Abstract: A mirror unit 2 includes a mirror device 20 including a base 21 and a movable mirror 22, an optical function member 13, and a fixed mirror 16 that is disposed on a side opposite to the mirror device 20 with respect to the optical function member 13. The mirror device 20 is provided with a light passage portion 24 that constitutes a first portion of an optical path between the beam splitter unit 3 and the fixed mirror 16. The optical function member 13 is provided with a light transmitting portion 14 that constitutes a second portion of the optical path between the beam splitter unit 3 and the fixed mirror 16. A second surface 21b of the base 21 and a third surface 13a of the optical function member 13 are joined to each other.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a photosensitive glass in which a Li2SiO3 crystal is precipitated by exposure and heat treatment, in which the photosensitive glass has a value of Formula (A) described below of 0.50 or more and 0.75 or less, and the photosensitive glass has a dielectric loss tangent at 20° C. and 10 GHz of 0.0090 or less, [Li2O]/([Li2O]+[Na2O]+[K2O]) Formula (A), in Formula (A), [Li2O], [Na2O], and [K2O] respectively indicate contents of Li2O, Na2O, and K2O in the photosensitive glass in terms of mole percentage based on oxides.

Abstract: A driving assistance device enables a driver who manually performs an accelerator operation and a steering operation to easily retain an accelerator operation state in a constant state. A driving assistance device includes a manually operable accelerator operation unit in the vicinity of a steering wheel provided in front of a driver seat in a vehicle cabin. The accelerator operation unit is operable in a state where the steering wheel is gripped and an operation reaction force of the accelerator operation unit exhibits an inflection point POI at which the operation reaction force rapidly becomes large in response to an increase in an operation amount of the accelerator operation unit.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a circuit board for a high-frequency device, including: a glass substrate in which a crystal is precipitated and cuttable by etching, and which has a dielectric loss tangent at 20° C. and 10 GHz of 0.0090 or less, and relates to a high-frequency device including the circuit board.

Abstract: There is provided a printed wiring board including an outermost conductive layer that includes a plurality of conductive pads, a first conductive layer that includes a first inner-layer wiring and is stacked on the conductive layer, a second conductive layer that includes a second inner-layer wiring and is stacked on the conductive layer and the first conductive layer, a first signal via that connects one of the conductive pads and the first inner-layer wiring with each other, a second signal via connecting another one of the conductive pads and the second inner-layer wiring with each other, and a stitching via that is connected to a ground. The first inner-layer wiring and the second inner-layer wiring form a common wiring route in which the first inner-layer wiring and the second inner-layer wiring are stacked and disposed in a connection area in which the conductive pads are arranged.

Abstract: In order to achieve a charging service using an outlet of 100 V or 200V, the present invention provides a management server 10 including an acquisition unit 11 that acquires, from a user terminal, apparatus specifying information specifying a control apparatus that controls power supply to an outlet, and a control execution unit 12 that executes processing of controlling the control apparatus specified by the apparatus specifying information.

Abstract: An imaging apparatus configured to capture an image using an illumination apparatus includes an image sensor, one or more processors, and a memory storing instructions which, when executed by the processors, cause the imaging apparatus to function as a selection unit configured to select a background color in response to a user's instruction, a processing unit configured to perform white balance processing on an image obtained by the image sensor by irradiating an object with illumination light, based on the background color selected by the selection unit, and a determination unit configured to determine an illumination color of the illumination light to be emitted from the illumination apparatus when the image sensor captures the image so that a color of the object irradiated with the illumination light in the image subjected to the white balance processing becomes a color different from the background color selected by the selection unit.

Abstract: Provided are an information processing device, a face authentication system, and an information processing method which can improve the processing speed for collation that uses a face image of a person passing through a specific area. This information processing device includes: an acquisition unit for acquiring an image that is obtained by imaging, at a first site, a person who can ride a vehicle moving to a second site from the first site; and a processing unit for determining, on the basis of information about a face image contained in the image, a candidate of a person who can reach the second site with the vehicle.

Abstract: A verification device used in a gate equipped with a restriction unit that restricts a flow of people. The verification device is provided with: a processing unit for performing, in a path in which there is a flow of people from a first area to a second area located upstream of the restriction unit, a second face image verification using a first candidate face image having been narrowed down by the result of first face image verification using a first image in which the first area is imaged and a second image in which the second area is imaged; and a communication unit for outputting the result of the second face image verification.

Abstract: A provided flash unit includes a light emitting part in the main unit of the flash unit and a distance sensor provided only in the light emitting part, achieving an accurate measurement of a distance from a subject.

Abstract: In a floating unit, a floating mechanism is provided with: a rolling portion that includes a holding portion fixed to one of a first member and a second member, a sphere held by the holding portion so as to be rotatable in all directions; and an opposing portion that is fixed to the other one of the first member and the second member, and has an abutment surface that abuts against the sphere. The abutment surface includes an inclined surface that is formed, over the entire region of the abutment surface in a circumferential direction around a reference position, so as to come close to a side, in the vertical direction, on which the sphere is arranged, while extending outward in the horizontal direction from the reference position.

Abstract: A lighting device is provided in which a head part is allowed to be driven relative to a main unit in a horizontal circular direction and in a vertical circular direction separately without the need for increasing a space for the layout of the main unit and the like. The lighting device of the present invention includes a driving unit (7) connecting a main unit (3) and a head part (6). The driving unit (7) includes first and second motors, a first power transmission mechanism that rotates the driving unit (7) in a horizontal circular direction (the direction of an arrow F) with the driving force of the first motor, and a second power transmission mechanism that rotates the driving unit (7) in a vertical circular direction (the direction of an arrow B) with the driving force of the second motor.

Abstract: In a floating unit, a floating mechanism is provided with: a rolling portion that includes a holding portion fixed to one of a first member and a second member, a sphere held by the holding portion so as to be rotatable in all directions; and an opposing portion that is fixed to the other one of the first member and the second member, and has an abutment surface that abuts against the sphere. The abutment surface includes an inclined surface that is formed, over the entire region of the abutment surface in a circumferential direction around a reference position, so as to come close to a side, in the vertical direction, on which the sphere is arranged, while extending outward in the horizontal direction from the reference position.

Abstract: A lighting device that protects a member related to light emission from heat associated with light emission includes a light source, a first optical member configured to transmit light emitted by the light source, a second optical member, arranged between the light source and the first optical member, configured to transmit light emitted by the light source, and an air-sending mechanism configured to send air suctioned from a first space that is an inner space on a side nearer to the light source than the second optical member and includes the light source to a second space that is a space between the first optical member and the second optical member.

Abstract: A provided flash unit includes a light emitting part in the main unit of the flash unit and a distance sensor provided only in the light emitting part, achieving an accurate measurement of a distance from a subject.

Abstract: A lighting device is provided in which a head part is allowed to be driven relative to a main unit in a horizontal circular direction and in a vertical circular direction separately without the need for increasing a space for the layout of the main unit and the like. The lighting device of the present invention includes a driving unit (7) connecting a main unit (3) and a head part (6). The driving unit (7) includes first and second motors, a first power transmission mechanism that rotates the driving unit (7) in a horizontal circular direction (the direction of an arrow F) with the driving force of the first motor, and a second power transmission mechanism that rotates the driving unit (7) in a vertical circular direction (the direction of an arrow B) with the driving force of the second motor.

Abstract: An image forming device including an optical sensor, an ultrasound sensor, and a conveyance guide. The optical sensor and the ultrasound sensor are disposed alongside a conveyance path of a sheet and are used to determine sheet type. The conveyance guide guides the sheet along the conveyance path. The conveyance guide is structured such that, on the conveyance path between the optical sensor and the ultrasound sensor, the sheet is in contact with the conveyance guide while a portion of the sheet is in a light irradiation range of the optical sensor and a different portion of the sheet is in an ultrasound irradiation range of the ultrasound sensor.

Abstract: An image forming apparatus including a polygon mirror that deflects a light beam, the image forming apparatus includes: an optical sensor arranged such that the light beam deflected by the polygon mirror enters the optical sensor; and a hardware processor that measures an output level of the optical sensor and calculates, as a remaining life of the polygon mirror, an operation time of the polygon mirror to when the output level becomes a threshold value in a case of assuming that the output level ongoingly changes at a rate of change over time that is a change amount of the output level per unit operation time of the polygon mirror, using the measured output level.

Abstract: A lighting device that stores a rotation angle of a head unit, on which a user's intention is properly reflected. The lighting device includes a main unit, a head unit that includes a light emission section and is rotatable with respect to the main unit, a bounce angle storage circuit that stores a rotation angle of the head unit with respect to the main unit, a bounce angle detection circuit that detects whether or not the head unit is rotated with respect to the main unit, and a rotation angle of the head unit, and a storage button. When rotation of the head unit is detected, rotation angles detected by the bounce angle detection circuit last time are stored in the bounce angle storage circuit in response to a predetermined operation for releasing the storage button from a depressed state.

Abstract: A lighting device that protects a member related to light emission from heat associated with light emission includes a light source, a first optical member configured to transmit light emitted by the light source, a second optical member, arranged between the light source and the first optical member, configured to transmit light emitted by the light source, and an air-sending mechanism configured to send air suctioned from a first space that is an inner space on a side nearer to the light source than the second optical member and includes the light source to a second space that is a space between the first optical member and the second optical member.