Abstract: A face categorizing apparatus for categorizing contours of a face of an examined subject is disclosed that includes image capturing means for capturing a face image of the face of the examined subject; control means for controlling operations for categorizing the face of the captured face image into one of at least four predetermined types of categories based on at least two indices including facial space and facial depth/bone structure/fleshiness; and indication means for indicating a categorization result of categorizing the face by the control means on a map having the four predetermined types of categories positioned at corresponding quadrants of a plane coordinate system.

Abstract: A semiconductor package includes a wiring board, a semiconductor device mounted on the wiring board, an electrically-conductive thermal interface material provided on the semiconductor device, a test electrode in contact with a first surface of the thermal interface material to be electrically connected to the thermal interface material, and an electrically-conductive heat spreader in contact with a second surface of the thermal interface material opposite to its first surface.

Abstract: A ceiling plate provided at a ceiling portion of a process chamber that may be evacuated to a vacuum is disclosed. The ceiling plate allows microwaves emitted from a slot of a planar antenna member provided along with the ceiling plate to pass through the ceiling plate into the process chamber, and includes plural concave portions provided along a circle on a surface of the ceiling plate, the surface facing toward an inside of the process chamber.

Abstract: An information processing apparatus includes a Web-page display unit configured to receive a Web page from a Web page server unit to display the received Web page on a display device, an update request wait unit configured to wait for receipt of an update request to update the displayed Web page, and an update request reporting unit configured to report the update request to the Web page display unit in response to receipt of the update request by the update request wait unit from the Web server unit, wherein the Web page display unit is further configured to send a Web page transmission request to the Web server unit based on a definition provided in the displayed Web page in response to the reported update request, and to display on the display device the Web page returned from the Web server unit in response to the Web page transmission request.

Abstract: A portable device is disclosed that includes a charge control circuit configured to control charging of a secondary battery included in a battery pack, the secondary battery being configured to supply power to the portable device; a temperature detection terminal at which the temperature of the secondary battery is detected from a temperature detection part of the battery pack; positive and negative power terminals to be connected to the battery pack; a control circuit configured to control the operation of the portable device; and an interface circuit connected between the temperature detection terminal and each of an input terminal of the charge control circuit and an input terminal of the control circuit, in which a signal detected at the temperature detection terminal is fed to each of the charge control circuit and the control circuit through the interface circuit.

Abstract: A connector device includes a male connector and a female connector attached to and detached from each other by moving the male connector in a sliding direction relative to the female connector, the male connector including plug electrodes arrayed in an arraying direction perpendicular to the sliding direction, each plug electrode including a curved part formed at one end and bent in the arraying direction, and the female connector including jack electrodes arrayed in the arraying direction, each jack electrode corresponding to one of the plug electrodes and including a connection formed at one end and projecting in a direction parallel to the sliding direction, each connection including two resilient terminal portions, and when the male connector and the female connector are mutually fitted to each other, the curved part of each plug electrode is inserted and fitted between the two resilient terminal portions of a corresponding jack electrode.

Abstract: A skin substitute membrane includes a surface on one side including a groove-shaped depressed portion and a planar portion, the depressed portion having a cross section having a chamfered V-letter shape, the surface having an arithmetic mean roughness Sa of more than or equal to 10 ?m to less than or equal to 50 ?m. The depressed portion has a width of more than or equal to 50 ?m to less than or equal to 500 ?m and a depth of more than or equal to 30 ?m to less than or equal to 150 ?m. A spectral transmittance for light of more than or equal to 290 nm to less than or equal to 400 nm in wavelength is more than or equal to 50% and less than or equal to 100%.

Abstract: An image forming apparatus performs a 1-pass recording by a single main scan with respect to a recording medium by a nozzle group including different overlapping nozzles that scan the same overlapping region on the recording medium to record dots. Alternatively, a multi-pass recording is performed by a plurality of main scans with respect to the overlapping region by the same nozzle group or by different nozzle groups. The recording in a central portion of the overlapping region is performed by placing emphasis on the succession or continuity of the dots, while the recording in boundary portions of the overlapping region is performed by placing emphasis on the scattering of the dots.

Abstract: A semiconductor device includes a supporting board having a protection film thereon; a semiconductor chip provided on the supporting board; a first internal connecting terminal formed on the supporting board; a second internal connecting terminal formed on the semiconductor chip; a first insulation layer for covering an upper surface of the supporting board and upper and lateral surfaces of the semiconductor chip; a wiring pattern provided on the first insulation layer, the wiring pattern connecting the first and second internal connecting terminals; a solder resist layer provided on the first insulation layer and the wiring pattern, the solder resist layer having an opening part; an external connecting terminal provided so as to connect to the wiring pattern through the opening part; a groove part formed on outer peripheries of the supporting board, the protection film, and the first insulation layer; and a resin layer formed in the groove part.

Abstract: A disclosed power supply device includes a power supply unit configured to switch supply or non-supply of power from an external power supply to an electronic apparatus, and a receiving unit configured to receive a control command for controlling the switching with the power supply unit from a remote controller.

Abstract: A data processing apparatus includes plural transmission units that transmits transmission data to one or more users, a storage part that stores a destination group table therein, the destination group table including a data structure in which data of one or more of the plural transmission units are associated with user data of the one or more users, a reception part that receives selection data indicating selection of the one or more users, receives designation data indicating designation of one or more of the plural transmission units, and extracts the user data from the storage part according to the selection data and the designation data, and a transmission request part that requests transmission of the transmission data to at least one of the plural transmission units according to the user data extracted by the reception part.

Abstract: A wiring substrate includes a core substrate including an inorganic dielectric insulating base material having first and second surfaces, and linear conductors penetrating the insulating base; a first wiring layer on the first surface electrically connected to a portion of linear conductors; a second wiring layer on the second surface electrically connected to the portion of the linear conductors; a first insulating layer on the first surface covering the first wiring layer and including a first through-hole; a third wiring layer on the first insulating layer electrically connected to the first wiring layer via the first through-hole; a second insulating layer on the second surface covering the second wiring layer and including a second through-hole; and a fourth wiring layer on the second insulating layer electrically connected to the second wiring layer via the second through-hole.

Abstract: A support structure of a coke drum including a cylindrical drum body, an inverted-cone-shaped bottom plate connected to a bottom of the drum body, and a cylindrical skirt supporting the drum body includes an annular joining piece joining the drum body, the bottom plate, and the skirt to one another. The joining piece is a unitary member including an upper body part joined to a lower end of the drum body, a lower inner leg part joined to an upper end of the bottom plate, and a lower outer leg part joined to an upper end of the skirt.

Abstract: A keyboard having a backlight function, the keyboard includes a key top having a light permeating region, the key top being where one end of a link member is provided; a membrane sheet having a contact, the contact being conductive when the key top is pushed; a support panel made of metal, the support panel being where another end of the link member is provided; and a light guide plate where a light is guided from a light source. The key top, the membrane sheet, the support panel, and the light guide plate are stacked from a top side; the light guide plate is formed of a member having an elasticity higher than an elasticity of the support panel; and a part of an external edge part of the light guide plate, seen from the top side, projects outside the support panel.

Abstract: A wiring board, includes a substrate main body; a piercing electrode configured to pierce the substrate main body; a first wiring pattern provided at a first surface side of the substrate main body, the first wiring pattern having a pad, the pad being electrically connected to one end part of the piercing electrode, the pad being where an electronic component is mounted; and a second wiring pattern provided at a second surface side of the substrate main body, the second surface side being situated at a side opposite to the first surface side, the second wiring pattern having an outside connection pad, the outside connection pad being electrically connected to another end part of the piercing electrode.

Abstract: A disclosed device includes a document managing apparatus including an image data acquiring unit acquiring original data of original documents in a predetermined layout, a layout information storing unit storing IDs and layout information, an original document determining unit determining the IDs of the original documents, a partial area information storing unit storing partial area information for the original data respectively for the IDs, a partial area extracting unit, an arrangement information storing unit storing arrangement information on paper in association with the IDs respectively for the partial areas, a synthetic image data generating unit forming synthetic image data in conformity with the arrangement information and forming identification information into the synthetic image data, a data accumulating unit causing a data storing unit to store the identification information and the original data, and a printing unit that prints a synthetic document having the synthetic image data.

Abstract: A reset circuit for resetting and terminating the resetting of a reset target includes an n-channel metal-oxide-semiconductor field-effect transistor (MOSFET), a gate drive circuit configured to switch a drain voltage of the n-channel MOSFET from a low level to a high level when a power supply voltage exceeds a predetermined threshold, a sink circuit configured to maintain the drain voltage at the low level by sinking a current flowing from a drain side of the n-channel MOSFET to the sink circuit, and a block circuit configured to block the current sinking to the sink circuit when the power supply voltage exceeds the predetermined threshold. The low level indicates a state where the reset target is in a reset state and the high level indicates a state where the reset state of the reset target is terminated.

Abstract: A pattern image of either a registration correction pattern including a plurality of position detecting marks or a misregistration correction performing determination pattern having a plurality of position detecting marks, the number of which marks is smaller than that of the registration correction pattern image is formed. A misregistration amount is calculated based on an image formed position detected with the use of the pattern image. It is determined whether the registration correction is to be carried out, based on the misregistration amount with the use of an image formed position of the correction performing determination pattern. When it is determined to carry out the misregistration correction, the misregistration correction is carried out based on the misregistration amount with the use of image formed positions of the misregistration correction pattern.

Abstract: In a battery pack, an overcharge detecting circuit compares a voltage between a positive electrode and a negative electrode of a secondary battery with a threshold voltage to detect an overcharge of the secondary battery, and turns off a switching element. A series circuit including a thermistor and a resistor is arranged near the secondary battery and connected in parallel to the secondary battery. A comparator compares a voltage at a junction point of the thermistor and the resistor with a reference voltage corresponding to a predetermined temperature. In response to an output signal of the comparator, a changing unit changes the threshold voltage to a first value when a temperature of the secondary battery is below the predetermined temperature, and changes the threshold voltage to a second smaller value when the temperature of the secondary battery is above the predetermined temperature.

Abstract: A thermal head unit includes a head substrate having a heating element serving as a thermal head formed thereon, a flexible substrate, a driver IC disposed on the flexible substrate to drive the thermal head, and a heat sink attached to the head substrate and to the flexible substrate, wherein the driver IC and the flexible substrate are electrically connected to each other, and the driver IC and the head substrate are electrically connected to each other.