Abstract: A machining program editing assist apparatus includes a display controller. When a specific portion on a shape display area is designated via an input device, the display controller allows a display candidate specified by the specific portion to be displayed as a designated display target of the shape display area, and allows at least one portion of data being among at least one display candidate of a program data display area and sectioned by a machining process constituting the at least one machining process and corresponding to the designated display target of the shape display area to be displayed as a designated display target of the program data display area on the program data display area in a state in which a beginning of the at least one portion of data is set to a display start position of the program data display area.

Abstract: An optical fiber includes a core, a cladding, and a thermally conductive member. The cladding is formed in a surrounding of the core. The thermally conductive member is formed in a surrounding of the cladding and includes a thermal conductivity higher than thermal conductivities of the core and the cladding.

Abstract: A decision circuit includes: a first decision block to distinguish a first bit of bits using an amplitude of an analog signal as a discrimination point, the analog signal being an amplitude shift keyed signal; a superposition block to acquire an absolute value of a difference of the analog signal in respect to an amplitude center value of the analog signal by superposing divided analog signals; an inversion block to control inverting of the signal based on a first distinction result of the first decision block; a second decision block to distinguish a second bit of the bits based on an amplitude of an output signal from the inversion block and the discrimination point; and an output buffer to output the first distinction result and a second distinction result of the second decision block in synchronization with a clock.

Abstract: Provided is an inexpensive device capable of accurately positioning a medical instrument relative to the head of a user. A head positioning device (7) is used. The head positioning device (7) is provided with: a pair of holding members (11, 12) which holds the face of a user from both sides by elasticity and prevents both the forward tilting of the user's head and the rotation of the neck; a neck rest (13) which comes into contact with the back side of the user's neck and determines the position of the neck in the front-rear direction; and a head-back rest (14) which comes into contact with the back of the head and which prevents the head from tilting backward.

Abstract: An apparatus for correcting a signal, includes a correction value calculator that determines a transmission distance of a transmission path through which a timing signal is propagated, the timing signal having a periodically changing frequency, and determines a deviation between a frequency of the timing signal and a frequency of received data, as a correction value, from the transmission distance; and a corrector that corrects the frequency of the timing signal by the correction value for synchronizing transmitted data with the timing signal.

Abstract: An optical transmission system including a transmitting unit to transmit an optical main signal, a receiving unit to receive the optical main signal, and a transmission line through which the optical main signal is transmitted, the optical transmission system includes: an optical transmitter unit configured to be activated or inactivated based on a control signal so as to transmit the control signal, the optical transmitter being included in the transmitting; and an optical receiver configured to receive light with the activate state or the inactivate state of the optical transmitter the optical receiver being included in the receiving unit, wherein the receiving unit regenerates the control signal, based on a power of the received light.

Abstract: An optical transmission apparatus includes a transmitter that transmits to a counterpart receiver via a transmission path and transmits as optical signals for a plurality of channels, input signals for a plurality of channels; and a controller that when a transmission failure between the transmitter and the receiver is detected, distributes to properly operating channels, data for a channel subject to the transmission failure, increases a transmission rate for the properly operating channels to a given transmission rate, and continues data transmission for all channels including the channel subject to the transmission failure.

Abstract: An optical fiber includes a core, a cladding, and a thermally conductive member. The cladding is formed in a surrounding of the core. The thermally conductive member is formed in a surrounding of the cladding and includes a thermal conductivity higher than thermal conductivities of the core and the cladding.

Abstract: A decision circuit includes: a first decision block to distinguish a first bit of bits using an amplitude of an analog signal as a discrimination point, the analog signal being an amplitude shift keyed signal; a superposition block to acquire an absolute value of a difference of the analog signal in respect to an amplitude center value of the analog signal by superposing divided analog signals; an inversion block to control inverting of the signal based on a first distinction result of the first decision block; a second decision block to distinguish a second bit of the bits based on an amplitude of an output signal from the inversion block and the discrimination point; and an output buffer to output the first distinction result and a second distinction result of the second decision block in synchronization with a clock.

Abstract: An apparatus for correcting a signal, includes a correction value calculator that determines a transmission distance of a transmission path through which a timing signal is propagated, the timing signal having a periodically changing frequency, and determines a deviation between a frequency of the timing signal and a frequency of received data, as a correction value, from the transmission distance; and a corrector that corrects the frequency of the timing signal by the correction value for synchronizing transmitted data with the timing signal.

Abstract: The invention provides a metal substrate and a light source device ensuring that a semiconductor chip working as a light source can be firmly joined by using a metal joining material, such that heat generated in the mounted semiconductor chip can be efficiently dissipated through a metal plate. The metal substrate includes a heat dissipating metal plate made of a metal except for Au, an insulating resin-made white film stacked on a part of the heat dissipating metal plate, and a light source mounting surface-forming layer stacked on another part of the heat dissipating metal plate. The metal substrate is such that the light source mounting surface-forming layer is a metal layer directly contacting the heat dissipating metal plate, and the light source mounting surface is a surface of an Au layer which is the outermost layer of the light source mounting surface-forming layer.

Abstract: Provided is a metal foil laminate that: has heat resistance; has high reflectance in the visible light range; has little decrease in reflectance in environments with a high-temperature thermal load; is compatible with large surface areas; and can be used for printed circuit boards for mounting LEDs that have excellent adhesion with metals. The metal foil laminate is characterized in that: a laminate has metal foil on at least one side of a resin layer (A) containing a polyorganosiloxane and an inorganic filler; the 90° peel strength between said resin layer (A) and said metal foil is at least 0.95 kN/m, and the mean reflectance at wavelengths of 400 to 800 nm on the surface that is exposed when the resin layer (A) is exposed by peeling and removing said metal foil is at least 80%; and the decrease in the reflectance at a wavelength of 470 nm after being treated with heat for 10 minutes at 260° C. is not more than 5%.

Abstract: An optical transmission system including a transmitting unit to transmit an optical main signal, a receiving unit to receive the optical main signal, and a transmission line through which the optical main signal is transmitted, the optical transmission system includes: an optical transmitter unit configured to be activated or inactivated based on a control signal so as to transmit the control signal, the optical transmitter being included in the transmitting; and an optical receiver configured to receive light with the activate state or the inactivate state of the optical transmitter the optical receiver being included in the receiving unit, wherein the receiving unit regenerates the control signal, based on a power of the received light.

Abstract: An exhaust device for a work vehicle including: an exhaust pipe for guiding exhaust to a vehicle exterior. The exhaust pipe includes: an exhaust guide pipe into which exhaust from an engine is introduced, a bending section for changing an exhaust direction; an external protective pipe that externally fits onto a downstream-side guide pipe; an ejector section for suctioning and introducing external air between an outer periphery of the exhaust guide pipe and an inner periphery of the external protective pipe; and an external air introduction section provided to an upstream-side end section of the external protective pipe.

Abstract: An exhaust device for a work vehicle including: an exhaust pipe for guiding exhaust to a vehicle exterior. The exhaust pipe includes: an exhaust guide pipe into which exhaust from an engine is introduced, a bending section for changing an exhaust direction; an external protective pipe that externally fits onto a downstream-side guide pipe; an ejector section for suctioning and introducing external air between an outer periphery of the exhaust guide pipe and an inner periphery of the external protective pipe; and an external air introduction section provided to an upstream-side end section of the external protective pipe.

Abstract: An optical transmission apparatus includes a transmitter that transmits to a counterpart receiver via a transmission path and transmits as optical signals for a plurality of channels, input signals for a plurality of channels; and a controller that when a transmission failure between the transmitter and the receiver is detected, distributes to properly operating channels, data for a channel subject to the transmission failure, increases a transmission rate for the properly operating channels to a given transmission rate, and continues data transmission for all channels including the channel subject to the transmission failure.

Abstract: A device includes: a providing unit that provides a driving electric current to a semiconductor laser, the electric current being superimposed a first alternating current signal having a first frequency at a low side of an operational range of the semiconductor laser and a second alternating current signal having a second frequency at a high side of the operational range; a first filter that extracts a first component corresponding to the first frequency from a voltage to be applied to the semiconductor laser; a second filter that extracts a second component corresponding to the second frequency from the voltage to be applied to the semiconductor laser; and a judge circuit that judges a state of the semiconductor laser based on a first differential resistance obtained from the result of the extracting by the first filter and a second differential resistance obtained from the result of the extracting by the second filter.

Abstract: Provided is a metal foil laminate that: has heat resistance; has high reflectance in the visible light range; has little decrease in reflectance in environments with a high-temperature thermal load; is compatible with large surface areas; and can be used for printed circuit boards for mounting LEDs that have excellent adhesion with metals. The metal foil laminate is characterized in that: a laminate has metal foil on at least one side of a resin layer (A) containing a polyorganosiloxane and an inorganic filler; the 90° peel strength between said resin layer (A) and said metal foil is at least 0.95 kN/m, and the mean reflectance at wavelengths of 400 to 800 nm on the surface that is exposed when the resin layer (A) is exposed by peeling and removing said metal foil is at least 80%; and the decrease in the reflectance at a wavelength of 470 nm after being treated with heat for 10 minutes at 260° C. is not more than 5%.

Abstract: An optical connector includes a fiber-support block configured to couple cores of a plurality of optical fibers, and a lens-support block including a contact surface provided with a plurality of openings, the contact surface contacted to a contact surface of the fiber-support block, the cores of the optical fibers projecting from the contact surface of the fiber-support block insertable into the respective openings, the lens-support block having pairs of collimate lenses and convex lenses in the respective openings, each of the collimate lenses and a corresponding one of the convex lenses being spaced apart from each other in an optical-axis direction, the collimate lenses being movable in the optical-axis direction and being pressed by elastically deformable members, respectively, in the optical-axis direction and toward the contact surface of the fiber-support block.

Abstract: The release mechanism includes a guide body adapted to support a guide wall of the electronic device unit, and a locking mechanism adapted to lock the electronic device unit supported on the guide body. The locking mechanism includes an elastic piece projecting in cantilever fashion from an end of the guide body, an operating projection that projects from the elastic piece, and an engaging protrusion that protrudes from the elastic piece and that is adapted to intrude into a screw hole in the electronic device unit to thereby restrict sliding of the electronic device unit. The operating projection is formed with larger size than the engaging protrusion so that under conditions of induced flexure of the elastic piece the engaging protrusion disengages from the screw hole, and during sliding of the electronic device unit does not contact the guide wall.