Abstract: A capacity control valve includes: a valve body (10) including first communication passages (11), second communication passages (12), third communication passages (13), and a main valve seat (15a); a valve element (21) including an intermediate communication passage (29), a main valve portion (21b), and an auxiliary valve portion 21c; a solenoid (30) that drives a rod (36) provided with an auxiliary valve seat (23c); a first biasing member (43) that biases in a valve closing direction of the main valve portion (21b); and a second biasing member (44) that biases in a valve closing direction of the auxiliary valve portion (21c), wherein the rod (36) moves relative to the valve element (21) to open and close the auxiliary valve portion (21c). The capacity control valve allows a liquid refrigerant to be efficiently discharged and allows a driving force of a compressor to be decreased.

Abstract: A sealing member is applied to the surface of a liquid storage container having a liquid supply port provided so as to be open to a concave space formed on the surface with a gap between the applied sealing member and the liquid supply ports so as to seal the concave space. The liquid supply port has a profile adapted to be inserted into and connected to a connecting portion for supplying liquid to the liquid supply port. A cut score section is formed on the sealing member as including a center point located at the position on the extension from the front end of the liquid supply port in the direction of connecting the liquid supply port to the connecting portion and the cut score section is torn as it is pressed by the connecting portion moving toward the liquid supply port.

Abstract: A transducer sheet is provided, including a transducer sheet body for converting an input energy into a different output energy; and connecting connectors provided at connecting parts of the transducer sheet body and being able to physically and electrically connect plural transducer sheet bodies in plural directions at the connecting part.

Abstract: A piezoelectric sensor (10) having an elongated-sheet shape includes a piezoelectric layer (11) containing an elastomer and piezoelectric particles and electrode layers (12a and 12b) which are disposed with the piezoelectric layer (11) sandwiched between the electrode layers. In the piezoelectric sensor (10), a pressure sensing region (S) has a length of 500 mm or longer in a longitudinal direction thereof; the electrode layers (12a and 12b) contain an elastomer and flaky conductive materials and are capable of elongating by 10% or more in one direction of plane directions; and when a space between one end portion (A) and the other end portion (B) of the pressure sensing region (S) in the longitudinal direction is set as a measurement zone, an electrical resistance in the measurement zone in the electrode layers (12a and 12b) is 3,000? or lower, and the specific Expression (I) is satisfied.

Abstract: A sheet separation device separates a two-ply sheet in which two sheets are bonded together at a portion. The sheet separation device includes a rotator, a nipping member opposite the rotator, to nip the two-ply sheet with the rotator, a conveyor to convey the two-ply sheet between the rotator and the nipping member, a winding member adjacent to the rotator, to wind the two-ply sheet around the rotator, and control circuitry. In winding the two-ply sheet, the control circuitry rotates the rotator at a first speed faster than a second speed at which the two-ply sheet moves to the rotator via the conveyor, and creates a difference in winding circumferential length between the two sheets, thereby separating the two sheets. The conveyor conveys the two-ply sheet with a bonded portion of the two-ply sheet being an upstream end or a downstream end in a conveyance direction of the two-ply sheet.

Abstract: This radiographic imaging apparatus (100) is provided with a control unit (5) configured to associate a projection image (70) in which at least a part of a post-removal projection image (70a) in which a contrast agent image (Ba) has been removed and at least a part of a fluoroscopic image (20) are most similar.

Abstract: A sheet separation device to open a two-ply sheet includes a rotator; a nipping member disposed opposite the rotator and configured to nip the two-ply sheet with the rotator; a conveyor configured to convey the two-ply sheet between the rotator and the nipping member, and a winding member disposed adjacent to the rotator. The conveyor conveys the two-ply sheet with a bonded portion of the two-ply sheet being an upstream end or a downstream end of the two-ply sheet in a conveyance direction of the two-ply sheet. The winding member winds the two-ply sheet around the rotator, to create a difference in winding circumferential length between the two sheets and separate the two sheets.

Abstract: A positioning apparatus and a positioning method has a control element and function 40 includes a radiograph acquisition element 41 that acquires radiograph data detected by two radiography systems selected from a group consisting of a flat panel detector, a DRR (Digital Reconstructed Radiograph) generation element 42 that generates DRR in two different directions by virtually performing fluoroscopic projection relative to the 3-dimensional CT data obtained through the network 17, a positioning element 43 that positions a CT to the X-ray fluoroscopic radiograph obtained from two radiography systems, and a displacement distance calculation element 44 that calculates a displacement distance of the tabletop 31 based on the gap between radiographs for improved positioning.

Abstract: An X-ray fluoroscopic apparatus is capable of irradiating exactly a therapeutic beam considering a specific-regional area, and in addition is able to perform an easy confirmation of the specific region even when the specific region is difficult to visually recognize by a user. A control element 30 has a DRR image generation element 31, an X-ray fluoroscopic radiograph generation element 32, a template area selection element 33, a template generation element 34, a position detection element 35, a radiation area projection element 36, a specific region projection element 37, a superimposition element 38, an image display element 39, a gating element 40 and a memory storing element 41 that stores a variety of data including image data.

Abstract: A sheet processing apparatus includes: a conveying unit configured to convey a sheet along a sheet conveyance path; a conveyance-path supporting unit configured to support both ends of the sheet conveyance path with respect to a direction perpendicular to a sheet conveying direction; a first stitching unit configured to stitch the sheets conveyed; a second stitching unit configured to stitch the sheets conveyed; a first moving unit configured to move the first stitching unit in a direction perpendicular to the sheet conveying direction; and a second moving unit configured to move the second stitching unit in a direction perpendicular to the sheet conveying direction, wherein any one of the first stitching unit and the second stitching unit is movable to outside of the conveyance-path supporting unit.

Abstract: A coupling unit includes first and second coupling devices respectively attached to first and second lighting devices. The first coupling device has a first coupling part that couples with the second coupling device and a first projection. The second coupling device has a second coupling part that couples with the first coupling device and a second projection. The first coupling part has at least one cross section that is L-shaped, and the at least one cross section being parallel to a longitudinal direction of the first lighting device. The first projection is perpendicular to the longitudinal direction of the first lighting device. The second coupling part has at least one cross section that is L-shaped, and the at least one cross section being parallel to a longitudinal direction of the second lighting device. The second projection is perpendicular to the longitudinal direction of the second lighting device.

Abstract: Provided is A displacement control valve which includes a valve housing, a valve element constituting a main valve that contacts and separates from a main valve seat, for opening and closing communication between discharge ports and control ports by driving force of a solenoid, a pressure-sensitive valve that opens and closes according to ambient pressure, and a pressure-sensitive valve member constituting the pressure-sensitive valve together with a pressure-sensitive element. The valve element and the pressure-sensitive valve member are formed with an intermediate communicating passage which allows communication between the control ports and the suction ports by opening and closing of the pressure-sensitive valve.

Abstract: A control part 30 includes: a DRR image creation part 31 that creates a DRR image including a specific site; a specific site projection part 32 that creates a projection region image representing the region of the specific site; a discriminator learning part 33 that learns a discriminator for recognizing the region of the specific site by performing machine learning with use of the DRR image and the projection region image as a training label image; a specific site region detection part 34 that detects the region of the specific site by performing discrimination using the discriminator learned by the discriminator learning part 33 on an X-ray fluoroscopic image including the specific site; and a radiation signal generation part 35 that transmits a treatment beam radiation signal to an irradiation device 90 when the region of the specific site detected by the specific site region detection part 34 is included in the radiation region of a treatment beam.

Abstract: A sheet processing device is for binding sheets together. The sheet processing device includes binding units differing from each other in maximum sheet count, the maximum sheet count being a maximum number of sheets that can be bound at a time; a sheet tray configured to hold sheets until all to-be-bound sheets are placed therein, the number of the to-be-bound sheets being a largest one of the maximum sheet counts of the binding units or smaller; and a stacked-sheet-count limiting unit situated in a thickness direction of the sheets held in the sheet tray. The stacked-sheet-count limiting unit is configured to limit the number of sheets held in the sheet tray by varying a distance from a sheet support surface of the sheet tray on which the sheets are placed, depending on one of the binding units by which the sheets held in the sheet tray are to be bound.

Abstract: A radiotherapy tracking apparatus for tracking a position of a specific region with markerless tracking even when visual recognition of the specific region of the subject is poor and for eliminating preliminary work such as preparation of a template. A control element comprises a DRR image generation element, a phase-based position calculation element, an X-ray fluoroscopic image obtaining element, a phase adjuster, a frame-based position calculation element, a gating element and a memory storage. The frame-based position calculation element calculates the position of the specific region of the subject in the X-ray fluoroscopic image having the plurality of frames frame-by-frame based on the DRR image adjusted with the X-ray fluoroscopic image in the phase adjustment element and the position of the specific region calculated by the phase-based position calculation element.

Abstract: A control unit 30 includes: an image storage unit 31 constituted by a first image storage unit 32 that stores multiple templates created on the basis of an image including a specific site of a subject and a second image storage unit 33 that stores multiple positive images created on the basis of an image including the specific site of the subject; a learning unit 34 that, on the basis of the multiple positive images, creates a discriminator by machine learning; a position selection unit 35 that, with use of multiple images obtained by collecting an image including the specific site of the subject at a predetermined frame rate, selects a region including the specific site by machine learning using the discriminator; and a position detection unit 36 that detects the position of the specific site by performing template matching using the multiple templates on the region including the specific site selected by the position selection unit 35.

Abstract: A sheet processing device is for binding sheets together. The sheet processing device includes binding units differing from each other in maximum sheet count, the maximum sheet count being a maximum number of sheets that can be bound at a time; a sheet tray configured to hold sheets until all to-be-bound sheets are placed therein, the number of the to-be-bound sheets being a largest one of the maximum sheet counts of the binding units or smaller; and a stacked-sheet-count limiting unit situated in a thickness direction of the sheets held in the sheet tray. The stacked-sheet-count limiting unit is configured to limit the number of sheets held in the sheet tray by varying a distance from a sheet support surface of the sheet tray on which the sheets are placed, depending on one of the binding units by which the sheets held in the sheet tray are to be bound.

Abstract: A laser machining head controls an irradiation position of a laser beam on a machining target by rotating a first parallel plate by a first motor and rotating a second parallel plate by a second motor. A first holder holding the first parallel plate has a first rotation angle identification unit, and a second holder holding the second parallel plate has a second rotation angle identification unit. The first rotation angle identification unit has a positioning surface that allows positioning relative to the first parallel plate, and the second rotation angle identification unit has a positioning surface that allows positioning relative to the second parallel plate.

Abstract: A radiation fluoroscopy apparatus detects a marker and includes a control element, an image generation element 61 that generates an image including an embedded marker inside the body of the subject based on a transmitted X-ray. A device candidate detection element 62 detects the candidate of the marker, the local structure detection element 63 detects the local structure in the target region in a proximity of the candidate point of the marker, the device determination element 64 determines whether the local structure is the device such as the marker or not, the device location acquisition element 66 acquires the gravity center coordinate of the local structure, and the device tracking element 67 tracks the marker based on the location of the marker in each frame.