Abstract: A projector includes a fan unit having a fan, supporting members functioning as a supporting base of the fan, and at least one resilient member operatively connected to the fan. The supporting members include a first supporting portion and a second supporting portion distant from the first supporting portion in the axis direction of the resilient member.

Abstract: An LED with a semiconductor light emitting element that emits a blue or a blue-violet light, and a fluorescent material that absorbs some or all of the light emitted from the element and emits a fluorescent light of a wavelength different from the absorbed light. The fluorescent material is a mixed fluorescent material obtained by mixing a first fluorescent material that emits a blue-green or a green light, a second fluorescent material that has a peak emission wavelength longer than that of the first fluorescent material and emits a green or a yellow-green light, a third fluorescent material that has a 1 peak emission wavelength longer than that of the second fluorescent material and emits a yellow-green, a yellow or a yellow-red light, and a fourth fluorescent material that has a peak emission wavelength longer than that of the third fluorescent material and emits a yellow-red or a red light.

Abstract: A two-way communication apparatus used for two-way speech. In the two-way communication apparatus, a plurality of microphones radially arranged in a horizontal direction are located at equal distances from a receiving and reproduction speaker. The plurality of microphones are located in pairs from the center of the receiving and reproduction speaker. Surface of a sound reflection plate facing the side surfaces of a speaker housing are curved to a flared shape and diffuse the sound output from an upper sound output opening in all orientations in the horizontal direction by cooperating with the sound reflection surface. A DSP receives as input sound pickup signals of one pair of the microphones, selects the microphone for which the highest sound is detected, and transmits the sound pickup signal to the two-way communication apparatus of the other party via a telephone line.

Abstract: A cooling device which prevents ambient persons from being exposed to an unpleasant feeling as much as possible by properly controlling an exhausting direction of the air which is used for cooling and exhausted from a chassis and an image projection apparatus having the cooling device are obtained. The cooing device cools first and second members to be cooled provided in the chassis, has first and second exhaust fans for guiding winds which have cooled the respective first and second members to an outside of the chassis, and is characterized in that the first and second exhaust fans are arranged so as to face the same surface of the chassis and the winds exhausted from the first and second exhaust fans are mixed.

Abstract: Disclosed is a projection display device which projects an image onto a projection surface by a projection optical system by using light from a light source and which helps to realize efficient light source cooling. The projection display device includes: a cooling fan arranged between the projection optical system and the light source and adapted to supply cooling air from the projection optical system to the light source; and an exterior case having an exhaust port in the vicinity of the light source and covering the projection optical system, the cooling fan, and the light source, the projection optical system, the cooling fan, the light source, and the exhaust port being arranged substantially in a straight line.

Abstract: A communication apparatus used for two-way speech wherein the acoustic couplings between a speaker and microphones can be made equal by a simple method, wherein radially arranged microphones are located at equal distances from a speaker, a test signal generation unit outputs a pink noise signal to the speaker, the signal is input to a microphone detecting the sound of the speaker through variable gain amplifiers, attenuated in variable attenuation units, the peak value of absolute values of differences between the signals of an opposing pair of microphones is detected at level detection units, and a level judgment and gain control unit adjusts the gains of the variable gain amplifiers or attenuation amounts of the variable attenuation units so that the value becomes within a sensitivity difference adjustment error.

Abstract: In accordance with the present invention, a light-emitting element mounting board is provided including an enamel layer which covers the surface of a core metal, wherein reflective cup portions for mounting light-emitting elements are provided on one face of the board, and wherein a heat radiating part is formed by at least partially removing the enamel layer on the other face of the board, and exposing the core metal. Further, a light-emitting element module including light-emitting elements mounted thereon, a lighting device including the light-emitting element, a display device, and traffic signal equipment are provided.

Abstract: A connection method for a photonic crystal fiber for connecting the photonic crystal fiber and a fiber to be connected, the photonic crystal fiber including a cladding region having a number of microholes and a core region having a same refractive index as that of the cladding region, includes the steps of: abutting respective end faces of the photonic crystal fiber and the fiber to be connected each other; after the abutting, performing a main discharge in which an abutted portion is heated by an electric discharge under a first condition; and after the main discharge, performing an additional discharge in which the connection portion is heated by an electric discharge at least once under a second condition to increase a splice strength.

Abstract: A dispersion-compensated optical fiber which does not cause an increase in a loss if it is wound in a small reel and has a stable temperature characteristics is provided, wherein, in a wavelength range from. A dispersion-compensated optical fiber is formed such that, in at least a wavelength between 1.53 to 1.63 ?m, a bending loss of with a 20 mm bending diameter is 5 dB/m or lower, a wavelength dispersion is ?120 ps/nm/km or lower, a cut-off wavelength under a usage condition is 1.53 ?m or lower, an outer diameter of the cladding is 80 to 100 ?m, an outer diameter of a coating is 160 to 200 ?m, and a viscosity of a surface of a coating resin is 10 gf/mm or lower. It is set such that b/a is 1.5 to 3.5, c/b is 1.2 to 2.0, a radius of a core is 4 to 8 ?m, ?1 is +1.6% to +2.6%, ?2 is ?0.30% to ?1.4%, and ?3 is ?0.30% to +1.0%. Young's modulus of a first coating layer is 0.15 kgf/mm2 or lower and its thickness is 20 to 30 ?m.

Abstract: The present invention provides a selective suppressor of the IgE production comprising a compound which suppresses the IgE production in a process from a differentiation of a mature B cell into an antibody-producing cell to the production of an antibody and which does not suppress or weakly suppresses the production of IgG, IgM and/or IgA which are produced at the same time, a compound of the formula (I): wherein R1–R13 are hydrogen, halogen, lower alkyl, lower alkoxy or the like, X is —O—, —CH2—, —NR14— or —S(O)p- and Y is lower alkyl, lower alkenyl or the like, a process for producing the same and a pharmaceutical composition comprising the same.

Abstract: A two-way communication apparatus used for two-way speech and improved from the viewpoint of the performance, the viewpoint of the price, the viewpoint of the dimensions, and the viewpoints of suitability with the usage environment, user-friendliness, etc. is provided. In the two-way communication apparatus, a plurality of microphones (MC1 to MC6) radially arranged in a horizontal direction are located at equal distances from a receiving and reproduction speaker (16). The plurality of microphones (MC1 to MC6) are located in pairs from the center of the receiving and reproduction speaker (16). Surface of a sound reflection plate (12) facing the side surfaces of a speaker housing (14a) are curved to a flared shape and diffuse the sound output from an upper sound output opening (14c) in all orientations in the horizontal direction by cooperating with the sound reflection surface (14a).

Abstract: A dispersion compensating fiber module which, when connected to an optical fiber which exhibits, at a wavelength of 1.55 ?m, a chromatic dispersion of between +2 and +6 ps/nm/km, a dispersion slope of between +0.075 ps/nm2/km and +0.095 ps/nm2/pm, and a relative dispersion slope of between 0.016 nm?1 and 0.024 nm?1, performs compensation so that the residual dispersion of the connected optical fiber is reduced, the dispersion compensating fiber module includes a dispersion compensating fiber and at least one optical fiber fused to the dispersion compensating fiber, in which the dispersion compensating fiber module exhibits at a wavelength of 1.55 ?m, a relative dispersion slope of between 0.016 nm?1 and 0.026 nm?1; and in a wavelength range between 1.525 ?m and 1.565 ?m, a maximum residual dispersion difference, when converted per km of the transmission optical fiber, of less than or equal to 0.4 ps/nm/km.

Abstract: A projection displaying apparatus projects on a projection plane an image displayed on a reflection displaying device using light emitted from a light source. The projection displaying apparatus includes a wind feeding portion for feeding a cooling wind to a light-incident side of a polarization plate disposed on an optical path from the light source to the reflection displaying device, and a wind guiding portion for guiding the cooling wind such that the cooling wind can be blown on the polarization plate slantingly relative to a light-incident face of the polarization plate.

Abstract: The present invention provides a selective suppressor of the IgE production comprising a compound which suppresses the IgE production in a process from a differentiation of a mature B cell into an antibody-producing cell to the production of an antibody and which does not suppress or weakly suppresses the production of IgG, IgM and/or IgA which are produced at the same time, a compound of the formula (I): wherein R1–R13 are hydrogen, halogen, lower alkyl, lower alkoxy or the like, X is —O—, CH2—, —NR14— or —S(O)p— and Y is lower alkyl, lower alkenyl or the like, a process for producing the same and a pharmaceutical composition comprising the same.

Abstract: The present invention provides a selective suppressor of the IgE production comprising a compound which suppresses the IgE production in a process from a differentiation of a mature B cell into an antibody-producing cell to the production of an antibody and which does not suppress or weakly suppresses the production of IgG, IgM and/or IgA which are produced at the same time, a compound of the formula (I): wherein R1–R13 are hydrogen, halogen, lower alkyl, lower alkoxy or the like, X is —O—, —CH2—, NR14— or —S(O)p— and Y is lower alkyl, lower alkenyl or the like, a process for producing the same and a pharmaceutical composition comprising the same.

Abstract: A projector includes a fan unit having a fan, supporting members functioning as a supporting base of the fan, and at least one resilient member operatively connected to the fan. The supporting members include a first supporting portion and a second supporting portion distant from the first supporting portion in the axis direction of the resilient member.

Abstract: A connection method for a photonic crystal fiber for connecting the photonic crystal fiber and a fiber to be connected, the photonic crystal fiber including a cladding region having a number of microholes and a core region having a same refractive index as that of the cladding region, includes the steps of: abutting respective end faces of the photonic crystal fiber and the fiber to be connected each other; after the abutting, performing a main discharge in which an abutted portion is heated by an electric discharge under a first condition; and after the main discharge, performing an additional discharge in which the connection portion is heated by an electric discharge at least once under a second condition to increase a splice strength.

Abstract: A dispersion-compensated optical fiber which does not cause an increase in a loss if it is wound in a small reel and has a stable temperature characteristics is provided. A dispersion-compensated optical fiber is formed such that, in at least a wavelength between 1.53 to 1.63 ?m, a bending loss of 20 mm bending diameter is 5 dB/m or lower, a wavelength dispersion is ?120 ps/nm/km or lower, a cut-off wavelength under a usage condition is 1.53 ?m or lower, an outer diameter of the cladding is 80 to 100 ?m, an outer diameter of a coating is 160 to 200 ?m, a viscosity of a surface of a coating resin is 10 gf/mm or lower. It is set such that b/a is 1.5 to 3.5, c/b is 1.2 to 2.0, a radius of a core is 4 to 8 ?m, ?1 is +1.6% to +2.6%, ?2 is ?0.30% to ?1.4%, and ?3 is ?0.3 0% to +1.0%. Young's modulus of a first coating layer is 0.15 kgf/nun 2 or lower and its thickness is 20 to 30 ?m. Young's modulus of a second coating layer is 50 kgf/mm2 or lower and its thickness is 15 to 30 ?m.

Abstract: Disclosed is a projection display device which projects an image onto a projection surface by a projection optical system by using light from a light source and which helps to realize efficient light source cooling. The projection display device includes: a cooling fan arranged between the projection optical system and the light source and adapted to supply cooling air from the projection optical system to the light source; and an exterior case having an exhaust port in the vicinity of the light source and covering the projection optical system, the cooling fan, and the light source, the projection optical system, the cooling fan, the light source, and the exhaust port being arranged substantially in a straight line.

Abstract: A videoconferencing system uses an audio input unit including: two directional microphones disposed in directions with directivity being opposite to each other, the microphones forming a pair and a plurality of the pairs being located with directivity shifted from each other, cancellation elements for canceling sound components of the same phase from sounds inputted to the microphones of the pair, extraction elements for extracting sound components of voice band from sounds inputted to the microphones of the pair, a calculation element for calculating a difference between levels of the sound components of voice band extracted by the extraction elements to decide the microphone which has the larger level in the pair having the largest level difference, and selection elements for selecting sounds as input sound, in which the sound components with the same phase are canceled by the cancellation elements from sound inputted to the microphone decided by the calculation element.