Abstract: Provided is a method for production of adamantane which enables producing a high-purity adamantane at low cost and with high efficiency by using effectively trimethylenenorbornane contained in a heavy raffinate heavy and having conventionally been no use other than fuels and the like, and which enables alleviating poisoning of a catalyst used in isomerization and corrosion of devices, whereby an industrially advantageous adamantane can be produced. In addition, the process for producing adamantane including an isomerization process of isomerizing trimethylenenorbornane contained in a raffinate obtained from a platfinate is characterized by including a water-washing removal process of removing sulfolane in a trimethylenenorbornane concentrate to be supplied in the isomerization process by water-washing.

Abstract: Provided is a method for production of adamantanes, in which, when a tricyclic saturated hydrocarbon compound having 10 or more carbon atoms is isomerized in the presence of a solid catalyst to give adamantanes, no solid matter derived from an oxygen-containing compound is formed or accumulated in the inlet or the bottom of an isomerization reactor by providing a pre-reactor in an isomerization step even if the oxygen-containing compound is present in a raw material to be supplied.

Abstract: A load break detection circuit for detecting a break in a load connected to an output terminal of an output circuit includes a target voltage generator, a reference voltage generator, and a comparator. The reference voltage generator generates a reference voltage and a command value. When the output terminal is open-circuited, a flyback voltage is applied to the output terminal and the target voltage generator outputs a target voltage equal to the command value to the output terminal. The target voltage generator includes a voltage divider for dividing an output voltage appearing at the output terminal. The comparator compares the divided voltage with the reference voltage and outputs a load break detection signal based on a result of the comparison.

Abstract: The present invention is a process for producing 2-adamantanol and 2-adamantanone from 1-adamantanol, by using as a catalyst a substance comprising at least one kind of acid catalyst selected from Lewis acid(s) and solid acid(s) that coexist with at least one kind selected from the group consisting of carboxylic acids, sulfonic acids, and phosphoric acids, and provides a process suitable for mass production of 2-adamantanol and 2-adamantanone selectively with high efficiency without using sulfuric acid as a catalyst, thereby enabling laborsaving in waste acid treatment step and drastic reduction of the reaction time.

Abstract: An object of the present invention is to provide an electrophotographic photoconductor for liquid development, having high resistance to a carrier solvent for use in a liquid developing method and having practically high sensitivity, an image-forming apparatus including the photoconductor, and an image forming method. To achieve this object, the present invention provides an electrophotographic photoconductor for liquid development including a support, and a photosensitive layer on or above the support, wherein the photosensitive layer includes a charge-generating material, a charge-transporting material, and an acceptor compound, and the charge-transporting material includes a charge-transporting polymer having a specified structure.

Abstract: A power control circuit is provided in a vehicle control ECU mounted in a vehicle. The control circuit, when making a shift to a test mode by a test mode circuit, closes a relay to supply a power voltage from a battery to a power line in the similar manner as an ignition main switch is turned on. A logic circuit section of the test mode circuit is reset by an OR logic of a set level of a test terminal and a level of the power line.

Abstract: An image processing apparatus for automatically improving the contrast of an input image that is obtained from a digital camera or the like, and obtaining a sharper and clearing image. A contrast improvement unit (11) performs a contrast improvement process on the input image by comparing an object pixel in the input image with pixels in the surrounding area. An image combination unit (12) combines the enhanced image obtained by the contrast improvement process with the input image. The combined image is then output to a desired device such as a printer by an image output unit (13).

Abstract: An aim of the invention is to achieve an image processing method that performs color information correction of an image more naturally with a simple configuration. The image processing method of the invention is an image processing method that performs color information correction of image data that have been input, and includes an information calculation step (S11), a characteristic calculation step (S12), a color information correction step (S13), and an output step (S14). The information calculation step (S11) calculates the color information of the image data. The characteristic calculation step (S12) calculates the visual characteristic information in accordance with the color information. The color information correction step (S13) corrects the color information based on the visual characteristic information that is calculated in the characteristic calculation step (S12).

Abstract: A series-regulator type of power supply circuit is provided. In the circuit, the emitter and collector of a transistor are connected to power input/output terminals. A control circuit controls a base current of the transistor based on the output voltage detected at the power output terminal and a given target voltage. A resistor circuit connects the base and the collector of the transistor. A bypass circuit connects the emitter and the base of the transistor and passes a bypass current. The accepting circuit connected to the power output terminal accepts (absorbs) current from an output current. An amount of the acceptance current is equal to or larger than an amount of the bypass current and a product of the bypass current and a resistance value of the resistance circuit is equal to or more than a difference between a voltage at the power input terminal and the target voltage.

Abstract: A probe card on which micro probe needles are arranged at high density and with high precision without need of a complicated structure or variation in needle height. A probe card 1 installed in a wafer tester includes a board 2 having a wiring pattern for transmitting a test signal to be impressed on a wafer under test, a built-up board 10 formed on the surface of the board 2, a comb-shaped silicon-made probe needle 20 arranged on the built-up board 10 and connected to the surface wiring pattern 11, and a flat portion 12 formed by plating on the surface wiring pattern 11 on the built-up board 10 and having a surface flattened by polishing. The probe needle 20 is loaded on the flat portion 12 and thus mounted on the board 2.

Abstract: The present invention provides a process of an industrially advantageous production of high-purity adamantane at a low cost and with a high efficiency by isomerizing trimethylenenorbornane contained in a raffinate obtained from a platfinate.

Abstract: An image processing apparatus for automatically improving the contrast of an input image that is obtained from a digital camera or the like, and obtaining a sharper and clearing image. A contrast improvement unit (11) performs a contrast improvement process on the input image by comparing an object pixel in the input image with pixels in the surrounding area. An image combination unit (12) combines the enhanced image obtained by the contrast improvement process with the input image. The combined image is then output to a desired device such as a printer by an image output unit (13).

Abstract: An industrially advantageous process for producing adamantane by which high-purity adamantane reduced in coloration is efficiently produced while minimizing the loss. The process, which is for producing adamantane by isomerizing trimethylenenorbornane, includes (A) a reaction step of isomerizing the starting material, (B) a concentration step of concentrating the adamantane contained in the resultant liquid reaction mixture, (C) a crystallization step of precipitating the concentrated adamantane, (D) a solid-liquid separation step of separating the adamantane crystals from the slurry resulting from the crystallization, (E) a washing step of washing the isolated adamantane crystals, and (F) a drying step of drying the adamantane crystals washed, characterized in that the mass ratio of the endo-trimethylenenorbornane to the adamantane each contained in the materials to be subjected to the crystallization step (C) (endo-trimethylenenorbornane/adamantane) is 0.25 or lower.

Abstract: The invention provides a visual processing device that has a hardware configuration that does not depend on the visual processing to be achieved. A visual processing device 1 is provided with a spatial processing portion 2 and a visual processing portion 3. The spatial processing portion 2 performs predetermined processing with respect to an input signal IS that has been received as input, and outputs the result as an unsharp signal US. The visual processing portion 3 outputs an output signal OS, which is the input signal IS after visual processing, based on a two-dimensional LUT 4 that lists the relationship between the input signal IS that has been received as input and the unsharp signal US, and the output signal OS.

Abstract: A probe card on which micro probe needles are arranged at high density and with high precision with neither the need of a complicated structure or variation in needle height. A probe card 1 installed in a wafer tester comprises a board 2 having a wiring pattern for transmitting a test signal to be impressed on a wafer under test, a built-up board 10 formed on the surface of the board 2, a comb-shaped silicon-made probe needle 20 arranged on the built-up board 10 and connected to the surface wiring pattern 11, and a flat portion 12 formed by plating on the surface wiring pattern 11 on the built-up board 10 and having a surface flattened by polishing. The probe needle 20 is loaded on the flat portion 12 and thus mounted on the board 2.

Abstract: A load break detection circuit for detecting a break in a load connected to an output terminal of an output circuit includes a target voltage generator, a reference voltage generator, and a comparator. The reference voltage generator generates a reference voltage and a command value. When the output terminal is open-circuited, a flyback voltage is applied to the output terminal and the target voltage generator outputs a target voltage equal to the command value to the output terminal. The target voltage generator includes a voltage divider for dividing an output voltage appearing at the output terminal. The comparator compares the divided voltage with the reference voltage and outputs a load break detection signal based on a result of the comparison.

Abstract: An image processing apparatus for performing filter processing on a decoded image that is obtained by decoding compressed data obtained by coding a multi-valued image by the block of M×N pixels so as to eliminate noises and generating a reconstructed image.

Abstract: The invention relates to the data transfer method, the image processing method, the data transfer system and the image data processor for transferring digital data, especially for transferring image data. The invention has an object to provide the data transfer method, the image processing method, the data transfer system and the image data processor, wherein the compression ratio is changed corresponding to the transfer rate between connecting devices and the lack of image is avoided. The detecting means detects the data transfer capability of the transmission channel and the transfer end, and the control means changes the compression ratio of the digital data corresponding to the data transfer capability. Subsequently, the compressing means compresses the digital data based on the changed compression ratio and the transfer means transfers the compressed digital data to the transfer end.

Abstract: The invention provides a visual processing device that has a hardware configuration that does not depend on the visual processing to be achieved. A visual processing device 1 is provided with a spatial processing portion 2 and a visual processing portion 3. The spatial processing portion 2 performs predetermined processing with respect to an input signal IS that has been received as input, and outputs the result as an unsharp signal US. The visual processing portion 3 outputs an output signal OS, which is the input signal IS after visual processing, based on a two-dimensional LUT 4 that lists the relationship between the input signal IS that has been received as input and the unsharp signal US, and the output signal OS.

Abstract: An object of the invention is to provide an image processing device with which color processing can be adjusted with ease. An image processing device (10) is provided with a processing degree setting portion (18), a profile creation portion (15), and a color processing execution portion (16). The processing degree setting portion (18) sets a target degree of color processing with regard to at least two properties of a plurality of properties of an image signal (d2), as a single target processing degree (d8). The profile creation portion (15) creates a color transformation profile for performing color processing at the target processing degree (d8), based on the target processing degree (d8) that has been set by the processing degree setting portion (18) and a plurality of base color transformation profiles for performing the color processing to differing degrees.