Abstract: According to one embodiment, a liquid discharging device includes a storage unit storing a use history indicating whether the liquid discharging device has been previously used, and a discharging device mounted on a liquid dispensing apparatus and configured to discharge a liquid when supplied a discharge voltage in response to a discharge signal received from the liquid dispensing apparatus.

Abstract: According to one embodiment, a liquid dispensing apparatus includes a base to which a liquid discharging device for discharging a liquid is to be mounted, an interface configured to communicate with an external device, a driving circuit to supply driving voltages to an actuator of the liquid discharging device, and a control unit configured to acquire a use history of the liquid discharging device from the external device through the interface, and cause the driving circuit to supply a discharge voltage to the actuator if the acquired use history indicates the liquid discharging device has not been used.

Abstract: A liquid dispensing apparatus includes a mounting unit on which a liquid discharging device is mounted, a driving circuit to supply driving power to an actuator of the liquid discharging device mounted on the mounting unit, and a controller configured to supply a first control signal to the driving circuit to drive the actuator of the liquid discharging device to discharge a liquid, and supply a second control signal to the driving circuit after a discharge of the liquid to cause the driving circuit to damage the actuator.

Abstract: A surround view monitor apparatus includes two imaging devices mounted on a first vehicle section of an articulated vehicle to capture two respective images that include, within fields of view thereof, areas of view looking in a direction of a road surface area occupied by a second vehicle section in an unbent state, a control unit configured to select one of the two images as an image to be displayed on the road surface area in response to a bending angle between the first vehicle section and the second vehicle section, and configured to combine the two images to generate a synthesized image showing surroundings of the articulated vehicle, and a display monitor configured to display the synthesized image.

Abstract: A droplet dispensing apparatus includes a droplet ejecting array having a plurality of nozzle groups, each nozzle group including a plurality of nozzles arranged in columns in a first direction and rows in a second direction that intersects the first direction, and the plurality of nozzles being arranged in a third direction, a light emitting unit configured to emit light along an optical path in the third direction oblique with respect to the first direction, a light receiving unit configured to receive light from the light emitting unit, the light receiving unit being on an opposite side of the droplet ejecting array from the light emitting unit, and a controller configured to receive signals from the light receiving unit according to light intensity as detected by the light receiving unit, and adjust ejection timings such that each of the plurality of nozzle groups ejects at a different timing.

Abstract: According to one embodiment, a droplet dispensing apparatus includes a droplet ejection array having a plurality of nozzles from which droplets can be ejected into a well opening of a microplate plate on a baseplate, a sensor configured to detect a liquid amount in the microplate, and a controller configured to detect that a nozzle in the plurality of nozzles is not discharging during a droplet ejection process based on an initial liquid amount in the microplate as detected by the sensor and a final liquid amount in the microplate as detected by the sensor during a droplet ejection process in which a predetermined number of droplets are to be ejected from the plurality of nozzles into the microplate.

Abstract: According to one embodiment, a droplet dispensing apparatus includes a droplet ejection array having a plurality of nozzles from which droplets can be ejected into a well opening of a microplate plate on a baseplate, the plurality of nozzles being arranged in columns in a first direction and rows in a second direction that intersects the first direction, a light emitting unit configured to emit light having polarization perpendicular to a third direction oblique with respect to the first direction and the second direction, and a light receiving unit configured to receive light from the light emitting unit, the light receiving unit being on an opposite side of the droplet ejection array from the light emitting unit.

Abstract: The invention provides a (meth)acrylic block copolymer that exhibits a high curing rate when irradiated with active energy rays and also has a low viscosity. The (meth)acrylic block copolymer includes a methacrylic polymer block (a1) and a methacrylic polymer block (a2) that each have an active energy ray curable group including a partial structure (1) of the following general formula (1), and further includes an acrylic polymer block (B) that has no active energy ray curable groups and is present between the methacrylic polymer block (a1) and the methacrylic polymer block (a2). The content of monomer units derived from methyl methacrylate relative to all monomer units in the methacrylic polymer block (a1) and the methacrylic polymer block (a2) is not less than 30 mass %. The content of monomer units derived from an alkyl acrylate ester having an alkyl group with 6 or more carbon atoms relative to all monomer units in the acrylic polymer block (B) is not less than 40 mass %.

Abstract: According to one embodiment, a liquid medicine discharge device includes a nozzle plate including a nozzle from which a liquid medicine can be discharged, a pressure chamber structure having an outlet on a first surface side and an inlet on a second surface side and a pressure chamber in fluid communication with the nozzle via the outlet on the first side, a liquid holding container on the second surface and in fluid communication with the pressure chamber via the inlet on the second surface, and an actuator configured to cause the liquid medicine to be ejected from the nozzle by changing a pressure in the pressure chamber and including a piezoelectric element formed of a lead-free material.

Abstract: A (meth)acrylic block copolymer includes a methacrylic polymer block including at least one structural unit derived from a dimethacrylate according to formula (2): where R1 is a methyl group, R2 and R3 are each independently a hydrocarbon group having 1 to 6 carbon atoms, and n is an integer of 1 to 5, and a (meth)acrylic polymer block having no active energy ray curable groups. A method of preparing the (meth)acrylic block copolymer and an active energy ray curable composition are provided.

Abstract: A droplet ejecting apparatus includes a solution holding container having a solution inlet on a first surface for receiving a solution and a solution outlet on a second surface opposite to the first surface, solution-contacting inner surfaces of the solution holding container between the solution outlet and the solution inlet having a convex-curved shape, a nozzle fluidly connected to the solution outlet via a pressure chamber, and an actuator adjacent the nozzle and configured to cause solution to be ejected from the nozzle by changing pressure inside the pressure chamber.

Abstract: A vehicle image processing apparatus includes a group of cameras, a drawing unit that converts a captured image into an image viewed along a line of sight running from a predetermined position in a predetermined direction, a viewing-line-of-sight changing unit that detects whether a first line of sight is switched to a second line of sight, and a viewing-line-of-sight generation/updating unit that acquires parameters concerning the first and second lines of sight after detecting the switching and generates a parameter which is gradually changed from the parameter of the first line of sight to the parameter of the second line of sight. Moreover, the drawing unit generates, on the basis of the gradually changed parameter, an image which is gradually changed from an image viewed along the first line of sight to an image viewed along the second line of sight.

Abstract: The present invention provides a dental polymerizable composition that requires less discharging force, is easily formable, has low polymerization shrinkage stress during curing, and exhibits high stain resistance and surface gloss when cured. The present invention relates to a dental polymerizable composition including a (meth)acrylic block copolymer (A), a polymerizable monomer (B), and a polymerization initiator (C). The (meth)acrylic block copolymer (A) consists of a (meth)acrylic polymer block (a) having a curable functional group and a (meth)acrylic polymer block (b) having no curable functional group.

Abstract: The invention provides active energy ray curable compositions which exhibit good curability with active energy rays and which have a low viscosity to attain excellent application properties when applied as materials such as adhesives or coatings onto substrates and can give highly flexible cured products upon irradiation with active energy rays.

Abstract: An image processing apparatus synthesize a synthesized image by taking pixel values of pixels in a synthesized image corresponding to each point on the three dimensional projection plane as viewed from a specific viewpoint position, as pixel values of corresponding pixels of the first image based on the first correspondence relationship, and taking pixel values of each pixel in the synthesized image corresponding to pixels identified in the first image as being pixels representing a solid object, as pixel values of corresponding pixels of the second image based on the second correspondence relationship.

Abstract: An image processing apparatus includes a coordinate conversion unit and a drawing unit. The coordinate conversion unit obtains a coordinate of an intersection PVG between a stereoscopic projection plane and a line connecting a ground point PRG of a stereoscopic object and a virtual viewpoint position VP, and a coordinate of an intersection PV between a line extending upward from the intersection PVG and a line connecting a point PR of the stereoscopic object and the virtual viewpoint position VP. The drawing unit projects an image of the ground point PRG of the stereoscopic object at the position of the coordinate of PVG, and projects the image of PR of the stereoscopic object at the position of PV.

Abstract: An image processing apparatus synthesize a synthesized image by taking pixel values of pixels in a synthesized image corresponding to each point on the three dimensional projection plane as viewed from a specific viewpoint position, as pixel values of corresponding pixels of the first image based on the first correspondence relationship, and taking pixel values of each pixel in the synthesized image corresponding to pixels identified in the first image as being pixels representing a solid object, as pixel values of corresponding pixels of the second image based on the second correspondence relationship.

Abstract: A vehicle image processing apparatus includes: a group of cameras; a drawing unit that converts a captured image into an image viewed along a line of sight running from a predetermined position in a predetermined direction; a viewing-line-of-sight changing unit that detects whether a first line of sight is switched to a second line of sight; and a viewing-line-of-sight generation/updating unit that acquires parameters concerning the first and second lines of sight after detecting the switching and generates a parameter which is gradually changed from the parameter of the first line of sight to the parameter of the second line of sight. Moreover, the drawing unit generates, on the basis of the gradually changed parameter, an image which is gradually changed from an image viewed along the first line of sight to an image viewed along the second line of sight.

Abstract: An image processing apparatus synthesize a synthesized image by taking pixel values of pixels in a synthesized image corresponding to each point on the three dimensional projection plane as viewed from a specific viewpoint position, as pixel values of corresponding pixels of the first image based on the first correspondence relationship, and taking pixel values of each pixel in the synthesized image corresponding to pixels identified in the first image as being pixels representing a solid object, as pixel values of corresponding pixels of the second image based on the second correspondence relationship.

Abstract: A vehicle image processing apparatus includes a group of cameras, a drawing unit that converts a captured image into an image viewed along a line of sight running from a predetermined position in a predetermined direction, a viewing-line-of-sight changing unit that detects whether a first line of sight is switched to a second line of sight, and a viewing-line-of-sight generation/updating unit that acquires parameters concerning the first and second lines of sight after detecting the switching and generates a parameter which is gradually changed from the parameter of the first line of sight to the parameter of the second line of sight. Moreover, the drawing unit generates, on the basis of the gradually changed parameter, an image which is gradually changed from an image viewed along the first line of sight to an image viewed along the second line of sight.