Abstract: An electric power steering apparatus (10) includes a steering wheel (21), a steering shaft (22), a rack-and-pinion mechanism (25), and a rack shaft (26) connected to the steering wheel through the steering shaft and the rack-and-pinion mechanism. The rack shaft is connected to vehicle wheels (29, 29). The electric power steering apparatus further includes a first electric motor (41) for producing a motive power to be applied to the steering shaft, and a second electric motor (51) for producing a motive power to be applied to the rack shaft.

Abstract: When various image data etc. published on a Web are used in an application of a client, a system of inserting all necessary information into the application only in a simple operation such as a dragging-and-dropping operation, etc. is provided. The utilization of the local disk resources of a client can be further improved by referring to target information on a Web. In a client connected to a network such as Internet, etc., the system includes: a unit for inserting image data into the application of the client by dragging and dropping or copying and pasting each type of image data etc. displayed on the Web browser in the client; a unit for obtaining the URL on which the image data are published, and the information about the image data, and managing them as the attribute of the image data.

Abstract: The present invention is a computer aided design (CAD) system in which graphic drawings are generated by the user selecting and placing figures representing objects such as walls and doors on a screen. This is accomplished using a command selecting unit that selects a command for placing an object of a desired shape in a desired position. Once the command is selected a parameter managing unit is engaged. This parameter managing unit holds parameters used to execute the selected command and also displays values set for the parameters in a parameter field on a display screen. The user may also enter desired values for the parameters using a parameter entering unit. In response to a user request to execute a command, a command executing unit determines the position and shape of the object using the values set for the parameters, and places the object in the proper location of the drawing display area.

Abstract: An electric power steering apparatus for applying an auxiliary torque generated in proportion to a steering torque, to a rack shaft to thereby reduce the steering torque. The rack shaft has at one end thereof rack teeth for meshing with a pinion. A rack guide mechanism is provided at the rack shaft one end oppositely from the rack teeth, for urging the rack shaft to the pinion. At the other end of the rack shaft, a screw portion and a ball screw mechanism are provided. A bush is provided for supporting an intermediate portion of the rack shaft to thereby restrict the bending of the intermediate portion beyond a predetermined value when an external force is applied to the rack shaft ends thereby bending the rack shaft intermediate portion. As a result, the vibration of the rack shaft and hence a steering wheel can be minimized.

Abstract: A dc-dc converter for converting first to second dc voltages, used for video apparatus, comprising: a self-excited oscillation circuit for producing a clock signal, the self-excited oscillation circuit having a control input for controlling oscillation thereof in response to a control signal; a pulse width modulation circuit responsive to the clock signal and the second dc voltage for controlling duty ratio of the clock signal; a switching circuit responsive the pulse-width-modulated clock signal for switching the first dc voltage; rectifying and smoothing circuit for rectifying and then smoothing an output of the switching circuit to produce the second dc voltage; and a control circuit responsive to a vertical synchronizing signal of a video signal used in the video apparatus for producing the control signal whose pulse width is sufficiently shorter than a vertical retrace period of the vertical synchronizing signal.

Abstract: A laser gas used in a rare gas fluoride excimer laser is efficiently refined with little loss of the principal rare gas such as Ar, Kr or Xe by sequential contact of the laser gas first with a reactive metal, e.g. Si or Fe, for conversion of the fluorine source gas such as F.sub.2 or NF.sub.3 to a metal fluoride, then with a solid alkaline compound, e.g. Ca(OH).sub.2, for conversion of gaseous fluorides to solid metal fluorides, next with zeolite which is adsorbent of most of the remaining impurities and finally with an alkaline metal, e.g. Ca or Na, for decomposition of CF.sub.4 to form a solid metal fluoride and carbon. CF.sub.4 is formed during operation of the excimer laser by reaction of fluorine with a fluororesin used as electrical insulator in the laser apparatus, and accumulation of CF.sub.4 in the laser gas caused significal lowering of the laser output power.

Abstract: A color separation stripe filter in a color image pickup apparatus in which a color image is focused on a photo-electric conversion target through the filter to be converted to an electrostatic image so as to generate a color multiplexed signal. The filter comprises a plurality of recurrent groups of three different color stripes successively arranged at periodic intervals. The first color stripe has a characteristic showing a peak transmission factor in a red color region, the second color stripe has a characteristic showing a peak transmission factor in a green color region which is substantially equal to the peak transmission factor of the first color stripe, and the third color stripe has a characteristic showing a negative peak transmission factor at a wavelength between 500 nm and 530 nm so as to produce first and second peak transmission factors in a blue region and said green region.

Abstract: A color filter has a plurality of succesively arranged recurrent groups of different color stripes. An image pickup tube has a photoelectrical conversion target exposed to light passing through the color filter and an index signal generation pattern. The image pickup tube outputs a signal containing a color signal component determined by a carrier which is modulated with the individual color stripes of each recurrent group of the color filter. The output signal from the image pickup tube also contains an index signal component which depends on the index pattern. A first memory holds at least part of the index signal component. The index signal component held by the memory is periodically updated. A second memory holds a portion of the output signal from the image pickup tube which was obtained under conditions where a predetermined color light illuminates the photoelectrical conversion target via the color filter.

Abstract: A color filter has recurrent groups of different color stripes. An image pickup tube has a photoelectrical conversion target exposed to light passing through the color filter and an index signal generation pattern. The image pickup tube outputs a signal containing a color signal component and an index signal component which depends on the index pattern. The index signal component has a phase representing a present start position of each scanning line. A memory holds a portion of the output signal from the image pickup tube corresponding to an initial frame period which occurs under conditions where a predetermined color light is applied to the photoelectrical conversion target via the color filter. A reference signal reflects a signal read out from the memory. A color component is detected from the output signal of the image pickup tube by use of the reference signal.

Abstract: A single tube color video camera apparatus having a camera tube including a color separation stripe filter and producing an output signal containing a color multiplex carrier signal, utilizes an envelope detector for directly detecting the camera tube output signal to produce an envelope detection signal which varies in accordance with an electrical charge pattern of the tube target. Phase control of the color multiplex carrier signal extracted from the camera tube output signal is executed based upon the envelope detection signal, to thereby correct for color signal phase deviations caused by variations in light intensity of scenes viewed by the camera.

Abstract: A color image pickup device comprises an image pickup tube, a color stripe filter comprising a plurality of stripe groups each having a plurality of stripes, and a circuit for obtaining a color multiplexed signal by multiplexing color components obtained via the color stripe filter in a direction perpendicular to the scanning direction for every one stripe group. The color stripe filter is arranged on the image pickup tube so that a longitudinal direction of the stripes of the color stripe filter is substantially parallel to a scanning direction of the image pickup tube. A color demodulated signal and/or a luminance signal are/is produced from the color multiplexed signal.

Abstract: A color image pickup device comprises an image pickup tube, a color stripe filter comprising a plurality of stripes, a circuit for obtaining a color multiplexed signal by sampling color information from the color stripe filter and multiplexing color components obtained by the sampling in a direction perpendicular to the scanning direction, and a circuit for producing a color demodulated signal by subjecting the color multiplexed signal to a color demodulation. The color stripe filter may be arranged on the image pickup tube so that a longitudinal direction of the stripes is approximately parallel to a scanning direction of the image pickup tube, and the sampling may be performed at sampling points which are deviated in the scanning direction for each scanning line.

Abstract: A color image pickup device comprises an image pickup tube, a color stripe filter comprising a plurality of stripes, a circuit for obtaining a color multiplexed signal by multiplexing color components obtained via the color stripe filter in a direction perpendicular to a scanning direction of the image pickup tube, and a circuit for producing a color demodulated signal by subjecting the color multiplexed signal to a color demodulation. The color stripe filter is arranged on the image pickup tube so that a longitudinal direction of the stripes thereof is substantially parallel to the scanning direction.

Abstract: In a color imaging apparatus, an optical image is focused on a photoelectrical conversion target of a color image pickup tube through a color stripe filter having a plurality of successively arranged recurrent groups of different color stripes and converted to an electrostatic image which is scanned in rectangular raster form by an electron beam to generate a luminance signal and a color-multiplexed video signal. The leading and trailing edges of the luminance signal are detected by an edge detector to generate a control signal having first and second polarities in response to the detection of the leading and trailing edges, respectively. The color multiplexed signal is phase-controlled with respect to the leading and trailing edges of the luminance signal in accordance with the control signal by a variable delay line or by a pair of beam deflection plates.

Abstract: In a color imaging apparatus, an optical image is focused on a photoelectrical conversion target of a color image pickup tube through a color stripe filter and converted to an electrostatic image, the latter being scanned line-by-line in rectangular raster form by an electron beam to generate a color multiplexed video signal. First and second index stripe electrodes are located adjacent to edges of the raster area to be scanned at the beginning of each field and at the beginning of each line. A memory is provided to store field and line index signals generated by the index electrodes as well as a reference video signal generated by the target illuminated with light of a predetermined color.

Abstract: Dielectric ceramics represented by the following general formula and substantially having the K.sub.2 NiF.sub.4 type crystal structure,aSrO.bCaO.cTiO.sub.2.dSnO.sub.2(wherein 0.39.ltoreq.a.ltoreq.0.70, 0.ltoreq.b.ltoreq.0.28, 0.27.ltoreq.c.ltoreq.0.35, 0.ltoreq.d.ltoreq.0.04, and a+b+c+d=1), have a high dielectric constant and an unloaded Q as high as 6000 and more in the high-frequency region of super high frequency band, and are therefore best suited for use in dielectric resonators, dielectric substrates for micro wave integrated circuit, and the like.

Abstract: In a single-tube color image pickup apparatus, an optical image is passed through a color stripe filter having recurrent groups of different color stripes to a photoelectrical conversion target, which is scanned by an electron beam to generate a video signal comprising a carrier having a frequency inversely proportional to the intervals at which the recurrent groups of filter strips are arranged. The carrier is modulated in phase with the stripes of each group and in amplitude with the intensity of the optical image. Prior to operation, the target is uniformly illuminated with light of a predetermined color to generate the carrier, which is stored into a field memory. During operation the memory is repeatedly addressed to generate a reference signal. The frequency of the reference signal is converted so that the video signal and the frequency-converted reference signal have a frequency ratio of 1:2 and an opposite phase relationship therebetween.

Abstract: A feedback control loop for controlling the intensity of a scanning electron beam of an image pickup tube of a color TV camera which is especially useful in a single tube color TV camera with a stripe filter, comprises an envelope detector for detecting the envelope of an output video signal derived from the image pickup tube. An envelope signal from the envelope detector is then compared with a reference threshold by a comparator so that a voltage applied to a control grid of the pickup tube is controlled in accordance with the amplitude of the envelope signal, thereby increasing the intensity of the scanning electron beam applied to a portion of a photoelectric converting layer when the brightness at the portion is high. As a result, an ideal multi-color output video signal is obtained irrespective of the brightness of a subject to be taken even if the intensity of the scanning electron beam is usually set to a relatively low value.

Abstract: In a single-tube color imaging apparatus, the pickup tube includes a photoelectrical conversion target and a filter having recurrent groups of different color stripes through which an optical image is passed to the target. The target is scanned by an electron beam to produce a video signal having a frequency inversely proportional to the intervals at which the recurrent groups are arranged. The video signal varies in phase with the relative values of primary color components contained in the image passing through the stripes of each group and in amplitude with the intensity of the primary color components. Prior to normal operation, the target is uniformly illuminated with light of a predetermined color to generate a reference video signal, which is stored in a field memory. During normal operation, the reference signal is repeatedly read out of the memory and compared by frequency and phase comparators with the video signal from the target.

Abstract: A color television signal generating apparatus has a noise reduction circuit for reducing noise in output primary color signals of a camera tube which has a color-resolving striped filter. The noise reduction circuit operates so that the noise included in the color signals only consists of cosine terms of a first-order noise component when a white or magenta image is picked up by the camera tube.