Abstract: An input waveform signal is converted in an A/D converter into a digital signal to be written in a waveform memory under control of a tone generation control unit. The written digital signal is read out from the waveform memory with a designated delay time. The input waveform signal and the digital signal read out from the waveform memory are converted in a D/A converter into analog signals which are fed through VCFs and VCAs so as to be sounded. Further, in the above arrangement the timbre and tone volume controls are done independently for the individual waveform read/write channels through VCFs 12a to 12d and VCAs 13a to 13d. Thus, it is possible to obtain a further effected sound.

Abstract: A wristwatch equipped with a dialing tone generator employs a low-frequency oscillator as a reference signal oscillator. The reference signal is frequency-divided into first and second frequency-divided signals, the first frequency-divided signal being used to produce a low-frequency tone signal, the second frequency-divided signal being used to produce a high-frequency tone signal. Both these tone signals are rectangular waveforms which are filtered in corresponding low-pass filters, to output first and second sine-wave signals, which are then synthesized with each other to produce a desired dialing tone.

Abstract: A manual sweeping apparatus comprising a housing, rollers which can rotate in contact with an original or a sheet of paper, an image sensor, a printer, memories, and a key-input section. When the housing is swept across an original, with the rollers kept in contact with the original, the image sensor reads the image information from the original. The image information is stored in one of the memories. Character data is input by operating the key-input section, and is stored in another one of the memories. Thereafter, when the housing is swept across a sheet of paper, with the rollers kept in contact with the paper, both the image data and the character data are printed, in a combined form, on the sheet of paper.

Abstract: An apparatus has a hand shaft formed of synthetic resin which has a first hand shaft portion and a second hand shaft portion having an insertion hole into which the first hand shaft portion is inserted to be rotatable. The first hand shaft portion is formed in a columnar shape by molding with the synthetic resin containing fiber-like reinforcing materials. In the synthetic resin forming the first hand shaft portion, the longitudinal axes of fiber-like reinforcing materials are oriented to be consistent with the longitudinal axis of the first hand shaft.

Abstract: A key scaling apparatus includes a reference data input device which is operated by a user of an electronic musical instrument to designate at least three different key numbers together with respective key scaling data for those key numbers. When a key number is supplied from a play input device such as a keyboard in the electronic musical instrument, an interpolator computes key scaling data for that key number from the data designated by the reference data input device. The computed key scaling data serve to control a tone parameter such as an envelope level which is then used in a tone generator to develop a tone for that key number. Accordingly, a satisfactory key scaling response is obtained over the entire pitch range of keyboard.

Abstract: In a time-setting mechanism for an analog time-piece, when an operation member is moved in its axial direction, a pinion provided on the operation member is brought into mesh with a gear which is normally rotated in an interlocked relation to hands. When the operation member is turned in this state, the torque thereof is transmitted via the pinion and gear to the hands for time-setting. The pinion and gear are made of synthetic resins, and the pinion is made of a resin material having higher flexibility than the resin material of the gear.

Abstract: A telephone system, wherein an IC card device storing a personal ID number is inserted into the telephone nearest the owner of the IC card device, thus registering the personal ID number in association with the nearest telephone. Once the personal ID number has been registered in this manner, this telephone is automatically connected to any calling telephone on which the personal ID number is dialed.

Abstract: A manual sweeping, image data processing apparatus has a housing (1). When the housing (1) is moved, in contact with an original or a sheet of recording paper, the apparatus can read data from the original, or print data on the recording paper. Within the housing (1), there are provided a reading section (2) for optically reading data, a printing section (3) for printing image data, a memory (60) for storing the data read by the reading section (2), and an encoder (39) for detecting the distance for which the housing (1) has been moved relative to the original or the recording paper. The apparatus further comprises a buzzer (7a) and an LED (10), both for indicating the speed of the housing (1) or informing that the speed of the housing (1) falls outside an appropriate range, in accordance with the signal output from the encoder (39).

Abstract: A manual sweeping apparatus having a housing, an image sensor, a printer, and a memory. As the housing is manually swept across an original, while keeping the housing in contact with the original, information read by the image sensor is written into the memory. Thereafter, as the housing is manually moved across a piece of recording paper, while keeping the housing in contact with the paper, the information is read out from the memory and subsequently printed on the paper. During the data-reading operation, the apparatus detects and indicates whether or not any unwritten memory area exists in the memory. During the data-printing operation, the apparatus detects said indicates whether or not any items of data to be printed are stored in the memory.

Abstract: Disclosed is a miniature electronic apparatus, in which input information and a result of calculation of input information performed by an integrated circuit in accordance with key-input signals, is indicated on a display panel. In this apparatus, an IC chip and the display panel are contained in an apparatus cover member, of which lower and upper parts are formed integrally by injection molding. The upper part has a number of key-operation portions, and serves also as an upper cover. The upper part is formed of a main body of soft, transparent thermoplastic elastomer resin, an ornament layer on the body, and a soft, transparent resin coating layer, covering the ornament layer. Thus, according to this electronic apparatus, the components used can be reduced in number, and assembled efficiently. Also, the apparatus can have a specially attractive and gorgeous appearance, different from those of conventional miniature electronic apparatuses.

Abstract: A liquid crystal composition includes three liquid crystal materials, each selected from specified liquid crystal compounds. The composition has a low threshold voltage and a low viscosity.

Abstract: An IC including an EEP-ROM is formed on a semiconductor wafer. The IC also has exposed address pads connected to the address bus of the EEP-ROM, and exposed data pads connected to the data bus of the EEP-ROM. A test probe is brought into contact with these pads, thereby performing various tests on the IC. After the IC has been tested, the wafer is diced into IC pellets. The address pads are disconnected from the address bus and/or the data pads are disconnected from the data bus. For example, the edge portions of the IC pellet on which the address pads and/or the data pads are formed are cut by dicing from the remaining portion of the IC pellet. Thereafter, the connecting pads of the IC pellet are wire-bonded to leads, and the IC pellet is sealed with a resin. Finally, the sealed IC pellet is built in an IC card body.

Abstract: An input waveform signal is converted into a digital peak value signal by an A/D converter, and the digital peak value signal is input to one input terminal A of a comparator. The other input terminal B of the comparator receives a preset digital peak value signal from a memory. These input signals are compared by the comparator. The content of the memory is reduced at a predetermined rate. If the comparator detects that the currently input waveform level is larger than the continuously reduced level of the memory, i.e., if A>B, a new waveform level is loaded in the memory. As a result, the output from the comparator is inverted. That is, condition A>B is changed into condition A<B. The timing of this change in condition serves as a peak timing of the input waveform signal.