Abstract: A route planner detects a pedestrian from surrounding data representing a situation of surroundings of a vehicle, identifies a position of a pause-by object in the surroundings of the vehicle prompting the pedestrian to pause, creating a travel route over which the vehicle will travel when the pedestrian is detected, assuming the pedestrian will enter a road on which the vehicle will travel when the identified position of the pause-by object is not in the vicinity of the pedestrian, and assuming the pedestrian will not enter the road when the identified position of the pause-by object is in the vicinity of the pedestrian.

Abstract: A motion prediction device detecting, from surrounding data representing a situation in a predetermined range of surroundings of a vehicle, a traffic participant existing in the predetermined range, determining whether there is a blind area not represented in the surrounding data in the predetermined range, when it is determined that there is a blind area presuming that there is a virtual traffic participant in the blind area, and predicting motion of the traffic participant caused by the presence of the virtual traffic participant.

Abstract: Automated drive system comprises a control device. The control device executes run control processing of the automated drive vehicle provided to a driverless transportation service. The run control processing includes carriage porch control processing. The carriage porch control processing is performed when a PUDO position of a user corresponds to a carriage porch of a facility including a zone for run and a zone for PUDO. In the carriage porch control processing, it is judged whether or not there is an empty space in the zone for PUDO. If it is judged that there is no empty space, it is judged whether or not a quick PUDO of the user in the carriage porch is expected. If it is judged that the quick PUDO is expected, a target PUDO position to perform a PUDO action of the automated drive vehicle is set to any position in the zone for run.

Abstract: A light irradiation unit configured to irradiate a measurement part with a light beam that has a wavelength absorbed by glucose and a detection unit configured to detect a photoacoustic signal generated from the measurement part irradiated with the light beam emitted from the light irradiation unit are included. The light irradiation unit irradiates the measurement part by scanning the light beam 2-dimensionally. The measurement part is irradiated with the light beam through raster scanning. For example, the light beam has a beam diameter of about 100 ?m and is scanned at a scanning speed of about 100 ?m/10 ms.

Abstract: A transdermal or transmucosal drug delivery device excellent in terms of drug permeability and skin irritability and capable of reducing power consumption, is disclosed. An output control circuit (4) of an energization pattern controller (1) supplies a combined energization of pulse depolarized type energization and at least one of direct current type energization and pulse energization between an anode-side device (5) and a cathode-side device (6) of iontophoresis. The details of combination of energization in the output control circuit (4) is determined based on external setting of the energization pattern controller (1) or internal storage information.

Abstract: A transdermal or transmucosal drug delivery device excellent in terms of drug permeability and skin irritability and capable of reducing power consumption, is disclosed. An output control circuit (4) of an energization pattern controller (1) supplies a combined energization of pulse depolarized type energization and at least one of direct current type energization and pulse energization between an anode-side device (5) and a cathode-side device (6) of iontophoresis. The details of combination of energization in the output control circuit (4) is determined based on external setting of the energization pattern controller (1) or internal storage information.

Abstract: A transdermal or transmucosal drug delivery device excellent in terms of drug permeability and skin irritability and capable of reducing power consumption, is disclosed. An output control circuit (4) of an energization pattern controller (1) supplies a combined energization of pulse depolarized type energization and at least one of direct current type energization and pulse energization between an anode-side device (5) and a cathode-side device (6) of iontophoresis. The details of combination of energization in the output control circuit (4) is determined based on external setting of the energization pattern controller (1) or internal storage information.

Abstract: A magnetic head and production method with excellent productivity with which a surface with fine irregularities is formed only on the bearing surface of the sliding member facing the magnetic recording medium to form a fine air flow path without changing the properties of the smooth surface of the core member that has been finish polished. The sliding properties and the magnetic properties can be improved with no damage to the magnetic recording medium by this surface with fine irregularities.

Abstract: An iontophoresis system and its control process for current are proposed, which system can decrease variation in drug delivery quantity due to the individual difference of impedance of skin or mucosal membrane, and avoid any decrease of the delivery quantity of drug in a donor device, thereby to obtain excellent medicinal effect, safety, reliability, and productivity, comprising said donor device, a reference device, a current detection unit for measuring as an effective current value the difference between the value of an applied current passing between the donor and reference devices during application of pulse voltage/current and the value of a discharged current whose electric charge which the living body has been equipped with is released by a short-circuit formed between said donor and reference devices when the application of pulse voltage/current is suspended, and a feedback control unit of making the amplitude of the pulse voltage/current variable to control the effective current value.

Abstract: Plaster structures for iontophoresis are disclosed for the administration of drugs through skin and mucous membranes. The devices provide for the stable retention and storage of a predetermined amount of a physiologically active agents until the device is applied to a patient. The devices include an electrically conductive medicinal substance storing layer which contains physiologically active agents, and a non-permeable backing layer which covers the medicinal substance storing layer. An electrode passes through the backing layer where it makes contact with the medicinal substance storing layer. On the opposite side of the storing layer a non-permeable protective layer is provided which a has a portion adapted to be removed to allow access to the medicinal substance storing layer. This protective layer supports the medicinal substance layer and, on the opposite side, is provided with an adhesive agent layer. The adhesive agent is protected by a laminate layer.

Abstract: This invention relates to an iontophoresis electrode which is applicable to mucous membranes and oral mucous membranes, and especially capable of sticking directly on human oral mucous membranes and excellent in efficiently administering medicine and extremely easy to handle and lightweight.An iontophoresis electrode (Ka) of this invention comprises a backing layer (1) and, a conductive layer for current dispersion (2) made of silver or silver chloride that laminated on the backing layer (1) and, a spacer layer (3) of film, sheet, or cloth shape which is made of dried polymer layer with water soluble and swelling properties and laminated on the conductive layer for current dispersion, and can be sticked to the oral mucous membrane.

Abstract: A formulation for percutaneous administration for treating disturbance in micturition, which comprises a medicine for treating disturbance in micturition contained in an adhesive layer containing a low-molecular weight polyisobutylene, a high-molecular weight polyisobutylene and an oil as main bases is disclosed. A formulation for percutaneous administration for treating disturbance in micturition, which comprises a medicine for treating disturbance in micturition contained in an adhesive containing a low-molecular weight polyisobutylene, a high-molecular weight polyisobutylene, an oil and an styrene-isoprene-styrene block copolymer as main bases is also disclosed. The formulation for percutaneous administration for treating disturbance in micturition of the present invention is excellent in stability against change with time, low irritative to skin, and excellent in transdermal absorbability, by using these specified base components.

Abstract: Polymer particles including polysiloxane is disclosed. The polymer particles are prepared by condensing at least one organosilane or organosiloxane compound in the presence of organic polymer particles which are prepared from specific monomers and dispersed in an aqueous medium. The polymer particles possess excellent water resistance, weatherability, water repellency, adhesion, and flexing resistance, and thus are useful as water paints, coating agents, carpet packing material, floor polishing agents, cementing medium, and the like.

Abstract: In order to produce first and second Lee-error correcting code sequences in a multilevel quadrature amplitude modulator comprising a code converting unit (10) for converting first and second 2.sup.m -level input digital signals into first and second major converted signals by rearranging a square signal point arrangement into an approximately circular arrangement on a phase plane, each of the first and the second major converted signals consisting of m binary bits numbered from a first (least significant) bit through an m-th (most significant) bit, a first error correcting code producing circuit (21) carries out error correcting calculation for the first through an n-th bits of the first major converted signal to produce the first Lee-error correcting code sequence where n represents an integer which is not less than two and is not less than m. Similarly, a second error correcting code producing circuit (22) produces the second Lee-error correcting code sequence.

Abstract: Substance F-0368 of the formula: ##STR1## or salts thereof is prepared by culturing Kitasatosporia sp. F-0368 in a culture medium thereby producing substance F-0368, and then isolating and collecting substance F-0368 from the culture medium.

Abstract: Disclosed in the present invention are: a substance F-0368 or salts thereof having the following structural formula ##STR1## a method for production of the substance F-0368 or salts thereof, wherein an F-0368-substance-producing-microorganism belonging to a genus Kitasatosporia is cultured, and the substance F-0368 is isolated and collected from the cultured substance; a method for production of the substance F-0368 or salts thereof, wherein 3-methyl-4-lower alkoxy carbonyl-2(5H)-furanone represented by the following general formula is subjected to hydrolytic reaction ##STR2## (where: R represents a straight or branched lower alkyl group having 1 to 6 carbon atoms); a composition which consists essentially of the substance F-0368 or salt thereof, a diluent permissible in the agricultural chemicals, and a carrier or an excipient; a preventive agent for plant diseases such as rice blast disease and bacterial leaf blight disease, which consists essentially of an effective amount of the substance F-0368 or salts

Abstract: A data converter applicable to data communications protects messages against errors and modifications by a third party. What is required for the detection of errors and modifications is simply causing a transmit station to add a particular pattern and a receive station to detect the particular pattern.

Abstract: A cryptographic system comprises a modulo-2 adder having a first input receptive of a sequence of binary digits to be scrambled and a second input receptive of a sequence of scrambling binary digits for generating a sequence of scrambled binary digits. A function generator having a memory is provided for storing a predeterminable sequence of binary digits in addressible storage locations and reading the stored binary digits in response to an address code represented by combined first and second patterns of binary digits which are generated respectively by a random pattern generator and a shift register which is connected to the output of the modulo-2 adder. The output of the function generator is the scrambling binary digits applied to the modulo-2 adder.

Abstract: An enciphering key distribution system comprises a transmitter having an address generator for generating the addresses of those subscribers to which a first enciphered TV signal is to be distributed. An enciphering generator generates a second enciphering, in response to the individual addresses, on a one-to-one correspondence with the individual subscribers. A multiplier produces a product which is associated with all the subscribers. An adder adds the first enciphered signal to the product. The system also comprises a receiver having a divider for dividing the signal transmitted from the transmitter by one of the second encipherings on a basis which is assigned to the particular subscriber or receiver.

Abstract: A Viterbi decoder synchronization circuit comprises a phase shifter for introducing a variable amount of delay time to a received bit stream of convolutional codes in response to a control signal applied thereto with respect to a word synchronization signal which is derived from the bit stream. A first detector detects maximum and minimum metric values of the Viterbi decoder. A second detector detects the difference between the detected maximum and minimum metric values for coupling to an integrator. The output of the integrator is applied to a third detector which detects when the integrator output reaches a value indicative of a word-in-sync or word-out-of-sync condition. A phase shift signal is generated in response to an output signal from the third detector and applied to the phase shifter as the control signal.