Abstract: A motor driving apparatus comprises a motor including a rotor that is rotatable and has a magnet whose outer peripheral surface divided in a circumferential direction is magnetized in multiple poles with alternating different polarities, and a position detecting unit having a first detecting element, a second detecting element, a third detecting element and a fourth detecting element, each of which detects a magnet pole, a driving unit that drives the motor on the basis of signals output from the first to fourth detecting elements, and a controlling unit that obtains a rotational quantity of the motor on the basis of signals output from the first and second detecting elements and that outputs a control signal of the motor to the driving unit on the basis of the rotational quantity of the motor.

Abstract: In a case where an orientation of a display control apparatus is a first orientation, a first display object is displayed in a first direction; in a case where the orientation of the display control apparatus changes to a second orientation without a specific operation performed, the first display object is displayed in a second direction; when a switch instruction to switch a display object is given in this state, a second display object is displayed in the second direction; in a case where the orientation of the display control apparatus changes to the second orientation with the specific operation performed, the display direction of the first display object is not changed; and when the switch instruction is given in this state, the second display object is displayed in the first direction.

Abstract: A display control apparatus for controlling displaying of a display unit includes an orientation detection unit configured to detect an orientation of the display control apparatus, and a display control unit configured to, when an orientation change from a first orientation to a second orientation of the display control apparatus is detected by the orientation detection unit, perform display control based on the second orientation after the orientation change in a case where a speed of the orientation change is higher than a predetermined speed, and perform display control based on the first orientation even after the orientation change in a case where the speed of the orientation change is lower than or equal to the predetermined speed.

Abstract: An insufflation apparatus includes a gas-feeding-conduit connecting section for connecting a conduit that feeds a predetermined gas to a subject, a first conduit that connects a gas-feeding-source connecting section and the gas-feeding-conduit connecting section, a suction-conduit connecting section for connecting a conduit that sucks the predetermined gas from an inside of the subject, a pump for circulating the predetermined gas to the subject, a conduit for circulation that connects the suction-conduit connecting section and the pump, a second conduit that connects a suction-source connecting section and the conduit for circulation, and a control section that controls a switching unit to operate in a circulation operation mode for circulating the predetermined gas to the subject via the pump and a suction operation mode for sucking the predetermined gas to the suction source side via the second conduit.

Abstract: In a method of manufacturing an illumination device, a color tone of each of a plurality of light emitting devices having different color tones is detected. In which region among a first region, a second region, a third region, a fourth region, a fifth region, and a sixth region on a chromaticity diagram the color tone of each of the plurality of light emitting devices is is determined based on the detected color tone. The chromaticity diagram has a first color tone area and a second color tone area in which the first color tone area is provided. The second color tone area is divided into the first region through the sixth region. The plurality of light emitting devices are classified into the first region through the sixth region based on the determined color tone.

Abstract: A robot arm includes a first arm having a base end portion rotatably connected to an arm base, and a second arm having a base end portion rotatably connected to a tip end portion of the first arm and a tip end portion to which a robot hand is rotatably connected. Further, the robot arm includes a link unit having a base end portion rotatably supported with respect to the arm base and a tip end portion inserted into the first arm at an intermediate portion of the first arm and supported to make relative rotation with respect to the first arm. The link unit rotates the second arm with respect to the first arm by transmitting the relative rotation to the base end portion of the second arm.

Abstract: An image sensing apparatus which stores an image signal from an image sensing element and reads out and processes the stored image signal to magnify and display an image on a display device includes a designation unit that designates the magnification ratio of the image to be displayed, a storage unit that stores the magnification ratio designated by the designation unit, and a magnifying processing unit that executes magnifying processing for the stored image signal on the basis of the magnification ratio stored in the storage unit and outputs the image signal to the display device. The magnification ratio stored in the storage unit is updated when a different magnification ratio is designated by the designation unit, and the magnification ratio stored in the storage unit is used for a plurality of images that are sequentially displayed.

Abstract: A transfer robot includes a first arm having a base end portion rotatably connected to an arm base, a second arm having a base end portion rotatably connected to a tip end portion of the first arm, and a hand having a hand base rotatably connected to a tip end portion of the second arm, the hand serving to hold a substrate. The first arm includes a specified drive system arranged therein, and the second arm is driven by the first arm. A reflector plate is arranged between the first arm and the second arm and configured to upwardly reflect heat coming from the substrate held on the hand.

Abstract: A robot includes a base unit hoisted up from below a bottom surface portion of a chamber defining a work space and connected to the bottom surface portion of the chamber. The robot further includes an arm unit carried into the chamber from above the chamber and connected to an upper portion of the base unit connected to the bottom surface portion of the chamber.

Abstract: A first decelerator is placed in an arm base such that a lower end of a decelerator shaft is bared in the arm base. A first arm has a hermetic space which becomes equal in pressure to a hermetic space of the arm base when an upper end of the hollow decelerator shaft is inserted thereinto, and is secured to a first decelerator output shaft. A second decelerator is placed on a distal end of the first arm, and has an input shaft connected to the decelerator shaft. A second arm is secured to an output shaft of the second decelerator, and has no hermetic space formed therein. A link mechanism follows the first and second arms.

Abstract: A medical support control system comprising: a first controller connected to at least one device; a second controller connected to at least one device; and a manipulation display device shared by the first controller and the second controller, and alternately displaying a first graphical user interface (first GUI) created by the first controller and a second graphical user interface (second GUI) created by the second controller, wherein: first error information that is error information obtained from the first controller side and second error information that is error information obtained from the second controller side are shared by the first and second controllers, and are reflected on the first and second GUIs on the basis of the first and second error information.

Abstract: An image sensing apparatus which stores an image signal from an image sensing element and reads out and processes the stored image signal to magnify and display an image on a display device includes a designation unit that designates the magnification ratio of the image to be displayed, a storage unit that stores the magnification ratio designated by the designation unit, and a magnifying processing unit that executes magnifying processing for the stored image signal on the basis of the magnification ratio stored in the storage unit and outputs the image signal to the display device. The magnification ratio stored in the storage unit is updated when a different magnification ratio is designated by the designation unit, and the magnification ratio stored in the storage unit is used for a plurality of images that are sequentially displayed.

Abstract: An image sensing apparatus which stores an image signal from an image sensing element and reads out and processes the stored image signal to magnify and display an image on a display device includes a designation unit that designates the magnification ratio of the image to be displayed, a storage unit that stores the magnification ratio designated by the designation unit, and a magnifying processing unit that executes magnifying processing for the stored image signal on the basis of the magnification ratio stored in the storage unit and outputs the image signal to the display device. The magnification ratio stored in the storage unit is updated when a different magnification ratio is designated by the designation unit, and the magnification ratio stored in the storage unit is used for a plurality of images that are sequentially displayed.

Abstract: A first decelerator is placed in an arm base such that a lower end of a decelerator shaft is bared in the arm base. A first arm has a hermetic space which becomes equal in pressure to a hermetic space of the arm base when an upper end of the hollow decelerator shaft is inserted thereinto, and is secured to a first decelerator output shaft. A second decelerator is placed on a distal end of the first arm, and has an input shaft connected to the decelerator shaft. A second arm is secured to an output shaft of the second decelerator, and has no hermetic space formed therein. A link mechanism follows the first and second arms.

Abstract: A medical support control system comprising: a first controller connected to at least one device; a second controller connected to at least one device; and a manipulation display device shared by the first controller and the second controller, and alternately displaying a first graphical user interface (first GUI) created by the first controller and a second graphical user interface (second GUI) created by the second controller, wherein: first error information that is error information obtained from the first controller side and second error information that is error information obtained from the second controller side are shared by the first and second controllers, and are reflected on the first and second GUIs on the basis of the first and second error information.

Abstract: A medical support control system comprising: a first controller connected to at least one device; a second controller connected to at least one device; a manipulation display device shared by the first controller and the second controller, and alternately displaying a first graphical user interface (first GUI) created by the first controller and a second graphical user interface (second GUI) created by the second controller, wherein: each of the first GUI and the second GUI includes at least: a switching part for performing switching between the first GUI and the second GUI, and enabling control on a controller corresponding to a GUI after the switching; and an execution instruction part for instructing the respective controllers to execute a process.

Abstract: A medical support control system, comprising: a first controller connected to at least one device; a second controller connected to at least one device; and a manipulation display device shared by the first and second controllers, wherein: the manipulation display device is caused to alternately display a first graphical user interface created by the first controller and a second graphical user interface created by the second controller.

Abstract: A medical support control system, comprising: a first controller connected to at least one device; a second controller connected to at least one device, connected to a network, and provided in a medical environment different from that of the first controller; a manipulation display device shared by the first and second controllers and alternately displaying a first GUI created by the first controller and a second GUI created by the second controller, wherein: if a prescribed report is received via the network or from the prescribed connected device while the first GUI is being displayed, a symbol indicating that the report has been received is displayed on the first GUI, and when the symbol is pressed, the first GUI is switched to a prescribed window of the second GUI corresponding to the report, and a process corresponding to the report is performed by the second controller.

Abstract: A medical support control device to which are connected a display manipulation device and a medical device control device connected to a medical device and controlling the medical device, comprising: a detection unit for detecting abnormality in an image signal line outputting an image signal to the display manipulation unit; and an interruption unit for interrupting communications to the medical device control device in accordance with the detection unit.

Abstract: An image sensing apparatus capable of performing bracketing image sensing operations for a plurality of different types of parameters is provided. The image sensing apparatus comprises a selection unit adapted to select a parameter for performing a bracketing image sensing operation, and a controller adapted to prohibit a bracketing image sensing operation for other types of parameters in a case where the parameter for performing the bracketing image sensing operation is selected by the selection unit.