Abstract: A puncture needle cartridge including a puncture needle, a lancet body adapted to cover part or all of a tip of the puncture needle, a cylindrical puncture needle holder disposed on an outer surface of the lancet body to permit the lancet body to move in an axial direction of the puncture needle; and a protective cap that is separable from the puncture needle holder. The protective cap includes a base adapted to cover an opening in the puncture needle holder, a shaft protruding from the base, and arms mounted on the shaft and configured to abut an inner circumferential surface of the opening in the puncture needle holder by spreading in the opening. A space between tips of the arms is larger than an inside diameter of the opening in the puncture needle holder, and is reduced by elastic deformation when the arms are housed in the opening.

Abstract: [Object] To provide electric light bulb type light source apparatuses capable of ensuring high receiver sensitivity and achieving downsizing without sacrificing light distribution characteristics for lighting. [Solving Means] An electric light bulb type light source apparatus includes a light source unit with void area; a casing, with a conductive outer case and a translucent cover opposed thereto, which houses the light source unit; a circuit substrate, with at least an antenna mounted for receiving radio signals from outside the casing, housed in the casing; and a base, disposed on a side of the conductive outer case opposite to the translucent cover, for supplying power to the light source unit. The conductive outer case forms first area in the casing; the translucent cover forms second area opposed thereto. The circuit substrate penetrates through the void area so that the antenna is in the second area.

Abstract: An electric light bulb type light source apparatus includes a light source unit, a power source substrate, a drive substrate, a base, and a casing. On the power source substrate, a power source circuit is mounted, and the power source substrate has one of a through hole and a cutout. On the drive substrate, a drive circuit of at least the light source unit is mounted, and the drive substrate includes a part disposed in the one of the through hole and the cutout of the power source substrate. The base is used to supply power to the power source substrate. The casing is configured to contain the light source unit, the power source substrate, and the drive substrate, and the casing has a translucent cover.

Abstract: A speaker unit performing sound output in proportion to electric current by current driving includes: a frame having an opening; a magnet arranged inside the frame and formed in an annular shape; a yoke including a shaft-shaped insertion arrangement portion which is inserted into a center of the magnet; a coil bobbin formed in a cylindrical shape; a coil wound around an outer peripheral surface of the coil bobbin; a damper having elasticity and connected between the frame and the coil bobbin; a cone connected to the coil bobbin at an inner peripheral portion and fixed to an opening edge of the opening of the frame at an outer peripheral portion, which vibrates with movement of the coil bobbin; and a sound absorbing material arranged inside the coil bobbin.

Abstract: There is provided an illumination apparatus including an illumination unit, a reception unit, and a control unit configured to control illumination of the illumination unit in accordance with a default illumination pattern. When the reception unit receives an illumination pattern, the control unit performs illumination control different from the illumination according to the default illumination pattern.

Abstract: To provide a puncture needle cartridge which can prevent a used lancet from being reused. A puncture needle cartridge includes a puncture needle holder configured to be cylindrical, placed on an outer circumferential surface of a lancet body, and provided with an opening through which a puncture needle is allowed to protrude, and a protective cap adapted to cover and protect the opening and configured to be separable from the puncture needle holder. The protective cap includes a base adapted to cover the opening when the protective cap is joined and a pair of raised walls which protrude from the base toward the puncture needle holder and whose tip portions are placed facing each other.

Abstract: A puncture needle cartridge includes a puncture needle holder configured to be cylindrical, placed on an outer circumferential surface of a lancet body, and provided with an opening through which a puncture needle is allowed to protrude, and a protective cap adapted to cover and protect the opening and configured to be separable from the puncture needle holder. The protective cap includes a base adapted to cover the opening when the protective cap is joined and a pair of raised walls which protrude from the base toward the puncture needle holder and whose tip portions are placed facing each other. Tip portions of the raised walls pinch the puncture needle holder by spreading against elastic deformation when the protective cap is joined to the puncture needle holder, and when the protective cap is separated from the puncture needle holder, a space between the tip portions becomes smaller than outside diameter of the puncture needle holder due to elastic deformation.

Abstract: A speaker unit performing sound output in proportion to electric current by current driving includes: a frame having an opening; a magnet arranged inside the frame and formed in an annular shape; a yoke including a shaft-shaped insertion arrangement portion which is inserted into a center of the magnet; a coil bobbin formed in a cylindrical shape; a coil wound around an outer peripheral surface of the coil bobbin; a damper having elasticity and connected between the frame and the coil bobbin; a cone connected to the coil bobbin at an inner peripheral portion and fixed to an opening edge of the opening of the frame at an outer peripheral portion, which vibrates with movement of the coil bobbin; and a sound absorbing material arranged inside the coil bobbin.

Abstract: A speaker unit performing sound output in proportion to electric current by current driving includes: a frame having an opening; a magnet arranged inside the frame and formed in an annular shape; a yoke including a shaft-shaped insertion arrangement portion which is inserted into a center of the magnet; a coil bobbin formed in a cylindrical shape; a coil wound around an outer peripheral surface of the coil bobbin; a damper having elasticity and connected between the frame and the coil bobbin; and a cone connected to the coil bobbin at an inner peripheral portion and fixed to an opening edge of the opening of the frame at an outer peripheral portion, which vibrates with movement of the coil bobbin, wherein a communicating hole communicating the inside to the outside is formed at the frame, and a portion of the communicating hole is blocked by an attachment member.

Abstract: An organic polymer-silicon compound composite particle comprising (a) a core composed of an organic polymer particle containing polyvinyl acetate as a principal component and (b) a shell containing a silicon compound, an average particle size of the organic polymer-silicon compound composite particle being 5 to 150 nm.

Abstract: To provide a puncture needle cartridge which can prevent a used lancet from being reused. A puncture needle cartridge 101 includes a puncture needle holder 102 configured to be cylindrical, placed on an outer circumferential surface of a lancet body 104, and provided with an opening 102a through which a puncture needle 201 is allowed to protrude, and a protective cap 103 adapted to cover and protect the opening 102a and configured to be separable from the puncture needle holder 102. The protective cap 103 includes a base 103a adapted to cover the opening 102a when the protective cap 103 is joined and a pair of raised walls 203 which protrude from the base 103a toward the puncture needle holder 102 and whose tip portions are placed facing each other.

Abstract: A CE apparatus (9) is a terminal capable of including apparatus authentication information therein with a high degree of safety. A management server (7) encrypts apparatus authentication information and transmits the encrypted apparatus authentication information to a factory (5). A factory worker links a connection means (10) to a connector of the CE apparatus (9). The encrypted apparatus authentication information transmitted by the management server (7) to the factory (5) is supplied to the CE apparatus (9) in a state of being encrypted as it is by way of the connection means (10). The CE apparatus (9) includes an embedded write module for decrypting the encrypted apparatus authentication information and storing the apparatus authentication information in a storage unit. That is to say, the apparatus authentication information supplied by way of the connection means (10) is decrypted by the write module and stored in the storage unit employed in the CE apparatus (9).

Abstract: A device authentication module and an encryption module can be connected via a dynamic link in a CE device. A random number is generated in an authentication server (5). The device authentication module (7) combines a pass-phrase and this random number to generate a digest, and transmits this and a device ID to the encryption module (8). The encryption module encrypts a communication pathway and transmits these items of information to the authentication server (5). The authentication server (5) searches for the pass-phrase based on the device ID and combines this and the generated random number to generate a digest. This digest is compared with the digest received from the encryption module (8) for device authentication. The encryption module (8) receives from the device authentication module (7) not the pass-phrase but a digest, and therefore can be connected via a dynamic link instead of a static link.

Abstract: A detection apparatus detecting predetermined positions of a member includes: n (n?2) sensors one-dimensionally disposed at a sensor pitch equal to or greater than a distance D; and a member to be detected having m (2?m?n) parts to be detected, the m parts to be detected being formed in k respective positions (k?nCm) in respective patterns of disposition which are unique with respect to each other.

Abstract: Disclosed herein is a data management apparatus including, a management-data storage unit for storing management-object data, a management-data verification-value storage unit for storing a top value placed on the top of an n-branch data-management tree as a management-data verification value where n is an integer equal to or greater than two, and a data verification process unit for carrying out a process to verify validity of the management-object data on the basis of the management-data verification value, wherein, the n-branch data-management tree includes the management-object data located on a hierarchical layer at the lowest level of the n-branch data-management tree and data located on any specific hierarchical layer at a higher level of the n-branch data-management tree as a result of computation by using a irreversible function based on other data located on another hierarchical layer at a level directly subordinate to the specific hierarchical layer, and the top value is a result of computation by

Abstract: A detection apparatus detecting predetermined positions of a member includes: n (n?2) sensors one-dimensionally disposed at a sensor pitch equal to or greater than a distance D; and a member to be detected having m (2?m<n) parts to be detected, the m parts to be detected being formed in k respective positions (k?nCm) in respective patterns of disposition which are unique with respect to each other.

Abstract: A CE apparatus (9) is a terminal capable of including apparatus authentication information therein with a high degree of safety. A management server (7) encrypts apparatus authentication information and transmits the encrypted apparatus authentication information to a factory (5). A factory worker links a connection means (10) to a connector of the CE apparatus (9). The encrypted apparatus authentication information transmitted by the management server (7) to the factory (5) is supplied to the CE apparatus (9) in a state of being encrypted as it is by way of the connection means (10). The CE apparatus (9) includes an embedded write module for decrypting the encrypted apparatus authentication information and storing the apparatus authentication information in a storage unit. That is to say, the apparatus authentication information supplied by way of the connection means (10) is decrypted by the write module and stored in the storage unit employed in the CE apparatus (9).

Abstract: A device authentication module and an encryption module can be connected via a dynamic link in a CE device. A random number is generated in an authentication server (5). The device authentication module (7) combines a pass-phrase and this random number to generate a digest, and transmits this and a device ID to the encryption module (8). The encryption module encrypts a communication pathway and transmits these items of information to the authentication server (5). The authentication server (5) searches for the pass-phrase based on the device ID and combines this and the generated random number to generate a digest. This digest is compared with the digest received from the encryption module (8) for device authentication. The encryption module (8) receives from the device authentication module (7) not the pass-phrase but a digest, and therefore can be connected via a dynamic link instead of a static link.

Abstract: Disclosed herein is a data management apparatus including, a management-data storage unit for storing management-object data, a management-data verification-value storage unit for storing a top value placed on the top of an n-branch data-management tree as a management-data verification value where n is an integer equal to or greater than two, and a data verification process unit for carrying out a process to verify validity of the management-object data on the basis of the management-data verification value, wherein, the n-branch data-management tree includes the management-object data located on a hierarchical layer at the lowest level of the n-branch data-management tree and data located on any specific hierarchical layer at a higher level of the n-branch data-management tree as a result of computation by using a irreversible function based on other data located on another hierarchical layer at a level directly subordinate to the specific hierarchical layer, and the top value is a result of computation by

Abstract: The invention relates to an improvement in the design of the magnetic circuit in a permanent-magnet rotary machine, e.g., a servomotor, with an object to stabilize the output of the motor with respect to temperature variation. The inventive improvement is in making the value of (A.sub.m B.sub.m)/(A.sub.y B.sub.ys), which is called the area factor .alpha., larger than 1 but smaller than 5, A.sub.m and B.sub.m being the cross sectional area and magnetic flux density, respectively, in the magnetic circuit of the permanent magnet and A.sub.y and B.sub.ys being the effective cross sectional area and saturation magnetic flux density at room temperature, respectively, in the magnetic circuit of the yoke.