Abstract: A laminated rotor core (36) wherein permanent magnets (47) are inserted in respective magnet insertion holes (46) is disposed between and pressed by an upper die (37) and a lower die (29). The upper die (37) has resin reservoir pots (50) provided above the laminated rotor core (36) and at positions corresponding to the respective magnet insertion holes (46). Raw resin material put in the resin reservoir pots (50) is heated by the upper die (37). Subsequently, the resin material in a liquefied state is ejected from the resin reservoir pots (50) by plungers (52) that are inserted and moves vertically in the resin reservoir pots (50) and is directly filled in the magnet insertion holes (46). Consequently, the respective magnet insertion holes (46) are filled with the resin material more evenly and highly reliable products can be supplied at low cost.

Abstract: The present invention has an object to propose a method of producing a rotor, capable of reliably fixing a magnet to a rotor core with resin and preventing breakage of the rotor core. The present invention includes a step of fixing a permanent magnet to a rotor core by injecting molten resin into a slot by injection molding on the condition that, assuming that: a dimension between an end surface of the rotor core and an end surface of the permanent magnet is a core end surface-magnet interval; and a minimum value of a dimension between an inner surface of the slot and a side surface of the permanent magnet, allowing the molten resin to fully fill a clearance between the inner surface of the slot and the side surface of the permanent magnet by injecting the resin into the slot through a cylinder, is a minimum slot-magnet interval value, and a value of the core end surface-magnet interval is equal to or larger than the minimum slot-magnet interval value.

Abstract: A rotor includes: a rotor core fixedly attached to a rotational shaft and having a magnet-inserted hole portion; a magnet inserted into the magnet-inserted hole portion; and a resin portion injected into the magnet-inserted hole portion. The rotor core is constructed by axially stacking a plurality of electromagnetic steel sheets. The electromagnetic steel sheets include: an electromagnetic steel sheet having the magnet-inserted hole portion and a weight-reducing-purpose hole portion provided separately from the magnet-inserted hole portion; and an electromagnetic steel sheet located on at least one axial end of the rotor core and having a portion covering the hole portion formed in the electromagnetic steel sheet.

Abstract: A rotor includes a rotor core fixedly attached to a rotational shaft and having a plurality of hole portions arranged in the circumferential direction, a magnet inserted into a plurality of hole portions each, and a filling portion injected into the hole portion. The filling portion is injected into the hole portion from a gate facing a central part in the width direction of the magnet in the opening of the hole portion.

Abstract: A digital dubbing device that compresses and stores music data for each sound unit includes a music data counter that counts the number of samples of music data when the music data is to be compressed, and detects a music data stream located in the end part of the sound unit from the music data based on TOC information of the music data and the number of samples of the music data counted; a data storage unit that stores the music data stream detected; a music data comparator that detects a music data stream identical to the music data stream stored from the music data when dubbing of the music data is interrupted; and a controller that causes the dubbing of the music data to be restarted from music data following the music data stream detected.

Abstract: A method comprising: a first process of placing a laminated rotor core (13) in a preheating device (18) to preheat the laminated core (13); a second process of removing the preheated laminated core (13) from the preheating device (18) and disposing the laminated core (13) between upper and lower dies (14, 15) of a resin sealing apparatus (29); a third process of pressing the laminated core (13) by the upper and lower dies (14, 15) and liquefying resin material (17) in resin reservoir pots (16) by heating; and a fourth process of ejecting the liquefied resin material (17) from the pots (16) into the magnet insertion holes (12) by plungers (32) inserted and moving vertically in the pots (16) and thermally curing the resin material (17). The method improves efficiency of resin sealing the permanent magnets (11) in the laminated core (13).

Abstract: A digital dubbing device that compresses and stores music data for each sound unit includes a music data counter that counts the number of samples of music data when the music data is to be compressed, and detects a music data stream located in the end part of the sound unit from the music data based on TOC information of the music data and the number of samples of the music data counted; a data storage unit that stores the music data stream detected; a music data comparator that detects a music data stream identical to the music data stream stored from the music data when dubbing of the music data is interrupted; and a controller that causes the dubbing of the music data to be restarted from music data following the music data stream detected.

Abstract: A recording and reproduction system includes a recording system and a reproduction system. The reproduction system reproduces (simultaneous reproduction) data of content while the data is being recorded by the recording system. The recording system records information on recording process to a management area as management data. The reproduction system reads the management data to control reproduction.

Abstract: A record/play device (200) includes a recording processor (201) that records, on a recording medium (220), a series content data sequentially input, a playback processor 203 that plays back, during a recording process by the recording processor (201), content data recorded on the recording medium (220), and a controller 204 that controls simultaneous record and play. The controller (204) includes a data size changing unit (247) that changes, during the recording process by the recording processor (201), the data size of the content data that is to be recorded on the recording medium (220) to a data size different from a data size at the time of recording the content data that has been recorded on the recording medium (220).

Abstract: A speech synthesizing method which synthesizes speech naturally is disclosed. Standardized frame power values of an n-th frame is calculated when frame power values at head and tail frames in a phoneme are standardized. An average value of the power values sampled from the power frequency characteristics in the n-th frame at a predetermined frequency interval is set as a mean frame power value. A sum of squares of signal levels in one frame of a frequency signal from a sound source is calculated as a frame power correction value. A speech envelope signal is calculated as a function having variables of the standardized frame power values, the frame power correction value and the mean frame power value. The speech envelope signal adjusts the amplitude level of a speech waveform signal supplied from a vocal tract filter according to the level of the speech envelope signal.

Abstract: A method for forming phoneme data and a voice synthesizing apparatus for phoneme data in the voice synthesizing apparatus is provided. In this method and apparatus, an LPC coefficient is obtained for every phoneme and is set to temporary phoneme data and a first LPC Cepstrum based on the LPC coefficient is obtained. A second LPC Cepstrum is obtained based on each voice waveform signal which has been synthesized and generated by the voice synthesizing apparatus while the pitch frequency is changed step by step with a filter characteristic of the voice synthesizing apparatus being set to a filter characteristic according to the temporary phoneme data. Further, an error between the first and second LPC Cepstrums is obtained as an LPC Cepstrum distortion. Each phoneme in the phoneme group belonging to the same phoneme name in each of the phonemes is classified into a plurality of groups every frame length. The optimum phoneme is selected based on the LPC Cepstrum distortion every group from this group.

Abstract: A spherical object transport apparatus of the invention brings a spiral stream into contact with a first atmosphere containing a spherical object, selectively sucks the first atmosphere outward so as to engulf in the spiral stream for diffusing the first atmosphere outward, guides the spherical object so that the spherical object passes through the center of the transport apparatus, supplies a second atmosphere to the spherical object, and sends the spherical object together with the second atmosphere to the following step.

Abstract: A spherical object transport apparatus of the invention brings a spiral stream into contact with a first atmosphere containing a spherical object, selectively sucks the first atmosphere outward so as to engulf in the spiral stream for diffusing the first atmosphere outward, guides the spherical object so that the spherical object passes through the center of the transport apparatus, supplies a second atmosphere to the spherical object, and sends the spherical object together with the second atmosphere to the following step.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a device for conveying spherical articles at high speed between sequential processes having different protective atmospheres, where the leakage of the atmospheres, which must be converted between the sequential processes, is prevented. The device includes a structure incorporating a rotary relay having a plurality of spherical-article accommodating chambers formed at predetermined intervals, a support container closely mounted on the rotary relay, and having a spherical-article receiving passage and a discharge passage. An atmosphere discharge pipe communicates with the spherical-article accommodating chambers of the rotary relay, and an atmosphere supply pipe is disposed adjacent to the spherical-article discharge portion of the rotary relay and communicates with the accommodating chambers.

Abstract: A spherical article conveying atmosphere replacing device includes a recovering chamber which a recovering pipe penetrates; a pressure reducing device (or recovering pump) for making the inside of the recovering chamber negative in pressure; a sending chamber which a sending pipe penetrates which is coupled to the recovering pipe; and a pressurizing device (or sending pump) for making the inside of the sending chamber positive in pressure, so that the atmosphere for the spherical single crystal silicon conveyed in the recovering pipe is recovered in the recovering chamber with high efficiency which is negative in pressure, and in the sending chamber the spherical single crystal silicon in the sending pipe are accelerated.

Abstract: A speaker system for use in an automobile vehicle, comprises: pair of side speakers disposed on left and right sides in a front section within the automobile vehicle; a central speaker disposed in a middle position between the two side speakers; a pair of delay circuits connected on two signal lines leading to the side speakers disposed on the left and right sides within the vehicle; an adder connected between the left and right channels to add together the electric signals transmitted from the left and right channels so as to produce a sum signal; and a band pass filter connected on a signal line leading to the central speaker, said band pass filter being constructed and adjusted to eliminate a high frequency signal component. The sum signal fed from the adder is passed through the band pass filter before being applied to the central speaker.

Abstract: A repeat control apparatus for a serial keyboard interface apparatus has a one-chip microprocessor which serves as a keyboard controller. A RAM section in the microprocessor includes an area for holding a set value RCD.sub.A for repeat start timing control, an area for holding a set value RCD.sub.B for repeat time interval control, a counter area for permitting RCD.sub.A to be set as a preset value and for making a sequential down count according to the number of pollings from a terminal main unit, and a counter area for permitting RCD.sub.B to be set as a preset value and for making a sequential down count according to the number of pollings from the terminal main unit. The terminal main unit performs the polling operation with respect to a keyboard controller. The number of pollings is counted on the side of the keyboard controller, after the key operation has been performed. When the count value reaches a value initially set from the terminal main unit, a repeat operation is executed.

Abstract: A data transfer system in which a data entry system is converted from manual operation to automatic reading in a computer system, thereby to save time in the inputting of data into the computer system. The data entry system includes a main processor having a central processing unit (CPU) and a keyboard unit including a microprocessor. Provision of the microprocessor at the keyboard enables physical separation of the keyboard unit from the CPU by means of only a single bi-directional cable. The CPU periodically sends polling data in serial data format via the bi-directional cable to the keyboard microprocessor, which then controls a keyboard matrix scanning operation in performing the commands represented by the polling data. The microprocessor then controls serial transmission of keyboard data to the CPU via the bi-directional cable. Thus the data transfer system is suitable for high performance data transfer between the CPU of the main processor and the microprocessor of the keyboard unit.

Abstract: A shift control system for keyboard having plural character keys and at least one shift key arranged in a predetermined key matrix and the positions of which are defined by respective matrix codes, including a keyboard controller under the control of a central processing unit for determining a depression of any of the keys of the key matrix. The matrix codes of the shift keys are predetermined and so identified. The key matrix is scanned and the matrix codes of any depressed keys are determined and compared with the predetermined matrix code of the shift keys. Keycodes are formed for each depressed key based on the matrix codes produced for the respective key and based on whether or not a shift key depression is determined.