Abstract: A vehicle brake system includes a switching valve switchable between a first state allowing communication between a first fluid pressure generating device and a frictional brake and a second state allowing communication between a second fluid pressure generating device and the frictional brake. The second fluid pressure generating device generates a fluid pressure by moving a piston with an electric actuator, and has a fluid pressure supply port connected to the switching valve and an atmosphere opening port connected to a reservoir tank. When, due to a failure, the switching valve becomes a third state in which the switching valve makes each of the first fluid pressure generating device and the second fluid pressure generating device communicate with the frictional brake, a control device controls the second fluid pressure generating device to close the atmosphere opening port with the piston.

Abstract: A vehicle brake system includes a first fluid pressure generating device for generating a fluid pressure according to a brake operating amount, a second fluid pressure generating device for generating a fluid pressure by moving a piston with an electric actuator, and a switching valve switchable between a first state allowing communication between the first fluid pressure generating device and a vehicle behavior stabilizing device and a second state allowing communication between the second fluid pressure generating device and the vehicle behavior stabilizing device. A control device places the switching valve in the second state during execution of automatic brake control, and places the switching valve in the first state when a predetermined abnormality occurs in the vehicle, except that the control device places the switching valve in the second state when an abnormality including inability of the second fluid pressure generating device to generate the fluid pressure occurs.

Abstract: According to one embodiment, a magnetic device includes a layered body with a first magnetic layer, a second magnetic layer, and a first non-magnetic layer between the first magnetic body and the second magnetic body. A side wall layer covers at least a side wall of the first non-magnetic body of the layered body and includes at least one first substance chosen from silicon oxide, zirconium oxide, aluminum oxide, aluminum nitride, and silicon nitride, and at least one second substance chosen from arsenic, tellurium, antimony, bismuth, and germanium.

Abstract: The present invention provides: an MRI contrast agent for detecting cartilage damage, which comprises 17O-labeled water; and a method and a program for detecting cartilage damage using the contrast agent. According to the present invention, it becomes possible to detect a damage in a cartilage, particularly a minor damage in the surface layer of a cartilage which has been difficult to detect so far, by using 17O-labeled water as a contrast agent.

Abstract: An accelerator pedal device for use in a vehicle has: a housing fixed to a vehicle body; an accelerator arm that has a drum at one end and a pedal at the other end; a friction pad that has a pad shaft; and a spring that is interposed between the accelerator arm and the friction pad. The drum has an arm pivoting shaft that pivotally supports the accelerator arm and a recess that is recessed from a periphery of the drum toward the arm pivoting shaft, the friction pad has a friction part that is pressed against the recess by a spring force of the spring, the friction part has a side surface member having a side surface in an arched cross section to face the recess, and the side surface member has a contact part that is brought into point-contact with the recess of the drum.

Abstract: Provided is a lens barrel capable of improving stop accuracy. A roller support shaft (61) is attached to an outer peripheral portion of a cam cylinder (16). A torque applying roller (102) is rotatably supported by the roller support shaft (61). A biasing ring (104) is fitted to an outer peripheral portion of a second fixed cylinder (12B) and is held to be movable in an axial direction. The biasing ring (104) is biased by a biasing spring (106) and pressed to abut against the torque applying roller (102). In a case where the cam cylinder (16) is rotated, the torque applying roller (102) rolls along the biasing ring (104). A load torque is applied to the rotation of the cam cylinder (16) by frictional force generated between the torque applying roller (102) and the roller support shaft (61) due to the rotation of the torque applying roller (102).

Abstract: Provided is a floor structure of a vehicle having a pedal device to be pressed down by a driver seated in a driver seat of the vehicle. The floor structure is arranged relative to the pedal device and includes: a heel stopper part located substantially below the pedal device; and a pedal stopper part located on a vehicle-forward side of the heel stopper part and serving to prevent the pedal device from being excessively pressed down by the driver. The heel stopper part and the pedal stopper part are formed integrally with each other.

Abstract: A liquid discharge apparatus includes a first nozzle row group including at least two nozzle rows to discharge a first color liquid, shifted in the sub-scanning direction; a second nozzle row group including at least two nozzle rows to discharge a second color liquid, arranged in the main scanning direction; a main scanning device; a sub-scanning device; and circuitry to cause the first nozzle row group to discharge the first color liquid to positions corresponding to a plurality of pixels to form a first area on the recording medium, in accordance with scanning in the main scanning direction and the sub-scanning direction in a first sequence; and cause the second nozzle row group to discharge the second color liquid to positions corresponding to a plurality of pixels to form a second area on the recording medium, in accordance with scanning in the main scanning direction and the sub-scanning direction in a second sequence.

Abstract: An accelerator pedal device for use in a vehicle has: a housing fixed to a vehicle body; an accelerator arm that has a drum at one end and a pedal at the other end; a friction pad that has a pad shaft; and a spring that is interposed between the accelerator arm and the friction pad. The drum has an arm pivoting shaft that pivotally supports the accelerator arm and a recess that is recessed from a periphery of the drum toward the arm pivoting shaft, the friction pad has a friction part that is pressed against the recess by a spring force of the spring, the friction part has a side surface member having a side surface in an arched cross section to face the recess, and the side surface member has a contact part that is brought into point-contact with the recess of the drum.

Abstract: An image-capturing device includes: a first image-capturing unit and a second image-capturing unit, each of the first image-capturing unit and the second image-capturing unit having a plurality of lenses and a plurality of light-receiving units, each lens having a plurality of light-receiving units, the first image-capturing unit and the second image-capturing unit each outputting signals upon receiving light from a subject having transmitted through an image-capturing optical system via the plurality of lenses in the light-receiving units; and a generation unit that generates images of the subject at a plurality of positions in an optical axis direction of the image-capturing optical system, based on a signal outputted from the first image-capturing unit and a signal outputted from the second image-capturing unit.

Abstract: Provided is a floor structure of a vehicle having a pedal device to be pressed down by a driver seated in a driver seat of the vehicle. The floor structure is arranged relative to the pedal device and includes: a heel stopper part located substantially below the pedal device; and a pedal stopper part located on a vehicle-forward side of the heel stopper part and serving to prevent the pedal device from being excessively pressed down by the driver. The heel stopper part and the pedal stopper part are formed integrally with each other.

Abstract: A liquid discharge apparatus includes a first nozzle row group including at least two nozzle rows to discharge a first color liquid, shifted in the sub-scanning direction; a second nozzle row group including at least two nozzle rows to discharge a second color liquid, arranged in the main scanning direction; a main scanning device; a sub-scanning device; and circuitry to cause the first nozzle row group to discharge the first color liquid to positions corresponding to a plurality of pixels to form a first area on the recording medium, in accordance with scanning in the main scanning direction and the sub-scanning direction in a first sequence; and cause the second nozzle row group to discharge the second color liquid to positions corresponding to a plurality of pixels to form a second area on the recording medium, in accordance with scanning in the main scanning direction and the sub-scanning direction in a second sequence.

Abstract: A front structure of a motorcycle where a larger amount of air can be directed to the inside without increasing the size of the vehicle. A front structure of a motorcycle includes a front fork steerably mounted on a front portion of a vehicle body frame and supporting a front wheel thereon. A front fender is provided for protection from mud being splashed by the front wheel. A duct, through which air flows, is formed on a side surface of the front fender. An air intake opening, for taking in the flow of air, is formed on a front end of the duct with an air discharge opening directed inwardly in the vehicle width direction being formed on a rear end of the duct. The rear end of the duct opens to an inside of an inner surface of the front fork.

Abstract: A motor control apparatus controls a start/stop operation of a motor and includes a counting unit that performs a count-up or count-down operation from a predetermined initial value with a lapse of time in response to receiving an operation start instruction for the motor; a signal output unit that outputs a first state signal in response to receiving the operation start instruction, and outputs a second state signal only when a result of the counting by the counting unit falls outside a predetermined range; and a drive unit that outputs an ON signal to the motor in response to receiving the first state signal from the signal output unit, and outputs an OFF signal to the motor in response to receiving the second state signal from the signal output unit.

Abstract: A hardware device controller includes a controlling unit, a relay unit, and a watchdog timer. The controlling unit outputs a control signal to control a hardware device. The relay unit outputs, on the basis of the control signal, a control signal to the hardware device. When not receiving a first signal output from the controlling unit via the relay unit for a predetermined length of time or longer, the watchdog timer outputs a second signal. When the second signal is output, the controlling unit and the relay unit perform initialization process, and the hardware device stops driving.

Abstract: A front structure of a motorcycle where a larger amount of air can be directed to the inside without increasing the size of the vehicle. In a front structure of a motorcycle includes a front fork steerably mounted on a front portion of a vehicle body frame and supporting a front wheel thereon. A front fender is provided for avoiding mud from being splashed by the front wheel. A duct, through which a flow of air flows, is formed on a side surface of the front fender. An air intake opening, for taking in the flow of air, is formed on a front end of the duct with an air discharge opening directed inwardly in the vehicle width direction being formed on a rear end of the duct. The rear end of the duct opens to an inside of an inner surface of the front fork.

Abstract: There is provided a driving apparatus comprising: a driving unit configured to rotate a driving shaft; a speed setting unit for setting a rotational speed of the driving shaft; a driving shaft joint connected with the driving shaft to rotate with the driving shaft for transmitting driving-force to a driven apparatus, the driving shaft joint being fitted into a driven shaft joint connected with the driven apparatus that is made detachable; a rotational position detection unit configured to detect a predetermined rotational position of the driving shaft joint; and a driving control unit configured to control the driving unit; wherein upon the driven apparatus being detached, the driving control unit controls the driving unit to stop the rotating driving shaft based on a detection result of the rotational position detection unit after the speed setting unit sets the rotational speed of the driving shaft to be a first rotational speed.

Abstract: There is provided a driving apparatus comprising: a driving unit configured to rotate a driving shaft; a speed setting unit for setting a rotational speed of the driving shaft; a driving shaft joint connected with the driving shaft to rotate with the driving shaft for transmitting driving-force to a driven apparatus, the driving shaft joint being fitted into a driven shaft joint connected with the driven apparatus that is made detachable; a rotational position detection unit configured to detect a predetermined rotational position of the driving shaft joint; and a driving control unit configured to control the driving unit; wherein upon the driven apparatus being detached, the driving control unit controls the driving unit to stop the rotating driving shaft based on a detection result of the rotational position detection unit after the speed setting unit sets the rotational speed of the driving shaft to be a first rotational speed.

Abstract: A hardware device controller includes a controlling unit, a relay unit, and a watchdog timer. The controlling unit outputs a control signal to control a hardware device. The relay unit outputs, on the basis of the control signal, a control signal to the hardware device. When not receiving a first signal output from the controlling unit via the relay unit for a predetermined length of time or longer, the watchdog timer outputs a second signal. When the second signal is output, the controlling unit and the relay unit perform initialization process, and the hardware device stops driving.

Abstract: A motor control apparatus controls a start/stop operation of a motor and includes a counting unit that performs a count-up or count-down operation from a predetermined initial value with a lapse of time in response to receiving an operation start instruction for the motor; a signal output unit that outputs a first state signal in response to receiving the operation start instruction, and outputs a second state signal only when a result of the counting by the counting unit falls outside a predetermined range; and a drive unit that outputs an ON signal to the motor in response to receiving the first state signal from the signal output unit, and outputs an OFF signal to the motor in response to receiving the second state signal from the signal output unit.