Abstract: A second cross member, which extends in the lateral direction of a vehicle, is provided between one of floor side members and one of tunnel under reinforcements below a front floor panel. The bottom wall of the second cross member is arch-shaped, and a space is provided under the bottom wall. Due to the arch-shaped bottom wall, the second cross member deforms upward upon side collision of the vehicle, whereby the components arranged in the space are not damaged.

Abstract: A black smoke purification device enabling engine performance to be retained by bringing PMs which have become giant into good contact with an oxidation catalyst. A black smoke purification device (100) comprises an inlet section (110), an installation section (120), an outlet section (130), an oxide catalyst converter (140), and a DPF (150). The oxide catalyst converter (140) includes an aggregation of cells (141) each supporting an oxide catalyst on an inner wall surface (143). The inlet-side opening area of the cell (141) is set to a size large enough for PMs (for example, soot flakes) which have emitted from an engine and have become giant to pass therethrough and set larger than the outlet-side opening area of the cell (141).

Abstract: It's an object of the present invention to provide a black smoke exhaust purification apparatus capable of equalizing temperature of a particulate filter and facilitating maintenance thereof. The black smoke exhaust purification apparatus (20) is arranged in series therein with an oxidation catalyst (4) and a particulate filter (1), wherein an inlet for exhaust gas (10) is disposed between the oxidation catalyst (4) and the particulate filter (1), and wherein an exhaust gas passage is extended from the inlet portion through the oxidation catalyst (4) so as to be connected to an upstream space (2a) of the oxidation catalyst (4).

Abstract: A printing system that enables to recover documents of a recovery target print job easily without forcing a user to do complicated operations. An information processing apparatus transmits a print job. An image forming apparatus prints out the received print job. A management information storage unit stores management information of a print job to be recovered. A management information transmission unit transmits the management information corresponding to user information. An identifying information input unit receives an input of identifying information for identifying a user. A user information transmission unit transmits the user information determined by authenticating the identifying information. A management information receiving unit receives the management information corresponding to the transmitted user information.

Abstract: A laser frequency stabilizing device comprises a laser light producer operative to produce and emit a laser light containing a first and a second longitudinal mode light having different wavelengths; a spectrometer operative to spectrally decompose the laser light into the first longitudinal mode light and the second longitudinal mode light; a first detector operative to detect the light output signal from a absorption cell; a second and third detector operative to detect the signal intensity of the first and second longitudinal mode light; an actuator operative to change the resonant cavity length; a first drive controller operative to detect the saturated absorption signal from the light output signal detected at the first detector and control driving the actuator based on the saturated absorption signal; a second drive controller operative to control driving the actuator such that the signal intensity of the first longitudinal mode light detected at the second detector and the signal intensity of the secon

Abstract: A second cross member, which extends in the lateral direction of a vehicle, is provided between one of floor side members and one of tunnel under reinforcements below a front floor panel. The bottom wall of the second cross member is arch-shaped, and a space is provided under the bottom wall. Due to the arch-shaped bottom wall, the second cross member deforms upward upon side collision of the vehicle, whereby the components arranged in the space are not damaged.

Abstract: In an information presenting apparatus, information associated with each of one or more motion images stored in a storage apparatus is displayed at a location corresponding to a file production time in the form of a calendar view. A plurality of frames of representative images are extracted from each motion image in accordance with a specified frame extraction method. Thumbnail images of the respective extracted representative images are produced, and each thumbnail image is related to a playback position in the motion image. The resultant thumbnail images are managed as a set of motion image thumbnail images in accordance with a production time of the motion image. Information associated with each motion image is displayed at a location corresponding to the production time of the motion image in the form of the calendar view. Thumbnail images associated with each motion image are displayed in an expanded form in the order of time.

Abstract: To improve the convenience in picture processing of a target picture, a filtering unit (102) and patterning unit (103) are supplied with information on a target one selected by a touch pad (6) from a plurality of pictures to minify to thumbnail information, and apply various kinds of filtering and patterning to the target picture information, the thumbnail information are supplied to a display control unit (104) for display in display areas, and the filtering unit (102) and patterning unit (103) are controlled by a controller (105) to detect the kind of the picture processing applied to one selected by the touch pad (6) from the plurality of thumbnails being displayed and apply it to the target picture.

Abstract: An exhaust gas recirculation device for an engine having a cylinder head with a suction port and an exhaust port, provided with a mechanism for recirculating a portion of exhaust gas to the suction side of the cylinder head, comprises a connection hole is opened through a wall of the cylinder head disposed between the suction port and the exhaust port. The connection hole is bored vertically slantwise. The connection hole at the suction side is opened along the direction of swirls of sucked air. A throttle is disposed in at least either a suction flow passage communicating with the suction port or an exhaust flow passage communicating with the exhaust port so that the opening area of the suction flow passage or the exhaust flow passage can be adjusted by the throttle.

Abstract: An exhaust gas recirculation device for an engine having a cylinder head with a suction port and an exhaust port, provided with a mechanism for recirculating a portion of exhaust gas to the suction side of the cylinder head, comprises a connection hole is opened through a wall of the cylinder head disposed between the suction port and the exhaust port. The connection hole is bored vertically slantwise. The connection hole at the suction side is opened along the direction of swirls of sucked air. A throttle is disposed in at least either a suction flow passage communicating with the suction port or an exhaust flow passage communicating with the exhaust port so that the opening area of the suction flow passage or the exhaust flow passage can be adjusted by the throttle.

Abstract: A file management apparatus includes the following elements: a representative image storage device storing representative image data of each of a plurality of content files in association with a creation time of the content file; a rendering unit rendering the representative image data at a position corresponding to the creation time with a calendar continuous over days, months, and years serving as a background; a display state maintaining unit maintaining, as a display state, a time-axis range of the calendar being displayed and a position thereof; an operation receiving unit receiving a change operation to change the display state, the change operation commonly being a scrolling operation in a time-series direction in any time-axis range; and a controller controlling, in response to the change operation, the rendering means to render the representative image data on the calendar on the basis of the display state.

Abstract: An image reproduction system configured by an image reproduction device that can accumulate a still image or a moving image for reproduction, and an information processing device that makes a setting to the image reproduction device.

Abstract: An improved convenience is attained in adding a character or figure to a picture with an improved convenience as follows: When a mode for addition of a character to a picture display area is selected, an attribute processor (101) outputs a plurality of sample characters whose attributes are different from each other, a display control unit (102) displays the plurality of sample characters different in attribute from each other in descending order starting with the most frequently used one in the form of a list in the sample character display area. When a predetermined sample character is selected using a touch pad (6) and a position where a character is actually added in the picture display area is selected, it becomes possible to actually add a character on the basis of the attribute of the selected sample character first at the selected position, and the attribute processor (101) provides such a control as to add a character entered from a keyboard (5) on the basis of the attribute of the sample character.

Abstract: Realizing a presentation system which can present picture data and voice data in a simplified manner after shooting and picking up pictures by a digital still camera, etc. and recording voices by a voice recorder, etc. Firstly, when the presentation system executes the program, a folder will be selected to specify a recording area in the personal computer 10 (step 1). After obtaining temporal information of all picture data and voice data in the folder, the presentation system performs relating operation for pages of slides so that the picture data and the voice data correspond to the slides at the time of data presentation (step 2). Next, the presentation system makes the user select whether information processing for data will be performed or not (step 3).

Abstract: An improved convenience is attained in adding a character or figure to a picture with an improved convenience as follows: When a mode for addition of a character to a picture display area is selected, an attribute processor (101) outputs a plurality of sample characters whose attributes are different from each other, a display control unit (102) displays the plurality of sample characters different in attribute from each other in descending order starting with the most frequently used one in the form of a list in the sample character display area. When a predetermined sample character is selected using a touch pad (6) and a position where a character is actually added in the picture display area is selected, it becomes possible to actually add a character on the basis of the attribute of the selected sample character first at the selected position, and the attribute processor (101) provides such a control as to add a character entered from a keyboard (5) on the basis of the attribute of the sample character.

Abstract: To improve the convenience in picture processing of a target picture, a filtering unit (102) and patterning unit (103) are supplied with information on a target one selected by a touch pad (6) from a plurality of pictures to minify to thumbnail information, and apply various kinds of filtering and patterning to the target picture information, the thumbnail information are supplied to a display control unit (104) for display in display areas, and the filtering unit (102) and patterning unit (103) are controlled by a controller (105) to detect the kind of the picture processing applied to one selected by the touch pad (6) from the plurality of thumbnails being displayed and apply it to the target picture.

Abstract: An optical measuring light path formed by a vacuum-side laser beam (Pa) as a reference standard and an optical measuring light path formed by a gas-side laser beam (Pb) as a dimension to be measured are coaxially located sandwiching a movable end (optical transparent body 12) of a vacuum container (11) in order to satisfy Abbe's principle requiring linear disposition of the reference standard and the dimension to be measured in measurement direction, thereby reducing measurement error in measuring air refractive index and improving measurement accuracy therefor.

Abstract: Realizing a presentation system which can present picture data and voice data in a simplified manner after shooting and picking up pictures by a digital still camera, etc. and recording voices by a voice recorder, etc. Firstly, when the presentation system executes the program, a folder will be selected to specify a recording area in the personal computer 10 (step 1). After obtaining temporal information of all picture data and voice data in the folder, the presentation system performs relating operation for pages of slides so that the picture data and the voice data correspond to the slides at the time of data presentation (step 2). Next, the presentation system makes the user select whether information processing for data will be performed or not (step 3).

Abstract: An optical measuring light path formed by a vacuum-side laser beam (Pa) as a reference standard and an optical measuring light path formed by a gas-side laser beam (Pb) as a dimension to be measured are coaxially located sandwiching a movable end (optical transparent body 12) of a vacuum container (11) in order to satisfy Abbe's principle requiring linear disposition of the reference standard and the dimension to be measured in measurement direction, thereby reducing measurement error in measuring air refractive index and improving measurement accuracy therefor.

Abstract: A multiprocessor system is provided with main processors and secondary processors, and the processors are duplexed to form an active system and a standby system. A right to switch the system is given only to the main processors, and the secondary processors are operative to switch the system in accordance with the related system switching command, wherein data and control information are independently communicated between the main processors and the corresponding secondary processors belonging to the same active or standby system.