Abstract: A sensor system that detects a vibration of a rotating part with a high accuracy even in a case in which a sensor is additionally attached is provided. The invention is directed to a sensor system includes a board that is installed in a rotating part of a cut processing machine; a plurality of acceleration sensors mounted on the board, and a signal processing unit (arithmetic operation). The signal processing unit detects a translational acceleration accompanying moving of the rotating part and a centrifugal acceleration accompanying rotation of the rotating part on the basis of acceleration data detected by each of the acceleration sensors.

Abstract: To regenerate, by a simple method, an inorganic separation membrane separating non-hydrocarbon gas contained in treatment target gas. Provided in separating the non-hydrocarbon gas contained in the treatment target gas is a regeneration gas supply path supplying moisture-containing regeneration gas to a primary side of the inorganic separation membrane in a separation membrane module. As a result, it is possible to regenerate the inorganic separation membrane by supplying moisture-containing CO2 gas to the inorganic separation membrane and then supplying dry natural gas. Accordingly, there is no need to use dry regeneration gas and the CO2 gas supplied via, for example, a pipeline can be used as it is.

Abstract: Provided is a gas separation device configured to separate a non-hydrocarbon gas from a feed gas containing the non-hydrocarbon gas through use of a gas separation membrane, in which a decrease in operating rate can be suppressed, and economic efficiency is satisfactory. A first membrane module (1) and a second membrane module (2) are arranged in parallel to each other with respect to supply lines for a feed gas. Gas lines for regeneration (14, 15) ((24, 25)), which are branched from a permeate gas line (13) ((23)) of the membrane module (1) ((2)), and which are joined to a feed gas line (21) ((11)) configured to supply the feed gas to the membrane module (2) ((1)), are provided. Under a state in which the feed gas is supplied to the membrane module (1), a permeate gas through the membrane module (1) is supplied, as a gas for regeneration, to the membrane module (2) through the gas lines for regeneration (14, 15).

Abstract: The ultrasonic image pickup apparatus includes a transmission/reception control unit that transmits an ultrasonic wave by applying a DC bias voltage and an AC driving voltage between electrodes of the electrostatic capacity type micro-machined ultrasonic transducer and picks up an image by transmitting and receiving two or more kinds of ultrasonic waveforms which have different signs, amplitudes, or phases from each other for one scanning line. In addition, as the AC driving voltage, the ultrasonic image pickup apparatus uses a voltage waveform that is obtained by adding a high frequency pulse waveform and a low frequency waveform that has a longer cycle than that of the high frequency pulse waveform and has such a voltage amplitude as makes the total voltage of the low frequency waveform and the DC bias voltage is equal or smaller than a pull-in voltage.

Abstract: The present invention provides a star-shaped acrylic block polymer having a star-shaped structure in which at least three chain polymer portions radiate from a mercapto group situated at the center, wherein (meth)acrylic acid alkyl ester structural units having 7-17 carbon atoms account for 30-99.9% by mass of whole structural units of the star-shaped acrylic block polymer, and at least one of the chain polymer portions has a copolymer structure of polymerizable monomers containing a (meth)acrylic acid alkyl ester having 7-17 carbon atoms and a weakly basic monomer; and a medical patch containing an adhesive composition containing a salt of a basic drug and the star-shaped acrylic block polymer as an adhesive that exhibits high drug efficacy, that does not cause a decrease in adhesive property of an adhesive base due to an additive, and that causes less skin irritation.

Abstract: An electrochemical device includes an element body, an exterior sheet, a seal part, and a leading terminal. The element body includes a pair of inner electrodes laminated to sandwich a separator sheet. The exterior sheet covers the element body. The seal part seals a peripheral part of the exterior sheet for immersing the element body in an electrolyte. The leading terminal extends outward from the seal part of the exterior sheet. The exterior sheet includes a front sheet and a back sheet. The front sheet includes a front-side metal sheet. The back sheet includes a back-side metal sheet.

Abstract: An electrochemical device, which can be thin enough to be built into a thin electronic device, and a method for manufacturing the same. The electrochemical device has: an element body on which a pair of internal electrodes are laminated so as to sandwich a separator sheet; an outer sheet covering the element body; sealing parts for sealing the peripheral edge of the outer sheet so that the element body is immersed in an electrolyte solution; and lead terminals electrically connected to either one of internal electrodes and leading out from the sealing parts of the outer sheet. At least a portion of a resin tape constituting the sealing parts, from which the lead terminals lead out, is thermally fused to an inside layer made from resin, which is present on the inner face of the outer sheet, in a position that does not overlap with the internal electrodes.

Abstract: [Problem] To develop a device for diverting, to multiple conveyance paths, a plurality of cup-shaped containers conveyed in a single file on a manufacturing line, and consolidating a prescribed number of the containers as a group so as to be sequentially and continuously conveyed. [Solution] The method that has been found to be effective involves providing a plurality of adjacently arranged successive conveyance paths that branch out from a conveyance path of a conveyance device that continuously conveys cup-shaped containers having prescribed shapes in a single file, sequentially conveying the cup-shaped containers on the branch conveyance paths, stopping the movement of the cup-shaped containers and aligning the containers at the end point of the branch conveyance paths, consolidating the containers as a group at the end point in each of the conveyance paths, and transferring the cup-shaped containers to another conveyance path.

Abstract: An object of one embodiment of the present disclosure is to provide a product with a high added value to a user by preventing an erroneous character string from being combined in a case where a voice before and after an image selected from within a moving image is a mixed voice. One embodiment of the present disclosure is an image processing apparatus including: a selection unit configured to select, from a moving image including a plurality of frames, a part of the moving image; an extraction unit configured to extract a voice during a predetermined time corresponding to the selected part in the moving image; and a combination unit configured to combine a character string based on a voice extracted by the extraction unit, with the part of the moving image selected by the selection unit or a frame among frames corresponding to the part.

Abstract: An object of one embodiment of the present disclosure is to provide a product with a high added value to a user by preventing an unnatural character string from being combined, combination of no character string, and the like in a case where there is no voice or almost no voice before or after an image selected from within a moving image. One embodiment of the present disclosure is an image processing apparatus including: a selection unit configured to select, from a moving image including a plurality of frames, a part of the moving image; an extraction unit configured to extract a voice during a predetermined time corresponding to the selected part in the moving image; and a combination unit configured to combine a character string based on a voice extracted by the extraction unit, with the part of the moving image selected by the selection unit.

Abstract: An electrochemical device which includes: an element main body wherein a pair of internal electrodes are laminated so as to sandwich a separator sheet there between; an outer casing sheet that covers the element main body; sealing parts that hermetically seal the peripheral part of the outer casing sheet so that the element main body is immersed in an electrolyte solution; and lead terminals that are electrically connected to the internal electrodes respectively and are led out from the sealing parts of the outer casing sheet to the outside. A resin inner layer that is present in the inner surface of the outer casing sheet is provided with a fusion bonding part for separators, which partially bonds a part of the separator sheet to the inner surface of the outer casing sheet.

Abstract: Provided is a gas separation device configured to separate a non-hydrocarbon gas from a feed gas containing the non-hydrocarbon gas through use of a gas separation membrane, in which a decrease in operating rate can be suppressed, and economic efficiency is satisfactory. A first membrane module (1) and a second membrane module (2) are arranged in parallel to each other with respect to supply lines for a feed gas. Gas lines for regeneration (14, 15) ((24, 25)), which are branched from a permeate gas line (13) ((23)) of the membrane module (1) ((2)), and which are joined to a feed gas line (21) ((11)) configured to supply the feed gas to the membrane module (2) ((1)), are provided. Under a state in which the feed gas is supplied to the membrane module (1), a permeate gas through the membrane module (1) is supplied, as a gas for regeneration, to the membrane module (2) through the gas lines for regeneration (14, 15).

Abstract: Provided are a non-hydrocarbon gas separation device and the like capable of increasing a discharge pressure of a non-hydrocarbon gas to a downstream side while preventing an increase in size of equipment. In the non-hydrocarbon gas separation device, a first separation module (2a) and a second separation module (2b) connected to each other in series are each configured to separate a non-hydrocarbon from a natural gas through use of a separation membrane (20). The non-hydrocarbon gas having been separated from the natural gas is discharged to each of discharge lines (202) and (204). At this time, a pressure of the first separation module (2a) on a discharge line (202) side is higher than a pressure of the second separation module (2b) on a discharge line (204) or (202) side.

Abstract: [Problem] To develop a device for diverting, to multiple conveyance paths, a plurality of cup-shaped containers conveyed in a single file on a manufacturing line, and consolidating a prescribed number of the containers as a group so as to be sequentially and continuously conveyed. [Solution] The method that has been found to be effective involves providing a plurality of adjacently arranged successive conveyance paths that branch out from a conveyance path of a conveyance device that continuously conveys cup-shaped containers having prescribed shapes in a single file, sequentially conveying the cup-shaped containers on the branch conveyance paths, stopping the movement of the cup-shaped containers and aligning the containers at the end point of the branch conveyance paths, consolidating the containers as a group at the end point in each of the conveyance paths, and transferring the cup-shaped containers to another conveyance path.

Abstract: Provided is a non-hydrocarbon gas separation device or the like capable of separating a non-hydrocarbon gas from a natural gas containing a heavy hydrocarbon. The non-hydrocarbon gas separation device is configured to separate a non-hydrocarbon gas from a natural gas. The natural gas containing a heavy hydrocarbon, the heavy hydrocarbon having 5 or more carbon atoms, is supplied to a separation module (2). The natural gas having been separated from the non-hydrocarbon gas is allowed to outflow from the separation module (2), and the non-hydrocarbon gas having been separated from the natural gas is discharged from the separation module (2). An inorganic membrane (20), which is housed in the separation module (2), and is made of an inorganic material is configured to allow the non-hydrocarbon gas contained in the natural gas to permeate therethrough to a discharge side, and to allow the natural gas having been separated from the non-hydrocarbon gas to flow to an outflow side.

Abstract: The present invention provides a risperidone-containing patch having an excellent drug release property and patch physical properties. Specifically, the present invention provides a medical patch comprising an adhesive composition comprising risperidone or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof; a carboxylic acid; a fatty acid ester; and an adhesive, characterized in that said adhesive is a star-shaped acrylic block polymer having a star-shaped structure in which at least three chain polymer portions radiate from a sulfur residue of a mercapto group situated at the center, wherein the (meth)acrylic acid alkyl ester structural units having 7-17 carbon atoms account for 30-99.99% by mass of the whole structural units in said star-shaped acrylic block polymer, and at least one of said chain polymer portions has a structural unit having a copolymer structure of polymerizable monomers comprising a (meth)acrylic acid alkyl ester having 7-17 carbon atoms and a polyfunctional monomer.

Abstract: An ultrasonic transducer element includes a substrate, a lower electrode on a first surface of the substrate, a first insulating film on the lower electrode, a first cavity layer on the first insulating film, a second insulating film on the first cavity layer, an upper electrode on the second insulating film that overlaps the first cavity layer, a third insulating film on the upper electrode, a second cavity layer on the third insulating film, a fourth insulating film on the second cavity layer, a fixing portion formed by the second to fourth insulating films, a movable portion in a membrane insides the second cavity layer, a first connection portion and a second connection portion that are stacked with a gap and the connection portions are configured by the second to fourth insulating films connecting the movable portion and the fixing portion.

Abstract: Capacitors, each of which is electrically connected to a capacitor which is the cell of the CMUT mounted in a chip and is used as a DC block capacitor for protecting an amplifying circuit, are formed as many as plural aligned channels in the chip. The capacitor is an electrostatic capacitance element which is not vibrated acoustically.

Abstract: A capacitive device includes a unit cell including a CMUT, and a transmission/reception plate for impedance matching which is provided above the unit cell via a connection portion, in which a membrane of the CMUT constituting the unit cell is connected to the transmission/reception plate via the connection portion having an area smaller than that of the transmission/reception plate. The area of the transmission/reception plate is desirably larger than the area of a hollow portion of the CMUT.

Abstract: Performance of an ultrasonic examination device, which includes an ultrasonic sensor of a capacitance detection type including a cavity between electrodes and vibrating a membrane, is enhanced. A cell which is a capacitive type device provided with a lower electrode, a cavity, and an upper electrode in a membrane, which are stacked in a longitudinal direction, and a condenser provided with the lower electrode and an upper electrode which are stacked in the longitudinal direction, are formed in one semiconductor chip. The cell and the condenser are connected to each other in parallel, and, when ultrasonic waves are transmitted and received using the cell, connection between a DC bias power source and the semiconductor chip is blocked, and a direct current voltage is applied to the cell from the condenser.