Abstract: Provided is a machine tool control device which reduces a processing burden of calculating a thermal displacement amount, avoids decrease in processing speed, and increases accuracy of machining a workpiece. A machine tool control device (100) includes a sequential analysis control unit (110), an advance analysis control unit (120), a correction value calculation unit (130), a change amount calculation unit (140), and a mode switching unit (150), and operates a machine tool (M) by executing a machining program that is corrected on the basis of a thermal displacement amount occurring on components constituting the machine tool (M) to enable highly accurate machining of a workpiece (W).

Abstract: Provided is an LED module with which wide light distribution may be obtained even with a small number of attached LED devices, and which has a simple structure which may be easily assembled. An LED module includes a column-shaped mounting substrate and a plurality of LED devices. The mounting substrate has a structure further including an insulation layer between a first copper plate and a second copper plate. When mounting the plurality of LED devices on a leading end part of the mounting substrate, the first copper plate is used as the plus-side electrode, and the second copper plate is used as the minus-side electrode.

Abstract: A paper ejector unit which transports paper printed by a printing mechanism of a printer along a transport path includes a paper accumulator provided ahead of an end-of-transport path on a downstream side in a transport direction of the paper, the paper accumulator accumulating the paper ejected from the end, a door which opens and closes between a closed condition in which the paper accumulator is separated from an outside and an open condition in which the paper accumulator communicates with the outside, and a door opening and closing controller which maintains the door in the closed condition with no reception of input of an opening operation signal which opens the door, and changes the door from the closed condition to the open condition with reception of the input of the opening operation signal.

Abstract: A light-emitting device includes a substrate including electrodes, a first group including a plurality of blue light-emitting diode elements that are disposed on the substrate and electrically connected to the electrodes, a second group including a plurality of blue light-emitting diode elements that are disposed on the substrate and electrically connected to the electrodes, a fluorescent layer disposed to receive light from the first group of blue light-emitting diode elements, and a phosphorescent layer disposed to receive light from the second group of blue light-emitting diode elements.

Abstract: A drive circuit has a ferroelectric liquid crystal panel that operates at a given switching angle and response speed, a sensor that measures temperature, a drive circuit that supplies driving voltage to the ferroelectric liquid crystal panel, a waveform generation circuit that supplies a waveform signal to the drive circuit, and a control circuit that controls the waveform generation circuit; and in a first frame of the driving voltage, outputs during a first interval, a first voltage that is positive and outputs during a second interval that is longer than the first interval, a second voltage that is positive, and in a second frame, outputs during the first interval, the first voltage that is negative and outputs during the second interval that is longer than the first interval, the second voltage that is negative. The control circuit varies the first voltage and the second voltage according to the measured temperature.

Abstract: Provided is an electronic watch capable of surely acquiring a movement start position and a stop position of a hand when the hand moves at high speed such as a case of manual correction by a winding stem or the like, while reducing a load on a CPU. The electronic watch includes: a decode circuit for outputting data corresponding to regions acquired by segmenting a movement range of the hand; and a position information circuit for automatically acquiring region data corresponding to the movement start position of the hand and region data corresponding to the stop position thereof and sending a notification to the CPU when acquiring both the data. In this manner, the CPU can stop until the acquisition of both the data, thereby reducing the load on the CPU.

Abstract: In accordance with a first aspect of the present inventive subject matter, a lighting device includes light-emitting elements arranged in lines that are extended in parallel with one another, the light-emitting elements being divided into groups each including the same number of light-emitting elements, a first connecting electrode is disposed adjacent to one end portion of the lines extended, a second connecting electrode is disposed adjacent to another end portion of the lines extended, and the light-emitting elements within each group are electrically connected in series with one another by metallic wires and electrically connected in series to the first connecting electrode and to the second connecting electrode. The groups each include the same number of light-emitting elements that are electrically connected in parallel between the first connecting electrode and the second connecting electrode.

Abstract: A light-emitting apparatus that improves the use efficiency of emission light from light-emitting elements by an optical element for light collection and improves the light-emitting intensity in front of the apparatus without increasing the size of the apparatus, and its manufacturing method are provided. The light-emitting apparatus includes light-emitting elements, a substrate on which the light-emitting elements are mounted in a mounted region and a pair of electrodes for supplying power to the light-emitting elements is arranged around the mounted region, a sealing resin that contains a phosphor excited by emission light from the light-emitting elements and seals the light-emitting elements on the mounted region, and an optical element that is placed to cover the sealing resin with a lower end in contact with a flat region between the pair of electrodes and the sealing resin on the substrate and collects light emitted from the light-emitting elements through the sealing resin.

Abstract: An LED drive circuit includes a rectification circuit configured to rectify an alternating-current voltage that is input via a dimmer circuit, a delay circuit having a switch, and a light emitting unit including an LED array including LEDs connected in series, wherein the delay circuit turns on the switch when a predetermined time elapses after the alternating-current current is input, and the rectification circuit and the LED array are directly connected when the switch is on.

Abstract: A reception time period required for time adjustment is reduced in a satellite radio-controlled wristwatch.

Abstract: An object of the invention is to provide a physical quantity sensor capable of producing a highly accurate physical quantity detection signal.

Abstract: Provided is a radio-controlled wristwatch, including: reception means (11) for receiving a radio wave from a satellite to extract time-of-week specifying information and week specifying information; clock means for counting a current date and time; date and time adjustment means for adjusting the current date and time counted by the clock means; week information holding means for holding the week specifying information; week information updating means for updating the week specifying information held in the week information holding means based on the current date and time counted by the clock means; and week information reception limiting means for limiting the reception of the week specifying information performed by the reception means, and controlling the reception means to receive the week specifying information in a predetermined case.

Abstract: To provide a liquid crystal device and a method of manufacturing the liquid crystal device which has high durability in an environment of high temperature and high humidity, and which can be applied to optical communication device. A liquid crystal device and a method of manufacturing the liquid crystal device includes a first substrate provided with a frame shaped seal region for encapsulating a liquid crystal layer, and a second substrate provided in opposition to the first substrate, wherein a gold frame shaped structure is provided in the seal region of the first substrate so as to be crushed and deformed to form metallic bond when superimposed and joined to the second substrate, and wherein a gold film is disposed in the portion of the second substrate opposed to the gold frame shaped structure so as to form metallic bond to the gold frame shaped structure.

Abstract: Provided is a light source device having optical fiber arrays arranged so that different sets of RGB laser lights are focused at different depth positions, while enhancing the efficiency of light utilization. The light source device includes a plurality of optical devices each of which generate red, green, or blue laser light, a plurality of first, second, and third optical fibers through each of which the red, green, or blue laser light from a corresponding one of the plurality of optical devices is guided, and a fiber bundle combiner which forms a fiber bundle by fixedly holding together end portions of the plurality of first, second, and third optical fibers in such a manner that a plurality of optical fiber sets, each comprising three optical fibers one from the first optical fibers, one from the second optical fibers, and one from the third optical fibers, are stacked in layers.

Abstract: Wear of a sliding member is prevented or controlled in a portion of the sliding member at a specific angular position (phase) about an axis. A fixing device includes a chuck-actuating claw which rotates with a main spindle, and is displaced to open and close a chuck section, a rubber ring which rotates with the main spindle, and a bobbin (sliding member) which is provided to be movable between a first position and a second position along an axis direction of the main spindle, rotates with the rubber ring in contact with the rubber ring in the first position, rotates with the chuck-actuating claw while displacing the chuck-actuating claw in contact with the chuck-actuating claw in the second position, and does not have contact with both of the rubber ring and the chuck-actuating claw in a partial range between the first position and the second position.

Abstract: A radio-controlled timepiece includes an oscillator circuit of which an oscillation condition can be varied by an oscillation condition adjustment circuit that adjusts an oscillation frequency, a frequency divider circuit that divides the oscillation frequency and generates a time measurement reference timing signal, a frequency adjustment circuit that adjusts the period of time measurement reference timing signal, a local oscillator circuit that uses the oscillation frequency as a reference frequency and outputs a local oscillation frequency, and a control circuit.