Abstract: A radio LAN master station system which provides long distance communication and suffers from small interference by another system located inside and/or outside of a service area comprises a transceiver, and a plurality of directional antennas each directed to a respective section with some angular spacing, through a power distributor which couples said transceiver with said antennas. Polarization plane of any antenna is orthogonal to polarization plane of an adjacent antenna.

Abstract: A method and apparatus for coating a substrate (4) with a metal coating by vaporizing the metal in an enclosure (1) containing a selected gas and the substrate. The vaporized metal is deposited on the surface of the substrate either in a solid or molten form depending on the temperature of the substrate relative to the melting point of the metal being deposited. Alloying of the substrate and coating metal are possible with various postcoating heat treatments.

Abstract: A toll charging system of this invention is implemented by a roadside apparatus, onboard device, portable telephone, and charging apparatus. The roadside apparatus is to detect a vehicle entering a charging area and transmit charging information to the vehicle. An onboard device and portable telephone are arranged in the vehicle. The charging information transmitted from the roadside apparatus is received by the onboard device. The onboard device generates vehicle identification information and outputs to the portable telephone instruction information instructing to transmit the charging information and vehicle identification information. On the instruction information, the portable telephone transmits the charging information and vehicle identification information. The charging apparatus receives the charging information and vehicle identification information, identifies the vehicle on the vehicle identification information, and executes charge processing for the vehicle.

Abstract: The present invention provides an audio player wearable around the neck which comprises vertical direction recognition sensor 2 for recognizing hanging state wherein a casing 10 is hung from the neck using a neck strap 11 and holding state wherein the casing 10 is turned upside down from said hanging state and is held in the hand, and a control circuit 3 for change-over-controlling the presentation state of the display 8 in accordance with the recognition result obtained by the vertical direction recognition sensor 2. This can avoid the problem when the display is turned upside down between the hanging state and the holding state of the casing.

Abstract: A semiconductor device including an interlayer insulation film formed on a substrate so as to cover first and second regions defined on the substrate, and a capacitor formed over the interlayer insulation film in the first region, wherein the interlayer insulation film includes, in the first region, a stepped part defined by a groove having a bottom surface lower in level than a surface of the interlayer insulation film in the second region.

Abstract: In a semiconductor laser device, an AlGaN buffer layer, a GaN layer, an n-GaN layer, an n-AlGaN cladding layer, an MQW light emitting layer, a p-AlGaN cladding layer, a p-first GaN cap layer, a current blocking layer composed of n-AlGaN, and a p-second GaN cap layer are stacked in this order on a sapphire substrate, and a ridge portion having an upper surface having a width W1 is formed by etching. The current blocking layer has an opening having a width W2 on the upper surface of the ridge portion. The width W2 of the opening is smaller than the width W1 of the upper surface of the ridge portion. Accordingly, in a light emitting region of the MQW light emitting layer, a saturable light absorbing region is formed on both sides of a current injection region.

Abstract: A holder, into which a disk is inserted from above and having an opening in its lower portion, is provided in the interior of a panel whose lower end is supported pivotably on a chassis. The panel is provided so as to translatable between a first position in which with the panel closed from an open position the holder comes into contact with the chassis and a center hole in the disk is brought near the fore-end of a turntable, and a second position in which with the panel further closed from the first position with the holder being in contact with the chassis, the disk is fitted onto the turntable. The stop is supported pivotably on the panel, and its free-end enters a lower portion of the holder so as to receive the disk. The chassis is provided with a protuberance for pivoting the stop in a direction in which, in association with the panel pivoting from the first position to the second position, that the stop comes out of abutment with the disk.

Abstract: A laminate has a core layer and a skin layer on either side of the core layer, wherein the skin layer is formed of a copolymer having a glass transition point of 85° C. or more and 115° C. or below and consisting of 2,6-naphthalene dicarboxylic acid or its lower alkyl ester, terephthalic acid or its lower alkyl ester and ethylene glycol or a polymer alloy having a glass transition point of 85° C. or more and 115° C. or below and consisting of polyethylene terephthalate and polyethylene-2,6-naphthalate. Thus, it can be used suitably as a packaging container for food and drink, such as jelly containers, which has flavor resistance and aroma retention sufficient not to be limited by types of flavor used for jelly or the like, excels in sealing properties with a lid body, can be hermetically sealed with an easy-peel transparent lid body, and is also superior in gas barrier properties, impact resistance, heat resistance, cost efficiency and transparency.

Abstract: The present invention is to provide a toner for developing an electrostatic image, having good fixing property and shelf stability, as well as having a good transferring property without decreasing its printing concentration nor generating a fog, even where it is subjected to a printing condition exposed under various circumstances and for an extended period. The toner of the present invention comprises a colored particle including a rosin ester having an acid value of 2 or less; and an external additive. The rosin ester used in the present invention is an electrification compound of a rosin compound with a polyalcohol. The electrification compound of the rosin ester may be reacted with an epoxy compound. The colored particle has a core-shell structure. The colored particle further comprises a binder resin, a colorant, a charge control agent, a parting agent in the core, and a magnetic material in the core.

Abstract: A card connector which prevents a card from popping out when the card is discharged and is not easily broken. The card connector includes a base having a slot into which a card can be inserted, a slider which is provided at a position in the base to be abuttable on the card and which can be caused to slide, a spring forcing the slider in the discharging direction of the card, and a lock spring including a plate spring having a tip end engageable with an engagement recess of the card and a base end mounted on the slider. The tip end can be displaced in a direction away from the card, and base is provided with a first rib which abuts on the tip end of the lock spring to prevent the tip end from being displaced when the slider is positioned at the card pop-out preventing position.

Abstract: A controlled delay circuit has a first gate chain, and a second gate chain. The first gate chain is used to measure a time difference between a changeover point of a first control signal and a changeover point of a second control signal. The second gate chain, which receives third signals generated in the first gate chain and representing the time difference, is used to provide an appropriate delay time from an input to an output depending on the time difference. The controlled delay circuit is capable of properly controlling the timing of the control signal according to the period of the control signal.

Abstract: In a case of recording data into an optical disk (100), a disk apparatus (10) rotates the optical disk (100) by a ZCLV system, and in a case of reading out the data from the optical disk, the disk apparatus rotates the optical disk by a ZCAV system. By rotating the optical disk by the ZCLV system, a DSP (28) performs a read of a modified read carried out before recording, and a read of a verification carried out after the recording, and thereby, no occurrence of a change of a rotating speed of the optical disk among the modified read, the recording, and the verification.

Abstract: A reading section (10) reads information recorded in an optical disk and outputs a read signal. A DSP (20) detects the read signal, and make it reproducible. An operational instruction recognizing section (51) recognizes an instruction for a specified position of the information. Then a display control section (54) makes a cue point position display section of a display section (130) display an instructed position. Because of this feature, the specified instructed position can be recognized easily and accurately.

Abstract: Fermented malt beverages with reinforced filling taste and fullness of mouthfeel are manufactured by addition of ?-glucosidase prior to a heat treatment in a wort production process in the course of manufacturing fermented malt beverages Production of acetic acid can be reduced by addition of ?-glucosidase in the fermentation process in the high gravity brewing of beer. Further, low-calorie beers are manufactured by the method in which ?-glucosidase is added in the fermentation process in brewing of beer and thereby real fermentation degree is enhanced.

Abstract: A novel two-dimensional optical signal processing circuit which becomes possible only by the introduction of a concave, flat or convex reflecting structure; and a method of producing the same. Disposed on an optical wave-guiding circuit board (50) formed with an output wave-guiding path (13) and an input wave-guiding path (14) are the optical axes of the input coupling end (I) and output coupling end (U) of a coupling circuit (15) such that the optical axes pass through the same point (Q) on a reflection structure (16), the reflection structure (16) being fabricated by using a laser ablation device (30).

Abstract: There is provided an efficient compressor which is simple in structure and small in torque fluctuation. The compressor comprises a compression element which comprises a cylinder having a compression space formed therein, a suction port and a discharge port which communicate with the compression space in the cylinder, a compression member which comprises continuous thick and thin parts, one surface of which inclines, which is arranged in the cylinder to rotate, and which compresses fluids sucked through the suction port and discharges the compressed fluids through the discharge port, and a vane which is arranged between the suction port and the discharge port to abut on one surface of the compression member, and which partitions the compression space of the cylinder into a low pressure chamber and a high pressure chamber.

Abstract: A pair of windshield eyeglasses (101) comprises: lenses (106) and a frame (102) for holding the lenses. Each of the lenses or the frame includes an edge formed with a windshield (107) for sealing a gap between the edge and a face of a user. The windshield extends from the edge and ranges from laterally inward side of the face to an upper intermediate portion and to a lower intermediate portion of the frame. By providing the windshield, the airflow along the user's face is changed to flow along the outside of the windshield. Therefore, the airflow along the face is prevented from entering between the eyeglass inner surface and the user's face. In particular, the airflow is effectively prevented from affecting the eyes from medial angles of eyes toward lateral angles of eyes. This eliminates interference with the natural flow of tears on the eye surface, making it possible to effectively prevent drying and inflammation in the eyes, or prevent foreign materials from coming into the eyes.

Abstract: An optical connector socket includes: a body having an insertion section in which a socket-side optical element is arranged and into which an optical connector plug is inserted; a cover, covered on the body, having an opening communicated with the insertion section; a shutter, openably/closably attached to the cover, for closing the opening; and a herical spring for elastically urging the shutter in a constant-closing direction. The opening is larger than an outside dimension of the optical connector plug inserted into the cover and smaller than that of the shutter. Therefore, there is no light leakage and dust intrusion, the socket can be attached to a device or a wall so as to direct an opening toward a front face without a cap, and an inspection in a state where the socket is assembled in an electronic device can be performed without attaching/detaching the cap to/from the socket.

Abstract: The present invention provides a sound signal processing function comprising a plurality of kinds of sound signal processing with the same arrangement of microphones that does not require replacement of the microphones or the sound signal processing part regardless of the application or the sound signal processing function. The present invention uses an apparatus having a signal processing function such as a personal computer as the platform. An array section includes a plurality of microphones arranged in the X and Y axis directions. A received sound signal from each direction is subjected to a delay process by a delay unit, a subtraction process by subtracters 121 and 122, so as to obtain a received sound signal with a unidirectional pattern to the direction of the front of the apparatus and a received sound signal with a bidirectional pattern to the directions orthogonal thereto.

Abstract: The invention is a method and a system for analyzing a process in terms of the elements that are the drivers of the process. The invention evaluates a process in terms of one or more scheduling drivers and process drivers, measures the metrics around the drivers and relates the measured values to key performance indicators of the drivers and the overall process. The metrics of the drivers can be correlated to past performance to determine if the attributes of the drivers being measures should be changed. The invention is appropriate for evaluating the processes of an business organization where the processes can be defined by one of the five process flows of the invention.