Abstract: To be able to measure a step number without carrying out an operation processing for selecting a walking sensor in a pedometer using a plurality of walking sensors having sensitivity axes different from each other. OR means converts walking signals inputted in parallel from walking detecting circuits into a synthesized walking signal. CPU calculates the step number by detecting the walking signal inputted to an input port. At this occasion, in detecting the walking signal, CPU alternately carries out a detecting operation of detecting the walking signal and a mask operation which does not detect walking at mask time immediately thereafter at each time of detecting each walking signal.

Abstract: An image forming apparatus has an image transferring portion for transferring an image onto a sheet, an image fixing portion for fixing the transferred image to the sheet, a sheet conveyor portion arranged between the image transferring portion and the image fixing portion for conveying the sheet in a sheet conveying direction, a support portion having an elliptical-shaped shaft hole extending in a direction crossing the sheet conveying direction, and an arm rotatably mounted on the support portion. A first spur is disposed at a position opposed to the sheet conveyor portion and is rotatably supported by the support portion and movable along the shaft hole. A second spur is disposed at a position opposed to the sheet conveyor portion downstream in a sheet conveying direction of the first spur and closer to the sheet conveyor portion than the first spur. The second spur is rotatably supported by the arm and has a movable range larger than a movable range of the first spur.

Abstract: An electronically active sheet includes a bottom substrate having a bottom electrically conductive surface. A top substrate having a top electrically conductive surface is disposed facing the bottom electrically conductive surface. An electrical insulator separates the bottom electrically conductive surface from the top electrically conductive surface. At least one bare die electronic element is provided having a top conductive side and a bottom conductive side. Each bare die electronic element is disposed so that the top conductive side is in electrical communication with the top electrically conductive surface and so that the bottom conductive side is in electrical communication with the bottom electrically conductive surface.

Abstract: In order to provide a manufacturing method for a heating resistor element component, with which an insulating film (undercoat) can be easily handled, damage caused in the insulating film can be reduced, and a high yield can be ensured, the manufacturing method comprises the steps of: processing, on a surface of a supporting substrate (2), a plurality of concave portions (8) each forming a hollow portion (7) at intervals; processing, on the surface of the supporting substrate (2), a concave part (10) for each region straddling the plurality of concave portions (8) in an arrangement direction of the concave portions (8); placing an insulating film (3) made of sheet glass in each concave part (10); and bonding the insulating film (3) to the supporting substrate (2).

Abstract: A charged particle beam apparatus includes a charged particle source, an aperture, an object lens, an observing unit, an aperture driving portion, and a control portion. The control portion includes a spot pattern forming portion that forms a plurality of spot patterns on a surface of a sample by irradiating a charged particle beam, an analyzing portion that calculates a position of a spot center of the spot pattern and a geometrical center position of a halo, and an adjusting position determining portion that calculates an adjusting position based on a position of intersecting lines connecting the positions of the spot centers of the respective spot patterns and the center position of the halo. In this manner, the position of the aperture can be easily and accurately adjusted in a short period of time by moving the center axis of the aperture to the adjusting position.

Abstract: A method for manufacturing a quartz crystal unit comprises the steps of adjusting an oscillation frequency of a quartz crystal tuning fork resonator that is vibratable in a flexural mode of an inverse phrase and that has first and second quartz crystal tuning fork tines, forming at least one groove in each of two of opposite main surfaces of each of first and second quartz crystal tuning fork tines, disposing an electrode on a surface of the at least one groove formed in each of two of the opposite main surfaces and each of two of opposite side surfaces of each of the first and second quartz crystal tuning fork tines so that the electrodes of the grooves of the first quartz crystal tuning fork tine are connected to the electrodes of the side surfaces of the second quartz crystal tuning fork tine and the electrodes of the grooves of the second quartz crystal tuning fork tine are connected to the electrodes of the side surfaces of the first quartz crystal tuning fork tine, the quartz crystal tuning fork resonat

Abstract: In a manufacturing method for divisionally exposing a wafer, a focus correction processing is performed after a shot is moved to a position where the focus correction processing for all foci is enabled when the shot is at a wafer outer periphery, and a portion overlapped with an adjacent exposure area is shielded from light by a reticle blind to expose only an opening area unshielded by the reticle blind.

Abstract: A monocular image of a fundus of an eye under examination is captured via a photographic stop for monocular photography, and two stereographically viewed images are captured with a parallax via two photographic stops for stereographic photography that are decentered from a photographic optical axis. Defocused images are captured in the stereographic photography due to the deviation of the photographic stops from the optical axis. A corrective lens is inserted into the photographic optical path in order to correct the defocus in the stereographic photography. This makes it possible to readily correct defocus generated by deviation of the photographic stops from the photographic optical axis even when switching between monocular and stereographic photography modes.

Abstract: A carbon nanocomposite material comprises a carbon nanomaterial and Si powder having an average particle diameter of 10 ?m or less vacuum-vapor deposited on a surface of the carbon nanomaterial as a film of SiC. The film of SiC has an average thickness in the range of 10 to 50 nm.

Abstract: The present invention aims to provide a watch with a calendar mechanism which allows a reduction in the thickness of a date feeding mechanism and a month feeding mechanism. In a watch with a calendar mechanism according to the present invention, a date indicator includes a month end tooth for driving a month feeding lever at the end of a month and feeding the date indicator at the end of a shorter month. A month indicator includes a month cam for operating a shorter month end feeding lever at the end of a shorter month. The shorter month end feeding lever can feed the date indicator by one day based on the rotation of a date indicator driving wheel and the rotation of the month cam. The month feeding lever moves toward the month indicator at the end of a month based on the rotation of the date indicator, and can feed the month indicator by one month.

Abstract: A thermal printer has a thermal head pivotally mounted on a main body frame to pivot toward and away from a platen roller. The platen roller has shaft bearings at opposite ends thereof that are removably inserted in two spaced-apart opposed slots formed in the main body frame to rotatably support the platen roller. First springs bias a pivotal lock arm to a locked position to prevent removal of the shaft bearings from the slots, and second springs bias the thermal head toward the platen roller. Manual pivotal movement of the lock arm to an unlocked position permits removal of the shaft bearings from the shaft. The biasing directions of the first and second springs are parallel, which reduces the stroke distance of the first springs resulting in size reduction of the thermal printer.

Abstract: The present invention aims to prevent a nonrotation state from being brought about even when a drive allowance is changed by variations in a stepping motor or the like. A pulse down counter circuit outputs pulse down control signal for subjecting main drive pulse to control pulse down when time is counted for a predetermined time period. When a detecting signal exceeding a reference threshold voltage detected by a rotation detecting circuit is detected at a first detection section at start of a rotation detecting time period, a control circuit resets the pulse down counter circuit. Thereby, a main drive pulse generating circuit is not subjected to control pulse down by the pulse down counter circuit, and therefore, it is prevented that the main drive pulse is subjected to pulse down unnecessarily.

Abstract: A conductivity measuring apparatus includes a probe base having a pair of electrodes disposed on respective opposite surfaces of a portion of the probe base. Observing and grasping probes are supported by the probe base in a cantilever state and are arranged adjancent to and spaced apart from one another by a predetermined distance. The grasping probe has a pair of electrodes disposed on respective opposite surfaces of a portion of the grasping probe confronting the portion of the probe base. A voltage apparatus applies a voltage between the pairs of electrodes on the probe base and the grasping probe to adjust the predetermined distance between the grasping and observing probes. A movement mechanism moves a sample base and the observing and grasping probes relative to each other to bring conductive tips of the observing and grasping probes into contact with respective contact points on a sample supported on the sample base.

Abstract: To achieve improvements in heating efficiency and strength against external load, provided is a thermal head (1), comprising: a supporting substrate (3) having a surface in which a concave portion (2) is formed; a heat storage layer (5) bonded onto the surface of the supporting substrate (3); a heating resistor provided in a region, which is opposed to the concave portion (2) of the supporting substrate (3), on the heat storage layer (5); and a protruding portion (2A), which is provided inside a hollow portion formed between the supporting substrate (3) and the heat storage layer (5) by the concave portion (2), and comes into contact with the heat storage layer (5) and limits deflection of the heat storage layer (5) when the heating resistor is pressurized by predetermined load or more.

Abstract: A proximity detector detects the approach of an object based on a stray capacitance. A differential electrode has an apparent stray capacitance that varies in response to an approaching object. An individual capacitance detector detects an individual stray capacitance of the differential electrode based on a stray capacitance of the differential electrode obtained by repeatedly charging and discharging the differential electrode in opposite phases and based on a stray capacitance of the differential electrode obtained by repeatedly charging and discharging the differential electrode in the same phase. A proximity calculator detects the approach of the object based on the detected individual stray capacitance.

Abstract: Provided is a voltage regulator which can achieve high-speed response and is not susceptible to a ripple. An amplifier (19) and an amplifier (23) provide push-pull output to an output transistor (14). Therefore, even when an idling current is small, a sink current and a source current with respect to a gate of the output transistor (14) can be increased in a balanced manner. Thus, the voltage regulator can easily achieve high-speed response. In addition, even when the ripple is superimposed on an input voltage, an output voltage is not influenced by the ripple.

Abstract: A method for manufacturing a quartz crystal unit comprises the steps of forming a quartz crystal tuning fork resonator having a quartz crystal tuning fork shape, forming at least one groove in at least one of opposite main surfaces of each of first and second quartz crystal tuning fork tines so that a spaced-apart distance between the first and second quartz crystal tuning fork tines is greater than or equal to a width of the at least one groove, determining the dimension of each of the quartz crystal tuning fork shape and the at least one groove so that a capacitance ratio r1 of a fundamental mode of vibration of the quartz crystal tuning fork resonator is less than a capacitance ratio r2 of a second overtone mode of vibration thereof, mounting the quartz crystal tuning fork resonator on a mounting portion of a case, and connecting a lid to the case to cover an open end of the case.

Abstract: An organism information detecting apparatus includes a detector that detects organism information of a subject for a predetermined sampling time period, determines a motion state of the subject when the organism information is detected, and outputs an organism signal. A first calculator processes the organism signal to calculate organism information data, the detector determining a reliability degree of the organism information data based on whether the determined motion state of the subject is a previously determined motion state. A second calculator calculates an average value of the amount of variation per time of data obtained by digitizing the organism signal, the average value being data supplementary to the organism information data. The detector determines the motion state of the subject based on whether the supplementary data exceeds a previously determined threshold.

Abstract: To provide a thermal printer apparatus and a printing method that can be adapted to different types of thermal paper having different thermal conductivity characteristics, a dot data memory 3 stores dot data for each line in synchronization with line sequential printing and delivers an energizing pulse selectively to a line thermal head 1 via a driving circuit 2. A multiplier 4 counts the number of dots to be printed for each line and multiplies a result of the counting by a heated thermal paper coefficient P1 corresponding to a thermal conductivity characteristic of a thermal paper 42. A heat accumulation counter 5 counts results of the multiplying in an accumulative manner.