Abstract: A method of disassembling a steam generator including a body portion, a water chamber, a tube plate and a plurality of heat transfer tubes, the method includes: a step of obtaining a disassembly target including the tube plate and a part of the heat transfer tubes; a step of specifying the heat transfer tube fixed to the tube plate; a step of releasing fixation between the part of the heat transfer tube and the tube plate; and a step of pulling out the part of the heat transfer tube from the through-hole, in the step of releasing the fixation, the TIG heating head is inserted from the primary region side, and in the step of releasing the fixation, the TIG heating head is moved to a plurality of streaks only in a direction from the primary region side to the secondary region side.

Abstract: A heat exchange plate includes a coolant layer, a refrigerant layer, a first end portion, and a second end portion opposite to the first end portion. The refrigerant layer includes a refrigerant input portion disposed at the first end portion, a refrigerant output portion disposed at the first end portion, a first refrigerant flow path connected to the refrigerant input portion, a second refrigerant flow path connected to the refrigerant output portion, and a connection portion connecting the first and second refrigerant flow paths. The first refrigerant flow path includes a first branch portion, a first converging portion, and a plurality of first branch flow paths connecting the first branch portion and the first converging portion, and the second refrigerant flow path includes a second branch portion, a second converging portion, and a plurality of second branch flow paths connecting the second branch portion and the second converging portion.

Abstract: To provide a line-of-sight detection device capable of further improving line-of-sight detection accuracy, achieving low latency, and achieving low power consumption. Provided is a line-of-sight detection device including: an imaging element having an event-driven function; a first mode generation unit that generates a Purkinje detection mode; a second mode generation unit that generates a pupil detection mode; and a third mode generation unit that generates an event-driven mode.

Abstract: A line-of-sight detection device capable of achieving further improvement in line-of-sight detection accuracy, achieving low latency, and achieving low power consumption is provided. There is provided a line-of-sight detection device including an imaging element, an illumination unit that illuminates an eyeball with a plurality of beams of illumination light, an optical element that guides respective beams of reflected light in a plurality of directions from the eyeball caused by the plurality of beams of illumination light to a direction of the imaging element, an optical system that causes the imaging element to non-selectively receive the beams of reflected light in the plurality of directions from the eyeball, and a calculation unit that converts, on the basis of the beams of reflected light in the plurality of directions from the eyeball received by the imaging element, the beams of reflected light into information of eyeball movement and/or positional information of a pupil.

Abstract: A method and a system for cleaning a work, the sum A of the areas (mm2), the sum B of the areas (mm2) and the determined supply flow rate Q (L/min) or the supply flow rate Q (L/min) and one or both of the determined sum A of the areas (mm2) and the determined sum B of the areas (mm2) satisfy the predetermined relations.

Abstract: An image recording apparatus includes a feed tray, a feed mechanism feeding a sheet-shaped medium accommodated in the feed tray, and a recording device recording an image on the sheet-shaped medium fed by the feed mechanism. The feed tray includes a first accommodation portion accommodating a roll, in which the sheet-shaped medium is rolled, a pair of side walls interposing the sheet-shaped medium unrolled from the roll in a first direction parallel to an axis of the roll, and a side guide disposed inside the pair of side walls and having an inner-side surface contactable with an edge in the first direction of the first sheet-shaped medium unrolled from the roll. The side guide has a metal portion made of metal, the metal portion forming at least part of the inner-side surface.

Abstract: Methods and apparatus provide for carrying out a method for rendering a virtual-three dimensional space on a display, including: acquiring information indicative of a position of a head mounted display worn on a head of a user; acquiring information indicative of a position of an input apparatus for use by the user; acquiring information indicative of an instruction entered in the input apparatus; and generating an image of the virtual three-dimensional space to be displayed on the head mounted display at a viewpoint position and a sightline direction, wherein the generating includes generating an image of the input apparatus at the position in the image determined on a basis of a relative position between the head mounted display of the input apparatus, and wherein the generating includes generating an image of an object which is emitted from the input apparatus in response to the user manipulating the input apparatus.

Abstract: A battery pack includes a battery module group including a plurality of battery modules, a coolant layer configured to allow a coolant to circulate, and a refrigerant layer configured to allow a refrigerant to circulate. The coolant layer includes a first surface and a second surface opposite to the first surface. The refrigerant layer includes a third surface and a fourth surface opposite to the third surface. The first surface of the coolant layer is closer to the battery module group than the second surface of the coolant layer. The third surface of the refrigerant layer is closer to the battery module group than the fourth surface of the refrigerant layer. The battery module group is arranged along the first surface of the coolant layer. At least part of the coolant layer is arranged between the refrigerant layer and the battery module group in a plan view.

Abstract: A method of disassembling a steam generator including a body portion, a water chamber, a tube plate and a plurality of heat transfer tubes, the method includes: a step of obtaining a disassembly target including the tube plate and a part of the heat transfer tubes; a step of specifying the heat transfer tube fixed to the tube plate; a step of releasing fixation between the part of the heat transfer tube and the tube plate; and a step of pulling out the part of the heat transfer tube from the through-hole, in the step of releasing the fixation, the TIG heating head is inserted from the primary region side, and in the step of releasing the fixation, the TIG heating head is moved to a plurality of streaks only in a direction from the primary region side to the secondary region side.

Abstract: Methods and apparatus provide for carrying out a method for rendering a virtual-three dimensional space on a display, including: acquiring information indicative of a position of a head mounted display worn on a head of a user; acquiring information indicative of a position of an input apparatus for use by the user; acquiring information indicative of an instruction entered in the input apparatus; and generating an image of the virtual three-dimensional space to be displayed on the head mounted display at a viewpoint position and a sightline direction, where the generating includes generating an image of the input apparatus at the position in the image determined on a basis of a relative position with the head mounted display of the input apparatus, and where the generating includes generating an image of a hand of the user when the user controls the input apparatus.

Abstract: A solid-state imaging element according to the present disclosure is provided with a first substrate (light reception chip) and a second substrate (detection chip). The first substrate (light reception chip) is provided with a photodiode that photoelectrically converts incident light to generate a photocurrent. The second substrate (detection chip) is provided with a luminance change detection circuit (current-voltage conversion circuit) that detects a change in luminance of the incident light on the basis of a voltage signal converted by a conversion circuit (current-voltage conversion circuit) that converts the photocurrent into the voltage signal, and is bonded to the first substrate (light reception chip). A light shielding unit (light shielding film) provided in at least any one of the first substrate (light reception chip) or the second substrate (detection chip) and shields light between an active element (transistor TR) provided in the second substrate (detection chip) and the photodiode is included.

Abstract: Please replace the currently pending Abstract with the following amended A solid-state imaging device is provided with a plurality of photoelectric conversion elements, a plurality of current-voltage conversion circuits, a plurality of address event detection circuits, first ground wiring, and second ground wiring. The plurality of photoelectric conversion elements is arranged side by side in a first region. The plurality of current-voltage conversion circuits converts currents output from the plurality of photoelectric conversion elements into voltages, respectively. The plurality of address event detection circuits detects changes in voltages output from the plurality of current-voltage conversion circuits, respectively. The first ground wiring is provided in a second region located outside the first region, and supplies first ground potential to the plurality of photoelectric conversion elements.

Abstract: A solid-state image sensor according to the present disclosure includes a photodiode, a conversion circuit (current-voltage conversion circuit), a luminance change detection circuit (comparator), and a light-shielding unit (light-shielding film). The photodiode photoelectrically converts incident light to generate a photocurrent. The conversion circuit (current-voltage conversion circuit) converts the photocurrent into a voltage signal. The luminance change detection circuit (comparator) detects a change in luminance of the incident light on the basis of the voltage signal. The light-shielding unit (light-shielding film) shields incidence of light on the impurity diffusion region included in a circuit that inputs the voltage signal to the luminance change detection circuit (comparator).

Abstract: A solid-state imaging device according to the present disclosure includes a light-receiving substrate, a circuit board, and a plurality of first connections. The light-receiving substrate includes a plurality of light-receiving circuits provided with photoelectric conversion elements. The circuit board is directly bonded to the light-receiving substrate and includes a plurality of address event detection circuits that detects individual changes in voltages output from the photoelectric conversion elements of the plurality of light-receiving circuits. The plurality of first connections is provided at a joint between the light-receiving substrate and the circuit board to electrically connect the light-receiving circuits and the address event detection circuits corresponding to each other.

Abstract: A solid-state imaging element according to the present disclosure includes a plurality of first photoelectric conversion elements, a plurality of second photoelectric conversion elements, a plurality of current-voltage conversion circuits, and a plurality of address event detection circuits. The plurality of first photoelectric conversion elements are arranged side by side in a first region. The second photoelectric conversion elements are arranged side by side in a second region adjacent to the first region. The current-voltage conversion circuits each convert currents output from the first photoelectric conversion elements or the second photoelectric conversion elements into voltages. The address event detection circuits each detect a change in the voltages output from the current-voltage conversion circuits.

Abstract: A wiring sheet includes one or more carbon wires each of which is one of a signal line and a power supply line, and which are conductors including carbon as a main material and have flexibility; and an insulation sheet that encloses substantially an entirety of the one or more carbon wires, includes an electrical insulator as a main material, and has flexibility.

Abstract: An electrostatic atomizing apparatus includes a main body portion, a container, a first air flow path, a second air flow path, an electrostatic atomization unit, and an air flow generation unit. The container is detachable from the main body portion, is capable of storing a liquid, and includes a first ventilation hole and a second ventilation hole. The first air flow path includes a first end that includes an air suction port, and a second end that connects to the first ventilation hole. The second air flow path includes a third end that connects to the second ventilation hole, and a fourth end that includes an air exhaust port. The electrostatic atomization unit is disposed on the second air flow path. The air flow generation unit generates an air flow that causes air to flow through the first air flow path, through the container, and through the second air flow path.

Abstract: A wiring sheet includes one or more carbon wires each of which is one of a signal line and a power supply line, and which are conductors including carbon as a main material and have flexibility; and an insulation sheet that encloses substantially an entirety of the one or more carbon wires, includes an electrical insulator as a main material, and has flexibility.

Abstract: A top sheet includes a skin contact surface configured to contact the skin of a wearer. The skin contact surface includes at least one projection and at least one recess. The top sheet further includes a back surface opposite the skin contact surface. The top sheet further includes a coating on the at least one projection. The coating essentially includes a blood slipping agent having a kinematic viscosity of 0.01 to 80 mm2/s at 40° C., a water holding percentage of 0.01 to 4.0 mass %, and a weight-average molecular weight of less than 1,000, and the coating is configured to slip from the skin contact surface, through the top sheet, to the back surface along with menstrual blood.

Abstract: A method of manufacturing a semiconductor device includes stacking a first substrate comprising a first surface having a semiconductor element and an opposing second surface and a second substrate comprising a third surface having a semiconductor element and an opposing fourth surface, forming a first contact hole extending from the second surface to the first surface of the first substrate and forming a first groove inwardly of a first region of the second surface of the first substrate by etching inwardly of the first substrate from the second surface thereof, forming a first patterned mask on the first substrate, so that the first groove is covered by the material of the first patterned mask, forming a first metal electrode in the first contact hole through an opening in the first mask as a mask, and removing the first mask and subsequently cutting through the first substrate in the first groove.