Abstract: An optical pickup device comprises a semiconductor laser, an optical system which converges light projected by the semiconductor laser onto an optical disk and directs reflected light from the optical disk to a photoreceptor element, and a photoreceptor element which detects the reflected light; the photoreceptor element including at least two main photoreceptive domains divided from one another by a dividing line, which receive reflected light corresponding to a focusing error of the light projected onto the optical disk, and at least one auxiliary photoreceptive domain which detects reflected light which exceeds the main photoreceptive domains in a defocused state; in which the auxiliary photoreceptive domain is provided adjacent to an end of said main photoreceptive domains in the direction of the dividing line.

Abstract: An oxidation catalyst according to the present invention is prepared, for example, by heat processing a gold compound at 150° C. to 80° C., yielding ultrafine gold particles, which are then mixed with a palladium compound and a compound containing at least one element selected from the group consisting of alkaline metals and the elements of Groups IIA, IIIA, VIA, IIB, VB, and VIII of the Periodic Table. By an oxidation reaction between a benzyl compound such as p-xylene and a carboxylic acid such as acetic acid in the presence of oxygen and the oxidation catalyst prepared as above, a benzyl ester such as p-methylbenzyl acetate or p-xylylene diacetate can be produced. Consequently, it is possible to provide an oxidation catalyst suitable for use in industrially producing the foregoing benzyl esters, a method of preparing the foregoing oxidation catalyst, and a method of producing the foregoing benzyl esters efficiently and at low cost.

Abstract: An optical pickup device which includes an objective lens having a numerical aperture of 0.7 or more collects light emitted from a light source and irradiates an optical recording medium. The objective lens and an antireflection film formed thereon are set so that the intensity of light incident on the outermost rim of the objective lens is 45% or more and 80% or less of the intensity of incident light from the light source to the center of the objective lens. According to the configuration, it is possible to provide an optical pickup device including a high NA objective lens which can suppress a reduction in the light amount at the lens rim.

Abstract: A motor current detection amplifier detects a motor current's areas in two phase periods with reference to a motor voltage. A controlling microcomputer computed the ratio of the motor current areas of the two phase periods and provides the same as phase difference information which is in turn used to control a motor drive voltage to apply a sine wave of a predetermined period to the motor's coil to allow 180°-driving including a sine wave conduction resistant to noise and achieving a reduced cost hike.

Abstract: An integrated system for comprehensive control of an electric power generation system utilizes state machine control having particularly defined control states and permitted control state transitions. In this way, accurate, dependable and safe control of the electric power generation system is provided. Several of these control states may be utilized in conjunction with a utility outage ride-through technique that compensates for a utility outage by predictably controlling the system to bring the system off-line and to bring the system back on-line when the utility returns. Furthermore, a line synchronization technique synchronizes the generated power with the power on the grid when coming back on-line. The line synchronization technique limits the rate of synchronization to permit undesired transient voltages.

Abstract: Featured is a sorting/diverting apparatus that diverts articles from a plurality of moving belts, the sorting/diverting apparatus including a plurality of rollers that are rotatably mounted to a support frame and a moving mechanism that moves the support frame back and forth between two positions. The controller controls the moving of the support frame and the operation of the drive motor so as to divert/sort the articles. Each controller includes bi-directional communications ports, a processor that processes information and provides outputs, and an applications program for execution within the processor that includes instructions and criteria for processing the information and providing the processor outputs to control the apparatus.

Abstract: An image processing device includes an intermediate processing section for appending identification data to each pixel, showing a kind of region to which each pixel belongs, based on multi-value image data of a plurality of input images entered from a scanner, and a matching data generating section for generating matching data of each pixel. A CPU classifies the kind of region to which each input image belongs based on the identification data of each pixel stored into an identification data memory by means of a connection processing section, and compares the matching data stored in a matching data memory after processed adequately depending on the kind of region. Then, the CPU extracts matching points of the input images and connects the binary image data of the input images using the extracted matching points as reference points. Consequently, a plurality of input images can be restored to a single image by being connected accurately whether the input images are picture, shadow, or picture images.

Abstract: A method and a structure for protecting a work piece in a semiconductor manufacturing process includes a cassette for mounting therein the work pieces and a sheet piece for shielding the work pieces; and a working platform for mounting thereon said cassette. Furthermore, there is a lid covering the working platform in order to prevent a contaminant from entering the cassette during the semiconductor manufacturing process so that the gate oxide loss of every wafer in the cassette will be reduced.

Abstract: The present invention is a low reflection glass article which is prepared by laminating a first layer which has a middle refractive index (n1) from 1.60 to 1.95 and has a film thickness of (60 to 130 nm)/n1, a second layer which has a high refractive index (n2) which is in a range from 1.91 to 2.60 and higher than the refractive index of said first layer by at least 0.20 and has a film thickness of (140 to 230 nm)/n2, and a third layer which has a low refractive index (n3) which is in a range from 1.35 to 1.59 and lower than the refractive index of said first layer by at least 0.20 and has a film thickness of (110 to 150 nm)/n3 in this order on a transparent glass substrate having a refractive index from 1.47 to 1.

Abstract: Thickness information and refractive index information of a light transmitting layer are recorded in advance on an optical recording medium. Based on the thickness information and the refractive index information of the light transmitting layer, space between two lens units of an objective lens system is adjusted in an optical recording and reproducing apparatus, so that spherical aberration is adjusted. Accordingly, in the optical recording and reproducing apparatus using two lens units, it becomes possible to correctly record or reproduce the information to and from the optical recording medium.

Abstract: The present invention relates to An anti-fogging and stain-prevented glass article having an alkali shut-off film and a photocatalytic film in the order laminated on the surface of glass substrate, in which dents and projections having an arithmetical mean roughness (Ra) from 1.5 to 80 nm and mean interval (Sm) of dents and projections from 4 to 300 nm are formed thereon, and to An anti-fogging and stain-prevented glass article having an alkali shut-off film, a photocatalytic film, and a silicon oxide monocomponent equivalent layer or a layer of organosilane including at least one kind of functional group selected from polyalkyleneoxide group, alkyl group, alkenyl group and aryl group in its molecules or its hydrolyzed substance, laminated in the order on the surface of a glass article. The abovementioned anti-fogging and stain-prevented glass article can be used for window glasses of automobiles and buildings, and glasses, etc.

Abstract: A text input section (1) divides an inputted text into sentences and attaches a number to each of the sentences, which is stored in a text data base together with the number. An important word recognizing section (2) generates a list of important words for each sentence to store it in a storing section (8). An important word weighting section (3) weights each important word. A relation degree computing section (4) computes a relation degree between an attention sentence and a precedent sentence. An important degree computing section (5) computes an importance degree of each attention sentence. A tree structure determining section (6) determines a parent sentence of the attention sentence and determines a tree structure of the inputted text.

Abstract: A liquid crystal display device is provided with a liquid crystal display element, made up of a pair of electrode substrates and a liquid crystal layer filling a space therebetween; a pair of polarizing plates, one provided on each side of the liquid crystal display element; and at least one optical retardation plate, provided between the liquid crystal display element and one of the polarizing plates. Each optical retardation plate has negative anisotropy of the refractive index, and has an inclined index ellipsoid.

Abstract: Featured is a device for draining fluids and/or gas from body cavities, including at least a pressure control chamber and a collection chamber being fluidly coupled by a one-way valve thereby establishing a waterless seal between the collection chamber, including the patient, and the suction source. The pressure control chamber also includes a waterless suction pressure control regulator that controls and maintains the suction pressure at or about a selected value. Preferably, the regulator includes a spring operated valve. The device also includes a vent path arrangement having an intermediate chamber and at least two passages that are perpendicular to two adjacent surfaces within the intermediate chamber. The two passages and intermediate chamber are arranged so liquid in the collection chamber does not flow and contaminate the upstream portions of the device when the device is resting on its front side or backside.

Abstract: An image recording apparatus includes a heating portion and a granulating portion to generate colorant particles, a charging portion to charge the generated colorant particles, an ejecting portion to intermittently eject the charged colorant particles onto a recording medium in response to an electrical signal corresponding to image data to be recorded, and a transport portion to sequentially transport the colorant particles through these portions. The heating portion heats and evaporates solid or liquid colorant. The evaporated colorant is transported to the granulating portion, cooled, solidified and agglomerated into colorant particles. The colorant particles are transported to the succeeding charging portion, charged there and transported to the ejecting portion. The charged colorant particles are electrically induced toward a recording medium through an ejection hole and ejected onto a recording medium, so that the colorant particles stick and permeates to the medium according to image data.

Abstract: The purpose of the present invention is to provide a method for manufacturing a liquid crystal display device which can easily remove a removal part even from the liquid crystal display device using substrates made of thermoplastic resin. The liquid crystal display device is constructed by sticking the first and second substrates made of thermoplastic resin to each other using a sealing material. A dividing line is formed on the first substrate by a dicing method which is a half cut with a predetermined remaining thickness so that the removal part within the first substrate becomes easy to be removed. A jet of compressed air is emitted into between the first substrate the half cut is performed on and the second substrate so as to lift up the removal part. The jet of compressed air is emitted in the diagonal direction toward the liquid crystal display device. When the jet of compressed air is emitted, a removal head is inserted between the removal part and a terminal area so as to remove the removal part.

Abstract: A continuous process for the production of elemental aluminum is described. Aluminum is made from aluminum oxide and a reducing gas such as a light hydrocarbon gas or other reducing gas, for example hydrogen. In the process, a feed stream of the aluminum oxide and the reducing gas is continuously fed into a reaction zone. There the aluminum oxide and reducing gas are reacted at a temperature of about 1500° C. or greater in the reaction zone to provide a continuous product stream of reaction products, which include elemental aluminum. The product stream is continuously quenching after leaving the reaction zone, and the elemental aluminum is separated from the other reaction products.

Abstract: An electronic device includes: a key input section having a plurality of keys; a first display section for displaying a display data; a first display control section for controlling the first display section; a communication section for transmitting the display data to a display device, the display device being separable from the electronic device and including a second display section for displaying the display data and a second display control section for controlling the second display section; a main data memory for storing a main data; a table memory for storing a table of key names in association with the keys; a key name memory for storing, as a key name data, a key name retrieved from the table memory when a key corresponding to the key name is pressed; and a main control section for allowing the first display section and the second display section to display data which are stored in the main data memory and in the key name memory, via the first display control section and the second display control se

Abstract: A liquid crystal display includes a liquid crystal display panel including a signal side substrate having an arrangement of a plurality of signal electrodes, a scanning side substrate positioned opposite to the signal side substrate and having an arrangement of a plurality of scanning electrodes crossing the plurality of signal electrodes, a liquid crystal layer positioned between the signal side substrate and the scanning side substrate, and a signal side driving circuit and a scanning side driving circuit for applying driving pulse voltage signals for displaying data to the plurality of signal electrodes and the plurality of scanning electrodes, respectively for driving these electrodes. When data is displayed, at least one of the driving pulse voltage signals is provided with a correction pulse voltage signal such that the effective voltage value of each part of the liquid crystal display panel attains an optimum level.

Abstract: In a method and an apparatus for producing monocrystals, in particular of gallium arsenide monocrystals, the crystal growth is carried out with a thermal shock resistant nucleus which is freely standing within a nucleus channel and the interspace in the nucleus channel between the nucleus and the crucible is filled with liquid boric oxide.