Abstract: A recording device includes a recording section, a discharge section 38 that discharges the medium, a pivot shaft 39 that pivots the discharge section 38, a contact member 48 that configure to swing around the pivot shaft 39 and to contact the medium to be discharged, and a detection section 45 that detects a displacement of the contact member 48, wherein the contact member 48 is provided with a swing restriction section 58 that restricts a range of swinging by engaging the protrusion 57 on the pivot shaft 39, a position of the protrusion 57 that engages with the swing restriction section 58 changes according to pivot the pivot shaft 39, and a position at which the contact member 48 is swingable changes between when the discharge section 38 is positioned at a nip position P1 and when the discharge section 38 is positioned at a non-nip position P2.

Abstract: A remote operation device that remotely operates a mobile object by communication includes processing circuitry configured to acquire information on non-prime remote operation devices that are allowed to remotely operate the mobile object by the communication; detect a communication delay time in the communication with the mobile object; determine whether or not the detected communication delay time exceeds a delay time determination threshold; determine, when it is determined that the communication delay time exceeds the delay time determination threshold, a switching destination remote operation device from among the non-prime remote operation devices depending on whether or not a switching determination condition is satisfied on a basis of the acquired information on the non-prime remote operation devices; and output switching instruction information for remotely operating the mobile object to the determined switching destination remote operation device.

Abstract: A printing apparatus includes a print head provided with a discharge port that discharges liquid and a pressure chamber filled with the liquid to be discharged from the discharge port, and configured to perform a printing operation by discharging the liquid from the discharge port based on print data, includes a circulation unit that performs circulation of the liquid in a circulation passage including the pressure chamber in a state where the printing operation is performed, and includes a control unit that controls the circulation unit to continue the circulation for a predetermined time after the printing operation is completed.

Abstract: Improvements in the accuracy of position measurement based on a result of distance measurement using a phase-based method or distance measurement using a communication device are disclosed. In one example, an information processing device includes determination processing that determines, based on reliability information on distance measurement or position measurement obtained by performing communication processing for distance measurement using a phase-based method with a selected communication device, whether or not reselection of a communication device to be used for position measurement is required or whether or not to perform distance measurement using a method other than the phase-based method.

Abstract: An inkjet printing apparatus includes a printing unit having ejection parts, each configured to eject ink by using a piezoelectric element to be displaced in response to a change in electric potential. The inkjet printing apparatus also includes a circulation unit, a determination unit, and a control unit. The circulation unit executes ink circulation in a circulation path inclusive of the printing unit. The determination unit ejects the ink from each ejection part, detects residual vibration generated at an ejection part due to ink ejection, and determines an ejection state of ink ejection at the ejection part based on the detected residual vibration. The inkjet printing apparatus determines a printing state of ink ejection in the printing unit based on the ejection state. The control unit causes the determination unit not to make the ejection state determination in parallel with causing the circulation unit to execute the ink circulation.

Abstract: A sensor device according to the present technology includes a semiconductor substrate that includes a plurality of photoelectric conversion elements arranged for each pixel and a pixel separation portion having a trench formed between pixels to separate the pixels. The pixel separation portion of the semiconductor substrate is formed in directions different from cleavage directions of crystals of the semiconductor substrate.

Abstract: Provided is a cleaning apparatus for a recording head that ejects ink onto a recording medium, the cleaning apparatus including: a liquid application head for applying liquid to a nozzle formation surface; and a liquid removal unit for removing the liquid, wherein the liquid application head has a liquid application member having flexibility and having three surfaces, the first surface and the second surface contacting the nozzle formation surface, the third surface and the nozzle formation surface having a gap therebetween, a liquid supply member having a supply flow path for supplying the liquid to the nozzle formation surface, and wherein a liquid application width is narrower than a width of the nozzle formation surface, and a liquid removal width is wider than the liquid application width of the liquid application head.

Abstract: A printing apparatus includes a print head provided with a discharge port that discharges liquid and a pressure chamber filled with the liquid to be discharged from the discharge port, and configured to perform a printing operation by discharging the liquid from the discharge port based on print data, includes a circulation unit that performs circulation of the liquid in a circulation passage including the pressure chamber in a state where the printing operation is performed, and includes a control unit that controls the circulation unit to continue the circulation for a predetermined time after the printing operation is completed.

Abstract: An object of the present invention is to bring a print head into a liquid ejectable state while reducing waste ink. The present invention is a printing apparatus including: a tank in which liquid is stored; a print head that comprises an ejection port surface on which an ejection port is formed, the ejection port ejecting the liquid which is supplied from the tank; a cap mechanism that caps the ejection port surface of the print head; a timer that counts a time during which the ejection port surface is capped; and a circulation unit configured to circulate the liquid in a circulation path including the tank and the print head, and in a case where the timer counts a predetermined time, the circulation unit circulates the liquid.

Abstract: A battery pack having a first cell unit and a second cell unit in which multiple battery cells are connected in series is provided. When the battery pack is not connected to an electric apparatus main body, the first cell unit and the second cell unit are in a non-connection state in which the first cell unit and the second cell unit are not electrically connected to each other. The battery pack includes: a microcomputer, connected to one of the first cell unit and the second cell unit; a residual quantity display portion, connected to the microcomputer and displaying a battery residual quantity of the battery pack; and a switch, being operated by a worker. When the switch is operated while in the non-connection state, the microcomputer is configured to perform a light-on control to display the battery residual quantity by the residual quantity display portion.

Abstract: An electric pump includes a case, and a motor that includes a rotor and a stator and is surrounded by the case. The case includes an introduction pipe portion for introducing a fluid and a discharge pipe portion for discharging the fluid. The rotor is disposed in a space surrounded by the case and the stator and communicating with the introduction pipe portion and the discharge pipe portion. The rotor includes a first blade member, a second blade member, and a relay portion. An outer diameter of the relay portion is smaller than an outer diameter of at least one of the first and second blade members. The relay portion is positioned between the first blade member and the second blade member.

Abstract: A battery pack and an electric apparatus are provided. The battery pack is configured to be connectable to an electric apparatus main body of the electric apparatus. The battery pack includes: a first cell unit, including a first plurality of battery cells connected to each other, a first positive terminal, and a first negative terminal; a second cell unit, including a second plurality of battery cells connected to each other, a second positive terminal, and a second negative terminal; a microcomputer; and a casing, accommodating the first cell unit, the second cell unit, and the microcomputer. The first cell unit and the second cell unit are configured to be switched a connection state each other. The microcomputer is configured to be electrically connected to a positive terminal and a negative terminal of one of the first cell unit and the second cell unit and to be provided a power from the one of the first cell unit and the second cell unit.

Abstract: An electric pump includes an impeller, a rotor connected to the impeller, a housing housing the rotor, a plurality of divided iron cores surrounding an outer surface of the housing, a plurality of divided coil bobbins respectively attached to the plurality of the divided iron cores, a plurality of divided coils respectively wound around the plurality of the divided coil bobbins, and a bus bar unit including a plurality of bus bars.

Abstract: According to one implementation, a structural health monitoring system includes an ultrasonic transducer, an ultrasonic sensor, a strain sensor and a signal processing part. The ultrasonic transducer oscillates an ultrasonic wave to the first inspection area. The ultrasonic sensor detects a waveform of at least one of a transmission wave of the ultrasonic wave and a reflected wave of the ultrasonic wave. The transmission wave has transmitted the first inspection area. The reflected wave has been reflected in the first inspection area. The strain sensor detects a strain amount of the second inspection area. The signal processing part obtains at least one index, representing health of the structural object including the first inspection area and the second inspection area, based on the waveform detected by the ultrasonic sensor and the strain amount detected by the strain sensor.

Abstract: A load calculator includes a coefficient storage, a replacement deriver, and an internal-load deriver. The storage stores a first coefficient, an internal load acting on a target point in a target member when a unit load acts on a concentrated load point in the target member along one of three orthogonal axes, and as a second coefficient, an internal load acting on the target point when a unit moment acts on the concentrated load point around one of the axes. The replacement deriver derives a replacement load and moment by replacing an external load acting on the target member with six force components acting on the concentrated load point. The internal load deriver derives an internal load acting on any target point with the first coefficient, the replacement load, the second coefficient, and the replacement moment when the external load acts on the target member.

Abstract: According to one implementation, a structural health monitoring system includes an ultrasonic transducer, an ultrasonic sensor, a strain sensor and a signal processing part. The ultrasonic transducer oscillates an ultrasonic wave to the first inspection area. The ultrasonic sensor detects a waveform of at least one of a transmission wave of the ultrasonic wave and a reflected wave of the ultrasonic wave. The transmission wave has transmitted the first inspection area. The reflected wave has been reflected in the first inspection area. The strain sensor detects a strain amount of the second inspection area. The signal processing part obtains at least one index, representing health of the structural object including the first inspection area and the second inspection area, based on the waveform detected by the ultrasonic sensor and the strain amount detected by the strain sensor.

Abstract: An internal-load calculation apparatus includes a memory and a calculator. The memory stores the results of a preliminary analysis of an internal load exerted on a member of interest in a sound condition. The calculator calculates, on the basis of the distribution of an internal load exerted on the member of interest upon the application of an external load to an element of interest and the results of the preliminary analysis stored in the memory, the distribution of an internal load exerted on the member of interest upon the occurrence of damage on the element of interest. The element of interest corresponds to at least one of a plurality of elements of the member of interest.

Abstract: An electric pump includes an impeller, a rotor connected to the impeller, a housing housing the rotor, a plurality of divided iron cores surrounding an outer surface of the housing, a plurality of divided coil bobbins respectively attached to the plurality of the divided iron cores, a plurality of divided coils respectively wound around the plurality of the divided coil bobbins, and a bus bar unit including a plurality of bus bars.

Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a solid-state imaging element configured to inhibit an adverse effect, which is attributable to a light shielding film formed for disposing an OPB region, on the formation of a constituent other than the light shielding film of the solid-state imaging element, and an electronic device. According to a first aspect of the present disclosure, there is provided a solid-state imaging element, including: an effective pixel region in which a large number of pixels are vertically and horizontally arranged; and an OPB region formed by coating pixels around the effective pixel region with a light shielding film. Corners on at least one of an outer circumferential side and an inner circumferential side of the OPB region are formed into an arc shape. The present disclosure can be applied to, for example, a back-surface irradiation type CMOS image sensor.

Abstract: In an intake device, an upper fuel injection device that injects a fuel and a suction port that suctions the air-fuel mixture supplied to a cylinder head are disposed in the air cleaner. The intake device includes the air cleaner including an air cleaner case and a sidewall filter that purifies an air suctioned into the air cleaner case. The sidewall filter partitions a space in the air cleaner case in a vehicle width direction, and has at least partially overlapping with the upper fuel injection device in the vehicle width direction.