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.

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: 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.

Abstract: Disclosed is a light-emitting device that exhibits good color rendering and highly efficiently emits white light in an incandescent bulb color range. The semiconductor light-emitting device (1) of the present invention includes: a semiconductor light-emitting element (2) that emits blue light; a green phosphor (14) that absorbs the blue light and emits green light; and an orange phosphor (13) that absorbs the blue light and emits orange light. The orange phosphor (13) produces an emission spectrum having a peak at a wavelength of equal to or greater than 590 nm but equal to or less than 630 nm and having a full width at half maximum of 130 nm or greater at the peak, the full width at half maximum of the emission spectrum of the orange phosphor (13) being broader than a full width at half maximum of an emission spectrum of the green phosphor (14). The orange phosphor (13) exhibits an absorptance having a peak wavelength of 420 nm or greater. ABS(530) and ABS(MAX) satisfy a relation, ABS(530)/ABS(MAX)<0.

Abstract: A distance measurement apparatus that measures distance to a target by irradiating the target with laser beams and detecting light reflected by the target includes a light projection unit. The distance measurement apparatus also includes a plurality of light emission units to emit a plurality of laser beams onto the target while setting optical paths of the plurality of laser beams radially along a given virtual plane; and a light receiving unit including a plurality of light receivers to receive the plurality of laser beams projected from the light projection unit and reflected by the target.

Abstract: An object detection apparatus includes an incident optical system, which includes light source units and a combining unit combining light beams emitted from the light source units; a deflection unit including rotating reflection parts that deflect the light beams to scan and be irradiated on a predetermined range of an object; an imaging unit forming an image based on the light from the predetermined range of the object; and an optical detection unit detecting the object based on the light received via the imaging unit. Further the combining unit combines the light beams such that each of the combined light beams passes a single light path when projected onto a predetermined plane, and each of the light paths exists outside a region of the deflection unit when projected onto the first plane.

Abstract: Disclosed is a laser radar device including a modulated light beam generator that emits light beams to a target, a photodetector that receives reflected light; a reflected light condenser that condenses the reflected light; a rotator that rotates around a rotation axis; and mirrors included in the rotator that scan the light beams, and guide the reflected light to the reflected light condenser, wherein an angular detection range in a vertical direction is divided into a plurality of layers, wherein mirror surfaces of the mirrors are tilted by corresponding tilt angles relative to the rotation axis, the tilt angles being different from each other, wherein the modulated light beam generator emits the light beams in the vertical direction, the light beams having different emission angles, and wherein a difference between the emission angles corresponds to the angular detection range of one layer in the vertical direction.

Abstract: A light source unit includes a light source, a light source support to hold the light source, a fixing member which is attached to the light source support and includes a through-hole through which beams of light emitted from the light source pass, a lens holder inserted into the through-hole and attached to the fixing member by an adhesive; and a collimating lens to collimate the beams of light from the light source, wherein attachment surfaces of the adhesive for the lens holder has a tilted attachment surface tilted relative to the optical axis of the collimating lens.

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: Provided is a light-emitting device that has a high emission efficiency, excellent stability and temperature properties, and that generates light having a high color rendering property sufficient for practical use. This semiconductor light-emitting device (1) comprises a semiconductor light-emitting element (2) that emits blue light, a green phosphor (14) that absorbs the blue light and emits green light, and an orange phosphor (13) that absorbs the blue light and emits orange light, and is characterized in that the orange phosphor is an Eu-activated ?-SiAlON phosphor having an emission spectrum peak wavelength within a range of 595 to 620 nm.

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: 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 emitting apparatus includes a light emitting device emitting primary light and a wavelength conversion unit absorbing a part of the primary light to emit secondary light. The wavelength conversion unit includes a first wavelength conversion unit containing at least a nanocrystalline phosphor and a second wavelength conversion unit containing a rare-earth-activated phosphor or a transition-metal-element-activated phosphor. In the light emitting device, the first wavelength conversion unit and the second wavelength conversion unit are closely stacked in order.

Abstract: There is realized a light-emitting device that emits, with high efficiency, white light with excellent color rendering index in a lamp color region. A light-emitting device (1) of the present invention is a light-emitting device (1) for emitting white light in a lamp color region, 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 red fluorescent material (14) which absorbs the blue light so as to emit red 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.

Abstract: A laser radar apparatus includes a light source; a light scanning unit configured to scan light irradiated from the light source; a light receiving unit configured to receive light that is reflected by an object, the light being irradiated from the light scanning unit onto the object and reflected by the object; and a porous member arranged between the object and the light receiving unit, the porous member including plural through holes.

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 illumination device improved in safety to the eye is provided. The illumination device includes: a semiconductor laser element to serve as an excitation light source which emits laser light; a fluorescent plate which contains a fluorescent substance for emitting light of a desired color and is irradiated with laser light emitted from the semiconductor laser element; a light receiving element part which detects light reflected from the fluorescent plate; and a light source control part which controls laser light emitted from the semiconductor laser element based on a detection signal from the light receiving element part.

Abstract: To provide a piezoelectric transformer which can reduce the capacity of an input unit and realize a impedance matching with a drive circuit of an input side. A piezoelectric transformer includes: a piezoelectric substrate (11) having both main surfaces of a rectangular shape; and input side electrodes (12, 13, 15, 16) and output side electrodes (14, 17) formed on the both main surfaces of the piezoelectric substrate (11). A pair of opposing input side electrodes (12, 13, 15, 16) are arranged on the both surfaces of the piezoelectric substrate (11) in the first input unit (A1) and the second input unit (A2). At least one of the pair of input side electrodes (12, 13, 15, 16) is a partial electrode arranged at the center portion of the main surface of the piezoelectric substrate (11) in the first input unit (A1) and the second input unit (A2).

Abstract: A liquid-ejection head unit includes a head, an electric-circuit board, electronic components, and a storage tank. The head includes a frame member and ejects droplets of liquid. The electronic components are mounted on the electric-circuit board and connected to the head. The storage tank stores liquid supplied to the head. The electric-circuit board is disposed between the frame member of the head and the storage tank to form a single multi-layered structure. The electronic components of the electric-circuit board are accommodated in at least one of a first internal space defined by the frame member of the head and the electric-circuit board and a second internal space defined by the electric-circuit board and the storage tank.

Abstract: An inkjet printhead includes multiple head modules and a mount base. The multiple head modules each includes a laminate unit containing a nozzle to eject ink in droplets and an ink chamber in fluid communication with the nozzle. The multiple head modules are mounted on the mount base. The mount base defines a first contact surface facing a first direction in which the ink is ejected. Each laminate unit defines a second contact surface facing a second direction opposite to the first direction. The first and second contact surfaces are held in contact with each other to position each head module in the mount base.