Abstract: A golden rigid decorative member in which scratch resistance and abrasion resistance are significantly improved and deterioration of appearance quality due to a flaw, abrasion, or the like is suppressed, and which has a pale color with a high quality feel is stably provided. A single layer or several layers of a coating including a reaction compound of an alloy of Ti and one or two or more metals selected from Nb, Ta, and V, and of one or two non-metallic elements mainly including nitrogen and selected from carbon and oxygen are stacked on a base.

Abstract: The invention is directed to the provision of an optical device in which provisions are made to form a gap between an optical waveguide and a substrate without having to form a groove or the like in the substrate and to prevent any stress from being applied to an optical element even when it is heated by a heater for temperature adjustment. More specifically, the invention provides an optical device includes a substrate, an optical element with an optical waveguide formed in a surface thereof that faces the substrate, bonding portions formed on the substrate at positions that oppose each other across the optical waveguide, a heater, formed on at least one of the optical element and the substrate, for heating the optical waveguide, and a micro bump structure formed from a metallic material, wherein the optical element is bonded to the bonding portions via the micro bump structure in such a manner that a gap is formed between the optical waveguide and the substrate.

Abstract: Provided is a rigid decorative member that has high film hardness, is excellent in scratch resistance performance and abrasion resistance performance, and has excellent color brightness and color saturation. The rigid decorative member of the present invention is a rigid decorative member wherein a reaction compound film of an alloy of Cr and a metal selected from one or two or more of Mo, W, Nb, Ta, Ti, Hf, Zr, and V, and of a non-metallic element selected from one or two or more of nitrogen, carbon, and oxygen is formed on a substrate. There is provided the rigid decorative member significantly improved in scratch resistance and abrasion resistance and having a color tone with a high quality feel; and there is further supplied a product of which the color tones of brightness and color saturation can be freely controlled.

Abstract: A machine tool includes a main spindle (10) which holds a workpiece (200, object to be machined) and is rotatable about the shaft center (C1), a main spindle motor (20, main spindle driver) which rotates the main spindle (10), a rotary guide bush (30, eccentric guide bush) which supports the workpiece (200) projecting from a leading end of the main spindle (10) to be rotatable in a state of being eccentric relative to the shaft center (C1) by a length E, a guide bush servomotor (40, guide bush driver) which rotates the rotary guide bush (30) about the shaft center (C1) in synchronization with the main spindle (10), and a controller (50) which controls the rotation and driving of the guide bush servomotor (40), so as to selectively switch between the rotation state and the stop state of the rotation.

Abstract: Provided is a colored rigid decorative member in which scratch resistance is improved, and deterioration of appearance quality due to a flaw, abrasion, or the like is suppressed, and which has various color variations with a high quality feel. An alloy adhesion layer having a high adhesion effect, an alloy gradient adhesion layer of which the content of a reactant gas is increased in a gradient manner, an abrasion-resistant layer having high hardness, an alloy recolored gradient layer of which the content of a reactant gas is decreased in a gradient manner, and a colored decorative layer having high decorativeness and color variations on the outermost layer are formed on a base using a film with an alloy of a metal having the high effect of adhering to a metal and high brightness (metal having poor corrosion resistance; Mo, W), a metal having high film hardness and high corrosion resistance (metal having poor adhesion; Nb, Ta), and a metal improving corrosion resistance performance (Cr, Ti, Hf, Zr).

Abstract: A rigid decorative member of the present invention is a rigid decorative member comprising a base and a rigid coating layer laminated on or above the base, wherein the rigid coating layer comprises a reaction compound of raw metal, in which a metal M1 and a metal M2, and in addition, selectively a metal M3 are combined, and of a non-metallic element selected from one or two or more of nitrogen, carbon, and oxygen, or comprises an alloy in which a metal M1 and a metal M2, and in addition, selectively a metal M3 are combined; the metal M1 is selected from one or two of Mo and W; the metal M2 is selected from one or two or more of Nb, Ta, and V; and the metal M3 is selected from one or two or more of Cr, Ti, Hf, and Zr.

Abstract: Provided is an optical element having an optical waveguide region that can propagate azimuthally polarized light or radially polarized light while maintaining the direction of polarization. The optical element has a resin layer and an optical waveguide region that is formed in the resin layer and guides light in the lengthwise direction of the resin layer. Liquid crystal molecules are oriented in an approximately radiating shape in a cross section perpendicular to the lengthwise direction in the optical waveguide region, and the refractive index of the optical waveguide region is greater than that of the resin layer.

Abstract: There are provided a workpiece and a gripping mechanism capable of shortening the handling time not involved in machining, shortening the overall time required for producing a plurality of finished members, accurately positioning the workpiece even if there is an axial dimension error, lessening waste of a material and reducing the burden of disposal of discharged chips. The workpiece has a shape in which plural raw blanks that become products by material removal are integrally molded. The gripping mechanism comprises a free moving means that relatively and freely moves a gripper and the workpiece, and a positioning means for defining the axial gripping position of the gripper and the workpiece.

Abstract: A numerical control device includes a phase-difference calculation unit that, when machining with vibrations is performed on a movement path, calculates a phase difference between a vibrational forward-moving position and a vibrational backward-moving position from a vibration amplitude-to-feed ratio between amplitude of the vibrations and a feed speed of a tool to a workpiece, a movement-path generation unit generating the vibrational forward-moving position and the vibrational backward-moving position as the movement path for each drive shaft by using the phase difference, a vibration-waveform generation unit generating a reference vibration waveform to be superimposed on the movement path for each drive shaft by using vibration conditions, a vibrational-movement-amount generation unit calculating a vibrational-movement amount on the movement path for each drive shaft by using the reference vibration waveform, and a movement-amount combining unit generating a combined movement amount for each drive shaft by

Abstract: An LED lamp has a substrate on which an LED is mounted, a dome-shaped translucent part covering the LED, a heat-radiating section connected to the substrate, a metal cap section to be connected to a power supply source, and a socket unit for connecting the heat-radiation section and the metal cap section, the socket unit having a socket opening section; the heat-radiating section having a body section connected to the substrate, a plurality of heat-radiating fins connected to the body section, and a cover section connected to the heat-radiating fins, the cover section covering the heat-radiating fins; and an air channel being configured so as to pass through from a gap between the translucent part and the cover section, between the heat-radiating fins, and to the socket opening section.

Abstract: Provided is a projection apparatus that can enhance the efficiency of utilization of RGB laser lights, eliminate positional displacement in projection point caused by spaced-apart fiber cores emitting the laser lights, and detect additional information while projecting an image with the laser lights. The projection apparatus includes a laser light source emitting infrared and RGB laser lights, a fixing device fixing end portions of an infrared-light fiber and colored-light fibers used to transmit the infrared and RGB laser lights, a scanning unit projecting an image on a projection surface by scanning the projection surface with the RGB laser lights emitted from the end portions of the colored-light fibers, a detection unit detecting reflection of the infrared laser light emitted from the end portion of the infrared-light fiber, and a control unit controlling emission of the RGB laser lights from the light source, based on information detected by the detection unit.

Abstract: Damage caused to a transfer medium due to heat when partially using transfer material regions is suppressed. An image forming apparatus (1) includes a transporting unit (4A, 4B) which transports a belt-like transfer medium (4) on which transfer material regions (Y, M, C, OP) of a first size respectively corresponding to transfer materials are arranged in a predetermined order in a repeated manner along a longitudinal direction thereof, and an image forming unit (3) which transfers the transfer materials in sequence by heating the respective transfer material regions and thereby forms on a recording medium an image with the first size or an image with a second size which is not larger than one half the first size. When forming an image with the second size, the image forming unit either uses unused portions of transfer material regions that have already been used to form an image with the second size or uses new transfer material regions on the transfer medium.

Abstract: An aberration correction optical unit (3) disposed in an optical system includes: a first phase modulation element (3a) and a second phase modulation element (3c) each having a polarization characteristic; and a variable waveplate (3b) disposed between the first and second phase modulation elements so that an optical axis of the variable waveplate has a predetermined angle with respect to optical axes of the two phase modulation elements, in order to correct an aberration generated by the optical system.

Abstract: A light-emitting apparatus having an LED-mounting surface having an improved light reflective efficiency is provided. The light-emitting apparatus includes a board, a first reflective layer arranged on the board, a second reflective layer different from the first reflective layer, arranged at a position different from the position of the first reflective layer on the board, a first configuration configured by a first LED element mounted on the first reflective layer and a first phosphor-containing resin which protects the first LED element and transforms a wavelength of light emitted from the first LED element, and a second configuration configured by a second LED element mounted on the second reflective layer and a second phosphor-containing resin which protects the second LED element and transforms a wavelength of light emitted from the second LED element.

Abstract: An in-cylinder pressure detecting apparatus for detecting a pressure in a combustion chamber of an internal combustion engine is provided. The in-cylinder pressure detecting apparatus comprises a pressure detecting element mounted on a tip-portion of a fuel injection device which injects fuel into the combustion chamber, and an amplifying circuit unit having an amplifying circuit which amplifies a signal output from the pressure detecting element and outputs a pressure detection signal. An in-cylinder pressure detecting unit integrated fuel injection device is configured by integrating an in-cylinder pressure detecting unit with the fuel injection device. The in-cylinder pressure detecting unit includes the pressure detecting element, the amplifying circuit unit, and a connecting member connecting the pressure detecting element with the amplifying circuit unit. The in-cylinder pressure detecting unit integrated fuel injection device is mounted on the internal combustion engine.