Abstract: An information processing device that presents at least one of data stored in memory or indexes corresponding to the data; receives a selection of the presented at least one of the data or the indexes corresponding to the data; obtains information related to the selected at least one of the data or the indexes corresponding to the data; generates at least one search key abstracted from the obtained information; searches for data within the memory based on the at least one search key; and presents at least one of the data or indexes corresponding to the data as a search result.

Abstract: A vehicle seat is provided with an operation member operated to tilt a seatback forward and disposed at such a position as to be operated from behind a seat body. The vehicle seat includes: an operation link connected at one end to the operation member and operated to be pivoted; a link mechanism that is pivotally connected to a lower end of the operation link, receives force, generated by an operation of the operation member, from the operation link to be moved, and outputs the force for cancelling fixation of a reclining angle of the seatback; and a torsion spring that is wound around a pivotally-connected portion at which the link mechanism is pivotally connected to the operation link, and biases the operation link such that the operation link is pivoted toward an initial position in which the operation link is located before being operated.

Abstract: A non-consumable electrode type arc welding apparatus includes a torch having an electrode portion and a nozzle, a gas supply that supplies, to the torch, a shielding gas flowing through a gap formed between the electrode portion and the nozzle, a first power source that applies a voltage between the electrode portion and the nozzle to generate a pilot arc, a second power source that applies a voltage between the electrode portion and a work to generate a main arc, and a controller that controls the first power source and the second power source. The electrode portion has an electrode and an electrode holding portion holding a base portion of the electrode, the electrode holding portion has a protrusion protruding toward the nozzle from the side facing the nozzle, and the protrusion and the nozzle are caused contact and separate from each other.

Abstract: A video processing unit has a diaphragm control unit which uses a diaphragm to limit the light quantity emitted in accordance with information indicating the brightness of the supplied video signal. Here, the diaphragm control unit controls the open degree of the diaphragm in accordance with a difference between the open degree of the diaphragm detected by a diaphragm drive unit which detects the open degree of the diaphragm and a target open degree of the diaphragm based on the information indicating the brightness of the supplied video signal.

Abstract: A relay contact is connected between positive power supply input terminals of first and second inverters, and a relay contact is connected between negative power supply input terminals of the inverters. A positive DC power supply terminal is connected to the positive power supply input terminal of the first inverter, and a negative DC power supply terminal is connected to the negative power supply input terminal of the second inverter. A drive unit opens or closes the relay contacts when a voltage appearing between the positive and negative DC power supply terminals is larger than a predetermined value or is not larger than the predetermined value, respectively. A diode has its anode and cathode connected to the negative power supply input terminal of the first inverter the positive power supply input terminal of the second inverter, respectively.

Abstract: A high-strength ignition coil that can reduce stress produced in a coil case and prevent a casting material from being cracked when the ignition coil is mounted on an engine block. A coil case has a mounting flange on an outer surface thereof. A coil assembly is housed in the coil case. A casting material is filled into a gap between the coil case and the coil assembly and gaps which the coil assembly has. A plurality of first guide ribs are provided on an inner wall surface of the coil case or an outer surface of the coil assembly, for positioning the outer surface of the coil assembly with respect to the inner wall surface of the coil case. A limited area in which there is no first guide rib is provided on the inner wall surface of the coil case which faces the mounting flange, or the outer surface of the coil assembly which faces the mounting flange via the inner wall surface of the coil case.

Abstract: A liquid crystal display device includes a liquid crystal panel including a plurality of liquid crystal cells, a common voltage generation circuit that supplies a common voltage to the liquid crystal panel, a liquid crystal drive circuit that implements control for supplying the plurality of liquid crystal cells with voltage that accords with a video signal to display an image on the liquid crystal panel, and for reversing a polarity of the voltage supplied to the plurality of liquid crystal cells, and an adjustment module that stores characteristics data for correcting fluctuations in brightness and, based on the characteristics data, adjusts the brightness of the image displayed on the liquid crystal panel.

Abstract: A laser output power command determination value from a controller (17) is input to an upper limit current determination unit (32), and an upper limit current value to be decided based on the laser output power command determination value is determined. Then, a second comparator (30) compares a command current value determined from the laser output power command determination value and a laser output power command determination value measured with a power monitor (13), with an upper limit current value determined with a upper limit current determination unit (32). The second comparator (30) determines a command current value when the upper limit current value is greater than the command current value and the upper limit current value when the command current value is greater than the upper limit current value, as a reference current value, by which reference current value a current to be supplied to pumping means is configured to be controlled.

Abstract: An ignition coil is equipped with a sparkplug of an engine. The ignition coil includes a coil portion, a tower portion, and a plug cap. The coil portion includes a coil case accommodating a primary and secondary coils being coaxial with each other. The coil portion has an end connected with the plug cap via the tower portion. The plug cap is press-fitted with the sparkplug. The coil case has an outer periphery from which a flange portion projects radially outward in a flange-projecting direction. The tower cylinder portion has a tower axis substantially in parallel with a coil axis of the primary and secondary coils. The tower axis is offset from the coil axis in a tower-offset direction. The tower-offset direction is substantially the same as the flange-projecting direction.

Abstract: A laser generator includes a generation means for pumping by a pumping light source (7) a pumping medium (3) to generate a fundamental-wave laser beam, an output sensor (6) for measuring average output power or pulse energy of the fundamental-wave laser beam, a wavelength-conversion element (5), arranged on an optical path for the fundamental-wave laser beam, for converting the fundamental-wave laser beam into its higher-harmonic-wave laser beam, and a controller (9) for memorizing a determination value set to a value lower than a breakage threshold for average output power or pulse energy of the laser beam converted by the wavelength-conversion element (5), and for, when the measurement value becomes not lower than the determination value, controlling the output power of the fundamental-wave laser beam to be a value lower than the breakage threshold; thereby, the beam intensity through the wavelength-conversion element (5) never exceeds the breakage threshold, and thus breakage of the wavelength-conversion e

Abstract: A high-strength ignition coil that can prevent distortion arising from pin marks formed on a surface of a core and makes it less likely for insulating resin to be cracked. The coil assembly is housed in a coil case. A casting material is filled into a gap between the coil case and the coil assembly and gaps which the coil assembly has. The coil assembly is comprised of a coil pair including a cylindrical primary coil and a secondary coil disposed concentrically with the primary coil, and a core. The core is fitted into a central space of the coil pair and forms a magnetic path. The core is coated with mold resin. Concave portions of pin marks formed on a mold resin coating by removal of core fixing pins when the mold resin coating is formed are filled with mold resin.

Abstract: An ophthalmic treatment method for inhibiting death of retinal constitutive cells of an eye by stimulating the cells includes a first step of placing a positive electrode and a negative electrode in such positions outside the eye that the electrodes provide electrical stimulation to the cells, at least one of the electrodes being placed on one of a cornea and sclera of the eye; and a second step of generating an electrical stimulation pulse having an electric current set at 20 ?A or more but not exceeding 300 ?A from each placed electrode.

Abstract: Plural LDs 6 are series-connected and pump a solid-state pumping medium 7. Each of bypass circuits 15 is connected in parallel to an associated one of the LDs 6. An operation of driving each of the bypass circuits 15 is controlled by a control circuit 14. A detection circuit 13 is provided corresponding to each of the LDs 6 and detects a short circuit failure and an open failure of each of the LDs 6 according to a voltage developed thereacross or the like. The detection circuit 13 and the control circuit 14 are connected to and are controlled by an LD shortcircuit control circuit 11. In a case where a failure of the LD is detected by the detection circuit 13, the LD shortcircuit control unit 11 determines the position of the failed LD to bypass electric current having flowed through the failed LD. Then, the control circuit 11 sends a signal to a predetermined control circuit 14 to thereby operate a predetermined bypass circuit 15.

Abstract: A laser output power command determination value from a controller (17) is input to an upper limit current determination unit (32), and an upper limit current value to be decided based on the laser output power command determination value is determined. Then, a second comparator (30) compares a command current value determined from the laser output power command determination value and a laser output power command determination value measured with a power monitor (13), with an upper limit current value determined with a upper limit current determination unit (32). The second comparator (30) determines a command current value when the upper limit current value is greater than the command current value and the upper limit current value when the command current value is greater than the upper limit current value, as a reference current value, by which reference current value a current to be supplied to pumping means is configured to be controlled.

Abstract: An ignition coil is equipped with a sparkplug of an engine. The ignition coil includes a coil portion, a tower portion, and a plug cap. The coil portion includes a coil case accommodating a primary and secondary coils being coaxial with each other. The coil portion has an end connected with the plug cap via the tower portion. The plug cap is press-fitted with the sparkplug. The coil case has an outer periphery from which a flange portion projects radially outward in a flange-projecting direction. The tower cylinder portion has a tower axis substantially in parallel with a coil axis of the primary and secondary coils. The tower axis is offset from the coil axis in a tower-offset direction. The tower-offset direction is substantially the same as the flange-projecting direction.

Abstract: A laser generator includes a generation means for pumping by a pumping light source (7) a pumping medium (3) to generate a fundamental-wave laser beam, an output sensor (6) for measuring average output power or pulse energy of the fundamental-wave laser beam, a wavelength-conversion element (5), arranged on an optical path for the fundamental-wave laser beam, for converting the fundamental-wave laser beam into its higher-harmonic-wave laser beam, and a controller (9) for memorizing a determination value set to a value lower than a breakage threshold for average output power or pulse energy of the laser beam converted by the wavelength-conversion element (5), and for, when the measurement value becomes not lower than the determination value, controlling the output power of the fundamental-wave laser beam to be a value lower than the breakage threshold; thereby, the beam intensity through the wavelength-conversion element (5) never exceeds the breakage threshold, and thus breakage of the wavelength-conversion e

Abstract: A welder power supply apparatus (10) includes an inverter (20), which is driven intermittently when an electrode (34) and a workpiece (36) are separated from each other and no arc is being generated between them, whereby power loss generated in the inverter (20) when the inverter (20) is driven in the non-load state of the power supply apparatus and power loss caused by exciting current flowing through an transformer (24) disposed in the output of the inverter (20) can be reduced. The inverter (20) is driven continuously when output current (Io) becomes higher than a threshold value (Ib) after the electrode (34) and the workpiece (36) are brought into contact with each other for starting arcing between them. In this manner, the arcing can be initiated without fail.

Abstract: A high-strength ignition coil that can reduce stress produced in a coil case and prevent a casting material from being cracked when the ignition coil is mounted on an engine block. A coil case has a mounting flange on an outer surface thereof. A coil assembly is housed in the coil case. A casting material is filled into a gap between the coil case and the coil assembly and gaps which the coil assembly has. A plurality of first guide ribs are provided on an inner wall surface of the coil case or an outer surface of the coil assembly, for positioning the outer surface of the coil assembly with respect to the inner wall surface of the coil case. A limited area in which there is no first guide rib is provided on the inner wall surface of the coil case which faces the mounting flange, or the outer surface of the coil assembly which faces the mounting flange via the inner wall surface of the coil case.

Abstract: A high-strength ignition coil that can prevent distortion arising from pin marks formed on a surface of a core and makes it less likely for insulating resin to be cracked. The coil assembly is housed in a coil case. A casting material is filled into a gap between the coil case and the coil assembly and gaps which the coil assembly has. The coil assembly is comprised of a coil pair including a cylindrical primary coil and a secondary coil disposed concentrically with the primary coil, and a core. The core is fitted into a central space of the coil pair and forms a magnetic path. The core is coated with mold resin. Concave portions of pin marks formed on a mold resin coating by removal of core fixing pins when the mold resin coating is formed are filled with mold resin.

Abstract: There is provided an editing and printing system, including: a layout information memory that stores layout information including information on a layout area for each original article on a page and information indicating whether or not each original article is replaceable; a replacement candidate memory that stores replacement candidate articles; a replaced version generation unit that generates a page of a replaced version by arranging a replacement candidate article stored in the replacement candidate memory in the layout area for an original article which is defined as replaceable in the layout information; and a printing unit that prints the page of the replaced version generated by the replaced version generation unit.