Abstract: A wearable airbag device that is adapted to be worn by a wearer for protecting one or more targeted body parts of the wearer. The airbag device includes an airbag that includes one or more protecting inflatable portions each of which is configured to be inflated with an inflation gas and cover one of the one or more targeted body parts, and a means for preventing each of the protecting inflatable portions from being dislocated from the targeted body part at airbag deployment.

Abstract: A vehicle gear-shifting control apparatus is equipped with an engine, an automatic transmission, and a controller which changes a shift stage by outputting a gear-shifting signal in accordance with the rotation speed of an input shaft to the automatic transmission. The controller executes a torque-regulating control of temporarily increasing or decreasing an input torque input to the input shaft during a shift-change, and when executing the control, determines whether or not a target increase/decrease amount of the input torque can be realized based on calculation results of a target output torque and a target gear-shifting time, executes the control to realize the target amount when it is determined that the target amount can be realized, and executes the control based on an allowable gear-shifting time set in advance to be longer than the target gear-shifting time when it is determined that the target amount cannot be realized.

Abstract: An iron-based sintered alloy, which has a composition including, in terms of percent by mass, Ti: 18.4 to 24.6%, Mo: 2.8 to 6.6%, C: 4.7 to 7.0%, Cr: 7.5 to 10.0%, Ni: 4.5 to 6.5%, Co: 1.5 to 4.5%, Al: 0.6 to 1.0%, the balance being Fe and unavoidable impurities, wherein the alloy has a structure in which hard particles are dispersed in an island form in a matrix, among other characteristics.

Abstract: A printing apparatus includes: a main body having an accommodation part accommodating a printing medium; and an opening/closing cover supported by the main body so as to be swingable between a closed position and an opened position, a first unit and a second unit being selectively installable to the opening/closing cover, the first unit being configured to rotatably support a first platen roller, the second unit being configured to rotatably support a second platen roller, the opening/closing cover including a cover guide, the opening/closing cover having a discharge port discharging the guided printing medium. The first unit has a partition wall superposed to cover the cover guide and partitioning a space into the first platen roller-side and the discharge port-side in a case the first unit is installed to the opening/closing cover.

Abstract: An object of the present invention is to provide methods of discovering drugs effective for tough targets, which have conventionally been discovered only with difficulty. The present invention relates to novel methods for cyclizing peptide compounds, and novel peptide compounds and libraries comprising the same, to achieve the above object.

Abstract: Provided is an optical fiber ribbon capable of achieving higher density and reduction in diameter and accurately placing optical fibers in V-shape grooves in a fusion machine without failure. The optical fiber ribbon 1 includes three or more of optical fibers 2 arranged in parallel and connecting portions 3 connecting adjacent two optical fibers 2 together, the connecting portions 3 being intermittently provided in each of a ribbon longitudinal direction and a ribbon width direction. The connecting portions 3 are each formed in such a manner as to fill resin into a gap S formed between adjacent two optical fibers 2, and both surfaces of the respective connecting portions 3 are each formed into a recess having a concave shape curved toward a center of the gap S to separate from lines 4,5 each connecting contact points of the optical fibers 2 when being placed on a horizontal surface.

Abstract: A semiconductor structure includes an alternating stack of insulating layers and electrically conductive layers located over a substrate, memory openings vertically extending through the alternating stack, memory opening fill structures located in the memory openings, where each of the memory opening fill structures contains a memory film and a vertical semiconductor channel that extend vertically, and each memory film includes a crystalline blocking dielectric metal oxide layer, and a metal oxide amorphous dielectric nucleation layer located between each of the vertically neighboring electrically conductive layers and insulating layers, and located between each of the crystalline blocking dielectric metal oxide layers and each of the electrically conductive layers.

Abstract: A color chart is for performing color adjustment on an image forming apparatus. The color chart includes identification information and a color adjustment patch. The identification information is on an image forming apparatus to which color adjustment is to be applied. The color adjustment patch includes a plurality of color patches for performing color adjustment on the image forming apparatus indicated by the identification information.

Abstract: Methods and systems for crowd level estimation are provided. The system for crowd level estimation includes an input module and a crowd level estimation module. The input module receives an input image of a crowd and the crowd level estimation module estimates a crowd level of the crowd in the input image in response to a crowd density level.

Abstract: There is provided a camera installation structure for inside of operation room that can obtain a camera image with reduced shake to enable remote operation and hardly obstructs rear visual field in a case where an operator boards a working machine. A camera installation structure 10 includes an operation seat 3, a scaffold member 20 disposed in a rear space 4, and mounting portions for mounting the scaffold member 20. The scaffold member 20 includes a plurality of shelves 21, 23, 25, and 27, a camera 50 installed on the fourth shelf 27, and mounting brackets. In a state where the mounting brackets are mounted on the mounting portions, a lens 51 of the camera is disposed at a height position corresponding to a height of eyes of an operator in a case where the operator sits on the operation seat 3.

Abstract: A color conversion particle includes a core; and a shell that contains the core and absorbs excitation light, and emits light at the core or at an interface between the core and the shell upon receiving the irradiated excitation light. The shell is composed of a chalcogenide perovskite, and the core and the shell have band alignment that induces a Stokes shift.

Abstract: Noise included in a signal related to biological information acquired by a radio wave sensor is reduced. A biological information detection device includes: a reflection signal acquiring unit to acquire a reflection signal, from a living body, of a radio wave emitted toward the living body; an image acquiring unit that acquires an image of the living body; an image processing unit that performs image processing on the acquired image; a signal strength estimating unit that estimates a possible range of signal strength of the reflection signal on the basis of a result of the image processing; and a noise reduction processing unit that reduces, from the reflection signal, a signal having strength outside the estimated range of signal strength.

Abstract: The present disclosure relates to an optical fiber strain measurement method including, in order: a strain amount measurement step S2 of measuring a strain amount ?n? of each core wire of an optical fiber ribbon F; a torsion angle calculation step S3 of calculating a torsion angle ? per unit length of the optical fiber ribbon F on the basis of a difference ?? in strain amount between an outer core wire and an inner core wire; a torsional strain amount calculation step S4 of calculating a strain amount ?n caused by torsion of each core wire of the optical fiber ribbon F on the basis of the torsion angle ?; and a tensile strain amount calculation step S5 of subtracting the strain amount ?n from the strain amount ?n?, and calculating a strain amount ??n caused by tension of each core wire of the optical fiber ribbon F.

Abstract: Provided is an in-vehicle camera shield state determination device which determines a shield state of an external camera of a vehicle, the device determines whether or not shield is detected by image processing of a captured image, determines whether or not an object is close to the vehicle in an imaging direction of the external camera, based on a detection result of an external sensor of the vehicle, determines whether or not the external camera is in the shield state, based on a detection result of a shield detection unit and a determination result of a proximity determination unit, and even if shield is detected by image processing of the captured image, when it is determined that the object is close to the vehicle in the imaging direction of the external camera, it is not determined that the external camera is in the shield state.

Abstract: Provided is a discharge detector for detecting discharge occurred in a circuit with an electrically connected load based on a noise in a high frequency band superimposed on an alternating current power source supplied to the circuit.

Abstract: A sensor includes a first substrate including at least a first pixel. The first pixel includes an avalanche photodiode to convert incident light into electric charge and includes an anode and a cathode. The cathode is in a well region of the first substrate. The first pixel includes an isolation region that isolates the well region from at least a second pixel that is adjacent to the first pixel. The first pixel includes a hole accumulation region between the isolation region and the well region. The hole accumulation region is electrically connected to the anode.

Abstract: A data processing apparatus according to an embodiment includes a signal processing unit and a control unit. The signal processing unit is configured to receive data wirelessly transmitted from the terminal apparatus. The control unit executes a first operation under a constraint condition related to wireless communication of the terminal apparatus. The first operation includes: determining a transmission control parameter used for wireless communication of the terminal apparatus; and repeatedly determining a transmission control parameter again using the determined transmission control parameter when the determined transmission control parameter is different from the transmission control parameter before the determination. The control unit is configured to apply the transmission control parameter obtained through the first operation to the terminal apparatus.

Abstract: In information processing device, the information acquisition means acquires patient information, medical professional information, and environment information. The treatment order determination means determines an order of treatment of the patients for each medical professional based on the patient information, the medical professional information, and the environment information.

Abstract: Provided are a heterocyclic compound represented by Formula 1, an organic light-emitting device including the same, and an electronic apparatus including the organic light-emitting device. wherein the substituents in Formula 1 are as described in the present specification.

Abstract: An exercise community formation apparatus includes an exercise-related information acquisition unit configured to acquire exercise-related information for each of a plurality of members belonging to a specific community, an extraction unit configured to extract at least two or more members from the plurality of members based on the exercise-related information for each of the plurality of members, and an output unit configured to output a result of the extraction. The exercise-related information indicates a proficiency level for each of at least one or more exercise subjects of the corresponding member and a time period to which the corresponding member can assign an exercise.