Abstract: There is provided an optical disc drive that can guide the center of an optical disc to the position of a spindle motor, while allowing the number of components to be reduced. A base frame includes a stopper portion that comes into contact with an outer edge of the optical disc having reached the position of a spindle motor and that restricts backward movement of the optical disc. A switch arm includes a contact portion located on a side opposite to the stopper portion across the optical disc having reached the position of the spindle motor, and the switch arm uses the contact portion to push the optical disc toward the stopper portion.

Abstract: There is provided an optical disc drive that can guide the center of an optical disc to the position of a spindle motor, while allowing the number of components to be reduced. A base frame includes a stopper portion that comes into contact with an outer edge of the optical disc having reached the position of a spindle motor and that restricts backward movement of the optical disc. A switch arm includes a contact portion located on a side opposite to the stopper portion across the optical disc having reached the position of the spindle motor, and the switch arm uses the contact portion to push the optical disc toward the stopper portion.

Abstract: A multilayer film having a multi-layer structure unit which is a 51-layered or more multiple layer formed by alternately layering a layer (A layer) a main component of which is a polyester resin (resin A) having a dicarboxylic component and a diol component, and a layer (B layer) a main component of which is a thermoplastic resin (resin B) different from the resin A in optical properties; wherein at least one surface of the multi-layer structure unit has a refractive index of 1.68 or more and 1.80 or less, wherein the surface has a critical load of 15 mN or less at 100° C. in a scratch test, and wherein the multilayer film has at least one reflection bandwidth having a reflectance of 30% or more continuous over a wavelength width of 20 nm or more in a profile of reflectance measured on at least one surface side of the multi-layer structure unit.

Abstract: Methods and/or apparatus provide for virtual sickness reduction by carrying out actions, including: positioning a headband of a head-mounted display to wrap around a user's head; causing a display section, coupled to the headband, to be positioned in front of the user when the head-mounted display is worn by the user, and to display a moving image representing a state viewed from a point of view; and controlling whether or not to rock a rocking section, which is located at a front of the headband, depending on an acceleration status of the point of view in the moving image displayed on the display section.

Abstract: A VR sickness reduction system, a head-mounted display, a VR sickness reduction system, and a program are provided that may reduce VR sickness. An HMD includes a display section positioned in front of a user when the head-mounted display is mounted on the user. A rocking section may rock a head of the user on which the HMD is mounted. An entertainment apparatus causes the display section to display a moving image representing a state viewed from a point of view. The entertainment apparatus controls rocking of the rocking section depending on an acceleration status of the point of view in the moving image displayed on the display section.

Abstract: Provided is a light-shielding member that reduces external light to be incident to the eyes of a user who is wearing a head-mounted display, the light-shielding member including a nose accommodation portion including a front portion, a right portion, and a left portion that cooperatively form a space in which the nose of the user is to be accommodated, the right portion including a right inclined portion that is inclined downwardly toward the right and that is to elastically come into contact with at least part of an inner side portion of a right lens edge of eyeglasses worn by the user, the left portion including a left inclined portion that is inclined downwardly toward the left and that is to elastically come into contact with at least part of an inner side portion of a left lens edge of the eyeglasses worn by the user.

Abstract: Provided are: a useful bed medium for a fluidized bed with good fluidity, the bed medium being usable in a fluidized bed furnace using biomass material and coal material as fuel; and a useful bed medium for a fluidized bed with good durability, the bed medium not easily forming an agglomerate of its particles, and being resistant to collapsing. The bed medium for a fluidized bed in a fluidized bed furnace for combusting or gasifying the fuel is formed of artificially-produced spherical refractory particles containing not less than 40% by weight of Al2O3 and not more than 60% by weight of SiO2 and having an apparent porosity of not more than 5%, and a ratio by weight of agglomerated particles in the bed medium is not more than 20% after three heat treatment tests on the bed medium at 900° C. for 2 hours under coexistence with the fuel.

Abstract: A VR sickness reduction system, a head-mounted display, a VR sickness reduction system, and a program are provided that may reduce VR sickness. An HMD includes a display section positioned in front of a user when the head-mounted display is mounted on the user. A rocking section may rock a head of the user on which the HMD is mounted. An entertainment apparatus causes the display section to display a moving image representing a state viewed from a point of view. The entertainment apparatus controls rocking of the rocking section depending on an acceleration status of the point of view in the moving image displayed on the display section.

Abstract: A polyester resin composition is excellent in heat resistance and hydrolysis resistance and results in a small amount of a gel composition and linear oligomers generated during a melt-molding step and a processing step. The polyester resin composition satisfies formulas (I) to (IV): the amount of generated linear oligomers<900 ppm??(I) ?COOH/COOH?2.0??(II) 5 ppm?Mn content?40 ppm??(III) 4 ppm?Na content?40 ppm??(IV).

Abstract: A liquid ejection device includes a liquid ejection head having a nozzle surface provided with an ejection port of a nozzle from which a liquid is ejected, a cap that comes into contact with the nozzle surface to cover the nozzle, an air pressure adjuster that adjusts an air pressure inside the cap when the cap is in contact with the nozzle surface, and a contact force adjuster that sets, equal to a first pressure, a contact force that is a pressure causing the cap to come into contact with the nozzle surface when the air pressure adjuster sets the air pressure inside the cap equal to a first air pressure, and sets the contact force equal to a second pressure lower than the first pressure when the air pressure adjuster sets the air pressure inside the cap equal to a second air pressure higher than the first air pressure.

Abstract: A polyester resin composition is excellent in heat resistance and hydrolysis resistance and results in a small amount of a gel composition and linear oligomers generated during a melt-molding step and a processing step. The polyester resin composition satisfies formulas (I) to (IV): the amount of generated linear oligomers<900 ppm??(I) ?COOH/COOH?2.0??(II) 5 ppm?Mn content?40 ppm??(III) 4 ppm?Na content?40 ppm??(IV).

Abstract: A polyester resin composition including an ionic liquid that can dissolve an acid component monomer and/or oligomers of a polyester terephthalate, and a copper element that exhibits a reduced amount of production of the acid component monomer and/or oligomers of the polyester. Examples of the ionic liquid include 1-butyl-3-methylimidazolium acetate, 1-butyl-3-methylimidazolium chloride and tetrabutyl ammonium bromide. In one polyester resin composition, the surface roughness Ra of a capture plate is less than 0.150 ?m, as measured when a sample of the polyester resin composition is melt at 300° C. for 60 minutes under a nitrogen atmosphere, quickly cooled and thermally treated at 220° C. for 8 hours to form scattered products which are then attached to the capture plate and a gelation ratio after a 6-hour melting treatment at 300° C. under an atmosphere with an oxygen concentration of 1% is 5% or less.

Abstract: A multilayer film having a multi-layer structure unit which is a 51-layered or more multiple layer formed by alternately layering a layer (A layer) a main component of which is a polyester resin (resin A) having a dicarboxylic component and a diol component, and a layer (B layer) a main component of which is a thermoplastic resin (resin B) different from the resin A in optical properties; wherein at least one surface of the multi-layer structure unit has a refractive index of 1.68 or more and 1.80 or less, wherein the surface has a critical load of 15 mN or less at 100° C. in a scratch test, and wherein the multilayer film has at least one reflection bandwidth having a reflectance of 30% or more continuous over a wavelength width of 20 nm or more in a profile of reflectance measured on at least one surface side of the multi-layer structure unit.

Abstract: A light source unit includes: a light source; a color conversion film containing an organic luminous material that converts incident light made incident from the light source into light with a longer wavelength than that of the incident light; and a laminated film comprising a constitution in which 11 or more layers of different thermoplastic resins are alternately laminated with each other.

Abstract: Provided are: a useful bed medium for a fluidized bed with good fluidity, the bed medium being usable in a fluidized bed furnace using biomass material and coal material as fuel; and a useful bed medium for a fluidized bed with good durability, the bed medium not easily forming an agglomerate of its particles, and being resistant to collapsing. The bed medium for a fluidized bed in a fluidized bed furnace for combusting or gasifying the fuel is formed of artificially-produced spherical refractory particles containing not less than 40% by weight of Al2O3 and not more than 60% by weight of SiO2 and having an apparent porosity of not more than 5%, and a ratio by weight of agglomerated particles in the bed medium is not more than 20% after three heat treatment tests on the bed medium at 900° C. for 2 hours under coexistence with the fuel.

Abstract: A processing apparatus includes a processing section acquiring a position in which a card is placed, and a rendering control section controlling projection of an image by a projection apparatus. On the basis of the position in which the card is placed, the rendering control section causes the projection apparatus to project the image associated with the card onto the card in a manner larger than the card. An image projecting method includes acquiring a position in which a card is placed, and on the basis of the position in which the card is placed, causing a projection apparatus to project an image associated with the card onto the card in a manner larger than the card.

Abstract: A sheet body 30 includes first and second sheets 40 and 60 that transmit infrared radiation. A rear face of the first sheet 40 is opposed to a front face of the second sheet 60. An information code is marked on a front or rear face of the second sheet 60 by using an infrared absorbing material. The rear face of the first sheet 40 and the front face of the second sheet 60 are stuck together with a highly infrared transmitting adhesive. The front face of the first sheet 40 is marked with a pattern using an infrared transmitting material that is visible when visible radiation is irradiated onto the pattern.

Abstract: A light source unit includes: a light source; a color conversion film containing an organic luminous material that converts incident light made incident from the light source into light with a longer wavelength than that of the incident light; and a laminated film comprising a constitution in which 11 or more layers of different thermoplastic resins are alternately laminated with each other.

Abstract: A method for manufacturing a laminate (60) according to the present invention includes: preparing a glass substrate (610) having a main surface (611); and forming a functional layer (660) by gravure offset printing so as to cover the main surface (611) of the glass substrate (610). The functional layer (660) includes at least one of a shatterproof layer, an anti-fingerprint layer, an antireflection layer, and an anti-glare layer, for example.

Abstract: A polyester resin composition exhibits a reduced amount of production of the acid component monomer and/or oligomers of the polyester. In one polyester resin composition, the surface roughness Ra of a capture plate is less than 0.150 ?m, as measured when a sample of the polyester resin composition is melt at 300° C. for 60 minutes under a nitrogen atmosphere, quickly cooled and thermally treated at 220° C. for 8 hours to form scattered products which are then attached to the capture plate. In another polyester resin composition, the production rate of an acid component monomer and/or the production rate of oligomers is/are less than 0.70, as defined by formulas (I) and (II): Production rate of acid component monomer=(amount of produced acid component monomer)/(acid component monomer content)??(I) Production rate of oligomers=(amount of produced oligomers)/(oligomer content)??(II).