Abstract: A sensor system includes a substrate with a reference plane, a plurality of kinesthetic-sense sensors disposed on the substrate, each of the plurality of kinesthetic-sense sensors being configured to output signals of three axial directions corresponding to an orthogonal-axis direction orthogonal to the reference plane and two axial directions parallel to the reference plane, respectively, according to an external force from an object received at a force receiving part, a control unit configured to determine whether or not a value of each of the signals is larger than a predetermined threshold, and calculate a pressing force in the orthogonal-axis direction or a moment around the orthogonal axis received from the object based on a result of the determination, and an output unit configured to output a result of the calculation.

Abstract: The abstract of the disclosure is a thermal-ultrafine bubble generation unit which is configured to generate thermal-ultrafine bubbles by bringing a liquid into film boiling. More specifically, the thermal-ultrafine bubble generation unit in the disclosure includes a temperature detection element that is configured to detect generation of the film boiling.

Abstract: A display control unit causes a display unit to display a captured image of a product captured by an image capturing unit. A first obtaining unit obtains product information relating to initial setting of the product based on the captured image data. A second obtaining unit obtains a determination result of an installation state of the product based on the captured image data and the product information of the product. A third obtaining unit obtains combined image data expressing a combined image obtained by combining the captured image captured by the image capturing unit and an instruction image of installation work to be performed on the product by a user, depending on the installation state obtained by the second obtaining unit. The display control unit causes the display unit to display the combined image based on the combined image data.

Abstract: A sensor system according to the present disclosure includes a substrate, a force sensor, a calculation unit, and an output part. The substrate includes a reference plane and an inclined surface. The force sensor is provided on the inclined surface and outputs signals in three-axis directions that correspond to an orthogonal axis direction that is orthogonal to the inclined surface and two-axis directions that are parallel to the reference plane. The calculation unit calculates a pressing force in each coordinate axis direction of rectangular coordinates formed of an axis vertical to the reference plane and two axes parallel to the reference plane and moments around the respective coordinate axes of the rectangular coordinates. The output part outputs calculation results.

Abstract: This brush cutter includes: a drive unit; a working unit which is driven by power of the drive unit; a shaft which transmits the power of the drive unit to the working unit; a tubular portion which is disposed between the drive unit and the working unit, and in which the shaft is inserted; a floating box which has a handle support portion; and a handle which is supported by the handle support portion. The brush cutter is provided with a vibration absorbing member which fits in a tubular portion side fitting portion provided in the tubular portion and fits in a box side fitting portion provided in the floating box.

Abstract: A coolant tank includes: a tank main body configured to store a coolant discharged from a processing machine; a vortex flow generator that creates a vortex flow of the coolant in the tank main body; and a float configured to float on a liquid surface of the coolant stored in the tank main body. An outer peripheral portion of the float has a shape conforming to a shape of an inner peripheral wall surface of the tank main body and forming a gap between the outer peripheral portion and the inner peripheral wall surface.

Abstract: An imprint method brings a mold into contact with an imprint material placed on a base layer on a substrate and cures the imprint material, thereby obtaining a cured product onto which a shape of the mold is transferred. The imprint method includes making position adjustment of the mold and the substrate in a state where the mold and the base layer of the substrate are in contact with the imprint material, measuring an in-plane distribution of a shearing force generated when the position adjustment is made, and determining an application condition of the base layer based on a result of the measurement.

Abstract: A zoom lens satisfies Conditional Expression (1) as follows: ?20<Twt/Twm<1,??(1) Twt is a moving amount of the second lens group during zooming from the short focal-length end to the long focal-length end, a moving amount to the object side being indicated by a positive sign, a moving amount to an image side being indicated by a negative sign, and Twm is a moving amount of the second lens group during zooming from the short focal-length end to an intermediate focal length, a moving amount to the image side being indicated by a negative sign, the intermediate focal length being expressed by fm=(fw·ft)1/2, where fw is a focal length of a whole system at the short focal-length end, and ft is a focal length of the whole system at the long focal-length end.

Abstract: A virtual-image forming device includes a device body having an opening; a real-image forming unit disposed within the device body to output light; a mirror to reflect the light output from the real-image forming unit; and an optical element. The optical element has positive power to refract the light reflected by the mirror and let the light exit through the opening to form of the light on a transmission and reflection member.

Abstract: A plurality of drawing nodes 34 draw, in parallel, a plurality of individual images to be displayed in a plurality of individual regions obtained by dividing a frame display region. A display control node 36 generates a synthetic image obtained by synthesizing together the plurality of individual images drawn by the plurality of drawing nodes 34 and causes the synthetic image to be displayed on a display device 38. In the case where the individual image of at least one individual region is delayed at a frame processing timing, the display control node 36 generates a synthetic image as an individual image of that individual region by applying the individual image of the previous frame.

Abstract: A sensor system according to the present disclosure includes a substrate, a force sensor, a calculation unit, and an output part. The substrate includes a reference plane and an inclined surface. The force sensor is provided on the inclined surface and outputs signals in three-axis directions that correspond to an orthogonal axis direction that is orthogonal to the inclined surface and two-axis directions that are parallel to the reference plane. The calculation unit calculates a pressing force in each coordinate axis direction of rectangular coordinates formed of an axis vertical to the reference plane and two axes parallel to the reference plane and moments around the respective coordinate axes of the rectangular coordinates. The output part outputs calculation results.

Abstract: A sensor unit 10 includes at least three kinesthetic-sense sensors 11 arranged along a plane, each including a first force-receiving part 111 configured to receive an external force. The sensor unit 10 includes a connecting member 12 including a second force-receiving part 13 configured to receive an external force, configured to transfer the external force received by the second force-receiving part 13 to each first force-receiving part 111 and connecting the first force-receiving parts 111 with each other. The sensor unit 10 includes an output unit 15 configured to output signals corresponding to a pressing force in an orthogonal-axis direction orthogonal to the plane and pressing forces in two axial directions parallel to the plane, respectively, the pressing forces being components of divided forces of the external force received by the second force-receiving part 13, received by the respective first force-receiving parts 111 through the connecting member 12.

Abstract: A sensor system according to the present disclosure includes a substrate with a reference plane, a plurality of kinesthetic-sense sensors disposed on the substrate, each of the plurality of kinesthetic-sense sensors being configured to output signals of three axial directions corresponding to an orthogonal-axis direction orthogonal to the reference plane and two axial directions parallel to the reference plane, respectively, according to an external force from an object received at a force receiving part, a control unit configured to determine whether or not a value of each of the signals is larger than a predetermined threshold, and calculate a pressing force in the orthogonal-axis direction or a moment around the orthogonal axis received from the object based on a result of the determination, and an output unit configured to output a result of the calculation.

Abstract: A cross joint comprises a flange yoke and a stab yoke, each comprising a based end portion and a pair of arm portions having a shaft hole and extending from both sides of the base end portion, and a spider having a first shaft fitted into the shaft hole of the flange yoke and a second shaft fitted into the shaft hole of the stab yoke, wherein the cross joint further comprises a flexing limiting portion, which limits a flexing angle of the cross joint due to mutual contact of a protruding portion of the base end portion and a flange portion of the spider when the flange yoke is flexed to a predetermined angle.

Abstract: An imprint apparatus that forms a pattern of an imprint material on a substrate with use of a mold includes a mold holding unit configured to hold the mold, a suction unit provided at the mold holding unit and configured to suction a gas in a space in which the mold and the substrate face each other, a detector configured to detect particles included in the gas suctioned by the suction unit, and a control unit configured to perform error processing depending on a result of detection performed by the detector.

Abstract: Provided is a manipulator including: a link; a joint unit configured to rotate the link; and a distance sensor configured to detect an obstacle entering in a monitoring space that is determined so as to include at least a rotating direction side of the link, the distance sensor being installed so that a sensing direction faces a direction parallel to a surface of the link. Further, provided is a moving robot including the aforementioned manipulator.

Abstract: A master node acquires a point group, each point of which belongs to any one of a plurality of blocks into which a space has been divided, the point group representing an appearance of the space by a collection of a plurality of points. The master node determines a priority of each of the plurality of blocks on the basis of the number of points belonging to each of the plurality of blocks. The master node preferentially performs processing of higher priority blocks among the plurality of blocks than processing of lower priority blocks.

Abstract: A posture angle calculation apparatus 170 includes an acquisition unit 171 configured to acquire an output of an acceleration sensor 151 installed to output acceleration of a moving apparatus that moves along a moving surface in a vertical axis direction with respect to the moving surface and to acquire an output of a gyro sensor 152 installed to output an angular velocity about the vertical axis. The posture angle calculation apparatus 170 further includes a calculation unit 172 configured to assume, when the acceleration is larger than reference acceleration Rg, and the angular velocity is smaller than a preset reference angular velocity Rw, the angular velocity ?z is zero and calculate a posture angle of the moving apparatus about the vertical axis. The posture angle calculation apparatus 170 further includes an output unit 173 configured to output data of the calculated posture angle.

Abstract: A coolant tank includes: a tank main body configured to store a coolant discharged from a processing machine; a vortex flow generator that creates a vortex flow of the coolant in the tank main body; and a float configured to float on a liquid surface of the coolant stored in the tank main body. An outer peripheral portion of the float has a shape conforming to a shape of an inner peripheral wall surface of the tank main body and forming a gap between the outer peripheral portion and the inner peripheral wall surface.

Abstract: The present invention provides an imprint apparatus which forms a pattern of an imprint material on a substrate by using a mold, the apparatus comprising: a generator configured to generate ionized gas by ionizing a first gas; a supplier configured to supply a second gas including the ionized gas generated by the generator to a space under the mold; and a controller configured to control a flow rate of the second gas supplied by the supplier to the space, wherein the controller increases the flow rate of the second gas supplied from the supplier to the space so as to reduce a decrease in an ion concentration in the space caused by moving the substrate from the space after the mold is separated from the cured imprint material.