Abstract: An air-conditioning apparatus includes a main circuit in which a compressor, a flow switching device, an indoor heat exchanger, a pressure reducing device, and a plurality of parallel heat exchangers connected in parallel with each other are connected by pipes, a bypass pipe, a flow control device provided to the bypass pipe and configured to adjust a flow rate of refrigerant flowing through the bypass pipe, an evaporating pressure sensor configured to measure an evaporating pressure of the refrigerant, and a controller. The air-conditioning apparatus is configured to operate in a normal heating operation mode and a heating-defrosting operation mode. When an operation associated with the normal heating operation mode is switched to an operation associated with the heating-defrosting operation mode, the controller adjusts an opening degree of the flow control device using the evaporating pressure in the parallel heat exchanger and a driving frequency of the compressor.

Abstract: A method for manufacturing a multilayer substrate including first and second insulating resin base material layers including different materials, includes configuring a conductor film-attached insulating resin base material with a conductor film on the first insulating resin base material layer, or a second conductor film-attached insulating resin base material with a conductor film on a main surface of the first insulating resin base material layer including a main surface of a stacked body including at least the first insulating resin base material layer, and stacking the first or second conductor film-attached insulating resin base material and another base material layer such that the conductor film is in contact with the second insulating resin base material layer. An adhesion strength of the first insulating resin base material layer to the conductor film is higher than an adhesion strength of the second insulating resin base material layer to the conductor film.

Abstract: A radar device includes: an electromagnetic noise detecting unit for detecting electromagnetic noise input to an ADC using digital data in a period when no radar signal is transmitted, among digital data output from the ADC; and an observation target detecting unit for detecting an observation target using digital data in a period when the radar signal has been transmitted, among the digital data output from the ADC, and the electromagnetic noise detected by the electromagnetic noise detecting unit.

Abstract: A window stabilization mechanism includes a rail provided on a first cabin frame provided on one side of a window, and has a first end and a second end opposite to the first end in the lengthwise direction of the rail. A sliding member is provided on a windowpane and is configured to slide on the rail. The sliding member is located at a first end when the window is opened and at a second end when the window is closed. A lock mechanism is configured to lock the windowpane to the first cabin frame when the window is closed. A window support member is configured to abut on the windowpane when the window is closed, and to press the windowpane in an oblique direction from the windowpane toward the rail and from the second end toward the first end when the windowpane is locked by a lock mechanism.

Abstract: A plasma processing method includes supplying a voltage to an electrode provided in an electrostatic chuck, thereby adsorbing a substrate onto an upper surface of the electrostatic chuck; after the voltage supplied to the electrode of the electrostatic chuck is stabilized, cutting off the supply of the voltage to the electrode, thereby bringing the electrode into a floating state; and after the voltage supplied to the electrode of the electrostatic chuck is stabilized, performing a predetermined processing with plasma on a surface of the substrate adsorbed onto the electrostatic chuck.

Abstract: The present invention is a resin substrate including an organic resin and a quartz glass cloth, where the organic resin has a dielectric loss tangent of 0.0002 to 0.0020 measured at 10 GHz and a 40 GHz/10 GHz ratio is 0.4 to 0.9, the quartz glass cloth has a dielectric loss tangent of 0.0001 to 0.0015 measured at 10 GHz and a 40 GHz/10 GHz ratio is 1.2 to 2.0, and the resin substrate has a dielectric loss tangent of 0.0001 to 0.0020 at 10 GHz and a 40 GHz/10 GHz ratio is 0.8 to 1.2. This provides a resin substrate having a low dielectric loss tangent in a high-frequency region and dielectric characteristics with little frequency dependence.

Abstract: The present invention facilitates adjustment of the strength of an elastic orthotic that assists the movement of an orthotics user by whom the elastic orthotic is worn. This calculation device for calculating the optimum elastic strength of an elastic includes a storage unit in which elastic strength or kinematic properties established through experiments in which a plurality of people wear elastic orthotics are stored in advance, and a mathematical optimization processing unit that calculates the optimal elastic strength on the basis of a prescribed evaluation index on the basis of the kinematic limitations of an orthotics user and the elastic strength or kinetic properties.

Abstract: An image display method includes displaying a first image and a second image on a display and, when the first image to which a first additional image identifying the first image is added and the second image to which a second additional image identifying the second image is added are displayed on the display along a first axis in a still state, making a display mode different between the first additional image added to the first image and the second additional image added to the second image.

Abstract: A laminated glass includes a first glass plate, a second glass plate, and an interlayer disposed between the first glass plate and the second glass plate to bond the first glass plate and the second glass plate; the laminated glass partly having a first area configured to be used by a head-up display; the first glass plate having a 4th surface disposed on an opposite side of the interlayer, and a 3rd surface facing the interlayer; the second glass plate having a 2nd surface facing the interlayer and a 1st surface disposed on an opposite side of the interlayer; the first area having a P-polarized light reflective layer disposed on the 4th surface and a light-absorbing layer disposed at a position closer to the 1st surface than the P-polarized light reflective layer; the laminated glass being configured such that the formula of A?85% is satisfied wherein the total of a visible light transmittance of the P-polarized light reflective layer and a visible light transmittance of the light-absorbing layer is Tv %, th

Abstract: A battery frame is fixed to a chassis and a battery pack is assembled to the battery frame. The battery frame includes a pair of crossbars and a pair of side bars. The crossbars extend in the vehicle width direction while being spaced apart in the vehicle front-rear direction, and have both ends in the vehicle width direction fixed to the side members. The side bars extend in the vehicle front-rear direction while being spaced apart in the vehicle width direction, and have front ends and rear ends detachably fixed to the crossbars.

Abstract: A photovoltaic module includes a front protective layer, a back protective layer, a plurality of solar cells, and a filler. The front protective layer is transmissive to light and has a first surface and a second surface opposite to the first surface. The back protective layer faces the second surface. The plurality of solar cells are between the second surface and the back protective layer. The filler is between the front protective layer and the plurality of solar cells and covers the plurality of solar cells. The filler includes a material with a chemical structure to generate a free acid. The front protective layer includes a weather-resistance resin. At least a part of the first surface is exposed to a space external to the photovoltaic module.

Abstract: Provided is a semiconductor device and a method of manufacturing a semiconductor device in which deterioration of energy loss is suppressed. The semiconductor device includes: a drift layer of a first conductivity type provided between a first main surface and a second main surface of a semiconductor substrate; and a field stop layer of the first conductivity type having an impurity concentration higher than that of the drift layer and provided between the drift layer and the second main surface. A net carrier concentration profile at room temperature of the field stop layer have at least one peak from the second main surface toward the first main surface. A hydrogen atom concentration profile of the field stop layer have at least two peaks from the second main surface toward the first main surface. The hydrogen atom concentration profile has more peaks than the net carrier concentration profile.

Abstract: An information processing device includes a display and a second controller that causes the display to display an edit screen including a first image edit area and a second image edit area for receiving an edit to an image. The second controller causes a stair image, which resembles the shape of a media tray to be inserted into a printing device, to be displayed as a background image of the edit screen. Images displayed in the first image edit area and the second image edit area are associated with images to be printed on a plurality of print media loaded in the media tray, the association being based on the location of the stair image relative to the first image edit area and the second image edit area.

Abstract: An encoder includes circuitry and memory coupled to the circuitry. In operation, the circuitry: derives a motion vector of a current block by referring to at least one reference picture different from a picture to which the current block belongs; performs a mode for estimating, for each sub-block unit of sub-blocks obtained by splitting the current block, a surrounding region of the motion vector to correct the motion vector; determines whether to apply deblocking filtering to each of boundaries between neighboring ones of the sub-blocks; and applies the deblocking filtering to the boundary, based on a result of the determination.

Abstract: A radar apparatus includes an antenna unit, a cover portion, and a radio-wave suppression portion. The antenna unit includes an antenna surface in which one or more antennas that radiate radio waves are provided and is configured to emit a target radio wave of a predetermined frequency band. The cover portion is configured to be provided in a position through which the target radio wave passes. The radio-wave suppression portion is integrated with the cover portion in an out-of-detection-range area, of an outer surface of the cover portion, that is an area outside a range of a detection angle of the antenna portion, and includes a conductive portion that has conductivity and a non-conductive portion that does not have conductivity.

Abstract: The installation structure of a sensor includes a sensor body, a holder provided with a locking part and configured to install the sensor body by locking the sensor body with the locking part, the locking part configured to deform when installing the sensor body to the holder and configured to restore when installation of the sensor body to the holder is completed, and a holder-installation body provided with an installable portion where the holder is to be installed and configured to prevent a deformation of the locking part of the holder.

Abstract: According to one embodiment, a magnetic device includes a layered body with a first magnetic layer, a second magnetic layer, and a first non-magnetic layer between the first magnetic body and the second magnetic body. A side wall layer covers at least a side wall of the first non-magnetic body of the layered body and includes at least one first substance chosen from silicon oxide, zirconium oxide, aluminum oxide, aluminum nitride, and silicon nitride, and at least one second substance chosen from arsenic, tellurium, antimony, bismuth, and germanium.

Abstract: In an optical fiber cable in which an optical fiber ribbon formed by parallelly arranging a plurality of optical fibers is packaged in an internal space, a core portion of each optical fiber is made of pure quartz and an effective cross-sectional area of the core portion at a wavelength of 1,550 nm is 110 ?m2 or more and 150 ?m2 or less. The optical fiber ribbon is an optical fiber ribbon in which the optical fibers are connected by continuously applying an adhesive resin between adjacent optical fibers. An occupation ratio of the optical fiber ribbon to the internal space calculated from a ratio of a cross-sectional area of the internal space to a cross-sectional area of the packaged optical fiber ribbon is 25% or more and 55% or less.

Abstract: A pre-training method executed by a training apparatus includes converting an input acoustic feature amount sequence into a corresponding intermediate acoustic feature amount sequence having a first length using a first conversion model to which a conversion model parameter is provided, converting a correct answer symbol sequence to generate a first frame unit symbol sequence having the first length and generating a second frame unit symbol sequence having the first length by delaying the first frame unit symbol sequence by one frame, converting the second frame unit symbol sequence into an intermediate character feature amount sequence having the first length using a second conversion model to which a character feature amount estimation model parameter is provided, and performing label estimation using an estimation model to which an estimation model parameter is provided based on the intermediate acoustic feature amount sequence and the intermediate character feature amount sequence.

Abstract: A rear sprocket comprises a sprocket body, a plurality of sprocket teeth, a plurality of spline teeth, a maximum spline distance, and a radial tooth-bottom distance. Each of the plurality of spline teeth has a spline crest. The maximum spline distance is defined from the rotational center axis to the spline crest. The radial tooth-bottom distance is defined from a rotational center axis to one of plurality of tooth bottom center points. The maximum spline distance is larger than the radial tooth-bottom distance. The spline crest of each of the plurality of spline teeth is positioned radially inwardly from the tooth outline of each of the plurality of sprocket teeth in the radial direction.