Abstract: An abnormality detection system is a system that detects, based on a medical image, whether a prespecified anatomical structure included in the medical image is abnormal, and includes: an obtainer that obtains block information indicating one or more blocks that are each a region in which pixels representing the anatomical structure are connected in the medical image; and a determiner that determines and outputs whether the anatomical structure is abnormal, based on the number of blocks indicated by the block information obtained by the obtainer, wherein the determiner determines that the anatomical structure is not abnormal when the number of blocks indicated by the block information is 1, and determines that the anatomical structure is abnormal when the number of blocks indicated by the block information is 2 or more and the two or more blocks indicated by the block information satisfy a predetermined condition.

Abstract: An inflatable structure includes an inflatable membrane with an outer surface, and a skin with a textured space-filling Turing pattern disposed on the outer surface of the inflatable membrane. A variable stiffness filament is coupled to the inflatable structure and the variable stiffness filament has a first stiffness at a first temperature and a second stiffness different than the first stiffness at a second temperature different than the first temperature. An electrical energy source is included and in electrical communication with the variable stiffness filament, and the electrical energy source is configured to apply Joule heating to and increase a temperature of the variable stiffness filament from the first temperature to the second temperature such variable stiffness actively controls a stiffness of the inflatable structure.

Abstract: An optical fiber connection structure includes: a multi-core fiber; a plurality of single-core fibers; a first lens having a focal length of f1 (mm); and a second lens having a focal length of f2 (mm). A core pitch of the multi-core fiber is P1 (?m), a mode field diameter on the first end face of each core is MFD1 (?m), a core pitch of multiple single-core fibers is P2 (?m), a mode field diameter of a light beam on the second end face of each core is MFD2 (?m), and the following formulas are satisfied. (P1/P2)×0.9?f1/f2?(P1/P2)×1.1, and (P1/P2)×0.9?MFD1/MFD2?(P1/P2)×1.

Abstract: An optical fiber connection structure includes: a tubular member; a first collimator attached to a first end of the tubular member in an axial direction; and a second collimator attached to a second end of the tubular member. The first collimator includes a first optical fiber, a first ferrule, a first lens, and a first sleeve. The second collimator includes a second optical fiber, a second ferrule terminating the second optical fiber, a second lens, and a second sleeve. The first sleeve is fixed to the first end via adhesive in a state where the first lens faces the tubular member, and the second sleeve is fixed to the second end via adhesive in a state where the second lens faces the tubular member. An outer diameter of the second ferrule is larger than that of the second lens.

Abstract: A valve maintenance assistance device includes: a valve ID storing portion configured to store IDs of an ON-OFF valve which may be a candidate for maintenance; an opening acquiring portion configured to acquire opening measurement data from an opening sensor provided on the ON-OFF valve; a pressure acquiring portion configured to acquire pressure measurement data on operating device air supplied to an operating device of the ON-OFF valve; a storing portion configured to store the opening measurement data and the pressure measurement data; and a diagnosis index calculating portion configured to calculate a dead zone time from when an operating device air pressure is changed until an opening degree of the ON-OFF valve is changed as a diagnosis index based on the pressure measurement data and the opening measurement data; and a diagnosis index presenting portion configured to present a numerical value of the diagnosis index calculated by the diagnosis index calculating portion.

Abstract: In an image display device in which two light guides are combined, flat plates (16, 17) of the same material as that of a substrate (11) of a first light guide (10) is affixed to the outsides of a first surface (11a) and a second surface (11b) of the substrate (11), the first surface (11a) and the second surface (11b) opposing each other. Image light introduced into the substrate (11) is reflected by an incident-side reflective surface (12) toward exit-side reflective surface (13a to 13f), which are half mirrors, and a part of the image light is reflected in stages by the respective exit-side reflective surfaces (13a and 13f) and the remainder of the image light is transmitted. The image light reflected by the exit-side reflective surfaces (13a to 13f) is emitted through the second flat plate (17) and introduced into a second light guide.

Abstract: A valve abnormality detecting device includes an opening acquiring portion to acquire a valve opening value; a pressure acquiring portion to acquire a pressure value of operating device air of an operating device for a valve; a stability-time detecting portion configured to detect a stable-opening state in which the valve opening value acquired by the opening acquiring portion 1 is substantially constant; a frictional force detecting portion configured to detect a difference between a maximum pressure value and a minimum pressure value of the operating device air in the stable-opening state as an index value indicating a frictional force at a sliding portion of the valve; and an abnormality determining portion configured to determine that an abnormality may have occurred in the valve in a case where a frequency of occurrence of reduction in which the index value falls below a specified value is an abnormal frequency.

Abstract: A wavelength multiplexer/demultiplexer includes a first collimator, M-number of second collimators, M-number of wavelength selective filters, and a base plate. Each of the wavelength selective filters includes a substrate having optical transparency and a multilayer film. The substrate includes a first main surface and a second main surface, and a bottom surface facing a placement surface of the base plate. The multilayer film is formed on the first main surface and transmits an optical signal in a specific transmission wavelength band and reflect an optical signal in a wavelength band other than the specific transmission wavelength band. Each of the wavelength selective filters is fixed to the placement surface by a cured adhesive. The cured adhesive is in contact with the bottom surface and is in non-contact with the multilayer film in at least one wavelength selective filter among the wavelength selective filters.

Abstract: A photoelectric conversion element includes: a first substrate; a first electrode; a photoelectric conversion layer; a second electrode; a sealing part; and a second substrate. The photoelectric conversion element is translucent. The second electrode includes a conductive nanowire and a conductive polymer. The sealing part includes a drying agent.

Abstract: A display device includes an image display element, a collimator, a first light guide formed of a flat plate transparent to light, a second light guide formed of a plate member transparent to the light and having one surface that is a flat surface in contact with one of surfaces of the first light guide and the other surface that is a sawtooth surface, and a beam splitter formed on an interface between the first and second light guides to transmit a part of the light and reflect the remainder thereof. The sawtooth surface is configured by alternately combining a first surface non-parallel to a propagating direction of the light propagating through the second light guide after passing through the interface and configured to transmit the light and a second surface substantially parallel to the propagating direction.

Abstract: [Summary] The present invention is to provide a photoelectric conversion element with excellent productivity, initial output performance and durability. [Tasks] A photoelectric conversion element in which a first substrate, a first electrode, a photoelectric conversion layer, a second electrode, and a second substrate are sequentially laminated, includes an adhesive layer surrounding at least the photoelectric conversion layer, wherein a clearance surrounding an outer edge of the adhesive layer is formed between the outer edge of the adhesive layer and an outer edge of the first substrate in a plan view.

Abstract: A photoelectric conversion element includes: a first electrode; a photoelectric conversion layer; and a second electrode. The photoelectric conversion element includes a scaling part disposed so as to cover at least side surfaces of the photoelectric conversion layer and the second electrode. The sealing part includes a pressure-sensitive adhesive.

Abstract: A phosphor wheel unit includes a phosphor wheel that converts incident light into fluorescent light and emits the fluorescent light, a first heat exchanger having a plurality of fin members that is arranged and an airflow inlet surface through which an airflow generated by rotation of the phosphor wheel partially or entirely flows in, and a regulating member that regulates a direction of the airflow. The direction of the airflow regulated by the regulating member and a direction perpendicular to a rotation shaft of the phosphor wheel form an angle of between 0 degrees and 45 degrees on a surface perpendicular to an extending direction of a base material of the phosphor wheel. The airflow inlet surface is disposed intercepting the direction of the airflow regulated by the regulating member. The first heat exchanger cools a gas forming the airflow and the cooled gas returns to the phosphor wheel.

Abstract: A method of designing an inflatable structure includes generating a finite element mesh defining a plurality of elements for an inflatable shape-morphing structure, calculating a topology optimization analysis for the inflatable shape-morphing structure having a final shape in an inflated state, wherein the topology optimization analysis determines a plurality of tensors for the plurality of elements of the finite element mesh, converting the plurality of tensors for the plurality of elements into a plurality of diffusion coefficients for the plurality of elements, and generating a space-filling Turing pattern for the inflatable shape-morphing structure as a function of the plurality of diffusion coefficients, wherein the space-filling Turing pattern defines a simulated textured surface for the inflatable shape-morphing structure.

Abstract: A photoelectric conversion device includes a first electrode, a photoelectric conversion layer, and a second electrode in sequence. The photoelectric conversion device includes a sealing member on a non-facing surface side of one electrode selected from the first electrode and the second electrode, the non-facing surface side not facing the photoelectric conversion layer. The sealing member includes an insulating layer, a metal layer, and a base in sequence from the one electrode. In an end of the sealing member in a surface direction, a length of the insulating layer in the surface direction is equal to or longer than a length of the metal layer in the surface direction, and the length of the metal layer in the surface direction is longer than a length of the base in the surface direction by 0.1 ?m or more.

Abstract: A target object detection device capable of providing an image useful for discovering a target object from an aerial image is provided. A target object detection device for detecting at least one target object from an aerial image is provided with an imaging device, a computer, and a display device. The computer is configured to divide the first aerial image into a plurality of first images, output a confidence score that the target object is included, for each of the plurality of first images, and cause the display device to display a first discrimination image capable of discriminating a degree of the confidence score and a portion of the first aerial image corresponding to the confidence score.

Abstract: A wavelength multiplexing/demultiplexing device includes a first collimator, an M number of second collimators, and the M number of filters. The filters have transmission wavelength bands differing from each other. An optical path connecting the first collimator and the second collimator in first order to each other passes through the filter in first order. An optical path connecting a surface opposite to a multilayer film of the filter in mth (m=1, . . . , M) order and the second collimator in (m+1)th order to each other passes through the filter in (m+1)th order. The filter in (m+1)th order is optically coupled on the surface opposite to the multilayer film to the filter in mth order and is optically coupled on a surface of the multilayer film to the second collimator in (m+1)th order.

Abstract: A substrate processing method includes a liquid discharging step of discharging liquid through a nozzle toward a predetermined supply region on the main surface of a substrate held on a substrate holding unit within a chamber, a humidified gas supplying step of supplying humidified gas with a humidity higher than the humidity within the chamber onto the main surface of the substrate to remove electrical charges carried on the substrate, and a spin-drying step of rotating the substrate about a predetermined rotational axis after the liquid discharging step to spin off the liquid component from the main surface of the substrate. The humidified gas supplying step is started before the start of the liquid discharging step and ended at a predetermined termination timing after the start of the liquid discharging step and before the spin-drying step.

Abstract: The present invention provides a small low-profile antenna device for a vehicle, the antenna device being able to achieve bandwidth widening and increase gain in a horizontal direction by being fixed to a predetermined part of the vehicle. The antenna device for a vehicle includes a metal surface and a slot 110 is formed in the metal surface with a slit 111 provided at a part of edges of the slot 110. The slot faces a direction parallel to the ground with a first power feed unit G1 being provided on inner edges of the slot. A slot 120, in which the slit 111 is provided, operates as a slot antenna adapted to transmit or receive signals in four or more frequency bands.

Abstract: An optical connection structure includes a first spatial multiplex transmission line, a second spatial multiplex transmission line, a first lens arrangement, a second lens arrangement and a first beam diameter conversion portion. The first spatial multiplex transmission line has a plurality of first transmission lines. The second spatial multiplex transmission line has a plurality of second transmission lines. The first lens arrangement is optically coupled with the first spatial multiplex transmission line. The second lens arrangement is optically coupled with the second spatial multiplex transmission line. The first beam diameter conversion portion has a first end face and a second end face and arranged between the first spatial multiplex transmission line and the first lens arrangement. The first beam diameter conversion portion is configured such that an optical diameter at the second end face is larger than an optical diameter at the first end face.