Abstract: An image forming apparatus includes a first rotatable member, a second rotatable member, an air nozzle, and a pipe. The pipe includes a portion provided in a range overlapping with the first rotatable member and making one reciprocation or more in a case that when a direction crossing a feeding direction of a recording material fed in a nip is a widthwise direction of the first rotatable member, the pipe is viewed in a direction perpendicular to the widthwise direction.

Abstract: An image forming apparatus includes a housing, a feeding tray inserted into and pulled out from the housing, an image forming unit, and first and second guide members. The feeding tray includes a first accommodation part in which a roll body having a configuration where a sheet-shaped medium is rolled in a roll shape is accommodated and a second accommodation part in which stacked sheet-shaped media are accommodated. The first guide member guides a sheet-shaped medium to a conveying path. The second guide member guides a roll medium unrolled from the roll body to the conveying path. The second guide member is movable between a guide position for guiding the roll medium to the conveying path, and a retreat position further distant from the first guide member than the guide position and where the second guide member does not interfere with a sheet-shaped medium accommodated in the second accommodation part.

Abstract: Provided is a laminated film having a base layer (A) mainly composed of polypropylene-based resin, a surface layer (B) on one surface of the base layer (A), and a surface layer (C) on the other surface, and an inorganic thin film layer further laminated on the surface layer (B) and an organic resin layer (E) in this order, and satisfying the following (a) to (d): (a) a deposition amount of the organic resin layer (E) is 0.10 g/m2 or larger and 0.50 g/m2 or smaller; (b) a Martens hardness when a surface on the organic resin layer side of the laminated film is measured with a test force of 0.1 mN is 248 N/mm2 or less; (c) a haze of the laminated film is 6% or less; and (d) an oxygen permeability of the laminated film in an environment of 23° C. and 65% RH is 10 mL/m2·d·MPa or less.

Abstract: The invention provides a laminated body in which two stretched substrate films containing polypropylene resin as a raw material and one heat sealable layer containing a resin are laminated with an adhesive, wherein at least one of the substrate films has a coating layer containing a polyvinyl alcohol copolymer and a layered inorganic compound or an inorganic thin layer on one side of the substrate film, the one heat sealable layer is composed of an olefin resin containing a polypropylene or polyethylene resin as a main constituent component, and the laminated body has a (a) piercing strength of 15 N or more, (b) oxygen permeability of 20 ml/m2·d·MPa or less and water vapor permeability of 2.0 g/m2·d or less, (c) seal strength of 15 N/15 mm or more where the heat sealable layer is sealed at one end and another end, and (d) heat shrinkage rate of 1.

Abstract: A laminated film which has a coating layer and inorganic thin-film layer on one surface of a base material film, and which is characterized by satisfying requirements (a) to (d): (a) The base material film contains a polyester resin that has been chemically recycled from PET bottles. (b) The surface hardness of the laminated film on the inorganic thin-film layer surface is 120 N/mm2 or less. (c) The coefficient of static friction us and the coefficient of dynamic friction ?d of the inorganic thin-film layer surface/opposite-side surface of the laminated film are both within the range of 0.20 to 0.40. (d) The arithmetic mean roughness Ra across a 2 ?m square on the laminated film is within the range of 2.0 to 6.0 nm.

Abstract: A memory circuit includes: a plurality of memory parts, each of which includes a plurality of first memory cells and a second memory cell that is accessed when one of the first memory cells is defective; a plurality of first memory control parts, each of which is configured to control access to a corresponding one of the plurality of memory parts based on a first access request addressing the corresponding memory part, during a first mode; and a second memory control part shared by the plurality of memory parts, and configured to control access to the plurality of memory parts based on a second access request during a second mode.

Abstract: A steer-by-wire steering system for a motor vehicle or a steering system for an autonomous driving motor vehicle includes a controller configured or programmed to control steering of steerable road wheels depending on a driver's input or an input of an autonomous driving unit and to include a normal mode of operation with full steering functionality and no quality problems, and at least two degraded modes with degraded operation of the steering system. The steering system includes an evaluator to evaluate a state of performance degradation of the steering system and to set the operation mode of the controller based on an evaluation result from the evaluator.

Abstract: The present invention provides a heterocyclic compound having an orexin type 2 receptor agonist activity. A compound represented by the formula (I): wherein each symbol is as described in the specification, or a salt thereof has an orexin type 2 receptor agonist activity, and is useful as an agent for the prophylaxis or treatment of narcolepsy.

Abstract: The invention provides a laminated film which includes a substrate film, and a coating layer including a polyvinyl alcohol-based copolymer and an inorganic lamellar compound on at least one surface of the substrate film. The laminated film satisfies requirements (a) to (d): (a) the substrate film is a stretched film containing a propylene-based resin; (b) an attached amount of the coating layer is 0.10-0.50 g/m2; (c) in a total reflection infrared absorption spectrum of the laminated film, a ratio (P1/P2) of a peak intensity (P1) having an absorption maximum in a domain of 1040±10 cm?1 to a peak intensity (P2) having an absorption maximum in a domain of 3300±10 cm?1 is within a range of 3.0 to 25.0; and (d) a Martens hardness of a coating layer-side surface of the laminated film measured with a test force of 0.1 mN is 248 N/mm2 or less.

Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a moving body, a position estimation method, and a program capable of achieving high accuracy of self-position estimation. An imaging control unit sets a zoom parameter of an imaging unit having a zoom lens according to at least any one of an altitude or a moving speed of its own machine, and a self-position estimation unit estimates a self-position on the basis of an image captured by the imaging unit in which the zoom parameter is set. Technology according to the present disclosure can be applied to, for example, a moving body such as a drone.

Abstract: A laminated film containing a coating layer having an inorganic lamellar compound and a polyvinyl-alcohol-based copolymer on at least one face of a substrate film, wherein (a) the substrate film is a stretched film employing propylenic resin, (b) the coating layer is attached thereto in an amount that is 0.10 g/m2 to 0.50 g/m2, (c) a total reflection infrared absorption spectrum of the laminated film is such that a ratio (P1/P2) of a peak intensity (P1) at which there is maximum absorption in a 1040 cm?1±10 cm?1 domain and a peak intensity (P2) at which there is maximum absorption in a 3300 cm?1±10 cm?1 domain is within the range of 3.0 to 25.0, and (d) thermal shrinkage of the laminated film when heated to 150° C.×5 minutes is not greater than 10% in each the MD direction and the TD direction.

Abstract: An optical waveguide element includes a substrate, an optical waveguide disposed inside the substrate or on the substrate, and an electrode provided along the optical waveguide, working on the optical waveguide to generate a phase change in a light wave propagating through the optical waveguide. The electrode is a traveling-wave electrode. In a modulation section where the light wave is controlled by the electrode, the electrode and the optical waveguide are configured so that the phase change generated in a first modulation section located within a predetermined distance range from a downstream side end portion along a propagation direction of a traveling wave of an electrical signal propagating through the electrode has a sign opposite to a sign of the phase change generated in a second modulation section located within a predetermined distance range from an input end of the electrical signal on an upstream side along the propagation direction.

Abstract: The laminated film comprising a coating layer and an inorganic thin film layer on one surface of a substrate film, wherein the laminated film satisfies the following requirements (a) to (f): (a) the substrate film contains 50% by weight or more and 95% by weight or less of a polyester resin recycled from PET bottles; (b) a surface hardness of an inorganic thin film layer surface of the laminated film is 120 N/mm2 or less; (c) the coating layer contains a resin having an oxazoline group or a carbodiimide group as a constituent component; (d) a content rate of an isophthalic acid component relative to a total dicarboxylic acid component in a whole polyester resin constituting the substrate film is 0.5 mol % or more and 5.0 mol % or less; (e) both a coefficient of static friction ?s and a coefficient of dynamic friction ?d of the inorganic thin film layer surface/an opposite surface of the laminated film are within a range of 0.20 to 0.

Abstract: The invention provides a laminated film that comprises a coating layer comprising an inorganic lamellar compound and a polyvinyl-alcohol-based copolymer on at least one face of a substrate film, wherein (a) the substrate film is a stretched film employing propylenic resin; (b) the coating layer is attached thereto in an amount that is not less than 0.10 g/m2 but not greater than 0.50 g/m2; (c) a total reflection infrared absorption spectrum of the laminated film is such that a ratio (P1/P2) of a peak intensity (P1) at which there is maximum absorption in a 1040 cm-1 ± 10 cm-1 domain and a peak intensity (P2) at which there is maximum absorption in a 3300 cm-1 ± 10 cm-1 domain is 3.0 to 25.0; and (d) arithmetic mean roughness in a 2-µm square of the coating layer at the laminated film is 2.0 nm to 8.0 nm.

Abstract: There is provided an information processing device, an information processing method, and a program that improve detection accuracy in detecting a motion or posture of a person or an object using an inertial sensor. A posture of a measurement target is estimated based on a position and orientation of each of a plurality of measurement devices arranged at a plurality of parts of the measurement target and based on a connection relationship between the measurement devices that is set based on positions and orientations of the measurement devices, each measurement device including an inertial sensor. The present technology can be applied to a motion capture system.

Abstract: A laminated body obtained by laminating a sealant layer on one surface of a laminated film including an inorganic thin film layer on one surface of a substrate film and a protective layer on the inorganic thin film layer, wherein (a) the substrate film contains 10% by weight or less of a polyester resin recycled from PET bottles; (b) the protective layer of the laminated film contains a urethane resin, and surface free energy of a surface of the protective layer is 45 to 60 mN/m; (c) the laminated body has a lamination strength of 1.5 N/15 mm or more, and a lamination strength of 1.0 N/15 mm or less after being immersed in 1-methoxy-2-propanol at 40° C. for 72 hours; and (d) the laminated body has a lamination strength of 1.5 N/15 mm or more after a boiling sterilization treatment at 90° C. for 30 minutes.

Abstract: The invention provides a laminated body which contains an environmentally friendly recycled material, has a lamination constitution composed of substantially a single resin type mainly composed of polyester and having a low environmental load, and has required performances such as gas barrier properties, sealability, toughness, and transparency required for a packaging material. The laminated body is formed by laminating a polyester substrate film containing 50% by weight or more of a polyester resin recycled from PET bottles and a heat sealable resin layer in this order, wherein the substrate film is a laminated film including an inorganic thin film layer (A) and a protective layer (a) containing a urethane resin on one surface thereof, and the heat sealable resin layer is formed of a polyester-based resin mainly composed of ethylene terephthalate, and has a piercing strength of 10 N or more and a haze of 20% or less.

Abstract: The present invention provides an environment-responsive laminated film including an inorganic thin film layer and a protective layer in this order on a substrate film layer using a polyester resin recycled from PET bottles. The laminated film has excellent barrier properties and adhesiveness even after a severe wet heat treatment and has less deterioration in appearance of the film even after retorting. The laminated film comprises a substrate film; an inorganic thin film layer on at least one surface of the substrate film; and a protective layer containing a urethane resin on the inorganic thin film layer, wherein (a) the substrate film contains 50% by weight or more of a polyester resin recycled from PET bottles; (b) standard deviation of a haze after retorting the laminated film at 130° C. for 30 minutes is 0.5% or less; and (c) an adhesion amount of the protective layer is 0.5 g/m2 or less.

Abstract: There is provided an information processing apparatus and an information processing method capable of performing position estimation of a controller corresponding to a wearable device having an inside-out type. The information processing apparatus includes a user-position estimating unit that recognizes, based on a first captured image that is captured by a first image capturing unit provided to a wearable device mounted on a user, peripheral environment information of the user to execute position estimation of the user in a real space and a controller-position estimating unit that executes, based on a second captured image captured by a second image capturing unit that is provided to a controller being operated by the user, position estimation of the controller with reference to the recognized environment information.

Abstract: There is provided an information processing device, an information processing method, and a program that make it possible to provide proper exposure control of a captured image. A matching section matches a feature point extracted from a captured image against a registered feature point stored in a predetermined storage section, and extracts a corresponding feature point in the captured image that corresponds to the registered feature point. A control section sets an exposure control value in accordance with an area image that is the image of an area near the corresponding feature point in the captured image. The present technology is applicable, for example, to an exposure control device that provides exposure control of a camera mounted on a mobile body.