Abstract: An object is to provide a method for manufacturing an image pickup lens unit which can form a holder member with a small number of components, and can avoid generation or a ghost or flare caused by a positioning shape, an appearance problem, deterioration of dimension accuracy. In an installing step, since a lens 10 is positioned by one pressing member (protrusion) 61d of protrusions 61d and 62d which are a pair of pressing members disposed in a position corresponding to a pair of openings OP1 and OP2 by molds 51 and 52, it is possible to reliably fix the lens 10 in the molds 51 and 52 in a state of not affecting to a shape of a holder member 40 without interrupting the molding of the holder member 40. Thus, it is possible to avoid deterioration of the dimension accuracy due to the remaining large positioning shape on the holder member 40.

Abstract: This audio signal output device includes an audio signal output portion, a volume setting information acquisition portion, and a control portion acquiring maximum volume information of volume information of an audio signal of content. The control portion is configured to calculate the maximum output volume of an external device on the basis of the maximum volume information of the content and volume setting information of the external device and perform control of lowering the output volume of the external device when the maximum output volume is higher than a prescribed volume threshold.

Abstract: A document conveying device includes a document table on which a stack of document sheets is placed; a rotating shaft member detachably provided on a main body of the document conveying device; a feeding member configured to contact and feed a topmost sheet of the stack of document sheets, the feeding member being attached to the rotating shaft member via a driving force transmitting member; a separating unit configured to separate the topmost sheet from one or more sheets that are fed together with the topmost sheet, rotating members rotatably attached to the rotating shaft member; a holding member configured to hold the feeding member and the driving force transmitting member; and a rotating member position restricting unit configured to restrict a position of the rotating members other than the holding member to a given predetermined position with reference to a position of the holding member.

Abstract: An object is to provide a nonaqueous electrolyte and a nonaqueous-electrolyte secondary battery which have excellent discharge load characteristics and are excellent in high-temperature storability, cycle characteristics, high capacity, continuous-charge characteristics, storability, gas evolution inhibition during continuous charge, high-current-density charge/discharge characteristics, discharge load characteristics, etc. The object has been accomplished with a nonaqueous electrolyte which comprises: a monofluorophosphate and/or a difluorophosphate; and further a compound having a specific chemical structure or specific properties.

Abstract: A sheet conveying device includes: a sheet housing unit that houses a sheet; a sheet conveying unit that conveys the sheet; a sheet detection unit that detects presence or absence of the sheet in the sheet housing unit; a sheet nipping unit that nips the sheet housed in the sheet housing unit; and a control unit. The control unit controls the sheet nipping unit to reach a nipping state to nip the sheet in the sheet housing unit upon the sheet detection unit detecting a sheet-present state, executes a power saving mode to stop supplying power to at least a part of the electric mechanisms when no drive command is input for a predetermined time, and controls the sheet nipping unit to cancel the nipping state before execution of the power saving mode.

Abstract: The Ultrafine alloy particles of an alloy includes a primary metal and one or more subsidiary metals solid-soluble in said primary metal, a content of the one or more subsidiary metals is in a range of 1 wt % to 25 wt % and the one or more subsidiary metals solid-solved in the primary metal inhibit coalescence or oxidation of the ultrafine alloy particles including the primary metal, or both. The process introduces powder materials including the primary metal and the one or more subsidiary metals for producing the ultrafine alloy particles into a thermal plasma flame under reduced pressure to form a vapor-phase mixture and introduces a cooling gas toward an end portion of the thermal plasma flame in a supply amount sufficient for quenching the vapor-phase mixture so as to generate the ultrafine alloy particles.

Abstract: An image processing apparatus which estimates a point spread function (PSF) of at least one input image, and the image processing apparatus includes: an S/N ratio estimation unit which estimates an S/N ratio of the input image at each spatial frequency; a restricted range calculation unit which calculates a restricted range that is a range of the spatial frequency in which the frequency component of the input images are restricted and that more likely includes a spatial frequency in which the S/N ratio is lower; a frequency restriction unit which generates a restricted image by restricting a frequency component of the input image within the restricted range; and a PSF estimation unit which estimates the PSF of the input image, using the restricted image

Abstract: A video editing apparatus includes: a selection unit which receives a first editing point and a second editing point; a representative value generation unit which generates a representative value of first disparity information on disparities of the first editing point and a representative value of second disparity information on disparities of the second editing point; a comparison value calculation unit which calculates a first depth difference by a comparison between the representative value of the first disparity information and the representative value of the second disparity information; a determination unit which determines whether or not the first depth difference is less than or equal to a predetermined value; and a presenting unit which presents a message prompting a user to change at least one of the first editing point and the second editing point when it is determined that the first depth difference is greater than the predetermined value.

Abstract: Provided are a pair of left and right upper frames extending in a longitudinal direction; a mount frame supporting a transmission case below the upper frames; and vertical frames connecting the upper frames and the mount frame. Rear suspension arms are supported on the vertical frames. The vertical frames are configured to have upper members connected to the upper frames and lower members connected to the mount frame. The upper and lower members are separably connected.

Abstract: A suspension arm unit for vehicle includes: a pair of profile beams each having a U-shaped cross section with an opening oriented in a horizontal direction and including: a base end part formed on one end side of the profile beam and vertically swingably supported on a vehicle body side about an axis extending in a front-rear direction; and a distal end part formed on the other end side, to which a knuckle arm unit of a wheel is attached. The pair of the profile beams are arranged in the front-rear direction so that the openings face each other in the front-rear direction and a gap between the profile beams becomes larger from the distal end part to the base end part, and the pair of the profile beams are connected to each other at the distal end part and to the knuckle arm unit through a rotary joint.

Abstract: There are provided an data input unit configured to receive an input image, depth data, and a shooting parameter, a parameter input unit that receives a transformation parameter as a parameter on projective transformation of a three-dimensional model, a transformed image generating unit that generate a transformed image by performing projective transformation based on the transformation parameter in the three-dimensional model obtained from the input image, the depth data, and the shooting parameter, a blank area detecting unit that detects a blank area in the transformed image, the blank area being a group of blank pixels having no corresponding pixel in the input image, and an output unit configured to output the transformed image in the case where a blank value indicating size of the blank area is smaller than or equal to a threshold value.

Abstract: An image control apparatus which controls a search screen for searching a related image, comprises: an attribute display section setting a reference image and causing to display a specific condition in each of the attributes of the reference image; a related image display section causing to display the related image which has been searched by an image search section according to the specific attribute condition selected from among the displayed specific conditions; a search screen display section causing to display the search screen including at least the reference image, the specific condition in each of the attributes of the reference image, and the searched related image; and a change screen display section causing to display a change screen for changing the specific attribute condition to be used for the search to a condition except the specific condition in each of the attributes related to the reference image.

Abstract: A parallax image generation device includes: a depth value correction unit which performs correction processing on a depth value, from among a plurality of depth values which define a depth image, to shift a position corresponding to the depth value to be closer to a display screen as the depth value is located closer to an end of the depth image, the display screen being for displaying a parallax image; and a parallax image generation unit which generates a first parallax image and a second parallax image having mutual parallax, using a two-dimensional image and the depth image corrected through the correction processing.

Abstract: A non-aqueous electrolyte solution containing a lithium salt, a non-aqueous solvent, and a compound expressed by the following formula (IIc): wherein Z6 represents an integer of 2 or larger, X6 represents a Z6-valent hydrocarbon group having 2-6 carbon atoms, R61 represents, independently of each other, an alkyl group having 1-6 carbon atoms, R62 represents, independently of each other, an alkyl group having 1-6 carbon atoms substituted by one or more halogen atoms and any two or more of R61 and/or R62 may be linked with each other to form a ring.

Abstract: A non-aqueous electrolyte solution is provided that realizes a large capacity, exhibits high storage characteristics and cycle characteristics, and is capable of inhibiting gas generation. The non-aqueous electrolyte solution comprises a lithium salt and a non-aqueous solvent, and further comprises: a cyclic carbonate compound having an unsaturated bond in a concentration of 0.01 weight % or higher and 8 weight % or lower; and a compound expressed by general formula (Ia) in a concentration of 0.01 weight % or higher and 5 weight % or lower. (in the formula (Ia), R11 and R12 represent, independently of each other, an organic group that is composed of one or more carbon atoms and hydrogen atoms and may optionally contain one or more oxygen atoms but excludes unsaturated bonds, provided that at least either R11 or R12 has an ether linkage. The total number of carbon atoms of R11 and R12 is between 3 and 18, and the total number of oxygen atoms contained in R11 and R12 is between 1 and 6.

Abstract: An optical member made of polycrystalline silicon formed from high-purity trichlorosilane as a raw material, and that absorbs and scatters an infrared ray in a wavelength region of 4 ?m or less. In the optical member, a ratio A/B between a transmittance A of an infrared ray having a wavelength of 4 ?m and a transmittance B of an infrared ray having a wavelength of 10 ?m is 0.9 or less, and an average crystal grain size of the polycrystalline silicon is 5 ?m or less. This polycrystalline silicon is produced by hydrogen reducing SiHCI3 by heating a base material to 800 to 900° C. using a chemical vapor deposition method. In this way, an infrared ray transmissive optical member, a manufacturing method thereof, an optical device, an infrared detector, and an optical apparatus capable of sensing a human body with high sensitivity and accuracy are realized.

Abstract: A method of manufacturing an optical fiber includes a first step of drawing an optical fiber preform into a glass fiber and disposing a fiber coating on the outer circumference of the glass fiber to form a parent optical fiber; a second step of cutting the parent optical fiber into a plurality of individual optical fibers; a third step of determining, at, at least, one spot of the parent optical fiber, a failure strength F1 and a failure time T; a fourth step of determining a failure strength F2 of each of the individual optical fibers; and a fifth step of selecting an optical fiber having a failure strength F2 of 5.5 kgf or more from the individual optical fibers cut from the parent optical fiber whose failure strength F1 and failure time T satisfy the inequality T>2.6×10?11×exp(4.736×F1).

Abstract: Provided are a pair of left and right upper frames extending in a longitudinal direction; a mount frame supporting a transmission case below the upper frames; and vertical frames connecting the upper frames and the mount frame. Rear suspension arms are supported on the vertical frames. The vertical frames are configured to have upper members connected to the upper frames and lower members connected to the mount frame. The upper and lower members are separably connected.

Abstract: A decorative film structure includes: a surface layer constituted by a transparent or translucent resin layer; an achromatic layer constituted by dots provided on a back surface of the surface layer; and a metal luster layer provided on the back surface of the surface layer to fill a gap between the dots. As surface roughness of a front surface of the surface layer, an Ra is 2 ?m or less and either an Rmax is 4 ?m or less or a Sm is 50 ?m or more. A lightness L* of the achromatic layer is 0-80. An area of each dot when viewed from a front side of the surface layer is 10?3-105 ?m2. A dot area percentage per a unit area when viewed from the front side of the surface layer is 1-80%. A stimulus value Y45° of the metal luster layer is 10000 or more.

Abstract: A decorative film structure includes: a surface layer constituted by a transparent or translucent resin layer; a metal luster layer constituted by dots provided on a back surface of the surface layer; and an achromatic layer provided on the back surface of the surface layer to fill a gap between the dots. As surface roughness of a front surface of the surface layer, an Ra is 2 ?m or less and either an Rmax is 4 ?m or less or a Sm is 50 ?m or more. A stimulus value Y45° of the metal luster layer is 10000 or more. An area of each dot when viewed from a front side of the surface layer is 10?3-105 ?m2. A dot area percentage per a unit area when viewed from the front side of the surface layer is 20-99%. A lightness L* of the achromatic layer is 0-80.