Abstract: A processor of an imaging support device is configured to acquire data related to a shake correction amount of a shake correction mechanism and a focal length of an imaging apparatus in a state where the shake correction mechanism of the imaging apparatus is operating, and adjust an irradiation range of light from an irradiation apparatus for a target subject based on the acquired data related to the shake correction amount and the acquired data related to the focal length.

Abstract: When a contact area with a chain guide is reduced by a back surface of a link plate having a convex portion, a friction coefficient in a fluid lubrication region is reduced. A coating film containing 10% or more of chromium is on the link plate. A friction modifier made of a molybdenum compound and including with a lubricating oil promotes generation of MoS2 by the coating film, and prevents an increase in a friction coefficient in a boundary lubrication region.

Abstract: A device includes a first conductive-member which connects to a first electrode on a first face of a chip. A second conductive-member is spaced from the chip and the first conductive-member. A third conductive-member is spaced from the first and second conductive-members. A first connector connects between the second electrode and the second conductive-member. A second connector is opposed to a third electrode on the second face and connects the third electrode and the third conductive-member. A first connecting-member connects the first connector and the second face. A second connecting-member connects the first connector and the second conductive-member. The first connector includes first protruded portions protruded in a first direction from the first conductive-member to the second conductive-member. The second connecting-member is provided to correspond to each of places between the first protruded portions and the second conductive-member.

Abstract: A content generation apparatus capable of guaranteeing that a provider of a content is a generator of the content is provided. The content generation apparatus that generates a content according to an instruction received from a user includes an acquisition unit configured to acquire biometric information of the user, a biometric authentication unit configured to perform biometric authentication of the user based on the biometric information of the user, a hash value generation unit configured to generate a hash value of the content in a case that the biometric authentication of the user has succeeded, and a communication unit configured to transmit the content and information of the content to a management server that registers the hash value and the information of the content in a blockchain. The information of the content includes result information indicating a result of the biometric authentication of the user.

Abstract: Provided is an imaging support device including an acquisition portion that acquires reversal information indicating that a revolution direction of an imaging apparatus that is caused to revolve about one axis out of a first axis and a second axis intersecting with the first axis as a central axis by a revolution mechanism enabling the imaging apparatus to revolve about each of the first axis and the second axis as the central axis is reversed, and a control portion that, in a case where the reversal information is acquired by the acquisition portion, performs a control of operating an adjustment portion capable of adjusting a position of a captured image obtained by imaging performed by the imaging apparatus.

Abstract: A tempered glass sheet according to an embodiment of the present invention has a compressive stress layer on a surface of the tempered glass sheet, in which a compressive stress value on the outermost surface of the compressive stress layer is 200 MPa or higher, and a bending strain is 30×10?4 or less.

Abstract: In a mounting structure in which an electronic component is mounted on a wiring board, a wiring sheet including an adhesive layer interposes between the electronic component and the wiring board and the electronic component is indirectly mounted on the wiring board. The electronic component is directly mounted on the adhesive layer of the wiring sheet and the adhesive layer of the wiring sheet is directly fitted to the wiring board. Conduction between the electronic component and the wiring board is attained by conduction between the electronic component and the wiring sheet and conduction between the wiring sheet and the wiring board.

Abstract: A valve device includes a drive device, a valve element, a housing main body, a main-body cover and a seal member. The housing main body has a main-body connecting portion and a main body fastening portion. The main-body cover has a cover connecting portion and a cover fastening portion. At least one of the housing main body and the main-body cover has a corresponding one of: a rigidity reducing structure that reduces a rigidity of the main-body connecting portion; and a rigidity reducing structure that reduces a rigidity of the cover connecting portion. The rigidity reducing structure is a space that reduces the rigidity.

Abstract: A valve device includes a stationary disk, a shaft and a rotor. The valve device includes: a housing that has a boss portion, through which the shaft is inserted; and a seal member that is shaped in a ring form and is configured to seal a gap between the shaft and the boss portion. The shaft includes a holder that has a contact portion which is in contact with the seal member. The holder is made of a polymer material which includes reinforcing fibers contained in resin. At least the contact portion at the holder extends in an axial direction of the shaft, and a distal end portion of the holder located on one side in the axial direction is coupled to a gear arrangement of a drive device. The distal end portion of the holder has a trace of an injection gate for injecting the polymer material.

Abstract: A valve device includes: a housing; a passage forming portion that has at least one passage hole configured to conduct a fluid; a drive device that is configured to output a rotational force; and a shaft that is configured to be rotated about a central axis. The valve device includes: a rotor that is configured to increase or decrease an opening degree of the at least one passage hole in response to rotation of the shaft; and a torsion spring that surrounds the central axis and is configured to urge the shaft relative to the housing in a circumferential direction of the central axis of the shaft. The housing has a stopper that is configured to contact the shaft and thereby limit a rotational drive range of the shaft when the shaft is rotated to a predetermined position. The stopper is placed at an inside of the torsion spring.

Abstract: A valve device may include: a shaft which has a shaft central axis; a stationary disk; a rotor; a housing which has a housing central axis and an opening; a housing cover which closes the opening; and a seal member. The seal member is eccentric with respect to the shaft central axis in conformity with the amount of eccentricity between the shaft central axis and the housing central axis. A valve device may include: a drive device; a shaft which has a shaft central axis; a stationary disk; a rotor; a housing which has a housing central axis and an opening; a drive device case which closes the opening and receives the drive device; and a seal member. The seal member is eccentric with respect to the shaft central axis in conformity with the amount of eccentricity between the shaft central axis and the housing central axis.

Abstract: A physical quantity detection circuit includes an analog/digital conversion circuit having an input capacitance and sampling an analog signal in the input capacitance to convert the analog signal into a digital signal, a precharge circuit for precharging the input capacitance before the analog/digital conversion circuit sample the analog signal in the input capacitance, a digital arithmetic circuit for performing arithmetic processing to the digital signal, and a reference voltage circuit for supplying a power supply voltage to the precharge circuit and the digital arithmetic circuit, wherein the arithmetic processing start timing and the arithmetic processing end timing of the digital arithmetic circuit are set to the timings avoiding the precharge period in which the precharge circuit precharges the input capacitance.

Abstract: A substrate processing apparatus includes: a chamber having a container including at least one substrate-heating region and at least one substrate-cooling region; a heating mechanism configured to heat a first substrate in the at least one substrate-heating region; a cooling mechanism configured to cool a second substrate in the at least one substrate-cooling region while the first substrate is being heated; and a partition provided in the container and configured to separate the at least one substrate-heating region and the at least one substrate-cooling region from each other in terms of heat and pressure.

Abstract: A direct decomposition device for hydrocarbons for directly decomposing hydrocarbons into carbon and hydrogen includes a rector containing a catalyst including a plurality of metal particles with an iron purity of 86% or more. The reactor is configured to be supplied with a raw material gas containing hydrocarbons.

Abstract: A solid electrolytic capacitor includes at least one capacitor element including an anode part and a cathode part, an anode lead terminal, a cathode lead terminal, and an exterior body that covers the least one capacitor element. Each of the anode lead terminal and the cathode lead terminal includes an embedded part embedded in the exterior body. The embedded part of the anode lead terminal has a first contact surface in contact with the exterior body, and the embedded part of the cathode lead terminal has a second contact surface in contact with the exterior body. At least one contact surface selected from the group consisting of the first contact surface and the second contact surface includes a rough surface having a developed area ratio of an interface of more than or equal to 0.4.

Abstract: A laser processing method includes: a forming step of forming a plurality of modified spots along an imaginary plane inside a work piece by irradiating an inside of the work piece with laser light from a surface. The work piece includes a first region and second region when viewed in a direction perpendicular to the surface. In the forming step, a plurality of modified spot rows formed of the plurality of modified spots arranged along a boundary between the first region and the second region are formed in the second region, the plurality of modified spot rows being arranged along a direction intersecting an arrangement direction of the plurality of modified spots, and a crack extending from the second region to the first region is formed by forming the plurality of modified spot rows.

Abstract: Provided is a crystallized glass, which has a high fracture toughness value, and besides, is excellent in transparency. The crystallized glass includes, in terms of mass%, 40% to 70% of SiO2, 5% to 40% of Al2O3, 2% to 25% of B2O3, 0% to 15% of MgO+ZnO, 0% to 20% of CaO+SrO+BaO, 0% to 8% of P2O5+TiO2+ZrO2, 1% to 20% of Na2O+K2O, and 0% to 6% of Li2O, has a crystallinity of from 1% to 50%, and has an average visible-light transmittance of 50% or more at a thickness of 0.8 mm and a wavelength of from 380 nm to 780 nm.

Abstract: An atomic interferometer includes: an optical system including an optical modulating device that includes: an optical fiber for a first laser beam to propagate therein; and a frequency shifter connected to the optical fiber and configured to shift the frequency of the first laser beam, the optical system being configured to generate a moving standing light wave from counter-propagation of the first laser beam from the optical modulating device and a second laser beam; and an interference system for making an atomic beam interact with three or more moving standing light waves including the moving standing light wave.

Abstract: An adjuster 500 performs simultaneous irradiation of M laser beams to an atomic beam 131, where M is a predetermined integer satisfying 3?M. The course of each of the M laser beams intersects with an approach path of the atomic beam 131. A component, in a direction perpendicular to the approach path of the atomic beam, of the sum of radiation pressure vectors that the M laser beams respectively have is non-zero. A component, in a direction of the approach path of the atomic beam, of the sum of the radiation pressure vectors that the M laser beams respectively have is negative for atoms having speeds greater than the predetermined speed, and positive for the atoms having speeds smaller than the predetermined speed.

Abstract: An adjuster performs simultaneous irradiation of M laser beams to an atomic beam, where M is a predetermined integer satisfying 3??M. The course of each of the M laser beams intersects with the course of the atomic beam. A component, in a direction perpendicular to the course of the atomic beam, of the sum of radiation pressure vectors that the M laser beams respectively have is zero.