Abstract: The disclosed technology is directed to an endoscope processor used in an endoscope system which comprises a receptacle configured to receive a plug of an endoscope. The plug includes an illumination plug terminal, an electric plug terminal, and a light-receiving plug terminal. The receptacle includes an illumination receptacle terminal that is displaceable within a predetermined range in a housing for the receptacle and is to be connected to the illumination plug terminal. An electric receptacle terminal is displaceable within a predetermined range in the housing and is to be connected to the electric plug terminal. A light-receiving receptacle terminal that is arranged between the illumination receptacle terminal and the electric receptacle terminal, is attached relative to the housing and is to be connected to the light-receiving plug terminal.

Abstract: A replenishment recommendation system (1) is provided with a recommendation generation trigger point computation unit (32) configured to compute a recommendation generation trigger point given as a remaining amount of energy that triggers an energy replenishment recommendation to the driver to replenish energy based on past remaining amounts stored in a storage unit, and a recommendation generation unit (33) configured to display a replenishment recommendation indication on a display unit when a current energy remaining amount of the vehicle has become equal to or less than the recommendation generation trigger point. The storage unit stores, as the past remaining amount, a remaining amount of energy of the vehicle when a replenishment intent switch (38) is operated by a driver.

Abstract: An optical connector includes a plug frame including a ferrule insertion portion. An eight-sided regular polygonal attachment hole, into which a four-sided regular polygonal flange portion of a flange is fitted, is formed in the ferrule insertion portion so that vicinities of outer corner portions of a four-sided regular polygon of the flange portion come into contact with inner corner portions of the eight-sided regular polygonal attachment hole, thereby preventing rotation of the flange centered on an axis direction of the flange. A ferrule is inserted into the plug frame while a rotation position determined by the flange portion and the attachment hole is adjusted relative to a direction of eccentricity of an optical fiber in a ferrule cylindrical body, and the ferrule is fitted in and held by the plug frame.

Abstract: An example of an information processing system includes an information processing terminal and a server configured to communicate with the information processing terminal. The information processing terminal starts an application in accordance with an instruction of a user and transmits identification information of the started application to the server. The server stores specifying information for specifying, from among a plurality of contents, a content or a group of contents as a target to be transmitted to the information processing terminal, in association with identification information of an application. The server receives identification information from the information processing terminal and selects, from the stored specifying information, specifying information associated with the identification information received from the information processing terminal.

Abstract: Provided is a glass sheet (1) with a film, including a laminated film (2), which includes a plurality of films laminated together, formed on a glass sheet (3). The laminated film (2) includes: an inorganic material film (4), which contains at least a noble metal, formed on the glass sheet (3); a plated metal film (5) formed on the inorganic material film; and a metal film (6) formed on the plated metal film (5). The laminated film (2) is black when viewed from a glass sheet (3) side.

Abstract: A method for observing a paranasal sinus, includes, inserting an endoscope into the paranasal sinus, emitting light from the outside of a body after inserting the endoscope into the paranasal sinus so that a landmark is formed on an inner wall of the paranasal sinus, and operating the endoscope toward the periphery of the landmark so that at least part of the landmark is shown in an endoscopic image.

Abstract: An endoscope apparatus includes: an endoscope including an insertion portion with flexibility inserted into paranasal sinus of a subject and capable of emitting illuminating light from a distal end of the insertion portion toward the subject inside of the paranasal sinus; and an illumination mechanism configured to emit the illuminating light from the endoscope to the subject in a predetermined direction of an irradiation range of the illuminating light in a mode different from other directions.

Abstract: A manufacturing method of a set of connectors includes: a step of measuring an emitting direction of light emitted from a plurality of ferrules; a step of grouping the plurality of ferrules into a first group or a second group, based on whether the emitting direction is right or left of a straight line connecting a reference fitting portion closest to the emitting direction of the light and an optical axis; a step of fabricating a plug using the ferrule belonging to the first group; and a step of fabricating a receptacle using the ferrule belonging to the second group.

Abstract: An endoscope has an insertion portion inserted through a living body, an illumination fiber arranged at a distal end of the insertion portion and irradiates the living body with illumination light, a detection fiber which detects return light from the living body, an actuator which swings a free end of the illumination fiber, and a ferrule which has a through-hole based on a diameter of the illumination fiber and is arranged between the illumination fiber and the actuator. The actuator has an actuator arranged at a first side face of the ferrule and an actuator arranged at a second side face of the ferrule that is different from a face point-symmetric to the first side face with respect to an axial direction of the illumination fiber.

Abstract: In a game apparatus, a game program and a web browser program are stored. In a web browser process, a predetermined web page is displayed, first access destination information is acquired on the basis of a user operation, and the first access destination information is outputted to be usable in the game process. In a game process, a server is accessed on the basis of the first access destination information, a predetermined content corresponding to the first access destination information is acquired, and the game process is executed using the predetermined content.

Abstract: A scanning endoscope includes: an optical fiber that guides illumination light for illuminating an object from a proximal end thereof and emits the illumination light from a distal end thereof; an actuator portion provided on a side portion of the optical fiber, for causing the distal end of the optical fiber to oscillate; a holding portion provided on a more proximal end side of the optical fiber than the actuator portion, for holding the optical fiber so as to allow the distal end of the optical fiber to oscillate with the actuator portion; a vibration-absorbing member formed so as to cover a circumference of a part of the optical fiber, the part being located on a more proximal end side than the holding portion and adjacent to the holding portion; and an outer cover that covers a circumference of at least a part of the vibration-absorbing member.

Abstract: An endoscope system includes an optical transmission section that is provided in an endoscope inserted into an interior of a subject and transmits illuminating light to a distal end, a light source section that generates light, a first lens section that receives the light, from the light source section and emits the light with characteristics of different spatial intensity distributions, a second lens section that causes the light emitted from the first lens section to enter the proximal end of the optical transmission section, a distance adjusting section that can adjust a distance, and a control section that controls the distance adjusting section that adjusts the distance between the first lens section and the second lens section so that amounts of the light of a first and second wavelength bands have a predetermined ratio of amount of light.

Abstract: An optical fiber connector apparatus includes: an optical receptacle including a first optical fiber and an emission surface from which light transmitted by the first optical fiber is emitted; an optical plug including an incident surface upon which the light emitted from the emission surface is incident and a second optical fiber that transmits the light incident upon the incident surface; a sleeve that holds the emission surface and the incident surface, with the emission surface and the incident surface being arranged so as to be opposite to each other; a piezoelectric element provided to one of the optical receptacle and the optical plug; a spring mechanism provided to another of the optical receptacle and the optical plug; and a control section configured to control the piezoelectric element according to a light quantity of the light transmitted by the second optical fiber.

Abstract: An endoscope system includes an optical transmission section that is provided in an endoscope inserted into an interior of a subject and transmits illuminating light to a distal end, a light source section that generates light, a first lens section that receives the light, from the light source section and emits the light with characteristics of different spatial intensity distributions, a second lens section that causes the light emitted from the first lens section to enter the proximal end of the optical transmission section, a distance adjusting section that can adjust a distance, and a control section that controls the distance adjusting section that adjusts the distance between the first lens section and the second lens section so that amounts of the light of a first and second wavelength bands have a predetermined ratio of amount of light.

Abstract: A method is provided for producing a joint member of a metal joint, such that reduction of assembly manhours and reduction of the thickness and weight can be achieved at the same time without reducing the strength of a product or increasing the cost of production. In the case of a nut-side thin joint member, a metal plate of boron steel obtained by adding boron to low-carbon steel is burred such that the resulting cylindrical body obtains a surface that is sufficient for threading, then a threaded portion having a plurality of threads is formed on that surface, after which, quenching is carried out to increase the strength of the threads so that a nut having sufficient strength can be integrally provided even though the thickness and weight of the joint member are reduced.

Abstract: A scanning endoscope includes: an optical fiber that guides illumination light for illuminating an object from a proximal end thereof and emits the illumination light from a distal end thereof; an actuator portion provided on a side portion of the optical fiber, for causing the distal end of the optical fiber to oscillate; a holding portion provided on a more proximal end side of the optical fiber than the actuator portion, for holding the optical fiber so as to allow the distal end of the optical fiber to oscillate with the actuator portion; a vibration-absorbing member formed so as to cover a circumference of a part of the optical fiber, the part being located on a more proximal end side than the holding portion and adjacent to the holding portion; and an outer cover that covers a circumference of at least a part of the vibration-absorbing member.

Abstract: An endoscope system includes: a light transmitting section for transmitting illuminating light and emit the light from a light exit surface; a light receiving section for receiving return light of the light emitted from the light exit surface; a light guiding section for allowing the light to be incident on the light receiving section by totally reflecting return light from a subject or the emitted light at least one or more times; a driving section for allowing an end portion having the light exit surface of the light transmitting section to be swung; a light detecting section for detecting the light received through the light guiding section, as a signal; and a control section for, if the pattern of fluctuations in the signal level by the light detected by the light detected section does not correspond to the predetermined pattern of fluctuations, performing control for lowering a quantity of the illuminating light.

Abstract: A scanning endoscope system includes: a scanning endoscope including a light-guiding section that guides illumination light, a driving section that causes the light-guiding section to swing such that an irradiation position of the illumination light draws a trajectory corresponding to a predetermined scanning pattern; and a light-receiving section that receives return light of the illumination light; a test chart device including a plane portion having first and second regions; a light detection section that outputs a signal corresponding to an intensity of the return light; a pixel generation section that generates pixels on the predetermined scanning pattern; a first correction value calculation section that calculates a correction value based on a pixel value of each of the pixels in the first region; and a second correction value calculation section that calculates a correction based on a pixel position of each of the pixels in the second region.

Abstract: A calibration tool for a scanning endoscope includes: an abutment portion that is in contact with and abuts an illumination window provided in a distal end face of an insertion portion of a scanning endoscope and is configured to be in contact with a region of the illumination window other than a region in which an illuminating light beam applied from the illumination window is scanned; and a chart with a calibration pattern drawn thereon, the calibration pattern being provided for calibrating a scan pattern of the illuminating light, the chart being arranged parallel to the distal end face with a predetermined distance from a surface of the illumination window positioned as a result of the illumination window coming into contact with the abutment portion, according to a size of the calibration pattern, whereby image calibration of the scanning endoscope can accurately be performed with a simple configuration.

Abstract: A method to electrically and mechanically connect at least one wire conductor to a terminal includes the steps of cutting and stripping a portion of an insulation outer layer along an end section of the at least one wire conductor to expose a lead of the at least one wire conductor. A further step includes applying a bonding process to the exposed lead to break down oxides disposed on the lead. A further step in the method is crimping the lead having the applied bonding process to the terminal to form a crimp connection connecting the at least one wire conductor to the terminal.