Abstract: An acoustic transducer includes a substrate having an opening, a diaphragm disposed to cover the opening, and a fixed electrode facing the diaphragm. An opening for frequency characteristics adjustment is formed in a region outward of an outer periphery of the fixed electrode.

Abstract: Provided is a multilayered porous membrane that comprises a porous membrane containing polyolefin resin as the main component thereof, and that comprises a porous layer layered on at least one surface of the porous membrane and containing inorganic particles and a binder polymer. The total thickness of the porous layer is 0.5-3.0 ?m; the number of pores in the porous layer having an area for the individual pore of at least 0.001 ?m2 is 65-180 per 10 ?m2 of the field of observation; of the pores in the porous layer that have an area of at least 0.001 ?m2, the proportion therein of pores in the range from 0.001 ?m2 to 0.05 ?m2 is at least 90%; the proportion taken up by the inorganic particles in the porous layer is from 90-99 mass %; and the aspect ratio of the inorganic particles is from 1.0-3.0.

Abstract: This wet coating agent for fine particles comprises a latex including particles that comprises a (meth)acrylate copolymer and have a 50% diameter of 10 nm to 150 nm in a volume-based particle size distribution, said (meth)acrylate copolymer being obtained by including a monomer unit derived from ethyl acrylate, a monomer unit derived from methyl methacrylate, and a monomer unit derived from 2-hydroxyethyl methacrylate.

Abstract: A holding structure for a cymbal includes a cymbal stand that includes: a rod configured to be insertable through a cymbal; and a supporting part that is provided on the rod, the supporting part being configured to support the cymbal through which the rod is inserted. The holding structure further includes a holding device attachable to the rod, the holding device being configured to clamp the cymbal between the holding device and the supporting part supporting the cymbal. The holding device includes: an engaging part including an opening in which the rod is arranged in a state where the holding device is attached to the rod, the engaging part being configured to be engaged to the rod in a state of being immovable in a lengthwise direction of the rod; an adjusting part attached to the engaging part.

Abstract: A sheet conveyance device includes a rotary shaft, a conveyance roller, a driving source, and a gear. The gear rotates integrally with the rotary shaft and transmits a driving force from the driving source to the conveyance roller. The gear includes a tooth portion engaging with another gear, a wall surface forming a hole into which the rotary shaft is inserted, a deformable portion, and a pressing part. The deformable portion has a cantilever shape at least partially provided in an area provided with the tooth portion in a gear rotation axis direction. The pressing part protrudes from the wall surface toward the rotation center of the gear, and is elastically deformed by being pressed by the rotary shaft. The pressing part presses the rotary shaft toward the wall surface on a side opposite to the deformable portion in a state where the gear is attached to the rotary shaft.

Abstract: A power supply monitoring circuit monitors an in-vehicle power supply in an ECU. The ECU has power supply circuits powered by the in-vehicle power supply through a power supply line and supplying power to a downstream load. The power supply monitoring circuit includes a voltage supply monitoring circuit and a control circuit. The power supply line is commonly connected to the in-vehicle power supply and the power supply circuits by having a branching node where the power supply line is branched out from the in-vehicle power supply to the power supply circuits. The voltage monitoring circuit monitors the in-vehicle power supply by monitoring the power supply line. The control circuit controls the power supply circuits or a device powered by the power supply circuits to discharge operational charges remained in the power supply circuits or the device.

Abstract: A separator for an electricity storage device, including: a layer (A) containing a polyolefin; and a layer (B) disposed on at least one surface of the layer (A) and containing an inorganic filler, a water-insoluble binder, a water-soluble binder, and a polyacrylic acid-based dispersant, wherein a heat shrinkage rate S1 of the separator for the electricity storage device at 140° ° C. in propylene carbonate is 5% or less.

Abstract: A nut for a musical instrument includes: a clamp jaw having an opening through which a stand is passable, the clamp jaw being configured to, in a state of the stand being disposed in the opening, change a size of the opening by changing a position of the clamp jaw between an open position and a closed position; an elastic member configured to, in a state of the clamp jaw being in the closed position, clamp the clamp jaw to the stand by exerting a force directly on the clamp jaw; an operating element having a pressing portion and a front end portion; and a housing accommodating the clamp jaw, the elastic member, and the operating element.

Abstract: An image forming apparatus includes an image forming unit, a casing, a door, a switching portion, an operating portion, and an operation regulating portion. The operating portion is moved to a first operating position in which the switching portion is set to the first state and, a second operating position in which the switching portion is set to the second state. The operation regulating portion is switched between a regulating state in which the operating portion is regulated not to move from the second operating position to the first operating position, and an allowable state in which the operating portion is allowable to move from the second operating position to the first operating position. When the operating portion is operated to be moved from the first operating position to the second operating position, the operation regulating portion is changed to the regulating state.

Abstract: An information processing apparatus configured to determine a tour schedule around a facility, the information processing apparatus includes a controller configured to determine a tour time at a tour spot in the tour schedule, based on biological information on a user who is observing a process performed by equipment at the tour spot in the facility.

Abstract: A field-effect transistor includes a Ga2O3-based semiconductor layer, a source region and a drain region that are formed inside the Ga2O3-based semiconductor layer, a gate electrode that is formed, via a gate insulating film, on a channel region as the Ga2O3-based semiconductor layer between the source region and the drain region, a source electrode connected to the source region, and a drain electrode connected to the drain region. An interface charge including a negative charge is formed between the gate electrode and the channel region, and a gate threshold voltage is not less than 4.5V.

Abstract: A strainer device for a drum includes a fixing portion attachable to a shell of the drum, an operation portion, a movable portion moved with respect to the fixing portion to change a snare wire between an ON state and an OFF state, a pressing member, a cam portion including a cam surface, and a follower configured to be relatively displaced with respect to the cam portion between a first position and a second position in the cam portion while the pressing member is pressing against the cam surface. A direction of a force acting on the follower with respect to the cam portion is directed to: a side of the first position within the cam portion in a state where the follower is disposed in the first position, and a side of the second position in a state where the follower is disposed in the second position.

Abstract: A control apparatus includes a controller configured to acquire weather information including a wind speed on a scheduled spraying date and time at which an unmanned aircraft is to spray an agricultural chemical on a field, determine a flight altitude of the unmanned aircraft according to the wind speed, and generate a plan for spraying of the agricultural chemical by the unmanned aircraft, the plan for spraying including the determined flight altitude.

Abstract: An information processing apparatus includes a controller configured to predict a scattering range of a chemical to be sprayed onto a field by a first unmanned aircraft and control, in a case in which it is determined that the chemical will scatter near the field based on the scattering range, a three-dimensional position or a travel route of a second unmanned aircraft so that downwash of the second unmanned aircraft prevents scattering of the chemical near the field.

Abstract: An information processing apparatus includes a controller configured to manage operation of a vehicle traveling in a facility. The controller is configured to determine a tour schedule to allow users touring the facility to be on board the vehicle so that a visible range to the users is limited based on an attribute of the users, and control the vehicle based on the tour schedule.

Abstract: An information processing apparatus includes a controller. In a case in which the controller predicts, based on weather data, that there will be adverse weather that could cause damage to a crop in a field, the controller is configured to present reference information and propose harvesting before the adverse weather.

Abstract: An information processing apparatus configured to determine a travel route for a vehicle traveling in a facility, the information processing apparatus includes a controller configured to determine the travel route for the vehicle based on operation information on disaster prevention equipment installed in the facility and/or first image information including an image of a passageway in the facility, the image being captured by an imaging apparatus installed in the facility, and vehicle position information indicating a position of the vehicle, and a communication interface configured to transmit, to the vehicle, travel route information indicating the travel route.

Abstract: An information processing apparatus includes a controller configured to manage operation of a vehicle traveling in a facility. The controller is configured to generate a transportation schedule to cause the vehicle to transport components to be used in the facility and a tour schedule to allow users touring the facility to be on board the vehicle. The controller is configured to run the vehicle based on the transportation schedule and the tour schedule.

Abstract: A Schottky barrier diode includes an n-type semiconductor layer including a gallium oxide-based semiconductor, an insulating film including SiO2 and covering a portion of an upper surface of the n-type semiconductor layer, and an anode electrode which is connected to the upper surface of the n-type semiconductor layer to form a Schottky junction with the n-type semiconductor layer and at least a portion of an edge of which is located on the insulating film. The insulating film further includes a first layer in contact with the n-type semiconductor layer and a second layer on the first layer. A refractive index of the first layer is lower than a refractive index of the second layer. The n-type semiconductor layer further includes a guard ring surrounding a junction with the anode electrode.

Abstract: An information processing method is executed by an information processing device configured to decide an execution timing of agricultural chemical spraying by an unmanned aerial vehicle. The information processing method includes acquiring information about each of a plurality of farm fields and deciding an execution timing of agricultural chemical spraying over a first farm field to be sprayed by the unmanned aerial vehicle based on information about a second farm field located around the first farm field.