Abstract: Provided is a survey method using a position acquiring device that acquires position coordinates of a worker and a mobile terminal capable of communicating with the position acquiring device. the mobile terminal sets an advancing direction of observation and a first measurement point in three-dimensional design data, and makes the position acquiring device acquire position coordinates of the worker, the mobile terminal guides the worker to the first measurement point, makes the position acquiring device acquire position coordinates of the worker at the first measurement point, and sets a point nearest from the first measurement point in the advancing direction as a second measurement point, and after that, a position of the worker, setting of a next measurement point, and guidance to the next measurement point are repeated.

Abstract: A battery heat exchange structure in which a battery cell 41 and a heat exchange panel 42 are closely arranged side by side so that a heat exchange surface 421 of the heat exchange panel 42 follows a side surface 411 of the battery cell 41, the heat exchange panel 42 is formed so that a heat exchange fluid F can be recirculated along the heat exchange surface 421, and the heat exchange panel 42 and the battery cell 41 are elastically urged so as to be compressed in the arrangement direction. This battery heat exchange structure can increase heat exchange efficiency between the heat exchange panel and the battery cell and can increase the stability of heat exchange.

Abstract: A connector assembly comprises a mating connector and a connector which is configured to be mounted on an object. The mating connector is mateable from above with the connector which is positioned below the mating connector in an up-down direction. The connector comprises a housing and a terminal. The terminal has a fixed portion, a held portion, a coupling portion, a supporting portion and a contact point. The coupling portion couples the fixed portion and the held portion with each other. The coupling portion has a receiving portion. The supporting portion extends from the held portion and is resiliently deformable. The supporting portion has an abutment portion. The abutment portion is positioned above the receiving portion in the up-down direction. The abutment portion is in contact with the receiving portion under a mated state where the connector and the mating connector are mated with each other.

Abstract: An aqueous solution for intraoral cleaning via irradiation with ultraviolet ray and/or near-ultraviolet visible ray and/or ray in an 800-900 nm near-infrared region is employed as the hydrogen peroxide aqueous solution, wherein a concentration of hydrogen peroxide is 1 w/v % to 7 w/v %, and a concentration of a hydrogen peroxide stabilizer is 81 ppm (mg/L) or less in the aqueous solution.

Abstract: This battery insulation structure includes a double-walled insulating container 1 including an insulating container main body 2 in which an insulating space S1 is provided between an inner wall 21 and an outer wall 22, and an insulating lid 3 in which an insulating space S2 is provided between an inner lid 31 and an outer lid 32, and a battery body 4 housed in the insulating container 1, wherein the battery body 4 is arranged to be spaced apart from the inner wall 21 of the insulating container main body 2 and the inner lid 31 of the insulating lid 3. This battery insulation structure can be adapted to both a very low-temperature external environment and a very high-temperature external environment, and can reduce the influence of the temperature of the external environment on the batter as much as possible.

Abstract: An electronic equipment comprises a case and a connector which is attached to the case. The connector comprises a housing and a waterproofing member. The waterproofing member is sandwiched by a mating connector and a side portion of the housing in a second direction when the connector is mated with the mating connector. The waterproofing member has at least one first contact portion, at least one second contact portion, at least one third contact portion and at least one fourth contact portion. The third contact portion is pressed against the side portion in the second direction by elasticity of the waterproofing member upon the mating of the connector with the mating connector. The fourth contact portion is pressed against and in contact with the mating connector in the second direction by the elasticity of the waterproofing member upon the mating of the connector with the mating connector.

Abstract: A robot system includes: a conveying device configured to convey a workpiece; a robot configured to execute an operation on the workpiece; and circuitry configured to: identify a current position of the workpiece and an object area occupied by an object; identify an interlock area that moves with the current position of the workpiece being conveyed by the conveying device; check an overlap between the interlock area and the object area; and control the robot to execute the operation based on the current position of the workpiece in response to determining that the interlock area does not overlap the object area.

Abstract: A semiconductor device includes a diamond substrate made of diamond, and a nitride semiconductor layer formed in a recess formed at an upper surface of the diamond substrate. The semiconductor device further includes at least one of: (A) the nitride semiconductor layer formed to be surrounded entirely by the upper surface of the diamond substrate in a plan view; (B) the diamond substrate in which the upper surface of the diamond substrate and an upper surface of the nitride semiconductor layer are located on the same plane; and (C) the diamond substrate having electrical insulating properties.

Abstract: A connector is mateable with a mating connector. The connector comprises a housing and a terminal. The terminal has an arm, a contact portion and a held portion held by a holding portion of the housing. The arm couples the held portion and the contact portion to each other and supports the contact portion so that the contact portion is movable. The contact portion has a bottom portion, a first support portion, a second support portion, a first contact point and a second contact point. Each of the first support portion and the second support portion extends upward from the bottom portion. The first contact point is supported by the first support portion. The second contact point is supported by the second support portion. Under a mated state, a mating terminal of the mating connector is sandwiched and held between the first contact point and the second contact point.

Abstract: Removal of substrates in a composite substrate is facilitated, and flaking of the composite substrate in an unintended process is prevented. A method for manufacturing a composite substrate includes: forming a first bonding material in a first surface of a first substrate; forming, in the first surface, at least one groove located more inward than a periphery in a plan view of the first substrate; forming the first bonding material along an inner wall of the at least one groove, the first bonding material not filling into space enclosed by the inner wall of the at least one groove; forming a second bonding material on a second surface of a second substrate; and bonding the first bonding material and the second bonding material together in a region except the at least one groove.

Abstract: A connector is mounted on a circuit board when used. The connector has a housing and a terminal which has a held portion, a supporting portion, a coupling portion, a contact portion and a guiding portion. The coupling portion has a fulcrum. The guiding portion receives a vertical force from a mating terminal at a specific contact location. The guiding portion receives, at the specific contact location, a frictional force caused by friction between the mating terminal and the guiding portion upon movement of the mating terminal on the guiding portion. An action line of a combined force of the vertical force and the frictional force intersects with one of the circuit board and the housing at a reference point. The fulcrum is positioned beyond the reference point in a first orientation of a first horizontal direction.

Abstract: A connector includes a contact retained in a housing selectively in one of a first posture and a second posture inverted 180 degrees around a fitting direction, the contact including a contact portion to be contacted with a contact of a counter connector and a connection portion to be connected to a flexible conductor of a connection object, between a case where the contact is retained in the housing in the first posture and a case where the contact is retained in the housing in the second posture, the contact portion is situated at a same position with respect to the housing and the connection portion is situated at a different position with respect to the housing, the contact being retained in the housing in, of the first posture and the second posture, a posture corresponding to an orientation of a flexible conductor exposed surface of the connection object.

Abstract: According to one embodiment, an X-ray diagnostic system is used with an operation apparatus for operating, from a position separated from an object, a device inserted inside the object, and includes an imaging apparatus, an designation receiving circuit, a first display, and a second display. The imaging apparatus performs X-ray imaging of the object. The designation receiving circuit receives designation of a position on medical data from a first user who operates the device. The first display is disposed at a position visible from the first user, and displays a first image according to the designation of the position. The second display is disposed at a position visible from a second user who performs positioning of the imaging apparatus, and displays a second image different from the first image according to the designation of the position.

Abstract: A first connection portion is formed at an end portion of a flexible conductor by folding the end portion of the flexible conductor in halves along a folding line extending in a given direction, and a contact-side connection portion of a contact presses the first connection portion from opposite sides in a thickness direction of the first connection portion to thereby electrically connect the contact to the flexible conductor.

Abstract: A connector assembly comprises a connector and a mating connector mateable with each other. The mating connector comprises a mating lock member having a mating lock portion. The connector comprises a holding member and a lock member. The holding member has a holding portion and a stop portion. The lock member has a held portion and a lock portion. The held portion is held by the holding portion. The lock portion is located below the mating lock portion and faces the mating lock portion in the upper-lower direction under the mated state. The coupling portion has an abutment portion. When the lock portion is moved toward the held portion in the first horizontal direction in accordance with removal of the connector from the mating connector, the abutment portion is brought into abutment with the stop portion so that a movement of the lock portion is restricted.

Abstract: A gripping system includes a hand that grips a workpiece, a robot that supports the hand and changes at least one of a position and a posture of the hand, and an image sensor that acquires image information from a viewpoint interlocked with at least one of the position and the posture of the hand. Additionally, the gripping system includes a construction module that constructs a model by machine learning based on collection data. The model corresponds to at least a part of a process of specifying an operation command of the robot based on the image information acquired by the image sensor and hand position information representing at least one of the position and the posture of the hand. An operation module executes the operation command of the robot based on the image information, the hand position information, and the model, and a robot control module operates the robot based on the operation command of the robot operated by the operation module.

Abstract: In a connector, a contact includes: a first connection portion and a second connection portion that are retained between a first insulator and a second insulator and face each other; and a pressing force receiving portion that makes contact with the second insulator and receives a pressing force from the second insulator to thereby press the first connection portion against the second connection portion. A connection object is sandwiched between the first connection portion and the second connection portion, and at least one of the first connection portion and the second connection portion makes contact with a flexible conductor of the connection object, whereby the contact is electrically connected to the flexible conductor of the connection object.

Abstract: It is an object of the present invention to provide a semiconductor device having high heat dissipation performance. A semiconductor device includes: a diamond substrate having a recess in an upper surface thereof; a nitride semiconductor layer disposed within the recess in the upper surface of the diamond substrate; and an electrode disposed on the nitride semiconductor layer, wherein the nitride semiconductor layer and the electrode constitute a field-effect transistor, the diamond substrate has a source via hole extending through a thickness of the diamond substrate to expose the source electrode, and the semiconductor device further includes a via metal covering an inner wall of the source via hole and a lower surface of the diamond substrate.

Abstract: A surveying system for assisting placement of a slope staking tool including a picket, a crossbeam, and a slope beam. The surveying system includes a design information acquisition unit configured to acquire design information including a designed slope; a current slope estimation unit configured to calculate a current slope in accordance with the results of surveying the current slope; a first intersection calculation unit configured to calculate a coordinate of a first intersection between the current slope and the designed slope using the current slope estimated by the current slope estimation unit and the design information, and to display the coordinate on the screen unit; and a second intersection calculation unit configured to calculate, using the surveying device, an altitude difference between any position on the crossbeam placed and a plane including the designed slope and to display the altitude difference on the screen unit.

Abstract: Provided is a technology that enables even a beginner to easily perform finished shape observation by following precautions for use of a GNSS. A finished shape observation system includes a reference station, a mobile station, and a mobile terminal, wherein the mobile terminal includes a mobile station first confirming unit configured to confirm whether a slope distance between the reference station and the mobile station is larger than a prescribed value when measuring each of the observation points, a mobile station second confirming unit configured to confirm whether a slope distance between a first known point and the mobile station is larger than a prescribed value when measuring each of the observation points, and a mobile station third confirming unit configured to confirm whether an elapsed time from a measurement time of the first known point exceeds a prescribed value when measuring each of the observation points.