Abstract: A product conveyance robot includes: a travel portion configured to travel on a road surface; a holding portion provided above the travel portion and configured to hold a product, the holding portion being provided rotatably around a lateral turn axis extending in the height direction of the holding portion; and a controller configured to control driving of the travel portion and a rotation angle of the holding portion around the lateral turn axis.

Abstract: An object of the present invention is to efficiently cool a rotor coil even in a rotor provided with a wire connection plate. A stator of a rotating electric machine includes a stator core, a plurality of segment coils protruding from slots of the stator core and arranged in a radial direction, a connection conductor that connects the segment coils, and an insulating member that holds the connection conductor. The insulating member includes a through hole through which the segment coil penetrates and is accommodated. An opening through which a coolant can flow into the through hole is provided on an inner peripheral side of the insulating member.

Abstract: In order to realize a photoelectric conversion device having a photoelectric conversion element for outputting a signal according to the incidence of a photon that has a low power consumption, the photoelectric conversion device includes: at least one pixel including a photoelectric conversion element that outputs a signal according to an incident photon; a photon counter that measures the number of photons incident to the pixel; a time counter that measures a time until the photon counter reaches a first threshold after starting measurement and outputs the measured time as a pixel value; and a first threshold changing unit configured to change the first threshold.

Abstract: In a robot utilization system using a plurality of transport robots, the transport robot includes a traveling mechanism having a traveling function, a main body supported by the traveling mechanism and configured to receive products, and a specifying unit configured to specify the products received by the main body. The transport robots include a transport robot that performs a purchase process of the products received by the main body, and a transport robot that performs a return process of the products received by the main body.

Abstract: An analysis apparatus includes a two-dimensional photographing unit 20, a three-dimensional photographing unit 30, and a computer 50 serving as an analysis unit. The two-dimensional photographing unit 20 two-dimensionally photographs a sample, to acquire a two-dimensional image D2. The three-dimensional photographing unit 30 three-dimensionally photographs the sample to acquire a three-dimensional image D3. The computer 50 analyzes the two-dimensional image D2 and outputs a two-dimensional analysis result R2, first. Subsequently, the computer 50 analyzes the three-dimensional image D3 and outputs a three-dimensional analysis result R3. At that time, the computer 50 analyzes the three-dimensional image D3 using an indicator included in the two-dimensional analysis result R2. This can improve the accuracy of the three-dimensional analysis result R3.

Abstract: A vehicle front structure is provided for preventing a vortex from being generated between high-speed air separated from an outer edge of a deflector and low-speed air in a front wheel house due to a wind speed difference. Embodiments include a deflector disposed in front of a front wheel house projected downward from a lower surface of a bumper face. The deflector includes an air introducing section to introduce air into a space inside the deflector in a front portion of the deflector; and an intermediate-speed wind generating hole section that communicates with the air introducing section and generates an airflow at an intermediate wind speed, lower than a wind speed of air separated from deflector outer edges and higher than a wind speed of air in the front wheel house, in an area not opposing a tire in a vehicle front view of a portion immediately behind the deflector.

Abstract: The present disclosure relates to compositions derived from bioreachable molecules, such as amino acids and/or steroids. In particular, the composition can be a monomer, a polymer, or a copolymer derived from an amino acid dimer. Such compositions can optionally include a functionalized steroid.

Abstract: The present invention aims to provide an antiviral agent that is safe to a human body, and provides an antiviral agent comprising a titanium phosphate compound, a silicic acid compound, a silver compound, and a copper compound.

Abstract: A photoelectric conversion apparatus includes a pixel including a photoelectric conversion circuit configured to output a signal corresponding to photon incidence. The photoelectric conversion apparatus further includes a first measurement circuit, an addition circuit, and a second measurement circuit. The first measurement circuit is configured to measure the signal output from the pixel. The addition circuit is configured to add measured values of a plurality of the first measurement circuits. The second measurement circuit is configured to measure a time from when each of the plurality of first measurement circuits starts measuring the signal to when the measured values added by the addition circuit reach a first threshold value.

Abstract: Provided is an improvement in a method for manufacturing a slit carbon fiber bundle. The method for manufacturing a slit carbon fiber bundle of the present invention is a method including a step of forming a resin film on one surface of a flat carbon fiber bundle to obtain a single-sided coated carbon fiber bundle, and a step of partially slitting the single-sided coated carbon fiber bundle using a slitter roll to obtain a slit carbon fiber bundle, which has been split into sub-bundles, wherein in the step of slitting, the single-sided coated carbon fiber bundle contacts a circumferential surface of the slitter roll on a surface where the resin film has been formed.

Abstract: In order to realize a photoelectric conversion device having a photoelectric conversion element for outputting a signal according to the incidence of a photon that has a low power consumption, the photoelectric conversion device includes: at least one pixel including a photoelectric conversion element that outputs a signal according to an incident photon; a photon counter that measures the number of photons incident to the pixel; a time counter that measures a time until the photon counter reaches a first threshold after starting measurement and outputs the measured time as a pixel value; and a first threshold changing unit configured to change the first threshold.

Abstract: A front vehicle-body structure flows air from the vehicle lower side to its upper side. After hitting a front bumper face, the air is separated and flows around and along a top face of an exterior member, ensuring aerodynamic performance. Embodiments include exterior members covering the upper side of an engine room, and a front grille disposed on a lower side relative to a front end portion of the exterior member. A rectification member extends the width of the exterior member in the vehicle width direction on the lower side of the exterior member front end portion. The rectification member includes a front piece portion extending toward the vehicle up-down-direction lower side from the exterior member to an upper end portion of the front grille, and a lower piece portion extending toward the vehicle rear side from an upper end of the front piece portion.

Abstract: An image capturing apparatus includes an image capturing unit configured to change a charge accumulation time for each area, a histogram calculation unit configured to calculate a histogram of a pixel value for the each area, an area increase/decrease unit configured to increase or decrease the number of divisions of the area based on the histogram calculated by the histogram calculation unit, and a determination unit configured to determine a charge accumulation time of the each area of which number has been increased or decreased by the area increase/decrease unit.

Abstract: A vehicle front structure is provided for preventing a vortex from being generated between high-speed air separated from an outer edge of a deflector and low-speed air in a front wheel house due to a wind speed difference. Embodiments include a deflector disposed in front of a front wheel house projected downward from a lower surface of a bumper face. The deflector includes an air introducing section to introduce air into a space inside the deflector in a front portion of the deflector; and an intermediate-speed wind generating hole section that communicates with the air introducing section and generates an airflow at an intermediate wind speed, lower than a wind speed of air separated from deflector outer edges and higher than a wind speed of air in the front wheel house, in an area not opposing a tire in a vehicle front view of a portion immediately behind the deflector.

Abstract: A rim portion of a vehicle wheel has an outer flange portion. In a region of the outer flange portion, a space portion between spoke portions is disposed on a radial-direction inner side, a first inclined surface and a second inclined surface are provided. The first inclined surface is provided on an axial-direction outer side of an outer flange outer circumferential portion. The second inclined surface is on an axial-direction outer side of an outer flange inner circumferential portion. The first inclined surface is formed to incline from the axial-direction outer side toward an axial-direction inner side as the first inclined surface extends from a radial-direction outer side end toward the radial-direction inner side. The second inclined surface is a surface formed to incline from the axial-direction inner side toward the axial-direction outer side as the second inclined surface extends from the radial-direction outer side toward the radial-direction inner side.

Abstract: The invention relates to a method of producing a retinal pigment epithelial cell from a human pluripotent stem cell, and a method of treating or preventing a retinal disease by using the produced cell. The retinal pigment epithelial cell is prepared by (a) inducing differentiation of a human pluripotent stem cell into a pigment cell by adhesion cultivation of a human pluripotent stem cell in a medium containing a Nodal signal inhibitor and a Wnt signal inhibitor in the absence of a feeder cell to give a culture containing the pigment cell, (b) subjecting the obtained culture to further adhesion culture to give a culture containing a pigment cell colony, and (c) isolating the pigment cell from the obtained culture and culturing the cell to give a retinal pigment epithelial cell.

Abstract: A prepreg sheet (1) is formed by stacking a plurality of unit layers (10a, 10b) In the unit layers (10a, 10b), prepreg tapes (100), in which a reinforced fiber bundle is impregnated with a thermosetting matrix resin composition, are disposed in rows a plurality of times. One or more of the unit layers (10a, 10b) has a gap (G) between adjacent prepreg tapes (100), and the width thereof is 10% or less of the width of the narrower of the adjacent prepreg tapes (100).

Abstract: A prepreg may include: a reinforcing fiber material including carbon fibers; and a resin composition with which the reinforcing fiber material is impregnated. The resin composition may include an epoxy resin (A), an amine curing agent (B), and an imidazole curing agent (C). The amine curing agent (B) may be present in a range of from 1 to 3.8 parts by mass, relative to 100 parts by mass of the epoxy resin (A). The amine curing agent (B) and the imidazole curing agent (C) may be present in a total amount of not more than 10 parts by mass, relative to 100 parts by mass of the epoxy resin (A). The imidazole curing agent may include an imidazole compound including, in its molecular structure, a triazine ring.

Abstract: A printing apparatus includes a transport mechanism, heads, and an estimation part. The transport mechanism transports an elongated strip-shaped base material along a predetermined transport path in a longitudinal direction thereof. The heads eject ink onto a surface of the base material being transported by the transport mechanism, based on submitted data. The estimation part outputs an estimation result indicating the expansion/contraction state of the base material resulting from the ink, based on the submitted data, prior to printing of the submitted data. This provides the estimation result of the expansion/contraction state in accordance with the submitted data. Thus, the submitted data is printed in consideration of the estimation result. The printing apparatus according to the present invention is capable of estimating the expansion/contraction state of the base material in accordance with the submitted data prior to the printing.

Abstract: A first embodiment of a substrate for a high-frequency printed wiring board according to the present disclosure is directed to a substrate for a high-frequency printed wiring board, the substrate including: a dielectric layer including a fluororesin and an inorganic filler; and a copper foil layered on at least one surface of the dielectric layer, wherein a surface of the copper foil at the dielectric layer side has a maximum height roughness (Rz) of less than or equal to 2 ?m, and a ratio of the number of inorganic atoms of the inorganic filler to the number of fluorine atoms of the fluororesin in a superficial region of the dielectric layer at the copper foil side is less than or equal to 0.08.