Abstract: Laser beam irradiation areas are provided in a load curve portion and an angle adjustment portion of a suspension. The laser beam irradiation areas are oriented in a direction in which the suspension is to be bent. A laser beam having a predetermined length and a predetermined shape is irradiated onto each laser beam irradiation area.

Abstract: There is provided a physical property measuring method for a TFT liquid crystal panel, includes an impedance setting step of setting the impedance between the source and drain of a TFT of the TFT liquid crystal panel to be less than or equal to a predetermined value, a voltage application step of applying a voltage that cyclically varies to a liquid crystal layer of the TFT liquid crystal panel. And the method further includes a physical property measuring step of measuring a transient current flowing through the liquid crystal layer to which the voltage that cyclically varies is applied in the voltage application step to measure physical properties of the liquid crystal layer.

Abstract: A weighing device includes a weighing unit, a conveying unit, a plurality of discharge parts, a discharging unit and a controlling part. The controlling part is configured to set an order of priority for the discharge parts, to sort the objects weighed by the weighing unit into a plurality of predetermined weight ranks, to select a combination of a plurality of the objects in the same weight rank so that the combination has a total weight equal to a final target weight, and to control the discharging unit to discharge the objects selected for the combination into one of the discharge parts having the highest priority among the discharge parts that are not being used.

Abstract: Laser beam irradiation areas are provided in a load curve portion and an angle adjustment portion of a suspension. The laser beam irradiation areas are oriented in a direction in which the suspension is to be bent. A laser beam having a predetermined length and a predetermined shape is irradiated onto each laser beam irradiation area.

Abstract: Laser beam irradiation areas are provided in a load curve portion and an angle adjustment portion of a suspension. The laser beam irradiation areas are oriented in a direction in which the suspension is to be bent. A laser beam having a predetermined length and a predetermined shape is irradiated onto each laser beam irradiation area.

Abstract: A measuring apparatus and a measuring method are provided, with which an accurate length measurement and position checking are achieved using a simple structure. The measuring apparatus according to the present invention is provided with a first and a second parallel prisms which capture light rays respectively reflected from a first and a second locations on one surface of an object to be measured, an optical lens which converges or diverges the light rays from the first and the second parallel prisms, an image sensor which captures the light rays from the optical lens, and converts images of the first and the second locations into an electrical signal, and a display unit which displays on one screen the images of the first and the second locations based on the electrical signal. According to the present invention, using just one optical system, measurement can be performed on one screen, as to multiple locations being spaced apart.

Abstract: A lighting apparatus comprises a housing, a light source comprising a plurality of semiconductor light emitting devices, and allocated in the housing so as that the semiconductor light emitting devices are directed downward, a first reflector, which is mounted beneath the light source and formed in a convex body gradually thinning down toward upward, comprising a plurality of segmental reflectors having on its top a installation hole for arranging the semiconductor light emitting device and on its bottom opened wider than the installation hole, and a second reflector allocated beneath the first reflector, wherein the height of the second reflector is defined to secure that a first light shielding angle specified by a straight line passing through the semiconductor light emitting device and the bottom edge of the segmental reflector of the first reflector is larger than a second light shielding angle specified by a straight line passing through the bottom edge of the segmental reflector of the first reflector

Abstract: In encoding an interlace picture in a field picture, a motion-vector detecting apparatus changes over a reference picture of a P-picture in a field unit, and changes over a reference picture of a B-picture in a frame unit. Moreover, in detecting the motion vector in different predictive directions, the motion-vector detecting apparatus simultaneously carries out a process of the same reference picture by changing over original picture frames.

Abstract: A measuring apparatus and a measuring method are provided, with which an accurate length measurement and position checking are achieved using a simple structure. The measuring apparatus according to the present invention is provided with a first and a second parallel prisms which capture light rays respectively reflected from a first and a second locations on one surface of an object to be measured, an optical lens which converges or diverges the light rays from the first and the second parallel prisms, an image sensor which captures the light rays from the optical lens, and converts images of the first and the second locations into an electrical signal, and a display unit which displays on one screen the images of the first and the second locations based on the electrical signal. According to the present invention, using just one optical system, measurement can be performed on one screen, as to multiple locations being spaced apart.

Abstract: An actuator is provided with an output shaft connected to a driving gear, a pair of cam followers turned by the shaft and driving the cams held on driven shafts urging members held in housings of the driving gear, a rotation retaining plate mounted on the output shaft so that the rotation retaining plate cannot be rotated relatively to the output shaft, a plurality of pressing parts formed on the rotation retaining plate so as to project therefrom, and slits for preventing the driving gear and pressing parts from interfering with each other. The rotation of the driving gear is transmitted to the output shaft via the springs and rotation retaining plate. When the rotation of the driving gear is continued with the output shaft locked and stopped, one of both end portions of each spring is pressed by the corresponding pressing member.

Abstract: An actuator is provided with an output shaft connected to a driving gear, a pair of cam followers turned by the shaft and driving the cams held on driven shafts urging members held in housings of the driving gear, a rotation retaining plate mounted on the output shaft so that the rotation retaining plate cannot be rotated relatively to the output shaft, a plurality of pressing parts formed on the rotation retaining plate so as to project therefrom, and slits for preventing the driving gear and pressing parts from interfering with each other. The rotation of the driving gear is transmitted to the output shaft via the springs and rotation retaining plate. When the rotation of the driving gear is continued with the output shaft locked and stopped, one of both end portions of each spring is pressed by the corresponding pressing member.

Abstract: Laser beam irradiation areas are provided in a load curve portion and an angle adjustment portion of a suspension. The laser beam irradiation areas are oriented in a direction in which the suspension is to be bent. A laser beam having a predetermined length and a predetermined shape is irradiated onto each laser beam irradiation area.

Abstract: In a blind device, comprising a fixed frame 1, at least a pair of arms 5 each having an end pivotally attached to the fixed frame, a moveable frame 4 which is adapted to move toward and away from the fixed frame in a parallel relationship by rotational movements of the two arms, and a light-shielding screen 3 having one end fixedly attached to and wound around a roll 2 which is pivotally supported by the fixed frame, and another end fixedly attached to the moveable frame, characterized by that; a pivot shaft for pivotally supporting each arm on the fixed frame is incorporated with spring means 16 which resiliently urges the corresponding arm toward its upright position, and the blind device further comprises an electric actuator 17 having reverse drive preventing means for applying a rotative force to the roll so as to wind the screen thereon against a spring force of the spring means.

Abstract: An analytical method capable of easily, rapidly, and accurately determining concentrations of a multi-component aqueous solution. Near-infrared spectra of a standard solution containing k components of known concentrations are measured n times within a range of 1,500 to 1,850 nm. A loading matrix of p columns by m rows and an intermediate matrix of k columns by m rows for an appointed factor number m are obtained from a response matrix of p columns by n rows consisting of p absorbance values of the respective spectra in a calibration stage and p absorbance values of a near-infrared spectrum within a wavelength range of 1,500 to 1,850 nm of a test liquid. The test liquid contains k components including pure water of unknown concentrations. The concentrations of the k components are determined from a group of absorbance values and the loading and intermediate matrices obtained in the calibration stage by a matrix operation in an prediction stage.

Abstract: A method of analyzing the concentration of components in a fluid solution that can be contaminated with gas bubbles includes applying a spectrum of light to a test cell holding a sample fluid solution and detecting the measurement of the intensity of light passing through the test cell. A gas of the type that would be found in the sample fluid solution can be initially inserted into the test cell with light of a predetermined range of wavelengths scanning the test cell to obtain a reference spectrum. The test cell is then filled with the sample fluid solution and the light measurement is again conducted to obtain a sample spectrum. Data processing can occur to derive a light absorbance spectrum from the reference spectrum and sample spectrum to enable a determination of the percentage of concentrations of each component from the light absorbance spectrum, including the percentage of gas.

Abstract: A wavelength-scanning mechanism for a spectrometer utilizes an eccentric disc cam driven by a pulse motor to pivot a diffraction grating with a contact bar fixed thereto. A light source supplies light to the mechanism with a first concave spherical mirror reflecting light to the diffraction grating and reflecting light reflected by the diffraction grating to a zero-order light detector. A second concave spherical mirror reflects light diffracted by the diffraction grating to a diffracted light detector. A controller receives information from the light detectors and controls the pulse motor. At least one cam follower is mounted on the cam at a position eccentric from the rotational axis thereof and slidably contacts the contact bar. Alternatively, the diffraction grating has two contact bars fixed thereto, and the cam follower is pivoted between the contact bars.

Abstract: Coupling structure between a door lock and a door lock-actuator includes a pair of projecting arms disposed to an output shaft of the door lock-actuator and protruding radially, and two swing arms provided to a lock lever of the door lock and contacting with the respective projecting arms of the output shaft of the door lock-actuator. According to the coupling structure, the door lock-actuator can be coupled with the door lock without adjusting the positions of the output shaft and the lock lever with each other in advance and the work efficiency is improved for the installation.

Abstract: A large-area superconductor magnetic shield comprising a plurality of small superconductor unit layers stuck onto the surface of a large-area substrate, wherein the external peripheral sections of the adjacent unit layers are overlapped mutually or the end sections of the adjacent unit layers are abutted mutually such that the adjacent unit layers do not make contact with one another. Compared with conventional magnetic shields, the magnetic shielding amount at the overlapping sections of the magnetic shield of the present invention is substantially greater.

Abstract: A device according to the present invention includes an interferometer which produces interference fringes from light received from a light source. The interference fringes are imaged onto a photo-diode array which transforms the imaged interference fringes into a single set of electric signals. The single set of electric signals is digitized and stored as a group of consecutive data points which represent an interferogram signal containing a DC component. The data points are processed to obtain moving average values representing the DC component of the interferogram signal. The moving average values are subtracted from the data points to obtain a clean interferogram signal which is Fourier-transformed to obtain a spectrogram of the light source.