Abstract: This motor control devices provided with: a motor control unit which generates a command value on the basis of a motor drive command acquired from a PLC over a communication line; a drive unit which supplies motor drive voltage according to the command value; an interruption unit which interrupts transmission of the drive signal to the motor; a safety input unit which receives an emergency stop input operation over a control signal line; a reset input unit which receives a reset input operation; a determination unit which determines whether or not safety is maintained on the basis of input to the safety input unit; and a safety control unit which, when the safety input unit receives an emergency stop input operation, performs interruption processing of the drive signal through the interruption unit, and when the reset input unit receives a reset input operation, performs restart processing if safety is maintained.

Abstract: A multifunctional environmental sensor device is connectable to a terminal of an electronic device for use. The sensor device includes a substrate, a plurality of different types of components mounted on the substrate and including at least a light emitter and an illuminance sensor, and a wiring pattern located on a surface of the substrate and including a contact to be in contact with the terminal of the electronic device. The light emitter is mounted on a surface of the substrate opposite to a surface of the substrate on which the illuminance sensor is mounted.

Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a method, an apparatus and a system for controlling a robot, and a storage medium. The method uses a neural network connected to an external memory to conduct the controlling of the robot, and comprises: inputting input data into the learned neural network to obtain output data, wherein said input data comprises an image about an object, said output data comprises control data about said robot; and establishing an association between part or all of the information generated by said neural network during the calculation and said input data and/or said output data, wherein said part or all of the information represents a feature of said object related to said control data. Thus, the user can grasp the calculation process of the neural network.

Abstract: The present invention provides a wavelength detection device (10) provided with: a plurality of optical filters (12a, 12b); a splitting unit (11) which splits light and allows the split light to pass through each of the plurality of optical filters (12a, 12b); a plurality of light receiving elements (13a, 13b) which detect the intensities of different beams of light which have passed through the optical filters, respectively; and a calculation unit (16) which calculates, from the outputs of the plurality of light receiving elements, physical quantities related to the transmittances of the plurality of optical filters, and calculates the wavelengths of the beams of light which have passed through the plurality of optical filters, on the basis of the transmittance characteristics, wherein the transmittance characteristics of the plurality of optical filters have an inclination section in different wavelength ranges of the wavelength range of the object to be measured.

Abstract: A switch used in an operation device such as a mouse has flexibility, and includes a movable member in which a first end side is fixed as a swing fulcrum and a second end side swings, and a pressing member that presses a portion between the first end and the second end of the movable member by receiving a pressing force from an outside source. Bent portions that are bent in a swinging direction are formed in side portions of the movable member. When the movable member warps by being pressed by the pressing member, the bent portions resist against the warping of the movable member, and therefore an operator can have click feeling.

Abstract: An objective of the present invention is to provide a control device, control system, control method, and computer-readable storage medium, for enabling verification of the reliability of operation machine control. Provided is a control device comprising: a control part comprising a controller for outputting output data with regard to input data, said control part serving to control an operation machine using the controller; an acquisition part for acquiring attribute information including statistics of previously obtained input data and output data; and an evaluation part for, on the basis of a comparison of the attribute information with new input data being newly inputted into the controller and/or new output data being newly outputted from the controller with regard to the new input data, evaluating to what extent the new input data and/or the new output data deviate from the statistics.

Abstract: A foreign material detection apparatus has, between a transmitter coil of a power transmitting apparatus and a receiver coil of a power receiving apparatus between which power is transmitted contactlessly, a plurality of first detection coils arranged to be inductively couplable with each other and each constituting a resonant circuit having a first resonant frequency together with a first capacitor, a plurality of second detection coils arranged to be inductively couplable with each other and each constituting a resonant circuit having a second resonant frequency together with a second capacitor, a power supply circuit that supplies, to each detection coil, AC power having a frequency at which the detection coil resonates, and a detection circuit that detects foreign material contamination between the transmitter coil and the receiver coil according to a voltage of the AC power transmitted via the detection coils.

Abstract: A sequence control program and an HMI control program are synchronized and simulated. A program development support unit includes a calculation unit and a storage unit. A sequence control editing program for achieving a sequence control editing unit, an HMI control editing program for achieving an HMI control editing unit, and an integration simulation management program for achieving an integration simulation management unit are stored in the storage unit. The integration simulation management unit manages the synchronization of simulation of the sequence control program and simulation of the HMI control program. The integration simulation management unit executes variable management process. In the variable management process, common variables are exchanged between the sequence control program and the HMI control program during execution of the simulation of the sequence control program and the simulation of the HMI control program.

Abstract: A microswitch includes a contact chamber that accommodates a contact mechanism that opens and closes an electrical circuit; an enclosure that accommodates the contact chamber; and a pressing component that accepts a pressure external to the enclosure. The pressing component may include an insertion part that is inserted into an insertion hole in the contact chamber and acts on the contact mechanism, the insertion part receiving a pressure external thereto and moving from a first side that is outward of the enclosure to a second side that is inward of the enclosure. The pressing component may include a shielding part that shields the insertion hole from the contact chamber side, the shielding part being larger than the insertion hole in a direction orthogonal to an insertion direction to block the insertion hole.

Abstract: To achieve a push-button for a game machine, capable of maintaining excellent waterproof performance and having excellent operability even when a large amount of liquid is spilled, or even when liquid is spilled while the push-button is pressed. A push-button for a game machine includes: an elastic body provided in a flange shape integrally with a key top with an outer periphery of the key top and having an outer end held between a base and a bezel; and a discharge path that communicates with a space partitioned by the key top, the bezel, and the elastic body and discharges liquid having entered the space to the outside.

Abstract: This motor control device is provided with a motor control unit which, on the basis of an operation command signal for driving the motor and a feedback signal from the encoder corresponding to motor operation, generates a command value relating to operation of the motor in accordance with a prescribed feedback method such that operation of the motor follows the operation command signal. The occurrence of an error is determined on the basis of the result of comparing a prescribed feedback value, which is calculated from the feedback signal from the encoder, and an operation command value, which is calculated from the operation command signal, and, on the basis of this determination result, interruption processing of the drive signal is performed. By means of this configuration, it is possible to improve safety performance of the motor control device without hampering the safety performance of the encoder.

Abstract: A blood pressure related information display apparatus includes a blood pressure measurement cuff configured to be worn by being wrapped around a measurement site of a measurement subject. An acceleration sensor attached integrally to the cuff is included. An orientation detection unit for detecting an orientation of the measurement subject during blood pressure measurement based on an output of the acceleration sensor is included. A display control unit for performing control for displaying an orientation of the measurement subject detected by the orientation detection unit as an illustration on a display screen is included.

Abstract: A plurality of HMI projects is easily compared. A HMI development support device includes a calculation unit (11) and a display unit (14). A HMI editing program (210) is stored in a storage unit (12), and by executing this program, the calculation unit (11) functions as a HMI editing unit. The HMI editing unit performs editing of a HMI project. The display unit (14) displays an editing screen of the HMI project. The HMI editing unit has a comparison processing unit which forms a comparison screen for comparing a reference HMI project and the HMI project being edited, and displays the comparison screen on the display unit (14). On the comparison screen, the comparison processing unit highlights differences between the reference HMI project and the HMI project being edited.

Abstract: An aspect of the present invention allows for determining a cause of abnormality in output of a light-receiving element among light-receiving elements in a multiple optical-axis photoelectric sensor. A multiple optical-axis photoelectric sensor (1) determines that electrical noise occurs, in a case where abnormality in output occurs in both of adjacent light-receivable periods (Ts) in one light-receiving cycle (Tc).

Abstract: In order to achieve an image display unit having excellent degree of freedom in designing the position of a display image, an image display unit (1A) is provided with: an imaging unit (10) configured to capture an image of a space to be viewed; an image display device (11) configured to display an image captured by the imaging unit (10) in a display area in real time; and an image forming unit configured to form an image in a space where there is no screen by projecting the image displayed by the image display device (11).

Abstract: The flow rate measuring apparatus according to one aspect of the present invention is a flow rate measuring apparatus that intermittently measures the flow rate of a fluid, comprising a heating unit for heating the fluid; a control unit that controls a drive voltage for driving the heating unit, or the interval at which the drive voltage is applied, to the desired value; a temperature sensing unit that senses information about the temperature of the heated fluid; and a flow rate measurement unit that measures the flow rate of the fluid on the basis of the sensing signal outputted from the temperature sensing unit, wherein, in intermittently measuring the flow rate, the control unit varies the heating amount of the heating unit in each measurement by varying the interval at which the drive voltage is applied.

Abstract: A switch includes: a housing having a box shape; a plunger movable in a first direction intersecting an opening surface; and a movable piece arranged inside the housing and is elastically deformable in a second direction intersecting the first direction. The plunger has a touching portion which is arranged so as to face the movable piece in the second direction inside the housing and to be able to elastically deform the movable piece in the second direction by touching the movable piece, and further, a lubricant retaining portion that can retain a lubricant is provided in at least one of the touching portion of the plunger and a touched portion of the movable piece.

Abstract: The present invention achieves a multiple-optical-axis photoelectric sensor which can be assembled with reduced effort. A multiple-optical-axis photoelectric sensor (100) includes a light projector (110) and a light receiver (120) each having an outer shape defined by a housing (1) including: an outer case (10); a light-transmitting plate (15); and a pressing member (20). Supporting parts (11b) are provided at respective inner surfaces of side plates of the outer case. Extending parts (11c) are provided at end parts of the corresponding side plates. The pressing member is configured to press the light-transmitting plate against the supporting parts by being attached to the respective extending parts.

Abstract: This method for manufacturing a resin structure (1) is provided with: a step for arranging a sheet (30) having a smooth surface (31) having a maximum height roughness of 3 ?m or less, inside a forming mold (40) such that the smooth surface (31) faces an internal space (44) of the forming mold (40); a step for molding a resin molded body (10) to which the sheet (30) is adhered, by filling the internal space (44) with a resin; a step for separating the resin molded body (10) from the sheet (30), thereby forming a first region (11) having a maximum height roughness of 3 ?m or less on at least a portion of the surface of the resin molded body (10); and a step for using a fluid conductive ink to form a wiring (20) on the first region (11).

Abstract: A deterioration degree of a robot body is precisely evaluated. A robot control device 300 includes: a drive control unit 309 controlling operation of a robot body 200; a detection unit 310 detecting a signal used for analysis of a feature amount quantitatively indicating a deterioration degree of the robot body 200 deteriorated over time as the robot body 200 is operated; a determination unit 304 determining whether a data section of the signal includes a constant speed section equal to or greater than a given section; a normalization unit 305 normalizing a signal in a non-constant speed section when the data section of the signal does not include the constant speed section equal to or greater than the given section; an analysis unit 307 analyzing the feature amount; and an estimation unit 308 estimating a remaining life of the robot body 200 based on the feature amount.