Abstract: A vehicle behavior estimation system includes: a yaw rate sensor that detects a yaw rate of a diagnosis target vehicle; a vehicle speed sensor that detects a vehicle speed of the diagnosis target vehicle; and a processor. The processor acquires a first curvature that is a curvature of a traveling locus of the diagnosis target vehicle based on the yaw rate and the vehicle speed, and performs a driving diagnosis related to steering of the diagnosis target vehicle based on a criterion and a curvature-related value. The criterion defines a relationship between a steering angle-related value that is a value based on a steering angle of a steering wheel of a reference vehicle that is a vehicle different from the diagnosis target vehicle and a behavior of the reference vehicle caused by steering. The curvature-related value is a value based on the first curvature.

Abstract: Provided are an optimization method, an information processing device, and an information processing system capable of efficiently performing a ground state search of a constrained binary quadratic model. The information processing device performs the ground state search for the constrained binary quadratic model by substituting the ground state search for the binary quadratic model in which the interaction relationship between variables has a complete bipartite graph structure. Here, this information processing device divides the variable group corresponding to the vertex set divided into two in the complete bipartite graph into a group capable of updating the state in which the constraint is satisfied. Then, this information processing device can update the group of each variable group in parallel based on the information of the energy function and the variable, and execute the process of searching the ground state.

Abstract: A surface treatment method for preventing adhesion of powder to a powder-contacting member having a surface on which contacted powder flows in the form of a particle layer. The method includes performing surface treatment on the surface such that an arithmetic average peak curvature Spc (1/mm) of the surface is 150 to 400, a peak density Spd (piece/mm2) of the surface is 10000 to 180000, a root mean square gradient Sdq of the surface is 0.05 to 0.30, and an arithmetic average height Sa (?m) of the surface is 0.02 to 3.00, and providing a space where an air layer can exist between the particle layer and the surface.

Abstract: An imaging device that has an image processing function and is capable of a high-speed operation is provided. The imaging device has an additional function such as image processing, and can retain analog data obtained by an image capturing operation in pixels and extract data obtained by multiplying the analog data by a given weight coefficient. In the imaging device, the data is stored in a memory cell and pooling processing of data stored in a plurality of memory cells can be performed. The pixels are provided so as to have a region overlapping with at least one of the memory cells, a pooling processing circuit, and a reading circuit of the pixels; thus, an increase in the area of the imaging device can be inhibited even with an additional function.

Abstract: A diaphragm for an electroacoustic transducer includes a paper substrate containing cellulose fibers as a main component and is configured such that a first surface region with a predetermined thickness from a first surface of the paper substrate has a greater total amount of coloring particles than a second surface region with a predetermined thickness from a second surface of the paper substrate, the second surface being opposite to the first surface.

Abstract: An organic compound has a benzonaphthofuran skeleton and is represented by General Formula (G1). In General Formula (G1), A represents a pyrene skeleton. In the case where the pyrene skeleton has a substituent, the substituent is a diarylamino group including two substituted or unsubstituted aryl groups each having 6 to 13 carbon atoms, a substituted or unsubstituted aryl group having 6 to 13 carbon atoms, an alkyl group having 1 to 7 carbon atoms, a substituted or unsubstituted monocyclic saturated hydrocarbon group having 3 to 20 carbon atoms, or a substituted or unsubstituted polycyclic saturated hydrocarbon group having 7 to 10 carbon atoms. The two aryl groups of the diarylamino group may be the same or different.

Abstract: A semiconductor device includes a semiconductor layer having a first surface and a second surface, an element structure formed on the first surface side of the semiconductor layer and including a first conductivity type first region and a second conductivity type second region in contact with the first region, a gate electrode opposing the second region with a gate insulating film therebetween, a first conductivity type third region formed in the semiconductor layer to be in contact with the second region, and a first electrode formed on the semiconductor layer and electrically connected to the first region and the second region, in which the element structure includes a first and a second element structure, the first element structure is separated from the second region in a direction along the first surface of the semiconductor layer, and includes a second conductivity type first column layer extending in a thickness direction.

Abstract: An information processing apparatus includes a controller. The controller obtains information about a designated area and information about a medical service target. The controller creates, in accordance with the population distribution in the designated area, a dispatch schedule for dispatching a medical service vehicle capable of dealing with the medical service target to the designated area.

Abstract: A traveling mode setting unit configured to cause a shift to shift to a second traveling mode via a third traveling mode based on a traveling state of the vehicle traveling in the first traveling mode. The internal combustion engine control unit includes a derivation unit configured to derive a second rotational speed of the internal combustion engine at the time of transition from the third traveling mode to the second traveling mode based on a first rotational speed of the internal combustion engine at the time of transition from the first traveling mode to the third traveling mode, the traveling state of the vehicle and the second reduction ratio, and the internal combustion engine control unit is configured to control a third rotational speed of the internal combustion engine in the third traveling mode to be a value between the first rotational speed and the second rotational speed.

Abstract: The disclosure is inputting a first image captured an image of an authentication target; inputting a second image captured an image of a right eye or a left eye of the target; determining whether the second image is of a left eye or a right eye of the target based on information including the first image, and outputting a determination result as left/right information in association with the second image; detecting an overlap between a region including the second image and a predetermined region in the first image; calculating a verification score by comparing characteristic information that are related to the left/right information with iris characteristic information calculated from the second image, and calculating a first weighted verification score obtained by weighting the verification score with a detection result; and authenticating a target in the second image based on the first weighted verification score, and outputting an authentication result.

Abstract: Methods and systems for crowd level estimation are provided. The system includes a plurality of performance modeling modules (206), an input module (202) and a crowd estimation technique integration module. The plurality of performance modeling modules (206) performance model each of a plurality of crowd estimation techniques based on an accuracy thereof at different crowd levels and/or at different locations. The input module (202) receives an image of a crowd. The crowd estimation technique integration module (208) selects one or more of the plurality of crowd estimation techniques in response to the performance modeling of the one or more of the plurality of crowd estimation techniques and an estimated crowd level and/or an estimated location. The crowd estimation technique integration module (208) then estimates a crowd count of the crowd in the received image in accordance with the selected one or more of the plurality of crowd estimation techniques.

Abstract: A mass spectrometer includes a vacuum chamber, a turbomolecular pump, and a roughing pump. The vacuum chamber is divided into a low vacuum chamber and a high vacuum chamber respectively provided with, on their wall surfaces, a first opening and a second opening. The turbomolecular pump has an operation chamber including in its inside a blade rotor and being provided with a first intake port, and an exhaust chamber communicating with the operation chamber and being provided with a second intake port and an exhaust port. The turbomolecular pump is placed so that the high vacuum chamber and the operation chamber communicate with each other through the second opening and the first intake port, and the low vacuum chamber and the exhaust chamber communicate with each other through the first opening and the second intake port. The roughing pump is connected to the exhaust port.

Abstract: A trading system includes a first trading apparatus including a first processor, and a second trading apparatus including a second processor. The first processor encrypts data using secret information. The first processor publishes second trading information on a distributed ledger when first trading information enabling reception of crypto assets on a condition of publication of argument information that enables derivation of the secret information is published on a distributed ledger. The second trading information is information for receiving the crypto assets and includes the argument information. The second processor publishes the first trading information on a distributed ledger. The second processor acquires the argument information when the second trading information is published on a distributed ledger. The second processor decrypts encrypted data using the argument information.

Abstract: An endoscope includes an insertion observation portion including a distal end portion to be inserted into a target object; an objective lens portion disposed on the distal end portion of the insertion observation portion and includes a lens; a holding member that holds the objective lens portion; a sheath that covers the objective lens portion and the holding member; and a sealing material that is disposed on an outer circumference of the objective lens portion and that shields light. A part of the sealing material is disposed on an inner side of a recessed portion of the lens and forms a diaphragm portion that widens a depth of field of the endoscope.

Abstract: A highly reliable vehicle brake system that includes an electric brake and achieves redundancy at low cost is provided. A vehicle brake system (1) is provided to a wheel (Wa) of a vehicle (VB), and includes an electric brake (16a) provided with a motor (80), a driver (60) that drives the motor (80), and a first control device (10) provided with a master controller (30) and a first sub-controller (40) connected to each other. The electric brake (16a) is controllable by both the master controller (30) and the first sub-controller (40).

Abstract: An image forming apparatus includes a main body housing, a first cartridge to store first developer, a second cartridge to store second developer, a first temperature sensor to detect an inside temperature as a temperature inside the main body housing, and a controller configured to calculate a first control temperature corresponding to the first cartridge, using the detected inside temperature and a first coefficient to be multiplied by the inside temperature, calculate a second control temperature corresponding to the second cartridge, using the detected inside temperature and a second coefficient to be multiplied by the inside temperature, the second coefficient being different from the first coefficient, and perform cooling control to cool an inside of the main body housing when at least one selected from the first control temperature and the second control temperature is higher than a particular threshold.

Abstract: A power transmission device includes a transmission coil that supplies power to a power reception device, a power supply circuit that converts DC power supplied from a DC power source via a plurality of switching elements connected in a full bridge shape or a half bridge shape between DC power sources and the transmission coil into AC power and supplies the AC power to the transmission coil, a phase adjustment circuit having an LC series circuit connected in parallel with the transmission coil and a switching element connected in series with the LC series circuit, and a control circuit that controls switching on and off of the switching element of the phase adjustment circuit in accordance with a measured value of an amount of current when any of the plurality of switching elements of the power supply circuit is turned off by a current detection circuit.

Abstract: The present technology relates to a light reception device and a distance measurement module whose characteristic can be improved. The light reception device includes an on-chip lens, a wiring layer, and a semiconductor layer arranged between the on-chip lens and the wiring layer. The semiconductor layer includes a first tap having a first voltage application portion and a first charge detection portion arranged around the first voltage application portion, and a second tap having a second voltage application portion and a second charge detection portion arranged around the second voltage application portion. Furthermore, the light reception device is configured such that a phase difference is detected using signals detected by the first tap and the second tap. The present technology can be applied, for example, to a light reception device that generates distance information, for example, by a ToF method, and so forth.

Abstract: A vehicle includes a high-voltage system circuit including a high-voltage battery; a low-voltage system circuit including a low-voltage battery and an updater; a DC-DC converter coupled between the two circuits; and a controller that controls the two circuits and the DC-DC converter. The updater updates a program of an update-target device. The DC-DC converter reduces in voltage output electric power of the high-voltage battery and then supplies the electric power to the low-voltage system circuit. The controller determines whether the update-target device is a certain device relating to electric power supply from the high-voltage battery. If the update-target device is the certain device, the low-voltage battery is charged with the output electric power of the high-voltage battery, the certain device stops operating, and the updater updates the program of the certain device by using the output electric power of the low-voltage battery.