Abstract: An information processing device includes a control unit that performs control to output information regarding an image of a user viewpoint in a virtual space to a user terminal, in which the control unit acquires a characteristic of at least one user related to an event performed in the virtual space and controls movement of a position of an indicator corresponding to a performer in the virtual space based on a position of an indicator corresponding to at least one user whose characteristic satisfies a condition.

Abstract: An information processing device includes a control unit that performs control to output information regarding an image of a user viewpoint in a virtual space, in which the control unit performs control to switch a display corresponding to a performer included in the image between a live-action image generated based on a captured image of the performer and a character image corresponding to the performer, according to a result of detecting a state of at least one user in the virtual space or a state of the virtual space.

Abstract: Proposed is an information processing apparatus including a control unit that controls display of a virtual space, in which the control unit performs control to acquire communication information of one or more other users in another virtual space and present the acquired communication information by a virtual object disposed in the virtual space.

Abstract: The present invention relates to provision of a textile product having a naturally faded appearance. A damage processing method for a textile product includes: irradiating a surface of the textile product with a laser beam (S1); washing the textile product irradiated with the laser beam with a phosphoric acid aqueous solution (S5); and exposing the washed textile product to ozone gas (S7).

Abstract: The present invention relates to provision of a textile product having a naturally faded appearance. A damage processing method for a textile product includes: irradiating a surface of the textile product with a laser beam (S1); washing the textile product irradiated with the laser beam with a phosphoric acid aqueous solution (S5); and exposing the washed textile product to ozone gas (S7).

Abstract: A hybrid stepping motor has a connector housing formed integrally with an insulator having an upper insulator and a lower insulator. The hybrid stepping motor includes a stator core and output terminals concentrically disposed outside the stator core. A wiring pattern serving as the output terminals has connector pins and land portions disposed eccentrically with respect to one another. The land portions are formed on an outer edge side of the wiring pattern. A surface, which is an uppermost surface of the wiring pattern, is located below a lowermost surface, in which jumper wires and lead wires pass, of the lower insulator. The lead wires are pulled out from a lower side, and are pulled out to guiding grooves.

Abstract: A centrifugal fan that is light in weight and has a structure that restrains vibration are provided. The centrifugal fan includes a resin upper casing, a resin lower casing, an impeller, a motor, and a circuit board. The impeller, the motor and the circuit board are housed between the resin upper casing and the resin lower casing. Radial ribs and a concentric ribs for reinforcing are formed at a bottom surface of a concave part of the lower casing. Resin pins are provided in a standing manner at these rib parts, and the circuit board is fixed to the lower casing by the resin pins.

Abstract: An underwater detection device is provided, which includes an echo signal processing module configured to acquire echo signals and detect signal levels of the echo signals corresponding to water depths, the echo signals being reflection waves caused by ultrasonic waves transmitted underwater, a detection image display controlling module configured to display on a display unit a detection image indicating the signal levels of the echo signals corresponding to the water depths and placed in a chronological order, and a menu display controlling module configured to display first superordinate menu buttons on the detection image displayed on the display unit, one of the first superordinate menu buttons displayed in one of end sections of the detection image where oldest information is displayed, the rest of the first superordinate menu buttons displayed to extend from the one of the first superordinate menu buttons in one of depth directions and time axis directions.

Abstract: An underwater detection device is provided, which includes an echo signal processing module configured to acquire echo signals and detect signal levels of the echo signals corresponding to water depths, the echo signals being reflection waves caused by ultrasonic waves transmitted underwater, a detection image display controlling module configured to display on a display unit a detection image indicating the signal levels of the echo signals corresponding to the water depths and placed in a chronological order, and a menu display controlling module configured to display first superordinate menu buttons on the detection image displayed on the display unit, one of the first superordinate menu buttons displayed in one of end sections of the detection image where oldest information is displayed, the rest of the first superordinate menu buttons displayed to extend from the one of the first superordinate menu buttons in one of depth directions and time axis directions.

Abstract: The application provides a centrifugal fan that can be easily positioned when it is installed in a device or apparatus, which can further improve positioning accuracy, and which can decrease noise, even if it is made thin. In the centrifugal fan in which an impeller is received inside a casing and air drawn in from a suction port formed on the casing by rotating the impeller is discharged from the casing to the outside of a blowing port, a circular protruded portion is formed on a peripheral edge of the suction port, and protrudes upwardly in a shaft direction from an upper surface of the casing.

Abstract: The present invention provides a centrifugal fan that can be easily positioned when it is installed in a device or apparatus, which can further improve positioning accuracy, and which can decrease noise, even if it is made thin. In the centrifugal fan in which an impeller is received inside a casing and air drawn in from a suction port formed on the casing by rotating the impeller is discharged from the casing to the outside of a blowing port, a circular protruded portion is formed on a peripheral edge of the suction port, and protrudes upwardly in a shaft direction from an upper surface of the casing.

Abstract: A damage process for a textile product may include, but is not limited to, irradiating a laser beam onto a surface region of a textile product which is dyed, to burn the surface region, exposing the textile product to an ozone gas; and agitating the textile product together with at least one of: pieces of one or more solid materials having uneven surfaces and one or more abrasives of artificial fibers to allow the surface region to be shaved by the at least one of: the pieces of one or more solid materials and the one or more abrasives of artificial fibers. One or more subsequent processes can be carried out, without dipping the textile product into water or a liquid of chemicals, after agitating the textile product and until softening the textile product.

Abstract: A damage process for a textile product may include, but is not limited to, irradiating a laser beam onto a surface region of a textile product which is dyed, to burn the surface region, exposing the textile product to an ozone gas; and agitating the textile product together with at least one of: pieces of one or more solid materials having uneven surfaces and one or more abrasives of artificial fibers to allow the surface region to be shaved by the at least one of: the pieces of one or more solid materials and the one or more abrasives of artificial fibers. One or more subsequent processes can be carried out, without dipping the textile product into water or a liquid of chemicals, after agitating the textile product and until softening the textile product.

Abstract: A valve device for a cooling water system of a motor vehicle, with a housing including a first connection and a second connection for a first liquid circuit, and a third connection and a fourth connection for a second liquid circuit, wherein the first connection is permanently fluidically connected to the second connection, and with a valve unit including a movably mounted valve element with which a thermally activatable spring element is associated, and which opens a connection between the third connection and the fourth connection in a first end position and cuts off the connection in a second end position. The thermally activatable spring element is arranged in a chamber located between the first connection and the second connection, which is permanently cut off from the third and the fourth connection and which preloads the valve element in the direction of the second end position.

Abstract: A hybrid stepping motor has a connector housing formed integrally with an insulator having an upper insulator and a lower insulator. The hybrid stepping motor includes a stator core and output terminals concentrically disposed outside the stator core. A wiring pattern serving as the output terminals has connector pins and land portions disposed eccentrically with respect to one another. The land portions are formed on an outer edge side of the wiring pattern. A surface, which is an uppermost surface of the wiring pattern, is located below a lowermost surface, in which jumper wires and lead wires pass, of the lower insulator. The lead wires are pulled out from a lower side, and are pulled out to guiding grooves.

Abstract: The present invention provides a centrifugal fan that can be easily positioned when it is installed in a device or apparatus, which can further improve positioning accuracy, and which can decrease noise, even if it is made thin. In the centrifugal fan in which an impeller is received inside a casing and air drawn in from a suction port formed on the casing by rotating the impeller is discharged from the casing to the outside of a blowing port, a circular protruded portion is formed on a peripheral edge of the suction port, and protrudes upwardly in a shaft direction from an upper surface of the casing.

Abstract: A target object detection device is provided. The device includes a signal processor, a display unit, and a controller. The signal processor receives a reception signal generated based on an echo of an ultrasonic wave from a target object and generates echo data corresponding to a distance from a transmission source of the ultrasonic wave to the target object every time the ultrasonic wave is transmitted. The display unit has a display screen with a first side and a second side that is turnable in an axial direction perpendicular to the display screen, and displays an image on the display screen based on the echo data. The controller sets a range with respect to time at which the ultrasonic wave is transmitted, and outputs the echo data corresponding to the ultrasonic wave within the time range according to turning of the display screen.

Abstract: An underwater detection device is provided, which includes an echo signal processing module configured to acquire echo signals and detect signal levels of the echo signals corresponding to water depths, the echo signals being reflection waves caused by ultrasonic waves transmitted underwater, a detection image display controlling module configured to display on a display unit a detection image indicating the signal levels of the echo signals corresponding to the water depths and placed in a chronological order, and a menu display controlling module configured to display first superordinate menu buttons on the detection image displayed on the display unit, one of the first superordinate menu buttons displayed in one of end sections of the detection image where oldest information is displayed, the rest of the first superordinate menu buttons displayed to extend from the one of the first superordinate menu buttons in one of depth directions and time axis directions.

Abstract: A centrifugal fan includes: a motor; an impeller having an inlet port, the impeller being configured to be rotated by the motor and to discharge air suctioned from the inlet port outward from an outer circumferential portion of the impeller; a lower casing that is located below the impeller; a circuit board disposed between the lower casing and the impeller, the circuit board being, mounted with an electrical component including a drive circuit that drives the motor, wherein the impeller has a recessed portion formed in an annular shape around a rotational axis and on a lower face that faces the lower casing and the circuit hoard, and wherein at least a part of the electrical component is located inside the recessed portion of the impeller.

Abstract: There is provided a linear actuator including an output shaft formed with a helical groove, a retainer having a cylindrical shape to receive the output shaft therein, and provided with a plurality of concave portions in dotted manner at positions of an inner peripheral surface thereof along the helical groove, and a rotor magnet fixed to the retainer. Balls are retained in the plurality of concave portions, respectively, and when the retainer is rotated, the balls are moved along the helical groove of the output shaft in a state where the balls are retained in the concave portions.