Abstract: A lead frame includes a plurality of lead portions. At least a part of an upper surface of the lead portion and a sidewall surface of the lead portion is a rough surface having been subjected to roughening treatment. A value of a* in a CIELab color space of the rough surface is within a range from 12 to 19, and a value of b* is within a range from 12 to 17.

Abstract: Disclosed is an optical system including: a light source configured to emit light; an irradiation optical system including a diffractive optical element on which the light is incident, the irradiation optical system being configured to apply illumination light in which a plurality of diffracted lights generated by the diffractive optical element are distributed; a flow cell in which a sample containing cells is caused to flow to a position at which the illumination light is applied by the irradiation optical system; and a light receiver configured to receive light generated from each cell flowing in the flow cell, upon application of the illumination light by the irradiation optical system. The illumination light includes zero-order diffracted light whose relative intensity relative to another diffracted light is not greater than 10 times. The irradiation optical system applies the illumination light to a position through which the cell in the flow cell passes.

Abstract: A drive device protection structure has a rotary electric machine, a gearbox connected the rotary electric machine, an undercover disposed underneath the drive device and a protecting plate provided to the undercover. The rotary electric machine has a rotary electric machine housing that has a rotary electric machine flange. The gearbox has a gearbox housing that has a gearbox flange. The rotary electric machine flange and the gearbox flange are connected together. The rotary electric machine flange and the gearbox flange are formed such that a lower surface of the gearbox flange is positioned lower than a lower surface of the rotary electric machine flange. The protecting plate is formed of a material more rigid than a material of the undercover. The protecting plate is provided beneath connecting part between the rotary electric machine flange and the gearbox flange so as to face the connecting part.

Abstract: A liquid ejection head includes a print element substrate including multiple ejection openings, pressure chambers, a common flow path, and pumps, the pumps being configured to circulate liquid between the common flow path and the pressure chamber; and a flow path member laminated to the print element substrate. The flow path member includes a supply flow path and a collection flow path, the supply flow path being configured to supply liquid to the print element substrate, and the collection flow path being configured to collect liquid that is not ejected. The supply flow path and the collection flow path have liquid connection with the same common flow path. A circulating pump generates a flow of liquid flowing in an order of the supply flow path, the common flow path, and the collection flow path, the circulating pump being provided at a position different from the print element substrate.

Abstract: Disclosed is a fluorescence image analyzing apparatus including a light source that emits light to a sample including a plurality of cells labeled with a fluorescent dye at a target site, an imaging unit that captures a fluorescence image of each of the cells that emit fluorescence by being irradiated with the light, a fluorescence image of the cell, and a processing unit that processes the fluorescence image captured by the imaging unit to acquire a bright spot pattern of fluorescence in the fluorescence image. The processing unit selects a reference pattern corresponding to a measurement item of the sample from a plurality of reference patterns corresponding to a plurality of measurement items and generates information used for determination of the sample based on the bright spot pattern of fluorescence in the fluorescence image and the selected reference pattern.

Abstract: A flat-shaped winding electrode body in which a positive electrode plate and a negative electrode plate are wound with a separator interposed therebetween includes a positive electrode tab portion and a negative electrode tab portion at one end in a direction in which a winding axis of the winding electrode body extends. Two pieces of the flat-shaped winding electrode body are housed in a prismatic outer body so that the winding axis of each piece is disposed in a direction perpendicular to a sealing plate, and the positive electrode tab portion and the negative electrode tab portion are located on one end of the winding electrode body closer to the sealing plate than the other end.

Abstract: An ophthalmic apparatus includes an objective lens, a first illumination optical system arranged approximately coaxially with an optical axis of the objective lens and configured to be capable of irradiating first illumination light onto an eye to be examined through the objective lens, a second illumination optical system arranged so as to be eccentric to the optical axis of the objective lens and configured to be capable of irradiating second illumination light onto the eye to be examined through the objective lens, a left-eye observation optical system configured to be capable of guiding returning light from the eye to be examined, where the first illumination light or the second illumination light has entered through the objective lens, to a left-eye eyepiece or a left-eye imaging element, and a right-eye observation optical system configured to be capable of guiding returning light from the eye to be examined, where the first illumination light or the second illumination light has entered through the obj

Abstract: No studies have been made regarding what kinds of refrigerants should be used in a refrigeration cycle device for a vehicle. An air conditioner (1) for a vehicle includes a refrigerant circuit (10) and a refrigerant that is sealed in the refrigerant circuit (10). The refrigerant circuit (10) includes a compressor (80), a first heat exchanger (85), which serves as a heat dissipater in a dehumidifying heating mode, an outside-air heat exchanger (82), a cooling control valve (87), and a second heat exchanger (86), which serves as an evaporator in the dehumidifying heating mode. The refrigerant is a refrigerant having a low GWP.

Abstract: A direct-current power supply includes: a plurality of semiconductor devices each of which is a multiphase converter incorporating a plurality of semiconductor switching elements and a drive circuit to drive the plurality of semiconductor switching elements; a plurality of first parasitic inductances, each of which connects a reference potential terminal of the drive circuit and output N terminals of the semiconductor switching elements, in the plurality of semiconductor devices; a smoothing capacitor; and an inverter.

Abstract: A vehicle is positively charged with static electricity due to an external factor. The vehicle includes a battery, a static eliminator sheet, and a holding member. The battery includes at least one cell, an electrolyte, a resin case, and negative and positive terminals. The resin case accommodates the components and electrolyte of each cell. The negative terminal is grounded to the vehicle body. The positive terminal is supplied with electric power from a charger. The static eliminator sheet is made of a material on a positive side of a triboelectric series with respect to a material of the resin case. The holding member holds the static eliminator sheet and the resin case in contact with each other. The holding member holds the battery at a predetermined location of the vehicle body in a state where the resin case and the static eliminator sheet are slidable due to vehicle body vibrations.

Abstract: A system includes an operation device and an information storing apparatus, which are connected via a network. The operation device determines, based on information input from the outside of the operation device in response to an operation performed on the operation device, an electronic device among a plurality of electronic devices connected to the system, for causing the electronic device to input electronic data to the information storing apparatus, and sends, to the information storing apparatus, a first request to cause the determined electronic device to input the electronic data to the information storing apparatus. The information storing apparatus sends, to the determined electronic device, a second request based on the first request sent from the operation device, and stores the electronic data that has been sent from the determined electronic device based on the sent second request.

Abstract: An imaging apparatus includes: a reflector which covers an imaging space on a pathway, from both sides of pathway, and diffusely reflects a sub-terahertz wave; first and a second light sources each of which emits a sub-terahertz wave onto the reflector; first and a second detectors each of which receives a reflected wave by the imaging target in a first detection space, ?4.5°<?w1??c1<4.5° is satisfied where an angle defined by a center line and a line segment connecting a first point and a second point is ?w1 and an angle defined by the center line and a line segment connecting the first detector and the second point is ?c1, the first point being closest to the first direction side of the first portion and the second point being closest to the first direction side on the center line in the first detection space.

Abstract: A liquid ejection head includes ejection orifices for ejecting liquid, common liquid chambers connected to the ejection orifices, common flow passages, and pitch conversion flow passages that connects the common flow passages and liquid chambers to each other. The pitch conversion flow passages includes a periphery formed with resin. In a case where a number of pitch conversion flow passages in a group is minimum on a condition that one or more of the pitch conversion flow passages are respectively included in the group, the pitch conversion flow passages have a repeating pattern in which the group is repeatedly arranged. At least one of two pitch conversion flow passages adjoining an m-th pitch conversion flow passage (m is all integers from 1 to n?2, where n is an integer of 3 or more) is one of first to (m+1)-th pitch conversion flow passages.

Abstract: An elevator door control system comprises a door sensor, a door motor control unit, a transmission unit being wired by a cable as part of or all of a transmission path between the door sensor and the door motor control unit, a storage unit to store a change in a binary signal indicating detection of an obstacle in association with a door position at a time of the change in the binary signal. A partially broken state of the cable is determined by evaluating reproducibility of the door position at the time of the change in the binary signal on the basis of the timing of the change in the binary signal and a door position at the time of the change in the binary signal. The partially broken state of the cable caused by repeated bending deformation of the cable can be determined.

Abstract: An ophthalmic observation apparatus of an embodiment includes an illumination system, a photography system, and a focus processor. The illumination system includes a light source configured to emit illumination light and an indicator member having a plurality of indicators, and is configured to project the illumination light onto a subject's eye via the indicator member. The photography system includes an image sensor and is configured to perform photography of the subject's eye. The focus processor is configured to perform detection of a plurality of indicator images from an image acquired by the photography system, and perform a focus control of the photography system based on the plurality of indicator images.

Abstract: A liquid ejection head includes ejection orifices for ejecting liquid, common liquid chambers connected to the ejection orifices, common flow passages, and pitch conversion flow passages that connects the common flow passages and liquid chambers to each other. The pitch conversion flow passages includes a periphery formed with resin. In a case where a number of pitch conversion flow passages in a group is minimum on a condition that one or more of the pitch conversion flow passages are respectively included in the group, the pitch conversion flow passages have a repeating pattern in which the group is repeatedly arranged. At least one of two pitch conversion flow passages adjoining an m-th pitch conversion flow passage (m is all integers from 1 to n?2, where n is an integer of 3 or more) is one of first to (m+1)-th pitch conversion flow passages.

Abstract: An ophthalmic observation apparatus of an embodiment example includes a moving image generating unit, a movement mechanism, an analyzing processor, and a first controller. The moving image generating unit is configured to generate a moving image by illuminating and photographing the subject's eye. The movement mechanism is configured to move the moving image generating unit. The analyzing processor is configured to sequentially analyze a plurality of still images included in the moving image generated by the moving image generating unit being moved by the movement mechanism to sequentially detect images of a predetermined site of the subject's eye. The first controller is configured to control the movement mechanism based on a change in a predetermined image parameter of the images sequentially detected by the analyzing processor.

Abstract: An ophthalmic observation apparatus according to an embodiment example includes a moving image generating unit, an analyzing processor, and a display controller. The moving image generating unit is configured to generate a moving image by photographing a subject's eye into which an artificial object has been inserted. The analyzing processor is configured to analyze a still image included in the moving image to identify a first site image corresponding to a predetermined site of the subject's eye and a second site image corresponding to a predetermined site of the artificial object. The display controller is configured to display, on a display device, the moving image, first position information that represents a position of the first site image, and second position information that represents a position of the second site image.

Abstract: An ophthalmic observation apparatus of an embodiment includes a microscope, a processor, and a display controller. The microscope includes a pair of photography systems and is configured to acquire a pair of pieces of moving image data of a subject's eye. The processor is configured to perform first processing including at least one of a control of the microscope and image processing applied to at least one of the pair of pieces of moving image data, such that a predetermined parameter of the pair of pieces of moving image data satisfies a first condition. The display controller is configured to display a pair of moving images based on the pair of pieces of moving image data produced by the first processing on a display device.

Abstract: An ophthalmic observation apparatus according to an embodiment example includes a moving image generating unit, an analyzing processor, a target position determining processor, and a display controller. The moving image generating unit is configured to generate a moving image by photographing the subject's eye. The analyzing processor is configured to analyze a still image included in the moving image to detect an image of a predetermined site of the subject's eye. The target position determining processor is configured to determine a target position for a predetermined treatment based at least on the image of the predetermined site detected by the analyzing processor. The display controller is configured to display, on a display device, the moving image and target position information that represents the target position.