Abstract: A vehicle seat structure comprises: a connecting member which connects an outer side reclining apparatus in a widthwise direction of a vehicle and an inner side reclining apparatus in the widthwise direction of the vehicle to be interlocked with one another; a reinforcing member which is tubular and is provided adjacent to the connecting member, one end portion of the reinforcing member being fixed to a structural member of the outer side reclining apparatus and another end portion of the reinforcing member being fixed to a structural member of the inner side reclining apparatus; and deformation direction control apparatus for deforming the reinforcing member in a direction other than a direction in which a seating space of a vehicle occupant becomes narrower, when a side collision load is larger than a buckling load of the reinforcing member.

Abstract: An input section of a color sense measuring device includes a solid-state camera image-sensing an object to be measured and a frame memory storing output information from the solid-state camera. The output information of the solid-state camera read out of the frame memory is fed to a hue/saturation/lightness transform part in a color sense measuring section for transformation into hue image information, saturation image information and lightness image information for use in measuring the color sense of the object to be measured. Based on the image information output from the color sense measuring section, a feature extract/quantification section extracts a feature value for measuring the color sense of the object and a color sense analysis section judges the color sense of the material of the object on the basis of the feature information output from the feature extract/quantification section, while at the same time the feature information is supplied to an image processing/display part for display.

Abstract: A drive apparatus includes an electric motor, a speed reducer and a coupling member located between the motor and the speed reducer. The output shaft of the motor and the input shaft of the speed reducer are provided with longitudinally extending grooves having a square or rectangular cross section in which barrel members having the mating cross section are inserted, respectively to absorb any gap therebetween. The box like barrel member has four segments which are brought into resilient contact with the groove.

Abstract: A driving force transmitting apparatus having a screw for connecting to a motor and a driven member, a nut member in threadable engagement with the screw, a holder containing the nut member for connection to a fixed member, a stopper limiting relative movement between the nut member and the screw, and an elastic member covering the entire outer surface of the nut member so the elastic member and the nut member form a single body.

Abstract: A spatio-temporal pulse firing basic cell has a time input port a.sup.t, a plurality of space input ports b.sub.0 -b.sub.u, a time output port a.sup.t+1, a plurality of space output ports c.sub.0 -c.sub.u and a calculating circuit for obtaining time output data and space output data from time input data and space input data, and the basic cell is configured so that time output data is provided as the next time input data to the time input port. The calculating circuit inverts the time input data or holds it uninverted, depending upon whether the added value of the whole space input data is larger or smaller than a predetermined threshold value, and provides it as the time output data, and at the same time, the calculating circuit inverts the whole space input data or holds it uninverted, in accordance with the logic of the time input data, and provides it as the space output data.

Abstract: There is provided a phosphor screen forming method in which a metal-backing layer formed after baking can be prevented from becoming nonuniform. A phosphor layer (1), an intermediate solution film layer (2), and a lacquer film layer (3) are formed on an inner surface of a panel (P). The intermediate film layer solution contains 1 weight % of oxalic acid. The oxalic acid in the intermediate film layer solution is crystallized by evaporating and drying the intermediate film layer solution and the lacquer, and a crystallized material (4) is grown (FIG. 5A). Thereafter, an aluminum layer (5) is formed on the lacquer film layer (3) (FIG. 5B), and the intermediate solution film layer (2) and the lacquer film layer (3) are removed by baking (FIG. 5C).

Abstract: A flexible laminated surface material has an outer material and a laminate wadding composed of a fibrous web and a nonwoven fabric sheet that are together needle punched. Parts of filaments of the web penetrate through the nonwoven fabric sheet, thus forming many small protrusions on the nonwoven fabric sheet. The outer material is adhered, using entire area or spot adhesion techniques, to the nonwoven fabric sheet side of the wadding with a substantial adhesion strength. By varying the amount of the adhesion applied, different types of adhesion can be achieved.

Abstract: An apparatus is provided for reliably introducing, without waste, an adequate amount of liquid crystal into a liquid crystal cell by a simple operation. The apparatus comprises a holding member for holding each of the liquid crystal cells, a liquid crystal retention member wetted with liquid crystal withdrawn by a liquid crystal suction member, a drive device for causing relative movement between the holding member and the liquid crystal retention member to selectively bring a liquid crystal inlet of each liquid crystal cell into and out of contact with the liquid crystal retention member, and a vacuum vessel accommodating the holding member, liquid crystal suction member, liquid crystal retention member and drive device, the vacuum vessel being capable of varying its inner pressure.

Abstract: A process for producing a film carrier having a superior lead strength, which comprises removing from a film carrier body of a two-layer structure consisting of a metal conductor layer and an organic resin insulating layer snch as a polyimide resin layer, a definite portion of the organic resin insulating layer, or alternatively removing from a film carrier body of a three-layer structure consisting of a metal conductor layer, an organic resin insulating layer and an adhesive layer therebetween, definite portions of the organic resin insulating layer and the adhesive layer, by means of a cutting machine, to form an opening part, and also cutting a portion of the metal conductor layer under the opening part, to reduce the thickness of the metal conductor layer.

Abstract: In the present invention saturation is averaged for each pixel block of a predetermined size and a maximum saturation value is obtained for each of a predetermined number of block sizes. A sum total of maximum mean saturation values is obtained, basic chromaticity corresponding to the sum total is determined, and saturation values are each corrected by a hue of the corresponding pixel. X and Y correlation coefficient coordinates of the pixel positions having greater saturation values than a reference saturation value are obtained for each color, and a slanted striped pattern factor is determined corresponding to the correlation coefficient. The width of a striped pattern is detected for each color, the sum of the saturation values within the pattern width, a standard deviation of the pixel positions weighted by the saturation values and the number of pixels within the pattern width are multiplied, and a border striped pattern is determined corresponding to the multiplied value.

Abstract: A digital input signal is input to a real part calculator and an imaginary part calculator. The real part calculator comprises an M-stage shift register formed of an M number of series-connected D-type latch circuits and for delaying the input signal in a stepwise manner where M represents 2 or more positive integers. The imaginary part calculator comprises an N number of series-connected D-type latch circuits for delaying the input signal in a stepwise manner, coefficient registers for storing coefficients corresponding to the respective latch circuits, multipliers for multiplying the output of the latch circuit and the corresponding coefficient thereof, and an adder for adding together all the outputs of the multipliers. Here, N denotes 2 or more positive integers. If N is an odd number, M=(N+1)/2, and, M=N/2 or (N/2)+1 if N is an even number. The coefficient registers store coefficients for enabling the digital filter to perform a Hilbert transformation.

Abstract: A process for producing a cheap carrier tape of a two layer structure having a superior heat resistance, difficultly susceptible of effect of impurities and having a superior flexibility is provided, which process comprising the following steps: coating a polyimide varnish onto a continuous, electrically-conductive metal foil and baking it; punching the resulting tape of a two layer structure of the metal foil and the polyimide film to form sprocket holes; cutting and removing the polyimide film to form a device hole; coating a resist onto the metal foil surface; light-exposing the resulting resist by the medium of a mask for separating a circuit pattern and a circuit from the sprocket parts; developing the resulting resist and etching the metal foil by the medium of a mask of the resist; removing the resist; and plating the metal foil.

Abstract: The present invention intends to provide a cured material of a silicon-containing polyimide having high heat resistance, low coefficient of thermal expansion, no brittleness and high hardness.In order to enable liquid coating and impregnation, a silicon-containing soluble polyimide precursor is first prepared. The precursor may be prepared by mixing five compounds of ##STR1## (R.sup.1 is a tetravalent carbon cyclic aromatic group), NH.sub.2 --R.sup.2 --NH.sub.2 (R.sup.2 is an aliphatic group, an alicyclic group, an aromatic aliphatic group or a carbon cyclic aromatic group, a polysiloxane group or 1,3,5-triazine group having a substituent), NH.sub.2 --R.sup.3 --SiR.sup.4.sub.3-k X.sup.1.sub.k and NH.sub.2 --R.sup.3 --SiR.sub.3-m.sup.4 X.sup.1.sub.m (R.sup.3 is --(CH.sub.2).sub.s --, ##STR2## wherein s is an integer of 1 to 4, and R.sup.4 is an alkyl group, a phenyl group or an alkyl-substituted phenyl group and SiX.sub.4.sup.2, X.sup.1 and X.sup.

Abstract: A local area network system including a data transfer communication network for transferring data between plural sending and receiving nodes, and a control information communication network separate and independent of the data transfer communication network for exchanging control information between the sending and receiving nodes, whereby the overhead associated with a packet switching communication mechanism in order to distinguish between addresses or commands for each packet is remarkably decreased. According to the invention, once the connection link is established between the sending and receiving nodes, the transmission of data is completely independent of exchanging control information so that the time required to transfer data is independent of the load on the communication bus and the number of packets to be sent.

Abstract: A method and a device for monitoring combustion conditions in a metallurgical furnace which is effective and simple in structure and can provide a wide monitoring range of high accuracy. The combustion conditions in the furnace are monitored by a probe lying oblique to the axis of the blow pipe. Toward this end, the probe is inserted into the furnace through a tuyere. The tuyere has a through opening admitting the probe and allows the probe in an orientation oblique to the radii of the blow pipe.

Abstract: An endoscopic apparatus comprises a plurality of illuminating members disposed at an end of a scope around an observing point and illuminating an inspected object by sequentially switching illuminating light from positions different from each other; an image pick-up device disposed at the observing point and picking up an image of the inspected object illuminated by sequentially switching the plural illuminating members; and a processing unit for processing image information outputted from the image pick-up device and corresponding to the respective positions of the plural illuminating members. The processing unit outputs information with respect to the height of the inspected object having a three-dimensional shape.

Abstract: A color image processing system comprises a device for taking an image of an object, a first converting device for converting the image information obtained by the imaging device into red, green, and blue images, a second converting device for converting the red, green, and blue images into images representing intensity, saturation, and hue respectively, and a third converting device for converting the images representing the intensity, saturation, and hue into red, green, and blue images.

Abstract: A local area network system including a data transfer communication network for transferring data between plural sending and receiving nodes, and a control information communication network separate and independent of the data transfer communication network for exchanging control information between the sending and receiving nodes, whereby the overhead associated with a packet switching communication mechanism in order to distinguish between addresses or commands for each packet is remarkably decreased. According to the invention, once the connection link is established between the sending and the receiving nodes, the transmission of data is completely independent of exchanging control information so that the time required to transfer data is independent of the load on the communication bus and the number of packets to be sent.

Abstract: An endoscopic system provides a color picture by combining three primary color images with each other. The endoscopic system comprises an image converting device for performing a process of converting the respective primary color images into hue, saturation, and intensity images, and a process of reproducing three primary color images from the converted hue, saturation, and intensity images; and a histogram processing device for performing a process of obtaining a histogram based on at least one of the hue, saturation, and intensity images obtained by the image converting device, and executing at least one of a process of stretching the histogram and a process of shifting the histogram.

Abstract: In an endoscopic system, whenever signals obtained by a CCD camera are recorded through a decoder in an R (red) image memory, a G (green) image memory and a B (blue) image memory which constitute frame memories, data of R, G and B images are computed and converted by a converter into data of hue, saturation and intensity images which are stored in a hue image memory, a saturation image memory and an intensity image memory respectively. A masking and color-modulating unit carries out, based on modulating function data corresponding to a fluorescent contrast medium to be used, a coloring process on hue image data stored in the hue image memory so that a morbid portion may be distinguished by color on a display unit, or executes a color enhancement process by masking to leave a specific color and to make other colors achromatic.