Abstract: The invention aims to provide a rotation tool enabling work without obstructing a view of an operator and facilitating fine-adjustment for the tool. A rotation tool includes a flexible shaft including a tool portion at one end and a grip portion at the other end; and a cylindrical exterior body including curved portion on at least a part thereof, wherein a spiral protrusion is formed on at least a part of the shaft and a spiral groove is formed on at least a part of the curved portion, and the shaft is configured to be movable inside the exterior body by screwing the spiral protrusion and the spiral groove to each other.

Abstract: The invention aims to provide a rotation tool enabling work without obstructing a view of an operator and facilitating fine-adjustment for the tool. A rotation tool includes a flexible shaft including a tool portion at one end and a grip portion at the other end; and a cylindrical exterior body including curved portion on at least a part thereof, wherein a spiral protrusion is formed on at least a part of the shaft and a spiral groove is formed on at least a part of the curved portion, and the shaft is configured to be movable inside the exterior body by screwing the spiral protrusion and the spiral groove to each other.

Abstract: An electronic apparatus is configured to generate a variety of vibrations corresponding to a variety of different situations without excessively high power consumption. The electronic apparatus has first and second vibration motors having respective eccentric weights different in weight from each other for generating different first and second vibrations. An input/output section enables a user to select from a list of events stored in a storage section first events and second events. A controller drives the first vibration motor having a heavier weight with a strong vibration upon occurrence of the user-selected first events and drives the second vibration motor having a lighter weight with a weak vibration upon occurrence of the user-selected second events. The first events include an incoming phone call or email, a present alarm time, and a dynamic or important action, motion, and so on in a computer game.

Abstract: A cutting device includes a support shaft, a first blade body which holds the support shaft, a slide bearing mounted on the support shaft, a second blade body provided to overlap the first blade body and rotatably supported on the support shaft via the slide bearing, a fixing member disposed on the support shaft on a side opposite to the first blade body across the slide bearing, and a biasing member disposed between the slide bearing and the fixing member. A regulating portion, which regulates movement of the slide bearing toward the first blade body side with respect to the second blade body, is provided in at least one of the second blade body and the slide bearing, and the slide bearing is biased toward the first blade body side by the biasing member.

Abstract: A cutting device includes a support shaft; a first blade body which holds the support shaft; a rolling bearing which is mounted on the support shaft, and has an outer race and an inner race; a second blade body which is provided to overlap the first blade body, and is rotatably supported on the support shaft via the rolling bearing; a fixing member which is disposed on the support shaft on a side opposite to the first blade body across the rolling bearing; and a biasing member disposed between the rolling bearing and the fixing member. One of the outer race and the inner race rotates integrally with the second blade body, and the other of the outer race and the inner race is biased toward the first blade body by the biasing member.

Abstract: There are provided a vibration generation device and an electronic apparatus adapted to generate a variety of vibrations corresponding to a variety of situations without making the power consumption excessively high. The vibration generation device and the electronic apparatus according to the present embodiment is provided with two vibration motors having respective eccentric weights different in weight from each other, and drives a first vibration motor having a heavier one of the eccentric weights in the case of announcing a first event, for which notice with a strong vibration is necessary or effective. In contrast, in the case of announcing the second event, for which a quick response or a response performance is required, a second vibration motor having a lighter one of the eccentric weights is driven. The first events include incoming, coming of alarm time, a dynamic or important action, motion, and so on in a game.

Abstract: A power generator has a power generation unit for generating electric power, a rotary unit and a power transmission unit. The power generation unit includes a stator having a stator core and a rotor disposed in the stator. The rotor has a rotor shaft and a driven gear disposed on the rotor shaft and is configured to be driven to rotate the rotor shaft. The rotary unit has a driving gear for undergoing rotational movement to rotate the rotor shaft via the driven gear to generate electric power. The power transmission unit has an intermediate gear for transmitting a rotational force of the driving gear of the rotary unit to the driven gear of the rotor shaft. The intermediate gear has at least one rotary shaft disposed inside of the stator core.

Abstract: In a semiconductor memory device of an embodiment, a backup section writes backup data to a memory. The backup data corresponds to management data which associates identification data of data written to the memory with a write position of the data. A first generator generates update data indicating an updating state when the management data is updated after the backup data is written to the memory. A second generator generates update accumulated data including the update data and past update data which has been generated before the update data and written to the memory. A writer writes the update accumulated data to the memory. A restoration section restores the management data based on the backup data read from the memory and the update accumulated data.

Abstract: In a small power generator 1, a rotary dial 31 is disposed in the middle of the surface. By turning the rotary dial 31 with a finger, a rotor of an inner rotor type power generation unit 6, which is disposed inside the small power generator 1, is rotated by the rotational force through at least one intermediate gear. As a result, electric power is generated to charge a power supply for a portable electronic apparatus. The small power generator 1 includes an intermediate gear in order to transmit the rotational force of the rotary dial 31 to a rotating unit 3, and at least one of the shafts of the intermediate gear is provided between a plurality of core windings 67 circularly disposed in a stator core 66 of the power generation unit 6. Thus, in the small power generator 1, the planar size is reduced by providing the shaft of the intermediate gear inside the stator core of the inner rotor type power generator.

Abstract: The information recording unit has a memory for firstly storing data, a record medium for intermittently recording the stored data in the memory, a record means for recording the data on the record medium, and a valid-data decision means for determining whether the recorded data is valid. The record means records the data in at least two different areas on the record medium, and the decision determines one valid data among the recorded data in the different areas. The unit includes a record control means for controlling the record means. The record control means provides a control command for the record means to record a predetermined quantity of data stored in the memory at a first recording location on the record medium and also provides a control command for the record means to read the predetermined quantity of the data at least one recording location different from the first recording location after the predetermined quantity of the data is recorded at the first recording location.

Abstract: An information reproduction unit has a data read means with a pickup for intermittently reading data recorded on a storage medium, a write means for writing the data in a memory, and a reproduction means for sequentially reading out the data written in the memory. The unit also has a defect detection means for detecting a defect of the storage medium during a data read waiting period. The defect detection means may determine the presence of a defect based on a readout result provided by the data read means. The unit may further include a storage means for storing a defect position information. Furthermore, a read characteristic may be adjusted on reading data at the defect position on the storage medium.

Abstract: A pump comprises a first substrate having a fluid inlet port for receiving a fluid, a fluid outlet port for discharging the fluid, a first pumping section for pumping the fluid from the fluid inlet port to the fluid outlet port, a first inlet valve section disposed between the fluid inlet port and the first pumping section, and a first outlet valve section disposed between the fluid outlet port and the first pumping section. A second substrate has a second pumping section, a second inlet valve section, and a second outlet valve section. An intermediate substrate is disposed between the first and second substrates to form a first fluid feeding path and a second fluid feeding path for feeding the fluid pumped by the first and second pumping sections. The first fluid feeding path extends from the first inlet valve section to the first outlet valve section through the first pumping section.

Abstract: An information recording apparatus includes recording means for recording information onto a recording medium; detection means for detecting vibrations or possibilities of vibrations of the apparatus; and recording control means for prohibiting or suspending recording of the information onto the recording medium in accordance with a detection result of the detection means.

Abstract: A micropump comprises a first substrate, a pumping section formed in the first substrate, a second substrate connected to the first substrate and having an inlet port and an outlet port, and at least two valve sections formed in the first substrate for controlling the flow of fluid from the inlet port to the outlet port through the pumping section. The pumping section has a piezoelectric element and a diaphragm for undergoing deformation upon application of a voltage to the piezoelectric element to control the flow of fluid into and out of the pumping section. Each of the valve sections has a piezoelectric element and a diaphragm for undergoing deformation upon application of a voltage to the piezoelectric element. A flow passage is formed in the first substrate for connecting the pumping section and the valve sections in fluid communication.

Abstract: A method of processing information of a recording disc among a plurality of recording discs having different standards or recording formats, includes the steps of: selecting and exchanging an objective recording disc to be reproduced among the plurality of recording discs; executing a recording information reproducing operation on the basis of an application program of the selected objective recording disc; and selecting and exchanging the objective recording disc only with respect to the recording discs, having the standard or recording format reproducible by the application program, among the plurality of recording discs after executing the recording information reproducing operation.

Abstract: A navigation device includes measurement unit for measuring a current position of a vehicle and generating a current position data, route collection unit for generating route data on the basis of the current position data, place name extraction unit for extracting place name information with a predetermined interval from a map information in accordance with the current position data, storage unit for storing the route data and the place name information, the stored route data comprising a plurality of block route data each sectioned by the place name information, edit unit for editing the block route data stored in the storage unit, and display unit for extracting the route data from the storage unit and displaying the extracted route data together with the map information.