Abstract: A belt drive device includes a plurality of rollers and an endless belt stretched around the rollers, and configured to drive the endless belt by rotating the rollers. The belt drive device further includes a roller-shaft shifting member that shifts at least one end of a shaft of at least one roller of the above described rollers in accordance with the movement of the endless belt in the axial direction of the roller.

Abstract: A voice packet communications system which objectively evaluates the voice quality in real time. Voice packets received from a network are input into an adjustment circuit. The adjustment circuit evens out the periods of the voice packets, detects the drop-out of voice packets, and inserts substitute packets in the voice packet sequence. Furthermore, the adjustment circuit outputs the number of voice packets that have dropped out, the number of substitute packets that have been inserted, and the number of voice packets that have accumulated inside the circuit, as quality information in each monitoring period. A decoding circuit converts the voice packets adjusted by the adjustment circuit into voice information. A judgement circuit calculates an index that indicates the communications quality of the voice packets from the quality information using a specified calculation formula.

Abstract: Disclosed are an inkjet ink and a method for printing on hydrophobic media such as offset coated media using the inkjet ink. Specifically disclosed is an inkjet containing a pigment, water and a surfactant which is characterized by also containing 40 to 75 weight % of a polar non-protic solvent with a molecular weight of 40 to 130 which has permeability to a hydrophobic surface such as the coating of an offset coated medium. Such an inkjet ink enables better printing on hydrophobic media such as offset coated media than the conventional inks.

Abstract: A receiver having a first clock signal is provided. The first frequency of the first clock signal is adjusted to be close to a second frequency of a second clock signal of a transmitter. The receiver includes a clock generator, a processor and a controller. The clock generator is for generating the first clock signal. The processor is for outputting a first control signal to control the clock generator to adjust the first frequency to be close to the second frequency when an absolute value of a current difference between the first and the second frequencies at a current time point is larger than a threshold. The controller is for outputting a second control signal to control the clock generator when the absolute value of the current difference is smaller than the threshold, so as to reduce the load of the processor.

Abstract: A spin valve element driving method, and a spin valve element employing such a method, for causing microwave oscillation in a spin valve element. The spin valve element includes an intermediate layer and a pair of ferromagnetic layers including a fixed layer and a free layer sandwiching the intermediate layer, the fixed layer having a higher coercivity than the free layer, and being magnetized in a direction substantially perpendicular to a film plane thereof. The method includes a driving step of passing current from one of the pair of ferromagnetic layers to the other through the intermediate layer.

Abstract: A buckle set, two of which pair off for being inset in frame of the swimming goggles on two sides so that a strap can be inserted in the buckle sets for fastening the swimming goggles on user's face. Structure of the present invention features a 2nd bump, which keeps the buckle in effective spacing even when the buckle is loaded with force and thus keeping the buckle well covered by the buckle hood.

Abstract: The contact resistance between an Ohmic electrode and an electron transit layer is reduced compared with a case in which the Ohmic electrode is provided to a depth less than the heterointerface. As a result, for an Ohmic electrode provided in a structure comprising an electron transit layer formed of a first semiconductor layer formed on a substrate, an electron supply layer comprising a second semiconductor layer forming a heterojunction with the electron transit layer and having a smaller electron affinity than the first semiconductor layer, and a two-dimensional electron layer induced in the electron transit layer in the vicinity of the heterointerface, the end portion of the Ohmic electrode is positioned in the electron transit layer in penetration into the electron supply layer at a depth equal to or greater than the heterointerface.

Abstract: A split serial-parallel hybrid dual-power drive system, comprised of two or more than two separation drive systems allowing independent operation to respectively drive the load, or all loads driven individually are incorporated in a common frame to drive land, surface, underwater transportation means or aircraft, industrial machines and equipment or any other load drive by rotational kinetic energy.

Abstract: Provided are a reflective semiconductor optical amplifier (R-SOA) and a superluminescent diode (SLD). The R-SOA includes: a substrate; an optical waveguide including a lower clad layer, an active layer independent of the polarization of light, and an upper clad layer sequentially stacked on the substrate, the optical waveguide comprising linear, curved, and tapered waveguide areas; and a current blocking layer formed around the optical waveguide to block a flow of current out of the active layer, wherein the linear and curved waveguide areas have a single buried hetero (BH) structure, and the tapered waveguide area has a dual BH structure.

Abstract: An image evaluation system and method are provided. The system includes an image register, an evaluation window, an image feature generator, and an evaluation unit. In addition, the image evaluation method includes the steps of in case that the image is a human figure, the image is analyzed based on a basic rule of image composition, and an evaluation score is calculated according to the position of the face feature in the image as analyzed and obtained from the image; in case that the image is a landscape, first if a horizontal line exists in the image is determined, if the answer is affirmative, the evaluation score is calculated based on the inclination of a horizontal line in the image; and the evaluation score is reported to the user as a reference. As such, the user may determine the quality of the image based on the evaluation score.

Abstract: A split serial-parallel hybrid dual-power drive system, comprised of two or more than two separation drive systems allowing independent operation to respectively drive the load, or all loads driven individually are incorporated in a common frame to drive land, surface, underwater transportation means or aircraft, industrial machines and equipment or any other load drive by rotational kinetic energy.

Abstract: Provided are an ontology system, a method for managing the ontology system, and a recording medium storing the same. The ontology system includes: a context broker unit for receiving context information from a sensing device and verifying a validity of the received context information; a context managing unit for controlling to generate an ontology structure by transforming the verified context information from the context broker unit to ontology web language (OWL) data and processing the OWL data; a rule-based inference engine unit for transforming the processed context information from the context managing unit to semantic web rule language (SWRL) data and processing the SWRL data through an inference process; a learning managing unit for processing the processed context information from the context managing unit through learning; and a database for storing the context information processed at the context managing unit, the rule-based engine unit, and the learning managing unit.

Abstract: A split serial-parallel hybrid dual-power drive system, comprised of two or more than two separation drive systems allowing independent operation to respectively drive the load, or all loads driven individually are incorporated in a common frame to drive land, surface, underwater transportation means or aircraft, industrial machines and equipment or any other load drive by rotational kinetic energy.

Abstract: A suspending buckle mechanism of output water device, which connects to a supporting arm protruding out of a wall, includes a sucker mechanism, a suspending tube, a supporting hoop and an elastic buckle. The suspending tube has an upper part with a through fixing hole and a lower part fixed to the sucker mechanism. The supporting hoop includes: a connecting sleeve, on which an axial groove is internally and externally disposed, and two connecting sheets. Through holes are disposed in the connecting sheets. The connecting sheets are symmetrically fixed around the connecting sleeve. The elastic buckle is placed between the connecting sheets. The connecting sheets are inserted in the upper opening of the hanging tube in order to make the convex columns of the elastic buckle protrude out of the through hole and then inserted in the fixing hole, so that the connecting sleeve can clasp the supporting arm.

Abstract: A signal transmission assembly includes first and second substrates respectively having first and second electrodes, and a conductive layer disposed between the electrodes. The second electrode has a trench. The conductive layer includes an adhesive and conductive particles distributed therein. The second electrode is electrically connected to the first electrode through the conductive layer, and a portion of the adhesive is filled into the trench. When the assembly is applied to a display device, the first electrode electrically connects a non-display area to a display area of a display panel. When the second electrode and a third electrode at two ends of the second substrate are electrically connected to the first electrode and a third substrate (e.g., a PCB), respectively, a signal may be transmitted from the third substrate to the display area through the second substrate, the second electrode and the first electrode to control the display.

Abstract: A temperature sensor includes: a first oscillator that generates a first frequency signal; a second oscillator that generates a second frequency signal; a multiplexer that selectively passes the first frequency signal and the second frequency signal; and a frequency-to-digital converter that converts a frequency difference between the first frequency signal and the second frequency signal into a digital code.

Abstract: A wafer level sensing package and manufacturing process thereof are described. The process includes providing a wafer having sensing chips, in which each sensing chip has a sensing area and pads; forming a stress release layer on a wafer surface; cladding a photoresist layer on the stress release layer; patterning the photoresist layer to expose the pads and a portion of the stress release layer, without exposing opening areas of the sensing areas; forming a conductive metal layer of re-distributed pads on the portion of the stress release layer exposed by the photoresist layer; removing the photoresist layer; forming a re-cladding photoresist layer on the stress release layer and the conductive metal layer; forming holes in the re-cladding photoresist layer above the re-distributed pad area; and forming conductive bumps in the holes to electrically connect to the conductive metal layer.

Abstract: In an actuator control device that controls an expansion/contraction operation of a hydraulic cylinder, when a main spool 52 is switched to a discharge position for discharging working fluid in the hydraulic cylinder, a back pressure chamber 7 communicates with a tank passage 13 via a first port 14, thereby opening an operate check valve 51, and as a result, the working fluid in the hydraulic cylinder flows into a return passage 4 from an actuator port 1 and into a pilot chamber 20 through a second port 15. A pilot spool 53 is maintained in a balanced position by the pressure of the pilot chamber 20, which is caused to act by a front-rear differential pressure of a control throttle 25, and the biasing force of a spring 22 housed in a spring chamber 21, and therefore the opening area of the first port 14 is controlled to and maintained at a fixed level.

Abstract: A receiver system is provided. The receiver system includes a control unit for outputting a control signal and a selective signal, a PLL unit for generates PLL clock signals based on an initial clock signal, a phase select unit for selecting one of the PLL clock signals as a base clock signal according to the selective signal, a DLL unit for generating DLL clock signals based on the base clock signal, a sampling clock unit for generating left and right clock signals based on the DLL clock signals and a data latch unit for sampling bit data according to the left, DLL, and right clock signals to obtain left, middle and right data, which are feedback to the control unit for outputting the control signal and the selective signal to adjust the left, DLL and right clock signals or select the base clock signal for next bit data.

Abstract: A sender communication device includes a communication unit for sending a communication signal to a receiver communication device, and a communication controller for controlling setting of communication channels used for the communication unit as well as for setting, when sending the communication signal, a sending period of the communication signal substantially not shorter than a receive confirmation period of all communication channels in the receiver communication device. A receiver communication device includes a communication unit for receiving the communication signal sent from the sender communication device while switching over plural communication channels, and a communication controller for controlling switching of the communication channels and for setting a communication signal receive-waiting opportunity, in which a first communication channel is used, substantially higher than a receive-waiting opportunity, in which a second communication channel is used.