Abstract: A modulable wall system is shown including panels that are flexibly hinged to each other along vertical main frame sections. Each individual panel consists of a flat core made of a light material and is peripherally limited by a rigid area. The rigid area is provided for connecting vertical main frame sections to upper and lower horizontal main frame sections. The vertical main frame sections have grooves along their vertical sides for linking and hinging with adjacent panels and the lower horizontal main frame sections have support feet threadedly connected thereto.

Abstract: The invention relates to a conduit collar and method for installing the conduit collar in a circular hole through concrete and stone structures used in industrial construction work. The conduit collar includes at least one circumferential rib with an outer perimeter having a diameter larger than the diameter of the hole before the collar is installed into the hole. The outer perimeter of at least one of the circumferential ribs conforms to fit inside the hole when the collar is installed into the hole.

Abstract: An image processing apparatus includes a scanner for inputting image data indicative of an image with a multilevel tone, a multilevel data part for generating multilevel tone data from the input image data through a prescribed error diffusion process, the multilevel data part outputting image data having pixels to which the multilevel tone data is assigned, a storage part for temporarily storing a value of one of two successive pixels included in the image data, and a two-pixel processing part for converting the value of the one pixel stored in the storage part into a first value, and for generating second values of the two successive pixels using the first value of the one pixel, so that output image data is output to a printer, each pixel of the output image data being described by the second values of the two successive pixels.

Abstract: A language conversion system includes a database of expression patterns in the object language, a relevance evaluation mechanism for evaluating a relevance of each expression patterns in the object language with respect to an input in the original language, a retrieval and identification mechanism for retrieving and identifying from the input in the original language information requested by the expression pattern in the object language required to generate an output in the object language, a selection mechanism for selecting the expression pattern in the object language conforming to the input in the original language depending on the relevance evaluated in the relevance evaluation mechanism, an output mechanism for generating the output in the object language based on the required information retrieved and identified from the input in the original language by the retrieval and identification mechanism, and a control mechanism for controlling operation sequences of the relevance evaluation mechanism, the ret

Abstract: An electronic filing system files one of a plurality of documents each having a mark associated with the document for recognizing each document. The electronic filing system includes an input part for inputting retrieval information for one or a plurality of documents which are to be registered prior to a document registration process, a database part for managing the retrieval information input from the input part, an image scanner for scanning a document and outputting image data related to the scanned document, a storage for storing the image data received from the image scanner, a recognition part for recognizing the mark on the document based on the image data stored in the storage, and a controller for making a database building with respect to an arbitrary document based on the mark of the arbitrary document recognized by the recognition part and the retrieval information which is managed in the database for each document when carrying out the document registration process.

Abstract: In a stapling machine, an ejector blade can be moved to eject a staple through a staple ejection slot towards an anvil adapted to clinch the ends of the arms of the staple. The staple ejector blade is moved by an actuator element. A toggle is provided which maintains the actuator element in a first position until a predetermined force has been applied to the actuator element. The toggle then releases the actuator element permitting the actuator element to move the ejector blade to eject a staple through the staple ejection slot towards the anvil.

Abstract: An image data processing apparatus includes a plurality of registers each of which outputs an output signal in accordance with a corresponding signal of a plurality of input coincidence signals derived from the input image data, the output signal indicating whether or not a corresponding register has a maximum count value, and each input coincidence signal indicating whether or not a corresponding pixel among neighborhood pixels of a target pixel of the input image data coincides with a corresponding dot among predetermined reference dots at given locations relative to the location of the target pixel in the input image data, and a state checking part for outputting a state signal indicating whether or not the output signal level of a first register having the maximum count value currently changes from the previous level by detecting the current output signal level of the first register in accordance with the input coincidence signals and in accordance with the output signals of the registers.

Abstract: New core geometries to increase the sensing range of proximity transducers in general, and eddy current killed oscillator mode sensors, in particular. A theoretical analysis yields electromagnetic parameters that facilitate prediction of the sensing capability of any ferrite core geometry. The results of this analysis is applied to a multitude of Finite Element Analysis models to study changes in maximum sensing distance due to ferrite core geometry modifications. This yielded preferred embodiments for shielded and unshielded sensors.

Abstract: A bearing component is prepared from a carburazing steel and having a surface hardness of 63 to 67 in terms of Rockwell hardness C and a surface retained austenite content of at least 20% to less than 25%. The bearing component is produced by a process including the step of carburizing and quenching a bearing component workpiece prepared from a carburizing steel and machined to a predetermined shape, the step of subjecting the resulting workpiece to a preliminary tempering treatment, the step of subjecting the tempered workpiece to a sub-zero treatment and the step of subjecting the treated workpiece to a main tempering treatment. Further, the bearing component is produced by another process including the step of carburizing and quenching a bearing component workpiece prepared from a carburizing steel and machined to a predetermined shape, the step of subjecting the resulting workpiece to a secondary hardening treatment and the step of subjecting the hardened workpiece to a main tempering treatment.

Abstract: A disk drive apparatus having a thick and simple structure with manufactured at low cost, and a bearing device having a thick structure, whose shaft deflection is small, and which is high in vibration and impact strength, and manufactured at low cost. The disk drive apparatus comprises a stator provided on a metal based printed circuit board, a shaft supported by a bearing device which is securely fixed by an attaching means of the stator, with the shaft being assembled with a magnet, a rotor yoke and the like. With this structure, the number of component parts can be decreased, and since a die therefor is not necessary, the cost for manufacturing it can be eliminated. Therefore, the disk drive apparatus is advantageous in manufacture.

Abstract: An image processing apparatus in which a multilevel image signal generated from an original image by a scanner is input and processed so as to produce multilevel image data describing a gray level of each pixel of an output image, includes a detection part for repeatedly detecting a peak of a multilevel image signal generated by a scanner and a valley thereof with respect to pixels of the original image aligned in a scanning direction of the scanner, and for outputting the peak of the multilevel image signal and the valley thereof, and a correction part for correcting a gray level of the multilevel image data with respect to each of the pixels depending on a difference between the peak and the valley, so as to reduce changes in gray level of pixels of the output image.

Abstract: An object of the present invention is to provide precise calculation of a position and an orientation of a vehicle running or moving on route. Regarding the vehicle moving along a given route and with possible variations in the running orientation it is judged that the vehicle has moved substantially on a straight line when an integrated value of the orientation variations is smaller than a predetermined value. By obtaining a regression line of GPS receiving positions in the straight line, a precise orientation of the vehicle is obtained by adding a difference between the orientations of the straight line and the regression line to an original orientation of the vehicle.

Abstract: The invention concerns an optical fiber measuring device, for example a gyrometer. The working of this device is independent of possible variations in the spectrum of the source. It includes a narrow, stable spectral filter which separates the incident flux. The modulation chain is slaved by a first detector (3). A second detector (23) receives the filtered flux. Its response is processed by a device (219) which supplies a signal that is a function of the spectrum of the light source (1).

Abstract: An organophilic clay comprising the reaction product of:(a) a smectite-type clay;(b) a first organic cation in an amount of from about 75% to about 150% of the cation exchange capacity of the smectite-type clay; and(c) a second organic cation provided by a polyalkoxylated quaternary ammonium salt; wherein the second organic cation is present in an amount of from about 0.01% to about 20% by weight of the total organic cation content.

Abstract: A safety system for vehicles comprises a sensor for detecting steering angles, a sensor for detecting speeds of the vehicle, a sensor for detecting lateral accelerations of the vehicle, and a discriminating unit having a table wherein the relationships between vehicle speeds and lateral accelerations are classified for each of different ranges of steering angles into a safety region and a hazardous region with respect to the state of the vehicle. The discriminating unit is adapted to judge the state of the vehicle from the results of detection by the respective sensors with reference to the table and to give an alarm to the driver when the state of the vehicle has come out of the safety region into the hazardous region.

Abstract: A system for controlling the temperature of a lamp annealer which system comprises a group of lamps for heating an article to be heated, a radiation thermometer for measuring the temperature of the article, and a lamp output conroller for controlling the output of the lamps based on the output of the thermometer, the controller having stored therein a target temperature control pattern.

Abstract: A neuron unit processes a plurality of input signals and outputs an output signal which is indicative of a result of the processing. The neuron unit includes input lines for receiving the input signals, a forward process part including a supplying part for supplying weight functions and an operation part for carrying out an operation on each of the input signals using one of the weight functions and for outputting the output signal, and a self-learning part including a generating part for generating new weight functions based on errors between the output signal of the forward process part and teaching signals and a varying part for varying the weight functions supplied by the supplying part of the forward process part to the new weight functions generated by the generating part.

Abstract: An image processing apparatus for image compression and decompression includes a smoothing part for smoothing image data of a reconstructed image by using a smoothing filter selected from among a plurality of smoothing filters having different smoothing effects, an averaging part for producing a set of values of averages of coefficients produced through discrete cosine transformation with respect to a plurality of blocks in the reconstructed image so that a distribution of the averages of the coefficients for a target block is generated, and a selection part for generating a signal to enable the smoothing part to select the smoothing filter by detecting whether or not peak values in the distribution of the averages of the coefficients, generated by the averaging part, appear substantially on a diagonal line of the target block passing a lowest-order position through a highest-order position of the target block.