Abstract: The invention is to provide a failover method for improving overall reliability of a system including a large number of servers. Priorities set based on operating statuses of respective servers and shared devices capable of communicating with the respective servers in a failover system are stored in a storage portion while the priorities are associated with the respective servers, so that a failure processing portion of a management server retrieves a server based on the priorities and designates the retrieved server as a spare server when a failure occurs in one of the servers.

Abstract: A silicone rubber composition having such selective adhesiveness that shows high adhesion to an organic material than to a molding die is bonded to a sheet of the organic material and is vulcanized and cured in the mold. Thus, an elastomer keypad of double-layer structure is produced in which an organic material layer (3), which can be easily subjected to coating, bonding with an adhesive or pressure-sensitive adhesive, or the like, has been united and bonded as a surface layer to the rubber. Keytops are bonded to the elastomer keypad to produce a covering member (1) for push-button switches. A polyurethane elastomer sheet is preferably used as the organic material.

Abstract: It is to provide an EL sheet and a member for lighting a push-button switch capable of emitting light stably and sufficiently for a long period of time without trouble such as non-light emission phenomena and generation of black dot, even if the EL element is subjected to, for example, a drawing process to form into a three dimensional shape. A laminated EL sheet is formed that comprises a counter electrode layer 15, dielectric layer 14, light-emitting layer 13, transparent electrode layer 11. An adhesive layer 12 made of adhesive having excellent adhesiveness to the electroconductive polymer is disposed between the transparent electrode layer 11 made of an electroconductive polymer and the light-emitting layer 13. As for the adhesives having excellent adhesiveness, polyester, acrylic, cyanoacrylate, polyolefin, ethylene-vinyl acetate or ethylene ethyl acrylate type adhesive is used. The dielectric layer is made of fluoro type, polyester type or acrylic type resin binder.

Abstract: Unevenness in light-emission on the illuminated light is prevented, and deterioration in click-feeling is prevented. An EL element 5 is sandwiched and formed between a silicone rubber sheet 4a, to which a key top part 2 is fixed via an adhesion layer 3, and a silicone rubber sheet 4b having a protrusion 41. Formation of the EL element 5 on the silicone rubber sheet is done after applying the surface-modification treatment onto a surface of at least one of the silicone rubber sheets 4a, 4b for forming the EL element 5.

Abstract: An electronic apparatus includes an exterior casing; an accommodating section in the exterior casing and operable to detachably accommodate a disk-shaped recording medium; a recording/reproducing section operable to record data to and/or reproduce data from the disk-shaped recording medium accommodated in the accommodating section; an open/close cover on the exterior casing movable between a closed position for covering the accommodating section and an open position for uncovering the accommodating section; a lock mechanism operable to produce a locked state in which the cover is held in the closed position and an unlocked state in which the cover can move from the closed position to the open position; and an arm provided on an inside surface of the cover and extending through a center of the cover to a mutually facing position at an outer circumference of the cover.

Abstract: A vehicular remote control system has a mobile unit, a vehicle unit for establishing bidirectional wireless communication with the mobile unit, wherein the vehicle unit is able to transmit a wireless signal to the mobile unit through transmission antennas provided at a plurality of positions of a vehicle, and operational intention detector, provided at the plurality of positions of the vehicle corresponding to the transmission antennas, for detecting operational intention of a user approaching the positions. When a user's operational intention is detected, a predetermined request signal is transmitted from the vehicle unit to the mobile unit through a first transmission antenna, and the vehicle unit transmits an interrupt signal for preventing reception of the request signal, through a second transmission antenna.

Abstract: A push-button switch member which utilizes light energy without any loss for back-lighting on a display section and which realizes the back-lightening to the display section with an even luminance while suppressing power consumption and having high visibility and thin thickness. The push-button switch member includes a key-top portion and a cover base member which is provided at a predetermined portion of the key-top portion and which is adapted to be mounted to the circuit board. The key-top portion includes a display section for displaying a switching function and an area emitter which is integrally formed with the display section. The area emitter member is provided with a light emitting layer disposed between a base electrode and a transparent electrode, which is disposed so as to oppose the base electrode. The transparent electrode is arranged to be contacted to the display section and is formed of a transparent conductive polymer.

Abstract: A push-button switch member which utilizes light energy without any loss for back-lighting on a display section and which realizes the back-lightening to the display section with an even luminance while suppressing power consumption and having high visibility and thin thickness. The push-button switch member includes a key-top portion and a cover base member which is provided at a predetermined portion of the key-top portion and which is adapted to be mounted to the circuit board. The key-top portion includes a display section for displaying a switching function and an area emitter which is integrally formed with the display section. The area emitter member is provided with a light emitting layer disposed between a base electrode and a transparent electrode, which is disposed so as to oppose the base electrode. The transparent electrode is arranged to be contacted to the display section and is formed of a transparent conductive polymer.

Abstract: In a vehicular smart entry system, it is to shorten a delay time from the time a trigger occurred to the time a locking/unlocking operation of a door is performed. When a request signal is transmitted from a transmission antenna at a position where the trigger occurred (for example, the right exterior antenna 25), an interrupt signal (an inverse signal with a pulse string at the modulation inverted with respect to the request signal) for preventing reception of the request signal at any other position than the above position is transmitted from the transmission antenna (for example, left exterior antenna) arranged at any other position than the above position, simultaneously with the request signal.

Abstract: A remote controller for keyless entry according to the invention improves transmission power and avoids dielectric breakdown of an electronic circuit. The remote controller for keyless entry includes at least a case incorporating therein a transmission antenna and a transmission circuit and a conductive member (mechanical key) held at an end portion thereof by the cases and electrically insulated from the transmission circuit, wherein an entire outer surface or a part of an outer surface of the cases is formed into a conductive surface and the conductive surface and the conductive member are electrically connected. When the case is held by a hand, a fingertip and the conductive member (mechanical key) are electrically connected through the conductive surfaces of the outer surfaces of the cases and transmission power can be improved. Because the mechanical key and the internal antenna are not electrically connected, dielectric breakdown of an electronic circuit is not induced.

Abstract: It is an object to provide a push-button switch member (1), by utilizing light energy with out any loss for back-lightening on a display section, capable of realizing the back-lightening to the display section with even luminance while suppressing power consumption and having high visibility and thin thickness, the push-button switch member comprising a key-top portion (3) and a cover base member provided with the key top portion at a predetermined portion thereof and adapted to be mounted to the circuit board (5), the key-top portion (3) being provided with a display section (2) displaying a switching function and an area emitter (4) integrally formed with the display section, wherein the area emitter member (4) is provided with a light emitting layer (13) disposed between a base electrode (14), and a transparent electrode (10) disposed so as to oppose to the base electrode (14) and the transparent electrode (10) arranged to be contacted to the display section (2) is formed of a transparent conductive polyme

Abstract: It is an object to provide a push-button switch member (1), by utilizing light energy with out any loss for back-lightening on a display section, capable of realizing the back-lightening to the display section with even luminance while suppressing power consumption and having high visibility and thin thickness, the push-button switch member comprising a key-top portion (3) and a cover base member provided with the key top portion at a predetermined portion; thereof and adapted to be mounted to the circuit board (5), the key-top portion (3) being provided with a display section (2) displaying a switching function and an area emitter (4) integrally formed with the display section, wherein the area emitter member (4) is provided with a light emitting layer (13) disposed between a base electrode (14), and a transparent electrode (10) disposed so as to oppose to the base electrode (14) and the transparent electrode (10) arranged to be contacted to the display section (2) is formed of a transparent conductive polym