Abstract: A cleaning device includes a cleaner, a plurality of cleaning sub-units, a sub-unit holder, a detachable transmission assembly, and a plurality of joint couplers. The cleaner scrapes off adhered material from a surface of a cleaning target while contacting the surface of the cleaning target. The cleaning sub-units each includes a holder to hold the cleaner and a drive-receive rotator to receive a driving force. The sub-unit holder holds the cleaning sub-units. The detachable transmission assembly includes a driving-force receive rotator to receive a driving force from an external unit and a plurality of drive transmission rotators to transmit the driving force received by the driving-force receive rotator to the drive-receive rotators of the cleaning sub-units. The joint couplers mounted on the drive-receive rotators and the drive transmission rotators couple the drive-receive rotators with the drive transmission rotators in a rotation axial direction.

Abstract: A semiconductor device 1 in which an IGBT region 2 and a diode region 3 adjoining each other are formed on a same substrate 4 is presented. The semiconductor device 1 is provided with a plurality of first gate trenches 11 extending abreast in a first direction in the IGBT region 2 and a plurality of second gate trenches 12 extending abreast in a second direction intersecting the first direction. The first gate trenches 11 and the second gate trenches 12 are not in contact with each other.

Abstract: A sprocket is engageable with a chain having rollers. The sprocket includes a body and a tooth portion. The tooth portion has front and rear surfaces, a drive side surface and a non-drive side surface. The rear and front surfaces face in opposite axial directions. The drive side surface axially connects the front and rear surfaces on a downstream side. The non-drive side surface axially connects the front and rear surfaces on an upstream side. One of the front and rear surfaces has a first chamfered portion, which is formed in a radially outer portion of at least one tooth portion and tapered radially outward in the axial direction. The drive side surface has a first protrusion, which protrudes downstream in the drive rotation direction and is located radially outwardly from a contact position where the drive side surface contacts each of the rollers when the chain is driven.

Abstract: The present invention provides an image processing system, an image processing method, and a program capable of suppressing confusion that may arise in a case where a target person is identified when tracking a person. An image processing system includes: a camera control unit which accepts input video images captured by a plurality of video cameras; a tracked person registering unit capable of registering one or more persons appearing in the video images inputted from the camera control unit; and a display screen generating unit which displays switchable windows of the video images inputted from the video cameras for each person registered by the tracked person registering unit.

Abstract: There are provided a variable compression-ratio mechanism (20) capable of varying an engine compression ratio in accordance with a rotational position of a control shaft (24); a speed reducer (44) configured to reduce in speed a rotational power of an actuator and transmit the speed-reduced rotational power to the control shaft (24); and a speed-reducer accommodating case (43) accommodating the speed reducer (44). An input shaft of the speed reducer (44) which is connected to the actuator has a shaft center line extending along a horizontal direction, and at least a part of the input shaft is kept under a lubricating oil retained in the speed-reducer accommodating case (43). The input shaft of the speed reducer (44) is swung by a predetermined swing angle to avoid inadequate lubrication of the input shaft of the speed reducer (44), during an operating state where the engine compression ratio is maintained constant.

Abstract: In a touch sensor panel 10 for inputting a position by a touch operation to a predetermined region, a plurality of drive lines DL disposed in one direction and a plurality of sense patterns SL disposed in another direction intersect each other and an electrode size of an electrode of a sense pattern (sense electrode pattern) in one direction disposed between adjacent intersections is switched between at least two electrode sizes of large and small. The configuration enables power consumption to be small while maintaining detection precision of a touched position.

Abstract: A motorcycle includes a vehicle-side control unit that determines whether or not identification information from an electronic key conforms to identification information on a side of a vehicle. An ignition switch unit allows at least starting operation of an engine and unlocking operation of a handlebar, in accordance with a situation where the identification information from the electronic key conforms to the identification information on the side of the vehicle. The vehicle-side control unit and the ignition switch unit are disposed on one side of a head pipe of the vehicle. The vehicle-side control unit is disposed in the vicinity of the head pipe, and below the ignition switch unit.

Abstract: A member for a charged particle beam device (56), which is used for a charged particle beam device (1c), includes a frame (55) to be attached to a frame (3c), and a diaphragm element (18a) provided in the frame (55). In the diaphragm element (18a), a diaphragm (19), which air-tightly separates the inside and the outside of a vacuum chamber (4a) from each other in a state where the pressure inside the vacuum chamber (4a) partitioned by the frame (3c) and the frame (55) is reduced more than the pressure outside the vacuum chamber (4a), and allows a charged particle beam to be transmitted therethrough, is formed. Moreover, in the diaphragm element (18a), a buffer film (33) for preventing a sample (12) and the diaphragm (19) from coming into contact with each other is formed so as to be positioned on a sample stage (22) side rather than on the diaphragm (19).

Abstract: A information processing unit includes: a control unit configured to control operation processing of individual units through a user interface; a print set value storage unit configured to store a print set value that is set by operation of an operation unit on a basic setting screen displayed on a display unit on which setting relating to the color printing is performed at a basic level and a print detail set value that is set by operation of the operation unit on a detail setting screen as another dialog on which the setting is performed at a detail level under operation control of the control unit; and a print data creating unit configured to create print data of the color printing based on the print set value and the print detail set value under operation control of the control unit.

Abstract: The vehicle braking control device adapted to a vehicle brake device having an electromagnetic valve which controls the brake fluid flow between the master cylinder and the wheel cylinders in response to the input electric energy. The vehicle braking control device includes a valve opening electric energy obtaining portion which obtains an input electric energy upon opening of the electromagnetic valve as a valve opening electric energy and an operation characteristic setting portion which sets an operation characteristic based on the valve opening electric energy obtained corresponding to the predetermined pressure differential. The opening valve electric energy obtaining portion changes the input electric energy at a valve closing side or a valve opening side with a change amount per unit of time larger than before valve opening in response to an obtaining of the valve opening electric energy.

Abstract: A plating method capable of controlling a concentration of an additive within a proper range during plating of a substrate is disclosed. The plating method includes: disposing an anode and a substrate, having a via-hole formed in a surface thereof, so as to face each other in a plating solution containing an additive; applying a voltage between the anode and the substrate for filling the via-hole with metal; measuring the voltage applied to the substrate; calculating an amount of change in the voltage per predetermined time; and adjusting a concentration of the additive in the plating solution to keep the amount of change in the voltage within a predetermined control range.

Abstract: The present invention provides a photosensitive resin composition comprising an unsaturated group-containing resin (D), a (meth)acrylic compound (E) having a specific structure, a silane compound (G) having a substituent selected from the group consisting of an amino group, an amide group, a ureido group, a ketimine group, and an isocyanate group, and a photo-polymerization initiator (F), the unsaturated group-containing resin (D) being obtained by adding an epoxy group-containing unsaturated compound (C) to some acid radicals of a copolymer obtained by copolymerizing a (meth)acrylic ester (A) with an unsaturated group- and acid-containing compound (B).

Abstract: A motorcycle includes an ignition switch unit that allows at least starting operation of an engine and unlocking operation of a handlebar by operation of an ignition knob after restriction of turning of the ignition knob by a lock mechanism is canceled when electronic authentication is conducted. An emergency release mechanism is configured to directly or indirectly allow the starting operation of the engine by an emergency release key regardless of the electronic authentication. The emergency release key has a rod-like grip portion, and a magnet key provided to a lateral on a side of an end of the grip portion. A keyhole for the magnet key of the emergency release mechanism is arranged in a direction opposed to an insertion direction of the emergency release key.

Abstract: In a drive system using a single synchronous motor which is not paired with a synchronous generator, even if a failure occurs in an analog angle data converter for detecting the rotation angle of the synchronous motor, the driving of the synchronous motor can be continued in a temporal emergency manner. In addition to an analog angle data converter for converting an analog sense signal which is output from a rotation angle sensor of a synchronous motor to digital angle data, a digital angle data converter for converting digital data generated by an analog-to-digital converter to digital angle data is provided.

Abstract: A cutting insert is suitable for 90° shoulder milling. The cutting insert includes two end surfaces: first and second end surfaces; a peripheral side surface extending therebetween; and a cutting edge formed at an intersecting ridge portion between the first end surface and the peripheral side surface. The cutting edge is formed so that the first end surface functions as a rake face and a part of the peripheral side surface functions as a flank. A side surface portion of the peripheral side surface adjacent to at least a part of the cutting edge includes a first flank portion adjacent to the cutting edge, a second flank portion, a third flank portion, and a fourth flank portion in this order from the first end surface side toward the second end surface side.

Abstract: A structure of a bush bearing includes: a bush on which a groove is formed; and an endless annular-shaped elastic member which is installed in the groove of the bush, and that supports a rack shaft, in which an inner circumferential surface of the bush includes a first inner circumferential surface that is in slide contact with an outer circumferential surface of the rack shaft, which is positioned opposite to a formation position of rack teeth, a second inner circumferential surface that faces the outer circumferential surface of the rack shaft with a gap interposed between the outer circumferential surface and the second inner circumferential surface, and the groove formed in a formation range of the first inner circumferential surface has a depth shallower than that of the groove formed in a formation range of the second inner circumferential surface.

Abstract: The sealing device includes: an outer peripheral ring 2000 that is in contact with a side wall surface of an annular groove 4100 at a low pressure side (L), and slides with respect to an inner peripheral surface of a shaft hole in a housing 5000 through which a shaft 4000 is inserted. An inner peripheral ring 3000 made of a rubber-like elastic body that is in contact with an inner peripheral surface of the outer peripheral ring 2000 and a groove bottom surface of the annular groove 4100, respectively. The outer peripheral ring 2000 is formed on its outer peripheral surface with a concave portion 2220 which extends from an end of a high pressure side (H) to a position which does not arrive at an end of a low pressure side, so as to introduce fluid thereinto from the high pressure side.

Abstract: In an integrated optical receiver or transmitter, both the displacement of an optical axis caused by thermal changes and the property degradation of an optical functional circuit are inhibited. A planar lightwave circuit having a substrate and a waveguide-type optical functional circuit formed thereon composed of a material different from that of the substrate, and includes a waveguide region formed only of an optical wavelength that is in contact with a side forming an emission-end face of the optical waveguide for propagating the light emitted from the optical functional circuit or an incident-end face of an optical waveguide for propagating the light incident on the optical functional circuit. The planar lightwave circuit is fixed to a fixing mount only at the bottom of the substrate where the waveguide region is formed.

Abstract: A wearing article making it possible to prevent a dimension in the transverse direction of respective recesses formed on an absorbent structure from being notably reduced even when the front and rear waist regions are disposed with waist elastic members directly or indirectly overlapping with the absorbent structure.

Abstract: A disassembly procedure generating apparatus is configured to include: an assembly procedure editing unit that incorporates a new work element into an assembly procedure; an assembly procedure change monitoring unit that performs monitoring as to whether a new work element has been inserted into the assembly procedure; a disassembly procedure generating unit that generates, when a new work element is inserted into the assembly procedure, a disassembly procedure by using work elements of the assembly procedure into which the new work element has been inserted and by using information associating the work elements of the assembly procedure with work elements of the disassembly procedure; a disassembly procedure cost calculating unit that calculates a cost generated for the entirety of the disassembly procedure; and a procedure cost information displaying unit that displays, together with the assembly procedure, the disassembly procedure and the cost generated for the entirety of the disassembly procedure.