Abstract: A camera device for use in a storage unit according to an embodiment includes a case installable to an opening end side of a door of the storage unit; an image capturing element stored inside the case and configured to capture an image inside the storage unit; and a battery stored inside the case. The battery is disposed in a lower portion of the case. A center of gravity of the camera device is different from the center.

Abstract: A camera device for use in a storage unit includes a case configured to be detachably installable inside the storage unit to a holder unit configured to hold the case inside the storage unit, an image capturing element provided inside the case and configured to capture an image inside the storage unit where the case is installed, an image capture window provided on a first surface portion of the case and configured for capturing the image inside the storage unit by the image capturing element, and a preventing element configured to prevent the case from being attached to the holder unit in an orientation other than a predetermined orientation. The image capture window is configured for capturing image inside the storage unit by the image capturing element. The holder unit holds the case inside the storage unit. The image capturing element captures the image inside the storage unit with the case being installed in the predetermined orientation.

Abstract: A turbo-molecular pump comprises: a shaft to be rotatably driven by a motor; a pump rotor; multiple bolts penetrating the pump rotor from a pump suction port side to fasten the pump rotor to a pump suction port side end portion of the shaft; and a seal member configured to seal a clearance between fastening surfaces of the pump rotor and the shaft or a clearance between each bolt and the pump rotor.

Abstract: According one embodiment, provided is a vacuum cleaner capable of performing efficient autonomous traveling. The vacuum cleaner includes a main casing, driving wheels, a map generation part, a self-position estimation part, an information acquisition part and a control unit. The driving wheels enable the main casing to travel. The map generation part generates a map indicative of information on an area. The self-position estimation part estimates a self-position. The information acquisition part acquires information on an outside of the main casing. The control unit controls the operation of the driving wheels based on the map generated by the map generation part to make the main casing autonomously travel. The control unit sets a traveling route for a next time for the main casing based on the map in which the information acquired by use of the information acquisition part at autonomous traveling is reflected.

Abstract: A camera device of one embodiment is provided with an image capturing unit configured to capture image of a room interior; a receiving unit configured to receive an image capturing instruction for capturing image of the room interior by way of a home appliance; and a camera-side controller being configured to standby in a low-power mode consuming relatively less electric power compared to a normal-operation mode and being configured to capture image of the room interior through the image capturing unit by returning to the normal-operation mode when the receiving unit receives the image capturing instruction.

Abstract: A power consumption output device is provided with a power consumption information acquiring unit and an output unit. The power consumption information acquiring unit is configured to acquire power consumption information indicating power consumption of a home appliance. The output unit is configured to output the power consumption of the home appliances along with a reference value. The power consumption of the home appliance is obtained based on the power consumption information acquired by the power consumption information acquiring unit.

Abstract: A gradient coil unit includes a tubular gradient coil and support structures. The tubular gradient coil is configured to apply a gradient magnetic field to an imaging region of magnetic resonance imaging. The support structures are fixed to plural positions of the gradient coil. The support structures are configured to hold the gradient coil on a tubular magnet by applying pressing forces on positions of an edge inside a wall forming the magnet. The pressing forces each has a component in a central axis direction of the magnet. Further, according to another embodiment, a magnetic resonance imaging apparatus includes the above mentioned gradient coil unit, a static field magnet and at least one radio frequency coil configured to perform magnetic resonance imaging of an object.

Abstract: A magnetic resonance imaging apparatus according to an embodiment includes a magnetostatic field magnet, a gradient coil, and a bore tube. The magnetostatic field magnet is formed to have a cylindrical shape. The gradient coil is formed to have a cylindrical shape, on the inside of the magnetostatic field magnet. The bore tube is formed to have a cylindrical shape, on the inside of the gradient coil. A first space between the gradient coil and the bore tube is configured to be kept in a vacuum state while a second space between the gradient coil and the magnetostatic field magnet is configured to be kept in a state not being a vacuum.

Abstract: A vacuum cleaner having improved obstacle detection precision. The vacuum cleaner includes a main casing, driving wheels, control unit, cameras, an image generation part, and a discrimination part. The driving wheels enable the main casing to travel. The control unit controls drive of the driving wheels to make the main casing autonomously travel. The cameras are disposed apart from each other in the main casing to pick up images on a traveling-direction side of the main casing. The image generation part generates a distance image of an object positioned on the traveling-direction side based on the images picked up by the cameras. The discrimination part discriminates whether or not the picked-up object is an obstacle based on the distance image generated by the image generation part.

Abstract: A vacuum cleaner capable of detecting a shape of an object with high precision. A vacuum cleaner includes a main casing, driving wheels, a control unit, a plurality of cameras, an image generation part, and a shape acquisition part. The driving wheels enable the main casing to travel. The control unit controls drive of the driving wheels to make the main casing autonomously travel. The cameras are disposed apart from each other in the main casing to pick up images on a traveling-direction side of the main casing. The image generation part generates a distance image of an object positioned on the traveling-direction side based on the images picked up by the cameras. The shape acquisition part acquires the shape information of the picked-up object from the distance image generated by the image generation part.

Abstract: A refrigerator (1) is provided with an image capturing camera 18 (image capturing unit) configured to capture an image of an interior of a storage chamber (such as a refrigeration chamber 3); a communication portion (52) (communication unit) configured to transmit image of the interior of the storage chamber captured by the image capturing camera (18) to an exterior device; wherein the image capturing unit is stored in a recess provided in the interior of the storage chamber.

Abstract: A power source-integrated vacuum pump in which a pump main body including a pump rotor and a pump power source configured to supply power to the pump main body are integrated together, comprises: a pump housing configured to house the pump rotor; a power source housing of the pump power source, the power source housing being fixed to the pump housing; a heat transfer member provided at a fixing portion between the pump housing and the power source housing in contact with the pump housing and the power source housing; and a sealing member provided at the fixing portion between the pump housing and the power source housing to seal between the pump housing and the power source housing.

Abstract: A refrigerator (1) is provided with an image capturing camera 18 (image capturing unit) configured to capture an image of an interior of a storage chamber (such as a refrigeration chamber 3); a communication portion (52) (communication unit) configured to transmit image of the interior of the storage chamber captured by the image capturing camera (18) to an exterior device; wherein the image capturing unit is stored in a recess provided in the interior of the storage chamber.

Abstract: A camera device for use in a storage unit includes a case configured to be detachably installable inside the storage unit to a holder unit configured to hold the case inside the storage unit, an image capturing element provided inside the case and configured to capture an image inside the storage unit where the case is installed, an image capture window provided on a first surface portion of the case and configured for capturing the image inside the storage unit by the image capturing element, and a preventing element configured to prevent the case from being attached to the holder unit in an orientation other than a predetermined orientation. The image capture window is configured for capturing image inside the storage unit by the image capturing element. The holder unit holds the case inside the storage unit. The image capturing element captures the image inside the storage unit with the case being installed in the predetermined orientation.

Abstract: A vacuum cleaner main body includes a main body case, a camera provided in the main body case and that can perform imaging at a given angle of view, a driving wheel that allows the main body case to travel, and a controller. The controller includes at least a traveling mode and an imaging mode. In the traveling mode, the controller controls the drive of the driving wheel to allow the main body case to travel autonomously. In the imaging mode, the controller controls the main body case to autonomously travel to a given imaging position so that the camera sequentially images still images in a plurality of adjacent directions at an angle equal to or smaller than the angle of view. The vacuum cleaner main body can securely image, with the camera, a wide range without any blind spots.

Abstract: A magnetic resonance imaging apparatus according to an embodiment includes a static magnetic field magnet, a gradient coil, a bore tube and a sealed space forming unit. The gradient coil is formed to be approximately cylindrical, arranged in a cylinder of the static magnetic field magnet, and adds a gradient magnetic field to the static magnetic field. The bore tube is formed to be approximately cylindrical and arranged in the cylinder of the gradient coil. The sealed space forming unit forms a sealed space enclosing the gradient coil between an inner circumferential side of the static magnetic field magnet and an outer circumferential side of the bore tube. At least a part of at least one of the side ends of the gradient coil does not make contact with the sealed space.

Abstract: A magnetic resonance imaging apparatus according to the present embodiments comprises a gantry device, a front light source and an exterior casing of the gantry device. The gantry device has a bore serving as a space where a magnetic resonance image is captured, with the gantry device being configured to acquire, when a subject placed on a couchtop has been moved into the bore by a couch device configured to move the couchtop, a magnetic resonance signal from the subject. The front light source is provided in surroundings of a front opening, with the front opening being an opening of the bore positioned at front of the couch device. The exterior casing of the gantry device, with a portion of the exterior casing being illuminated by light emitted from the front light source, is made of a transparent or translucent material.

Abstract: A camera device for use in a storage unit includes a case configured to be detachably installable inside the storage unit to a holder unit configured to hold the case inside the storage unit, an image capturing element provided inside the case and configured to capture an image inside the storage unit where the case is installed, an image capture window provided on a first surface portion of the case and configured for capturing the image inside the storage unit by the image capturing element, and a preventing element configured to prevent the case from being attached to the holder unit in an orientation other than a predetermined orientation. The image capture window is configured for capturing image inside the storage unit by the image capturing element. The holder unit holds the case inside the storage unit. The image capturing element captures the image inside the storage unit with the case being installed in the predetermined orientation.

Abstract: A vacuum cleaner includes a main casing, driving wheels, a control unit, a cleaning unit, cameras, and a depth calculation part. The driving wheels enable the main casing to travel. The control unit controls drive of the driving wheels to make the main casing autonomously travel. The cleaning unit cleans a floor surface. The cameras are disposed apart from each other in the main casing to pick up images on a traveling-direction side of the main casing with their fields of view overlapping with each other. The depth calculation part calculates a depth of an object distanced from the cameras based on images picked up by the cameras. The vacuum cleaner has improved obstacle detection precision.

Abstract: A vacuum cleaner capable of recording an abnormality immediately upon occurrence of the abnormality. The vacuum cleaner has a main casing. The vacuum cleaner has driving wheels for enabling the main casing to travel. The vacuum cleaner has a control unit for controlling drive of the driving wheels to make the main casing autonomously travel. The control unit has a function as an abnormality sensor for detecting an abnormality. The vacuum cleaner has a camera for picking up an image. The control unit has a cleaning mode for cleaning a cleaning-object surface, an image pickup mode for performing image pickup with the camera, and a standby mode applied during a standby state. Upon detection of an abnormality during the cleaning mode, the control unit is switched over to the image pickup mode to perform image pickup with the camera.