Sony Corporation

Ohi Seisakusho Co., Ltd.

Mahle Filter Systems Japan Corporation

Nissan Motor Company Limited

Sony Semiconductor Solutions Corporation

Mahle International Gmbh

Nissan Shatai Co., Ltd.

Ohi Siesakusho Co., Ltd.

Yuichi Kato

Noriyuki Fukushima

Yoshikazu Nitta

Takashi Suenaga

Toshiyuki Sugita

Keiichi Akamatsu

Kenta Masuda

Atsushi Nonaka

Hiromitsu Nishikawa

Daizo Ito

Katsuhisa Ohta

Junichi Shimada

Yohtaro Yasu

Masazumi Miyagawa

Shin Yoshida

Shuji Yamagata

Kazunori Kawamo

Kensuke Uchida

Takafumi Shibata

Hiroshi Yoshida

Kozo Mizusawa

Masaki Kondo

[Problem] To provide a pulse generator that is used in a ToF camera system especially adopting the indirect system and can be ready for various settings of a frequency or a phase with a simple configuration. [Solving means] There is provided a pulse generator that includes a first counter that determines a phase of a pulse to be outputted and used for distance measurement to a distance measurement target using an input signal, and a second counter that determines a frequency of the pulse using the input signal.

Pulse generator and signal generation apparatus

The present disclosure describes a drain plug structure for an oil pan for an internal combustion engine. The drain plug structure closes off a drain hole disposed in a bottom portion of the oil pan. The drain plug structure includes a columnar stopper portion inserted into the drain hole and rotated to prevent withdrawal. A sealing member is fitted to an outer periphery of the columnar stopper portion. An operating portion for a rotation operation is disposed on an outside exposed end portion of the columnar stopper portion. A plurality of cantilevered arcuate arm portions project radially outwards from the outside exposed end portion of the columnar stopper portion and are arranged in series along a circumferential direction. A loosening-prevention meshing portion is disposed on a tip end portion of each arcuate arm portion and an opening edge portion of the drain hole.

Drain plug structure for oil pan

A solid-state imaging element including pixel signal read lines, and a pixel signal reading unit for reading pixel signals from a pixel unit via the pixel signal read line. The pixel unit includes a plurality of pixels arranged in a matrix form, each pixel including a photoelectric conversion element. In the pixel unit, a shared pixel in which an output node is shared among a plurality of pixels is formed, and a pixel signal of each pixel in the shared pixel is capable of being selectively output from the shared output node to a corresponding one of the pixel signal read lines. The pixel signal reading unit sets a bias voltage for a load element which is connected to the pixel signal read line and in which current dependent on a bias voltage flows in the load element, to a voltage causing a current value to be higher than current upon a reference bias voltage when there is no difference between added charge amounts, when addition of pixel signals of the respective pixels in the shared pixel is driven.

Solid-state imaging element, method of driving the same, and camera system

Disclosed is a structure for attachment of a drain nut to a synthetic resin cover. The cover has a nut engagement portion formed in an outer surface of the cover, a cylindrical engagement portion formed with a plurality of piece parts on an inner surface of the cover, and a stepped portion formed between the nut and cylindrical engagement portions. The drain nut has a nut portion engaged in the nut engagement portion, a female thread portion formed in the nut portion for screw-in of a drain plug, a cylindrical portion formed concentrically with the nut portion and engaged in the cylindrical engagement portion, a large-diameter portion formed between the nut and cylindrical portions and engaged in the stepped portion, with an O-ring held between the large-diameter portion and stepped portion, and a collar portion formed around the cylindrical portion and retained by front ends of the piece parts.

Drain nut attachment structure for synthetic resin cover

An air cleaner for an internal combustion engine is arranged to reduce intake noise. The air cleaner includes an air cleaner element for cleaning an intake air, and an elastic member for reducing intake noise by utilizing an inside space of the air cleaner. An inside space of the elastic member is in communication with the inside space of the air cleaner through a communication passage. Preferably, a surrounding space formed between the elastic member and a case portion for receiving the elastic member is opened to the outside.

Air cleaner for internal combustion engine

Intake sound reduction device for internal combustion engine includes an elastic member formed into substantially cylindrical shape and having an open base end, a top end sealed by an end surface wall and a bellows circumferential wall; a base plate retaining base end of elastic member; and a communication pipe whose one end is connected to base plate so that a volume chamber formed inside elastic member communicates with an intake passage of the engine. Intake sound reduction device has first resonance system formed by expansion and contraction in axial direction of elastic member and second resonance system formed by film-vibration of end surface wall. When either one of resonance frequencies of the first and second resonance systems is primary resonance frequency and the other is secondary resonance frequency, the primary resonance frequency is set to 30&#x2dc;200 Hz and the secondary resonance frequency is set to 50&#x2dc;300 Hz.

Intake sound reduction device for internal combustion engine

Provided is a solid-state imaging element including pixel signal read lines, and a pixel signal reading unit for reading pixel signals from a pixel unit via the pixel signal read line. The pixel unit includes a plurality of pixels arranged in a matrix form, each pixel including a photoelectric conversion element. In the pixel unit, a shared pixel in which an output node is shared among a plurality of pixels is formed, and a pixel signal of each pixel in the shared pixel is capable of being selectively output from the shared output node to a corresponding one of the pixel signal read lines. The pixel signal reading unit sets a bias voltage for a load element which is connected to the pixel signal read line and in which current dependent on a bias voltage flows in the load element, to a voltage causing a current value to be higher than current upon a reference bias voltage when there is no difference between added charge amounts, when addition of pixel signals of the respective pixels in the shared pixel is driven.

A driving substrate includes: a protective layer including an etching surface; and a film layer including one or more convex portions on a surface thereof. The film layer is in contact with a rear surface of the protective layer. The one or more convex portions each have a surface being flush with the etching surface.

Driving substrate and display device

Provided is a thin-film transistor that includes: a substrate; a first barrier film formed on the substrate; a second barrier film formed in a selective region on the first barrier film, and having a barrier property against hydrogen; an oxide semiconductor layer including a first part formed on the second barrier film and a second part formed on the first barrier film, in which the first part functions as an active layer, and the second part has lower electrical resistance than the first part; a gate electrode formed on the first part of the oxide semiconductor layer with a gate insulating film therebetween; and a source electrode or drain electrode electrically connected to the second part of the oxide semiconductor layer. The first barrier film has a barrier property against an impurity from the substrate and a property of chemically reducing the oxide semiconductor layer.

Thin-film transistor, display unit, and electronic apparatus

A device includes a substrate, a metal layer being formed in a region on a part of the substrate, and a first insulating film being provided on the substrate and the metal layer and including a trench provided at a position corresponding to a part or all of a region where the metal layer is not provided.

Device and display unit

A driving substrate includes: a protective layer including an etching surface; and a film layer including one or more convex portions on a surface thereof, the film layer being in contact with a rear surface of the protective layer, the one or more convex portions each having a surface being flush with the etching surface.

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Kanagawa, Japan

Yuichi Kato