Abstract: A device for removing, from a processing tank, foreign material that becomes detached from a work when the work is immersed in a processing liquid held in a processing tank. The device includes a grooved part having a plurality of concave and convex shapes formed along a work-conveying direction on at least the bottom surface of the processing tank, a hopper provided in the processing tank, a processing liquid supply pipe which supplies the processing liquid circulating through the hopper to the processing tank, a plurality of branch pipes branched from the processing liquid supply pipe and arranged on ridges of the grooved part, and processing liquid discharge nozzles provided so as to face the hopper at sections of the branch pipes opposing bottom parts of the grooved part.

Abstract: A device for filtering a processing liquid in a processing tank includes an opening for recovering a surface-layer processing liquid on a work-discharging side of the tank, a separating part for recovering an intermediate-layer processing liquid on a work-receiving side of the tank, a hopper for recovering a bottom-layer processing liquid on a bottom surface on the work-receiving side, a first processing liquid discharge nozzle on a bottom surface of the tank and which is oriented in an opposite direction to a work-conveying direction and toward the bottom surface, second processing liquid discharge nozzles on both side surfaces of the processing tank and which are oriented in an opposite direction to the work-conveying direction and toward a work, cyclone devices which filter the processing liquids recovered by the opening, the separating part, and the hopper, and which individually separate foreign material, a separating tank, and a screw conveyor.

Abstract: Problem to be Solved To provide a processing tank with a simple construction which enables fluidization and agitation of a processing liquid in order to reliably prevent settling of the processing liquid.

Abstract: To provide a plate supply and discharge device and a printing plate forming device which are capable of transferring plates and printing plates of various sizes and preventing the plates and printing plates from being damaged in the plate supply and discharge device (printing plate forming device). A plate supply and discharge unit (4) which supplies a plate (P1) to a drawing unit (3), receives a printing plate P2, which is obtained by drawing an image on the plate P1, from the drawing unit (3), and delivers it to a processor. The plate supply and discharge unit includes a plate supply table (41) for allowing the plate (P1) to float at atmospheric pressure, moves the plate (P1) in a state of being allowed to float at atmospheric pressure above the plate supply table (41), and supplies it to the drawing unit (3).

Abstract: A pulse modulation type transmitter apparatus and a pulse modulation type receiver apparatus wherein both a fast synchronization establishment and a low power consumption of a synchronizing part can be achieved at the same time and wherein the data transmission/reception can be performed soon after a commencement of communication, and further a fast data transmission and a low power consumption can be achieved. A first template signal (1006), which is generated based on a separately transmitted RF frame synchronization signal (1005), is used to generate a frame synchronization signal (1009), and a second frame synchronization timing adjusting part (150) is used to synchronize the frame synchronization signal (1009) with a received RF data signal (1004). Then, a synchronization detection is performed, whereby a prompt pulse acquisition and a prompt pulse phase acquisition can be achieved.

Abstract: A master side communication apparatus and a slave side communication apparatus wherein the structure of a receiving part of the slave side communication apparatus is simplified to achieve a reduced size, a reduced power consumption and a reduced cost. The master side communication apparatus performs a communication in synchronism with the slave side communication apparatus having no synchronization timing adjusting function. A transport signal generating timing adjusting part of the master side communication apparatus acquires, from the slave side communication apparatus, synchronization signal generation timing information used when the slave side communication apparatus receives the transport signal from the master side communication apparatus. The transport signal generating timing adjusting part varies and adjusts, based on the acquired information, the transmission timing of the signal to be transmitted to the slave side communication apparatus.

Abstract: The invention provides a method of detecting a drug-resistant strain of hepatitis B virus, including amplifying a hepatitis B virus nucleic acid in a sample solution by LAMP with a primer set to yield an amplification product, and hybridizing the amplification product with a probe containing a polynucleotide derived from a drug-resistant strain and/or a probe containing a polynucleotide derived from a drug-nonresistant strain, to detect a drug-resistant strain of hepatitis B virus.

Abstract: A nozzle for forming a jet stream in a tank filled with a liquid, including a first injection hole for obliquely generating a first jet stream with respect to a bottom of the tank and a second injection hole for generating a second jet stream at an angle shallower than an angle at which the first jet stream is generated with respect to the bottom of the tank.

Abstract: The present invention provides a method of predicting potential severity of hepatitis, includes determining that hepatitis in a subject is potentially severe when it is detected that any amino acid is mutated to an amino acid of genotype-4, the any amino acid being amino acid of an amino acid sequence in a region encoded by ORF1 of an HEV genome RNA of genotype 3, and the HEV genome RNA being contained in a specimen nucleic acid taken from the subject infected with genotype-3 HEV.

Abstract: A UWB transmission apparatus that, in a system using a mixture of amplitude and phase modulation schemes, can support both of the amplitude and phase modulation schemes, while preventing the signal powers of amplitude-modulated signals from degrading. In this UWB transmission apparatus, if the modulation mode is of QPSK, a mapping part (121) selects one of four signal points on the IQ plane in accordance with a 2-bit data, and outputs information related to the I- and Q-components of the selected signal point to a QPSK/ASK modulated signal forming part (122). If the modulation mode is of ASK, the mapping part (121) selects the origin point on the IQ plane when the data being ‘0’ and selects one of four signal points on the IQ plane, similarly to the case of QPSK modulation, when the data being ‘1,’ and outputs information, which is related to the selected signal point, to the QPSK/ASK modulated signal forming part (122).

Abstract: A transmitter using a plurality of pulse signals having different pulse sequence times, a receiver for steadily demodulating pulse signals of only desirable wave, and a wireless system are disclosed. In the transmitter, a control signal generating circuit outputs a control signal for generating a plurality of pulse signals having different pulse sequence generating times, a pulse generating circuit generates a plurality of pulse signals by using the control signal. In the receiver, reception front end receives the plurality of pulse signals having different pulse sequence generating times, delay circuit delays at least one of reception front-end output signals supplied from the reception front-end by a given time, delay pulse composition circuit combines delay signal with reception front-end output signal, so that the receiver steadily demodulates the pulse signals of only the desirable wave.

Abstract: A solid-state imaging device comprises: a solid-state imaging element comprising a solid-state imaging element body; a first substrate one end face of which is bonded to and integrated with one end face of a solid-state imaging element substrate of the solid-state imaging element, the first substrate comprising on its one surface an electrode for establishing electrical contact with a bonding wire led from a pad provided on one surface of the solid-state imaging element, a frame that seals the solid-state imaging element so as to surround outer peripheral surfaces of the solid-state imaging element substrate excluding its the one end face; and a sealing resin portion that covers a region extending from a portion including the electrode on the one surface of the first substrate to a portion including the pad on the one surface of the solid-state imaging element.

Abstract: An information processing apparatus includes: a content-information acquisition section obtaining content information including character information on a content; a keyword acquisition section transmitting the content information obtained by the content-information acquisition section to a keyword extraction server extracting a keyword from the content information and obtaining the keyword extracted from the content information; a retrieval-information acquisition section transmitting the keyword obtained by the keyword acquisition section to a retrieval server retrieving information on the Internet by the keyword and obtaining the information retrieved by the keyword from the retrieval server; and a display control section displaying the information obtained by the retrieval-information acquisition section to a display section.

Abstract: An imaging portion of an imaging apparatus according to the present invention has a cover glass adhered by an adhesive to an imaging surface side of a CCD in a state of sandwiching leads (adhesion area B1), and has a slight airtight air gap formed on the imaging surface side of the CCD so as to render a circumference of the cover glass larger than the CCD. As for a circuit board, a concave portion for accommodating the CCD is formed, and a periphery of the cover glass is adhered to a top surface of the circuit board by the adhesive (adhesion area B2). Thus, the air gap is doubly sealed so that its airtightness is improved and influence of temperature change is reduced so as to prevent condensation on a back side of the cover glass and so on.

Abstract: A transmitter apparatus wherein a simple structure is used to successfully suppress the degradation of error rate performance that otherwise would be caused by fading or the like. There are included encoding parts (11—1-11—4) that encode transport data; a mapping part (3304) that performs such a mapping that encoded data sequentially formed by the encoding parts (11—1-11—4) are not successively included in the same symbol, thereby forming data symbols; and a symbol interleaver (3301) that interleaves the data symbols. In this way, a low computational complexity can be used to perform an interleaving process equivalent to a bit interleaving process to effectively improve the reception quality at a receiving end.

Abstract: A transmitting apparatus, receiving apparatus and communication system are disclosed, and great improvement in an S/N ratio, preventing an actual throughput from decreasing, and preventing the number of circuits for synchronizing spread spectrum signals from increasing can be expected at the receiving apparatus side. The transmitting apparatus includes a pulse generating circuit, pulse repetition cycle determining circuit, peak power determining circuit, and modulator. The pulse generating circuit generates pulse strings, pulse repetition cycle determining circuit determines, based on a clock signal, a pulse repetition cycle of the pulse string generated by the pulse generating circuit. The peak power determining circuit determines a pulse peak power of the pulse string. The modulator modulates the pulse string with transmission data, and then generates a transmission signal.

Abstract: A transmitting device includes a continuous pulse generating unit, modulating unit, and output unit. The continuous pulse generating unit continuously generates multiple impulse waveforms at arbitrary time intervals but shorter than the pulse string repetition cycle. The modulating unit modulates continuous pulses generated by the continuous pulse generating unit, using transmission data. The output unit outputs a modulated pulse modulated by the modulating unit. The receiving device includes a modulated pulse receiving unit that receives a modulated pulse transmitted from the above-mentioned transmitting device; and a demodulating unit that receives transmission data by demodulating a modulated pulse received by the modulated pulse receiving unit.

Abstract: A pulse transmitting device is provided to avoid interference between pulses due to multipath influence even in a high speed pulse transmission that is typical of a UWB by making use of a relatively simple method and to improve receiving quality. In the device, a pulse adjusting unit (110) generates pulses in response to transmitting data, a non-use interval setting unit (120) sets up a non-use interval where the pulses generated by the pulse adjusting unit (110) are not transmitted on the basis of a delay time that a delayed pulse caused by the multipath delays from a main pulse and takes until arriving at a communication partner. A pulse position adjusting unit (130) adjusts a pulse position not to transmit the pulses during the non-use pulse interval. An RF transmitting unit (140) converts the pulse, the position of which is adjusted by the pulse position adjusting unit, to a wireless frequency band and transmits a pulse wireless signal after the conversion to the communication partner.

Abstract: Out of optical elements that are provided to the top end side of an inserting portion of an endoscope, a first optical element arranged closest to an observation object side and a second optical element joined hermetically to the first optical element via an air layer are joined at joined surfaces by a first adhesive. Also, peripheries of end portions of the joined surfaces are covered with a second adhesive whose moisture permeability is lower than the first adhesive.

Abstract: Provided is a radio communication method capable of easily realizing multi-access in an ad-hoc network using a directive radio wave. In the ad-hoc network using the directive radio wave of the method, two PNC (A1, A2) functioning as master devices are arranged to oppose to each other so that their directivities face to each other. A super frame 200 is time-divided into two sub super frames (201, 202) so that one of the sub super frames is controlled by one (A1) of the PNC and the other sub super frame is controlled by the other PNC (A2).