Abstract: A position detection apparatus is mounted in a vehicle, and communicates wirelessly with a mobile terminal of a target person to be notified, and thereby detects a relative position of the mobile terminal. The position detection apparatus is provided with: a satellite signal receiver receiving a positioning signal; a correction signal receiver receiving a correction signal; a terminal position communicator receiving by wireless communication from the mobile terminal the acquired positioning signal of the mobile terminal; and a corrected-position calculation portion correcting the received positioning signals of both the mobile terminal and the satellite signal receiver using the correction signal, and calculating the positional relationship of the mobile terminal in relation to the vehicle on the basis of the vehicle position information and the terminal position information based on the corrected positioning signals.

Abstract: An antenna device includes a base plate, an opposing conductor plate, a short-circuiting portion, a power-feed point, and at least one second-frequency electric-field impeding element provided to the opposing conductor plate, the base plate, or between the opposing conductor plate and the base plate. The second-frequency electric-field impeding element impedes a propagation of an electric field being vertical to the base plate and heading from the short-circuiting portion toward an outer edge portion of the opposing conductor plate, is induced at a second frequency higher than the first frequency, does not impede a propagation of the electric field induced at the first frequency, and is disposed such that an electrical area of the opposing conductor plate for a signal at the second frequency is an area of a proper size to generate an electrostatic capacitance that undergoes parallel resonance with the inductance of the short-circuiting portion at the second frequency.

Abstract: A position detection apparatus is mounted in a vehicle, and communicates wirelessly with a mobile terminal of a target person to be notified, and thereby detects a relative position of the mobile terminal. The position detection apparatus is provided with: a satellite signal receiver receiving a positioning signal; a correction signal receiver receiving a correction signal; a terminal position communicator receiving by wireless communication from the mobile terminal the acquired positioning signal of the mobile terminal; and a corrected-position calculation portion correcting the received positioning signals of both the mobile terminal and the satellite signal receiver using the correction signal, and calculating the positional relationship of the mobile terminal in relation to the vehicle on the basis of the vehicle position information and the terminal position information based on the corrected positioning signals.

Abstract: A transparent window plate is provided with a plurality of defogging heat wires arranged to have a side parallel with a first direction. The transparent window plate includes: a plurality of repetitive patterns that are arranged between one of the plurality of defogging heat wires and an adjacent one of the plurality of defogging heat wires so as to be not in contact with the plurality of defogging heat wires, and each of the plurality of repetitive patterns having at least one side parallel with the plurality of defogging heat wires. The plurality of repetitive patterns are aligned along the first direction; and the plurality of repetitive patterns are repetitively arranged along a second direction perpendicular to the first direction.

Abstract: An error correction block generated by performing error correction coding to the user data is divided into b number of sectors (b: a natural number), each sector having a number of bits (a: a natural number), the sector is divided into c number of sub-sectors (c: a natural number) and bits are distributed to each of the c number of sub-sectors, arrangement order of the bits is randomized for each sub-sector to which the bits are distributed, the c number of sub-sectors in which the arrangement order of the bits is randomized are combined to generate an interleaved sector, the interleaved sector is divided into c/d (d: a natural number, c?d, and c>d) and e number of divided interleaved sectors (e: a natural number, e?b, and b>e) are combined to generate a pre-modulation block, which is modulated by a modulation rule.

Abstract: An error correction block generated by performing error correction coding to the user data is divided into b number of sectors (b: a natural number), each sector having a number of bits (a: a natural number), the sector is divided into c number of sub-sectors (c: a natural number) and bits are distributed to each of the c number of sub-sectors, arrangement order of the bits is randomized for each sub-sector to which the bits are distributed, the c number of sub-sectors in which the arrangement order of the bits is randomized are combined to generate an interleaved sector, the interleaved sector is divided into c/d (d: a natural number, c?d, and c>d) and e number of divided interleaved sectors (e: a natural number, e?b, and b>e) are combined to generate a pre-modulation block, which is modulated by a modulation rule.

Abstract: An antenna device includes a first conductive plate in a board shape, a second conductive plate in a board shape, a short-circuiting section, and a connecting section. The second conductive plate is disposed to face the first conductive plate with a space therebetween. The short-circuiting section is disposed between the first conductive plate and the second conductive plate, has a housing space housing an electronic component, and is connected to both the first conductive plate and the second conductive plate.

Abstract: An antenna device includes a rectangular conductor pattern that is disposed substantially in parallel to a ground plate at a predetermined distance, a short-circuit portion that electrically connects the conductor pattern to the ground plate, a first feeding point for transmitting and receiving a signal of a first frequency, and a second feeding point for transmitting and receiving a signal of a second frequency. An electric length of one side of the conductor pattern is set to half a wavelength of the second frequency. The short-circuit portion is disposed in the center portion of the conductor pattern, and an area of the conductor pattern forms a capacitance that resonates in parallel with an inductance provided in the short-circuit portion at the first frequency.

Abstract: A Hall element driving circuit includes: a signal switching unit which is disposed between a power supply, which outputs a current, and a Hall element having first and second terminals and performs switching control between a first switching state that supplies the current to the first terminals and a second switching state that supplies the current to the second terminals; a switching control unit that controls transitions between the first switching state and the second switching state; and a switching unit that is disposed between the power supply and the signal switching unit and controls switching between an on state where the current is supplied and an off state where the current is stopped. The switching control unit controls transitions between the on and off states and executes switching control over the signal switching unit only when the switching unit is in the off state.

Abstract: The hydrogen separation membrane module according to the present invention is used for separating hydrogen from a gas to be treated containing hydrogen, and is provided with a tubular hydrogen separation membrane being selectively permeable to hydrogen, a casing for the hydrogen separation membrane, an insertion member being arranged on the inside of the hydrogen separation membrane and having an outer surface that defines a flow path of the gas to be treated together with an inner surface of the hydrogen separation membrane, a gas supply port for supplying the gas to be treated to the inside of the hydrogen separation membrane, a gas discharge port for discharging a non-permeating gas that does not permeate the hydrogen separation membrane, from a downstream side of the flow path, and a hydrogen discharge port provided in the casing, for discharging hydrogen having permeated the hydrogen separation membrane.

Abstract: Obtain an expanded address without altering the bit number of an address which is embedded in a wobble. Generate a virtual bit which is not recorded on a disc, and which is expressed by the disparity from the rules and the presence or absence of information embedded in part or all of the wobble address.

Abstract: An LED drive circuit is an LED dive circuit that receives an alternating voltage to drive an LED, and includes a current remove portion that removes a current from a current supply line that supplies an LED drive current to the LED. If an input current to the LED drive circuit is an unnecessary current, the LED does not light because of current removal by the current remove portion. If the input current to the LED drive circuit turns into the LED drive current from the unnecessary current, the current remove portion decreases the amount of current removed.

Abstract: There are provided an optical disc device and its recording/reproducing method for managing the management information about plural optical discs efficiently. In the present invention, the management information about the plural optical discs is stored in a memory. Moreover, the management information about part or all of the optical discs stored in the memory is recorded in the optical disc.

Abstract: A switching power supply circuit includes a full-wave rectification circuit that performs full-wave rectification of an AC input voltage so as to generate a primary voltage, a transformer that transforms the primary voltage into a secondary voltage utilizing electromagnetic induction between first and second isolated windings, a rectifying and smoothing circuit that generates a DC output voltage from the secondary voltage so as to supply the DC output voltage to a load, a primary current control circuit that performs on/off control of primary current based on a result of comparison between a primary current detection voltage corresponding to the primary current flowing in the first winding and a first reference voltage, and a reference voltage correction circuit for monitoring an on-duty ratio of secondary current flowing in the second winding so as to correct the first reference voltage.

Abstract: Provided is a technique for enabling a liquid of microbial cells having an enzymatic activity to be easily stored and used. The technique is a method for killing a microorganism while maintaining the enzyme titer of a microbial cell liquid, characterized by including adjusting the pH of a liquid of microbial cells having an enzymatic activity, and then performing a heating treatment of the liquid, and also the technique is a method for killing a microorganism while maintaining the enzyme titer of a microbial cell liquid, characterized by including adding a carbohydrate to a liquid of microbial cells having an enzymatic activity, and then performing a heating treatment of the liquid.

Abstract: A semiconductor device mounted in an optical disk apparatus controls writing and reading of data in and from an optical disk. The device performs first processing for adjusting a write strategy in such a manner that based on error information corresponding to a shift in the phase of a reproduction signal with respect to a channel clock signal for data reproduction, which is generated based on the reproduction signal read from the optical disk, the value of the error information related to a plurality of recording marks to be evaluated becomes minimum as a whole. The device also performs second processing for adjusting a write strategy in such a manner that the value of the error information related to a desired recording mark becomes small.

Abstract: An object of the present invention is to develop a means capable of maintaining the enzymatic activity of a microorganism even in a dry state. Provided is a method for producing a dry microbial cell powder maintaining an enzyme titer, characterized by comprising adding a carbohydrate to a liquid of microbial cells having an enzymatic activity and then drying the liquid. Also provided is a dry microbial cell powder obtained by the method.

Abstract: A remote lighting control system is for remote lighting control of a plurality of discharge lamps. This system has the installed electronic ballasts of each discharge lamp. Each electronic ballast has a transceiver and a controller, the transceiver exchanges control information with the controller. The control command contains the identifiable information to specify one of a plurality of electronic ballasts. When the transmitter is received the control command, the transceiver transfers the received control command to other electronic ballasts further. Moreover, if the control command is the one that the identifiable information specifies own ballasts, the control information based on the received control command is send to own controller, and the controller control the discharge lamp. According to this system, when a lot of lamps was arranged the factory etc. comparatively widely, the user's remote control is not limited to the narrow scope.

Abstract: Obtain an expanded address without altering the bit number of an address which is embedded in a wobble. Generate a virtual bit which is not recorded on a disc, and which is expressed by the disparity from the rules and the presence or absence of information embedded in part or all of the wobble address.

Abstract: Obtain an expanded address without altering the bit number of an address which is embedded in a wobble. Generate a virtual bit which is not recorded on a disc, and which is expressed by the disparity from the rules and the presence or absence of information embedded in part or all of the wobble address.