Abstract: A fluid ejection device includes: a modulator adapted to pulse-modulate a drive waveform signal forming a basis of a drive signal of an actuator to obtain a modulated signal; a digital power amplifier circuit adapted to power-amplify the modulated signal to obtain a power-amplified modulated signal; a low pass filter adapted to smooth the power-amplified modulated signal to obtain the drive signal; and a power amplification stopping section operating when holding a voltage of the actuator constant.

Abstract: A low-power diversity receiver includes at least two receive paths, each of which is designated as a primary or secondary receive path. A primary receive path is compliant with system requirements (e.g., IS-98D requirements). A secondary receive path is not fully compliant with the system requirements and is designed for lower power, less area, and lower cost than the primary receive path. For a multi-antenna receiver, the two receive paths may be used to simultaneously process two received signals from two antennas. For a single-antenna receiver, either the primary or secondary receive path is selected, e.g., depending on whether or not large amplitude “jammers” are detected, to process a single input signal from one antenna. The receiver may include additional receive paths for additional frequency bands and/or GPS.

Abstract: A color gamut for each printing mode is maximally used, a color separation table is used, which includes an area (color reproduction maintaining area) for which an image having a color difference of a predetermined value or less between printing modes in a case where the same input value is input is output and an area (area other than the color reproduction maintaining area) for which an image having a color difference of a predetermined value or more between the printing modes in a case where the same input value is input is output. From this, a color matching table can be shared between the printing modes.

Abstract: A control device is connectable to a surgical instrument, and controls the surgical instrument. When the surgical instrument is connected, the control device determines the quality of the surgical instrument by performing a plurality of different tests.

Abstract: A medical apparatus system includes: a medical apparatus having an ejection unit which ejects a liquid; and a liquid supply device which supplies the liquid to the medical apparatus. The liquid supply device includes: a supply channel through which the liquid is supplied to the ejection unit; a pressurizing unit which pressurizes the liquid in the supply channel; a blocking unit which blocks the supply channel; and a control unit which causes the pressurizing unit to pressurize the liquid in the supply channel in the state where the supply channel is blocked by the blocking unit.

Abstract: A control apparatus controls a detachable electric instrument. The control apparatus includes a drive signal output unit configured to output a drive signal to the electric instrument; a relay provided in a sending route of the drive signal; a switching unit configured to output a switching signal that switches the relay between ON and OFF; an inspection signal output unit configured to output an inspection signal that inspects the relay to the sending route in a state in which the electric instrument is not connected; and a blocking determining unit configured to determine whether the inspection signal is blocked by the relay in a state in which the relay is turned OFF by the switching signal.

Abstract: A medical instrument for ejecting liquid includes a liquid chamber that contains the liquid, a driving unit that pressurizes the liquid contained in the liquid chamber, and a vibration detector that detects vibration when the driving unit is driven.

Abstract: A fluid ejection device includes: a modulator adapted to pulse-modulate a drive waveform signal forming a basis of a drive signal of an actuator to obtain a modulated signal; a digital power amplifier circuit adapted to power-amplify the modulated signal to obtain a power-amplified modulated signal; a low pass filter adapted to smooth the power-amplified modulated signal to obtain the drive signal; and a power amplification stopping section operating when holding a voltage of the actuator constant.

Abstract: A cathode electrode for a fuel cell, includes a conductive carrier having pores and a catalyst having a platinum alloy supported in the pores of the conductive carrier, wherein the catalyst has in a pore diameter range of 2 to 6 nm when diameters of the pores is plotted in relation with volumes of the pores a peak value of more than 1 cm3/g and also a BET specific surface area of 1300 m2/g.

Abstract: A liquid ejection device includes a drive waveform generator generating a drive waveform signal; a modulator performing pulse modulation on a signal from the drive waveform generator to provide a modulated signal; a digital power amplifier performing power amplification on the modulated signal to provide an amplified digital signal; a lowpass filter smoothing the amplified digital signal to provide a drive signal of an actuator; a compensator advancing the phase of the drive signal to provide a negative feedback signal; and a subtractor providing a differential signal between the drive waveform signal and the negative feedback signal as an input signal to the modulator. The liquid ejection device can be used as a liquid ejection surgical instrument.

Abstract: A liquid ejection apparatus which, by applying a drive voltage waveform to a piezoelectric element which drives an ejection nozzle, ejects a liquid from the ejection nozzle. The apparatus includes a reference voltage generating unit which generates a plurality of reference voltages, a drive voltage waveform data storage unit classifies the drive voltage waveform as either a voltage increasing section, decreasing section, or holding section, and stores drive voltage waveform data including a required time of a waveform section configuring the drive voltage waveform, and a voltage, selected from the plurality of reference voltages for the waveform section. The apparatus also includes a drive voltage waveform application unit which, in accordance with information relating to an adjustment of the ejection amount of the liquid ejected from the ejection nozzle, changes the required time included in the drive voltage waveform data, and applies the drive voltage waveform to the piezoelectric element.

Abstract: In order to simultaneously carry out, at a smaller sensor density, (i) detection of color information (recognition of a color) of visible light which enters a detection target surface and (ii) detection of an input position of the visible light, a liquid-crystal panel (20) included in a liquid-crystal display device of the present invention has an area sensor function of detecting color information and an input position of visible light by sensing an input image of the visible light on a panel surface. The liquid-crystal panel (20) (position detecting section) includes (i) a yellow sensor (31Y) including a light sensor element (30) which senses an intensity of green light and red light from among three primary color lights and (ii) a cyan sensor (31C) including a light sensor element (30) which senses an intensity of blue light and green light from among the three primary color lights.

Abstract: An excision device configured to excise living tissue by ejecting liquid includes: a supplying unit configured to supply liquid to be ejected; a chamber configured to be filled with the supplied liquid; an ejection nozzle connected to the chamber; a drive member configured to be deformed in the direction to reduce the volume of the chamber when a drive voltage is applied more than a case where the drive voltage is not applied; a liquid ejecting unit configured to eject the liquid in the chamber in a pulsed manner from the ejection nozzle by applying the drive voltage to the drive member in a state in which the chamber is filled with the supplied liquid; and an air-bubble detecting unit configured to detect air bubbles in the chamber by detecting an electric current flowing in the drive member when the drive voltage is applied to the drive member.

Abstract: A fluid ejection device includes: a modulator adapted to pulse-modulate a drive waveform signal forming a basis of a drive signal of an actuator to obtain a modulated signal; a digital power amplifier circuit adapted to power-amplify the modulated signal to obtain a power-amplified modulated signal; a low pass filter adapted to smooth the power-amplified modulated signal to obtain the drive signal; and a power amplification stopping section operating when holding a voltage of the actuator constant.

Abstract: A touch panel includes: an infrared light transmitting material through which infrared light is transmitted and which has a surface as a touch surface (20) touched by a detection subject; area sensors (3) including photo sensor elements (4) below a touch region, which is touched by the detection subject, of the infrared light transmitting material; and infrared light sources (1) provided outside the touch region, the infrared light sources (1) emitting infrared light along said surface of the infrared light transmitting material such that an entire circumference of the detection subject touching the touch surface (20) is irradiated with the infrared light, the touch panel detecting a position touched by the detection subject so that the photo sensor element (4) receives, among infrared light emitted by the infrared light sources (1) along said surface, infrared light reflected by the detection subject and transmitted through the infrared light transmitting material.

Abstract: When a grid point that is the object to be mapped is present in a first division region a color of which has lightness equal to or higher than the lightness at the maximum chroma point in the color gamut and has chroma higher than the chroma at that point, the intersection of a straight line connecting the grid point to the maximum chroma point and an achromatic axis is calculated and a point having lightness equal to or higher than the lightness of the intersection is set as the focal color. Then, the intersection of a straight line connecting the object grid point to the focal color and the boundary of color gamut is set as an output color for the grid point. The output colors are prevented from being separated into color on the high and on the low lightness sides with respect to the maximum chroma point.

Abstract: A liquid crystal display device of the present invention includes a liquid crystal panel (20) having an area sensor function of detecting the position of an input from an outside source by detecting an image on a panel surface. The liquid crystal panel (20) (position detecting section), provided with visible light sensors (31A) each containing light sensor elements (30) that detect the intensity of received visible light and infrared light sensors (31B) each containing light sensor elements (30) that detect the intensity of received infrared light, which detects an input position by the visible light sensors (31A) and the infrared light sensors (31B) separately detecting an image on the detector surface. The liquid crystal display device further includes a backlight (light-emitting section) for irradiating the liquid crystal panel (20) with light containing infrared light.

Abstract: A pneumatic tire capable of reducing rolling resistance and discharging static electricity generated during running, wherein each of a tread rubber, a breaker rubber, and a sidewall rubber formed on the tread part, the breaker part, and the sidewall part, respectively, has a volume specific resistivity of 1×108 ?·cm or more, the pneumatic tire further including a conduction rubber embedded in the tread part so as to be at least partially exposed to a surface of the tread part, bead part rubber disposed at a region contacting a rim flange of the bead part, and electroconductive rubber electrically connecting the conduction rubber to the beat part rubber, wherein each of the conduction rubber, the bead part rubber, and the electroconductive rubber has a volume specific resistivity of less than 108 ?·cm.

Abstract: A stylus pen is obtained that allows accurate detection of a touched position regardless of the tilt of the stylus pen at a time of a touch operation on a capacitive touch panel. A stylus pen 100 comprises a pen body section 103 constituted of a non-conductive member and held by an operator, a pen tip section 102 formed, on one end of the pen body section 103, to taper toward the tip side, and a spherical member 101 constituted of a conductive member and mounted on a tip of the pen tip section, where a contact member is mounted on the pen body section such that a hand of an operator contacts the contact member when the operator holds the pen body section, and the contact member and the spherical member are connected by a conducting wire penetrating through the pen body section and the pen tip section.

Abstract: Rubber-cord complex 9 having improved wet heat adhesive property between rubber and cord. The rubber-cord complex includes cord 10 comprising drawn plated wire 17 prepared by providing brass plated layer 16E on surface of element wire 15 and drawing the resulting plated wire and rubber 12 vulcanized and bonded to cord 10. The rubber-cord complex 9 has adhesion reaction layer 25 (formed by cross-linking sulfur and copper) between rubber 12 and brass plated layer 16E. Adhesion reaction layer 25 has average thickness of 50-1,000 nm. Interface S between adhesion reaction layer 25 and the rubber has a fractal dimension of 1.001-1.300 in a wet heat deterioration state after being subjected to vulcanization to bond rubber 12 thereto and being held at a temperature of 50-100° C. and a humidity of 60-100% for one hour to 20 days.