Abstract: A detection device includes a plurality of optical sensors arranged in a detection area, a light source configured to emit light that is emitted to an object to be detected and is detected by the optical sensors, and a processor configured to perform processing based on outputs from the optical sensors. The processor is configured to determine, based on the outputs of the respective optical sensors obtained at a cycle of a predetermined period, an optical sensor an output of which is to be employed from among the optical sensors.

Abstract: According to one embodiment, a biometric authentication device includes a sensor and an illumination device. The sensor includes a first base material, a plurality of photoelectric conversion elements and a first control unit. The illumination device includes a second base material, a plurality of light emitting elements and a second control unit. Upon lighting the light emitting element at a predetermined position in the groups of the light emitting elements by the second control unit, the first control unit controls the operation of the photoelectric conversion elements so as to acquire a signal from the photoelectric conversion elements at predetermined positions of the groups of the photoelectric conversion elements.

Abstract: The present invention provides a lipid nanoparticle and the like containing a pH-sensitive cationic lipid represented by formula (1) (in formula (1), R1 and R2 are each independently a straight-chain C10-14 alkyl group, a straight-chain C10-20 alkenyl group having one or two unsaturated bonds, or —CH(R5)(R6)(where R5 and R6 are each independently a straight-chain C5-10 alkyl group); p represents an integer of 3-8; and R3 and R4 are each independently a methyl group or an ethyl group].

Abstract: A detection device is provided. The detection device includes a sensor base; a plurality of photoelectric conversion elements that are provided in a detection area of the sensor base and are configured to receive light incident thereon and output signals corresponding to the received light; a plurality of switching elements provided in the respective photoelectric conversion elements; a plurality of gate lines that are coupled to the switching elements and extend in a first direction; a first light source configured to emit first light having a first maximum emission wavelength; and a second light source configured to emit second light having a second maximum emission wavelength.

Abstract: A microwave heating method using a microwave, including: controlling a frequency of the microwave, to form a single-mode standing wave; disposing an object to be heated in a magnetic field region where a strength of a magnetic field formed by the single-mode standing wave is uniform and maximum; and heating the object to be heated by magnetic heat generation by magnetic loss caused by an action of the magnetic field of the magnetic field region, and/or induction heating by an induced current generated in the object to be heated due to the magnetic field of the magnetic field region.

Abstract: A conversion device (10) includes: an evaluation unit (11) that estimates which one of subjective evaluation values obtained by quantifying easiness of transmission of a content of a voice felt by a person is to be taken from an input voice signal; and a conversion unit (12) that converts the input voice signal so as to obtain a subjective evaluation value of a predetermined value on the basis of the subjective evaluation value estimated by the evaluation unit (11).

Abstract: If a correction unit corrects a conversion unit configured to convert a color gamut of input image data into a color gamut of a device configured to output the image data, a generation unit generates image data having undergone color gamut conversion from the input image data using the corrected conversion unit. In the image data having undergone the color gamut conversion by the corrected conversion unit, a color difference in the image data having undergone the color gamut conversion by the conversion unit is expanded.

Abstract: A neutron detector having high sensitivity of detection for low energy neutrons is provided. The neutron detector 10 includes a detecting element including a Si semiconductor layer 2, a first electrode 1 formed on one main surface of the Si semiconductor layer 2 and a second electrode 4 formed on the other main surface of the Si semiconductor layer 2, in which the Si semiconductor layer 2 includes a P-type impurity region 2a in contact with the second electrode 4 and an N-type impurity region 2b in contact with the first electrode 1; and a radiator 8 arranged to face the first electrode 1. In addition, a personal dosemeter and a neutron fluence monitor including the same are provided.

Abstract: A detection device includes a plurality of optical sensors arranged in a detection area, a light source configured to emit light that is emitted to an object to be detected and is detected by the optical sensors, and a processor configured to perform processing based on outputs from the optical sensors. The processor is configured to determine, based on the outputs of the respective optical sensors obtained at a cycle of a predetermined period, an optical sensor an output of which is to be employed from among the optical sensors.

Abstract: An information processing apparatus generates a code for identifying images in imposition image data representing an image print region, determines candidate regions so that codes in print regions in pages represented by the imposition image data will not be printed at a same position, generates print data based on the imposition image data so that the code will be placed in at least one of the determined candidate regions. For the print data, up to a predetermined number of pages represented by pieces of the imposition image data, a print position of the code is same in a first page and a following second page. When a predetermined number of pages represented by the pieces of the imposition image data is reached, the print position of the code is different in the first page and the second page. The generated print data is output to a printing apparatus.

Abstract: A flywheel energy storage system that can not only be miniaturized but also can be dramatically improved in a maximum device mass energy density is provided. The flywheel energy storage system includes a flywheel unit (2) in which flywheel hubs (8A), (8B) that are provided with rotary mass circular wheels (9A), (9B) on outer peripheries thereof are supported on support shafts (5A), (5B), and an electrical motor/generator unit (3) that is provided with a stator unit (10) formed by a coreless induction coil (11i) between the flywheel hubs (8A), (8B) that hold rotor units (12A), (12B) formed by a yokeless annular permanent magnet Halbach array.

Abstract: According to an aspect, a detection device includes: photodiodes configured to perform detection in a detection period, a power supply control circuit, and power supply circuits configured to supply, to each photodiode, a first potential or a second potential based on a control signal from the power supply control circuit. The photodiodes are respectively provided for partial detection areas of a detection area. The power supply control circuit is configured to detect an output level of a signal output from each of the partial detection areas when the first potential is supplied to the photodiodes during a setting period different from the detection period, and control the power supply circuits so as to supply the second potential to the photodiode of the partial detection area in which the output level of the signal is equal to or higher than a predetermined threshold during the detection period.

Abstract: A temperature adjustment system includes: a refrigeration cycle circuit including a first compressor, a heat radiator, a first expansion valve, a chiller configured to perform heat exchange using the expanded refrigerant, and a gas-liquid separator configured to perform gas-liquid separation on the refrigerant and supply a gas phase refrigerant to the first compressor; a first cooling water circuit including an external heat radiator; a second cooling water circuit configured to heat the cooling water flowing therethrough by the heat of the refrigerant radiated by the heat radiator; a third cooling water circuit configured to cool the cooling water flowing therethrough, and adjust a temperature of a device by heat exchange with the cooling water; a first valve configured to connect or disconnect the first and the second cooling water circuits; and a second valve configured to connect or disconnect the second and the third cooling water circuits.

Abstract: According to an aspect, a detection device including a plurality of optical sensors arranged in a matrix having a row-column configuration, the detection device being configured to: detect a signal that is output from each of the optical sensors by reverse-biasing the optical sensor, and perform a refreshing operation to restore characteristics of the optical sensor to an initial state by forward-biasing the optical sensor for each predetermined period.

Abstract: According to an aspect, a detection device includes a plurality of optical sensors arranged on a substrate. Each of the optical sensors includes a first photodiode and a second photodiode that is coupled in series and in an opposite direction to the first photodiode.

Abstract: A medical stapler includes an attachment-detachment portion that is attachable to and detachable from a distal-end portion of an endoscope; a grasping portion arranged at a distal-end side of the attachment-detachment portion and configured to grasp target tissue and suture the grasped target tissue; and an advancement-retraction mechanism configured to connect the grasping portion to the attachment-detachment portion such that the grasping portion is advanceable and retractable with respect to the attachment-detachment portion, wherein the advancement-retraction mechanism includes a wire sheath inserting through a penetration hole formed in the attachment-detachment portion, a distal end of the wire sheath is fixed to the grasping portion, and the grasping portion moves to the distal-end side by moving the wire sheath toward the distal-end side.

Abstract: A medical stapler includes an attachment-detachment portion attached to a distal-end portion of an endoscope and including an opening from which an objective lens of the endoscope is exposed; and a grasping portion attached to the attachment-detachment portion and including a first grasping portion and a second grasping portion connected by a rotation shaft to be openable and closeable, wherein the second grasping portion includes a visual-field space penetrating a gap between the staple reception portion and the rotation shaft in an open-close direction, when the grasping portion is in the closed state, the staple extraction portion and the staple reception portion are opposite to each other, and when the grasping portion is in an open state, an optical axis of the objective lens passes through the visual-field space.

Abstract: A medical stapler includes a grasping portion connected to an endoscope and having a first jaw and a second jaw connected by a rotation shaft; an operation portion configured to receive an external force for operating the grasping portion to open and close; a first wire configured to transmit the external force that is received by the operation portion to the grasping portion; and a movable pin attached to a distal end of the first wire, wherein the grasping portion is transitioned to an open state and a closed state by the first/second jaw relatively rotating with each other, and the movable pin is advanceable and retractable between positions at the proximal-end and distal-end side of the rotation shaft in a state in which the movable pin is engaged with an engagement groove formed in the first jaw.

Abstract: A suturing mechanism includes a grasping portion including a first grasping member and a second grasping member that are connected by a rotation shaft to be openable and closeable; a staple extraction portion provided in the first grasping member; and a staple reception portion provided in the second grasping member, wherein when the grasping portion is in a closed state, the staple extraction portion and the staple reception portion are opposite to each other, and the staple extraction portion includes a rotation member configured to extract the accommodated staple toward the opposite staple reception portion by a rotation operation; and a straight-moving member configured to interlock with the rotation operation of the rotation member and straightly move for extracting the staple toward the staple reception portion.

Abstract: A detection device comprising: an insulating substrate; a plurality of gate lines that are provided on the insulating substrate, and extend in a first direction; a plurality of signal lines that are provided on the insulating substrate, and extend in a second direction intersecting the first direction; a switching element coupled to each of the gate lines and each of the signal lines; a first photoelectric conversion element that comprises a first semiconductor layer containing amorphous silicon, and is coupled to the switching element; and a second photoelectric conversion element that comprises a second semiconductor layer containing polysilicon, and is coupled to the switching element.