Abstract: A recording material conveying device includes: a first conveyor that constitutes a conveyance path of a recording material; a second conveyor that branches from the first conveyor and constitutes a conveyance path of the recording material different from the conveyance path of the first conveyor; and a detector that detects recording material characteristics of the recording material, the detector being arranged in the second conveyor on a downstream side in a conveyance direction of the recording material with respect to a branch portion where the first conveyor and the second conveyor branch.

Abstract: A substance detection element is described herein. The substance detection element includes a supporting substrate, a plate-shaped beam, a detection electrode, and a substance adsorption film. The plate-shaped beam is provided with a piezoelectric element. The detection electrodes detects information about the vibration frequency of the beam. The substance adsorption films changes the vibration frequency of the beam by adhesion of a substance. The substance adsorption films and the detection electrodes are respectively provided at the same position on the front and the back of the beam.

Abstract: A mouth cavity attachment tool (1A) is attachable to a mouth cavity (M) of a person (P) under examination. The mouth cavity attachment tool (1A) includes a partitioning portion (10A) and a gap forming portion (11A). The partitioning portion (10A) partitions a mouth cavity (M) into a first portion (M1) where objects of measurement of halitosis are located and a second portion (M2) communicating with a pharynx (6) of the person (P) under examination. The gap forming portion (11A) is connected to the partitioning portion (10A) and forms gaps (G) in spaces to the objects of measurement. Since the mouth cavity attachment tool (1A) includes the partitioning portion (10A) partitioning the mouth cavity (M) into a first portion (M1) where tooth rows (2) and gums (3) are located and a second portion (M2) communicating with the pharynx (6) of the person (P) under examination, halitosis can be detected accurately.

Abstract: An odor detection device (1) includes an odor sensor (10), environmental information measurement means (11, 12), odor information collection means (20), difference information acquisition means (21), and correction means (22). The odor sensor (10) detects information on an odor emitted from an odor source (2). The environmental information measurement means (11, 12) measures information on an environment, correlated with the amount of water vapor contained in surrounding gas. The difference information acquisition means (21) acquires the difference amount of water vapor, indicating a difference between information on an environment surrounding the odor sensor (10) and information on an environment surrounding the odor source (2). The correction means (22) corrects information on an odor, collected by the odor information collection means (20), on the basis of difference information acquired by the difference information acquisition means (21).

Abstract: A substance sensor includes sensitive membranes to react with substances included in the odors of a gas in correspondence with the substances, and is configured to detect the reaction values of the sensitive membranes. An odor specifier specifies the odors of the gas on the basis of the reaction values of the sensitive membranes. A reaction value calculator calculates reaction values corresponding to the odors specified by the odor specifier on the basis of the reaction values of the sensitive membranes. A percentage calculator calculates the percentages of the reaction values corresponding to the odors specified by the odor specifier to the total of the reaction values corresponding to the odors. A display displays the percentages of the reaction values corresponding to the odors, calculated by the percentage calculator, so that comparison of the percentages is enabled between the odors specified by the odor specifier.

Abstract: An information management system (1) includes an odor sensor (2) and an information processor (3). The odor sensor (2) senses an odor emitted from a source (T). The information processor (3) includes a preference information inputter (11) and a user information acquirer (12). The user information acquirer (12) acquires user information indicating the attribute of a user. The preference information inputter (11) inputs preference information indicating the preference of the user for the odor sensed by the odor sensor (2). A storage (20) associates odor information indicating the kind of the odor sensed by the odor sensor (2), the user information acquired by the user information acquirer (12), and the preference information input into the preference information inputter (11) with each other, and stores the odor information, the user information, and the preference information.

Abstract: The control method of a ship is used for the ship. The ship is equipped with a plurality of power sources including a first power source and a second power source, and has a plurality of propulsion modes in which a power source used for propulsion of a hull is different between the plurality of power sources. The control method of the ship includes adjusting an output value related to a propulsive force of a hull to a value corresponding to an operation amount of an operation acceptor and changing a correspondence relation between the operation amount and the output value in accordance with a propulsion mode.

Abstract: A through-hole (3) is disposed in a supporting substrate (2). Plate-shaped beams (4 (4A, 4B)) each includes a piezoelectric element, extends from an edge of the through-hole (3) toward an opposite edge to close a part of the through-hole (3), supports a substance adsorption film to which a constitutive substance to be detected adheres, and has a vibration frequency that is varied due to adhesion of the constitutive substance to the substance adsorption film. Drive electrodes (16) apply a voltage to the piezoelectric element to vibrate and deform the beams (4). Detection electrodes (17) detect information about the vibration frequencies of the beams (4).

Abstract: An actuator includes an arm starting end having a piezoelectric element, a first end of the arm starting end connected to an inner side of a fixed frame, the arm starting end extending in a straight line, along a Y-axis direction through a gap between the fixed frame and a mirror surface, from the first end to beyond a middle point of an outer side of the mirror surface; an arm terminating end including a first end connected to the middle point of the outer side of the mirror surface, the arm terminating end extending parallel to the arm starting end; and an arm relay that connects a second end of the arm starting end to a second end of the arm terminating end, the arm relay being formed in a zigzag.

Abstract: Diaphragms (4, 5, 6, 7) each include laminated layers including a piezoelectric layer. The diaphragms (4, 5, 6, 7) are each warped to oscillate due to expansion and contraction of the piezoelectric layer or due to an oscillatory force from the outside. The diaphragms have mutually different resonance frequencies. A casing (2) has an internal space (2C) for accommodating the diaphragms (4, 5, 6, 7) and a fixing part (2D) for fixing a portion of each of the diaphragms (4, 5, 6, 7). The casing (2) transmits oscillations between the diaphragms (4, 5, 6, 7) and the outside via the fixing part (2D).

Abstract: Each of detection instruments (3a, 3b, 3c, 3d . . . ) of which the number is enabled to be increased or decreased includes at least one sensitive membrane sensitive to a substance, generates first data representing the result of detection of the substance corresponding to the sensitive membrane, and includes second data in which the result of the detection of the substance corresponding to the sensitive membrane is associated with the membrane information of the sensitive membrane. An information terminal (2) collects the first data and the second data from each of the detection instruments (3a, 3b, 3c, 3d . . . ), and compares the first data and the second data, to specify an object to be detected.

Abstract: A through hole (3) is provided on a supporting substrate (2). A plate-shaped beam (4) extends from an edge of the through hole (3) to a facing edge in such a way as to cover part of the through hole (3) and is provided with a piezoelectric element. A drive electrode (16) vibrates the beam (4) by applying voltage to the piezoelectric element. Detection electrodes (17A, 17B) detect information about the vibration frequency of the beam (4). Substance adsorption films (5A, 5B) change the vibration frequency of the beam (4) by adhesion of a substance. The substance adsorption films (5A, 5B) and the detection electrodes (17A, 17B) are respectively provided at the same position on the front and the back of the beam (4).

Abstract: A control system of a lawn mowing vehicle, includes at least one continuously variable transmission drivingly connected to two left and right wheels, a revolution speed detection unit, an acceleration instruction unit, a parking brake instruction sensor, a lawn mower, and a control device. The control device, during the drive of the lawn mower, stops the drive of the lawn mower after the revolution speed of each of the two wheels or the revolution speed of the at least one continuously variable transmission has become zero (0) or within a predetermined range near zero (0), and during stop control of the lawn mower, drives the lawn mower when a target revolution speed, issued by the acceleration instruction unit, of the two wheels or of the at least one continuously variable transmission is not zero (0) and the operation of the parking brake is not instructed.

Abstract: To provide a vehicle including a left continuously variable transmission connected to a left wheel and a right continuously variable transmission connected to a right wheel, at least one operation tool operated to instruct driving of the left wheel and the right wheel, a control device configured to control driving of the left continuously variable transmission and the right continuously variable transmission according to an operation of the at least one operation tool, and a turn operation tool provided on each of the at least one operation tool. If the turn operation tool is operated, the control device controls the left continuously variable transmission and the right continuously variable transmission so that the vehicle is turned to a side of the operated turn operation tool.

Abstract: A through-hole (3) is disposed in a supporting substrate (2). Plate-shaped beams (4 (4A, 4B)) each includes a piezoelectric element, extends from an edge of the through-hole (3) toward an opposite edge to close a part of the through-hole (3), supports a substance adsorption film to which a constitutive substance to be detected adheres, and has a vibration frequency that is varied due to adhesion of the constitutive substance to the substance adsorption film. Drive electrodes (16) apply a voltage to the piezoelectric element to vibrate and deform the beams (4). Detection electrodes (17) detect information about the vibration frequencies of the beams (4).

Abstract: Diaphragms (4, 5, 6, 7) each include laminated layers including a piezoelectric layer. The diaphragms (4, 5, 6, 7) are each warped to oscillate due to expansion and contraction of the piezoelectric layer or due to an oscillatory force from the outside. The diaphragms have mutually different resonance frequencies. A casing (2) has an internal space (2C) for accommodating the diaphragms (4, 5, 6, 7) and a fixing part (2D) for fixing a portion of each of the diaphragms (4, 5, 6, 7). The casing (2) transmits oscillations between the diaphragms (4, 5, 6, 7) and the outside via the fixing part (2D).

Abstract: A fixed frame (2) is fixed to an external member. An ultrasonic oscillator (3) is disposed inside the fixed frame (2) and includes a flexible first substrate and a first piezoelectric element deposited on the first substrate in the form of a thin film. The ultrasonic oscillator (3) is warped in response to expansion or contraction of the first piezoelectric element and generates ultrasonic waves. Actuator units (4) include a flexible second substrate coupling the first substrate to the fixed frame (2) and a second piezoelectric element deposited on the second substrate in the form of a thin film. The actuator units (4) are warped in response to expansion or contraction of the second piezoelectric element and cause the ultrasonic oscillator (3) to swing relative to the fixed frame (2). The fixed frame (2), the first substrate, and the second substrate are composed of the same substrate.

Abstract: An oscillator (4) for warping to oscillate due to expansion and contraction of a piezoelectric layer, having a tabular shape and including a substrate and the piezoelectric layer layered on the substrate. A casing (2) has an internal space (2C) accommodating the oscillator (4) and a fixing section (2D) fixing the circumferential edge of the oscillator (4). The casing (2) is conductive of oscillations transmitted from the oscillator (4) via the fixing section (2D) to the outside. A signal input unit (3) receives an audio voltage signal input from a smartphone and applies the signal to the piezoelectric layer. The oscillator (4) has a main surface (4A) having an entire width W1 longer than the entire width of the fixing section (2D) in a direction orthogonal to a direction from the fixing section (2D) to the center of the oscillator (4).

Abstract: A tableting punch or a die includes a base material and a tableting surface layer on the base material. The tableting surface layer includes crystalline yttrium oxide containing nitrogen and a group 4A element.

Abstract: A fixed frame (2) is fixed to an external member. An ultrasonic oscillator (3) is disposed inside the fixed frame (2) and includes a flexible first substrate and a first piezoelectric element deposited on the first substrate in the form of a thin film. The ultrasonic oscillator (3) is warped in response to expansion or contraction of the first piezoelectric element and generates ultrasonic waves. Actuator units (4) include a flexible second substrate coupling the first substrate to the fixed frame (2) and a second piezoelectric element deposited on the second substrate in the form of a thin film. The actuator units (4) are warped in response to expansion or contraction of the second piezoelectric element and cause the ultrasonic oscillator (3) to swing relative to the fixed frame (2). The fixed frame (2), the first substrate, and the second substrate are composed of the same substrate.