Abstract: There is described an Eddy current probe for non-destructive testing, comprising: a first leg extending along a first longitudinal axis between a first proximal end and a first distal end; a second leg extending along a second longitudinal axis between a second proximal end and a second distal end; a high magnetic permeability body extending at least partially between the first and second longitudinal axes, the high magnetic permeability body being spaced apart from the first and second legs by a gap and the high magnetic permeability body and the first and second legs being each made of a high magnetic permeability material; and at least one excitation coil each secured to at least one of the first leg and the second leg.

Abstract: An electronic device includes a container, a camera, a sheet, and a shutter support. The camera is accommodated in the container and includes a lens on which light is to be incident from an outside of the container. The sheet covers the camera from a light incident side of the lens and allows the light to be incident on the lens. The shutter support is included in the container, and supports a shutter while attached to the container such that the shutter is slidable between a closed position and an open position. In the closed position the shutter is located between the camera and the sheet to cover the light incident side of the lens and shield the lens from the light. In the open position the shutter exposes the lens.

Abstract: An unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) includes a body and a gimbal camera. The body includes a housing including an inwardly recessed mounting groove with a notch on one side of the mounting groove, and a protective cover arranged at the housing and configured to open and cover the notch. The gimbal camera includes a mounting frame detachably connected to the housing via the mounting groove; a gimbal arranged at the mounting frame; and a camera arranged at the gimbal. In response to the gimbal camera and the housing being connected via the mounting frame, the gimbal camera is at least partially accommodated in the notch.

Abstract: One embodiment comprises: a substrate; a housing comprising a first side part and second side part facing each other and a third side part and fourth side part facing each other; a bobbin arranged inside the housing; a first coil arranged on the bobbin; and a magnet arranged in the housing, wherein the substrate comprises a second coil facing the magnet, the magnet comprises a first magnet arranged on the first side part of the housing, a second magnet arranged on the second side part of the housing, and a third magnet arranged on the third side part of the housing, the second coil comprises a first coil unit facing the first magnet, a second coil unit facing the second magnet, and a third coil unit facing the third magnet, the first to third coil units each comprises a line having a plurality of turns, and the width of the line of the third coil unit is narrower than the width of the line of the first coil unit.

Abstract: A microelectromechanical system (MEMS) probe for electric connection between a tested contact point of an object to be tested and a testing contact point of a test circuit. The MEMS probe includes: a first terminal contact portion; a second terminal contact portion movable close to and away from the first terminal contact portion; and an elastic connecting portion connecting the first terminal contact portion and the second terminal contact portion, elastically deformed by an approach of the second terminal contact portion and comprising a plurality of plating layers stacked in the elastic deformation direction. According to the present disclosure, the MEMS probe includes a plurality of plating layers stacked in the elastic deformation direction, thereby decreasing fatigue failure and improving durability.

Abstract: A resonance circuit (2) includes a capacitor (C1) and an inductor (L1, L2) of which an inductance is changed depending on developer including toner, and generates an output voltage corresponding to the inductance. A detecting circuit (3) detects the toner on the basis of the output voltage. An adjustment-purpose closed circuit (4) includes a semi-fixed resistor (VR1) and an adjustment inductor (L3) that forms magnetic coupling with the inductor (L1, L2), and causes an inductance of the inductor (L1, L2), a resonance frequency of the resonance circuit (2), an amplitude of the output voltage and a detected toner amount to be adjustable with a variable resistance value of the semi-fixed resistor (VR1).

Abstract: A platform apparatus includes a first unit that includes a first driver and is rotatable around a first axis by a driving force of the first driver, a second unit that includes a second driver and rotates a holder configured to hold an optical apparatus by a driving force of the second driver around a second axis orthogonal to the first axis, a first grip, and a second grip. The first and second drivers are located on one side of a plane that is orthogonal to a plane that includes the first axis and the second axis, and includes an imaginary line that connects the first grip and the second grip to each other.

Abstract: A shielding structure includes a camera base, a shielding member, and an operating member. The camera base is provided with a lens module and a guiding rail. One end of the shielding member is provided with a shielding part, the other end of the shielding member is provided with a connecting part, and a pivot point arranged between the connecting part and the shielding part. The operating member is connected to the connecting part and configured to slide along the guiding rail. Sliding of the operating member along the guiding rail drives the connecting part of the shielding member to move so as to bring the shielding member to rotate around the pivot point.

Abstract: An embodiment provides a sensing device comprising: a first cover; a second cover coupled with the first cover; a rotor disposed at the second cover; a first magnet disposed between the second cover and the rotor; a stator disposed between the first magnet and the second cover; a seating part disposed between the first cover and the rotor; a second magnet disposed on the seating part; a circuit board disposed on a bottom surface of the second cover; and a first hall sensor and a second hall sensor disposed on the circuit board, wherein the first cover comprises an upper plate having an opening and a side plate extending downward from the upper plate, and the side plate of the first cover comprises a first groove formed at a position corresponding to the second hall sensor and a second groove spaced apart from the first groove.

Abstract: A probe switching device comprising at least two switching switch assemblies and at least two probes, wherein each of the switching switch assemblies corresponds to each of the probes, each of the switching switch assemblies comprises a first switch component and a second switch component, the first switch component is provided with a force applying block, and the second switch component mainly consists of two fixed contactors and a bridge contactor, each of the probes corresponding to each of the switching switch assemblies is connected to one of the two fixed contactors. Thereby, the probe can be switched using the switching switch assembly without using a relay, the force applying block acts on the bridge contactor to connect the first switch component and the second switch component.

Abstract: A portable electronic device and a movable lens-shutting module thereof are provided. The movable lens-shutting module includes a magnetic field generator, a rotatable driving assembly and a movable shutter assembly. The rotatable driving assembly includes a rotatable magnetic element and a rotatable driving element fixed on the rotatable magnetic element. The rotatable driving element includes at least one driving rod. The movable shutter assembly includes at least one shutter element. The shutter element includes a lens opening corresponding to a lens and a receiving groove for receiving the driving rod. When the rotatable magnetic element and the rotatable driving element are concurrently moved by a magnetic force generated by the magnetic field generator, the shutter element is moved in a linear direction by moving the driving rod, so that the lens is exposed by the lens opening or is blocked by the shutter element.

Abstract: Disclosed are a displacement sensor-combined electrostatic measurement potential sensor, and an operation method therefor, wherein a displacement sensor and an electrostatic measurement potential sensor are provided in one device, and operations thereof are linked; a distance to an electrified body measured by the displacement sensor is stored in a main controller to automatically correct a measurement value of the amount of static electricity obtained by the potential sensor; a change in capacitance that the displacement sensor affects with respect to the potential sensor is applied to correction of an error in a result value measured by the potential sensor, so that it is possible to solve the problem of malfunction according to detection of the electrified body, wherein the distance thereto is changed, and accurately measure the potential; and by manufacturing the device in a small size, easy use is achieved and manufacturing and installation costs are reduced.

Abstract: An exemplary embodiment of the present invention a rotor including a lens and formed with a first driving unit, a stator formed with a second driving unit driving the rotor in response to electromagnetic interaction with the first driving unit, and a base on which the stator is fixed, wherein the rotor is brought into contact with the base, in a case the lens is in a UP posture, and the rotor is distanced from the base, in a case the lens is in a DOWN posture.

Abstract: A device for determining the state of a mechanical component, in which, when the component is in use, at least part of the component moves in relation to another component, particularly of drives or bearings or transmissions, using a measuring device that can determine an electrical variable or the change in an electrical variable.

Abstract: A method for attaching a camera objective to an objective holder. The method includes the steps of introducing the camera objective into an attaching element in the region of the objective holder, the attaching element having a plurality of contact elements that extend from a base body and lie elastically on the camera objective, of orienting the camera objective to an image sensor, and of welding the attaching element using a laser, so that the position of the camera objective to the objective holder is fixed.

Abstract: There is provided an image processing apparatus that improves the efficiency of hand shake correction processing by an electronic type hand shake correcting system. The image processing apparatus including a memory section that memorizes a pixel signal output from an imaging element, a region determining section that determines a cutout region of the pixel signal memorized in the memory section on a basis of motion information of the imaging element, and an image processing section that executes image processing with regard to image quality for a pixel signal in the cutout region determined by the region determining section.

Abstract: Methods and systems are disclosed for dynamically creating and annihilating subsurface electric dipoles having variable strength and variable alignment. The ability of various embodiments to create, annihilate, and control subsurface dipoles may be a useful technology for wide variety of applications including the nondestructive testing of materials and structures, for generating and receiving directed and omni-directional variable amplitude and frequency transmission waves without the need for conductive antennas, for phonon to electromagnetic power conversion, for materials and manufacturing process control, atomic and nanoparticle alignment, and for control and utilization as medical therapies.

Abstract: A magnetic field generator generates a detection-target magnetic field related to an angle to be detected. An angle sensor includes a first and a second magnetic sensor and a processor. The first magnetic sensor detects, at a first detection position, a first applied magnetic field including the detection-target magnetic field, and generates first detection information having a correspondence with the angle to be detected. The second magnetic sensor detects, at a second detection position, a second applied magnetic field including the detection-target magnetic field, and generates second detection information having a correspondence with the angle to be detected. The processor generates an angle detection value by performing arithmetic processing using the first and second detection information. The ratio of a strength of the detection-target magnetic field at the second detection position to a strength of the detection-target magnetic field at the first detection position is 1.65 or more.

Abstract: An image pickup apparatus includes a mount portion, a lock member movable between a lock position for locking the interchangeable lens unit and an unlock position for unlocking it, and forced from the unlock position toward the lock position, an operation member movable from a nonoperation position to an operation position in response to a press operation for moving the lock member from the unlock position to the lock position, and an interlock member movable by the pressed operation member and configured to move the lock member from the lock position to the unlocked position. The interlock member includes a contact portion configured to contact a contacted portion provided on either the lock member or a member configured to move integrally with the lock member, and at least one of the contact portion and the contacted portion has a convex shape toward the other.

Abstract: A follow-focus wheel assembly includes a supporting member, a follow-focus plate, and a follow-focus wheel. The supporting member includes a supporting seat and a mounting seat formed by extending outward from the supporting seat; the follow-focus plate and the follow-focus wheel are located on two sides of the mounting seat respectively, and the follow-focus wheel passes through a through hole on the mounting seat and then connects to the follow-focus plate in a rotatable manner. The supporting member is used for connecting an external structure, and the follow-focus wheel assembly is mounted in the external structure via the supporting member, where the follow-focus wheel partially extends out of the external structure when the supporting member is connected to the external structure. The follow-focus wheel assembly has a simple and compact structure, and can be miniaturized. It meets the requirement of performing a focusing operation with a single hand.