Abstract: A video camera including an optical zoom mechanism and an electronic zoom circuit which is used at a time that a magnification of the optical zoom mechanism reaches a limit thereof or a time that a picture stabilization is to be performed. If a magnification of an electronic zoom is smaller than “1.2” at a timing when a stabilization switch is turned-on, a microcomputer not only gradually increases an electronic zoom magnification up to “1.2” and but also gradually decreases an optical zoom magnification. If the magnification of the electronic zoom is smaller than “1.2” at a timing when the stabilization switch is turned-off, the microcomputer gradually decreases the electronic zoom magnification to an electronic zoom magnification of a timing when the stabilization switch is turned-on, and gradually increases the optical zoom magnification. Thus, a sudden change of a view angle due to a change of the electronic zoom magnification is suppressed.

Abstract: A method of manufacturing a diaper includes constructing a backing sheet having an exterior surface and an interior surface so a to form an exterior of the diaper and an interior of the diaper, bonding a tissue layer to the interior surface of the backing sheet, bonding an elastic pouch to the exterior surface of the backing sheet to contain a detector module, and placing sensing electrodes within the interior of the diaper along the interior surface of the backing sheet in contact with the tissue layer that is bonded to the backing sheet, and in a direction to extend opposite the elastic pouch that is bonded to the outside of the backing sheet so as to allow the sensing electrodes to couple capacitively to the sensor module.

Abstract: The device relates to a wood drying plant comprising a wood drying device and a purifying device which is arranged to receive a drying gas from the wood drying device, the drying gas comprising water steam and volatilized organic components such as terpenes, and to purify the drying gas from organic components and to recover the latter. The purifying device comprises at least one condenser which is arranged to separate relatively difficultly volatilized components containing organic components and relatively easily volatilized components. The purifying device also comprises a separating device which is arranged to separate said organic components and a rest material from the relatively difficultly volatilized components. The purifying device also comprises a transferring device which is arranged to transfer organic components present in the rest material to the drying gas introduced in the purifying device.

Abstract: A pair of spaced electrodes within an area subject to wetness couple non-conductively with a sensor protected from wetness, and an alarm sounds in response to moisture decreasing the resistance between the electrodes. For example the electrodes project into the absorbent material of a diaper and extend along the inside of the diaper sheath opposite a pouch on the outside of the sheath. The pouch contains a sensor capacitively coupled to the electrodes.

Abstract: Biochemical components and changes in the components are measured by directing light of several wavelengths into a body at one location, sensing light at the wavelengths emerging from the body at a plurality of distances from the one location, and ascertaining biochemical component characteristics in the body as a function of variations, with respect to distance, of the logarithm of the ratio of the light sensed to the light directed into the body. The variations with respect to distance are in the form of the derivative and square of the derivatives of the logarithm.