Abstract: A moving body terminal is basically provided with a position information acquiring section, a receiving section and a control section. The position information acquiring section is configured to acquire position information indicating a current position of the moving body terminal. The receiving section is configured to receive from an information providing apparatus simple map information which includes information transmission determining information indicating an information transmission unnecessary region of the simple map information where the position information of the moving body terminal is not required to be transmitted from the moving body terminal to the information providing apparatus.

Abstract: An image forming apparatus is provided which includes: an image carrier that carries an image; a transfer roller that includes a gripping member, and transfers the image to the transfer medium; a suction guide portion that includes a suction unit, and suctions and guides the transfer medium transferred the image, vertically upward with a plane transferred the image of the transfer medium being directed vertically downward; and a transfer medium transporting section that includes a suction member and transports the transfer medium while suctioning the transfer medium by the suction member, the transfer medium transporting section being configured such that a position of starting to suction the transfer medium is arranged at a position having a predetermined relationship with respect to a position of releasing the transfer medium from the gripping member and a position at which the image carrier is separated from the transfer medium.

Abstract: A plasma arc power supply with a simple structure and its control method enable shifting from a pilot arc to a main arc. A plasma arc power supply used in a plasma arc apparatus that processes a workpiece by forming a pilot arc between a main electrode and a nozzle electrode and subsequently forming a main arc between the main electrode and the workpiece includes N direct current power supply units (N?2) having negative terminals connected to the main electrode and positive terminals to the workpiece, and a switch between the fourth power supply unit and the workpiece. The fourth power supply unit is connected to cause the nozzle electrode to have an opposite polarity to the main electrode. When the switch is open, the fourth power supply unit supplies a small current between the main electrode and the nozzle electrode while forming a pilot arc between them.

Abstract: A color filter ink according to the first aspect is adapted to be used to manufacture a color filter by an inkjet method, the color filter ink comprising. The color filter ink includes a pigment, a solvent, a dispersing agent and a curable resin material. The dispersing agent includes an acid-value dispersing agent with a predetermined acid value and an amine-value dispersing agent with a predetermined amine value. The curable resin material includes a first polymer and a second polymer. The first polymer includes at least a first epoxy-containing vinyl monomer as a monomer component. The second polymer includes at least an alkoxysilyl-containing vinyl monomer represented by a prescribed chemical formula as a monomer component.

Abstract: A pneumatic tire is provided for enhancing its driving stability and braking performance on particular road surfaces. The pneumatic tire is provided with five main grooves, first and second lateral grooves, and first and second blocks. The five main grooves include a single first main groove, two second main grooves, and two third main grooves. The single first main groove is disposed on a tire equator. The first main groove is made of a see-through groove extending in the tire circumferential direction. The two second main grooves are disposed on two sides of the first main groove in the tire width direction. The first and the second lateral grooves are extending in the tire width direction. The first and the second blocks are formed in a center area of the tread surface between the two third main grooves. A sub-groove is disposed in each first block.

Abstract: A fuel injector assembly includes a modular fuel injector unit and a cylinder head side member. The modular fuel injector unit includes a first fuel injector with a first seal, a second fuel injector with a second seal and a fuel distribution pipe coupled together as a single installable unit. The cylinder head side member includes a first insertion hole with a first fitting section and a second insertion hole with a second fitting section. The first and second insertion holes and the first and second seals of the first and second fuel injectors are arranged such that as the modular fuel injector unit is being mounted to the cylinder head side member, the first seal undergoes a maximum compressive deformation in the first fitting section at a time that does not coincide with a time that the second seal undergoes a maximum compressive deformation in the second fitting section.

Abstract: A method for controlling a video game is provided.

Abstract: An X-ray inspection device is adapted to detect foreign matter in a target object while the target object is conveyed. The X-ray inspection device includes an X-ray emission device, a scintillator unit, a slit member and a photodiode array. The scintillator unit extends in a direction that intersects a conveyance direction of the target object, and is configured and arranged to optically convert the X-rays emitted by the X-ray emission device into visible light. The slit member forms a slit that extends in the direction that intersects the conveyance direction, and is disposed on an upstream side of the scintillator unit with respect to a direction of X-ray irradiation. The slit member is arranged so that a width of the slit is narrower than a width of the scintillator unit, and is equal to or wider than half a light-receiving width of the photodiode array in the conveyance direction.

Abstract: A display device having an electrophoretic display panel that has two types of electrophoretic elements of different color and polarity disposed between electrodes, and changes display state according to an applied voltage, and a drive means for driving the electrophoretic display panel by applying a voltage between the electrodes.

Abstract: A control cable fixing device is coupled to a bicycle component such as a rear derailleur in order to secure an inner wire of a control cable to the bicycle component. The control cable fixing device includes a support member with a first engagement surface and a cable fixing member with a second engagement surface. The cable fixing member is rotatable relative to the support member. The cable fixing member and the support member secure the inner wire between the engagement surfaces in response to rotational movement of the cable fixing member to a cable fixing position. The cable fixing member preferably includes a cam portion and a lever portion that is manually operable to rotate the cable fixing member.

Abstract: A cooling system for cooling an internal combustion engine includes a first portion, a second portion and a bypass valve. The first portion forms a first fluid chamber through which a cooling medium passes as it flows from the engine to a heater that utilizes heat generated by the internal combustion engine. The second portion forms a second fluid chamber through which the cooling medium passes as it flows from the heater to the engine. The second fluid chamber is arranged adjacent to the first fluid chamber. The bypass valve is arranged inside the first fluid chamber and the second fluid chamber to form a bypass flow passage connecting the first fluid chamber and the second fluid chamber. The bypass valve is configured and arranged to automatically close the bypass flow passage when a temperature of the cooling medium is equal to or higher than a first prescribed temperature.

Abstract: A bicycle battery holder assembly includes a terminal support portion and a pair of seal members. The terminal support portion has a pair of electrical terminals extending therefrom. The pair of electrical terminals are configured to extend into corresponding terminal receiving portions of a battery. The seal members extend around respective ones of the electrical terminals.

Abstract: A method for inspecting a droplet discharge head includes generating illuminating light based on a color tone of a dot pattern of a droplet discharged from the droplet discharge head by selecting at least one of a plurality of illuminating light sources of different color tones and by modulating light illuminated from the at least one of the illuminating light sources based on the color tone of the dot pattern, capturing an image of the dot pattern while a photographed region including the dot pattern is being illuminated by the illuminating light, and inspecting the image of the dot pattern using image processing.

Abstract: A shifting control system has two gear shift stage groups, two clutches, a clutch release detection section, a pre-shift controller, a clutch oil level detection section and a pre-shift inhibiting section. The clutches are alternately engaged to selectively transmit power from an engine to a wheel. The clutch release detection section detects a release-side clutch which corresponds to the clutch that is in a released state. The pre-shift controller operates a meshing mechanism of the gear shift stage group corresponding to the release-side clutch, so as to undergo pre-shifting when the other clutch is engaged as an engage-side clutch. The clutch oil level detection section determines whether an oil level in the release-side clutch is equal to or greater than a preset oil level. The pre-shift inhibiting section inhibits pre-shifting while the oil level in the release-side clutch is equal to or greater than a preset oil level.

Abstract: A laser beam with a wavelength capable of exciting atoms of helium in the metastable state is directed to a generated plasma, and atoms in the metastable state are excited. Absorption amount information representing the amount of laser beam absorbed is acquired, and the density of atoms of helium in the metastable state in the plasma is computed from the absorption amount. The emissions of light from helium gas in the plasma caused by transition from two different excited states to the lower level are measured, and the ratio between the intensities of the emissions is determined. The electron temperature of the produced plasma is computed from the computed density of the atoms of helium gas in the metastable state and the computed emission intensity ratio. With this, the plasma electron temperature can be computed with a relatively high accuracy irrespective of the condition of the plasma atmosphere.

Abstract: A vehicle brake device is configured to limit a drop in a final target braking force when an abrupt deceleration is performed by the driver. The vehicle brake device has a brake operating element, a master cylinder and a controller. The brake operating element is operated by the driver of a vehicle. The master cylinder is operatively coupled to the brake operating element to generate a fluid pressure in accordance with an operation of the brake operating element. The controller calculates a target deceleration rate based on the fluid pressure of the master cylinder and controls a braking force of the vehicle in accordance with the target deceleration rate. The controller is limits a decrease in the target deceleration rate during an abrupt deceleration caused by the operation of the brake operating element by the driver.

Abstract: A game system for a game is provided with a server and a data transceiver apparatus. The data transceiver apparatus is configured to report execution of the game to the server, and includes a motion sensor and an image display unit to display the game. The server is configured to transmit event data for executing an event of the game to the data transceiver apparatus. The data transceiver apparatus is configured to execute based on the event data, and to generate motion data, which indicates how a user moves the data transceiver apparatus. At least one of the data transceiver apparatus and the server is configured to generate excitement level data which indicates excitement level of the user. The server is configured to generate statistic of the excitement level data. The data transceiver apparatus is configured to receive the statistic from the server and display the statistic.

Abstract: A bicycle electrical wiring unit is provided with a junction housing, a wiring junction and a cable winding structure. The wiring junction is mounted to the junction housing for connecting at least two electrical cables. The cable winding structure is disposed on the junction housing with the cable winding structure including at least one electrical cable holder for selectively retaining different lengths of an intermediate section of a first electrical cable of the electrical cables to the junction housing.

Abstract: A hybrid vehicle drive control apparatus is basically provided with an engine, a motor/generator, an electric power source and a controller. The electric power source exchanges electric power with the motor/generator. The controller selects between an EV drive mode in which a drive force is produced solely from the motor/generator and an HEV drive mode in which the drive force is at least partially produced from the engine. The EV drive mode and the HEV drive mode are based on at least a state of charge of the electric power source. The controller changes a state of charge region in which the EV drive mode is selected based on a degradation degree of the electric power source such that as the degradation degree of the electric power source becomes larger, the state of charge region in which the EV drive mode is selected becomes larger.