Abstract: An ink jet printing method includes an ejection step of ejecting an ink jet ink composition containing a sublimation dye from a recording head so as to be adhered to an intermediate transfer medium A; and a transfer step of transferring the sublimation dye adhered to the intermediate transfer medium A by sublimation to a cloth B. In the ink jet printing method described above, an affinity parameter Ln (gamma) at 25° C. calculated by a COSMO-RS method between the sublimation dye and a member of a surface of the cloth B to which the sublimation transfer is performed is 5 or less.

Abstract: A treatment liquid composition for dye printing according to the present disclosure is used in a state of being attached to a fabric and includes resin particles, a crosslinking agent, an organic solvent, and water, in which the organic solvent has an SP value of 13.5 or less, the organic solvent has a standard boiling point of 100° C. or higher, and the content of the organic solvent is 5% by mass or more with respect to the total amount of the treatment liquid composition.

Abstract: A dye printing treatment liquid composition is used to be adhered to a cloth and includes a polyester resin and water, the polyester resin includes a structural unit derived from an aromatic compound and a structural unit derived from a non-aromatic compound, the aromatic compound includes a phthalic acid, the non-aromatic compound includes a (poly)alkylene glycol, a content of a structural unit derived from the phthalic acid with respect to 100 percent by mole of the polyester resin is 15 to 85 percent by mole, and a content of a structural unit derived from the (poly)alkylene glycol with respect to 100 percent by mole of the polyester resin is 15 to 85 percent by mole.

Abstract: A sensor includes a generator configured to generate a predetermined detection target, a detector configured to detect the detection target generated by the generator, and a substrate provided with the generator and the detector. The substrate includes a first portion provided with the generator, a second portion provided with the detector, a bent portion that is bent between the first portion and the second portion such that the generator and the detector face each other, and a ground pattern provided in a portion including the first portion, the second portion, and the bent portion. In the ground pattern, a ground pattern of the bent portion is narrower than a ground pattern of the first portion and a ground pattern of the second portion.

Abstract: A sensor includes a generator configured to generate a predetermined detection target, a detector configured to detect the detection target generated by the generator, and a substrate provided with the generator and the detector. The substrate includes a first portion provided with the generator, a second portion provided with the detector, a bent portion that is bent between the first portion and the second portion such that the generator and the detector face each other, and a ground pattern provided in a portion including the first portion, the second portion, and the bent portion. In the ground pattern, a ground pattern of the bent portion is narrower than a ground pattern of the first portion and a ground pattern of the second portion.

Abstract: A sensor configured to detect displacement of a rotation angle of a shaft due to a rotation or a turn of the shaft, the sensor includes: a bearing rotatably supporting the shaft; and a housing including a bearing hole to which the bearing is fixed. The shaft and an inner circumferential surface of the bearing are fixed to each other by an adhesive agent, and an outer circumferential surface of the bearing and an inner circumferential surface of the bearing hole of the housing are fixed to each other by an adhesive agent.

Abstract: A sensor manufacturing method is a method for manufacturing a sensor including a generator that generates a predetermined detection target, a detector that detects the detection target generated by the generator, and a motion body that performs motion in the area in between the generator and the detector. In the method, the generator and the detector are positioned opposite to each other by either curving or bending a substrate including a first portion having the generator installed thereon and a second portion having the detector installed thereon that are formed in an integrated manner, and the substrate and the motion body are made to perform relative movement in such a way that the motion body enters the area in between the generator and the detector.

Abstract: A target substance capturing device includes a reflection surface on which a plurality of non-flat portions is arrayed, the reflection surface capturing a target substance, and reflecting irradiated light. The plurality of non-flat portions are arranged in an array, the array includes a plurality of unit arrays in which the plurality of non-flat portions are arranged such that each one center of the non-flat portions superposes a position of a vertex in an M-time symmetrical figure, and the plurality of unit arrays is arranged such that each one center of gravity of the M-time symmetrical figure superposes a position of an intersection of an N-time symmetrical lattice pattern, where M is an integer of two or more, and N is an integer of two or more and different from M.

Abstract: A sensor including a generating unit; a detecting unit; a substrate; a member that exerts influence on an object to be detected; and a housing that includes a first housing that operably supports the member and a second housing to which a part of the substrate is fixed. The substrate includes a first portion provided with the generating unit and a second portion provided with the detecting unit that are integrated, and has a curved shape or a bent shape in which a surface of the first portion at which the generating unit is provided and a surface of the second portion at which the detecting unit is provided face each other. One of the first portion and the second portion is fixed to the second housing. A surface of the other of the first portion and the second portion adheres to the first housing.

Abstract: A sensor including: a generating unit; a detecting unit that detects the object to be detected generated by the generating unit; and a substrate at which the generating unit and the detecting unit are provided. The substrate is a flexible substrate that includes a first portion provided with the generating unit and a second portion provided with the detecting unit, the first portion and the second portion being integrated, and that takes a curved shape or a bent shape in which a surface of the first portion at which the generating unit is provided and a surface of the second portion at which the detecting unit is provided face each other. A plate support member is attached to a back-side surface of at least one of the surface of the first portion and the surface of the second portion.

Abstract: A sensor configured to detect displacement of a rotation angle of a shaft due to a rotation or a turn of the shaft, the sensor includes: a bearing rotatably supporting the shaft; and a housing including a bearing hole to which the bearing is fixed. The shaft and an inner circumferential surface of the bearing are fixed to each other by an adhesive agent, and an outer circumferential surface of the bearing and an inner circumferential surface of the bearing hole of the housing are fixed to each other by an adhesive agent.

Abstract: A sensor manufacturing method is a method for manufacturing a sensor including a generator that generates a predetermined detection target, a detector that detects the detection target generated by the generator, and a motion body that performs motion in the area in between the generator and the detector. In the method, the generator and the detector are positioned opposite to each other by either curving or bending a substrate including a first portion having the generator installed thereon and a second portion having the detector installed thereon that are formed in an integrated manner, and the substrate and the motion body are made to perform relative movement in such a way that the motion body enters the area in between the generator and the detector.

Abstract: An optical encoder unit includes: a light source having a predetermined light distribution; an optical scale having a polarizer whose polarization direction on a plane is along a predetermined direction, and whose polarization direction is changed according to rotation; and an optical sensor unit including a first photoreceiver, a second photoreceiver, a third photoreceiver, and a fourth photoreceiver for receiving incident light that is light source light from the light source made incident on the respective photoreceivers by passing through or being reflected by the optical scale. An emitting surface of the light source and the optical sensor unit are arranged at positions so as to receive a light intensity that is predetermined times greater or more than that corresponding to dark current of the optical sensor.

Abstract: An optical sensor including a light-emitting element, four light-receiving elements facing the light-emitting element, and a substrate at which the light-emitting element and the light-receiving elements are provided. The substrate includes a first portion at which the light-emitting element is provided and a second portion at which the light-receiving elements are provided, the first portion and the second portion being integrated. Respective distances from the four light-receiving elements to one point on a predetermined plane are equal, four line segments that connect the one point and centers of respective light-receiving regions of the four light-receiving elements form right angles with each other, and a normal line of the predetermined plane that passes through the one point passes through an emission point of the light of the light-emitting element or a center of an emission surface of the light of the light-emitting element.

Abstract: A sensor including: a generating unit; a detecting unit that detects the object to be detected generated by the generating unit; and a substrate at which the generating unit and the detecting unit are provided. The substrate is a flexible substrate that includes a first portion provided with the generating unit and a second portion provided with the detecting unit, the first portion and the second portion being integrated, and that takes a curved shape or a bent shape in which a surface of the first portion at which the generating unit is provided and a surface of the second portion at which the detecting unit is provided face each other. A plate support member is attached to a back-side surface of at least one of the surface of the first portion and the surface of the second portion.

Abstract: An optical sensor, an optical encoder, a torque detection apparatus, and an electric power steering apparatus less affected by fluctuations in the amount of detected light and with an improved resolution are provided. The optical sensor includes a first polarizing layer that splits incident light to light with a first polarization direction, a first photoreceiver that receives first polarized light split by the first polarizing layer, a second polarizing layer that splits the incident light to light with a second polarization direction, and a second photoreceiver that receives second polarized light split by the second polarizing layer. The first photoreceiver and the second photoreceiver are positioned alternatingly and spaced uniformly with each other.

Abstract: A sensor including a generating unit; a detecting unit; a substrate; a member that exerts influence on an object to be detected; and a housing that includes a first housing that operably supports the member and a second housing to which a part of the substrate is fixed. The substrate includes a first portion provided with the generating unit and a second portion provided with the detecting unit that are integrated, and has a curved shape or a bent shape in which a surface of the first portion at which the generating unit is provided and a surface of the second portion at which the detecting unit is provided face each other. One of the first portion and the second portion is fixed to the second housing. A surface of the other of the first portion and the second portion adheres to the first housing.

Abstract: An optical sensor including a light-emitting element, four light-receiving elements facing the light-emitting element, and a substrate at which the light-emitting element and the light-receiving elements are provided. The substrate includes a first portion at which the light-emitting element is provided and a second portion at which the light-receiving elements are provided, the first portion and the second portion being integrated. Respective distances from the four light-receiving elements to one point on a predetermined plane are equal, four line segments that connect the one point and centers of respective light-receiving regions of the four light-receiving elements form right angles with each other, and a normal line of the predetermined plane that passes through the one point passes through an emission point of the light of the light-emitting element or a center of an emission surface of the light of the light-emitting element.

Abstract: There are provided an angle detection apparatus configured to correct an error included in angle information output from a multipolar angle detector, a motor having the angle detection apparatus, a torque sensor, an electric power steering apparatus, and a vehicle. A multiplication circuit (12) generates digital electrical angle information (?ed) from analog angle information output from a multipolar optical encoder (11), a first differentiator 30 differentiates the electrical angle information (?ed) to operate an electrical angular velocity (?ed), a first discontinuity correction circuit (31) carries out processing of correcting a discontinuity of an angular velocity in a temporal change for the electrical angular velocity (?ed), and a digital filter (32) carries out correction processing of reducing a high-frequency noise component for an electrical angular velocity (?edc) corrected by the first discontinuity correction circuit (31).

Abstract: An optical encoder unit includes: a light source having a predetermined light distribution; an optical scale having a polarizer whose polarization direction on a plane is along a predetermined direction, and whose polarization direction is changed according to rotation; and an optical sensor unit including a first photoreceiver, a second photoreceiver, a third photoreceiver, and a fourth photoreceiver for receiving incident light that is light source light from the light source made incident on the respective photoreceivers by passing through or being reflected by the optical scale. An emitting surface of the light source and the optical sensor unit are arranged at positions so as to receive a light intensity that is predetermined times greater or more than that corresponding to dark current of the optical sensor.