Abstract: A program and apparatus which draw and display images of graphical objects, enabling their smooth and continuous transition from visible state to invisible state. For each given object, its distance from the current eye point is calculated for comparison with a predetermined semi-transparent distance, as well as with a predetermined invisible distance which is longer than the semi-transparent distance. The object is selected as a visible object that is to be subjected to image drawing operations if the above comparison has revealed that the calculated distance is shorter than the invisible distance. An image of the visible object is drawn in opaque mode if the distance is shorter than the semi-transparent distance, or in semi-transparent mode if the distance is longer than the semi-transparent distance. The resultant image is then displayed on a monitor screen.

Abstract: A computer program and apparatus for displaying an image of graphical objects viewed from a certain eye point, which permit the user to select either a fixed up direction or a variable up direction when manipulating the eye point location. The program first determines which movement mode to use, according to a given user action. It then calculates the eye point coordinates and a line-of-sight vector according to the user action and the determined movement mode. When the mode is fixed up-direction mode, the up direction of the projection plane is set to a predefined direction. When it is variable up-direction mode, some predetermined rules are applied to determine the up direction. Given objects are perspective-projected on the projection plane being oriented in the determined up direction, based on the calculated eye point coordinates and line-of-sight vector. The resulting object image is then displayed on a monitor screen.

Abstract: There are provided a three-dimensional model display program and a three-dimensional model display apparatus, which enable seamless switching between two-point perspective projection and three-point perspective projection. A line-of-sight vector indicative of a direction of viewing an inside of a virtual three-dimensional space from a viewpoint 3 is determined in response to an operation input. A projection condition is determined that two-point perspective projection is selected when the line-of-sight vector is close to a horizontal one and that a degree of influence of three-point perspective projection on two-point perspective projection increases with an increase in inclination of the line-of-sight vector with respect to a horizontal direction. An image is generated by perspectively projecting the three-dimensional model 2 according to the determined projection condition, and then the generated image is displayed.

Abstract: A computer program and apparatus for displaying an image of graphical objects viewed from a certain eye point, which permit the user to select either a fixed up direction or a variable up direction when manipulating the eye point location. The program first determines which movement mode to use, according to a given user action. It then calculates the eye point coordinates and a line-of-sight vector according to the user action and the determined movement mode. When the mode is fixed up-direction mode, the up direction of the projection plane is set to a predefined direction. When it is variable up-direction mode, some predetermined rules are applied to determine the up direction. Given objects are perspective-projected on the projection plane being oriented in the determined up direction, based on the calculated eye point coordinates and line-of-sight vector. The resulting object image is then displayed on a monitor screen.

Abstract: A program and apparatus which draw and display images of graphical objects, enabling their smooth and continuous transition from visible state to invisible state. For each given object, its distance from the current eye point is calculated for comparison with a predetermined semi-transparent distance, as well as with a predetermined invisible distance which is longer than the semi-transparent distance. The object is selected as a visible object that is to be subjected to image drawing operations if the above comparison has revealed that the calculated distance is shorter than the invisible distance. An image of the visible object is drawn in opaque mode if the distance is shorter than the semi-transparent distance, or in semi-transparent mode if the distance is longer than the semi-transparent distance. The resultant image is then displayed on a monitor screen.

Abstract: There are provided a three-dimensional model display program and a three-dimensional model display apparatus, which enable seamless switching between two-point perspective projection and three-point perspective projection. A line-of-sight vector indicative of a direction of viewing an inside of a virtual three-dimensional space from a viewpoint 3 is determined in response to an operation input. A projection condition is determined that two-point perspective projection is selected when the line-of-sight vector is close to a horizontal one and that a degree of influence of three-point perspective projection on two-point perspective projection increases with an increase in inclination of the line-of-sight vector with respect to a horizontal direction. An image is generated by perspectively projecting the three-dimensional model 2 according to the determined projection condition, and then the generated image is displayed.

Abstract: A process for regenerating unreacted vinyl chloride monomers is provided which has the step of compressing by means of an compressor an unreacted vinyl chloride monomer recovered from a process of vinyl chloride polymer production; compressing the same in contact with a lubricating oil fed into the compressor. In this process, the lubricating oil contains a polymerization inhibitor. Hence, even when this lubricating oil is circulated and reused as a lubricating oil after its separation from the unreacted vinyl chloride monomer, any vinyl chloride monomer remaining in the lubricating oil can effectively be kept from polymerizing in lubricating-oil circulation lines.

Abstract: A vehicular automotive soil treating machine having a main frame structure provided on an automotive drive means to support thereon a soil feeding stage including at least a soil hopper and an additive hopper for feeding soil and an additive soil improving material, a soil processing stage including a soil processing trough which is internally provided with a mixing device for mixing soil and additive material while being transferred from one to the other end of the soil processing trough, and a processed soil discharging stage including a soil discharging conveyer for transferring processed soil of improved quality in a predetermined direction. The soil processing trough is provided with an inlet opening on the upper side of its fore end portion to receive soil and additive material therethrough, and an outlet opening on the bottom side of its rear end portion to discharge processed soil of improved quality toward the discharging conveyer.

Abstract: A computer graphics data display device and method simplify a movement interference calculation by use of an interference attribute of an object, and control a process time by predicting a display time of a frame. Furthermore, the number of simultaneously calculated moving objects is restricted to speed up the calculation, and a retrieving process can also be performed at a high speed using display data obtained by compressing editing data. If any change has arisen in the editing data, only change data are transmitted to a display data memory unit, and the editing data and the display data are concurrently processed. Thus, dynamic images can be successfully displayed with reality.

Abstract: A mechanical seal for pressurized fluid pumps including rotary and non-rotating seal members that are compressed together. The rotary seal member is fixed to a drive shaft and includes a contact sealing surface. The non-rotational seal member is also positioned about the drive shaft in a manner that allows for axial but not rotational movement. When a biasing force is placed against one side of the non-rotational seal member the opposite side, the non-rotating contact sealing surface, is pressed into contact with the complimentary rotary seal member contact sealing surface thus providing a mechanical seal.

Abstract: A pressure sensor has a thin plate diaphragm having a strain detecting section thereon, and a support member for receiving and properly positioning the diaphragm within a stepped bore structure. The pressure sensor with which the strain detecting section is formed on the diaphragm surface is formed by the use of semiconductor manufacture technology by making the diaphragm of the pressure sensor in the form of a thin plate member. The diaphragm and the support member are joined together by diffusion bonding, and heat treatment for this diffusion bonding is also utilized to crystallize the semiconductor strain gauges.

Abstract: An ultrasonic probe comprising an acoustic lens (20) having a concave lens surface (21) formed on one side of a lens body, and a piezoelectric transducer (23) disposed on the other side of the acoustic lens, ultrasonic waves generated by applying voltage to the piezoelectric transducer being focused through the lens surface to detect the reflected waves of the ultrasonic waves from a sample (26) by the piezoelectric transducer for obtaining information about the surface or interior of the sample. The lens surface (21) of the acoustic lens (20) is defined by an etch profile (15) formed by etching a substrate material (11) which makes up the lens body.

Abstract: An ultrasonic probe comprising an acoustic lens (20) having a concave lens surface (21) formed on one side of a lens body, and a piezoelectric transducer (23) disposed on the other side of the acoustic lens, ultrasonic waves generated by applying voltage to the piezoelectric transducer being focused through the lens surface to detect the reflected waves of the ultrasonic waves from a sample (26) by the piezoelectric transducer for obtaining information about the surface or interior of the sample. The lens surface (21) of the acoustic lens (20) is defined by an etch profile (15) formed by etching a substrate material (11) which makes up the lens body.