Abstract: The present invention provides a three-dimensional model that contains an olefin-based polymer and can be easily processed, and a three-dimensional modeling material for obtaining the same. In addition, an object of the present invention is to provide a three-dimensional modeling material that contains an olefin-based polymer and can impart a function to a three-dimensional model itself. Furthermore, another object of the present invention is to provide a three-dimensional model production method using a three-dimensional modeling material. A three-dimensional modeling material that solves the above problems is a material for forming a three-dimensional model using thermal energy and contains an olefin-based polymer and an organometallic complex.

Abstract: An imaging apparatus includes a plurality of pixels, a signal holding unit, first and second control electrodes. Each of the plurality of pixels includes a photoelectric conversion unit, and an amplification element to amplify signals based on signal charges generated by the photoelectric conversion unit, in which the plurality of pixels output signals for performing a phase contrast detection type of focal point detection. The signal holding unit is in an electrical pathway between an output node of the photoelectric conversion unit and an input node of the amplification element, in which signals for performing the phase contrast detection type of focal point detection are held. The first control electrode is configured to transfer a signal of the photoelectric conversion unit to the signal holding unit. The second control electrode is configured to transfer a signal for performing the phase difference detection type of focal point detection.

Abstract: A path generation device including an acquisition unit, a setting unit, and a path generation unit. The acquisition unit is configured to acquire pose information relating to an initial pose and a target pose of a robot, position information relating to a position of the robot, obstacle information including a position of an obstacle present in a range of interference with the robot, and specification information relating to a specification including a shape of the robot. The setting unit is configured to, based on a positional relationship between the robot and the obstacle, set a clearance amount representing an amount of clearance to avoid the interference for at least one out of the robot or an obstacle present in a range of interference with the robot.

Abstract: An interference determination apparatus includes: an acquisition unit that acquires region information indicating regions set in a configuration space in which the angles of rotation of two or three specific joints of an articulated robot are indicated by coordinate axes, the regions including an interference region in which the robot is determined to interfere with itself or an obstacle based on the magnitudes of the angles of rotation of the specific joints, and a non-interference region in which the robot is determined to not interfere with itself or an obstacle based on the magnitudes of the angles of rotation of specific joints; and a determination unit that determines whether the robot interferes with itself or an obstacle, by determining whether coordinates indicating a posture determined by the angles of rotation of the specific joints belong to the interference region or the non-interference region indicated by the acquired region information.

Abstract: A motion generation device may be for generating a movement for changing the robot from a first orientation to a second orientation, and include a first acquisition unit that acquires first orientation information that specifies the first orientation and second orientation information that specifies the second orientation, a second acquisition unit that acquires at least one priority item regarding the movement for changing from the first orientation to the second orientation, and a movement generation unit that generates a motion of the robot that includes a movement path along which the robot moves from the first orientation to the second orientation, based on the first orientation information, the second orientation information, and the priority item that were acquired.

Abstract: An image formation apparatus according to an embodiment may include: a first image formation section configured to form a first image of a developer containing a lustrous pigment; a second image formation section configured to form a second image of a dyeing developer; and a transfer section configured to transfer the first image and the second image on a medium such that the first image and the second image are stacked to each other on the medium.

Abstract: Provided is an interference determination method with which whether or not a robot interferes with a surrounding object on a motion path can be computed. At least one intermediate position is set on a motion path of movement from the first position to the second position, a plurality of robot approximated bodies that are each constituted by combining at least two robot approximated bodies at a plurality of postures corresponding to each position are generated, a second combined approximated body constituted by combining at least two first combined approximated bodies is generated with respect to at least one focused part, and the second combined approximated body interferes with a surrounding object approximated body is determined.

Abstract: An interference determination method is provided to compute whether or not a robot that operates according to a motion path will interfere with a nearby object. A first orientation, a second orientation, and an intermediate orientation of the robot are set, and a first combined approximated body is generated that is configured by combining a plurality of robot approximated bodies, which are obtained by approximating the shape of the robot in these orientations. If it is determined that the robot will interfere with the nearby object, whether to generate a combined approximated body that is smaller than the first combined approximated body is determined based on the amount indicating the interval between two adjacent robot approximated bodies.

Abstract: A workpiece picking device includes a sensor that measures the workpieces, a hand that grasps the workpieces, a robot that moves the hand, and a control device thereof. The control device has a position orientation calculation part that calculates position, orientation and the like of the workpieces, a grasping orientation calculation part that calculates a grasping orientation of the workpieces by the hand, a route calculation part that calculates a route through which the hand moves to the grasping orientation, a sensor control part, a hand control part, a robot control part, a situation determination part that determines the situation of the workpieces on the basis of measurement result or the like of the three-dimensional position, and a parameter modification part that modifies at least one of a measurement parameter and various calculation parameters, when the determination result of the situations of the workpieces satisfies a predetermined condition.

Abstract: A bacteria treatment mechanism and a bacteria treatment method capable of reliably sterilizing an exterior of an article are provided. A bacteria treatment mechanism includes: a bacteria treatment unit that has a space for performing bacteria treatment; a radiation irradiation unit that irradiates the bacteria treatment unit with radiation for performing the bacteria treatment; an air supply duct that supplies air to the bacteria treatment unit; a decontamination treatment fluid supply unit that supplies a decontamination treatment fluid to the air supply duct during initial decontamination of the air supply duct; and an exhaust duct that exhausts molecules in the bacteria treatment unit.

Abstract: A leakage inspection method and leakage inspection device for container to be inspected are provided. When a container to be inspected having a deformable flexible part is to be inspected for leakage, the container to be inspected is filled with an inspection gas containing helium, the container to be inspected, which has been filled with the inspection gas, is disposed in an inspection chamber partitioned from the outside, and an upward flow of a carrier gas is formed from the lower part to the upper part of the container to be inspected. A leakage of the inspection gas filled in the container to be inspected is then detected on the basis of the result of measuring the concentration of helium in the carrier gas collected at a position higher than a position where the carrier gas is fed into the inspection chamber.

Abstract: Provided is a resin composition from which a three-dimensional molding can be produced at an appropriate speed and with high dimensional accuracy, wherein the obtained three-dimensional molding has high strength. This resin composition is used in a method for producing a three-dimensional molding composed of a cured product of a liquid resin composition by selectively irradiating the liquid resin composition with active energy rays. The resin composition includes at least: a first polymerizable compound, in a liquid state at room temperature, having radical polymerizability; a second polymerizable compound, in a liquid state at room temperature, having no radical polymerizability; and a filler, wherein the surface of the filler is covered with the second polymerizable compound.

Abstract: A brake fluid pressure control apparatus for a vehicle includes a parameter calculation unit configured to calculate a rollover detection parameter; and a steering maneuver determination unit configured to determine whether an abrupt steering maneuver is made. The parameter calculation unit is configured to calculate a first composition roll angle as the rollover detection parameter, by combining at a predetermined weight assignment ratio a first roll angle equivalent to an actual roll angle with a second roll angle obtained using a parameter which changes with a phase earlier than the first roll angle, and to calculate the first composition roll angle by changing the weight assignment ratio such that a weight of the second roll angle is higher when the steering maneuver determination unit determines that an abrupt steering maneuver is made than when the steering maneuver determination unit determines that the abrupt steering maneuver is not made.

Abstract: A vehicle motion control system includes: a steering angle sensor for detecting a steering angle; a vehicle speed sensor for detecting a vehicle speed; a lateral acceleration sensor for detecting an actual lateral acceleration of a vehicle body; a reference lateral acceleration calculation unit configured to calculate a reference lateral acceleration from the steering angle and the vehicle speed; a required longitudinal force calculation unit configured to calculate a required longitudinal force for reducing a deviation of the actual lateral acceleration relative to the reference lateral acceleration; and a longitudinal force control unit configured to control an output of at least one of a brake and a power plant such that the required longitudinal force is generated.

Abstract: A toner includes binder resin 101 and a coloring agent 102. The coloring agent 102 is configured so that hue of a hue measurement print image printed on a print medium with the toner satisfies ?8.6?a*(Y)??7.9 and 93.4?b*(Y)?95.4, where a*(Y) and b*(Y) represent an a* value and a b* value of the hue measurement print image and light resistance F of a light resistance measurement print image printed on a print medium with the toner, after an irradiation test in which the light resistance measurement print image is irradiated with light having 0.36 W/m2 spectral irradiance at a wavelength of 340 nm for 663 hours, is higher than or equal to 70%. The toner is configured so that its melt viscosity at 120° C. is higher than or equal to 1400 Pa·s and lower than or equal to 1600 Pa·s.

Abstract: A vehicle behavior stabilization system includes a yaw moment applying device configured to apply a yaw moment to the vehicle, a vehicle behavior stabilization control unit configured to selectively control the yaw moment applying device in such a way to stabilize a vehicle behavior according to a computed rear wheel slip angle in relation to a start threshold value and an end threshold value, and a threshold value correcting unit configured to correct the start threshold value and the end threshold value according to a change rate of the computed rear wheel slip angle and/or a change rate of a computed vehicle body slip angle.

Abstract: In a route outputting method using an arithmetic device including an external interface, a storage unit, and an arithmetic unit when a robot having a plurality of movable shafts transports an object W from a first position to a second position, the arithmetic unit executes the steps of: acquiring the first position and the second position using the external interface; acquiring transport conditions when the robot transports the object W from the first position to the second position; generating a route for the robot to transport the object W from the first position to the second position, the transport conditions being satisfied along the entire route; and outputting the generated route using the external interface.

Abstract: Provided is a method for manufacturing a steel member through hot press forming using a steel sheet that contains a comparatively large amount of Si. The steel sheet includes, in mass ratio, C: 0.15% to 0.35%, Si: 1.0% to 3.0%, Mn: 1.0% to 3.0%, Al: more than 0% up to 0.10%, Ti: ([N]×48/14)% to 0.10% (where [N] denotes the amount of N in the steel sheet), B: 5 ppm to 50 ppm, P: more than 0% to less than 0.015%, S: more than 0% up to 0.010%, and N: more than 0% up to 0.010%, the balance being iron and unavoidable impurities. The average oxygen concentration from an outermost surface of the steel sheet down to a depth of 10 ?m in a sheet thickness direction is 0.70 mass % or higher.

Abstract: A robot control apparatus includes a workpiece orientation calculation unit, an arrival prediction unit, a robot orientation calculation unit, and a trajectory data generation unit. The arrival prediction unit obtains a picking prediction position at which a workpiece that is conveyed by a conveyance apparatus may be picked up by a picking apparatus or the like, based on conveyance speed information supplied by the conveyance apparatus or the like and the sensing information supplied by an image acquisition apparatus.

Abstract: A pain sensory nerve stimulation apparatus includes: an electrode portion including: a first electrode, a tip end of which is adapted to be inserted into a skin; and at lease one second electrode which is disposed in a circumference of the first electrode without being electrically conductive with the first electrode, and which is adapted to be in contact with a skin; and a stimulation signal supplying unit, supplying a bipolar stimulation signal between the first electrode and the second electrode, the bipolar stimulation signal including a first waveform signal and a second waveform, the first waveform which is convex in a negative direction in the first electrode, the second waveform signal which is convex in a positive direction in the first electrode.