Abstract: Provided is an image forming apparatus including a temperature sensing circuit to which a temperature sensing element is electrically connected, wherein a surface of a heater on a side where the temperature sensing element is provided is in contact with the inner surface of a film, a heating element is provided in a primary side circuit which is electrically connected to a commercial power supply, and the temperature sensing circuit is electrically insulated from both of the primary side circuit and a secondary side circuit which is electrically insulated from the primary side circuit.

Abstract: An image processing device includes: a contribution ratio calculation unit that calculates a contribution ratio of a predetermined pixel or a predetermined region in depth calculation in each of a plurality of pixels or a plurality of regions included in an input image; and a correction unit that corrects a depth value of the predetermined pixel or the predetermined region based on the contribution ratio.

Abstract: A writing instrument may be capable of preventing dye deposition to a pen core and highly achieving both inhibition of ink discoloration due to the dye deposition and improved writing feeling without reducing writing performance. Such a writing instrument may be equipped with a pen core and loaded with a water-based ink composition, wherein the water-based ink composition contains colored resin particles formed by polymerization of a monomer comprising at least cyclohexyl (meth)acrylate, enclosing a basic dye, an oil-soluble dye or an acid dye, and further contains an anionic surfactant.

Abstract: A belt cleaning blade has a contact site that comes into contact with at least a surface of a belt which is a member to be cleaned, in which the contact site is configured with polyurethane rubber including hard segments and soft segments, and in a cross section of the contact site, a ratio X of domains of the hard segments to a total area of the cross section is 14.9% or more and 25.1% or less, and a ratio Y of an area of domains of the hard segments having an area of 200 nm2 or more and 1,000 nm2 or less to a total area of the domains of the hard segments in the cross section is 17.8% or more and 46.5% or less.

Abstract: A display device includes a display region including a plurality of pixels, a plurality of first electrodes formed by wiring included in a first layer, and aligned in a first direction above the display region, a plurality of second electrodes formed by wiring included in the first layer, and aligned in a second direction intersecting the first direction, a connection wiring formed by wiring included in a second layer, and electrically connecting each of the plurality of first electrodes respectively, an insulating layer separating wiring included in the first layer and wiring included in the second layer, and a light shielding layer located at a different position to the connection wiring and overlapping a space between the plurality of first electrodes and the plurality of second electrodes in the first layer, in a plan view.

Abstract: A controller is provided which is configured to perform receiving, from a terminal of a user, a request for moving a component included in a first vehicle to a second vehicle, and generating, upon receipt of the request from the terminal of the user, information for reserving a predetermined facility in which the component is moved from the first vehicle to the second vehicle.

Abstract: An addictive manufactured object manufacturing method includes: a shell portion forming step of additively forming a shell portion corresponding to an outer portion of an addictive manufactured object by a shell portion beads formed by weaving welding; and a core portion forming step of additively forming a core portion corresponding to an inner portion of the addictive manufactured object by a core portion bead formed by welding.

Abstract: A non-aqueous electrolyte liquid including: a non-aqueous solvent; an electrolyte salt dissolved in the non-aqueous solvent; and a silane compound represented by the following general formula (1), Si ( R 1 ) l ? ( R 2 ) m ? ( R 3 ) n ? ( R 4 ) 4 - l - m - n ( 1 ) wherein R represents an alkenyl group having 2 to 20 carbon atoms, R2 represents a substituted or unsubstituted arylethynyl group having 8 to 20 carbon atoms, R3 represents an alkyl group having 1 to 20 carbon atoms, R4 represents an alkynyl group having 2 to 20 carbon atoms, “l” and “m” each independently represent an integer of 1 to 3, “n” represents an integer of 0 to 2, and “l”, “m”, and “n” represent integers satisfying 2?l+m+n?4.

Abstract: A non-transitory computer readable medium stores a program for causing a computer to carry out: processing for making it possible to register a plurality of items of reservation selection information each indicating a specific option selected by a player from among specific options included in a plurality of options presented in a prescribed game; processing for proceeding with the prescribed game, including processing for presenting the plurality of options in the prescribed game and processing for updating a parameter on the basis of the option selected by the player from among the plurality of options presented in the prescribed game; and processing for acquiring the registered reservation selection information and making it possible to identify, on the basis of the reservation selection information acquired, the specific option included in the reservation selection information during the prescribed game.

Abstract: An image forming system includes, an electrostatic charge image developing toner; and a developing sleeve configured to convey the electrostatic charge image developing toner, wherein a toner particle included in the electrostatic charge image developing toner contains an amorphous polyester, the amorphous polyester is a polycondensate of a polyvalent carboxylic acid and a polyhydric alcohol, a content percentage of a structural unit derived from a bisphenol A derivative in the amorphous polyester is 10 mol % or less with respect to all structural units derived from the polyhydric alcohol, and the developing sleeve includes an aluminum alloy including more than 0.6% by mass of silicon.

Abstract: An in-vehicle relay device to be connected to a plurality of in-vehicle devices mounted on a vehicle and an authentication device performing authentication of the in-vehicle device, to relay communication between the plurality of in-vehicle devices, the device including a control unit controlling the relay of the communication, in which the control unit relays authentication communication data for the authentication between the in-vehicle device and the authentication device before the authentication of the in-vehicle device connected to the in-vehicle relay device is completed, transmits and receives setting data for setting an in-vehicle network with the authentication device and the in-vehicle device, in parallel with the relay of the authentication communication data, acquires setting information of the in-vehicle network according to the transmitted setting data, from the authentication device, and starts relay based on the acquired setting information after the authentication is completed.

Abstract: An on-press development type lithographic printing plate precursor includes a support and an image-recording layer on the support. The image-recording layer contains a polymerization initiator, an infrared absorber, a color forming substance precursor, and an auxiliary capable of donating an electron to the infrared absorber. A polymer having an ethylenically unsaturated group and a water-soluble monofunctional monomer are present on a surface of the support on an image-recording layer side, a layer in contact with the support on the image-recording layer side contains the polymer having an ethylenically unsaturated group and the water-soluble monofunctional monomer, or a layer in contact with the support on the image-recording layer side, other than the image-recording layer, contains the polymer having an ethylenically unsaturated group and the image-recording layer contains the water-soluble monofunctional monomer.

Abstract: A hydrochloric acid oxidation catalyst oxidizes hydrochloric acid. The hydrochloric acid oxidation catalyst includes a carrier, and copper, an alkali metal, and a rare earth element that are carried by the carrier. A differential value of a spectrum obtained by differential thermal analysis of the hydrochloric acid oxidation catalyst is 0.035 ?V/sec or less relative to a baseline in the range of 290 to 400° C.

Abstract: A negative electrode which significantly increases capacity while maintaining excellent battery characteristics and a method to produce the negative electrode including a negative electrode current collector having a surface roughened; and a negative electrode active material layer provided on the negative electrode current collector. The negative electrode active material layer contains negative electrode active material particles including a compound of lithium, silicon, and oxygen, and a ratio, O/Si, of the oxygen to the silicon, constituting the negative electrode active material particles is within a range of 0.8 or more to 1.2 or less. The negative electrode active material layer has a multilayer structure composed of two or more layers, and each layer of the multilayer structure of the negative electrode active material layer has, on an upper portion, a layer containing a quadrivalent silicon compound containing at least one or more of lithium and oxygen.

Abstract: A processing device includes one or more processors and one or more memories coupled to the one or more processors. The one or more processors are configured to perform a process including: acquiring pattern information, which is information indicating an operation pattern of at least one traffic light that is present on a traveling route of a vehicle; predicting, based on the pattern information, a number of stops, which is a number of times the vehicle is to stop at the at least one traffic light; and predicting, based on the number of stops, a total consumption amount of an energy source of the vehicle in a case where the vehicle travels on the traveling route.

Abstract: Provided are an oil condition determination system and an oil condition determination method that are capable of continuously determining the oil condition when oil is partially replaced or oil is added. An oil condition determination system includes a measurement unit and a determination unit. The measurement unit periodically measures a resistance value of oil. The determination unit periodically determines a condition of the oil based on the resistance value, stores a local maximum value of the resistance value, determines that the condition of the oil has changed when a difference between the local maximum value and the resistance value becomes greater than or equal to a first threshold value, and initializes the local maximum value and updates the first threshold value when the amount of change in the resistance value per unit time becomes greater than or equal to a second threshold value.

Abstract: A driving handover control device includes a memory and a processor coupled to the memory. In a case in which driving is handed over from a first state in which a vehicle travels in accordance with instruction from a first remote operator of the vehicle to a second state in which the vehicle travels in accordance with instruction from a second remote operator who is different from the first remote operator, the processor implements a transition from the first state to a third state in which the vehicle travels autonomously without instruction from the first remote operator or the second remote operator, and, after the transition from the first state to the third state, implements a transition from the third state to the second state.

Abstract: A medical system 1A includes a medical apparatus 1 that includes a continuum robot including a catheter 11 and a base unit 200, at which the catheter 11 is provided, and a support base 2 that detachably supports the medical apparatus 1. The support base 2 includes a slider 2a. A coupling portion 200k provided with an engagement portion 200a is attached to the base unit 200. The coupling portion 200k has a U-shape, and ends thereof that sandwich an opening of the U-shape are attached and fixed to the base unit 200 at a position closer to the catheter 11 and a position farther from the catheter 11. The engagement portion 200a to be engaged with the slider 2a is disposed at a lower portion of the coupling portion 200k. Accordingly, a first space 200i is formed between the base unit 200 and the engagement portion 200a.

Abstract: There is provided a masking sheet that is used for patterning cells or cell aggregates, which are formed on a culture surface. The masking sheet has the adhesive layer that is adhered to a culture surface, the support layer that is laminated on the adhesive layer to support the adhesive layer, and the opening portion that penetrates through the adhesive layer and the support layer and corresponds to a pattern of the cells or cell aggregates.

Abstract: A solid-state imaging device, an electronic device, and a distance measurement system for miniaturization of pixels in a device that outputs a luminance signal and an event signal. A device includes: a pixel array unit in which an event pixel that detects that a luminance change exceeds a predetermined threshold and a gradation pixel that outputs a luminance signal of a gradation level according to a light amount of incident light are mixed, in which a color filter of the same color is formed in units of two or more pixels in the gradation pixel, and the event pixel is disposed with a region size in which at least two of the gradation pixels are arranged in a row direction or a column direction. The present disclosure can be applied to, for example, a distance measurement system or the like that generates image information and distance measurement information.