Abstract: An object of the present invention is to provide a technology for estimating a traveling direction of a lane by using accuracy of external environment information. An information processing device (100) of the present invention includes at least one memory (102 and 103) including a program code and at least one processor (101) configured to execute the program code. The processor is configured to acquire external environment information including at least information regarding a peripheral region of a vehicle, and determine a traveling direction of at least one lane by using a first accuracy (A1) indicating the level of precision of the external environment information.

Abstract: A connector device according to one or more embodiments includes a male connector including multiple male contact pieces, and a male contact piece retention portion, and a female connector including multiple female contact pieces, and a female contact piece retention portion. The male contact piece retention portion has multiple concentrically formed convex portions. The multiple male contact pieces are mounted on an outer circumferential wall of the convex portions, and arranged concentrically, with a tip end thereof being inclined toward the center of the convex portions. The female contact piece retention portion has concentrically formed multiple concave portions. The multiple female contact pieces are mounted on an inner circumferential wall of the concave portions, and arranged concentrically, with a base end thereof being inclined toward the center of the concave portions. The convex portion and the concave portion are brought into contact and tightly fitted with one another.

Abstract: To reduce an unnatural distortion of an image that occurs in a case in which a high absorption body of X-rays is included in movement correction image reconstruction processing of a CT image. High absorption body presence or absence determination processing of determining whether or not a high absorption body of X-rays is included is added to movement correction image reconstruction processing, and processing of limiting pixel values of an image pair used for movement correction or processing of selecting an image pair used for calculating a movement vector is performed based on a result of the determination. An X-ray CT apparatus includes a high absorption body determination unit or a pixel value adjustment unit to perform these pieces of processing.

Abstract: According to one embodiment, a semiconductor storage device includes a plurality of electrode films on a substrate, spaced from one another in a first direction. A charge storage film is provided on a side face the electrode films via a first insulating film. A semiconductor film is provided on a side face of the charge storage film via a second insulating film. The charge storage film includes a plurality of insulator regions contacting the first insulating film, a plurality of semiconductor or conductor regions provided between the insulator regions and another insulator region.

Abstract: A multilayer ceramic capacitor includes a multilayer body including dielectric layers and internal electrode layers alternately laminated therein, base electrode layers respectively provided on both end surfaces of the multilayer body in a length direction intersecting a lamination direction, and each connected to the internal electrode layers and each including glass and copper, and plated layers respectively provided on an outer side of the base electrode layers. A protective layer including sulfur is provided between the glass included in the base electrode layers and the plated layers.

Abstract: One form of an in-vehicle communication support device has: a speech recognition unit configured to recognize a speech by a first occupant according to input information from at least one of a camera or a microphone attached in the vehicle; a target position identification unit configured to identify the sitting position of a second occupant, who is a target for the speech by the first occupant; and a notification unit configured to notify the identified second occupant that a speech has been made for the second occupant. When the first occupant speaks to the second occupant, only the second occupant, who is the target for the speech, is notified. Thus, an occupant notices that the occupant is being spoken to, without occupants irrelevant to the conversation being unnecessarily notified.

Abstract: Provided is a health management system that can enhance health awareness of persons existing in a predetermined zone and improve a health level of all the persons existing in the predetermined zone. The health management system according to the present disclosure executes: first determination processing of determining a state of movement of a passerby based on image data obtained by imaging the passerby with a camera installed in a predetermined zone; calculation processing of calculating an index indicating a group health state which is a health state of all persons existing in the predetermined zone based on a determination result in the first determination processing; and display processing of displaying the index calculated in the calculation processing.

Abstract: An incentive providing system capable of letting a user behave in such a way that his/her stress level is lowered and thus reducing his/her stress is provided. The incentive providing system according to the present disclosure executes: processing for acquiring a stress level indicating a degree of stress of a user; and providing an incentive for a user in a case in which the stress level of the user is lower than a predetermined standard.

Abstract: A schedule management system includes an acquisition unit configured to acquire information about a plurality of task items and information about a target exercise amount of a first user for each predetermined period; a task dividing unit configured to extract at least one task item from among the plurality of task items by referring to a database, and assign the extracted at least one task item to the first user as a task item for the predetermined period, the at least one task item representing a task with which the first user achieves an exercise amount corresponding to his/her target exercise amount for each predetermined period, and in the database, information about, for each of the plurality of task items, an exercise amount per unit time corresponding to that task item being registered; and an output unit that outputs information about the task item assigned to the first user.

Abstract: Provided is a traffic facility control system capable of achieving both ensuring of physical safety of a moving person and reduction of a psychological burden on the moving person. The traffic facility control system according to the present disclosure includes: a detection unit configured to detect a moving ability of a person; a determination unit configured to determine a psychological state of the person; and a control unit configured to control a traffic facility installed at at least one of the vicinity of a current position of the person, a position on a route along which the person moves, or a position along the route based on the moving ability of the person and the psychological state of the person.

Abstract: A nucleic acid amplification method is disclosed. The method employs a Bw adapter primer having a stem-loop structure to synthesize a complementary strand of a target region, followed by a further synthesis of a complementary strand employing an Fw adapter nucleotide that has a stem-loop structure and an extension-inhibiting modification at the 3?-end. The method makes it possible to simply and specifically form a dumbbell structure in which stem-loop structures are added to both ends of the complementary strand of the target region.

Abstract: A light-emitting element includes: a first insulating film located on a p-side semiconductor layer and having a plurality of first p-side openings provided above the p-side semiconductor layer; a first conductive layer located on the first insulating film and electrically connected to the p-side semiconductor layer at the plurality of first p-side openings; a second insulating film located on the first conductive layer and having a second p-side opening provided at a position away from the first p-side openings in a plan view; a second conductive layer located on the second insulating film and electrically connected to the first conductive layer at the second p-side opening; and a p-side electrode located on the second conductive layer at a position away from the second p-side opening in a plan view.

Abstract: When a laminated core is formed in an annular shape, a radially inner part of a contact surface formed by a projecting end of a first core piece and a recessed end of another first core piece that are adjacent in a circumferential direction, and a radially inner part of a contact surface formed by a projecting end of a second core piece and a recessed end of another second core piece that are adjacent in the circumferential direction, are positioned in a plane including a center axis of the annular laminated core.

Abstract: A light-emitting device includes: a semiconductor stacked body including: an n-type semiconductor layer having a light extraction surface and an n-side contact surface, the n-side contact surface being located on a side opposite the light extraction surface, a light-emitting layer located at a region of the n-type semiconductor layer other than the n-side contact surface, and a p-type semiconductor layer located on the light-emitting layer, wherein the p-type semiconductor layer surrounds the n-side contact surface in a top view; a first insulating film located at a region including a central portion of the n-side contact surface; an n-side electrode including an n-contact portion located at the n-side contact surface at a periphery of the first insulating film, the n-contact portion contacting the n-side contact surface; and a p-side electrode located on the p-type semiconductor layer and contacting the p-type semiconductor layer.

Abstract: A light-emitting device includes: a semiconductor stacked body including: an n-type semiconductor layer having a light extraction surface and an n-side contact surface, the n-side contact surface being located on a side opposite the light extraction surface, a light-emitting layer located at a region of the n-type semiconductor layer other than the n-side contact surface, and a p-type semiconductor layer located on the light-emitting layer, wherein the p-type semiconductor layer surrounds the n-side contact surface in a top view; a first insulating film located at a region including a central portion of the n-side contact surface; an n-side electrode including an n-contact portion located at the n-side contact surface at a periphery of the first insulating film, the n-contact portion contacting the n-side contact surface; and a p-side electrode located on the p-type semiconductor layer and contacting the p-type semiconductor layer.