Abstract: This filter frame (10) for a camera has: a front-side ring (4) for holding a first polarization filter (2) on the inner peripheral side thereof; a rear-side ring (5) disposed concentrically and behind the front-side ring (4), and capable of rotatably holding the front-side ring (4); and a rotation angle range-regulating mechanism (58) for regulating the angular range for the relative rotation of the front-side ring (4) and the rear-side ring (5). The rotation angle range-regulating mechanism (58) is provided with: a protruding portion (16) provided on the rear-facing annular surface (33) of the front-side ring (4); and a circular arc groove (17) which is provided in the front-facing annular surface (56) of the rear-side ring (5), and into which the protruding portion (16) is inserted. When the protruding portion (16) is positioned at an end of the circular arc groove (17), the relative rotational angle position of the front-side ring (4) and the rear-side ring (5) can be regulated.

Abstract: An imaging apparatus includes a plurality of pixels, a plurality of signal lines, and a plurality of comparators. The imaging apparatus further includes a first switch and a second switch. The first switch includes a first terminal configured to receive signal from one of the signal lines is input, and a second terminal connected to an input node of one of the comparators. The second switch includes a first terminal connected to the input node of the one comparator, and a second terminal to which a signal from another one of the signal lines is input.

Abstract: An electronic circuit includes a generating circuit for generating a first group of signals and a second group of signals, and a transmission path for transmitting the first group of signals and the second group of signals. The first group of signals are composed of signals synchronized with a first edge that is one of the rising edge and the falling edge of a reference clock, and the second group of signals are composed of signals synchronized with a second edge that is the other of the rising edge and falling edge. The transmission path includes first transmission lines for transmitting the signals composing the first group and second transmission lines for transmitting the signals composing the second group, and the first and second transmission lines are alternately arranged.

Abstract: A particle beam treatment apparatus includes: a rotating gantry configured to axially rotate in a state where a bed fixed to a stationary system is disposed inside the rotating gantry and an irradiation port of a beam is fixed to a body of the rotating gantry; a tunnel structure configured to have at least a horizontal floor surface and have an internal space in which at least a part of the bed is accommodated; and a rotation supporter configured to cause the tunnel structure to be stationary in the stationary system independently of axis rotation of the rotating gantry by rotationally displacing the tunnel structure with respect to an inner side surface of the rotating gantry.

Abstract: A photoelectric conversion device includes a plurality of pixels. Each pixel includes an amplification transistor that has an input node configured to receive electric charge generated through photoelectric conversion, a reset transistor, and a capacitance control unit. In a state where the reset transistor is off, the capacitance control unit switches a capacitance of the input node from a first capacitance value to a second capacitance value, which is greater than the first capacitance value. Subsequently, the reset transistor is controlled from off to on in a state where the capacitance of the input node has been controlled to the second capacitance value. After the reset operation, the amplification transistor outputs a pixel signal in a state where the capacitance of the input node is the first capacitance value.

Abstract: In a Rankine cycle system, a part of a liquid-phase heat medium that boils in a heat medium passage of an engine changes to a gas-phase heat medium. The gas-phase heat medium is superheated by a superheater that superheats by heat exchange with exhaust gas of the engine to be superheated steam. The superheated steam that passes through the superheater is blown to a turbine to rotate the turbine, and thereafter is condensed in a condenser. The turbine is connected to an output shaft of the engine by a power transmission pathway, and the power transmission pathway is provided with a clutch mechanism. A turbine outlet valve is provided between the turbine and the condenser, and an ECU closes the turbine outlet valve when the power transmission pathway is disconnected by an action of the clutch mechanism.

Abstract: Provided is an imaging device including: a photoelectric converter; an AD converter unit including a differential stage; and a ramp signal generator. The photoelectric converter and a first part of the differential stage are arranged in a first chip, a second part of the differential stage is arranged in a second chip that is a different chip from the first chip and stacked on the first chip, and the ramp signal generator is arranged in a different chip from the first chip.

Abstract: In an imaging device, a differential stage includes an input transistor having an input node connected to a floating diffusion portion, a first control line and a second control line are located in a plurality of sets, the first control line is connected to connection portions of some sets of the plurality of sets, and the second control line is connected to connection portions of the other sets of the plurality of sets.

Abstract: A photoelectric conversion device includes a plurality of pixels and a readout circuit. Each of the plurality of pixels includes a pixel circuit including a photoelectric conversion unit. The readout circuit is configured for reading out a signal from the plurality of pixels. The pixel circuit of each of the plurality of pixels includes at least a first transistor that receives a signal based on signal charges generated by the photoelectric conversion unit and is a part of a differential pair. The pixel circuit or the readout circuit has a second transistor. The size of the first transistor and the size of the second transistor are different from each other.

Abstract: An imaging apparatus includes a first reset signal line which is commonly connected to multiple first comparator circuits and through which a first reset signal to reset a threshold value of each of the multiple first comparator circuits is transmitted, a second reset signal line which is commonly connected to multiple second comparator circuits and through which a second reset signal to reset a threshold value of each of the multiple second comparator circuits is transmitted, and a shield line. The distance between the first reset signal line and the shield line and the distance between the second reset signal line and the shield line are smaller than the distance between the first reset signal line and the second reset signal line.

Abstract: A camera filter unit (10) includes a front ring (4) for holding a polarization filter (2) and a rear ring (5) for rotatably holding the front ring (4). The front ring (4) includes a rear annular wall portion (18) extending in a radial direction (R), a rear annular plate portion (19) extending rearward from the inner peripheral end of the rear annular wall portion (18), and an annular projection portion (20) projecting for a short distance from the rear end of the rear annular plate portion (19) toward the outer peripheral side. The rear annular wall portion (18), the rear annular plate portion (19), and the annular projection portion (20) form an annular recess (21) on the outer peripheral surface of the front ring (4). The rear ring (5) includes an annular protrusion (45) protruding to the inner peripheral side. The annular protrusion (45) is inserted into the annular recess (21) of the front ring (4).

Abstract: Provided are a connection unit for connection between a numerical control unit and an HMI functional unit, and a network connection unit for connection to a network. The HMI functional unit includes a display control unit for display on a display unit. The numerical control unit includes: an error detection unit that detects an error in the HMI functional unit; a connection control unit that releases connection to the connection unit and sets up connection to the network connection unit if the error detection unit detects the error in the HMI functional unit; and an alarm notification unit that notifies an alarm to a management terminal.

Abstract: A cooling device for an internal combustion engine including: an ebullient cooling system in which a refrigerant cools the internal combustion engine by boiling in the internal combustion engine, and a rankine cycle system including a superheater that superheats the refrigerant discharged from the internal combustion engine, a turbine to which the refrigerant discharged from the superheat is supplied, and a condenser that condenses the refrigerant discharged from the turbine; wherein the rankine cycle system includes a supply path that supplies a liquid-phase refrigerant discharged from the condenser to a shaft part of the turbine, and a first supply part of the condenser to which the refrigerant discharged from the turbine is supplied is arranged higher than the shaft part of the turbine in a gravity direction.

Abstract: A waste heat recovery apparatus includes a heat exchanger, an expander, a condenser, a first tank, a reflux portion, a first passage portion, and a second passage portion. The heat exchanger is configured to generate steam. The expander is configured to recover heat energy of the generated steam as power. The condenser is configured to condense the steam passing through the expander. An inlet portion of the condenser is arranged above an outlet portion of the expander. The first tank is configured to store the working fluid liquefied by the condenser. The reflux portion is configured to reflux the liquid-state working fluid in the first tank to the heat exchanger. The first passage portion connects the outlet portion of the expander and the inlet portion of the condenser to each other. The second passage portion connects the first passage portion and the first tank to each other.

Abstract: A controller includes: a housing; a plurality of control boards accommodated in a plurality of slots formed in the housing, in a manner that the control boards are insertable into and removable from the slots; and a backboard provided inside the housing on an interior side with respect to a direction of insertion of the plurality of control boards, and connected to the plurality of control boards. Openings of the plurality of slots are configured to be different in shape or size from each other, and a cover configured to close the opening of the slot for insertion is provided on each of the plurality of control boards on a side opposite to a side close to the backboard. Each of the covers provided on the plurality of control boards has a shape or size corresponding to the opening of the slot into which the control board is inserted.

Abstract: A controller includes: a housing; a plurality of control boards accommodated in a plurality of slots formed in the housing, in a manner that the control boards are insertable into and removable from the slots; a backboard provided inside the housing on an interior side with respect to a direction of insertion of the plurality of control boards; and a plurality of junctions provided to establish electric connection between the plurality of control boards inserted into the slots and the backboard. Each of the junctions includes a first connector attached to the control board and a second connector attached to the backboard so as to be connected to the first connector. Attachment positions of the plurality of first connectors relative to the control boards are configured to differ from each other when the first connectors are viewed from the direction of insertion of the control boards.

Abstract: A display device includes a control substrate provided in the display device, a first connecting part provided on the control substrate and connecting a controller to the control substrate, the controller configured to control the display device, and a second connecting part provided on the control substrate and connecting a user interface unit to the control substrate, the user interface unit connected to an external device.

Abstract: A controller is attached to a back face of a display device. The controller includes: a housing; a control unit removably accommodated in a slot formed in the housing and configured to control the display device; a backboard provided inside the housing on the interior side with respect to the direction of insertion of the control unit and connected to the control unit; and a second connector connected to a first connector provided for the display device to establish connection between the backboard and the display device.

Abstract: A semiconductor apparatus includes a stack of first and second chips each having a plurality of pixel circuits arranged in a matrix form. The pixel circuit of the a-th row and the e1-th column is connected to the electric circuit of the p-th row and the v-th column. The pixel circuit of the a-th row and the f1-th column is connected to the electric circuit of the q-th row and the v-th column. The pixel circuit of the a-th row and the g1-th column is connected to the electric circuit of the r-th row and the v-th column. The pixel circuit of the a-th row and the h1-th column is connected to the electric circuit of the s-th row and the v-th column.

Abstract: An image capturing apparatus includes a first chip and a second chip which are laminated together. The first chip includes effective pixels disposed in a first row across a plurality of columns, and an optical black pixel disposed in the first row. The second chip includes an AD conversion unit configured to perform an AD conversion on a signal output from the optical black pixel. The AD conversion unit includes a part overlapping, as seen in plan view, with the optical black pixel.