Abstract: The hair clipper of the present invention includes an adjusting device for adjusting a clipping height. The adjusting device includes an attachment, a handle ring, and a connection mechanism. The attachment is allowed to move in a predetermined moving direction relative to a blade block. The handle ring is allowed to rotate around a rotation axis extending along the moving direction. The connection mechanism moves the attachment with rotation of the handle ring. The connection mechanism includes a cam groove and a linking pin allowed to move along the cam groove. The cam groove includes a first side and a second side opposite to each other. The first side includes: plural step parts which are formed in different positions in the moving direction and extend in a direction perpendicular to the moving direction; and a slope part configured to connect the step parts.

Abstract: The mesoporous silica particles each comprise a core particle comprising first mesopores, wherein a periphery of the core particle is covered with silica. Preferably, second mesopores, smaller than the first mesopores, are provided in the silica-covered part formed by the silica covering. The mesoporous silica particles are produced by: a surfactant complex silica particle preparation step of mixing a surfactant, water, an alkali, a hydrophobic part-containing additive and a silica source to thereby prepare surfactant complex silica particles, said hydrophobic part-containing additive including a hydrophobic part for increasing a volume of micelles to be formed by the surfactant; and a silica covering step of adding the silica source to the surfactant complex silica particles to thereby cover a periphery of each core particle with silica.

Abstract: Provided is a phototherapy apparatus capable of applying appropriate treatment. Specifically, the purpose of the present invention is to provide a phototherapy apparatus capable of easily supplying adequate treatment light even when a region to be treated is a bent region like finger joints of a patient having severe rheumatoid arthritis, thus making it possible to apply appropriate treatment. This phototherapy apparatus is configured to include: a light guide including a first surface on which an affected part is placed and a second surface on a back surface side of the first surface; a light source that outputs therapeutic light to enter an inside of the light guide body; and a light guide member that has softness and surface tackiness and is disposed on a part of the first surface.

Abstract: The present invention relates to electronic components assembly for electrically connecting electronic components to each other, wherein a wiring formed on a surface of a first electronic component and a wiring formed on a surface of a second electronic component face each other, and are bonded to each other with an electric conductor interposed therebetween, so as to electrically connect the first electronic component and the second electronic component. The electric conductor is a resin composition containing solder or conductive filler.

Abstract: A thermoelectric conversion element and a thermoelectric conversion module in which a high density arrangement is easily performed and connection reliability is high, and a manufacturing method thereof are provided. A thermoelectric conversion element is provided which includes a tube, a thermoelectric conversion material which is filled in the tube, and a plated metal layer which is plated on one end or both ends of the thermoelectric conversion material, wherein the thermoelectric conversion material protrudes from an end surface of the tube, and the plated metal layer covers the protrusion of the thermoelectric conversion material. Moreover, a thermoelectric conversion module which is configured to connect the thermoelectric conversion elements in series is provided.

Abstract: A display apparatus driving circuit capable of reducing the amount of heat generated at a driving unit while suppressing degradation in image quality is provided. A display apparatus driving circuit according to the present invention includes: a source driver for driving a display unit; a heat detecting circuit for detecting amount of heat generated at the source driver, and outputting a heat detection signal when the detected amount of generated heat is equal to or larger than a predetermined reference value; and a heat reduction circuit for changing, when the heat detection signal is received, a driving method of the display unit to reduce the amount of heat generated at said source driver.

Abstract: A camera system includes an interchangeable lens and a camera body. The interchangeable lens has a focal adjuster including a focus lens group, an absolute position detector configured to detect the position of the focus lens group with respect to a movable range, and a relative position detector configured to detect the movement amount of the focus lens group. The camera body has a first focal detector configured to detect the focal state on the basis of a contrast value and a second focal detector configured to detect the focal state by phase difference detection method on the basis of the optical image. When the first focal detector is used for focal adjustment, a detection of the focal state is performed on the basis of only the information obtained by the relative position detector.

Abstract: A refrigeration cycle apparatus (50) includes: a main refrigerant circuit (21) having a compressor (1), a radiator (2), a first expansion mechanism (5), a second expansion mechanism (6), and an evaporator (4); an injection passage (22) for supplying an intermediate-pressure refrigerant to an injection port 1c of the compressor 1; and a water circuit (30) through which water to be heated in the radiator (2) flows. The refrigeration cycle apparatus (50) includes a sub heat exchanger (3) for cooling the water in the water circuit (30) by exchanging heat between the refrigerant in the injection passage (22) and the water to be heated in the radiator (2).

Abstract: A pipe-shaped thermoelectric power generating device includes an internal through-hole along the axis direction of the pipe-shaped thermoelectric power generation device; a plurality of first cup-shaped components each made of metal; a plurality of second cup-shaped components each made of thermoelectric material; a first electrode; a second electrode. The plurality of first cup-shaped components and the plurality of second cup-shaped components are arranged alternately and repeatedly along the axis direction. The first electrode and the second electrode are provided respectively at one end and at the other end of the pipe-shaped thermoelectric power generation device.

Abstract: A display device includes luminescence pixels that each include a driving transistor, a luminescence element, and a switching transistor that switches between conduction and non-conduction between a data line and an anode or a cathode of the luminescence element. A data driving circuit supplies a signal voltage to the data line, and a bias supplying circuit supplies a predetermined bias voltage to the data line. A controller applies the predetermined bias voltage to the anode or the cathode of the luminescence element by causing a non-conduction state between the data line and the data driving circuit, causing a conduction state between the data line and the bias supplying circuit, and switching the switching transistor ON within a period in which a signal current does not flow to the luminescence element.

Abstract: The invention relates to a method for allocating radio resources to a mobile terminal for data transmission in a mobile communication system as performed by a mobile terminal and a base station, respectively. Moreover, the invention relates to a mobile terminal and a base station to perform such method, as well as an implementation of the method in software. The invention further provides a mobile communication system in which radio resources are allocated to a mobile terminal for uplink transmission. In order to avoid false activation of a semi-persistent resource allocation the invention defines new conditions under which a mobile terminal activates a semi-persistent resource allocation. Unlike for example in prior-art systems, a mobile terminal only activates a semi-persistent resource allocation, if it can confirm the activation command received from the access network. Preferably, the activation command and its confirmation are resource assignments.

Abstract: An ultrasonic diagnostic apparatus includes: a transmitting section for generating first, second and third drive signals to drive an ultrasonic probe; a receiving section for getting echoes, produced by reflection of the ultrasonic waves responsive to those drive signals and generating first, second and third received echo signals; a storage section to store the first received echo signal; an adjusting section for defining intense and faint echo regions within a measuring range for the first received echo signal based on a stored feature quantity and for determining the second and third gains based on the feature quantities in the intense and faint echo regions; a displacement measuring section for measuring the magnitudes of displacement in the echo regions based on the second and third received echo signals; and a qualitative value calculating section for calculating the attribute property value of the subject based on the magnitudes of displacement.

Abstract: There is provided a stacked-layers forming device including a powder layer-forming part for forming a powder layer, an optical device for forming a solidified layer by irradiating a predetermined portion of the powder layer with a light beam and a powder replenishing means for supplying the powder material to above a base on which the powder layer and the solidified layer are stacked or onto an upper surface of a base frame which surrounds the base. The powder replenishing means includes an approximately cylindrical member in which the powder material is charged and a screw member which is installed within the approximately cylindrical member wherein a rotation of the screw member conveys the powder material in the approximately cylindrical member.

Abstract: The nonvolatile memory device prevents data writing from temporarily slowing down significantly in the middle of writing data to a block when an access device writes all the data in the block in units of a smaller size than the block. The nonvolatile memory device comprises a memory controller including an interface unit configured to receive a first command that identifies a first write range for writing data, and a second command that identifies a second write range that is a part of the first write range and orders to write data to the second write range, an address management unit configured to determine, before data is written into a nonvolatile memory, a new block for writing data to the first write range based on the first command, and a read/write control unit configured to write data to the new block in response to the second command.

Abstract: Provided is a content transmission device 310 that can reduce failure of content key confirmation processing during special playback such as fast-forwarding and fast-rewinding. A key management unit 312 generates or updates a key parameter, and stores therein the generated or updated key parameter. The key management unit 312 receives a key parameter from the content reception device 340, and calculates a difference between the key parameter stored therein and the received key parameter. By using the calculated difference, a transmission control unit 313 judges whether or not to change a transmission speed at which an encrypted content portion is to be transmitted, and depending on a result of the judgment, selects one of transmission speeds and transmits the encrypted content portion in accordance with the selected transmission speed.

Abstract: According to the present invention, there is provided a speaker for use in audio/video apparatuses and a small-sized speaker device capable of realizing preferable reproduction a bass sounds. In order to attain this, in the present invention, a pressure adjusting body is coupled to a portion of a magnetic circuit or a frame, which is a component of a speaker unit, to constitute the speaker unit. The speaker unit is mounted to a small-sized cabinet to constitute a speaker device, which enables realization of preferable reproduction of bass sounds.

Abstract: A kernel estimation section (222) of an image processing device of the present invention is configured such that, when performing estimation of a blur kernel based on a contracted degraded image that has a first resolution, the kernel estimation section performs the estimation based on an initial value of a blur kernel that has a resolution corresponding to the first resolution. Thereafter, when performing estimation of a blur kernel based on a contracted degraded image that has a second resolution that is higher than the first resolution, the kernel estimation section performs the estimation based on an initial value of a blur kernel that has a resolution corresponding to the second resolution.

Abstract: An image-capturing device of the present invention includes an image-capturing element 10 including a plurality of light-sensing cells arranged on an image-capturing surface; an optical system (14, 20) for forming a first image which is in focus on an image-capturing surface 10a in a first state and forming a second image which is out of focus on the image-capturing surface 10a in a second state; and an image processing section 220 for processing a signal obtained from the image-capturing element 10. The image processing section 220 includes a camera-shake blur removing section for generating a restored image obtained by reducing camera-shake blur from an image obtained by the image-capturing element 10 in the second state.

Abstract: An imaging device for supporting the user to generate satisfactory synthesized images, not missing photo opportunities. The imaging device generates a plurality of still images continuously and generates a synthesized image from the still images. While the shooting button is pressed to instruct continuous shooting, the imaging device performs a process in which it writes still image data, which is obtained by the continuous shooting, into a recording medium sequentially. After the continuous shooting ends, the imaging device enters a wait state to wait for a new instruction, and then upon receiving an instruction to start generating a synthesized image, it performs a process of generating a synthesized image by using a plurality of pieces of still image data stored in the recording medium.

Abstract: A coding method includes: defining an access unit; and coding each of the pictures included in the access unit, for each access unit. The defining includes: determining a unit of coding for determining whether the pictures included in the access unit are to be uniformly coded on a per-field basis or on a per-frame basis; and determining a field type for determining whether the pictures are to be uniformly coded as top fields or bottom fields when it is determined that the pictures included in the access unit are to be coded on a per-field basis. In the coding, each of the pictures is coded for each access unit in a format determined in the determining of a unit of coding and in the determining of a field type.