Abstract: An optical modulator capable of curbing deterioration of transmission properties due to deformation of a housing is provided. Provided is an optical modulator including a substrate (10) on which an optical waveguide (20) is formed and a housing (30) that accommodates the substrate, in which the optical waveguide includes mode conversion branching portions (21, 22) which convert a mode of light waves propagating through the optical waveguide and branch the light waves, a mounting portion (32) protruding from a surface (31) inside the housing and holding the substrate is formed, and the substrate is fixed to the mounting portion in an arrangement in which a fixed end (33) between the substrate and the mounting portion is positioned outside a region including the mode conversion branching portions when the substrate is seen in a plan view.

Abstract: Provided is an optical modulator including: a relay substrate; a first transmission line that is provided on a flat surface of the relay substrate, and transmits an electrical signal along the flat surface; a second transmission line that is provided separately from the relay substrate, is electrically connected to the first transmission line, and transmits, to the first transmission line, the electrical signal that has been input from an outer side in a direction that is not included in the flat surface; a modulation unit that modulates an optical signal by using the electrical signal that is transmitted by the first transmission line and the second transmission line; and a shield that shields a radiation component of the electrical signal that is radiated from the second transmission line.

Abstract: A slave server with an optimal response time with respect to a program can be selected from slave servers located near a client. A virtual-machine dynamic allocation system according to the present invention in which a master server dynamically allocates a virtual machine that is to execute a requested program to any one of slave servers, includes: a response-measurement-time-information measuring unit configured to measure response-time information about a period between transmission of a request signal from each slave server to each of programs operating in the master server and reception of a response signal from each program in the master server; a response-time-information storage unit configured to store the measured response-time information of each program for each slave server; and a slave-server determining unit configured to refer to the response-time-information storage unit so as to determine a slave server that is to execute the requested program.

Abstract: Provided is an optical modulator module in which a modulation substrate having a plurality of optical modulation units is stored inside a package case. The optical modulator module includes a plurality of signal supply lines configured to supply a modulation signal to the optical modulation unit through a connector terminal which is introduced into the package case. At least two or more of the plurality of signal supply lines are set such that the signal supply lines have overall electrical lengths which are different from each other.

Abstract: A sensor management system includes: a sensor management device including predetermined security functionality, wherein the sensor management device receives data in a case in which the data has been transmitted from the sensor device by a first communication method and transmits the received data to a predetermined network; a communication device that relays the data to the network in a case in which the data has been transmitted from the sensor device by a second communication method; and a server device that receives the data from the sensor management device or from the communication device via the network. The sensor management device includes a communication method determination unit that determines, based on a security configuration included in the sensor device, a communication method for use by the sensor device, in a case of transmitting the data, to be either the first communication method or the second communication method.

Abstract: An optical element module includes a housing which houses an optical element, in which the optical element is optically coupled to an optical fiber introduced into the housing, the optical fiber is held by a fiber fixing part provided at the housing, the fiber fixing part includes, along a longitudinal direction thereof, a first tubular portion, a second tubular portion which is connected to a through-hole provided in the side wall of the housing and has an inner diameter substantially equal to an inner diameter of the through-hole and smaller than an inner diameter of the first tubular portion, and a tapered portion which continuously connects the first tubular portion and the second tubular portion, and the other end of a slit of the fiber fixing part reaches the tapered portion or the second tubular portion.

Abstract: Provided is an optical modulator module in which a modulation substrate having a plurality of optical modulation units is stored inside a package case. The optical modulator module includes a plurality of signal supply lines configured to supply a modulation signal to the optical modulation unit through a connector terminal which is introduced into the package case. At least two or more of the plurality of signal supply lines are set such that the signal supply lines have overall electrical lengths which are different from each other.

Abstract: The objective of the present invention is to provide an optical modulator adapted for use with various modulating units and various modulation regions, and with which variability in optical losses is limited as far as possible.

Abstract: Provided is an optical modulator including: a relay substrate; a first transmission line that is provided on a flat surface of the relay substrate, and transmits an electrical signal along the flat surface; a second transmission line that is provided separately from the relay substrate, is electrically connected to the first transmission line, and transmits, to the first transmission line, the electrical signal that has been input from an outer side in a direction that is not included in the flat surface; a modulation unit that modulates an optical signal by using the electrical signal that is transmitted by the first transmission line and the second transmission line; and a shield that shields a radiation component of the electrical signal that is radiated from the second transmission line.

Abstract: A slave server with an optimal response time with respect to a program can be selected from slave servers located near a client. A virtual-machine dynamic allocation system according to the present invention in which a master server dynamically allocates a virtual machine that is to execute a requested program to any one of slave servers, includes: a response-measurement-time-information measuring unit configured to measure response-time information about a period between transmission of a request signal from each slave server to each of programs operating in the master server and reception of a response signal from each program in the master server; a response-time-information storage unit configured to store the measured response-time information of each program for each slave server; and a slave-server determining unit configured to refer to the response-time-information storage unit so as to determine a slave server that is to execute the requested program.

Abstract: There is provided a manufacturing method of a tank. The manufacturing method comprises a preparation process of providing a fiber bundle in which a resin adheres to at least part of fibers when the fiber bundle is viewed in a section perpendicular to a longitudinal direction of fibers and in which an amount of the resin adhering to fibers on one side of the fiber bundle is smaller than an amount of the resin adhering to fibers On the other side of the fiber bundle in the section; and a winding process of winding the fiber bundle on a rolling body that includes a liner and a fiber bundle already wound on the liner, such that the fibers on the other side of the fiber bundle is located below the fibers on the one side in a stacking direction of the fiber bundle when the fiber bundle is stacked on the liner.

Abstract: There is provided a manufacturing method of a tank. The manufacturing method comprises a cooling process of cooling down a resin-adhering fiber bundle that has a resin adhering to a fiber bundle; and a winding process of winding the resin-adhering fiber bundle that is cooled down by the cooling process, on a rotating liner. The cooling process cools down the resin-adhering fiber bundle to make a temperature of the resin-adhering fiber bundle that is being wound on the liner in the winding process, equal to or lower than a set temperature which is set in advance as a temperature to provide a viscosity of the resin that prevents the resin from being splashed from the resin-adhering fiber bundle by rotation of the liner in a course of winding the resin-adhering fiber bundle on the liner.

Abstract: A data processing apparatus includes an auxiliary storage device having target verification data stored therein, a program memory having a validity verification program stored therein, a first RAM (Random Access Memory), a second RAM, and an execution unit configured to execute a validity verification process in accordance with the validity verification program stored in the program memory. The execution unit is configured to copy the target verification data from the auxiliary storage device into the first RAM, execute the validity verification process on the copied target verification data in the first RAM, and use the second RAM as a work area in a case of executing the validity verification process.

Abstract: A method for programming an industrial robot, which includes providing a processing operation that is divided into a plurality of layers, and providing, via a processing unit, for selection among predetermined selections in each layer of the plurality of layers to program the processing operation. An apparatus for programming an industrial robot that includes a processing unit configured to provide a processing operation that is divided into a plurality of layers, where the processing unit is configured to provide for selection among predetermined selections in each layer of the plurality of layers to program the processing operation.

Abstract: A method for teaching an industrial robot, which includes providing, on a user interface, symbols corresponding to input selections for teaching the industrial robot a processing operation, receiving input, via the user interface, of selected symbols, and utilizing the input of the selected symbols to formulate the processing operation of the industrial robot. An apparatus for teaching an industrial robot that includes a user interface having symbols corresponding to input selections for teaching the industrial robot a processing operation, and a processing unit configured to receive input, via the user interface, of selected symbols, the processing unit being configured to utilize the input of the selected symbols to formulate the processing operation of the industrial robot.

Abstract: A data processing apparatus includes a ROM (Read Only Memory) having a validity verification program stored therein, an auxiliary storage device including a plurality of storage areas having a plurality of target verification data stored therein, an execution unit configured to perform a validity verification process on the plural target verification data in accordance with the validity verification program. An order of priority is assigned to the plural target verification data. The plural storage areas have addresses that is recognizable by the execution unit. The execution unit is configured to determine validity of each of the plural target verification data based on the order of priority until one of the plural target verification data is determined to be valid.

Abstract: Provided is a communication system that performs effective media data communication while preventing deterioration in communication quality. The present invention relates to a communication device that relays data between plural networks. The communication device includes a data processing unit for transmitting received data to a route to a destination of the data, a unit for managing data flowing through the communication device in a session unit and classifying managed sessions into a management session and a non-management session, and a unit for determining a route related to the management session based on conditions of the non-management session passing through each route. The data processing unit outputs data related to the management session to the route.

Abstract: A data processing apparatus includes a ROM (Read Only Memory) having a validity verification program stored therein, an auxiliary storage device including a plurality of storage areas having a plurality of target verification data stored therein, an execution unit configured to perform a validity verification process on the plural target verification data in accordance with the validity verification program. An order of priority is assigned to the plural target verification data. The plural storage areas have addresses that is recognizable by the execution unit. The execution unit is configured to determine validity of each of the plural target verification data based on the order of priority until one of the plural target verification data is determined to be valid.

Abstract: A data processing apparatus includes an auxiliary storage device having target verification data stored therein, a program memory having a validity verification program stored therein, a first RAM (Random Access Memory), a second RAM, and an execution unit configured to execute a validity verification process in accordance with the validity verification program stored in the program memory. The execution unit is configured to copy the target verification data from the auxiliary storage device into the first RAM, execute the validity verification process on the copied target verification data in the first RAM, and use the second RAM as a work area in a case of executing the validity verification process.

Abstract: An optical deflecting sheet for a transmission type screen that emits imaging light projected from an incident side to an emergent side. The optical deflecting sheet includes a highly rigid substrate layer with a light-transmissibility and a high rigidity, and a plurality of layers laminated on the substrate layer. The plurality of layers includes at least a pair of anti-scattering layers disposed on opposite sides of the substrate layer for preventing scattering of the substrate layer. At least one layer of the two or more layers includes an optical deflecting element that deflects imaging light by refracting or reflecting the imaging light. The optical deflecting element is a prism part formed by arranging a plurality of unit prisms each having an incident surface on which light is incident and a total reflecting surface for reflecting at least a part of light incident on the incident surface.