Abstract: The present invention provides a heat-sensitive recording material comprising a support and a heat-sensitive recording layer, wherein the heat-sensitive recording layer contains a leuco dye and a color developer, the leuco dye is in a form of composite particles comprising the leuco dye and a hydrophobic resin, and the color developer comprises at least 4,4?-cyclohexylidenediphenol and 4,4?-bis(N-p-tolylsulfonylaminocarbonylamino)diphenylmethane.

Abstract: A circuit system includes: a master node; and a slave portion including a plurality of non-grounded slave nodes, each of which couples with the master node through a pair of communication lines. The master node and the slave portion provide a differential transmission system for differentially transmitting a signal among the master node and the slave nodes. The slave portion has a predetermined impedance. The differential transmission system has a good signal condition and a sufficient low common mode noise.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a multiprocessor system, which comprises two or more processor elements to be executed by a common program, a control section for switching such plural processor elements one from another for execution by the common program, and a storing section storing handover information relating to the common program which information is to be handover from the one processor element to the another processor element. This not only optimizes each of the functions of the processor elements, but also achieves certain delivery or interchange of the information between these process or elements, and even reduces the power consumption.

Abstract: A packet sending apparatus that improves packet transmission quality by preventing loss of packet information, while minimizing a reduction in transmission rate. A clock frequency deviation correction calculation section calculates a valid packet sending period in which valid packets packet information of which is not lost due to clock frequency deviation between the packet sending apparatus and a packet receiving apparatus are included and the number of valid packets included in the valid packet sending period.

Abstract: An apparatus is provided for transmitting data in an airbag activation system mounted on a vehicle. The apparatus comprises a communication channel, a plurality of sensor units mutually communicably connected via the communication channel, and a processing unit. Each sensor unit senses a state of the vehicle, produces data indicative of the sensed state of the vehicle into a set of digital data including actually sensed data of a predetermined bit length, the actually sensed data corresponding to the sensed state of the vehicle, and outputs the set of digital data to the communication channel at predetermined transmission intervals. The bit length of the actually sensed data is changed depending on the sensed state of the vehicle. The set of digital data is outputted successively from the sensor modules. The processing unit successively receives the digital data from each sensor unit via the communication channel.

Abstract: A method for making reduced iron using blast-furnace sludge is provided. The method includes a mixing step of mixing the blast-furnace sludge and an iron-oxide-containing powder to prepare a mixed material, an agglomerating step of agglomerating the mixed material to form agglomerates, a feeding step of feeding the agglomerates onto a continuously moving hearth, and a reducing step of heating the agglomerates to remove zinc and reduce the agglomerates.

Abstract: Disclosed is a heat-sensitive recording material comprising a support and a heat-sensitive recording layer formed on the support and containing a leuco dye and a developer, the developer being N-p-toluenesulfonyl-N′-3-(p-toluenesulfonyloxy)phenylurea, and the heat-sensitive recording layer containing (a) at least one fluoran-based leuco dye with a melting point of 190 to 230° C. and/or (b) at least one pigment selected from the group consisting of aluminum hydroxide, amorphous silica, kaolin and talc.

Abstract: A flash circuit board in a lens-fitted photo film unit includes a board part, and a battery contact part connected to the board part by solder. A part exchanging apparatus for the circuit board includes an eliminating unit, which melts the solder, and removes the battery contact part from the board part while the solder is melted. An assembling unit mounts an unused battery contact part on the board part. The unused battery contact part has an unused form of the first battery contact part. A soldering unit connects the unused battery contact part to the board part by use of solder.

Abstract: A method for making reduced iron using blast-furnace sludge is provided. The method includes a mixing step of mixing the blast-furnace sludge and an iron-oxide-containing powder to prepare a mixed material, an agglomerating step of agglomerating the mixed material to form agglomerates, a feeding step of feeding the agglomerates onto a continuously moving hearth, and a reducing step of heating the agglomerates to remove zinc and reduce the agglomerates.

Abstract: An ultrasonic sonar has a transceiver equipped with an ultrasonic oscillator. An ultrasonic wave is transmitted from the transceiver. The ultrasonic wave reflected from an obstacle is received by the ultrasonic oscillator to detect the obstacle. The transmission frequency of the ultrasonic wave is set to be different from the reverberation frequency. When the obstacle is detected, a microcomputer converts the analog signal received by the ultrasonic oscillator into a digital signal, performs a frequency transform of this signal by Fourier transform to extract only the transmission frequency component, and performs an inverse transform.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a multiprocessor system, which comprises two or more processor elements to be executed by a common program, a control section for switching such plural processor elements one from another for execution by the common program, and a storing section storing handover information relating to the common program which information is to be handover from the one processor element to the another processor element. This not only optimizes each of the functions of the processor elements, but also achieves certain delivery or interchange of the information between these process or elements, and even reduces the power consumption.

Abstract: Disclosed is a heat-sensitive recording material comprising a support and a heat-sensitive recording layer formed on the support and containing a leuco dye and a developer,

Abstract: A microprocessor capable of executing a process instruction having at least one RISC type instruction is constructed to include an instruction decoding section for decoding a microcode including information which indicates transfer contents of input and output data and address information which indicates a storage location of the process instruction, a data reading section for reading input data corresponding to the information which indicates the transfer contents of the input and output data decoded by the instruction decoding section and reading the process instruction corresponding to the address information, and an operation process executing section for implementing one or a plurality of operation unit resources capable of executing an operation process according to the input data read by the data reading section and the process instruction.

Abstract: An ultrasonic sonar has a transceiver equipped with an ultrasonic oscillator. An ultrasonic wave is transmitted from the transceiver. The ultrasonic wave reflected from an obstacle is received by the ultrasonic oscillator to detect the obstacle. The transmission frequency of the ultrasonic wave is set to be different from the reverberation frequency. When the obstacle is detected, a microcomputer converts the analog signal received by the ultrasonic oscillator into a digital signal, performs a frequency transform of this signal by Fourier transform to extract only the transmission frequency component, and performs an inverse transform.

Abstract: A self-photography apparatus has an imaging device for picking up an image signal representing a facial image of a human object, a determination device for determining the size of face of the human object. In accordance with the determined face size, the magnification of the image is adjusted so as to make the facial image have a predetermined size in a photograph. The determination device is comprised of a monitor display displaying a video facial image of the human object and indices as the scale of the face size. The magnification of image is changed by manually or automatically changing the object distance or mechanically changing the focal length of a taking lens device. When making a photograph by video printing, the determination device may be a controller determining the face size on the basis of the image signal, an image magnification conversion circuit converts the magnification of image in accordance with the face size determined by the controller.

Abstract: A silver halide photographic material for mammography comprising a support having on one side thereof at least two light-sensitive emulsion layers different in sensitivity, in which the uppermost emulsion layer is less sensitive than the lower emulsion layer, the total silver content of all light-sensitive emulsion layers is from 2.0 to 5.5 g/m.sup.2, and the silver halide light-sensitive material exhibits an average contrast of from 3.6 to 4.8 and a sensitivity of from 0.03 to 0.07 lux.sec. when developed as specified; and an X-ray photographic image forming system for mammography comprising (A) a single-sided silver halide light-sensitive material and (B) an X-ray intensifying screen having a layer substantially comprising a Gd.sub.2 O.sub.2 S:Tb fluorescence substance, in which the screen has an emission luminance of 150 to 250 and a contrast transfer function of from 0.40 to 1.00 at a spatial frequency of 5 line pairs/mm, the silver halide light-sensitive material has an average contrast of 3.6 to 4.

Abstract: A novel method of forming radiation images, especially X-ray images of bones and gastric areas for medical examination, is disclosed.

Abstract: Disclosed is a silver halide photographic material for X-ray photography which has at least one light-sensitive silver halide emulsion layer on each side of a transparent support and constitutes a radiation image-forming system in combination with two radiation-intensifying screens respectively arranged on the front and the back sides of the photographic material. The photographic material is characterized by having a crossover rate of at most 15% with respect to the light emitted from said intensifying screens, and by producing an image having a characteristic curve such that when drawn using crossed coordinates equal to each other in unit length, with diffusion density as ordinate (Y-axis) and common logarithm of exposure amount as abscissa (X-axis), the characteristic curve provides a point gamma value ranging from 2.7 to 4.2 at every point within the optical density (diffusion density) range of 1.6 to 2.0 and a point gamma value of at least 0.

Abstract: There is disclosed a method for forming an X-ray image formed with less exposure than is customary and having an excellent resolution. The X-ray image can be formed by subjecting a light-sensitive material comprising a support, having provided thereon a light-sensitive silver halide emulsion layer containing a silver halide emulsion sensitized with a sensitizing dye represented by the following Formula (I) on only one side of the support to photographing via a green color emission fluorescent screen with a soft X-ray emitted from an X-ray generating device with a tube voltage of 25.sup.kv to 40.sup.kv. In the characteristic curve represented by a rectangular coordinate constituted by optical density and logarithmic exposure, the average gradation shown by the gradient of a line drawn by connecting the point at which 0.25 is added to the minimum density (hereinafter referred to as Dmin) to the point at which 2.0 is added to Dmin is set at 2.8 to 3.

Abstract: The present invention provides (1) a method for preparation of a photographic silver halide emulsion containing tabular silver halide particles having a particle diameter larger than the particle thickness by three times or more, wherein least one oxidizing agent selected from a hydrogen peroxide, a salt of a peroxy acid and an ozone is added to the emulsion before the termination of chemical ripening thereof and then a reducing agent is added thereto, and (2) a silver halide photographic material which has at least one or more layers comprising a tabular silver halide particle-containing emulsion wherein tabular silver halide particles are those prepared by method (1). The present tabular silver halide particle-containing emulsion has high sensitivity and good granularity and is substantially free from fog.