Abstract: There is provided is a radiation image acquiring device which corrects a positional displacement between a collimator and a detector and obtains an image without artifacts. The device includes a detector (21) to measure a radiation; a collimator (26) including a through-hole (27) having one or more detectors (21) disposed therein and configured to limit an incident direction of the radiation; a positional displacement measuring unit configured to measure a positional displacement between the detector (21) and the collimator (26) by use of a profile of a radiation source measured by the detector (21) based on the radiation source disposed corresponding to a predetermined detector (21).

Abstract: A communication terminal may include a processing unit that includes information identifying another communication terminal as path information in data when the data is directly transmitted from its own communication terminal to the other communication terminal, and a transmitting unit that directly transmits the data in which the path information is included by the processing unit to the other communication terminal.

Abstract: A radioactive ray detector card comprises semiconductor elements on a substrate, each having a plurality of first electrodes, provided on one of main surfaces thereof, and a second electrode, provided on other of main surfaces thereof; the substrate having first electrode wirings electrically connected with the plurality of first electrodes, and card edge portions, which transmit signals from the plurality of semiconductor elements to an external electric circuit; the second electrode corresponding to a second electrode identifier, for identifying the semiconductor elements; the first electrodes corresponding to first electrode identifiers, for identifying the plurality of first electrodes, respectively; and the first electrode wirings electrically connect between the first electrodes, corresponding to one of the first electrode identifiers on one semiconductor element of the plurality of semiconductor elements, and the first electrodes, corresponding to one of the same first electrode identifiers on the othe

Abstract: A conductive thin film is composed of a polymer gel including carbon nanotubes, an ionic liquid, and a polymer. At least one selected from the group consisting of fat and oil and a water repellent is included in the polymer gel or in a surface of the polymer gel.

Abstract: An actuator includes an electrolytic layer, a first electrode layer, and a second electrode layer. The electrolytic layer includes a polymer and an ionic liquid included in the polymer. When a voltage that makes the first electrode layer a positive side is applied, the actuator deforms to be in a drive state, thereby driving a protruding member. In a period other than a drive period in which the protruding member is driven, a reverse voltage that makes the first electrode layer a negative side is applied, thereby rectifying the tendency of the actuator to bow or the like.

Abstract: An object of this invention is to create an actuator in which the amount of deformation is maintained and no displacement in the reverse direction occurs, even when a constant voltage is continuously applied for a long period of time. As a means for achieving the above object, the invention provides a conductive thin film comprising a polymer gel containing at least one organic molecule selected from the group consisting of electron-donating organic molecules and electron-withdrawing organic molecules, a nano-carbon material, an ionic liquid, and a polymer.

Abstract: A conductive thin film is composed of a polymer gel including carbon nanotubes, an ionic liquid, and a polymer. At least one selected from the group consisting of fat and oil and a water repellent is included in the polymer gel or in a surface of the polymer gel.

Abstract: A drive device includes a driven body provided on an opening of a case, and a polymer actuator which is bent and deformed in a height direction and movably supports the driven body in the height direction. A first conductive portion is provided on the case side, a second conductive portion is provided on the driven body side, and the first conductive portion and the second conductive portion configure a plurality of contact portions. When the driven body is raised by the polymer actuator, the first conductive portion and the second conductive portion come into contact with each other by the plurality of contact portions, and thus, the raised state of the driven body is detected.

Abstract: An apparatus for manufacturing wire comprising: a wire delivering equipment, a wire winding equipment, and an annealing while running equipment installed between the wire delivering equipment and the wire winding equipment, the age-precipitation copper alloy wire being passed in such manner that the wire turns around a plurality of times along a running route in the annealing while running equipment. The current applying equipment to raise a temperature of the age-precipitation copper alloy wire by generated Joule heat may be installed at upstream side of the annealing while running equipment. Another current applying equipment for solution treatment may be installed in tandem at upstream side of the annealing while running equipment. In place of the annealing while running equipment, a current applying equipment may be connected in tandem for age-treatment. By using those equipments, age-precipitation copper alloy wire having the diameter of from 0.03 mm to 3 mm may be obtained.

Abstract: A projection liquid crystal display device including: a liquid crystal panel that forms a projected image; a reflective inorganic polarizing plate placed on a light incident side of the liquid crystal panel; and a wire grid type absorptive inorganic polarizing plate placed on a light emission side of the liquid crystal panel, wherein the reflective inorganic polarizing plate is placed non-parallel with respect to the absorptive inorganic polarizing plate.

Abstract: An apparatus for manufacturing wire comprising: a wire delivering equipment, a wire winding equipment, and an annealing while running equipment installed between the wire delivering equipment and the wire winding equipment, the age-precipitation copper alloy wire being passed in such manner that the wire turns around a plurality of times along a running route in the annealing while running equipment. The current applying equipment to raise a temperature of the age-precipitation copper alloy wire by generated Joule heat may be installed at upstream side of the annealing while running equipment. Another current applying equipment for solution treatment may be installed in tandem at upstream side of the annealing while running equipment. In place of the annealing while running equipment, a current applying equipment may be connected in tandem for age-treatment. By using those equipments, age-precipitation copper alloy wire having the diameter of from 0.03 mm to 3 mm may be obtained.

Abstract: When a shutter release operation is performed at an electronic still camera, an MPU records image data output from an image capturing element into a CF card. The MPU also stores the image data in a transfer buffer memory of an interface circuit. The image data stored in the transfer buffer memory are transferred to a transfer buffer memory provided at an interface circuit of a personal computer connected via an IEEE-1394 cable. The MPU of the personal computer reads out the image data having been taken into the personal computer from the transfer buffer memory and records them in a specific recording area in a recording device.

Abstract: When a shutter release operation is performed at an electronic still camera, an MPU records image data output from an image capturing element into a CF card. The MPU also stores the image data in a transfer buffer memory of an interface circuit. The image data stored in the transfer buffer memory are transferred to a transfer buffer memory provided at an interface circuit of a personal computer connected via an IEEE-1394 cable. The MPU of the personal computer reads out the image data having been taken into the personal computer from the transfer buffer memory and records them in a specific recording area in a recording device.

Abstract: A display device of an embodiment of the present invention is a display device of an active matrix type, and includes a display driver supplied with image data included in serial data by serial transmission. The serial data has a first flag for specifying a polarity of voltage of a common electrode added thereto. The display driver generates, in accordance with a timing of a serial clock, a timing signal for a horizontal period for a data signal line driver, and a timing signal for a gate signal line driver. This realizes a display device capable of easily generating, within a driver IC, a timing signal for writing the image data in pixels.

Abstract: A radiation measurement apparatus includes: a radiation detector which detects incoming radiations; a measurement processor which measures a distribution of a radiation source in an object on the basis of detection signals inputted from the radiation detector; an optical camera which takes an optical image of an object existing in the field of view; a controller which generates synthesized images by superimposing the distribution of the one or more radiation sources and the optical image; a rotation unit which changes the objective field of radiation measurement by automatic or manual rotation; and a controller which causes a display unit to display the multiple synthesized images in association with rotation angles in the automatic or manual rotation.

Abstract: A data recording/reproducing device includes: a position detection unit that detects information (hereafter referred to as position information) indicating a position at which data are acquired and reproduced; a determining unit that determines which specific set of geographical information, among a plurality of sets of geographical information defined in advance, the position information detected by the position detection unit at the time of data acquisition and data reproduction corresponds to; a recording control unit that records the acquired data into a recording medium based upon determining results provided by the determining unit; a selection unit that selects reproduction-permitted data from the recording medium based upon the geographical information determined by the determining unit at the time of data reproduction; and a reproducing unit that outputs and reproduces at least one set of data among the reproduction-permitted data having been selected.

Abstract: A photographer 2 registers photographing availability information by accessing a server at a service provider 3 from his terminal (S 1). A photograph client 1 registers photographing request information by accessing the server at the service provider 3 from a home terminal (S 2). The photograph client 1 selects a photographer 2 to be assigned to photograph a subject desired by the client based upon registered photographing availability information provided by photographers 2 (S 3). The selected photographer 2 performs a photographing operation (S 4). The photographer 2 registers a photographed image at the server of the service provider 3 (S 5). The photograph client 1 receives the image from the server of the service provider 3 (S 6).

Abstract: A conductor of an electrical wire for wiring is disclosed. The conductor is obtained by stranding a plurality of copper alloy wire materials, each having a composition containing 0.3 to 1.5 mass % of Cr, with the balance being Cu and inevitable impurities. The conductor has a tensile strength of 400 MPa or more and 650 MPa or less, an elongation of 7% or more when broken, an electrical conductivity of 65% IACS or more, a ratio between a 0.2% proof stress and the tensile strength of 0.7 or more and 0.95 or less, and a work-hardening exponent of 0.03 or more and 0.17 or less. A method of producing the conductor; an electrical wire for wiring, in which an insulating cover is provided on the conductor; and a copper alloy solid wire for the conductor are also disclosed.

Abstract: A dot unit includes an opening formed in a housing and a protruding member disposed in the opening. The protruding member is rotatably supported by a support shaft. The protruding member is rotated by a polymer actuator in a direction that follows a reading direction in which a unit of information is read, and the protruding member is stabilized in a protruding position by contacting a restricting portion. When a finger is moved in the reading direction and contacts the protruding member, the protruding member is likely to be stabilized in the protruding position.

Abstract: A charge control apparatus of a train set having a plurality of trains, wherein the train has a generator, a battery and a motor supplied with power from the generator and the battery, power, generated by one of the generator and the motor, is able to charge to the battery, and a plurality of trains, driven by an operation of the motor, are connected and each battery is mutually independent, comprises an acquiring unit configured to acquiring charge information indicating charge condition of the battery from each train; and a charge amount control unit configured to control a charge amount of each battery using the charge information of the train.