Abstract: An object of the invention is to detect the temperature of food and offer a good finish of cooking even in case a steam generator is arranged in a heating chamber. The controller avoids using the temperature data of an area overlapping the steam generator out of the temperature data from the infrared sensor in the detection judgment of food temperature in order to prevent detection errors in case steam heating is selected.

Abstract: An illumination apparatus includes a light source (1), a first integrator (11) into which light from the light source (1) enters, and a second integrator (33) into which light exiting from the first integrator (11) enters. Accordingly, the aperture shape of the first integrator (11) can be optimally designed, so that the light utilization efficiency can be increased. Furthermore, even when the length of the first integrator (11) is reduced, a deficiency in the light uniformity due to the first integrator (11) is compensated for by the second integrator (33), so that high uniformity can be secured at the surface to be illuminated.

Abstract: The object of the present invention is to provide a bi-directional DC-DC converter having a simplified circuit configuration. Each output of high voltage detection circuit (12) and low voltage detection circuit (15) is inputted to high-voltage side error amplifier circuit (50) and low-voltage side error amplifier circuit (51) independently disposed, which are configured so as to be inverse in polarity, and the output of high-voltage side error amplifier circuit (50) or the output of low-voltage side error amplifier circuit (51) is selected by converting direction switching circuit (22), and the output is inputted to control circuit (25) from PWM comparison circuit (21) being in common with respect to voltage step-up and decreasing operations, thereby driving the first switching element (5) and the second switching element (10).

Abstract: A peaking current generating section (2) generates a spire-shaped peaking current that is in synchronism with the transitions of the digital signal (S), at the rising edge and the falling edge. A light emitting element driving section (5) produces a driving current obtained by combining together a signal amplitude current according to the amplitude of the digital signal (S) and the peaking current. Then, the light emitting element driving section (5) drives a light emitting element (1) by using the driving current. A signal analysis section (9) analyzes the digital signal (S) so as to set a control signal based on the pulse width of the digital signal (S). A clipping section (8) clips the peaking current of the driving current according to the control signal set by the signal analysis section (9).

Abstract: An antenna built-in module which incorporates an antenna, is thin and excellent in antenna characteristics, a card type information device and a method for manufacturing the same are provided. A wiring board (110) which has a wiring pattern (120) and in which an electronic component is mounted on at least one surface thereof, a magnetic substance (160) embedded in the other surface of the wiring board (110), an antenna pattern (170) provided on the magnetic substance (160), the wiring pattern (120) of the wiring board (110) and the antenna terminal electrode of the antenna pattern (170) are connected by a conductive via (200).

Abstract: In a control method of a multi-jointed manipulator, the manipulator is controlled through a process to transmit a difference between an end position of the manipulator and a target position to the joint axes, and a process to adjust joint displacements and joint velocities of the joint axes independently of one another of the joint axes based on the difference, these processes being repeated until the end position coincides with the target position. By such a manipulator control method, there can be realized position control which is robust against ambient environments and which is easy to achieve even with redundancy or nonlinear drive elements involved.

Abstract: When a right picture plus button or a left picture plus button is pressed in a one-picture mode, a picture mode shifts to a two-picture mode. Focus is set in a right picture as the right picture plus button is pressed and the right picture is increased in size as the right picture plus button is pressed. The focus is set in a left picture as the left picture plus button is pressed and the left picture is increased in size as the left picture plus button is pressed. When the right picture plus button or the left picture plus button is pressed in a state where the size of the right picture or the left picture is its maximum, the picture mode shifts to the one-picture mode. When a sound volume plus button is pressed in a state where the focus exists in the right picture, sound corresponding to the right picture is output from a speaker. When the sound volume plus button is pressed in a state where the focus exists in the left picture, sound corresponding to the left picture is output from the speaker.

Abstract: A lens barrel includes a cam ring (5) that determines the position of a first lens frame (11) in the optical axis direction; a first correcting tube (1) that is made of a material having a coefficient of linear expansion different from that of the cam ring (5) and determines the position of the cam ring (5) in the optical axis direction; and a second correcting tube (2) that is made of a material having a coefficient of linear expansion different from that of a movable frame (6) and determines the position of a second lens frame (21) in the optical axis direction, wherein integrally with a change in the dimension of the first correcting tube (1) in the optical axis direction due to a temperature change, the cam ring (5) moves in the optical direction, and at the same time the first and second lenses (10, 20) move in the optical axis direction; and integrally with a change in the dimension of the second correcting tube (2) in the optical axis direction due to the temperature change, the second lens (20) moves

Abstract: A blood test device by which the amount of plumped skin at a puncture site for conducting a blood test or collecting the blood can be controlled at a constant amount so that a blood component can be accurately measured. Namely, a blood test device comprising: a housing; an inner tube provided in one side of the housing; a reciprocating unit which reciprocates within the inner tube; a blood collection needle connected to the reciprocating unit; a blood sensor facing to the blood collection needle and being located at the tip of the inner tube; a measurement circuit to which a signal is fed from the blood sensor; and a negative pressure unit driven by the measurement circuit; which further has an outer tube that is a tube covering the inner tube, having an opening in the tip side of the inner tube, being capable of relatively moving to the inner tube, and being provided so as to return to a definite relative position.

Abstract: A blood inspection device using laser as puncture means. The blood inspection device has an electric power source control circuit for controlling electric power supply of an electric power source section including an electric power source for driving an electric circuit for measurement and also including an electric power source for driving a laser emission device. When a battery is used as the electric power source, the circuit measures the remaining level and voltage of the battery to control the power source so that electric power shortage does not disenable measurement.

Abstract: This invention relates to a phase-locked loop circuit and a data reproduction apparatus, which can reduce a processing time that is required for initial adjustment in the data reproduction apparatus. In a digital data reproduction apparatus having two control functions, i.e., phase and duty adjustments for binarized data, the phase comparison with one edge is performed only at the phase adjustment by means of a phase-locked loop circuit 33 having an edge switching means 4 which controls the phase comparator 1. The phase comparator 1 inputs the binarized and a bit synchronous clock, and switches the output between a comparison result with one edge, i.e., a rising edge or a falling edge of binarized data, and a comparison result with both edges.

Abstract: Provided is a hermetic compressor in which an electric element having a stator and rotor provided therein and a compression element driven by the electric element are housed and the compression element includes a shaft which has a main shaft portion and an eccentric shaft portion, a cylinder block, a main shaft bearing which is formed in the cylinder block and supports the main shaft bearing of the shaft, a piston which reciprocates, a connection mechanism which connects the piston to the eccentric shaft portion, and a thrust-ball bearing, the thrust ball bearing having a plurality balls and a holder portion for holding the balls, and the holder portion being formed of polymer obtained by polycondensating diaminobutane and adipic acid.

Abstract: A gas discharge light emitting panel is provided that prevents deterioration in display properties of the panel, which accompanies changes in light-emitting properties of phosphors. It includes a front panel and a rear panel that are disposed to oppose each other, with a discharge space being interposed therebetween, and a phosphor layer that is disposed above a principal surface located on the discharge space side of the rear panel and that emits light by being irradiated with ultraviolet rays generated in the discharge space. The phosphor layer contains first and second phosphors in which the changes in at least one property selected from luminance and chromaticity, which accompany driving of the panel, occur in the opposite directions to each other.

Abstract: A passive component incorporating interposer includes a double-sided circuit board (1) having a wiring layer (8) on both sides, a passive component (2) mounted on the wiring layer (8) on one surface of the double-sided circuit board (1), a second insulating layer (3) made of woven fabric or non-woven fabric or inorganic filler and thermosetting resin laminated on the surface of the double-sided circuit board (1) mounted with the passive component (2), a first insulating layer (4) made of woven fabric or non-woven fabric or inorganic filler and thermosetting resin laminated on the other surface of the double-sided circuit board (1) not mounted with the passive component (2), first and second wiring layers (5, 6) formed on the first and second insulating layers (3, 4), and a through hole (7) for electrically connecting the wiring layers (8) disposed on both surfaces of the double-sided circuit board (1) and the first and second wiring layers (5, 6), where the first wiring layer (5) is formed to enable mounting

Abstract: A technology is disclosed providing a crossover node detection pre-processing method and the like in which, when a MN performs a handover and detects a CRN, a layer, among an aggregation overlapping such as to be nested (a plurality of network layers), up to which a process for detecting the CRN is performed is decided and a number of layers from the outermost layer of the aggregation to the decided layer is decided. As a result, the CRN detection is not time-consuming, double reservation can be kept to a minimum, and QoS failure can be avoided. The technology includes a step of deciding, by a mobile node 10, a network layer, among a plurality of network layers overlapping such as to be nested, up to which the process for detecting the CRN is performed and deciding a number of layers from the outermost network layer of the plurality of network layers to the decided network layer, and a step of generating a message including information on the decided number of layers.

Abstract: A base station device and a mobile station device both enabling improvement of the reception quality of transmission data at a mobile station by preventing a sequence for establishing synchronism and the transmission data from interfering with each other. In the base station device (100), a frame creating section (120) creates a frame in such a way that the transmission data and the sequence used for identifying the frame timing and the code group to which the base station scrambling code belongs are so arranged that they are not superposed on one the other at the same symbol specified by the sub-carrier and time, and an RF transmitting section (150) transmits the frame.

Abstract: One transmission rate of a physical layer (PHY rate) is selected from among a plurality of PHY rates of a protocol stack by calculating one or more effective values of transmission rates of an upper layer of the protocol stack with respect to one or more PHY rates of the plurality of PHY rates respectively, and making a comparison with use of the calculated one or more effective values. Each of the one or more effective values is calculated based on (i) an ideal value of corresponding one of the transmission rates and (ii) a retransmission ratio via the physical layer that corresponds to a reception power value detected in the reception apparatus.

Abstract: A diaphragm unit is arranged to be used in a loudspeaker including a frame. The diaphragm includes a diaphragm and an edge joined to an outer periphery of the diaphragm. The diaphragm extends in a longitudinal direction and has a first center line extends along the longitudinal direction. The edge has an outer periphery being arranged to join to the frame, and an inner periphery joined to the outer periphery of the diaphragm. The edge has a convex surface having substantially a semi-circular cross section. The convex surface of the edge has grooves provided therein. The grooves extend from the inner periphery of the edge to the outer periphery of the edge. The grooves have cross sections each having a U-shape or a V-shape, and are arranged symmetrically about the first center line of the diaphragm. This diaphragm unit provides an elongated loudspeaker reproducing bass sounds with small distortions.

Abstract: In a communication of explicit multicast system used in SICC, the frequency of variation of the transmission rate is reduced to achieve a multimedia data transmission exhibiting a high quality. An available bandwidth estimating part (102) of a transmitting apparatus (100) uses feedback information, which is received by a receiving part (101) from a receiving apparatus (200), to estimate a bandwidth available to the receiving apparatus. A bandwidth correcting part (103) corrects, based on a difference in header size between a current class and an upper-order class, the estimated available bandwidth. A class deciding part (104) uses the corrected bandwidth to change the class to which the receiving apparatus belongs.

Abstract: To transmit multimedia data in such a manner that is adaptive to the transmission, capability of a receiving apparatus and/or to the congestion state of a network. In a transmitting apparatus (100), a receiver capability estimating part (102) estimates, based on feedback information from a receiving apparatus (200), a useable band. A receiver classifying part (103) classifies, based on the useable band, the receiving apparatus. A receiver list rearranging part (105) rearranges, in order of transmission capability, a receiver list where classified receiving apparatuses are listed in classes. A packet generating part (106) generates a packet having the receiver list and transmits it at an appropriate transmission rate.