Abstract: A data medium handling apparatus and a data medium handling method suitable for use for handling of documents, for example, in a financial organ. The data medium handling apparatus (30) for recognizing, based on an image (19) read from a data medium on which information is described in an arbitrary format, the information, is constructed such that it comprises means (2) for extracting characteristics unique to the data medium including the format from the read image data (19) and specifying, from the characteristics, a position at which information to be recognized is present, and image recognition means (3) for recognizing the image (19) at the position specified by the preceding means (2) to discriminate the information, so that the data medium handling apparatus (30) can handle documents having various formats such as private slips.

Abstract: In coupling a part or component of synthetic resin mounted on a vehicle and a threaded member capable of detachably engaging with the part, the part is provided with a retaining portion for retaining at least a portion of the threaded member against rotation relative to each other, and a claw construction means capable of disengageably engaging with the threaded member so as to inhibit the separation of the threaded member from the retaining portion. With this coupling structure, the operation of molding a part of synthetic resin for a vehicle having a threaded member integrally incorporated therein can be carried out easily and a labor-saving is achieved in the operation. Further, the recycling of parts defectively formed or the like can be promoted.

Abstract: There is provided a sintered oil retaining bearing that secures the stability of an oil film and achieves high running accuracy through management to exclude a variation in the size of surface openings in the bearing surface, particularly the presence of large holes, while making use of such advantages as the mass productivity, low noise and low cost features of sintered oil retaining bearings. In a sintered oil retaining bearing 11 having a bearing body 19 that is composed of a porous body formed of a sintered metal, that is formed with a bearing surface 18 opposed to the outer peripheral surface of a rotary shaft 1 through a bearing clearance and that is impregnated with lubricating oil or lubricating grease, it is arranged that surface openings in said bearing surface 18 are substantially uniform in size and that when the area of a single such surface opening is converted into the area of a circle, the diameter of such circle does not exceed 0.05 mm.

Abstract: A semiconductor memory device has a read data line, a write data line, a data holding circuit, and a data writing circuit. The data holding circuit holds data on the write data line, and the data writing circuit writes the data held on the write data line into a memory cell. Further, a semiconductor memory device has a read data line, a write data line, and an address information holding circuit. The address information holding circuit holds address information that is input in relation to write data, and when an access occurs to the address held in the address information holding circuit, data held on the write data line is written into a memory cell corresponding to the address.

Abstract: In a bar-code reading apparatus, an enclosure is provided with various mechanisms, includes a hand-holding portion and a reading portion having a reading window. Projections are provided at two sides of the enclosure, and a cable extends out from one of the projections. The projections engage with supporting-point cut-out portions of supporting portions in a stand, in a stationary condition. The reading window is therefore located lower than the hand-holding portion.

Abstract: Failure determination of a memory is made in sequence based on address information supplied to the memory using a test circuit built inside the memory, and resultant failure determination information output from a comparator circuit and the address information output from an address counter circuit are fetched in sequence and held in a logic scan chain, whereby the logic scan chain which is originally provided for a logic test is efficiently used also for a memory test so as to obtain information concerning one or more failure locations and the number of failures by one BIST test without addition of a complicated circuit configuration.

Abstract: A clip for a sheet electrode, which is capable of easily and reliably pinching a sheet electrode, and capable of minimizing the number of parts, thus facilitating the assembling. This clip is constructed such that a movable plate (20) provided with slots (25) to be engaged with supporting axes (13) is engaged with a substrate (10) having the supporting axes (13), and a conductive leaf spring (30) which is bent in the near middle thereof is interposed between the substrate and movable plate so as to keep them in an opened state. After the insertion of a sheet electrode (50), the movable plate is pivoted against the force of the leaf spring so as to close and pinch the sheet electrode. When the movable plate is further shifted forward along the slots, the movable plate is fixingly engaged with the substrate, thereby maintaining the pinching of the sheet electrode.

Abstract: A method of manufacturing a crystalline silicon base semiconductor thin film on a substrate, includes the steps of forming a thin film primarily made of silicon on the substrate by forming plasma of a film material gas containing at least a silicon base gas at the vicinity of the substrate; and crystallizing the silicon in the thin film primarily made of the silicon by emitting excited particles produced from an excited particle material gas to the substrate. At least one of the film material gas and the excited particle material gas contains an impurity gas for forming the silicon semiconductor, and thereby the crystalline silicon base semiconductor thin film is formed on the substrate.

Abstract: A voltage output device outputs an analog voltage obtained by dividing a supply voltage with a plurality of resistor elements. The resistor elements are individually connected in parallel with fuse elements and switching transistors. The fuse elements have a resistance sufficiently lower than the resistor elements. The voltage output device also has a controller that controls, in accordance with an input signal fed thereto, the on/off states of the switching elements. The fuse elements connected in parallel with the transistors that are turned on remain intact without blowing, and the fuse elements connected in parallel with the transistors that are kept off blow. The fuse elements blow when a current higher than a predetermined value is passed therethrough, and this permits adjustment of the value of the output analog voltage.

Abstract: A block copolymer (1) containing a polymer block A of a conjugated diene and a random copolymer block B of a conjugated diene and aromatic vinyl compound, (2) having a weight ratio (A:B) of the polymer block A and the copolymer block B of 5:95 to 95:5, (3) having a bound aromatic vinyl compound content in the copolymer block B of 1 to 50% by weight, (4) having a weight average molecular weight (Mw) of 100,000 to 5,000,000, and (5) having at least two transition points measured by differential scanning calorimetry in the range of −150° C. to +150° C., a method of production of the same, and a rubber composition and pneumatic tire containing the same.

Abstract: A method of reading data from a ferroelectric memory has a memory cell which uses a ferroelectric capacitor as a storage medium. The method includes the steps of (a) applying first and second electric fields having opposite directions to the ferroelectric capacitor, wherein polarization of the ferroelectric capacitor is changed according to a variation of the first and second electric fields; and (b) reading out the data stored in the memory cell by detecting a variation of the polarization of the ferroelectric capacitor.

Abstract: Electronic braking force distribution control initiation is properly judged. Upon pressurizing the brake pedal, if the estimated vehicle deceleration or the vehicle wheel deceleration becomes larger than a threshold value, electronic braking force distribution control by controlling the rear wheel inlet and outlet valves is initiated. The deceleration threshold value is varied based on the degree of pressure applied stepping on the brake pedal.

Abstract: An automatic steering system for a vehicle is provided which includes a memory section for storing data for a steering angle of a wheel with respect to a distance of movement of a vehicle in correspondence to four parking modes. If a desired parking mode is selected by a mode selecting switch and the vehicle is moved at a creep while depressing a brake pedal, a control section controls the operation of a steering actuator to perform automatic parking control. At this time, an object detector continuously detects the position of an object around or in the vicinity of the subject vehicle, and when there is an obstacle already existing within a locus of movement of the subject vehicle, or when there is a possibility that a moving obstacle may enter into the locus of movement of the subject vehicle, a warning is provided to a driver, and an automatic brake is operated. Thus, it is possible to reliably perform the automatic parking control when there is an obstacle.

Abstract: A sliding member having a sliding surface for sliding contact with a cooperative member is disclosed. A protective film is deposited not only on the sliding surface but also a surface region immediately adjacent the sliding surface such that a ratio d1/d2 is controlled to be 1 or greater, where d1 is a thickness of the protective film on the sliding surface and d2 is a thickness of the protective film on the surface region immediately adjacent the sliding surface. Alternatively, the protective film is deposited at least on the sliding surface such that the protective film is varied in thickness to define an irregular top surface.

Abstract: A brake system in a buggy includes first and second brake shafts which are disposed on one side of the left and right differential output shafts in a longitudinal direction of the vehicle and in parallel to the left and right differential output shafts and which are driven at increased speeds by the left and right differential output shafts. The first and second brake shafts and the first and second brakes are accommodated within a reduction case, so that the first and second brakes are cooled by lubricating oil within the reduction case. Thus, the brake system in the buggy can be mounted at a high level above the ground; is excellent in dustproof and waterproof properties; is cooled satisfactorily, and moreover, is capable of reliably braking left and right wheels simultaneously.

Abstract: The supply connecting circuit selects one input signal from a plurality of input signals corresponding to a plurality of select signals in response to the activation of any one of the select signals. The supply connecting circuit connects a supply to either of the inverting circuits in the latch depending on the input signal selected. The latch is forced to be unbalanced due to the activation of one inverting circuit so as to latch a value corresponding to the input signal selected by the select signal. A value to be latched is determined with the states of the input signals supplied at the activation of a select signal. This minimizes the settling periods of the input signals with respect to the select signals. As a result, the timing margins of the circuit increase, thereby realizing high speed operations.

Abstract: In a control system for a gas turbine aero engine, the control system (ECU) is configured as a dual control system comprising two channels, Ch-A and Ch-B. Ch-A has two CPUs which conduct calculations separately based on the sensor outputs and one of the CPUs compares the results and if they coincide, the CPU sends the result of the other CPU to the FCU. If not, one of the CPUs determines that an abnormality arises in Ch-A and sends a result to Ch-B. Ch-B is constituted as a standby channel having only one CPU whose operation is monitored by a simple watchdog timer circuit. This enhances CPU failure detection with a relatively simple configuration, and eliminates the need for provision of an overspeed protector.

Abstract: A semiconductor memory device, such as a synchronous DRAM, receives external commands and an external clock signal via input buffers. The device generates internal clock signals having a slower frequency than the external clock signal and uses the internal clock signals to acquire the external command. This allows more than one external command to be acquired for each cycle of the external clock. The acquired external commands are provided to command decoders for decoding. A mask circuit is connected to the decoder circuits and inhibits the decoding circuits, except for a first one of the decoding circuits, from decoding the external commands for a predetermined time period, when the first decoder circuit is decoding the external commands.

Abstract: An optical communication module comprises a light emitting element for generating the transmission signal, a condenser lens for connecting the transmission signal light from the light emitting element to the light transmission line, a light receiving element for receiving the receiving signal light from the light transmission line, and a package that covers the light emitting element and the light receiving element, and uses the condenser lens as an opening window, wherein the wavelength selective film for allowing the required waveband light to transmit and the unwanted waveband light to reflect is coated on the transparent member installed on or in the vicinity of the convex surface of the condenser lens. As a result, a bi-directional optical communication module of an inexpensive construction can be obtained, which can receive the desired waveband light only without using a special component such as a wave separator and does not return the unwanted waveband light to the light transmission line.

Abstract: A shoplift alarming device comprising: (1) one or more article-attachment portions each including a casing having an article-attachment surface, and a switch having a contact and a movable piece; (2) one or more cords each having a main lead line pair, i.e.