Abstract: A laser light source; a light sending lens configured to form laser light emitted from the laser light source into a spot shape; a scanner configured to perform irradiation while performing scanning, with the laser light formed into the spot shape, in a horizontal direction and a vertical direction of an area to be measured; a light receiving lens configured to receive reflected light reflected from the area to be measured; a light receiving optical system configured to condense the reflected light received by the light receiving lens, in each of the horizontal direction and vertical direction; and an information generating unit configured to generate, based on a received signal output by the light receiving element, three dimensional information of the area to be measured.

Abstract: The invention comprises: a light-transmission-side lens 12 that shapes a laser beam L emitted from a laser light source 11 into a line shape extending along a horizontal direction X; a scanner 13 that projects the line-shaped laser beam L while scanning the same in a vertical direction Y of a measurement-target area A; a light-reception-side lens 16 that receives reflected light R reflected from the measurement-target area A; a light reception line sensor 18 including a plurality of light reception cells lined up along the horizontal direction X; a light-reception-side optical system 17 that gathers the reflected light R received by the light-reception-side lens 16 toward the light reception line sensor 18, and in which the light-gathering ratio in the vertical direction Y is set so as to be greater than the light-gathering ratio in the horizontal direction X; and an information generation unit 21 that generates three-dimensional information of the measurement-target area A on the basis of a reception signal

Abstract: A reconfigurable circuit includes a plurality of processing elements and an input/output data interface unit, and the reconfigurable circuit is configured to control connections of the plurality of processing elements for each context. The input/output data interface unit is configured to hold operation input data which is input to the plurality of processing elements and operation output data which is output from the plurality of processing elements. The input/output data interface unit includes a plurality of ports, and a plurality of registers. The registers are configured to be connected to the plurality of ports, and to include m (m being an integer of 2 or more) number of banks in a depth direction.

Abstract: A solar reflector plate maintains an excellent reflectance of a reflective layer and has excellent sand resistance and weather resistance. The solar reflector plate includes a substrate; a reflective layer provided onto the substrate; and a protective layer provided onto the reflective layer, wherein the protective layer contains silicon in an amount of 10% by mass to 60% by mass in terms of SiO2 and an organic substance, and has 1.5 to 3.2 oxygen atoms on average that form a chemical bond with silicon.

Abstract: The present invention provides a chromium-free surface treatment agent, comprising: a resin compound having a specific bisphenol skeleton; cationic urethane resin emulsion; silane coupling agent; an organic titanium chelate compound; a quadrivalent vanadyl compound; a molybdic acid compound; and water, wherein these components are blended at predetermined ratios such that pH value of the surface treatment agent is in the range of 4 to 5. The one-pack type chromium-free surface treatment agent of the present invention exhibits good stability during storage and is capable of forming on a metal material surface a coating film excellent in corrosion resistance at a bending-processed portion of a steel sheet, solvent resistance and paintability after alkali degreasing.

Abstract: A method of producing a hot-dip galvanized steel sheet includes applying, to a hot-dip galvanized steel sheet having a Ra of 0.5 to 2.0 ?m and a PPI of 150 or more, a predetermined surface treatment agent, i.e., a surface treatment agent containing a specified resin compound, a specified urethane resin having cationy, a specified silane coupling agent having a functional group, a specified organic Ti chelate compound, and a tetravalent vanadyl compound at a specified ratio; and drying the surface treatment agent at a ultimate sheet temperature of 50° C. to 180° C. to form a surface treatment coating film with a coating weight of 0.2 to 1.0 g/m2 on the surface of the steel sheet.

Abstract: There is provided an electrical steel sheet provided with an insulating coating which has high corrosion resistance and high adhesion. The electrical steel sheet provided with an insulating coating includes an electrical steel sheet and an insulating coating disposed on the electrical steel sheet. The insulating coating includes Zr and Fe. The content of Zr in the insulating coating is in the range of 0.05 to 1.50 g/m2 in terms of ZrO2. The compositional ratio between Zr and Fe is such that the molar ratio of Fe to Zr, that is, the ratio of the amount (moles) of Fe included in the insulating coating to the amount (moles) of Zr included in the insulating coating, is in the range of 0.10 to 2.00.

Abstract: An object of the present invention is to make it possible, without necessitating an alkali pretreatment, to form a zinc oxide layer having excellent sliding properties on a hot dip galvanized steel sheet not subjected to alloying after galvanizing and thus having a relatively low degree of surface activity. Another object of the present invention is to make it possible to manufacture a hot dip galvanized steel sheet having higher area ratio of Zn oxide layer formed on a coating surface and larger thickness of the Zn oxide layer.

Abstract: A swage apparatus includes a main body for supporting a coupling such that an axis of the coupling is oriented in a first direction, a stopper which comes into contact with one member of a first member or a second member of the coupling and restricts the one member from moving in the first direction, a pusher which comes into contact with the other member of the first member or the second member and pushes the other member in the first direction, and a cover member for covering the coupling so as to prevent the axis of the coupling from becoming displaced. The axis can thereby be prevented from becoming displaced.

Abstract: The present invention provides a chromium-free surface treatment liquid which enables forming, on a metal material surface, a film excellent in corrosion resistance at bent portions of a steel sheet, solvent resistance, coating properties after alkaline degreasing, and sweat resistance. The surface treatment liquid contains a resin compound having a specific bisphenol skeleton, a cationic urethane resin emulsion, a silane coupling agent, an organic titanium chelate compound, a quadrivalent vanadyl compound, a molybdate compound, a fluorine compound, and water at predetermined proportions. The pH of the surface treatment liquid is in the range of 4 to 5.

Abstract: A solar reflector plate maintains an excellent reflectance of a reflective layer and has excellent sand resistance and weather resistance. The solar reflector plate includes a substrate; a reflective layer provided onto the substrate; and a protective layer provided onto the reflective layer, wherein the protective layer contains silicon in an amount of 10% by mass to 60% by mass in terms of SiO2 and an organic substance, and has 1.5 to 3.2 oxygen atoms on average that form a chemical bond with silicon.

Abstract: The present invention includes an electrical steel sheet with an insulation coating having a large interlaminar insulation resistance when laminated; a coating material for forming the insulation coating that is used for the electrical steel sheet and the coating material for forming the insulation coating, which includes apart from a solvent an aqueous carboxy group-containing resin as component (A), an aluminum-containing oxide as component (B), and at least one crosslinking agent as component (C) selected from the group consisting of melamine, isocyanate and oxazoline. There are component (A); 100 parts by mass; 40 parts by mass<component (B)<150 parts by mass; 20 parts by mass<component (C)<100 parts by mass.

Abstract: An electrical steel sheet with an insulation coating excellent in punchability, coating adhesion property and coating film property after annealing, even without containing any chromium compound in the insulation coating. The insulation coating is formed by applying a surface-treatment agent to at least one side of the electrical steel sheet and drying the surface-treatment agent. The surface-treatment agent contains trialkoxysilane and/or dialkoxysilane (A) in which a substituent bound to Si is constituted only by at least one non-reactive substituent selected from the group consisting of hydrogen, an alkyl group, and a phenyl group; and a silane coupling agent (B), at a mass ratio (A/B) of 0.05 to 1.0.

Abstract: A method of producing a hot-dip galvanized steel sheet includes applying, to a hot-dip galvanized steel sheet having a Ra of 0.5 to 2.0 ?m and a PPI of 150 or more, a predetermined surface treatment agent, i.e., a surface treatment agent containing a specified resin compound, a specified urethane resin having cationy, a specified silane coupling agent having a functional group, a specified organic Ti chelate compound, and a tetravalent vanadyl compound at a specified ratio; and drying the surface treatment agent at a ultimate sheet temperature of 50° C. to 180° C. to form a surface treatment coating film with a coating weight of 0.2 to 1.0 g/m2 on the surface of the steel sheet.

Abstract: The present invention provides a chromium-free surface treatment liquid which enables forming, on a metal material surface, a film excellent in corrosion resistance at bent portions of a steel sheet, solvent resistance, coating properties after alkaline degreasing, and sweat resistance. The surface treatment liquid contains a resin compound having a specific bisphenol skeleton, a cationic urethane resin emulsion, a silane coupling agent, an organic titanium chelate compound, a quadrivalent vanadyl compound, a molybdate compound, a fluorine compound, and water at predetermined proportions. The pH of the surface treatment liquid is in the range of 4 to 5.

Abstract: An object of the present invention is to make it possible, without necessitating an alkali pretreatment, to form a zinc oxide layer having excellent sliding properties on a hot dip galvanized steel sheet not subjected to alloying after galvanizing and thus having a relatively low degree of surface activity. Another object of the present invention is to make it possible to manufacture a hot dip galvanized steel sheet having higher area ratio of Zn oxide layer formed on a coating surface and larger thickness of the Zn oxide layer.

Abstract: The present invention provides a chromium-free surface treatment agent, comprising: a resin compound having a specific bisphenol skeleton; cationic urethane resin emulsion; silane coupling agent; an organic titanium chelate compound; a quadrivalent vanadyl compound; a molybdic acid compound; and water, wherein these components are blended at predetermined ratios such that pH value of the surface treatment agent is in the range of 4 to 5. The one-pack type chromium-free surface treatment agent of the present invention exhibits good stability during storage and is capable of forming on a metal material surface a coating film excellent in corrosion resistance at a bending-processed portion of a steel sheet, solvent resistance and paintability after alkali degreasing.

Abstract: A galvanized steel sheet has an organic inorganic complex coating on the surface thereof which contains an organic resin and a crystalline layered substance and has an average film thickness of 0.10 to 2.0 ?m. The organic inorganic complex coating contains the crystalline layered substance in a solid content of not less than 0.5 parts by weight with respect to 100 parts by weight of the solid content of the organic resin.

Abstract: A reconfigurable circuit includes a data execution unit including a plurality of execution elements, each of which performs execution with respect to plural data upon the plural data being all in a valid state, and holds valid-state output data indicative of a result of the execution at an output node while all the plural data are in the valid state, a data selecting unit configured to connect between the execution elements in a reconfigurable manner, and a data input unit configured to supply input data to a series of execution elements to perform a series of executions, wherein a valid or invalid state of given data is specified by a valid signal accompanying and forming a pair with the given data, and the input data supplied from the data input unit to the data execution unit are fixed to valid-state constant data while the series of executions are performed.

Abstract: A reconfigurable circuit includes a plurality of processing elements and an input/output data interface unit, and the reconfigurable circuit is configured to control connections of the plurality of processing elements for each context. The input/output data interface unit is configured to hold operation input data which is input to the plurality of processing elements and operation output data which is output from the plurality of processing elements. The input/output data interface unit includes a plurality of ports, and a plurality of registers. The registers are configured to be connected to the plurality of ports, and to include m (m being an integer of 2 or more) number of banks in a depth direction.