Abstract: A cutting tool according to this invention includes a cutting edge configured to cut a workpiece; a rake surface configured to come in contact with a chip, which appears when the workpiece is cut by the cutting edge; and a relieved surface configured to come in contact with a to-be-cut surface of the workpiece. A plurality of first grooves are formed on a cutting edge side of the rake surface. The plurality of first grooves includes a plurality of aligned grooves arranged adjacent to each other, and a connection groove connecting at least two of the plurality of aligned grooves to each other.

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: The present invention relates to a method for producing an amide compound from a nitrile compound in the presence of a biocatalyst having nitrile hydratase activity, wherein the amide compound is efficiently produced by suppressing a deactivation of the biocatalyst, and improving the rate of conversion reaction from the nitrile compound to the amide compound.

Abstract: There is provided a disc brake device in which a plurality of annular seals that are disposed coaxially with rotation members, in which the annular seals are sandwiched in an axial direction between a caliper and a housing, and in which a position restriction portion includes: at least one caliper-side restriction portion provided on the caliper, which is disposed non-coaxially with the rotation member and is configured to serve as a reference of a position of the rotation member; and at least one housing-side restriction portion provided on the housing, which is disposed non-coaxially with an output member and is configured to serve as a reference of a position of the output member, and is configured to restrict a position of the housing with respect to the caliper by bringing the caliper-side restriction portion and the housing-side restriction portion into contact with each other.

Abstract: An image correction method according to an aspect of the present disclosure includes receiving an input of selecting one of a first method for correcting a shape of an image projected from a projector onto a projection surface and a second method that is a method for correcting the shape of the image and is different from the first method, outputting a signal for causing the projector to project a first pattern image when the first method is selected, generating first correction data for correcting the shape of the image using the first method based on a first captured image that is acquired by imaging the projection surface and includes the projection surface and a first projection image appearing on the projection surface by projecting the first pattern image, outputting a signal for causing the projector to project a second pattern image different from the first pattern image when the second method is selected, and generating second correction data for correcting the shape of the image using the second met

Abstract: The present disclosure obtains a correction value that corrects measurement angle error signals more accurately than conventional methods even in a case where a radio wave signal-to-noise ratio is low, and thus tracks a communication counterpart more accurately than the conventional methods.

Abstract: A cover includes a top wall, a first side wall, a second side wall facing the first side wall, and a lock releasing portion. The first side wall includes a locking portion engageable with a locked portion of a covered body. The second side wall includes an opposed locking portion engageable with an opposed locked portion of the covered body. The lock releasing portion includes: a release operation portion inclined and projecting from the top wall in a cover mounting direction; and a connecting portion connecting the release operation portion with the first side wall around the locking portion or the release operation portion with the locking portion.

Abstract: A fusible link unit includes a locking member having a first locked portion, a second locked portion, and a pair of first abutted portions; a connection section; a first body having a first locking part and a pair of first abutting parts, the first body being extended from the first boundary in a predetermined direction, and the first boundary being a boundary extending in a direction that intersects a deployed direction of the first abutting parts; and a second body having a second locking part and a pair of second abutting parts, and extending in the same direction as the first body from the second boundary, the second boundary being a boundary extending in a direction that intersects a deployed direction of the second abutting part.

Abstract: A fusible link unit includes a locking member having a first locked portion, a second locked portion, and a pair of first abutted portions; a connection section; a first body having a first locking part and a pair of first abutting parts, the first body being extended from the first boundary in a predetermined direction, and the first boundary being a boundary extending in a direction that intersects a deployed direction of the first abutting parts; and a second body having a second locking part and a pair of second abutting parts, and extending in the same direction as the first body from the second boundary, the second boundary being a boundary extending in a direction that intersects a deployed direction of the second abutting part.

Abstract: A crystallinity measurement device includes a Raman spectroscopy unit configured to acquire a Raman spectrum of resin-containing material including crystalline thermoplastic resin; and an analysis unit configured to calculate crystallinity of the crystalline thermoplastic resin based on an intensity of a low-wavenumber spectrum that is a spectrum in a region of less than 600 cm?1, in the Raman spectrum.

Abstract: A cutting apparatus includes a container including a holder in which a workpiece having an adapter attached thereto is held, a reading target applied to the adapter, an optical sensor to optically read the reading target, a memory storing a position coordinate of the holder and a theoretical position coordinate of the reading target associated with the position coordinate of the holder, a reader to read the reading target using the optical sensor to acquire an image of the reading target, a calculator to determine, in accordance with the image acquired by the reader, an actual position coordinate of the reading target to calculate a correction value from a difference between the actual position coordinate and the theoretical position coordinate, and an updater to update, using the correction value calculated by the calculator, the position coordinate of the holder stored in the memory.

Abstract: An attachment structure includes a housing and a plate-shaped cover attached to the housing. The cover has a locking portion to fix the cover to the housing. The housing has a locked portion engaged with the locking portion to regulate a movement of the cover in a direction separating from the housing. The attachment structure is configured to engage the locking portion and the locked portion at an engagement place while the cover and the housing are pressed each other in directions separating from each other at a pressing place distant from the engagement place, and to form a space between the cover and the housing in a region between the pressing place and the engagement place, when the cover is attached to the housing.

Abstract: A sensor includes a base material, a first elastic layer provided on the base material, and a sensor body which is provided on the first elastic layer and includes an electrostatic capacitive sensing part, and the base material and the first elastic layer are bonded such that an area corresponding to the sensing part becomes a non-bonded area.

Abstract: A cover includes a top wall, a first side wall, a second side wall facing the first side wall, and a lock releasing portion. The first side wall includes a locking portion engageable with a locked portion of a covered body. The second side wall includes an opposed locking portion engageable with an opposed locked portion of the covered body. The lock releasing portion includes: a release operation portion inclined and projecting from the top wall in a cover mounting direction; and a connecting portion connecting the release operation portion with the first side wall around the locking portion or the release operation portion with the locking portion.

Abstract: An electronic apparatus includes: an exterior body; a pressure-sensitive sensor having a first surface and a second surface; a support body supporting the pressure-sensitive sensor such that the exterior body faces the first surface; and a first deformation layer disposed at least either between the first surface and the exterior body or between the second surface and the support body. The pressure-sensitive sensor includes a capacitive sensor electrode unit including a sensing unit, a reference electrode layer, and a second deformation layer disposed between the reference electrode layer and the sensor electrode unit. The first deformation layer and the second deformation layer satisfy a predetermined relationship.

Abstract: An electronic device includes: a housing; a sensor provided on an inner surface of the housing and configured to detect deformation of the housing; and a control unit configured to control an operation of the electronic device on the basis of a detection result of the sensor. The sensor has a first sensing unit configured to detect a prescribed user operation and a second sensing unit configured to compensate for a malfunction.

Abstract: A damper device includes a plurality of rotational elements including an input element and an output element; an elastic body that transmits a torque between the input and the output elements; and a rotary inertia mass damper with a mass body rotating in accordance with a relative rotation between a first rotational element which is one of the rotational elements and a second rotational element different from the first rotational element. The rotary inertia mass damper includes a sun gear that rotates integrally with the first rotational element, pinion gears rotatably supported by the second rotational element, and a ring gear that meshes with the pinion gears and works as the mass body. The second rotational element includes a plurality of ring gear supporting portions arranged at intervals in a circumferential direction so as to restrict a movement of the ring gear in an axial direction of the damper device.

Abstract: What is provided is a novel and improved dross removal device capable of more efficiently collecting a bath surface dross using a dross robot, and a dross removal method. In order to solve the problem, according to an aspect of the present invention, there is provided a dross removal device including: a dross robot that is configured to collect a bath surface dross present on a bath surface of a coating bath; a dross sensor that is configured to measure an intensity of infrared light from the bath surface of the coating bath; a dross sensor control device that is configured to specify a position of the bath surface dross according to a temporal change amount in the intensity of the infrared light; and a dross robot control device that is configured to cause the dross robot to collect the bath surface dross at the position specified by the dross sensor control device.

Abstract: The present disclosure obtains a correction value that corrects measurement angle error signals more accurately than conventional methods even in a case where a radio wave signal-to-noise ratio is low, and thus tracks a communication counterpart more accurately than the conventional methods.

Abstract: An attachment structure includes a housing and a plate-shaped cover attached to the housing. The cover has a locking portion to fix the cover to the housing. The housing has a locked portion engaged with the locking portion to regulate a movement of the cover in a direction separating from the housing. The attachment structure is configured to engage the locking portion and the locked portion at an engagement place while the cover and the housing are pressed each other in directions separating from each other at a pressing place distant from the engagement place, and to form a space between the cover and the housing in a region between the pressing place and the engagement place, when the cover is attached to the housing.