Abstract: The present invention provides a vehicle control device that enhances safety in an event of a collision of a vehicle. The vehicle control device includes: a speed calculator that calculates a vehicle speed at a time of collision when the collision of the vehicle is detected by the collision detection sensor, and a driving assist controller that performs automatic brake control based on the vehicle speed at the time of collision calculated by the speed calculator, wherein when a brake pedal is depressed at the time of collision of the vehicle, the speed calculator calculates the vehicle speed at the time of collision based on a highest of respective detected values by the wheel speed sensors for a plurality of wheels.

Abstract: A portable information apparatus is provided. The portable information apparatus includes a first chassis, a second chassis and a hinge device. The hinge device includes a set of outer shell members disposed side-by-side along an arrangement direction of the first chassis and the second chassis and is respectively equipped with hollow parts, a set of inner shell members each of which is disposed so as to stride over a boundary at least between lower faces of the mutually adjacent outer shell members in the hollow parts of the mutually adjacent outer shell members, a first coupling section which couples each inner shell member and one of the mutually adjacent outer shell members together and a second coupling section which couples each inner shell member and the other of the mutually adjacent outer shell members together.

Abstract: An electronic apparatus having a sub display is provided. The electronic apparatus includes a hinge mechanism connecting a main body chassis and a display chassis; a movable plate provided on a top surface of the main body chassis and is turnable in a direction in which its rear end moves up and down around a rotating shaft part provided at its front end; a drive mechanism that turns the movable plate in conjunction with a turning operation between the main body chassis and the display chassis by the hinge mechanism; and a release mechanism that releases an interlocking state of the turning operation and the movable plate by the drive mechanism to allow the movable plate to turn in a downward direction when the movable plate of which the rear end is located at a raised position receives a predetermined external force in the downward direction.

Abstract: An electronic apparatus is disclosed. The electronic apparatus includes a first chassis having a keyboard device on its top surface; a second chassis having a display on its front surface; a hinge mechanism connecting the first chassis and the second chassis; a movable plate disposed in the rear of the keyboard device on the top surface of the first chassis, and is configured to be turnable in a direction of moving its rear end up and down centering on a rotating shaft provided on its front end; and a drive mechanism that causes the movable plate to turn in conjunction with a turning motion of the first chassis and the second chassis through the hinge mechanism.

Abstract: A portable information apparatus is provided. The portable information apparatus includes a first chassis, a second chassis and a hinge device. The hinge device includes a set of outer shell members disposed side-by-side along an arrangement direction of the first chassis and the second chassis and is respectively equipped with hollow parts, a set of inner shell members each of which is disposed so as to stride over a boundary at least between lower faces of the mutually adjacent outer shell members in the hollow parts of the mutually adjacent outer shell members, a first coupling section which couples each inner shell member and one of the mutually adjacent outer shell members together and a second coupling section which couples each inner shell member and the other of the mutually adjacent outer shell members together.

Abstract: An electronic apparatus is disclosed. The electronic apparatus includes a first chassis having a keyboard device on its top surface; a second chassis having a display on its front surface; a hinge mechanism connecting the first chassis and the second chassis; a movable plate disposed in the rear of the keyboard device on the top surface of the first chassis, and is configured to be turnable in a direction of moving its rear end up and down centering on a rotating shaft provided on its front end; and a drive mechanism that causes the movable plate to turn in conjunction with a turning motion of the first chassis and the second chassis through the hinge mechanism.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a gel composition containing at least one kind of modified water-soluble hyaluronic acid selected from the group consisting of hyaluronic acid having an anionic modifying group and a salt of the hyaluronic acid and an ion of at least one kind of element selected from the group consisting of elements belonging to from Period 3 to Period 6 and from Group 2 to Group 12 in Periodic Table.

Abstract: A display device is able to prevent peeling-off and falling-off of a component while promoting improvement of appearance quality and downsizing of the display device itself. The display device includes a display panel, cover glass which is disposed on the front-face side of the display panel, a back-face cover which is disposed on the back-face side of the display panel, a bezel member having a vertical wall which is disposed upright on the inner-face side of an outer peripheral edge of the back-face cover and surrounds a peripheral edge of the display panel and a cushion member which is fixed to the bezel member and protects an outer peripheral end face of the cover glass.

Abstract: A display device is able to prevent peeling-off and falling-off of a component while promoting improvement of appearance quality and downsizing of the display device itself. The display device includes a display panel, cover glass which is disposed on the front-face side of the display panel, a back-face cover which is disposed on the back-face side of the display panel, a bezel member having a vertical wall which is disposed upright on the inner-face side of an outer peripheral edge of the back-face cover and surrounds a peripheral edge of the display panel and a cushion member which is fixed to the bezel member and protects an outer peripheral end face of the cover glass.

Abstract: An electronic apparatus which includes a hinge module includes a first housing in which a window unit is formed in a holding unit which holds the hinge module, a second housing which is joined to the first housing, and a substrate holding member which is arranged between the first housing and the second housing, and wherein the substrate holding member passes through the window unit of the first housing and includes a locking unit which locks the hinge module by being pressed by the second housing.

Abstract: An antenna shaft of an antenna is first inserted through a shaft through-hole created on a lateral plate casing of a stationary-side front case. Then, a flange on the antenna shaft is screw-fixed in a screw hole created at a predetermined position on the lateral plate casing of the stationary-side front case. When the antenna shaft of the antenna is inserted through the shaft through-hole created on the lateral plate casing, an inserted tip of the antenna shaft abuts against a substantially V-shaped connection receiving unit, which is fixed on a circuit board in the stationary-side front case. As a result, an electric connection is established between the antenna and the circuit board.

Abstract: A pair of side keys disposed on a lateral plate casing of a stationary-side rear case in a cellular phone is coupled with a film sheet that is fabricated in a substantially identical length to the length of the pair of side keys. The pair of side keys is coupled with the film sheet by applying double-faced adhesive tapes having adhesive faces on both sides only to both ends of the film sheet.

Abstract: An electronic apparatus which includes a hinge module includes a first housing in which a window unit is formed in a holding unit which holds the hinge module, a second housing which is joined to the first housing, and a substrate holding member which is arranged between the first housing and the second housing, and wherein the substrate holding member passes through the window unit of the first housing and includes a locking unit which locks the hinge module by being pressed by the second housing.

Abstract: Disclosed are a method for the antimicrobial treatment of a fiber and a process for the production of an antimicrobial fiber, each of which is characterized by immersing the fiber in an aqueous solution containing a noble metal ion or a noble metal complex and irradiating the aqueous solution with ?-ray or electron beam. In the method for the antimicrobial treatment of a fiber and the process for the production of an antimicrobial fiber, the noble metal constituting the noble metal ion or the noble metal complex is at least one noble metal selected from the group consisting of gold, silver, platinum, palladium, ruthenium, rhodium, iridium and rhenium. Also disclosed is an antimicrobial fiber produced by the process.

Abstract: An antenna shaft of an antenna is first inserted through a shaft through-hole created on a lateral plate casing of a stationary-side front case. Then, a flange on the antenna shaft is screw-fixed in a screw hole created at a predetermined position on the lateral plate casing of the stationary-side front case. When the antenna shaft of the antenna is inserted through the shaft through-hole created on the lateral plate casing, an inserted tip of the antenna shaft abuts against a substantially V-shaped connection receiving unit, which is fixed on a circuit board in the stationary-side front case. As a result, an electric connection is established between the antenna and the circuit board.

Abstract: A pair of side keys disposed on a lateral plate casing of a stationary-side rear case in a cellular phone is coupled with a film sheet that is fabricated in a substantially identical length to the length of the pair of side keys. The pair of side keys is coupled with the film sheet by applying double-faced adhesive tapes having adhesive faces on both sides only to both ends of the film sheet.

Abstract: The present invention provides a method for producing noble metal/magnetic metal oxide composite fine particles comprising the steps of dispersing magnetic metal oxide fine particles in a solution containing a noble metal ion or adding to the solution a metal ion that can form the magnetic metal oxide, and then irradiating the resulting dispersion or solution with ultrasonic waves, ionizing radiation or ultraviolet waves; and noble metal/magnetic metal oxide composite fine particles obtained according to the method. According to the method of the present invention, the desired composite particles can be stably mass-produced in a high yield. The composite particles thus obtained are for use in the field of medical care/diagnosis and like technical fields in particular.

Abstract: It is an exemplified object of the present invention to provide an image-forming device that can form a high-quality multicolor image at relatively low cost. To achieve the above object, the inventive image-forming device includes an endless belt that conveys a recordable medium; plural image-forming units that form a toner layer on the recordable medium via the endless belt; and a fixer that fixes the toner layer on the recordable medium, and a first pressing force applicable to the recordable medium by a last image-forming unit at a downstream side along a direction in which the recordable medium is conveyed among the plural image-forming units is greater than a second pressing force applicable to the recordable medium by another image-forming unit adjacent to the last image-forming unit at the downstream side among the plural image-forming units.

Abstract: It is an exemplified object of the present invention to provide an image-forming device that can form a high-quality multicolor image at relatively low cost. To achieve the above object, the inventive image-forming device comprises an endless belt that conveys a recordable medium; plural image-forming units that form a toner layer on the recordable medium via the endless belt; and a fixer that fixes the toner layer on the recordable medium, and a first pressing force applicable to the recordable medium by a last image-forming unit at a downstream side along a direction in which the recordable medium is conveyed among the plural image-forming units is greater than a second pressing force applicable to the recordable medium by another image-forming unit adjacent to the last image-forming unit at the downstream side among the plural image-forming units.

Abstract: In a computer system capable of being configured in a multiprocessor system, a plurality of virtual machines are grouped by object of use to define a plurality of processor groups. Each processor has an identifier for a processor group to which it belongs. When an instruction which requires synchronous execution among the processors is executed, the processor identifies the processor group to which it belongs and requests the synchronous execution of the instruction to only the processors in the group. In another aspect, each processor which has a request for execution refers to its own identifier to determine if the request is from a processor of the same group in order to determine whether it should execute the instruction or not. When the processor completes the execution of the instruction, it sends an end signal to the requesting processor so that another instruction from other processors in the same group can be executed.