Abstract: A communication device communicatable with an information processing device, including: a communicator that communicates with the information processing device; a detector that detects the movement of the communication device; an acquirer that acquires position information of the communication device by using one of different communication methods; and a selector that selects a communication method in which the acquirer acquires the position information, based on a selection signal transmitted from the information processing device; wherein when the detector detects the movement of the communication device, the communicator communicates with the information processing device, and the acquirer acquires the position information of the communication device by using the communication method selected by the selector.

Abstract: A transimpedance amplifier connectable to a light receiving element includes a bias terminal for suppling bias potential to the light receiving element, an input terminal to receive a signal from the light receiving element and a ground terminal. The bias terminal, the input terminal and the ground terminal are arranged on at one side of the transimpedance amplifier facing the light receiving element.

Abstract: An amplifier circuit includes a first transistor; a first resistor to which a first potential is applied, the first resistor being connected to an emitter of the first transistor; a second resistor to which a second potential is applied, the second resistor being connected to a collector of the first transistor; and a signal control circuit configured to apply, to a base of the first transistor, a voltage that has been level-shifted based on an average value of a voltage at the collector of the first transistor, the signal control circuit being provided between the collector and the base of the first transistor.

Abstract: An electronic device includes a power unit that accommodates a battery; a communication unit that wirelessly communicates with an external device; and a printer unit that prints print data obtained by the communication unit on a recording paper, wherein an outer appearance of the electronic device is a cylindrical shape.

Abstract: A body part of a KVM (Keyboard, Video, Mouse) switch includes a clamp that holds a cable and is movable in a horizontal direction, and a stay that is equipped with the cable clamp and is movable in a depth direction of the body part to eliminate the cable hanging down.

Abstract: An optical module includes an optical waveguide configured to propagate light, an optical connector connected to the optical waveguide, an optical cable connected to the optical connector, a housing accommodating the optical waveguide and the optical connector, a cable clamp cover connected to the housing and covering the optical cable, and a cable boot connected to the cable clamp cover. The material of the cable clamp cover is harder than the material of the cable boot.

Abstract: A switch includes a first switch (100) including a first fixed contact (111) and a first movable contact (121) and a second switch (200) including a second fixed contact (211) and a second movable contact (221). The first fixed contact (111) and the first movable contact (121) come into contact and the second fixed contact (211) and the second movable contact (221) come into contact to turn on the switch. A magnet (320) is installed between the first switch (100) and the second switch (200).

Abstract: A printer including: a housing; a rotating member that is rotatably fixed to the housing; a fixing part that is formed on the housing, and rotatably supports a rotary shaft of the rotating member; wherein one of the fixing part and the rotating member includes a projection formed around the rotary shaft and capable of contacting the other of the fixing part and the rotating member, the other of the fixing part and the rotating member includes a recess that is formed around the rotary shaft and does not contact the projection, a flat part that is formed around the rotary shaft and allows the rotation of the rotating member while contacting the projection, and a regulating part that is formed around the rotary shaft, contacts the projection and regulates the rotation of the rotating member.

Abstract: A thermal printer includes heating elements that generate heat according to amounts of applied energy, an energy applier that applies energy to the heating elements, a memory that stores a gradation table where energy levels to be applied to the heating elements are set for gradation levels based on a relationship between dot area ratios of an image and the amounts of energy applied to the heating elements, and a controller that transfers control data multiple times to the energy applier based on the gradation table to control the amounts of energy to be applied by the energy applier to the heating elements, each of the control data corresponding to different amounts of energy.

Abstract: A cutter includes a fixed blade, a movable blade, a drive motor that moves the movable blade, and a controller that drives the drive motor to move the movable blade toward the fixed blade and to cut a medium. The controller drives the drive motor such that output torque of the drive motor during a process other than a cutting process where the medium is cut becomes lower than the output torque of the drive motor during the cutting process.

Abstract: An electromagnetic relay includes: a base; a pair of fixed contact terminals, each including a fixed contact and a first fulcrum fixed to the base; a movable contact spring including a pair of movable pieces, each of the movable pieces including a movable contact contacting and separating from the fixed contact; an armature that is coupled with the movable contact spring, by a rotary motion around a second fulcrum; an electromagnetic device that drives the armature; and a permanent magnet arranged between the pair of fixed contact terminals and between the pair of movable pieces to generate a magnetic field. The first fulcrum and the second fulcrum are arranged mutually in opposite directions with respect to the movable contact or the fixed contact.

Abstract: A ferrule includes a ferrule body having a first opening formed in a side face thereof, and having a second opening formed in a top face thereof, wherein the first opening is configured to receive an optical waveguide inserted into the ferrule body at the side face, and wherein the second opening is formed over and in communication with the first opening, such that the second opening connects an inner space of the first opening to an outside of the ferrule body.

Abstract: An optical connector includes a first connector and a second connector configured to be mated to the first connector. The first connector includes a plate having an opening, a substrate stacked on the plate, and an adapter having an opening and connected to the plate. The second connector includes a housing and a ferrule configured to connect to an optical fiber. The ferrule is provided in the housing to project from the housing to have an end of the ferrule exposed outside the housing. The ferrule is inserted in the openings when the first connector and the second connector are mated together.

Abstract: A connector includes a plurality of contacts, each including an upper linear portion, a side linear portion and a bent portion between the upper linear portion and the side linear portion; an upper insulating body; and a lower insulating body, the contacts being provided such that a side surface of the lower insulating body faces the side linear portion of each of the contacts, and an upper surface of the lower insulating body faces the upper linear portion of each of the contacts, upper protrusions being provided at the upper surface of the lower insulating body such that each of the upper protrusions positions between the upper linear portions of the adjacent contacts.

Abstract: A wireless module includes a substrate, an antenna provided on a surface of the substrate, and a circuit, provided on the substrate, and configured to transmit and receive signals through the antenna. The antenna includes a terminal provided on a tip end part thereof.

Abstract: A touch panel device including: a first resistance film; a second resistance film opposed to the first resistance film; a pair of first electrodes that is arranged on the first resistance film, and applies a first voltage to the first resistance film; a pair of second electrodes that is arranged on both ends of the second resistance film in the same direction as an application direction of the first voltage; a first detector that is connected to the pair of the second electrodes, and detects voltages at the second electrodes, respectively; and a calculator that calculates coordinates of two points in the application direction of the first voltage based on the respective voltages detected by the first detector.

Abstract: A printer including: a platen roller; a housing that holds the platen roller; and a print head that is mounted on the housing and performs printing on a sheet; wherein the platen roller includes a columnar straight part, and a first taper part that is formed on both ends of the straight part and has a diameter which changes towards an outside from the straight part along an axial direction.

Abstract: A control device that performs wireless communication and is connected to another control device via a wired network includes: an acquirer that acquires information relating to a channel and a communication timing used for wireless communication via the wired network from another control device that acts as a slave; a generator that generates a setting of a channel and a communication timing in which wireless communication performed by the another control device is free of interference, based on information relating to a channel and a communication timing used for wireless communication of the control device and information relating to the channel and the communication timing used for the wireless communication that are acquired by the acquirer; and a reporter that reports the setting of the channel and the timing generated by the generator to the another control device that acts as the slave via the wired network.

Abstract: An optical module for connecting a ferrule for connecting an optical fiber and a photoelectric transducer mounted on a substrate includes first lenses, second lenses, and a dummy lens. The first lenses are provided on a first side of the optical module to which the ferrule is to be connected. The second lenses and the dummy lens are provided on a second side of the optical module facing a surface of the substrate. The second lenses and the dummy lens are aligned on the same line. An image of the dummy lens is reflected from a mirror to be projected onto a plane on the first side of the optical module.

Abstract: A substrate includes: a plurality of wiring patterns arranged to face each other; an electronic component that is disposed between the wiring patterns and has electrodes at both end portions; and a conductive member that connects the wiring patterns to the electrodes, wherein the wiring patterns have such a shape that a distance between the wiring patterns changes in a region where the electronic component is disposed.