Abstract: An operation control device for controlling operation of an operation device with respect to an operation object includes: operation logic unit that stores in advance an operation logic related to sensor information; virtual object setting unit that sets an operation object to be estimated based on sensor information, as a virtual operation object having an attribute related to presence probability and an operation-related attribute; virtual object operation determination unit that determines whether it is possible to perform an operation with respect to the virtual operation object, based on the attribute related to a presence probability and the operation-related attribute; and operation control unit that controls an operation of the operation device with respect to the operation object by using an operation logic stored in the operation logic means, based on sensor information output from the sensor and a determination result by the virtual object operation determination unit.

Abstract: The present invention prevents deterioration in design of a turn lamp by a reflected image of lens cuts of a light-guiding lens. A turn lamp includes a light-guiding lens, a mirror surface disposed behind the light-guiding lens, and a light source that causes light to enter light-guiding lens. The light-guiding lens includes lens cuts formed so as to extend in a light-guiding direction thereof. A mirror surface includes a recess surface formed behind the lens cuts along the lens cuts. The recess surface is formed so as to have a width in a short direction thereof, the width being larger than a width in a short direction of the lens cuts.

Abstract: While a light source is arranged on the back side of a light guide lens, light beams can be emitted from the light source with respective optical axes directed in one direction and be guided toward opposite ends of the light guide lens. A light source and a reflective surface are arranged on the back side of a light guide lens. The light source emits light beams with respective optical axes directed in one direction. One of the light beams obliquely enters the light guide lens toward one end in a long direction of the light guide lens without being reflected by the reflective surface. Another one of the light beams is reflected by the reflective surface and obliquely enters the light guide lens toward another end in the long direction of the light guide lens.

Abstract: An object of the present invention is to provide a pancreatic islet transplantation technique that enables increase of graft survival rate of pancreatic islets after pancreatic islet transplantation, to maintain survival of pancreatic islets, and to reduce the number of transplanted pancreatic islets required for normalizing blood glucose level. When performing pancreatic islet transplantation, by transplanting pancreatic islets and adipose tissue-derived stem cells together, it is possible to significantly improve graft survival rate of transplanted pancreatic islets, and reduce by half the number of transplanted pancreatic islets required for normalizing blood glucose level.

Abstract: A storage system includes a replication source storage device equipped with a replication source storage unit storing replication target data, and a replication destination storage unit which is provided to a replication destination storage device and is a replication destination of the replication target data, which are connected with each other over a network. The replication destination storage unit is equipped with a host bus adapter which is an interface for connecting the replication destination storage unit with the network. Each of the replication source storage device and the host bus adapter provided to the replication destination storage unit is equipped with a connection device which uses the network, located between them, as an extension of a bus of the replication source storage device, and connects the replication source storage device and the host bus adapter provided to the replication destination storage unit with each other.

Abstract: While a light source is arranged on the back side of a light guide lens, light beams can be emitted from the light source with respective optical axes directed in one direction and be guided toward opposite ends of the light guide lens. A light source and a reflective surface are arranged on the back side of a light guide lens. The light source emits light beams with respective optical axes directed in one direction. One of the light beams obliquely enters the light guide lens toward one end in a long direction of the light guide lens without being reflected by the reflective surface. Another one of the light beams is reflected by the reflective surface and obliquely enters the light guide lens toward another end in the long direction of the light guide lens.

Abstract: An object of the present invention is to provide a pancreatic islet transplantation technique that enables increase of graft survival rate of pancreatic islets after pancreatic islet transplantation, to maintain survival of pancreatic islets, and to reduce the number of transplanted pancreatic islets required for normalizing blood glucose level. When performing pancreatic islet transplantation, by transplanting pancreatic islets and adipose tissue-derived stem cells together, it is possible to significantly improve graft survival rate of transplanted pancreatic islets, and reduce by half the number of transplanted pancreatic islets required for normalizing blood glucose level.

Abstract: A storage system includes a replication source storage device equipped with a replication source storage unit storing replication target data, and a replication destination storage unit which is provided to a replication destination storage device and is a replication destination of the replication target data, which are connected with each other over a network. The replication destination storage unit is equipped with a host bus adapter which is an interface for connecting the replication destination storage unit with the network. Each of the replication source storage device and the host bus adapter provided to the replication destination storage unit is equipped with a connection device which uses the network, located between them, as an extension of a bus of the replication source storage device, and connects the replication source storage device and the host bus adapter provided to the replication destination storage unit with each other.

Abstract: A file system includes an entity file region allocated to a client; and a conditional symbolic link file configured to store a conversion rule. A path analyzing section refers to the conversion rule stored in the conditional symbolic link file to convert a virtual path specified when the client accesses the entity file region through a network into an entity path based on an attribute data of the client and to specify the entity file region in the file system based on the entity path.

Abstract: A wireless signal switching circuit for switching a plurality of wireless transmitter signals or a plurality of wireless receiver signals with low loss in a dual mode compatible mobile phone (cellular phone) or other mobile wireless communication apparatus having for example a triple band GSM system as a first communication system and for example a UMTS system as a second communication system is provided. A wireless signal switching circuit 1 has a signal route switch 20 of a F2 or F3 transmission and reception system, a signal route switching circuit 30 of an F1 or UMTS transmission and reception system having a diplexer 31, and a 90 degree phase rotation circuit 40. The relationship of frequencies is F1?F2<F3. The 90 degree phase rotation circuit 40 has the characteristic that the phase of a signal of F2 or F3is rotated by 90 degrees when a switch element 44 is set to a closed state, and a high frequency of UMTS is attenuated when the switch element 44 is set to an opening state.

Abstract: The present invention provides a file operation control device capable of using an extended function existing in a file system via a network. The device has: virtual namespace presenting section that presents, as a virtual namespace, an operation for an extended function existing in a file system; file system operation receiving section that receives an operation existing in the virtual namespace presented by the virtual namespace presenting means; file system extension operation converting section that converts the operation existing in the virtual namespace received by the file system operation receiving means to the operation for the extended function; and file system extension operating section that performs a process on the operation for the extended function converted by the file system extension operation converting means.

Abstract: A wireless signal switching circuit for switching a plurality of wireless transmitter signals or a plurality of wireless receiver signals with low loss in a dual mode compatible mobile phone (cellular phone) or other mobile wireless communication apparatus having for example a triple band GSM system as a first communication system and for example a UMTS system as a second communication system is provided. A wireless signal switching circuit 1 has a signal route switch 20 of a F2 or F3 transmission and reception system, a signal route switching circuit 30 of an F1 or UMTS transmission and reception system having a diplexer 31, and a 90 degree phase rotation circuit 40. Note that the relationship of frequencies is F1?F2<F3. The 90 degree phase rotation circuit 40 has the characteristic that the phase of a signal of F2 or F3 is rotated by 90 degrees when a switch element 44 is set to a closed state, and a high frequency of UMTS is attenuated when the switch element 44 is set to an opening state.

Abstract: In a cellular telephone provided with a receiving circuit of a direct conversion type, a passive low-pass filter is arranged between a mixer for an I-channel and a base band circuit for removing interference waves of or above a channel next to a channel neighboring to the I-channel, and another passive low-pass filter is arranged between a mixer for a Q-channel and the base band circuit for removing interference waves of or above a channel next to a channel neighboring to the Q-channel. Since the low-pass filters for removing the interference waves of or above the channel next to the neighboring channel are of a differential type, the circuit scale can be small, and the power consumption is small. Since the interference waves are removed by the passive low-pass filters and the active low-pass filters, only the desired channel can be reliably received.

Abstract: A level of a base band signal at an input side of a variable gain amplification circuit is detected by a logarithmic amplifier having a wide input voltage range at a start of an operation, a control unit then performs a coarse feedforward control on a gain of the variable gain amplifier based on the detected level and finds a level of an output of an A/D converter by a mean square deriving circuit and inputs the resulting signal to the control unit. Then the control unit performs a fine feedback control on the variable gain amplifier based on the detected level.

Abstract: An offset rotary joint unit equipped with a rotation correction mechanism, in which a bending motion can be executed in a two-dimensional plane only by virtue of a rotary mechanism and which can support a high-load weight and is applicable for two-arm mechanisms such as nursing assistant robots. One offset rotary joint unit 4 is composed of a first arm 1, a rotation correction arm 2 rotationally driven around the axial line of the first arm, and a second arm 3 rotationally driven around an axial line obliquely intersecting with the rotation correction arm.

Abstract: In the portable telephone of the present invention, a transmission power upper limit value (STEPLIM) in accordance with temperature (T) is found (S1, S2), whether the transmission power set value (STEPn) of the next slot exceeds the upper limit (STEPLIM) or not is determined (S3, S4), and when it does not exceed, a control signal value (Vc) in accordance with the transmission power set value (STEPn) is applied to a variable gain block (11, 13) (S5, S7). When it exceeds the upper limit, a control signal value (Vc) in accordance with the transmission power upper limit value (STEPLIM) is applied to the variable gain block (11, 13) (S6, S7).

Abstract: In a multi-layer substrate module receiving from an external earth node (20) supply of a reference potential (Vss) for grounding, a plurality of ground lines (170-1, 170-2, 170-3) are provided respectively corresponding to a plurality of internal circuits (210, 220, 230). Moreover, a common node (Ncmn) for coupling the ground lines (170-1, 170-2, 170-3) is provided in an insulating layer (105C) of the multi-layer substrate module. The common node (Ncmn) is electrically coupled to the earth node 20 through a ground pin terminal 204 shared by the plurality of internal circuits (210, 220, 230). Preferably, the common node (Ncmn) is provided in the lowest insulating layer of the multi-layer substrate module. Thus, parasitic inductance of the portion through which an earth current flows, that is, the portion common to the plurality of internal circuits (210, 220, 230), can be suppressed with a small number of ground pin terminals.

Abstract: In a multi-layer substrate module receiving from an external earth node supply of a reference potential for grounding, a plurality of ground lines are provided respectively corresponding to a plurality of internal circuits. Moreover, a common node for coupling the ground lines is provided in an insulating layer of the multi-layer substrate module. The common node is electrically coupled to the earth node through a ground pin terminal shared by the plurality of internal circuits. Preferably, the common node is provided in the lowest insulating layer of the multi-layer substrate module. Thus, parasitic inductance of the portion through which an earth current flows, that is, the portion common to the plurality of internal circuits, can be suppressed with a small number of ground pin terminals. Accordingly, the inflow phenomenon of the earth current between the plurality of internal circuits is prevented, enabling stable operation.

Abstract: A high-frequency amplifying unit 2 in which a steep gain variation developed according to a change in the amplitude of input high-frequency signal is suppressed is provided. It amplifies an input high-frequency signal with a plurality of transistors 12-1 to 12-N at the same time a measuring circuit 27 measures amplitude of the input high-frequency signal, and a bias control circuit 26 continuously controls a bias applied to each transistors 12-1 to 12-N according to the value of amplitude measured by the measuring circuit 27. Thus it is possible to suppress a steep gain variation produced according to a variation in the amplitude of input high-frequency signal.

Abstract: In a mobile phone according to the invention, a sum of a power control amount (&Dgr;P) instructed by a base station and a sending power (Px) detected by a sending power detecting portion (15) obtained to calculate a sending power (Px′) for a next slot (S1-S3), it is determined whether the sending power (Px′) is equal to or lower than a maximum sending power (Pmax) or not (S4), a power control is performed in accordance with an instruction of the base station when a relationship of (Px′≦Pmax) is present (S5), a value X satisfying (Px′−X≦Pmax) is calculated when the relationship of (Px′≦Pmax) is not present (S6), and the sending power is changed by (&Dgr;P−X) (S7).