Abstract: A three-terminal capacitor includes a main body having a cylindrical or substantially cylindrical shape extending in a first direction and including first and second inner electrodes alternately laminated together with dielectric layers interposed therebetween, a pair of first outer electrodes on two end surfaces of the main body in the first direction and electrically connected to the first inner electrodes, and a second outer electrode electrically connected to the second inner electrodes. The main body includes a projecting portion projecting in a direction perpendicular or substantially perpendicular to the first direction at a position between the pair of first outer electrodes. The second outer electrode is provided on one surface of the projecting portion viewable when viewed in the first direction.

Abstract: A three-terminal capacitor includes a main body having a cylindrical or substantially cylindrical shape extending in a first direction and including first and second inner electrodes alternately laminated together with dielectric layers interposed therebetween, a pair of first outer electrodes on two end surfaces of the main body in the first direction and electrically connected to the first inner electrodes, and a second outer electrode electrically connected to the second inner electrodes. The main body includes a projecting portion projecting in a direction perpendicular or substantially perpendicular to the first direction at a position between the pair of first outer electrodes. The second outer electrode is provided on one surface of the projecting portion viewable when viewed in the first direction.

Abstract: A start test method executed by a system including a calculation device and a management device that manages failure information on the calculation device, the start test method includes storing, by a first processor included in the management device, a failure rate that has been calculated for each of parts of the calculation device based on the failure information received from the calculation device as performance information, associating with time information and a part of the calculation device; obtaining a failure rate of each of the parts at a time of start of the calculation device based on the performance information and a time when the calculation device is to be started; notifying the calculation device of the obtained failure rate; and executing, by a second processor included in the calculation device, a start test of the calculation device in accordance with the notified failure rate.

Abstract: An information processing device includes a processor configured to perform a diagnosis of hardware of the information processing device. The processor is configured to generate plural pieces of failure information. The plural pieces of failure information are classified into groups corresponding to different importance levels. The processor is configured to store the plural pieces of failure information in consecutive storage areas. The consecutive storage areas are divided into storage sections corresponding to the respective groups in order of importance level. The processor is configured to store first piece of failure information in a head of a second storage section in absence of free areas in first storage section. The first storage section is secured for a first group including the first piece of failure information. The second storage section is secured for a second group corresponding to a second importance level lower than the first importance level by one level.

Abstract: A start test method executed by a system including a calculation device and a management device that manages failure information on the calculation device, the start test method includes storing, by a first processor included in the management device, a failure rate that has been calculated for each of parts of the calculation device based on the failure information received from the calculation device as performance information, associating with time information and a part of the calculation device; obtaining a failure rate of each of the parts at a time of start of the calculation device based on the performance information and a time when the calculation device is to be started; notifying the calculation device of the obtained failure rate; and executing, by a second processor included in the calculation device, a start test of the calculation device in accordance with the notified failure rate.

Abstract: A conduit switching piston is provided that includes a shaft member, a plurality of seal portions, a pair of flat portions, and a connecting portion that is configured to connect two seal portions among the plurality of seal portions which are adjacent along the extending direction of the shaft member, and that is formed on the pair of flat portions integrally with the seal portions.

Abstract: A power measurement apparatus of a computer including logical units each including a CPU chip having CPU cores and a peripheral apparatus, a dedicated power supply apparatus for the respective CPU cores, and a common power supply apparatus for the peripheral apparatuses including: an output power generating unit that acquires output voltage and current of the dedicated power supply apparatus and generates output power thereof, a temperature acquiring unit that acquires a temperature of the CPU chip, an operation rate generating unit that generates an operation rate of the CPU core, a power consumption estimating unit which estimates power consumption of the peripheral apparatuses of the first and second logical units, and a power consumption generating unit that generates respective power consumption of the first and second logical units by summing up the output power of the dedicated power supply apparatus and the estimated power consumption of the peripheral apparatuses.

Abstract: An information processing device includes a processor configured to perform a diagnosis of hardware of the information processing device. The processor is configured to generate plural pieces of failure information. The plural pieces of failure information are classified into groups corresponding to different importance levels. The processor is configured to store the plural pieces of failure information in consecutive storage areas. The consecutive storage areas are divided into storage sections corresponding to the respective groups in order of importance level. The processor is configured to store first piece of failure information in a head of a second storage section in absence of free areas in first storage section. The first storage section is secured for a first group including the first piece of failure information. The second storage section is secured for a second group corresponding to a second importance level lower than the first importance level by one level.

Abstract: An information processing device, includes: a storage to store a program to be booted; a central processing unit to start a plurality of booting programs and read the program stored in the storage using a virtual address; a main memory to store the program based on a read instruction of the program; and a controller, including an address translator that translates a virtual address into a physical address, to read the program from the storage according to the read instruction, and write the read program in a plurality of discontinuous areas of the main memory on the physical address, wherein the central processing unit executes a start module which sets a virtual address space in the central processing unit and the controller before the plurality of booting programs are booted, and reads the written program from the main memory using the virtual address which is designated by the reading instruction.

Abstract: A power measurement apparatus of a computer including logical units each including a CPU chip having CPU cores and a peripheral apparatus, a dedicated power supply apparatus for the respective CPU cores, and a common power supply apparatus for the peripheral apparatuses including: an output power generating unit that acquires output voltage and current of the dedicated power supply apparatus and generates output power thereof, a temperature acquiring unit that acquires a temperature of the CPU chip, an operation rate generating unit that generates an operation rate of the CPU core, a power consumption estimating unit which estimates power consumption of the peripheral apparatuses of the first and second logical units, and a power consumption generating unit that generates respective power consumption of the first and second logical units by summing up the output power of the dedicated power supply apparatus and the estimated power consumption of the peripheral apparatuses.

Abstract: An information processing device, includes: a storage to store a program to be booted; a central processing unit to start a plurality of booting programs and read the program stored in the storage using a virtual address; a main memory to store the program based on a read instruction of the program; and a controller, including an address translator that translates a virtual address into a physical address, to read the program from the storage according to the read instruction, and write the read program in a plurality of discontinuous areas of the main memory on the physical address, wherein the central processing unit executes a start module which sets a virtual address space in the central processing unit and the controller before the plurality of booting programs are booted, and reads the written program from the main memory using the virtual address which is designated by the reading instruction.

Abstract: An endoscope includes a control method input section provided in a bending operation input unit and configured to input a control method of a bending operation, and a control method detector provided in an operation section body and configured to detect the input control method of the bending operation. The endoscope includes an activated portion provided in the bending operation input unit and configured to change its activated state in response to the bending operation in a bending operation input section, an activated state detector provided in the operation section body and configured to detect the activated state of the activated portion, and a drive member provided in the operation section body and configured to be driven in accordance with the detected control method and the detected activated state, thereby bending a bending section.

Abstract: In a method for creating an equivalent circuit for a three-terminal capacitor including first, second, third and fourth electrodes, a first capacitor conductor connected between the first and second electrodes, and a second capacitor conductor connected between the third and fourth electrodes, the equivalent circuit includes a first line connecting the first electrode to the second electrode; a second line connecting the third electrode to the fourth electrode; a third line that includes a first capacitor component and that connects the first line to the second line; a first circuit component including a first inductor component and a first resistor component provided between a connection portion between the second line and the third line and the third electrode; and a second circuit component including a second inductor component and a second resistor component provided between the connection portion and the fourth electrode.

Abstract: A bending mechanism includes a vertical driving portion with a central axis that extends along an X-axis direction, a horizontal driving portion with a central axis that extends along the X-axis direction and is adjacent to the vertical driving portion in a Y-axis direction, a vertical rotary portion that is coupled to the vertical driving portion and is rotated, and a horizontal rotary portion adjacent to the vertical rotary portion in the Y-axis direction that is coupled to the horizontal driving portion and is rotated. The binding mechanism further includes a holding portion holding a vertical operation wire extending from the vertical rotary portion to a rear surface on the side where the horizontal rotary portion is disposed, and holding a horizontal operation wire extending from the horizontal rotary portion to the rear surface on the side of the vertical rotary portion and further intersecting with a vertical operation wire.

Abstract: In a method for creating an equivalent circuit for a three-terminal capacitor including first, second, third and fourth terminals, a first capacitor conductor connected between the first and second terminals, and a second capacitor conductor connected between the third and fourth terminals, the equivalent circuit includes a first line connecting the first terminal to the second terminal; a second line connecting the third terminal to the fourth terminal; a third line that includes a first capacitor component and that connects the first line to the second line; a first circuit component including at least one of a first inductor component and a first resistor component provided between a connection portion between the second line and the third line and the third terminal; and a second circuit component including at least one of a second inductor component and a second resistor component provided between the connection portion and the fourth terminal.

Abstract: An attachment and detachment mechanism includes convex and concave engaging portions provided in first and second couplings respectively and extending in a radial direction of first and second shaft portions, the convex engaging portion is to be slidably inserted into and removed from the concave engaging portion along a longitudinal direction of the concave engaging portion, the convex and concave engaging portions includes basic positions where the longitudinal directions of the convex and concave engaging portions correspond to the attachment and detachment direction of the first and second main body portions and the convex and concave engaging portions are insertable into and removable from each other, and the attachment and detachment mechanism further includes a guide mechanism to guide one engaging portion such that the one engaging portion is disposed at the basic position in conjunction with the attachment or detachment of the first and second main body portions.

Abstract: Lead screws and nut members screwed to the respective lead screws are provided on a wire operation section for operating wires for operating a bending section in a bending manner, and a driving force generating section, a drive coupling shaft rotationally driven in a spin direction by a driving force from the driving force generating section, and drive couplings are provided on a drive source unit separably coupled to the wire operation section. The lead screws are rotationally driven in a spin direction from the driving force generating section via the drive coupling shaft to move the nut members in the axial direction thereby performing pulling operation of the wires during coupling of the drive source unit and the wire operation section.

Abstract: An endoscope 2 includes an insertion body 3 equipped with a potentiometer 26 for detecting a bending state of a bending portion 3B which is allowed to be bent and inserted into a subject and an electric connector 18c for outputting an electric signal as a detection result of the potentiometer 26, and a motor unit 4 detachable with respect to the insertion body 3 via an attachment/detachment portion 14, which is equipped with an electric motor 23 for bending the bending portion 3B.

Abstract: An endoscope includes a control method input section provided in a bending operation input unit and configured to input a control method of a bending operation, and a control method detector provided in an operation section body and configured to detect the input control method of the bending operation. The endoscope includes an activated portion provided in the bending operation input unit and configured to change its activated state in response to the bending operation in a bending operation input section, an activated state detector provided in the operation section body and configured to detect the activated state of the activated portion, and a drive member provided in the operation section body and configured to be driven in accordance with the detected control method and the detected activated state, thereby bending a bending section.

Abstract: A bending mechanism includes a vertical driving portion with a central axis that extends along an X-axis direction, a horizontal driving portion with a central axis that extends along the X-axis direction and is adjacent to the vertical driving portion in a Y-axis direction, a vertical rotary portion that is coupled to the vertical driving portion and is rotated, and a horizontal rotary portion adjacent to the vertical rotary portion in the Y-axis direction that is coupled to the horizontal driving portion and is rotated. The binding mechanism further includes a holding portion holding a vertical operation wire extending from the vertical rotary portion to a rear surface on the side where the horizontal rotary portion is disposed, and holding a horizontal operation wire extending from the horizontal rotary portion to the rear surface on the side of the vertical rotary portion and further intersecting with a vertical operation wire.