Abstract: The present invention provides a liquid discharge head that causes less deviation in a discharge direction of a liquid from a direction orthogonal to a discharge hole surface, and a recording device using the liquid discharge head. The liquid discharge head of the present invention includes a discharge hole, a discharge hole surface having an opening of the discharge hole, a pressurizing chamber, and a flow channel connecting the discharge hole and the pressurizing chamber. The flow channel includes a nozzle part and a partial flow channel.

Abstract: A wavelength conversion member includes a substrate and a fluorescent film that is disposed on the substrate and emits fluorescence upon reception of excitation light, wherein the fluorescent film includes an aggregate of a plurality of fluorescent particles, the aggregate being formed as a result of contact among the fluorescent particles, and a glass material filling gaps between the fluorescent particles in the aggregate, and a total volume of a volume of the glass material and a volume of the fluorescent particles in the fluorescent film is equal to or less than an envelope volume of the aggregate of the fluorescent particles in the fluorescent film.

Abstract: A fluororubber composition comprising 1 to 100 parts by weight of a needle-like filler or fibrous filler having an average particle diameter of 5 ?m or less, an average particle length of 40 to 60 ?m, and an aspect ratio of 10 to 12, based on 100 parts by weight of fluororubber. A fluororubber vulcanization-molded product obtained from the fluororubber composition has resistance against deformation due to the shape effect of the filler, and thereby can suppress the deformation of the oil seal sliding surface towards the sliding direction. More specifically, the fluororubber vulcanization-molded product can achieve less friction, while maintaining sealing properties by increasing the amount of oil pumping, from the initial use of an oil seal to after the abrasion of the oil seal.

Abstract: A laser scanner includes an optical source emitting a laser beam; and an optical deflector deflecting the laser beam emitted from the optical source to scan an object with the laser beam deflected thereby, wherein the optical deflector includes a reflecting mirror; a motor rotating the reflecting mirror around an axis of the mirror: a first member fixed on a shaft of the motor, rotating with the shaft and a second member fixed on the axis of the mirror, engaging with the first member when the shaft rotates to rotate with the axis of the mirror.

Abstract: An imaging apparatus includes: a lens barrel which holds at least one optical element; an image sensor which converts an image of a photographic subject obtained by the optical element into an electrical signal; a circuit board on which the image sensor is mounted; and a fixing wall body which is a different body from the lens barrel, and where the lens barrel is mounted to an end part of the fixing wall body on a photographic subject side, and the circuit board is mounted to an end part of the fixing wall body on a side opposite to the photographic subject side by a bond structure by an adhesive agent.

Abstract: A liquid ejecting head and a recording device are disclosed. The head includes a fluid channel member and a piezoelectric substrate on the fluid channel member. The fluid channel member includes chambers, each having a diamond shape with two obtuse angle portions and two acute angle portions. In a plan view, the chambers are arranged in a matrix, and aligned in directions of a row and of a column. The substrate includes a first electrode, a piezoelectric body and second electrodes. Each of the second electrodes includes a main electrode and a lead-out portion. The main electrode overlaps with the respective chamber, and is located inside the chamber in the plan view. The lead-out electrode includes: a first end which overlaps with the respective chamber; and a second end located outside the chamber and located in a region that does not overlap with the column in the plan view.

Abstract: A sheet post-processing device includes a stacker section that temporarily stores paper sheets as a paper sheet bundle, a stopper that regulates a carrying-in direction leading end of the paper sheet carried into the stacker section, a binding section that binds the paper sheet bundle regulated in position by the stopper, and folding rollers and a folding blade that perform folding processing for the sheet bundle bound by the binding section at a predetermined folding position of the paper sheet bundle. The binding section binds the paper sheet bundle with a paper-made staple. The stopper sets a position of the paper sheet bundle such that a binding position of the paper-made staple straddles the predetermined folding position. With this configuration, there can be provided a sheet-post processing device capable of folding the staple together with the paper sheet bundle.

Abstract: Disclosed is a distance measuring device configured to irradiate an object with light and receive reflected light therefrom to measure a distance from the object, including a light source device having at least one light-emitting part, a deflection part being provided rotatably around a predetermined axis line and having plural deflection faces configured to reflect light from the light source device toward the object, a reflection part being provided rotatably around the axis line and integrally with the deflection part and having plural reflection faces being provided to correspond to the plural deflection faces individually and reflecting a portion of light reflected from a corresponding deflection face and reflected from the object, and a light-receiving part having at least one light-receiving element configured to receive light reflected from the reflection part, wherein respective inclination angles of the plural deflection faces with respect to the axis line are mutually different.

Abstract: A light guide member for an object detection apparatus is devised. The object detection apparatus includes a light source unit, and a detection unit for detecting an object adhered on a surface of a light translucent member based on change of light quantity of reflection light received from the light translucent member. The light guide member includes an incident face where the light exiting from the light source unit enters; a detection face where the exiting light exits to a rear face of the light translucent member and the reflection light reflected from the light translucent member enters; an exiting face where the reflection light exits to the detection unit; and a light guiding portion through which the exiting light and the reflection light proceed. The detection face has curvature corresponding to curvature of the light translucent member.

Abstract: A light guide member for an object detection apparatus for detecting an object adhered on a light translucent member based on change of quantity of reflection light received from the light translucent member includes a detection face where light exits to the light translucent member and reflection light reflected from the light translucent member enters, the detection face including a detection area where a part of the reflection light to enter the detection unit passes through, and a non-detection area where remaining part of the reflection light not to enter the detection unit passes through; a first intervening member disposed on the detection face attachable to the light translucent member via the first intervening member; and a second intervening member disposed on the detection face attachable to the light translucent member via the second intervening member. The first intervening member has flexibility greater than flexibility of the second intervening member.

Abstract: A semiconductor light-emitting device that is high in luminous efficiency and that emits light which is high in color rendering property includes a semiconductor light-emitting element that emits blue light; a green fluorescent substance that absorbs the blue light and emits green light; and an orange fluorescent substance that absorbs the blue light and emits orange light, fluorescence emitted by the green fluorescent substance and the orange fluorescent substance having an emission spectrum that has a peak wavelength of not less than 540 nm and not more than 565 nm and that satisfies the relation of 0.70>PI(90)/PI(MAX)>0.55, where PI(MAX) represents an emission intensity at the peak wavelength, and PI(90) represents an emission intensity at a wavelength 90 nm longer than the peak wavelength.

Abstract: A liquid discharge head has plates constituting a flow passage member, and a piezoelectric actuator substrate and the flow passage member are joined satisfactorily. A liquid discharge head includes a flow passage member laminated a plurality of flat plates, having a pressurizing chamber, a plurality of discharge holes, and a common flow passage, and a piezoelectric actuator substrate laminated on the flow passage member, on which a plurality of displacement elements are disposed. On one principal plane of the piezoelectric actuator substrate, a plurality of connection electrodes to which driving signals of the displacement elements are supplied are disposed, and the number of the connection electrodes per unit area disposed in a first region D1 not overlapping the common flow passage is greater than the number of the connection electrodes per unit area disposed in a second region D2 overlapping the common flow passage.

Abstract: An approach for reutilizing transport layer security (TLS) connections among separate application is provided. In one aspect, a computing system establishes a a transmission control program/Internet protocol (TCP/IP) connection between a first application of a first endpoint and a second application on a second endpoint. The computing system further performs a TLS handshake over the established TCP/IP connection. The computing system also transmits a request from a third application of the second endpoint to transfer a TLS context from the second application on the second endpoint. In response to the second application on the second endpoint accepting the transfer request, the second application utilizing via the one or more computer processors, a predetermined method of providing a TLS context to the third application, wherein the third application of the second endpoint and the first application of the first endpoint communicate securely.

Abstract: Color image data composed of pixels arranged in a matrix wherein colors are expressed in bit rows is created from an acquired document file, and same-resolution binary image data and low-resolution binary image data composed of binary pixels arranged in a matrix are created based on the color image data. A first combining process is performed in which a lower bit value of a predetermined color of the pixels of the color image data is replaced with the value of the corresponding ones of the pixels of the same pixels, and a second combining process is performed in which a lower bit value of a color other than the bit replaced in the first combining process in the pixels of the first combined image data is replaced with the value of the corresponding ones of the pixels of the low-resolution binary image data.

Abstract: An approach for reutilizing transport layer security (TLS) connections among separate application is provided. In one aspect, a computing system establishes a a transmission control program/Internet protocol (TCP/IP) connection between a first application of a first endpoint and a second application on a second endpoint. The computing system further performs a TLS handshake over the established TCP/IP connection. The computing system also transmits a request from a third application of the second endpoint to transfer a TLS context from the second application on the second endpoint. In response to the second application on the second endpoint accepting the transfer request, the second application utilizing via the one or more computer processors, a predetermined method of providing a TLS context to the third application, wherein the third application of the second endpoint and the first application of the first endpoint communicate securely.

Abstract: There is realized a light-emitting device that emits, with high efficiency, white light with excellent color rendering index. A light-emitting device (1) of the present invention is a light-emitting device (1) for emitting white light, including at least a light-emitting element (2) for emitting blue light, an orange fluorescent material (13) which absorbs the blue light so as to emit orange light, and a green fluorescent material (14) which absorbs the blue light so as to emit green light, the orange fluorescent material (13) being a Ce-activated CaAlSiN3 fluorescent material in a solid solution crystal form in which Ce and oxygen are dissolved in a crystal having a composition of cCaAlSiN3.(1?c)LiSi2N3 where 0.2?c?0.8, and the orange fluorescent material (13) containing 2 weight % or more of Ce.

Abstract: A request to establish a connection to a server application executed by a server device is received at a client-side authenticated-connection application programming interface (API) from a client application executed by a client device. The connection request is sent from the client device to a server-side authenticated-connection API executed by the server device. The connection request includes user identification information usable to authenticate a user of the client application with the server-side authenticated-connection API to access the server application. A connection establishment acknowledgement is received from the server-side authenticated-connection API. A handler that represents an established connection to the server application is returned to the client application as a connection establishment acknowledgement.

Abstract: Provided is a light emitting device with effectively improved color rendering properties. A light emitting device 1 includes: a light source 2 that emits light having the maximum intensity at a predetermined wavelength; a first phosphor (yellow phosphor) 51 that absorbs the light emitted by the light source 2 and outputs fluorescent light having the maximum intensity at a first wavelength which is longer than the predetermined wavelength; and a second phosphor (red phosphor) 52 that absorbs the light emitted by the light source 2 and outputs fluorescent light having the maximum intensity at a second wavelength which is longer than the first wavelength. An absolute value of wavelength dependency of an optical absorption rate of the second phosphor 52 at the first wavelength is set to not more than 0.6%/nm. Accordingly, the color rendering properties of the light emitted by the light emitting device 1 can be effectively improved.

Abstract: An optical beam scanner includes a light source, an optical scanner configured to scan a light beam irradiated from the light source, and an input optical system configured to direct the light beam irradiated from the light source to the optical scanner, wherein the optical scanner includes a rotating mirror configured to rotate around a rotational axis and reflect the light beam irradiated from the light source; the rotating mirror is rotated around the rotational axis so that the light beam is irradiated on differing positions of a mirror surface of the rotating mirror; and the mirror surface of the rotating mirror has a mirror surface inclining angle with respect to a direction parallel to the rotational axis that is arranged to gradually increase from a first side to a second side of the rotating mirror in a direction parallel to a plane perpendicular to the rotational axis.

Abstract: An imaging device includes a welded part on a lens barrel side that is hardened after a contact portion of a lens barrel or a contact part on the lens barrel side is softened, where the contact portion of the lens barrel and the contact part on the lens barrel side are fixed, and a welded part on a light-receiving circuit side that is hardened after a contact portion of the light-receiving circuit or a contact part on a light-receiving circuit side is softened, where the contact portion of the light-receiving circuit and the contact part on the light-receiving circuit side are fixed.