Abstract: An inactivation device inactivates microorganisms and/or viruses present in a space where a person is present by irradiating the space with ultraviolet light. The inactivation device includes a mobile body movable in the space, a drive section that drives the mobile body, an ultraviolet light irradiation unit provided with an ultraviolet light source emitting light including ultraviolet light having a wavelength that inactivates microorganisms and/or viruses, and a controller that controls the irradiation of the light from the ultraviolet light source. The ultraviolet light source is either an excimer lamp or an LED, and the ultraviolet light included in the light emitted from the ultraviolet light source includes ultraviolet light having a wavelength range from 200 nm to 240 nm. The ultraviolet light irradiation unit is fixed to the mobile body.

Abstract: Provided is an optimal user interface for curbing sound generated by an imaging device. For this purpose, the imaging device includes a user interface control unit that performs user interface processing of enabling selection of whether or not to curb at least a part of sound generated in a first period from a power-on state until issuance of a transition instruction to a power-off state and a second period from the issuance of the transition instruction until the power-on state, and a switching control unit that changes control related to sound according to a selection result of the user interface processing.

Abstract: A steering column device includes a column shaft to which a steering wheel is fixed, and a steering column that rotatably supports the column shaft. The steering column includes a housing that is configured to be supported by a vehicle body, a column tube that is accommodated in the housing so as to be movable in an axial direction, and a contact pad that is disposed between the housing and the column tube. The contact pad is fixed to the column tube, and is also configured to press against the housing from an inner side.

Abstract: Provided are new compounds that can have the property of being specifically taken up into cancer cells. In the present invention, novel 4-borono-phenylalanine derivatives, borono-phenylalanine derivatives having a heterocyclic skeleton, borono-phenylalanine derivatives having a fused ring structure, or pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof are prepared. These compounds have the property of being taken up specifically by LAT1 and thus easily taken up specifically by cancer cells in the evaluation of LAT1 and LAT2 selective uptake, and can be conveniently used for neutron capture therapy and the like. A typical example is a compound represented by the following formula (I) or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof.

Abstract: Provided is a storage mechanism for a seat table enabling improved handleability at the time of storage with a relatively simple configuration. One aspect of the present disclosure is a storage mechanism for a seat table used by combination with a seat. The storage mechanism for the seat table includes a held portion provided to the seat table, and a holding portion provided to a storage portion where the seat table is stored. The held portion includes at least one attracted magnet. The holding portion includes at least one attracting magnet attracting the at least one attracted magnet, and at least one repelling magnet repelling the at least one attracted magnet.

Abstract: Provided is a surgical system that supports a surgical operation using an observation device and a surgical robot. The surgical system includes: an observation device that observes an operative field; a surgical robot that supports a surgical tool; a fixing portion that fixes a relationship of relative position and posture between the observation device and the surgical robot; and a processing unit that performs processing for coordinate conversion between coordinates on a captured image of the observation device and coordinates of the surgical tool on the basis of the relationship of relative position and posture. The observation device includes a microscope and a pre-lens, and the fixing portion fixes a relationship of relative position and posture of the surgical robot with respect to the pre-lens.

Abstract: Provided is a surgical robot that spatially separates non-clean areas by disposable and facilitates setup. A surgical robot is equipped with a robot arm to which a surgical tool is mounted; and a storage circuit that stores information associated with motion control of the robot arm. The storage circuit stores at least one of a robot ID for identifying an individual or a model of the surgical robot, configuration information of the robot arm, or calibration information for when controlling the motion of the robot arm. In addition, the storage circuit is writable and stores information for identifying presence or absence of use or operation used.

Abstract: A travel vehicle to which a standard HST 7 or a high-specification HST 8 are capable of being selectively mounted includes a body frame structure to which a transmission 6 is fixed and the standard HST 7 or the high-specification HST 8 is fixable rearward of the transmission 6. The transmission 6 includes a rear surface provided with a common connected section 60 connectable to a standard connection section 70 provided on a front surface of the standard HST 7 and a high-specification connection section 80 provided on a front surface of the high-specification HST 8.

Abstract: Provided is a surgical robot that is applied to ophthalmic surgery and achieves minimally invasive surgery by reducing a load applied to a portion of insertion by a surgical tool. The surgical robot is configured by a plurality of links, at least some links connecting between links are formed by a flexible joint having flexibility, and a surgical tool is mounted at a distal end. The flexible joint that is a passive joint has a spring element made by, for example, polyimide, CFRP, GFRP, or polyester, in a rotation direction. Furthermore, the flexible joint that is an active joint is connected to a flexible structure that is serially fixed to an output shaft of a driving motor.

Abstract: Provided is a robot device having a structure in which a plurality of links is hinge-coupled, and having simplified wiring for signal and power transmission at a hinge portion. The robot device includes a plurality of links and a hinge part that includes a deformable signal transmission part and connects the links adjacent to each other. The robot device further includes a flexible circuit board including a signal transmission line layer and a low-rigidity insulating layer stacked on top of each other, the signal transmission line layer transmitting a signal, the low-rigidity insulating layer insulating the signal transmission line layer, each of the plurality of links is formed by the flexible circuit board having a high-rigidity material bonded to both sides or at least one side thereof, and the hinge part is formed by the flexible board having no high-rigidity material bonded to either of the sides thereof.

Abstract: An image reading apparatus includes: a reader that performs first reading of reading a document and second reading of reading a portion read through a first color in the first reading through a second color using an area sensor having a Bayer arrangement color filter; a generator that generates first image data represented by a plurality of adjacent pixels with a read value obtained through one Bayer arrangement in the first reading as one pixel, and generates second image data using, for each reading position, a value read through the first color in the first reading and a value read through the second color in the second reading; and a selector that selects one of the first image data or the second image data.

Abstract: A vehicular power supply device to be equipped in a vehicle includes an electric storage unit group, an inverter, a driving motor, a converter, an electric device group, a first switch, and a second switch. The electric storage unit group includes first and second electric storage units. The driving motor is to be coupled to the electric storage unit group via the inverter. The electric device group is to be coupled to the electric storage unit group via the converter. The first switch is to be controlled between a state where the first electric storage unit is coupled to the inverter and a state where the first electric storage unit is coupled to the converter. The second switch is to be controlled between a state where the second electric storage unit is coupled to the inverter and a state where the second electric storage unit is coupled to the converter.

Abstract: An image forming apparatus includes plural rotating members that are rotatable; an annular circulating member that is wound around the plural rotating members and circulates when the rotating members rotate; a retaining member attached to an attaching portion of the circulating member and that circulates together with the circulating member, the retaining member being configured to retain a recording medium in an area where the attaching portion comes into contact with one of the rotating members; an image forming section that forms an image on the recording medium at an image forming position defined on a circulation path along which the circulating member circulates; a delivering unit that delivers the recording medium to a retaining position where the recording medium is to be retained by the retaining member; a detector that detects rotation of the one rotating member; and a controller that controls delivery of the recording medium from the delivering unit to the retaining position, the delivery being con

Abstract: A spectral analysis unit receives items of spectral data acquired by a measurement device with regards to a material according to a prescribed measurement condition, and calculates spectral feature amounts of the spectral data using a model function.

Abstract: A magnetic disk device detects a shift of writing positions of a spiral pattern, corrects the regulation speed in a direction where the shift is canceled, and writes spiral patterns based on the corrected regulation speed.

Abstract: Even in a case of a waste plastic whose use history is unknown, blending of an additive for recycling into a recycled plastic having a desired physical property can be estimated with high accuracy. A plastic recycling supporting apparatus 100 that supports plastic recycling in which a plastic is blended with an additive and is recycled into a recycled plastic having a desired physical property includes: a physical property and deterioration estimator 140 configured to estimate, using a physical property and deterioration estimation model, a physical property and a deterioration degree of the plastic based on a texture structural feature extracted from surface analysis data of the plastic; and a blending estimator 150 configured to estimate a physical property of the recycled plastic based on the physical property and the deterioration degree of the plastic and a blending condition of the additive using a physical property recovery model.

Abstract: A combined electric power generations' supply system includes an AC power generator that supplies power by off grid independent operation, a DC power supply device, an inverter that converts DC power output by the DC power supply device into AC power. The rotation calculation unit calculates a value relating to a rotation of a rotor when driving the virtual power generator according to an active power command based on a rotor model calculates a value relating to the rotation of the rotor of the virtual power generator and the active power command. The output determination unit determines values relating to an active power and a reactive power to be output to the inverter based on the calculated value relating to the rotation. The modulation control unit performs control of a pulse width modulation of the inverter based on the determined value relating to the active power and reactive power.

Abstract: An information processing apparatus includes a controller configured to notify a package sender or a package recipient of information on one or more parking spaces at which an unmanned aircraft can land and from which the unmanned aircraft can take off, among a plurality of parking spaces for automobiles, reserve one parking space of the one or more parking spaces designated by the package sender or the package recipient as a take-off and landing location for the unmanned aircraft, and determine an operation plan for the unmanned aircraft so that the unmanned aircraft picks up or delivers a package at the take-off and landing location.

Abstract: An image reading apparatus includes: a reader that performs first reading of reading a document and second reading of reading a portion read through a first color in the first reading through a second color using an area sensor having a Bayer arrangement color filter; a generator that generates first image data represented by a plurality of adjacent pixels with a read value obtained through one Bayer arrangement in the first reading as one pixel, and generates second image data using, for each reading position, a value read through the first color in the first reading and a value read through the second color in the second reading; and a selector that selects one of the first image data or the second image data.

Abstract: Provided is an Al-containing hexagonal ferrite magnetic powder which produces an excellent durability-improving effect on a magnetic recording medium, wherein uniform pulverization of the magnetic powder can be easily achieved by dispersion treatment in preparation of a magnetic coating material even in cases where the magnetic powder has a small primary particle size or has a composition which is likely to produce hard secondary particles. The magnetic powder for a magnetic recording medium is an Al-containing hexagonal ferrite magnetic powder having an Al/Fe molar ratio of 0.030 to 0.200, and has a particle size distribution in which the volume ratio of particles having a particle size of 30 ?m or more as measured by a laser diffraction particle size distribution analyzer with a dispersion pressure of 100 kPa is 5.0% or less, and an activation volume Vact of 1800 nm3 or less.