Abstract: A surface treatment agent capable of forming a hexavalent chromium-free chemical conversion coating that can provide an excellent corrosion-resistant coating on various metallic materials; a metallic material having a surface treatment coating obtained therefrom; and a method of producing the same.

Abstract: Some embodiments include a memory device having a buried wordline, a shield plate, and an access device. The access device includes first and second diffusion regions and a channel region. The diffusion regions and the channel region are arranged vertically so that the channel region is between the first and second diffusion regions. The wordline is adjacent to a first side surface of the channel region, and the shield plate is adjacent to a second side surface of the channel region; with the first and second side surfaces being in opposing relation to one another. Some embodiments include methods of forming integrated assemblies.

Abstract: An image processing apparatus performs image processing to print a color materials of a first color and a second color. When a sum of a first gradation data for the first color and a second gradation data for the second color is equal to or smaller than the maximum value of thresholds of a first threshold matrix, a generation unit generates a second quantization data for the second color based on a result of comparing the second gradation data with a second threshold. When the sum is greater than the maximum value, the generation unit generates third gradation data by subtracting the maximum value from the sum and generates the second quantization data based on a result of comparing the third gradation data with the first threshold or a result of comparing a difference between the second gradation data and the third gradation data with the second threshold.

Abstract: When a sum of a first gradation data for a first color and a second gradation data for a second color is greater than the maximum value of thresholds of a first threshold matrix, a generation unit generates a first overlapping gradation data and second overlapping gradation data by dividing a value obtained by subtracting the maximum value from the sum. Further, the generation unit generates a first quantization data based on a result of comparing the first overlapping gradation data with the second threshold or a result of comparing a difference between the first gradation data and the first overlapping gradation data with the first threshold, and generates a second quantization data based on a result of comparing the second overlapping gradation data with the first threshold or a result of comparing a difference between the second gradation data and the second overlapping gradation data with the second threshold.

Abstract: The present disclosure provides an aluminum alloy rolled material for molding, including an Al—Mg—Si—Cu-based alloy containing 0.30 mass % or more Cu. A ratio of a cube orientation density to a random orientation is 10 or more in a plane that is perpendicular to a sheet thickness direction and is at a depth of ¼ of a total sheet thickness from a surface. An absolute value of a difference between a maximum value and a minimum value of an average Taylor factor in a case in which molding is assumed to cause plane strain deformation having a main strain direction that is a rolling width direction is 1.0 or less. The average Taylor factor is obtained for each of subareas that are obtained by equal division of an area, having a 10 mm width in the rolling width direction and a 2 mm length in a rolling direction, into 10 subareas in the rolling width direction. The subareas are in a plane that is perpendicular to the sheet thickness direction and is at a depth of ½ of the total sheet thickness from the surface.

Abstract: Provided are an image forming apparatus, a method of controlling sheet insertion and a non-transitory computer-readable recording medium. The image forming apparatus includes a print engine, an image checker, a sheet inserter, a sheet ejector and one or more controllers. When the image checker receives a media sheet output from the print engine, the one or more controllers perform a check whether an image formed on the media sheet is defective or not, by using measured image obtained by a sensor of the image checker. The one or more controllers further cause a sheet inserter to start putting an insertion sheet into the sheet path, after a determination that an image of one of media sheets output from the print engine is non-defective is made, as a result of the check.

Abstract: An update control device including: a communication unit configured to communicate with an on-vehicle control device via a transmission path including an in-vehicle communication line; and a control unit configured to cause the communication unit to transmit a request message when a target device defined below is unable to execute an update process for a control program, the request message requesting an alternative device, which is a non-target device defined below, to alternatively execute a part of the update process. Target device: an on-vehicle control device whose control program is to be updated. Non-target device: an on-vehicle control device whose control program is not to be updated.

Abstract: An image forming apparatus that forms an image on continuous paper, includes: an image former that forms an image on the continuous paper; a conveyer that conveys the continuous paper in a forward direction that is a conveyance direction at a time of image formation and conveys the continuous paper to the image former; an image diagnosis part that detects abnormality of the image formed by the image former and performs diagnosis of a degree of the detected abnormality; and a hardware processor that switches whether to continue conveyance of the continuous paper in the forward direction according to a result of the diagnosis of the image performed by the image diagnosis part.

Abstract: An electronic control device including a first power supply path that supplies power from a battery for in-vehicle use through an electric power supply terminal, to a load; a first disconnecting part in the first power supply path and performs connection/cutoff of the first power supply path; a second power supply path that supplies power from the battery for in-vehicle use, to a control part that controls the first disconnecting part, through a control power supply terminal and a power supply IC; a third power supply path that supplies power from the control power supply terminal, to a connecting point between the first disconnecting part and the load in the first power supply path from a point between the control power supply terminal and the power supply IC in the second power supply path; a second disconnecting part that is provided in the third power supply path and performs connection/cutoff of the third power supply path; and a detecting part that detects a voltage in the first power supply path.

Abstract: A device includes a first element having rectification characteristics that allow electric current to flow from an upper electrode to a lower electrode, an n-channel thin film transistor, and a control electrode. The n-channel thin film transistor includes a semiconductor film, a gate electrode, a first signal electrode, and a second signal electrode. The control electrode faces the gate electrode with the semiconductor film interposed therebetween. The second signal electrode is connected with the lower electrode. The control electrode is connected with the lower electrode. At least a part of a first channel end on the first signal electrode side of the semiconductor film is located within a region of the control electrode, when viewed planarly. A second channel end on the second signal electrode side of the semiconductor film is distant from the control electrode, when viewed planarly.

Abstract: In manufacturing an image sensor for FPD having an oxide semiconductor TFT as a switching element, a large amount of hydrogen contained in raw gas is diffused in the oxide semiconductor at the time of forming a-Si photo diode (PD) which is a photoelectric conversion element, causing significant variation in the characteristic of TFT which may thereby not operate. In an image sensor in which an oxide semiconductor TFT and a-Si PD are formed on a substrate in this order, a gas barrier film is disposed between the oxide semiconductor TFT and the PD, and the drain terminal (drain metal) of the oxide semiconductor TFT is connected to one terminal (lower electrode) of the PD via connection wiring (bridge wiring) formed on a protective film arranged over the PD.

Abstract: In an endoscope device, a light source unit is configured to sequentially emit first illumination light and second illumination light. The first illumination light includes visible light. The second illumination light includes first excitation light. At least the second illumination light out of the first illumination light and the second illumination light includes second excitation light. An excitation wavelength blocking filter has a characteristic of blocking a wavelength band of the first excitation light and a wavelength band of the second excitation light and a characteristic of transmitting a wavelength band of the visible light, a wavelength band of first fluorescence, and a wavelength band of second fluorescence. An imaging unit is configured to capture an image of the visible light, the first fluorescence, and the second fluorescence and configured to output a first imaging signal and a second imaging signal.

Abstract: A vehicle includes a vehicle frame, a steering swivel unit supported on a head pipe of the vehicle frame and angularly movable about a steering axis, a front wheel angularly movable in unison with the steering swivel unit, and a steering handle mounted on the steering swivel unit. The vehicle has a steering handle turning mechanism that makes the steering handle angularly movable about the steering axis relatively to the steering swivel unit. The steering handle turning mechanism includes a handle turning motor for angularly moving the steering handle about the steering axis.

Abstract: A shape estimation device includes an input circuit, a storage circuit and an arithmetic circuit. The input circuit receives light amount information being a relationship between a wavelength and a light amount. The light amount information is acquired by using a sensor configured such that the light amount to be detected with respect to the wavelength corresponding to each of sensing parts varies in accordance with a shape of each of the sensing parts. The storage circuit stores a relationship among the shape, the wavelength and the light amount with respect to each sensing part. The arithmetic circuit calculates the shape of each sensing part, based on the light amount information, and a light amount estimation value being a relationship between the wavelength and the light amount.

Abstract: An image processing apparatus performs image processing to print a color materials of a first color and a second color. When a sum of a first gradation data for the first color and a second gradation data for the second color is equal to or smaller than the maximum value of thresholds of a first threshold matrix, a generation unit generates a second quantization data for the second color based on a result of comparing the second gradation data with a second threshold. When the sum is greater than the maximum value, the generation unit generates third gradation data by subtracting the maximum value from the sum and generates the second quantization data based on a result of comparing the third gradation data with the first threshold or a result of comparing a difference between the second gradation data and the third gradation data with the second threshold.

Abstract: When a sum of a first gradation data for a first color and a second gradation data for a second color is greater than the maximum value of thresholds of a first threshold matrix, a generation unit generates a first overlapping gradation data and second overlapping gradation data by dividing a value obtained by subtracting the maximum value from the sum. Further, the generation unit generates a first quantization data based on a result of comparing the first overlapping gradation data with the second threshold or a result of comparing a difference between the first gradation data and the first overlapping gradation data with the first threshold, and generates a second quantization data based on a result of comparing the second overlapping gradation data with the first threshold or a result of comparing a difference between the second gradation data and the second overlapping gradation data with the second threshold.

Abstract: To implement sharpness recovery processing suitable for an image, an image processing apparatus for generating, based on an input image, a halftone image to be provided to an image forming unit which forms an image on a printing medium, comprises: a recovery processing unit configured to perform, on the input image, recovery processing for compensating for sharpness degradation in an image formed by the image forming unit; a generating unit configured to generate a recovery amount of each pixel by using the input image having undergone the recovery processing; and a halftone processing unit configured to generate, based on the recovery amount, the halftone image by performing halftone processing on the input image having undergone the recovery processing.

Abstract: An imaging device includes a light splitting unit which splits first light from a subject into second light and third light, first and second imaging units, and an arithmetic unit. The first light includes the second light having infrared light and at least one of green light and blue light, and the third light having red light or the green light. The first imaging unit includes a first and a second light reception regions. The first light reception region generates at least one of the group consisting of a B signal according to the blue light and a G signal according to the green light. The second light reception region generates an IR signal according to the infrared light. The arithmetic unit generates a visible light image signal from the R signal, the G signal, and the B signal and generates an infrared light image signal from the IR signal.

Abstract: A vehicle control device (100) includes: a housing (200) made of metal; a substrate (400) housed in the housing (200) and having a mounting surface (401) that faces an inner surface (201) of the housing (200); and an electronic component (501) mounted on the mounting surface (401). An adhesive (601) is disposed between the electronic component (501) and the inner surface (201) of the housing (200). The electronic component (501) has a contact portion (532) that contacts the heat radiation material (601) and a non-contact portion (531) that does not contact the heat radiation material (601). The contact portion (532) and the non-contact portion (531) are portions of the electronic component (501) on the side facing the inner surface (201) of the housing (200).

Abstract: An image forming apparatus that forms an image on continuous paper, includes: an image former that forms an image on the continuous paper; a conveyer that conveys the continuous paper in a forward direction that is a conveyance direction at a time of image formation and conveys the continuous paper to the image former; an image diagnosis part that detects abnormality of the image formed by the image former and performs diagnosis of a degree of the detected abnormality; and a hardware processor that switches whether to continue conveyance of the continuous paper in the forward direction according to a result of the diagnosis of the image performed by the image diagnosis part.