Abstract: An electrical system apparatus is constructed as follows to easily attain the desired adjustment, repair and change for the version of a stored program on the user side even if a microcomputer containing a rewritable or unrewritable memory is used. That is, the electrical system apparatus includes a one-chip microcomputer containing a memory which is divided into a plurality of blocks and includes one specified block n set in a preset block of the memory for storing a control program for realizing a preset function or specification of the system apparatus, a specified block rewriting program stored in at lest one of the blocks 1 to (n-1) other than the specified block to rewrite the content of the specified block, and a communicating section accessible to the memory and having a serial communicating function, and the rewriting program permits data transmitted from an external device and received by the communicating section to be written into the specified block n.

Abstract: A stroboscopic instrument is constructed of a gate-controlled switching element forming a discharge loop that is connected in series with a discharge lamp and main capacitor for storing charge that causes the discharge lamp to flash. The stroboscopic instrument further comprises: a stroboscopic flashing control circuit for controlling the operation of stroboscopic flashing; a low-voltage power supply that has an output voltage lower than the driving voltages of the stroboscopic flashing control circuit and the gate-controlled switching element; a first constant voltage regulator for stepping up the voltage of the low-voltage power supply up to the driving voltage of the stroboscopic flashing control circuit; and a second constant voltage regulator for stepping up the voltage of the low-voltage power supply or the output voltage of the first constant voltage regulator up to the driving voltage of the gate-controlled switching element.

Abstract: An apparatus for recording data to a film, executing: both unchangeable recording such as optical recording, and changeable recording such as magnetic recording for relatively important data, which is required protection from data failure and is permitted to change such as date, date print mode, and trimming direction of printing area, and executing: only magnetic recording for relatively unimportant data, which is allowed some data failure and has few possibility of changing such as aperture value, shutter time value, photometric value, exposure compensation value, and object distance value; wherein the apparatus is housed in a detachable back cover of a camera, and data being transmitted from the main body of the camera to the back cover.

Abstract: A microcomputer includes a program memory for storing program data, a program counter for addressing the program memory, an instruction decoder for decoding the program data read out from an address of the program memory addressed by the program counter, an electrically programmable nonvolatile memory for storing address data denoting an address of the program memory where program data to be corrected is stored, and correction program data, a comparator for comparing the output from the program counter with the address data stored in the nonvolatile memory and outputting a coincidence signal when a coincidence is found therebetween, and a program correction circuit for reading out the program data from the nonvolatile memory in response to the coincidence signal, and for supplying the readout data to the instruction decoder in place of the output from the program memory.

Abstract: An apparatus for recording data to a film, executing: both unchangeable recording such as optical recording, and changeable recording such as magnetic recording for relatively important data, which is required protection from data failure and is permitted to change such as date, date print mode, and trimming direction of printing area, and executing: only magnetic recording for relatively unimportant data, which is allowed some data failure and has few possibility of changing such as aperture value, shutter time value, photometric value, exposure compensation value, and object distance value; wherein the apparatus is housed in a detachable back cover of a camera, and data being transmitted from the main body of the camera to the back cover.

Abstract: Disclosed is a process for preparing a printed circuit board, which comprises the steps of:(1) forming, on the surface of an insulating substrate on a necessitate portion of which electrolessly plated copper is to be precipitated, a layer of a light-sensitive resin composition comprising (a) 40 to 80 parts by weight of a vinyl-polymerized high molecular weight binder having an acid value of 10 to 46 mgKOH/g, (b) 20 to 60 parts by weight of a compound having at least two polymerizable unsaturated double bonds in a molecule, with the total amount of Components (a) and (b) being 100 parts by weight, and (c) a photopolymerization initiator generating free radicals by irradiation of active light in an amount of 0.

Abstract: In an additive process for producing printed wiring boards, by using a developer comprising a chlorine-free organic solvent and an alkaline aqueous solution and as a resist material a copolymer of methacrylic acid and methyl methacrylate or the like, the production steps are simplified even if a substrate having a large area is used, and abolishment of chlorine-containing organic solvent as a developer becomes possible.

Abstract: When an error is found in a program of the microcomputer, there are stored in a writable memory change address data of an address of a wrong instruction to be subjected to modification or insertion in the read-only memory, change instruction codes of modification or insertion for replacement of the wrong instruction, and a control code controlling a second program counter. When the contents of the program counter match the change address data stored in the writable memory, the program data in the writable memory is executed in place of the wrong instruction in the read-only memory according to the control code controlling the second program counter. Consequently, even when a bug is found in the program, a program replacement and/or insertion can be easily achieved and it is unnecessary to discard the final product on which the program is developed through a mask. Moreover, the program can be easily changed from an external device.

Abstract: A microcomputer includes a program memory for storing program data, a program counter for addressing the program memory, an instruction decoder for decoding the program data read out from an address of the program memory addressed by the program counter, an electrically programmable nonvolatile memory for storing address data denoting an address of the program memory where program data to be corrected is stored, and correction program data, a comparator for comparing the output from the program counter with the address data stored in the nonvolatile memory and outputting a coincidence signal when a coincidence is found therebetween, and a program correction circuit for reading out the program data from the nonvolatile memory in response to the coincidence signal, and for supplying the readout data to the instruction decoder in place of the output from the program memory.

Abstract: An exposure control device for a camera having a shutter mechanism, a solenoid serving as an electromagnetic drive, a presser for pressing a solenoid plunger, and a control circuit for conduction control for the solenoid. After the solenoid attracts the plunger to open the shutter, conduction voltage for holding the plunger is controlled within a permissible range and become lower than the conduction voltage utilized for initially attracting the plunger. The heating of the solenoid is thus minimized. This control sequence prevents the breakdown of the solenoid and improved reliability in exposure control. Furthermore, power consumption in the camera is minimized.

Abstract: A machine part used as a magnet roll for developing and a process for producing the same. The machine part constitutes a member of a developing machine for an electrophotographic process such as a copier and facsimile, and a laser printer as well. The machine part comprises a shaft having a resin-bonded magnet layer provided on the outer periphery thereof. The composite molding of a resin-bonded magnet is produced by molding and establishing a composition for a thermoplastic resin-bonded magnet comprising from 35 to 60 % by volume of a thermoplastic resin and from 40 to 65 % by volume of a hard ferrite powder into a cylinder of uniform thickness on the outer periphery of a shaft, obtained is a thin resin-bonded magnet layer having a surface roughness of 5 .mu.m or less and free of seams which have generated during molding, the thin resin-bonded magnet layer further having provided on the surface a plurality of magnetic poles at a small spacing.

Abstract: A photosensitive resin composition comprising (A) a polymer obtained by reacting an isocyanate compound having an ethylenic unsaturated group with a polymer which is a reaction product of a tetracarboxylic acid dianhydride and a diamine, and (B) a photoinitiator, can provide a thick film excellent in heat resistant, adhesiveness, flexibility, electrical and mechanical properties, and is particularly suitable for producing a photosensitive element.

Abstract: The flashing controller according to the present invention comprises an optimal light value computer for computing an optimal quantity of light, a full flashing light value memory for storing an actual quantity of light for full flashing, a difference computer for computing a difference between a quantity of light for full flashing and an optimal quantity of light, and a difference output/flashing time memory for storing the relationships between the difference output and the flashing time of a flashing apparatus. For controlling the flashing time of a strobe, a difference between an actual quantity of light for full flashing and an optimal quantity of light is used to specify a flashing time. Then, a flashing time control controls flashing of a strobe circuit. Using the controller, influence of a reflector whose specifications tend to be determined at a late stage can be programmed independently during manufacturing. This helps reduce a production risk and improve precision in flashing control.

Abstract: In a strobe controlling apparatus, there are provided respective information outputs for outputting respectively the guide number information GV, film sensitivity information SV and object distance information DV, a judged diaphragm value is determined by the operation of GV+SV-DV from their outputs, the above-mentioned diaphragm value is compared with a predetermined value memorized in advance, in case the above-mentioned diaphragm value is smaller, the diaphragm will be controlled and, in case the above-mentioned diaphragm value is larger, the flash amount will be controlled so that, particularly, at the time of strobe photographing, the short distance exposure may be prevented from being over-exposed and a proper exposure is made possible.

Abstract: A temperature measuring apparatus for a camera includes an actuator for performing an operation of the camera. A time measuring unit starts time measurement when the actuator finishes its operation and is set in an inoperative state, and outputs timeover information when a time period required for the temperature of a camera which is increased by the operation of the actuator to return to an initial temperature upon finishing of the operation of the actuator elapses. A storage unit stores the timeover information. A temperature measuring unit is provided in an IC and measures the temperature of the camera. A power switch supplies power from a power source to the camera.

Abstract: A camera includes a movable unit. A motor drives the movable unit. A memory stores a drive target position of the movable unit. A pulse generator generates pulses according to a movement of the movable unit. A first detector detects the remaining number of pulses up to a target position on the basis of the number of generated pulses, and the drive target position. A second detector detects a moving speed of the movable unit on the basis of an interval of the generated pulses. Based on the detected moving speed, a prediction circuit predicts the number of pulses which will be generated by the pulse generator until the movable unit is stopped when the motor is in an open state. A calculation circuit calculates a difference between the predicted number of pulses and the remaining number of pulses.

Abstract: The present invention provide a process for producing printed circuit boards which comprises the steps of(a) roughening a surface of a copper layer formed on an insulating board.(b) coating the roughened surface of copper layer with a photo-resist layer containing a sublimable copper-corrosion inhibitor, exposing the resist layer selectively to actinic rays according to a circuit pattern to form, and developing the resulting resist layer, thereby forming plating-resist coats on circuit-negative pattern portions of the copper layer,(c) heat-treating the plating-resist coats,(d) plating chemically the circuit-corresponding portion with copper,(e) removing the plating-resist coats, and(f) removing the copper layer except the circuit-corresponding portion thereof.

Abstract: A power focusing apparatus, while a rotary operating member is rotated calculates a motor driving speed in accordance with a rotating speed of the operating member or calculates an amount of driving the motor in accordance with a speed and an amount of rotating the operating member and drives a lens with the calculated speed or amount of driving the motor.

Abstract: A photosensitive resin composition comprising (a) 20 to 75 parts by weight of an urethane diacrylate or dimethacrylate compound obtained by reacting trimethylhexamethylene diisocyanate with an acrylic or methacrylic monoester of a dihydric alcohol, (b) 20 to 75 parts by weight of a linear polymeric compound having a glass transition temperature of about 40.degree. to 150.degree. C., (c) a sensitizer and/or a sensitizer system which generate free radicals owing to actinic light, and (d) an acrylic or methacrylic ester containing a phosphoric acid group in the molecule in an amount of 0.01 to 5% by weight based on the total weight of components (a) and (b) is excellent in heat resistance, resistance to thermal shock and solvent resistance, and is suitable for forming a soldering mask.

Abstract: A photosensitive resin composition comprising (a) 20 to 75 parts by weight of a urethane diacrylate or dimethacrylate compound obtained by reacting trimethylhexamethylene diisocyanate and/or isophorone diisocynate dihydric alcohol and an acrylic or methacrylic monoester of a dihydric alcohol, (b) 20 to 75 parts by weight of a linear polymeric compound having a glass transition temperature of about 40.degree. to 150.degree. C., and (c) a sensitizer and/or a sensitizer system which generate free radicals owing to actinic light, is excellent in heat resistance, resistance to thermal shock and solvent resistance, and is suitable for forming a soldering mask. Further, a photosensitive element produced by forming a layer of the above-mentioned composition on a support gives a protective coating film excellent in heat resistance, resistance to thermal shock and solvent resistance, and is particularly suitable for a soldering mask.