Abstract: A device for communication including a gimbal and a communication unit being rotatably supported by the gimbal and having a communication port for optical wireless communication and an imaging unit for capturing an image in a direction in which the communication port executes optical wireless communication is provided. In addition, a communication device including the device for communication and a communication executing unit for executing optical wireless communication using the communication port is provided.

Abstract: A device for communication including a gimbal and a communication unit being rotatably supported by the gimbal and having a communication port for optical wireless communication and an imaging unit for capturing an image in a direction in which the communication port executes optical wireless communication is provided. In addition, a communication device including the device for communication and a communication executing unit for executing optical wireless communication using the communication port is provided.

Abstract: A digital camera provided with an image pickup unit having an image pickup device and an image processing unit that apply image processing to an image pickup signal outputted from the image pickup unit according to setting values of image quality adjustment parameters is disclosed. The digital camera includes: a displaying unit capable of displaying a plurality of languages; a language selecting unit for selecting one of the plurality of languages to be displayed by the displaying unit; a setting value storing unit for storing the setting values of the image quality adjustment parameters respectively associated with the plurality of languages; and a retrieving unit for retrieving the setting values associated with the language selected through the language selecting unit from the setting value storing unit. The image processing unit carries out the image processing according to the setting values retrieved from the setting value storing unit.

Abstract: A polarizing film which comprises a polyvinyl alcohol-based resin film and iodine being adsorbed thereon and oriented, and is prepared, for example, by subjecting the polyvinyl alcohol-based resin film to a dyeing treatment, to a stretching treatment, to a boric acid treatment and further to a complementary color treatment in which the film is immersed in a solution containing a chlorinated compound. The polarizing film is so adjusted as to have a boric acid content of 5 to 40 weight % by the dyeing treatment, stretching treatment and boric acid treatment, and also to have a chlorine ion content of 200 to 10,000 ppm by the complementary color treatment. The above polarizing film retains an achromatic hue when it is arranged at a parallel Nicol position, and also exhibits improved durability of its optical characteristics under a high temperature and high humidity condition, and a high temperature condition.

Abstract: The present invention is a browser program for a content display apparatus, such as a TV set or a DVD player. This browser program displays the same number of windows provided correspondingly to at least a part of multiple buttons provided to a controller of the content display apparatus by superimposing them on a display area, is able to display at least a part of results of interpreting a markup language document in each window, and if one of the buttons other than the button corresponding to the window currently displayed in the highest-level layer is activated, it displays the window corresponding to this button in the highest-level layer.

Abstract: A magnetic head is disclosed which includes in a preferred embodiment a head core (1) sandwiched between a first slider (2) and a second slider (3) both bonded to the core (1), said first and second sliders (2) and (3) being made from a resin composition comprising an epoxy resin composition and a filler comprising silica having a coefficient of thermal expansion of from 5.times.10.sup.-7 to 6.times.10.sup.-7 /.degree. C. as the main component and from 3 to 30 wt % at least one minor component selected from alumina, mullite, barium titanate, forsterite, steatite, and zircon, the amount of the filler being from 50 to 95 wt % based on the amount of the epoxy resin composition. The magnetic head is inexpensive, does not suffer deterioration of the magnetic characteristics of the head core, and is free from the problem of sticking to a floppy disk, head wear, or media wear.

Abstract: In relation to the magnetic head using a polycrystalline Mn-Zn ferrite as a core material, a magnetic head manufacturing method is provided for preventing the generation of the post-recording noise which is a pulse noise generated immediately after the completion of a current flow through the recording and reproducing coil. A fused core block is manufactured using Mn-Zn ferrite having a mean crystal grain size of equal to or less than 30 .mu.m as the core material of at least the recording and reproducing head and glass fusion using one type of glass, and the fused core block is annealed at a temperature equal to or higher than the strain point of the glass.

Abstract: An auxiliary instrument for observing a fundus of eye, comprises an ophthalmic lens for forming an image of light beam reflected by the fundus of an examined eye, a lens holding member for holding the ophthalmic lens, a frame mounted with the lens holding member and put on the head or a part of the face of an examinee so that the ophthalmic lens is located in front of the examined eye of the examinee, and an inclination mechanism, provided between the lens holding member and the frame, for inclining an optical axis of the ophthalmic lens at a predetermined angle to an optical axis of the examined eye.

Abstract: A multiple head arrangement for recording and reproducing magnetic information on a magnetic recording medium. The head structure includes an I core body and two core half bodies. A first glass member is interposed between the I core body and the first core half body at a position laterally adjacent a first read/write gap and a second glass member is interposed between the I core body and the second core half body at a position laterally adjacent a second read/write gap. A non-magnetic thin film insulation layer is interposed between the first and second core half bodies and substantially perpendicularly with respect to the read/write gaps.

Abstract: Complex magnetic head of the present invention eliminates relative magnetic interference between the magnetic heads and relative gap position drift between magnetic heads. The complex magnetic head has high performance and is compatible with lower rank FDDs. The complex magnetic head comprises R/W core track width regulation grooves (52a, 52b, 53a, 53b) filled with glass, erase core track width regulation grooves (55a, 55b, 56a, 56b) filled with glass, R/W core (18, 22) and erase core (20, 24) between shield members formed by these core track width regulation grooves (52a, 52b, 53a, 53b, 55a, 55b, 56a, 56b).

Abstract: A method for producing a ceramic-metal composite substrate, which comprises integrally bonding together a ceramic base member, metal members of a material selected from the group consisting of copper and alloys thereof, and a constraining member to be bonded to the metal member, wherein improvement comprises: bringing the metal member into close contact with ceramic base member through a thin film layer having a thickness of from 0.1 .mu.m to 3 .mu.m and containing therein an active metal; and heating the combination of the ceramic base member, the metal member, and the constraining member in an atmosphere which is difficult to react with the active metal, to a temperature ranging from a melting point of an alloy to be formed of the metal member and the active metal to a temperature below the melting point of the metal member, while applying a pressing force to combination in the direction of its thickness, thereby realizing the integral bonding.

Abstract: A ceramic-metal composite substrate which comprises: a ceramic base member; metal members of a material selected from the group consisting of copper and copper alloys, which is bonded to said ceramic base member; and a constraining member bonded to said metal member, said constraining member being made up of a metal selected from the group consisting of molybdenum, tungsten and alloys thereof, and having a thickness in a range of from 1/20 to 1/3 of the thickness of said metal member.

Abstract: Method of producing a ferroelectric thin film by chemical vapor deposition, by providing a gaseous mixture containing oxygen and a gaseous raw material containing (A) alkyl lead and or alkyl bismuth together with an alcoholate of titanium, zirconium, silicon, germanium or niobium, (B) alkyl lead and alkyl germanium, or (C) alkyl bismuth and alkyl lead, and reacting the oxygen and gaseous raw material to oxidize the components of (A), (B) or (C), to form the thin film on the substrate.

Abstract: A basic logic circuit of a superconductive logic circuit comprises a bridge circuit of four branches wherein first and second terminals are connected at least at two nodes and an output terminal is connected at least at a node. One branch of the bridge circuit comprises a series circuit consisting of a first resistor and a first Josephson junction connected between the first and second input terminals. The second branch comprises a parallel circuit of a second Josephson junction and a second resistor connected between the first input terminal and a grounding terminal of the bridge circuit. The third branch comprises a third resistor connected between the second input terminal and the output terminal. The fourth branch comprises a third junction connected between the output terminal and the grounding terminal. A load resistor is connected between the output terminal and the ground.

Abstract: A T-shape joint includes a slant gap formed between joint faces of a vertical base metal and a horizontal base metal and the slant gap is filled perfectly with a brazing alloy without remaining any defect.The slant gap can be saw tooth shape gaps. The slant gap can be formed in the thickness direction of the vertical base metal.The molten brazing metal penetrates into the slant gap without forming a cavity for a stronger joint.

Abstract: A speaker comprises a voice coil placed in an air gap between a center pole and a plate wherein a specific ferromagnetic material obtained by forming fine crystalline grains is used on at least one of the surfaces of the center pole and the plate which respectively face the voice coil, thereby providing a speaker having low distortion.

Abstract: A combustion chamber for an internal combustion engine of the direct injection type defined by a cylinder head, a cylinder liner and a piston head, the piston head having formed therein a cavity in which air swirl can be produced by a known means.A fuel injection valve having a plurality of fuel injection nozzles is disposed above the cavity for injecting jets of fuel radially against the cavity wall.The cavity comprises an equilateral polygonal cavity formed in the upper part of the piston head and a toroidal cavity formed continuously to the polygonal cavity in the lower part of the piston head. The equilateral polygonal cavity has rounded corners formed therein, the ratio of the radius of the rounded corners to that of a inscribed circle of the equilateral polygonal cavity being from about 0.05 to about 0.8.

Abstract: A combustion chamber for an internal combustion engine of the direct injection type formed by a cylinder head, a cylinder liner and a piston head, the piston head having formed therein a cavity in which the air swirl can be produced by known device. A fuel injection nozzle is disposed substantially in the central part of said cavity for injecting jets of fuel radially against the cavity wall. Said cavity comprises an equilateral polygonal cavity formed in said piston head and a circular shaped cavity formed in the generally intermediate part of said equilateral polygonal cavity.

Abstract: A combustion chamber for an internal combustion engine of the direct injection type formed by a cylinder head, a cylinder liner and a piston head, the piston head having formed therein a cavity in which the air swirl can be produced by known means.A fuel injection nozzle is disposed substantially in the central part of said cavity for injecting jets of fuel radially against the cavity wall.Said cavity comprises an equilateral polygonal cavity formed in the upper part of said piston head and a toroidal cavity formed continuously to said polygonal cavity in the lower part of said piston head.

Abstract: In a welding apparatus for overlaying on a base metal, a reverse polarity soft plasma arc is formed between an electrode and the base metal and a welding rod is fed into the arc to weld the base metal by melting the welding rod and the feeding speed of the welding rod is controlled corresponding to the arc current to form a bead having low penetration.The electrode is oscillated and an active gas such as CO.sub.2 or O.sub.2 is incorporated in a shield gas at a rate controlled corresponding to the oscillation of the electrode.