Abstract: A knee-action-type suspension is provided with an arm member, a compression coil spring, and a shock absorber. The coil spring is extended and retracted between a full-rebound state and a full-bump state in accordance with the magnitude of a load applied to a vehicle body. A wire of the coil spring includes a large-diameter wire portion, a small-diameter wire portion, and a wire diameter varying portion. The large-diameter wire portion is provided in a first portion of the coil spring, which is on the side near to a pivot. The small-diameter wire portion is provided in a second portion of the coil spring, which is on the side far from the pivot. A wire diameter of the large-diameter wire portion is greater than a wire diameter of the small-diameter wire portion.

Abstract: A motor drive control device uses a rotor position sensorless control scheme to drive a motor. The motor drive control device includes a rotational speed deriving component, a startup component and a changing component. The rotational speed deriving component derives rotational speed of the motor just before startup of the motor. The startup component starts up the motor by outputting to the motor a drive signal based on at least one of a direct-current excitation scheme that fixes the rotor position in a predetermined position by performing direct-current energization, and a forced drive scheme that accelerates the motor to a predetermined rotational speed by performing forced energization that applies a predetermined voltage and frequency. The changing component changes the drive signal based on at least one of the direct-current excitation scheme and the forced drive scheme in accordance with the rotational speed of the motor derived.

Abstract: A quartz crystal resonator includes a quartz crystal resonator element, a thermistor, a second layer including a first principal surface and a second principal surface, and a third layer having a through hole. internal terminals are provided on the first principal surface side, and electrode pads are provided in a portion exposed from the through hole on the second principal surface side. The quartz crystal resonator element is attached to the internal terminals, and the thermistor is attached to the electrode pads. Two mounting terminals are provided on a first diagonal line on the third principal surface side of the third layer, and two mounting terminals are provided on a second diagonal line. At least one of the two electrode pads is connected to any one of the two mounting terminals on the second diagonal line through a first conductive film provided on an inner wall of the through hole.

Abstract: A voltage smoothing circuit is configured to smooth a voltage outputted from a power supply portion. The voltage smoothing circuit includes first and second smoothing capacitors, a first balancing resistor, and a second conduction regulating portion. The first smoothing capacitor and the second smoothing capacitor are connected in series to each other and are connected in parallel to the power supply portion. The first balancing resistor is connected in parallel to the first smoothing capacitor. The second conduction regulating portion is connected on a current path in parallel with the second smoothing capacitor and conducts current in one direction on the current path in a case where a voltage equal to or greater than a second predetermined voltage has been applied.

Abstract: A resonating element has a quartz crystal substrate having a vibrating portion and a thin-walled portion that is thinner than the vibrating portion, and a pair of excitation electrodes respectively disposed on opposite surfaces of the vibrating portion. Moreover, in the excitation electrode, each of a pair of sides arranged in a Z?-axis direction is convexly curved toward the center so that the excitation electrode has a constricted portion in which a length in the Z?-axis direction increases gradually from a central portion toward both ends in an X-axis direction.

Abstract: An actuator control device includes an upper-level control unit that sets an upper-level target value of a predetermined control factor relating to driving an actuator, a lower level control unit, and an intermediate control unit. The lower-level control unit has a command input element that receives an input of the upper-level target value and outputs a lower-level target value of the predetermined control factor, an actuator control element that receives an input of the lower-level target value and controls the actuator, and a tracking element that causes an actual value of the predetermined control factor in the actuator to track the lower-level target value. The intermediate control unit causes the actual value of the predetermined control factor in the actuator to track the upper-level target value. The upper-level target value is inputted into the command input element of the lower-level control unit via the intermediate control unit.

Abstract: A fan control system includes a first fan, a second fan that is adjacent to the first fan, a first motor that is configured to rotate the first fan, a second motor that is configured to rotate the second fan, and a control unit. The control unit is configured to control the rotational speeds of the first motor and the second motor, and to decrease the rotational speeds of both the first motor and the second motor when the rotational speed of the first motor must be decreased.

Abstract: A fan control system includes a first fan, a second fan adjacent to the first fan, a first motor that rotates the first fan, a second motor that rotates the second fan, and a control unit. The control unit controls the rotational speeds of the first motor and the second motor. The control unit decreases the rotational speed of the first motor and increases/decreases the rotational speed of the second motor when the rotational speed of the first motor must be decreased. The control unit can decrease the rotational speed of the second motor when the rotational speed of the first motor whose rotational speed has been decreased is lower than a prescribed rotational speed, and increase the rotational speed of the second motor when the rotational speed of the first motor whose rotational speed has been decreased is higher than the prescribed rotational speed.

Abstract: A motor drive control device is configured to control driving of a brushless DC motor including a stator having drive coils, a rotor having plural magnetic poles, and plural position detecting units that output position detection signals representing position of the rotor with respect to the stator. The motor drive control device includes a drive voltage generating unit configured to generate and output drive voltages to the motor to drive the motor. An abnormality detecting unit can be used to detect abnormality of the position detection signals. When abnormality of at least one of the position detection signals has been detected by the abnormality detecting unit, the motor drive control device can drive the motor based on at least one of the remaining position detection signals excluding the position detection signal that has been detected as abnormal.

Abstract: In order to provide a photoelectric conversion apparatus, which is an apparatus excellent in reading speed, high S/N, high tone level, and low cost, the photoelectric conversion apparatus has a photoelectric conversion circuit section comprising a plurality of photoelectric conversion elements, switching elements, matrix signal wires, and gate drive wires arranged on a same substrate in order to output parallel signals, a driving circuit section for applying a driving signal to the gate drive wire, and a reading circuit section for converting the parallel signals transferred through the matrix signal wires to serial signals to output them, wherein the reading circuit section comprises at least one analog operational amplifier connected with each of the matrix signal wires, transfer switches for transferring output signals from the respective matrix signal wires, output through each amplifier, reading capacitors, and reading switches for successively reading the signals out of the reading capacitors in the for

Abstract: An imaging system may include an image sensor array and column randomizing multiplexers. The imaging system may include a data output circuit and image readout circuitry such as analog amplifiers, analog-to-digital converters, and memory circuits. The column randomizing multiplexers may include a first column randomizing multiplexer between the image sensor array and at least some of the image readout circuitry. The first column randomizing multiplexer may randomly connect columns of the image sensor array to the image readout circuitry. The connections made by the first column randomizing multiplexer may be randomized as each row of the image sensor array is read out. The column randomizing multiplexers may include a second column randomizing multiplexer between at least some of the image readout circuitry and the data output circuit. The second column randomizing multiplexer may reorder image data for the image readout circuitry.

Abstract: According to an embodiment, an attachment is attached to a main body part and has multiple bright points arranged in a ring. A calculation part calculates a first astigmatic axis angle based on an image obtained by using an imaging optical system to photograph the patient's eye while the multiple bright points are projected thereto. A storage stores the calculated first astigmatic axis angle and/or a second astigmatic axis angle measured before surgery. A mechanism changes the orientation of the main body part. A first input part inputs orientation information indicating the orientation of the main body part. A correction part corrects the first astigmatic axis angle and/or the second astigmatic axis angle based on the input orientation information. A display part displays the corrected first astigmatic axis angle and/or the corrected second astigmatic axis angle.

Abstract: The microscope for ophthalmologic surgery 1 can perform astigmatism measurement for a patient's eye E by using a projection-image forming part 13 attached to a microscope 6. The projection-image forming part 13 is provided with multiple bright points (LEDs 131-i) for astigmatism measurement that are arranged in a ring, and a fixation target 131c arranged inside the ring-shaped arrangement. Based on a photographed image of the patient's eye E in a state in which the LEDs 131-i and the fixation target 131c are projected thereto, a displacement calculating part 92 detects the fixation state of the patient's eye E relative to the fixation target 131c. A controller 60 controls the LEDs 131-i and the fixation target 131c based on the detection result of the fixation state.

Abstract: A microscope for ophthalmologic surgery is provided which can measure astigmatic axis angles with high accuracy regardless of the drawing positions of the patient's eye in an image frame. Astigmatism distribution information 71 showing the distribution of the astigmatism parameters resulting from the power distribution of an imaging optical system at least is stored in the storage 70 of the microscope for ophthalmologic surgery 1. An astigmatism information calculating part 92 calculates astigmatism information based on images obtained by photographing the patient's eye E with an imaging element 56a while light from the group of LEDs 131-i is being projected. An astigmatism information correcting part 93 corrects this astigmatism information based on the astigmatism distribution information 71.

Abstract: A microscope for ophthalmologic surgery according to an embodiment comprises: an optical system that photographs a patient's eye; a main body part that stores at least part of the optical system; an attachment that is attached to the main body part and has multiple bright points arranged in a ring; a determination part that determines whether the eyelids of the patient's eye are open or closed by determining whether or not bright point images are depicted within a prescribed region in the frame of a first image obtained by using the optical system to photograph the patient's eye while the multiple bright points are projected thereto; and a calculation part that calculates astigmatism information of the patient's eye based on a second image obtained by using the optical system to photograph the patient's eye while the multiple bright points are projected thereto.

Abstract: A fan control system includes first and second adjacent fans, first and second motors configured to rotate the first and second fans, and a control unit configured to control rotational speeds of the first and second motors in order to control rotational speeds of the first and second fans. The first and second motors are energized such that the rotational speeds of the first and second fans reach target rotational speeds prior to increasing the rotational speeds of the first and second fans to required rotational speeds. The target rotational speeds are lower than the required rotational speeds. The first and second motors are energized such that the rotational speeds of the first and second fans reach the required rotational speeds after the rotational speeds of the first and second fans reach the target rotational speeds.

Abstract: In order to provide a photoelectric conversion apparatus, which is an apparatus excellent in reading speed, high S/N, high tone level, and low cost, the photoelectric conversion apparatus has a photoelectric conversion circuit section comprising a plurality of photoelectric conversion elements, switching elements, matrix signal wires, and gate drive wires arranged on a same substrate in order to output parallel signals, a driving circuit section for applying a driving signal to the gate drive wire, and a reading circuit section for converting the parallel signals transferred through the matrix signal wires to serial signals to output them, wherein the reading circuit section comprises at least one analog operational amplifier connected with each of the matrix signal wires, transfer switches for transferring output signals from the respective matrix signal wires, output through each amplifier, reading capacitors, and reading switches for successively reading the signals out of the reading capacitors in the for

Abstract: A voltage smoothing circuit is configured to smooth a voltage outputted from a power supply portion. The voltage smoothing circuit includes first and second smoothing capacitors, a first balancing resistor, and a second conduction regulating portion. The first smoothing capacitor and the second smoothing capacitor are connected in series to each other and are connected in parallel to the power supply portion. The first balancing resistor is connected in parallel to the first smoothing capacitor. The second conduction regulating portion is connected on a current path in parallel with the second smoothing capacitor and conducts current in one direction on the current path in a case where a voltage equal to or greater than a second predetermined voltage has been applied.

Abstract: In order to provide a photoelectric conversion apparatus, which is an apparatus excellent in reading speed, high S/N, high tone level, and low cost, the photoelectric conversion apparatus has a photoelectric conversion circuit section comprising a plurality of photoelectric conversion elements, switching elements, matrix signal wires, and gate drive wires arranged on a same substrate in order to output parallel signals, a driving circuit section for applying a driving signal to the gate drive wire, and a reading circuit section for converting the parallel signals transferred through the matrix signal wires to serial signals to output them, wherein the reading circuit section comprises at least one analog operational amplifier connected with each of the matrix signal wires, transfer switches for transferring output signals from the respective matrix signal wires, output through each amplifier, reading capacitors, and reading switches for successively reading the signals out of the reading capacitors in the for

Abstract: A fan control system includes a first fan, a second fan adjacent to the first fan, a first motor that rotates the first fan, a second motor that rotates the second fan, and a control unit. The control unit controls the rotational speeds of the first motor and the second motor. The control unit decreases the rotational speed of the first motor and increases/decreases the rotational speed of the second motor when the rotational speed of the first motor must be decreased, The control unit can decrease the rotational speed of the second motor when the rotational speed of the first motor whose rotational speed has been decreased is lower than a prescribed rotational speed, and increase the rotational speed of the second motor when the rotational speed of the first motor whose rotational speed has been decreased is higher than the prescribed rotational speed.