Abstract: A flexible laminated sheet manufacturing method includes thermocompression-bonding an insulation film formed of a liquid crystal polymer onto a metal foil between endless belts to form a flexible laminated sheet. The thermocompression bonding includes heating the flexible laminated sheet so that the maximum temperature of the sheet is in the range from a temperature that is 45° C. lower than the melting point of the liquid crystal polymer to a temperature that is 5° C. lower than the melting point. The thermocompression bonding also includes slowly cooling the flexible laminated sheet so that an exit temperature, which is a temperature of the sheet when transferred out of the endless belts, is in the range from a temperature that is 235° C. lower than the melting point of the liquid crystal polymer to a temperature that is 100° C. lower than the melting point.

Abstract: A server acquires, on the basis of sensing data about a person, lifting information indicating a lifting state of a leg of the person, acquires height information indicating a height of a step from a floor in a space where the person moves, determines, on the basis of the lifting information and the height information, a dangerous level of a walk of the person, generates walk assist information in accordance with the dangerous level, and outputs the walk assist information.

Abstract: An optical cable according to an embodiment of the present disclosure is an optical cable for installation in a microduct, the optical cable including one or more optical-fiber core wires, and a sheath layer covering an outer peripheral side of the one or more optical-fiber core wires. The sheath layer has a density of 2.0 g/cm3 or less. The sheath layer contains an olefin-based resin, a silicone, and a non-halogen flame retardant. A mass ratio of the non-halogen flame retardant to the olefin-based resin is 0.90 to 2.00. A mass ratio of the silicone to the olefin-based resin is 0.005 to 0.100. The olefin-based resin contains a polyethylene, and an ethylene-vinyl acetate copolymer or an ethylene-ethyl acrylate copolymer. The silicone has a weight-average molecular weight of 50,000 to 1,000,000.

Abstract: A server includes: a first receiving part that receives, from an appliance arranged in a building, operational data of the appliance; a second receiving part that receives use request information indicating a use request for the appliance from a user terminal belonging to a user of the appliance; a transmitting part that transmits approval request information to an owner terminal belonging to an owner of the appliance in response to receipt of the use request information; a third receiving part that that receives, from the owner terminal, approval information indicating an approval to use of the appliance; and a setting part that sets a restriction on access to appliance data by the owner in response to receipt of the approval information, the appliance data including at least one of the operational data and data based on the operational data.

Abstract: Three or more receivers installed in a UAV receive signals from a number of satellites, and generate, based on these received signals, observation data items including information items about distances from the satellites to the receivers. An information processing apparatus calculates, based on these observation data items and on position data items of the plurality of satellites, estimated reception positions at which one or more of the receivers are estimated to receive the signals from the satellites. The information processing apparatus calculates, based on these estimated reception positions and on an estimated posture of the UAV, estimated positions of a ranging apparatus in the UAV. The ranging apparatus measures a distance to a target by applying a laser beam to the target in synchronization with timings at which the receivers receives the signals from the satellites.

Abstract: An information collection apparatus collects information items about a position and a posture while flying in the air under a state of being attached to a drone. The information collection apparatus includes: six receivers, each of which receives location signals that are broadcasted from a plurality of satellites; and a frame to which six antennas of the six receivers are fixed. The six antennas of the six receivers, which receive the location signals, are arranged in an annular array and at equal intervals. The six receivers each receive the location signals that are broadcasted from the satellites. Thus, even without use of an IMU, by using these signals received by the receivers, the position and the posture can be estimated with high accuracy.

Abstract: A flexible laminated sheet manufacturing method includes thermocompression-bonding an insulation film formed of a liquid crystal polymer onto a metal foil between endless belts to form a flexible laminated sheet. The thermocompression bonding includes heating the flexible laminated sheet so that the maximum temperature of the sheet is in the range from a temperature that is 45° C. lower than the melting point of the liquid crystal polymer to a temperature that is 5° C. lower than the melting point. The thermocompression bonding also includes slowly cooling the flexible laminated sheet so that an exit temperature, which is a temperature of the sheet when transferred out of the endless belts, is in the range from a temperature that is 235° C. lower than the melting point of the liquid crystal polymer to a temperature that is 100° C. lower than the melting point.

Abstract: Provided is a fibrous product that has excellent anti-allergen and antiviral properties, is capable of maintaining excellent outer appearance, and is less likely to cause color migration. Also provided is a processing agent for producing the fibrous product. The fibrous product of the present invention is characterized in having attached to the surface thereof (a) 1.0 to 3.0 g/m2 of zirconium phosphate, (b) 0.12 to 0.4 g/m2 of a homopolymer formed of an aromatic sulfonic acid monomer, and (c) 0.2 to 0.8 g/m2 of a copolymer including a styrene sulfonate salt. In addition, the processing agent of the present invention is characterized in being an aqueous dispersion that contains the components (a), (b), and (c) in a weight ratio of 1.0 to 3.0:0.12 to 0.4:0.2 to 0.8.

Abstract: A connector for optical fibers with lenses includes a ferrule to which an optical fiber with a lens is mounted and which has an end face inclined relative to a central axis, and a coupling member (sleeve) which coaxially couples a pair of the ferrules by making the ferrules to face each other in a non-contact state such that the end faces are parallel to each other. The ferrule has one or a plurality of holes which are parallel to the central axis at positions decentered from the central axis, the optical fiber with the lens being disposed in the hole, and the optical fibers with the lenses mounted to the pair of the ferrules have lens end faces which are inclined along the end faces of the ferrules so as to be optically coupled to each other.

Abstract: A video output apparatus includes an operation device that outputs an operation signal according to an operation, an operation signal processor that receives the operation signal and executes a process, and a storage that stores a plurality of programs and an association between the operation signal and any of the plurality of programs. The operation device includes a definition operation part to which a function achieved by any of the plurality of programs can be allocated, and the plurality of programs includes a function allocation setting program for outputting an operation image for allocating the function to the definition operation part. The storage stores, as an initial association, an association between an operation signal due to an operation on the definition operation part and the function allocation setting program.

Abstract: A video output apparatus includes an operation device that outputs an operation signal according to an operation, an operation signal processor that receives the operation signal and executes a process, and a storage that stores a plurality of programs and an association between the operation signal and any of the plurality of programs. The operation device includes a definition operation part to which a function achieved by any of the plurality of programs can be allocated, and the plurality of programs includes a function allocation setting program for outputting an operation image for allocating the function to the definition operation part. The storage stores, as an initial association, an association between an operation signal due to an operation on the definition operation part and the function allocation setting program.

Abstract: The invention enables quality of a pinhole image to be improved, any of myopia or hyperopia, astigmatism and presbyopia to be corrected and high functionality to attain.

Abstract: The present invention aims to provide an antibacterial and antiviral composition capable of exhibiting antibacterial and antiviral properties in a short period of time and excellent in handleability and safety. The present invention also aims to provide antibacterial and antiviral particles, a processed fabric, a coating material for a processed coating film, a processed coating film, a coating material for a UV-cured coating film, and a UV-cured coating film each prepared using the antibacterial and antiviral composition. Provided is an antibacterial and antiviral composition containing an antibacterial and antiviral polymer compound, the polymer compound being an amino group-containing polymer.

Abstract: A connector for optical fibers with lenses includes a ferrule to which an optical fiber with a lens is mounted and which has an end face inclined relative to a central axis, and a coupling member (sleeve) which coaxially couples a pair of the ferrules by making the ferrules to face each other in a non-contact state such that the end faces are parallel to each other. The ferrule has one or a plurality of holes which are parallel to the central axis at positions decentered from the central axis, the optical fiber with the lens being disposed in the hole, and the optical fibers with the lenses mounted to the pair of the ferrules have lens end faces which are inclined along the end faces of the ferrules so as to be optically coupled to each other.

Abstract: In an optical coupler in which optical fibers with GRIN lenses, each having an optical fiber and a GRIN lens joined coaxially, are disposed to face each other coaxially, with a preset inter-lens distance WD being provided, and to couple transmission light of one of the optical fibers with GRIN lenses to the other one of the optical fibers with GRIN lens, an intermediate position of the inter-lens distance WD is set to match a beam waist position of light with a shortest wavelength ?m out of the transmission light, and a lens length z along an optical axis direction of the GRIN lens is set in accordance with a bottom of a coupling loss due to a distance-shift D of a beam waist position of light with a wavelength ?i different from the ?m out of the transmission light.

Abstract: Provided is a fibrous product that has excellent anti-allergen and antiviral properties, is capable of maintaining excellent outer appearance, and is less likely to cause color migration. Also provided is a processing agent for producing the fibrous product. The fibrous product of the present invention is characterized in having attached to the surface thereof (a) 1.0 to 3.0 g/m2 of zirconium phosphate, (b) 0.12 to 0.4 g/m2 of a homopolymer formed of an aromatic sulfonic acid monomer, and (c) 0.2 to 0.8 g/m2 of a copolymer including a styrene sulfonate salt. In addition, the processing agent of the present invention is characterized in being an aqueous dispersion that contains the components (a), (b), and (c) in a weight ratio of 1.0 to 3.0:0.12 to 0.4:0.2 to 0.8.

Abstract: In an optical coupler in which optical fibers with GRIN lenses, each having an optical fiber and a GRIN lens joined coaxially, are disposed to face each other coaxially, with a preset inter-lens distance WD being provided, and to couple transmission light of one of the optical fibers with GRIN lenses to the other one of the optical fibers with GRIN lens, an intermediate position of the inter-lens distance WD is set to match a beam waist position of light with a shortest wavelength ?m out of the transmission light, and a lens length z along an optical axis direction of the GRIN lens is set in accordance with a bottom of a coupling loss due to a distance-shift D of a beam waist position of light with a wavelength ?i different from the ?m out of the transmission light.

Abstract: A flexible laminated sheet manufacturing method includes thermocompression-bonding an insulation film formed of a liquid crystal polymer onto a metal foil between endless belts to form a flexible laminated sheet. The thermocompression bonding includes heating the flexible laminated sheet so that the maximum temperature of the sheet is in the range from a temperature that is 45° C. lower than the melting point of the liquid crystal polymer to a temperature that is 5° C. lower than the melting point. The thermocompression bonding also includes slowly cooling the flexible laminated sheet so that an exit temperature, which is a temperature of the sheet when transferred out of the endless belts, is in the range from a temperature that is 235° C. lower than the melting point of the liquid crystal polymer to a temperature that is 100° C. lower than the melting point.

Abstract: The present invention provides an influenza virus infection inhibitor for fiber processing that can inhibit effectively an influenza virus from infecting a human and thereby prevent onset of a symptom or, if any symptom occurs, aim at alleviation of the symptom, and has an excellent rubbing fastness. The influenza virus infection inhibitor for fiber processing is characterized by containing a compound that inhibits influenza virus infection, wherein the compound has at least one of substituents with structural formulae represented by the general formulae (1) to (3) on a side chain of a linear macromolecule and contains not less than 70% by weight of a monomer component having at least one of the substituent with the structural formulae represented by the general formulae (1) to (3).

Abstract: The present invention relates to a metal collecting material formed of an organic polymer fiber base material into which a functional group having a metal adsorbing function is introduced, in which the metal collecting material has a nonwoven fabric form, an opening diameter of 10 to 300 ?m, an aperture ratio of 10 to 50%, a thickness of 10 to 500 ?m, and a weight per area of 5 to 25 g/m2, and a fiber diameter of the organic polymer fiber is 5 to 50 ?m.