Abstract: A cable assembly includes a plurality of cables; and a cable fixing member which has a facing surface to be oppositely arranged, in connecting each of the cables to a member as a connection target, with respect to a connection surface of the connection target member and fixes a distal end part of each of the cables in a state where an axial direction of the distal end part of each of the cables is arranged along the facing surface, wherein a side surface of a core wire of each of the cables is exposed at a predetermined first position on the facing surface of the cable fixing member and a first connection part which connects the core wire of each of the cables to the connection target member is formed at the first exposed part.

Abstract: An ultrasound unit includes: ultrasound elements each including a plurality of ultrasound cells formed on a substrate including a semiconductor, the plurality of ultrasound cells each including an upper electrode having a ground potential and a lower electrode to which a drive signal is applied, the upper electrode and the lower electrode being arranged facing each other via a cavity and thereby forming a first capacitor; a package member in which the plurality of ultrasound elements are disposed, the package member having a ground potential; and an insulation member disposed between the package member and each of the ultrasound elements. A second capacitor is formed as a result of the insulation member serving as a gap, and a capacity of a third capacitor serially connected to the second capacitor is smaller than a capacity of the second capacitor.

Abstract: An optical transmission module includes: an optical device having a light emitting section that outputs light of an optical signal; an optical fiber that transmits the optical signal; a holding member in which a distal end portion of the optical fiber is inserted into a through hole having an inner diameter equivalent to an outer diameter of the optical fiber, and that is disposed on the optical device; and a lens section that is disposed in an opening on the optical device side of the through hole of the holding member, and that concentrates the light.

Abstract: Provided is a capsule-type endoscope that has a power receiving coil that wirelessly receives an electric power from outside a body of an individual to be examined, a processing circuit that performs predetermined processing, and an adjusting reactance section that is capable of adjusting a reactance that is connected to the power receiving coil.

Abstract: A living-body observation system is provided with: an in-vivo observation apparatus including: an in-vivo information acquiring section; a power source section; a magnetic field detection section that detects a magnetic field from outside and outputs a detected result as an electric signal; and a power supply section that controls a supply state of driving power supplied to the in-vivo information acquiring section, and the operation of the in-vivo information acquiring section, based on the electric signal; and a magnetic field generating section that is disposed outside the in-vivo observation apparatus and generates the magnetic field, wherein the power supply section includes a control section that controls the operation of the in-vivo information acquiring section of the in-vivo observation apparatus.

Abstract: An in-vivo information acquisition system is an in-vivo information acquisition system including an in-vivo information acquisition apparatus provided with a configuration capable of transmitting a wireless signal which includes in-vivo information about an inside of a subject, and a terminal apparatus provided with a configuration capable of receiving the wireless signal transmitted from the in-vivo information acquisition apparatus outside the subject, wherein the terminal apparatus includes a reception confirmation signal transmission section generating and transmitting a reception confirmation signal when the wireless signal which includes the in-vivo information about the subject can be received; and the in-vivo information acquisition apparatus includes a storage section, and a control section causing the wireless signal which includes the in-vivo information about the subject to be transmitted and at the same time, causing the same in-vivo information as included in the transmitted wireless signal to b

Abstract: Provided is a capsule-type endoscope that has a power receiving coil that wirelessly receives an electric power from outside a body of an individual to be examined, a processing circuit that performs predetermined processing, and an adjusting reactance section that is capable of adjusting a reactance that is connected to the power receiving coil.

Abstract: Provided is a wireless-type subject in-vivo information acquiring apparatus that is introduced into a body cavity of an individual to be examined and acquires subject in-vivo information, and that includes a transmission antenna that has an antenna orientation direction in which a transmission signal that transmits acquired subject in-vivo information is emitted most strongly, and another antenna that has an antenna directivity in a predetermined direction that is different from that of the transmission antenna. The transmission antenna and the other antenna are arranged so that a relationship between the antenna orientation direction of the transmission antenna and the antenna orientation direction of the other antenna is a twisted positional relationship or an intersecting relationship.

Abstract: A cable assembly includes a plurality of cables; and a cable fixing member which has a facing surface to be oppositely arranged, in connecting each of the cables to a member as a connection target, with respect to a connection surface of the connection target member and fixes a distal end part of each of the cables in a state where an axial direction of the distal end part of each of the cables is arranged along the facing surface, wherein a side surface of a core wire of each of the cables is exposed at a predetermined first position on the facing surface of the cable fixing member and a first connection part which connects the core wire of each of the cables to the connection target member is formed at the first exposed part.

Abstract: A living-body observation system of the present invention is provided with: an in-vivo observation apparatus including: an in-vivo information acquiring section; a power source section; a magnetic field detection section that detects a magnetic field from outside and outputs a detected result as an electric signal; and a power supply section that controls a supply state of driving power supplied to the in-vivo information acquiring section, and the operation of the in-vivo information acquiring section, based on the electric signal; and a magnetic field generating section that is disposed outside the in-vivo observation apparatus and generates the magnetic field, wherein the power supply section includes a control section that controls the operation of the in-vivo information acquiring section of the in-vivo observation apparatus.

Abstract: A solid-state image-pickup sensor comprises a plurality of vertical scan circuits, a plurality of horizontal scan circuits, a pixel section including pixels arranged in a two-dimensional array and performing photoelectric conversion, each of the pixels being connected to one of the plurality of vertical scan circuits and connected to the plurality of horizontal scan circuits, and a selection unit for controlling each of the horizontal scan circuits to independently select and output photoelectrically converted signals read from plural ones of the pixels arrayed in the horizontal direction.

Abstract: A solid-state image-pickup sensor comprises a plurality of vertical scan circuits, a plurality of horizontal scan circuits, a pixel section including pixels arranged in a two-dimensional array and performing photoelectric conversion, each of the pixels being connected to one of the plurality of vertical scan circuits and connected to the plurality of horizontal scan circuits, and a selection unit for controlling each of the horizontal scan circuits to independently select and output photoelectrically converted signals read from plural ones of the pixels arrayed in the horizontal direction.

Abstract: The present invention relates to an actuator drive apparatus capable of eliminating the influence of the mutual induction effect of a drive coil and a detection coil with a simple structure. That is, the present invention is an actuator drive apparatus capable of causing a movement of the drive coil of a scanner by applying an electric current thereto, and generating and maintaining the resonance state by feeding back an output signal of the detection coil at that moment. In particular, the present invention uses a rectangular wave as the drive signal and includes an LPF for eliminating a specific high frequency component of an output signal of the detection coil.

Abstract: The present invention relates to an actuator drive apparatus capable of eliminating the influence of the mutual induction effect of a drive coil and a detection coil with a simple structure. That is, the present invention is an actuator drive apparatus capable of causing a movement of the drive coil of a scanner by applying an electric current thereto, and generating and maintaining the resonance state by feeding back an output signal of the detection coil at that moment. In particular, the present invention uses a rectangular wave as the drive signal and includes an LPF for eliminating a specific high frequency component of an output signal of the detection coil.