Abstract: A lighting device includes a light source unit that outputs light, an elongated light guide including a first end surface on which the light is incident, a second end surface located opposite to the first end surface, an emitting surface, and at least one held portion provided on at least one of the longitudinal side surfaces different from the emitting surface, the light guide guiding the light from the first end surface to the second end surface, and a housing including an attachment portion to which the light source unit is attached, a housing portion that is open at an end portion on the attachment portion side and includes a housing recess to house the light guide and an exposure opening exposing the emitting surface, and a holding portion that holds the light guide in the housing recess by sandwiching the at least one held portion.

Abstract: Paper physical property detecting device includes a first detector that measures a sheet of paper (hereinafter, merely referred to as a paper) made to stop temporarily on a conveyance path and acquires a first value corresponding to a first physical property, a second detector that measures a paper while conveying the paper on the conveyance path and acquires a second value corresponding to a second physical property with regard to a physical property different from the first physical property; and a corrector that corrects the first value on a basis of the second value and creates post correction data.

Abstract: An electronic component includes an element body and outer electrodes on the element body. The element body includes top and bottom opposed surfaces, and side surfaces connecting the top and bottom surfaces. An outer electrode includes a lower layer electrode on the top surface and the bottom surface, and an upper layer electrode overlying the lower layer electrode and extending from an upper side of the lower electrode onto the side surface. When viewed from a direction orthogonal to the top and bottom surfaces, an edge of the lower layer electrode is disposed at a position farther from the side surface at which the upper layer electrode is provided than a position of an edge of the upper layer electrode, and a radius of curvature of the edge of the lower electrode is larger than a radius of curvature of the edge of the upper layer electrode.

Abstract: [Problem] To provide a highly accurate cell measurement method. [Solution] A cell measurement method comprising: a step of staining target cells with a dye; an image obtaining step for obtaining an image of the target cells; a discrimination step for discriminating the target cells from contaminating cells by applying multi-stage binarization processing to the image; a step of eliminating noises due to the contaminating cells from the image based on the result of the discrimination step; and a step of evaluating an amount of target cells by integrating an index value of cell amount in the image from which the contaminating cells have been eliminated.

Abstract: To show a highly accurate cell measurement method. A cell measurement method comprises: a step of staining a cultured target cell with a dye; a step of obtaining a first image and a second image which are transmission images for a first light and a second light to which the dye has different absorbance; a step of dividing each of the first image and the second image into a plurality of divided regions and comparing the first image and the second image for each of the divided regions so as to eliminate noises; and a step of integrating an indicator of a cell amount in each of the divided regions in the images from which the noises were eliminated so as to evaluate a target cell amount.

Abstract: [Problem] To provide a highly accurate cell measurement method. [Solution] A cell measurement method comprising: a step of staining target cells with a dye; an image obtaining step for obtaining an image of the target cells; a discrimination step for discriminating the target cells from contaminating cells by applying multi-stage binarization processing to the image; a step of eliminating noises due to the contaminating cells from the image based on the result of the discrimination step; and a step of evaluating an amount of target cells by integrating an index value of cell amount in the image from which the contaminating cells have been eliminated.

Abstract: An electronic component includes an element body and outer electrodes on the element body. The element body includes top and bottom opposed surfaces, and side surfaces connecting the top and bottom surfaces. An outer electrode includes a lower layer electrode on the top surface and the bottom surface, and an upper layer electrode overlying the lower layer electrode and extending from an upper side of the lower electrode onto the side surface. When viewed from a direction orthogonal to the top and bottom surfaces, an edge of the lower layer electrode is disposed at a position farther from the side surface at which the upper layer electrode is provided than a position of an edge of the upper layer electrode, and a radius of curvature of the edge of the lower electrode is larger than a radius of curvature of the edge of the upper layer electrode.

Abstract: A magnetic sensor device includes: a magnetic field generator, disposed at one surface side of a sheet-like to-be-detected object including a magnetic component, to generate an intersecting magnetic field intersecting the object; and a magnetoresistive effect element disposed between the object and the magnetic field generator, having a resistance value changing in accordance with change of a component of the intersecting magnetic field in a conveyance direction along which the object is conveyed, when the object is conveyed. The magnetoresistive effect element includes resistive elements adjacent to each other in the conveyance direction and interconnected by a bridge, disposed in linear symmetry relative to an axis perpendicular to the conveyance direction and extending through a center of the bridge. A position in the conveyance direction of the bridge center of the magnetoresistive effect element coincides with a position in the conveyance direction of the magnetic field generator center.

Abstract: A multilayer ceramic electronic component includes an electronic component element including a ceramic layer and an inner conductor, and outer electrodes disposed on the surface of the electronic component element. The outer electrodes include a first layer disposed on the surface of the electronic component element, and a second layer disposed on the first layer. The first layer includes an oxide of at least one of elements of the ceramic layer. The second layer does not include oxides of elements of the ceramic layer.

Abstract: A multilayer ceramic electronic component includes an electronic component element including a ceramic layer and an inner conductor, and outer electrodes disposed on the surface of the electronic component element. The outer electrodes include a first layer disposed on the surface of the electronic component element, and a second layer disposed on the first layer. The first layer includes an oxide of at least one of elements of the ceramic layer. The second layer does not include oxides of elements of the ceramic layer.

Abstract: To show a highly accurate cell measurement method. A cell measurement method comprises: a step of staining a cultured target cell with a dye; a step of obtaining a first image and a second image which are transmission images for a first light and a second light to which the dye has different absorbance; a step of dividing each of the first image and the second image into a plurality of divided regions and comparing the first image and the second image for each of the divided regions so as to eliminate noises; and a step of integrating an indicator of a cell amount in each of the divided regions in the images from which the noises were eliminated so as to evaluate a target cell amount.

Abstract: A lighting device includes: a first lighting control circuit; a second lighting control circuit which controls the first lighting control circuit; a first control power supply which supplies a first voltage to the first lighting control circuit; a second control power supply to which the first voltage is supplied and which supplies a second voltage to the second lighting control circuit; and a reset circuit which (i) when the reset circuit detects that the first voltage decreases to a first threshold or lower, causes the second control power supply to stop supply of the second voltage, and (ii) when the reset circuit detects that the first voltage increases to a second threshold or higher and that the second voltage is higher than a third threshold, causes the second control power supply to start supply of the second voltage after the second voltage decreases to the third threshold or lower.

Abstract: A lighting device includes: a first lighting control circuit; a second lighting control circuit which controls the first lighting control circuit; a first control power supply which supplies a first voltage to the first lighting control circuit; a second control power supply to which the first voltage is supplied and which supplies a second voltage to the second lighting control circuit; and a reset circuit which (i) when the reset circuit detects that the first voltage decreases to a first threshold or lower, causes the second control power supply to stop supply of the second voltage, and (ii) when the reset circuit detects that the first voltage increases to a second threshold or higher and that the second voltage is higher than a third threshold, causes the second control power supply to start supply of the second voltage after the second voltage decreases to the third threshold or lower.

Abstract: A magnetic sensor device includes: a magnet; yokes arranged on the magnet; and a magnetoresistance effect element to which is applied a leakage magnetic field emitted from the yokes to an exterior thereof. A detection region of the magnetoresistance effect element is at the side opposite to the magnet. The magnetoresistance effect element detects a change of a bias magnetic field of the magnetoresistance effect element that occurs when the object to be detected including the hard magnetic material passes through the detection region. The magnetic sensor device can accurately detect an object to be detected using a hard magnetic material.

Abstract: A magnetic circuit, provided with a short magnet (1a) and short magnet (1b) that are arranged in an array, and a yoke (2a) and a yoke (2b) provided so as to sandwich the short magnet (1a) and short magnet (1b). The short magnet (1a) and short magnet (1b), are arranged, that have a space between them that is a predetermined gap (3) or less in the arrangement direction of the array respectively. In addition, the short magnet (1a) and short magnet (1b) are arranged so that one magnetic pole is located on the side toward one of the pair of yokes (2a) and (2b), and the other magnetic pole is located on the side toward the other yoke.