Abstract: A plurality of lead-out wires 10 and 11 provided with insulating coating are stacked in a pressure sensitive sensor 1 and are molded in the shape of a cable, and at a distal end portion S the lead-out wire 11 is connected to a central electrode 2 and the lead-out wire 10 to an outer electrode 4. Consequently, if the pressure sensitive sensor 1 is connected to an external circuit 12, and a third resistor 15 is connected between the lead-out wire 10 and the lead-out wire 11 in the external circuit 12, a circuit is formed which is equivalent to a circuit for detecting a disconnection and a short circuit in a conventional pressure sensitive sensor, making it possible detect a disconnection and a short circuit of each electrode. Further, the construction of the leading end portion becomes simple, and a nonsensitive area can also be reduced, so that the detection performance improves.

Abstract: It is an object of the invention to provide a biological sensor capable of detecting a biological information with a high sensitivity. It is an object of the invention to provide a support system for carrying out a support in such a manner that a work can be efficiently performed based on the biological information obtained by the biological sensor. There are provided acceleration detecting means (300) constituted to detect an acceleration including a vibration of a body surface of a person to be measured, processing means for extracting at least two of an information about a heartbeat, an information about a body motion and an information about a breath from an information output from the acceleration detecting means (300), and deciding means (500) for deciding a condition of the measured person to be a living body from an output of the processing means.

Abstract: In a pressure sensor which suppresses outputs by a pyroelectric effect by improving the heat insulating properties thereof through selection of a material for a covering layer with a view to realizing the improvement in reliability and includes a center electrode 45, a composite piezoelectric material layer 49 which covers concentrically the circumference of the center electrode 45, an external electrode 47 which encompasses the outside of the composite piezoelectric material layer 49, a covering layer 51 which covers the outside of the external electrode 47 and an elastic edging material 35 which covers the circumference of the covering layer 51, whereby output signals are generated in the respective electrodes 45, 47 through deformation of the composite piezoelectric material layer 49 by virtue of an external pressure, by covering the elastic edging material 35 by a heat insulating means made from an expandable synthetic resin, a malfunction due to the pyroelectric effect is suppressed.

Abstract: A pinching detection apparatus having a pressure sensor 2 disposed along the geometry of a trunk lid 1 in a flexible manner, and determination means 16 for detecting that an object is being pinched between a body opening section 7 and the trunk lid 1, in accordance with a signal output from the pressure sensor 2. Since the pressure sensor 2 is disposed along the geometry of the trunk lid 1 in a flexible manner, pinching by the trunk lid 1 can be detected.

Abstract: An object of the invention is to provide a pressure sensor, an object detecting system and an opening and closing system which realize the improvement in efficiency of sealing work on end portions of the pressure sensor and which are fabricated at low costs, as well as a pressure sensor fabricating method which requires no complex and troublesome steps. A pressure sensor (17) includes a pressure sensing means (a piezoelectric sensor (33)) for detecting a deformation due to an external force and a sensor accommodation body (a support means (35)) which incorporates therein the pressure sensing means and which is made from a thermoplastic elastomer, and the sensor accommodation body is sealed off at at least one end portion thereof through a thermal treatment.

Abstract: In a steering wheel, when a driver rotates a rotating section 126 in either direction, a protruding section 1241 bends an elastic member 1218b, and a tip of the elastic member 1218b depresses a button of a switch 1217b. As a result, the switch 1217b outputs a signal. Also, the reaction force produced as soon as the button is depressed causes a force in the reverse direction to be exerted on a hand of the driver. Thus, the driver can sense that the button is depressed.

Abstract: Upon detection of the attachment of a recording medium, an image signal obtained by taking a picture and condition information representing a condition in which the picture is taken are read out from a memory in an image pickup apparatus and recorded on the recording medium. The apparatus is also arranged in such a manner that the condition information recorded on the recording medium may be transferred to the memory. With this arrangement, it becomes possible to process the image signal by using the condition information stored in the memory, even in a situation in which the recording medium is detached. Furthermore, it becomes possible to inherit the condition information even when the recording medium is exchanged.

Abstract: A bumper sensor unit including a cord-shaped pressure sensitive sensor is fixed around a bumper of a running device to detect a contact of an obstacle based on a signal output from the cord-shaped pressure sensitive sensor. In that case, contact detecting means comprises a filtering section for removing the oscillation frequency component of a contact detecting object from the signal output from the cord-shaped pressure sensitive sensor.

Abstract: A contact detecting device includes a flexible piezoelectric sensor of a cable shape, a resilient member including a hollow portion having a free end to allow the hollow portion to be opened, a sensor holding portion for holding therein the piezoelectric sensor. The hollow portion is provided with a support for maintaining a hollow state thereof.

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 recording medium includes a substrate and an ink-receiving layer provided on the substrate, wherein the ink—receiving layer includes an alumina hydrate having a boehmite structure, an average particle thickness of 2.0 to 6.0 nm and a crystallite size of 5.0 to 8.0 nm in a direction of a (020) plane, and the recording medium has a degree of parallelization of 30 to 1,000.

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: 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 monitoring system which is suitable for, for example, preventing crime for a residence, includes a plurality of terminals (31, 32, . . . ) for monitoring whether predetermined monitoring points are in a stationary state or a nonstationary state, and a central processing device (10) for controlling a setting/canceling operation of alarm operations of the terminals (31, 32, . . . ). The central processing device (10) has a communication unit that receives information related to the stationary/nonstationary states from the terminals and transmits predetermined information including commands to the terminals. Each terminal has a communication unit that transmits information related to stationary/nonstationary states to the central processing device and receives the predetermined information from the central processing device. Thus bidirectional communication can be achieved between the central processing device and the terminals. The plurality of terminals (31, 32, . . .

Abstract: An ink jet print head is provided which can print a high-quality image with no density variation-caused lines at high speed and which can be manufactured at low cost and with ease. For this purpose, the print head of this invention has a plurality of nozzle groups each having at least one nozzle array arranged in a predetermined array direction Y crossing a relative motion direction X. A distance in the relative motion direction between the nozzles in each nozzle group adjoining each other in the array direction Y is set almost equal to a distance in the relative motion direction between the nozzle groups adjoining each other in the array direction Y.

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: 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, comprising pressure sensitive means 33 for generating an output signal corresponding to deformation and support means 35 for supporting the pressure sensitive means 33 on at least one of the opening section and the opening and closing section, the support means 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: 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, comprising pressure sensitive means 33 for generating an output signal corresponding to deformation and support means 35 for supporting the pressure sensitive means 33 on at least one of the opening section and the opening and closing section, the support means 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: 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 includes 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: 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.