Abstract: A measuring instrument includes: an image-capturing unit configured to acquire a moving image by performing image capturing on a living organism; a pixel value calculation unit configured to calculate, from each of images constituting the moving image, a representative value of pixel values of pixels in a target region containing an optical image of the living organism; and an image-capturing control unit configured to specify an exposure time and a sensitivity based on an optimal frame rate and the representative value so that the representative value falls within a prescribed range, wherein the image-capturing unit performs the image capturing on the living organism with the optimal frame rate, the exposure time, and the sensitivity.

Abstract: A viscosity measurement unit includes a first stage having a first surface, a second stage having a second surface and configured to rotate with the second surface which is opposed and in proximity to the first surface, a motor including a motor body and a shaft that is an output shaft of the motor body and configured to rotate synchronously with the second stage, a fixed member arranged to rotatably support the shaft and the motor body, and a strain gauge unit fixed to the fixed member and configured to be biased by a contact of the motor body when the motor body rotates in a first direction with respect to the fixed member.

Abstract: A camera video transmission and playback system includes a camera and a viewing device. The camera generates and records first video data including a plurality of image frames with time stamps synchronized on an external network, and simultaneously transmits the first video data to the viewing device via the external network. The viewing device displays the first video data transmitted from the camera via the external network, simultaneously records the first video data as second video data, and periodically calculates a round trip time in packet transmission to and from the camera. When receiving a marker assigning command from the viewing device via the external network, the camera assigns a marker to one of the plurality of image frames with a time stamp indicating a time corrected based on the round trip time in the first video data that is captured by and is being recorded in the camera.

Abstract: A viscosity measurement unit includes a first stage having a first surface, a second stage having a second surface and configured to rotate with the second surface which is opposed and in proximity to the first surface, a motor including a motor body and a shaft that is an output shaft of the motor body and configured to rotate synchronously with the second stage, a fixed member arranged to rotatably support the shaft and the motor body, and a strain gauge unit fixed to the fixed member and configured to be biased by a contact of the motor body when the motor body rotates in a first direction with respect to the fixed member.

Abstract: According to an embodiment, a coil assembling method comprises: a bundling step bundling coil elements including a hollow coil element and extending parallel to one another, thereby forming a coil element bundle; a mold-setting step setting a mold around the coil element bundle formed in the bundling step; a first brazing step supplying a first brazing material into the mold while heating at least one of the first brazing material and the coil element bundle, thereby filling the mold with the first brazing material; a mold-removing step removing the mold after cooling and hence solidifying the first brazing material; and a second brazing step brazing a water supply/drain box to an end of the coil element bundle brazed with the first brazing material by using a second brazing material thereby communicating a hollow part of the hollow coil element with an inner space of the water supply/drain box.

Abstract: Provided is a method for stabilizing and increasing the speed of processing for writing a plurality of different-sized files such as a video file and a management file in parallel in the case where the area in a non-volatile memory of an information recording module is managed by a file system. An access module (1) includes a means for retaining sequential areas in logical block units as areas for writing file data, and a means for realizing file data addition and overwriting by writing data to logical blocks and changing links in a FAT regardless of whether file data addition or overwriting is performed. Writing to the information recording module is performed by writing to sequential addresses in the logical blocks. This realizes the stabilization of and an increase in the file data recording speed by suppressing needless copy processing performed in the information recording module 2 in the case of recording a plurality of files such as a video file and a management file in parallel.

Abstract: Provided is a method for stabilizing and increasing the speed of processing for writing a plurality of different-sized files such as a video file and a management file in parallel in the case where the area in a non-volatile memory of an information recording module is managed by a file system. An access module (1) includes a means for retaining sequential areas in logical block units as areas for writing file data, and a means for realizing file data addition and overwriting by writing data to logical blocks and changing links in a FAT regardless of whether file data addition or overwriting is performed. Writing to the information recording module is performed by writing to sequential addresses in the logical blocks. This realizes the stabilization of and an increase in the file data recording speed by suppressing needless copy processing performed in the information recording module 2 in the case of recording a plurality of files such as a video file and a management file in parallel.

Abstract: Certain embodiments of the present invention provide a refractometer including: a housing having an immersion portion, the immersion portion having an opening; a light source for emitting a light; a light sensor for converting a received light into an electrical signal; a prism including faces, including: a first face proximal to the light source and the light sensor; a second face, at least a portion of the second face configured for contacting a sample liquid through the opening, and for forming an interface between the second face and the sample liquid; and a third face, wherein the light travels by: being directed towards the second face; being reflected at least in part by the interface towards the third face; and being reflected at least in part by the third face towards the light sensor. In an embodiment, the refractometer further includes a control portion for receiving the electrical signal, and for determining a refractive index of the sample liquid based at least in part on the electrical signal.

Abstract: Certain embodiments of the present invention provide a refractometer including: a housing having an immersion portion, the immersion portion having an opening; a light source for emitting a light; a light sensor for converting a received light into an electrical signal; a prism including faces, including: a first face proximal to the light source and the light sensor; a second face, at least a portion of the second face configured for contacting a sample liquid through the opening, and for forming an interface between the second face and the sample liquid; and a third face, wherein the light travels by: being directed towards the second face; being reflected at least in part by the interface towards the third face; and being reflected at least in part by the third face towards the light sensor. In an embodiment, the refractometer further includes a control portion for receiving the electrical signal, and for determining a refractive index of the sample liquid based at least in part on the electrical signal.

Abstract: A DSC 10 compares number of objects to be printed in a printing job set by itself to number of objects that have already been printed on a single printing paper described in a printing state notice issued from a printer 30 with respect to the DSC 10 to thereby calculate and retain number of the printing objects to be set in the printing job, and issues the printing job in which the calculated number of the objects to be printed is set when the printing process is executed next.