Abstract: In optional control circuit commonly used among multiple optional hydraulic actuators, it is necessary to enable back pressure reduction, part reduction, and downsizing when a breaker is mounted as an optional hydraulic actuator. A normal control region, where the discharge valve passage to the oil tank has an opening area of normal control range, and a back pressure reduction region, where the discharge valve passage has the back pressure reduction opening Aw whose opening area is larger than the maximum opening area in the normal control range, are installed at the operating position of optional control valve for controlling discharge flow rate of optional hydraulic actuator; when the optional hydraulic actuator is the breaker, the optional control valve is positioned at the back pressure reduction region (W), when the optional hydraulic actuator is not the breaker, the valve is positioned at the normal control region.

Abstract: There is provided an optical signal processing device that generates a mask function in an optical domain to enable high-speed RC processing. For light emitted from a laser light source, an optical modulator modulates at a modulation period at least one of the intensity and phase values of the optical electric field. Thereby, the light emitted from the laser light source becomes an input signal. The input signal is entered into an optical FIR filter unit. For the input signal, the term corresponding to the mask function is multiplied at the optical FIR filter unit and weighted. Thereby, the input signal is converted into an input signal modulated. The modulated input signal enters via an optical coupler, an optical circulation circuit which is loaded with a variable attenuator and a nonlinear response element. The circulating optical signal is branched into two by an optical coupler. One branched light is converted into an intermediate signal at an optical receiver.

Abstract: Provided is a highly-sensitive image-capture element and an image capture device that can be simply manufactured, have little polarization dependency, and have micro-spectroscopic elements capable of separating incident light into three wavelength ranges integrated facing a pixel array. An image capture element has a transparent layer having a low refractive index made of SiO2 or the like and a plurality of micro-lenses laminated on a pixel array in which pixels each including a photoelectric conversion element are disposed in an array. Inside the transparent layer having the low refractive index, micro-spectroscopic elements composed of a plurality of microstructures having constant thickness (length in a direction perpendicular to the pixel array) formed of a material such as SiN having a higher refractive index than that of the transparent layer is embedded.

Abstract: A vehicle control device includes a recognizer configured to recognize a surrounding situation of a vehicle, a driving controller configured to control steering and acceleration/deceleration of the vehicle independently of an operation of a driver of the vehicle; and a mode decider configured to decide on any one of a plurality of driving modes including a first driving mode and a second driving mode as a driving mode of the vehicle. The recognizer recognizes a sign existing within a reference range of a route along which the vehicle travels. The mode decider changes the driving mode of the vehicle from the second driving mode to the first driving mode when the driving mode of the vehicle is the second driving mode and when the number of signs recognized by the recognizer exceeds a first reference value.

Abstract: An information processing apparatus comprises: an acquisition unit that acquires information indicating a featured product including a product of interest to a customer visiting a store; and an output unit that outputs ranking information, that satisfies a first criterion, regarding a sales performance of the featured product and regarding a parameter.

Abstract: This information processing device is provided with: an image acquisition unit that acquires a commodity image obtained by photographing commodities at a store; an image manipulation unit that manipulates the commodity image on the basis of a manipulation instruction for the commodity image, the instruction being received from a customer information terminal; and an identification unit that identifies the customer needs for the commodities at the store on the basis of the manipulated commodity image.

Abstract: A clamping device has a clamp arm pivotally housed inside a body, and a locating section for positioning workpieces is provided on an upper portion of the body. The locating section is formed with a slit hole which enables a claw portion of the clamp arm to protrude outside, and is provided inside with a shutter facing the slit hole and being movable. The claw portion of the clamp arm is inserted through a clamp hole of the shutter. Then, when the clamp arm moves inside the body in the axial direction and rotates, the shutter moves integrally with the clamp arm in the axial direction to cover the slit hole. Thus, the opening portion of the slit hole is suitably covered except that portion occupied by the claw portion so that foreign matter and the like can be prevented from entering the locating section through the slit hole.

Abstract: A clamping device has a clamp arm pivotally housed inside a body, and a locating section for positioning workpieces is provided on an upper portion of the body. The locating section is formed with a slit hole which enables a claw portion of the clamp arm to protrude outside, and is provided inside with a shutter facing the slit hole and being movable. The claw portion of the clamp arm is inserted through a clamp hole of the shutter. Then, when the clamp arm moves inside the body in the axial direction and rotates, the shutter moves integrally with the clamp arm in the axial direction to cover the slit hole. Thus, the opening portion of the slit hole is suitably covered except that portion occupied by the claw portion so that foreign matter and the like can be prevented from entering the locating section through the slit hole.

Abstract: A portable phone includes dial keys (2) including at least one specific key and unspecific keys, and a processing unit (3). The processing unit determines whether one of the dial keys which is operated in a first mode is one of the unspecific dial keys, and changes an operation mode from the first mode to a second mode when the operated dial key is one of the unspecific dial keys. The portable phone further includes a display unit (5). In a telephone number searching operation mode as the second mode, the processing unit reads out a list of data associated with destination phone numbers from a storage unit (4) and controls the display unit to display as a non-dialing operation. Also, the processing unit controls the display unit to selectively scroll the list of data in one of upward and downward directions in response to an operation of one of the unspecific dial keys.

Abstract: A portable phone includes dial keys including at least one specific key and unspecific keys, and a processing unit. The processing unit determines whether one of the dial keys which is operated in a first mode is one of the unspecific dial keys, and changes an operation mode from the first mode to a second mode when the operated dial key is one of the unspecific dial keys. The portable phone further includes a display unit. In a telephone number searching operation mode as the second mode, the processing unit reads out a list of data associated with destination phone numbers from a storage unit and controls the display unit to display as a non-dialing operation. Also, the processing unit controls the display unit to selectively scroll the list of data in one of upward and downward directions in response to an operation of one of the unspecific dial keys.

Abstract: A transmitter is capable of avoiding increasing of a circuit size and current consumption. The transmitter assembly includes a pre-distortion type linearizer correcting to mutually cancel a distortion component caused in a transmission signal and a correction data component. The transmitter assembly also includes first storage means for preliminarily storing the correction data.

Abstract: A transmitter suitable for a CDMA mobile terminal is provided which realizes a circuit with a small size and low consumption power which suppresses the effect of carrier leak in the state where a transmission output is controlled at a low level. A carrier control circuit comprises a reference voltage generator, a comparator, and a controller. The comparator determines whether the level of a control signal is higher or lower than a reference voltage. The controller controls the gain of a local variable amplifier such that a distortion characteristic of a transmission output is optimal when the control signal is higher than the reference voltage, and controls the gain of the local variable amplifier such that the effect of carrier leak on the transmission output is suppressed when the control signal is lower than the reference voltage based on the determination result of the comparator.

Abstract: A transmission power amplification apparatus includes a first automatic gain control section, second automatic gain control section, power amplifier, and control section. The first automatic gain control section amplifies an input signal. The second automatic gain control section amplifies an output from the first automatic gain control section. The power amplifier nonlinearly amplifies an output from the second automatic gain control section and outputs a transmission signal. The control section controls amplification of the input signal by using the synthetic gain of the first and second automatic gain control sections and the power amplifier in the transmission power range from a maximum value to an intermediate value, and controls amplification of the input signal by using only the gain of the first automatic gain control section in the transmission power range from the intermediate value to a minimum value.

Abstract: There is provided an integrated circuit electrically connected to both a central processing unit and a memory, for controlling an electronic device, the integrated circuit including (a) a peripheral functional block operating under an operation mode the central processing unit indicated, (b) a communicator for communicating an internal signal to the peripheral functional block, (c) at least two registers capable of being initialized with a desired initial value stored in the memory in accordance with indications from the central processing unit, and (d) a switch receiving an external signal to select one of the registers, a signal being transmitted to the communicator through the thus selected register. The integrated circuit makes it no longer necessary to initialize registers when an operation mode is switched, unlike a conventional integrated circuit.

Abstract: A transmission power amplification apparatus includes a first automatic gain control section, second automatic gain control section, power amplifier, and control section. The first automatic gain control section amplifies an input signal. The second automatic gain control section amplifies an output from the first automatic gain control section. The power amplifier nonlinearly amplifies an output from the second automatic gain control section and outputs a transmission signal. The control section controls amplification of the input signal by using the synthetic gain of the first and second automatic gain control sections and the power amplifier in the transmission power range from a maximum value to an intermediate value, and controls amplification of the input signal by using only the gain of the first automatic gain control section in the transmission power range from the intermediate value to a minimum value.

Abstract: Weather information is stored in a weather information storage unit. Information of aircraft flight situation, flight plan, air traffic flow management, and condition status is stored in an aircraft information storage unit. On the basis of information stored in the weather information storage unit and the aircraft information storage unit, arrival time of each arriving aircraft and departing aircraft is predicted by an arrival time prediction unit and a departure time prediction unit. The information of the estimated time thus predicted is stored in an estimated time of takeoff and landing storage unit. On the other hand, on the basis of information stored in information storage units, runway use time is assigned to each arriving aircraft and departing aircraft by a takeoff and landing assignment unit in accordance with Control System Standards. Runway reservation information thus obtained is stored in a reservation information storage unit.

Abstract: A ringing tone data delivery system and a method used this system, in which at least a part of communication charge is not paid by a user of a cellular phone at the time when the cellular phone downloads ringing tone data from the outside, are provided. When a cellular phone sets a ringing tone, the cellular phone accesses to a database via a base station and a control station in a telecommunication network, and obtains ringing tone data. The database mainly stores the ringing tone data, and the ringing tone data are stored in the database in two types, that is, one is “only ringing tone data”, and the other is “ringing tone data+advertisement data”. The cellular phone downloads the ringing tone data from the database via the control station and the base station in the telecommunication network, and stores the ringing tone data in a memory through an antenna, a radio section, and a controller provided in the cellular phone.

Abstract: An aircraft control system which assist in determining aircraft arrival orders and intervals, reduces controller's workloads, and ensures safe aircraft flight operation are provided.

Abstract: An individual guidance system for aircraft in an approach control area under automatic dependent surveillance which, by supplying the pilot with the required flight data automatically in units of micro air spaces, permits safe and accurate flight with little scope for human error, being an individual guidance system for aircraft in an approach control area under automatic dependent surveillance wherein the air-traffic control system divides the approach control area automatically into a group of micro air spaces, and establishes flight rules within the micro air spaces in order to guide aircraft by establishing no-fly air spaces.

Abstract: A flight control system user interface apparatus and a control data display method thereof are provided to reduce a workload on a controller and to increase the safety of flight. A main-control terminal on a man-machine interface apparatus for use in a flight control system has an aircraft position display area 102, an aircraft order display area 102, a simple strip display area 104, an aircraft data display area 104, and a control pilot data link communication display area. These areas are arranged in such a way that they are controlled by one input unit.