Abstract: There is provided an information processing apparatus including a delay amount decision unit configured to decide a delay amount of a haptic output from occurrence of an event on the basis of an event occurring position in a virtual space, and a haptic output control unit configured to delay the haptic output according to the delay amount decided by the delay amount decision unit.

Abstract: There is provided a presentation control device including a determination section configured to determine whether a condition corresponding to a recognition target to be recognized on the basis of a photographed image is satisfied, and a presentation control section configured to allow presentation associated with the recognition target to be performed in a case where it is determined that the condition corresponding to the recognition target is satisfied. The condition corresponding to the recognition target includes a condition related to a state of a target user to whom a content of the presentation is to be transmitted.

Abstract: A component composition contains, by % by mass, 0.0016 to 0.01% of C, 0.05 to 0.60% of Mn, and 0.020 to 0.080% of Nb so that the C and Nb contents satisfy the expression, 0.4?(Nb/C)×(12/93)?2.5. In addition, the amount of Nb-based precipitates is 20 to 500 ppm by mass, the average grain diameter of the Nb-based precipitates is 10 to 100 nm, and the average crystal grain diameter of ferrite is 6 to 10 ?m. Nb is added to ultra-low-carbon steel used as a base, and the amount and grain diameter of the Nb-based precipitates are controlled to optimize the pinning effect. Grain refinement of ferrite is achieved by specifying the Mn amount, thereby achieving softening and excellent resistance to surface roughness of steel.

Abstract: A method for manufacturing a semiconductor device is provided, the method comprising: fabricating a semiconductor element on a semiconductor substrate; joining a surface of the semiconductor substrate to a support member, the surface being on a side where the semiconductor element is fabricated; and polishing a surface on an opposite side of the surface of the semiconductor substrate where the semiconductor element is fabricated and reducing a thickness of the semiconductor substrate, in a state where the semiconductor substrate and the support member are joined.

Abstract: A laminated metal sheet includes a metal sheet, a first polyester resin layer, and a second polyester resin layer, and the first polyester resin layer contains 30% by mass to 60% by mass of: polyethylene terephthalate; or copolymerized polyethylene terephthalate having a copolymerization component content of less than 6 mol %; and 40% by mass to 70% by mass of polybutylene terephthalate, the second polyester resin layer is copolymerized polyethylene terephthalate having a copolymerization component content of less than 14 mol %, residual orientations of the first and second polyester resin layers are less than 20%, and film thicknesses X and Y of the first and the second polyester resin layers before forming satisfy predetermined conditions.

Abstract: An ironing apparatus includes an ironing die and an ironing punch, an injection port for injecting gas or liquid to the metal plate at a high pressure to remove substance adhered to the metal plate therefrom, a suction port for sucking the adhered substance removed from the metal plate, and a protrusion mount portion with a protrusion for preventing dispersion of the gas or the liquid. An ironing method for ironing the metal plate having the single surface or both surfaces coated with the organic resin film includes the steps of injecting the gas or the liquid from the injection port to the metal plate at the high pressure to remove the adhered substance from the metal plate, and sucking and collecting the adhered substance removed from the metal plate from the suction port. The adhered substance such as the hair may be removed by the aforementioned invention.

Abstract: A steel sheet for cans containing 0.0060 to 0.01 mass % C and 0.02 to 0.12 mass % Nb and having the following characteristics: (i) an average ferrite grain size in a cross section in the rolling direction in a region from a surface layer of the steel sheet to a position ¼ of a sheet thickness away from the surface layer of the steel sheet is 7 ?m to 10 ?m or less, and (ii) an average ferrite grain size in a cross section in the rolling direction in a region from the position ¼ of a sheet thickness away from the surface layer of the steel sheet to a sheet thickness center portion of the steel sheet is 15 ?m or less, wherein the average ferrite grain size (1) is smaller than the average ferrite grain size (2).

Abstract: There is provided a display control apparatus including a display control unit configured to move an object displayed on a display unit in accordance with a change amount of an indicated direction of a direction indicator. The display control unit changes a movement amount of the object corresponding to the change amount on the basis of a rotational angle with the indicated direction used as an axis.

Abstract: There is provided a display control device including an acquisition unit configured to acquire contact information of contact of an operation body on an operation surface, a display control unit that has a first function of moving a cursor displayed on a display device in accordance with a change amount of a contact position indicated by the contact information acquired by the acquisition unit and a second function of displaying the cursor at a position, on a given display area of the display device, corresponding to the contact position, and a switch unit configured to switch a function to be exerted by the display control unit between the first function and the second function. The switch unit exerts the second function when the acquisition unit has acquired first contact information of contact of the operation body on a given operation area of the operation surface.

Abstract: There is provided an information processing device including a controller configured to move a pointer within a display screen based on operation information, and a determination unit configured to determine whether the pointer is to be moved into a virtual screen set around the display screen, based on a state of the pointer when the pointer is moved to an edge of the display screen.

Abstract: There is provided an information processing apparatus including an input operating unit configured to receive an input operation from a user, the input operation allowing content to be scrolled, and a setting control unit configured to change a setting of a scrolling direction for the content on the basis of a situation in which the input operation has been performed.

Abstract: There is provided a display control apparatus including a display control unit configured to move a cursor position displayed on a display unit or to scroll a screen displayed on the display unit in accordance with a change amount of an indicated direction of a direction indicator, and a switching control unit configured to switch the display control unit moving the cursor position and the display control unit scrolling the screen. After the switching control unit switches the display control unit scrolling the screen to the display control unit moving the cursor position, the display control unit reduces a movement amount of the cursor position with respect to the change amount.

Abstract: Provided is a microphone capable of reducing a plane area seen from above, and further increasing a capacity of a back chamber of an acoustic sensor. An interposer 52 is mounted on a top surface of a circuit board 43, and an acoustic sensor 51 is mounted on the top surface thereof. A signal processing circuit 53 is accommodated in a space 70 provided in the interposer 52, and mounted on the circuit board 43. The acoustic sensor 51 is connected to the circuit board 43 through a wiring structure provided in the interposer 52. The acoustic sensor 51, the interposer 52 and the like are covered by a cover 42 put on the top surface of the circuit board 43. In the cover 42, a sound introduction hole 48 is opened in a position opposed to the front chamber of the acoustic sensor 51. The interposer 52 is formed with a ventilation notch 71 for acoustically communicating a space below a diaphragm 56 of the acoustic sensor 51 with a space inside the cover 42 and outside the interposer 52.

Abstract: A capacitance type sensor has a semiconductor substrate having a vertically opened penetration hole, a movable electrode film arranged above the penetration hole such that a periphery portion opposes to a top surface of the semiconductor substrate with a gap provided, and a fixed electrode film arranged above the movable electrode film with a gap with respect to the movable electrode film. A concave portion having at least a part thereof formed by an inclined surface is provided in the top surface of the semiconductor substrate in a region of the top surface of the semiconductor substrate which overlaps the periphery portion of the movable electrode film.

Abstract: A first polyester resin layer formed on a surface of a metal sheet to serve as the exterior of a container after being formed into the container contains 30% to 60% by mass of poly-ethylene terephthalate or copolymerized polyethylene terephthalate having a copolymerization component content of less than 6 mol %, and 40% to 70% by mass of polybutylene terephthalate. A second polyester resin layer formed on a surface of the metal sheet to serve as the interior of a container after being formed into the container is copolymerized polyethylene terephthalate having a copolymerization component content of less than 14 mol %. The degree of residual orientation of the first and the second polyester resin layers is in a range of 2% to 50%. The thicknesses of the first and the second polyester resin layers after lamination are not less than 6 ?m.

Abstract: There is provided a resin-coated metal sheet for containers that can satisfy various characteristics required for food can materials. The resin-coated metal sheet for containers includes a resin coating layer (A) having a multilayered structure mainly composed of a polyester resin on at least one surface thereof. The resin coating layer (A) includes a resin layer (a1). The resin layer (a1) adheres to the metal sheet, contains (i) a polyester resin, (ii) a phenolic resin, (iii) a metal alkoxide compound and/or a metal chelate compound, (iv) an epoxy resin, and (v) at least one selected from the group consisting of polyamine resins, polyamidoamine resins, and polyamide resins, and is mainly composed of the polyester resin. Preferably, a polyester film (a2) is disposed on the resin layer (a1).

Abstract: A cavity is provided in a substrate so as to penetrate from a front surface to a back surface of the substrate. A thin-film diaphragm for sensing acoustic vibrations above the substrate is provided over the cavity. At least one wall surface of the cavity is configured of a first inclined surface between the front surface of the substrate and a middle portion in the thickness direction, the first inclined surface gradually widening toward the outside of the substrate as the first inclined surface goes from the front surface of the substrate toward the middle portion, and a second inclined surface between the middle portion and the back surface of the substrate, the second inclined surface gradually narrowing toward the inside of the substrate as the second inclined surface goes from the middle portion toward the back surface of the substrate.

Abstract: A method for manufacturing an optical element, the method including: heating an optical element material by suspending it in a gas; supplying the heated optical element material from a direction which intersects a central axis interconnecting centers of a first mold and a second mold to a space between molds in a non-contact state, the space between molds being a space between the first mold and the second mold; pressurizing the optical element material supplied to the space between molds by the first mold and the second mold; and cooling the pressurized optical element material.

Abstract: A resin coated metal sheet includes a metal sheet, a first resin coating layer formed on one main surface of the metal sheet and formed of a resin material whose difference between a heat quantity of crystallization and a heat quantity of fusion after being laminated to the metal sheet is 0 J/g to 20 J/g on a unit weight basis, and a second resin coating layer formed on another main surface of the metal sheet.

Abstract: An outdoor unit includes a casing having a side surface formed with an inlet port; an outdoor fan arranged above the inlet port in the casing and configured to upwardly blow air; and an outdoor heat exchanger arranged so as to face the inlet port. The outdoor fan includes a fan and a bell mouth provided so as to surround the outer periphery of the fan, and an electric component unit positioned at the periphery of the bell mouth is arranged in the casing.