Abstract: A valve device has integrally assembled thereto a valve side housing 2 having a valve seat 1, a motor side housing 4 provided with a motor 3, and a feeder-side housing 5 having a feeder unit, wherein a valve stem 8 provided with a valve 7 for abutting against the valve seat 1 is extended to the interior of the feeder-side housing, a rotation stopper 9 of the valve stem 8 is provided at a predetermined position of the valve stem on its way to the feeder-side housing, a screw section 11 is provided around the portion of the valve stem passing through the center hole 35a of the rotor 35 of the motor 3, the screw section being in mesh with a thread section 10 formed around the surface of the center hole thereof, and a valve position detecting sensor is provided within the feeder-side housing 5.

Abstract: Disclosed herein is a motion vector detection apparatus, including: a spatial luminance difference sum total calculation section; a temporal luminance difference sum total calculation section; a search range calculation section; and a block matching calculation section.

Abstract: A thickness of a valve is set smaller than a distance (inter-seat distance) in a valve thickness direction from a first seat part to a second seat part, and hence a gap between the valve and the first seat part and a gap between the valve and the second seat part are reduced to suppress seat leakage with all a variation of dimension thereof.

Abstract: An image processing device for detecting a motion between two different screens, includes: a high resolution template frame buffer; a high resolution reference frame buffer; a low resolution template frame buffer; a low resolution reference frame buffer; a low resolution motion vector calculation section; a high resolution motion vector calculation section; and a high resolution layer calculation determination section.

Abstract: Provided is a power control device including a power path switching unit, a voltage conversion unit, a characteristic measurement circuit, and a control unit, wherein the power path switching unit forms a path in which an output of the power generating element is connected to the storage element side by connecting the power generating element to the voltage conversion unit, or a path in which the power generating element is directly connected to the storage element side according to the path switching signal.

Abstract: A valve 33 has a deformed circular shape such that a diameter in an axis orthogonal direction that is orthogonal to a rotation center axis X is longer than that in an axial direction that is parallel to the rotation center axis X, and a front surface of a semicircle on one side of the valve and a rear surface of a semicircle on the other side thereof about the rotation center axis X as a boundary are abutted against valve seats 34a.

Abstract: An electric power control apparatus, an electric power control method, and an electric power feeding system by which the maximum operating point of a generating element such as a solar battery can be controlled to be maintained, and electric power loss can be avoided. The electric power control apparatus is provided with an electric power path switch unit to which a plurality of generating elements can be connected, and a voltage conversion unit that converts a voltage level which is generated by the generating elements and supplied via the electric power path switch unit. The electric power path switch unit includes a first connection switching function which switches between series connection and parallel connection for the plurality of generating elements, and a second connection switching function which switches between connected and non-connected to an input side of the voltage conversion unit for the generating elements connected in series or parallel.

Abstract: An actuator unit 10 and a valve unit housing 31 provided with a fluid passage 34 are formed separately, and a water cooling passage 29 is disposed therebetween; components such as a bearing 24, a return spring 28, and a gear 23 that directly couples the actuator unit 10 to a valve shaft 32 are disposed on the side of the actuator unit 10 that is interposed by the water cooling passage 29.

Abstract: Power generating elements output electromotive force. A path switching unit switches a path for connecting arbitrary power generating elements among the power generating elements. A voltage converting unit is a DC-DC converter that converts voltage levels of outputs of some of the power generating elements. A path switching control unit controls the path switching unit such that a set of power generating elements where a sum of maximum power point voltages falls within a range of an appropriate charging voltage of a storage element is connected to a short-circuit path and the other power generating elements are connected to a transformation path. A voltage conversion control unit controls a transformation rate of voltage conversion in the voltage converting unit such that a voltage in the transformation path and a voltage in the short-circuit path become equal to each other.

Abstract: A plate 36 is press-fitted on the outer peripheral surface of a rod 32 to eliminate a gap between the rod 32 and the plate 36, and further the pressurization produced by the pressure of gas leaking from a gas passage 38 and the load of a washer 26 is caused to act on the rod 32 to thereby positively abut the plate 36 united with the rod 32 against a bush 35.

Abstract: A motion vector detection apparatus includes: a base luminance value production section configured to produce a base luminance value of the base block; an effectiveness calculation section configured to calculate an effectiveness degree of each of the pixels of the base block based on luminance values of the pixels of the base block and the base luminance value; a correlation calculation section configured to calculate a correlation degree of the reference block with the base block for each of the reference blocks; a position acquisition section configured to acquire the position of that one of the reference blocks set in the reference frame which exhibits the highest correlation degree with the base block; and a motion vector calculation section configured to calculate a motion vector based on the position of the reference block acquired by the position acquisition section and the position of the base block.

Abstract: A valve opening and closing mechanism includes: an input shaft 2 driven by a power source; two or more output shafts 5, 6 respectively including valves 3, 4; power transmission members that transmit power from the input shaft 2 to the respective output shafts 5, 6 with varying a phase of the power; and preload application members that apply preloads respectively to the output shafts 5, 6 and the power transmission member in opposite directions. The output shafts 5, 6 may be separated from the power transmission member.

Abstract: A direct current motor includes: a stator (2) on which a plurality of coils (4) is provided; a rotor (8) including a plurality of permanent magnet magnetic poles (9) that is provided so as to face an inner periphery of the stator, and a pipe (11) on one end; a current-carrying portion (19) that is provided on the other end of the rotor (8) and commutates current supplied from a power source to the coils (4) on the stator (2); a sleeve bearing (6) that holds the rotor (8); and a ball bearing (7) that holds the rotor (8) and has a larger load-bearing capacity than that of the sleeve bearing (6). Furthermore, the pipe (11) holds the ball bearing (7) and is in direct contact with the ball bearing (7).

Abstract: To provide a DC motor in which the rattling and the axial deviation of a rotor are restrained without increasing the axial dimension of the motor. This DC motor comprises a stator (2) on which coils (4) are provided, a rotor (8) so disposed as to be opposed to the inner periphery of the stator (2) and having magnetic poles, a current-carrying part provided at one end of the rotor (8) and transferring the current fed from a power supply to the coils (4) of the stator (2), a sleeve bearing (6) holding the rotor (8), and a ball bearing (7) holding the rotor (8) and having a load-carrying capacity larger than that of the sleeve bearing (6). The outer ring of the ball bearing (7) is positioned by the stator (2), and the inner ring of the ball bearing (7) is positioned by the rotor (8).

Abstract: A brushless motor apparatus includes a fixedly arranged stator 14, a rotor 12 rotated in a manner sequentially excited by a plurality of excitation patterns, a magnetic-pole-position detecting magnet 16 fixed to the rotor and having twice the number of poles of the rotor, and a position detecting element 18 arranged opposite to the magnetic-pole-position detecting magnet and detecting the position of magnetic poles of the rotor, and further includes a motor drive circuit serving as a control such that when the stator is excited with a different excitation pattern between regular excitation patterns on normal operation at the time of phase matching carried out upon actuation of a power source, the rotation angle of the rotor is one-half the rotation angle corresponding to the regular excitation pattern.

Abstract: An image processing device includes: a high resolution template frame buffer; a high resolution reference frame buffer; a low resolution template frame buffer; a low resolution reference frame buffer; a low resolution motion vector calculation section; a high resolution motion vector calculation section; and a high resolution layer calculation determination section.

Abstract: Disclosed herein is an image frame interpolation device including: a decider configured to decide an interpolation area having a predetermined size for an interpolation frame to be interpolated between adjacent image frames; an acquirer configured to acquire at least two motion vectors between at least one pair of image frames dependent on a position of the interpolation frame based on a position of the interpolation area decided by the decider; a selector configured to apply the at least two motion vectors acquired by the acquirer between two image frames sandwiching the interpolation frame, and select a motion vector to be used based on degrees of correlation between image areas that have a predetermined size and are associated with each other by a respective one of the vectors on the image frames; and a forming unit configured to form and interpolate pixel data by using the vector selected by the selector.

Abstract: A valve device has integrally assembled thereto a valve side housing 2 having a valve seat 1, a motor side housing 4 provided with a motor 3, and a feeder-side housing 5 having a feeder unit, wherein a valve stem 8 provided with a valve 7 for abutting against the valve seat 1 is extended to the interior of the feeder-side housing, a rotation stopper 9 of the valve stem 8 is provided at a predetermined position of the valve stem on its way to the feeder-side housing, a screw section 11 is provided around the portion of the valve stem passing through the center hole 35a of the rotor 35 of the motor 3, the screw section being in mesh with a thread section 10 formed around the surface of the center hole thereof, and a valve position detecting sensor is provided within the feeder-side housing 5.

Abstract: A bearing device for a rotary motor 1 includes a stator 20 having provided thereon a coil 22 to which a current is fed; a rotor 30 rotating the inside of the stator 20 and having a rotor magnet 32; a motor shaft 33 having a screw portion meshing with a threaded aperture 31a provided within the rotor 30; a bearing support member 40 having a bearing 41 for the motor shaft 33 and molded of a thermoplastic resin; and a bearing side case 50 for housing the bearing support member 40 and molded of a thermoplastic resin, wherein an insert nut 46 is installed across the bearing side case and bearing support member to be united through outsert-molding.

Abstract: A brushless motor apparatus includes a fixedly arranged stator 14, a rotor 12 rotated in a manner sequentially excited by a plurality of excitation patterns, a magnetic-pole-position detecting magnet 16 fixed to the rotor and having twice the number of poles of the rotor, and a position detecting element 18 arranged opposite to the magnetic-pole-position detecting magnet and detecting the position of magnetic poles of the rotor, and further includes a motor drive circuit serving as a control such that when the stator is excited with a different excitation pattern between regular excitation patterns on normal operation at the time of phase matching carried out upon actuation of a power source, the rotation angle of the rotor is one-half the rotation angle corresponding to the regular excitation pattern.