Abstract: According to one embodiment, a motor has a cylindrical stator core and rotor. A first framework is fixed to a side of the stator core in an axial direction, and a first bearing housing is fixed to the outside of the first framework. A second framework is fixed to the other side of the stator core. A second bearing housing is fixed to the outside of the second framework. The rotor has a rotational shaft, supported by the bearings, extending into the frameworks. A rotor core is attached to the shaft. Support bases are fixed to the rotor, and are interposed by the rotor core. A locking member coupled to the first framework is configured to contact the first support base. A locking member coupled to the second framework is configured to contact the second support base. The rotor is fixed by the locking members contact with the support bases.

Abstract: According to one embodiment, there is provided a non-volatile semiconductor storage device including a memory cell and a control unit. The memory cell has a gate electrode including a control gate and a charge storage region on a semiconductor substrate and has a channel region under the gate electrode in the semiconductor substrate. The control unit, during an erase operation where electric charges written in the charge storage region are extracted to the channel region, periodically varies a voltage which is to be applied between the control gate and the channel region.

Abstract: According to one embodiment, an electronic device includes a positive electrode, a negative electrode, a first terminal, a second terminal, a first plurality of switching elements and anti-parallel diodes coupled between the positive electrode and the first terminal and the second terminal, a second plurality of switching elements and anti-parallel diodes coupled between the negative electrode and the first terminal and the second terminal and a PiN diode coupled between the positive electrode and the negative electrode with reverse polarity.

Abstract: A sheet loading and handling apparatus that suppress anomalies in sheet supply operation and feed sheets in a stable manner is disclosed. The sheet loading unit includes a supply mechanism that moves a plurality of stacked sheets in a direction toward a feeding position located at an end of the loading unit, a feeding mechanism that individually feeds sheets to the feeding position, and a control unit controlling a plurality of sensors, which detect whether there is a sheet at the feeding position. The supply mechanism operates based on detection information of the sensors. The control unit monitors a relationship between signal information of the optical sensor and that of another sensor, and if a signal relationship that is not normal as compared to that of normal feeding occurs, the unit retracts the signal information of the optical sensor and uses only the signal information of the other sensor.

Abstract: A control device of a synchronous machine is disclosed. The control device includes an inverter configured to provide an output current to a synchronous machine. A controller configured to control the output current and to estimate a voltage command, at least in part, by using pulse width modulation to choose a non-zero vector at a time when the inverter is not driving the synchronous machine with the output current. The estimating the voltage command is performed without using a zero vector. A phase angle and angular velocity estimating section configured to estimate a phase angle and an angular velocity of a rotor of the synchronous machine based, at least in part, on an inductance value, an induction voltage value, the voltage command, and the output current. The controller is further configured to control the output current based, at least in part, on the phase angle and the angular velocity.

Abstract: A sheet take-out device in which sheets are conveyed in an upright state and sheets having a low height can be stably taken out is provided. A sheet take-out device includes a main floor belt that conveys sheets that are placed in an upright state in a direction intersecting a conveying direction to a take-out portion, and a take-out unit that takes out the sheets conveyed by the main floor belt one by one in order from the frontmost sheet. The device includes a sub-floor belt that is capable of reverse conveyance, in which sheets are conveyed in a direction opposite to the conveying direction of the main floor belt, a tightness detection unit, and a height detection unit that detects the height of the sheets immediately prior to being taking out by the take-out unit, and performs sub-floor control.

Abstract: An optical disc has a read-only system lead-in area and a recordable data area. Disc boundary information representing a boundary in a radial direction of an area on which capability of recording at a predetermined recording speed is guaranteed is recorded on the system lead-in area while being related to each tuple speed. An optical disc device, upon user's instruction of tuple-speed recording, compares the boundary information related to the instructed tuple speed with a present recording position, performs recording at the instructed tuple speed if the present recording position is on the outside of the boundary, and performs recording at a tuple speed lower than the instructed tuple speed if the present recording position is on the inside of the boundary.

Abstract: A train control device includes a first acquisition unit for acquiring a change history of open block numbers as the number of blocks existing between a present train and a leading train, a setting unit for setting a brake pattern having a starting point coinciding with an end point of a block existing just behind a block occupied by the leading train, and a calculating unit for calculating a time taken for the leading train to come out from the block existing just behind the block occupied by the leading train and for calculating, as a target speed, the highest speed available within a range not conflicting with the brake pattern.

Abstract: According to one embodiment, a train control system for a train is disclosed, the control system includes a speed detection unit configured to detect the train speed, a position detecting unit configured to detect position information of the train, a signal aspect speed receiver to receive signal aspect speed information from outside the train, an automatic train operation (ATO) unit that is configured to output a first throttle notch command to drive the train between stations and to stop the train at a target position, a specification notch pattern output unit configured to selectively output a second throttle notch control command. The signal aspect speed information includes a speed limit for a location. The first output throttle notch command is based, at least in part, on the signal aspect speed information.

Abstract: The present invention relates to system and method of reading and rewriting EDID in a video transmission system includes a transmitter transmitting a video signal and a receiver receiving the video signal that the transmitter transmitted which are connected to each other through digital interface, the method includes a reading step where the transmitter reads the EDID of the receiver through the digital interface; a first transmitting step where the transmitter transmit the video signal to the receiver on the basis of the EDID which the transmitter read; a second transmitting step where the receiver transmits a first message related to the EDID of the receiver; and a third transmitting step where the receiver transmits a second message related to the EDID of the receiver; wherein the transmitter, which received the first message from the receiver, does not read the EDID of the receiver until the second message is received.

Abstract: A semiconductor device which includes a substrate, a semiconductor element arranged on the substrate, a heat dissipation component arranged on the semiconductor element, and a mold component covering an upper part of the substrate, the semiconductor element and the heat dissipation component, wherein an area of a surface on the semiconductor element of the heat dissipation component is larger than an area of a surface on which the heat dissipation component of the semiconductor element is arranged.

Abstract: According to one embodiment, a recording control apparatus includes an output controller, a watching state detector, and a recording controller. The output controller is configured to execute control to output first content data corresponding to a first channel according to selection of the first channel and to execute control to output second content data corresponding to a second channel instead of the first content data according to a channel change from the first channel to the second channel. The watching state detector is configured to detect a watching state of the first channel. The recording controller is configured to execute control to record the first content data based on a result of detection of the watching state and the channel change.

Abstract: A magnetic recording medium is provided, which has at least one soft magnetic layer, at least one seed layer, at least one underlayer and at least one perpendicular magnetic recording layer, and is characterized in that the or each seed layer is comprised of a covalently bonded material. The covalently bonded material preferably predominantly comprises a nitride having a hexagonal crystal structure, more preferably, predominantly comprises aluminum nitride having a hexagonal wurtzite crystal structure. This magnetic recording medium is superior in recording and reproducing an information with high density.

Abstract: According to one embodiment, a semiconductor memory device includes first and second upper-layer contact members. The upper-layer contact members are arranged alternately with the first upper-layer contact members in a first direction and shifted in a second direction orthogonal to the first direction. Plugs are formed on the second upper-layer contact members. First metal wirings are provided on the first upper-layer contact members. Second metal wirings are provided on the plugs. A height of a top surface of the plugs is higher than a top surface of the first metal wirings. A width of a bottom surface of the first metal wirings in a shorter-side direction is shorter than a width of a top surface of the first metal wirings. A width of a bottom surface of the second metal wirings in a shorter-side direction is shorter than a width of a top surface of the second metal wirings.

Abstract: According to one embodiment, an information processing apparatus includes an amplifier provided in a body and amplifying a sound signal to output sound from a speaker, a first system including a storage storing a first sound data and a sound device which generates an analog sound signal from the first sound data and supplies the generated sound signal to the amplifier, and further, outputting sound using the first sound data when the body is in a power-on state, and the second system configured to operate independently from the first system, and including a semiconductor memory storing a non-compression format second sound data and a digital-to-analog converter, which converts the second sound data into an analog sound signal and supplies the converted analog sound signal into the amplifier, and further, outputting sound using the second sound data when the body is in a power-off state.

Abstract: A system and method for the selective sharing of an electronic document. The method enables a user to share access to an electronic document stored on a repository on a document management system. A user, via a document processing services network, generates a password and token corresponding to the document to be shared. The token provides information regarding the electronic document to be shared and the way the shared document will be made available to other users. The user then gives the token along with the password to the other users desiring to have access to the shared document. The other users are then able to retrieve the electronic document via email, viewing on a web browser, or printing at a multifunction peripheral device.

Abstract: A system and method for efficiently copying books. According to the system and method, a user inputs a book identification into a peripheral device to cause the peripheral device to access an electronic version of the book. Upon so accessing, the peripheral is adapted to print the electronic version as specified. The book identification may be any suitable identification, such as a book ISBN number, a bar code, a title, etc.

Abstract: A magnetic recording medium is provided, which has at least one soft magnetic layer, at least one seed layer, at least one underlayer and at least one perpendicular magnetic recording layer, and is characterized in that the or each seed layer is comprised of a covalently bonded material. The covalently bonded material preferably predominantly comprises a nitride having a hexagonal crystal structure, more preferably, predominantly comprises aluminum nitride having a hexagonal wurtzite crystal structure. This magnetic recording medium is superior in recording and reproducing an information with high density.

Abstract: This invention is directed to a system and method for secure document processing. More particularly, this invention is directed to a system and method for secure document processing wherein a user has the ability to confidentially generate or print a document without generating a log entry or other information related to the document.

Abstract: A self reference-counting pointer that keeps the reference count of the object within the pointer-object that does not impose any restrictions on the object itself and can be used freely on objects already created. A reference count object is created and is attached to a pointer-object of the object when the first instance of the object is created. When subsequent references or copies of the object are made, the reference count is incremented, and the pointer object associated with the subsequent reference or copy of the object are attached to the reference count object. When any instance of the object goes out of scope, the pointer-object to that instance is detached from the reference count object and the reference count is decremented. When there are no instances of the object attached to the reference counter, then the reference counter is deleted.