Abstract: A fluid control device, capable of detecting leaks even if the leaks is slight, is provided. Further, a fluid leak abnormality is identified as a change accompanying an operation of the fluid control device and the fluid leaks is detected with high accuracy. A fluid control device, having a flow path and a closed space isolated from the flow path by a diaphragm and capable of detecting an abnormality, includes a pressure sensor detecting a pressure inside of the closed space, a processing module executing a predetermined information process, and an operation detecting mechanism detecting an operation of the fluid control device. The processing module executes a discriminating process discriminating abnormality of the fluid control device by comparing a detected value detected by the pressure sensor with a predetermined threshold value, and a correcting process correcting the predetermined threshold value in accordance with the operation of the fluid control device.

Abstract: A stereo camera apparatus includes a housing, a first camera unit attached to the housing, a second camera unit attached to the housing, a processing device that performs image processing by using captured images acquired by capturing of the first camera unit and the second camera unit, and a circuit board on which the processing device is mounted. In the housing, a base length direction of the first camera unit and the second camera unit is a longitudinal direction, the housing and the circuit board are bonded to each other by an adhesive, and in a region in the housing, onto which the adhesive is applied, a length in the base line length direction is shorter than a length in an orthogonal direction that is a direction perpendicular to the base length direction.

Abstract: An entire fluid supply line or an entire fluid controller constituted by a plurality of fluid control devices is precisely monitored. A fluid controller G accumulating and having a plurality of fluid control devices A. The fluid control devices A include an operation information acquisition mechanism acquiring an operation information in the fluid control devices, an identification information storage 71 storing a self-identification information, and a communication processing unit 72 transmitting the operation information acquired by the operation information acquisition mechanism to an external terminal with the self-identification information stored in the identification information storage 71 at different timings for each of the fluid control devices A.

Abstract: Provided is an imaging device capable of reliably achieving both widening an angle of view and an improvement in productivity. An imaging device 100 includes a pair of camera modules 2 each including an imaging element 4 and a lens unit 3, in which optical axes OA of the lens units 3 are arranged in parallel to each other. Each of the pair of camera modules 2 has a configuration in which the imaging element 4 and the lens unit 3 are relatively arranged such that a center C of the imaging element 4 is separated from the optical axis CA by the same distance in the same direction. With respect to the posture of one camera module 2, the other camera modules 2 is arranged in an inverted posture in which the other camera modules 2 has rotated around a rotation axis RA along the optical axis OA.

Abstract: Provided is an imaging device capable of efficiently dissipating heat from an imaging element. An imaging device 100 includes: an imaging element substrate 4 on which an insulating layer 51 and a conductor layer 52 are stacked and an imaging element 41 is mounted; and a housing 1 that accommodates the imaging element substrate 4. The surface of the imaging element substrate 4 has a mounting region 45 on which an electronic component 43 including the imaging element 41 is mounted, a covered region 46 in which the conductor layer 52 is covered with the insulating layer 51, and an exposed region 47 in which the conductor layer 52 is exposed from the insulating layer 51, and the exposed region 47 is connected to the housing 1.

Abstract: The present invention provides an in-vehicle image pickup device wherein highly accurate optical axis adjustment of an image pickup unit with respect to a housing can be performed, while suppressing precision machining of the housing as much as possible. The present invention is provided with: camera modules having a lens holder, which has the optical axis of a lens as a normal line, and which has one or more reference surfaces that are formed therein; and a housing having an insertion hole, into which the lens holder is inserted, facing surfaces facing the reference surfaces, and adhesive filling sections penetrating from the side of the facing surfaces to the reverse side of the facing surfaces.

Abstract: An imaging module includes: a substrate on which an imaging element is mounted and in which a through-hole is formed; a holding section that has a support pin inserted into the through-hole in such a manner that the support pin penetrates the through-hole and that holds an optical system forming a subject image on the imaging element; and an adhesive that is provided in the through-hole and that fixes the substrate to the support pin, and at least a tip end portion of the support pin has a tapered shape from a root side of the support pin toward a tip end of the support pin.

Abstract: The present invention provides an in-vehicle image capturing device which can be mounted on window glass of a vehicle without involving deterioration in precision of installation. The in-vehicle imaging device is characterized by comprising an image capturing unit which captures an image, and a holding part which includes a shielding section for partially shielding the imaging unit and which holds the image capturing unit, wherein: the holding part is bonded to window glass in advance; the image capturing unit includes a supported section which is supported by the holding part; and the holding part includes a guiding section for guiding the supported section toward a first direction in which the image capturing unit approaches the shielding section, and a supporting section for supporting the supported section and for restricting movement, in the first direction, of the supported section that has been guided by the guiding section.

Abstract: An imaging module includes: a substrate on which an imaging element is mounted and in which a through-hole is formed; a holding section that has a support pin inserted into the through-hole in such a manner that the support pin penetrates the through-hole and that holds an optical system forming a subject image on the imaging element; and an adhesive that is provided in the through-hole and that fixes the substrate to the support pin, and at least a tip end portion of the support pin has a tapered shape from a root side of the support pin toward a tip end of the support pin.

Abstract: The present invention provides an imaging device with which it is possible to easily mount/remove an imaging unit by a simpler operation than in the past when mounting/removing the imaging unit to and from a bracket, and to reduce more work space than in the past. In the present invention, an imaging unit 10 has a plurality of supported parts 15 that are supported by the bracket 20. The bracket 20 has a plurality of support structures 24 for supporting the plurality of supported parts 15. The support structures 24 have a receiving port 24a opened toward the rear of a mounting direction DF for receiving the supported parts 15 in the mounting direction DF and a support 24b for supporting the supported parts 15 on the forward side in the mounting direction DF of the receiving port 24a from a support direction DS that intersects the mounting direction DF.

Abstract: The present invention provides a highly reliable stereo camera in which it is possible to prevent the heat generated by an image processing element from contributing to an increase in the temperature of an image sensor, even if the stereo camera is made more compact and the heat density is thus increased inside the stereo camera.

Abstract: The present invention provides a stereo camera capable of mitigating thermal stress generated between members and reducing measurement error. In the present invention, a housing is provided with a high-rigidity support part and low-rigidity support part for supporting a circuit board, a high-rigidity support area including the high-rigidity support part, and a low-rigidity support area including the low-rigidity support part. The high-rigidity support part has greater rigidity in relation to force acting in a baseline direction (X-axis direction) following a baseline length of a pair of camera modules than the low-rigidity support part. The high-rigidity support area is provided in one location so as to be adjacent to the low-rigidity support area in the baseline direction.

Abstract: The present invention attains a vehicular imaging device in which condensation on a lens can be actively removed using a simple structure. The vehicular imaging device according to the present invention is provided with: lenses; imaging elements on which images are formed by light that has passed through the lenses; a processing circuit substrate which processes the images captured by the imaging element; and a housing in which the processing circuit substrate is held. Heat dissipation structures which each dissipate heat generated by the processing circuit substrate are provided to the housing. The heat dissipation structures each have a heat dissipation surface along the direction toward the corresponding lens.

Abstract: The present invention provides an imaging device wherein an imaging unit can be stably supported by a bracket and adverse effects on the imaging unit caused by differences in the amount of thermal expansion between the bracket and the imaging unit can be reduced. This imaging device 1 is provided with an imaging unit 10 attachable to the bracket. The imaging unit 10 is provided with a plurality of supported parts 15 to be supported by the bracket. The supported parts 15 are provided on both ends of the imaging unit 10 in the width direction DW crossing the light axis OA direction at one end of the imaging unit 10 in the light axis OA direction, and in the center part in the width direction DW at the other end of the imaging unit 10 in the light axis OA direction. The supported parts 15 have supported points 15a, which are supported by the bracket, and load points 15b, which receive the biasing force operating toward the supported points 15a from the bracket.

Abstract: To provide a technique of eliminating condensation adhering to a vehicle inner side of the glass to improve the reliability of a vehicle-mounted optical device. A vehicle-mounted optical device includes: an imaging unit that captures an outside of a vehicle through glass mounted to the vehicle to obtain an image; a condensation detection unit that detects condensation of the glass by determining whether an image in a predetermined range of a part of the image is in a predetermined state; and a condensation removal device control processing unit that actuates a condensation removal device which removes condensation of the glass when the condensation detection unit detects the condensation.

Abstract: Provided is an imaging device having a first substrate and a second substrate, the imaging device including an insertion hole provided to the first substrate and penetrating from a first side to a second side, a projection provided to the second substrate, inserted into the insertion hole from the first side, and bonded to the first substrate by a first adhesive agent, a first contact portion provided to the first substrate and in contact with the second substrate, a second contact portion provided to the second substrate and in contact with the first contact portion in the first substrate, a first bonding portion provided to the first substrate and bonded to the second substrate by a second adhesive agent, and a second bonding portion provided to the second substrate and bonded to the first bonding portion in the first substrate by the second adhesive agent, wherein the first adhesive agent projects from an inside of the insertion hole to the second side.

Abstract: The present invention provides a stereo camera capable of mitigating thermal stress generated between members and reducing measurement error. In the present invention, a housing is provided with a high-rigidity support part and low-rigidity support part for supporting a circuit board, a high-rigidity support area including the high-rigidity support part, and a low-rigidity support area including the low-rigidity support part. The high-rigidity support part has greater rigidity in relation to force acting in a baseline direction (X-axis direction) following a baseline length of a pair of camera modules than the low-rigidity support part. The high-rigidity support area is provided in one location so as to be adjacent to the low-rigidity support area in the baseline direction.

Abstract: The present invention provides an in-vehicle image pickup device wherein highly accurate optical axis adjustment of an image pickup unit with respect to a housing can be performed, while suppressing precision machining of the housing as much as possible. The present invention is provided with: camera modules having a lens holder, which has the optical axis of a lens as a normal line, and which has one or more reference surfaces that are formed therein; and a housing having an insertion hole, into which the lens holder is inserted, facing surfaces facing the reference surfaces, and adhesive filling sections penetrating from the side of the facing surfaces to the reverse side of the facing surfaces.

Abstract: The present invention provides an in-vehicle image capturing device which can be mounted on window glass of a vehicle without involving deterioration in precision of installation. The in-vehicle imaging device is characterized by comprising an image capturing unit which captures an image, and a holding part which includes a shielding section for partially shielding the imaging unit and which holds the image capturing unit, wherein: the holding part is bonded to window glass in advance; the image capturing unit includes a supported section which is supported by the holding part; and the holding part includes a guiding section for guiding the supported section toward a first direction in which the image capturing unit approaches the shielding section, and a supporting section for supporting the supported section and for restricting movement, in the first direction, of the supported section that has been guided by the guiding section.

Abstract: The present invention provides a highly reliable stereo camera in which it is possible to prevent the heat generated by an image processing element from contributing to an increase in the temperature of an image sensor, even if the stereo camera is made more compact and the heat density is thus increased inside the stereo camera.