Abstract: A torque measurement device includes a case that does not rotate even during use; a rotating shaft rotatably supported to the case and having a magnetostrictive effect part whose magnetic permeability changes according to a transmitted torque; and a magnetostrictive sensor having a detection part arranged closely adjacent to the magnetostrictive effect part so that a voltage changes according to change of the magnetic permeability of the magnetostrictive effect part, and being supported to the case; and the torque measurement device has a rotation-preventing construction configured to prevent the magnetostrictive sensor from rotating with respect to the case.

Abstract: A rotary machine includes a compression section that is disposed between the pair of radial bearings in a casing and compresses a fluid, an expansion section that is disposed side by side with the compression section and expands the fluid, and a thrust bearing that is disposed at a position close to a first end portion or a second end portion of a rotary shaft in an axial direction with respect to the compression section and the expansion section. Among a compression section suction port, a compression section discharge port, an expansion section suction port, and an expansion section discharge port, the compression section suction port is disposed at a position closest to the first end portion in the axial direction, and the expansion section discharge port is disposed at a position closest to the second end portion in the axial direction.

Abstract: A photoelectric conversion apparatus includes a plurality of pixels each including a first photoelectric conversion circuit, a second photoelectric conversion circuit, and a divergence optical circuit for diverging incident light. The divergence optical circuit is disposed on a semiconductor substrate where the first photoelectric conversion circuit and the second photoelectric conversion circuit are disposed, and covers at least a part of the first photoelectric conversion circuit in a plan view as viewed from a light incidence side.

Abstract: A compressor system includes a driving unit having a drive shaft, a plurality of compressors which compress a gas, and a transmission mechanism which increases a speed of a rotation of the drive shaft and transmits the rotation to the plurality of compressors. The transmission mechanism includes a main shaft which rotates together with the drive shaft and a plurality of gear mechanisms which transmit a rotation of the main shaft to the corresponding one compressor. The gear mechanism includes an auxiliary shaft which rotates together with an auxiliary gear meshing with the main gear, a plurality of first gears which rotate together with the auxiliary shaft, an output shaft to which an output gear meshing with the first gear is fixed and which is connected to the compressor, and a first bearing which rotatably supports the auxiliary shaft, and a second bearing which rotatably supports the output shaft.

Abstract: An image capturing and display apparatus includes a plurality of image capturing units, a plurality of display units, and a signal processing unit. The plurality of image capturing units includes a first image capturing unit and a second image capturing unit configured to output a signal corresponding to an incident light quantity higher than that of the first image capturing unit. The signal processing unit generates a single third image signal based on a first image signal from the first image capturing unit and a second image signal from the second image capturing unit, and the plurality of display devices displays images based on the third image signal.

Abstract: A geared compressor includes a plurality of compression units and a compression-unit-driving mechanism which drives the plurality of compression units. The compression-unit-driving mechanism includes a plurality of driven gears which are provided in respective rotation shafts of the plurality of compression units and a plurality of large-diameter gears which are directly or indirectly driven by a drive source and have outer diameters larger than those of the plurality of driven gears. The plurality of large-diameter gears is arranged side by side in a horizontal direction and each of the plurality of large-diameter gears meshes with two or more of the plurality of driven gears.

Abstract: A vehicle control method for controlling a vehicle using a vehicle control apparatus includes: a sensor configured to detect a state outside a subject vehicle; and a control device. The vehicle control method includes: executing control of recovering a travel trajectory of the subject vehicle to a target trajectory, as ordinary control, by giving a steering amount in a lateral direction with respect to a travel lane of the subject vehicle; using detection data of the sensor to determine whether or not another vehicle is traveling in an adjacent lane to the travel lane of the subject vehicle; and when determining that the other vehicle is traveling in the adjacent lane ahead of the subject vehicle, increasing a response of the steering amount to a higher response than that in the ordinary control, before the subject vehicle passes the other vehicle.

Abstract: A torque measuring device includes: a magnetostrictive sensor having a ring-shaped holder arranged around a magnetostrictively affected section of a rotating shaft, a detecting section embedded in the holder and that changing a voltage according to a change in magnetic permeability of the magnetostrictively affected section; and a sensor-side engaging section; and a fixed member having a fixed-side engaging section, the fixed member not rotating even during operation. One of the sensor-side engaging portion and the fixed-side engaging section is a convex section and the other is a concave section. With the sensor-side engaging section and the fixed-side engaging section engaged with a concave-convex engagement, shifting of the position of the magnetostrictive sensor in the direction of rotation and the radial direction with respect to the substrate is prevented.

Abstract: The purpose of the present invention is to provide an animal garment and an animal biological information measurement apparatus that are excellently comfortable. The animal garment includes a knitted fabric, the knitted fabric containing 2 mass % or more and 100 mass % or less of antifungal fibers, and 30 mass % or more and 100 mass % or less of fibers having a single fiber fineness of 0.3 dtex or more and 1.1 dtex or less.

Abstract: A requested communication quality estimation device estimating a requested communication quality for a macroflow, which is a set of microflows, includes a first estimation unit configured to estimate a requested communication quality for each of a plurality of microflows constituting a macroflow, and a second estimation unit configured to estimate a requested communication quality for the macroflow based on the requested communication quality for each of the plurality of microflows which is obtained by the first estimation unit.

Abstract: A compressor system includes a driving unit having a drive shaft, a plurality of compressors which compress a gas, and a transmission mechanism which increases a speed of a rotation of the drive shaft and transmits the rotation to the plurality of compressors. The transmission mechanism includes a main shaft which rotates together with the drive shaft and a plurality of gear mechanisms which transmit a rotation of the main shaft to the corresponding one compressor. The gear mechanism includes an auxiliary shaft which rotates together with an auxiliary gear meshing with the main gear, a plurality of first gears which rotate together with the auxiliary shaft, an output shaft to which an output gear meshing with the first gear is fixed and which is connected to the compressor, and a first bearing which rotatably supports the auxiliary shaft, and a second bearing which rotatably supports the output shaft.

Abstract: A photoelectric conversion apparatus includes a plurality of pixels each including a photoelectric conversion portion, a charge holding portion, a floating diffusion, and first and second transistors disposed in a common active region. The active region includes a partial region which includes a first region extending in a first direction, a second region connected to the first region and extending in a second direction, and a third region connected to the second region and extending in a third direction. In a planar view, the partial region of a first pixel is disposed between a gate of the first transistor of the first pixel and the charge holding portion of a second pixel, and between a gate of the second transistor of the first pixel and the charge holding portion of the second pixel. A light-shielding member is disposed in a region overlapping the partial region.

Abstract: A compressor 1 includes a casing 2 that covers a rotating shaft 4 and an impeller 6 and is provided with a diffuser 66 for guiding the working fluid discharged from the impeller 6 to an outside in a radial direction, a heat exchanger 71 that is cools at least a portion of the working fluid compressed by the impeller 6, a cooling fluid supplying unit 7 that supplies the working fluid cooled by the heat exchanger 71 into the casing 2 as a cooling fluid for cooling a motor 5 disposed in the casing 2, and a cooling fluid circulating unit 8 that discharges the cooling fluid that has passed through the motor 5 to an outside of the casing 2, and supplies the discharged cooling fluid downstream of an outlet 6o of a first impeller 6A and upstream of the diffuser 66.

Abstract: A photoelectric conversion apparatus according to an exemplary embodiment includes a plurality of pixels each including a photoelectric conversion unit, a transistor configured to process a signal charge generated in the photoelectric conversion unit, and an analog-to-digital conversion circuit. The apparatus further includes a first semiconductor substrate on which the photoelectric conversion units and the transistors of the plurality of pixels are two-dimensionally arranged, a second semiconductor substrate on which a plurality of circuit blocks is two-dimensionally arranged, a bonding portion configured to electrically connect the first semiconductor substrate and the second semiconductor substrate, and a wiring arranged between the first semiconductor substrate and the bonding portion. The wiring is connected to the transistors of the plurality of pixels and configured to supply a control signal to the transistors of the plurality of pixels.

Abstract: A method for manufacturing a blood pressure information measurement apparatus includes the following steps: forming a hole in a flexible resin sheet; inserting a connecting pipe into the hole; overlaying a first end portion and a second end portion of the flexible resin sheet such that an inner side of the first end portion contacts an outer side of the second portion; welding a location at which the first end portion and the second end portion overlap to form a first welded portion, such that the flexible resin sheet forms a tube-shaped body having a first end and a second end; flattening the tube-shaped body; welding the first end and the second to form two second welded portions, such that the tube-shaped body forms a bladder having two long sides and two short sides; and welding portions of the resin sheet which overlap along a first long side to form one or more partial welded portions.

Abstract: A driving assist device includes a camera and a controller. The camera detects the presence of another vehicle ahead of a host vehicle. The controller sets a detection field of the camera. The controller determines that another vehicle has cut in front of the host vehicle if a degree to which the other vehicle has entered into the detection field exceeds or equals a first prescribed value when the host vehicle is traveling, or the other vehicle has cut in front of the host vehicle if the degree exceeds or equals a second prescribed value that is smaller than the first prescribed value when the host vehicle is stopped.

Abstract: A torque measuring device includes: a magnetostrictive sensor having a ring-shaped holder arranged around a magnetostrictively affected section of a rotating shaft, a detecting section embedded in the holder and that changing a voltage according to a change in magnetic permeability of the magnetostrictively affected section; and a sensor-side engaging section; and a fixed member having a fixed-side engaging section, the fixed member not rotating even during operation. One of the sensor-side engaging portion and the fixed-side engaging section is a convex section and the other is a concave section. With the sensor-side engaging section and the fixed-side engaging section engaged with a concave-convex engagement, shifting of the position of the magnetostrictive sensor in the direction of rotation and the radial direction with respect to the substrate is prevented.

Abstract: A compressor module includes: a compressor; and a high-pressure gas cooler which cools gas discharged from the compressor, wherein the high-pressure gas cooler includes a plurality of gas cooler partial bodies, wherein each gas cooler partial body includes a high-pressure casing which is formed in a cylindrical container shape extending in a horizontal direction and to which the gas is introduced and a high-pressure heat exchange unit which is installed in the high-pressure casing and cools a gas passing in one direction orthogonal to a center axis of the high-pressure casing, and wherein the gas cooler partial bodies are arranged in parallel so that the center axes of the high-pressure casings are parallel to each other, the gas sequentially flows through the gas cooler partial bodies.

Abstract: A compressor system includes a first pipe including a first pipe main body that forms a flow path therein and a first flange that projects from the first pipe main body to an outer peripheral side, and a second pipe including a second pipe main body that forms a flow path therein and a second flange that projects from the second pipe main body to an outer peripheral side and faces the first flange, a bellows provided so as to surround an entire circumference between the first flange and the second flange, and an excitation force reducing portion provided to separate the flow path and the bellows in a space between the first flange and the second flange and formed of a stretchable porous material.

Abstract: A rotary machine includes a plurality of shafts that extend in an axial direction, in which an axis extends, around the axis, are disposed such that at least parts of positions in the axial direction of the plurality of shafts overlap each other, and are rotatable relative to each other around the axis; a plurality of seal members that are disposed at intervals in the axial direction to seal gaps between the plurality of shafts in a radial direction with respect to the axis; and a seal gas supply unit configured to supply a seal gas from outside to a space surrounded by the plurality of shafts and the plurality of seal members.