Abstract: A sensor system includes a first sensor, a second sensor, a cover, and a control device. The first sensor detects, with first light, a state of a first area located outside a vehicle and outputs first detecting information corresponding to the state. The second sensor detects, with second light, a state of a second area located outside the vehicle and at least partially overlapping with the first area, and outputs second detecting information corresponding to the state. The cover covers at least one of the first and second sensors while forming a part of an outer face of the vehicle and allows passage of at least one of the first and second light. The control device detects an abnormality of the cover based on an inconsistency between the first and second detecting information that are outputted for an area where the first area and the second area overlap.

Abstract: An optical switch includes 2-input 2-output optical switches connected in a multistage, an optical gate provided at each of N-th optical output ports, a driving circuit for operating the 2-input 2-output optical switch, and a driving circuit for operating the optical gate. The driving circuits for operating the 2-input 2-output optical switches are integrated in the vicinity of a control electrode on a waveguide of the 2-input 2-output optical switch. The driving circuits for operating the optical gates are integrated in the vicinity of a control electrode on a waveguide of the optical gates. The waveguide of the 2-input 2-output optical switch and the waveguide of the optical gate each has a p layer, an i layer, and an n layer sequentially formed on a semi-insulating substrate. The optical switch has a trench reaching the semi-insulating substrate between the 2-input 2-output optical switch and the optical gate.

Abstract: A parking assistance device includes an obstacle detection unit configured to detect an obstacle around a vehicle, a boundary detection unit configured to detect a boundary of a parking section, and a target position determination unit configured to determine a target position of a movement route of the vehicle based on the detected boundary. The target position determination unit recognizes, as a wheel stopper, the obstacle detected in a detection area that is set at a position in the parking section on a back side of an entrance and exit of the parking section based on the detected boundary, regardless of a height of the obstacle.

Abstract: A printing apparatus, having a container to store a printing medium therein, an acquisition device to acquire image data, a printing device to print an image on the printing medium, a cutter assembly to cut the printing medium, and a controller, is provided. In a case where a size of the image contained in the image data acquired by the acquisition device is smaller than a size of the printing medium stored in the container, the controller generates rotated image data containing a rotated image, which is an image rotated from an original posture of the image in the image data acquired by the acquisition device, controls the printing device based on the generated rotated image data to print the rotated image on the printing medium, and controls the cutter assembly to cut the printing medium having the rotated image printed by the printing device thereon.

Abstract: An image processing apparatus includes an extractor and an object identifier. The extractor is configured to extract a feature quantity included in a captured image. The object identifier is configured to perform identification of an object on the basis of the feature quantity. The extractor is configured to extract the feature quantity by performing, on the captured image, a convolution calculation multiple times using a filter including multiple filter values that are two-dimensionally arranged. The multiple filter values are initially set at values that are line-symmetric with respect to an axis of symmetry along a predetermined direction. Augmentation batch data of learning data to be used in an update process of the filter by machine learning is configured to include any unflipped image extracted and a flipped image as paired images, the flipped image resulting from applying image-flipping to the unflipped image with respect to the axis of symmetry.

Abstract: A utility vehicle includes: a vehicle body; an occupant section disposed in the vehicle body and configured to accommodate an occupant; a door that is disposed at a portion of the vehicle body which portion is lateral to the occupant section and which is openable and closable; a trim that is attached to at least a portion of a first one of an edge portion of the door or a portion of the vehicle body which portion corresponds to the edge portion of the door, and that is configured to be in contact with a second one of the edge portion or the corresponding portion of the vehicle body when the door is in a closed state; and a cover covering the trim.

Abstract: A learning device detects a first region of interest including a calcification and a second region of interest including an other lesion on the basis of any one of a composite two-dimensional image obtained from a plurality of projection images captured by tomosynthesis imaging or a plurality of tomographic images, the tomographic image, or a normal two-dimensional image, and trains an image generation model, in which a weight for the first region of interest is largest and a weight for the second region of interest is set to be equal to or larger than a weight for a region other than the first region of interest and the second region of interest, by updating a weight for a network of the image generation model on the basis of a loss between a pseudo two-dimensional image output by the image generation model and the normal two-dimensional image and/or the composite two-dimensional image to reduce the loss.

Abstract: A recording apparatus includes a recording head having discharge orifices arranged on a discharge orifice surface, a cap, a wiper, and a moving unit that moves the wiper in a first direction. When the cap covers the discharge orifice surface, a first member is disposed at an inside wall of the cap at a position near a first side of a region having the discharge orifices, and a second member is disposed at another inside wall of the cap at a position near a second side of the region having the discharge orifices. The first side faces in a direction opposite to the first direction and the second side faces in the first direction. In a direction normal to the discharge orifice surface, a distance between the second member and the discharge orifice surface is smaller than a distance between the first member and the discharge orifice surface.

Abstract: In an audio spot formation device D including a speaker unit 1 and a support stand 2 that supports the speaker unit 1, the speaker unit 1 includes a plurality of parametric speakers 1a, 1b, 1c and 1d that divide a sound wave into a carrier wave and a sideband wave and radiate the carrier wave and the sideband wave, and a speaker disposition unit 10 in which the plurality of speakers 1a, 1b, 1c and 1d are disposed, the speaker disposition unit 10 is attached to the support stand 2 at a support unit P, at least one of a height of the support stand 2, an angle of attachment of the speaker disposition unit 10 at the support unit P and a direction of at least one parametric speaker of the plurality of parametric speakers 1a, 1b, 1c and 1d is adjustable, and a position at which an audio spot is formed is adjusted via the adjustment.

Abstract: An encoder includes circuitry and memory coupled to the circuitry. The circuitry, in operation, for each coefficient of a plurality of coefficients included in a block, determines a base level relating to Context-Based Adaptive Binary Arithmetic Coding (CABAC) for the coefficient, and encodes an absolute value of the coefficient. In determining the base level, when one or more flags are used in encoding the absolute value of the coefficient, the base level is determined to be a first value, and when one or more flags are not used in the encoding, the base level is determined to be a second value that is smaller than the first value. In encoding the absolute value of the coefficient, when one or more flags are not used, a rice parameter is determined based on the base level which is equal to the second value, and the coefficient is binarized using the rice parameter.

Abstract: An image forming apparatus including a first processor configured to control a first image former that forms a first image using a color material having a first color composition and a second processor configured to control a second image former that forms, using a color material having a second color composition, a second image to be superimposed on the first image. The first processor is configured to cause the first image former to form the first image in accordance with a first image formation instruction, corresponding to the first color composition, out of the image formation instruction and the first different image formation instruction, and transmit to the second processor a second image formation instruction corresponding to the second color composition. The second processor is configured to cause the second image former to form the second image in accordance with the second image formation instruction.

Abstract: A manufacturing method includes stacking, between two endless belts, a first sheet of metal foil, a plurality of insulating films, and a second sheet of metal foil in this order one on top of another and hot-press molding these sheets and films together to form an insulating layer out of the plurality of insulating films. Each of the plurality of insulating films has a first surface and a second surface. The second surface has a larger ten-point mean roughness (Rzjis) than the first surface. The absolute value of difference between a ten-point mean roughness (Rzjis) of a surface, in contact with the first sheet of metal foil, of the insulating layer and a ten-point mean roughness (Rzjis) of another surface, in contact with the second sheet of metal foil, of the insulating layer is equal to or less than 0.35 ?m.

Abstract: An electroencephalogram signal processing apparatus includes an interface and one or more processors. The interface receives, from each of a plurality of electrodes attached to a head of a subject, an electroencephalogram signal corresponding to a change over time in a brain activity potential of the subject. The processor obtains a value of an electroencephalogram parameter for each of the plurality of electrodes by processing the electroencephalogram signal, and the processor outputs data for plotting the value on a radar chart. A plurality of regions to each of which at least one electrode is attached are set in the head. Each of a plurality of coordinate axes provided in the radar chart is associated with a corresponding one of the plurality of regions.

Abstract: A secondary battery includes an outer package member, a battery device, and a non-aqueous solution. The outer package member includes iron. The battery device and the non-aqueous solution are contained inside the outer package member. The battery device includes a positive electrode, a negative electrode, and an electrolytic solution. The positive electrode and the negative electrode are opposed to each other and are wound. The positive electrode and the negative electrode are each impregnated with the electrolytic solution. The negative electrode is electrically coupled to the outer package member, and includes at least one selected from the group consisting of polyvinylidene difluoride, a polyacrylic acid, a polyacrylic acid salt, polyacrylonitrile, and derivatives thereof. The non-aqueous solution is disposed in at least a portion of a space around the battery device inside the outer package member. The electrolytic solution and the non-aqueous solution each include a dinitrile compound.

Abstract: A medical information processing apparatus according to an embodiment includes processing circuitry. The processing circuitry acquires an effect evaluation value regarding a plurality of medical decisions. The processing circuitry acquires a fairness index value regarding the aforementioned medical decisions. The processing circuitry determines a medical decision to be assigned to a subject target based on the effect evaluation value and the fairness index value.

Abstract: A printing apparatus, having a conveyer, a first conveyer path, a printer, a cutter assembly, and a controller, is provided. The cutter assembly cuts the printing medium into a first part located frontward and a second part located rearward in a first conveying direction. The controller controls the printer to print an image in the second part on one side of the printing medium, controls the conveyer to move the printing medium from the first conveyer path to a second conveyer path through a first switchback action and inverts the printing medium by conveying in a second conveying direction, controls the printer to print an image in the second part on the other side of the printing medium, and controls the cutter assembly to cut the printing medium into a first printing medium having the first part and a second printing medium having the second part.

Abstract: Provided are a polycyclic compound represented by Formula 1 and an organic light-emitting device and an electronic apparatus, each including the same.

Abstract: An optical scanning device includes a reflector as a MEMS mirror having a reflection surface of a metal film, a support body, a drive beam, and a drive unit. The support body is disposed to be spaced from the reflector so as to surround the reflector. The drive beam connects the reflector and the support body. A first protection film is formed all over opposite side surfaces including side wall surfaces of a second semiconductor layer, as well as an upper surface and a lower surface, in the drive beam. As the first protection film, a silicon oxide film, a silicon nitride film, an alumina film, or a titania film is formed by an atomic layer deposition method.

Abstract: The disclosure provides an oscillatory actuator which includes a case in a cylindrical shape; an electromagnetic driver provided inside the case; a mover oscillated by the electromagnetic driver along an oscillation axis of the case; and a first leaf spring and a second leaf spring arranged on one side and the other side with the mover interposed therebetween, each of the first leaf spring and the second leaf spring including a support to which the mover is attached, an annular frame attached to an inner surface of the case, and a plurality of arms each having a spiral shape and connecting the support and the annular frame, wherein at least one of the first leaf spring and the second leaf spring is provided with an elastic member which is made of an elastic material that bridges the arm and a portion adjacent to the arm with a gap.

Abstract: Updating of a program is realized even with a small-sized temporary storage area. A program update system distributes an update program from an update program distributing unit to a vehicle control device. The update program distributing unit encrypts an update program by a predetermined unit of encryption, and transmits the update program, which has been encrypted, by a predetermined unit of transfer to the vehicle control device to be updated, the vehicle control device decrypts the received update program by the unit of encryption, and stores the update program, which has been decrypted, by a predetermined unit of writing in a program storage unit, and the unit of writing is an integral multiple of the unit of encryption.