Abstract: Connected fastening members and method for mold-in articles. The connected fastening members include a plurality of mold-in fastening members each having a substrate and a predetermined number of engaging elements formed on a first or front surface of the substrate. The mold-in fastening members are connected with each other by a connecting member that is disposed on a second or the back surface thereof. Using the connected fastening members, a plurality of the fastening members can be easily fit to a recessed portion of a mold in a single operation, resulting in improved working efficiency.

Abstract: An organic electroluminescent element formed on a substrate has a layer structure in which organic layer including an organic electroluminescent layer is sandwiched between a pair of electrodes. A film formation region of an emission layer which is made of a uniform film forming material in accordance with one opening of a film forming mask is formed by plural layers including a first emission layer and a second emission layer. The layers are formed at each setting of the film forming mask.

Abstract: A biochemical reaction cartridge includes a reaction portion, comprising a chamber and a passage, for effecting a biochemical reaction, and a solution storage portion, which is isolated or separated from said reaction portion, for storing a solution in a position corresponding to the chamber. The cartridge is provided with a penetrable partition member disposed between said solution storage portion and said reaction portion so as to move the solution from said solution storage portion to the chamber of said reaction portion. The biochemical reaction cartridge is incorporated in a biochemical reaction apparatus.

Abstract: An image pick-up apparatus includes an image pick-up device and a filter circuit. The image pick-up device includes a pixel portion for converting a subject image into an electric signal, a scanning circuit for dividing the pixel portion into a plurality of areas, for non-linearly dividing the boundary of the areas of at least one side of the adjacent areas based on the unit of pixel, and a plurality of output circuits for individually outputting video signals. The filter circuit performs filter processing of the video signals outputted from the plurality of output circuits for the pixels near the boundary of the areas. Thus, the image quality can be improved in the multi-channel output system.

Abstract: With respect to image data generated by plural kinds of eye fundus cameras, device information used for image pickup is added to picked-up-image information, and different image processings such as image reverse and aperture synthesization are performed based on the added device information.

Abstract: To provide a general-purpose method of making it possible to easily realize the switching of an OS, which is booted on a computer, among OSs, the present invention downloads information for booting a second OS in a state of a first OS operating on the computer with access to a homepage, reception of e-mail, or the like (130), starts a device driver after password verification, and requests the hook of OS termination (134 to 138). The device driver performs the processing of hooking the OS termination according to the request, and suspends the processing after loading a boot image file or the like, which are downloaded, into a main storage unit (114-148). When the OS is terminated, the device driver restarts the processing and starts a patch program after changing a processor mode (150 and 152). Owing to this, after various types of preprocessing are performed, the second OS is booted by using the boot image file loaded into the main storage unit.

Abstract: An image reader includes a transparent plate (1) having end portions (1a and 1b) that are chamfered in a direction in which a document is carried thereon. The transparent plate (1) has recess portions (11aand 11b) formed in a lower surface thereof, and a housing (4) is engaged into the recess portions of the transparent plate. The image reader can prevent such a document as a check or banknote from being jammed, can be easily assembled and improve the reliability of the carrying of the document, and enables higher-speed reading.

Abstract: A motor is provided that reduces vibration and noise by suppressing the vibration transmitted from a stator to a housing. Also an apparatus loaded with this motor is provided, that is highly efficient with less vibration and low noise. Notches formed at an outer circumference of a yoke are located on outer peripheral sides of slots, the notches are not in contact with the housing, the yoke located on outer circumferential sides of teeth is provided with axially penetrating through-holes, and an outer circumference of the stator core located on outer circumferential sides of the through-holes is in close contact with the housing, thus making it possible to obtain the motor with high efficiency, less vibration and low noise.

Abstract: The present invention provides a biodegradable recycled polyester resin and a production process therefor, wherein the polyester resin is inexpensive and economical due to use of recycled aromatic polyesters, and further, can solve problems of wastes by affording biodegradability to the aromatic polyester which has so far been assumed to have no biodegradability. The biodegradable recycled polyester resin, according to the present invention, is obtained by a process including the step of carrying out a reaction of a recycled aromatic polyester (A) with an aliphatic polyester (B) having a number-average molecular weight of 3,000 to 300,000 in a reaction ratio (weight ratio) of (A)/(B)=95/5 to 5/95, thereby affording biodegradability to the recycled aromatic polyester (A).

Abstract: The present invention registers execution modules in association with operating speed attribute data by analyzing code containing operating speed of each of the execution modules as attribute data, groups the registered execution modules by operating speed based on the associated operating speed attribute data and creates a file header containing attributes of each group, upon loading an executable file containing said file header into memory at the time of execution; associates the operating speed attribute data with an address range of the loading for each execution module in the executable file, and controls the operating speed of the processor executing an execution module according to the operating speed attribute data associated with the address of the execution module when the module is executed.

Abstract: Preparations for transferring efficiently oligonucleotides necessary in antisense therapy or the like into animal cells so as to be useful in treatment for various diseases, which comprises a collagen as an essential component are provided.

Abstract: Recording devices 41, 42 have data storage units 12, 22 using disk-shaped storage media, data allocation storage units 13, 23 for storing allocation information of each stored data, and control units 51, 61 for writing and reading data using the allocation information in the data allocation storage units 13, 23, and also have use status storage units 52, 62 for storing use status information indicating each storage area in the data storage units 12, 22 is a valid area having data written therein or an invalid area having no data written therein. If the control units 51, 61 receive a read request for the data stored in the data storage units 12, 22, the control units 51, 61 select only data of valid areas using the use status information in the use status storage units 52, 62 and read out the data.

Abstract: The mold-in fastening member comprises a substrate having engaging elements on a top surface thereof and a foamed synthetic resin layer bonded to a rear surface of the substrate. The foamed synthetic resin layer has overhanging marginal portions or sealing portions extending outwardly beyond at least both lateral edges of the substrate. The foamed synthetic resin layer has a thickness of 1 to 10 mm and an initial compressive modulus of 0.02 to 1.0 MPa. The mold-in fastening member surely prevents a molding resin from entering through gaps between the mold-in fastening member and a recess formed in a mold.

Abstract: An ophthalmologic apparatus includes a measuring system for measuring a blood vessel in fundus of an eye to be examined, an image pickup system for performing image pickup of the eye fundus together with information representing a measurement position in the measuring system, a switch for allowing an operator to operate, and a control system. The control system controls to start measurement by the measuring system by operation of the switch as a trigger. Then, when the operator operates extra operation for the switch, the control system controls to execute the image pickup, otherwise the control system controls not to execute the image pickup.

Abstract: An image pickup apparatus is constructed as including: a taking lens; CCD image pickup device for converting object light into electrical signals; AD converter for converting image pickup signals into digital signals; a defect detecting section for detecting defect pixels in the digital image pickup signals; a defect correcting section for performing correction processing of the defect pixels detected at the defect detecting section; and a system controlling section for managing the operation of the entire system. The taking lens is attachable/detachable and interchangeable and a function is provided at the system controlling section to detect attachment/detachment of the taking lens. The defect detecting section is caused to perform defect detection when the taking lens has been detached so that the power consumption is reduced and at the same time a missing of image taking chance due to defect detection is prevented.

Abstract: An organic polymer/inorganic fine particle-dispersed aqueous solution having excellent dispersion stability comprising a water-slightly soluble inorganic fine particle (B) having a particle diameter of 500 nm or less obtained by reacting (a) a compound of a second group element in the periodic table with (b) at least one compound selected from organic acids, inorganic acids and salts thereof in the presence of a water-soluble or water-dispersible synthetic high molecular compound (A) having a carboxyl group in a proportion of (A):(B)=10:90 to 99.99:0.01 (weight ratio). The above dispersed aqueous solution can be used as a paper-making chemical, an ink jet recording chemical, medical materials and cosmetic raw materials.

Abstract: An image pickup apparatus including: CCD image pickup device for converting object light into electrical signals; a light cutoff plate; an exposure controlling section for controlling the light cutoff plate and image pickup device to control exposure period of the image pickup device; a dark signal storage section for storing dark signals obtained from the image pickup device in the condition where the incident light is cut off by the light cutoff plate; a subtracting section for subtracting dark signals stored at the storage section from the main exposure image pickup signals obtained at the image pickup device by a main exposure where the light cutoff plate is withdrawn; a defect detecting section for detecting fault pixels from the image pickup signals after the subtraction of dark current components; and a correcting section for correcting the detected fault pixels.

Abstract: A motor device suppressed in tilt of the rotor shaft and improved in resistance to rotational vibration without enlarging the thickness direction. A stator plate 1 supports a radial bearing 3 and thrust bearing 5 through an auxiliary support plate 1. The auxiliary support plate 15 has a bent flange 15a at its outer circumference, has the radial bearing 3 fastened to the region inside the flange 15a, and has the thrust bearing 5 placed on the inside region so as to surround the same. The auxiliary support plate 15 is made to fit in the stator plate 1, while the flange 15a is supported on the top surface of the stator plate 1. The rotor plate 9 has a rotor shaft 11 and drive magnet 13. The rotor shaft 11 is axially supported by the radial bearing 3 and abuts against the thrust bearing 5.

Abstract: A noncontact ophthalmotonometer carries out the following first to sixth steps to measure eye pressure. The first step is to perform an image processing operation on an image signal that has been subjected to an imaging operation in order to extract a pupil, to compute the location of the center of gravity thereof, and to move a measuring mechanism so that the center of gravity is at the location of the central axis of a nozzle. The second step is to detect the locations of a pair of alignment mark images from the image signal in order to compute the distance from an end of the nozzle to a cornea from a gap between the centers of gravity of the first alignment mark images. When the end of the nozzle approaches the cornea, the measuring mechanism is moved away from the cornea. The third step is to move the measuring mechanism toward an eye to be examined in the direction of the central axis of the nozzle in order to detect a second mark image produced by a second alignment mark light source.

Abstract: A solid-state image pick-up system according to the present invention comprises an image pick-up lens for making incident light from a subject form an image on an image pick-up surface, a light source alternately emitting a plurality of color light beams at a given period, a solid-state image pick-up device for receiving the subject light separated through the color separating section to convert it into a given subject picture signal, an image pick-up mode selecting circuit for selecting one of a standard mode for picking up a dynamic mode and a high-sensitivity mode for picking up a still picture, and a control section for controlling the period for the color separating section on the basis of the output of the image pick-up mode selecting circuit.