Shimano Inc.

Sanyo Electric Co., Ltd.

Daikin Industries, Ltd.

Takeshi Fujiwara

Kazuhiro Tsujino

Hiroshi Hasegawa

Akira Niitsuma

Satoshi Fujii

Kazutaka Niki

Kohei Fukugawa

Takanori Maruoka

Motohiro Yuba

Yoshio Umezawa

A three-way valve includes a manifold, a valve body, and a switching mechanism. The manifold is provided with a flow path including first, second and third ports, first, second and third passages leading to the first, second and third ports, and a valve chamber that communicates with the first, second, and third passages. The valve body is accommodated in the valve chamber and is displaceable to a first position at which the first port and the third port communicate with each other or a second position at which the second port and the third port communicate with each other. The switching mechanism switches a position of the valve body to the first position or the second position. The manifold is configured by a plurality of manifold members that have a plate shape and are stacked in a plate thickness direction.

Three-way valve and oxygen concentrator

A bicycle battery holder is basically provided with a holder main body, an engagement unit and an operating unit. The holder main body is configured to hold a plurality of bicycle battery units. The engagement unit is configured to lock the bicycle battery units by engaging the bicycle battery units while the bicycle battery units are disposed in the holder main body. The operating unit is configured to operate the engagement unit.

Bicycle battery holder and bicycle battery unit

A bicycle derailleur is basically provided with a base member, a movable member and an electric actuator. The base member is configured to rotate together with a bicycle sprocket apparatus about a rotational axis of the bicycle sprocket apparatus. The movable member is movable relative to the base member to displace a bicycle chain. The electric actuator is configured to electrically actuate the movable member.

Bicycle derailleur

A stator yoke is provided for a bicycle generator hub. The stator yoke includes a first tubular section and a plurality of first pole sections. The first tubular section has a first axial end and a second axial end. The first pole sections are integrally formed with the first tubular section as a one-piece, unitary member. Each of the first pole sections includes a first radially protruding section that extends from the first axial end of the first tubular section in a radial direction of the first tubular section, and a first axially protruding section that extends from the first protruding section in an axial direction of the first tubular section toward the second axial end of the first tubular section.

Stator yoke for bicycle generator hub

A dual-bearing reel includes a reel body, a spool rotatably held between side plates, and a brake unit configured to brake the spool. The brake unit includes a cover portion, a first regulator and a second regulator. The cover portion has a first circumferential part and a second circumferential part, and is mounted to the reel body. The first regulator and the second regulator are covered with the cover portion. The first circumferential part has a first opening exposing at least a part of the first regulator therethrough, whereas the second circumferential part has a second opening exposing at least a part of the second regulator therethrough. The reel body has a first restriction part covering the first opening.

Dual-bearing reel

A video camera includes an image sensor. The image sensor repeatedly outputs an object scene image produced on an imaging surface having a plurality of pixels lined up in a vertical direction. A driver repeatedly executes an exposing operation for exposing the imaging surface for each pixel lined up in a vertical direction. A CPU repeatedly detects a plurality of luminance values respectively corresponding to a plurality of flicker evaluation areas allocated to the imaging surface in a manner to be located at positions different from one another in a vertical direction, based on the object scene image outputted from the image sensor. Moreover, the CPU determines the presence or absence of a flicker based on the plurality of luminance values thus detected.

Video camera with flicker prevention

An automatic focusing device in accordance with the present invention comprises an image sensor being subjected to exposure performed in a rolling shutter system, a focusing system including a focus lens for focusing on the image sensor, an AF evaluation value calculating unit calculating an AF evaluation value based on an imaging signal obtained from the image sensor, and an AF control unit controlling an operation of the focusing system based on an AF evaluation value of a focusing area set in a part of the imaging picture by the image sensor, and the AF control unit makes the AF evaluation value of a focusing area of each imaging picture and a focus lens position at the time of exposure for the focusing area correspond to each other, and drives the focusing system during the period which overlaps with an exposure period while searching the focus lens position where the AF evaluation value becomes maximum.

Automatic focusing device

An image sensor has an imaging surface irradiated with an optical image of an object scene, and repeatedly generates an object scene image. A CPU repeatedly determines whether or not a specific variation exceeding a reference is generated in the object scene captured by the image sensor, in parallel with a generating process of the object scene image by the image sensor. When a determination result is updated from a negative result to an affirmative result, the CPU waits for an elapse of a designated period, then, determines presence or absence of a generation of a flicker, and executes a flicker countermeasure process, as needed.

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Osaka, Japan

Takeshi Fujiwara