Abstract: To provide an intrusion detection device that can be easily mounted, has less influence of rain or snow, has a weather resistance, and can cope with various shapes. In the intrusion detection device of the present invention, pressure sensitive means (14) that is a flexible cable-like piezoelectric sensor is stored in a packet (13) in a sealed state, and mounted on a wall-like structure (11) such as a veranda, a balcony or a fence for the domicile. Since the packet is slidable, the pressure sensitive means is sufficiently deformed when the wall-like structure (11) is pressed, so that the sensor can make the detection reliably.

Abstract: An object of the invention is to provide a monitoring device that can be mounted in a window or a door in which because the window is often opened or closed by the user, if the monitoring device is installed on the window, the user must perform an operation of releasing the monitoring device, every time of opening or closing the window. An intrusion detecting terminal unit (13) having an opening/closing sensor is disposed on the window or door, a mat (16) containing a piezoelectric sensor (15) is disposed near under the window, and each of the intrusion detecting terminal unit (13) with the opening/closing sensor and the intrusion detecting terminal unit (15a) with the piezoelectric sensor comprises data communication means for transmitting or receiving data. In case of the intrusion, the intrusion detecting terminal unit (15a) under the window detects the intruder, and then if the intruder tries to open the window, the intruder is judged.

Abstract: An object of the invention is to provide a door open/close device capable of unlocking/locking a door simultaneously with an operation of externally and internally opening/closing the door.

Abstract: There is provided an extrusion head that is capable of largely increasing a production speed rather than a conventional head that extrudes supplies a high viscous melt-coating composition.

Abstract: Disclosed herein is an image forming process for forming an image-recorded article having a coating layer on at least a part of an image formed, which comprises the steps of providing a liquid composition containing a polymer, providing an image-recorded article formed on a recording medium by an ink-jet recording method, and applying the liquid composition to at least a part of an image of the recorded article to insolubilize the polymer contained in the liquid composition on the surface of the image, thereby forming the coating layer at a position to which the liquid composition has been applied, wherein the recording medium has a surface which insolubilizes the polymer.

Abstract: In a position estimation apparatus, an information acquisition/storage section 3 acquires, when a receiver 1 can track an artificial satellite, a current position obtained from the receiver 1 and an output value from each of pressure sensors 2R and 2L, and then stores at least a travel speed and a travel direction for a user and the obtained output value. Also, when the receiver 1 cannot track the artificial satellite, a locator 4 in the position estimation apparatus retrieves, from the information acquisition/storage section 3, a travel speed and a travel direction of the user based on the output value acquired from each of the sensors 2R and 2L and the output value stored in the information acquisition/storage section 3. Thereafter, the locator 4 estimates a current position of the user based on the retrieved travel speed and travel direction.

Abstract: While there are contact joining and capacitance type switches for detecting an operation of a door handle, a problem that is to be solved by the invention is to solve problems of contact failure due to aging and a malfunction triggered by rain drops. According to the invention, a piezoelectric sensor (4) has such flexibility as to be annexed to a door handle (3), whereby a minute displacement of the door handle (3) can be detected with high sensitivity. Consequently, a sufficient signal output can be obtained only through a simple touch to the door handle (3), whereby a touch or contact to the door handle (3) can be detected. In addition, since electrodes are not exposed to the outside, the piezoelectric sensor (4) is made difficult to be affected by disturbance, and dust, rain, snow and the like which come to adhere thereto.

Abstract: A metal gasket capable of preventing the occurrence of cracks in a stopper while employing a wave-shaped stopper, improving the contact pressure balance around the bead to enhance the engine performance, and improving the durability of the stopper. The metal gasket is constituted by a gasket component sheet having an opening formed to face a combustion chamber, and the gasket component sheet is provided with a combustion chamber bead surrounding the opening. An inner circumference side stopper lower than the height of the combustion chamber bead is formed along the combustion chamber bead in a portion between the combustion chamber bead and the opening such that at least a section of each wave where stress amplitude is large becomes thin, a thin portion and a thick portion are arranged alternately in each wave, and the hardness of the thin portion is higher than that of the thick portion.

Abstract: A metal gasket capable of preventing the occurrence of cracks in a stopper while employing a wave-shaped stopper, improving the contact pressure balance around the bead to enhance the engine performance, and improving the durability of the stopper. The metal gasket is constituted by a gasket component sheet having an opening formed to face a combustion chamber, and the gasket component sheet is provided with a combustion chamber bead surrounding the opening. An inner circumference side stopper lower than the height of the combustion chamber bead is formed along the combustion chamber bead in a portion between the combustion chamber bead and the opening such that at least a section of each wave where stress amplitude is large becomes thin, a thin portion and a thick portion are arranged alternately in each wave, and the hardness of the thin portion is higher than that of the thick portion.

Abstract: In a movable body opening and closing control apparatus of the invention, a problem is to perform safely an abrupt closing operation of a movable body in the middle of opening the same.

Abstract: An object detecting device can prevent a seizure of an object between an opening and an opening-closing unit for opening and closing the opening. The object detecting device includes a pressure-sensitive sensor disposed at one of the opening and the opening-closing unit, and judging means for judging the contact of the object with the pressure-sensitive sensor on the basis of an output signal of the pressure-sensitive sensor. The pressure-sensitive sensor includes pressure-sensitive means for generating an output signal depending on deformation, and support means for supporting the pressure-sensitive means at the one of the opening and the opening-closing unit, the support means including a vibration damping portion for damping vibration propagated to the pressure-sensitive means.

Abstract: A pressure sensitive sensor provided in at least one of an opening section and an opening and closing section for opening and closing the opening section and serving to detect pinching of an object between the opening section and the opening and closing section based on an output signal generated by deformation upon receipt of external force, including a pressure sensitive element 33 for generating an output signal corresponding to deformation and a support element 35 for supporting the pressure sensitive element 33 on at least one of the opening section and the opening and closing section, the support element 35 including at least a first deformation section 37 having a first elastic modulus and serving to increase deformation of the pressure sensitive sensor 17, and a second deformation section 39 having a second elastic modulus which is higher than the first elastic modulus.

Abstract: An object of the invention is to provide a bed which can surely detect the positional shift and heartbeat vibration of a bedded person while suppressing the increase of the cost and the degradation of the comfortability of a bed, and to provide a bed and an in-bed state detection method which can prevent the undesirable caught at the time of elevating the bed. In order to detect the shift of a bedded person, a ratio of intensities between output signals from first pressure sensitive sensor 21 and a second pressure sensitive sensor 22 each having a cable shape is obtained. These sensors are disposed along the lying direction at the both end sides of a bedding surface 15a on which a bedded person lies, respectively. When the ratio is in a range of a predetermined shift state set in advance, it is determined that the positional shift of a bedded person on the bedding surface 15a occurs. Further, a low-repulsion urethane layer is provided within a bed pad thereby to detect the heartbeat vibration.

Abstract: A memory section includes an array of a plurality of memory elements, an address selecting circuit, a data selecting circuit having a data writing section for being driven for writing or reading normal data or test data, and a data reading section for generating an output to represent a positive and a negative of a read value of stored data from the memory elements. A memory controlling section includes a computing means for inputting/outputting, computing, storing, or controlling data and control information, a nonvolatile defect-and-fault recovery table used for holding an inherent history of a semiconductor memory, registering a detected defect or fault, and mapping the memory element by the unit of address or by the unit of data selection path of the memory element to a registered alternative address or data selection path, and a controlling and storing means for storing data, information for control or test, or a processing procedure.

Abstract: A problem of the invention is to provide a vibration detecting apparatus for accurately detecting vibration transmitted to a rigid body, particularly provide a toilet seat apparatus for accurately detecting body movement of a user transmitted to a toilet seat. There are provided pressing means (amplifying means) (27) for amplifying vibration by body movement of a user transmitted to an upper lid (rigid body) (6) of a toilet seat apparatus (5), and a piezoelectric sensor (vibration detecting sensor) (9) for detecting the amplified vibration and therefore, even when the toilet seat is hardly deformed by the body movement of the user transmitted to the toilet seat, the body movement of the user transmitted to the toilet seat is detected by the piezoelectric sensor (vibration detecting sensor) (9) by amplifying the body movement by the pressing means (amplifying means) (27) and therefore, the body movement of the user transmitted to the toilet seat can accurately be detected.

Abstract: A subject of the present invention is to provide a door handle device capable of controlling its opening/closing action by using a piezoelectric sensor that has a flexible structure and can attain an enough sensitivity even by a light touch, and a keyless entry system having the same. A door handle device (100) that is able to open a lock of a door locking means, which is provided to a door (13) with a handle (11) used for an opening/closing operation to lock an opening operation of the door (13), by an operation of the handle, includes a piezoelectric sensor (15) formed of a piezoelectric element fitted to the handle (11) and having a flexibility, and a controlling portion for receiving a sensed signal of the piezoelectric sensor (15) generated by a touch on the handle (11) to open the lock of the door locking means.

Abstract: Individual droplets of a liquid composition landing on a printing medium during one pass (one scan) are connected to the respective adjacent droplets and integrated with them to form a flat coat layer. Thus, the surface of the coat layer is almost flat, thus increasing the amount of regularly reflected light. This increases the degree of gloss. When the liquid composition is ejected during two passes, a smaller number of droplets of the liquid composition can be connected together than in the case of one pass. Thus, the droplets are not completely integrated and start to be insolubilized before the second scan. In this manner, the individual droplets are insolubilized while maintaining their original shapes. The resultant coat layer has a surface with many concaves and convexes. Consequently, the degree of gloss decreases.

Abstract: Conventionally, since there has been a problem that with a pressure sensor 3 provided on an openable and closable door such as a sliding door 2, when a contact of an object such as the hand cannot be detected, the openable and closable door continues a closing operation even in the event that the hand is removed in order to avoid a risk of being caught, when a human body exists in the vicinity, the openable and closable door which is being closed collides with the human body.

Abstract: This invention provides an ink jet printing apparatus of a low cost construction having a plurality of print head units arranged at equal intervals and capable of forming a high quality image at high speed. A plurality of print head units each having a plurality of ink ejection nozzles are arranged side by side in the scan direction. An ink volume applied to a unit area of a print medium by at least the print head unit situated most upstream in the scan direction is set greater than those applied by the other print head units.

Abstract: This invention has as its object to execute an optimal automatic focusing operation in both a case that attaches an importance on the focusing precision, and a case that attaches an importance on quick photographing. To this end, an apparatus includes a focus lens used to make focus adjustment of an object image, a motor and focus lens drive circuit for driving the focus lens, and an image sensing element for converting an object image formed by the focus lens into an electrical signal, and extracts a signal that represents the high-frequency component of a luminance signal of an object from the output signal of the image sensing element.