Abstract: Compounds of formulae (2-7) or (2-9) are provided: Also provided are organic electroluminescence (EL) devices containing the compounds having a high emission efficiency when operated at low voltage and a long lifetime and electronic devices including such organic EL devices.

Abstract: A catalyst structure that allows prevention of aggregation of fine particles of a functional substance, suppresses decrease of catalyst activity, and thus enables extension of the lifetime of the catalyst structure. A catalyst structure has a carrier that is formed from a zeolite-type compound and has a porous structure. The functional substance includes a first element that is at least one metallic element selected from the group consisting of cobalt (Co), nickel (Ni), iron (Fe), and ruthenium (Ru), and at least one second element selected from the group consisting of metallic elements in group 1, group 2, group 4, group 7, and group 12 on the periodic table. The carrier has paths connected to each other. The functional substance is present in at least the paths of the carrier.

Abstract: A sheet laminator includes a thermal fixing roller pair, a first heater, a second heater, multiple temperature detectors, and a driver. The thermal fixing roller pair includes a first thermal fixing roller and a second thermal fixing roller facing the first thermal fixing roller. The thermal fixing roller pair thermally fixes and conveys a two-ply sheet and a sheet medium nipped between two sheets of the two-ply sheet. The first heater heats the first thermal fixing roller. The second heater heats the second thermal fixing roller. The multiple temperature detectors are at different positions along an axial direction of the thermal fixing roller pair. The multiple temperature detectors detect a surface temperature of the thermal fixing roller pair. The driver drives the thermal fixing roller pair.

Abstract: A control apparatus includes a memory storing instructions, and a processor configured to execute the instructions to detect a plurality of feature points about an object from image data obtained by imaging, acquire information about distances to the plurality of feature points, and control driving of a movable lens so that a tilt amount of a focal plane in an optical system changes, according to a change in at least one of the information about the distances and a position of one of the plurality of feature points within an imaging area.

Abstract: A sheet processing system includes a sheet processing device and a lamination processing device. The sheet processing device includes a sheet separator that separates a two-ply sheet and inserts an inner sheet between the two-ply sheet to form a first enclosed two-ply sheet. The lamination processing device bonds the first enclosed two-ply sheet, and bonds a second enclosed two-ply sheet in which the inner sheet is inserted outside the sheet separator. The sheet processing system includes a relay conveyor that conveys the first enclosed two-ply sheet from the sheet separator to the lamination processing device attachable to a sheet feeder to directly feed the second enclosed two-ply sheet to the lamination processing device. The sheet processing device includes a cord holder to hold the power cord of the lamination processing device at a position where feeding and ejecting the two-ply sheet after bonding the two-ply sheet are not hindered.

Abstract: A sheet separation device for separating two sheets of a two-ply sheet, in which the two sheets are overlapped and a part of the two sheets are joined, and inserting at least one sheet medium between the two sheets includes an upper surface, an ejection tray, and a conveyor. A lamination fixing device that laminates the two-ply sheet including the at least one sheet medium inserted between the two sheets is to be mounted on the upper surface. The ejection tray is disposed on the upper surface. The two-ply sheet laminated and ejected from an ejection port of the lamination fixing device is to be stacked on the ejection tray. The conveyor is coupled to the lamination fixing device to convey the two-ply sheet including the at least one sheet medium from the sheet separation device to the lamination fixing device.

Abstract: A semiconductor module includes a semiconductor unit including a semiconductor chip, a housing for accommodating the semiconductor unit, and a target member bonded to the housing by an adhesive having a water absorption rate of 0.5% or less.

Abstract: A semiconductor module includes a resin case housing a semiconductor element; an insulating layer extending outward from the resin case; and a first external connection terminal extending outward from the resin case, arranged above the insulating layer so as to face the insulting layer, the first external connection terminal having a non-contact portion that is not in contact with the insulating layer in a thickness direction of the insulating layer at a position overlapping the insulating layer in a plan view.

Abstract: A lamination processing system includes a sheet separation device, a lamination fixing device, and a conveyor. The sheet separation device separates a two-ply sheet to insert a sheet medium between two sheets of the two-ply sheet to form an enclosed two-ply sheet. The lamination fixing device includes an inlet port and a heater. The conveyor conveys the enclosed two-ply sheet from the sheet separation device to the lamination fixing device in a conveyance direction. The conveyor includes a conveyance passage and a guide. The conveyance passage guides the enclosed two-ply sheet from the sheet separation device toward the lamination fixing device. The guide guides the enclosed two-ply sheet to the inlet port. The guide forms a space accommodatable a deflected part of the enclosed two-ply sheet formed by a difference in a conveyance speed of the enclosed two-ply sheet between the sheet separation device and the lamination fixing device.

Abstract: A laminating system sandwiches a sheet medium in a two-ply sheet in which two sheets are overlapped and partially joined together and applies heat and pressure to bond the two-ply sheet. The laminating system includes a sheet separating device, a laminate-fixing device, and a conveyor. The sheet separating device separates the two sheets of the two-ply sheet and sandwiches the sheet medium between the two sheets. The laminate-fixing device heats and presses the two-ply sheet sandwiching the sheet medium. The conveyor conveys the two-ply sheet sandwiching the sheet medium from the sheet separating device to the laminate-fixing device. The laminate-fixing device is disposed above the sheet separating device.

Abstract: An image pickup apparatus comprises at least one of a sixth lens unit and an eighth lens unit being movable in a direction orthogonal to an optical axis, a first shift driver or a second shift driver driving the sixth or eighth lens unit, a first shift position detector or a second shift position detector detecting a position of the sixth or eighth lens unit, a photographing condition controller controlling imaging conditions, a detector detecting at least one of a moving speed and a moving direction of an object, and a shift controller controlling the sixth or eighth lens unit based on a signal from the detector. The photographing condition control unit has a following shot mode in which an exposure and a driving of the sixth or eighth lens unit are intermittently performed with respect to a movement of the object.

Abstract: A lens apparatus includes a shift lens movable in a direction orthogonal to an optical axis of an imaging optical system, an actuator configured to drive the shift lens in a plane orthogonal to the optical axis, a memory storing instructions, and a processor configured to execute the instructions to control the actuator. The actuator includes a first actuator configured to drive the shift lens in a first direction within the plane, and a second actuator configured to drive the shift lens in a second direction within the plane. In driving the shift lens in a third direction different from the first direction and the second direction, the processor controls the actuator so that the first actuator and the second actuator are not simultaneously driven.

Abstract: A thermal fixer includes a first thermal fixing roller and a second thermal fixing roller. The first thermal fixing roller includes a first heater. The second thermal fixing roller is pressed to the first thermal fixing roller. The second thermal fixing roller includes a second heater and has a diameter, a rigidity, and a surface releasability substantially identical to the first thermal fixing roller.

Abstract: A sheet laminator includes a thermal fixing roller pair, a first heater, a second heater, multiple temperature detectors, and a driver. The thermal fixing roller pair includes a first thermal fixing roller and a second thermal fixing roller facing the first thermal fixing roller. The thermal fixing roller pair thermally fixes and conveys a two-ply sheet and a sheet medium nipped between two sheets of the two-ply sheet. The first heater heats the first thermal fixing roller. The second heater heats the second thermal fixing roller. The multiple temperature detectors are at different positions along an axial direction of the thermal fixing roller pair. The multiple temperature detectors detect a surface temperature of the thermal fixing roller pair. The driver drives the thermal fixing roller pair.

Abstract: A sheet laminator includes a fuser pressure member, a conveyor, and a guide. The fuser pressure member thermally fixes a two-ply sheet and a sheet medium inserted between two sheets of the two-ply sheet. The conveyor conveys the two-ply sheet toward the fuser pressure member in a sheet conveyance direction. The guide guides the two-ply sheet in a sheet conveyance passage between the conveyor and the fuser pressure member. At least one of the fuser pressure member or the conveyor is operable to guide the two-ply sheet outside the sheet conveyance passage in response to an occurrence of an abnormal stop of the sheet laminator.

Abstract: A sheet laminator includes a fuser pressure member, a heater, a drive device, and circuitry. The fuser pressure member thermally fixes a two-ply sheet and a sheet medium inserted between two sheets of the two-ply sheet. The heater heats the fuser pressure member. The driver rotates the fuser pressure member. In response to a pause of a rotation of the fuser pressure member, the circuitry turns off a power supply to the heater, and perform one of immediately stopping the fuser pressure member or rotating the fuser pressure member and stopping the fuser pressure member after the rotation of the fuser pressure member, based on a state of the fuser pressure member.

Abstract: A driving apparatus includes a shift barrel, a first guide unit including a first rolling member, a second guide unit including a second rolling member, a first movable member movable in a first direction orthogonal to the optical axis direction movable in a second direction orthogonal to the optical axis direction and the first direction, a first driving unit configured to drive the first movable member in the first direction, a third guide unit including a third rolling member, a second movable member guided by the third guide unit so as to move in the second direction relative to the base and biased against the shift barrel via a fourth rolling member, a second driving unit configured to drive the second movable member in the second direction, and a biasing member biased in the optical axis direction. The first and third guide units include different members.

Abstract: An optical apparatus including: an optical element; a front fixed barrel; a front cover; a function operation ring, which is arranged between the front fixed barrel and the front cover, and is configured to be rotated to move the optical element; and a fixing screw configured to fix the front fixed barrel and the front cover to each other, in which at least one of the front fixed barrel or the front cover includes a deformation beam portion configured to absorb stress generated by the fixing screw.

Abstract: A control apparatus for use with a camera system that includes an image pickup apparatus that includes an image sensor, and a lens an apparatus that includes at least one optical element configured to change at least one of a tilt effect that tilts a focal plane relative to an imaging plane of the image sensor and a shift effect that moves an imaging range includes a first control unit configured to move, in response to a first operation instruction based on an operation to an operation unit, the at least one optical element according to the operation, and a second control unit configured to move the at least one optical element to a preset position in response to a second operation instruction different from the first operation instruction.

Abstract: A control apparatus is provided for a camera system that includes an image pickup apparatus including an image sensor and a lens apparatus including an optical system that includes at least one optical member for changing at least one of a tilt effect of tilting a focal plane relative to an imaging plane of the image sensor and a shift effect of moving an imaging range. The control apparatus includes at least one memory that stores a set of instructions, and at least one processor that executes the set of instructions to acquire information on an optical state of the optical system, and correct defocus caused by movement of the at least one optical member using the information on the optical state of the optical system.