Abstract: A zoom lens includes a frontmost lens unit, which is located closest to the object side and a plurality of lens units located closer to the image side than the frontmost lens unit. All the distances between adjacent lens units vary during zooming in the state in which the zoom lens is focused on an object at infinity. One of the plurality of lens units is a first focusing lens unit. During focusing from an object at infinity to an object at a short distance in a first shooting mode, only the first focusing lens unit moves. During focusing from an object at infinity to an object at a short distance in a second shooting mode, two lens units in the zoom lens move.

Abstract: There is provided a zoom lens in which the load on the driving system for wobbling operation can easily made low and an image pickup apparatus equipped with the same. A zoom lens in which each of distances between a plurality of lens units changes during zooming from the wide angle end to the telephoto end, includes a focus lens unit that shifts along an optical axis to effect focusing from infinity to a close distance and a plurality of wobbling lens units that wobble after a shift of the focus lens unit at an amplitude smaller than the shift of the focus lens unit in focusing operation, wherein a combination of the wobbling lens units caused to operate changes in the middle of the zooming from the wide angle end to the telephoto end.

Abstract: An image pickup apparatus includes: an image pickup unit; a first connection unit that allows a stereoscopic shooting interchangeable lens and an ordinary shooting interchangeable lens to be selectively attached thereto so that an image of a subject can be formed on the image pickup unit; a second connection unit that allows a finder including two display units corresponding to a right eye and a left eye, the finder being capable of displaying a plurality of images, and a finder including a single display unit, the finder being capable of displaying a single image, to be selectively attached thereto; and a display control unit that controls display of an image picked up by the image pickup unit on the finder, based on at least one of information on the interchangeable lens connected to the first connection unit and information on the finder connected to the second connection unit.

Abstract: An image capturing apparatus includes: an optical system that includes a lens group including at least one lens, an optical axis of the optical system being able to be displaced; an image capturing unit that receives light collected by the optical system and generates electronic image data; a display unit that displays an image corresponding to the image data; and a display control unit that changes a display appearance of additional information, which is added to the image, according to a positional relationship between the optical axis and a light receiving surface of the image capturing unit.

Abstract: An image pickup apparatus includes: an image pickup unit; a first connection unit that allows a stereoscopic shooting interchangeable lens and an ordinary shooting interchangeable lens to be selectively attached thereto so that an image of a subject can be formed on the image pickup unit; a second connection unit that allows a finder including two display units corresponding to a right eye and a left eye, the finder being capable of displaying a plurality of images, and a finder including a single display unit, the finder being capable of displaying a single image, to be selectively attached thereto; and a display control unit that controls display of an image picked up by the image pickup unit on the finder, based on at least one of information on the interchangeable lens connected to the first connection unit and information on the finder connected to the second connection unit.

Abstract: In a zoom lens of a fixed total length, at the time of changing the magnification from the wide-angle end toward the telephoto end, the first lens group is anchored while the second lens group is moved, and the third and fourth lens groups are moved so as to be located at the object side of the telephoto end relative to the wide-angle end, such that: the interval between the second and third lens groups is decreased at the telephoto end relative to the wide-angle end; the interval between the third and fourth lens groups is increased at the telephoto end relative to the wide-angle end; and the interval between the fourth and fifth lens groups is increased at the telephoto end relative to the wide-angle end, and at the time of focusing a near object point from a remote object point, the second lens group is moved.

Abstract: A zoom lens includes a frontmost lens unit, which is located closest to the object side and a plurality of lens units located closer to the image side than the frontmost lens unit. All the distances between adjacent lens units vary during zooming in the state in which the zoom lens is focused on an object at infinity. One of the plurality of lens units is a first focusing lens unit. During focusing from an object at infinity to an object at a short distance in a first shooting mode, only the first focusing lens unit moves. During focusing from an object at infinity to an object at a short distance in a second shooting mode, two lens units in the zoom lens move.

Abstract: A metal catalyst substrate 1 is equipped with a honeycomb body 2 in which a corrugated metal foil 4 and a flat metal foil 5 are multiply rolled, their leader portions being overlapped with each other. A restricting portion 8 is formed at a core portion 7 of the honeycomb body 2 by a portion of the core portion being deformed to restrict flow of exhaust gas in a core portion 7.

Abstract: The 1st positive lens unit is located closer to the object side at the telephoto end than at the wide angle end. The distance between the 1st negative lens unit and the 1st positive lens unit is larger at the telephoto end than at the wide angle end. The distance between the image side lens unit group and the 1st negative lens unit varies during zooming from the wide angle end to the telephoto end. The image side lens unit group comprises a 2nd positive lens unit and a 3rd positive lens unit. The distance between the 2nd positive lens unit and the 1st negative lens unit is smaller at the telephoto end than at the wide angle end. The distance between the 3rd positive lens unit and the 2nd positive lens unit varies during zooming from the wide angle end to the telephoto end.

Abstract: Provided is a base adjustment device and method of a polyphase filter that can reduce an area and power consumption, and operate at a high speed. The band adjustment device of the polyphase filter according to the present invention includes a voltage-controlled oscillator (VCO), a polyphase filter that inputs an output from the VCO, a mixer that receives an output from the polyphase filter, an envelope detection circuit (envelope detector) that inputs an output from the mixer, and a band control signal generation circuit that inputs an output from the envelope detector.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a composition for noxious organisms-controlling agent having a synergistic effect and a method for using said composition, which comprises, as active ingredients thereof, one or more compounds selected from the phthalamide derivatives represented by general formula (I) being useful as an insecticide or acaricide and one or more compounds selected from the compounds having insecticidal, acaricidal or nematocidal activity: wherein R1, R2 and R3 may be the same or different and each represent hydrogen atom, C3-C6 cycloalkyl, -A1--Qp, etc., each of X and Y may be the same or different and represents hydrogen atom, halogen atom, etc., n is an integer of 1 to 4, m is an integer of 1 to 5, and each of Z1 and Z2 represents O or S.

Abstract: A power detection circuit according to the present invention includes a variable frequency oscillator 2 for oscillating a local oscillator frequency, a mixer 1 for receiving the local oscillator frequency and a detection signal and converting a frequency of the detection signal using the local oscillator frequency, a complex bandpass filter 3 for limiting a bandwidth of the detection signal whose frequency is converted to a predetermined bandwidth, and an energy detection circuit 4 for detecting power of the predetermined bandwidth based on an output from the complex bandpass filter 3. The local oscillator frequency is set so that the predetermined bandwidth of the detection signal whose frequency is converted is in a frequency range having low l/f noise. According to the present invention, it is possible to provide a power detection circuit with high speed and high sensitivity.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a composition for noxious organisms-controlling agent having a synergistic effect and a method for using said composition, which comprises, as active ingredients thereof, one or more compounds selected from the phthalamide derivatives represented by general formula (I) being useful as an insecticide or acaricide and one or more compounds selected from the compounds having insecticidal, acaricidal or nematocidal activity: wherein R1, R2 and R3 may be the same or different and each represent hydrogen atom, C3-C6 cycloalkyl, -A1-Qp, etc., each of X and Y may be the same or different and represents hydrogen atom, halogen atom, etc., n is an integer of 1 to 4, m is an integer of 1 to 5, and each of Z1 and Z2 represents O or S.

Abstract: An exemplary object is to provide a signal processing circuit, a wireless communication device, and a signal processing method for reducing crosstalk of an adjacent interfering signal in a desired signal. A signal processing circuit 3 according to the present invention includes a power acquisition unit 4 that receives multiple radio signals transmitted with different frequency bands and acquires power intensities of the received radio signals; and a frequency selection unit 5 that selects, from among frequency bands used for radio signals having the power intensity lower than a predetermined power intensity, a frequency band having a relatively low power intensity in a frequency band near the frequency bands as each frequency band in which communication is executed.

Abstract: In a zoom lens of a fixed total length, at the time of changing the magnification from the wide-angle end toward the telephoto end, the first lens group is anchored while the second lens group is moved, and the third and fourth lens groups are moved so as to be located at the object side of the telephoto end relative to the wide-angle end, such that: the interval between the second and third lens groups is decreased at the telephoto end relative to the wide-angle end; the interval between the third and fourth lens groups is increased at the telephoto end relative to the wide-angle end; and the interval between the fourth and fifth lens groups is increased at the telephoto end relative to the wide-angle end, and at the time of focusing a near object point from a remote object point, the second lens group is moved.

Abstract: The present invention provides a modified promoter, an expression vector and a transformant each containing the promoter, and a method for producing a gene product of interest using the transformant. The invention provides a modified promoter, including a nucleotide sequence of a promoter derived from bacterium belonging to the genus Bacillus in which at least one nucleotide sequence selected from the following has been modified: a nucleotide sequence represented by SEQ ID NO: 1; a nucleotide sequence equivalent to the nucleotide sequence represented by SEQ ID NO: 1, except that one or a plurality of bases therein are substituted, deleted, added or inserted; and a nucleotide sequence having a sequence identity of 70% or more with respect to the nucleotide sequence represented by SEQ ID NO: 1.

Abstract: An image capturing apparatus includes: an optical system that includes a lens group including at least one lens, an optical axis of the optical system being able to be displaced; an image capturing unit that receives light collected by the optical system and generates electronic image data; a display unit that displays an image corresponding to the image data; and a display control unit that changes a display appearance of additional information, which is added to the image, according to a positional relationship between the optical axis and a light receiving surface of the image capturing unit.

Abstract: An imaging apparatus comprises an optical system that includes a plurality of lens groups, each lens group including one or more lenses, at least one of the lens groups being independently movable with respect to the other lens groups and including a focus lens group for focusing the subject and a lens control unit that controls movement of the plurality of lens groups to bring into focus based on a feeding position of the focus lens group.

Abstract: An electronic image pickup apparatus includes a zoom lens system which is a taking optical system, an electronic image pickup element which is disposed at an image side of the taking optical system (zoom lens system), and which converts an image formed by the taking optical system (zoom lens system) to an electric signal, and an image restoring section which restores electrically a photographed image according to a difference in occurrence of an aberration by the taking optical system (zoom lens system) in an air environment photography and in a underwater environment photography.

Abstract: A metal catalyst substrate 1 is equipped with a honeycomb body 2 in which a corrugated metal foil 4 and a flat metal foil 5 are multiply rolled, their leader portions being overlapped with each other. A restricting portion 8 is formed at a core portion 7 of the honeycomb body 2 by a portion of the core portion being deformed to restrict flow of exhaust gas in a core portion 7.