Abstract: A biometric information authentication device includes a control unit to, during biometric authentication by comparing biometric information of a user read by a biometric information sensor to preliminarily registered biometric information of a registered person, issue a notification to encourage the user to register different biometric information when a predetermined condition for determining that a biometric authentication after a current biometric authentication is highly likely to fail is met.

Abstract: A biometric information authentication device includes a control unit, wherein, when a first biometric authentication is successfully completed based on biometric information acquired from an operator and registered biometric information preliminarily registered by a registered person and an operation for registering new registered biological information is subsequently performed, the control unit permits registration upon a successful second biometric authentication based on biometric information acquired again and the registered biometric information preliminarily registered by the registered person.

Abstract: A biometric information authenticating device includes a biometric information sensor to detect contact of an operating finger with a reading surface and to read biometric information of the operating finger, an illumination unit including at least one light source, and a control unit to indicate completion of reading of the biometric information by an illumination pattern including a combination of turning on and off of the at least one light source.

Abstract: A fuse puller accommodating structure includes a puller main body, a puller accommodating section, an accommodating side protrusion provided within the puller accommodating section, a puller side protrusion provided on the puller main body, wherein the puller side protrusion is configured to be locked to the accommodating side protrusion, and a pushing-up section provided at a bottom of the puller accommodating section, wherein the pushing-up section is configured to bias a forward end of the puller main body accommodated in the puller accommodating section in a pushing-up direction in order to push the puller side protrusion against the accommodating side protrusion, wherein the forward end is oriented forward with respect to an inserting direction, and wherein the pushing-up direction is opposite to the inserting direction.

Abstract: A fuse puller accommodating structure includes a puller main body, a puller accommodating section, an accommodating side protrusion provided within the puller accommodating section, a puller side protrusion provided on the puller main body, wherein the puller side protrusion is configured to be locked to the accommodating side protrusion, and a pushing-up section provided at a bottom of the puller accommodating section, wherein the pushing-up section is configured to bias a forward end of the puller main body accommodated in the puller accommodating section in a pushing-up direction in order to push the puller side protrusion against the accommodating side protrusion, wherein the forward end is oriented forward with respect to an inserting direction, and wherein the pushing-up direction is opposite to the inserting direction.

Abstract: An impedance measuring circuit has an amplifier connected to a target and to amplify an input AC voltage with a gain corresponding to an impedance in the target and to output the voltage, and a voltage level setting circuit to set a DC voltage level in an output node of the amplifier when a first capacitor is connected between one end of the target and an output node of the amplifier and a second capacitor is connected between another end of the target and a node with a voltage correlated with the input AC voltage.

Abstract: An impedance measuring circuit has an amplifier connected to a target and to amplify an input AC voltage with a gain corresponding to an impedance in the target and to output the voltage, and a voltage level setting circuit to set a DC voltage level in an output node of the amplifier when a first capacitor is connected between one end of the target and an output node of the amplifier and a second capacitor is connected between another end of the target and a node with a voltage correlated with the input AC voltage.

Abstract: A device includes an operational-amplifier including an amplifier-part amplifying signals and transmitting amplified signals to a first and a second nodes, and an output-part connected to the first and second nodes and outputting signals from a first and a second outputs. The device includes a first and a second chopper switches and a first and second phase-compensation capacity elements. A first capacitance switch switches between a first connection-state and a second connection-state. In the first connection-state, the first phase-compensation-capacity element is connected between the first node and the first output and the second phase-compensation-capacity element is connected between the second node and the second-output. In the second connection state, the first phase-compensation-capacity element is connected between the second-node and the second output and the second phase-compensation-capacity element is connected between the first node and the first output.

Abstract: A device includes an operational-amplifier including an amplifier-part amplifying signals and transmitting amplified signals to a first and a second nodes, and an output-part connected to the first and second nodes and outputting signals from a first and a second outputs. The device includes a first and a second chopper switches and a first and second phase-compensation capacity elements. A first capacitance switch switches between a first connection-state and a second connection-state. In the first connection-state, the first phase-compensation-capacity element is connected between the first node and the first output and the second phase-compensation-capacity element is connected between the second node and the second-output. In the second connection state, the first phase-compensation-capacity element is connected between the second-node and the second output and the second phase-compensation-capacity element is connected between the first node and the first output.

Abstract: A method for preventing a pressure in a crank chamber from excessively increasing without leading to an increase in weight or cost or causing damage to a pressurizing booster compressor. A compression chamber is formed by a cylinder, a cylinder head, and a piston reciprocal inside the cylinder. Rotation of an output shaft of an electric motor causes the piston to reciprocate via a crank shaft. A sealed crank chamber is defined inside a crank case. A pressurized gas supply tube supplies pressurized gas to be compressed into each of the compression chamber and the crank chamber. The crank case is formed from a hollow cylindrical body and an end plate facing the outside. A low-strength wall (a partition wall having a lower strength than another partition wall), which is configure to be broken under an allowable maximum pressure of the crank chamber, is formed on the end plate.

Abstract: According to one embodiment, there are provided a bias voltage generation circuit that generates a bias voltage in an operational amplifier according to a bias current generated inside, and an adaptive timing control circuit that temporarily increases the bias current at a timing at which a first control signal configured to control an input signal of the operational amplifier changes in level.

Abstract: According to one embodiment, a first pull-down transistor, a mode switching circuit, and a leak-cut circuit are provided. The first pull-down transistor pulls down an input/output terminal. The mode switching circuit controls on and off of the first pull-down transistor based on an enable signal. The leak-cut circuit turns off the first pull-down transistor when a power supply of the mode switching circuit is shut down.

Abstract: An inert gas is fed from an inert gas source to a piston-reciprocating compressor and compressed therein. The compressed gas is sent to a high-pressure storage tank. Pressure of the gas in the high-pressure storage tank is detected. When it reaches an upper limit, the piston-reciprocating compressor is stopped by a controller. At the same time, the gas is not fed from the inert gas source into the piston-reciprocating compressor and the gas from the compressor is released to outside. Meanwhile, when the pressure of the gas in the high-pressure storage tank reaches to a lower limit, the compressor starts. At the same time, the inert gas source is allowed to communicate with the compressor, and the gas which reaches to a desired density after the gas is released is sent from the compressor to the tank.