Abstract: A bushing for producing glass fibers, including: a plurality of nozzles made of platinum or the like to discharge molten glass; and a base plate made of platinum or the like. A coating layer is preferentially formed on an outer circumferential face in a tip part on the side of glass discharge of the nozzle, and a width of the coating layer is 5% or more and 95% or less with respect to the entire length of the nozzle. The base plate includes a non-coating area. Areas of the nozzles and the base plate not provided with the coating layer act as a sacrificial metal for protecting the nozzle tip parts. In consideration of the sacrificial metal, a coverage rate P of the coating layer in the nozzle tip parts calculated e with a prescribed equation is preferably 5% or more and 350% or less.

Abstract: An object of the present invention is to provide an inspection support method and an inspection support device capable of easily inspecting packaged medicines. In accordance with the inspection support method and the inspection support device according to an aspect of the present invention, since images of packaged medicines and identification information items and quantities of medicines extracted from a prescription are displayed on a display device (display unit), a user can easily check whether or not the packaged medicines match those written in the prescription. Since master images are registered in a case where the determination of “whether or not identification information items and quantities of the packaged medicines match the identification information items and quantities which are extracted from the prescription and are displayed” is positive for all the medicines written in the prescription, it is possible to reduce a concern that inappropriate images will be registered as the master images.

Abstract: A facial image that a user desires to look for from among a plurality of detected facial image displayed in a first facial image display area is clicked, and the clicked facial image is displayed in a third facial image display area. A facial image that is similar to the facial image displayed in the third facial image display area and is suitable for printing is looked for among from the plurality of detected facial image displayed in the first facial image display area, and displayed in a second facial image display area. The user clicks the facial image of the person which the user desires to look for from among the facial images displayed in the second facial image display area. The clicked facial image is displayed in the third facial image display area.

Abstract: An object of the present invention is to provide an inspection support method and an inspection support device capable of easily inspecting packaged medicines. In accordance with the inspection support method and the inspection support device according to an aspect of the present invention, since images of packaged medicines and identification information items and quantities of medicines extracted from a prescription are displayed on a display device (display unit), a user can easily check whether or not the packaged medicines match those written in the prescription. Since master images are registered in a case where the determination of “whether or not identification information items and quantities of the packaged medicines match the identification information items and quantities which are extracted from the prescription and are displayed” is positive for all the medicines written in the prescription, it is possible to reduce a concern that inappropriate images will be registered as the master images.

Abstract: A facial image that a user desires to look for from among a plurality of detected facial image displayed in a first facial image display area is clicked, and the clicked facial image is displayed in a third facial image display area. A facial image that is similar to the facial image displayed in the third facial image display area and is suitable for printing is looked for among from the plurality of detected facial image displayed in the first facial image display area, and displayed in a second facial image display area. The user clicks the facial image of the person which the user desires to look for from among the facial images displayed in the second facial image display area. The clicked facial image is displayed in the third facial image display area.

Abstract: A manufacturing method for an oxide-dispersed alloy wherein dispersed particles consisting of oxides of one or two or more additive metals are dispersed in a matrix metal, comprising the steps of (a) manufacturing alloy powder or an alloy wire rod consisting of the matrix metal and the additive metal; (b) oxidizing the additive metal in the alloy powder by water to form dispersed particles by introducing the alloy powder or alloy wire rod into a high-energy ball mill with water and by making agitation; and (c) moldedly solidifying the alloy powder or alloy wire rod after oxidation. The present invention is especially useful in manufacturing oxide-dispersed alloys in which the free energy of oxide formation of the matrix metal is higher than water standard free energy of formation, and the free energy of oxide formation of the additive metal is lower than water standard free energy of formation.

Abstract: In a delivery server for delivering documents to be browsed to a mobile terminal, a vital part extracting unit extracts vital parts of a document, a priority order determining unit determines an order of priority of each of the extracted vital parts, a browse control information creating unit creates, based on the information on position in the document the order of priority of each of the extracted vital parts, browse control information for browsing the vital parts, and an output unit sends the document and the browse control information to the mobile terminal. The mobile terminal preferentially displays the vital parts of the received document file based on the browse control information. Thereby, a user of the mobile terminal having a small display area can efficiently browse a document.

Abstract: The present invention provides an oxide-dispersion-strengthened platinum material in which dispersed particles made from a metallic oxide of an additive metal are dispersed in a matrix made from platinum or a platinum alloy, characterized in that the concentration of oxygen in the material except oxygen bound to the additive metal is 100 ppm or lower. The platinum material according to the present invention has preferably an average diameter of the dispersed particles of 0.2 ?m or smaller, and an average interparticle distance of 0.01 to 2.7 ?m. The platinum material also preferably has the concentration of the dispersed particles in an amount of 0.01 to 0.5 wt %, and an oxidation rate of the additive metal of 50 to 100%.

Abstract: The present invention provides a manufacturing method for an oxide-dispersed alloy in which dispersed particles consisting of oxides of one or two or more kinds of additive metals are dispersed in a matrix metal, comprising the steps of (a) manufacturing alloy powder or an alloy wire rod consisting of the matrix metal and the additive metal; (b) oxidizing the additive metal in the alloy powder by water to form dispersed particles by introducing the alloy powder or alloy wire rod into a high-energy ball mill with water and by making agitation; and (c) moldedin solidifying the alloy powder or alloy wire rod after oxidation. The present invention is especially useful in manufacturing an oxide-dispersed alloy in which the free energy of oxide formation of the matrix metal is higher than water standard free energy of formation, and the free energy of oxide formation of the additive metal is lower than water standard free energy of formation.

Abstract: Pseudo-boehmite, which is a raw material for a catalyst carrier for hydrogenation refining, is produced by mixing, under a predetermined condition, an aluminate aqueous solution produced from an alkaline etching step for aluminum in an alumite treatment and an acidic aluminum aqueous solution produced from an anodization step for aluminum in the alumite treatment. Pseudo-boehmite can be also produced by maturing, with an alkaline solution, an aluminum hydroxide sludge produced from a washing step for aluminum in the alumite treatment. It is possible to establish a method for producing pseudo-boehmite, which makes it possible to reutilize a resource at extremely low cost by utilizing a treatment waste liquid and a sludge in an alumite treatment site.

Abstract: A decryption key management scheme for a software distribution system utilizing the decryption key, which can enable the re-install of the software that was decrypted once by a proper procedure, without requiring a re-acquisition of the decryption key from the software vender, so that a user can freely delete and re-install the software that was properly obtained once. The decryption key is searched in a memory device of a user's computer, or acquired from a distribution source of the encrypted software when the decryption key is not found in the memory means. Then, the encrypted software is decrypted by using the obtained decryption key, and a decrypted software content is installed into the memory device, while the decryption key acquired from the distribution source is stored into the memory device, such that the decryption key stored in the memory device is utilizable in decrypting the encrypted software at a time of re-installing the encrypted software.

Abstract: A memory management and protection system for realizing a high speed execution and a proper and flexible memory access control for multiple programs sharing an identical logical address space. In the system, the memory access is permitted according to a segment identifier identifying a segment in the logical address space, and a memory protection information for a region in each segment including a target right permission to indicate assigned rights to make a memory access from the region to each of the segments, and an execution permission to indicate a type of the memory access permitted by the right permission. Alternatively, a memory access can be permitted by using an access control list to be attached to each address table entry, which stores a plurality of program numbers identifying programs which are permitted to make accesses to the logical address stored in each address table entry, among which one that matches with the current program number is to be searched.

Abstract: A data input/output management scheme suitable for protection of electronic writing data. Whether the data entered into the program is a protected data or not is judged, and when it is, at least the identifier for identifying the program is recorded as the protected data input record. Then, a data output is permitted when the identifier for identifying the program is not recorded in the protected data input record, while whether or not to permit a data output is judged according to at least a requested output target when the identifier for identifying the program is recorded in the protected data input record. For the writing data, the application program is authenticated, and the authentication result is stored in correspondence to an identifier for identifying the application program. Then, a request for access to writing data from the application program is permitted when the stored authentication result for the application program indicates a successful authentication for the application program.

Abstract: A method for managing virtual address space in which programs designed for smaller virtual address spaces in the multiple virtual memory scheme can be collectively allocated to a single enlarged virtual address space in the single virtual memory scheme efficiently, without requiring any change in the programs themselves, such that the entire virtual address space becomes available in the compatible mode. In the method, the effective addresses to be used during an execution of a program designed for a smaller address space are calculated by combining an appropriate address base for this program specifying upper bits of the effective address and lower bits of the virtual addresses for a region of the enlarged address space to which this program is allocated. The address base may be replaced by the upper bits of the starting address of the program in the enlarged address space which are retained throughout the effective address calculation.

Abstract: A memory management and protection system for realizing a high speed execution and a proper and flexible memory access control for multiple programs sharing an identical logical address space. In the system, the memory access is permitted according to a segment identifier identifying a segment in the logical address space, and a memory protection information for a region in each segment including a target right permission to indicate assigned rights to make a memory access from the region to each of the segments, and an execution permission to indicate a type of the memory access permitted by the right permission. Alternatively, a memory access can be permitted by using an access control list to be attached to each address table entry, which stores a plurality of program numbers identifying programs which are permitted to make accesses to the logical address stored in each address table entry, among which one that matches with the current program number is to be searched.

Abstract: A thin film magnetic head comprises a non-magnetic oxide substrate 11 and a soft magnetic thin film 12 of an Fe-Si-Al alloy or the like laminated on the substrate 11. A reaction prevention film 40 of magnesia or an oxide material containing magnesia is formed in the interface between the substrate and soft magnetic thin film. The film 40 has a function of preventing the reaction between the substrate 11 and the thin film 12 to preclude magnetic property deterioration of the soft magnetic thin film and also reproduced output reduction and further preclude increase of the residual stress in the interface between the substrate and soft magnetic thin film, thus permitting excellent magnetic properties to be obtained.

Abstract: A fire sensing system, a process for sensing a fire and an environment monitor are disclosed. The system includes infrared sensors with sensing wavelength bands sensing an infrared radiation from an infrared source. One of the sensing wavelength bands is a CO.sub.2 -molecular resonance radiation wavelength band. The system determines whether a disastrous fire occurs or not on the basis of outputs of the sensors and a change in a ratio of the outputs. The process computes the temperature of the infrared source from a ratio of outputs of infrared sensors with at least two sensing wavelength bands of an infrared radiation from a monitored area, produces the intensity of infrared radiation of either of the bands from the computed temperature and computes a heating area from the intensity and the output of a corresponding infrared sensor. The process determines the progress of a fire.

Abstract: Infrared rays radiated from a moving object is converged into a plurality of infrared ray detectors by optical system. Detecting area is instituted by the optical system so as to put the infrared rays into a plurality of the infrared ray detectors with time difference therebetween. Signal processing unit produces a detecting signal when there is a predetermined time difference between signals produced by a plurality of the infrared ray detectors. It is possible to avoid wrong operation which is caused by popcorn noise and a differential noise having a bit of time difference caused by temperature gradient in space. Forming a curved imaginary boundary line, a plurality of detecting zones are disposed at out side and inside of the curved imaginary boundary line to detect the object invading from any direction.

Abstract: A thin-film device having the structure of a bipolar transistor is provided. The device has three thin-films formed one on another to form emitter, base and collector regions, thereby providing a NPN or PNP structure depending on the impurities contained in these thin-films. The present bipolar thin-film device is particularly useful as a phototransistor, though use is not limited only for this. A non-transparent, insulating layer having an opening may be provided to limit the passage of light and to improve the transistor characteristics.

Abstract: A pattern recognition system includes a feature extracting section for extracting a feature of an input pattern, a memory section for storing a reference pattern for each category, a similarity calculation section for calculating a similarity between the feature obtained by the feature extracting section and the reference pattern stored in the memory section, and a posterior probability transformation section for transforming the similarity calculated by the similarity calculation section into a posterior probability. The posterior probability transformation section calculates the posterior probability calculated by using a parameter set required for calculating the posterior probability and calculated in recognition processing of each category in advance on the basis of the similarity calculated by the similarity calculation section and a category thereof.