Abstract: Provided are an electric power generating apparatus for a movement type equipment and a self-generation system having the same. The electric power generating apparatus for a movement type equipment includes: a piezoelectric beam having an end fixed to a movement type equipment and other end with a mass; and a rectifier unit for rectifying and storing electric energy generated due to deformation of the piezoelectric beam. The self-generation system includes: a movement type equipment; and an electric power generating apparatus for a movement type equipment including a piezoelectric beam having an end fixed to a movement type equipment and other end with a mass, and a rectifier unit for rectifying and storing electric energy generated due to deformation of the piezoelectric beam.

Abstract: In a label-switched path communications network, each node of the network defines first and second label-switched paths between its first and second output ports and the input ports of downstream nodes. The output ports of each node are monitored. If the first output port is normal, a received packet containing a first label value is switched from any of its input ports to the first output port according to a first relationship between the first label value and the first output port. If the first output port is abnormal, the first label value of the packet is rewritten with a second label value and the packet is switched to the second output port according to a second relationship between the second label value and the second output port. The first and second label values form a pair of companion label values.

Abstract: A two-way radio frequency lighting control system comprises a master control including a plurality of manual actuators, and a plurality of dimmers, in which the number of dimmers does not exceed the number of manual actuators. After the lighting control system is installed in an intended end user location, and prior to the first time the lighting control system is energized in the intended end user location, each of the manual actuators is operative to affect the status of one, and only one, of the plurality of dimmers. A turn key lighting control system in which there is a one-to-one correspondence of manual actuators to dimmers is thereby provided.

Abstract: A cell controller controls the operation of a transport robot to keep a substrate belonging to a succeeding lot carried into a heating part in the fourth transport cycle from being transported out of the heating part in the next or fifth transport cycle, thereby preventing interference between the transport of substrates belonging to the succeeding lot and the transport of substrates belonging to a preceding lot. If interference is likely to occur between the transport of the substrates belonging to the succeeding lot and the transport of the substrates belonging to the preceding lot, the cell controller causes the substrates belonging to the succeeding lot not to be transported but to remain in processing units. This allows the transport of the substrates belonging to the succeeding lot in consideration of only the next transport cycle.

Abstract: A III-nitride power device that includes a Schottky electrode integrated with a power switch. The combination is used in power supply circuits such as a boost converter circuit.

Abstract: A method and a circuit comprising an electrically controlled transistor element (303) configured for conveying a current from an input terminal (300) to an output terminal (320), wherein the current is of a magnitude belonging within a pre-determined current range; and a control circuit configured for controlling said transistor element is such a manner that the transistor element (303) is controlled to produce a pre-selected voltage drop across the transistor element independently of the traversing current. Hereby an extremely effective circuit is provided that has high efficiency for transporting large current values form a supply module to a power consuming module and hence the option is provided of substituting the circuit according to the invention in an active system; a so-called hot swap. The circuit can also easily be dimensioned to a desired application by adding a number of transistor elements in parallel.

Abstract: A sliding board, particularly a ski, comprising a sliding surface, an upper shell, optionally, a core, steel edges, an upper belt and a lower belt, and comprising at least one interface element, which is joined to the sliding board body and which is provided for mounting at least one binding element on the top surface of the sliding board. The interface element(s) is/are shaped onto lateral flanks that extend along the longitudinal sides of the ski. These lateral flanks are bound in the sliding board construction during the production of the sliding board.

Abstract: A mobile terminal such as a cellular telephone can include a voice recording function. Upon arrival of an incoming call when the cellular telephone is executing a recording operation, the cellular telephone informs of the arrival of the incoming call by any one of or both of an incoming call display on a display unit and light emission of light emitting means. At this time, the cellular telephone stops a sound generating operation and a vibrating operation which affect the recording operation. The recording stops temporarily when a user answers the incoming call.

Abstract: A hook member of a vehicle seat lock engages with a striker fixed to a vehicle body. An opening lever is pivotally secured to the first base plate to constitute the first subassembly. The hook member is pivotally secured to the second base plate to constitute the second subassembly. The first base plate is coupled to the second base plate. Between the first and second base plates, a sensing member is pivotally secured in parallel with the hook member to detect invasion of the striker in the hook member.

Abstract: A method of bonding wire between first and second bonding points with a bonding tool, such as a capillary, is disclosed. A first bond is formed at the first bonding point with the bonding tool, and further steps include moving the bonding tool away from the first bond by a first distance, then moving the bonding tool towards the first bonding point and coupling the wire to the first bond. Thereafter, the bonding tool is moved away from the first bond by a second distance and a kink is formed in the wire. The bonding tool is subsequently moved to extend a sufficient length of wire to form a wire loop between the first and second bonding points before the bonding tool is moved to the second bonding point to form a second bond. Characteristics of wire bonds formable using the method are also disclosed.

Abstract: The invention relates to a simple and efficient process for isolating viruses from various sources and for producing live attenuated influenza vaccines in a serum-free Vero cell culture under conditions where alterations in the surface antigens of the virus due to adpative selection are minimized or prevented. The process does not require purification of the virus-containing supernatant harvested from the cell culture nor post-incubation treatment of the viruses for HA activation. The invention further relates to influenza A and B master strain candidates and to vaccines made thereof.

Abstract: A metal shell is composed of a trunk portion and a pair of reinforcing portions provided at opening ends of the trunk portion. The trunk portion is formed of a metallic cylinder, the reinforcing portion is formed of a metallic ring having the same diameter as that of the cylinder, and the ring is joined to at least an opening end of the cylinder.

Abstract: The invention relates to an analogue display device for a timepiece. The inventive device consists of display means which are disposed such as to perform jumps in relation to a dial comprising a haphazard series of values to be displayed.

Abstract: A method of detecting wear and damage to a rotary cutting blade for singulating a substrate is provided comprising the steps of providing a sensor to locate a first detecting position at an edge of the blade and performing dicing with the blade while the sensor is maintained substantially at the first detecting position for detecting damage to the blade. Subsequently, an extent of wear of the blade is determined by driving the sensor in the direction of the blade to locate a second detecting position at the edge of the blade as a diameter of the blade is reduced due to dicing. Thereafter, while dicing is performed with the blade, the sensor is maintained substantially at the second detecting position for detecting damage to the blade.

Abstract: A substrate treatment apparatus for removing an unnecessary substance from a surface of a substrate. The apparatus is provided with: an oxidation liquid supply mechanism for supplying an oxidation liquid having an oxidative effect to the substrate surface; a physical cleaning mechanism for physically cleaning the substrate surface; and an etching liquid supply mechanism for supplying an etching liquid having an etching effect to the substrate surface. It is preferred to physically clean the substrate surface while supplying the oxidation liquid to the substrate surface.

Abstract: A stair slide having a longitudinally extending inflatable body with an upper surface and a lower surface. The body is configured so that when inflated, the lower surface conforms to steps of a stairway and the upper surface is substantially flat. A mounting device is attached to an upper end of the body for securing the body at the stairway. A lower end of the body opposite the upper end is formed as a flat landing area.

Abstract: Outer loop power control (OLPC) method and apparatus for mobile communications systems which allow rapid adjustment of the target desired signal to interference ratio (SIRtarget) satisfying a target block error rate (BLERtarget). Specifically, the outer loop power control method proposed herein is termed “Outage-Based OLPC” and establishes that the target desired signal to interference ratio (SIRtarget) is given as the sum of two components: the first component (SIRoutage-tgt) is calculated by means of a dynamic adjusting function, for example, a neural network which makes a quality criterion based on outage probabilities correspond with one based on the target block error rate (BLERtarget), taking as input the fading margins associated with the different outage probabilities considered; the other component (SIRBLER-tgt) is that which acts to correct the possible deviations in the target block error rate (BLERtarget) due to the non-ideal behavior of the previous component (SIRoutage-tgt).

Abstract: An optical information recording medium includes an oxide/nitride dielectric film that shows a film forming rate higher than that of SiON film and hence is adapted to mass production. The recording medium shows little change in the reflectivity after a long environment test. A first dielectric layer made of ZnS—SiO2, an oxide/nitride dielectric layer made of silicon-nickel oxide/nitride, a second dielectric layer made of ZnS—SiO2, a first interface layer made of GeN, a recording layer made of Ge2Sb2Te5, a second interface layer made of GeN, a third dielectric layer made of ZnS—SiO2 and a reflection layer are laid sequentially on a transparent substrate in the above mentioned order. The oxide/nitride dielectric layer is formed by reactive sputtering in a mixed gas atmosphere containing Ar gas, O2 gas and N2 gas.