Abstract: A recommendation device recommendation device acquires a moving route of the vehicle driven by a target user; specifies one or a plurality of driver assistance functions recommended to be used on the moving route and use recommended areas where the driver assistance functions are recommended to be used; evaluates a use record of the target user regarding the driver assistance functions specified; and outputs recommendation information for recommending: the driver assistance functions remaining after excluding the driver assistance functions for which an evaluation result of the use record of the target user corresponds to a prescribed condition from the driver assistance functions specified; and the respective use recommended areas of the driver assistance functions.

Abstract: A workpiece processing apparatus includes: a cabinet having a projection chamber, workpieces being subjected to processing in the projection chamber; a projector configured to project projection media toward the workpieces charged into the projection chamber; an image sensor configured to image the projection chamber to form an image; and a control unit configured to output information relating to presence or absence of a residue in the projection chamber based on an initial image and an inspection image, the initial image being an image formed by the image sensor and being an image of the projection chamber with no workpiece remaining, the inspection image being an image formed by the image sensor and being an image of the projection chamber after discharging processing in which the plurality of workpieces are discharged from the projection chamber.

Abstract: An acquirer that acquires, based on measurement data acquired over time using an analysis device, measurement waveform data, the measurement data representing a change in domain direction of the measurement data, and an estimator that acquires estimation waveform data that is what noise data is at least partially removed from the measurement waveform data, are included. The estimator acquires the estimation waveform data as data such that the noise data included in the measurement waveform data has a correlation in the domain direction. Thus, a peak shape can be correctly estimated based on measurement waveform data to which noise is added.

Abstract: The nonaqueous electrolyte secondary battery herein disclosed includes a nonaqueous electrolyte, a wound electrode assembly, and a battery case accommodating them. The wound electrode assembly includes a pair of flat surface parts and a pair of R parts. In a state where 4.5 kN restriction pressure is added from a thickness direction so as to restrict the wound electrode assembly, when a total of outermost circumferential lengths of the pair of R parts of the wound electrode assembly on a cross section orthogonal to the winding axis of the wound electrode assembly is treated as a (mm), an outermost circumferential length of the cross section is treated as b (mm), a width of the positive electrode active material layer is treated as c (mm), and a height of the wound electrode assembly of the cross section is treated as d (mm), both 0.282<a/b and c/d<1.91 are satisfied.

Abstract: A semiconductor memory device includes a substrate, a layer stack, and a pillar. The layer stack is in a first direction above the substrate. The pillar penetrates the layer stack in the first direction. The layer stack includes a first conductor and a first insulator on an upper surface of the first conductor along the first direction. The pillar includes a second insulator extending along an extending direction of the pillar. The second insulator includes a first part located in a first layer in which the first conductor is located and a second part located in a second layer in which the first insulator is located. The first part includes a portion thicker than the second part. A diameter of the pillar in the first layer is larger than a diameter of the pillar in the second layer.

Abstract: A force sensor includes a first structure, four strain generation parts, and a second structure connected to the first structure with the strain generation parts interposed therebetween. The strain generation part includes a first connection part connected to the first structure, a first branch part, which is a beam-like part branching into two from the first connection part toward the second structure and extending in directions separating from each other, a second branch part, which is a beam-like part connected to the first branch part with bent parts interposed therebetween and extending in directions approaching each other, and a second connection part where branched parts of the second branch part join and connects to the second structure. The strain generation parts are formed so that the strain generation parts become line-symmetric with respect to the first and second axes when projected in a direction perpendicular to the reference plane.

Abstract: A skeletal structure is provided that includes a panel, and a frame joined to a front surface side of the panel. The frame includes a plurality of first frames oriented in a fixed direction and a second frame oriented in a direction orthogonal to the plurality of first frames, and each of the plurality of first frames and the second frame are formed to have an open cross-sectional shape. An end portion of each first frame of the plurality of first frames is joined to the second frame in an overlapping state.

Abstract: An information processing apparatus is connected to a voice processing server that analyzes text data transmitted from a voice input/output apparatus that converts an instruction by an utterance of a user to the text data and outputs the text data, and outputs an instruction obtained by analysis and utterance language information indicating a language of the utterance, and the information processing apparatus includes: a communicator that communicates with the voice processing server; a destination searcher that determines on the basis of the utterance language information whether to include a space character in a target of the search, and searches for a name indicated in a search character string from a destination list on the basis of a result of the determination; and a hardware processor that performs control to transmit a search result of a destination by the destination searcher to the voice processing server via the communicator.

Abstract: A vehicle includes a motor, a gear mechanism connected downstream of the motor, a box that has a motor chamber that houses the motor, a gear chamber that houses the gear mechanism and lubricating oil, and an exhaust pipe. A first cooling box, in which cooling liquid that cools the motor is introduced, is configured on an outer circumference of the motor. A second cooling box, which is connected so that cooling liquid can circulate between the second cooling box and the first cooling box, is configured on an outer circumference of the box. The motor chamber is arranged at a position spaced further apart from the exhaust pipe than the gear chamber.

Abstract: What is provided is a compound, a pattern forming substrate, a coupling agent, and a pattern formation method. The compound is represented by Formula (1).

Abstract: A power transmission device includes a motor, a gear mechanism connected downstream of the motor and lubricated by oil, and a box. The box has a wall part that covers an outer circumference of the gear mechanism, and a jacket part that covers an outer circumference of the wall part. A cooling chamber, in which cooling liquid is introduced, is formed between the wall part and the jacket part. The cooling chamber includes a portion that overlaps with the gear mechanism when seen from a radial direction, and a portion that overlaps the gear mechanism when seen from an axial direction.

Abstract: Provided is a method of stabilizing a perfluorodioxolane compound, which includes having a quinone compound present in a composition containing a perfluorodioxolane compound, wherein the perfluorodioxolane compound is one or more perfluorodioxolane compounds selected from the group consisting of a perfluorodioxolane compound denoted by general formula (1) and a perfluorodioxolane compound denoted by general formula (2).

Abstract: Provided is an encoder including: circuitry; and memory coupled to the circuitry. In operation, the circuitry: performs a mapping process of Luma Mapping with Chroma Scaling (LMCS) for transforming a first pixel value space applied to a luma display image signal into a second pixel value space applied to a luma encoding process signal, using line segments forming a transform curve, each of which corresponds to a different one of sections obtained by partitioning the first pixel value space; and encodes an image, and in the performing of the LMCS, the circuitry determines the transform curve so that among boundary values in the second pixel value space, a first value obtained by dividing a boundary value by a base width defined according to a bit depth of the image is not equal to a second value obtained by dividing another boundary value by the base width.

Abstract: A device includes a conversion unit, a generation unit configured to generate a pulse signal based on a signal from the conversion unit, a counter circuit configured to count the generated pulse signal, and a time measurement circuit configured to measure a time wherein one of a count value counted by the counter circuit or a time measurement value measured by the time measurement circuit is selectively output.

Abstract: A print head includes a nozzle array comprising a plurality of nozzles, and a negative pressure generating portion configured to apply a negative pressure to the nozzle array. A tank includes a storage portion and an air communication port. A tube connects the print head and the tank and supply the liquid from the tank to the print head. A highest position of a liquid level in the tank in the vertical direction is higher than a position of the nozzle array, and an absolute value of a water head difference caused by a difference between the highest position of the liquid level in the tank and the position of the nozzle array is not larger than an absolute value of a negative pressure generated by the negative pressure generating portion.

Abstract: The present invention provides a means capable of suppressing the formation of fine particles in a method for producing a silica sol.

Abstract: A heater section includes a plate-like ceramic body (a first substrate layer 1, a second substrate layer 2, and a third substrate layer 3) having a longitudinal direction (front-rear direction) and a short-length direction (left-right direction), and a heater 72 disposed within the plate-like ceramic body and including a lead section 79 and a heating section 76 connected to the lead section 79. The heating section 76 includes a straight portion 78 extending along the longitudinal direction, and a lead side curved portion 77b connected to one of the ends of the straight portion 78 closer to the lead section 79. The lead side curved portion 77b has a lower resistance per unit length than the straight portion 78 at one or more temperatures in the range of 700° C. to 900° C.

Abstract: A device is for estimating a position of a vehicle equipped with a laser scanner capable of acquiring point cloud data by scanning a laser beam and a camera capable of acquiring an image in a predetermined direction. The device includes an acquisition unit configured to acquire the point cloud data and the image, an estimation unit configured to estimate the position based on the point cloud data or the image, and an extraction unit configured to extract, from the point cloud data, valid point cloud data that is usable for estimating the position. The estimation unit is configured to estimate the position using: (i) the valid point cloud data if a number of pieces of valid point cloud data is equal to or greater than a predetermined number; and (ii) the image if the number of pieces of valid point cloud data is less than the predetermined number.

Abstract: A light emitting device includes: a light emitting element configured to emit first light; a first wavelength conversion member disposed on the light emitting element and having a lower surface bonded to the light emitting element, an upper surface, and a lateral surface that meets the upper surface, the first wavelength conversion member being configured to emit second light when excited by the first light; a second wavelength conversion member covering the lateral surface of the first wavelength conversion member without covering the upper surface of the first wavelength conversion member, the second wavelength conversion member having an oblique surface extending outward from the lateral surface of the first wavelength conversion member, the second wavelength conversion member being configured to emit third light when excited by at least one of the first light and the second light; and a first light reflecting member covering the oblique surface.

Abstract: An electronic device includes a first unit having an input part and a second unit having a display. The first unit and the second unit are detachably coupled, and the first unit includes a socket capable of housing a predetermined side of the second unit. A first insertion hole, into which a security member can be inserted, is provided on a side of the socket, and a second insertion hole, into which the security member can be inserted, is provided on a side of the second unit. The first insertion hole of the socket is provided on an upper part of the socket, and the second insertion hole of the second unit is provided on a lower part of the second unit.