Abstract: A urethane resin composition obtained by a method comprising the steps of: melt mixing an isocyanate (B), an antioxidant (C), a release agent (D) and a dispersing agent (E) to obtain a molten mixture, and mixing the molten mixture and a polyol (A): wherein the release agent (D) is a compound represented by the following formula (1): [Chemical Formula 1] R1—COOH??(1) the dispersing agent (E) is a compound represented by the following formula (2) having a weight-average molecular weight Mw of no greater than 16000: and the content of the dispersing agent (E) in the urethane resin composition is 0.1 to 5.0 wt %.

Abstract: A urea sensor includes a detecting portion which, in use, is immersed in a liquid accommodated in a urea solution tank for detecting the thermal conductivity of the liquid to detect whether the liquid accommodated in the urea solution tank is an aqueous urea solution; and an enclosing member enclosing a periphery of the detecting portion and including one or more vents penetrating the enclosing member. At least one of the vents is a lower vent being of a configuration and size such that a first hypothetical circle having a diameter of not less than 3.5 mm can be wholly contained within the lower vent. At least a portion of the lower vent is positioned below the detecting portion when the urea sensor is positioned for installation in the urea solution tank.

Abstract: An imaging device, such as a camera, may be provided with a focus-shift structure configured to shift a focal position; a solid-state image sensing element configured to convert an optical image of a photographing subject to image data; and an image processing unit including a face region detecting unit and a photographing subject frequency information capturing unit. The detecting unit may be configured to detect a face region from the image data and obtain face region information indicating the detected face region, and wherein the information capturing unit is configured to capture focus degree information indicating a degree of focus for each detected face region. Plural image data, the face region information, and the focus degree information may be stored in the imaging device as a single file.

Abstract: A ceramic electronic component includes a first reinforcement layer. The first reinforcement layer is arranged in a first outer layer portion so as to extend in the length direction and in the width direction. Portions of the first reinforcement layer face a first portion of a first external electrode and a first portion of a second external electrode in the thickness direction. The first reinforcement layer is not exposed at a first end surface or a second end surface of the ceramic electronic component. In a portion of a first main surface of the ceramic electronic component in which the first portion of the first or second external electrode is provided, a portion that does not face the first reinforcement layer is closer to the center in the thickness direction than a portion that faces the first reinforcement layer.

Abstract: A ceramic electronic component includes a plurality of first reinforcement layers. The plurality of first reinforcement layers are arranged in a first outer layer portion so as to extend in the length direction and in the width direction, and are stacked in the thickness direction. The volume proportion of the plurality of first reinforcement layers in a region of the ceramic body in which the plurality of first reinforcement layers are provided is greater than the volume proportion of the first and second internal electrodes in an effective portion.

Abstract: A method for producing a drug substance of crystalline pitavastatin calcium excellent in stability, is presented. In the production of a compound (pitavastatin calcium) represented by the formula (1): The water content is adjusted to a level of from 5 to 15%, and the crystal form is controlled to be crystal form A, thereby to obtain a drug substance excellent in stability.

Abstract: An imaging apparatus includes an optical unit capable of changing a focusing position and converting an image of a subject into an electric signal, an image processing device configured to convert the electric signal from the optical unit into imaging data and acquire reference image data before a shooting is taken, a display device configured to display the imaging data, a control device configured to control the image processing device, and a movement-detecting device connected to the image processing device and the control device and configured to detect movement information representing a variation between the imaging data and the reference image data, about each of the imaging data. The image processing device includes a correcting part configured to correct a focusing-area frame representing a focusing position of the imaging data, based on the detected movement information.

Abstract: A monolithic ceramic electronic component includes a dummy electrode having a dummy body portion and an internal electrode having an extended portion, in which the conductor density of the dummy body portion is less than the conductor density of the extended portion of an internal electrode. With this configuration, the fixing strength of an external terminal electrode to a ceramic element assembly is improved, and undesirable deformation caused by a dummy conductor provided in a monolithic ceramic electronic component is prevented.

Abstract: An imaging apparatus including a lens unit and an image pickup unit. The lens unit includes an optical system that projects a subject image onto an imaging device, the imaging device that converts the subject image into an electric signal, an imaging device driving part that drives the imaging device, an signal processing device that converts the electric signal from the imaging device into a digital signal, and a first connection part that connects the lens unit to the imaging pickup unit mechanically and electrically. The imaging pickup unit includes an electric power supply part, a second connection part that connects the lens unit to the imaging pickup unit mechanically and electrically, voltage supply lines that supply output voltage to the lens unit, and a voltage generating circuit that generates the output voltage supplied to the voltage supply lines.

Abstract: An imaging device includes an autofocusing section, which moves at least a part of an imaging lens as a focusing lens, and focuses the imaging device on a subject, a photographing distance range setting section, which sets a predetermined distance range including a subject distance to the subject obtained by the autofocusing section as a photographing distance range for photographing, a continuous shooting section, which continuously photographs at a plurality of focused positions in the photographing distance range while moving and stopping the focusing lens according to input of a photographing instruction, and a display section, which displays an image of the subject focused by the autofocusing section and the photographing distance range set by the photographing distance range setting section.

Abstract: The invention aims to provide substrate treatment equipment that can automatically collect a substrate in a normal condition without needing manual operation. The equipment includes a substrate holder for holding substrates in a multistage manner and a substrate transfer unit for transferring the substrates into the substrate holder, wherein a substrate holding condition of the substrate holder is sensed by a sensing section. The sensing section has photo-sensors, and sensing waveforms sensed by the photo-sensors are compared with a normal waveform. A control section is provided, which controls a substrate transfer unit such that substrates other than at least a substrate that was determined to be abnormal are transferred by the unit.

Abstract: The invention aims to provide substrate treatment equipment that can automatically collect a substrate in a normal condition without needing manual operation. The equipment includes a substrate holder 26 for holding substrates 12 in a multistage manner and a substrate transfer unit 34 for transferring the substrates 12 into the substrate holder 26, wherein a substrate holding condition of the substrate holder 26 is sensed by a sensing section 60. The sensing section 60 has photo-sensors 64a, 64b, and sensing waveforms sensed by the photo-sensors 64a, 64b are compared with a normal waveform. A control section 66 is provided, which controls a substrate transfer unit 34 such that substrates 12 other than at least a substrate 12 that was determined to be abnormal are transferred by the unit.

Abstract: A liquid state detecting sensor for detecting a state of a liquid including a liquid concentration detecting element, a holder member, and an enclosing member as defined herein, wherein the holder member has a configuration in which respective portions of a lower end surface facing the enclosed region are located higher than or at a same height as a lowest hole periphery at the rim of the element holding hole from which the detecting element protrudes, and at least one of circulation holes formed in the enclosing member is a bubble-discharging hole which has an upper end located higher than the lowest hole periphery and a lower end located lower than a surface peripheral edge of the lower end surface.

Abstract: An imaging device includes an optical imaging system, a solid-state image sensor which converts an optical image of a subject formed by the optical imaging system into an electric image signal, an exposure controller which starts an exposure in response to an instruction to start shooting, an image reader which sequentially read image signals from the solid-state image sensor while the exposure controller continues the exposure, an image processor which sequentially processes the image signals read by the image reader, a display unit which displays image data output from the image processor; and an image display processor which allows the display unit to sequentially display image data processed by the image processor with a predetermined time interval.

Abstract: A method for producing a drug substance of crystalline pitavastatin calcium excellent in stability, is presented. In the production of a compound (pitavastatin calcium) represented by the formula (1): The water content is adjusted to a level of from 5 to 15%, and the crystal form is controlled to be crystal form A, thereby to obtain a drug substance excellent in stability.

Abstract: An imaging device includes an autofocusing section, which moves at least a part of an imaging lens as a focusing lens, and focuses the imaging device on a subject, a photographing distance range setting section, which sets a predetermined distance range including a subject distance to the subject obtained by the autofocusing section as a photographing distance range for photographing, a continuous shooting section, which continuously photographs at a plurality of focused positions in the photographing distance range while moving and stopping the focusing lens according to input of a photographing instruction, and a display section, which displays an image of the subject focused by the autofocusing section and the photographing distance range set by the photographing distance range setting section.

Abstract: An imaging device includes an autofocusing section, which moves at least a part of an imaging lens as a focusing lens, and focuses the imaging device on a subject, a photographing distance range setting section, which sets a predetermined distance range including a subject distance to the subject obtained by the autofocusing section as a photographing distance range for photographing, a continuous shooting section, which continuously photographs at a plurality of focused positions in the photographing distance range while moving and stopping the focusing lens according to input of a photographing instruction, and a display section, which displays an image of the subject focused by the autofocusing section and the photographing distance range set by the photographing distance range setting section.

Abstract: The object of the invention is to provide a resin composition suitably used for optical members, which is excellent in fine pattern transferability, releasability from a mold, and adhesion to a supporting base, as well as a multilayer optical member obtained by using the resin composition. To achieve this object, there is provided a resin composition comprising a urethane oligomer (A), a bifunctional monomer (B) and a polymerization initiator (C), wherein the urethane oligomer (A) is obtained by blending a diisocyanate compound having two isocyanate groups in a molecule, a hydroxylated methylene glycol compound and a caprolactone-modified (meth)acrylate compound such that the equivalent ratio between the isocyanate groups and the hydroxyl groups in the general formulae (I) and (II) (NCO/OH) is 0.8 to 1.2, as well as a multilayer optical member obtained by using the resin composition.

Abstract: An object of the present invention is to provide a resin composition having high optical transparency, and excellent heat resistance, light resistance and mechanical properties when it cures. To attain the object, a heat or photo-curable resin composition comprises: (A) a low molecular weight acrylic resin obtained by carrying out a polymerization of (a) an epoxy group-containing (meth)acrylate and (b) an unsaturated compound having one polymerizable unsaturated bond in the molecule to obtain a copolymer having a weight average molecular weight of 1,000 to 10,000, and then reacting the copolymer with (c) an unsaturated carboxyl acid; a heat or photo-polymerizable monomer having at least one heat or photo curable unsaturated double bond in the molecule; and (C) a radical polymerization initiator.

Abstract: The curable resin composition of the present invention comprises a polyol component containing tri- or higher functional polycaprolactone polyol; and a polyisocyanate component containing bifunctional or trifunctional alicyclic isocyanate having one or more chemical structures in which an isocyanate group is bonded to a secondary carbon atom.