Abstract: A data transfer control system includes a PC and a camera, and these are connected by a USB cable in a manner capable of making a communication with each other. Prior to a data transfer, the PC instructs the camera that it is impossible to cut-off, that is, to prohibit a connected state (connection state) from being released. In receipt thereof, the camera turns-on a cut-off-impossible lamp. Upon completion of the data transfer and a transfer of FAT data, the PC instructs the camera that it is allowed to cut-off, that is, to allow to release the connection state. In receipt thereof, the camera turns-off the cut-off-impossible lamp.

Abstract: An electronic device used to identify loci containing more than one stroke. This electronic device utilizes a ball rotation sensor to detect the position and movement while it is in contact with a surface and an acceleration sensor when the device is not in contact with the surface. Further, this device is able to correct for inaccuracies in the acceleration sensor utilizing data received from the ball rotation sensor. This correction is based on a calculated detection error determined while the ball rotation sensor is active. The correction occurs when the device is again no longer in contact with the surface and again utilizing the acceleration sensor to determine position.

Abstract: There is provided an induced current position transducer having an improved signal intensity and durability to gap variations. This can be achieved by preventing harmful diffusion of magnetic fluxes to reduce a loss due to leakage fluxes and forming an efficient closed magnetic path between a magnetic field generator and a magnetic flux sensor. A high permeable substance is disposed in a target magnetic path on members of a read head and a scale. This arrangement can suppress a loss due to leakage fluxes caused from diffusion of magnetic fluxes occurred in the conventional winding structure, improving a signal intensity of a magnetic flux and reducing an affection from an external magnetic flux.

Abstract: An image recording apparatus includes a CPU. An image file created by the CPU is stored in a directory which is created on a hard disk and a circularly successive directory number is assigned to. When the number of image files accumulated in a latest directory reaches “450”, the CPU determines a total number of the directories, and if the total number reaches “50”, the CPU erases an oldest directory. Furthermore, when the number of the image files accumulated in the latest directory reaches “900”, the CPU creates a new directory to which the directory number succeeding to that of the latest directory is assigned. In addition, when an arbitrary directory is erased by an operation of an erasing key, the CPU assigns the successive directory number to a remaining directory in order of a creation time.

Abstract: An image signal processing apparatus includes a hard disk. The hard disk is as necessary created with a directory to which time information according to a time counter is assigned. An image file is stored in a latest directory having the latest creation time among a plurality of directories thus created. When a time indicated by the time counter is modified retroactive to the past, a marker is added to a directory having the time information according to the time counter before being modified. The latest directory is detected on the basis of the marker and the time information.

Abstract: A semiconductor integrated circuit device is provided in which (i) inspection pads are arranged along one side or two opposite sides of the semiconductor integrated circuit device for bonding pads arranged along the sides other than the side or the two opposite sides and (ii) the bonding pads are connected to their respective inspection pads by connection wires The inspection is carried out by applying probe needles to the pads (inspection pads and bonding pads) arranged only along one side or two opposite sides of the semiconductor integrated circuit device. The invention also provides a semiconductor integrated circuit package with leads on four sides includes a semiconductor integrated circuit device with bonding pads laid along one pair of opposite sides of the four sides, and a table for supporting the semiconductor integrated circuit device.

Abstract: There is provided an induced current position transducer having an improved signal intensity and durability to gap variations. This can be achieved by preventing harmful diffusion of magnetic fluxes to reduce a loss due to leakage fluxes and forming an efficient closed magnetic path between a magnetic field generator and a magnetic flux sensor. A high permeable substance is disposed in a target magnetic path on members of a read head and a scale. This arrangement can suppress a loss due to leakage fluxes caused from diffusion of magnetic fluxes occurred in the conventional winding structure, improving a signal intensity of a magnetic flux and reducing an affection from an external magnetic flux.

Abstract: In accordance with the present character recognition method, an imaginary stroke is used to link from the ending point of each actual stroke of an input handwritten character to the starting point of the subsequent actual stroke thereof to form a single line. Then a feature level is detected for specifying the position of a turn of the single line and the direction and angle of the turn at the position. According to the detected position of the turn, the detected feature level is patterned on input mesh memories which are in turn compared with a previously formed dictionary mesh memory to calculate the resemblance of the input handwritten character to each handwritten character in a dictionary database. The handwritten character in the dictionary database that has the closest, calculated resemblance is recognized as the input handwritten character.

Abstract: In a telephone note-taking device, if a telephone icon 22 is designated on a screen 16 by a handwrite-input pen 21, a main control device 28 makes a party designating area 24 and a note-taking area 26 displayed on the screen 16 and start operating at the same time. If a party is inputted into the party designating area 24, a party designation control device 32 autodials the party.

Abstract: In an automotive vehicle body structure, including a longitudinal member having a first portion and a second portion connected in series to provide a controlled reaction force at the time of a vehicle crash, the second portion is adapted to undergo a buckling or collapsing deformation whereby the second portion demonstrating a substantially higher deformation initiating load than a plastic deformation load; and the first portion is adapted to collapse at a deformation initiating load which is substantially lower than the deformation initiating load of the second portion, but substantially higher than the plastic deformation load of the second portion. Thus, the vehicle body demonstrates a high reaction load during an early phase of a vehicle crash, and a low reaction load during a final phase of the crash so that peak acceleration of the vehicle occupant who is restrained by a seat belt involving a certain amount of resiliency can be minimized.

Abstract: The vehicle occupant protection system can significantly reduce the peak deceleration of the vehicle occupant even with a small vehicle body. The system comprises a seat fitted with a seat belt which is supported on a vehicle body so as to be slidable in a direction of an input crash load, a first actuator for applying an acceleration of a same direction as the crash load upon detection of the vehicle crash to the seat, and a second actuator for applying an acceleration of an opposite direction from the crash load with a prescribed time delay following the detection of the vehicle crash to the seat. Thus, in case of a vehicle crash or other high deceleration situations, the seat is accelerated rearward upon the occurrence of a vehicle crash by the first actuator so that the restraining capability of the seat belt is enhanced by applying to the seat a deceleration higher than the vehicle body deceleration during an early phase of the vehicle crash.

Abstract: A hollow frame member of an aluminum alloy for a vehicle body frame includes a front pipe portion. The front pipe portion has an annular end surface as a surface receiving a collision load at a front end thereof. In the front pipe portion, a cross sectional area is gradually increased from a base end toward the receiving surface, and a thickness is gradually decreased from the base end toward the receiving surface. Thus, the front pipe portion can be crushed early and stably from the receiving surface upon collision of the vehicle to enhance the collision energy absorbing efficiency.

Abstract: Based on handwriting coordinate data input by a pen at an arbitrary position on a screen, a handwriting display portion displays a handwriting at the writing position. A recognition portion recognizes a written character or an editing symbol. A handwriting erase portion erases the handwriting, and returns the screen to a state before writing. A recognition result output portion supplies the recognition result to an application program having a keyboard focus in the same form as that of keyboard input. As a result, a character or the like can be directly written at an arbitrary position on a window displayed by the application program or on the screen, and input or editing can be carried out.

Abstract: A pair of discharge pipes interconnect outlet ports of a plurality of batteries such that the first discharge pipe interconnects the outlet ports of some of the batteries and the second discharge pipe interconnects the outlet ports of the remaining batteries. The discharge pipes have rear ends connected respectively to atmospheric discharge units and other ends connected by joint pipes. Since the rear ends of the discharge pipes are connected to the atmospheric discharge units, even if one of the discharge pipes is closed or blocked for some reason, a gas emitted from the batteries is discharged from the other discharge pipes and hence is prevented from being trapped in the batteries. Additional pairs of discharge pipes a employed in the same manner for an additional plurality of batteries. The atmospheric discharge units include a backfire check member or valve and/or baffles for inhibiting ignition of the gas emitted from the batteries.

Abstract: A device for clamping upper and lower rims to the respective upper and lower spindles of a tire uniformity machine. The device includes wedge component having an outer surface contacting the inner surface of a rim and a tapered inner surface contacting a similarly tapered surface of the spindle, is displaced axially relative to the tapered surface of the spindle. Such axial displacement is translated into a radial displacement of the wedge component as a consequence of the wedge effect between the tapered surface of the wedge component and tapered surface of the spindle. If the wedge component is displaced radially outward, its outer surface pushes against the inner surface of the rim and the rim is clamped through the frictional force between the inner surface of the rim and the outer surface of the wedge component.

Abstract: A battery box has a center frame extending between two rows of batteries housed in the battery box. The center frame has an array of upwardly projecting locking pins. A central holder bar is installed on the locking pins of the center frame. The battery box also has an inner frame including a left straight frame with locking pins and a right straight frame with locking pins. A left holder bar and a right holder bar are installed respectively on the locking pins of the left straight frame and the right straight frame. The central, left, and right holder bars are fastened in position by nuts that are tightened over the locking pins, thereby holding the batteries firmly in the battery box.

Abstract: On a liquid crystal display panel of the handwritten character input system, a data input frame is displayed, and in the data input frame, a plurality of character writing frames are displayed. Each of the character writing frames defines an area to which a handwritten character can be input. In a frame number changing mode, when the size of the data input frame is changed, the number of character writing frames is changed in accordance with the change size. In a frame size changing mode, when the size of the data input frame is changed, the size of the character writing frame is changed in accordance with the changed size. Further, when the size of the character writing frame is changed, the character font to be displayed is also changed in accordance with the changed size.

Abstract: A rim gap setting device in a tire uniformity inspecting machine include upper and lower rims for mounting a tire, which are vertically movably fitted on opposed ends of upper and lower spindles, respectively. Upper and lower hydraulically locking devices are provided for locking the upper and lower rims from the inner circumferences thereof, and are mounted around the upper and lower spindles, respectively. Upper and lower hydraulically engaging devices are mounted on the upper and lower spindles and can be radially retreated by being hydraulically interlocked with the upper and lower hydraulically locking devices to be thereby engaged with the upper and lower rims on the locking operation of the upper and lower hydraulically locking devices, respectively.

Abstract: A method of setting a distance between upper and lower rims mounted on upper and lower spindles in a tire uniformity machine. The upper and lower rims under a superposed condition are first laid on an arm. Then, the arm is lifted or lowered until the upper rim reaches a desired upper position on the upper spindle. Then, the upper rim is fixed from an inner circumference thereof to the upper spindle at the desired upper position by an upper locking device. Then, the arm is lowered until the lower rim reaches a desired lower position on the lower spindle. Then, the lower rim is fixed from an inner circumference thereof to the lower spindle at the desired lower position by a lower locking device. Accordingly, a distance between the upper and lower rims can be set easily and quickly in a simple operation without using a spacer or the like.

Abstract: A semiconductor light-emitting element of a metal/organic film/semiconductor junction structure has a semiconductor layer, and an organic Langmuir-Blodgett thin film formed on the semiconductor layer. The thin film includes an electron donative organic monomolecular compound whose longest absorption peak wavelength in an electron transition spectrum falls within a range of 300 nm to 600 nm. A layer of metallic material is formed on the thin film.