Abstract: An air mattress for a bed, placed on a plurality of bottoms including a back bottom and used for the bed that performs a back raising operation for raising the back bottom, including air cells extending to a first direction and being arranged in parallel in a second direction; a first unit capable of inflating and deflating each of the air cells; and, a controller configured to control to alternately inflate and deflate the air cells by successively increasing and decreasing a pressure of air to be supplied to each of the air cells. The first unit inflate and deflate the air cells by n lines independent from each other, where n is equal to or greater than 3, and the controller controls inflation and deflation of air cells of one line during at least a part of a period in which a back bottom is being raised.

Abstract: For each air cell, air is supplied and discharged through one of three lines independent of one another, every third cell being connected to the common line. The control unit controls inflation and deflation of air cells in turn in such an alternate manner that first the pressure of air in the air cells on the first line is increased and decreased, secondly the pressure of air in the air cells on the second line is increased and decreased, then the pressure of air in the air cells on the third line is increased and decreased. Thereafter, when the back tilt angle of the back bottom has reached a predetermined angle or greater, the control unit increases the pressure of air cells whose pressure is being lowered at that moment so as to produce an inflated mode similar to that of the other air cells. Then, while the back bottom is being raised, the control unit performs an inflation and deflation control of individual lines alternately on a cycle shorter than that in a normal control mode.

Abstract: A method for manufacturing a solid electrolyte capacitor, the method including: preparing a connection body including a frame and a plurality of capacitor elements, the frame including a plurality of element connection units and a coupling portion that integrally couples the plurality of element connection units with each other, the plurality of element connection units being provided along a first direction and a second direction intersecting with first direction the plurality of capacitor elements being connected to the plurality of element connection units; sealing the plurality of capacitor elements by using a sealing resin having a stripe shape that extends in the first direction; forming a groove in the sealing resin by running a blade along the second direction between the capacitor elements adjacent in the first direction; and segmenting the plurality of capacitor elements by cutting the sealing resin along a bottom surface of the groove by laser and cutting a boundary between each of the plurality of

Abstract: A highly reliable automatic transaction apparatus and control method thereof which are capable of suppressing unauthorized transactions and the like are proposed.

Abstract: The present invention is provided with: a heat source unit; a heat detection unit that detects the intensity of light of a prescribed wavelength obtained from paper sheets in which heat provided from the heat source unit is stored; and a control unit that detects, on the basis of the intensity of the light of the prescribed wavelength obtained from the paper sheets, a repaired paper sheet which has been repaired with a repair member.

Abstract: A phosphor wheel is obtained by providing a phosphor on a rotatable substrate. The phosphor is formed of a plurality of small pieces, and the small pieces are arranged such that the phosphor has a ring shape, or a shape obtained by cutting away a portion from a ring shape about an axis of rotation of the substrate.

Abstract: An image display device includes: a light source unit that sequentially supplies light of a plurality of colors; an image formation unit that is provided with a pixel region that is made up of a plurality of pixels, light of a plurality of colors supplied by the light source unit sequentially irradiating the pixel region, and images of a plurality of colors being sequentially formed by the modulation of the incident light by each of the pixels; and a controller that controls the image-forming operation of the image formation unit. The controller causes formation of images of at least one color among the plurality of colors with pixel combinations made up of a plurality of pixels as pixel units and individually controls each pixel that make up the pixel combinations.

Abstract: A variable gain amplifier (1) includes: a signal transmission circuit (10, 20) including amplifying transistor units (111 to 11N, and 211 to 21N) connected in parallel between a signal input port (2P, 2N) and a signal output port (3P, 3N); a load circuit (40) connected between a supply line of power supply voltage (VDD) and an output end of the signal transmission circuit (10, 20); a signal short circuit (30) including a short-circuit transistor unit (31) connected between the supply line of the power supply voltage (VDD) and an input end of the signal transmission circuit (10, 20), a constant-current source circuit (42), and a transistor control circuit (46). The transistor control circuit (46) selects transistor units to be turned on, from among the amplifying transistor units (111 to 11N, and 211 to 21N) and the short-circuit transistor unit (31), and supplies control voltages for turning on the selected transistor units.

Abstract: Provided is a polyphase filter, which is capable of achieving amplitude matching and phase matching while achieving a low insertion loss with a single-stage configuration. A first variable resistor and a second variable resistor have resistance values that are equal to each other, and the resistance values are set so as to correct an amplitude error between orthogonal signals of outputs of a first output terminal to a fourth output terminal. A first variable capacitor, a second variable capacitor, a third variable capacitor, and a fourth variable capacitor have capacitance values that are equal to one another, and the capacitance values are set so as to correct a phase error between the orthogonal signals of the outputs of the first output terminal to the fourth output terminal.

Abstract: A vehicular wiper device includes a first wiper arm, a first drive source, a rocking mechanism, a second drive source, an extension and retraction mechanism, and a control unit. A first wiper blade for wiping a surface to be wiped of a vehicle is connected to the front end of the first wiper arm. The first drive source is directly or indirectly affixed to the vehicle body. The rocking mechanism is driven by the drive force of the first drive source and reciprocates and rocks the first wiper arm. The second drive source is directly or indirectly affixed to the vehicle body separately from the first drive source. The extension and retraction mechanism is driven by the drive force of the second drive source and extends and retracts the first wiper arm in the longitudinal direction thereof.

Abstract: A phosphor wheel is obtained by providing a phosphor on a rotatable substrate. The phosphor is formed of a plurality of small pieces, and the small pieces are arranged such that the phosphor has a ring shape, or a shape obtained by cutting away a portion from a ring shape about an axis of rotation of the substrate.

Abstract: A projector includes: first and second display panels and a projection unit that superposes images formed by the first and second display panels and that projects the superposed images on a projection surface. The first and second display panels are arranged such that the image formed by one display panel is projected to a position shifted by a predetermined distance in at least one of the row direction and column direction of the picture element array with respect to the position where the image formed by the other display panel is projected.

Abstract: A cone valve, which significantly reduces a risk of damaging a valve seat, even if it is used as a check valve when feeding slurry containing highly abrasive coarse particles such as slurry of nickel oxide ore. The cone valve of the present invention is a cone valve used as a check valve when feeding slurry, comprising: a valve seat; a valve body for performing opening and closing operation by reciprocally moving in predetermined directions with respect to the valve seat; and a coil spring incorporated to make the valve body contact the valve seat, wherein an annular abutting surface is provided in the valve seat by a contact with an end of the valve body, and the valve seat is configured to have a thickened part in which a thickness in normal direction of the abutting surface is increased inward from the abutting surface.

Abstract: An image display device includes: a light source unit that sequentially supplies light of a plurality of colors; an image formation unit that is provided with a pixel region that is made up of a plurality of pixels, light of a plurality of colors supplied by the light source unit sequentially irradiating the pixel region, and images of a plurality of colors being sequentially formed by the modulation of the incident light by each of the pixels; and a controller that controls the image-forming operation of the image formation unit. The controller causes formation of images of at least one color among the plurality of colors with pixel combinations made up of a plurality of pixels as pixel units and individually controls each pixel that make up the pixel combinations.

Abstract: The image display device of the present invention includes: a light source unit; image formation means that is provided with a pixel region made up of a plurality of pixels, light supplied from the light source unit being incident to this pixel region, and an image being formed by the modulation of the incident light by each of the pixels; and a control means (10) that controls the image-forming operation of the image formation means. The control means causes formation of an image with pixel combinations formed from a plurality of pixels as pixel units and individually controls the ON state and OFF state of each pixel that makes up the pixel combinations.

Abstract: A displacement prevention coating agent is provided which can prevent a displacement in lens processing, which is soluble in water and which exhibits a transparent appearance at least after being cured. The displacement prevention coating agent may coat the front and rear surfaces of a lens so that when cutting processing is performed on an end surface of the lens, a holding position of the front and rear surfaces of the lens held by a chuck device is prevented from being displaced. A water-repellent coat layer may be formed as a membrane such that the end surface has a shape corresponding to a frame. The displacement prevention coating agent may be formed of an aqueous solution whose main components are a hydrophilic resin, a surfactant having a perfluoro group and an emulsion.

Abstract: A projector includes: a plurality of image-forming units each including an image forming surface provided with a plurality of micromirrors; a plurality of reflecting units that are provided so as to respectively reflect the plurality of image beams formed by the image-forming units; a beam-combining unit that receives the plurality of image beams via the plurality of reflecting units and emits a combined image beam in which the plurality of image beams are combined such that the propagation directions coincide; and a projection unit that projects the combined image beam emitted from the beam-combining unit. At least two of the image-forming units are arranged such that the image-forming surface of each image-forming means lies in the same plane.

Abstract: A projector includes a DMD that forms an image, a projection lens that projects the image formed by the DMD on a projected surface, and a display control unit that controls an image forming operation of the DMD. The display control unit forms a frame image by sequentially forming a plurality of images using a combined pixel which is configured of a plurality of pixels, and with respect to temporally continuous two images, the display control unit forms one image at a position that is shifted by a distance that corresponds to the pixel pitch of the DMD in a predetermined direction relative to the other image.

Abstract: A light source device includes: a light source for emitting excitation light; a first optical system for condensing excitation light emitted from the light source into a rectangular shape; a fluorescent wheel having a plurality of light emitting portions emitting different color light in response to irradiation of the excitation light formed in such a manner in which each of the multiple light emitting portions is irradiated with the excitation light condensed in a rectangular shape by the first optical system; a second optical system for condensing color light emitted from each of the multiple light emitting portions in response to irradiation of the rectangularly condensed excitation light; and a rotating prism that is rotatably arranged on the optical path of the light condensed by the second light source and that shifts the optical axis of the light condensed by the second optical system as the prism turns.

Abstract: For each air cell, air is supplied and discharged through one of three lines independent of one another, every third cell being connected to the common line. The control unit controls inflation and deflation of air cells in turn in such an alternate manner that first the pressure of air in the air cells on the first line is increased and decreased, secondly the pressure of air in the air cells on the second line is increased and decreased, then the pressure of air in the air cells on the third line is increased and decreased. Thereafter, when the back tilt angle of the back bottom has reached a predetermined angle or greater, the control unit increases the pressure of air cells whose pressure is being lowered at that moment so as to produce an inflated mode similar to that of the other air cells. Then, while the back bottom is being raised, the control unit performs an inflation and deflation control of individual lines alternately on a cycle shorter than that in a normal control mode.