Abstract: A repairing method for an endoscope includes inserting into a cylindrical heating element a repair part of at least one endoscope having a resin material applied on an outer peripheral surface of the endoscope, causing the heating element to generate heat by supplying power to the heating element in order to radiate infrared rays from the heating element toward the center of the cylinder, and drying/hardening the resin material in the repair part by using the infrared rays radiated from the heating element.

Abstract: An information coding apparatus includes a predictive signal generator that generates a predictive signal; a predictive residual signal generator that generates a predictive residual signal; a quantizer that quantizes a quantization input signal generated based on the predictive residual signal; a quantization error signal generator that generates a quantization error signal; a feedback signal generator that generates a feedback signal for controlling the frequency characteristic of the quantization noise after decoding based on the quantization error signal; and a quantization input signal generator that generates the quantization input signal.

Abstract: In a linear guide apparatus, a rolling-element accommodation belt 50 is incorporated into each of endless circulation passages. This rolling-element accommodation belt 50 is formed into a shape having ends and has a plurality of rolling-element accommodation sections for individually accommodating balls 46. Of the rolling-element accommodation sections, first rolling-element accommodation sections 55A located at the respective end sections are formed so as to constrain movement of a spacer section 59 located at the end section toward the outer periphery side of an endless circulation passage by means of the ball 46 accommodated in the spacer section. Second rolling-element accommodation sections 55B other than the first rolling-element accommodation sections are formed so as to enable removable accommodation of the balls 46 to be accommodated toward the inner periphery side of the endless circulation passage.

Abstract: A reflection characteristic measuring apparatus for measuring a characteristic, such as a gloss, of a sample surface. The apparatus includes at least one illuminator for illuminating a sample surface to be measured with light and a plurality of light receiving sections which are arranged axially symmetrically to each other with respect to a normal to an intended object surface and which output two-dimensional light receiving data. A deriving section derives a characteristic of the sample surface such as gloss based on a weighted average obtained by applying a weighting factor to each of the light receiving data outputted from the light receiving sections.

Abstract: A line-width measurement adjusting method, which is used when first and second electron beam intensity distributions for measuring a line width are produced from intensity distribution images of secondary electrons obtained respectively by scanning a first irradiation distance with an electron beam at first magnification, and by scanning a second irradiation distance with an electron beam at second magnification, includes the step of adjusting the second electron beam intensity distribution of the electron beam at the second magnification such that the second electron beam intensity distribution is equal to the first electron beam intensity distribution of the electron beam at first magnification. The second electron beam intensity distribution may be adjusted by increasing or decreasing a second irradiation distance when producing the electron beam intensity distribution.

Abstract: A slider has a slider main body which has a circulation sleeve whose inner portion forms a rolling element passage by being inserted into a hole penetrating in an axial direction, an end cap which has an outer peripheral track face of a direction changing passage in a curved shape for communicating a load track between two rolling element rolling grooves and the rolling element passage, and is fixed to an axial end portion of the slider main body, and an inner peripheral track member which has an inner peripheral track face of the direction changing passage, and is fitted to the end cap. An end portion of the circulation sleeve is provided with a plurality of positioning projected portions, and the end cap and the inner peripheral track member are provided with recess portions fitted with the positioning projected portions.

Abstract: A display device which surely allows the black-spot-forming correction at the time of forming an opening portion in a portion of a scanning signal line where a scanning signal line and a video signal line intersects each other and forming a semiconductor layer and a conductor layer by a resist flow method is provided. A scanning signal line which forms an opening portion in a portion thereof which intersects a video signal line, an insulation film, a semiconductor layer which covers a region which spreads larger than a conductor layer, and the conductor layer are sequentially stacked. The conductor layer includes the video signal line, a drain electrode and a source electrode of a thin film transistor, and a connecting line which connects the video signal line and the drain electrode.

Abstract: A pattern measurement apparatus includes a line profile creating unit for creating a line profile of a pattern formed on a sample by scanning with a charged particle beam, a derivative profile creating unit for creating a second derivative profile by differentiating twice the line profile, and an edge detecting unit for judging whether an edge in the pattern is a rising edge or a falling edge. Assuming that the two peak positions appearing in the vicinity of the edge position of the pattern obtained from the second derivative profile are defined as X1 and X2, X2 being larger than X1, the edge detecting unit judges that the edge is a rising edge when a signal amount in the peak position X1 is larger than a signal amount in the peak position X2.

Abstract: A linear guide device has a retaining piece (15) between two adjacent rollers (9). The retaining piece (15) has a retaining piece body (16) having left side-face section and a right side-face section that are parallel to the end face sections of the rollers (9), a first arm section (19) extending from the left side-face section of the retaining piece body (16) toward the end face sections of the two adjacent rollers (9) and fitting in a first guide groove (22) formed in one wall surface section of a circulation path (21), and a second arm section (20) provided on the right side-face section of the retaining piece body (16) so as to be parallel to the first arm section (19) and fitting in a second guide groove (23) formed in the other wall surface section of the circulation path (21).

Abstract: The present invention provides an ink set for inkjet recording which has excellent resistance to light and can prevent image blurring and image deformation due to cracks or the like, wherein the ink set includes: a first liquid including a water soluble organic solvent, water and a pigment dispersed therein, in which an average particle diameter of the pigment is from 5 nm to 50 nm and a monodispersity of the pigment is 1.5 or less; and a second liquid which includes a component that can reduce a pH of the first liquid to less than 7 when contacted with the first liquid and can transform the first liquid from a region in which the dispersion of the pigment particles is stable to a region in which the dispersion of the pigment particles is unstable. The invention also provides a method of image recording using the ink set for inkjet recording.

Abstract: The Computer System consists of components including more than one Computer and Storage Subsystem to which more than one Computer are connected. The Storage Subsystem is equipped with more than one Storage Unit, Management Table registering information to manage Storage Units accessible by each of the Computers and Controller to control accesses by more than one Computer to more than one Storage Unit. The controller controls the accesses according to the information set in the Management Table when the Storage Unit is accessed by the Computer.

Abstract: An aqueous dispersion, having particles of a water-insoluble colorant containing at least one pigment, with the particles being dispersed in a medium containing therein both water and a dispersing agent, wherein the water-insoluble colorant has a crystalline structure, and an average particle diameter of the particles is in the range of from 5 nm to 40 nm, and a monodispersity of the particles is 1.5 or less.

Abstract: A dispersion having particles of a water-insoluble colorant containing at least two kinds of pigments dispersed with a dispersing agent in a medium containing water, wherein the water-insoluble colorant has a crystalline structure, and a light-scattering intensity is 30,000 cps or less, when a peak value of absorbance in the visible light region is set to 1.

Abstract: A signal recording and reproducing apparatus includes an encoder encoding an input signal to produce a first group of encoded data, and a second group of encoded data used for reproducing a signal of higher quality than a signal resulting from decoding of the first group of encoded data, a recording unit recording record-data, including the first group and the second group of encoded data, into a recording medium, a reproducing unit reproducing the record-data from the recording medium, a decoder decoding at least the first group of encoded data out of the record-data from the reproducing unit, and a controller controlling an operation of each part of the recording and reproducing apparatus, and the controller performs control so as to cause the recording unit to erase the second group of encoded data according to a command to increase the amount of free storage capacity of the recording medium.

Abstract: A reflected light measuring apparatus including an illumination system and a light receiving system which receives reflected light from a measuring area of an object illuminated with measuring light projected from the illumination system. The illumination system projects the measuring light with a prescribed angular width onto each point in the measuring area. The illumination system and the light receiving system project the measuring light onto the measuring area and receive the reflected light via a telecentric optical system.

Abstract: A surface profile measuring apparatus of the invention has a changing section for changing the cross section of a flux of light to be projected onto a sample by a light projecting section in measuring a surface profile of the sample. The surface profile measuring apparatus having the above arrangement enables to measure the surface profile of the sample easily and precisely, without using different kinds of measuring apparatuses.

Abstract: There is provided an electronic wallet device using electronic value concerning a prescribed service by means of a non-contact type IC card capable of non-contact communication with an external unit, including a holding section to hold the non-contact type IC card, an external communication antenna to perform non-contact communication with the external unit, a card communication antenna to perform non-contact communication with the non-contact type IC card held in the holding section, a value storing section capable of storing electronic value, a charge section to charge the value storing section with electronic value, and a value transfer section to transfer electronic value stored in the value storing section to the non-contact type IC card on condition of success of authentication of an owner of the electronic wallet device by an authentication section when using electronic value by means of the non-contact type IC card.

Abstract: The present invention provides a method for producing asymmetrical mono-substituted alkylated compounds of ?-amino acids that are represented by a specific formula, using an aldimine-type Schiff base. In the method of the present invention, the process of alkylating an aldimine-type Schiff base in a medium in the presence of an optically-active quaternary ammonium salt phase-transfer catalyst and an inorganic base is initiated, and subsequently the reaction is quenched at a time earlier than a time for completion of the stoichiometric reaction of the alkylation reaction, so that a mono-substituted alkylated product with high optical purity can be obtained.

Abstract: An endoscope which includes a flexible tube and a protective tube placed in the flexible tube, the protective tube containing a plurality of elongated built-in components including an optical fiber bundle, characterized in that a solid lubricant containing rice-bran ceramics is interposed at interstices between the optical fibers placed in the protective tube and between the protective tube and the flexible tube.

Abstract: A plating processing method comprises performing a continuous electrolytic plating of the surface of a film having a surface resistivity in the range of 1 ?f/Sq to 1000 ?/Sq, wherein a distance between the lowest contacting part of a negative electrode with the film and a plating liquid is in the range of 0.5 cm to 15 cm.