Abstract: A vehicle control apparatus includes: a determination unit for determining, based on an image captured by a first camera with a first resolution, whether an object around a vehicle is a person or not; and a camera activation unit for activating a second camera when an image of the person as the object enters within a first area corresponding to a range of a first predetermined distance from the vehicle on the captured image, the second camera having a second resolution higher than the first resolution.

Abstract: A disclosed managing apparatus and image forming apparatus management system ensure confidentiality of information in an image forming apparatus while usability is maintained. An image forming apparatus acquires IC card identifying information with an IC card reader. A management server acquires a user ID associated with the acquired IC card identifying information and use limit information concerning use of the image forming apparatus. A process is performed in the image forming apparatus in accordance with the use limit information.

Abstract: The present invention aims to provide a method for producing a pellet and an apparatus for producing a pellet, including a conveyor belt that conveys a strand formed by melting a composition containing a thermoplastic resin and an additive and then ejecting the molten composition from a feeder, a liquid-spraying device spraying a liquid toward the strand conveyed, a gas-blowing device blowing a gas toward the strand conveyed, a strand cutter cutting the strand conveyed into a pellet, the liquid-spraying device, the gas-blowing device, and the strand cutter being disposed in this order in the conveying direction of the strand, a measurement device measuring a surface temperature of the strand, the measurement device being disposed upstream of the strand cutter in the conveying direction, and an adjustment mechanism adjusting driving of at least one of the liquid-spraying device and the gas-blowing device in accordance with the surface temperature measured.

Abstract: A component mounting device is configured to mount, on a substrate, an electronic component having a functional unit. The component mounting device includes a component supply mechanism, a recognition unit, a component mounting mechanism, and a holding position determination unit. The component supply mechanism supplies the electronic component. The recognition unit recognizes a position of the functional unit. The component mounting mechanism holds the electronic component supplied from the component supply mechanism and mounts the electronic component on the substrate. The holding position determination unit determines a holding position of the electronic component by the component mounting mechanism based on the position of the functional unit recognized by the recognition unit.

Abstract: Provided is a sensor that can appropriately sense the amount of abrasion powder (conductive substance) in a mechanical device of any size, and thereby to provide a sensor that can be generally used for preventive maintenance of any mechanical parts. The sensor includes a first electrode and a second electrode. A voltage is applied between the first electrode and the second electrode to accumulate conductive substance between the first and second electrodes in order to sense a decrease in electric resistance between the first and second electrodes. The distance between the first electrode and the second electrode is adjustable.

Abstract: The present disclosure provides a pharmaceutical composition comprising an antibody having ADCC activity, a T cell-redirecting antibody, or a cell expressing a chimeric receptor, for use in combination with the administration of an antigen binding molecule capable of binding to a target antigen, wherein the primary molecule comprises a linker that is cleaved by protease, the antigen binding molecule obtained through the cleavage of the linker has the ability to bind to the target antigen, variable regions of the antibody having ADCC activity or the T cell-redirecting antibody, and an extracellular binding domain of the chimeric receptor bind to a cell expressing the target antigen via binding to the antigen binding molecule resulting from the cleavage of the cleavable linker.

Abstract: A disclosed managing apparatus and image forming apparatus management system ensure confidentiality of information in an image forming apparatus while usability is maintained. An image forming apparatus acquires IC card identifying information with an IC card reader. A management server acquires a user ID associated with the acquired IC card identifying information and use limit information concerning use of the image forming apparatus. A process is performed in the image forming apparatus in accordance with the use limit information.

Abstract: A conductive particle detecting device includes a plurality of electrodes, a permanent magnet, and a detecting circuit. The plurality of electrodes are arranged at intervals in a lubricant. The permanent magnet accumulates conductive particles in the lubricant between adjacent electrodes by a magnetic force. The detecting circuit detects target conductive particles based on electrical resistance between the adjacent electrodes. An attractive force of the permanent magnet acting on the conductive particles between the adjacent electrodes is set such that the lubricant remains as a non-conductive layer around fine-sized conductive particles having a smaller particle size than the target conductive particles.

Abstract: A method for manufacturing a mounting board includes a first outer shape position acquisition step, a feature portion position acquisition step, a calculation step, a holding step, a second outer shape position acquisition step, and a mounting step. In the first outer shape position acquisition step, a first outer shape position of a component is acquired. In the feature portion position acquisition step, a position of a feature portion is acquired. In the calculation step, a deviation amount of the position of the feature portion with respect to the first outer shape position is calculated. In the second outer shape position acquisition step, a second outer shape position of the component is acquired. In the mounting step, the feature portion of the component is mounted to be positioned on a target position of a board based on the second outer shape position and the deviation amount.

Abstract: A vehicle sensor unit includes a millimeter wave radar device, an infrared sensor that is arranged at a position adjacent to the millimeter wave radar device, and a cover having a first cover portion and a second cover portion. The first cover portion is located in front of the millimeter wave radar device in a transmission direction of the millimeter waves to conceal the millimeter wave radar device and has millimeter wave transparency. The second cover portion is located in front of the infrared sensor in a transmission direction of the infrared light to conceal the infrared sensor and has infrared light transparency. The millimeter wave radar device and the infrared sensor are attached to the cover so that the whole vehicle sensor unit is configured as a single unit.

Abstract: An airbag device with a horn switch body, configured so as to be installed in an upper surface side in a boss portion near a center of a steering wheel, includes: an airbag which inflates by receiving inflation gas; an inflator for supplying inflation gas to the airbag; a pad covering the folded airbag; a mounting base made of sheet metal which holds the airbag, the inflator, and the pad; a horn switch body having an assembling pin to be assembled to a main body side of the steering wheel; and a support plate made of a sheet metal which supports the horn switch body as a configuration attached to a lower surface side of the mounting base. A case around the assembling pin, the mounting base, or the support plate is provided with a spacer capable of preventing rattling of the switch disposition portion in the case.

Abstract: A light emitting component mounting method for holding a light emitting component with a light emitter by a mounting head and mounting the light emitting component on a board is provided. The method includes energizing the light emitter to emit a light, measuring a luminance distribution of the light emitter and detecting a position of a luminance distribution center in the light emitter based on the measured luminance distribution.

Abstract: In component mounting for mounting a pin connecting component having a pin on a board having a through-hole electrode, a solder paste is printed on the through-hole electrode through a screen mask having an opening corresponding to the through-hole electrode, a flux is transferred onto the pin by holding the pin connecting component and immersing the pin into a flux tank filled with the flux, and the pin onto which the flux is transferred is inserted into the through-hole electrode on which the solder paste is printed to mount the pin connecting component on the board.

Abstract: There is provided a component mounting method for mounting an electronic component provided with a connecting pin on a board having a through-hole, including inserting the pin of the electronic component into an inner hole filled with solder paste at a first electrode provided in the through-hole to execute a component mounting operation of lowering the pin to a predetermined mounting height position and pulling up the pin once inserted and lowered into the inner hole in the component mounting operation to a preset intermediate height position.

Abstract: A robot R includes a pair of crawler devices 2 supported by a body 1. Each of the crawler devices 2 includes a crawler unit 3 supported by the body 1 such that the crawler unit 3 is rotatable about a first rotational axis L. The crawler unit 3 includes a support 10 extending along the first rotational axis L1 and a pair of crawler parts 20A, 20B mounted on the support 10. Each of the crawler device 2 includes a rolling driving member 46 connected to the support 10 of the crawler unit 3, a rolling motor 60 that rotationally drives the rolling driving member 46, a crawler drive shaft 41 extending along the first rotational axis L1 through a gap between the pair of crawler parts 20A, 20B, a crawler motor 50 that rotationally drives the crawler drive shaft 41 and a torque transmitting mechanism 42 that transmits rotary torque of the crawler drive shaft 41 to the pair of crawler parts 20A, 20B, The crawler motor 50, as well as the rolling motor 60, is disposed outside of the crawler unit 3.

Abstract: An airbag device with a horn switch body, configured so as to be installed in an upper surface side in a boss portion near a center of a steering wheel, includes: an airbag which inflates by receiving inflation gas; an inflator for supplying inflation gas to the airbag; a pad covering the folded airbag: a mounting base made of sheet metal which holds the airbag, the inflator, and the pad; a horn switch body having an assembling pin to be assembled to a main body side of the steering wheel; and a support plate made of a sheet metal which supports the horn switch body as a configuration attached to a lower surface side of the mounting base. A case around the assembling pin, the mounting base, or the support plate is provided with a spacer capable of preventing rattling of the switch disposition portion in the case.

Abstract: A lower surface of a board arranged at a working position is supported by a board supporter, and heights of a plurality of portions of the lower surface of the board are measured by a plurality of height measuring instruments attached to the board supporter. A component is installed on the board by control of a height of the installation of the component by an installation head and with respect to the board, which has the lower surface supported by the board supporter, being performed based on the height of the plurality of portions of the lower surface of the board measured by the plurality of height measuring instruments.

Abstract: A vehicle sensor unit includes a millimeter wave radar device, an infrared sensor that is arranged at a position adjacent to the millimeter wave radar device, and a cover having a first cover portion and a second cover portion. The first cover portion is located in front of the millimeter wave radar device in a transmission direction of the millimeter waves to conceal the millimeter wave radar device and has millimeter wave transparency. The second cover portion is located in front of the infrared sensor in a transmission direction of the infrared light to conceal the infrared sensor and has infrared light transparency. The millimeter wave radar device and the infrared sensor are attached to the cover so that the whole vehicle sensor unit is configured as a single unit.

Abstract: In component mounting for mounting a pin connecting component having a pin on a board having a through-hole electrode, a solder paste is printed on the through-hole electrode through a screen mask having an opening corresponding to the through-hole electrode, a flux is transferred onto the pin by holding the pin connecting component and immersing the pin into a flux tank filled with the flux, and the pin onto which the flux is transferred is inserted into the through-hole electrode on which the solder paste is printed to mount the pin connecting component on the board.

Abstract: A light emitting component mounter includes a luminance distribution measurer, a head moving mechanism, and a component mounting processor. The luminance distribution measurer causes the light to emit a light and measures a luminance distribution of a light emitter and detects a position of a luminance distribution center in the light emitter based on the measured luminance distribution. The head moving mechanism moves a mounting head. The component mounting processor controls the head moving mechanism based on the position detected by the luminance distribution measure.