Abstract: It is provided that a polypropylene-based laminated film having high heat resistance and stiffness. A polypropylene-based laminated film comprising: a base layer (A) that is formed of a polypropylene-based resin satisfying following conditions 1) to 4) and contains an antifogging agent; and a heat seal layer (B) formed on one or both surfaces of the base layer (A) and formed of a polyolefin-based resin, wherein a lower limit of a plane orientation coefficient of the film is 0.0125, 1) a lower-limit mesopentad fraction is 96%, 2) an upper-limit amount of a copolymerization monomer other than propylene is 0.1 mol %, 3) mass average molecular weight (Mw)/number average molecular weight (Mn) is 3.0 or more and 5.4 or less, and 4) a melt flow rate (MFR) measured at 230° C. and 2.16 kgf is 6.2 g/10 min or more and 9.0 g/10 min or less.

Abstract: A reverse rotation prevention mechanism is provided on a torque transmission path between an output shaft and a driving shaft of a motor. The reverse rotation prevention mechanism includes: a first frictional force generation unit configured to inhibit a lock plate provided on the torque transmission path from rotating relative to another member when an external force is exerted on the output shaft; and a second frictional force generation unit configured to generate a braking force that prevents reverse rotation when an external force is exerted on the output shaft by causing a portion of the lock plate to be pressed. The first frictional force generation unit is provided in an area different from the second frictional force generation unit.

Abstract: Provided is a map display system including: a destination acquiring section which acquires a destination specified on a map displayed on the display section; a position acquiring section which acquires a starting position of the map when the destination is specified and an ending position of the map which allows a travel route to be displayed; and a display control section which displays so that the position on the display section gradually moves from the starting position to the ending position, acquires a starting scale of the map when the destination is specified and an ending scale of the map which allows display of the entire proposed travel route, and gradually changes a scale of the map displayed from the starting scale to the ending scale during movement, in which the position of the map displayed gradually moves from the starting position to the ending position.

Abstract: Provided is a map display system including: a destination acquiring section which acquires a destination specified on a map displayed on the display section; a position acquiring section which acquires a starting position of the map when the destination is specified and an ending position of the map which allows a travel route to be displayed; and a display control section which displays so that the position on the display section gradually moves from the starting position to the ending position, acquires a starting scale of the map when the destination is specified and an ending scale of the map which allows display of the entire proposed travel route, and gradually changes a scale of the map displayed from the starting scale to the ending scale during movement, in which the position of the map displayed gradually moves from the starting position to the ending position.

Abstract: A reverse rotation prevention mechanism is provided on a torque transmission path between an output shaft and a driving shaft of a motor, and includes: a relative rotation inhibition unit configured to inhibit rotation of a lock plate provided on the torque transmission path from rotating relative to an output pin when an external force in a rotational direction is exerted on the output shaft; and a lock plate side brake member configured to generate a braking force that prevents reverse rotation when an external force in the rotational direction is exerted on the output shaft, by causing a portion of the lock plate to be pressed. The relative rotation inhibition unit is provided in an area different from the lock plate side brake member.

Abstract: A reverse rotation prevention mechanism is provided on a torque transmission path between an output shaft and a driving shaft of a motor. The reverse rotation prevention mechanism includes: a first frictional force generation unit configured to inhibit a lock plate provided on the torque transmission path from rotating relative to another member when an external force is exerted on the output shaft; and a second frictional force generation unit configured to generate a braking force that prevents reverse rotation when an external force is exerted on the output shaft by causing a portion of the lock plate to be pressed. The first frictional force generation unit is provided in an area different from the second frictional force generation unit.

Abstract: An object information acquiring apparatus of the present invention includes a light source generating light having a first and a second wavelength, a conversion element receiving photoacoustic waves from an object and outputs first and second reception signals, a characteristic information acquiring unit acquiring first and second characteristic information distributions and acquiring a substance concentration distribution inside the object, a position shift acquiring unit acquiring a position shift between the first and second characteristic information distributions, and a display controlling unit displaying an image based on the substance concentration distribution and the position shift.

Abstract: An object information acquiring apparatus includes: a light source that generates a first light beam; a receiving unit that includes an irradiating unit emitting the first light beam so as to be directed to a predetermined optical focusing region and an acoustic wave detecting unit detecting a first acoustic wave generated when the first light beam is emitted to an object; a scanning unit that performs relative movement between the object and the receiving unit so that the receiving unit follows a concave or convex shape of a surface of the object while the first light beam is emitted and the first acoustic wave is detected; and an acquiring unit that acquires characteristics information on the optical focusing region of the object based on a detection result obtained by the acoustic wave detecting unit.

Abstract: Provided is an object information acquiring apparatus having: a receiver in which a plurality of receiving elements to receive acoustic signals based on an acoustic wave propagated from an object is disposed on a two-dimensional surface, the plurality of receiving elements being divided into a plurality of receiving element groups including at least one receiving element respectively; a corrector that corrects signals received by the receiver; and a processor that acquires characteristic information in the object using the signals corrected by the corrector, wherein the receiver receives the acoustic signals for each of the plurality of receiving element groups with a time difference, and acquires the received signals, and the corrector corrects a time-based deviation.

Abstract: An acoustic wave detection device comprises an interference film formed of two opposing reflective layers; a first light source configured to irradiate light to the interference film and capable of changing a wavelength of the light; a photodetector configured to detect an intensity of reflected light; a signal acquisition unit configured to acquire an electrical signal based on a change of the intensity of the reflected light; a wavelength acquisition unit configured to acquire a reference wavelength, which is a wavelength of the measurement light emitted when measurement is performed on a first point on the interference film; and a wavelength control unit configured to determine the wavelength of the measurement light emitted when the measurement is performed on a second point on the interference film based on the reference wavelength.

Abstract: A measurement region of an object on which irradiation of light is performed and detection of photoacoustic waves is controlled is set based on positional information of a specific region within a captured surface image of the object.

Abstract: A light scanning apparatus configured to irradiate a surface to be scanned with a light beam, including: a light source configured to emit the light beam; a deflector configured to deflect the light beam to scan the surface; an optical element configured to lead the light beam to the surface; a housing configured to hold the light source, the deflector, and the optical element, and including fibers; and a rib formed integrally with a bottom portion of the housing on which the deflector and the optical element are disposed, the rib standing on the bottom portion between the deflector and the optical element to suppress a deformation of the housing in a scanning direction, wherein the fibers of the rib are oriented along the scanning direction, and the fibers of the bottom portion are oriented along the bottom portion and in a direction perpendicular to the scanning direction.

Abstract: An encoder includes: a light modulation section which modulates at least a portion of light that is emitted from a light source; a moving member which has an incidence plane, on which a plurality of light beams of the light incident, and is relatively movable in at least one direction; and at least two light receiving sections which respectively receive interference fringes that are generated in at least two regions on the moving member, wherein the light enters into the moving member such that at least two interference fringes move in opposite directions on the moving member in accordance with a modulation by the light modulation section.

Abstract: A moving grating is arranged on a side of a wafer stage, a light source irradiates a light to the moving grating, diffracted lights generated from the moving grating are interfered by fixed scales and an index scale of which positional relation with the light source is fixed, and a detection instrument detects the interfered light. In this case, since the moving grating is arranged on a side of the wafer stage, upsizing of the entire wafer stage can be suppressed. Further, since interference occurs between a plurality of diffracted lights (e.g., the ±1st-order diffracted light) passing extremely close optical paths, influence caused by a fluctuation of ambient atmosphere becomes less in comparison to conventional interferometers, and thus, a high-precision measurement of positional information of the movable body is possible.

Abstract: An encoder detects positional information of a moving body using interference of a modulated illumination light. A scale has a pattern arrayed in movement directions of the moving body. An optical member generates an emergent light by the interference of the modulated illumination light. A light receiving device receives the emergent light and outputs a first photoelectric conversion signal and a second photoelectric conversion signal which have a phase difference. A control circuit generates a first signal by subtracting at least the first photoelectric conversion signal from the second photoelectric conversion signal, and outputs the positional information of the moving body based on the first signal. At least one of the scale, the optical member and the light receiving device is fixed to the moving body, and the scale is moved relative to the optical member and the light receiving device.

Abstract: A reflection mirror that causes an illumination light to be incident on a movable scale is oscillated in an X-axis direction based on a modulation signal. Accordingly, the optical path of the illumination light, of the illumination light and another illumination light generated at an index scale, periodically changes, and as a consequence, the illumination light is periodically modulated. Accordingly, an extra scanner that scans the illumination light or another illumination light with respect to the movable scale does not have to be arranged, which allows an apparatus to be reduced in size and cost.

Abstract: An encoder includes: a light modulation section which modulates at least a portion of light that is emitted from a light source; a moving member which has an incidence plane, on which a plurality of light beams of the light incident, and is relatively movable in at least one direction; and at least two light receiving sections which respectively receive interference fringes that are generated in at least two regions on the moving member, wherein the light enters into the moving member such that at least two interference fringes move in opposite directions on the moving member in accordance with a modulation by the light modulation section.

Abstract: A reflection mirror that causes an illumination light to be incident on a movable scale is oscillated in an X-axis direction based on a modulation signal. Accordingly, the optical path of the illumination light, of the illumination light and another illumination light generated at an index scale, periodically changes, and as a consequence, the illumination light is periodically modulated. Accordingly, an extra scanner that scans the illumination light or another illumination light with respect to the movable scale does not have to be arranged, which allows an apparatus to be reduced in size and cost.

Abstract: A light via first and second index scales is split by a beam splitter, and one of the split lights is received by a first light-receiving element via a movable scale and also the other of the split lights is received by a second light-receiving element via a reference scale, and therefore by computing positional information of the movable scale using an output of the first light-receiving element (a first output) and an output of the second light-receiving element (a second output), movement information of the movable scale can be measured with high precision without being affected by drift of the modulation center (the oscillation center) of the beam.

Abstract: A system for autonomous decentralized control in which a client terminal and a center server are connected, as a network through a WAN and/or LAN, to a remote control server connected to a monitored/-controlled target device through a control communication network. The system is characterized in that a virtual machine, which is described as the other self of the monitored/controlled target device having the same information as that possessed by the monitored/controlled target device, and which is a software object having communication protocols used for communication with the monitored/controlled target device and concealed in the software object, is moved in the system with transparency and/or is held in the client terminal, the center server, or the remote control server.