Abstract: An imaging apparatus includes an imaging unit for capturing a subject and generating image data of the subject, an operation input unit for receiving inputs of operation signals containing a release signal for instructing the imaging unit to shoot, an acceleration detector for detecting an acceleration of the imaging apparatus, a state detector for separately detecting a case in which the imaging apparatus is overland, a case in which the imaging apparatus is underwater and a photographer shoots while swimming, and a case in which the imaging apparatus is underwater and the photographer shoots while changing a water depth, and a control unit for performing operation control depending on an input into the operation input unit and/or into the acceleration detector according to a state detection result by the state detector.

Abstract: An imaging apparatus includes an imaging unit for capturing a subject and generating image data of the subject, an operation input unit for receiving inputs of operation signals containing a release signal for instructing the imaging unit to shoot, an acceleration detector for detecting an acceleration of the imaging apparatus, a state detector for separately detecting a case in which the imaging apparatus is overland, a case in which the imaging apparatus is underwater and a photographer shoots while swimming, and a case in which the imaging apparatus is underwater and the photographer shoots while changing a water depth, and a control unit for performing operation control depending on an input into the operation input unit and/or into the acceleration detector according to a state detection result by the state detector.

Abstract: An imaging device includes an imaging unit that takes an image; a display unit that displays the image taken by the imaging unit and displays a menu of selectable modes in accordance with a change in a position of the imaging device; and an operation detecting unit that detects a position or a direction of an operation applied to the imaging device. The imaging device also includes a control unit that determines the position or the direction of the operation detected by the operation detecting unit and performs control to switch a mode in accordance with a correspondence between the position or the direction of the operation and the menu displayed on the display unit.

Abstract: A target object detection server is a detection server which communicates by wireless to a detector which detects whether or not a target object exists within a surrounding area of the detector by means of a detection tag mounted on the target object. Furthermore, the target object detection server connects through a network with one or more receivers which are arranged in a surrounding area of the target object, and receives a radio wave transmitted from the detection tag. According to the target object detection server mentioned above, it is possible to increase reliability for detecting the target object more accurately.

Abstract: A mobile robot includes a radio communication unit; a radio environment detector detecting plural types of radio environment data indicating the degree of goodness of radio environment, a comprehensive radio environment data being calculated from results of weighting the plural types of radio environment data with predetermined weights; a self-position detecting unit; a storage for map data of a movement area; the calculated comprehensive radio environment data being written in association with its own position detected.

Abstract: In a lubricant including a structure of a polymer compound, the structure includes polar groups or side chains having polarity at terminal ends and in at least one intermediate portion of a main chain, and also includes non-polar side chains at the terminal ends or in the intermediate portions of the main chain. For example, any of —OH, —CH2OH, —COOH, —NH2, and —CH2OCH2CH(OH)CH2OH groups is used for the polar group or the side chain having polarity, and a side chain including the structure of the formula (5) or (6) is used for the non-polar side chain. Then, in the lubricant used for a magnetic disk device, the surface energy is suppressed to a low level while a thin film thickness is being kept small for one molecule, thereby realizing stabilization of head-disk interface in the magnetic disk device for a long time. —(CF2O)P—CF3??(5) —(CF2)P—CF3??(6) (where P represents an integer of 0 or greater in the formulas (5) and (6)).

Abstract: In a data transmission method, a data transfer module 40 for transmitting an image frame of a predetermined image format and an audio frame of a predetermined audio format is used. The data transmission method includes: a step of acquiring image data captured by a pair of cameras 8, together with a time stamp indicating an imaging time of the image data, and generating an image frame; a step of acquiring relevant data acquired at the imaging time, together with the time stamp indicating the imaging time; and a step of acquiring the image frame and the relevant data that have the common time stamp, and transmitting, using the data transfer module 40, a relevant frame together with the image frame converted in the image format, the relevant frame being composed of the relevant data stored in an audio data storage area in the audio format.

Abstract: A robot recording a message on a wireless tag which includes: a voice recognition unit recognizing a voice input by a voice input unit which inputs a voice of a person; a message extraction unit extracting the message from the voice recognized by the voice recognition unit based on a fixed phrase provided for obtaining a message; a recording unit recording the message extracted by the message extraction unit on the wireless tag provided on an object.

Abstract: An imaging apparatus includes an imaging unit for capturing a subject and generating image data of the subject, an operation input unit for receiving inputs of operation signals containing a release signal for instructing the imaging unit to shoot, an acceleration detector for detecting an acceleration of the imaging apparatus, a state detector for separately detecting a case in which the imaging apparatus is overland, a case in which the imaging apparatus is underwater and a photographer shoots while swimming, and a case in which the imaging apparatus is underwater and the photographer shoots while changing a water depth, and a control unit for performing operation control depending on an input into the operation input unit and/or into the acceleration detector according to a state detection result by the state detector.

Abstract: An imaging device includes an imaging unit that takes an image; a display unit that displays the image taken by the imaging unit and displays a menu of selectable modes in accordance with a change in a position of the imaging device; and an operation detecting unit that detects a position or a direction of an operation applied to the imaging device. The imaging device also includes a control unit that determines the position or the direction of the operation detected by the operation detecting unit and performs control to switch a mode in accordance with a correspondence between the position or the direction of the operation and the menu displayed on the display unit.

Abstract: In an event site or the like, a visitor may waste time and effort trying to find a spot where an event of interest may be taking place because the visitor is unable to look through the entire site from any particular spot. An information gathering robot roams in such an event site typically along a prescribed route, and notes spots of interest to transmit this information to a data server. The visitor can access the data server to find a spot of interest of his or her choice substantially on a real time basis.

Abstract: This invention provides an ink composition comprising at least a dye represented by the following Formula (1), monohydric alcohol having 1 to 5 carbon atoms, and urea: wherein G represents a heterocyclic group; n represents an integer from 1 to 3; when n is 1, R, X, Y, Z, Q, and G each represent a monovalent group; when n is 2, R, X, Y, Z, Q, and G each represent a monovalent or divalent substituent, in which at least one of R, X, Y, Z, Q, or G represents a divalent substituent; and when n is 3, R, X, Y, Z, Q, and G each represent a monovalent, divalent, or trivalent substituent, in which at least two of R, X, Y, Z, Q, or G represent a divalent substituent or represent a trivalent substituent.

Abstract: A target object detection server is a detection server which communicates by wireless to a detector which detects whether or not a target object exists within a surrounding area of the detector by means of a detection tag mounted on the target object. Furthermore, the target object detection server connects through a network with one or more receivers which are arranged in a surrounding area of the target object, and receives a radio wave transmitted from the detection tag. According to the target object detection server mentioned above, it is possible to increase reliability for detecting the target object more accurately.

Abstract: A mobile robot includes a radio communication unit; a radio environment detector detecting plural types of radio environment data indicating the degree of goodness of radio environment, a comprehensive radio environment data being calculated from results of weighting the plural types of radio environment data with predetermined weights; a self-position detecting unit; a storage for map data of a movement area; the calculated comprehensive radio environment data being written in association with its own position detected.

Abstract: A robot recording a message on a wireless tag which includes: a voice recognition unit recognizing a voice input by a voice input unit which inputs a voice of a person; a message extraction unit extracting the message from the vice recognized by the voice recognition unit based on a fixed phrase provided for obtaining a message; a recording unit recording the message extracted by the message extraction unit on the wireless tag provided on an object.

Abstract: A separator for use in zinc/bromine secondary batteries comprising a polyethylene having an overall viscosity average molecular weight of not less than 350,000 and not more than 2,000,000 containing not less than 10 wt. % and not more than 80 wt. % of a polyethylene having a molecular weight of 1,000,000 or more and fine particulate silica, wherein the ratio by weight of polyethylene/fine particulate silica is more than 1 and less than 1.5, and the ratio of the number of silicon atoms (Si) to the number of carbon atoms (C), Si/C, exposed on the surfaces of said separator excluding cross-sectioned surfaces thereof is not less than 0.01 and less than 0.2 as determined by X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy (XPS).

Abstract: In an event site or the like, a visitor may waste time and effort trying to find a spot where an event of interest may be taking place because the visitor is unable to look through the entire site from any particular spot. An information gathering robot roams in such an event site typically along a prescribed route, and notes spots of interest to transmit this information to a data server. The visitor can access the data server to find a spot of interest of his or her choice substantially on a real time basis.

Abstract: The present invention provides the sheets preserving a compound being volatile at room temperature, wherein plural sheets comprising of the compound being volatile at room temperature are constructed as layers. The volatile compound may be selected from the group consisting of N,N-diethyl-m-toluamide, carane-3,4-diol, and pyrethroid compounds such as 1-ethynyl-2-methyl-2-pentenyl (1R)-3-(2-methyl-1-propenyl)-2,2-dimethylcyclopropanecarboxylate; 2,3,5,6-tetrafluorobenzyl (1R)-trans-3-(2,2-dichlorovinyl)-2,2-dimethylcyclopropanecarboxylate; 1-ethynyl-2-methyl-2-pentenyl 3-(2-chloro-2-fluorovinyl)-2,2-dimethylcyclopropanecarboxylate; 2,3,5,6-tetrafluoro-4-methylbenzyl 3-(2-methyl-1-propenyl)-2,2-dimethylcyclopropanecarboxylate; 2,3,5,6-tetrafluoro-4-methylbenzyl 3-(2-chloro-2-fluorovinyl)-2,2-dimethylcyclopropanecarboxylate; and 2,3,5,6-tetrafluoro-4-methylbenzyl 3-(1-propenyl)-2,2-dimethylcyclopropanecarboxylate.

Abstract: A separator for use in zinc/bromine secondary batteries comprising a polyethylene having an overall viscosity average molecular weight of not less than 350,000 and not more than 2,000,000 containing not less than 10 wt. % and not more than 80 wt. % of a polyethylene having a molecular weight of 1,000,000 or more and fine particulate silica, wherein the ratio by weight of polyethylene/fine particulate silica is more than 1 and less than 1.5, and the ratio of the number of silicon atoms (Si) to the number of carbon atoms (C), Si/C, exposed on the surfaces of said separator excluding cross-sectioned surfaces thereof is not less than 0.01 and less than 0.2 as determined by X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy (XPS).

Abstract: A separator for use in zinc/bromine secondary batteries comprising a polyethylene having an overall viscosity average molecular weight of not less than 350,000 and not more than 2,000,000 containing not less than 10 wt. % and not more than 80 wt. % of a polyethylene having a weight average molecular weight of 1,000,000 or more and fine particulate silica, wherein the ratio by weight of polyethylene/fine particulate silica is more than 1 and less than 1.5, and the ratio of the number of silicon atoms (Si) to the number of carbon atoms (C), Si/C, exposed on the surfaces of said separator excluding cross-sectioned surfaces thereof is not less than 0.01 and less than 0.2 as determined by X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy (XPS).