Abstract: A MEMS sensor according to the present invention includes a base substrate including a displaceably supported movable portion and a lid substrate covering the movable portion and functioning as a magnetic sensor that detects magnetism by making use of the Hall effect.

Abstract: This invention relates to a technique for hermetically sealing an artificial leg including a cylinder device. A rod member of the cylinder device extends from the inside to the outside of a shell structure of the cylinder device. The rod member is hermetically sealed at the periphery thereof by a bellows packing member. The bellows packing member comprises an inner bead, an outer bead which concentrically surrounds the outside of the inner bead, and a bellows packing body part which connects the inner and outer beads. The bellows packing body part includes corrugations, and each corrugation is less curved than an imaginary circle which is concentric with the inner bead and the outer bead. Both ends of each of the plurality of corrugations extend to the outer bead or are located at positions closer to the outer bead than the inner bead.

Abstract: Disclosed is a mobile device comprising an acceleration detection unit for detecting acceleration relative to the device; a condition identification unit; and a power supply controller which determines, from a combination of the output of the acceleration detection unit and the output of the condition identification unit, whether or not to begin to supply power to the device.

Abstract: A prosthetic knee joint includes a knee portion coupled to the socket, a cylinder that is coupled to the knee portion and limits or aids operation of the knee portion, a knee angle sensor that directly or indirectly detects a knee angle value, and a control unit that controls driving of the cylinder. The control unit may calculate a knee angular velocity value based on the knee angle value detected by the knee angle sensor. The control unit determines whether the knee portion is in a knee still state based on the knee angular velocity value and automatically restricts contraction of the cylinder based on a time duration in which the knee portion is in the knee still state.

Abstract: A MEMS sensor according to the present invention includes a base substrate including a displaceably supported movable portion and a lid substrate covering the movable portion and functioning as a magnetic sensor that detects magnetism by making use of the Hall effect.

Abstract: This invention relates to a technique for hermetically sealing an artificial leg including a cylinder device. A shell structure surrounds the outside of the cylinder device. The cylinder device is not entirely received within the shell structure, but a rod member extends to the outside of the shell structure from the cylinder body within the shell structure and a part of the rod member is located outside the shell structure. In this invention, the rod member, which extends from the inside to the outside of the shell structure, is hermetically sealed at the periphery thereof by a bellows packing member. The bellows packing member comprises an inner bead, an outer bead which concentrically surrounds the outside of the inner bead, and a bellows packing body part which connects the inner and outer beads.

Abstract: Disclosed is a mobile device comprising an acceleration detection unit for detecting acceleration relative to the device; a condition identification unit; and a power supply controller which determines, from a combination of the output of the acceleration detection unit and the output of the condition identification unit, whether or not to begin to supply power to the device.

Abstract: Disclosed is a mobile device comprising an acceleration detection unit for detecting acceleration relative to the device; a condition identification unit; and a power supply controller which determines, from a combination of the output of the acceleration detection unit and the output of the condition identification unit, whether or not to begin to supply power to the device.

Abstract: The present invention provides a high Cr Ni-based alloy filler material of which weld cracking resistance can sufficiently be increased by suppressing generation of scales, and a welding rod for shielded metal arc welding that exhibits sufficiently increased weld cracking resistance. The high Cr Ni-based alloy filler material comprises, in percent by weight, C: 0.04% or less, Si: 0.01 to 0.5%, Mn: 7% or less, Cr: 28 to 31.5%, Nb: 0.5% or less, Ta: 0.005 to 3.0%, Fe: 7 to 11%, Al: 0.01 to 0.4%, Ti: 0.01 to 0.45%, V: 0.5% or less, and, as inevitable impurities, P: 0.02% or less, S: 0.015% or less, O: 0.01% or less, N: 0.002 to 0.1%, and the balance: Ni.

Abstract: A nonvolatile memory device improves the accuracy of screening testing while applying a voltage at or lower than the limit of the withstand voltage of an element for high voltage in the screening testing. The nonvolatile memory device includes a high voltage production circuit that produces a high voltage, a high voltage waveform conversion circuit to which the high voltage is input and which converts the voltage waveform, and a memory cell section provided with memory cells in which data rewriting is performed as a result of applying the converted high voltage. The high voltage waveform conversion circuit includes a test signal input section TEST and applies the high voltage input from the high voltage production circuit to the memory cell section without converting the voltage waveform when a test signal is input to the test signal input section.

Abstract: A porous metal is produced by sequentially carrying out the steps of obtaining a mixture by mixing metal powder and hole forming medium powder, obtaining a molding by stretching this mixture, and removing the hole forming medium powder from the molding by dissolving in water.

Abstract: The present invention provides a high Cr Ni-based alloy filler material of which weld cracking resistance can sufficiently be increased by suppressing generation of scales, and a welding rod for shielded metal arc welding that exhibits sufficiently increased weld cracking resistance. The high Cr Ni-based alloy filler material comprises, in percent by weight, C: 0.04% or less, Si: 0.01 to 0.5%, Mn: 7% or less, Cr: 28 to 31.5%, Nb: 0.5% or less, Ta: 0.005 to 3.0%, Fe: 7 to 11%, Al: 0.01 to 0.4%, Ti: 0.01 to 0.45%, V: 0.5% or less, and, as inevitable impurities, P: 0.02% or less, S: 0.015% or less, O: 0.01% or less, N: 0.002 to 0.1%, and the balance: Ni.

Abstract: In order to provide a sound-absorbing material and a sound-absorbing panel which can be produce at a low-cost and have excellent beauty or appearance and excellent sound-absorbing characteristics, the sound-absorbing material is applied which is made from a metallic plate member (2), and multiple pierced apertures of 200 ?m or smaller diameter are arranged along a board thickness on the plate-shaped member (2).

Abstract: A nonvolatile memory device improves the accuracy of screening testing while applying a voltage at or lower than the limit of the withstand voltage of an element for high voltage in the screening testing. The nonvolatile memory device includes a high voltage production circuit that produces a high voltage, a high voltage waveform conversion circuit to which the high voltage is input and which converts the voltage waveform, and a memory cell section provided with memory cells in which data rewriting is performed as a result of applying the converted high voltage. The high voltage waveform conversion circuit includes a test signal input section TEST and applies the high voltage input from the high voltage production circuit to the memory cell section without converting the voltage waveform when a test signal is input to the test signal input section.

Abstract: The invention provides a trackball unit featuring good water resistance and user maintenance capabilities. A case (3) of the trackball unit has a drain pipe (32) connecting a cavity (33) formed inside the case (3) for accommodating a ball (2) to the exterior of the case (3). A case cover (6) has a ring-shaped projecting part (62) while a ball cover (7) has a pair of locking tabs (72, 73) which engage with the projecting part (62) of the case cover (6), so that the ball cover (7) can be detachably fitted to the case cover (6).

Abstract: A ferroelectric storage device having 2Tr-2C cell structure or 1Tr-1C cell structure, which can be assessed by a screening test. In the test, a regulated reference voltage is supplied from an external reference voltage input terminal to one end of a sense amplifier. The bit line voltage of the memory cell is input to the other terminal of the sense amplifier. Characteristics of the ferroelectric capacitor are determined quantitatively by measuring the bit line voltages by changing the reference voltage. Deviations in characteristics and degrees of defect/degradation of ferroelectric capacitors can be assessed by such measurement to improve the reliability of the ferroelectric storage device.

Abstract: A display monitor apparatus has an analog signal input portion for receiving an analog video signal. a digital signal input portion for receiving a digital video signal, a detector portion for detecting a particular component included in the analog video signal, a first property data storage portion for storing a first set of property data used to control the display monitor apparatus to cope with the analog video signal, a second property data storage portion for storing a second set of property data used to control the display monitor apparatus to cope with the digital video signal, and a switch portion for choosing one of the first and second property data storage portions.

Abstract: Memory cells of a storage device are addressed in n-bit word(s). Each of the n-bit word memory cells are partitioned into k (k≧2) groups of n/k bits. The memory cells are sequentially selected in n/k bits. Data of the selected n/k bit memory cells are read by n/k sense amplifiers and serially output from the storage device as readout data. The storage device requires much less chip area for n/k sense amplifiers and reduced peak currents in a read operation.

Abstract: Memory cells of a storage device are addressed in n-bit word(s). Each of the n-bit word memory cells are partitioned into k (k≧2) groups of n/k bits. The memory cells are sequentially selected in n/k bits. Data of the selected n/k bit memory cells are read by n/k sense amplifiers and serially output from the storage device as readout data. The storage device requires much less chip area for n/k sense amplifiers and reduced peak currents in a read operation.