Abstract: An object of the present disclosure is to propose a height measuring device which performs height measurement with high accuracy at each height with a relatively simple configuration even when the sample surface height changes greatly. A height measuring device which includes a projection optical system configured to project a light ray onto an object to be measured and a detection optical system including a detection element configured to detect a reflected light ray from the object to be measured, where the projection optical system includes a light splitting element (103) which splits a trajectory of the light ray with which the object to be measured is irradiated into a plurality of parts, and thus it is possible to project a light ray to a predetermined position even when the object to be measured is located at a plurality of heights, is proposed.

Abstract: A bicycle apparatus is basically provided with a housing, an assist motor and a case. The housing is configured to be provided to a bicycle. The assist motor housed in an internal space of the housing. The assist motor is configured to add an assisting force to a manual drive force inputted from a bicycle crankshaft. The case that is separate from the housing. The ABS unit provided in an internal space of the case. The ABS unit is configured to control a braking force that is applied to a wheel of the bicycle.

Abstract: A flow information collection apparatus connects to an analyzer for monitoring flows to be able to communicate, generates flow information by aggregating packets having common communication attributes in units of a first time period, generates short-term analysis information indicating short-term characteristics of a flow by repeatedly analyzing the packets used to generate the flow information in a second time period shorter than the first time period with respect to the short-term characteristics of the flow, includes the generated short-term analysis information into the flow information, generates a packet including the flow information including the short-term analysis information, and sends the packet to the analyzer.

Abstract: A method of controlling an ABS unit is provided for controlling a braking force of a bicycle. The method includes determining whether a vehicle speed is greater than or equal to a prescribed speed, and then determining whether the bicycle is in a prescribed state. The prescribed state is at least one of a first state and a second state. The first state is a state in which a difference between a rotational speed of the front wheel and a rotational speed of the rear wheel is greater than or equal to a prescribed rotational speed. The second state is a state in which a change in the rotational speeds of the front and rear wheels is greater than or equal to a prescribed value. The method further includes controlling the ABS unit upon based on the vehicle speed and the prescribed state.

Abstract: A bicycle apparatus is basically provided with an assist motor, an ABS unit, an assist selection switch and a control device. The assist motor is configured to add an assisting force to a manual drive force inputted from a crankshaft of a bicycle. The ABS unit is configured to control a braking force that is applied to a bicycle wheel of the bicycle. The assist selection switch is configured to switch the assist motor between an assist ON mode and an assist OFF mode. The control device is configured to control the ABS unit. The control of the ABS unit by the control device is dependent on an operation of the assist selection switch.

Abstract: Processing device for uniformly grinding wafers held by a plurality of chucks, and a method for setting the processing device. A processing device includes a coarse grinding device and a fine grinding device that are provided in a column straddling over a holding device. The holding device includes: an index table; chucks concentrically disposed about a rotation shaft; a first movable support unit on the outer peripheral side of the chuck in the radial direction of the index table; and a first fixed support unit on the inner peripheral side of the chuck in the radial direction of the index table. The first movable support unit is interposed between the index table and the chuck, and can be freely expanded and contracted in a vertical direction.

Abstract: A battery holder includes a first base, a first restriction portion and a holding portion. The first base is opposed to one end of a battery unit in a first direction in the state in which the battery unit is located at a holding position. The first restriction portion is configured to restrict relative movement of the battery unit and the first base in the first direction. The holding portion is movable to a first position, at which the battery unit contacts a held portion of the battery unit, and a second position, at which the holding portion is separated from the held portion.

Abstract: A bicycle apparatus comprises an assist motor, an ABS unit, an assist selection switch and a control device. The ABS unit is configured to control a braking force that is applied to a bicycle wheel. The assist selection switch is configured to switch the assist motor between an ON mode in which the assist motor is ON and an OFF mode in which the assist motor is OFF. The control of the ABS unit by the control device is dependent on an operation of the assist selection switch. The control device is configured to control the assist motor to add the assisting force to the manual drive force when the assist motor is in the ON mode. The control device is configured to set the ABS unit to an ABS operating mode to begin control of the ABS unit when the assist selection switch selects the ON mode.

Abstract: A bicycle battery unit is configured to reduce the effect of contact with an obstacle. The bicycle battery unit includes a plurality batteries, a housing accommodating the batteries and a protector. The protector is integrally provided on at least a portion of the outer surface of the housing. The protector has a lower hardness than a hardness of the housing.

Abstract: A bicycle apparatus includes an ABS unit, a wheel detection device and a control device. The ABS unit is configured to control a braking force, and the wheel detection device is configured to detect a rotational speed. The control device is configured to receive detection results to determine whether the bicycle is in a prescribed state. The control device is configured to control the ABS unit upon determining the bicycle is in the prescribed state. The prescribed state includes at least one of a state in which a difference between the rotational speeds of the front and rear wheels is greater than or equal to a prescribed rotational speed, and a state in which a change in the rotational speed of the at least one of the front wheel and rear wheels is greater than or equal to a prescribed value has occurred.

Abstract: A bicycle apparatus is basically provided with an ABS unit and an ABS operation changeover switch. The ABS unit is configured to control a braking force that is applied to a bicycle wheel. The ABS operation changeover switch is configured to switch the ABS unit between an ABS operating mode to put the ABS unit in an operable state and an ABS non-operating mode to put the ABS unit in a non-operating state.

Abstract: A grinding apparatus that performs thickness measurement across an entire wafer surface without degradation of throughput of wafer grinding and grinds the wafer precisely to a target thickness. A grinding apparatus includes a rough grinding stage for roughly grinding a wafer and a fine grinding stage for finely grinding the wafer. A first thickness measuring means for measuring the thickness of the wafer while the wafer is being transferred is provided to a column so disposed as to span an index table. A control unit of the grinding apparatus corrects a target thickness after fine grinding and computes a target thickness after correction on the basis of an average thickness across the entire surface of the wafer before fine grinding obtained from measured values of the first thickness measuring means.

Abstract: A bicycle component is provided with a base including a recess, a cover, a protected member that is at least partially arranged in the recess, and an engagement portion. The cover is configured to close the recess. The protected member is at least partially arranged in the recess. The engagement portion is configured separately from the cover and the protected member. The engagement portion is arranged in the recess and engages the cover that covers the recess.

Abstract: [Problem] To provide a processing device for grinding by suppressing brittle-mode grinding and stabilizing a wafer. [Solution] A processing device 1 is provided with: an index table 2 on which a wafer W is moved from a coarse grinding stage S2 to a fine grinding stage S3; a column 4 provided so as to span over the coarse grinding stage S2 and the fine grinding stage S3; a coarse grinding means 5 provided on the column 4 above the coarse grinding stage S2, the coarse grinding means 5 performing coarse-grinding processing on the wafer W; and a fine grinding means 6 provided on the column 4 over the fine grinding stage S3, the fine grinding means 6 performing fine-grinding processing on the wafer W.

Abstract: A bicycle apparatus is basically provided with an ABS unit which is driven by an assist motor which adds an assisting force to a manual drive force inputted from a crankshaft of a bicycle, and which controls a braking force that is applied to a wheel of the bicycle.

Abstract: A battery holder includes a first base, a first holding portion and a second holding portion. The first base is opposed to a first end of the battery unit in the state in which the battery unit is located at a first holding position. The first holding portion is movably arranged on the first base between a first position, where the first holding portion contacts a held portion of the battery unit to hold the battery unit at the first holding position, and a second position, where the first holding portion is separated from the held portion. The second holding portion is arranged on the first base at a downstream side of the first holding portion in a removal direction of the battery unit from the battery holder to hold the battery unit at a second holding position that is located at a downstream side of the first holding position.

Abstract: [Problem] To provide a processing device for grinding by suppressing brittle-mode grinding and stabilizing a wafer. [Solution] A processing device 1 is provided with: an index table 2 on which a wafer W is moved from a coarse grinding stage S2 to a fine grinding stage S3; a column 4 provided so as to span over the coarse grinding stage S2 and the fine grinding stage S3; a coarse grinding means 5 provided on the column 4 above the coarse grinding stage S2, the coarse grinding means 5 performing coarse-grinding processing on the wafer W; and a fine grinding means 6 provided on the column 4 over the fine grinding stage S3, the fine grinding means 6 performing fine-grinding processing on the wafer W.

Abstract: A bicycle apparatus is basically provided with a housing, an assist motor and a case. The housing is configured to be provided to a bicycle. The assist motor housed in an internal space of the housing. The assist motor is configured to add an assisting force to a manual drive force inputted from a bicycle crankshaft. The case that is separate from the housing. The ABS unit provided in an internal space of the case. The ABS unit is configured to control a braking force that is applied to a wheel of the bicycle.

Abstract: A bicycle apparatus is basically provided with an ABS unit and an ABS operation changeover switch. The ABS unit is configured to control a braking force that is applied to a bicycle wheel. The ABS operation changeover switch is configured to switch the ABS unit between an ABS operating mode to put the ABS unit in an operable state and an ABS non-operating mode to put the ABS unit in a non-operating state.

Abstract: A method of controlling an ABS unit is provided for controlling a braking force that is applied to a front wheel and a rear wheel of a bicycle. The method of controlling is operated by a control device. The method comprises determining whether a vehicle speed of the bicycle is less than a prescribed speed using the control device. The method further comprises controlling the ABS unit using the control device to not drive while the ABS unit is not running and stop driving while the ABS unit is running upon determining that the vehicle speed is less than the prescribed speed.