Abstract: An optical unit includes a movable body including an optical element, a support body swingably supporting the movable body, and a suction mechanism. The optical element reflects light traveling in a first direction to an intersecting second direction. The suction mechanism generates suction force in the movable body between the movable body and the support body, and includes a magnet and a magnetic member. One of the magnet and the magnetic member is in the movable body, while the other is in the support body. The magnet and the magnetic member overlap each other when viewed from a predetermined direction, which is one of the first direction, the second direction, and a third direction. The third direction intersects the first and second directions. When viewed from the predetermined direction, a center of the magnet and a center of the magnetic member are separated from each other.

Abstract: An information processing apparatus according to an embodiment of the present disclosure processes information about a position of an object moved by a mobile object, and includes an output unit configured to output the information about the position of the object. The information about the position of the object is obtained based on holding information indicating whether the object is held or not held by the mobile object and information about a position of the mobile object. The information about the position of the mobile object is obtained based on a captured image captured by an imaging device.

Abstract: An optical unit that corrects a shake of an optical module includes: a movable portion having a holder that holds the optical module; and a fixed portion that rotatably supports the movable portion. The movable portion is rotatable relative to the fixed portion in first-third rotation directions correspondingly centered on first-third axes which correspondingly extend in first-third directions. The first direction is parallel to an optical axis direction of the optical module in a state in which the movable portion is stationary. The first direction, the second direction, and the third direction are perpendicular to each other. The movable portion further includes a protrusion protruding toward the fixed portion from an end of the holder closer to the fixed portion in the optical axis direction. The fixed portion includes a support portion that rotatably supports the protrusion.

Abstract: In a shake correction unit, a first circuit board has a first portion extending from a first side to a second side in a direction, a second portion extending from the second side to the first side in the direction, and a bent portion in which an end portion on the second side of the second portion is bent with respect to an end portion on the second side of the first portion. A second circuit board has a first portion extending from the second side to the first side in the direction, a second portion extending from the first side to the second side in the direction, and a bent portion in which an end portion on the first side of the second portion is bent with respect to an end portion on the first side of the first portion.

Abstract: An optical unit includes a movable body including an optical module, a fixed body, a support mechanism, a flexible printed circuit board, and a fixing part. The fixing part is superposed on a bent part formed by bending the flexible printed circuit board. At least a part of the fixing part is fixed to the bent part of the flexible printed circuit board.

Abstract: An optical unit includes a movable body including an optical element, a support body swingably supporting the movable body, and a suction mechanism. The optical element reflects light traveling in a first direction to an intersecting second direction. The suction mechanism generates suction force in the movable body between the movable body and the support body, and includes a magnet and a magnetic member. One of the magnet and the magnetic member is in the movable body, while the other is in the support body. The magnet and the magnetic member overlap each other when viewed from a predetermined direction, which is one of the first direction, the second direction, and a third direction. The third direction intersects the first and second directions. When viewed from the predetermined direction, a center of the magnet and a center of the magnetic member are separated from each other.

Abstract: In a shake correction unit, a first circuit board has a first portion extending from a first side to a second side in a direction, a second portion extending from the second side to the first side in the direction, and a bent portion in which an end portion on the second side of the second portion is bent with respect to an end portion on the second side of the first portion. A second circuit board has a first portion extending from the second side to the first side in the direction, a second portion extending from the first side to the second side in the direction, and a bent Portion in which an end portion on the first side of the second portion is bent with respect to an end portion on the first side of the first portion.

Abstract: An optical unit that corrects a shake of an optical module includes: a movable portion having a holder that holds the optical module; and a fixed portion that rotatably supports the movable portion. The movable portion is rotatable relative to the fixed portion in first-third rotation directions correspondingly centered on first-third axes which correspondingly extend in first-third directions. The first direction is parallel to an optical axis direction of the optical module in a state in which the movable portion is stationary. The first direction, the second direction, and the third direction are perpendicular to each other. The movable portion further includes a protrusion protruding toward the fixed portion from an end of the holder closer to the fixed portion in the optical axis direction. The fixed portion includes a support portion that rotatably supports the protrusion.

Abstract: Provided is an antibacterial drug for an enterobacterium that causes an infection in humans, such as Clostridioides difficile. An antibacterial agent against an enterobacterium, comprising equol as an active ingredient.

Abstract: An optical unit includes a movable body including an optical module, a fixed body, a support mechanism, a flexible printed circuit board, and a fixing part. The fixing part is superposed on a bent part formed by bending the flexible printed circuit board. At least a part of the fixing part is fixed to the bent part of the flexible printed circuit board.

Abstract: An optical unit includes a movable body including an optical module, a fixed body, a support mechanism, a flexible printed circuit board, and a positioning part. A bent part of the flexible printed circuit board has a first bent portion closest to a connection part between the connection part and the positioning part along an extension direction, and a second bent portion close to the connection part next to the first bent portion between the connection part and the positioning part along the extension direction. The second bent portion is located on a reference plane or on a side different from the side where the connection part is located with respect to the reference plane.

Abstract: A plasma processing method is provided that includes applying a radio frequency power to an upper electrode of a chamber, and performing a coating process by supplying a coating gas, including a carbon-containing gas, to an interior of the chamber to generate a plasma from the supplied coating gas, and coating the interior of the chamber with a carbon film using the plasma generated from the coating gas. The plasma processing method further includes performing an etching process after the coating process by supplying an etching gas, including a fluorocarbon-containing gas, to the interior of the chamber to generate a plasma from the supplied etching gas and etching a first silicon-containing film that is arranged on a second silicon-containing film covering an electrode formed on a workpiece using the plasma generated from the etching gas.

Abstract: A plasma processing method is provided that includes applying a radio frequency power to an upper electrode of a chamber, and performing a coating process by supplying a coating gas, including a carbon-containing gas, to an interior of the chamber to generate a plasma from the supplied coating gas, and coating the interior of the chamber with a carbon film using the plasma generated from the coating gas. The plasma processing method further includes performing an etching process after the coating process by supplying an etching gas, including a fluorocarbon-containing gas, to the interior of the chamber to generate a plasma from the supplied etching gas and etching a first silicon-containing film that is arranged on a second silicon-containing film covering an electrode formed on a workpiece using the plasma generated from the etching gas.

Abstract: Disclosed is a method for selectively etching a first region made of silicon oxide to a second region made of silicon nitride. The method includes: performing a first sequence once or more to etch the first region; and performing a second sequence once or more to further etch the first region. The first sequence includes: a first step of generating plasma of a processing gas containing a fluorocarbon to form a fluorocarbon-containing deposit on a workpiece; and a second step of etching the first region by radicals of the fluorocarbon. The second sequence includes: a third step of generating plasma of a processing gas containing a fluorocarbon gas to form a fluorocarbon-containing deposit on a workpiece; and a fourth step of generating plasma of a processing gas containing oxygen gas and an inert gas in the processing container.

Abstract: Disclosed is a method for selectively etching a first region made of silicon oxide to a second region made of silicon nitride. The method includes: performing a first sequence once or more to etch the first region; and performing a second sequence once or more to further etch the first region. The first sequence includes: a first step of generating plasma of a processing gas containing a fluorocarbon to form a fluorocarbon-containing deposit on a workpiece; and a second step of etching the first region by radicals of the fluorocarbon. The second sequence includes: a third step of generating plasma of a processing gas containing a fluorocarbon gas to form a fluorocarbon-containing deposit on a workpiece; and a fourth step of generating plasma of a processing gas containing oxygen gas and an inert gas in the processing container.

Abstract: An endoscope has a section of an elongated tube for entry in a body cavity. An end shell is disposed at a distal end of the elongated tube. An imaging window area is formed in the end shell. A lens barrel is secured to the end shell, and aligned with the imaging window area. An imaging device photoelectrically detects object light from the lens barrel. A circuit board has the imaging device mounted thereon. A signal cable has a cover material, and plural filaments covered by the cover material, and connected to the circuit board. A cable retaining device partially retains the cover material fixedly. A tip portion is formed at a distal end of the cable retaining device. A coupling device keeps the tip portion laterally movable on the end shell, to prevent stress in the cable retaining device from exertion to the end shell.

Abstract: An endoscope has a section of an elongated tube for entry in a body cavity. An end shell is disposed at a distal end of the elongated tube. An imaging window area is formed in the end shell. A lens barrel is secured to the end shell, and aligned with the imaging window area. An imaging device photoelectrically detects object light from the lens barrel. A circuit board has the imaging device mounted thereon. A signal cable has a cover material, and plural filaments covered by the cover material, and connected to the circuit board. A cable retaining device partially retains the cover material fixedly. A tip portion is formed at a distal end of the cable retaining device. A coupling device keeps the tip portion laterally movable on the end shell, to prevent stress in the cable retaining device from exertion to the end shell.

Abstract: An end portion of a signal cable is fixed to the inside of a rear end of a connecting member by a first adhesive material. A flange of a lens barrel is engaged to a pair of claws of the connecting member. The signal cable is connected to the lens barrel through the connecting member so that the signal cable is not peeled from a flexible substrate. The connecting member does not cover a CCD and a first tip of the flexible substrate. The diameter of a distal portion of an electronic endoscope can be made smaller by eliminating the thickness of the connecting member and the thickness of the adhesive material filled between the connecting member and the CCD.

Abstract: Temperature is detected by a temperature sensor disposed near a recording head. When the detection result is a temperature that is higher than room temperature, an appropriate movement amount of the recording head is calculated from a relation between response speed of the temperature sensor and a LED light amount, and a moving speed of the recording head is controlled. When the result of the detection by the temperature sensor is a temperature that is lower than room temperature, an appropriate exposure amount is calculated from the relation between the response speed of the temperature sensor and the LED light amount, and the amount of light emitted by LEDs is controlled.

Abstract: In order to reduce the frame rate, when all photodiodes contributing to output of a video signal in a CMOS image sensor must be simultaneously exposed (at the timing of strobe flashing ?ts), as in a case where strobe is flashed, readout pixels composing the CMOS type image sensor are thinned such that the number of photodiodes contributing to the video signal outputted from the CMOS type image sensor is reduced. A time period ?tp2 required for processing (of the video signal caused by a row of photodiodes) in an analog processing circuit connected to the succeeding stage of the CMOS type image sensor is shortened, thereby reducing the frame rate.