Abstract: In an ignition plug, since a ground electrode is formed in a thin-rod-shape or a mesh-like shape, sufficiently strong radicals are locally generated by a barrier discharge, an anti-inflammation effect by the electrode is small, and the growth of a flame is hardly hindered. Furthermore, by making the thickness dimension of a second dielectric facing a discharge region uniform, the barrier discharge is spread over the surface of the second dielectric, the generation of the radicals is maintained, and combustibility after ignition is promoted. Furthermore, because an end portion of a high voltage electrode and a ground electrode are disposed to face each other within a combustion chamber, a fuel gas introduced into the combustion chamber is liable to flow into the discharge region, and is easily ignited by the radicals generated due to the discharge.

Abstract: The purpose of this invention is to provide a method for stabilizing a cosmetic over a long period of time. In order to achieve this purpose, this invention provides a method for improving the storage stability of a cosmetic, the method including blending a compound represented by the following general formula (1). (In formula (1), R1 represents a group represented by general formula (2) or a hydrocarbon group having 2 or 3 carbon atoms.) (In formula (2), R2 represents an alkylene group having 1 to 3 carbon atoms, and n represents an integer of 0 or 1.

Abstract: A port injection valve injects fuel into an intake passage. A controller increases a base injection amount over a predetermined period after the internal combustion engine is started and gradually decreases an increase correction ratio of the base injection amount. One of two processes, a multiple injection process and a single injection process, is selected in order to inject the increased base injection amount of fuel. The increase correction ratio is set to be a smaller value in the multiple injection process than in the single injection process.

Abstract: A change amount per unit time of an engine output command for controlling engine output of an internal combustion engine is calculated as an engine output increasing rate, and a power supply device is controlled so that power corresponding to the calculated engine output increasing rate is supplied to a combustion promoter generation device. The combustion promoter generation device generates a combustion promoter through the power supplied from the power supply device to supply the combustion promoter to a combustion chamber of the internal combustion engine, and a generation amount of the combustion promoter increases as the supplied power increases. In this manner, the generation amount of the combustion promoter is adjusted.

Abstract: A recording device discharge position adjustor includes a recording device to discharge liquid droplets onto a recording medium; an edge detector unit to detect a lateral edge position of the recording medium in a direction perpendicular to a recording medium conveyance direction; a discharge position adjustor to adjust a discharge position of the liquid droplets from the recording device relative to the recording medium; a controller to adjust the discharge position using the discharge position adjustor; and an edge position converter to convert the edge position of the recording medium detected by the edge detector unit to an edge position at a position of the recording device, in which the controller adjusts the discharge position of the recording device by an adjustment amount corresponding to the edge position of the recording medium at the position of the recording device converted by the edge position converter.

Abstract: An object of the present invention is to provide a plasticizer for vinyl chloride-based resin superior in cold resistance and volatility resistance, and desirable in flexibility, fogging resistance, heat discoloration resistance, and weather resistance, and to also provide a vinyl chloride-based resin composition comprising the plasticizer. An ester obtained by reacting a specific carboxylic acid or a derivative thereof with a C9 saturated aliphatic alcohol at a specific proportion is superior in cold resistance and volatility resistance, and desirable in flexibility, fogging resistance, heat discoloration resistance, and weather resistance. Therefore, if becomes possible to obtain a vinyl chloride-based resin composition applicable to automobile parts, medical materials, or the like, as well as a molded article of the vinyl chloride-based resin composition.

Abstract: There is provided a camera head for endoscope which enables to achieve a favorable fluorescent image in any wavelength band when the observation is switched over from a normal white-light image observation to an observation of fluorescent images of different wavelength bands.

Abstract: Provided is an electrostatic capacitance detection device including: an electrode pair including a pair of electrodes, the electrode pair being arranged inside a compressor configured to compress refrigerant; a capacitor being connected in series to the electrode pair; an inverter having one of power lines connected to one end of series-connected electrode pair and capacitor, and is configured to drive the compressor, the power lines being used for driving the compressor; and a voltage detecting unit configured to measure a voltage between the pair of electrodes of the electrode pair.

Abstract: A directional characteristic of light that is incident on a light-receiving unit is adjusted in accordance with whether a proximity-illumination sensor is caused to act as a proximity sensor or to act as an illumination sensor. The proximity-illumination sensor (50) includes a light-receiving area selection unit (101) that selects light-receiving sensitivity of which of a first light-receiving area and a second light-receiving area is made higher in accordance with whether the proximity-illumination sensor (50) is caused to act as the proximity sensor or to act as the illumination sensor.

Abstract: The present invention enhances user convenience with regards to a user operation etc. of a robot conducted in response to a notification event. A posture control device (1) includes a notification event detecting section (13) configured to detect the notification event having occurred and a driving control section (15) that controls a driving section (24) so that in a case where the notification event detecting section (13) has detected an occurrence of the notification event, a robot (100) takes on a notification event posture.

Abstract: A life estimation circuit includes a temperature detector configured to detect temperature of a power element unit, an inflection point detection unit configured to detect an inflection point of temperature variation in the power element unit based on an output signal from the temperature detector, an operation unit configured to determine an absolute value of a difference between the temperature of the power element unit at an inflection point detected this time and the temperature of the power element unit at an inflection point detected last time, a count circuit configured to count the number of times that the absolute value of the difference in temperature has reached a threshold temperature, and a signal generation unit configured to output, when a count value from the count circuit reaches a threshold number of times, an alarm signal indicating that the power element is about to reach the end of its life.

Abstract: A barrier-discharge-type ignition apparatus that can accurately determine the application voltage, of a barrier ignition plug, that causes a non-ignition discharge to occur. In the barrier-discharge-type ignition apparatus, in a combustion assist control, the voltage difference between the one-period-prior application voltage and the present-period application voltage in the AC period is calculated based on an application voltage detected by a voltage detection circuit; then, it is determined whether or not a discharge exists in the barrier ignition plug, based on the comparison between the voltage difference and a preliminarily set discharge determination threshold value.

Abstract: A light irradiation device includes a plurality of light-emitting portions that emit light by being supplied with a current. The light-emitting portions each have a first power supply terminal, and a second power supply terminal; a plurality of light-emitting elements; and a wiring pattern. The wiring pattern has a first wiring region and a second wiring region. Two of the light-emitting portions that are disposed adjacent to each other are disposed such that the space between the respective first wiring regions or the space between the respective second wiring regions is smaller than the space between the first wiring region of one of the light-emitting portions and the second wiring region of the other of the light-emitting portions.

Abstract: An ozone generator and an internal combustion engine with the ozone generator that can raise ozone additive rate of whole intake air, while suppressing pressure loss in the intake pipe from increasing. The internal combustion engine with an ozone generator includes a tubular intake pipe, through an inner region of which air flows, an ozone generator having an electrode plate that makes ozone and is disposed in the inner region or in the intake pipe, and a limiter that limits the flow of air in the inner region of the intake pipe; the electrode plate has a planar dielectric and high-voltage-side and low-voltage-side electrodes adhered and fixed to the dielectric and is formed in a shape of a plate extending in a direction in which air flows.

Abstract: A change amount per unit time of an engine output command for controlling engine output of an internal combustion engine is calculated as an engine output increasing rate, and a power supply device is controlled so that power corresponding to the calculated engine output increasing rate is supplied to a combustion promoter generation device. The combustion promoter generation device generates a combustion promoter through the power supplied from the power supply device to supply the combustion promoter to a combustion chamber of the internal combustion engine, and a generation amount of the combustion promoter increases as the supplied power increases. In this manner, the generation amount of the combustion promoter is adjusted.

Abstract: A signal transmission insulating device includes: a first coil; a second coil opposing the first coil to form a transformer together with the first coil; a first insulating film provided between the opposing first coil and second coil and made of a first dielectric material; a second insulating film surrounding the first coil and made of a second dielectric material having a lower resistivity or a higher permittivity than the first dielectric material; and a third insulating film surrounding the second coil and made of a third dielectric material having a lower resistivity or a higher permittivity than the first dielectric material.

Abstract: This light irradiation device has a plurality of light emitting units that emit light when current is supplied. Each of the plurality of light emitting units has a first feeding terminal indicating anode polarity, a second feeding terminal indicating cathode polarity, a plurality of light emitting elements, and a wiring pattern. The wiring pattern has a first wiring area located between the first feeding terminal and a light emitting element arranged in a position electrically the closest to the first feeding terminal, and a second wiring area located between the second feeding terminal and a light emitting element arranged in a position electrically the closest to the second feeding terminal. In two adjacently arranged light emitting units out of the plurality of light emitting units, first wiring areas or second wiring areas are arranged with an interval narrower than an interval between the first wiring area of one light emitting unit and the second wiring area of the other light emitting unit.

Abstract: A refrigeration device equipped with: a cascade cycle; a storage unit having a storage space for an object to be cooled by a second evaporator; an internal temperature sensor that detects the temperature of the storage space; a control unit that determines a second rotational speed of a second compressor on the basis of a target temperature for the storage space and the detection result from the internal temperature sensor, and that determines a first rotational speed for a first compressor having a prescribed correspondence relationship with the second rotational speed; and a first power supply unit and a second power supply unit that supply power respectively to the first compressor and the second compressor on the basis of the first rotational speed and the second rotational speed determined by the control unit.

Abstract: Provided is a robot which allows a user to set a parameter, instead of separately providing any specific input section via which the parameter is set. A robot (1) includes (i) a right arm part, (ii) a servomotor, that is a right shoulder pitch, which is configured to drive the right arm part, (iii) an obtaining section (105) which is configured to obtain positional information on a position. of the right arm part which has been operated and (iv) a setting section (107) which is configured to set a value of a predetermined parameter to a value corresponding to the positional information that is obtained by the obtaining section (105).

Abstract: In an ignition plug, since a ground electrode is formed in a thin-rod-shape or a mesh-like shape, sufficiently strong radicals are locally generated by a barrier discharge, an anti-inflammation effect by the electrode is small, and the growth of a flame is hardly hindered. Furthermore, by making the thickness dimension of a second dielectric facing a discharge region uniform, the barrier discharge is spread over the surface of the second dielectric, the generation of the radicals is maintained, and combustibility after ignition is promoted. Furthermore, because an end portion of a high voltage electrode and a ground electrode are disposed to face each other within a combustion chamber, a fuel gas introduced into the combustion chamber is liable to flow into the discharge region, and is easily ignited by the radicals generated due to the discharge.