Abstract: In an electric power tool, a stator of a motor is housed in a grip and the stator is located coaxial to the grip. An electric wire for the motor is passed through a ferrite core. Further, the ferrite core is located inside an outer peripheral surface of the stator in a radial direction.

Abstract: An image pickup apparatus includes a determination unit configured to determine, based on luminance information of an object, a shooting condition from among a plurality of shooting conditions containing information on an aperture value and a shutter speed, a control unit configured to perform control so as to sequentially shoot a plurality of images having in-focus positions different from each other while discretely moving a focus lens by each moving amount depending on the aperture value, and an image synthesizing unit configured to synthesize the plurality of images, and the determination unit determines the shooting condition from among the plurality of shooting conditions so as to reduce a time for shooting the plurality of images.

Abstract: In a three-dimensional image generation apparatus, a CPU concatenates meshes of a plurality of objects which meet a predefined concatenation condition, and performs in advance vertex attribute transformation on the plurality of objects of which the meshes have been concatenated. The CPU regards as a single object, the plurality of objects on which the vertex attribute transformation has been performed, and transfers a rendering command, which instructs rendering of the plurality of objects regarded as the single object, to a GPU. The GPU renders, at a time, the plurality of objects that are regarded as the single object, upon receiving the rendering command from the CPU.

Abstract: A method for producing a non-aqueous electrolyte secondary battery according to the present invention is characterized in that the method comprises the steps of: placing an electrode body into an outer casing, the electrode body having a folded-separator structure or a wound structure in which a positive electrode including a positive-electrode active material and a negative electrode including a negative-electrode active material are stacked with a separator interposed therebetween; placing a non-aqueous electrolyte free of a flame retardant into the outer casing; charging the electrode body by applying a voltage between the positive electrode and the negative electrode placed in the outer casing; placing a flame retardant into the outer casing; and sealing the outer casing, wherein the step of charging is a step of charging the electrode body with the state in which the surface of the positive-electrode active material and the surface of the negative-electrode active material are in contact with the non-aqu

Abstract: To propose a gas sensor and a gas sensor structural body that can improve detection sensitivity of gas more than in the conventional gas sensors with a simple configuration. A graphene (8) between a source electrode (3) and a drain electrode (4) is provided in an ion liquid (L), whereby a state change of charges in the ion liquid (L) caused by absorption of gas is directly reflected on a source-drain current (Isd) that flows in the graphene (8). Therefore, it is possible to improve detection sensitivity of the gas more than in the conventional gas sensors. The graphene (8) only has to be provided to be disposed in the ion liquid (L). Therefore, unlike in the conventional gas sensors, a configuration in which carbon nanotubes are surface-chemically modified by a plurality of polymers is unnecessary. Therefore, it is possible to simplify a configuration.

Abstract: A projection device including: an arm extending from a projection screen; a projector unit that outputs a projection light; a head section that is fixed to the arm further to a leading end side of the arm than the projector unit, and that includes a mirror that reflects the projection light toward the projection screen; a support section that is fixed to the arm and that supports the projector unit; and an adjustment section that adjusts an attachment angle of the projector unit with respect to the support section.

Abstract: A light flux controlling member includes: a rear surface; an incidence surface configured such that light emitted from a light emitting element is incident on the incidence surface, the incidence surface being the inner surface of a recess opened at the rear surface; a reflection surface configured to laterally reflect part of the light incident on the incidence surface; and an emission surface configured to emit the light reflected by the reflection surface, the emission surface being disposed to surround the central axis. The incidence surface includes a top surface and a side surface. The side surface includes a plurality of linear protrusions each including a ridge line extending from the outer rim part of the top surface to the opening edge of the recess.

Abstract: An object is to manufacture a semiconductor device including an oxide semiconductor film, which has stable electric characteristics and high reliability. A crystalline oxide semiconductor film is formed, without performing a plurality of steps, as follows: by utilizing a difference in atomic weight of plural kinds of atoms included in an oxide semiconductor target, zinc with low atomic weight is preferentially deposited on an oxide insulating film to form a seed crystal including zinc; and tin, indium, or the like with high atomic weight is deposited on the seed crystal while causing crystal growth. Further, a crystalline oxide semiconductor film is formed by causing crystal growth using a seed crystal with a hexagonal crystal structure including zinc as a nucleus, whereby a single crystal oxide semiconductor film or a substantially single crystal oxide semiconductor film is formed.

Abstract: A lithography apparatus for performing patterning on a substrate with a charged particle beam is provided. An optical system of the apparatus has a function of adjusting the focus position of the charged particle beam and the irradiation position of the charged particle beam on the substrate, and irradiates the substrate with the charged particle beam. A controller of the apparatus controls the optical system such that the patterning is performed with adjustment, of the focus position and the irradiation position based on the surface shape of the substrate for adjustment of the focus position, accompanied with the patterning.

Abstract: A position holding device for a rotating lever includes a rotating lever and a torsion spring. The rotating lever is elastically held at two positions, that is, a first position and a second position. The torsion spring includes a coiled part, and a first arm part and a second arm part each extending from the coiled part. The first arm part has a mountain portion formed thereon, and the second arm part has a reversely urging portion formed thereon. An urging force of the reversely urging portion is applied to the rotating lever as a braking force against an urging force of the mountain portion. Further, a regulating member is formed on a base member so as to abut against the first arm part when the rotating lever rotates toward the first position through a neutral position.

Abstract: A coil module is provided which has been reduced in size and thickness by incorporating a material and a structure resistant to magnetic saturation. The coil module includes a magnetic shielding layer containing a magnetic material, and a spiral coil. The magnetic shielding layer has a plurality of magnetic resin layers containing magnetic particles, and at least a portion of the spiral coil is buried in a portion of the magnetic resin layers. This allows a reduction in size and thickness while achieving a heat dissipation effect by the magnetic resin layers. In addition, since magnetic resin layers resistant to magnetic saturation are provided, the coil inductance changes only slightly even in an environment where a strong magnetic field is applied, and thus stable communication can be provided.

Abstract: A radioactive waste body inspection device according to an embodiment includes a surface contamination inspecting unit configured to conduct a surface contamination inspection of a radioactive waste body while acquiring concavo-convex information on the radioactive waste body, and a dose rate inspecting unit configured to conduct a dose rate inspection of the radioactive waste body in consideration of the concavo-convex information.

Abstract: A side airbag device for vehicle includes: a gas generator that is disposed in a seat cushion side part in a vehicular seat and generates a gas for inflation and deployment by actuation; and a side airbag in which the inside thereof is partitioned into an upper chamber and a lower chamber by a up-down dividing tether having a connecting hole and the gas from the gas generator is supplied to the lower chamber.

Abstract: Provided are novel compounds that bind to FKBP12 or pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof, as well as new therapeutics useful in the prevention or treatment of alopecia which comprise those compounds or pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof. Specifically, compounds represented by formula (1) [where R1 represents either the following formula (2) or (3)] or pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof are provided.

Abstract: In an LCD driver, in a high voltage resistant MISFET, end portions of a gate electrode run onto electric field relaxing insulation regions. Wires to become source wires or drain wires are formed on an interlayer insulation film of the first layer over the high voltage resistant MISFET. At this moment, when a distance from an interface between a semiconductor substrate and a gate insulation film to an upper portion of the gate electrode is defined as “a”, and a distance from the upper portion of the gate electrode to an upper portion of the interlayer insulation film on which the wires are formed is defined as “b”, a relation of a>b is established. In such a high voltage resistant MISFET structured in this manner, the wires are arranged so as not to be overlapped planarly with the gate electrode of the high voltage resistant MISFET.

Abstract: An object three-dimensionally represented by frames contained in a moving image and a time axis indicative of a playback time of the moving image is displayed on a display unit, and, while the three dimensional image being displayed, and an object representative of a moving image of a part between two points detected on the time axis is displayed in response to an instruction by a thing approaching to the display unit and is moved in accordance with a moving operation on the thing.

Abstract: Provided is an optical module in which a temperature of a semiconductor element to be subjected to temperature control is controlled to fall within a desired operating temperature range regardless of whether an environmental temperature is outside or inside the operating temperature range of the semiconductor element, and which is stably operated with low power consumption. A control section 30 determines, based on the environmental temperature having a temperature range of from a first temperature to a second temperature, a target temperature from a predetermined operating temperature range of from a third temperature to a fourth temperature. The control unit 30, an ATC circuit 34, a TEC control IC 12, and a TEC 24 control the temperature of a laser module 20 to become the target temperature. The first temperature is lower than the third temperature, and the second temperature is higher than the fourth temperature.

Abstract: An information processing apparatus includes an acquisition unit configured to acquire a plurality of positions on a surface of a measurement target object using information of light reflected from the measurement target object on which structured light is projected, a position of a light source of the structured light, and a position of a light reception unit configured to receive the reflected light and acquire the information of the reflected light, a calculation unit configured to acquire at least one of a position and a direction on the surface of the measurement target object based on the plurality of the positions, and a correction unit configured to correct at least one of the plurality of the positions based on information about an error in measurement for acquiring the plurality of the positions and at least one of the position and the direction on the surface of the measurement target object.

Abstract: An aluminum alloy member including a sheet-like aluminum alloy member having ends joined by friction stir welding, and forming an anodic oxidation coating on a weld front surface or a weld back surface, the aluminum alloy member including 0.3 to 1.5 mass % of Mg, 0.2 to 1.2 mass % of Si, 0.5 mass % or less of Cu, and 0.2 mass % or less of Fe, with the balance being Al and unavoidable impurities, Fe-containing second phase particles having a particle size (circle equivalent diameter) of more than 1 ?m, among second phase particles dispersed in a matrix of the aluminum alloy member, having an average particle size of 5 ?m or less.

Abstract: An electronic device 10 includes a touch panel 11, a vibration section 13 configured to vibrate a touch panel 11, and a control sections 20 and 33 configured to control the vibration section 13 based on an existence state of persons other than an operator of the electronic device 10 and being near to the electronic device 10.