Abstract: A current detection structure includes a busbar to flow a current therethrough, a magnetic detection element to detect a strength of a magnetic field generated by the current flowing through the busbar, and a current detecting portion to determine the current flowing through the busbar based on the magnetic field detected by the magnetic detection element. A through-hole is formed penetrating the busbar such that a current path is formed on both sides of the through-hole. The magnetic detection element is disposed in the through-hole. The current detecting portion determines the current flowing through the busbar based on a strength of a synthetic magnetic field detected by the magnetic detection element. The synthetic magnetic field is produced by combining a magnetic field that is generated by a current flowing through the current path on the both sides of the through-hole.

Abstract: A cable with a sensor includes electrically insulated wires, a sheath for covering the electrically insulated wires together, a sensor, and a housing for sealing one end of the sheath, while receiving at least a portion of the sensor. The housing includes a receiving portion for receiving the at least portion of the sensor, a lead out portion for the sheath being drawn therefrom, and a curved cylinder section having a circular cross section. The curved cylinder section is provided between the receiving portion and the lead out portion, to hold the electrically insulated wires. The curved cylinder section is made of a molded resin formed in a circular cross sectional shape at right angles to a direction of extending of the electrically insulated wires. The electrically insulated wires are held in the middle of the circular cross section of the curved cylinder section.

Abstract: An onboard detector includes a cable including an insulated wire including a center conductor and an insulation covering the center conductor and a sheath covering the insulated wire, a sensor including a sensor main body including a detecting element and a lead wire extending from the sensor main body and connected to the center conductor, and a fixing member to fix the sensor to the cable. The fixing member is configured to fix the insulated wire exposed from the sheath while being bent between the sheath and the lead wire. The insulated wire fixed while being bent allows the cable to be arranged such that an axial direction of the sheath inside the fixing member intersects with a direction parallel to a longitudinal direction of the lead wire.

Abstract: A torque steering angle sensor is provided. The sensor includes a ring magnet with magnetic poles, magnetic path forming members to vary in location relative to the magnetic poles depending on torsion of a torsion bar, one pair of magnetic flux collecting rings for the magnetic path forming members, a first detecting element to detect a magnetic field between the flux collecting rings, a second detecting element to receive a magnetic field from the ring magnet, a slide magnet for producing a magnetic field in a different direction from that of the magnetic field of the ring magnet in the second detecting element, and a sliding mechanism to move the slide magnet toward or apart from the second detecting element with rotation of a rotary member of an electrically assisted power steering device. The second detecting element detects the magnetic fields received from the ring magnet and the slide magnet.

Abstract: A sensor module includes a magnetic field sensor that includes a sensor main body including a magnetic field sensing element and a plurality of lead wires led out from the sensor main body, a container case including a container part that includes the sensor main body, and a molded body that includes a mold resin molded so as to include at least a part of the container case without contacting with the sensor main body.

Abstract: A method for producing a cable with a resin mold including a cable section comprising an electric wire and a sheath comprising a synthetic resin covering the electric wire, and a resin mold section into which a portion of the sheath is molded by a resin is provided. A portion of the cable section is received in a receiving space in a die formed with a molten resin inlet, an inflow passage, and a resin reservoir therein. A molten resin is injected from the inlet into the receiving space. A portion of the injected molten resin flows through the inflow passage and is retained in the resin reservoir. The portion of the sheath is molten by heat of the molten resin. The molten resin is solidified to thereby form a molded resin product. Its unnecessary portion solidified in the resin reservoir is removed from the molded resin product.

Abstract: A method of manufacturing a cable with resin molded body, wherein the cable with resin molded body includes a cable and a resin molded body formed by resin molding, wherein the resin molded body includes a main body to cover the tip portion of the cable and a flange integrally molded with the main body, and wherein the flange includes a bolt hole through which a bolt is inserted so as to fix the flange to the attachment object. The method includes molding the resin molded body by injecting a resin into a mold, the mold including a main body-molding portion for molding the main body, a flange-molding portion for molding the flange and an outlet formed behind the flange-molding portion in relation to the main body-molding portion, and draining the resin through the outlet during the molding of the resin molded body.

Abstract: A cable with a molded resin includes a cable including an electric wire and a sheath covering the electric wire, the electric wire including a central conductor and an insulation covering the central conductor, and a molded resin covering a part of the electric wire protruding from the sheath in a longitudinal direction thereof, the molded resin being apart from the sheath. The electric wire is bent at not less than one bent part in the molded resin.

Abstract: A method of manufacturing a cable with resin molded body, wherein the cable with resin molded body includes a cable and a resin molded body formed by resin molding, wherein the resin molded body includes a main body to cover the tip portion of the cable and a flange integrally molded with the main body, and wherein the flange includes a bolt hole through which a bolt is inserted so as to fix the flange to the attachment object. The method includes molding the resin molded body by injecting a resin into a mold, the mold including a main body-molding portion for molding the main body, a flange-molding portion for molding the flange and a first resin inlet formed behind the flange-molding portion in relation to the main body-molding portion, and injecting the resin through the first resin inlet into the mold during the molding of the resin molded body.

Abstract: A magnetic sensor includes a magnetic detection element, and a correcting section to correct an output voltage of the magnetic detection element and output the corrected output voltage. The correcting section is configured to compute a magnetic flux density from the output voltage of the magnetic detection element, compute and output the corrected output voltage having a linear relationship to the computed magnetic flux density.

Abstract: An electric current sensor includes a plurality of bus bars arranged in parallel, a plurality of magnetic detection elements that are adapted to detect a strength of a magnetic field generated by an electric current flowing through the bus bars and to output a voltage according to the strength of the magnetic field detected, and an arithmetic operation part to arithmetically operate an electric current flowing through the bus bars based on the voltage output from the plurality of magnetic detection elements.

Abstract: A current detection structure includes a busbar to flow a current therethrough, a magnetic detection element to detect a strength of a magnetic field generated by the current flowing through the busbar, and a current detecting portion to determine the current flowing through the busbar based on the magnetic field detected by the magnetic detection element. A through-hole is formed penetrating the busbar such that a current path is formed on both sides of the through-hole. The magnetic detection element is disposed in the through-hole. The current detecting portion determines the current flowing through the busbar based on a strength of a synthetic magnetic field detected by the magnetic detection element. The synthetic magnetic field is produced by combining a magnetic field that is generated by a current flowing through the current path on the both sides of the through-hole.

Abstract: A current detection structure includes a plurality of busbars arranged in parallel, and a plurality of magnetic detection elements each provided for corresponding one of the plurality of busbars so as to measure a strength of a magnetic field generated by a current flowing through the corresponding busbar. The plurality of magnetic detection elements are mounted on a single circuit board.

Abstract: A method of manufacturing a physical quantity measurement sensor, which includes a measurement portion, a cable including a conductor electrically connected to the measurement portion and a sheath, and a resin molded body covering at least an end portion of the cable. The method includes arranging the measurement portion connected to the cable in a mold, and molding the resin molded body by injecting a molten resin toward the sheath through an injection hole formed in the mold. The injection hole is formed at a position distant from the cable and includes a central axis inclined with respect to the axial direction of the cable at an opening facing an inside of the mold. The molding is conducted such that the sheath arranged in the mold is at least partially melted by heat of the molten resin injected through the injection hole and is adhered to the resin molded body.

Abstract: A torque and index detection apparatus includes a torque sensing section that senses torque exerted on a connecting shaft connecting a first and second shafts by a pair of magnetic sensing elements whose magnetic sensing directions are opposite, and a reference rotational position sensing section that senses a reference rotational position of the second shaft by the magnetic sensing elements. The reference rotational position sensing section includes a pair of magnets provided in the circumferential direction of the second shaft with like magnetic poles facing each other, a first magnetic part that is located between the magnets and the magnetic sensing elements, rotates integrally with the second shaft, and forms a magnetic path for magnetic flux of the magnets in the reference rotational position, and a second magnetic part that is provided between the magnetic sensing elements, and passes the magnetic flux from the first magnetic part uniformly to the magnetic sensing elements.

Abstract: It is possible to definitely identify a relative position of a moving subject in an infrared image captured by an infrared camera in a relation with the background of the moving subject. The present invention provides an imaging device including an infrared camera for imaging an area under surveillance by infrared radiation measurement, a moving-subject detector for detecting a moving subject in the surveillance area on the basis of an infrared image signal acquired by the infrared camera, an image signal processor for coloring a moving part of the infrared image signal, detected by the moving-subject detector, with a predetermined color, and an image display for displaying an image resulted from the coloring of the moving part of the infrared image signal by the image signal processor.

Abstract: A torque and index detection apparatus includes a torque sensing section that senses torque exerted on a connecting shaft connecting a first and second shafts by a pair of magnetic sensing elements whose magnetic sensing directions are opposite, and a reference rotational position sensing section that senses a reference rotational position of the second shaft by the magnetic sensing elements. The reference rotational position sensing section includes a pair of magnets provided in the circumferential direction of the second shaft with like magnetic poles facing each other, a first magnetic part that is located between the magnets and the magnetic sensing elements, rotates integrally with the second shaft, and forms a magnetic path for magnetic flux of the magnets in the reference rotational position, and a second magnetic part that is provided between the magnetic sensing elements, and passes the magnetic flux from the first magnetic part uniformly to the magnetic sensing elements.

Abstract: A shock detection optical fiber sensor includes: a plastic fiber; a corrugated plate having a plurality of protrusions arranged in the longitudinal direction of the plastic optical fiber and formed to oppose to the plastic optical fiber; a mold plate covering the plastic optical fiber and the corrugated plate; a light emitting element connected to one end of the plastic optical fiber; and a light receiving element connected to the other end of the plastic optical fiber.

Abstract: A surveillance camera system includes a surveillance camera having pan/tilt capability, a display for displaying images picked-up by the surveillance camera thereon, a pointing device for indicating the movement of the surveillance camera in a visual field direction, and a remote-controlled monitoring device including a control unit for displaying the images on the display and for displaying a pointer thereon indicating the coordinate position of the pointing device so as to overlap with the images, and when the pointer is moved from a first point to a second point on the images, the control unit transmits a predetermined control signal from the remote-controlled monitoring device to the surveillance camera, and by the control signal, the control unit moves the surveillance camera in the moving direction of the pointer at a speed proportional to the length between the first point and the second point.

Abstract: A torque-index sensor having index sensor and torque sensor closely arranged and integrated therein with lightened interference between them is provided. The invented torque-index sensor is comprised of torque sensor that includes first magnetic sensor arranged beside first annular-shaped magnet and index sensor that includes second magnet arranged beside annular-shaped encoder and second magnetic sensor that are arranged being in-line on common axis; and means for varying magnetic flux, which changes direction of magnetic flux that is generated from second magnet toward first magnetic sensor, positioned between first magnetic sensor in torque sensor and second magnet in index sensor.