Abstract: A main body processor of a braille device control system transmits information corresponding to a display content of a position touched by an operator's finger on a touch panel as braille information used for a first braille display and information corresponding to error information or status information of a main body apparatus as braille information used for s second braille display, to a braille device, and a braille device processor displays the received braille information used for the first braille display on the first braille display and the received braille information used for the second braille display on the second braille display.

Abstract: An image forming apparatus includes a capacitive human body sensor that detects an operation to return to a normal mode from a power saving mode consuming less power than the normal mode, wherein an antenna of the human body sensor is wired along a periphery of a predetermined detection target area which can receive the operation to return from a user, and a difference in sensitivity between a corner portion and a part other than the corner portion of the antenna is reduced by shaping the antenna at least to be wired in a curve without forming a corner in the corner portion, to be thinner in the corner portion than in the part other than the corner portion, or to be wired without meandering in the corner portion and wired while meandering in the part other than the corner portion.

Abstract: Provided is a solid drawing material containing at least a resin, waxes, a pigment and an extender, wherein it further contains at least one selected from dibasic acids having 12 to 30 carbon atoms and derivatives thereof, and the resin is at least one selected from rosin and modified products thereof, terpene resins and modified products thereof, petroleum resins, maleic acid resins and derivatives thereof, coumarone.indene resins and derivatives thereof, and isoprene base resins. The solid drawing material can draw smoothly, darkly and finely pictures not only on smooth and non-absorbing surfaces of art paper, coated paper, milk packs, plastics such as PET, metal, glass, white boards, and the like, but also on eyebrows, lips, skins and the like as well as ordinary papers such as wood free paper, drawing paper and copier paper and which can readily be erased from the non-absorbing surfaces.

Abstract: An image forming apparatus includes a capacitive human body sensor that detects an operation to return to a normal mode from a power saving mode consuming less power than the normal mode, wherein an antenna of the human body sensor is wired along a periphery of a predetermined detection target area which can receive the operation to return from a user, and a difference in sensitivity between a corner portion and a part other than the corner portion of the antenna is reduced by shaping the antenna at least to be wired in a curve without forming a corner in the corner portion, to be thinner in the corner portion than in the part other than the corner portion, or to be wired without meandering in the corner portion and wired while meandering in the part other than the corner portion.

Abstract: Provided is a solid drawing material containing at least a resin, waxes, a pigment and an extender, wherein it further contains at least one selected from dibasic acids having 12 to 30 carbon atoms and derivatives thereof, and the resin is at least one selected from rosin and modified products thereof, terpene resins and modified products thereof, petroleum resins, maleic acid resins and derivatives thereof, coumarone.indene resins and derivatives thereof, and isoprene base resins. The solid drawing material can draw smoothly, darkly and finely pictures not only on smooth and non-absorbing surfaces of art paper, coated paper, milk packs, plastics such as PET, metal, glass, white boards, and the like, but also on eyebrows, lips, skins and the like as well as ordinary papers such as wood free paper, drawing paper and copier paper and which can readily be erased from the non-absorbing surfaces.

Abstract: Disclosed is a document editing apparatus in which in case that the undo and redo instruction unit receives the instruction to perform the undo operation, the editing unit performs the undo operation by tracing back only the history data of the editing operation performed in the range displayed on the display unit when the instruction to perform the undo operation is received, among the history data stored in the storage unit, and in case that the undo and redo instruction unit receives the instruction to perform the redo operation, the editing unit performs the redo operation by tracing back only the history data of the editing operation performed in the range displayed on the display unit when the instruction to perform the redo operation is received, among the history data stored in the storage unit.

Abstract: The present invention provides an ethanol-based ink for marking pens which comprises at least one dye selected from the group consisting of compounds represented by specific structures, an ethanol-soluble resin, and ethanol.According to the present invention, yellow, orange, red, blue, pink, sky-blue and black inks can be provided, and even if these inks are allowed to stand for a long period of time, any precipitates are not observed in the inks and so they are excellent in water resistance after writing. In addition, the fixing properties of the inks to a metal are also good.

Abstract: When something is written on the nonabsorbent surface of an iron plate, a glass plate or the like with a conventional marking pen ink using ethanol, the fixing power of the handwriting is weak, whitening phenomenon occurs owing to hygroscopicity, and ink scratch takes place as a result of the clogging of a penpoint. The present invention provides an alcoholic marking pen ink composition not having such drawbacks.The ink composition of the present invention is characterized by comprising a colorant, ethanol, an ethanol-soluble phenolic resin having a softening point of 60.degree. to 100.degree. C. or its derivative, and an ethanol-soluble ketone resin having a softening point of 60.degree. to 100.degree. C.

Abstract: A character recognition system includes a scanner for scanning a character to be processed to produce a character data, which is processed in a predetermined manner to extract a character feature, preferably contour information of the character. Preferably, a plurality of predetermined directionality codes each associated with a unique pixel arrangement pattern are prepared and they are assigned to the contour depending on the local pixel arrangement condition. The contour information defined by such directionality codes is further processed to define a histogram or feature vector of the directionality codes which is compared with a first group of reference characters without inclination and a second group of reference characters with inclination. When a predetermined condition is met, then the mode of operation is switched such that an unknown character is compared with only one of the first and second groups of reference characters.

Abstract: A device for masking video data for character recognition, pattern recognition and other applications is disclosed. Pixel data stored in an image memory are two-dimensionally accessed by an X direction counter and a Y direction counter. At each time of access, pixel data read out are serially shifted by a first shift register which comprises flip-flops. Outputs of the first shift register are shifted by second shift registers which also comprise flip-flops, in synchronism with the first one of memory read signals.

Abstract: An insulation film of improved properties and an interface of similarly improved properties between the insulation film and a semiconductor are produced by heating silicon, a silicon compound or a silicon dioxide film in an atmosphere formed by incorporating a carbon fluorine gas into an oxidative gas.