Abstract: A scanning probe microscope in which an objective lens used to radiate exciting light and collect Raman scattering light can be disposed more near a sample and a tip is provided. The scanning probe microscope includes: a sample holder configured to hold a sample; a tip disposed near the sample; an exciting light source configured to output exciting light; an objective lens configured to condense the exciting light and radiating the exciting light to the tip; a light reception unit configured to detect scattering light generated from the sample through the radiation of the exciting light; and an incident position adjustment unit configured to cause the exciting light to be incident on a position deviating from an optical axis of the objective lens.

Abstract: A synchronous machine control device drives and controls a synchronous machine, the synchronous machine control device including: a current command computation unit that calculates a difference between a current command value for the synchronous machine and an actual current flowing through the synchronous machine and generates a current command value by proportional-integral control; a voltage vector computation unit that generates a voltage command value including a coaxial voltage command value and an orthogonal axis voltage command value based on the current command value generated by the current command computation unit; a voltage limitation unit that limits the coaxial voltage command value in preference to the orthogonal axis voltage command value to prevent the voltage command value from exceeding a predetermined voltage limit value; and a correction amount calculation unit that calculates the amount of correction of a current command value for correcting the current command value based on limitation

Abstract: An electric controller includes: a circuit board (7); a housing (2) that houses the circuit board (7); a plurality of radiation fins (21a) formed on the housing (2); an air duct (4) attached to the housing (2) in such a way as to cover the plurality of radiation fins (21a); a fan (8) that is held between the housing (2) and the air duct (4) and that sends cooling air to a channel formed by the plurality of radiation fins (21a); a fan connector (8a) electrically connected to the fan (8) via cables (8c); and a feeder connector (7b) electrically connected to the circuit board (7) and fixed to the housing. The fan connector (8a) is detachably connected to the feeder connector (7b), and the fan (8) and the fan connector (8a) are fixed to the air duct (4).

Abstract: An oil pump includes: a housing; a pump constituting section; a discharge opening portion; and a suction opening portion which includes a termination end portion including a termination end inner circumference portion, a termination end outer circumference portion provided radially outside the termination end inner circumference portion, and positioned radially outside the cam profile surface, a curved surface portion connecting the termination end inner circumference portion and the termination end outer circumference portion, and a cross portion at which the curved surface portion is crossed with the cam profile surface, and which is positioned at a position at which a radial length of a vane of the plurality of the vanes that confronts the suction opening portion is shorter than a half of an entire length of the vane.

Abstract: Data movement for reducing an environmental load in a hierarchical storage is appropriately determined. A storage system includes an upper-level storage device and a management device. The management device is configured to determine, for each file stored in the upper-level storage device, based on a size of a target file and an access frequency of the target file, and the power consumption information, whether power consumption for holding the target file is to be reduced by moving the target file to the lower-level storage device, and output, when it is determined that the power consumption for holding the target file is to be reduced by moving the target file to the lower-level storage device, an instruction to move the target file from the upper-level storage device to the lower-level storage device.

Abstract: A booster lever unit includes a first lever pivotably supported by an object via a first pivotal shaft, a second lever pivotably supported by the object via a second pivotal shaft, and a linkage member that links the first lever to the second lever. The pivotal plane of the first lever is parallel to the pivotal plane of the second lever. The first lever has one end provided with an operation section, and another end provided with the first pivotal shaft, and the first lever further includes a first linker, the first linker being provided between the operation section and the first pivotal shaft and linked to the linkage member. The second lever has one end provided with an action section, and another end provided with a second linker linked to the linkage member, and the second pivotal shaft is provided between the action section and the second linker.

Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a method for controlling a distance protection system, as well as a respective device and system for performing the method. Measurements are received. The measurements comprise current and/or voltage measurements at a first position along a transmission line for an electrical power system. A first impedance is computed from the received measurements. A fault location is determined from the computed first impedance and a first impedance boundary. Responsive to the determined fault location, a second impedance is computed. The fault location is redetermined from the computed second impedance and the first impedance boundary. The distance protection system is controlled based on the determined fault location or the re-determined fault location.

Abstract: The information display apparatus configured to display video information of a virtual image on a reflecting surface of conveyance includes: a display configured to display the video information; and a virtual image optical system configured to display a virtual image at a front of the conveyance by reflecting light emitted from the display by means of the reflecting surface. The virtual image optical system includes a concave mirror and an optical element. The optical element is arranged between the display and the concave mirror, and is configured to correct distortion of the virtual image obtained so as to correspond to a viewpoint position of a driver on a basis of a shape of the concave mirror and a shape of the optical element. The information display apparatus further includes a virtual image double image conversion reducer configured to reduce double image conversion of the virtual image.

Abstract: The invention of the present application has as its object the provision of a work machine that is equipped with a function to prevent a work device thereof from going into an entry prohibited area and can satisfy both working precision and working efficiency of the work device. A controller is therefore configured to start work range limiting control to decelerate or stop an action of a machine main body or the work device when a distance between a monitor point set beforehand on the work device and the entry prohibited area decreases to a first distance, to end the work range limiting control when the distance between the monitor point and the entry prohibited area increases to a second distance greater than the first distance, and to change the second distance according to an operation amount of an operation device.

Abstract: An object of the present invention is to provide a working method of an orifice, which has excellent working accuracy and high productivity in order to work an inclination portion (tapered portion) on the entire circumference of an inner wall of an orifice. Therefore, a working method of an orifice includes a first step of forming an orifice hole 54d in an orifice forming member, a second step of pressing a downstream end surface of the orifice forming member in which the orifice hole 54d opens, in a direction toward an upstream side of the orifice hole 54d by a punch 46 having a cutting blade portion 46a larger than a cross section of the orifice hole 54d. The second step causes a material of the orifice forming member to flow from an entire circumference at the downstream end portion of the orifice hole 54d to an inside of the orifice hole 54d to form a cross-sectional area reduction portion 54s in which a cross-sectional area of the orifice hole 54d is reduced from an upstream side to a downstream side.

Abstract: A controller as a control apparatus controls a shock absorber of a control target wheel (a rear wheel) located in back of a detection target portion (a front wheel) of an unsprung acceleration sensor based on a detection value detected by the unsprung acceleration sensor on the front wheel side provided on a vehicle. In this case, the controller identifies a movement distance (a delay distance) from the detection target portion (the front wheel) and controls the shock absorber of the control target wheel (the rear wheel) located in back thereof based on the detection value of the unsprung acceleration sensor and a vehicle speed for each control period.

Abstract: A modular multilevel power converter includes: a capacitor voltage adjuster that calculates an active current component command to make an average voltage of capacitors match a command value; an active power detector that receives an AC current signal and an AC voltage signal and calculates an active power; an active power adjuster that calculates a DC current command value to make the active power match a command value; a first active power command suppressor that suppresses an absolute value of an active power command value; and a second active power command suppressor that adjusts an absolute value of an active power command value.

Abstract: In some examples, a computing device may determine a replication criteria for replication of user information and/or resource information between a first computing site and a second computing site. The computing device may perform the replication between the first computing site and the second computing site based on the replication criteria. Further, the computing device may determine at least one of a user correspondence or a resource correspondence between the first computing site and the second computing site based on performing the replication. The computing device may replicate permission information between the first computing site and the second computing site based at least on the user correspondence and/or the resource correspondence.

Abstract: An estimation system generates, from a value of a time series of an estimation object in a past period, a plurality of patterns of a transition of a value of the estimation object. Based on the plurality of generated patterns and a value of a time series of a factor in the past period, the estimation system specifies a dependency relationship between a transition pattern and a value of the factor and a transition pattern at a past (or future) time point and identifies a model in accordance with the specified dependency relationship. By inputting a value of a time series of the factor in a future period to the estimation model, the estimation system specifies a time series of a value in the future period of the estimation object using at least one transition pattern.

Abstract: A method of controlling a power generation apparatus and a pumped storage power generation apparatus including a motor directly connected to a rotor of a generator or generator motor, the method performing speed control by providing a guide vane opening degree command to the motor, the guide vane opening degree command being calculated by a rotational speed controller including a proportional control element, an integral control element, and a differential control element, in which a first upper limit limiting function is multiplied by a second upper limit limiting function, the first upper limit limiting function being included in an output runaway prevention circuit of an integral control function provided in the integral control element and being defined according to an output signal of a load limiter.

Abstract: An environment construction system holds resource price information indicating a price of available resources in a second environment and communication distance information indicating a distance of a communication path between the second environment and a first environment when the available resources are used for the second environment, acquires system configuration information of an information system and environment arrangement information indicating a physical location where the first environment is disposed, analyzes the system configuration information to generate an analysis result indicating a configuration of the system, determines an environment arrangement policy indicating a requirement required for the second environment based on the analysis result, selects a resource to be used for the second environment based on the resource price information, the communication distance information, and the environment arrangement policy, converts the system configuration information to use the selected resour

Abstract: Provided is an electric parking brake device in which a drum brake includes braking gap automatic adjustment means and a parking brake lever, and the operation of an electric actuator that drives the parking brake lever is controlled by a control unit. When an application operation time of the electric actuator (38) by the time when a parking brake state is obtained has exceeded a predetermined application operation end determination time (T2), the control unit (C) determines that the braking gap automatic adjustment means (18) is abnormal. With this configuration, at the time of obtaining the parking brake state, the presence or absence of abnormality in the braking gap automatic adjustment means can be determined.

Abstract: A semiconductor device includes: one or more semiconductor modules arranged in a row; a pair of cooling members disposed so as to sandwich the semiconductor modules and configured to cool the semiconductor modules; a pair of sandwiching members each disposed on an opposite side of the semiconductor module across a corresponding one of the pair of cooling members to oppose the corresponding one of the pair of cooling members; and a coupling portion that couples a pair of sandwiching members to each other and presses each of the pair of sandwiching members against the opposing one of the cooling members, in which at least one of the pair of sandwiching members includes a plurality of support portions disposed to oppose ends of the arranged semiconductor modules and a space between the semiconductor modules, and a spring portion extending from each of the plurality of support portions in an arrangement direction of the semiconductor modules and abutting the cooling member, and the coupling portion couples the su

Abstract: A travel assistance device includes: a detection result storage unit that stores a detection result of an external sensor installed in a host vehicle; a moving object recognition unit that recognizes a surrounding moving object based on a detection result of the external sensor; a route storage unit that stores a route along which the host vehicle has moved based on vehicle information acquired by a vehicle sensor installed in the host vehicle; an initial stop position determination unit that determines an initial position at which the host vehicle has stopped before starting, based on the detection result stored in the detection result storage unit; and a vehicle control unit that stops the host vehicle based on a recognition result of the moving object recognition unit after the host vehicle starts from the initial position. The detection result storage unit stores at least the initial position and the detection result on the route.

Abstract: Provided is a map information processing device which contributes to the improvement of high-precision map verification performance by generating road information at a traffic lane level for a verification purpose by functioning as a means for extracting a road area corresponding to a road and a demarcation line corresponding to a traffic lane from an aerial image (for example, a ground photo photographed from an aircraft or a satellite), inferring the position of an object/structure (occlusion) which may cover the road, determining whether or not the demarcation line in the vicinity of the occlusion forms a continuous line by using the inferred occlusion position and demarcation line information, and next determining whether or not the traffic lane in the vicinity of the occlusion has continuity such that a misunderstanding about the continuity of the road when the presence of no occlusion is possible can be avoided to suppress the inclusion of incorrect information.