Abstract: An integrated system for comprehensive control of an electric power generation system utilizes state machine control having particularly defined control states and permitted control state transitions. In this way, accurate, dependable and safe control of the electric power generation system is provided. Several of these control states may be utilized in conjunction with a utility outage ride-through technique that compensates for a utility outage by predictably controlling the system to bring the system off-line and to bring the system back on-line when the utility returns. Furthermore, a line synchronization technique synchronizes the generated power with the power on the grid when coming back on-line. The line synchronization technique limits the rate of synchronization to permit undesired transient voltages.

Abstract: In a recording medium transportation apparatus that transports a recording medium held attracted to a belt by air suction, the recording medium can be transported stably with generation of curling at the side end of the recording medium suppressed. A plurality of suction holes generating suction force by air suction are formed at the belt. A plurality of suction holes extending in one row over the belt running direction form hole rows. Each hole row is set to be located corresponding to the width dimension of a paper sheet of the size of A3, B4, A4, B5 defined by the Japanese Industrial Standard and post card. When a sheet of respective size is placed on the belt, the side end of the width direction is drawn by suction holes.

Abstract: The main object of the present invention is to provide an ionizer that has been improved to allow reduction of ripples and of balance shift without degrading the capability of an ionizer. A grounded ground electrode that makes contact with the ions for capturing a portion of the ions is provided in the vicinity of a discharge electrode. Means for changing the area of contact between ground electrode and the ions is provided.

Abstract: An image forming system, wherein a second digital copying machine stores image data temporarily on behalf of a first digital copying machine at its request and returns the stored image data upon receipt of a return request. When the second digital copying machine has not received any return request from the first digital copying machine within a predetermined period, the second digital copying machine erases the stored image data to utilize its own memory efficiently.

Abstract: A portable terminal device includes a connector connected to a mobile telephone terminal device providing a signal that changes its output depending upon whether power is turned on or not, a power-on detection device connected to the connector, a power supply circuit under control of the power-on detection device, and a data communication device receiving power supply from the power supply circuit, and under control of the output of the power-on detection device. The data communication device includes a processor that activates system software when power supply is initiated. The system software activates communication software in response to an output of the power-on detection device. The portable terminal device can include a data adapter unit coupled between the data communication device and the connector. The data adapter unit may have power controlled by the output of the power-on detection device.

Abstract: A data processor comprising an adder for adding an address signal and an address conversion data set up by a central processing unit, to decide a converted address signal corresponding to the address signal, and a selector for selecting either of the converted address signal decided by the adder or the address signal, based on the detection signal output from an agreement detection circuit which judges whether the address signal agrees with the original ROM address or not, wherein the processings in the adder and the agreement detection circuit are performed in parallel.

Abstract: An image composite processing method for composing a plurality of images, each having a duplicate portion, into a single composite image based on a retrieved duplicate portion, wherein the duplicate areas of every two adjacent composite subject images are compared and one of the duplicate areas is adopted based on the comparison result.

Abstract: There is provided a forced mixer for mixing components, comprising a funnel-shaped mixing space having along its center axis (3) a coaxially mounted inner and outer mixing tool, the inner mixing tool (2) consisting of a screw (5) extending toward the outlet slide (6). For the forced mixer to be usable with a high efficency in particular as a concrete mixer, the outer mixing tool (8) comprises mixing shares or scrapers (9) glidingly moving along the mixing container surfaces (1) contacted by the mixed material.

Abstract: A method of fabricating an objective lens includes the steps of attaching a first lens to a first holder, adjusting an angle between the optical axis of the first lens and the optical axis of a second lens while sliding the second lens on a sphere, and attaching the second lens to a second holder so that the angle becomes 0°, forming contact between first and second planes, sliding the second holder with respect to the first holder in a state where the first and second planes are in contact so that the optical axis of the first lens matches the optical axis of the second lens to carry out decentration adjustment, and fixing the second holder subjected to decentration adjustment with respect to the first holder.

Abstract: An oxidation catalyst according to the present invention is prepared, for example, by heat processing a gold compound at 150° C. to 80° C., yielding ultrafine gold particles, which are then mixed with a palladium compound and a compound containing at least one element selected from the group consisting of alkaline metals and the elements of Groups IIA, IIIA, VIA, IIB, VB, and VIII of the Periodic Table. By an oxidation reaction between a benzyl compound such as p-xylene and a carboxylic acid such as acetic acid in the presence of oxygen and the oxidation catalyst prepared as above, a benzyl ester such as p-methylbenzyl acetate or p-xylylene diacetate can be produced. Consequently, it is possible to provide an oxidation catalyst suitable for use in industrially producing the foregoing benzyl esters, a method of preparing the foregoing oxidation catalyst, and a method of producing the foregoing benzyl esters efficiently and at low cost.

Abstract: A motor current detection amplifier detects a motor current's areas in two phase periods with reference to a motor voltage. A controlling microcomputer computed the ratio of the motor current areas of the two phase periods and provides the same as phase difference information which is in turn used to control a motor drive voltage to apply a sine wave of a predetermined period to the motor's coil to allow 180°-driving including a sine wave conduction resistant to noise and achieving a reduced cost hike.

Abstract: An integrated system for comprehensive control of an electric power generation system utilizes state machine control having particularly defined control states and permitted control state transitions. In this way, accurate, dependable and safe control of the electric power generation system is provided. Several of these control states may be utilized in conjunction with a utility outage ride-through technique that compensates for a utility outage by predictably controlling the system to bring the system off-line and to bring the system back on-line when the utility returns. Furthermore, a line synchronization technique synchronizes the generated power with the power on the grid when coming back on-line. The line synchronization technique limits the rate of synchronization to permit undesired transient voltages.

Abstract: The present invention is a low reflection glass article which is prepared by laminating a first layer which has a middle refractive index (n1) from 1.60 to 1.95 and has a film thickness of (60 to 130 nm)/n1, a second layer which has a high refractive index (n2) which is in a range from 1.91 to 2.60 and higher than the refractive index of said first layer by at least 0.20 and has a film thickness of (140 to 230 nm)/n2, and a third layer which has a low refractive index (n3) which is in a range from 1.35 to 1.59 and lower than the refractive index of said first layer by at least 0.20 and has a film thickness of (110 to 150 nm)/n3 in this order on a transparent glass substrate having a refractive index from 1.47 to 1.

Abstract: A text input section (1) divides an inputted text into sentences and attaches a number to each of the sentences, which is stored in a text data base together with the number. An important word recognizing section (2) generates a list of important words for each sentence to store it in a storing section (8). An important word weighting section (3) weights each important word. A relation degree computing section (4) computes a relation degree between an attention sentence and a precedent sentence. An important degree computing section (5) computes an importance degree of each attention sentence. A tree structure determining section (6) determines a parent sentence of the attention sentence and determines a tree structure of the inputted text.

Abstract: An image recording apparatus includes a heating portion and a granulating portion to generate colorant particles, a charging portion to charge the generated colorant particles, an ejecting portion to intermittently eject the charged colorant particles onto a recording medium in response to an electrical signal corresponding to image data to be recorded, and a transport portion to sequentially transport the colorant particles through these portions. The heating portion heats and evaporates solid or liquid colorant. The evaporated colorant is transported to the granulating portion, cooled, solidified and agglomerated into colorant particles. The colorant particles are transported to the succeeding charging portion, charged there and transported to the ejecting portion. The charged colorant particles are electrically induced toward a recording medium through an ejection hole and ejected onto a recording medium, so that the colorant particles stick and permeates to the medium according to image data.

Abstract: A liquid crystal display includes a liquid crystal display panel including a signal side substrate having an arrangement of a plurality of signal electrodes, a scanning side substrate positioned opposite to the signal side substrate and having an arrangement of a plurality of scanning electrodes crossing the plurality of signal electrodes, a liquid crystal layer positioned between the signal side substrate and the scanning side substrate, and a signal side driving circuit and a scanning side driving circuit for applying driving pulse voltage signals for displaying data to the plurality of signal electrodes and the plurality of scanning electrodes, respectively for driving these electrodes. When data is displayed, at least one of the driving pulse voltage signals is provided with a correction pulse voltage signal such that the effective voltage value of each part of the liquid crystal display panel attains an optimum level.

Abstract: An electronic device includes: a key input section having a plurality of keys; a first display section for displaying a display data; a first display control section for controlling the first display section; a communication section for transmitting the display data to a display device, the display device being separable from the electronic device and including a second display section for displaying the display data and a second display control section for controlling the second display section; a main data memory for storing a main data; a table memory for storing a table of key names in association with the keys; a key name memory for storing, as a key name data, a key name retrieved from the table memory when a key corresponding to the key name is pressed; and a main control section for allowing the first display section and the second display section to display data which are stored in the main data memory and in the key name memory, via the first display control section and the second display control se

Abstract: A continuous process for the production of elemental aluminum is described. Aluminum is made from aluminum oxide and a reducing gas such as a light hydrocarbon gas or other reducing gas, for example hydrogen. In the process, a feed stream of the aluminum oxide and the reducing gas is continuously fed into a reaction zone. There the aluminum oxide and reducing gas are reacted at a temperature of about 1500° C. or greater in the reaction zone to provide a continuous product stream of reaction products, which include elemental aluminum. The product stream is continuously quenching after leaving the reaction zone, and the elemental aluminum is separated from the other reaction products.

Abstract: Assuming the photosensitive drum for black as a reference, the phase of the adjacent photosensitive drum for cyan leads by about 60 deg. Similarly, the phase of the photosensitive drum for magenta leads by about 120 deg., and the phase of the photosensitive drum for yellow leads by about 180 deg. The phase of each photosensitive drum is shifted to thereby make it possible to shift the phase of driving unevenness. By shifting the phase, even the distance between adjoining transfer positions corresponding to the image forming stations is set shorter than the circumference of the photosensitive drum, the variation of each photosensitive drum due to driving unevenness with respect to the printing medium passing through the transfer position can be kept congruent with the others.

Abstract: A polycarbonate resin composition according to the present invention is suited to be used for medical supplies or appliances and shows a very low yellow discoloration when exposed to an ionizing radiation for sterilization. The polycarbonate resin composition comprises 100 parts by weight of a polycarbonate resin; 0.01 to 5 parts by weight of an aromatic compound containing oxy group or carbonyl group; and 0.01 to 5 parts by weight of at least one compound selected from the group consisting of: (A) a compound containing cyclic acetal group; (B) a sulfone compound; (C) a sulfoxide compound; (D) polyalkylene glycol, an ether of polyalkylene glycol or an ester of polyalkylene glycol; (E) a compound containing sulfonate group; and (F) an aromatic hydrocarbon-aldehyde resin.