Abstract: Provided is a bumper cap to be attached to a shock absorber main body, and includes a cover part having an opening at one end, having a bottom part and a through hole penetrating the bottom part at another end, and configured to cover the shock absorber main body, and a plurality of protruding parts protruding from the bottom part of the cover part toward the opening side, and in which a gap is formed between the adjacent protruding parts, in which a suppression part configured to suppress a rotation of a fluid, which has flowed into a space between the inside of the cover part and the shock absorber main body from an outside of the cover part through the through hole, in the cover part is further provided.

Abstract: A vial supply system is provided with: a sampler configured to supply a vial to a predetermined supply destination by a transport arm; a management device communicatively connected to the sampler, the management device being configured to manage a supply operation of the vial by the sampler; and a display device provided so as to be able to communicate with the management device. When a teaching mode for performing teaching for setting a position of a transport arm at the time when a transport arm of the sampler transports the vial to and from the supply destination is started, the management device is configured to cause the display device to display an operation to be performed by a user in the teaching.

Abstract: A delivery system is disclosed, which has a transmission apparatus and a plurality of reception terminals communicably connected through a network. The transmission apparatus includes a correction section which pre-obtains a plurality of types of correction coefficients according to acoustic characteristics of the plurality of reception terminals and forms a plurality of corrected audio signals based on an audio signal and the correction coefficients; a conversion section which converts the plurality of corrected audio signals into a plurality of pieces of delivery data; and a delivery server which delivers the delivery data to the reception terminals through the network. Each of the reception terminals includes a communication section which communicates with the transmission apparatus. The transmission apparatus delivers to the reception terminals the delivery data according to the acoustic characteristics thereof.

Abstract: A delivery system is disclosed, which has a transmission apparatus and a plurality of reception terminals communicably connected through a network. The transmission apparatus includes a correction section which pre-obtains a plurality of types of correction coefficients according to acoustic characteristics of the plurality of reception terminals and forms a plurality of corrected audio signals based on an audio signal and the correction coefficients; a conversion section which converts the plurality of corrected audio signals into a plurality of pieces of delivery data; and a delivery server which delivers the delivery data to the reception terminals through the network. Each of the reception terminals includes a communication section which communicates with the transmission apparatus. The transmission apparatus delivers to the reception terminals the delivery data according to the acoustic characteristics thereof.

Abstract: A digital piano apparatus includes an input unit including a plurality of keys and a plurality of pedals, a sound source unit, a sound field synthesizing unit, and a speaker unit. The sound field synthesizing unit includes virtual sound source spot signal generating means for generating a plurality of virtual sound source spot signals of a number equivalent to the number of output channels in the speaker unit, the plurality of virtual sound source spot signals being used for forming reproduced sound fields of a grand piano on the basis of a plurality of tone signals supplied from the sound source unit; mixing means for mixing each virtual sound source spot signal with the remaining virtual sound source spot signals; and sound effect means for applying a sound effect by signal processing using impulse responses to the virtual sound source spot signals.

Abstract: Disclosed is a piano sound source apparatus for adding a piano sound source providing a plurality of sinusoidal oscillation frequencies and a noise source providing a plurality of noise oscillation frequencies to output a composite tone. The apparatus includes an oscillation control unit that controls the frequency and amplitude of each of sine waves corresponding to the sinusoidal oscillation frequencies on the basis of time, an amplitude control unit that controls the amplitude of each of the sine waves corresponding to the sinusoidal oscillation frequencies in accordance with the intensity of the composite tone, and a mixing-proportion control unit that controls the amplitude of each of the noise oscillation frequencies in accordance with the intensity of the composite tone to control the mixing proportion of the amplitudes of the noise oscillation frequencies and those of the sine waves corresponding to the sinusoidal oscillation frequencies.

Abstract: Disclosed is a piano sound source apparatus for adding a piano sound source providing a plurality of sinusoidal oscillation frequencies and a noise source providing a plurality of noise oscillation frequencies to output a composite tone. The apparatus includes an oscillation control unit that controls the frequency and amplitude of each of sine waves corresponding to the sinusoidal oscillation frequencies on the basis of time, an amplitude control unit that controls the amplitude of each of the sine waves corresponding to the sinusoidal oscillation frequencies in accordance with the intensity of the composite tone, and a mixing-proportion control unit that controls the amplitude of each of the noise oscillation frequencies in accordance with the intensity of the composite tone to control the mixing proportion of the amplitudes of the noise oscillation frequencies and those of the sine waves corresponding to the sinusoidal oscillation frequencies.

Abstract: A digital piano apparatus includes an input unit including a plurality of keys and a plurality of pedals, a sound source unit, a sound field synthesizing unit, and a speaker unit. The sound field synthesizing unit includes virtual sound source spot signal generating means for generating a plurality of virtual sound source spot signals of a number equivalent to the number of output channels in the speaker unit, the plurality of virtual sound source spot signals being used for forming reproduced sound fields of a grand piano on the basis of a plurality of tone signals supplied from the sound source unit; mixing means for mixing each virtual sound source spot signal with the remaining virtual sound source spot signals; and sound effect means for applying a sound effect by signal processing using impulse responses to the virtual sound source spot signals.

Abstract: A video material selecting apparatus and a method for selecting a video material are proposed, which can remarkably improve the operating efficiency of the selecting operation for the video material. The video data and associated data of each video materials which satisfy requirements inputted through an inputting means, out of the plurality of video materials from a storing means, and the reference image and associated information of each video material are displayed on a screen based on the video data and the associated data.

Abstract: Facsimile apparatus stores, in a memory, a telephone number for connecting to a server of an Internet facsimile transmission service company. The facsimile apparatus transmits facsimile signals via the Internet, a registration number of a user of the service company, a facsimile number of the destination, and a protocol for connecting to the service company. Connection to a server of the service company is established by pressing a button and further processing for connection with the Internet is executed. The server of the service company converts the image information of the facsimile signals as received from the facsimile apparatus into image data of its own format appropriate for Internet transfer, selects a second server which is located close to the destination based on the destination facsimile number, and transfers the data via the Internet. The second server reconverts the image data into a format conforming to the destination facsimile, connects to the destination facsimile, and transmits the data.

Abstract: A video material selecting apparatus and a method for selecting a video material are proposed, which can remarkably improve the operating efficiency of the selecting operation for the video material. The video data and associated data of each video materials which satisfy requirements inputted through an inputting means, out of the plurality of video materials from a storing means, and the reference image and associated information of each video material are displayed on a screen based on the video data and the associated data.

Abstract: A data storage control method and a data storage control apparatus are provided which mitigate the access concentration on a particular storage unit while maintaining both high-speed operation and system redundancy. To be more specific, driver blocks installed on client machines respectively each function as a controller for dividing source data into blocks and storing these blocks in a plurality of storage units in a distributed manner. These blocks include primary data blocks for normal use and secondary data blocks which are alternatively used if the primary data have inaccessible blocks. The controller, when storing the secondary blocks into the plurality of storage units, stores last j blocks in place of first j blocks in every N blocks, N being equal to the number of storage units, and sequentially updates the value of j from 1 to N−1 for every N blocks.

Abstract: A data recording and/or reproducing apparatus and method for the system scale is arranged to capable of being expanded.

Abstract: Data read out from a disk storage device by a read thread is stored into a ring buffer on a predetermined unit basis. This process is independently controlled every element. The data is read out from the buffer by an output thread in accordance with a predetermined order and is outputted as a stream. Each element includes the disk storage device, the read thread, and the ring buffer, and is periodically checked by the thread and a flag is set to an element in which a using ratio of the buffer is equal to or less than a predetermined value. When the flag has been set to the other elements and the using ratio of the buffer of the initially set element is equal to or larger than a predetermined value, each thread pauses the reading operation of the data from the disk. The absorption of a fluctuation in the disk and the distribution of the ability according to a load are executed by the buffer and the flag so that the moving image bit stream can be stably outputted.

Abstract: An analog to digital converting system for a video signal is disclosed in which an analog video signal is fed to an analog to digital converter, then converted to a digital video signal, a digital burst signal is extracted from the digital video signal thus converted, the digital burst signal is multiplied by first and second AC signals having the same frequency as the burst frequency but different in phase to each other to produce first and second digital product signals, first and second digital signals representing DC components are derived from the first and second digital product signals, and the first and second digital signals are calculated to thereby control the phase of the sampling clock at the analog to digital converter.

Abstract: An improved copper base alloy having excellent thermal resistance and electric conductivity. The alloy consists essentially of from 0.0005 to 0.01 percent boron, a material selected from the group consisting of phosphorus from 0.001 to 0.01 percent, indium from 0.002 to 0.03 percent, tellurium from 0.001 to 0.06 percent and mixtures thereof, and the balance copper and inevitable impurities. The copper base alloy may further contain from 0.002 to 0.05 percent magnesium whereby the magnesium imparts further enhanced thermal resistance to the alloy.

Abstract: A corrosion resistant structural aluminum alloy excellent in extrudability which consists essentially of, in weight percentage:Magnesium from 0.45 to 0.98%,Silicon from 0.3 to 0.8%,Zinc from 0.5 to 2.5%,and, the balance aluminum and incidental impurities; said alloy including a corrosion resistant structural aluminum alloy excellent in extrudability further additionally containing, as required, at least one element selected from the group consisting of, in weight percentage:Copper from 0.04 to 0.30%,Zirconium from 0.04 to 0.25%,Chromium from 0.04 to 0.30%, andManganese from 0.04 to 0.25%.

Abstract: A corrosion resistant bright aluminum alloy for die-casting which consisting essentially of, in weight percentage:______________________________________ Zinc from 0.5 to 2.5%, Magnesium from 1.1 to 3.0%, Silicon from 0.3 to 1.2%, Iron from 0.2 to 1.5%, Manganese from 0.3 to 1.2%, Copper from 0.1 to 0.3%, and the balance aluminum and incidental impurities; ______________________________________Said alloy for die-casting further additionally containing from 0.001 to 2.000% in weight percentage in total of at least one element selected from the group consisting of: ______________________________________ Titanium from 0.05 to 0.30%, Chromium from 0.05 to 0.50%, Boron from 0.01 to 0.05%, Zirconium from 0.05 to 0.30%, Vanadium from 0.05 to 0.30%, Cobalt from 0.05 to 0.50%, Antimony from 0.05 to 0.30%, Nickel from 0.05 to 2.00%, and Beryllium from 0.001 to 0.005%.