Abstract: Provided is a connector including a first connector having a first terminal and a first mating guide portion, and a second connector having a second terminal engaging the first terminal and a second mating guide portion fitted with the first mating guide portion, in which the first mating guide portion includes a fixed terminal for detecting the mating of the first connector and the second connector, the second mating guide portion includes a resilient terminal for detecting the mating of the first connector and the second connector, and the fixed terminal or the resilient terminal has a piezoelectric electric element.

Abstract: A hybrid vehicle drive system, which permits an efficient change of a vehicle drive mode from any one of constant-speed-ratio engine drive modes to one of electric motor drive modes, with reduced deterioration of drivability of the hybrid vehicle. The hybrid vehicle drive system is constructed such that one of the electric motor drive modes can be established by releasing one of two coupling elements which are placed in the engaged state in a presently established one of the constant-speed-ratio engine drive modes, when the drive system is required to be switched from the above-described one of the constant-speed-ratio engine drive modes to any one of the electric motor drive modes, whereby the drive system can be efficiently switched from any one of the constant-speed-ratio engine drive modes to the above-indicated one of the electric motor drive modes, by simply releasing one of the above-indicated two coupling elements.

Abstract: The terminal has a base portion held by a terminal holding member, and a contact arm portion extending from the base portion and contacting the contact portion of another terminal. In this terminal, the contact arm portion includes a cantilevered first frame portion and second frame portion extending from the base portion, a connecting frame portion connecting a free end of the first frame portion and a free end of the second frame portion, a contact protruding portion formed in the first frame portion, and a contact face formed in the contact protruding portion; and the contact face moves in a parallel direction and maintains contact with a contact face of a contact portion of another terminal when the contact arm portion is elastically deformed by contact with the contact portion of the other terminal.

Abstract: A connector, the connector comprises a tabulate main body and a plurality of tabulate conductors provided on the main body, nested with a pairing connector. Each conductor includes a tabulate terminal located in the main body and engaged with a pairing terminal of the pairing connector, and a rear end outwardly extended to the main body and connected to a terminal connecting part provided on the surface of a mounting part. A face of the rear end on the side of the mounting part is more distant to the surface of the mounting part than a face of the main body on the side of the mounting part. The rear end is connected to the terminal connecting part through an anisotropic conductive film provided between its face on the side of the mounting part and the terminal connecting part.

Abstract: According to one embodiment, a speech translation apparatus includes a speech recognition unit, a translation unit, a search unit and a selection unit. The speech recognition unit successively performs speech recognition to obtain a first language word string. The translation unit translates the first language word string into a second language word string. The search unit search for at least one similar example and acquires the similar example and a translation example. The selection unit selects, in accordance with a user instruction, at least one of the first language word string associated with the similar example and the second language word string associated with the translation example, as a selected word string.

Abstract: According to one embodiment, a speech translation apparatus includes a speech recognition unit, a translation unit, a search unit and a selection unit. The speech recognition unit successively performs speech recognition to obtain a first language word string. The translation unit translates the first language word string into a second language word string. The search unit search for at least one similar example and acquires the similar example and a translation example. The selection unit selects, in accordance with a user instruction, at least one of the first language word string associated with the similar example and the second language word string associated with the translation example, as a selected word string.

Abstract: An illumination apparatus includes a radiating fin exposed externally on an upper surface of a casing having a light source and a drive unit accommodated therein, and a securing portion to secure the casing to a ceiling surface. The radiating fin includes a ventilation path that is provided in the form of a groove located between a plurality of fin portions extending in a first direction parallel to each other and has opposite ends in the first direction, externally opened. The securing portion allows the radiating fin to be disposed with a distance from the ceiling surface. When the illumination apparatus is installed on the ceiling surface the radiating fin and the ceiling surface form a space having opposite ends in the first direction, each externally opened, and opposite ends in a second direction corresponding to a direction in which the plurality of fin portions are aligned, each externally opened.

Abstract: The Present Disclosure is a module socket for mounting a module on a mounting member, in which the module socket has a first connector including a flat housing, a first conductive pattern arranged on the mating side surface of the housing, and a male terminal protruding from a surface of the first conductive pattern, and a flat second connector formed from plate-shaped metal and including a female terminal elastically interposing the male terminal, and in which either the first conductor or the second conductor is attached to the module and the other is attached to the mounting member.

Abstract: According to one embodiment, a foreign language writing support apparatus includes following units. The input unit receives input of a sentence in a foreign language including a word in another language. The dictionary search unit performs a dictionary search for the word to acquire a translated word. The candidate generation unit generates one or more foreign language sentence candidates including a first foreign language sentence candidate generated by replacing the word in the other language with the translated word. The display unit displays the foreign language sentence candidates together with the machine translation results.

Abstract: In order to provide an LED light emitting device that can easily control a color temperature of white light, the LED light emitting device is provided with a plurality of types of light emitting parts that: respectively have LED elements that emit ultraviolet radiation or violet color visible light, and phosphors that absorb the ultraviolet radiation or violet color visible light to emit colored light; and emit the colored light, wherein: the colored light emitted by the plurality of types of light emitting parts become white light when all mixed with each other; the LED elements of the plurality of types of light emitting parts are all the same ones, and mounted on a single base material; and two or more light emitting parts overlap with each other in their parts.

Abstract: According to one embodiment, a speech translation apparatus includes a speech recognition unit, a translation unit, a search unit and a selection unit. The speech recognition unit successively performs speech recognition to obtain a first language word string. The translation unit translates the first language word string into a second language word string. The search unit search for at least one similar example and acquires the similar example and a translation example. The selection unit selects, in accordance with a user instruction, at least one of the first language word string associated with the similar example and the second language word string associated with the translation example, as a selected word string.

Abstract: A connector, the connector comprises a tabulate main body and a plurality of tabulate conductors provided on the main body, nested with a pairing connector. Each conductor includes a tabulate terminal located in the main body and engaged with a pairing terminal of the pairing connector, and a rear end outwardly extended to the main body and connected to a terminal connecting part provided on the surface of a mounting part. A face of the rear end on the side of the mounting part is more distant to the surface of the mounting part than a face of the main body on the side of the mounting part. The rear end is connected to the terminal connecting part through an anisotropic conductive film provided between its face on the side of the mounting part and the terminal connecting part.

Abstract: According to one embodiment, a document proofing support apparatus includes an input unit, an analysis unit, a detection unit, a database unit, a retrieval unit, and a display unit. The input unit is configured to receive input of one of at least one proof document and at least one entry document. The analysis unit is configured to perform a morphological, a syntactic and a dependency analysis and generate analysis information including a dependency relation. The detection unit is configured to detect as a possible coined word character string a compound word having a nominal continuation relation. The database unit is configured to store syntactic information. The retrieval unit is configured to retrieve a dependency-relation sentence, and to determine the possible coined word character string as a coined word if the dependency-relation sentence exists. The display unit is configured to display a message including the coined word.

Abstract: A process for production of a flexible laminated sheet having one or more laminated bodies each provided with a metal foil formed on one side of a resin film, the process comprising a coating step in which a varnish containing a polyamic acid and a solvent is coated onto the metal foil to form a coated film, a holding step in which the coated film formed on the metal foil is held, a drying step in which at least a portion of the solvent in the varnish is removed to form a layer composed of a resin composition, and a resin film-forming step in which the layer composed of the resin composition is heated to form a resin film containing a polyimide resin. The conditions for each step from the coating step up to the resin film-forming step are adjusted based on a target for the content of metal elements in the resin film.

Abstract: According to one embodiment, an augmented reality apparatus includes an estimation unit, a search unit, a first generation unit, a second generation unit and selection unit. The estimation unit estimates a main facility. The search unit searches for facilities to obtain target facilities. The first generation unit generates a first feature value according to each item of interest of the user. The second generation unit generates a second feature value for each target facility. The selection unit calculates a degree of association based on the first feature value and the second feature value to select data of a target facility having the degree of association not less than a first threshold as recommended facility data.

Abstract: An FPC plug, which fits with another connector, comprises a substrate part, a conductive pattern on the surface of the substrate part, a cable part and a connecting part connected to an end of the cable part. The connecting part includes a protruding terminal engaging a terminal of the other connector. The terminal is formed integrally with, and protrudes from a surface of, the conductive pattern; and includes a base end part connected to the surface of the conductive pattern, an upper end part having a width at most equal to the width of the base end part, and a side surface part between the upper end and base end parts. The side surface part recedes toward the inner side in the width direction more than the base end and upper end parts, and includes a minimal point at which the width is at a minimum.

Abstract: Provided is a connector including a first connector having a first terminal and a first mating guide portion, and a second connector having a second terminal engaging the first terminal and a second mating guide portion fitted with the first mating guide portion, in which the first mating guide portion includes a fixed terminal for detecting the mating of the first connector and the second connector, the second mating guide portion includes a resilient terminal for detecting the mating of the first connector and the second connector, and the fixed terminal or the resilient terminal has a piezoelectric electric element.

Abstract: In an embodiment, a retrieving device includes: a text input unit, a first extracting unit, a retrieving unit, a second extracting unit, an acquiring unit, and a selecting unit. The text input unit inputs a text including unknown word information representing a phrase that a user was unable to transcribe. The first extracting unit extracts related words representing a phrase related to the unknown word information among phrases other than the unknown word information included in the text. The retrieving unit retrieves a related document representing a document including the related words. The second extracting unit extracts candidate words representing candidates for the unknown word information from a plurality of phrases included in the related document. The acquiring unit acquires reading information representing estimated pronunciation of the unknown word information. The selecting unit selects at least one of candidate word of which pronunciation is similar to the reading information.

Abstract: According to an embodiment, an information processing apparatus includes a storage unit, a detector, an acquisition unit, and a search unit. The storage unit configured to store therein voice indices, each of which associates a character string included in voice text data obtained from a voice recognition process with voice positional information, the voice positional information indicating a temporal position in the voice data and corresponding to the character string. The acquisition unit acquires reading information being at least a part of a character string representing a reading of a phrase to be transcribed from the voice data played back. The search unit specifies, as search targets, character strings whose associated voice positional information is included in the played-back section information among the character strings included in the voice indices, and retrieves a character string including the reading represented by the reading information from among the specified character strings.

Abstract: A board-to-board connector comprising a first connector and a second connector is disclosed. The first connector has a first housing mounted on first terminals. The second connector is configured to be engaged, by fitting, with the first connector. The second connector has a second housing mounted on second terminals, which are configured to make contact with the first terminals. At least a part of an entrance end portion a concave guide portion is provided with a sloped guide surface formed therein. Due to the insertion of a second fitting guide portion into a concave guide portion, in such a manner that portions of the second fitting guide portion are brought into abutting contact with the sloped guide surface, the first and second terminals are spaced apart from each other in a state where fitting faces of the first and second housings are even with each other.