Abstract: An electrochemical measurement device for measuring a chemical substance generated or consumed in a biological sample in a solution includes electrode surfaces, a spacer, and at least one wall plate. The electrode surfaces, the spacer, and the wall plate are arranged on the same flat surface. Each of the electrode surfaces has a diameter del not more than 80 ?m. A height of the spacer has a predetermined value within a range given by h=21.8(del+0.8)/(del+9.7)±5 [?m]. The spacer has a structure in which an enclosed three-dimensional region is not formed by the biological sample, the flat surface, and the spacer while the biological sample is in contact with the spacer. The wall plate has a property of being impervious to a dissolved substance in the solution and has a height not less than the height of the spacer. Two of the electrode surfaces are separated by the wall plate.

Abstract: There is provided a crane for enabling easily carrying out an operation of a boom such as raising and lowering, telescoping, or turning, by displaying a range wherein a hook may be moved or may not be moved in a direction approaching a vehicle part of the crane. The crane includes: a vehicle; a boom positioned upon the vehicle; a wire rope being suspended from a base end side of the boom toward a leading end side thereof; a hook being hung from the leading end side of the boom and raised and lowered by winding and unwinding the wire rope; a camera for photographing an image including the hook; a display device for displaying the image; and a control device connected to the camera and the display device, the control device being for processing information. On the basis of the length of the boom or the height of the hook, the control device computes an inner boundary which is a boundary between a range where the hook may move, and a range where the hook may not move, in a direction approaching the vehicle.

Abstract: An adhesive composition that exhibits excellent adhesive performance such as curved surface adhesiveness to low-polarity adherends and constant load peeling properties in high-temperature environments, and also an adhesive sheet and a method for producing the same.

Abstract: An image encoding apparatus comprising: a receiving unit that receives, from another image encoding apparatus, a first instruction for encoding using a type of reference picture; a determining unit that determines whether or not an image to be encoded, is to be encoded using the reference picture type; an encoding unit that generates a reference picture to perform intra-frame prediction encoding on the image to be encoded, when the receiving unit receives the first instruction, or when the determining unit determines that the image to be encoded is to be encoded using the reference picture type; and a transmitting unit that transmits a second instruction for encoding using the reference picture type to the other image encoding apparatus, when the determining unit determines that the image to be encoded is to be encoded using the reference picture type.

Abstract: A method of selectively forming a silicon film on an upper portion of each of protruded portions formed on a substrate, which includes: supplying a first silicon-containing gas to the substrate and forming a first silicon film so that a film thickness of the first silicon film becomes thicker in the upper portion rather than in a lower portion of a sidewall of each protruded portion; subsequently, supplying an etching gas to the substrate and removing the first silicon film on the sidewall of each protruded portion while leaving the first silicon film on an upper surface of each protruded portion; and subsequently, supplying a second silicon-containing gas to the substrate and forming a second silicon film so that a film thickness of the second silicon film becomes thicker in the upper portion rather than in the lower portion of a sidewall of each protruded portion.

Abstract: An electrochemical measurement method is provided in which a working electrode that causes an oxidation-reduction reaction with a measurement target and a counter electrode connected to the working electrode are provided in an electrolytic solution containing the measurement target, and a measuring voltage is applied between the working electrode and the counter electrode to measure a current that flows between the working electrode and the counter electrode in proportion to the amount of the measurement target, wherein an eliminating electrode is provided in the electrolytic solution, and the method performs: eliminating the measurement target by applying an eliminating voltage, which has the same polarity as the measuring voltage, between the eliminating electrode and the counter electrode to oxidize or reduce the measurement target; diffusing a new measurement target; and measuring the current by applying the measuring voltage between the working electrode and the counter electrode.

Abstract: The present invention addresses the problem of providing a crane and an information-sharing system with which it is possible to: display information pertaining to an entire range of operations, including a range of operations outside of an imaging region of a camera; and share, between a plurality of operators, information input in the entire range of operations. The present invention is equipped with a control apparatus (20), a display apparatus (crane-side display terminal (58)/display terminal (59)), and a sensor (GNSS receiver (53)) that acquires the coordinates of a camera (51), the control apparatus (20) acquiring map information M within the range of operations of a crane (1), and being capable of displaying the map information M on the display apparatus ((58)/(59)) and displaying, at a position on the map information M corresponding to the coordinates of the camera (51), an image I captured by the camera (51).

Abstract: A printer may receive first user identification information among one or more user identification information from a first external device via a communication interface of the printer, and receive a first deletion request including first specific information from the first external device via the communication interface. In a case where the first user identification information and the first deletion request are received from the first external device and the first user identification information is stored in a memory of the printer in association with the first print setting information, the printer may delete the first print setting information identified by the first specific information from the memory.

Abstract: The printer may receive first user identification information from an external device and receive a registration request including first print setting information from the external device. In a first case where the first user identification information and the registration request are received from the external device and registration related information associated with the first user identification information among the one or more user identification information in a memory is permission information, the printer may register the first print setting information included in the registration request in the memory in association with the first user identification information. In a second case where the first user identification information and the registration request are received from the external device and the registration related information associated with the first user identification information is restriction information, the first print setting information is not registered in the memory.

Abstract: Provided is a crane (1) comprising: a boom (7) capable of being raised, lowered, and telescoped; a wire rope (8) being suspended from the boom (7); a winch (9) for winding and unwinding the wire rope (8); and a hook (10) being raised and lowered by the winding and unwinding of the wire rope (8). The crane further comprises a spooling operation instrument (24) for enabling commanding an operation state of the winch (9). When the hook (10) is raised to a height at which the hanging length d is a prescribed value by an operation of the spooling operation instrument (24), the boom (7) is raised and extended while the wire rope (8) is unwound such that the prescribed hanging length d is maintained, thereby sustaining the elevation operation of the hook (10).

Abstract: The present invention addresses the problem of providing a crane that can ascertain the state of an area surrounding a hook or a cargo suspended on the hook and that can simultaneously ascertain a braking distance during stopping operations. The invention comprises: drive devices 31-34 that move a boom 7; a control apparatus 20 that controls the operation state of the drive devices 31-34; a camera 41 that photographs, from the distal end portion of the boom 7, an area below said portion; and image display devices 43 and 65 that display the image photographed by the camera 41. For the purpose of stopping the movement of the boom 7, the control apparatus 20 filters basic control signals S for the drive devices 31-34 to create filtered control signals Sf, controls the drive devices 31-34 on the basis of the filtered control signals Sf, estimates the braking distance for the boom 7, and displays the same on the image display devices 43 and 65.

Abstract: A film forming method includes: forming a laminated film, in which an interface layer, a bulk layer, and a surface layer are laminated in this order, on a base; and crystallizing the laminated film, wherein the bulk layer is formed of a film that is easier to crystallize than the interface layer in crystallizing the laminated film, and wherein the surface layer is formed of a film that is easier to crystallize than the bulk layer in crystallizing the laminated film.

Abstract: A crane vehicle achieves safe movement by reliably detecting an obstacle in a region which is a blind spot from the opposite side of the driver seat across a boom. The crane vehicle includes an obstacle sensor which is a transmission/reception antenna that transmits a detection wave and receives the detection wave reflected from the obstacle. A signal corresponding to the reflected wave received by the obstacle sensor is amplified and input to a controller, which calculates the position and the size of the obstacle on the basis of the signal. The controller generates an obstacle display image and displays the image on a display, the obstacle display image including a vehicle object that represents a crane vehicle and an obstacle object which is an object corresponding to the calculated size of the obstacle and which is disposed at a position corresponding to the calculated position of the obstacle.

Abstract: An electrochemical measurement method is provided in which a working electrode that causes an oxidation-reduction reaction with a measurement target and a counter electrode connected to the working electrode are provided in an electrolytic solution containing the measurement target, and a measuring voltage is applied between the working electrode and the counter electrode to measure a current that flows between the working electrode and the counter electrode in proportion to the amount of the measurement target, wherein an eliminating electrode is provided in the electrolytic solution, and the method performs: eliminating the measurement target by applying an eliminating voltage, which has the same polarity as the measuring voltage, between the eliminating electrode and the counter electrode to oxidize or reduce the measurement target; diffusing a new measurement target; and measuring the current by applying the measuring voltage between the working electrode and the counter electrode.

Abstract: A vehicle control device includes: a key authentication unit for permitting use of a vehicle in a portable key ride mode when an authentication with a portable key is successful, and permitting use of the vehicle in an electronic key ride mode when an authentication with an electronic key is successful; a power state recognition unit for recognizing a state of power of the vehicle; a door opening and closing recognition unit for recognizing an open and closed state of a door of the vehicle, a notification control unit for issuing a first notification in the portable key ride mode and issuing a second notification in the electronic key ride mode, when the door opening and closing recognition unit recognizes that the driver's seat door of the vehicle is switched from a closed state to an open state while the power state recognition unit recognizes that the power is on.

Abstract: A remote operation terminal T for remotely operating a mobile crane C is configured to include: a mode selection unit 34 for selecting an operation mode corresponding to work of the mobile crane C from a plurality of operation modes; an operation unit 35, 36 for instructing the mobile crane C on operation; and a control unit T1 that, when the operation mode is selected by the mode selection unit 34, assigns the operation corresponding to the selected operation mode to the operation unit 35, 36, and transmits an operation signal from the operation unit 35, 36 to the mobile crane C. Thereby, various operations can be performed by remote operation while securing safety.

Abstract: A problem to be addressed by the present invention is to provide a remote operation terminal and work vehicle comprising said remote operation terminal for enabling easy and straightforward carrying out of a remote operation of a work device. Provided is a remote operation terminal (32) of a crane device (6), said terminal comprising: a terminal-side control device (42) being a control part for controlling an operation of the remote operation terminal (32) and configured to enable communication with a control device (31) of the crane device (6); a load movement operation instrument (35) being a first operation part for remotely operating the crane device (6); and a reference change operation instrument (34) being a second operation part for setting a reference of an operation direction of the crane device (6) operated by the load movement operation instrument (35).

Abstract: The purpose of the present invention is to provide a work vehicle with which it is difficult for an operator to lose a sense of directionality even when the operator performs an operation while seeing an image of a remote control terminal. In a work vehicle (crane 1) which is provided with: a traveling body (2); a boom (7) supported by the traveling body (2); and a camera (61) supported by the boom (7), and which can guide a pivot operation of the boom (7) by means of a remote control terminal (70), an image display device (73) is provided in the remote control terminal (70) and a control device (20) is provided which is capable of recognizing the support direction of the camera (61) by the boom (7) and an angle ? of a location direction of the remote control terminal (70) with respect to the camera (61), whereby an image rotated on the basis of the angle (?) and cut in a circular shape is displayed on the image display device (73).

Abstract: A vehicle includes a telematics control unit configured to communicate with a telematics server via a base station, a communication interface for communication with a wireless communication terminal connected to a cellular network, a first obtainment circuit configured to obtain a communication quality of a first communication path for connecting to the telematics server via the telematics control unit and the base station, a second obtainment circuit configured to obtain a communication quality of a second communication path for connecting to the telematics server via the communication interface, the wireless communication terminal, and the cellular network, and a selection circuit configured to select a communication path with a superior communication quality from among the first communication path and the second communication path based on the communication quality of the first communication path and the communication quality of the second communication path.

Abstract: There is provided a crane for enabling easily carrying out an operation of a boom such as raising and lowering, telescoping, or turning, by displaying a range wherein a hook may be moved or may not be moved in a direction approaching a vehicle part of the crane. The crane includes: a vehicle; a boom positioned upon the vehicle; a wire rope being suspended from a base end side of the boom toward a leading end side thereof; a hook being hung from the leading end side of the boom and raised and lowered by winding and unwinding the wire rope; a camera for photographing an image including the hook; a display device for displaying the image; and a control device connected to the camera and the display device, the control device being for processing information. On the basis of the length of the boom or the height of the hook, the control device computes an inner boundary which is a boundary between a range where the hook may move, and a range where the hook may not move, in a direction approaching the vehicle.