Canon Kabushiki Kaisha

Alps Alpine Co., Ltd.

Mitsubishi Electric Corporation

Tokyo Institute of Technology

Nisshinbo Micro Devices Inc.

Nohmi Bosai Ltd.

Shinji Murata

Hiroyuki Saito

Hiroshi Ito

Kazuya Yamamoto

Akihiko Iwata

Teruo Morikawa

Masahiko Ito

Kazuhiko Onuki

Yoshiaki Sone

Toshio Iwaya

Masami Maetani

Hiroki Sato

Masayuki Sato

Akiyoshi Torigai

Masaki Nakaoka

Shunzo Inoue

Yoshihiko Yoshihara

Takeshi Nagasawa

Noboru Ishihara

Osamu Morimoto

Koichiro Kawaguchi

Tsutomu Toyono

Shinsaku Kusube

Noriyuki Sugiyama

Koya Iwakura

Shigeo Takata

Toshiya Matsumoto

Masanori Kaneko

Hiroaki Takeda

Masanari Shirai

Kazuhide Sugiyama

Shigetoshi Ipposhi

Minoru Sashida

Haruhisa Honda

Akihiko Yokoo

Michio Kasuya

Hitoshi Yanagawa

Yoshihiro Taniguchi

Hiroaki Suzuki

Kano Tanaka

Masanori Kageyama

Keiji Harada

Masaki Muramatsu

Keizo Makino

Yoshiyasu Ogata

Jinichi Furukawa

Makoto Shigihara

Yoshio Ochi

Jun Asami

Ryu Arasawa

Kimihiro Yokoyama

Takaaki Shirakawa

Chunhui Pan

Hideki Masudaya

Takashi Asami

A detector is a detector that detects fastening axial force applied by a fastening unit in an axial direction. The detector includes a strain element that has a through hole through which a bolt portion that the fastening unit has is inserted, and a strain sensing sensor that senses strain of the strain element. The strain element has a block-like form and has a planar portion following the axial direction on a side face thereof. The strain sensing sensor is provided on the planar portion.

Detector and detecting system

A sensor interface circuit includes a frequency synchronization circuit connectable to a sensor. The frequency synchronization circuit includes: a reference voltage source generating a reference voltage; a current source connected to the reference voltage source, and generating a current by using the reference voltage; a voltage difference detection circuit including first and second input nodes and an output node, generating a control voltage according to a difference between voltages received at the first and second input nodes, one of the voltages received at the first and second input nodes corresponding to a detection value of the sensor; a voltage-controlled oscillation circuit connected to the output node, and generating an oscillation signal according to the control voltage; and a frequency/impedance conversion circuit connected between the voltage-controlled oscillation circuit and the second input node, and converting a frequency of a signal according to the oscillation signal into impedance.

Sensor interface circuit and sensor module

A microstrip antenna includes a dielectric substrate, a ground electrode provided on a first surface of the substrate, an antenna element including a plurality of radiating elements on a second surface of the substrate opposite the first surface so as to extend parallel to one another and a connecting element provided on the second surface to extend in a direction intersecting with the radiating elements and connect the radiating elements, a feed line including a first end portion connected to a portion of the endmost radiating element in plan view, where the portion is located on an extension of the connecting element, and a second end portion provided on a side surface of the substrate between the first and second surfaces to receive power, and a connection line including a section located on the side surface along the feed line and connecting the endmost radiating element to the ground electrode.

Microstrip antenna

In a management system for an attachment state of an attachment object, a sensor capable of detecting a value equivalent to stress of stress loaded, or a predetermined value from which the value equivalent to stress can be calculated, a washer storage unit storing identification information of a sensing washer, and a washer control unit transmitting the value equivalent to stress and the identification information of the sensing washer via a communication unit, are provided in the sensing washer between a bolt and a nut that attach an attachment object to a structural object. A management processing device acquires the value equivalent to stress and identification information of the sensing washer transmitted from the sensing washer, and presents the value equivalent to stress of the sensing washer of the identification information, or a corresponding stress value, as relational information with respect to a reference value stored in a storage unit.

Management system using a sensing washer for detecting attachment state of attachment object

A communication system includes a master device and a slave device. The master device can transmit a signal to a slave device. The slave device includes an antenna, a sensor unit, an RFID unit, a changeover switch that connects the antenna to one of the sensor unit and the RFID unit, and a switching circuit that switches the changeover switch based on a switching signal transmitted from the master device. When the antenna in the slave device receives the switching signal from the master device, the switching circuit switches the changeover switch in the slave device from a state in which the antenna and the sensor unit are connected to a state in which the antenna and the RFID unit are connected, in accordance with the switching signal.

Communication system and information terminal device

A sensor interface circuit includes: an RF switch having a control node; a bias circuit electrically connected to the control node and applying, to the control node, a voltage at a first level or a second level corresponding to a linear region of a reflection characteristic; a first variable oscillation circuit electrically connectable to a first sensor; a second variable oscillation circuit electrically connectable to a second sensor; and a difference circuit electrically connected between the first variable oscillation circuit and the bias circuit, and between the second variable oscillation circuit and the bias circuit.

An information collection system includes a sensor terminal group including first sensor terminals and second sensor terminals and an information collection terminal capable of wireless communication with the sensor terminals. The information collection terminal includes a transmission unit that transmits data requests to the sensor terminals and a receiving unit that executes processing of receiving measurement data from the first sensor terminals in a first period, executes processing of receiving reception requests from the second sensor terminals in a second period, and when the reception requests are given, executes processing of receiving measurement data from the second sensor terminals in a third period. The second sensor terminal includes a transmission unit that, when the data requests are given, and when the control unit determines to transmit the measurement data, transmits the reception requests in the second period and transmits the measurement data in the third period.

Information collection system and information collection terminal

An outdoor unit comprises a casing, a fan, a heat exchanger, an electrical component, a heat radiation member, and a duct. The casing is provided with an air outlet. The fan is disposed inside the casing and configured to blow air to the outside of the casing via the air outlet. The heat exchanger is disposed inside the casing at a position lower than the fan. The electrical component is disposed inside the casing at a position lower than the heat exchanger. The heat radiation member is connected to the electrical component inside the casing. The duct is configured to accommodate at least part of the heat radiation member inside the casing and extend in the vertical direction. An upper end of the duct is configured to protrude upward higher than a lower end of the heat exchanger.

Outdoor unit and air conditioner

A connection method for interconnecting end portions of a thermoplastic resin long body in which conductive unstretchable members are embedded within the thermoplastic resin along a longitudinal direction, wherein the unstretchable members in each of specific sections in the both end portions of the thermoplastic resin long body are heated using an induction heating portion so that the thermoplastic resin coating the unstretchable members is removed by melting for the unstretchable members to be exposed, after which the both end portions are interconnected while they are held in a state where the unstretchable members being exposed in the respective end portions are butt-connected to each other.

Connection method of thermoplastic resin long body

A high expansion foam fire-extinguishing system including: an emission nozzle () to which a foam solution (Wg) prepared by mixing water (W) with a foam concentrate () containing a surface active agent () is sent under pressure; a flow passage (); and a foam screen () upon which the foam solution discharged from the emission nozzle impinges. The foam concentrate used is one of one in which a mixing ratio of the foam concentrate with respect to the foam solution is an adjusted mixing ratio higher than a standard mixing ratio and one in which a content rate of the surface active agent with respect to the foam concentrate is a design content rate that is higher than a standard content rate, and in which a mixing ratio of the surface active agent is a concentration for design foam expansion ratio.

High expansion foam fire-extinguishing system

A recording apparatus can mount a special recording material, such as a compact disc (CD) or the like, in a state of being accommodated in a tray and perform recording on the special recording material. In this recording apparatus, by an operation of mounting a tray guide into the main body of the recording apparatus, an arm of the tray guide is inserted between a spur base for holding a spur, and a platen for holding sheet discharge rollers. The spur base thereby raises to separate the spur from the sheet discharge roller, and a space to allow passage of the tray is formed.

Recording apparatus

A recording apparatus is provided with plural recording units. A supplied original is discriminated by an original discriminating unit, and is recorded by a recording unit selected according to the result of the discrimination by the discriminating unit. The plural recording units are mutually different in the recording image magnification or in the recording method.

A photographing apparatus, wherein a film storage unit is detachable from the main unit even when the film storage is reversed so that the positions of the supply and windup sides of film will be switched, enables a user to replace film for reciprocatory recording with the film loaded in the storage unit, and helps reduce fogging and improve operability.

Photographing apparatus

A film transport apparatus comprises a rotary member for abutting against a rolled film wound on a reel held on a cartridge to drive the film forwardly, a separating device arranged upstream of the rotary member with respect to a direction of rotation of the film for separating a leading end of the film, and a pressing device arranged downstream of the rotary member with respect to the direction of rotation of the film for abutting against the rolled film to press the film.

Film transport apparatus

A strip-like member take-up device has take-up means for taking up a strip-like member being fed thereto, drive means for rotatively driving the take-up means, and an endless belt member for urging the strip-like member taken up by the take-up means against the take-up means and being moved in accordance with the rotation of the take-up means.

Strip-like member take-up device

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Tokyo, Japan

Shinji Murata