Abstract: A thermal medium and a laser recording device are provided in which medium parameters can be acquired efficiently. According to one embodiment, the thermal medium includes a photothermal conversion layer, a color development layer, a storage mechanism. The photothermal conversion layer converts an applied laser beam into heat. The color development layer develops a color by the heat converted by the photothermal conversion layer. The storage mechanism stores information related to a medium parameter including a photothermal conversion efficiency of the photothermal conversion layer.

Abstract: This stator core is a stator core for a rotating electric machine of an axial gap type and includes a body portion formed by a compaction-molded body of soft magnetic powder whose surfaces are coated with insulating films, wherein the body portion is provided with one or a plurality of through holes.

Abstract: This axial gap motor includes: a stator; and a rotor provided so as to be opposed to the stator in an axial direction. The rotor includes an annular rotor yoke, and a plurality of magnets provided to contact one surface of the rotor yoke so as to be arranged at predetermined intervals along a circumferential direction with magnetic poles thereof being different alternately. The one surface includes a plurality of facing areas facing and contacting the plurality of magnets, and a non-facing area not facing the plurality of magnets. The non-facing area includes partial areas each located between a pair of the facing areas adjacent to each other in the circumferential direction among the plurality of facing areas. The partial areas are formed to be recesses recessed in the axial direction relative to the facing areas.

Abstract: A thermal medium and a laser recording device are provided in which medium parameters can be acquired efficiently. According to one embodiment, the thermal medium includes a photothermal conversion layer, a color development layer, a storage mechanism. The photothermal conversion layer converts an applied laser beam into heat. The color development layer develops a color by the heat converted by the photothermal conversion layer. The storage mechanism stores information related to a medium parameter including a photothermal conversion efficiency of the photothermal conversion layer.

Abstract: A laser recording device of an embodiment is for a thermal recording medium in which at least one color development layer developing a color through heat and a protective layer protecting recorded information obtained through color development of the at least one color development layer are laminated, and has light transmission properties before recording. The laser recording device includes a recording head in which emitters emitting laser light from laser light sources are arranged, and a recording controller performing parallel processing of control for causing the laser light sources to emit light independently of each other and guiding the laser light from the emitters to the thermal recording medium.

Abstract: A microprocessor that includes a plurality of instruction sets and has a reduced code size is provided. A microprocessor includes a plurality of instruction sets and executes a program while switching instruction sets on the basis of an instruction set switching bit that is included in an instruction code having been read in and represents an instruction set that should be executed next at the time of execution of the program. Each instruction set includes a set of collected instruction codes that are to be used when each intermediate language instruction that is classified in accordance with a process content is executed. Then, for each instruction set, instruction sets that are possible to be selected and should be executed next are limited in an instruction code.

Abstract: This stator core is a stator core for a rotating electric machine of an axial gap type and includes a body portion formed by a compaction-molded body of soft magnetic powder whose surfaces are coated with insulating films, wherein the body portion is provided with one or a plurality of through holes.

Abstract: This axial gap motor includes: a stator; and a rotor provided so as to be opposed to the stator in an axial direction. The rotor includes an annular rotor yoke, and a plurality of magnets provided to contact one surface of the rotor yoke so as to be arranged at predetermined intervals along a circumferential direction with magnetic poles thereof being different alternately. The one surface includes a plurality of facing areas facing and contacting the plurality of magnets, and a non-facing area not facing the plurality of magnets. The non-facing area includes partial areas each located between a pair of the facing areas adjacent to each other in the circumferential direction among the plurality of facing areas. The partial areas are formed to be recesses recessed in the axial direction relative to the facing areas.

Abstract: According to one embodiment, an image feature emphasis device, a road surface feature analysis device, an image feature emphasis method, and a road surface feature analysis method which can improve the accuracy of detection of features of a road surface in a road surface image are provided. The image feature emphasis device includes a region acquirer and an image feature emphasis processor. The region acquirer acquires a region of a road surface portion from an image that has been captured. The image feature emphasis processor emphasizes a feature of the acquired region of the road surface portion by changing brightness values in the region of the road surface portion on the basis of a maximum brightness value and a minimum brightness value in the region of the road surface portion.

Abstract: According to one embodiment, an image feature emphasis device, a road surface feature analysis device, an image feature emphasis method, and a road surface feature analysis method which can improve the accuracy of detection of features of a road surface in a road surface image are provided. The image feature emphasis device includes a region acquirer and an image feature emphasis processor. The region acquirer acquires a region of a road surface portion from an image that has been captured. The image feature emphasis processor emphasizes a feature of the acquired region of the road surface portion by changing brightness values in the region of the road surface portion on the basis of a maximum brightness value and a minimum brightness value in the region of the road surface portion.

Abstract: There is provided an information processing apparatus including a plurality of application frameworks upon which applications are executed, and a decision unit configured to control a switching of operable states of the plurality of application frameworks.

Abstract: A data collection server includes a load monitoring unit configured to monitor a load on the computer system, and a management unit configured to, based on a result of the monitoring, determine a content of a transfer process of data executed at one of servers and transmit the determined content of the transfer process of data to the one of the servers. The management unit determines a type of the transfer process applied to the one of the servers, generates a process subject data list indicating a list of data to which the transfer process is applied out of the data transferred to the data collection server based on the determined type of the transfer process, and determines the content of the transfer process applied to the one of the servers based on the determined type of the transfer process and the generated process subject data list.

Abstract: There is provided an information processing apparatus including a plurality of application frameworks upon which applications are executed, and a decision unit configured to control a switching of operable states of the plurality of application frameworks.

Abstract: A superconducting coil body and a superconducting device are provided so as to achieve reduction of loss. A superconducting coil body includes: an inner circumferential coil body serving as a coil main body portion in which a superconducting wire is wound; and a first magnetic body serving as a magnetic circuit member. The magnetic circuit member is formed of a magnetic body, and is disposed to face the upper surface of the inner circumferential coil body, the upper surface being positioned at an end surface side thereof crossing a main surface of the superconducting wire in the inner circumferential coil body. The first magnetic body is used to form a magnetic circuit for permitting magnetic flux, which is generated by a current flowing in the coil main body portion, to travel around the current.

Abstract: A data collection server includes a load monitoring unit configured to monitor a load on the computer system, and a management unit configured to, based on a result of the monitoring, determine a content of a transfer process of data executed at one of servers and transmit the determined content of the transfer process of data to the one of the servers. The management unit determines a type of the transfer process applied to the one of the servers, generates a process subject data list indicating a list of data to which the transfer process is applied out of the data transferred to the data collection server based on the determined type of the transfer process, and determines the content of the transfer process applied to the one of the servers based on the determined type of the transfer process and the generated process subject data list.

Abstract: A wiring design system for semiconductor integrated circuit which realizes a low power consumption in a grid-shaped clock wiring within a semiconductor integrated circuit is provided. A wiring design system 10 for semiconductor integrated circuit which designs the gird-shaped clock wiring for uniformly distributing the clock signals to the flip flop circuits arranged within the semiconductor integrated circuit, wherein, of the clock wiring lines forming the grid-shaped clock wiring, a clock wiring line having a smaller effect on the distribution operation of the clock signals in the grid-shaped clock wiring is selected and thinned out as a less necessary clock wiring line.

Abstract: A series regulator, which includes a power adjusting portion to which power is supplied, the power adjusting portion making an adjustment to the power thus supplied and outputting the power thus adjusted to a load, and an adjustment control portion detecting an output voltage that is a voltage outputted to the load and controlling the adjustment based on the detection result, is provided with: a current detecting portion for detecting an output current that is a current outputted to the load; and a power supplying section for supplying the power to the power adjusting portion after changing a voltage according to the detection result of the current detecting portion. With this configuration, even when the magnitude of the output current varies, it is possible to appropriately adjust the input voltage according to the variations in the output current.

Abstract: A wiring design system for semiconductor integrated circuit which realizes a low power consumption in a grid-shaped clock wiring within a semiconductor integrated circuit is provided. A wiring design system 10 for semiconductor integrated circuit which designs the gird-shaped clock wiring for uniformly distributing the clock signals to the flip flop circuits arranged within the semiconductor integrated circuit, wherein, of the clock wiring lines forming the grid-shaped clock wiring, a clock wiring line having a smaller effect on the distribution operation of the clock signals in the grid-shaped clock wiring is selected and thinned out as a less necessary clock wiring line.

Abstract: According to an optical disk device of the present invention, in the drive operation, when a detection circuit detects an electric wave coming from an outside radio equipment, and a comparison circuit detects that the voltage of the electric wave is equal to or over a predetermined threshold level, in case it is determined that data is being reproduced from or data is being recorded to a record type medium, a CPU controls a laser drive circuit to temporarily turn off the output of laser from an optical PUH. On the other hand, in case it is determined that data is being reproduced from a read type medium, the CPU controls the laser drive circuit to enhance the power of laser of the optical PUH to improve the S/N ratio.

Abstract: To provide an optical head unit and an information recording/reproducing apparatus which are configured to provide a stable reproducing signal when reproducing information from a recording medium of a corresponding standard by selectively using laser beams with different wavelengths, a stable reproduce signal is obtained by one object lens when reproducing information from a recording medium of a standard defined according to each of three laser beams with different wavelengths, by arranging first to third light sources capable of outputting lights with different wavelengths, first and second wavelength selection films related to the arrangement of the light sources, and a polarization beam splitter in a predetermined order, and separating an output for power monitor by a polarization beam splitter.