Method and apparatus for color enhancement are provided. An input is received, where the input indicates a selection of a color enhancement mode. A display of a self-service device is switched from a standard color mode to the selected color enhancement mode. The completeness of a transaction on the self-service device is detected. Responsive to the detection, the display of the self-service device is reverted from the selected color enhancement mode to the standard color mode.
G09G 5/02 - Control arrangements or circuits for visual indicators common to cathode-ray tube indicators and other visual indicators characterised by the way in which colour is displayed
In accordance with an embodiment, an information processing apparatus executes a determination operation of determining integrity of a program. In addition, the information processing apparatus determines integrity of a first program that is executed before activation of the determination operation in accordance with the activation of the determination operation and determines integrity of a second program in accordance with execution of the second program that is executed after activation of the determination operation.
According to one embodiment, a magnetic head includes a first magnetic pole, a second magnetic pole, and a magnetic element. The magnetic element is provided between the first magnetic pole and the second magnetic pole in a first direction from the first magnetic pole to the second magnetic pole. The magnetic element includes a first magnetic layer provided between the first magnetic pole and the second magnetic pole, a second magnetic layer provided between the first magnetic layer and the second magnetic pole, a third magnetic layer provided between the second magnetic layer and the second magnetic pole, and a fourth magnetic layer provided between the third magnetic layer and the second magnetic pole. The first magnetic layer includes a first face facing the first magnetic pole. The fourth magnetic layer includes a second face facing the second magnetic pole.
Provided is a highly heat-conductive silicon nitride sintered compact capable of achieving the improvement in both of a heat conductivity and a relative permittivity. The highly thermally-conductive silicon nitride sintered compact according to an embodiment includes silicon nitride crystal grains and a grain boundary phase. The thermal conductivity of the silicon nitride sintered compact is not less than 100 W/m·K. A grain boundary phase present in a 5 μm×5 μm measurement area in any cross section includes Mg and a rare-earth element (RE). The atom ratio of Mg to rare-earth element is within the range of not less than 0.01 and not more than 1.5. A relative dielectric constant ε10M-25 at 10 MHz and room temperature is not more than 9.0.
An information processing device includes one or more hardware processors configured to function as a detection unit, a collation unit, a voting unit, and a determination unit. The detection unit detects a tracking target region including a tracking target from a video frame. The collation unit collates the tracking target using a collation dictionary that stores identification information for identifying a collation target and acquires identification information for identifying a collation result in the frame of the tracking target from the collation dictionary. The voting unit obtains voting data by voting, for each of tracking targets, the identification information for identifying the collation result obtained for each of frames. The determination unit determines whether to settle collation based on the voting data and outputs identification information for identifying the settled collation result when the collation is settled.
G06T 7/246 - Analysis of motion using feature-based methods, e.g. the tracking of corners or segments
G06V 10/44 - Local feature extraction by analysis of parts of the pattern, e.g. by detecting edges, contours, loops, corners, strokes or intersectionsConnectivity analysis, e.g. of connected components
G06V 10/80 - Fusion, i.e. combining data from various sources at the sensor level, preprocessing level, feature extraction level or classification level
A semiconductor device includes a first electrode, a first conductive part, a semiconductor part, a second conductive part, a gate electrode and an insulating part. The first conductive part includes at least one of a metal, a metal oxide, or a metal nitride. The at least one of the metal, the metal oxide, or the metal nitride includes at least one selected from the group consisting of Ti, Ta, W, Cr, and Ru. The semiconductor part includes a first semiconductor region and a second semiconductor region. The first conductive part has a Schottky contact with the first semiconductor region. The second conductive part has a Schottky contact with the second semiconductor region. The second conductive part includes at least one selected from the group consisting of Pt, Ni, Ir, Pd, Au, and Co.
Provided is a printing device capable of performing data communication with a wireless tag provided on a holder that holds a medium used for printing. The printing device can include a shaft, an antenna, a reader, and a controller. The shaft rotatably supports a medium roll configured to have the medium wound around a cylindrical body provided with the wireless tag. The antenna wirelessly communicates with the wireless tag. The reader reads data recorded in the wireless tag by wireless communication via the antenna. The controller causes the reader to perform a second read of the data in the wireless tag after the cylindrical body has been rotated around the shaft for a first rotation time and then has been stopped in response to the reader being unable to read the data recorded in the wireless tag.
B41J 33/60 - Ribbon-feed devices or mechanisms responsive to telegraph code or other extraneous signals
B41J 2/325 - Typewriters or selective printing mechanisms characterised by the printing or marking process for which they are designed characterised by selective application of heat to a heat sensitive printing or impression-transfer material using thermal heads by selective transfer of ink from ink carrier, e.g. from ink ribbon or sheet
B41J 3/407 - Typewriters or selective printing or marking mechanisms characterised by the purpose for which they are constructed for marking on special material
B41J 33/00 - Apparatus or arrangements for feeding ink ribbons or like character-size impression-transfer material
B41J 33/16 - Ribbon-feed devices or mechanisms with drive applied to spool or spool spindle
B41J 35/38 - Feeding the ink ribbon to waste after use
G06K 7/10 - Methods or arrangements for sensing record carriers by electromagnetic radiation, e.g. optical sensingMethods or arrangements for sensing record carriers by corpuscular radiation
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METHOD OF MANUFACTURING MAGNETIC DISK DEVICE AND MAGNETIC DISK DEVICE
A method of manufacturing a magnetic disk device of an embodiment includes: adjusting relative heights of a spindle and a plurality of ramps, the spindle being allowed to rotate in a state in which center axes of a plurality of magnetic disks having ends deviating from a geometrical plane with a center point as a reference are aligned, the plurality of ramps being arranged at end positions of the plurality of magnetic disks; and assembling the plurality of magnetic disks along an axial direction of the spindle in a state in which directions of deviations of the ends from the center point are aligned.
According to the embodiment, a processing apparatus includes a processor. The processor is configured to: cause a plurality of different projection lights to be projected onto an object, the projection lights respectively including a plurality of wavelengths different from each other; cause intensity values of the plurality of wavelengths to be acquired from the object for each of the projection lights, as intensity values of detection signals having no information regarding position at a stage of processing signals; transform numerical values of the intensity values of the detection signals using independent parameters for each of wavelengths to first transformed signals corresponding to the plurality of wavelengths from the object; and cause an image of the object to be acquired by the first transformed signals corresponding to the plurality of wavelengths from the object and signals related to the projection lights.
According to one embodiment, a measurement system, and a control method capable of improving transmission efficiency of data needed to evaluate a structure. A transmission terminal according to an embodiment includes a receiver, a communicator, and a signal processor. The receiver receives elastic waves output from a sensor configured to detect the elastic waves generated inside a structure. The communicator wirelessly transmits transmission data saved in a transmission buffer memory configured to save transmission data based on the received elastic waves. The signal processor controls elastic wave measurement processing on the basis of the number of items of data saved in the transmission buffer memory and an elapse time from a clock time at which the elastic waves have been detected.
According to an embodiment, a wireless tag communication system includes a processing apparatus, a tag communication device, and a controller. The processing apparatus includes a conveyance device that conveys a sheet provided with a wireless tag. The tag communication device performs detection processing of the wireless tag of the sheet conveyed and writing processing of information on the wireless tag. The controller causes the tag communication device to execute the writing processing after the conveyance device has started to convey the sheet and a predetermined waiting time has elapsed.
G06K 17/00 - Methods or arrangements for effecting co-operative working between equipments covered by two or more of main groups , e.g. automatic card files incorporating conveying and reading operations
B41J 3/50 - Mechanisms producing characters by printing and also producing a record by other means
G06K 19/07 - Record carriers with conductive marks, printed circuits or semiconductor circuit elements, e.g. credit or identity cards with integrated circuit chips
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ARTICLE MANAGEMENT SYSTEM, INFORMATION PROCESSING DEVICE AND INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD
An article management system includes a camera, a container, a rack, a storage part, and a controller. The camera images a prescribed space. The container stores an article as a management object. The rack is located inside the space. The rack stores the container. The storage part stores article identification information, container identification information, and rack identification information. The rack includes an identification code being identifiable by the camera. The storage part stores a first association and a second association. The first association is of rack identification information or container identification information, and container identification information. The second association is of the rack identification information or the container identification information, and article identification information. The controller detects a position of the article inside the space based on imaging data and the first and second associations.
B65G 1/137 - Storage devices mechanical with arrangements or automatic control means for selecting which articles are to be removed
G06K 7/14 - Methods or arrangements for sensing record carriers by electromagnetic radiation, e.g. optical sensingMethods or arrangements for sensing record carriers by corpuscular radiation using light without selection of wavelength, e.g. sensing reflected white light
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INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, METHOD, AND STORAGE MEDIUM
According to one embodiment, an information processing apparatus comprising a processor. The processor is configured to execute: first search processing of searching for a first provisional solution of a combinatorial optimization problem in which an objective function is partially differentiable, using a first search machine that solves an overall problem of the combinatorial optimization problem; and a second search processing of outputting a final solution of the combinatorial optimization problem based on a comparison between signs of the first provisional solution and a partial differential value of the objective function.
G06F 30/27 - Design optimisation, verification or simulation using machine learning, e.g. artificial intelligence, neural networks, support vector machines [SVM] or training a model
A magnetic disk apparatus according to an embodiment includes a magnetic disk, a magnetic head, a second memory, and a controller. On the magnetic disk, a servo sector where first servo data is recorded is provided. The magnetic head writes data and reads data to and from the magnetic disk. The first memory stores data to be written and stores data read from the magnetic disk. The second memory stores second servo data. The controller acquires the second servo data corresponding to the first servo data from the second memory based on the first servo data read by the magnetic head when passing over the servo sector. The controller executes positioning control of the magnetic head by using the first servo data and the second servo data.
G11B 5/596 - Disposition or mounting of heads relative to record carriers with provision for moving the head for the purpose of maintaining alignment of the head relative to the record carrier during transducing operation, e.g. to compensate for surface irregularities of the latter or for track following for track following on disks
G11B 5/00 - Recording by magnetisation or demagnetisation of a record carrierReproducing by magnetic meansRecord carriers therefor
G11B 5/012 - Recording on, or reproducing or erasing from, magnetic disks
G11B 5/02 - Recording, reproducing or erasing methodsRead, write or erase circuits therefor
According to an embodiment, a measurement method includes generating a formula of a relationship between a film thickness of copper oxide and color information of the copper oxide. The film thickness is not more than 15 nm. The measurement method further includes colorimetrically measuring a surface of copper to be measured and calculating a film thickness of copper oxide formed at the surface by applying a colorimetric measurement result in the formula.
According to one embodiment, a magnetic component includes a magnetic core portion, a first conductive member, and a second conductive member. The magnetic core portion includes a first core, a second core, a third core, and a fourth core. The first conductive member includes a first conductive portion and a second conductive portion. The first conductive portion is wound around the first core in a first winding direction. The second conductive portion is wound around the second core in a second winding direction. The second winding direction is opposite to the first winding direction. The second conductive member includes a third conductive portion and a fourth conductive portion. The third conductive portion is wound around the third core in a third winding direction. The fourth conductive portion is wound around the fourth core in a fourth winding direction. The fourth winding direction is opposite to the third winding direction.
H01F 27/34 - Special means for preventing or reducing unwanted electric or magnetic effects, e.g. no-load losses, reactive currents, harmonics, oscillations, leakage fields
H02M 3/06 - Conversion of DC power input into DC power output without intermediate conversion into AC by static converters using resistors or capacitors, e.g. potential divider
H02M 3/158 - Conversion of DC power input into DC power output without intermediate conversion into AC by static converters using discharge tubes with control electrode or semiconductor devices with control electrode using devices of a triode or transistor type requiring continuous application of a control signal using semiconductor devices only with automatic control of output voltage or current, e.g. switching regulators including plural semiconductor devices as final control devices for a single load
According to one embodiment, a coil includes a conductive member, and a first magnetic sheet. The conductive member is wound around a first axis as a center. The conductive member includes a first partial region and a second partial region. A first direction from the first partial region to the second partial region is along the first axis. The first magnetic sheet includes a first sheet region. The first sheet region is provided between the first partial region and the second partial region in the first direction.
H01F 27/32 - Insulating of coils, windings, or parts thereof
H01F 1/34 - Magnets or magnetic bodies characterised by the magnetic materials thereforSelection of materials for their magnetic properties of inorganic materials characterised by their coercivity of soft-magnetic materials non-metallic substances, e.g. ferrites
According to one embodiment, a magnetic head includes a reproducing section including a medium facing face. The reproducing section includes a first magnetic element including a first magnetic layer, a second magnetic layer, and a third magnetic layer. The first magnetic layer is provided between the third magnetic layer and the second magnetic layer in a first direction along the medium facing face. A first magnetic layer magnetization of the first magnetic layer includes a first component along a second direction crossing the medium facing face. A second magnetic layer magnetization of the second magnetic layer includes a second component along the second direction. A direction of the second component is opposite to a direction of the first component. A third magnetic layer magnetization of the third magnetic layer includes a third component along a third direction crossing a plane including the first direction and the second direction.
According to one embodiment, a surface emitting laser includes first and second electrodes, a light emitting layer, and first and second crystal layers. The light emitting layer is provided between the first electrode and the second electrode. The first crystal layer is provided between the light emitting layer and the second electrode. The first crystal layer includes a first partial region and a second partial region. The second crystal layer includes a plurality of structures. At least a part of the plurality of structures is arranged in a second direction crossing a first direction from the first electrode to the second electrode. The plurality of structures are provided between the light emitting layer and the first partial region in the first direction. At least a part of the second partial region is provided between the plurality of structures in the second direction.
H01S 5/11 - Comprising a photonic bandgap structure
H01S 5/183 - Surface-emitting [SE] lasers, e.g. having both horizontal and vertical cavities having only vertical cavities, e.g. vertical cavity surface-emitting lasers [VCSEL]
H01S 5/34 - Structure or shape of the active regionMaterials used for the active region comprising quantum well or superlattice structures, e.g. single quantum well [SQW] lasers, multiple quantum well [MQW] lasers or graded index separate confinement heterostructure [GRINSCH] lasers
21.
INITIALIZATION AGENT AND KIT FOR INITIALIZING BLOOD CELLS DERIVED FROM PERIPHERAL BLOOD, AND METHOD FOR INITIALIZING THE SAME
According to one embodiment, an initialization agent is for initializing blood cells derived from peripheral blood. The initialization agent includes an initialization factor group for producing iPS cells by initializing a group of blood cells including mononuclear cells derived from peripheral blood, and a group of lipid nanoparticles that encapsulate the initialization factor group. The lipid nanoparticles have a component of at least or more of 40% FFT-10 and FFT-20. FFT-10 and FFT-20 are included in equal amounts.
C12N 15/113 - Non-coding nucleic acids modulating the expression of genes, e.g. antisense oligonucleotides
C12N 15/88 - Introduction of foreign genetic material using processes not otherwise provided for, e.g. co-transformation using microencapsulation, e.g. using liposome vesicle
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METHOD FOR PRODUCING INDUCED PLURIPOTENT STEM CELL, NUCLEIC ACID INTRODUCTION CARRIER AND KIT
According to one embodiment, a method is for producing an induced pluripotent stem cell. The method includes bringing a first lipid nanoparticle into contact at least once with a fibroblast, followed by bringing a second lipid nanoparticle into contact at least once with the fibroblast. The first lipid nanoparticle and the second lipid nanoparticle each contain a reprogramming factor. The lipid component composition ratios of the first lipid nanoparticle and the second lipid nanoparticle are different from each other.
C12N 15/88 - Introduction of foreign genetic material using processes not otherwise provided for, e.g. co-transformation using microencapsulation, e.g. using liposome vesicle
23.
SIGNAL PROCESSING DEVICE, SIGNAL PROCESSING METHOD, AND COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCT
A signal processing device executes signal processing according to a neural network. The signal processing device includes a processor that functions as an input layer, an intermediate layer, and an output layer. The intermediate layer acquires one or more intermediate input signals corresponding to the input signal and generates intermediate signals based on the one or more intermediate input signals. The output layer acquires intermediate output signals and outputs output signals corresponding to the intermediate output signals. The intermediate layer includes N intermediate neurons and intermediate synapses. Each of the intermediate synapses generates a corresponding intermediate signal among the intermediate signals in accordance with the state value output from any one intermediate neuron of the N intermediate neurons. The N intermediate neurons include P types with different update rules.
According to one embodiment, a fracture section image analysis device includes an acquisitor configured to acquire a first image including a fracture section of a component, and a processor configured to perform image analysis for the first image. The image analysis includes a first process and a second process. The first process includes deriving a plurality of fracture progress directions in the fracture section. One of the plurality of fracture progress directions corresponds to one of a plurality of positions included in the fracture section. The second process includes deriving a fracture origin position in the fracture section based on at least a part of the plurality of fracture progress directions.
A method, performed by a computing device, for determining a break during a live event. The method includes collecting real-time data from sensors observing a live event at an event venue. The method further includes training a prediction model using the real-time data and historical data collected from one or more past events. The event further includes predicting when the break is likely to occur during the live event using the prediction model. In addition, the method includes transmitting a notification to at least one mobile device present at the live event of the prediction.
Methods and apparatus for preventing seizure activity in an environment using a computer vision system deployed within the environment are described. One example method includes detecting a seizure trigger within the environment via one or more camera devices deployed in the environment. At least one user associated with the environment that is susceptible to the seizure trigger is identified. Information associated with the seizure trigger is transmitted to a computing device associated with the at least one user.
G16H 50/20 - ICT specially adapted for medical diagnosis, medical simulation or medical data miningICT specially adapted for detecting, monitoring or modelling epidemics or pandemics for computer-aided diagnosis, e.g. based on medical expert systems
A61B 5/00 - Measuring for diagnostic purposes Identification of persons
Systems and methods of implementing a detection sequence for determining positions of control boxes within a stack are provided. In one aspect, a system includes control boxes each including a controller having a plurality of ports, a magnetic switch, and a magnet. The control boxes are arranged in a stack so that, for each adjacent pair of control boxes, the magnetic switch of one control box is magnetically coupled with the magnet of another control box. The controller of each control box is configured to determine a position, within the stack, of its associated control box based at least in part on the magnetic coupling, or lack of magnetic coupling, between the magnetic switch of its associated control box and the magnet of another control box within the stack.
G01G 19/414 - Weighing apparatus or methods adapted for special purposes not provided for in groups with provisions for indicating, recording, or computing price or other quantities dependent on the weight using electromechanical or electronic computing means using electronic computing means only
G01D 5/14 - Mechanical means for transferring the output of a sensing memberMeans for converting the output of a sensing member to another variable where the form or nature of the sensing member does not constrain the means for convertingTransducers not specially adapted for a specific variable using electric or magnetic means influencing the magnitude of a current or voltage
A checkout system is disclosed. In one aspect, a checkout system includes a cabinet and an input shelf coupled with the cabinet. The checkout system also includes features for detecting a cart approaching the checkout system. The input shelf is arranged to collapse based at least in part on detection of a cart approaching the checkout system.
Method and apparatus for enhanced emergency response are provided. An activation signal indicating an event has occurred at a first location is received. An alert is transmitted to a set of transaction processing devices at the first location, where the alert instructs each respective transaction processing device, from the set of transaction processing devices, to suspend respective transactions that are pending for completion. A deactivation signal indicating the event was resolved is received. Responsive to receiving the deactivation signal, diagnostic checks are conducted on each of the set of transaction processing devices to determine operational status. A transaction processing device, from the set of transaction processing devices, is determined to be operational. Responsive to determining the transaction processing device is operational, the transaction processing device is instructed to resume the respective transactions suspended on the transaction processing device.
Method and apparatus for fraud detection are provided. Sensor data from one or more acoustic wave sensors is received, where the one or more acoustic wave sensors transmit acoustic waves towards a set of items within a receptacle and receive reflected acoustic waves from the set of items. A model for the set of items within the receptacle is generated based on the sensor data. One or more features for the set of items are identified by analyzing the model. Checkout data is retrieved from one or more checkout devices. The one or more features for the set of items identified from the model are compared with the checkout data. An alert is generated upon detecting a discrepancy between the one or more features and the checkout data.
Systems and methods of conducting frictionless shopping are provided. In one exemplary embodiment, a method is performed by a network node device operationally coupled over a network to optical sensor devices positioned throughout a retail space having shelf structures. Each shelf structure has display devices with each display device being associated with and proximate a certain stocked item of the set of stocked items that is disposed on that shelf structure. The method includes sending, to a first display device that is associated with and proximate a certain stocked item that is electronically requested, over the network, an indication that includes a request to enable an auditory or visual indication so that the certain stocked item can be located on the corresponding shelf structure of the set of shelf structures in the retail space based on the auditory or visual indication.
An air conditioner, comprising an enclosure assembly (10), a heat exchange and air supply assembly (50) and a display panel assembly (100). The enclosure assembly (10) is provided with an air inlet (31) and an air outlet (23); the heat exchange and air supply assembly (50) is arranged in the enclosure assembly (10); the display panel assembly (100) is mounted on the enclosure assembly (10) and comprises a display module (103) and a display control module (90) which have an electrical connection relationship, the display module (103) and the display control module (90) being independently mounted on the enclosure assembly (10).
A computer-implemented method of validating a data transfer from a data provider to a data user via a first computing node of a network is provided. The method comprises. The network comprises a plurality of computing nodes. The computing nodes are in communication with a distributed ledger storing, for each computing node, a respective reputation score derived based on previous data transfers associated with the respective node. The method comprises obtaining, by the first node, a data transfer record specifying the data transfer, and submitting, by the first node, the data transfer record to a smart contract on the ledger for validating the data record by determining that the reputation score of the first node exceeds a predefined threshold.
H04L 67/1097 - Protocols in which an application is distributed across nodes in the network for distributed storage of data in networks, e.g. transport arrangements for network file system [NFS], storage area networks [SAN] or network attached storage [NAS]
G06F 21/64 - Protecting data integrity, e.g. using checksums, certificates or signatures
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INSPECTION DEVICE, INSPECTION METHOD, AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING BATTERY
According to one embodiment, an inspection device includes an acquisitor configured to acquire data obtained from an inspection target, and a processor configured to perform a first operation of processing the data acquired by the acquisitor. The data includes magnetic field data being two-dimensional regarding a plane including a first direction and a second direction crossing the first direction. The plane includes a first region, a second region, a first position, a second position, and a third position. The magnetic field data includes a first region data regarding the first region and a second region data regarding the second region. In the first operation, the processor is configured to inspect the inspection target based on difference data between the first region data and a second region inversion data obtained by inverting a magnetic field value included in the second region data in the first direction.
According to one embodiment, a magnetic field detection device includes an acquisitor configured to acquire data being two-dimensional relating to a magnetic field from a detection target, and a processor configured to perform a first operation of processing the data acquired by the acquisitor. The data includes a first magnetic field distribution along a first plane, a second magnetic field distribution along a second plane parallel to the first plane, and a third magnetic field distribution along a third plane parallel to the first plane. In the first operation, the processor is configured to derive a first derived magnetic field distribution in a first derived plane parallel to the first plane based on the first magnetic field distribution, the second magnetic field distribution, and the third magnetic field distribution.
According to one embodiment, a method is for maintaining and/or enhances the effect of an activator in a target cell. The method includes bringing a target cell in a first state into contact with a first lipid nanoparticle encapsulating a first activator, generating a target cell in a second state from the target cell in the first state, bringing a second lipid nanoparticle encapsulating a second activator into contact with the target cell in the second state, generating a target cell in a third state from the target cell in the second state, and maintaining and/or enhancing the effect of the activator in the target cell. Each of the first and second lipid nanoparticles is designed to exhibit an affinity appropriate for the corresponding target cell.
C12N 15/88 - Introduction of foreign genetic material using processes not otherwise provided for, e.g. co-transformation using microencapsulation, e.g. using liposome vesicle
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SPEED ESTIMATION APPARATUS, EVALUATION SYSTEM, AND SPEED ESTIMATION METHOD
According to one embodiment, a speed estimation apparatus includes a spectrum information extractor, a peak frequency extractor, a range determiner, a specifier, and an elastic wave speed estimation unit. The spectrum information extractor extracts spectrum information of one or more elastic waves generated due to an impact at different measurement points of a target member for each measurement point. The peak frequency extractor extracts one or more peak frequencies in each of the pieces of spectrum information extracted for each of the measurement points. The range determiner determines a frequency range of the elastic waves based on the one or more peak frequencies. The specifier specifies a peak frequency at each measurement point based on the spectrum information and the frequency range. The elastic wave speed estimator configured to estimate an elastic wave speed at each measurement point based on the peak frequency and thickness information of the target member.
An on-period of a second gate electrode is shorter than an on-period of a first gate electrode in a period from when the first gate electrode is turned on until the first gate electrode is turned off. An on-period of a third gate electrode is shorter than the on-period of the second gate electrode in the period from when the first gate electrode is turned on until the first gate electrode is turned off. A timing at which a third gate voltage of the third gate electrode reaches a third threshold voltage and a start timing of a third Miller period of the third gate voltage are within a first Miller period of a first gate voltage of the first gate electrode and within a second Miller period of a second gate voltage of the second gate electrode.
According to one embodiment, an information processing apparatus includes a processor. The processor is configured to learn a local waveform pattern and a state estimator used to estimate a state of a device, based on multiple elements of first sub-time series data divided from first time series data representing the waveform based on a base cycle of the waveform of a physical quantity changing in accordance with an operation of a device.
Toshiba Infrastructure Systems & Solutions Corporation (Japan)
Inventor
Hirano, Tatsuma
Ohnishi, Naoya
Nakatani, Hiroshi
Matsuyama, Hiroki
Abstract
According to the present embodiment, a control device comprises a first processor, a switching manager, and a second processor. The first processor is configured to execute control of a next control period on basis of control information having been changed during a current control period. The switching manager is configured to transmit to the first processor a switching notification for instructing switching to the first processor. The second processor is configured to use second software different from first software to be capable of executing control of a device by repeating a predetermined control period. The second processor uses at least the changed control information before a switching completion time as a time point where a currently processing control period ends to start control of the device in a next control period when control of the device in the next control period is executable.
G05B 19/418 - Total factory control, i.e. centrally controlling a plurality of machines, e.g. direct or distributed numerical control [DNC], flexible manufacturing systems [FMS], integrated manufacturing systems [IMS] or computer integrated manufacturing [CIM]
A system includes a platen assembly having a platen and a magnet coupled with an underside of the platen. The system also includes a base assembly having a storage component and a base magnet coupled with the storage component. The base magnet and the magnet of the platen are magnetically coupled to secure the platen in place relative to the base assembly. The system also includes an electromagnet that is selectively activated to increase a holding strength of the platen to the base assembly. Techniques for selectively activating an electromagnet to increase a holding strength of a platen to a base assembly are also provided.
G01G 7/04 - Weighing apparatus wherein the balancing is effected by magnetic, electromagnetic, or electrostatic action, or by means not provided for in groups by electromagnetic action with means for regulating the current to solenoids
A47F 9/04 - Check-out counters, e.g. for self-service stores
G01G 19/414 - Weighing apparatus or methods adapted for special purposes not provided for in groups with provisions for indicating, recording, or computing price or other quantities dependent on the weight using electromechanical or electronic computing means using electronic computing means only
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CALCULATION DEVICE, CALCULATION METHOD, AND COMPUTER-READABLE MEDIUM
A calculation device includes a prediction unit, a selection unit, an update unit, a repetitive control unit, and an output unit. The prediction unit performs, for each weight-pattern, predicting the amount of increase in Pareto hypervolume by using a corresponding weight-pattern. The selection unit performs selecting a maximum weight-pattern with the largest amount of increase. The update unit performs updating a candidate solution set by acquiring, from a solver device, multiple solutions in a problem of minimizing a composite objective function being a linear weighted sum of multiple objective functions and multiple weight coefficients represented by the maximum weight-pattern, and adding the acquired multiple solutions to the candidate solution set. The repetitive control unit performs repeating the prediction, the selection, and the update. The output unit outputs a set including a non-inferior solution in the candidate solution set as an approximate Pareto solution set.
TOSHIBA ENERGY SYSTEMS & SOLUTIONS CORPORATION (Japan)
Inventor
Kuze, Tatsuya
Takamata, Hikaru
Abstract
According to one embodiment, a fuel cell system supplies highpressure oxygen to a fuel cell by a compressor unit in which a compressor and a turbine are interlocked. An oxygen-containing gas flowing out from an oxygen-containing gas flow path flows into a cooling water tank and then is discharged. Cooling water is supplied from the cooling water tank to a cooling water flow path in the fuel cell.
H01M 8/04089 - Arrangements for control of reactant parameters, e.g. pressure or concentration of gaseous reactants
H01M 8/04111 - Arrangements for control of reactant parameters, e.g. pressure or concentration of gaseous reactants using a compressor turbine assembly
H01M 8/04119 - Arrangements for control of reactant parameters, e.g. pressure or concentration of gaseous reactants with simultaneous supply or evacuation of electrolyteHumidifying or dehumidifying
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System and Method for Controlled Reprinting Within an Authenticated Session
A system and method for generating reprints of documents from an authenticated user's print queue enables generating proof prints both before and after a print job has been released for printing. Print issues that surface in a printed document can be addressed, and a proof print can be made from the print job that remains in the queue after printing, with no need of resubmitting the job from a user's workstation. A proof print may be a reprint of the entire document or printing of a test page.
A system and method for generating reprints of documents from an authenticated user's print queue enables generating proof prints both before and after a print job has been released for printing. Print issues that surface in a printed document can be addressed, and a proof print can be made from the print job that remains in the queue after printing, with no need of resubmitting the job from a user's workstation. A proof print may be a reprint of the entire document or printing of a test page.
An apparatus includes a board defining a slot. The slot has a channel that interconnects at least two enlarged openings, including a locking opening. The apparatus also includes a card and a locking slide. The locking slide has a neck and retainer segments on opposing sides of the neck that retain the locking slide in the slot. The locking slide is slidable along the channel from one enlarged opening to another. The locking slide has a lock segment that latches the card to the board when the locking slide is positioned in the locking opening. A method of latching the card to the board using the locking slide is also provided.
An end cap assembly includes an end cap having an accommodation cavity and including first and/or second limit structure, a lock shaft, a reset member configured to push the lock shaft from an unlocked position to a locked position, and an operation member connected to the lock shaft and configured to pull the lock shaft from the locked position to the unlocked position. When the lock shaft is pushed to the locked position, the first limit structure engages with the operation member in limiting manner to limit the operation member in an accommodated state in which the operation member is accommodated in the accommodation cavity. When the lock shaft is pulled to the unlocked position, the second limit structure engages with the operation member in limiting manner to limit the operation member is limited in a pulled-out position at which the operation member is partially outside the accommodation cavity.
F24F 1/031 - Self-contained room units for air-conditioning, i.e. with all apparatus for treatment installed in a common casing characterised by mounting arrangements penetrating a wall or window
An air conditioner (100), comprising: a condensate water recovery system (4), a heat conduction structure (5) and a heat exchange pipe (6). The condensate water recovery system (4) comprises a water guide pipe (41) and a spray head (42), the spray head (42) being connected to an end part of the water guide pipe (41); the heat conduction structure (5) is in thermal fit with the water guide pipe (41); the heat exchange pipe (6) is in thermal fit with the heat conduction structure (5); the heat exchange pipe (6) exchanges heat with the water guide pipe (41) by means of the heat conduction structure (5).
A fan blade, a fan, and an air-blowing device. The fan blade (100) comprises: a hub (110) and a blade assembly (120), wherein the blade assembly (120) comprises N blades (121) connected to the hub (110), at least one blade (121) being provided with a hollow region (122); and on a first projection plane (130) perpendicular to the axis of the hub (110), the orthographic projection of the blade (121) forms a first projection (131) with an area of S1, and the orthographic projection of the hollow region (122) forms a second projection (132) with an area of S2, wherein 0≤S2/S1≤10. In the fan blade, the size of the hollow region is limited, thereby reducing fan noise and improving the performance of the fan blade.
A fan blade, comprising a hub (101) and blades (102), wherein the blades are connected to the hub; each blade comprises a first segment (11) and a second segment (12), and a hollow region (10a) is provided between the first segment and the second segment; a reference cylindrical surface (103) is configured around the axis of the hub and a spatial intersection line of the reference cylindrical surface and each blade is defined as a blade profile; the blade profile of the first segment is configured to protrude away from the rotation direction of the fan blade, and the blade profile of the second segment is configured to protrude away from the rotation direction of the fan blade. Also provided are a fan and an air blowing device. The working capacity of the fan blade at a same rotation speed can be improved, thus increasing the air supply amount thereof.
[Problem] To provide a rights management system for learning data used for machine learning models such as generative AIs. [Solution] A rights management system according to an embodiment allocates a learning data ID to learning data used for generating a generative AI model for generating new content or new data, and receives registration of rights information of learning data to which the learning data ID is allocated. Registration of the generative AI model that is generated using usage-permitted learning data is received from a model developer, and model registration information, associated with the learning data ID of the learning data that is used, is generated. Usage permission applications for the generative AI model that is registered are received from business operators, usage fees corresponding to the rights information of the learning data associated with the generative AI model, regarding which usage has been permitted, are calculated for the business operators who obtain business revenue through content or data generated by the registered generative AI model, and the usage fees deposited from the business operators are totaled and a dividend is calculated for each learning data provider.
Non-sequential write commands in a shingled magnetic recording (SMR) drive are efficiently executed using a skip-bypass mode. When certain conditions are detected in the command history of the drive, the drive changes to the skip-bypass mode. In skip-bypass mode, data associated with the write commands are received into memory of the drive and written directly to a new SMR band in a sequential write operation, thereby bypassing storage in a media cache of the SMR drive. Prior to the sequential write operation, data associated with logical block addresses (LBAs) disposed between the LBAs referenced by the non-sequential write commands are read into the memory by a sequential read operation. The data associated with the non-sequential write commands can then be written, along with the data read in the sequential read operation, in a single sequential write operation to the new SMR band.
A control device includes a controller, a predictor, and a corrector. The controller generates a control value on the basis of a command value and an output value output from a control target. The predictor predicts the output value on the basis of an input value input to the control target and a predictive model of the control target and generates a prediction value indicating a result of predicting the output value. The corrector corrects the control value on the basis of the command value, the output value, and the prediction value. The input value input to the control target is the control value corrected by the corrector.
G05B 13/04 - Adaptive control systems, i.e. systems automatically adjusting themselves to have a performance which is optimum according to some preassigned criterion electric involving the use of models or simulators
G05B 13/02 - Adaptive control systems, i.e. systems automatically adjusting themselves to have a performance which is optimum according to some preassigned criterion electric
An inspection device for performing operation inspection of a circuit including a transistor may include, but is not limited to, a standard calculating circuitry and a standard determining circuitry. The standard calculating circuitry is configured to calculate an electrical standard of the transistor on the basis of information on specifications of the transistor. The standard determining circuitry is configured to determine whether an inspection data group including temporal data of a value of current flowing in the transistor in a predetermined time range and of a value of voltage applied to the transistor satisfies the electrical standard and to output data which is determined not to satisfy the electrical standard in the inspection data group.
A noise model generating method includes calculating a transfer function from inside of an integrated circuit of an electric circuit to a measurement point in the electric circuit; acquiring a noise level waveform of a frequency with a high correlation with a trigger signal from measurement results of noise when the integrated circuit is caused to output the trigger signal; and generating the noise model of the integrated circuit on the basis of the transfer function calculated and the noise level waveform acquired. Acquiring the noise level waveform further includes: causing the integrated circuit to output a trigger signal; measuring the trigger signal and noise at the measurement point at time intervals to obtain measured values at the measurement point and at the time intervals; performing a conversion operation to generate, for each frequency, the noise level waveform indicating a change of the noise over time on the basis of the measured values at the measurement point; calculating, for each frequency, a correlation value indicating a correlation between the noise level waveform and a change of the trigger signal over time; and performing a filtering operation to extract the noise level waveform of a frequency with a high correlation from the correlation value.
According to one embodiment, a control method is provided. The control method includes: precharging, in a state where both of a first switching element and a second switching element in a power conversion device are turned off when the first and second switching elements perform a synchronous rectification operation, one end of the first switching element, the first and second switching elements being half-bridge connected between an input node and an output node, and the power conversion device converting an AC voltage into a DC voltage; and turning on the second switching element after the precharging the one end of the first switching element is completed.
H02M 7/219 - Conversion of AC power input into DC power output without possibility of reversal by static converters using discharge tubes with control electrode or semiconductor devices with control electrode using devices of a triode or transistor type requiring continuous application of a control signal using semiconductor devices only in a bridge configuration
Method and apparatus for computer vision-based tracking are provided. A set of images depicting a set of items in a receptacle of a user is accessed. At least a first item, of the set of items, is identified based on processing at least a first image of the set of images using one or more object recognition machine learning models. Based on a mapping, a caloric value of the first item is determined, and nutrition tracking information for the user is updated based on the caloric value. A set of user characteristics provided by the user is determined. In response to determining that the updated nutrition tracking information satisfies one or more criteria based on the set of user characteristics, a notification is transmitted to a mobile device of the user.
G16H 20/60 - ICT specially adapted for therapies or health-improving plans, e.g. for handling prescriptions, for steering therapy or for monitoring patient compliance relating to nutrition control, e.g. diets
G03B 21/00 - Projectors or projection-type viewersAccessories therefor
G06V 10/82 - Arrangements for image or video recognition or understanding using pattern recognition or machine learning using neural networks
The present disclosure describes a system and method for identifying an item. The system includes a camera that captures a first image of a first item being purchased by a user, a memory, and a processor. The processor determines, based on the first image, a first probability for a first identity of the first item and a second probability for a second identity of the first item and in response to determining that both the first probability and the second probability are below a threshold, determines, based on a shopping history of the user, that the user previously purchased a second item comprising a characteristic. The processor also applies a first weight to the first probability and a second weight to the second probability based on the characteristic, and assigns the first identity to the first item based on the first weighted probability and the second weighted probability.
G06V 10/84 - Arrangements for image or video recognition or understanding using pattern recognition or machine learning using probabilistic graphical models from image or video features, e.g. Markov models or Bayesian networks
Methods and techniques for generating a composite visual representation that integrates visual data of a pet with potential purchased items are provided. Visual data of a pet is received. Features of the pet are extracted by analyzing the visual data. A first mapping for the pet is generated based on the extracted features using one or more computer vision algorithms. Measurement data of a pet-related item selected by a user is collected. A second mapping for the pet-related item is generated based on the measurement data. A third mapping that corresponds to one or more dimensional differences between the pet in the first mapping and the pet-related item in the second mapping is generated. A composite mapping is created by combining the first, second and third mappings. The composite mapping is displayed in an augmented reality environment.
Techniques for intelligent system optimization are provided. Capacity data of one or more exit devices at a physical location is received. Demand data that indicates a current demand for exit service at the physical location is received from one or more monitoring devices. A decision is generated based on the capacity data and the demand data using a machine learning (ML) model. Commands corresponding to the decision are transmitted to the one or more exit devices for implementation.
An end cover assembly (10), comprising: an end cover (11), a lock shaft (12), a reset member (15) and an operating member (13), wherein the end cover (11) is provided with an accommodating cavity (113); the reset member (15) is configured to push the lock shaft (12) to move from an unlocked position to a locked position; and the operating member (13) is configured to pull the lock shaft (12) to move from the locked position to the unlocked position. The end cover (11) comprises a first limiting structure (114) and/or a second limiting structure (115), wherein the first limiting structure (114) is configured to limit, when the lock shaft (12) is pushed to the locked position, the operating member (13) in a storage state in which the operating member (13) is accommodated in the accommodating cavity (113); and the second limiting structure (115) is configured to limit, when the lock shaft (12) is pulled to the unlocked position, the operating member (13) at a pull-out position where at least part of the operating member (13) moves out of the accommodating cavity (113).
F24F 1/031 - Self-contained room units for air-conditioning, i.e. with all apparatus for treatment installed in a common casing characterised by mounting arrangements penetrating a wall or window
F24F 13/32 - Supports for air-conditioning, air-humidification or ventilation units
F24F 13/00 - Details common to, or for air-conditioning, air-humidification, ventilation or use of air currents for screening
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CONTROL METHOD FOR ENVIRONMENT ADJUSTMENT DEVICE, ENVIRONMENT ADJUSTMENT DEVICE AND STORAGE MEDIUM
A control method for an environment adjustment device, an environment adjustment device and a storage medium. A liquid outlet of an energy supply module in a secondary refrigerant circulation system (3) of the environment adjustment device is connected to indoor end devices (31) and a liquid supply module (4), at least two types of indoor end devices (31) comprise a first-type end and a second-type end, and a liquid inlet of the first-type end is connected to the liquid supply module (4); and the method comprises: when the indoor end devices (31) comprise a first target end of a first-type end and a second target end of a second-type end that have a heat exchange demand, determining a first target secondary refrigerant temperature of the energy supply model on the basis of a required secondary refrigerant temperature of the second target end; adjusting the liquid supply module (4) on the basis of a required secondary refrigerant temperature of the first target end and/or the first target secondary refrigerant temperature; and controlling the operation of a heat pump system (2) on the basis of the first target secondary refrigerant temperature.
Disclosed in the present application are a fan blade, a fan, and an air-blowing device. The fan blade comprises a hub and a blade assembly, wherein the blade assembly comprises N blades, N being an integer greater than or equal to 2; the blades are connected to the hub, each blade comprising a first blade section and a second blade section, and a hollow region being provided between the first blade section and the second blade section; a pressure surface of the first blade section is connected to a suction surface of the second blade section, and a suction surface of the first blade section is connected to a pressure surface of the second blade section, and on a projection plane perpendicular to the axis of the hub; and projection points formed by the orthographic projections of curved surfaces of the blades do not overlap.
A method according to one embodiment includes acquiring a result of quality inspection related to recording quality of first sectors included in a first storage area of a magnetic disk. The method includes calculating a first number being the number of sectors corresponding to a capacity obtained by subtracting a set capacity from an actual capacity of the first storage area. The first number is calculated based on the set capacity of the first storage area and a set value of recording density of the first storage area. The method includes selecting a second number of sectors from the first sectors based on the result of quality inspection. The method includes assigning addresses to a group of sectors that are not included in the second number of sectors among the first sectors. The group of sectors consists of sectors with the number corresponding to the set capacity.
Toshiba Energy Systems & Solutions Corporation (Japan)
Inventor
Gotanda, Takeshi
Asatani, Tsuyoshi
Saita, Yutaka
Tobari, Tomohiro
Abstract
A multilayer junction photoelectric converter and a multilayer junction photoelectric converter manufacturing method capable of preventing water from contacting a perovskite layer are provided.
A multilayer junction photoelectric converter of an embodiment includes a multilayered-structure. In the multilayered-structure, a first electrode functional layer, a first photoactive layer, an intermediate functional layer, a second photoactive layer, and a second electrode functional layer are multilayered. The first photoactive layer is made of crystalline silicon. The second photoactive layer is made of a photoactive material having a perovskite crystal structure. A partial layer included in the second electrode functional layer is included in the multilayered-structure and extends on an edge surface of the multilayered-structure to cover an end portion of the second photoactive layer at the edge surface.
H10K 30/30 - Organic devices sensitive to infrared radiation, light, electromagnetic radiation of shorter wavelength or corpuscular radiation comprising bulk heterojunctions, e.g. interpenetrating networks of donor and acceptor material domains
H10K 30/40 - Organic devices sensitive to infrared radiation, light, electromagnetic radiation of shorter wavelength or corpuscular radiation comprising a p-i-n structure, e.g. having a perovskite absorber between p-type and n-type charge transport layers
H10K 30/82 - Transparent electrodes, e.g. indium tin oxide [ITO] electrodes
H10K 39/15 - Organic photovoltaic [PV] modulesArrays of single organic PV cells comprising both organic PV cells and inorganic PV cells
A charged particle beam pattern forming device is described, a charged particle beam passing through a third aperture for forming a charged particle beam pattern, the charged particle beam pattern forming device including: a first element including a first aperture, a second element including a second aperture, the second aperture overlapping the first aperture, wherein the third aperture is defined by an overlap of the first aperture and the second aperture, and a shape of the third aperture is capable of being changed by a driver such that the first element is moved in a first direction and the second element is moved in a second direction opposite to the first direction.
TOSHIBA ENERGY SYSTEMS & SOLUTIONS CORPORATION (Japan)
Inventor
Iwai, Shogo
Tsukuda, Tomohiko
Iwasaki, Yoshifumi
Tashima, Tsuguhisa
Abstract
According to an embodiment, a turbine shaft sealing device suppresses leakage of a working fluid between a rotary part, and a lower half stationary part and an upper half stationary. Six packing ring segments of the turbine shaft sealing device are formed of a lower half center segment and two lower half side segments, and an upper half center segment and two upper half side segments, and configure an annular packing ring having an inner peripheral ring part on which a hook that engages with a hook engagement annular groove of the lower half stationary part and the upper half stationary part, and a seal fin protruding toward the rotary part side are arranged. A biasing part is formed of a lower half center biasing part, a lower half side biasing part, an upper half side biasing part, and upper half center biasing part.
TOSHIBA INFRASTRUCTURE SYSTEMS & SOLUTIONS CORPORATION (Japan)
Inventor
Kojima, Hidetaka
Akagi, Takuma
Abstract
According to an embodiment, an information processing method executed by a processor includes transferring a storage case which stores an article to a robot station where the article is picked by a robot, causing the robot to pick the article from the storage case and put the article into a dispensing case, transferring the dispensing case to a human station where an operator picks the article, transferring the storage case to the human station, and causing the operator to pick the article from the storage case and put the article into the dispensing case.
A semiconductor device manufacturing method includes: forming an SiC layer on a single crystal SiC layer of a substrate, the substrate having a polycrystalline SiC substrate and the single crystal SiC layer provided on the second surface; forming a first insulating film and a second insulating film on the SiC layer, the first insulating film and the second insulating film being spaced apart from each other by a third width; forming a second groove by removing a first portion of the single crystal SiC layer and a second portion of the SiC layer provided on the first portion; and forming a first groove by dicing, the first groove being provided below the second groove, the first groove having a first width smaller than the second width in the first direction, the first groove extending in the second direction, and the polycrystalline SiC substrate being cut by the first groove.
H01L 21/78 - Manufacture or treatment of devices consisting of a plurality of solid state components or integrated circuits formed in, or on, a common substrate with subsequent division of the substrate into plural individual devices
H01L 21/02 - Manufacture or treatment of semiconductor devices or of parts thereof
H01L 21/04 - Manufacture or treatment of semiconductor devices or of parts thereof the devices having potential barriers, e.g. a PN junction, depletion layer or carrier concentration layer
A semiconductor device according to an embodiment includes: a first electrode; a second electrode opposing the first electrode in a first direction; a semiconductor part provided between the first electrode and the second electrode; a metal silicide layer provided between the second electrode and the semiconductor part; and a metal layer provided between the metal silicide layer and the second electrode. The metal silicide layer includes a recess recessed toward the semiconductor part. The metal layer contacts a bottom surface and a side surface of the recess.
According to one embodiment, a semiconductor device includes a pellet; a first conductor and a second conductor sandwiching the pellet in a first direction; a first bonding material bonding the pellet and the first conductor; and a second bonding material bonding the pellet and the second conductor; wherein a first surface of the first conductor that faces the pellet includes a plurality of protrusions overlapping the pellet and a groove surrounding the pellet, when seen in the first direction, a design value of a height of the protrusions is a first value, and a volume of the groove is based on a volume of a part between the pellet and the first conductor, with a first height between the pellet and the first conductor having a second value larger than the first value.
H10D 64/23 - Electrodes carrying the current to be rectified, amplified, oscillated or switched, e.g. sources, drains, anodes or cathodes
H01L 23/00 - Details of semiconductor or other solid state devices
H01L 23/49 - Arrangements for conducting electric current to or from the solid state body in operation, e.g. leads or terminal arrangements consisting of soldered or bonded constructions wire-like
H01L 25/07 - Assemblies consisting of a plurality of individual semiconductor or other solid-state devices all the devices being of a type provided for in a single subclass of subclasses , , , , or , e.g. assemblies of rectifier diodes the devices not having separate containers the devices being of a type provided for in subclass
According to one embodiment, a semiconductor device includes a first electrode, a second electrode, a third electrode, a first semiconductor portion, a second semiconductor portion, a third semiconductor portion, and a fourth semiconductor portion. The first semiconductor portion is of a first conductivity type. The first semiconductor portion includes a first semiconductor region, a second semiconductor region, and a third semiconductor region. The second semiconductor portion is of a second conductivity type. The second semiconductor portion includes a first portion, a second portion, a third portion, and a fourth portion. The first portion has a first depth, the second portion has a second depth shallower than the first depth, and the third portion has the first depth. The third semiconductor portion is of the second conductivity type, and includes a first region portion and a second region portion. The fourth semiconductor portion is of the first conductivity type.
H10D 84/00 - Integrated devices formed in or on semiconductor substrates that comprise only semiconducting layers, e.g. on Si wafers or on GaAs-on-Si wafers
H10D 62/832 - Semiconductor bodies, or regions thereof, of devices having potential barriers characterised by the materials being Group IV materials, e.g. B-doped Si or undoped Ge being Group IV materials comprising two or more elements, e.g. SiGe
According to one embodiment, a semiconductor device includes a base substrate; a case provided on the base substrate; a first stack provided inside the case on the base substrate; a second stack provided apart from the first stack on the base substrate; and a first conductor having a flat plate shape and including a first portion in contact with the first stack and a second portion in contact with the second stack. The first stack includes a first insulator, a second conductor provided on the first insulator and in contact with the first portion, and a first semiconductor element electrically connected to the second conductor. The second stack includes a second insulator and a third conductor provided on the second insulator and in contact with the second portion, and does not include a semiconductor element.
H01L 21/60 - Attaching leads or other conductive members, to be used for carrying current to or from the device in operation
H01L 23/00 - Details of semiconductor or other solid state devices
H01L 23/053 - ContainersSeals characterised by the shape the container being a hollow construction and having an insulating base as a mounting for the semiconductor body
H01L 23/08 - ContainersSeals characterised by the material of the container or its electrical properties the material being an electrical insulator, e.g. glass
H01L 23/538 - Arrangements for conducting electric current within the device in operation from one component to another the interconnection structure between a plurality of semiconductor chips being formed on, or in, insulating substrates
H01L 25/07 - Assemblies consisting of a plurality of individual semiconductor or other solid-state devices all the devices being of a type provided for in a single subclass of subclasses , , , , or , e.g. assemblies of rectifier diodes the devices not having separate containers the devices being of a type provided for in subclass
H10D 80/20 - Assemblies of multiple devices comprising at least one device covered by this subclass the at least one device being covered by groups , e.g. assemblies comprising capacitors, power FETs or Schottky diodes
According to one embodiment, A semiconductor apparatus includes: a pellet including a first surface on which a plurality of pads are provided; a first bonding material provided on the first surface; and a first metal plate provided on the first bonding material, electrically connected to the plurality of pads, and including a second surface facing the first surface and a plurality of protrusions provided on the second surface, wherein the plurality of protrusions respectively face one pad of the plurality of pads disposed at an end and another pad of the plurality of pads disposed at the other end in a direction in which the plurality of pads are aligned.
According to one embodiment, a semiconductor device includes: a substrate; a case provided on the substrate and including a resin layer and a terminal; and a circuit board provided on the substrate and including a semiconductor chip and a wiring electrically connected to the semiconductor chip and the terminal, wherein the terminal includes a first portion extending from the resin layer toward the circuit board, a second portion bonded to the wiring, and a third portion between the first portion and the second portion, and the third portion is recessed toward an opposite side of a side of the substrate from the second portion.
H01L 21/48 - Manufacture or treatment of parts, e.g. containers, prior to assembly of the devices, using processes not provided for in a single one of the groups or
H01L 21/60 - Attaching leads or other conductive members, to be used for carrying current to or from the device in operation
H01L 23/00 - Details of semiconductor or other solid state devices
H01L 23/053 - ContainersSeals characterised by the shape the container being a hollow construction and having an insulating base as a mounting for the semiconductor body
H01L 23/31 - Encapsulation, e.g. encapsulating layers, coatings characterised by the arrangement
H01L 23/538 - Arrangements for conducting electric current within the device in operation from one component to another the interconnection structure between a plurality of semiconductor chips being formed on, or in, insulating substrates
H01L 25/07 - Assemblies consisting of a plurality of individual semiconductor or other solid-state devices all the devices being of a type provided for in a single subclass of subclasses , , , , or , e.g. assemblies of rectifier diodes the devices not having separate containers the devices being of a type provided for in subclass
H05K 1/18 - Printed circuits structurally associated with non-printed electric components
H10D 80/20 - Assemblies of multiple devices comprising at least one device covered by this subclass the at least one device being covered by groups , e.g. assemblies comprising capacitors, power FETs or Schottky diodes
77.
SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING THE SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE
According to one embodiment, a semiconductor device includes a chip having a first surface and a second surface, a first electrode pad provided on the first surface of the chip, a first conductive layer provided above the first electrode pad, a first bonding material that is provided between the first electrode pad and the first conductive layer and is in contact with the first electrode pad and the first conductive layer, and a second electrode pad provided on the second surface of the chip. A third surface of the first bonding material facing the first electrode pad has a contact portion in contact with the first electrode pad and a notch portion surrounding the contact portion. An end of the contact portion is located inside an end surface of the first conductive layer.
A semiconductor device according to an embodiment includes a SiC layer, which includes a first surface made up of a silicon plane and a second surface made up of a carbon plane; a plurality of protrusions, each of which includes a top face and side faces; a first electrode that forms Schottky junctions with the plurality of protrusions; a first semiconductor region of a first conductivity type provided in the SiC layer; a second semiconductor region of a second conductivity type provided among the plurality of protrusions in the SiC layer and located between the first semiconductor region and the first electrode; and a third semiconductor region of the first conductivity type provided in the side faces and located between the first electrode and the first semiconductor region in the protrusions, the third semiconductor region being higher in impurity concentration of the first conductivity type than the first semiconductor region.
H10D 62/10 - Shapes, relative sizes or dispositions of the regions of the semiconductor bodiesShapes of the semiconductor bodies
H10D 62/60 - Impurity distributions or concentrations
H10D 62/832 - Semiconductor bodies, or regions thereof, of devices having potential barriers characterised by the materials being Group IV materials, e.g. B-doped Si or undoped Ge being Group IV materials comprising two or more elements, e.g. SiGe
H10D 64/64 - Electrodes comprising a Schottky barrier to a semiconductor
Provided is a sheet conveying apparatus capable of suppressing occurrence of an error related to reading and writing of information from and to a wireless tag. A sheet conveying apparatus includes a reading and writing unit, a detection unit, and an instruction unit. The reading and writing unit reads and writes information from and to a wireless tag provided on a sheet when the sheet passes through a predetermined position on a conveyance path. The detection unit is disposed upstream of the predetermined position in a sheet conveying direction and detects the sheet. The instruction unit issues an instruction related to reading and writing of information from and to the wireless tag based on a timing at which the sheet is detected by the detection unit.
B65H 7/14 - Controlling article feeding, separating, pile-advancing, or associated apparatus, to take account of incorrect feeding, absence of articles, or presence of faulty articles by feelers or detectors by photoelectric feelers or detectors
B65H 9/20 - Assisting by photoelectric, sonic, or pneumatic indicators
80.
READING DEVICE, LABEL DISPENSING DEVICE, AND INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD
A technique for facilitating label dispensing is provided. A reading device includes a scanner section, a character recognition unit, and an output unit are provided. The scanner section reads an image on a medium. The character recognition unit recognizes character information from a target area of the image on the medium read by the scanner section. The output unit outputs information in which information capable of identifying the target area is associated with information based on the character information.
According to an embodiment, a remote customer service proxy system is provided to permit remote personnel to perform reception processing operations for many different locations and businesses. The system includes a communication server connectable to a reception systems at different remote locations, a proxy server, a proxy-side support terminal connected to the local network, and a proxy terminal, each connected to a local network. The proxy-side support terminal receives, via the communication server, a request for customer service from a customer reception system and identifies a self-service terminal corresponding to the customer reception system sending the request. The proxy terminal receives the identity of the self-service terminal, executes a reception system program corresponding to the identified self-service terminal, and outputs, via the communication server, a reception system completion notification to an output device corresponding to the identified self-service terminal.
Embodiments of the present application provide an ice making module and an electrical device. The ice making module comprises: an ice making assembly, which is used for manufacturing and outputting a plurality of pieces of ice having a first specification; an ice outlet channel, one end of the ice outlet channel being in communication with the ice making assembly, and said channel being used for receiving the pieces of ice having the first specification; a freezing area, which is provided in the ice outlet channel; and a cooling source, which is used for providing cooling capacity to the freezing area, so that the plurality of pieces of ice having the first specification passing through the freezing area are frozen to form pieces of ice having a second specification, the volume of the pieces of ice having the first specification being smaller than that of the pieces of ice having the second specification.
The present invention prevents a decrease in identification performance even when a usage environment is changed. An information processing device in accordance with an embodiment of the present invention comprises one or more input devices, an extraction unit, an identification unit, an environment information acquisition unit, an analysis unit, and a re-registration unit. The one or more input devices acquire input information. The extraction unit uses a person feature model to extract, from the input information, a feature amount that indicates a feature of a person. The identification unit identifies the person by comparing the feature amount and a feature amount that is indicated in a person dictionary. The environment information acquisition unit acquires environment information from the input information. The analysis unit analyzes a change in the environment information and the accuracy of identification of the person by the identification unit. The re-registration unit performs control for re-registering the person dictionary when there is a change in the environment information or when the accuracy of identification is less than an accuracy threshold value.
This method for inspecting a fluorescent flaw in a ceramic sintered body includes a step for applying a phosphor to a surface of a ceramic sintered body, a step for barrel-cleaning the ceramic sintered body to which the phosphor has been attached, and a step for performing fluorescent flaw inspection on the ceramic sintered body after the barrel-cleaning.
According to one embodiment, a magnetic disk device includes a nonvolatile memory including a firmware area in which firmware is stored and an encryption key area in which a first encryption key is stored, and a controller enabling the firmware to be updated when reading the first encryption key from the encryption key area and programing information including a second encryption key into the encryption key area.
A disk device according to one embodiment includes a magnetic disk, a magnetic head, an FPC, and a chip. The FPC includes an insulating layer, a first conductive layer on a first face of the insulating layer, and a second conductive layer on a second face of the insulating layer. The chip is mounted on the FPC. The first conductive layer includes pads. The chip includes terminals connected to the plurality of pads via solder. The second conductive layer includes wires. The plurality of wires include at least either one or two or more first wires or one or two or more pairs of second wires. The first wires each include a first part disposed apart from the pads, and a second part having a larger width than the first part, overlapping one of the pads. The second wires overlap one of the pads.
A laser welding device includes a laser irradiation part configured to irradiate a laser beam on a welding position of a member, a shielding gas supply part configured to supply a shielding gas to the welding position of the member, an imaging part configured to capture an image of a weld pool formed by irradiating the laser beam on the welding position of the member, and a controller configured to predict, based on the image of the weld pool, a state inside a weld portion formed by the weld pool solidifying. The controller predicting the state inside the weld portion based on at least one of a variance of a change amount of a luminance of a surface of the weld pool, a number of spatter at the surface of the weld pool, or a number of bubbles at the surface of the weld pool.
An optical detection portion includes a substrate of a first conductivity type, a semiconductor layer of the first conductivity type provided on the substrate, a first conductivity-type layer provided in the semiconductor layer, and a second conductivity-type layer provided on the first conductivity-type layer. The circuit portion includes a first well of a second conductivity type provided in the semiconductor layer, a second well of the first conductivity type provided in the first well, a first drain layer provided in the second well, a first source layer provided in the second well, a second drain layer provided in the first well, and a second source layer.
H10F 30/225 - Individual radiation-sensitive semiconductor devices in which radiation controls the flow of current through the devices, e.g. photodetectors the devices having potential barriers, e.g. phototransistors the devices being sensitive to infrared, visible or ultraviolet radiation the devices having only one potential barrier, e.g. photodiodes the potential barrier working in avalanche mode, e.g. avalanche photodiodes
A semiconductor device according to an embodiment includes a first insulating plate, a first metal plate provided on a first surface of the first insulating plate, a second metal plate provided on a second surface of the first insulating plate opposite the first surface, a semiconductor chip provided on the second metal plate, and a resin member encapsulating the semiconductor chip. In this semiconductor device, the number of semiconductor chips provided on the second metal plate is only one.
A method of an embodiment includes: forming, in a first region of an upper surface of a first-conductivity-type first silicon carbide layer, a second silicon carbide layer having a first-conductivity-type impurity concentration different from that of the first silicon carbide layer and having a first film thickness D2; forming a second-conductivity-type third silicon carbide layer having a film thickness D4 in a second region of the upper surface; forming, on the first silicon carbide layer, a fourth silicon carbide layer having a lower first-conductivity-type impurity concentration than the second silicon carbide layer and having a film thickness D1; measuring a second film thickness D3 of the second silicon carbide layer and the film thickness D1 of the fourth silicon carbide layer; and forming a trench penetrating the fourth silicon carbide layer to reach the third silicon carbide layer based on the film thickness D1, D2, D3, D4.
H01L 21/66 - Testing or measuring during manufacture or treatment
H10D 62/60 - Impurity distributions or concentrations
H10D 62/832 - Semiconductor bodies, or regions thereof, of devices having potential barriers characterised by the materials being Group IV materials, e.g. B-doped Si or undoped Ge being Group IV materials comprising two or more elements, e.g. SiGe
According to one embodiment, a semiconductor device includes a housing including a side wall surrounding an opening, and a receiving part protruding from the side wall; and a cover including an engaging part fitted to the receiving part, and covering a portion of the opening, wherein the engaging part includes an extending portion and a pair of engaging claws protruding from the extending portion, each of the engaging claws has a first engaging surface inclined with respect to a first direction, the receiving part includes a protruding portions including a protruding surface inclined with respect to the first direction, and a lower side of the first engaging surface and a lower side of the protruding surface are inclined so as to become higher toward the side wall.
H01L 23/051 - ContainersSeals characterised by the shape the container being a hollow construction and having a conductive base as a mounting as well as a lead for the semiconductor body another lead being formed by a cover plate parallel to the base plate, e.g. sandwich type
According to one embodiment, a semiconductor device includes: a semiconductor chip; and a first conductive layer provided on a side of a first surface of the semiconductor chip, wherein the first conductive layer includes an intermetallic compound layer containing copper (Cu), tin (Sn), and silver (Ag), and a concentration of the silver relative to the tin in the first conductive layer is equal to or greater than 1.0 at % and equal to or less than 7.9 at %.
According to one embodiment, a semiconductor device includes first to third electrodes, a first semiconductor portion provided between the first and second electrodes, a second semiconductor portion, and a fourth semiconductor portion. The first semiconductor portion includes first to sixth partial regions. The second partial region is aligned with the first partial region in a second direction crossing a first direction from the first electrode to the second electrode. The third partial region is aligned with the first partial region in the first direction. The fourth partial region is aligned with the second partial region in a third direction crossing a plane including the first and second directions. The fifth partial region is aligned with the fourth partial region in the first direction. The sixth partial region is aligned with the second partial region in the first direction and with the fourth partial region in the third direction.
H10D 84/00 - Integrated devices formed in or on semiconductor substrates that comprise only semiconducting layers, e.g. on Si wafers or on GaAs-on-Si wafers
According to one embodiment, a semiconductor device includes a first electrode, a second electrode, a third electrode, a first semiconductor member, a second semiconductor member, a third semiconductor member, a fourth semiconductor member, and a first insulating member. The first semiconductor member is provided between the first and second electrodes, and is of a first conductivity type. The first semiconductor member includes a first partial region, a second partial region, a third partial region, a fourth partial region, and a fifth partial region. The second semiconductor member is of a second conductivity type. The second semiconductor member includes a first semiconductor region, a second semiconductor region, a third semiconductor region, a fourth semiconductor region, and a fifth semiconductor region. The third semiconductor member is of the second conductivity type. The fourth semiconductor member is of the first conductivity type. The first insulating member includes a first insulating region.
A semiconductor device according to one embodiment includes a first electrode, a second electrode, a semiconductor layer between the first electrode and the second electrode, a plurality of first semiconductor regions on a side of the first electrode, a plurality of second semiconductor regions on surface sides of the plurality of first semiconductor regions, and a plurality of PIN diode regions provided on the side of the first electrode in the semiconductor layer, the plurality of PIN diode regions extending in a third direction orthogonal to the first direction and the second direction, the plurality of PIN diode regions electrically connected to at least one of the plurality of first semiconductor regions and at least one of the plurality of second semiconductor regions.
H10D 84/00 - Integrated devices formed in or on semiconductor substrates that comprise only semiconducting layers, e.g. on Si wafers or on GaAs-on-Si wafers
A merchandise sales data processing apparatus according to an embodiment includes a registration unit, a determination unit, an identification unit, and a control unit. The registration unit registers, in a memory, a plurality of types of identification information related to identification of a user. The determination unit determines, from the plurality of types, a type of each of a plurality of pieces of the identification information used for the identification of the user. The identification unit identifies the user based on the identification information corresponding to the respective determined type of the plurality of pieces of the identification information and input information input from the user corresponding to the respective type of the plurality of pieces of the identification information. The control unit permits the user to use a service related to a commercial transaction when the user is identifiable by the identification unit.
G06Q 20/40 - Authorisation, e.g. identification of payer or payee, verification of customer or shop credentialsReview and approval of payers, e.g. check of credit lines or negative lists
According to an embodiment, a work introduction information generation support device customizes prompt information for requesting generation of work introduction information related to a work to make the prompt information suitable for a customer on the basis of received viewing request information and acquired customer information. Further, the work introduction information generation support device provides the customized prompt information to a large language model.
The present disclosure describes a computer system and method for motion activated item identification. The computer system includes a memory and a processor communicatively coupled to the memory. The processor detects, based on a video of a user, a motion of the user while scanning a barcode of an item and in response to determining, based on the motion of the user, that the barcode scanned incorrectly, captures an image of the item. The processor also determines, based on the image of the item, an identity of the item and adds, based on the identity of the item, the item to a checkout transaction.
G06K 7/10 - Methods or arrangements for sensing record carriers by electromagnetic radiation, e.g. optical sensingMethods or arrangements for sensing record carriers by corpuscular radiation
G06K 7/14 - Methods or arrangements for sensing record carriers by electromagnetic radiation, e.g. optical sensingMethods or arrangements for sensing record carriers by corpuscular radiation using light without selection of wavelength, e.g. sensing reflected white light
Embodiments herein describe connecting a customer in a retail store with an expert. In one example, this connection is made using a shelf IO device. Using a product ID provided by the shelf IO device, a computing system can identify an expert and determine whether they are available to help the customer. For example, the system may identify an expert that is currently in the same store as the customer, or the expert may be available to conduct a phone conversation or teleconference using the customer's mobile phone.
Systems and methods of expanding a bagging system are provided. In one exemplary embodiment, a method is performed by a bagging station device configured to couple to a terminal station device. The bagging station device includes an outer expandable frame, an inner expandable frame having an inner movable mechanism coupled between first and second inner frame portions, first and second panels disposed on the corresponding first and second inner frame portions, and a set of load sensors coupled between the inner and outer expandable frames. The method includes sending, by each load sensor, to the terminal station device, a measurement of a load associated with one or more objects placed on a surface of the first or second panel. The inner movable mechanism is configured to enable the first or second panel to move along a longitudinal plane of the inner expandable frame.
