Abstract: A substrate processing apparatus includes a first tank, a path including a first path, a first heater, a hydrogen peroxide supply path, and a controller. The first path allows sulfuric acid to be supplied therethrough from the first tank to a nozzle. The first heater heats a heating region of the first path. The controller controls ejecting sulfuric acid heated by the first heater and a hydrogen peroxide solution from the nozzle onto a substrate, the sulfuric acid and the hydrogen peroxide solution on the substrate having been mixed, and then ejecting sulfuric acid having a temperature lower than a temperature of the sulfuric acid heated by the first heater and the hydrogen peroxide solution from the nozzle onto the substrate, the sulfuric acid and the hydrogen peroxide solution on the substrate having been mixed.

Abstract: A negative electrode material for a non-aqueous electrolyte secondary battery includes composite particles, and a conductive layer disposed on a surface of each of the composite particles. The composite particles each have a silicate phase, and silicon phases dispersed in the silicate phase. The conductive layer contains a calcium component.

Abstract: A power storage device includes a positive electrode including a positive electrode active material layer formed on a first surface of a positive current collector, a negative electrode including a negative electrode active material layer formed on a first surface of a negative current collector, a separator interposed between the positive electrode active material layer and the negative electrode active material layer, and a sealing portion. One of the positive current collector and the negative current collector is made of aluminum foil having a thickness of 1 to 50 ?m. The other is made of aluminum foil having a thickness of 1 to 50 ?m, or copper foil having a thickness of 1 to 25 ?m. The sealing portion is made of thermoplastic polyolefin-based resin having a peak top temperature of 135° C. or less.

Abstract: A droplet discharge device for discharging a droplet into recess parts of a storage vessel includes a storage vessel, a discharge head configured to insert a discharge surface into a recess part and discharge droplets while moving in two horizontal directions, a mounting table, a vertical position adjusting part configured to change a relative vertical position between the head and table, a vertical position adjustment control part configured to control the adjusting part, a horizontal position detecting part configured to detect a horizontal position of the storage vessel, and a target position detecting part configured to detect, before starting discharge, a distance from a vertical reference height to a discharge target surface, wherein the control part controls, based on the detected distance, the vertical position of the head or table during the discharge such that a discharge height of the discharge surface relative to the discharge target surface stays constant.

Abstract: A fixing unit includes a film including a tubular shape and configured to rotate, a heater arranged inside the film and including a heating resistor configured to generate heat by passing alternating current therethrough and an insulator configured to cover the heating resistor, a sliding member arranged between the heater and the film and configured to be in sliding contact with an inner surface of the film, the sliding member having electric conductivity, a pressing member configured to be in pressure contact with the sliding member across the film to form a nip portion between the sliding member and the pressing member, and a conductive member electrically connected to a ground potential via at least one impedance element. The sliding member is electrically connected to the conductive member.

Abstract: An apparatus and system for vehicle application management. The apparatus includes: at least one storage storing instructions; and at least one processor configured to execute the instructions to perform operations including: obtaining information identifying a first plurality of vehicle applications selected by a user of the vehicle and determining, for the user, a user-specific application matrix comprising first weight values. Each one of the first weight values is for a respective one of the first plurality of vehicle applications, and each one of the first weight values is determined based on at least a frequency of use, by the user, of the respective one of the first plurality of vehicle applications. The operations also include controlling, using the determined user-specific application matrix, downloading and installation, at the vehicle, of at least one of the first plurality of vehicle applications that is not currently installed in the vehicle.

Abstract: A motor-driven compressor and a housing for the motor-driven compressor are provided. A power line connector and a communication line connector are arranged on an external surface of a housing. A first terminal of an interlocking communication line is located in the power line connector. A second terminal of the interlocking communication line is located in the communication line connector. The interlocking communication line is routed on the external surface from the first terminal to the second terminal.

Abstract: A recommendation device is a device that recommends a driver assistance function available for a user who is driving a vehicle. The recommendation device includes: an information collection unit configured to collect information related to the use of the driver assistance function in a plurality of the vehicles; an aggregation unit configured to aggregate the information related to the use collected by the information collection unit; a prescribed area specification unit configured to specify, among areas where the driver assistance function is expected to be used, a prescribed area where an aggregation result acquired by the aggregation unit corresponds to a prescribed condition; and a recommendation unit configured to output recommendation information for recommending the prescribed area and the driver assistance function expected to be used in the prescribed area in an associated manner.

Abstract: A method of outputting a parameter of a sound processing device receives an audio signal, obtains information of the parameter of the sound processing device, which corresponds to the received audio signal, by using a trained model obtained by performing training of a relationship among a training output sound of the sound processing device, a training input sound of the sound processing device, and a parameter of sound processing performed by the sound processing device, the parameter of the sound processing device being receivable by a user of the sound processing device, and outputs obtained information of the parameter of the sound processing device corresponding to the received audio signal.

Abstract: A gas sensor includes: a laminate formed of a plurality of layers including at least one layer of a solid electrolyte; a reference gas chamber formed in the laminate and containing a reference gas; and a reference electrode partially exposed in the reference gas chamber. A portion which is not exposed in the reference gas chamber, of the reference electrode is sandwiched between, among the layers, a first layer and a second layer adjacent to the first layer. When an area of the portion sandwiched between the first layer and the second layer, of the reference electrode is defined as a first area, and an area of a portion exposed in the reference gas chamber, of the reference electrode is defined as a second area, a ratio of the first area to the second area is 0.3 or more.

Abstract: An injection molding machine according to one embodiment includes a bed, an injection apparatus and a moving apparatus provided on the bed, and a hydraulic system for actuating the injection apparatus and the moving apparatus. The hydraulic system is provided with a hydraulic device group including a motor, a hydraulic pump, an oil tank, oil filters, and valves, and the hydraulic device group is arranged inside the bed.

Abstract: A lens mount is configured to enable a lens apparatus that includes a first optical system and a second optical system to be attached to and detached from an image pickup apparatus. The lens mount includes a cover member having a first opening for the first optical system and a second opening for the second optical system, and a filter member movable between a first state in which the filter member retreats from the first opening and the second opening and a second state in which the filter member enters the first opening and the second opening. The filter member becomes in the first state by simultaneously retreating from the first opening and the second opening, and becomes in the second state by simultaneously entering the first opening and the second opening.

Abstract: A signal processing apparatus is mounted in a moving body and performs a process for measuring an object present in a vicinity of the moving body. The apparatus sets an intensity threshold corresponding to an intensity distribution based on at least one measurement signal periodically generated, and extracts at least one target peak that is a peak that is greater than the intensity threshold in the intensity distribution, using an upper limit number set in advance as an upper limit. The apparatus stores, in a storage unit, the number of extracted peaks that is the number of the at least one target peak extracted, and sets the intensity threshold so as to suppress the number of the at least one target peak in a new intensity distribution from exceeding the upper limit number, based on the number of extracted peaks in a previous intensity distribution stored in the storage unit.

Abstract: A vehicle management server is configured to transmit, to a vehicle, an update program for updating an existing program of an electronic device mounted on the vehicle. The vehicle management server includes a communicator and a controller. The communicator is configured to communicate with the vehicle. The controller is configured to control an update process. The controller is configured to determine, depending on a type of the update program, whether to present, to a vehicle user, an indication related to the update process for the existing program using the update program, and transmit, when the controller determines to present the indication related to the update process to the vehicle user, information for causing a predetermined information terminal to display the indication related to the update process to the vehicle via the communicator.

Abstract: The present technology relates to a wireless communication apparatus and a wireless communication method capable of promptly notifying a wireless communication apparatus on a transmission side of a data reception status of a wireless communication apparatus on a reception side. The wireless communication apparatus includes a transmitter that transmits data to another wireless communication apparatus via one or more first links, and a receiver that receives control information from the another wireless communication apparatus via one or more second links in parallel with transmission of the data via the one or more first links. The present technology can be applied to, for example, a wireless communication apparatus that performs multi-link operation (MLO).

Abstract: There is provided an information processing apparatus and information processing method to implement a more natural and flexible behavior plan of an autonomous mobile object, the information processing apparatus including a behavior planner configured to plan a behavior of an autonomous mobile object based on estimation of circumstances, wherein the behavior planner is configured to, based on the circumstances that are estimated and multiple sets of needs that are opposed to each other, determine the behavior to be executed by the autonomous mobile object. The information processing method includes, by a processor, planning a behavior of an autonomous mobile object based on estimation of circumstances, wherein the planning includes, based on the circumstances that are estimated and multiple sets of needs that are opposed to each other, determining the behavior to be executed by the autonomous mobile object.

Abstract: A non-transitory computer-readable recording medium storing an information processing program for causing a computer to execute processing including: extracting, for a plurality of pieces of combination data each of which is a combination of a plurality of feature amounts that includes an invariable feature amount and a variable feature amount that represent features of a target, combination data to be processed based on the plurality of pieces of combination data according to relation between the respective pieces of combination data; executing causal search processing for the variable feature amount according to the invariable feature amount by using the combination data to be processed; and selecting, based on a result of the causal search processing, a specific variable feature amount that corresponds to the specified invariable feature amount, to present the selected specific variable feature.

Abstract: A vehicle braking device includes a braking actuator, a hydraulic pressure generation device, a hydraulic pressure sensor, and an electronic control unit. The electronic control unit is configured to execute an upstream pressure maintaining process of controlling the hydraulic pressure generation device to increase and maintain the upstream hydraulic pressure, a downstream pressurization process of controlling the braking actuator such that hydraulic fluid is supplied to the wheel cylinder through the hydraulic pressure flow path in a state in which the upstream hydraulic pressure is maintained, and a failure determination process of determining that a failure has occurred in the braking actuator in a case where the upstream hydraulic pressure is not decreased to be equal to or lower than a determination threshold value as the downstream pressurization process is executed.

Abstract: The invention of the present application has as its object the provision of a work machine that is equipped with a function to prevent a work device thereof from going into an entry prohibited area and can satisfy both working precision and working efficiency of the work device. A controller is therefore configured to start work range limiting control to decelerate or stop an action of a machine main body or the work device when a distance between a monitor point set beforehand on the work device and the entry prohibited area decreases to a first distance, to end the work range limiting control when the distance between the monitor point and the entry prohibited area increases to a second distance greater than the first distance, and to change the second distance according to an operation amount of an operation device.

Abstract: A hydraulic operating device is provided for a human-powered vehicle. The hydraulic operating device basically includes a base, an operating member and a handlebar mounting structure. The base includes a cylinder bore defining a cylinder axis. The operating member is pivotally coupled to the base about a pivot axis between a rest position and an operated position. The handlebar mounting structure is coupled to the base. The handlebar mounting structure defines a handlebar mounting axis that extends linearly along a handlebar in a mounted state. The cylinder axis is inclined towards the handlebar mounting axis as the cylinder bore extends away from the pivot axis as viewed in a pivot axis direction parallel to the pivot axis. The pivot axis is located in an area between the cylinder axis and the handlebar mounting axis as viewed in the pivot axis direction.