Abstract: A concave (a relief portion) 20 is formed along a circumferential direction of a rotor in a trailing-edge end surface 18 of a platform 16. In the trailing-edge end surface 18 disposed outside of the relief portion 20 in the radial direction of the rotor, provided is an opening 15 of a cooling channel 14. The end surface 18 is formed thicker in the radial direction of the rotor at the opening of the cooling channel 14 than at a position corresponding to a trailing-edge end of the a hub 13 of a aerofoil portion 12 connected to the platform.

Abstract: A connector unit includes a communication line connecting a receiving port of a physical layer unit of a node to one adjacent node, and a communication line connecting a transmitting port of the physical layer unit to the one adjacent node via a capacitor, and a connector unit includes a communication line for connecting a receiving port of a physical layer unit of the node to the other adjacent node, and a communication line for connecting a transmitting port of the physical layer unit to the other adjacent node via a capacitor, wherein the connector unit is connected to a connector unit of the one adjacent node, so that the communication line of the node is connected to the communication line of the one adjacent node, and the communication line of the node is connected to the communication line of the one adjacent node.

Abstract: Provided are turbine blades and a gas turbine capable of damping the vibrations caused by an excitation force and facilitating mounting/disassembly. Included are a shroud portion disposed at an end portion of an airfoil portion; a holder casing that can slide relative to the shroud portion, that can also be attached thereto/detached therefrom, and that forms a space with the shroud portion therebetween; and an elastic portion that is disposed in the space, that biases the shroud portion in a direction that separates it from the holder casing, and is disposed in a movable manner relative to the shroud portion; and a pressing portion that is disposed between the elastic portion and the holder casing and that can be moved toward and away from the shroud portion.

Abstract: A transdermally absorbable preparation comprises a natural type sex hormone, a polyoxyethylene oleyl ether having a molar number of ethylene oxide units added of 20, at least two kinds of oily ingredients selected from the group consisting of diisopropyl adipate, cetyl alcohol, benzyl alcohol, and propylene glycol dicaprate, a polyhydric alcohol, and ethanol.

Abstract: An object of the present invention is to provide an imaging apparatus capable of obtaining a sufficient resolution in a picture signal for zooming in on an output signal of an image pickup device by means of an electronic zoom process and a control method thereof. To attain this object, a timing generator generates a timing signal for controlling timing for reading charges to an image pickup device and the timing for mixing or transferring the charges. A zoom control portion determines a scaling factor for, by signal processing, expanding or reducing picture data generated based on the output signal of the image pickup device. The zoom control portion also determines the number of mixed pixels and a cutout range of the charges in the image pickup device. A vertical scaling factor control portion controls the timing generator so that mixture of the charges and charge transfer will be compliant with the number of mixed pixels and the cutout range respectively as determined by the zoom control portion.

Abstract: A display-integrated image forming apparatus is provided that requires no large disposition location and an extremely simple disposition operation and that is capable of acquiring sufficient advertising effects for pedestrians on sidewalks. The display-integrated image forming apparatus comprises an image forming device including a document reading portion and a printing portion and a displaying device including a first display screen viewable from the backside or the side of the image forming device. When a user selects arbitrary information from provision information displayed on the first display screen, the first display screen displays information related to printing such as a password. By operating the image forming device to input the password the user visually recognizing the information is able to print out information preliminarily correlated with the selected provision information.

Abstract: A large-format display is attached to a rear side face of a digital multifunction peripheral in an integrated manner, with a first display screen facing outside and a second display screen facing inside. A device control portion of the digital multifunction peripheral is connected to an external server apparatus via an external network. In this digital multifunction peripheral, various pieces of information managed by the server apparatus are displayed on the first display screen and the second display screen of the large-format display, and when switching the display of the display screens sequentially with time, the display of the first display screen and the display of the second display screen are switched with a time lag.

Abstract: In an image forming apparatus serving as one embodiment, a large-format display that has a display screen visible from a rear face or a side face is disposed on at least one side face of a case of the image forming apparatus, and is formed such that the large-format display and the image forming apparatus are separable. The large-format display is provided with a pair of legs disposed so as to have a predetermined space L between the legs, and this space between the legs is formed so as to be no more than the lateral width of the image forming apparatus, and no more than the depth-wise width of the image forming apparatus.

Abstract: A digital multifunction peripheral provided with a scanner portion, an operation portion, an image forming portion, a device control portion, a fax modem, a communications portion, a management portion, and a hard disk (HD) is connected to a server apparatus via an external network. A large-format display is attached integrally to a rear face of a case of the digital multifunction peripheral, with a first display screen facing toward the outside. The device control portion is connected to the server apparatus via the external network, and displays various pieces of provided information managed by the server apparatus on the first display screen.

Abstract: In one embodiment of the present invention, a display apparatus that has a display screen visible from a back face or a side face of an image forming apparatus is disposed on at least one side face of an image forming apparatus case.

Abstract: There are provided at least one or more of substrate processing apparatuses that process a substrate, and a group management device connected to each substrate processing apparatus, so that the group management device monitors an operation state of the substrate processing apparatus, thereby grasping a timing of updating a program of the substrate processing apparatus, and when the timing arrives, updates the program.

Abstract: A multi-band flat antenna that shows excellent radio characteristics in each of multiple different frequency bands. In a patch antenna, a plurality of flat antenna patterns for different frequency bands are formed on a dielectric substrate. The dielectric substrate has different plate thicknesses in each of the regions where the flat antenna patterns are formed.

Abstract: A multi-band flat antenna that shows excellent radio characteristics in each of multiple different frequency bands. In a patch antenna, a plurality of flat antenna patterns for different frequency bands are formed on a dielectric substrate. The dielectric substrate has different plate thicknesses in each of the regions where the flat antenna patterns are formed.

Abstract: An object of the present invention is to provide an imaging apparatus capable of obtaining a sufficient resolution in a picture signal for zooming in on an output signal of an image pickup device by means of an electronic zoom process and a control method thereof. To attain this object, a timing generator generates a timing signal for controlling timing for reading charges to an image pickup device and the timing for mixing or transferring the charges. A zoom control portion determines a scaling factor for, by signal processing, expanding or reducing picture data generated based on the output signal of the image pickup device. The zoom control portion also determines the number of mixed pixels and a cutout range of the charges in the image pickup device. A vertical scaling factor control portion controls the timing generator so that mixture of the charges and charge transfer will be compliant with the number of mixed pixels and the cutout range respectively as determined by the zoom control portion.

Abstract: In order to achieve a digital video camera apparatus which decreases the number of components and facilitates connection with a digital VTR, a luminance signal Y and a color signal C input form external input terminals (110, 118) are converted into digital signals by A/D converters (136, 138) by sampling these signals respectively at the sampling frequency of a digital recording/reproduction device (113) and a frequency four times the subcarrier frequency, the digital signals are selected by selectors (135, 137) together with signals Y and C from a digital signal processing circuit (106), and the selected signals are supplied to the digital signal recording/reproduction device (113). Color-difference signals are supplied after their frequency is converted into the sampling frequency of the digital signal recording/reproduction device (113) by frequency converters (139a, 139b).

Abstract: To provide an information providing system which can easily and quickly provide various information about procurement.

Abstract: There is provided an optical pickup for use in an information reproducing apparatus for playing an optical disc, said optical pickup comprising: a main pickup body carrying an objective lens; a sub-pickup body pivotably connected with the main pickup body; a connecting structure formed in connection with the main pickup body for pivotably supporting the sub pickup body. A space having a predetermined size is formed between the main pickup body and the connecting structure. The material thickness between the main pickup body and the connecting structure is made thinner by virtue of the formation of said groove.

Abstract: A glass antenna device for an automobile including a rear window glass sheet; an electric heating type defogger formed on the glass sheet, which is provided with heater strips and positive and negative bus bars for feeding a current to the heater strips; and a noise filter including at least a coil, which is connected between the positive bus bar and a positive terminal of a d.c. power source for the defogger. The negative bus bar is grounded to the automobile body, and antenna conductors are provided in a region in the rear window glass sheet other than the region where the defogger is formed. An antenna conductor element of the antenna conductors extends substantially parallel to the heater strips of the defogger, is more than half in length than a width of the rear window glass sheet, and is located in the range of 15 mm-50 mm apart from an end heating strip of the heating strips of the defogger nearest to the antenna conductor element. The coil has an inductance value in the range of 0.5-10 .mu.H.

Abstract: A recording apparatus of the kind recording a moving image signal in a first area on a recording medium and a still image signal in a second area on the recording medium is arranged to selectively display the moving image signal or the still image signal, and to display, along with the image on display, information which indicates that the still image is in the process of being recorded. The arrangement enables the operator of the apparatus to know that the apparatus is in the process of recording the still image as well as the contents of the still image being recorded and thus enables the operator to avoid faulty recording, etc.

Abstract: An image processing apparatus comprises a coefficient generation circuit for generating a coefficient such as to decrease as a level of a luminance signal which is obtained by processing an input image signal increases while exceeding a predetermined limit value and to decrease as the luminance signal level decreases to a value lower than a predetermined lower limit value, a multiplier for multiplying a color difference signal which is obtained by processing the input image signal and the coefficient generated from the coefficient generation circuit, an integrating circuit for integrating the multiplication output from the multiplier into a plurality of predetermined regions on a screen, and a white balance control circuit to control the white balance of the screen by using the integration output of the integrating circuit.