Abstract: According to one embodiment, a liquid crystal optical element includes a transparent substrate including a main surface, an alignment film disposed on the main surface, and a liquid crystal layer overlapping the alignment film and including a cholesteric liquid crystal including liquid crystal molecules stacked helically and an additive exhibiting a liquid crystalline property. In the liquid crystal layer, a reflective surface along which alignment directions of the liquid crystal molecules are identical is inclined with respect to the main surface.

Abstract: A wiring module including a flexible printed wiring board to be electrically connected to a plurality of power storage elements, wherein the flexible printed wiring board includes: a base film that has insulating properties and has a first surface and a second surface; an adhesive layer that has adhesive properties and is stacked onto the first surface of the base film; a conductive path that is stacked onto the first surface of the base film using the adhesive layer; and a coverlay that is stacked onto the first surface of the base film using the adhesive layer, and covers the first surface of the base film and the conductive path, the conductive path has a fuse portion forming a part of a circuit and having a smaller cross-sectional area than another part of the conductive path, and a resin portion that includes a synthetic resin with insulating properties.

Abstract: A power generation element includes a magnetic member that produces a large Barkhausen effect and magnetism collection members including an insertion part having the magnetic member inserted therethrough. The magnetism collection member includes a first component on an opposite side of a boundary plane to a magnetic field generation unit and a second component on the same side of the boundary plane as the magnetic field generation unit, the boundary plane passing through a center of an imaginary circle inscribed in the insertion part and having a diameter equal to a length of the insertion part in a third direction perpendicular to first and second directions, the first direction is a direction of the insertion of the magnetic member, and the second direction is a direction in which the magnetic field generation unit is disposed. A volume of the second component is larger than a volume of the first component.

Abstract: A power generation element includes a magnetic member that produces a large Barkhausen effect and magnetism collection members including an insertion part having the magnetic member inserted therethrough. The magnetism collection member includes a first component on an opposite side of a boundary plane to a magnetic field generation unit and a second component on the same side of the boundary plane as the magnetic field generation unit, the boundary plane passing through a center of an imaginary circle inscribed in the insertion part and having a diameter equal to a length of the insertion part in a third direction perpendicular to first and second directions, the first direction is a direction of the insertion of the magnetic member, and the second direction is a direction in which the magnetic field generation unit is disposed. A volume of the second component is larger than a volume of the first component.

Abstract: The present disclosure includes: a magnetic member configured to cause a large Barkhausen effect; a power generation coil disposed so as to be wound around the magnetic member; and soft magnetic members formed at both end portions of the magnetic member so as to be in contact with the magnetic member and so as to press the magnetic member. Consequently, evenness of a magnetic flux density inside the magnetic member is increased, and the large Barkhausen effect is stably caused, whereby a highly stable power generation element is obtained.

Abstract: A laminated core manufacturing method according to the present invention is a manufacturing method for a laminated core including: a laminated body that is configured by laminating core strips that are made of a magnetic material, the laminated body including: a core back portion; and a tooth portion; and electrically insulating members that are disposed on two side portions of the tooth portion, wherein the laminated core manufacturing method includes a bonding step in which the insulating members are pressed onto each of the side surfaces of the tooth portion of the laminated body so as to integrate the laminated body and also so as to fix the insulating members to the laminated body, by means of at least one of an adhesive and a pressure-sensitive adhesive that is disposed between each of the side surfaces of the tooth portion and the insulating members.

Abstract: The present invention is provided with: an insulation holder formed of a thermoplastic resin material and having a first opening; a wire connection ring formed of a thermoplastic resin material and having a second opening; and a joining component inserted astride in the first opening and the second opening, the joining component being formed of a metal material having a higher melting point than those of the thermoplastic resin materials, the joining component having a higher stiffness than those of the insulation holder and the wire connection ring, wherein a welded part is formed by welding in at least a part of an area where each of the insulation holder and the wire connection ring has contact with the joining component.

Abstract: Provided are an image processing apparatus, an image processing method, and a storage medium that can determine an anomaly while reducing influence of an individual difference of images. The image processing apparatus includes: a first generation unit that generates a first estimation image including at least a predetermined region of an inspection target by using a part of an inspection image including the inspection target; a second generation unit that estimates a difference between the first estimation image and the inspection image to generate a second estimation image by using the part of the inspection image; a comparison unit that compares the first estimation image with the inspection image; and an output unit that outputs a comparison result obtained by the comparison unit, and the comparison unit compares a difference between the first estimation image and the inspection image with the second estimation image.

Abstract: An anomaly detection apparatus according to the present invention includes: a detecting unit configured to detect an anomalous state of a monitored object from measurement data measured from the monitored object by using a model generated based on measurement data measured from the monitored object in normality; a feature vector generating unit configured to generate a feature vector based on measurement data measured from the monitored object whose anomalous state has been detected, as an anomaly detection feature vector; and a comparing unit configured to compare the anomaly detection feature vector with a registration feature vector that is a feature vector registered in advance and associated with anomalous state information representing a predetermined anomalous state of the monitored object, and output information based on a result of the comparison.

Abstract: A laminated core manufacturing method according to the present invention is a manufacturing method for a laminated core including: a laminated body that is configured by laminating core strips that are made of a magnetic material, the laminated body including: a core back portion; and a tooth portion; and electrically insulating members that are disposed on two side portions of the tooth portion, wherein the laminated core manufacturing method includes a bonding step in which the insulating members are pressed onto each of the side surfaces of the tooth portion of the laminated body so as to integrate the laminated body and also so as to fix the insulating members to the laminated body, by means of at least one of an adhesive and a pressure-sensitive adhesive that is disposed between each of the side surfaces of the tooth portion and the insulating members.

Abstract: In the rotating electric machine, a first terminal and a second terminal extend from two of the slots and a third terminal extends from one of the slots, which is located between the two slots. The first terminal and the second terminal are connected to each other with use of a bus bar. The bus bar has: a first end portion to be connected to a distal end portion of the first terminal; a second end portion to be connected to a distal end portion of the second terminal; and an interconnecting portion configured to couple the first end portion and the second end portion to each other, which is arranged in the circumferential direction on the stator core side of the first end portion and the second end portion so as to pass on the slot side of the third terminal.

Abstract: Provided are an image processing apparatus, an image processing method, and a storage medium that can determine an anomaly while reducing influence of an individual difference of images. The image processing apparatus includes: a first generation unit that generates a first estimation image including at least a predetermined region of an inspection target by using a part of an inspection image including the inspection target; a second generation unit that estimates a difference between the first estimation image and the inspection image to generate a second estimation image by using the part of the inspection image; a comparison unit that compares the first estimation image with the inspection image; and an output unit that outputs a comparison result obtained by the comparison unit, and the comparison unit compares a difference between the first estimation image and the inspection image with the second estimation image.

Abstract: An intermediate image generating unit 81 generates a plurality of intermediate images from a good product image representing a good product and a faulty product image representing a faulty product. An intermediate image display unit 82 arranges the plurality of intermediate images between the good product image and the faulty product image and displays the same on a display device. A boundary acceptance unit 83 accepts, as a boundary between the good product image and the faulty product image, a designation by a user of a boundary between the intermediate images. A teaching image identification unit 84 identifies the images of the good product image and the faulty product image on the basis of the designated boundary.

Abstract: In a motor stator, terminal wires of a coil are led out respectively from a feed-side and a neutral-side coil end. With three circumferentially adjacent first-, second-, and third-phase coils as one set, the leading end portion and intermediate portion of one of three terminal wires led out from the neutral side are connected to each of the remaining terminal wires. A structure wherein the first- and second-phase terminal wires are connected together in one position, and the second- and third-phase terminal wires are connected together in a different position from the one position, is adopted, thus compacting the size of one wire connection portion.

Abstract: An abnormality of a system is caused by a failure or aged deterioration is determined. A monitoring apparatus includes a model storage unit, a model generation unit, and a determination unit. The model storage unit stores a monitoring model that is a model for one point in time. The model indicates a relationship among a plurality of metrics of a system. The model generation unit generates a comparison model that is the model for a point in time at which the relationship among the plurality of metrics does not conform to the monitoring model. The determination unit determines that the relationship among metrics in the system has changed in a case where the comparison model indicates the relationship among metrics among which the monitoring model indicates the relationship, and outputs a result of the determination.

Abstract: An automobile operation control system is provided, which provides a service of a fixed-time and fixed-route operation and an on-demand operation using an operation vehicle to multiple users who reside in a given geographical area. The system includes an operation control device managed by an operation administrator and comprising a processor. The device is configured to receive a boarding reservation for the the on-demand operation from a first user of the multiple users. The devices suspends, in response to an acceptance of the reservation for the on-demand operation of which a second operation time window is within a given threshold from a first operation time window of the fixed-time fixed-route operation, the fixed-time and fixed-route operation scheduled to be operated in the first operation time window, when a given condition is satisfied.

Abstract: The present invention is provided with: an insulation holder formed of a thermoplastic resin material and having a first opening; a wire connection ring formed of a thermoplastic resin material and having a second opening; and a joining component inserted astride in the first opening and the second opening, the joining component being formed of a metal material having a higher melting point than those of the thermoplastic resin materials, the joining component having a higher stiffness than those of the insulation holder and the wire connection ring, wherein a welded part is formed by welding in at least a part of an area where each of the insulation holder and the wire connection ring has contact with the joining component.

Abstract: Accuracy of risks defined for abnormalities that might occur in a system is improved. The risk determination device 100 includes a classification unit 114 and a determination unit 115. The classification unit 114 classifies abnormal patterns 133, each representing a relationship among metrics at a time of abnormality detection in a system, into groups 134 based on a similarity between the abnormal patterns. The determination unit 115 determines, based on the number of abnormal patterns 133 classified into each of the groups 134, likelihood of an abnormality of the corresponding group 134.

Abstract: In the rotating electric machine, a first terminal and a second terminal extend from two of the slots and a third terminal extends from one of the slots, which is located between the two slots. The first terminal and the second terminal are connected to each other with use of a bus bar. The bus bar has: a first end portion to be connected to a distal end portion of the first terminal; a second end portion to be connected to a distal end portion of the second terminal; and an interconnecting portion configured to couple the first end portion and the second end portion to each other, which is arranged in the circumferential direction on the stator core side of the first end portion and the second end portion so as to pass on the slot side of the third terminal.

Abstract: The present invention is provided with: an insulation holder formed of a thermoplastic resin material and having a first opening; a wire connection ring formed of a thermoplastic resin material and having a second opening; and a joining component inserted astride in the first opening and the second opening, the joining component being formed of a metal material having a higher melting point than those of the thermoplastic resin materials, the joining component having a higher stiffness than those of the insulation holder and the wire connection ring, wherein a welded part is formed by welding in at least a part of an area where each of the insulation holder and the wire connection ring has contact with the joining component.