Abstract: A production method of a base plate for a disk drive made by aluminum die casting which can reduce scattering of particles and minimizes particle contamination is provided. The production method of a base plate for a disk drive includes a forming step for forming a base member by aluminum die casting, a coating step for coating the base member with a resin film, a machining step for removing a part of the resin film and a surface layer of the base member in order to expose the aluminum surface, a pretreatment step for immersing the base member with the exposed aluminum surface in a pretreatment solution containing no fluoride, and a metal film forming step for coating the exposed aluminum surface with a metal film.

Abstract: A curving control device to which an electrically-controlled endoscope is connected has a main CPU for primarily performing curving driving control, and a monitoring CPU for monitoring whether the operating state relating to curving actions is normal or abnormal. In the event of detecting an abnormality from the monitoring CPU, the curving control device also performs processing for handling the occurrence of the abnormality, such as outputting an emergency stop through an interlock via the main CPU, turning the main power and the like of a servo driver OFF, and so forth.

Abstract: An illumination device (1a) includes a light source unit (21) which is provided on the base end side of an insertion portion (2) to emit excitation light, a first optical transmission unit (24) which is provided from the base end side toward the front end side in the insertion portion (2) to guide excitation light from the light source unit (21) to the front end side, a fluorescent member (22) which is provided at the front end of the first optical transmission unit (24) and is excited by excitation light to emit illumination light, and a light determination unit (30) which is provided near the fluorescent member (22) to determine the amount of illumination light emitted from the fluorescent member (22) and output a determination signal.

Abstract: An illumination device (1a) includes a light source section (21) outputting excitation light; a fluorescent member (22) excited by the excitation light to emit illumination light; a first light transmitting section (24) disposed between the light source section (21) and the fluorescent member (22) to guide the excitation light output from the light source section (21) to the fluorescent member (22); and a second light transmitting section (25), which is arranged closer to the distal side than the fluorescent member (22) to guide the illumination light emitted from the fluorescent member (22). According to the invention, it is possible to provide an illumination device and an endoscope apparatus capable of exciting the fluorescent member to radiate illumination light, without directly radiating laser light from the light source section to the outside, even if a bending portion or more distal side than the bending portion is damaged in an insertion part.

Abstract: A curving control device to which an electrically-controlled endoscope is connected has a main CPU for primarily performing curving driving control, and a monitoring CPU for monitoring whether the operating state relating to curving actions is normal or abnormal. IN the event of detecting an abnormality from the monitoring CPU, the curving control device also performs processing for handling the occurrence of the abnormality, such as outputting an emergency stop through an interlock via the main CPU, turning the main power and the like of a servo driver OFF.

Abstract: At startup, a main CPU renders and copies various types of unique parameters stored in an SRAM card corresponding to an ID unique to endoscopes to DPRAM and SDRAM and enables the endoscopes to be used with these parameters. Also in the event of desiring to change the set parameters, the user requests a change via an HMI, whereby the changed parameters are copied to the SDRAM via the DPRAM, and electrically-operated curving actions of the endoscope can be performed with the changed parameters.

Abstract: A CPU includes: an original image recording function for recording a still image or a recorded image as an original image; a contrast correction function for performing contrast correction on a still image or a recorded image; a coordinate calculation function for calculating pixel coordinates on an original image which correspond to pixel coordinates designated on a contrast corrected image; a stereo measurement function for performing stereo measurement using pixel coordinates of an original image calculated by the coordinate calculation function; a measurement result reflection function for reflecting on a contrast corrected image a measurement result of stereo measurement performed by the stereo measurement function; and a dynamic range expansion function for enhancing brightness of an image area which is darker than a predetermined threshold. These functions enable stereo measurement to be performed precisely using an image on which image processing has been performed.

Abstract: A spiral coil conductor defining its winding central section as a conductor opening section is formed on a flexible substrate. The flexible substrate has a U shaped bend along a line passing through the conductor opening section so as to envelop a magnetic material core. The magnetic material core is arranged in a state where its end face faces the bend of the flexible substrate, and the magnetic material core includes cut shapes provided at a portion of the end face. The portion at the end face faces coil conductor sections at the bend of the flexible substrate, and the cut shapes separate the portion apart from the coil conductor sections.

Abstract: A portable electronic device includes a circuit board and an antenna coil installed on the circuit board. The antenna coil includes a magnetic core and a coil wound at either side of an unwound portion. The winding direction of the coil is changed at either side of the unwound portion. When the length of the magnetic core is defined as X and the distance between two intersecting points at which a virtual line formed by projecting the central line of the magnetic core onto the circuit board intersects the outer periphery of the circuit board is defined as Y, the antenna coil satisfies Y?X?0.8Y.

Abstract: A guide tube having a tube; a ciliary portion including many cilia inclined in a longitudinal direction of the tube, provided in an outer peripheral portion of the tube; and a vibration portion provided on the tube for vibrating the ciliary portion so as to move the tube in the longitudinal direction.

Abstract: A guide tube includes a tube; a ciliary portion composed of many cilia inclined in a longitudinal direction of the tube, provided in an outer peripheral portion of the tube; and a bag as a press mechanism for pressing an insertion portion of an endoscope inserted inside the tube.

Abstract: A portable electronic device includes a circuit board and an antenna coil installed on the circuit board. The antenna coil includes a magnetic core and a coil wound at either side of an unwound portion. The winding direction of the coil is changed at either side of the unwound portion. When the length of the magnetic core is defined as X and the distance between two intersecting points at which a virtual line formed by projecting the central line of the magnetic core onto the circuit board intersects the outer periphery of the circuit board is defined as Y, the antenna coil satisfies Y?X?0.8Y.

Abstract: A backup control unit controls a normal backup process of backing up a file stored in a NAS device at file system level according to a task schedule set in advance, and controls a forcible backup process of forcibly backing up the file stored in the NAS device at file level upon being triggered by detection of file close of a file stored in a forcible-backup-target file list by an access monitoring unit.

Abstract: In an endoscope device 1 in accordance with the present invention, a navigation screen 51 is displayed. The navigation screen 51 includes: an endoscopic live image display area 52 in which a live image produced by a bronchoscope 2 is displayed; a VBS image display area 53 in which a VBS image is displayed; and a thumbnail VBS image area 54 in which images constructed by reducing VBS images that represent all branch points on a route are displayed as thumbnail VBS images representing branch points. Consequently, an endoscope can be reliably navigated to reach a target region using guide images that represent actual branch positions.

Abstract: A radiation-sensitive resin composition suitable as a chemically-amplified resist useful for microfabrication utilizing various types of radiation such as deep ultraviolet rays represented by a KrF excimer laser or ArF excimer laser. The radiation-sensitive resin composition of the present invention comprises: (A) a resin comprising a recurring unit (1-1) shown by the following formula (I-1) and (B) a radiation-sensitive acid generator such as 1-(4-n-butoxynaphthyl)tetrahydrothiophenium nonafluoro-n-butanesulfonate. The radiation-sensitive resin composition may further comprise (C) an acid diffusion controller such as phenylbenzimidazole.

Abstract: A radiation-sensitive resin composition suitable as a chemically-amplified resist useful for microfabrication utilizing various types of radiation such as deep ultraviolet rays represented by a KrF excimer laser or ArF excimer laser. The radiation-sensitive resin composition of the present invention comprises: (A) a resin comprising a recurring unit (1-1) shown by the following formula (I-1) and (B) a radiation-sensitive acid generator such as 1-(4-n-butoxynaphthyl)tetrahydrothiophenium nonafluoro-n-butanesulfonate. The radiation-sensitive resin composition may further comprise (C) an acid diffusion controller such as phenylbenzimidazole.

Abstract: A technique for evaluation of the strength of a spot welded portion of a panel is provided. A stress value at the welded portion of the panel is calculated by a stress analysis according to a FEM using the elements, and then the strength of the welded portion is evaluated based on the stress value at the welded portion. A portion in the proximity of the spot welded portion is divided, with a central portion of the spot welded portion registered with a nodal point of the elements, into a central element and plural concentric ring-like elements from the center side provided by the central portion of the spot welded portion. Thereafter, the plural concentric ring-like elements are individually divided in a circumferential direction each into a plurality of portions to form the elements. Then, the strength is evaluated based on the stress value of the second ring-like element.

Abstract: A radiation-sensitive resin composition suitable as a chemically-amplified resist useful for microfabrication utilizing various types of radiation such as deep ultraviolet rays represented by a KrF excimer laser or ArF excimer laser. The radiation-sensitive resin composition of the present invention comprises: (A) a resin comprising a recurring unit (1-1) shown by the following formula (I-1) and (B) a radiation-sensitive acid generator such as 1-(4-n-butoxynaphthyl)tetrahydrothiophenium nonafluoro-n-butanesulfonate.

Abstract: A portable electronic device includes a circuit board and an antenna coil installed on the circuit board. The antenna coil includes a magnetic core and a coil wound at either side of an unwound portion. The winding direction of the coil is changed at either side of the unwound portion. When the length of the magnetic core is defined as X and the distance between two intersecting points at which a virtual line formed by projecting the central line of the magnetic core onto the circuit board intersects the outer periphery of the circuit board is defined as Y, the antenna coil satisfies Y?X?0.8Y.

Abstract: A curving control device to which an electrically-controlled endoscope is connected has a main CPU for primarily performing curving driving control, and a monitoring CPU for monitoring whether the operating state relating to curving actions is normal or abnormal. In the event of detecting an abnormality from the monitoring CPU, the curving control device also performs processing for handling the occurrence of the abnormality, such as outputting an emergency stop through an interlock via the main CPU, turning the main power and the like of a servo driver OFF, and so forth.