Abstract: An inspection apparatus includes a light emitting device, a first lens, a second lens, a light receiving device, and an inspection device. The light emitting device emits a light beam. The first lens is disposed such that an optical axis thereof extends in one direction and changes divergence of the light beam having been emitted from the light emitting device and passing therethrough. The second lens is disposed such that an optical axis of the second lens extends in the one direction. The light beam having exited the first lens and passing through the second lens is condensed on the inspection object by the second lens. The light receiving device is disposed between the first lens and the second lens and receives at least part of the reflected light beam. The inspection device detects a reflection characteristic in accordance with a result of light reception.

Abstract: In an electronic device, a first housing for receiving a wireless circuit unit and a ground part, a second housing in which a ground part, a hinge mechanism which connects the first and second housings to each other to allow the first and second housings to be rotated, and first and second antennas which resonate for the same frequency band. The first and second antennas are provided in an intermediate portion of the hinge mechanism, and arranged side by side and apart from each other by a predetermined distance in a longitudinal direction of the mechanism. In the mechanism, one of end portions of the mechanism is made electrically conductive, and the other end portion is decreased in electrical conductivity.

Abstract: Provided is a measurement device including a light source that sequentially emits plural beams of light which are respectively incident on an object and of which optical axes are parallel or substantially parallel to each other, a condensing optical system that condenses the plural beams of light reflected from the object or the plural beams of light transmitted through the object, a light receiving unit, a light receiving surface of which is placed on a back focal plane of the condensing optical system, and that outputs a distribution or a center position of an intensity of light received in the light receiving surface, and a measurement unit that measures at least one of an angle and an angle distribution of a surface of the object, based on an output value output from the light receiving unit for each light applied to the object from the light source.

Abstract: According to one embodiment, an electronic apparatus includes a housing, an electronic component in the housing, and an antenna in the housing. The antenna includes a feed point, and an antenna element pattern located between the feed point and the electronic component.

Abstract: According to one embodiment, an antenna apparatus includes a first antenna element, a second antenna element, and a third antenna element. The first antenna element has one end connected to a feed terminal, and other end open. The second antenna element has one end connected to a first position set on an element of the first antenna element, and other end open, with a portion between one end and the other end being disposed parallel to the first antenna element. The third antenna element has one end connected to a second position set between the other end and the first position on the element of the first antenna element, and other end open, with at least part of a portion between one end and the other end being disposed near the second antenna element.

Abstract: According to one embodiment, an antenna apparatus includes an antenna element and a parasitic element. The antenna element includes an element main body whose first end portion is connected to a feed point and second end portion as the other end portion is open, with the element main body being configured to be selectable between a first state in which the element main body is retracted into a housing of the electronic device and a second state in which the element main body extends from the housing. The parasitic element is disposed such that when the antenna element is in the first state, the first end portion is connected to the element main body of the antenna element and the second end portion is connected to a ground portion.

Abstract: According to one embodiment, an antenna apparatus includes a first antenna unit disposed along a side of a ground pattern, a second antenna unit disposed along the side of the ground pattern so as to be juxtaposed with the first antenna unit, a first RF cable configured to connect the first antenna unit and the radio circuit unit, and a second RF cable configured to connect the second antenna unit and the radio circuit unit. The first RF cable and the second RF cable are routed from the first antenna unit and the second antenna unit in an arrangement direction of the first antenna unit and the second antenna unit so as to be parallel to each other, with the first RF cable being disposed so as to pass over the ground pattern.

Abstract: According to one embodiment, an electronic apparatus includes a housing having a conductive portion in at least a part of the housing, a component which is accommodated in the housing and emits noise, an antenna which overlaps the component in a thickness direction of the housing, and a conductive member which electrically connects a ground of the antenna and the conductive portion of the housing.

Abstract: An inspection apparatus includes a light emitting device, a first lens, a second lens, a light receiving device, and an inspection device. The light emitting device emits a light beam. The first lens is disposed such that an optical axis thereof extends in one direction and changes divergence of the light beam having been emitted from the light emitting device and passing therethrough. The second lens is disposed such that an optical axis of the second lens extends in the one direction. The light beam having exited the first lens and passing through the second lens is condensed on the inspection object by the second lens. The light receiving device is disposed between the first lens and the second lens and receives at least part of the reflected light beam. The inspection device detects a reflection characteristic in accordance with a result of light reception.

Abstract: According to one embodiment, a first antenna element is formed from a folded monopole element having one end connected to a feeding terminal, and the other end connected to a first ground terminal, with a stub being provided between a forward portion and a backward portion formed by folding a middle portion. A second antenna element is formed from a monopole element having one end connected to the feeding terminal directly or indirectly through part of the first antenna element. A third antenna element is formed from a parasitic element having one end connected to a second ground terminal provided at a position opposite to the first ground terminal through the feeding terminal, and the other end open, with at least part of the parasitic element being placed parallel to the second antenna element so as to be configured to be capacitively coupled to the second antenna element.

Abstract: According to one embodiment; an antenna device according to this embodiment includes the first antenna element formed from a folded monopole element and a capacitor element. The first antenna element has a first end connected to a feeding terminal, a second end connected to the first ground terminal, and a middle portion folded, with a stub being provided between the forward portion and backward portion formed by this folding. The capacitor element is inserted between the stub and the above feeding terminal of the forward portion of the first antenna element.

Abstract: According to one embodiment, an antenna apparatus comprises an antenna element connected to a feeding point, a grounded first lumped constant element connected to the antenna element, and a grounded second and third lumped constant elements connected to the antenna element through a selector. The selector is configured to connect the grounded second lumped constant element to the antenna element in order to lower a resonant frequency of the antenna element, and to connect the grounded third lumped constant element to the antenna element in order to raise the resonant frequency of the antenna element.

Abstract: A position measuring system includes a marker set having three or more basic markers that are known in positional relation and attached to a second area of an object which contains a first area having an acting portion and the second area continuous with the first area, an image-taking device having a two-dimensional image-taking element that takes an image of the marker set, a recording device that records the coordinate of the acting portion with respect to the marker set, and a processing device that calculates the three-dimensional position of the acting portion by using the position and angle of the marker set determined on the basis of the image of the marker set taken by the image-taking device and the coordinate of the acting portion with respect to the marker set that is recorded in the recording device.

Abstract: Provided is a measurement device including a light source that sequentially emits plural beams of light which are respectively incident on an object and of which optical axes are parallel or substantially parallel to each other, a condensing optical system that condenses the plural beams of light reflected from the object or the plural beams of light transmitted through the object, a light receiving unit, a light receiving surface of which is placed on a back focal plane of the condensing optical system, and that outputs a distribution or a center position of an intensity of light received in the light receiving surface, and a measurement unit that measures at least one of an angle and an angle distribution of a surface of the object, based on an output value output from the light receiving unit for each light applied to the object from the light source.

Abstract: According to one embodiment, an antenna device includes a first antenna, a second antenna, a third antenna, a capacitor element, a high-frequency cable, and a base member. The first antenna includes a folded-type monopole element. The second antenna includes a monopole element. The third antenna includes a passive element. The capacitor element is between a feeding point and a stub in a backward-path portion of the first antenna. The high-frequency cable is connected to the feeding point. The base member is formed of a dielectric material and has first, second, and third surfaces located to extend in different directions. The first, second, and third antenna are located at the first, second, and third surfaces.

Abstract: Provided is a measuring device including a photoelectric conversion unit that receives a light beam emitted from a position measurement object by different optical path lengths and that outputs an electrical signal corresponding to intensity of the received light beam for each optical path length, and a measuring unit that measures a position of the position measurement object based on a ratio of two electrical signals out of the electrical signals by optical path lengths acquired from the photoelectric conversion unit.

Abstract: According to one embodiment, an antenna apparatus comprises an antenna element connected to a feeding point, a grounded first lumped constant element connected to the antenna element, and a grounded second and third lumped constant elements connected to the antenna element through a selector. The selector is configured to connect the grounded second lumped constant element to the antenna element in order to lower a resonant frequency of the antenna element, and to connect the grounded third lumped constant element to the antenna element in order to raise the resonant frequency of the antenna element.

Abstract: According to one embodiment, a multiply resonant antenna device according to the embodiment includes a first antenna element formed from a monopole element, a second antenna element formed from a parasitic element placed at a position where it can be current-coupled to the first antenna element, and a third antenna element formed from a folded monopole element. The length of the first antenna element is set to nearly a ¼ of wavelength corresponding to the first resonant frequency. The length of the second antenna element is set to nearly a ¼ of wavelength corresponding to the second resonant frequency. The electrical length of the third antenna element from the feed point to a ground point through a folding end is set to nearly a ½ of wavelength corresponding to the third resonant frequency higher than the first and second resonant frequencies.

Abstract: In a non-contact proximity-type communication apparatus of an embodiment, the apparatus is implemented on a wireless terminal includes a wireless circuit which transmits/receives a communication signal, and configured to transmit/receive the communication signal with another terminal using an induction electric field type non-contact communication method. The apparatus includes a coupling element includes at least two pieces whose surfaces face different directions, the coupling element electrically connected to the wireless circuit and placed at an end portion of the terminal.

Abstract: According to one embodiment, an antenna apparatus comprises a first antenna element, a first lumped constant element, a first lumped constant element, a switch and at least one second lumped constant element. The first antenna element comprises a forward part, a folded part and a backward part, the forward part includes a start point connected to a feeding point, and the backward part includes an end point connected to ground. The first lumped constant element is inserted in the backward part. The switch is configured to select a current path in accordance with a control signal. The at least one second lumped constant element is to be selectively connected in parallel to the first lumped constant element through the switch.