Abstract: Crystals of the compound represented by formula (1), a method for the production thereof, and a method for producing an antibody-drug conjugate using the crystals.

Abstract: A rod lens array 10a includes a plurality of gradient-index rod lenses 1b arrayed to have optical axes parallel to each other, and forms an erecting equal-magnification image. The gradient-index rod lenses 1b each have a refractive-index distribution in a radial direction thereof. The refractive-index distribution n(r) is approximated by n(r)=n0?{1-(A/2)?r2}, where a refractive index at a center of the gradient-index rod lens 1b is represented by n0, a refractive-index distribution constant of the gradient-index rod lens 1b is represented by \A, and a distance from the center of the gradient-index rod lens 1b is represented by r. The gradient-index rod lens 1b has an aperture angle ? of 3 to 6°, the aperture angle ? represented by ?=sin?1(n0\A?r0), where a radius of the gradient-index rod lens is represented by r0. The rod lens array 10a has an imaging distance of 45 to 75 mm and a depth of field of 1.5 to 3.

Abstract: An autonomously moving robot that drives while evading an obstacle by an environment information acquisitioner. The information acquisitioner includes an imager that takes an image of a circumference on a driving route, an image recognition processor that extracts an area having a property relating to a region of a human body, a ranger that measures a range and an orientation to an object existing in the circumference on the driving route, a range information analyzer that obtains a shape of the object, and an environment recognizer that recognizes the environment information on the driving route. The environment recognizer compares the area extracted in the image recognition processor with the object recognized in the range information analyzer, and recognizes the object as a person when both of them agree with each other.

Abstract: In a connector receptacle which is mounted on a printed circuit board, a pair of protection protrusions is formed to protrude outward in a insertion direction of a plug from a rear end of a bottom board of a metal shell. A plurality of terminals held on a plug holder is arranged between the protection protrusions in a widthwise direction in a cut portion of the bottom board, so that twisting force acting of the connector receptacle is mainly received by the protection protrusions, and thus, the terminals are protected from peeling off from the printed circuit board. A pair of slits is formed along an extension line of the rear end on the bottom board, so that melted solder for fixing the connector receptacle on the printed circuit board rarely diffused to a lower face of the bottom board.

Abstract: In a connector receptacle (1) which is mounted on a printed circuit board (30), a pair of protection protrusions (21) is formed to protrude outward in an insertion direction (X) of a plug from a rear end (13a) of a bottom board (13) of a metal shell (11). A plurality of terminals (10) held on a plug holder (8) is arranged between the protection protrusions (21) in a widthwise direction (Y) in a cut portion (12) of the bottom board (13), so that twisting force acting of the connector receptacle (1) is mainly received by the protection protrusions (21), and thus, the terminals (10) are protected from peeling off from the printed circuit board (30). A pair of slits (22) is formed along an extension line of the rear end (13a) on the bottom board (13), so that melted solder for fixing the connector receptacle (1) on the printed circuit board (30) rarely diffused to a lower face of the bottom board (13).

Abstract: An autonomously moving robot drives while evading an obstacle by recognizing the obstacle and self-location by an environment information acquisitioner. The information acquisitioner comprises an imager that takes an image of a circumference on a driving route, an image recognition processor that extracts an area having a property relating to a region of a human body by arithmetically processing the photographed image, a ranger that measures a range and an orientation to an object existing in the circumference on the driving route, a range information analyzer that obtains a shape of the object by arithmetically processing the obtained range information and recognizing that the object is a candidate of a person, and an environment recognizer that recognizes the environment information on the driving route.

Abstract: In a small-sized optical module, opposite side surfaces of a collimator lens (2) and opposite side surfaces of a polarization compensating filter (5) are fixed to opposite side surfaces of a rectangular frame (4). Two open surfaces are provided in the rectangular frame (4), so that optical components can be finely adjusted easily, and a large number of small-sized optical components can be aligned and assembled accurately. Reinforcing members (6) are provided in the open surfaces of the rectangular frame (4) so that the shape of the rectangular frame (4) can be retained against external force. After a diffraction grating (3) is fixed to the reinforcing members (6), the reinforcing members (6) with the diffraction grating (3) are adjusted, aligned and fixed to the rectangular frame (4).

Abstract: Material balance is maintained in a recycling system for aqueous paint by controlling a liquid amount within the recycling system while spray-coating an article. A recycling method includes: coating an article with aqueous paint in a water-curtain-type coating booth; collecting an over-spray paint, that does not adhere to the article, by virtue of a water curtain; sending a collected solution of paint and water to a condensation bath through a booth circulation water bath; separating this solution by an ultra-filtration apparatus into condensed paint and filtrate, with the condensed paint being transferred to a paint tank; and removing condensed paint from the paint tank, if necessary for adjustment of aqueous paint, followed by coating this aqueous paint onto an article, wherein a total amount of liquid present within the recycling system is controlled to be constant during spray-coating of an article.

Abstract: A rod lens manufacturing method having satisfactory machining accuracy and enabling mass production. In the method, lens assembly sheets, each holding at least a row of rod lenses, are prepared. The lens assembly sheets are then arranged on holding surfaces defined on a jig. The holding surfaces are inclined relative to a reference surface of the jig by a predetermined angle. Each of the lens assembly sheet is clamped so that optical axes of the rod lenses are inclined relative to a direction perpendicular to the reference surface by that predetermined angle. The lens assembly sheets are then ground and polished.

Abstract: In a small-sized optical module, opposite side surfaces of a collimator lens (2) and opposite side surfaces of a polarization compensating filter (5) are fixed to opposite side surfaces of a rectangular frame (4). Two open surfaces are provided in the rectangular frame (4), so that optical components can be finely adjusted easily, and a large number of small-sized optical components can be aligned and assembled accurately. Reinforcing members (6) are provided in the open surfaces of the rectangular frame (4) so that the shape of the rectangular frame (4) can be retained against external force. After a diffraction grating (3) is fixed to the reinforcing members (6), the reinforcing members (6) with the diffraction grating (3) are adjusted, aligned and fixed to the rectangular frame (4).

Abstract: A rod lens manufacturing method having satisfactory machining accuracy and enabling mass production. In the method, lens assembly sheets, each holding at least a row of rod lenses, are prepared. The lens assembly sheets are then arranged on holding surfaces defined on a jig. The holding surfaces are inclined relative to a reference surface of the jig by a predetermined angle. Each of the lens assembly sheet is clamped so that optical axes of the rod lenses are inclined relative to a direction perpendicular to the reference surface by that predetermined angle. The lens assembly sheets are then ground and polished.

Abstract: A device and method for inspecting a test piece with a laser beam in which the laser beam is divided into plural beams, and each of the plural beams has an identification marker, such as a particular polarity or intensity. Each of the marked beams, scans a different portion of the test piece to reduce the time needed to inspect the test piece.

Abstract: The present invention is to provide a recycle system of aqueous paint, wherein material balance is kept by controlling liquid amount within the recycle system when spray-coating.

Abstract: The present invention provides recycling system of an aqueous paint in which number of required apparatuses or equipments can decrease when two or more aqueous paint having different paint colors are used in the recycling system for a same aqueous paint.