Abstract: An optical structure is presented. The optical structure includes a substrate including a cavity on a first surface of the substrate. The optical structure further includes an optical component on the substrate, the optical component including a second surface opposed to the first surface of the substrate. The optical structure also includes an adhesive in a gap between the first surface of the substrate and the second surface of the optical component affixing the optical component to the substrate, wherein at least one of the first surface of the substrate and the second surface of the optical component includes a predetermined portion arranged around the cavity, wherein the predetermined portion prevents the adhesive from infiltrating.

Abstract: An optical structure is presented. The optical structure includes a substrate including a cavity on a first surface of the substrate. The optical structure further includes an optical component on the substrate, the optical component including a second surface opposed to the first surface of the substrate. The optical structure also includes an adhesive in a gap between the first surface of the substrate and the second surface of the optical component affixing the optical component to the substrate, wherein at least one of the first surface of the substrate and the second surface of the optical component includes a predetermined portion arranged around the cavity, wherein the predetermined portion prevents the adhesive from infiltrating.

Abstract: An optical structure includes a substrate having a cavity on a first surface of the substrate, an optical component on the substrate, and an adhesive infiltrating into a gap between the substrate and the optical component to fix the optical component to the substrate. The optical component includes a recess on a second surface of the optical component, the second surface being opposed to the substrate, and the recess covers an opening of the cavity of the substrate.

Abstract: An optical structure includes a substrate having a cavity on a first surface of the substrate, an optical component on the substrate, and an adhesive infiltrating into a gap between the substrate and the optical component to fix the optical component to the substrate. The optical component includes a recess on a second surface of the optical component, the second surface being opposed to the substrate, and the recess covers an opening of the cavity of the substrate.

Abstract: A blood analyzing method for detecting a short sample of blood in a suction tube, when blood is sucked by the suction tube constituting a blood analyzing apparatus, includes measuring a first blood parameter by using blood that is present in a first area of a blood analysis area, blood in the blood analysis area being used to analyze the blood in the suction tube, measuring a second blood parameter by using blood that is present in a second area of the blood analysis area, the second area being different from the first area, and detecting the short sample of blood based on the first blood parameter and the second blood parameter.

Abstract: An optical structure includes a substrate including a cavity on a first surface of the substrate, an optical component on the substrate and an adhesive applied to a side of the optical component to fix the optical component to the substrate. The optical component includes a recess on a second surface of the optical component, the second surface is opposed to the first surface of the substrate, and the recess is provided along an edge of the second surface.

Abstract: A moving-member detecting device includes an image acquiring unit and a speed calculating unit. The image acquiring unit includes a light source configured to emit a light beam to a detecting position of a moving member; an area sensor configured to acquire image data of a one- or two-dimensional image; and an area-sensor control unit configured to acquire the image data. The image acquiring unit is configured to acquire pieces of image data of the moving member at first and second positions, respectively, in a moving direction of the moving member so as to acquire the piece of position image data for the second position when the moving member is at the second position after acquiring the piece of image data for the first position. The speed calculating unit is configured to calculate a moving speed of the moving member from the pieces of image data.

Abstract: An object is to provide a method of manufacturing a seamless soft capsule that is enteric and excellent in formulation properties. An enteric seamless soft capsule is manufactured by the following steps (a) and (b): (a) preparing an enteric capsule shell liquid comprising gelatin and low methoxy pectin having a degree of esterification of 0 to 40% and a degree of amidation of 0 to 25%, the enteric capsule shell liquid having a viscosity at 50° C. of 60 to 127 mPa·s; and (b) encapsulating capsule fills with the enteric capsule shell liquid prepared in the step (a) by dripping. Preferably, the jelly strength of the gelatin is 180 to 330 Bloom, an aqueous solution of the low methoxy pectin at a concentration of 2 mass % has a viscosity at 35° C. of 8 to 15 mPa·s, and the enteric capsule shell liquid comprises 10 to 20 parts by mass of the low methoxy pectin per 100 parts by mass of gelatin.

Abstract: A blood measuring apparatus includes: a liquid supply source storing a sheath liquid and applying a pressure to supply the sheath liquid to first and second chambers, pressures of the sheath liquids to be supplied to the first and second chambers different from each other; a sheath flow generator sending a blood sample supplied to the first chamber, to the aperture while causing the blood sample to be converged by a sheath flow due to the sheath liquid supplied from the liquid supply source; and a swirling flow generator causing the blood sample in the second chamber, to be converged by a swirling flow due to the sheath liquid supplied from the liquid supply source, thereby allowing the blood sample to flow in a direction separating from the aperture.

Abstract: An object is to provide a method of manufacturing a seamless soft capsule that is enteric and excellent in formulation properties. An enteric seamless soft capsule is manufactured by the following steps (a) and (b): (a) preparing an enteric capsule shell liquid comprising gelatin and low methoxy pectin having a degree of esterification of 0 to 40% and a degree of amidation of 0 to 25%, the enteric capsule shell liquid having a viscosity at 50° C. of 60 to 127 mPa·s; and (b) encapsulating capsule fills with the enteric capsule shell liquid prepared in the step (a) by dripping. Preferably, the jelly strength of the gelatin is 180 to 330 Bloom, an aqueous solution of the low methoxy pectin at a concentration of 2 mass % has a viscosity at 35° C. of 8 to 15 mPa·s, and the enteric capsule shell liquid comprises 10 to 20 parts by mass of the low methoxy pectin per 100 parts by mass of gelatin.

Abstract: A range finding apparatus includes a light emission unit including a light source and a light source driver, a light detection unit, and circuitry. The light source driver supplies a plurality of drive pulses having different pulse width at different time periods. The light detection unit receives the light emitted from the light emission unit and then reflected from an object. The circuitry calculates a range to the object based on a time difference between one time point when a pulse light is emitted from the light source and another time point when light reflected from the object is received by the light detection unit. One of the drive pulses set with a smaller pulse width is set with a sine wave pattern, and another one of the drive pulses set with a greater pulse width is set with a rectangular wave pattern.

Abstract: The present invention provides useful compounds for HIV protease inhibitor.

Abstract: A range-finding device including a light-emitting device, an imaging unit, a calculator, and a controller. The image unit receives pulsed light reflected from an object within the space for a plurality of time periods in a time-division manner, electrically converts the pulsed light into an electrical signal, and accumulates electric charge of the electrical signal for each of the plurality of time periods. The calculator calculates a time difference between emission of the pulsed light and reception of the pulsed light reflected from the object based on the electric charge accumulated for each of the plurality of time periods and determine a distance to the object based on the time difference. The controller controls the timing of reception of the pulsed light for each of the plurality of time periods at the imaging unit according to an intensity of the pulsed light reflected from the object.

Abstract: A distance measurement device includes a projection optical system, a light-receiving system to receive light projected from projection optical system and reflected by an object; and a correction system to correct a difference in timing of light emission between the plurality of light sources. The projection optical system includes a plurality of light sources and a plurality of drive circuits to drive the plurality of light sources.

Abstract: A method and system are provided for predicting chemical structures. The method includes receiving, at a user interface, intended structural feature values and intended chemical property values, as vectors. The method further includes constructing, by a hardware processor, a prediction model, wherein the prediction model predicts other structural feature values from the intended structural feature values and the intended chemical property values, and automatically configuring, by the hardware processor, at least one chemical structure candidate from the other structural feature vectors.

Abstract: A reflective optical sensor includes at least three light-emitting elements; a lighting optical system that guides light emitted from the light-emitting elements to a toner pattern; and at least three light-receiving elements that receive the beams of light reflected by the toner pattern. The lighting optical system has a lateral magnification m that satisfies m?P/S, where S is the size of the light-emitting elements and P is the arrangement pitch of the light-emitting elements.

Abstract: A sensor includes a light source to emit a pulse light, a light receiver to receive light, emitted from the light source and reflected from an object, a range information acquisition unit to calculate information of a range to the object based on light emission timing at the light source and light reception timing at the light receiver and a speed of the pulse light emitted from the light source, and a pulse controller to control a pulse pattern of the pulse light emitted from the light source based on the range information calculated by the range information acquisition unit.

Abstract: Provided is a capsule formulation capable of retaining a hydrophilic substance over a long period of time and also capable of containing incompatible components, in a single capsule. A capsule formulation is produced by encapsulating with a hydrophilic film, a capsule content formed by enclosing an aqueous solution in an oily substance containing a porous microparticulate powder. The capsule formulation preferably comprises 0.1 to 20 parts by weight of the porous microparticulate powder based on 100 parts by weight of the oily substance, and it is preferably a soft capsule formulation.

Abstract: A fixing device that fixes a toner image carried on a transfer sheet onto the transfer sheet includes a fixing belt that relatively moves, with its surface being in contact with the toner image during the fixing operation, with respect to the transfer sheet, surface information detecting devices that determine surface information of the fixing belt, a surface condition changing roller that is arranged so as to be capable of coming into contact with and separating from the fixing belt and abrades the surface of the fixing belt in contact with the fixing belt, and a surface condition changing controller that controls the contact and separation of the surface condition changing roller with and from the fixing belt based on detection results obtained by the surface information detecting devices.

Abstract: An image forming apparatus includes a charging device configured to uniformly charge a surface of a photoconductive element; an image writing device configured to write an image in the charged photoconductive element by light to form an electrostatic latent image; a developing device configured to visualize the formed electrostatic latent image as a toner image; a transfer device configured to transfer the toner image to a sheet recording medium; a fixing device configured to fix the transferred toner image onto the medium; and a surface information detecting device configured to detect surface information of a fixing member of the fixing device. The surface information detecting device radiates optical spots on a surface of the fixing member in a direction crossing a conveying direction, receives reflected light of each optical spot, and detects the surface information of the fixing device based on the detection results of the reflective lights.