Abstract: The present invention provides an optical film having a liquid crystal layer having excellent durability, and a liquid crystal film. The optical film of the present invention has an organic base material and a liquid crystal layer disposed on the organic base material, the liquid crystal layer contains a photo-alignment compound, and in the liquid crystal layer, the photo-alignment compound is unevenly distributed on a side of the organic base material.

Abstract: A polishing apparatus includes a holding table for holding a workpiece thereon, a polishing head disposed above the holding table and having an acrylic plate for polishing the workpiece held on the holding table, a moving mechanism for moving the polishing head toward the workpiece held on the holding table, and a polishing water supplying unit for supplying polishing water between the acrylic plate and the workpiece held on the holding table.

Abstract: An object of the invention is to provide a photo-alignment copolymer which makes it possible to produce a photo-alignment film having excellent solvent resistance and liquid crystal aligning properties, and a photo-alignment film and an optical laminate produced using the photo-alignment copolymer. A photo-alignment copolymer of the invention is a photo-alignment copolymer having a repeating unit A including a photo-alignment group represented by Formula (A) and a repeating unit B including a crosslinkable group represented by Formula (B).

Abstract: Provided is a sensor module, a method for manufacturing a sensor module, and a blood pressure measurement device with a highly smooth surface and high sensor accuracy. A sensor module 63 includes: a pressure sensor portion 71; a sensor base 72 including a support wall portion 72a with flow holes 72d to 72g formed extending through the support wall portion 72a from one main surface side to the other main surface side, the pressure sensor portion 71 being disposed on the one main surface side of the sensor base 72; a sensor head cover 73 including an opening 73a at a position opposite a sensor 71a and disposed on the one main surface side of the support wall portion 72a of the sensor base 72 with a gap 79 that communicates with the flow holes 72d to 72g and the opening 73a formed therebetween; and a soft portion 74 disposed in the opening 73a that covers the pressure sensor portion 71.

Abstract: The present invention can provide a sensor module and a blood pressure measurement device that improves the protection strength of and prevents damage to a surface that comes into contact with a living body.

Abstract: A driver assist system configured to assist a driver properly to operate a vehicle, even if positional information of the vehicle and information obtained from an external source have errors, and collection of the information is delayed. A controller comprises: a position detector that detects a position of the vehicle; an obstacle detector that detects a position of an obstacle; a distance detector that determines that the vehicle overtakes the obstacle; and an information provider that executes a first notification of existence of the obstacle until the distance detector determines that the vehicle overtakes the obstacle, and a second notification of the existence of the obstacle within an extra distance or for an extra period of time.

Abstract: A driver assist system configured to accurately recognize a target vehicle in a communication area set in front of a vehicle to assist a driver to operate the vehicle. The driver assist system notifies a driver of existence of the target vehicle in the communication area. A controller comprises: a timer that measures an elapsed time from a point at which the target vehicle moved out of the communication area; and a recognizer that recognizes other vehicle as a target vehicle until the elapsed time exceeds a threshold period of time, and that cancels a recognition of other vehicle as the target vehicle when the elapsed time exceeds the threshold period of time.

Abstract: A driver assist system configured not to provide wrong information about a distance to an obstacle without using map data. A controller of the driver assist system comprises: a linear distance calculator that calculates a linear distance from to the obstacle; an estimator that estimates that an actual distance to the obstacle is different from the linear distance; and an information delivery inhibitor that inhibits provision of the information about a distance to the obstacle to the driver, if the estimator estimates that the actual distance is different from the linear distance.

Abstract: A driving support system for a vehicle includes an external information receiving unit that acquires information including position information of an obstacle, and a processor that notifies a driver of the presence of the obstacle when the obstacle is present within a predetermined range from the vehicle, based on peripheral information of the vehicle, determines, when a plurality of obstacles is present within the predetermined range, whether an inter-obstacle distance between a first obstacle that is closest to the vehicle from among the obstacles, and a second obstacle other than the first obstacle is smaller than a first predetermined distance that is set in advance, and performs control for restricting a notification of the presence of the second obstacle to the driver when the inter-obstacle distance is smaller than the first predetermined distance.

Abstract: A manufacturing process to a bis-mesylate salt 1b of the pan-RAF inhibitor 4-amino-n-(1-((3-chloro-2-fluorophenyl)amino)-6-methylisoquinolin-5-yl)thieno[3,2-d]pyrimidine-7-carboxamide. The process features a number of efficient key reactions, including a robust and scalable Pd-catalyzed carbonylation reaction to generate thienopyrimidine 2 and a highly chemoselective PtN/C-catalyzed nitro group reduction to access penultimate intermediate 7. The final amide coupling of 7 and 2 was accomplished by a mild and safe protocol employing N,N,N?,N?-tetramethylchloroformamidinium hexafluorophosphate (TCFH) as the coupling reagent, to produce a 1:1 adduct of the freebase and THF. The adduct afforded compound 1b with excellent yield, purity, and form stability on a multikilogram production scale after reaction with MsOH and recrystallization. The methods are able to produce a compound having upwards of 95% purity.

Abstract: A collision avoiding assist system avoids a collision of a first vehicle and a second vehicle. The collision avoiding assist system includes a first collision avoiding assist apparatus of the first vehicle and a second collision avoiding assist apparatus of the second vehicle. The second collision avoiding assist apparatus transmits a second wireless signal when determining that the first and second vehicles are colliding with each other, based on information, based on a first wireless signal transmitted from the first collision avoiding assist apparatus, and information from a surrounding information sensor apparatus of the second vehicle. The first collision avoiding assist apparatus executes a collision avoiding process for the first vehicle to avoid the collision of the first and second vehicles when the first collision avoiding assist apparatus receives the second wireless signal.

Abstract: An information processing device includes a controller configured to: receive, from a vehicle that is present in surroundings, information about traveling of the vehicle, acquire, from a sensor that is connected, at least one piece of event information about an event occurring in the surroundings, predict a path of the vehicle based on the information about traveling of the vehicle, select first event information from the at least one piece of event information, based on the path of the vehicle that is predicted, and transmit the first event information.

Abstract: An information processing apparatus disclosed is provided on a vehicle. The information processing apparatus has a controller configured to execute the processing of obtaining a trajectory record defined as a record of the trajectory along which the vehicle has travelled, detecting an abnormal behavior of the vehicle, generating record information, which is information representing a trajectory record prior to the detection of the abnormal behavior of the vehicle among the obtained trajectory records, and transmitting the record information to other vehicles.

Abstract: A sealing apparatus using a gasket in which a gasket main body is integrally formed with a reinforcing ring, the gasket main body has a one-end-side seal bead and an other-end-side seal bead which are positioned on one end side and another end side of the reinforcing ring in an axial direction and are oriented in directions facing away from each other in the axial direction, the one-end-side seal bead is closely contacted on a bottom surfaced of an attachment recessed part formed in a housing, and the other-end-side seal bead is closely contacted on a cover which closes the attachment recessed part of the housing, wherein in a state of being attached in the attachment recessed part with the cover removed from the housing, at least a part of an outer peripheral portion of the gasket serves as a supportable portion by providing a flange consecutively provided on an outer periphery side of the reinforcing ring.

Abstract: The present invention aims to provide a method for preparing an aldehyde, which can prepare a target aldehyde with high selectivity and can also suppress the production of by-products. The present invention relates to a method for preparing an ?,?-unsaturated aldehyde. The method includes a step of reacting a compound of formula (I) with a compound of formula (II) to provide an ?,?-unsaturated aldehyde of formula (III). An alkali metal hydroxide and an alkanol having 1 to 4 carbon atoms are used in the step. The amount of the alkali metal hydroxide is 8 mol % or more and 12 mol % or less with respect to the compound of formula (I). The total amount of water contained in materials that are used in the reaction is 10 mol % or more and 50 mol % or less with respect to the compound of formula (I).

Abstract: A balloon catheter includes a balloon/shaft assembly and a linear member. The balloon/shaft assembly includes a catheter shaft extending from a proximal end to a distal end and a balloon connected to the catheter shaft. The linear member straddles an inflatable region of the balloon and is mounted on the balloon/shaft assembly. The linear member includes a hard portion and a flexible portion. The hard portion includes at least an outer portion disposed on an opposite side to an inner portion facing the inflatable region, of a portion disposed along an outer peripheral surface of the inflatable region in an inflated state. The flexible portion is a portion other than the hard portion. The flexible portion is extendable and has a lower hardness than the hard portion.

Abstract: Provided is a sensor module, a method for manufacturing a sensor module, and a blood pressure measurement device with a highly smooth surface and high sensor accuracy. A sensor module 63 includes: a pressure sensor portion 71; a sensor base 72 including a support wall portion 72a with flow holes 72d to 72g formed extending through the support wall portion 72a from one main surface side to the other main surface side, the pressure sensor portion 71 being disposed on the one main surface side of the sensor base 72; a sensor head cover 73 including an opening 73a at a position opposite a sensor 71a and disposed on the one main surface side of the support wall portion 72a of the sensor base 72 with a gap 79 that communicates with the flow holes 72d to 72g and the opening 73a formed therebetween; and a soft portion 74 disposed in the opening 73a that covers the pressure sensor portion 71.

Abstract: Provided is a sensor module, a method for manufacturing a sensor module, and a blood pressure measurement device that can improve the holding force onto a soft portion. A sensor module 63 of a blood pressure measurement device 1 includes: a sensor base 72; a pressure sensor portion 71 fixed to the sensor base 72; a sensor head cover 73 including, on an outer surface, an opening 73a in a region that comes into contact with a wrist 100 and an inner surface 73g formed with unevenness, the sensor head cover 73 being fixed to the sensor base 72 and forming a gap portion 79 that communicates with the opening 73a between the inner surface 73g, the sensor base 72, and the pressure sensor portion 71; and a soft portion 74 disposed in the gap portion 79 and, at least, filling up the opening 73a and covering the pressure sensor portion 71.

Abstract: The present invention can provide a sensor module and a blood pressure measurement device that improves the protection strength of and prevents damage to a surface that comes into contact with a living body.

Abstract: Provided is: a sensor module with a soft portion resistant to peeling off from the sensor head cover; and a blood pressure measurement device. A sensor module 63 includes a pressure sensor portion 71; a sensor head cover 73 including an opening 73a at a position opposite the pressure sensor portion 71; and a soft portion 74 that covers the pressure sensor portion 71 and is disposed in the opening 73a of the sensor head cover 73, a boundary portion between the soft portion 74 and the sensor head cover 73 including an outer edge portion 74b including an edge portion that is inclined or curved, when the sensor module is worn on a living body, with respect to a first direction along a circumferential direction of the living body or a second direction along a longitudinal direction of the living body.