Abstract: A switching valve comprises a housing, a gas inflow chamber, a first passage adjacent to the inflow chamber through a first partition wall and communicating with the EGR cooler, a first communication hole providing communication between the inflow chamber and the first passage, a gas outflow passage, a second passage communicating with the outflow passage and adjacent to the inflow chamber through the second partition wall and communicating with the EGR cooler, a second communication hole formed in the second partition wall and providing communication between the inflow chamber and the second passage, and a third partition wall dividing the first passage from the second passage. The first to third partition walls are continuous at a joined portion in a Y-shaped cross section. A valve element is placed to be swingable about a point near the joined portion between the first and second partition walls.

Abstract: A novel imaging apparatus capable of correcting a focus state by an AF detection value both simply and surely has been disclosed. The imaging apparatus comprises an auto-focus drive section for moving a lens, an AF processing section for calculating an AF detection value indicating the focus state from imaging data, a luminance processing section for calculating a luminance value from the imaging data, a correction section for calculating a corrected AF detection value by correcting the calculated AF detection value by the calculated luminance value, and a control section for controlling the auto-focus drive section based on the calculated corrected AF detection value. The imaging data is data not having been subjected to auto-exposure processing.

Abstract: To inform the users of the time necessary for focus to be achieved by changing the focal mark shown on the display monitor, second by second, corresponding to the elapsed time from the start of the auto focus operation until focus is achieved. The users are informed of the status of the auto focusing operations, and have a good idea of how much longer it will take for focusing to be completed. As a result, it increases the probability of users holding the camera still, so as to produce precisely focused photographs.

Abstract: A switching valve comprises a housing, a gas inflow chamber, a first passage adjacent to the inflow chamber through a first partition wall and communicating with the EGR cooler, a first communication hole providing communication between the inflow chamber and the first passage, a gas outflow passage, a second passage communicating with the outflow passage and adjacent to the inflow chamber through the second partition wall and communicating with the EGR cooler, a second communication hole formed in the second partition wall and providing communication between the inflow chamber and the second passage, and a third partition wall dividing the first passage from the second passage. The first to third partition walls are continuous at a joined portion in a Y-shaped cross section. A valve element is placed to be swingable about a point near the joined portion between the first and second partition walls.

Abstract: An EGR cooler bypass switching system integrally comprises an EGR cooler for cooling EGR gas and a switching valve for switching between introduction and non-introduction of the EGR gas with respect to the EGR cooler. The system further comprises a cooler core through which the EGR gas introduced in the EGR cooler passes; a cooler case housing the cooler core; a cooling water inlet pipe through which cooling water flows in the system; a cooling water outlet pipe which is provided in the cooler case and through which the cooling water flows out of the system; an in-cooler cooling water passage formed in the cooler case to allow the cooling water flowing therein through the cooling water inlet pipe to flow around an outer periphery of the cooler core; and an in-valve cooling water passage formed in a housing of the switching valve to allow the cooling water flowing therein from the cooling water inlet pipe to flow through for cooling the switching valve.

Abstract: The invention is an image capture device having an image capture element. The device further includes a flicker detection portion which extracts flicker component signals corresponding to periodic changes in brightness in an image capture environment from image signals for each frame supplied by the image capture element, performs correction to remove signals at or below a prescribed reference low-amplitude value, and detects the frequency or the period of the flicker component from the peaks and valleys of the corrected flicker component signal.

Abstract: A flow passage switching valve provided with a swing arm type valve element comprises a housing formed with a first passage communicated with an inlet port, a second passage communicated with an outlet port, a bypass passage for providing communication between the first passage and the second passage, an introduction port through which a fluid flowing in the first passage is introduced into an external part, and a discharge port through which the fluid introduced into the external part is discharged into the second passage.

Abstract: A novel imaging apparatus capable of correcting a focus state by an AF detection value both simply and surely has been disclosed. The imaging apparatus comprises an auto-focus drive section for moving a lens, an AF processing section for calculating an AF detection value indicating the focus state from imaging data, a luminance processing section for calculating a luminance value from the imaging data, a correction section for calculating a corrected AF detection value by correcting the calculated AF detection value by the calculated luminance value, and a control section for controlling the auto-focus drive section based on the calculated corrected AF detection value. The imaging data is data not having been subjected to auto-exposure processing.

Abstract: In a device for processing data signals, a storing part stores an input signal and the data signals included in the input signal are extracted from the storing part and the data signals are output at a desired output speed. Then, the data signal is output based on storage information of the input signal.

Abstract: A multiprocessor system, in which a memory card can be easily accessed from a data processor other than a data processor to which the memory card is connected without impeding processing, has been disclosed. The multiprocessor system comprises data processors wherein a first data processor comprises a memory card interface, a first communication interface, and a first buffer, and another data processor comprises a second communication interface, and when the other data processor reads data from the memory card, the first data processor transmits data after reading the data of the memory card in accordance with the condition of processing and storing the data temporarily in the first buffer and, when the other data processor writes data to the memory card, the first data processor stores the data from the other data processor in the first buffer irrespective of the condition of processing of the first data processor and writes the data to the memory card in accordance with the condition of processing.

Abstract: A flow passage switching valve provided with a swing arm type valve element comprises a housing formed with a first passage communicated with an inlet port, a second passage communicated with an outlet port, a bypass passage for providing communication between the first passage and the second passage, an introduction port through which a fluid flowing in the first passage is introduced into an external part, and a discharge port through which the fluid introduced into the external part is discharged into the second passage.

Abstract: The invention is an image capture device having an image capture element. The device further includes a flicker detection portion which extracts flicker component signals corresponding to periodic changes in brightness in an image capture environment from image signals for each frame supplied by the image capture element, performs correction to remove signals at or below a prescribed reference low-amplitude value, and detects the frequency or the period of the flicker component from the peaks and valleys of the corrected flicker component signal.

Abstract: To inform the users of the time necessary for focus to be achieved by changing the focal mark shown on the display monitor, second by second, corresponding to the elapsed time from the start of the auto focus operation until focus is achieved. The users are informed of the status of the auto focusing operations, and have a good idea of how much longer it will take for focusing to be completed. As a result, it increases the probability of users holding the camera still, so as to produce precisely focused photographs.

Abstract: In a device for processing data signals, a storing part stores an input signal and the data signals included in the input signal are extracted from the storing part and the data signals are output at a desired output speed. Then, the data signal is output based on storage information of the input signal.

Abstract: A cosmetic material container comprises: a sleeve holder 1 having an open front end 12 and an open rear end 11; a tail plug 2 for closing the open rear end 11 of the sleeve holder 1; an applying tip unit 3 secured to an open front end side of the sleeve holder 1; and a double cap unit 4 attachably and detachably coupled to the sleeve holder 1 on the outer periphery of its front end 12, the applying tip unit 3 including an adjuster 31 provided on its outer periphery with annular grooves 311, a porous joining core 32 inserted into an axial hole 312 in the adjuster 31 and communicating with a part of the annular grooves 31, and a porous tip 33 connected to a front end of the joining core 32 and inserted in a socket 313 provided in a front end of the adjuster 31, a cosmetic material reservoir 13 being defined between a rear end of the adjuster 31 and the tail end 2 in the sleeve holder 1, and the porous joining core 32 being disposed in the adjuster 31 to project its rear end in the reservoir 13.