Abstract: A receptacle for coaxial connector includes an outer conductor having a tubular portion, a central conductor having a central-conductor contact portion extending in an axis direction in an internal space of the tubular portion, and an insulator holding the outer conductor and the central conductor in an insulating state. An overhanging region made of the outer conductor and the insulator overhangs in a direction perpendicular to the tubular portion of the outer conductor. In this overhanging region, the outer conductor includes outer-conductor overhanging portions, and the insulator includes an insulator overhanging portion. The outer-conductor overhanging portions and the insulator overhanging portion have substantially the same thickness.

Abstract: A belt drive device includes a plurality of rollers and an endless belt stretched around the rollers, and configured to drive the endless belt by rotating the rollers. The belt drive device further includes a roller-shaft shifting member that shifts at least one end of a shaft of at least one roller of the above described rollers in accordance with the movement of the endless belt in the axial direction of the roller.

Abstract: Described herein is a receptacle for coaxial connector whose outer shape is made small and short in height while ensuring reliability. The receptacle for coaxial connector includes an outer conductor having a tubular portion, a central conductor having a contact portion extending in an axis direction in an internal space of the tubular portion, and an insulator holding the outer conductor and the central conductor in an insulating state. A region of the central conductor other than a central-conductor drawing portion thereof has outwardly projected portions in planar view of the central conductor.

Abstract: An image forming apparatus employs a device that detects the opening and closing of covers. Two covers are pivotally mounted to a body of the image forming apparatus, each of the two covers being movable either to its opening position to open with respect to the image forming apparatus or to its closing position to close with respect to the image forming apparatus. A movable member is positioned at a first position when both the two covers are at their opening positions. A micro switch detects whether the two covers are closed or opened with respect to the image forming apparatus. When one of the two covers has moved to its closing position causing the movable member to move to a second position and the other of the two covers is at its closing position, the detector detects that the two covers are closed.

Abstract: An image processing apparatus includes an image acquiring unit that acquires an in-vivo image being a captured image of an inside of a body cavity; a feature-data calculating unit that calculates feature data corresponding to a pixel or an area in the in-vivo image; a body-tissue extracting unit that extracts, as a body tissue, a pixel or an area whose feature data corresponds to a predetermined threshold; a criterion creating unit that creates a criterion for detecting a detecting object based on the feature data of the body tissue; and a detecting unit that detects a body tissue corresponding to the criterion as the detecting object.

Abstract: An electronic component package that provides a high shielding performance and that can prevent failures such as short-circuiting with a component contained therein. A package includes a shield case formed of a metal plate and shaped to have a bottom portion, the bottom portion having a through hole; a resin case molded on inner and outer surfaces of the shield case and shaped to have a bottom portion; and a hot terminal that is insert-molded in the resin case such that the hot terminal is inserted into the shield case through the through hole without contact. One end of the hot terminal is exposed at an inner surface of the resin case, and the other end of the hot terminal is exposed at an outer surface of the resin case. An element contained in the package is surrounded by the shield case so that good shielding performance is obtained.

Abstract: An image forming apparatus employs a device that detects the opening and closing of covers. Two covers are pivotally mounted to a body of the image forming apparatus, each of the two covers being movable either to its opening position to open with respect to the image forming apparatus or to its closing position to close with respect to the image forming apparatus. A movable member is positioned at a first position when both the two covers are at their opening positions. A micro switch detects whether the two covers are closed or opened with respect to the image forming apparatus. When one of the two covers has moved to its closing position causing the movable member to move to a second position and the other of the two covers is at its closing position, the detector detects that the two covers are closed.

Abstract: An image processing apparatus processes a series of observation images on which a plurality of observation targets are sequentially captured. The image processing apparatus includes a target identifying unit that identifies, at least on the basis of information based on compressed image data of an image to be processed among the series of observation images, an observation target captured on the image to be processed.

Abstract: A bearing member includes a bearing part that rotationally supports a rotational body, a load application part formed in the bearing part, wherein the load application part contacts the rotational body and applies a load to the rotational body in a radial direction of the rotational body, and a holding groove formed in the bearing part in a rotation axis direction of the rotational body, wherein the holding groove has an opening at one end, wherein the holding groove is adapted to hold a lubricant that is to be supplied to a sliding contact area between the rotational body and the load application part.

Abstract: An image forming apparatus employs a device that detects the opening and closing of covers. Two covers are pivotally mounted to a body of the image forming apparatus, each of the two covers being movable either to its opening position to open with respect to the image forming apparatus or to its closing position to close with respect to the image forming apparatus. A movable member is positioned at a first position when both the two covers are at their opening positions. A micro switch detects whether the two covers are closed or opened with respect to the image forming apparatus. When one of the two covers has moved to its closing position causing the movable member to move to a second position and the other of the two covers is at its closing position, the detector detects that the two covers are closed.

Abstract: A feed device includes a shaft, a roller member, and a cover member. The shaft is rotatably supported. The roller member engages with one end portion of the shaft through an engagement and disengagement member. The cover member covers the roller member in an openable and closable manner and supports the roller member. The engagement and disengagement member engages and disengages, corresponding to opening and closing of the cover member, the shaft with the roller member.

Abstract: A buck-boost converter of an H bridge type having a function for initially charging a smoothing output capacitor without a relay and a rush current preventing resistance. A compact and flat power supply is attained by employing a current critical mode H bridge system for a PFC converter and providing a function of initially charging a smoothing output capacitor to a converter circuit.

Abstract: A belt drive device includes: a plurality of rollers; an endless belt placed on the rollers to be movable; a roller shaft shifting member disposed on at lease one end portion of a shaft of at least one of the rollers for shifting the one end portion of the shaft of the one of the rollers according to a movement of the endless belt in a shaft direction of the one of the rollers; a cleaning member disposed to face the one of the rollers; and a shifting member for shifting the cleaning member in the shaft direction of the one of the rollers when the endless belt moves in the shaft direction of the one of the rollers.

Abstract: Printing sheets (4) are placed on a sheet placing plate (103). A pickup roller (6) contacts a surface of the uppermost printing sheet (4) placed on the sheet placing plate (103) and feeds the printing sheet (4) out of the sheet placing plate (103). A spring (109) resiliently urges the sheet placing plate (103) toward the pickup roller (6). A ratchet (108) moves in accordance with the movement of the sheet placing plate (103). The printing sheets (4) on the sheet placing plate (103) urges the pickup roller (6) upward so that a pickup frame (115) moves upward to a position detected by a position detecting sensor (65). In accordance with the detection signal from the position detecting sensor (65), a solenoid (71) moves a lock lever (110) so that the lock lever (110) engages the ratchet (108) to thereby restrict the movement of the sheet placing plate (103).

Abstract: An image processing apparatus includes an organ determination unit that determines a type of observation target which appears in a target image among a sequence of observation images, an imaging distance estimation unit that estimates an imaging distance at a time of image pickup of the observation image, an abnormal region detection unit that detects an abnormal region, which is a specific region, from the target image using an abnormality detection parameter, and an image processing control unit that sets as the abnormality detection parameter, a parameter value corresponding to a result of determination by the organ determination unit, and causes the abnormal region detection unit to detect an abnormal region using the abnormality detection parameter.

Abstract: A belt unit (10) includes a drive roller (5), an idle roller (6) and an endless belt (4) stretched around the drive roller (5) and the idle roller (6). The drive roller (5) is supported by a belt frame (8) via bearings (2). The idle roller (6) is supported by the idle roller frame (16) via bearing members (10L, 10R). The idle roller frame (16) is rotatable relative to the belt frame (8) about a rotation axis aligned with the center position of the belt frame (8), with the result that the influence of the deformation of the belt frame (8) is not exerted on the idle roller frame (16).

Abstract: An electronic component package that provides a high shielding performance and that can prevent failures such as short-circuiting with a component contained therein. A package includes a shield case formed of a metal plate and shaped to have a bottom portion, the bottom portion having a through hole; a resin case molded on inner and outer surfaces of the shield case and shaped to have a bottom portion; and a hot terminal that is insert-molded in the resin case such that the hot terminal is inserted into the shield case through the through hole without contact. One end of the hot terminal is exposed at an inner surface of the resin case, and the other end of the hot terminal is exposed at an outer surface of the resin case. An element contained in the package is surrounded by the shield case so that good shielding performance is obtained.

Abstract: A belt device includes an endless belt, a plurality of rollers around which the endless belt is wound, and a foreign material entry preventing member disposed on at least one side of the endless belt in the width direction. The foreign material entry preventing member prevents the entry of the foreign material into a region surrounded by the endless belt.

Abstract: Provides is a method of manufacturing an insert-molded article enabling to perform resin molding and tie bar cutting in one step and so as not to expose the cut planes of the tie bars to the external surface of the resin. A lead frame 1 provided with easily breakable notches 3a at positions closer to the metal component than the interfaces of fie bars 3 to be resin molded is prepared and positioned by means of pilot pins 11 provided to a lower mold 10. A metal component 4 is sandwiched between support protrusions 13 and component fixing pins 24 by lowering an upper mold 20 with the lead frame being positioned. Tie bar cutting punches 23 provided to the upper mold 20 are pressed against the tie bars, the tie bars 3 are separated from the metal component 4 by breaking the notches 3a, and the surroundings of the metal component 4 are filled with resin while the molds are closed. By this, the cut surfaces between the metal component 4 and the tie bars 3 are buried in the molded resin 7.

Abstract: A graphite spheroidizing agent capable of spheroidizing graphite while preventing formation of chunky graphite is provided. The graphite spheroidizing agent of the present invention comprising silicon, magnesium, calcium and rare earth elements, wherein the graphite spheroidizing agent contains rare earth elements of 0.6 to 3.0 mass % and a calcium content of 1.3 to 4.0 mass %, respectively, relative to the total amount thereof, and a percentage of lanthanum in the rare earth elements is 50 mass % or more.