores and relays the arithmetic instruction and the arithmetic instruction number supplied from the arithmetic instruction number acquisition circuit to the transfer information acquisition circuit. The transfer information acquisition circuit acquires transfer information on the basis of the arithmetic instruction number, and gives the acquired transfer information to the arithmetic instruction.

Abstract: A pedal device includes: a pedal configured to rotate about a rotational axis; and a reaction force generator configured to generate a reaction force corresponding to an urging force generated by pressing operation of the pedal. The pedal includes an urging portion configured to transmit the urging force to the reaction force generator when the urging portion is rotated integrally with the pedal. The reaction force generator includes a linearly moving portion configured to move linearly in an extending direction of a central axis of the reaction force generator when the pressing operation is performed. The urging portion has an urging surface configured to urge a contact surface of the linearly moving portion. The urging portion is placed at a position where a virtual urging center passes through a virtual axis perpendicular line when the pedal is rotated within a predetermined rotational range.

Abstract: A substrate cleaning apparatus includes: a support part configured to support a substrate by bring into contact with a rear surface of the substrate; an annular member disposed to surround a periphery of the substrate supported on the support part and including an inclined surface that is inclined with respect to a horizontal plane in a diametrical direction of the annular member; a rotation part configured to rotate the support part and the annular member; a first supply part configured to supply a cleaning liquid toward the rear surface of the substrate supported on the support part; and a second supply part configured to supply the cleaning liquid toward the inclined surface.

Abstract: A service system includes a reservation section by which a reservation for a commodity or a service in a commercial facility can be made and specific information for an electric vehicle that visits the commercial facility can be set, a connection confirmation section that detects that an electric vehicle corresponding to the specific information set by the reservation section has been connected to a charge and discharge device of the commercial facility, and a notification section that notifies the commercial facility that connection of the electric vehicle corresponding to the specific information to the charge and discharge device has been detected by the connection confirmation section.

Abstract: A semiconductor optical device, in which a light emitting region and a modulator region are integrated, includes a first mesa disposed in the light emitting region, protruding in a direction that intersects a light propagation direction, and including an active layer, first and second buried layers disposed on the first mesa in a direction that intersects the light propagation direction and sequentially stacked in a direction in which the first mesa protrudes, a first semiconductor layer disposed on the first mesa and the second buried layer, a second mesa disposed in the modulator region and including a light absorption layer, and a third buried layer disposed on the second mesa. The first semiconductor layer and the first buried layer each have a first conductivity type. The second buried layer has a second conductivity type different from the first conductivity type, and the third buried layer is a semi-insulating semiconductor layer.

Abstract: A bonded body has a supporting substrate and a piezoelectric material layer bonded with the supporting substrate. The piezoelectric material layer has a first main surface bonded with the supporting substrate and a second main surface on the opposite side of the first main surface. The piezoelectric material layer has an argon atom-containing layer exposed at the second main surface.

Abstract: A foreign matter detection device includes: a plurality of detection coils (43-1 to 43-n) between a transmission coil (12) of a power transmission device (2) and a reception coil (21) of a power reception device (3), through which power is transmitted in a contactless manner; a plurality of capacitors (44-1 to 44-n) forming, for each of the detection coils, a resonance circuit together with the detection coil; a power supply circuit (41) supplying AC power having a predetermined frequency to each detection coil; and a detection circuit (45) detecting a voltage output from each detection coil and detecting a foreign matter entering between the transmission coil (12) and the reception coil (21) according to the voltage detected. Then, each detection coil is arranged to overlap by a predetermined amount that allows electromagnetic coupling between adjacent two of the detection coils (43-1 to 43-n) to be ignored.

Abstract: A control circuit controls a power supply circuit to generate transmitting power having a frequency varying within a frequency range. The control circuit determines a stably transmitting frequency based on a detected output voltage of a power receiver apparatus, the stably transmitting frequency indicating a frequency of the transmitting power at which dependency of the output voltage on a load value of the power receiver apparatus is at least locally minimized within the frequency range. The control circuit determines a transmitting voltage based on the detected output voltage, the transmitting voltage indicating a voltage of the transmitting power at which the output voltage reaches a target voltage when generating transmitting power having the stably transmitting frequency. The control circuit controls the power supply circuit to generate transmitting power having the stably transmitting frequency and the transmitting voltage.

Abstract: Disclosed are chemicals suitable for use as a volatile precursor for vapor phase depositions of Ru containing materials, the chemical represented by the formula (NACD)-Ru-Lx, where x=1-3 and NACD is a non-aromatizable cyclic diene.

Abstract: The present invention includes an imager, a cable that coats a cable core wire for performing at least one of inputting and outputting of signals between the imager and outside and supply of power to the imager from the outside, a first substrate that connects the imager to a first surface, and a second substrate that is connected to a first connection part different from a connection position of the imager on a second surface opposite to the first surface of the first substrate. In the cable core wire, relative to the second surface of the first substrate, at least part of a second connection part connected to the second substrate is positioned on a side opposite to a direction in which an image capturing surface of the imager is directed.

Abstract: The objective of the present invention is to provide a hydrogel having a favorable shape stability not only after releasing an anionic drug contained but also in the process of releasing such an anionic drug, compared with the conventional techniques; and an anionic drug-containing ophthalmic device obtained by applying the hydrogel. The objective can be achieved by an anionic drug-containing ophthalmic device comprising: (1) an anionic drug; and (2) a copolymer which comprises a cationic monomer and a monomer capable of copolymerizing with the cationic monomer, wherein the cationic monomer comprises, as a structural component, a condensation product of (meth)acrylic acid with an aminoalkyl quaternary ammonium compound having a substituted or unsubstituted aralkyl group, or a salt of the condensation product; and the like.

Abstract: An information processing apparatus capable of providing address information of a line desired by a user. The information processing apparatus causes the user to select a line corresponding to the address information to be set in the near field wireless communication information, and sets the address information of the selected line in the near field wireless communication information, so as to transmit the near field wireless communication information, in which the address information of the line desired by the user is set, by near field wireless communication.

Abstract: A machine tool suppresses the occurrence of erroneous operation on machining devices when a display operation device receives operations for the multiple machining devices. A control device of the machine tool displays a first operation section and a switching button on the display operation device. The first operation section is an operation section configured to receive operation instructions for a first machining device. The switching button is a button configured to switch a state in which the first operation section is displayed on the display operation device to a state in which a second operation section configured to receive operation instructions for a second machining device is displayed on the display operation device. The control device displays the first operation section and the switching button on the display operation device in a direction and an order in which the first machining device and the second machining device are arranged.

Abstract: A drive control apparatus is configured to drive and control a composite resonance circuit including LC resonant circuits including inductances L of power transmitting and receiving coils electromagnetically coupled to each other. The drive control apparatus includes: an inverter circuit configured to drive the composite resonance circuit by converting input DC power into AC power by switching the DC power at a predetermined operating frequency; an input current detector configured to detect an input current of the inverter circuit; and a frequency controller and driver configured to generate a drive signal of the inverter circuit while changing the operating frequency by using a predetermined extreme value search method to drive the inverter circuit, search for a resonance frequency of the composite resonance circuit based on the detected input current, and set the operating frequency based on the searched resonance frequency.

Abstract: A copper strip for edgewise bending can be edgewise-bent under a condition that a ratio R/W of a bending radius R to a width W is 5.0 or less. In the copper strip, a thickness t is in a range of 1 mm or more and 10 mm or less, and area ratio B/(A+B) is in a range of more than 10% and 100% or less in a square region where the length of one side is 1/10 of the thickness t, where an intersection of a straight line which contacts a surface and is parallel to a width direction and a straight line which contacts an end face and is perpendicular to the width direction is used as a reference in a cross section orthogonal to a longitudinal direction, A is an area where copper is present, and B is an area where copper is not present.

Abstract: A power transmitting apparatus included in a contactless power feeding apparatus includes a power supply circuit that supplies AC power having a predetermined drive frequency to a transmission coil for supplying power to a power receiving apparatus, a power receiving circuit that receives returning power transmitted from the power receiving apparatus, a control circuit that controls, according to a voltage of the returning power, the power supply circuit such that an output voltage of the power receiving apparatus is in a predetermined allowable range. Also, the power receiving apparatus includes a resonant circuit for receiving power via the transmission coil of the power transmitting apparatus, a rectifier circuit that rectifies power received via the resonant circuit, and a power transmitting circuit that transmits the returning power according to a voltage of power output from the rectifier circuit to the power transmitting apparatus.

Abstract: An in-vehicle communication device is used with a target vehicle and includes a communication device and a power supply controller. The communication device includes a plurality of communication modules, each connecting with one of discrete communication lines. When the target vehicle is parked, the power supply controller works to analyze states of communication in the communication lines to select at least one of the communication lines which is available as an activation line used for remote activation of the in-vehicle communication device made by a communication management server. The power supply controller also works to place a selected one of the communication modules which corresponds to the activation line in a standby mode in which the selected communication module is kept powered on and enabled only to receive an activation request signal from the communication management server. The power supply controller also places the remaining communication modules in a power-off mode.

Abstract: Disclosed is a chemical suitable for use as a volatile precursor for vapor phase depositions of Mo or Cr containing materials, the chemical represented by one of the following formulae: Use of the chemical for vapor phase depositions is demonstrated.

Abstract: An image pickup apparatus manufacturing method includes: modifying glass inside a glass block using a laser to produce a first modified space including a first path connected to an exterior surface of the glass block; etching the first modified space to produce an optical member that internally includes an optical space including a lens surface and connected to a first hole including an opening in the exterior surface; and installing, on the optical member, an image pickup member configured to receive a subject image formed by light condensed by the optical member.