Abstract: The present invention is intended to provide a technology that can utilize the advantages of both a load sensing control and a regeneration circuit without causing any problem. A regeneration circuit is added to a hydraulic circuit provided with a hydraulic pressure signal line for detecting a hydraulic pressure value of a circuit and controlling a volume of hydraulic fluid to a cylinder 1 with reference to the detected value. A pressure reducing valve 6 that outputs a reduced pressure as an operating signal to a pump 2, and subsequently the controlling means 5 causes the pressure reducing valve 6 to output a pressure reduction command to a pump 2 and thus to reduce a discharge rate from the pump 2, when the regeneration circuit is in a regeneration state.

Abstract: Disclosed is a ceramic heater capable of preventing failures due to the thermal stress, such as cracks, and corrosion by a calcium component. The ceramic heater has a heating element including at least one substance selected from silicides, nitrides and carbides of molybdenum and silicides, nitrides and carbides of tungsten as a main component, and a base mainly containing silicon nitride in which the heating element is embedded, wherein the base includes: a rare earth element component in an amount from 4 to 25% by mass in terms of an oxide thereof; a silicide of chromium in an amount from 1 to 8% by mass in terms of chromium silicide; and an aluminum component in an amount from 0.02 to 1.0% by mass in terms of aluminum nitride.

Abstract: There is provided an exercise load measuring device that can measure states of metabolism during exercise.

Abstract: A bit-plane decoding device decodes a coded bit-plane that is produced by encoding binary flag information of each macroblock in a picture partitioned into a plurality of macroblocks in a bit-plane and is contained in a picture header of compressed image data. In this device, a residual value bit-plane decoding unit performs decoding on the coded residual value bit-plane until obtaining a residual value bit-plane and outputs a decoding result as intermediate data. A storage unit stores the intermediate data. A bit-plane macroblock layer decoding unit performs differential reconstruction in a macroblock layer on the intermediate data stored in the storage unit to thereby obtain a bit-plane decoding result and outputs the bit-plane decoding result to a macroblock layer decoding unit.

Abstract: A video monitor 13 is provided on the front surface of a game apparatus casing 2. An operation panel 11 is provided immediately below the video monitor 13. Light detection units 15 for detecting a position provided on both side of the upper end. In the game apparatus casing below the video monitor 13 there are provided a game processing board 10 for generally controlling the game apparatus, an operation device control board 16 for controlling maraca-shaped operation device 20 operated by a game player, and a position detecting board 17 for detecting a position of the operation device 20. The game apparatus enables a game player to operate operation device by natural motions without directly operating the operation device, etc.

Abstract: A tape with a thermochromic member includes: a tape body; a figure, provided on the tape body; and a thermochromic member, adapted to change between a colored state and a transparent state according to changes of temperature and attached to the tape body so as to cover the figure. The figure can be seen through the thermochromic member when the thermochromic member is in the transparent state.

Abstract: A masterbatch composition comprising (1) 10-50 wt % of a crystalline propylene homopolymer and (2) 50-90 wt % of a blend consisting of (a) a copolymer of ethylene and one or more C4-CIO a-olefin(s), containing 10-40 of C4-CIO a-olefin(s), and (b) an amorphous copolymer of propylene and ethylene. Copolymer (b) has an ethylene content from 20-70 wt %, and an intrinsic viscosity value of the xylene-soluble moiety of from 2.2 to 3.5 d/Lg, this value being equal to 0.8 to 1.2 times the intrinsic viscosity value of the xylene-soluble moiety of copolymer (a). The weight ratio of copolymers (a)/(b) is from 3/1 to 1/3. Polyolefin compositions comprising the said masterbatch composition are suitable for the manufacture of automotive parts.

Abstract: The invention provides a slide fastener with a top end stop, wherein a linear fastener element row is sewed on the fastener tape, the top end stop is formed by burying linear fastener elements facing a space portion with synthetic resin, a projecting portion 11 to be in contact with a slider is formed on a side surface of the top end stop for preventing the slider from slipping out, a protrusion protruded upward along the sewing thread is formed on a front surface of the top end stop, a groove is carved in a center longitudinal direction of the protrusion, and the sewing thread is prevented from being deflected and exposed on the front surface of the top end stop by being pressed by a projecting ridge provided in a molding die for forming the groove toward the linear fastener elements.

Abstract: The present invention is an industrially advantageous process for isopropyl chloride production in which the catalytic activity can be maintained under the milder reaction conditions than in the conventional processes, and which requires no special reactor. Propylene and hydrogen chloride is reacted in a gas phase, in the presence of iron or a halogenated aluminum oxide (preferably, aluminum oxide reacted with hydrogen chloride). Preferably, a temperature during the reaction is 20 to 100° C., and a pressure of the reaction is 1013 to 3039 hPa (absolute pressure).

Abstract: A method of making coding images with a two-pass encode or a pre-analysis, wherein the control quantity is suitably given to a buffer. An image coding device makes compresses and codes moving images, and has a pre-analyzing unit, which exist in a constant interval, for making a coding for the images that were input to observe characteristics of each image. Based on the observed characteristics, a unit estimates the complexity degrees of the images and based on the estimated complexity degrees, allocates a code quantity to the images in a constant interval to compute a target code quantity of each image. The device calculates a transition of occupancy in a buffer in assigning the computed target code quantity to each of the images to regulate the target code quantity so that the buffer does not give rise to an overflow or an underflow.

Abstract: In a video coding apparatus, coding/decoding circuitry provides motion-compensated inter-frame prediction coding on input frames by using reference frames so that the input frames are coded into an intra-frame coded picture, a predictive coded picture or a bi-directionally predictive coded picture and decoding the coded frames to produce reference frames. Decision circuitry determines the magnitude of motion of the input frames relative to the reference frames, determines the interval between successive frames of the predictive coded picture according to the determined magnitude of motion and reorders the input frames according to the determined interval.

Abstract: A masterbatch composition comprising (1) 10-50 wt % of a crystalline propylene homopolymer and (2) 50-90 wt % of a blend consisting of (a) a copolymer of ethylene and one or more C4-CIO a-olefin(s), containing 10-40 of C4-CIO a-olefin(s), and (b) an amorphous copolymer of propylene and ethylene. Copolymer (b) has an ethylene content from 20-70 wt %, and an intrinsic viscosity value of the xylene-soluble moiety of from 2.2 to 3.5 d/Lg, this value being equal to 0.8 to 1.2 times the intrinsic viscosity value of the xylene-soluble moiety of copolymer (a). The weight ratio of copolymers (a)/(b) is from 3/1 to 1/3. Polyolefin compositions comprising the said masterbatch composition are suitable for the manufacture of automotive parts.

Abstract: A slider (1) for a slide fastener comprises a slider body (2) having a mounting hole (13) formed therethrough; an attaching pole (4) having a pin hole (21) formed at the upper end to extend laterally therethrough. The attaching pole (4) is upwardly inserted through the mounting hole (13) with its pin hole (21) lying beyond the upper surface of the slider body (2). A pull tab (3) has two attachment lugs (25) formed at its proximal end and provided with their respective pin apertures (26). A pin (5) is inserted into the pin hole (21) of the attaching pole (4) and the pin apertures (26) of the pull tab (3), so that the pull tab (3) is pivotally mounted on the attaching pole (4). The slider (1) may have a shock-absorbing member (50) made of soft materials and mounted on the pull tab (3) at the region where the pull tab (3) contacts the slider body (2) in order to prevent the pull tab (3) from causing rattling noises.

Abstract: Less colored trans-1,3-dichloropropene and a process for producing it, are presented. A composition comprising cis-1,3-dichloropropene, trans-1,3-dichloropropene and C6 compounds, is subjected to a distillation step and to a step of reacting chlorine or bromine, to remove cis-1,3-dichloropropene as a low boiling component, and then the residue is distilled to remove the chlorinated C6 compounds as a high boiling component and to obtain trans-1,3-dichloropropene as a low boiling component.

Abstract: The quantization step size is set on the basis of features of image and the average bit rate is adjusted for the variable bit rate coding. In more specifically, the quantization step size is set such as to hold a constant coded image quality level over a plurality of groups of pictures. The quantization step size is adjusted from the excess or shortage of the actual generated bit count with respect to the average bit rate with reference to the quantization step size that has been set as above.

Abstract: The present invention is an industrially advantageous process for isopropyl chloride production in which the catalytic activity can be maintained under the milder reaction conditions than in the conventional processes, and which requires no special reactor.

Abstract: To provide a picture coding method and apparatus capable of achieving a high image quality coding and executing a variable bit rate coding in real time. A moving picture coding means codes input moving picture data with a quantization scale Qj given from an average bit rate adjusting means. Then, the moving picture coding means outputs a code quantity Sj towards a GOP complexity computing means and an average complexity computing means. The GOP complexity is calculated on the basis of quantization scale and code quantity in the coded GOP, while the average complexity is calculated on the basis of quantization scale and code quantity from the beginning to the present. Quantization scale Qgop is calculated on the basis of the GOP complexity and the average complexity. The average bit rate adjusting means modifies Qgop and determines quantization scale Qj in accordance with an excess or shortage of Sj.

Abstract: The gun-shaped controller comprises a controller 1 in the shape of a gun and a trigger lever 7, and a cross-shaped directional key 9 to be operated with a player's finger is arranged in the upper part of a grip 4. By comprising the cross-shaped directional key 9, it is possible to move the character on the screen or the character's visual field with this cross-shaped directional key 9 in addition to the conventional action of shooting targets on the screen. Thus, the gun-shaped controller is compatible with roll-playing games and adventure games.

Abstract: A drilling apparatus, in which a hole and an insertion hole for a drilling rod are formed at a drilling position of a table and at a sheet pressing member capable of approaching or leaving a surface of the table, respectively, the drilling rod made of metal, capable of rotating at high speeds and reciprocating vertically are inserted through the both holes, the drilling rod has smooth peripheral and front end faces composed of at least part of a circular section having no blade, and a predetermined clearance is provided between the diameters of the hole and the insertion hole and the diameter of the drilling rod, whereby by pressing the drilling rod rotating at high speeds to the sheet, a sheet material is melted by frictional heat so that a beautiful hole is formed.

Abstract: A method of charging a storage battery comprising executing an n(n≧2)-stage constant current charging process charging the battery with a constant current while monitoring a terminal voltage of the battery, the current decreasing stepwise n−1 times every time the terminal voltage coincides with a current switching voltage. The method further comprises measuring a depth of discharge of the battery immediately before charging and executing an additional charging process before the n-stage constant current charging process when the depth of discharge is deeper than a reference depth of discharge, the additional charging process charging the battery with an additional constant current larger than an initial current in the n-stage constant current charging process and switching the additional current to the initial current when the terminal voltage coincides with the current switching voltage, so as to attain a rapid charging of the battery at a low cost.