Abstract: A presentation system includes a screen device, a projecting device that projects a visible image onto the screen device, and a laser pointer operated by a user, that projects a laser beam onto the screen device. The laser pointer includes an infrared light emitting section and a laser beam emitting section. A projected image of the infrared light projected onto the screen is sensed by an infrared light sensing section. Movement direction and movement distance of the projected image and button click signal are converted into mouse data usable by computer. An image based on the mouse data from the computer is projected from a projector to the screen. A human body sensor which senses heat of human body existing in a projected direction of the laser beam is settled to supply a safe presentation system by controlling the projection of the laser beam in case this sensor is operated.

Abstract: A presentation device for generating a virtual screen used for performing a pointing operation, has a photographing section of which an angle of view can be adjusted by operating a zoom function and a pan-and-tilt mechanism, a monitor for a presenter, displaying an image photographed by the photographing section, and a control section. A mark for generating the virtual screen is set on a photographing range of the photographing section or the monitor, a virtual screen area having a predetermined size is set within the angle of view of the photographing section based on the mark, and the control section generates XY coordinates of the virtual screen on the virtual screen area.

Abstract: A presentation system for a presenter to safely point out parts of an image projected from a projector onto a screen with laser light projected from a laser pointer held by the presenter is disclosed. The presentation system includes one or more infrared light receiving units on the laser pointer that selectively receive infrared signals from sending units that are mounted on the projector or on walls in order to control emission of laser light from the laser pointer. Arrangements of the sending and receiving units are designed to allow emission of the laser light from the pointer only when the laser pointer is pointed toward the projection screen. A control unit in the laser pointer may determine if the laser pointer is pointed correctly or a gravity operated shutter may further assist in preventing unsafe projection of laser light from the laser pointer.

Abstract: A material presentation device connecting at least two material presentation devices to each other, comprises a first selecting device for selecting one image as a main image from plural images composed of an image output by another material presentation device, a camera image of a material on a material mounting pedestal, which is photographed by a photographing section, an image stored in a memory device, and an external image output by an external device connected thereto, a second selecting device capable of selecting no image or one image as an additional image from plural images composed of a camera image of a material on the material mounting pedestal, which is photographed by the photographing section, an image stored in the memory device and an external image output by the external device, a point image generating device for generating a point image from point information which is subtracted from an image photographed by the photographing section, an image synthesizing section for synthesizing the ad

Abstract: A presentation system comprises a display for setting a virtual screen, a pointing mark for operating a point on the display, a photographing device for photographing the pointing mark and the display, a displaying device for displaying a predetermined image or the photographed image photographed by the photographing device, and a control device. The control device calculates coordinates of the pointing mark on coordinates of the virtual screen and has a pointing function for synthesizing a predetermined point image at coordinates of the image on the displaying device, which correspond to the coordinates of the pointing mark.

Abstract: A presentation system for a presenter to safely point out parts of an image projected from a projector onto a screen with laser light projected from a laser pointer held by the presenter is disclosed. The presentation system includes one or more infrared light receiving units on the laser pointer that selectively receive infrared signals from sending units that are mounted on the projector or on walls in order to control emission of laser light from the laser pointer. Arrangements of the sending and receiving units are designed to allow emission of the laser light from the pointer only when the laser pointer is pointed toward the projection screen. A control unit in the laser pointer may determine if the laser pointer is pointed correctly or a gravity operated shutter may further assist in preventing unsafe projection of laser light from the laser pointer.

Abstract: A presentation system using a laser pointer, comprises: a screen device; a projecting device for projecting a visible image onto the screen device; and a laser pointer operated by a user, and projecting a laser beam onto the screen device. The laser pointer is equipped with an infrared light emitting section together with a laser beam emitting section, a projected image of the infrared light projected onto the screen is sensed by an infrared light sensing section. Movement direction and movement distance of the projected image and button click signal are converted into mouse data to supply to a computer. An image based on the mouse data from the computer is projected from a projector to the screen. Furthermore, a human body sensor which senses heat of human body existing in a projected direction of the laser beam is settled to supply a safe presentation system by controlling the projection of the laser beam in case this sensor is operated.

Abstract: A presentation system using a laser pointer, comprises: a screen device; a projecting device for projecting a visible image onto the screen device; and a laser pointer operated by a user, and projecting a laser beam onto the screen device. The laser pointer comprises: an infrared light emitting device for emitting an infrared light approximately in the same direction as a projection direction of the laser beam; and a switching device for switching the mode between a laser pointer mode for projecting the laser beam and a mouse mode for emitting the infrared light from the infrared light emitting device.

Abstract: A presentation system comprises: a screen device; a projecting device for projecting an image onto the screen device; an indication mark for setting two reference points, which is two orthogonal points on a rectangular virtual screen, near a presenter and for the presenter operating a point on the virtual screen; a photographing device for photographing the virtual screen and the indication mark; and an arithmetic operation device for generating coordinates of the virtual screen from the two reference points photographed by the photographing device, and for calculating coordinates of the indication mark on the generated virtual screen. The projecting device projects a point image onto the coordinates of the indication mark on the image.

Abstract: A polar group-containing ethylene polymer or copolymer having improved insulating properties, or a composition thereof is characterized in that said polar group-containing ethylene polymer or copolymer contains 20 to 8000 ppm of a polar group having a dipole moment of more than 0.8 debye. The polymer can be used in a power cable as insulation.

Abstract: An exhaust system for internal combustion engines includes at least two exhaust passages, each passage communicated with at least one branch exhaust passage of an exhaust manifold communicating exhaust ports of a multiple-cylinder engine, and a confluent exhaust passage disposed downstream of said at least two exhaust passages, said confluent exhaust passage including a confluent point for converging downstream ends of said at least two exhaust passages. The exhaust system also includes a communication passage substantially parallel with the at least two exhaust passages and a valve disposed in the communication passage, for allowing a portion of exhaust gas flow to bypass said confluent point only when the engine is within a predetermined high engine revolution range.

Abstract: To smoothly introduce intake air or mixture through at least one intake valve and exhaust combustion gas through at least exhaust valve, an intake side conical wall surface is formed in an inner wall of the cylinder head in smooth continuous connection with a conical surface formed at an end of the intake valve seat, and an exhaust side conical wall surface is also formed in the inner wall of the cylinder head in smooth continuous connection with a conical surface formed at an end surface of the exhaust valve seat. It is preferable not to allow liquid fuel introduced through the intake to flow directly toward an ignition plug provided at the center of the cylinder, but to allow the introduced liquid fuel to flow directly toward the exhaust port along a flat surface, recess, groove, guide surface, etc. formed around the ignition plug for prevention of misfiring.

Abstract: In order to prevent the electrodes of the spark plug from becoming wetted with droplets of liquid fuel during low temperature and/or idling operation of the engine in a manner which deteriorates engine stability, the branches of a bifurcate intake passage which cooperates with a dual inlet valve arrangement are arranged to guide the unvaporized liquid fuel into the combustion chamber in a manner which obivates contact with the plug. In some embodiments a passage which is adapted to produce a swirl in the combustion chamber is arranged so that the fuel which passes therethrough (usually in the form of a film on the walls of branches) and which has a relatively large inertia as compared with the gaseous charge, enters the combustion chamber with a velocity which carries it along a flight path non-intersective with the plug electrodes.

Abstract: In a variable venturi carburetor in which the metering jet portion of fuel changes automatically according to the amount of intake air required to keep the mixture at a constant air-to-fuel ratio at all times, two series-arranged nozzles and an auxiliary fuel passage communicating with the downstream side of the venturi and with the space formed between the two nozzles additionally formed at the fixed venturi portion in such a way that the auxiliary fuel passage can be opened or closed according to engine operating conditions. Therefore, when the auxiliary fuel passage is opened, since fuel is introduced into the venturi through only a single nozzle, a rich mixture is obtained; when the auxiliary fuel passage is closed, since fuel is introduced through two nozzles, a lean mixture is obtained.

Abstract: A cooling system for a liquid cooled automotive internal combustion engine comprises a first device responsive to the temperature of engine coolant flowing through a first section of a coolant passage leading to a radiator. Additionally, a second device is provided to be operative in response to the first device to control the flow of the coolant flowing through a second section of the coolant passage which second section is located downstream of the first section and upstream of a coolant pump. The second device is constructed and arranged to block the coolant passage second section at one of a low engine load operating range and a no engine load operating range when the coolant temperature is over a first predetermined level and not higher than a second predetermined level which is higher than the first predetermined level, while to allow the coolant flow through the coolant passage second section at all engine operating ranges when the coolant temperature is over the second predetermined level.

Abstract: An intake system of an internal combustion engine including a power cylinder having an intake valve and a fuel injection nozzle, comprising: a throttle chamber upstream open to the atmosphere; primary and secondary throttle valves provided in parallel with each other in the throttle chamber; primary and secondary air passageways leading from the throttle chamber past the primary and secondary throttle valves, respectively, and conjoined together upstream of the intake valve, the secondary passageway being larger in cross sectional area than the primary air passageway and having a reservoir chamber portion larger in cross sectional area than the remaining portion of the secondary passageway; and air heating means provided in the primary air intake pipe and operative to preheat the air to be passed through the primary air intake pipe.

Abstract: A cooling device for an internal combustion engine includes a communicating passage for communicating the inlet and outlet of a water pump, a cooling water temperature detecting means for detecting the temperature of cooling water for the engine and a valve controlled by the cooling water temperature detecting means for opening the communicating passage when the cooling water temperature is lower than a predetermined value and closing the passage when the temperature is higher than the value, so that when the engine is at a lower temperature the cooling water is not circulated through a cylinder block and a cylinder head of the engine, thereby rapidly raising the temperature of the engine to remarkably improve the exhaust gas characteristics and running performance and reduce the fuel consumption.

Abstract: A device for controlling an acceleration pump for a carburetor includes a positioning member, a stopper and an actuating means. The positioning member is preferably formed integrally with a piston slidably set in the acceleration pump. The stopper is arranged to move in a direction perpendicular to a sliding direction of the piston. According to the positions of the stopper, the positioning member engages the stopper at a plurality of predetermined positions so that the stroke of the piston may change. The actuating means may be bellows or others. The bellows contains therein an air pressure equal to the standard air pressure at a low place whereby the bellows can expand at a high place due to the air pressure difference. In addition, the actuating means can be controlled in response to the ambient temperature.

Abstract: In an air-fuel mixture supply device for an internal combustion engine, a butterfly-type throttle valve is disclosed whose upstream face is formed with a raised portion extending around the major of its periphery, but which is broken at least at the middle of the downstream part of the periphery of this upstream face. Thereby distribution of the air-fuel mixture is improved between the cylinders of a multi-cylinder engine.