Abstract: A client (such as a PC, portable telephone, PDA, electrical appliances), to which a device such as a IC card is connected, starts a handshake protocol to request a server to start communication. When communication is established via the handshake protocol, the initiative of communication is transferred to the server, and the state changes into a neutral state. In this neutral state, a control packet including a particular number of messages and a finished message is transmitted from the server to the client. If the client receives the control packet, the client performs a process according to the messages included in the control packet. This makes it possible to remotely control a device via a network in a highly reliable and efficient manner.

Abstract: A client (such as a PC, portable telephone, PDA, electrical appliances), to which a device such as a IC card is connected, starts a handshake protocol to request a server to start communication. When communication is established via the handshake protocol, the initiative of communication is transferred to the server, and the state changes into a neutral state. In this neutral state, a control packet including a particular number of messages and a finished message is transmitted from the server to the client. If the client receives the control packet, the client performs a process according to the messages included in the control packet. This makes it possible to remotely control a device via a network in a highly reliable and efficient manner.

Abstract: A driver operates a shift pedal to perform shift change of a transmission via a shift mechanism provided in a vehicle. An operation of the shift pedal is detected by a load sensor. When a sliding gear and a fixed gear of the transmission continue to be separated from each other for a predetermined period of time or longer after a shifting operation by the driver is detected by a load sensor, the rotational speed of the engine is maintained within a target range by an ECU.

Abstract: An information providing system and method and a storage medium which provide information services to each client apparatus on which a browser for browsing content and at least one object operate, through the cooperation with the operation of the object. A server apparatus has a view server for providing content to the browser, a communication server for making communication with the object, and an application sever for making the view server and the application server cooperate with each other. When a read operation from the object is performed, the communication server notifies the application server of a result of the read operation, thereby providing synchronization between the communication server and the view server.

Abstract: An information providing system and method and a storage medium which provide information services to each client apparatus on which a browser for browsing content and at least one object operate, through the cooperation with the operation of the object. A server apparatus has a view server for providing content to the browser, a communication server for making communication with the object, and an application sever for making the view server and the application server cooperate with each other. When a read operation from the object is performed, the communication server notifies the application server of a result of the read operation, thereby providing synchronization between the communication server and the view server.

Abstract: A barrier film formed on top of a substrate, a barrier film formed so as to cover a functional element region fabricated on top of a substrate, or a barrier film formed on both a substrate and a functional element region, wherein the barrier film includes at least one layer of a silicon nitride film formed by laminating two or more silicon nitride layers having different Si/N composition ratios.

Abstract: A motorcycle includes an engine, a CPU, a clutch lever, and a shift switch. When a driver performs a shift operation, the CPU adjusts an output of the engine. When the CPU adjusts the output of the engine, the turning operation of the clutch lever is inhibited by the shift switch.

Abstract: 4-Cyanocoumarin derivatives which have a distinct sensitivity to visible light, distinct luminescent ability, and satisfactory applicability for photochemical polymerization, dye lasers, and organic electroluminescent elements. Since most of the derivatives have a fluorescent maximum wavelength of 600 to 650 nm, particularly, 610 to 630 nm, they are extremely useful as luminescent agents for organic EL elements which emit visible light in a red-color region, and can be quite useful as luminescent agents in organic EL elements and laser-active substances in dye lasers, as well as luminous bodies as lighting sources for lighting devices, and information displays for visually displaying information.

Abstract: A communication device for managing a key necessary for secure near field communication includes an IC card function executing unit, a reader/writer function executing unit, a receiving unit, a determining unit, and a function execution controlling unit. The IC card function executing unit executes a function of an IC card. The reader/writer function executing unit executes a function of a reader/writer. The receiving unit receives a command. The determining unit determines whether the receiving command is intended for the IC card function or the reader/writer function. The function execution controlling unit controls the IC card function executing unit to execute the IC card function or the reader/writer function executing unit to execute the reader/writer function according to a result determined by the determining unit.

Abstract: An optical device module includes a stub ferrule for guiding a laser light to an optical fiber to be connected, a sleeve for holding an optical-connector ferrule of the optical fiber to be connected and the stub ferrule, a holder for fixing the stub ferrule and the sleeve, and an adapter for connecting the holder and an optical module, in which the sleeve is formed by a nonmetallic material, reducing the structure of metal portion and restraining the antenna effect when electromagnetic noise enters.

Abstract: An object detection apparatus and method capable of detecting objects based on visual images captured by a self-moving unit. A sequential images output section makes a train of a first input image and a second input image sequential to the first input image and outputs said train. A local area image processor calculates local flows based on said first input image and said second input image. An inertia information acquiring section measures self-motion of the unit to calculate inertia information thereof. A global area image processor uses said inertia information to estimate global flow, which is a motion field of the entire view associated to the self-motion, using said global flow and said first input image and creates a predictive image of said second input image. The global area image processor then calculates differential image data, which is a difference between said predictive image and said second input image.

Abstract: In a laminate product formed by an organic member and/or an inorganic member, high strength adhesion between the organic member and the inorganic member is achieved by providing an adhesion layer which includes amorphous carbon nitride (a-CNx:H) particularly between the organic member and the inorganic member. Further, in order to protect a laminate product formed by an organic member and/or an inorganic member, for example, an organic electronic element including an organic compound layer, such as an organic electroluminescence element, a protective film including at least amorphous carbon nitride and a protective layer having a laminate structure formed by sandwiching a vapor deposition inorganic film between plasma polymerized films are used. Thus, a protective film which is optimum to an organic electronic element, having high bending stress resistance, high shielding effect against moisture and oxygen existing in the air, and excellent resistance to high temperature and high humidity can be provided.

Abstract: A semiconductor chip on which a light receiving element is mounted, a preamplifier for amplifying an output signal from the light receiving element, and an insulating carrier substrate on which the light receiving element is mounted are connected such that the output signal from the light receiving element is input to the preamplifier through electrodes on the carrier substrate, and there are provided two electrodes, on the carrier substrate, having a capacitance value of 40 fF or more therebetween in a state where no light receiving element is mounted.

Abstract: On a chip carrier, on a printed circuit board or in a pre-amplifier circuit, a resistor or an impedance is connected to either or both of the anode side and the cathode side of a photo detector. A bypass capacitor of bias power supply for photo detector is grounded either directly or via a resistor or an impedance.

Abstract: An object detection apparatus is provided for detecting both stationary objects and moving objects accurately from an image captured from a moving mobile unit. The object detection apparatus of the present invention applies Gabor filter to two or more input images captured by an imaging device such as CCD camera mounted on a mobile unit, and calculates optical flow of local areas in the input images. Then the object detection apparatus closely removes optical flow produced by motion of the mobile unit by estimating optical flow produced from background of the input images. In other words, the object detection apparatus clarifies the area where object is not present (“ground”) in the input images. By removing such “ground” part, the area where objects seems to be present (“feature”) is extracted from the input images. Finally, the object detection apparatus determines whether objects are present or not using flow information of the extracted “feature” part.

Abstract: An optical device module includes a stub ferrule for guiding a laser light to an optical fiber to be connected, a sleeve for holding an optical-connector ferrule of the optical fiber to be connected and the stub ferrule, a holder for fixing the stub ferrule and the sleeve, and an adapter for connecting the holder and an optical module, in which the sleeve is formed by a nonmetallic material, reducing the structure of metal portion and restraining the antenna effect when electromagnetic noise enters.

Abstract: An object detection apparatus and method capable of detecting objects based on visual images captured by a self-moving unit. A sequential images output section makes a train of a first input image and a second input image sequential to the first input image and outputs said train. A local area image processor calculates local flows based on said first input image and said second input image. An inertia information acquiring section measures self-motion of the unit to calculate inertia information thereof. A global area image processor uses said inertia information to estimate global flow, which is a motion field of the entire view associated to the self-motion, using said global flow and said first input image and creates a predictive image of said second input image. The global area image processor then calculates differential image data, which is a difference between said predictive image and said second input image.

Abstract: An IC card chip performs payment processing in response to item purchase in accordance with a command generated and encrypted by a secure application module. The IC card chip decrypts the encrypted command, and reads information corresponding to the command. The IC card chip appropriately encrypts the read information in accordance with key information managed together with the secure application module, and sends the encrypted information to the secure application module via a cellular telephone or the like. The secure application module generates a command for controlling the IC card chip of the cellular telephone in accordance with a request from a content server. The secure application module appropriately encrypts the generated command in accordance with the key information managed together with the IC card chip, and supplies the encrypted command to the IC card chip. The IC card chip operates in accordance with the supplied command.

Abstract: A hand-held endless belt abrading machine comprises a base portion and a main portion, which portion is rotatable relative to the base portion around an axis extending in a forward and rearward direction of the abrading machine. The main portion comprises an air motor having a rotational shaft extending in a direction transverse to the abrading machine and projecting from the left end of the air motor, so that an abrading endless belt assembly drivingly connected to the output shaft is positioned to the left relative to the motor and the base portion which is held by a hand of an operator. When a left-handed person uses the abrading machine, the main portion is turned 180° relative to the base portion to shift the abrading endless belt assembly to the right relative to the base portion, thereby enabling the operator to readily observe the abrading belt assembly in operation.