Abstract: A printing apparatus includes at least a tank configured to hold a first printing material at a first position and a tank configured to hold a second printing material at a second position different from the first position. A light emitting control unit controls light emitting states of a plurality of light emitters. If an amount of the printing material in the first tank is less than a predetermined amount, and an amount of the printing material in the second tank is greater than a predetermined amount, the light emitting control unit transits a state of a first light emitter from a state indicating that the amount of the printing material is greater than the predetermined amount to a state indicating that the amount of the printing material is less than the predetermined amount, and maintains a state of a second light emitter.

Abstract: A filter device includes a filter circuit having an inductor connected between a DC power supply and a load, and a variable DC resistor connected in parallel to the inductor. The filter device further includes a power calculation circuit to acquire voltage information showing a DC voltage outputted from the filter circuit to the load, and current information showing a direct current outputted from the filter circuit to the load, and to calculate electric power consumption of the load from the voltage information and the current information, and a resistance value control circuit to control the resistance value of the variable DC resistor on the basis of the electric power consumption calculated by the power calculation circuit and the DC voltage.

Abstract: A piston shoe as a sliding component includes a base section, which is made of steel, and a sliding section having a sliding surface, which is made of copper alloy and joined to the base section. The base section and the sliding section are joined, with a base section joint region being formed in the base section, the base section joint region including a base section joint surface that is a surface joined to the sliding section and having smaller grains than other regions in the base section.

Abstract: A base station in a communication system including a mobile station and a plurality of base stations connected via a network calculates a traffic amount of data transmitted/received by the own base station; when a radio signal relating to a connection request to the own base station is received from the mobile station, calculates a reception quality value at the connection request; requests other base stations to transmit, to the own base station, a reception quality value of the radio signal received at the other base station and a traffic amount of the other base station; and selects a base station, which is to be a connection destination of the mobile station, based on the reception quality value and the traffic amount of the own base station and the reception quality value and the traffic amount received from each of the other base stations.

Abstract: A piston shoe as a sliding component includes a base section, which is made of steel, and a sliding section having a sliding surface, which is made of copper alloy and joined to the base section. The base section and the sliding section are joined, with a base section joint region being formed in the base section, the base section joint region including a base section joint surface that is a surface joined to the sliding section and having smaller grains than other regions in the base section.

Abstract: The present invention provides a connector, which may comprise a terminal fitting, a connector housing having a terminal receiving chamber in which the terminal fitting is at least partly disposed, and a waterproof body formed of thermoplastic elastomer composition. The thermoplastic elastomer composition may comprise (A) styrene-based elastomer component and (B) syndiotactic polystyrene-based polymer component. (A) Styrene-based elastomer component may comprise (A1) acid-modified styrene-based elastomer and (A2) unmodified styrene-based elastomer. The mass ratio of (A1) acid-modified styrene-based elastomer to the sum of (A1) acid-modified styrene-based elastomer, and (A2) unmodified styrene-based elastomer (A1/(A1+A2)) may be from 0.9 to 0.1. The mass ratio of the (A) styrene-based elastomer component to (B) syndiotactic polystyrene-based polymer component may be from 60:40 to 90:10.

Abstract: A base station in a communication system including a mobile station and a plurality of base stations connected via a network calculates a traffic amount of data transmitted/received by the own base station; when a radio signal relating to a connection request to the own base station is received from the mobile station, calculates a reception quality value at the connection request; requests other base stations to transmit, to the own base station, a reception quality value of the radio signal received at the other base station and a traffic amount of the other base station; and selects a base station, which is to be a connection destination of the mobile station, based on the reception quality value and the traffic amount of the own base station and the reception quality value and the traffic amount received from each of the other base stations.

Abstract: A metal member 1 and a resin member 2 are brought into contact with each other without interposing a resin layer between the metal member 1 and the resin member 2. A rotation tool 10, which is being rotated, is pressed against the surface 1a of the metal member 1 in an inclined state so that the inclination angle ? of the axis Q of the rotation tool 10 relative to the normal line P of the surface 1a of the metal member 1 satisfies the condition of 0°<??5°. This applies friction energy to the metal member 1 to join the metal member 1 and the resin member 2.

Abstract: When switching from a digital broadcast to a analog broadcast, a broadcast receiver switches to the analog broadcast after adjusting the reproduced frequency band and the degree of left-right separation of the digital broadcast to be equal to the values of the analog broadcast specified from the receiving state of the analog broadcast respectively, and, when switching from the analog broadcast to the digital broadcast, after adjusting the reproduced frequency band and the degree of left-right separation of the digital broadcast to be equal to the specified values of the analog broadcast respectively and then switching to the digital broadcast, adjusts the reproduced frequency band and the degree of left-right separation of the digital broadcast to be equal to values set for the digital broadcast respectively.

Abstract: A radio receiver apparatus calculates all frequencies to be estimated as spurious frequencies in the reception frequency band by performing addition and subtraction operations on frequencies of repeated combinations formed from frequencies of a plurality of intensive electric field station, and controls the spurious frequency not to be preset to the radio receiver apparatus even though signal intensity of a received signal having the spurious frequency exceeds a predetermined threshold.

Abstract: The present invention provides a connector, which may comprise a terminal fitting, a connector housing having a terminal receiving chamber in which the terminal fitting is at least partly disposed, and a waterproof body formed of thermoplastic elastomer composition. The thermoplastic elastomer composition may comprise (A) styrene-based elastomer component and (B) syndiotactic polystyrene-based polymer component. (A) Styrene-based elastomer component may comprise (A1) acid-modified styrene-based elastomer and (A2) unmodified styrene-based elastomer. The mass ratio of (A1) acid-modified styrene-based elastomer to the sum of (A1) acid-modified styrene-based elastomer, and (A2) unmodified styrene-based elastomer (A1/(A1+A2)) may be from 0.9 to 0.1. The mass ratio of the (A) styrene-based elastomer component to (B) syndiotactic polystyrene-based polymer component may be from 60:40 to 90:10.

Abstract: An idle stop controller includes an idle stop mechanism 2 controlling the stop and the restart of an engine 1; a vehicle location detecting section 5 detecting a vehicle location; and a controller 4, when an ETC gate is retrieved within a predetermined region from a vehicle location detected by the vehicle location detecting section, prohibiting the idle stop mechanism from stopping the engine, and when no ETC gate has been detected within the predetermined region, releasing the prohibition.

Abstract: A recording apparatus includes an electrolytic capacitor for stabilizing the head power source voltage, a transistor for charging the electrolytic capacitor, a transistor for discharging the electrolytic capacitor, a push-pull circuit, a resistor for controlling the charging/discharging current to the electrolytic capacitor, and a resistor for dividing the head power source voltage. The power supply to the head is turned on with the head power source voltage increased by the capacitor.

Abstract: A recording apparatus includes an electrolytic capacitor for stabilizing the head power source voltage, a transistor for charging the electrolytic capacitor, a transistor for discharging the electrolytic capacitor, a push-pull circuit, a resistor for controlling the charging/discharging current to the electrolytic capacitor, and a resistor for dividing the head power source voltage. The power supply to the head is turned on with the head power source voltage increased by the capacitor.

Abstract: A mobile receiver apparatus includes first tuner 2 for converting a received frequency signal by antenna 1 into an intermediate frequency signal, delay circuit 4 for setting a time required for the movement corresponding to a specific wavelength of the received frequency signal as a delay time, second tuner 3 for converting an output of the circuit 4 into a second intermediate frequency signal, and control units 5A and 7A for dynamically setting the delay time in the circuit 4 in response to a measured movement speed of a mobile unit and a received electric field strength upon the measurement, and equiphase-combining the intermediate frequency signals generated by the tuners 2 and 3 to be outputted, and the unit 7A sets the delay time corresponding to a received frequency and a Doppler shift frequency in the circuit 4, and equiphase-combines signals having a phase difference of about ¼ wavelength (90°).

Abstract: A control section 8 detects the symmetry of an input pulse-like noise waveform with respect to a reference value from its Fourier spectrum distribution, and restricts, in the case of a symmetric wave, the operation of a noise elimination circuit such as a noise killer circuit 7, which performs previous value hold or various interpolation processing.

Abstract: A radio receiver apparatus calculates all frequencies to be estimated as spurious frequencies in the reception frequency band by performing addition and subtraction operations on frequencies of repeated combinations formed from frequencies of a plurality of intensive electric field station, and controls the spurious frequency not to be preset to the radio receiver apparatus even though signal intensity of a received signal having the spurious frequency exceeds a predetermined threshold.

Abstract: A radio broadcast receiver includes a front end unit for tuning by changing a local oscillation frequency; and a control unit for managing by dividing the receiving band into a third frequency domain including a third frequency obtained by subtracting the intermediate frequency from an upper end frequency of the receiving band, a first frequency domain including a first frequency obtained by adding the intermediate frequency to a lower end frequency of the receiving band, and a second frequency domain where the first frequency domain and third frequency domain overlap, and for switching, when tuning is made across the frequency domains, the local oscillation frequency to an upper local oscillation frequency when the tuning frequency is higher than the third frequency by controlling the front end unit, and to a lower local oscillation frequency when it is lower than the first frequency by controlling the front end unit.

Abstract: A receiving apparatus discriminates RDS data containing traffic information corresponding to the vehicle's own position from RDS data of broadcasting stations searched for by frequency sweeping by a sub tuner front end 7; stores step by step into a pool memory 16 frequencies of alternative stations identified by each PI code of the RDS data and the number of the alternative stations; determines the PI code with the greatest number of the alternative stations by comparing the numbers of the alternative stations for individual PI codes stored in the pool memory 16 in a frequency sweeping range; and receives the traffic information from the station with the highest received electric field strength among all the alternative stations identified by the PI code determined.

Abstract: An audio system 10 has a plurality of audio sources 12a-12c for outputting audio signals different from each other. A coefficient device 15d adjusts the gain of the audio signal output from one of the audio sources. A nonvolatile memory 15i stores, as internal gains, gains to be set to the coefficient device in correspondence with the audio sources. When a switch changeover section 17 selects one of the audio sources, the CPU 15h reads from the nonvolatile memory the internal gain corresponding to the audio source selected, and sets the internal gain to the coefficient device.