Abstract: An optical heating method includes a process (a) in which an object to be treated containing a wide band gap semiconductor is irradiated with ultraviolet light having a peak wavelength in a range of 175 nm to 370 nm emitted from a UV-LED light source through a window member to heat the object to be treated.

Abstract: The invention relates to a modifying agent for polyolefin resins, comprising a calcium-containing inorganic filler whose particle surface is treated with an alicyclic dicarboxylic acid represented by formula (1) and/or formula (2); a polyolefin resin composition comprising the modifying agent for polyolefin resins; and a polyolefin resin molded article comprising the composition. (In formula (1), R1 is a C1-C4 alkyl group, and R1 binds to the carbon at position 3 or 4 of a cyclohexane ring.) (In formula (2), R2 is a hydrogen atom or a C1-C4 alkyl group, and R2 binds to the carbon at position 3 or 4 of a cyclohexene ring.

Abstract: A heat dissipating paint composition for forming a heat dissipating coating is disclosed. The heat dissipating paint includes a prepolymer and a curing agent. The prepolymer includes a main chain containing an epoxy resin and a linear side chain bonded to the main chain and having 5 to 101 carbon atoms.

Abstract: An optical heating apparatus includes a supporter on which a workpiece is placed and a plurality of light source units each including an LED substrate on which multiple LED elements are mounted. A first main surface of the LED substrate fails to be parallel to a second main surface of the workpiece. Each of the light source units is arranged to satisfy the following formula: 2 tan 2?/cos ??D2/D1, where ? is an angle formed by the first main surface and the second main surface, D1 is a separation distance between a first LED element and the workpiece, D2 is a separation distance between the first LED element and a second LED element, the first LED element being closest to the second main surface in a normal direction thereof, and the second LED element being farthest to the second main surface in the normal direction thereof.

Abstract: An image forming apparatus includes a memory and processing circuitry. The memory stores an identifier for identifying a defective page and an identifier for identifying a print job that includes the defective page. The processing circuitry determines whether print job data is data of a print job to be reprinted and determines whether a page included in a conveyance medium conveyed is a defective page, based on the identifier for identifying the defective page. The processing circuitry also performs control to eject a first conveyance medium including a page not determined to be defective to a first ejection destination, eject a second conveyance medium including a defective page to a second ejection destination, print an image of the defective page on a third conveyance medium, and eject the third conveyance medium on which the image is printed to the first ejection destination.

Abstract: A laminate 10 includes: a foamed polyurethane layer 11 obtained from a foamable polyurethane resin composition containing an active hydrogen group-containing tin ricinoleate and a phosphorus-containing solid flame retardant; and a coating layer 15 adhered to the foamed polyurethane layer 11 by a polyurethane hot melt adhesive 13 containing a polyurethane prepolymer (I) obtained by using a polyol component (A) and a polyisocyanate component (B) as raw materials, and a catalyst (II).

Abstract: A heating light source device includes a light source section having a plurality of light-emitting element areas that contain a plurality of light-emitting elements, each of the light-emitting element areas being separated from each other; a cooling unit disposed in contact with the light source section; a plurality of cooling channels formed inside the cooling unit and disposed independently each other; a first main channel connected with one end of each of the cooling channels; and a second main channel connected with the other end of each of the cooling channels, and each of the cooling channels is formed at an internal position of the cooling unit corresponding to the light-emitting element areas.

Abstract: A heating light source device includes a plurality of heating light source modules; each of the heating light source modules includes; a light-emitting element substrate having a placement surface and a back side surface, the back side surface being opposite to the placement surface; a plurality of light-emitting elements mounted on the placement surface; and a cooling member being in contact with the back side surface and including a cooling channel formed inside the cooling member and that communicates cooling medium for cooling the light-emitting elements, an inlet port that introduces the cooling medium into the cooling channel, an outlet port that discharges the cooling medium to the outside of the cooling member; and the cooling channel has a spiral shape being gradually from a center portion side of the light-emitting element substrate to a circumferential edge portion side thereof when viewed from a direction orthogonal to the placement surface.

Abstract: A proximity sensor comprises a light emitting element configured to emit light; a synchronization signal input unit configured to be input with a synchronization signal which is output from a display device and which indicates a rewrite timing of an image displayed on a display screen; and an emission controller configured to control emission of the light from the light emitting element, wherein the emission controller is configured to cause the light emitting element to start the emission of the light at a start timing set based on the rewrite timing at which rewriting of one of a plurality of scanning lines of the image is caused to start in the specific display region, and an emission time of the light from the light emitting element, and the emission controller is configured to cause the light emitting element to end the emission of the light before the rewrite timing comes.

Abstract: The present invention provides a laminate 10 including: a foamed polyurethane layer 11 obtained from a foamable polyurethane resin composition containing an active hydrogen group-containing tin ricinoleate and a phosphorus-containing solid flame retardant; and a coating layer 15 adhered to the foamed polyurethane layer 11 by a polyurethane hot melt adhesive 13 containing a polyurethane prepolymer (I) obtained by using a polyol component (A) and a polyisocyanate component (B) as raw materials, and a catalyst (II).

Abstract: A personal assistant control system which enables a robotic personal assistant to properly support a user according to the user's growth, includes: a first personal assistant (PA) 1 used in a first period to acquire information from a first sensor group; a second PA 2 used in a second period to acquire information from a second sensor group; and a server 5 connected to the first PA 1 and the second PA 2 via a network and configured to estimate a state of a user 3 based on information acquired from the first or second sensor group. In a third period T3 bridging the first period T1 and the second period T2, the server estimates the state of the user 3 based on information acquired from common sensors which are specific types of sensors included in the first and second sensor groups and configured to acquire common attributes.

Abstract: A temperature measurement method comprises a step (A) of lighting a light source part to irradiate a substrate to be treated that is an object to be heated with light for heating, the light source part including a plurality of semiconductor light-emitting elements that emits light having a main emission wavelength range of 0.3 ?m or more and less than 0.5 ?m; a step (B) of turning off the light source part after the step (A); a step (C) of maintaining an unlit state of the light source part after the step (B); and a step (D) of measuring, during the step (C), a temperature of the substrate to be treated through observation of light emitted from the substrate to be treated using a thermometer having a sensitivity wavelength range different from the main emission wavelength range of light emitted from the light source part.

Abstract: A method includes a step (A) of causing the light source part to repeatedly switch between a light-on state and a substantially light-off state, a step (B) of measuring the temperature of the substrate to be treated by observing infrared light radiated from the substrate to be treated while the light source part is kept in the substantially light-off state in the step (A), and a step (C) of determining either of a level of electricity supplied to the light source part in a next round of the light-on state and a time for which the light source part is kept in the next round of the light-on state based on the temperature of the substrate to be treated measured in the step (B) and a predetermined target temperature.

Abstract: A rigid scope includes: an objective lens composed of, in order from an object side to an image side, a first lens group having a negative power, a second lens group including a lens having a positive power, and a third lens group including two or more lenses; a relay lens arranged on the image side of the objective lens; a first lens frame that fixes in place a front group including at least the first lens group and the second lens group of the objective lens; and a second lens frame that fixes in place a rear group including one or more remaining lenses constituting the objective lens and at least part of the relay lens.

Abstract: A music-synchronized control platform to synchronize music playback or music-synchronized performance or both with music in a plurality of devices. A master control section of at least one music-synchronized control master controls a master music playback player or master music-synchronized performer by converting a timing in the reference clock time corresponding to an in-content playback timing, which is obtained from the status of a virtual music playback player, to a timing in the individual clock time corresponding to the in-content playback timing. The slave control section of each of the plurality of music-synchronized control slaves control a slave music playback player or a slave music-synchronized performer and by converting a timing in the reference clock time corresponding to the in-content playback timing, which is obtained from the status of the virtual music playback player, to a timing in the individual clock time corresponding to the in-content playback timing.

Abstract: A light source unit of the present invention includes: a board, and a plurality of light source areas formed by a plurality of LED elements mounted on the board, wherein each of the light source areas is provided with a plurality of LED element groups connected in parallel, each of the LED element groups being composed of a plurality of the LED elements connected in series, and at least one of the light source areas is a single-wavelength light source area in which all of the LED elements emit light having substantially a same peak wavelength.

Abstract: A compact press apparatus is provided that is capable of assuring the acceptability of a pressing, and in which the pressing location tends not to be restricted. Such a press apparatus includes a frame (1, 77) and a servopress (31, 50, 60, 101). A servomotor (33, 52, 62, 103) is provided within a first frame part (11, 17, 19, 79) or within a connecting-frame part (15, 83). At least a portion of a power-transmission mechanism (40, 56, 66, 90, 110) is provided within the first frame part (15, 83).

Abstract: A proximity sensor comprises a light emitting element configured to emit light; a synchronization signal input unit configured to be input with a synchronization signal which is output from a display device and which indicates a rewrite timing of an image displayed on a display screen; and an emission controller configured to control emission of the light from the light emitting element, wherein the emission controller is configured to cause the light emitting element to start the emission of the light at a start timing set based on the rewrite timing at which rewriting of one of a plurality of scanning lines of the image is caused to start in the specific display region, and an emission time of the light from the light emitting element, and the emission controller is configured to cause the light emitting element to end the emission of the light before the rewrite timing comes.

Abstract: To provide a power conversion device capable of estimating a load voltage with high accuracy without directly detecting the load voltage to be applied to a load, a control circuit includes an estimator for estimating the load voltage to be applied to the load based on an electric current of a resonant circuit, an AC frequency of an inverter and an electrostatic capacitance of the load, or an estimator for estimating the load voltage based on the electric current of the resonant circuit, the AC frequency of the inverter, an inductance of a resonant coil and a correction coefficient previously set from a relationship between a voltage of the resonant coil and the load voltage, and which controls an output to a target load voltage based on the estimated load voltage.

Abstract: The present invention provides a method for acquiring auxiliary information useful to assist a diagnosis or treatment of prostate cancer. The method for acquiring auxiliary information of the present invention is a method for acquiring auxiliary information to assist a diagnosis or treatment of prostate cancer, and includes a step (C) of dividing a concentration value of a prostate specific antigen having a ?-N-acetylgalactosamine residue at a non-reducing terminal of a sugar chain, contained in a sample derived from a living body, by a volume value of prostate of the living body to calculate the concentration value of the GalNAc-PSA per prostate volume.