Abstract: There is provided a making method of a coated body by using ion plating. A melt and evaporating source housed in an evaporation container disposed above a subject to be coated in a vacuum container, is heated. The melt and evaporating source is evaporated through a number of fine evaporation holes formed in an evaporation face formed by the bottom of the evaporation container, yet preventing the melt and evaporating source from dropping. The evaporated particles from the melt and evaporating source are ionized with the use of plasma generated between the evaporation container and the subject to be coated. From above, the surface of the subject to be coated is coated with the ionized evaporated-particles, causing the ionized evaporated-particles to adhere to the surface of the subject to be coated, thus forming a coating film thereon.

Abstract: A pushcart includes two front braces and a rear support having a cross bar and two legs. Two ends of the cross bar are movably received in a locating brace and a locking part of a leg position control gear fixedly mounted to rear sides of the two front braces. A push part of the gear is movably connected to a rear side of the locking part. When the cross bar is moved to a lower end of the locking part to move the two legs to an extended position, a lever mounted in the locking part is pushed by an elastic element mounted on the push part to press against the cross bar and thereby prevent the extended legs from moving. When the push part is pushed upward, the lever is moved away from the cross bar, allowing the legs to move toward the front braces into a collapsed position.

Abstract: An analog-to-digital (AD) converter includes a reference voltage generator for dividing a voltage between a first and a second reference potential to thereby generate low reference voltages of a low level, high reference voltages of a high level side, and medium reference voltages of a medium level. A first voltage comparator compares lower one of the medium reference voltages and an analog voltage input to the AD converter and outputs a first control signal if the analog voltage is higher than the lower medium reference voltage. A second voltage comparator compares higher one of the medium reference voltages and the analog voltage and outputs a second control signal if the analog voltage is lower than the higher medium reference voltage. In response to the second control signal, third voltage comparators each compare particular one of the low reference voltages and the analog voltage. Fourth voltage comparators each compare particular one of the medium voltages and the analog voltage.

Abstract: The present invention discloses a method that applies one time of reflow after stacking a plurality of semiconductor elements to complete the packaging. The upper surface of the chip carrier substrate (opposite side to the chip) in a semiconductor packaging element is implanted with solder balls or coated with solder paste. After stacking a plurality of the semiconductor packaging elements together, a reflow is applied to achieve electrical and physical connections among substrates. If the semiconductor packaging elements are ultra-thin elements, then one only needs to implant solder balls or coat solder paste on the substrate top surface of the top semiconductor packaging element and the substrate bottom surface of the bottom semiconductor packaging element. The reflow will make the soldering material permeate through each layer of substrate, completing the electrical connection between substrates.

Abstract: A shade assembly of projection lamp includes an insulating body, two fixing members, two conductive plates and two resilient members. The insulating body has two receiving spaces therein and two insertion holes. The two fixing members each has a receiving recess for the conductive plate, one end of the fixing member is inserted and tightened into the receiving space. The two conductive plates each has a first lateral side and a second lateral side. The two conductive plates being arranged within the receiving recesses for a conductive plate; the conductive plate has a bottom end facing the insertion hole. Each of the two resilient members is provided between the insulating body and the conductive plate to enhance the clamping force for the conductive plate. The receiving space has an inner wall provided with an indent groove to prevent dragging out of the fixing member.

Abstract: A scanning apparatus capable of locating a scanning starting point. The scanning apparatus includes a housing, a carriage, and a calibration paper. The housing includes a scanning platen for supporting a document to be scanned. The calibration paper is mounted on the scanning platen, adjoins one of the shorter sides of the scanning platen, and has a marked area. The marked area is defined by a set of functions and includes the scanning starting point for indicating users to locate the document to be scanned on the scanning platen according to the scanning starting point. When the carriage is moved to a scanning line, the carriage locates the scanning starting point according to the intersections of the marked area being scanned and the scanning line, and the set of functions defining the marked area.

Abstract: Automatic service equipment is provided which is capable of providing easy and simple handleability to users with vision impairments in a cost-effective manner. A user with vision impairments can reach a handset by touching a tactile displaying (or information-presentation) section and by tracing a guide extending therefrom. The user can select a targeted operational device by touching the tactile displaying section in accordance with a voice guidance message provided by the handset and can reach a targeted operational device by tracing the guide.

Abstract: A semiconductor pullet 1 includes an integrated circuit formed in the central area of the pellet 1, first electric pads 2 arranged in a line in the peripheral area and second electric pads 3 connected to the conductive lines 4 each of which has a second width L. The first pad 2 has a first width S1 and arranged with a first interval P. The second pads 3 have a third width S2 and are located outside of the first pads 2 in a parallel line to the line of said first pads with a second interval C. The first, second and third widths S1, L, S2 and the first interval P has the relationship P>S2>S1+L. Each of the second pads 3 are located at the positions corresponding to the middle positions between the first pads 2 adjoining each other where the second pads 3 are located in a first area (region A) which is inside of straight lines from a center of the semiconductor pellet having an angle &thgr; with a side of the semiconductor pellet 1, in which &thgr;>tan−1(2C/(P−S1)).

Abstract: A method and an apparatus for non-invasive blood-pressure measurement performing step-by-step inflating and deflating of the cuff pressure are disclosed. The step-by-step inflation-and-deflation process of the invention can determine the highest inflating pressure and provide enough data to obtain a curve fitting envelope. Therefore, the inflation pressure of the cuff to be pumped much higher than the normal systolic pressure of the conventional method can be prevented. A comfortable systolic and diastolic pressure determination method applying fuzzy control is achieved.

Abstract: An automatic redialing method for amiable communication network and a mobile communication system are disclosed. When a call meant for a telephone terminal belonging to a public switched telephone network is originated on a mobile station, but the telephone terminal is busy, a mobile communication exchange receives BUSY information from an exchange covering the telephone terminal on a control line. The mobile communication exchange transfers the BUSY information to a base station covering the calling mobile station. The base station transforms the BUSY information to a corresponding BUSY message capable of being sent on a radio channel and sends the BUSY message to the mobile station by adding it to the control field of a reverse control channel. On receiving the BUSY message, the mobile station once disconnects the channel, sets its timer, and redials the telephone terminal on the elapse of a preselected period of time.

Abstract: A bi-level image, coded as transition data indicating positions of transitions in individual dot lines, is analyzed by comparing transition positions occurring in a consecutive group of dot lines, and detecting segments in different dot lines in the group that have the same level and join up in the direction parallel to the dot lines. The line density of the bi-level image can be reduced by replacing the group of dot lines with a single new dot line that includes the transition positions of all dot lines in the group, except for interior transition positions of joining segments. The line density can be increased by copying transition data of each dot line to a new dot line, adjusting the transition positions of segments that join segments in an adjacent dot line.

Abstract: An electrical discharge power supply modular device for electrical discharge machine includes at least a discharge power supply motherboard having a discharge power supply control signal bus and a plurality of coupling devices of discharge power supply circuits for flexibly accommodating several discharge power supply modules, finishing circuit modules, and special processing circuit modules to form a multistage discharge power supply controlled by a discharge signal generator for providing discharge clock pulses to all the discharge power supply circuits so as to proceed electrical discharge.

Abstract: A D/A converter is provided with an equal current cell matrix achieved by arraying in a matrix equal current cells each having a current switch portion, a row decoder that makes selections in the direction of the rows in the equal current cell matrix and a column decoder that makes selections in the direction of the columns in the equal current cell matrix. The D/A converter is characterized in that the equal current cells are each provided with a latch circuit for achieving synchronization of an output signal from the row decoder and an output signal from the column decoder that are input to the current switch portion. Since the current is switched by the latch circuit, glitches can be completely eliminated from the signals input to the current switch portion by taking into consideration the lengths of delays at the row decoder and the column decoder and the timing of the clock to achieve an improvement in the S/N ratio. Furthermore, since no NMOS capacitance is required, the power consumption is reduced.

Abstract: A circuit for detecting abnormality of a subject clock signal, includes a frequency dividing circuit for frequency-dividing a monitoring clock signal to provide a frequency-divided monitoring clock signal; a shift register which stores the frequency-divided monitoring clock signal in synchronization with the subject clock signal; and a plurality of abnormality evaluation circuits. The abnormality evaluation circuits operate complementarily each other in accordance with an output signal of the shift register and detect abnormality of the subject clock signal for a period of time corresponding to the cycle of the monitoring clock signal.

Abstract: A waterproof keyboard is disclosed. The waterproof keyboard includes a top cover, a base, an orientating apparatus, and a conductive membrane above the base and a rubber sheet above the conductive membrane. The orientating apparatus has an orientating pillar extending from the top cover and connecting with the base so that the orientating apparatus fixes the top cover and the base together. The rubber sheet has a rubber orientating hole for the orientating apparatus to penetrate through. The rubber orientating hole binds up the orientating pillar so that undesired sputtered liquid can be prevented from the conductive membrane. The rubber sheet has a water-resistant edge with an opening so that liquid collected between the top cover and the rubber sheet can be led out through the opening of the water-resistant edge.

Abstract: The Euclid mutual division arithmetic circuit relating to the present invention comprises first, second, and third register portions and control portion. Each register portion is constituted so as to be able to selectively perform a Euclid mutual division, perform Euclid mutual division using a divisor and dividend, supply the divisor used in the Euclid mutual division operation, and supply the dividend used in the Euclid mutual division operation. The control portion operates so that, in a kth operation, the first register portion supplies the dividend, the second register portion performs the division operation, and the third register portion supplies the divisor supplying function; in a (k+1)th operation, the first register performs the division operation, the second register portion supplies the divisor, and the third register portion performs the dividend.

Abstract: A detector for detecting the steering angle of a steering mechanism of a motor vehicle includes: a steering angle detecting section that receives data from a steering angle sensor and detects a relative steering angle indicative of a direction and degree of a steering operation; a steering angle midpoint computing section that repeatedly performs a computation when the motor vehicle is traveling to determine a steering angle midpoint value; an absolute steering angle calculating section that calculates an absolute steering angle on the basis of the steering angle midpoint value and the relative steering angle; and a rewritable nonvolatile memory for storing the latest steering angle midpoint value. Immediately after turn-on of the ignition key, before the steering angle midpoint is newly determined, the steering angle midpoint value stored in the nonvolatile memory is used as a tentative steering angle midpoint value for the calculation of the absolute steering angle.