Abstract: A beamforming apparatus obtains the beamforming parameters that realize arbitrary desirable PSF by using optimization theories. The apparatus uses at least one of the beamforming parameters such as the intensities, frequencies, bandwidths and shapes of the signals transmitted by the transmitting unit, the filtering of noises, amplifications (gains) and shapes of the signals received by the receiving unit, delays of the directions of propagation and array used by the delay units, apodization functions of the directions of propagation and array used by the apodization units, the number of the additions of the signals by the addition unit, array element parameters such as element size or shape and how to implement the elements in transducers (e.g., connections by leads between the elements and with the surroundings), which are determined by the specified optimization process to realize the desirable PSF.

Abstract: A display device that displays image information in response to a digital display signal includes a display panel signal lines and scanning lines which intersect at right angles with each other, and a plurality of display pixels with optical elements arranged near the intersecting points of the signal lines and scanning lines. A signal driver circuit has a plurality of current generation circuits including a drive current generation circuit for generating drive current from a plurality of gradation currents based on the display signal value supplied to each of the scanning lines, a scanning driver circuit for sequentially applying a scanning signal to each of the scanning lines for setting the selection state of each line of each display pixel, and a gradation current generation circuit for generating gradation currents according to each display signal bit at least based on a constant predetermined reference current.

Abstract: Method for tuning a Single Sideband receiver including processing the signal in the time domain, converting the signal to the frequency domain, processing the signal in the frequency domain, converting the modified signal from the frequency domain to a correlation domain, processing the signal in the correlation domain and analyzing the processed signal from the correlation domain to determine a receiver tuning error.

Abstract: A method for the prevention or treatment in a mammal of a disease preventable or treatable by the pharmacologically useful antisense or antigene activity of an oligonucleotide analogue or a pharmacologically acceptable salt thereof in the body of said mammal, which method comprises administering to said mammal in need of such prevention or treatment a pharmaceutically effective amount of an oligonucleotide analogue comprising two or more nucleoside units, wherein at least one of said nucleoside units is a structure of the formula (2): wherein A is methylene; and B is an unsubstituted purin-9-yl, an unsubstituted 2-oxo-pyrimidin-1-yl or a substituted purin-9-yl; or a pharmacologically acceptable salt thereof.

Abstract: A method for preparing a compound having the following formula (I) by reducing a nitro group of the following formula (III) followed by carrying out an intramolecular dehydration condensation, wherein R2 is hydrogen, alkyl, cycloalkyl, phenyl or a 5- or 6-membered heterocyclic, and X is oxygen, sulfur or nitrogen.

Abstract: An image processing apparatus obtains image data, and extracts a subject pixel (to be subjected to color noise reduction processing) and nearby pixels which are a predetermined distance away from the subject pixel and which are not adjacent to the subject pixel. The image processing apparatus multiplies values of the extracted pixels with predetermined coefficients, and which averages the values of the extracted pixels that have been multiplied by the predetermined coefficients.

Abstract: A received low-frequency standard radio wave, which is an amplitude modulation signal, is converted to an intermediate frequency signal Sa, and is output to a detection circuit and an AGC circuit. The detection circuit and AGC circuit generates an RF control signal Sf1 and IF control signal Sf2 from the input intermediate frequency signal Sa, and controls an RF control circuit and IF control circuit by outputting the generated RF control signal Sf1 and IF control signal Sf2 to the RF control circuit and IF control circuit. By this a radio wave reception device can speed up AGC operation.

Abstract: A panel-carrying-out apparatus used for conveying panels ejected from a press machine includes: a semicircular sorting conveyor adapted to be driven switchably in a normal direction or a reverse direction; and a pair of straight conveyors respectively disposed at ends of the sorting conveyor. Each of the panels from the press machine is mounted on the center position of the sorting conveyor in terms of a conveying path. Specifically, an arced conveyor included in the sorting conveyor, on which each of the panels is initially mounted, is adapted to be driven switchably in the normal direction or the reverse direction.

Abstract: A blood occlusion auger having an in vivo distal auger tool coupled in operative association with an ex vivo auger control for opening and traversing occlusions in a blood vessel The auger control allows the selection of predetermined threshold forces and step-lengths values and operates in successive repetition of identical sequential stages, to traverse occlusions. Once disposed adjacent an occlusion, the auger tool, commanded by the auger control, operates in two states, first to radially dilate the vessel and second to penetrate distally into a furrow.

Abstract: A fixed-side connecting portion 151 is provided on an end of the fixed bar 141 while a movable-side connecting portion 152 is provided on an end of the movable bar 142. An air clamp 16 is housed within the fixed bar 141. By pneumatically driving the air clamp 16 while the movable-side connecting portion 152 is superimposed on an upper side of the fixed-side connecting portion 151, a clamp member 165 protrudes from a case 161 to be downwardly rotated and holds the movable-side connecting portion 152 against the fixed-side connecting portion 151. Since the clamp member 165 is pneumatically driven, a die replacement time can be shortened. In addition, since the air clamp 16 is housed within the fixed bar 141, the size of a transfer feeder 41 can be reduced.

Abstract: Nucleic acids encoding mouse and human sphingosine kinase type 2 isoforms, methods for detecting agents or drugs which inhibit or promote sphingosine activity and therapeutic agents containing peptides or antibodies to peptides encoded by such nucleic acids.

Abstract: An optical film producing method, comprises steps of: extruding a melted material including a melted cellulose ester resin from a casting die by using an extruding device; forming a film by pressing the extruded melted material between a first rotating member and a second rotating member; and winding up the formed film, wherein the following formulas are satisfied: 30° C.?T1?T2?60° C., 0° C.?T2?T3?20° C., Tg<T3, where T1 is the temperature of the melted material at an exit of the casting die, T2 is the temperature of the film at a point where the film firstly contacts the first rotating member, T3 is the temperature of the film at a point where the film is pressed between the first rotating member and the second rotating member, and Tg is the glass transition temperature of the film.

Abstract: A liquid crystal display device includes a first substrate having one surface on which a first electrode is provided, a second substrate which is provided with a second electrode, and a liquid crystal layer which is interposed between the first and second substrates. Negative dielectric anisotropy homeotropic aligning films are formed on mutually faced surfaces of the first and second electrodes, respectively. A pair of polarizing plates are arranged on a side of the other surface opposite to the one surface of each substrate. And a pair of optical compensation layers are arranged respectively between the other surfaces of the substrates and the polarizing plates, and give a retardation having a value which is substantially ¼ of a wavelength ? of transmitted visible light to the transmitted visible light.

Abstract: When an imaging device is set to a BS shooting mode, the imaging device goes into a through-image display state of an object being shot. When a user operates a SET-key, the imaging device is changed to a detailed-screen state in which a sample image, etc., corresponding to each shooting scene is singly displayed. When the user operates a Wide-key of the zoom key in the detailed-screen display state, the imaging device is changed to a multi-screen state of the sample image corresponding to each shooting scene. The user can select a sample image in the detailed-screen state and the multi-screen state. When the user selects a sample image and operates the SET-key, the parameters of the shooting scene corresponding to the selected sample image are set as shooting conditions and the imaging device returns to the through-image display state.

Abstract: An image forming apparatus includes: an image forming section to perform an image formation onto a recording medium which moves relatively in a sub scanning direction, the image forming section including a writing unit including a writing element; an image processing section to convert a data for driving the writing unit based on an input image data; a zoom ratio setting section to set zoom ratios of an image in a main scanning direction respectively associated with position in the image in the sub scanning direction; and a controlling section to control the image formation in the writing unit, based on the data for driving the writing unit which has been converted in the image processing section based on the zoom ratio set on the zoom ratio setting section.

Abstract: An image display apparatus has one display screen configured to display images corresponding to a plurality of observers. The image display apparatus includes illumination unit for emitting a first light flux and a second light flux in at least two different directions in a time sharing manner, and a transmissive display element configured to display in a time sharing manner a first image using the first light flux as illumination light and a second image using the second light flux as illumination light. The illumination unit includes a first light source which emits the first light flux, a second light source which emits the second light flux, a first light guiding plate which projects the first light flux only in a direction to a first observer, and a second light guiding plate which projects the second light flux only in a direction to a second observer.

Abstract: A connector which is capable of preventing degradation of transmission, and achieving downsizing. Contact portions of first and second signal contacts, and contact portions of ground contacts are arranged in a row in a contact arranging direction. Contact portions of contacts for non-high-speed transmission are arranged in a row in the contact arranging direction. The row formed by the contact portions of the first and second signal contacts, and the contact portions of the ground contacts, and the rows formed by the contact portions of the contacts for non-high-speed transmission are parallel. The contact portions of each pair of first and second signal contacts are disposed between the contact portions of adjacent ones of the ground contacts in the contact arranging direction.

Abstract: In a cleaning unit that cleans nozzles are provided a support base, a wiping portion that moves together with the support base to clean an ink on the nozzles, and a suction nozzle that is provided on the support base through a spring behind the wiping portion with respect to a traveling direction along which a cleaning operation is performed and sucks the ink subjected to cleaning. The wiping portion is moved by a set pin to adjust a gap between the wiping portion and a recording head, and contact cleaning or non-contact cleaning is selected at the time of cleaning. As a result, there can be provided an inkjet recording apparatus that can prevent an ink-repellant coating from being abraded, stably eject the ink, and record a high-quality image.

Abstract: To reduce ink bleeding and growing of dot diameters for high image quality, an ink jet recording apparatus for recording a color image includes a first head group including chromatic color ink recording heads, a second head group including at least one of a transparent ink recording head and an achromatic color ink recording head, and light emitting devices for curing a photocurable ink having landed on a recording medium. The first and the second head groups are disposed along a scanning direction. The chromatic color ink recording heads of the first head group do not have the light emitting device therebetween along the scanning direction. And the light emitting device is arranged along the scanning direction between the first and second head groups and further arranged at least on a trailing side, in the scanning direction, of a trailing one of the first and second head groups.

Abstract: Provided is a connector capable of facilitating a work of connecting first and second connection targets. A first receiving part to be coupled to a first plug connector and a second receiving part to be coupled to a second plug connector are formed at the housing of a relay connector which electrically connects the first and second plug connectors to be mounted on a chassis. The housing is provided with a contact which establishes conduction between the first plug connector coupled to the first receiving part and the second plug connector coupled to the second receiving part. The housing comprises a housing body having the first and second receiving parts, and a hook provided at the housing body to engage with a hole provided in the chassis.