Abstract: A photoelectric encoder includes light receiving units configured to output a plurality of photocurrent signals obtained by receiving light emitted from a light emission unit, via a scale, a signal conversion unit configured to output a conversion signal by converting the plurality of photocurrent signals, a position calculation unit configured to calculate an absolute position based on the conversion signal, and a microcomputer configured to perform drive control of the light emission unit, the signal conversion unit, and the position calculation unit. The microcomputer intermittently drives at least either one of the light emission unit and the signal conversion unit, and causes the position calculation unit to execute calculation according to a timing of intermit driving.

Abstract: There is provided a measuring device that suppresses flickering of display values displayed on a display and, at the same time, improves response of the measuring device. A measuring device includes a storage that stores information about the measuring device, control circuitry that calculates measurement results, and a display that displays the measurement results calculated by the control circuitry. The control circuitry determines whether or not filtering for suppression of a variation in display values Pn displayed on the display is to be executed and executes the filtering in response to the determination that the filtering is to be executed.

Abstract: A solid-state image sensor and an image capture apparatus are provided that can realize image acquisition and distance measurement while restraining the circuit scale from increasing. The solid-state image sensor includes a plurality of pixels each including a sensor unit that generates a pulse with a frequency that is based on a reception frequency of a photon, and a counter that can operate in a first mode of counting the number of pulses of a signal generated by the sensor unit, and a second mode of counting the number of pulses of a predetermined signal that is based on an elapsed time from a timing at which light is emitted from a light emitting unit.

Abstract: An image sensor has a plurality of unit pixels each provided with a plurality of photoelectric conversion portions and a floating diffusion portion, and an analog-digital converter. The analog-digital converter is controlled to: convert a reset level of the floating diffusion portion by counting in a first or second direction to acquire a first noise signal, acquire a first optical signal by counting in the first direction an analog signal of a first photo charge accumulated in a first photoelectric conversion portion, acquire a second noise signal by counting in the second direction a potential that the floating diffusion portion has after the first optical signal is acquired, and acquire a second optical signal by counting in the first direction an analog signal of a second photo charge accumulated in a second photoelectric conversion portion.

Abstract: A communication unit is configured to perform communication using a first frequency band or a second frequency band different from the first frequency band. A wireless environment measuring unit is configured to detect interference of radio waves used for the communication. A communication control unit is configured to control the communication. The communication control unit is configured to transmit, to a base station device which performs communication using the second frequency band, interference information about a frequency band in which the wireless environment measuring unit has detected interference or wireless environment information including a request for change of a frequency band used for the communication, the transmission being performed in a case that interference is detected in the first frequency band.

Abstract: A power transmitting unit transmits electric power. A power transmission control unit detects one or more power receiving units that receive the electric power and controls the power transmitting unit so that more electric power is transmitted to a power receiving unit with a higher priority. One aspect of the present invention may be realized as a transmission device; a power supply system including a power receiving unit and the transmission device; or a power supply system further including an electronic device which consumes electric power received by the power receiving unit.

Abstract: A solid-state image sensor comprises: a plurality of pixels each provided with a sensor unit that generates a pulse signal at a frequency corresponding to a frequency of reception of photons; a first counter that counts a number of pulses generated by the sensor unit; and an output unit that outputs a signal corresponding to a count value counted by the first counter in a case where change in the number of pulses detected per unit time is greater than a threshold.

Abstract: A method of manufacturing a cellooligosaccharide containing an oligomer having a degree of polymerization of from 3 to 6, the method includes performing a reaction involving heating and hydrolyzing plant biomass in coexistence with a carbon catalyst and water under such a condition that a temperature-time product over a range of from 170° C. to 230° C. in a graph for showing a relationship between a reaction temperature on an axis of ordinate and a reaction time on an axis of abscissa is from 80° C.·min to 365° C.·min. The maximum reaction temperature (X) and the retention time (Y) at the maximum reaction temperature satisfy a relationship represented by the following expressions (1) to (3). Y>?0.

Abstract: In a pharmaceutical composition for external use containing a compound such as luliconazole and/or a salt thereof in an amount of 5% by mass or more, comprised is/are acetone, a polyoxyethylene alkyl (having 8 to 30 carbon atoms) ether, and/or a polyoxyethylene alkenyl (having 8 to 30 carbon atoms) ether. Provided is a preparation using a solvent other than crotamiton, propylene carbonate, and N-methyl-2-pyrrolidone as a solvent for solubilization and steric stabilization and having the following properties: 1) when a compound represented by the general formula (1) and/or a salt thereof has a stereoisomer, the amount of the stereoisomer of the compound and/or a salt thereof produced under a preservation condition of 60° C. for 3 weeks is 1% by mass or less with respect to the total mass of the compound and/or a salt thereof at the beginning of preservation; 2) the preparation is in a clear liquid state when preserved at a constant temperature of 20° C.

Abstract: A slurry application device includes: a slurry supply unit configured to supply slurry to a surface of a traveling base material; a slurry application unit including a first roll body disposed at the downstream side in relation to the slurry supply unit and configured to press the first roll body against the slurry to apply the slurry onto the surface and to adjust an adhesion amount of the slurry such that a film thickness of the slurry becomes one time or more and two times or less of a target film thickness; and a slurry adhesion amount adjustment unit including a second roll body disposed at the downstream side in relation to the slurry application unit and configured to press the second roll body against the slurry to adjust the slurry adhesion amount such that the film thickness of the slurry becomes the target film thickness.

Abstract: A power reception unit receives power from a power transmission device; a secondary battery stores the power from the power reception unit; and a control unit operates a first functional unit with the power from the secondary battery, supplies the power from the power reception unit to a second functional unit in a case that the secondary battery stores the power from the power reception unit, and stop the supply of the power from the power reception unit to the second functional unit in a case that the secondary battery does not store the power from the power reception unit. It is possible for the embodiment of the present invention to be realized as a power reception device, an electronic apparatus, or a power supply system.

Abstract: In a pixel section of an image sensor, pixels are arranged two-dimensionally, each of the pixels including an amplifier transistor that is connected to a power voltage and has a gate into which a voltage of a signal charge generated by a photoelectric conversion area is input and a selection transistor that is connected to the amplifier transistor and a signal line. The image sensor includes an AD conversion circuit having a reference transistor having a gate into which a ramp signal is input and a constant current source that is connected to the reference transistor and the signal line. The voltage of the ramp signal or a driving ability of the reference transistor changes depending on whether one selection transistor or a plurality of selection transistors is/are turned on per signal line to obtain a signal charge to be AD-converted.

Abstract: This information processing device enables a user to easily move objects between applications simultaneously displayed on touch panels. The information processing device is provided with touch panels on which applications are simultaneously displayed. A touch panel coordinate management unit detects that an application object has existed for a prescribed time in a defined area of the touch panel when the object is being dragged. An application control unit and a display control unit move the display of the application to a position that allows the object to be dropped as a trigger for detecting the existence of the object in the defined area.

Abstract: An image sensor comprising: a plurality of unit pixels, arranged in matrix, each having a plurality of photoelectric conversion portions for accumulating charge corresponding to a quantity of incident light; color filters, arranged for the plurality of unit pixels, respectively, that mainly pass light of wavelengths corresponding to different colors; first control signal lines arranged between every predetermined number of rows and connected to the unit pixels, included in the predetermined number of rows, corresponding to the color filters of a first color; and second control signal lines arranged between the every predetermined number of rows and connected to the unit pixels, included in the same predetermined number of rows that include the unit pixels corresponding to the color filters of the first color, corresponding to the color filters of a second color.

Abstract: To avoid occurrence of difference in level of torque in a case where direction of relative rotation between internal combustion engine and rotary electric machine is reversed, in starting internal combustion engine with shift clutch device brought into direct engagement state. Control device controls vehicle drive device including transfer clutch device, rotary electric machine, and transmission device each disposed on power transfer path connecting internal combustion engine to wheels.

Abstract: An encoder includes a light source. A booster circuit boosts a power supply voltage output by a battery, and outputs the boosted voltage. The voltage is applied to one end of a light-emitting diode. A driver circuit is inserted between another end of the light-emitting diode and a ground, the driver circuit controlling current flowing through the light-emitting diode. A voltage detector circuit detects a voltage between the light-emitting diode and the driver circuit. A control circuit causes the booster circuit to boost the power supply voltage when the voltage is lower than the power supply voltage; stops the boosting performed by the booster circuit when the voltage is equal to the power supply voltage; and controls the driver circuit such that, after the voltage reaches a predetermined value, current flows to the light-emitting diode.

Abstract: A reference voltage generator circuit generates a reference voltage corresponding to a power supply voltage. A current/voltage converter circuit converts a photocurrent output by a photoreceiver into voltage, and outputs a voltage obtained by adding the converted voltage and the reference voltage. A sample and hold circuit holds a voltage of a capacitor in response to a sample and hold signal, the capacitor having the voltage input at one end and the reference voltage input at another end. An amplifier circuit outputs an output signal where a voltage held by the sample and hold circuit is amplified with the reference voltage as a reference.

Abstract: A terminal device and a communication system which are capable of starting LAA communication with a lower possibility of interference are provided. A communication unit performs communication using each of a first network and a second network. A communication control unit notifies a base station device constituting the first network of allocated frequency band exclusion information indicating a frequency band to be excluded from frequency bands allocated to the terminal device, and controls the communication unit so as to connect to the base station device using a frequency band allocated by the base station device.

Abstract: A coating device includes: a first roll including a roll surface on which an application liquid is deposited; a first scratch off member configured to scratch off the application liquid from the roll surface of the first roll; a second roll including a roll surface configured to contact with the roll surface of the first roll, wherein the second roll is configured to rotate in a rotation direction opposite to a rotation direction of the first roll, the application liquid is transferred from the roll surface of the first roll to the roll surface of the second roll, and the second roll is configured to transfer the transferred application liquid to a steel strip; and a second scratch off member configured to scratch off the application liquid from the roll surface of the second roll.

Abstract: A vehicle body frame includes a first vertical bead portion (38) adjacent to an inner ridge line (54), a first strain development region (39) defined by an arc (67) of a minimum distance (L1) between the first vertical bead portion (38) and an outer ridge line (55), a second vertical bead portion (41) adjacent to the outer ridge line (55), and a second strain development region (42) defined by an arc (68) of the minimum distance (L1) between the second vertical bead portion (41) and the inner ridge line (54).