Abstract: An object is to provide a novel organ-on-a-chip for forming a blood vessel model. An organ-on-a-chip 100 of the present invention is a chip for reproducing a biological process between a cell mass and a blood vessel. The organ-on-a-chip 100 includes a first channel 10, a second channel 20, and a third channel group. The first channel 10 is an introduction channel for introducing vascular endothelial cells for forming a blood vessel model on the inner wall of the first channel 10 through cell culture. The second channel 20 is an introduction channel for introducing a sample containing a cell mass from an upstream side toward a downstream side, and includes a trap portion 22 for trapping the cell mass and located between the upstream side and the downstream side inside the second channel 20. The third channel group includes a plurality of third channels 30, and the third channels 30 are channels that communicate between the first channel 10 and the second channel 20.

Abstract: A road surface rendering device for rendering a road surface by illuminating an illumination region extending along a direction away from the road surface rendering device with light. The illumination region is divided into three regions of a left region, a central region, and a right region in a direction intersecting a longitudinal direction, an illuminance of the central region is largest.

Abstract: The present invention pertains to a liquid handling device that comprises a laminate of a first member and a second member. This liquid handling device is provided with a reservoir that is a space for pooling a liquid and disposed between the first and second members, and a plurality of wells that are plurality of first recesses disposed on the surface of the first member facing the second member. The first and/or second members have flexibility. The first and second members are not bonded between the reservoir and the plurality of wells. When a part of the first or second member, said part corresponding to the reservoir, is pressed in the state where a liquid is pooled in the reservoir, the liquid in the reservoir moves between the first and second members toward the plurality of wells.

Abstract: Convenience of an ink bottle and a bottle set is improved. An ink bottle includes: a container portion that contains ink; a guiding portion that is formed in one end portion of the container portion, and includes an outflow port from which the ink in the container portion flow out; and a cover that covers at least an end portion of the container portion on the opposite side of the guiding portion.

Abstract: According to one embodiment, a display device includes a display panel, a first wiring board mounted on the display panel, and a backlight unit located on a back surface side of the display panel to illuminate the display panel. The backlight unit includes a casing which includes a bottom plate including a first slit and a side plate standing at the bottom plate, and a light guide arranged in the casing. The first wiring board passes between the side plate and the light guide and through the first slit and is bent toward a back surface side of the casing.

Abstract: Provided is a power receiving system having an increased energy conversion efficiency. The power receiving system according to the present disclosure includes a power converter that receives electromagnetic waves transmitted from space and converts the electromagnetic waves into electric power; a thermal energy converter that is disposed adjacent to the power converter and converts thermal energy generated in the power converter; and a controller that controls operation of the thermal energy converter based on an energy intensity distribution of the electromagnetic waves.

Abstract: An information processing apparatus includes a processor configured to acquire first detection data for a first height range in a predetermined region. The processor generates a first environment map based on the first detection data and acquires second detection data for a second height range greater than the first height range in the predetermined region. The processor further acquires third detection data for a third height range included in the second height range and then superimposes a projected image of the third detection data on the first environment map to generate a superimposed image. The processor sets a prohibited area for an autonomous, mobile robot in the first environment map based on the superimposed image.

Abstract: In an electronic payment system according to an example embodiment of the present disclosure, when a terminal device receives, from a user, an order for filling with energy a vehicle to which energy is to be supplied, it determines whether the balance of electronic money is equal to or greater than a predetermined maximum amount of money. When the balance is equal to or greater than the maximum amount of money, the terminal device causes an electronic money management server to secure the maximum amount of money as a credit amount from the balance. After energy is supplied to the vehicle on the basis of the order, the electronic money management server deducts the cost of the energy supply from the credit amount.

Abstract: A printing apparatus has a sheet holding unit having a detection unit for detecting a size of a sheet which is held and a storage unit configured to store sheet information including at least a size of a sheet as information representing a sheet. The apparatus sets first sheet information selected by a user in association with the sheet holding unit from a plurality of items of sheet information stored in the storage unit and notifies the user of a mismatch in a case where a size of a sheet that the first sheet information set in the setting indicates, and a size of a sheet detected by the detection unit are mismatched.

Abstract: According to one embodiment, a point cloud data processing device includes a communication interface and a processor. The communication interface acquires distance data from a distance sensor. The processor generates second point cloud data by employing one point for each unit cell preset for coordinates of first point cloud data based on the distance data.

Abstract: A light guide guides light emitted by a light source to a portion around an illumination target. The light guide includes a light incident portion that the light emitted by the light source enters; a light emitting portion that is provided around the illumination target and emits the light that has entered; and a light distributing portion that distributes the light that has entered from the light source directly toward the light emitting portion and has at least a curved surface shape. The light incident portion is arranged at a position facing a light emitting surface of the light source and has a width so as to cover at least the light emitting surface of the light source.

Abstract: There are provided a reticle, a reticle unit, and an optical apparatus, such as a rifle scope, each having a novel configuration that allows formation of a desired pattern. In a reticle 30A1 on which a pattern that serves as an indicator when an object under observation is visually recognized is formed, the pattern is formed of protruding sections 33a and 33b provided on a pattern formation surface 31a of a plate-shaped optical member 31. The protruding sections 33a and 33b are each formed of a plurality of protruding ridges 133 (structural elements) extending in the lengthwise direction of a line that forms the pattern in parallel to the widthwise direction of the line.

Abstract: In multiplex CARS, a fingerprint region is a region where signals are densely concentrated. Information about the intensities and spatial distribution of these signals is important in cell analysis. However, there has been a problem in that the signal intensities are low. Accordingly, mechanisms 702 and 703 for adjusting the power branching ratio between light that enters a photonic crystal fiber 705 and pumping light; mechanisms 710 and 711 for adjusting the divergence/convergence state of the pumping light; and mechanisms 706 and 2101 for adjusting the divergence/convergence state of Stokes light are provided to enable adjustment for emphasizing a desired wavelength band.

Abstract: According to one embodiment, a point cloud data processing device includes a communication interface and a processor. The communication interface acquires distance data from a distance sensor. The processor generates second point cloud data by employing one point for each unit cell preset for coordinates of first point cloud data based on the distance data.

Abstract: An image forming apparatus includes, a main body of the image forming apparatus configured to form an image on a sheet, and provided with a stacking portion on which a sheet with an image formed thereon is stacked, a sheet conveyance device detachably attached to the stacking portion of the main body of the image forming apparatus, and provided with a conveyance path for conveying a sheet, a guide portion disposed in the sheet conveyance device, and configured to guide the conveyed sheet, a vertically extending wall portion disposed in the main body of the image forming apparatus, facing the stacking portion, and a restriction portion protruded from the wall portion, and configured to restrict a movement of the guide portion in a direction for opening the conveyance path.

Abstract: An information processing apparatus includes a processor configured to acquire first detection data for a first height range in a predetermined region. The processor generates a first environment map based on the first detection data and acquires second detection data for a second height range greater than the first height range in the predetermined region. The processor further acquires third detection data for a third height range included in the second height range and then superimposes a projected image of the third detection data on the first environment map to generate a superimposed image. The processor sets a prohibited area for an autonomous, mobile robot in the first environment map based on the superimposed image.

Abstract: A light guide guides light emitted by a light source to a portion around an illumination target. The light guide includes a light incident portion that the light emitted by the light source enters; a light emitting portion that is provided around the illumination target and emits the light that has entered; and a light distributing portion that distributes the light that has entered from the light source directly toward the light emitting portion and has at least a curved surface shape. The light incident portion is arranged at a position facing a light emitting surface of the light source and has a width so as to cover at least the light emitting surface of the light source.

Abstract: There are provided a reticle, a reticle unit, and an optical apparatus, such as a rifle scope, each having a novel configuration that allows formation of a desired pattern. In a reticle 30A1 on which a pattern that serves as an indicator when an object under observation is visually recognized is formed, the pattern is formed of protruding sections 33a and 33b provided on a pattern formation surface 31a of a plate-shaped optical member 31. The protruding sections 33a and 33b are each formed of a plurality of protruding ridges 133 (structural elements) extending in the lengthwise direction of a line that forms the pattern in parallel to the widthwise direction of the line.

Abstract: According to one embodiment, an information collecting apparatus includes a plurality of tag readers disposed on a mobile apparatus, each respective tag reader being configured to detect a wireless tag attached to an article that is within a detection range of the respective tag reader, a movement controller configured to control movement of the mobile apparatus within a search area along a plurality of routes, each route enclosing a different segment region of the search area, and a data processor configured to acquire tag detection information of the wireless tag during a time in which the mobile apparatus is moving in a particular route enclosing each segment region, aggregate the number of times for which the wireless tag is detected, and identify a particular segment region in which the wireless tag is present based on the aggregated number of times for which the wireless tag is detected.

Abstract: A developing device includes: a developer carrying member (sleeve); a regulating portion including an edge portion at a closest position to a surface of the sleeve or a flat portion tilted, at the closest position, by an angle of 2 degrees or less relative to a contact flat plane contacting the surface of the sleeve; and a rectifying portion connected with the edge or flat portion. The rectifying portion has a concavely curved surface such that a rate of a decrease in gap between the rectifying portion and the contact flat plane increases toward a downstream side of the developer feeding direction and is formed by smoothly connecting rectilinear or curved lines each of 0.2 mm or less except for the edge portion so that the gap between the rectifying portion and the contact flat plane is monotonically decreases toward the downstream side of the developer feeding direction.