Abstract: A semiconductor device that can be miniaturized or highly integrated is provided. The semiconductor device includes a capacitor, a transistor, and a first insulating layer. The capacitor includes first and second conductive layers and a second insulating layer. The second insulating layer is in contact with a side surface of the first conductive layer, and the second conductive layer covers at least part of the side surface of the first conductive layer with the second insulating layer therebetween. The transistor includes third to fifth conductive layers, a semiconductor layer, and a third insulating layer. The third conductive layer is in contact with a top surface of the first conductive layer. The first insulating layer is provided over the third conductive layer, and the fourth conductive layer is provided over the first insulating layer. The first insulating layer and the fourth conductive layer include an opening portion reaching the third conductive layer.

Abstract: To provide a power conversion device that is effective for improving controllability of power in power conversion for multilevel voltage output. A power conversion device includes a switching circuit configured to supply a current to a motor by connecting and disconnecting a first point having a first potential, a second point having a second potential greater than the first potential, and a neutral point having a neutral potential between the first potential and the second potential to and from the motor, a neutral potential control unit configured to control the switching circuit in a manner to maintain the neutral potential within a target range, and a current control unit configured to increase a supply current to the motor without affecting a driving force generated by the motor at least when controlling the switching circuit 16 by the neutral potential control unit.

Abstract: An object is to provide an electronic device capable of recognizing a user's facial feature accurately. A glasses-type electronic device includes a first optical component, a second optical component, a frame, an imaging device, a feature extraction unit, and an emotion estimation unit. The frame is in contact with a side surface of the first optical component and a side surface of the second optical component. The imaging device is in contact with the frame and has a function of detecting part of a user's face. The feature extraction unit has a function of extracting a feature of the user's face from the detected part of the user's face. The emotion estimation unit has a function of estimating information on the user from the extracted feature.

Abstract: An observation apparatus includes a display apparatus that displays a display pattern, a display projection optical system that projects a light beam from the display apparatus, and forms an image of the display pattern, a combining optical element that combines a light beam from a sample and a light beam from the display apparatus, and an eyepiece optical system that enables an observer to simultaneously observe an image of the sample and an image of the display pattern, in which a numerical aperture (NA) of a light beam from the display apparatus is smaller than a maximum value of an NA of a light beam from the sample, and is larger than a minimum value of an NA of a light beam from the sample, at a position of an image on an optical path that is formed after light beams are combined by the combining optical element.

Abstract: An observation system includes: an observation device that includes an eyepiece lens and an objective and forms a real image of a sample on an optical path between the eyepiece lens and the objective; and an observation auxiliary device that is worn by a user and outputs auxiliary information to the user, the observation auxiliary device superimposing the auxiliary information on a virtual image of the sample to be observed by the user through the eyepiece lens on the basis of a relative position of the observation auxiliary device with respect to the observation device.

Abstract: A method of adjusting an optical apparatus that acquires an image of a sample includes the steps of moving a focusing section included in the optical apparatus in a direction in which a contrast of a first image of the sample increases, and adjusting an aberration amount occurring in the optical apparatus in a direction in which a contrast of a second image of the sample increases.

Abstract: To provide an apparatus for monitoring a fluid flow rate, which is capable of performing monitoring without a data deficit, and displays information on a trend of a past history. A monitoring apparatus accepts, from the flow meter, integrated flow amount data for every day-and-time section, and a current flow rate, and graphically displays, on the basis of the integrated flow amount data for every day-and-time section, an integrated flow amount corresponding to each day-and-time section, on the basis of the integrated flow amount data for every day-and-time section including the current day-and-time and for every another plurality of continuous day-and-time sections.

Abstract: In a temporally continued plurality of day-and-time sections, history data included in the past day-and-time section is graphically displayed on the basis of the integrated flow amount data stored in the storage unit, as an integrated flow amount in each day-and-time section. In the day-and-time section including the current day-and-time, the integrated flow amount in the day-and-time section based on the current integrated flow amount data is successively updated and graphically displayed.

Abstract: To provide a sensor unit that simultaneously displays other information together with a threshold and a physical quantity. A sensor unit causes a dot-matrix display unit to display a threshold and a physical quantity in a first display form and causes the dot-matrix display unit to display, together with the physical quantity and the threshold, additional information (e.g., a power mode) different from the physical quantity and different from the threshold in a second display form. The area of a third display region 303 for the threshold in the second display form is smaller than the area of a second display region 302 for the threshold in the first display form. The area of a fourth display region 304 for the information in the second display form is obtained by reducing the area of the second display region 302.

Abstract: In a temporally continued plurality of day-and-time sections, history data included in the past day-and-time section is graphically displayed on the basis of the integrated flow amount data stored in the storage unit, as an integrated flow amount in each day-and-time section. In the day-and-time section including the current day-and-time, the integrated flow amount in the day-and-time section based on the current integrated flow amount data is successively updated and graphically displayed.

Abstract: To provide an apparatus for monitoring a fluid flow rate, which is capable of performing monitoring without a data deficit, and displays information on a trend of a past history. A monitoring apparatus accepts, from the flow meter, integrated flow amount data for every day-and-time section, and a current flow rate, and graphically displays, on the basis of the integrated flow amount data for every day-and-time section, an integrated flow amount corresponding to each day-and-time section, on the basis of the integrated flow amount data for every day-and-time section including the current day-and-time and for every another plurality of continuous day-and-time sections.

Abstract: To provide an auxiliary unit capable of reducing the number of signal lines for outputting warning information. A multi-output unit is connected to a plurality of sensor units via individual output lines 262a to 262h through which the plurality of sensor units output a detection result of each of the plurality of sensor units and a data line 261a for communicating with the plurality of sensor units. The communication control unit 104 communicates with each of the plurality of sensor units via the data line 261a and receives warning information transmitted by at least one of the plurality of sensor units. When receiving the warning information from at least one of the plurality of sensor units via the data line 261a, the common signal line 154 outputs a common output signal indicating the warning information to an external device.

Abstract: Provided is an optical safety system that enables simplification of an editing operation for area designation information. A safety scanner includes an intrusion sensing section that determines the presence or absence of an intruder into a protection area. The setting support device includes a pseudo determination information generation section that determines a presence or absence of an intruder into a protection area on the basis of an area designation information before being transmitted to the safety scanner and a distance measurement information received from the safety scanner and generates a pseudo determination information indicating the determination result.

Abstract: An observation apparatus includes an objective that receives light from a sample and an imaging optical system that forms an image of the sample. The objective and the imaging optical system are positioned in a manner such that a front focal position of the imaging optical system does not coincide with a rear focal position of the objective. The imaging optical system has a focal length shorter than a focal length of a second imaging optical system. An optical system that includes the objective and the second imaging optical system has a projection magnification equal to a magnification defined by the objective.

Abstract: To provide an auxiliary unit capable of reducing the number of signal lines for outputting warning information. A multi-output unit is connected to a plurality of sensor units via individual output lines 262a to 262h through which the plurality of sensor units output a detection result of each of the plurality of sensor units and a data line 261a for communicating with the plurality of sensor units. The communication control unit 104 communicates with each of the plurality of sensor units via the data line 261a and receives warning information transmitted by at least one of the plurality of sensor units. When receiving the warning information from at least one of the plurality of sensor units via the data line 261a, the common signal line 154 outputs a common output signal indicating the warning information to an external device.

Abstract: To provide a sensor unit that simultaneously displays other information together with a threshold and a physical quantity. A sensor unit causes a dot-matrix display unit to display a threshold and a physical quantity in a first display form and causes the dot-matrix display unit to display, together with the physical quantity and the threshold, additional information (e.g., a power mode) different from the physical quantity and different from the threshold in a second display form. The area of a third display region 303 for the threshold in the second display form is smaller than the area of a second display region 302 for the threshold in the first display form. The area of a fourth display region 304 for the information in the second display form is obtained by reducing the area of the second display region 302.

Abstract: An illumination optical system includes an illumination optical element that irradiates a predetermined area of an illumination target surface with light in a planar manner. The illumination optical element has an optical surface directed toward the illumination target surface. The optical surface has, in a perpendicular direction which is perpendicular to an optical axis, a plurality of refractive surfaces each of which refracts light toward the predetermined area and which are formed at a constant pitch determined by the predetermined area.

Abstract: There is provided a monitoring system capable of facilitating checking of an installation status of a sensor body, and also capable of reducing personal identification of a worker even in the case of displaying a camera image with the worker appearing therein. The monitoring system is configured of: an intrusion detecting section for detecting an intruding object in a monitoring area, to generate a stop signal for stopping an operation of an external device; a camera for photographing the monitoring area; a detail check image generating section for generating a detail check image for display based on a camera image photographed by the camera; a privacy image generating section for generating a privacy image with lower picture quality than picture quality of the detail check image based on the camera image.

Abstract: Provided is a safety scanner that enables simplification of an operation of checking an operating state. The safety scanner includes a scan image generation section that generates a scan image that includes a plurality of sets of distance measurement information obtained by performing scanning with a detection light emitted by an emitter, the plurality of sets of distance measurement information being represented as a plurality of distance measurement positions on a scanning plane of the detection light, and a monitoring image display that displays the scan image on a screen.

Abstract: Provided is a safety scanner capable of facilitating an analysis of a sensing factor at the time of sensing an intruder. The safety scanner includes a monitoring image generation section that generates a monitoring image for monitoring a protection area, a sensing history storage section that stores a position and a sensing time of a sensed intruder and the monitoring image corresponding to the sensing time or a plurality of distance measurement information items obtained within a scanning period corresponding to the sensing time in association with each other as a sensing history, and a sensing history transmission section that transmits the sensing history in accordance with a history request from an external device.