Abstract: An elevator rope monitoring device, provided with: line sensor cameras 1a, 1b for imaging the entire circumference of the traveling elevator rope 5; a speed/position detecting device 4 for detecting the traveling speed and traveling position of the elevator rope 5; an image recording part 3a for inputting the image acquired by the line sensor cameras 1a, 1b in association with the traveling position of the elevator rope 5 detected by the speed/position detecting means 4; an image creating part 3b for creating an entire circumferential image of the elevator rope 5 from the image imaged by the line sensor cameras 1a, 1b; and an image processing part 3c for detecting an abnormality in the elevator rope 5 by analyzing the entire circumferential image.

Abstract: The wire harness 11 disclosed by the present specification includes: a sheet-shaped base member 12; and a plurality of covered electric wires W fixed side by side along the base member 12, in which the transverse cross-sectional area of at least one of the plurality of covered electric wires W is different from the transverse cross-sectional area of another covered electric wire W, and the thickness of the covered electric wire W is substantially the same as the thickness of the covered electric wire W adjacent thereto.

Abstract: A moving body control device includes an outside recognition unit configured to acquire recognition data of an outside of a moving body, a reception unit which receives designation of a predetermined parking position from a user of the moving body, and a control unit configured to perform automatic parking control for parking the moving body at the predetermined parking position based on the recognition data of the outside and the predetermined parking position, and register the predetermined parking position as a designated parking position. The control unit is configured to register feature points related to the designated parking position by using a plurality of patterns based on illuminance of the outside calculated from the recognition data of the outside.

Abstract: A method for manufacturing a cellulose derivative includes a step of preparing a low crystalline cellulose having a degree of crystallinity of 70% or less and a step of derivatizing the low crystalline cellulose described above.

Abstract: Objects are: to make a fixing structure in which an engagement part of a fixing member is inserted and fixed in a through hole of a plate-shaped member, into a structure in which the fixing member is easily detached from the through hole and is less likely to be damaged or broken when being detached; and to, in doing so, maintain the dustproof and waterproof performance, the molding processability, and the elasticity of a dish-like contact portion of the fixing member at the conventional level, and suppress a size increase. To attain these objects, in a fixing structure, arc-shaped bent portions are respectively formed at both ends of a dish-like contact portion which annularly contacts a through hole surrounding portion from a near side in an insertion direction, and are guide portions for a detachment jig to enter the inside of the dish-like contact portion in the fixing structure.

Abstract: The electronic component includes an element body, an internal conductor, a cover layer, and a conductor layer. The internal conductor is disposed in the element body. The cover layer is disposed on an outer surface of the element body and has an electrical insulation property. The conductor layer is disposed on the cover layer and is electrically connected to the internal conductor. The conductor layer includes a portion. The portion protrudes toward the element body through the cover layer and is physically and electrically connected to the internal conductor. The conductor layer is electrically connected to the internal conductor.

Abstract: The present invention relates to an oral solid dosage form comprising N2-{[1-ethyl-6-(4-methylphenoxy)-1H-benzimidazol-2-yl]methyl}-L-alaninamide, or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof, or a hydrate or solvate thereof as an active ingredient, which has good dissolution and storage-stability. When the oral solid dosage form is a tablet, the tablet can be prepared while inhibiting tableting troubles from low content to high content of the active ingredient.

Abstract: An information processing system includes one or more vehicles, and a server communicable with the one or more vehicles. The vehicle acquires an image obtained by imaging a road on which a host vehicle is located. The vehicle or the server determines a degree of difficulty in traveling on the road due to snow cover from the image. The server stores the degree of difficulty in traveling for each of one or more roads, and provides information to a client by using the stored degree of difficulty in traveling for each of one or more roads.

Abstract: In various examples, an inspection jig includes a plate-shaped insulating member having a recess; a first board having a first electrode; and a conducting wire electrically connected to a contact terminal. The insulating member is provided with a through hole penetrating a bottom portion of the recess. One end portion of the conducting wire is disposed in the through hole. The other end of the conducting wire is connected to the first electrode.

Abstract: A catheter includes an elongated body, a distal end side of which is inserted into a body, and an electrode provided around an axis of the elongated body and expandable in a direction intersecting the axis. The electrode in an expanded state includes an intermediate portion at least partially including a portion in which element wires spread like a mesh, a proximal end portion located closer to a proximal end side of the elongated body than the intermediate portion and in which the element wires gather, and a distal end portion located closer to the distal end side than the intermediate portion and in which the element wires gather. The intermediate portion includes a maximum portion where an outer dimension of the electrode is maximized. The maximum portion is located closer to the proximal end side than a center of the electrode in an axial direction of the elongated body.

Abstract: A plasma processing apparatus includes a substrate support. The substrate support includes a base, an electrostatic chuck, a chuck electrode, and an electrode structure. The electrostatic chuck is disposed on the base and has a central region and an annular region. The chuck electrode is disposed in the central region. The electrode structure is disposed below the chuck electrode in the central region and is placed in an electrically floating state. The electrode structure includes a first electrode layer, a second electrode layer disposed below the first electrode layer, and one or more connectors that connect the first electrode layer and the second electrode layer. At least one bias power supply is electrically coupled to the substrate support.

Abstract: Provided is a heater including: a substrate that has electrical conductivity; a first insulation portion that is provided on a first surface of the substrate, has an insulation property; at least one heat generation body that is provided on the first insulation portion; a second insulation portion that is provided on a second surface of the substrate which is opposite to the first surface, has an insulation property; at least one detection unit that is provided on at least one of the first insulation portion and the second insulation portion; and a first wiring which is provided on at least one of the first insulation portion and the second insulation portion, and in which one end is electrically connected to one terminal of the detection unit and the other end is electrically connected to the substrate having the electrical conductivity.

Abstract: A detection device includes a plurality of optical sensors arranged in a detection area, a light source configured to emit light that is emitted to an object to be detected and is detected by the optical sensors, and a processor configured to perform processing based on outputs from the optical sensors. The processor is configured to determine, based on the outputs of the respective optical sensors obtained at a cycle of a predetermined period, an optical sensor an output of which is to be employed from among the optical sensors.

Abstract: A resist underlayer film-forming composition capable of reducing occurrence of defects caused by microparticles or the like that may be generated during formation of a coating film. A silicon-containing resist underlayer film-forming composition including: [A]a polysiloxane; [B] a glycol compound having a normal boiling point of 230.0° C. or higher and being of the following Formula (1): (wherein R1 and R2 are each independently a hydrogen atom, a C1-4 alkyl group, or a C3-4 acyl group; and n is an integer of 3 or more); and [C] a solvent (except for a compound corresponding to the compound [B]).

Abstract: An antenna device is provided as a near-field communication antenna device that is configured by arranging a plurality of loop antennas. Each loop antenna includes a plurality of parallel circuits each having a capacitor and a resistance element; and a plurality of looped conductors in a shape of a loop that is divided. The divided looped conductors are connected to each other via the parallel circuits, and the plurality of looped conductors and the plurality of parallel circuits form a loop.

Abstract: Provided is a fixing member that can fix a base and a fixing target member such that the fixation between the base and the fixing target member can be released and formation of a gap between the base and the fixing target member is suppressed. The fixing member includes a shaft portion and an elastic piece formed integrally with the shaft portion. The shaft portion is provided so as to be movable between an advance position at which the distal end portion thereof is engageable with a hole of the fixing target member and a retraction position at which the engagement is released, in an assembled state to the base. The elastic piece biases the shaft portion to the advance position, and is elastically deformable so as to permit movement of the shaft portion to the retraction position.

Abstract: A plasma processing apparatus includes a plasma processing chamber and a substrate support disposed in the plasma processing chamber. The substrate support includes a ceramic member having a substrate supporting surface and a back surface, a chuck electrode layer, a bias electrode layer, a gas diffusion channel horizontally extending in the ceramic member and having a main path and branch paths branched from the main path, a gas inlet vertically extending from the back surface to the gas diffusion channel in the ceramic member, and gas outlets communicating with the gas diffusion channel. Each gas outlet has a cavity portion horizontally extending from at least one of the branch paths and a porous portion vertically extending from the cavity portion to the substrate supporting surface and filled with a ceramic porous material.

Abstract: A vehicle, including: a panel member provided at a vehicle body, the panel member opposing a wheelchair, which has boarded the vehicle, in a vehicle width direction; a front side securing member provided at the panel member, the front side securing member being caused to contact a front portion side of a handrim of the wheelchair or a front portion side of a wheel of the wheelchair; and a rear side securing member that presses a rear portion side of the handrim or a rear portion side of the wheel toward a vehicle body front side so as to push the front portion side of the handrim or the front portion side of the wheel against the front side securing member.

Abstract: A cable tie may include a desired length of belt, and a buckle connected to a proximal end portion of the belt. The buckle has a belt insertion hole and a slot continuous with the belt insertion hole. The belt insertion hole is configured such that the belt is longitudinally introduced thereinto. The slot is configured such that the belt is laterally introduced into the belt insertion hole therethrough. The slot includes an inlet opening that is gradually widened outward.

Abstract: A cable tie may include a desired length of belt configured to be wrapped around a bundle of tied articles, and a buckle connected to a proximal end portion of the belt and having a belt insertion hole. The belt includes a base portion linearly extending from the buckle and a functional portion having a first linear portion and a second linear portion. The first linear portion is connected to a distal end of the base portion at a proximal end thereof. The second linear portion is connected to a distal end of the first liner portion at a proximal end thereof. The first linear portion is inclined at a first angle with respect to the base portion in a belt wrapping direction. The second linear portion is inclined at a second angle with respect to the first liner portion in the belt wrapping direction. The first angle is determined to be equal to or smaller than the second angle.