Abstract: There is provided a capacitive pressure sensor comprising: a dielectric layer; a first electrode disposed on a first surface of the dielectric layer and to which a pressure is applied; a second electrode disposed on a second surface of the dielectric layer opposite to the first surface and including a plurality of unit electrodes having a predetermined shape; and a measuring device configured to detect a measurement value of a capacitance of the dielectric layer for each unit electrode by causing a potential difference between the first electrode and the second electrode.

Abstract: A vehicle management apparatus is configured to manage a vehicle for delivery loaded with one or more packages. The vehicle management apparatus includes a controller configured to, upon detecting that the vehicle has stopped, determine, based on vehicle data indicating a status of the vehicle, whether a driver of the vehicle is making a delivery, and control a door of the vehicle to lock in a case in which it has been determined that the driver is making a delivery.

Abstract: An information processing apparatus includes a controller configured to extract roads that are difficult for a particular truck to travel based on a travel history of one or more trucks and generate route guidance such that roads that are easy for the particular truck to travel are given priority by avoiding at least one road among the extracted roads.

Abstract: A delivery support apparatus according to the present disclosure includes a controller configured to acquire information about a vehicle used for delivery of a package, the information having been acquired on the vehicle, determine, based on the information about the vehicle, a loading/unloading location at which the package was loaded or unloaded, and generate, based on the loading/unloading location, information about a location at which packages can be loaded/unloaded.

Abstract: An organic hydride production device comprises: a cathode chamber that equips a cathode electrode for hydrogenating a substance to be hydrogenated in a catholyte with a proton to produce an organic hydride; a cathode inlet that is connected to the cathode chamber and supplies an external catholyte into the cathode chamber; an upper cathode outlet that is connected to the cathode chamber and discharges the catholyte and hydrogen gas in the cathode chamber to the outside; and a lower cathode outlet that is connected to the cathode chamber below the upper cathode outlet and discharges the catholyte and water in the cathode chamber to the outside.

Abstract: A capacitive pressure sensor (1) using mutual capacitance type is provided. The capacitive pressure sensor (1) comprises a dielectric layer (2), a ground electrode (3), transmission electrodes (4), reception electrodes (5) and a controller (6). The transmission electrodes and reception electrodes have a matrix structure (FIG. 3). An electric field is generated between the transmission electrodes and the reception electrodes by the controller. When the dielectric layer is deformed by a pressure applied to the ground electrode, a capacitance of the dielectric layer changes. The controller detects the unit detection area (10) where the capacitance changes and the pressure corresponding to the change in the capacitance.

Abstract: There is provided a capacitive pressure sensor comprising: a dielectric layer; a first electrode disposed on a first surface of the dielectric layer and to which a pressure is applied; a second electrode disposed on a second surface of the dielectric layer opposite to the first surface and including a plurality of unit electrodes having a predetermined shape; and a measuring device configured to detect a measurement value of a capacitance of the dielectric layer for each unit electrode by causing a potential difference between the first electrode and the second electrode.

Abstract: A capacitive pressure sensor is provided. The capacitive pressure sensor comprises a dielectric layer, a light-transmitting first electrode, a second electrode, a display layer and a measuring device. The dielectric layer is made of a foam. The first electrode is disposed on a first surface of the dielectric layer, wherein a pressure is applied to the first electrode. The second electrode is disposed on a second surface of the dielectric layer opposite to the first surface. The second electrode includes a plurality of unit electrodes having a predetermined shape. The display layer is disposed between the first electrode and the dielectric layer or between the second electrode and the dielectric layer. The measuring device is configured to detect a measurement value of a capacitance of the dielectric layer for each unit electrode by causing a potential difference between the first electrode and the second electrode.

Abstract: A robot, such an industrial robot, has an arm. The arm has a plurality of rotation members, a plurality of joints each rotatably and mutually connecting adjacent two rotation members, and a plurality of electric servo motors respectively driving the joints. In this robot, every operation cycle, an angular speed is calculated at which to drive each servo motor, and a speed of a monitoring portion set in each rotation member is calculated. It is then determined whether or not the speed at the monitoring portion is equal to or lower than a reference speed. When it is determined that the speed at the monitoring portion is over the reference speed, the angular speed of each servo motor is instructed to reduce such that the speed at each monitoring portion becomes the reference speed or lower. The servo motors are driven at the angular speed that has been reduced.

Abstract: A robot operation apparatus includes touch panel, touch operation detecting unit, action command generating unit, and selection operation detecting unit. The action command generating unit is capable of performing an operation determining process and an action command generating process. The operation determining process is a process for determining a drive axis or an action mode of a robot to be operated based on the selection operation detected by the selection operation detecting unit, and when a touch operation detected by the touch operation detecting unit is a drag operation, determining a movement amount of the drag operation. The action command generating process is a process for determining a movement amount of the robot based on the movement amount determined by in the operation determining process, and generating an action command for moving the robot at the drive axis or in the action mode to be operated by the movement amount.

Abstract: In a robot operation apparatus, a motion command generator selects one of combinations of driving axes as an operation object from among preset combinations of the driving axes including at least one of: a driving axis associated with drag operation in a first direction for a touch panel; or a driving axis associated with drag operation in a second direction intersecting with the first direction. If touch operation detected by a touch operation detector is the drag operation, the motion command generator determines whether drag operation is in the first direction or the second direction. The motion command generator generates a motion command to drive the driving axis associated with drag operation in the first direction, if drag operation is in the first direction, and generates a motion command to drive the driving axis associated with drag operation in the second direction, if drag operation is in the second direction.

Abstract: A VCO generates a clock signal. A phase and frequency detector compares phases and frequencies of the clock signal generated by the VCO and an input signal. A charge pump adjusts a control voltage of the VCO based on an output of the phase and frequency detector. An identical digit detector generates a first signal by delaying a rising timing of the input signal by a first time, generates a second signal by delaying a falling timing of the input signal by a second time, detects succession of identical digits in the input signal based on the first signal and the second signal, and stops adjustment of the control voltage by the charge pump when the identical digits succeed by a predetermined number of identical digits or more.

Abstract: A signal decision circuit includes: a first decision circuit configured to identify a voltage level of an input signal using an average level of an amplitude of the input signal as a first threshold level; a detection circuit configured to detect an average of an amplitude absolute level based on the average level of the amplitude; a second decision circuit configured to identify a voltage level of the input signal using a second threshold level obtained by adding the average of the amplitude absolute level to the average level of the amplitude; and a third decision circuit configured to identify a voltage level of the input signal using a third threshold level obtained by subtracting the average of the amplitude absolute level from the average level of the amplitude.

Abstract: The condensing apparatus 71 includes: a compressor 10 which has a compression part 20 compressing a working fluid; a condenser 13 which condenses the working fluid compressed by the compression part 20; and a spray mechanism 81 including a nozzle 82 which sprays a cooling fluid into a fluid passage 91 to cool the working fluid flowing through the fluid passage 91 between a discharge opening CS2 of the compression part 20 and an inlet 13a of the condenser 13.

Abstract: A VCO generates a clock signal. A phase and frequency detector compares phases and frequencies of the clock signal generated by the VCO and an input signal. A charge pump adjusts a control voltage of the VCO based on an output of the phase and frequency detector. An identical digit detector generates a first signal by delaying a rising timing of the input signal by a first time, generates a second signal by delaying a falling timing of the input signal by a second time, detects succession of identical digits in the input signal based on the first signal and the second signal, and stops adjustment of the control voltage by the charge pump when the identical digits succeed by a predetermined number of identical digits or more.

Abstract: A drive circuit that drives a light emitting element coupled to a first output terminal of a differential circuit, the drive circuit includes: a dummy load provided at a second output terminal of the differential circuit, a resistor coupled between the first output terminal and the second output terminal, two transistors coupled to a voltage source and applying a current to the light emitting element and the dummy load, and a comparative amplifying circuit having a non-inverting input terminal coupled to a reference voltage, an inverting input terminal coupled to at least the first output terminal of the differential circuit via a resistor, and an output terminal coupled to gates of the two transistors.

Abstract: A receiver circuit includes a first amplifier circuit to differentially amplify differential input signals by a linear operation, a second amplifier circuit configured to differentially amplify output differential signals of the first amplifier circuit by a limiting operation, a feedback circuit, first and second resistors coupled between the feedback circuit and outputs of the first amplifier circuit, and third and fourth resistors coupled between the feedback circuit and outputs of the second amplifier circuit. The feedback circuit amplifies a positive-phase signal that is output from a positive-phase output node thereof coupled to the first and third resistors, and a negative-phase signal that is output from a negative-phase output node thereof coupled to the second and fourth resistors, and feeds back a feedback signal after amplification to the first amplifier circuit.

Abstract: The refrigerator includes: a cooling-water line having a cooling-water pump to thereby send water for cooling a refrigerant inside of a condenser; a lubricating-water supply line connecting the part downstream from the cooling-water pump on the cooling-water line and a compressor 4 and supplying water flowing through the cooling-water line as a lubricant to the compressor 4; and a backup portion supplying water to the lubricating-water supply line instead of supplying water from the cooling-water line when the cooling-water pump is not driven.

Abstract: A signal decision circuit includes: a first decision circuit configured to identify a voltage level of an input signal using an average level of an amplitude of the input signal as a first threshold level; a detection circuit configured to detect an average of an amplitude absolute level based on the average level of the amplitude; a second decision circuit configured to identify a voltage level of the input signal using a second threshold level obtained by adding the average of the amplitude absolute level to the average level of the amplitude; and a third decision circuit configured to identify a voltage level of the input signal using a third threshold level obtained by subtracting the average of the amplitude absolute level from the average level of the amplitude.

Abstract: A robot operation apparatus includes touch panel, touch operation detecting unit, action command generating unit, and selection operation detecting unit. The action command generating unit is capable of performing an operation determining process and an action command generating process. The operation determining process is a process for determining a drive axis or an action mode of a robot to be operated based on the selection operation detected by the selection operation detecting unit, and when a touch operation detected by the touch operation detecting unit is a drag operation, determining a movement amount of the drag operation. The action command generating process is a process for determining a movement amount of the robot based on the movement amount determined by in the operation determining process, and generating an action command for moving the robot at the drive axis or in the action mode to be operated by the movement amount.