Abstract: An angular velocity sensor includes a base portion, three arm portions that extend as one piece from the base portion to an approximately same direction, a piezoelectric film formed on one surface of each of the arm portions, drive electrodes for excitation formed on the piezoelectric films of at least two outer arm portions, and detection electrodes for angular velocity detection formed on the piezoelectric film of at least a center arm portion. Among the three arm portions, the two outer arm portions are excited in phase, and the center arm portion is excited in opposite phase with the two outer arm portions. The drive electrodes excite the arm portions in a first direction vertical to surfaces on which the piezoelectric films are formed. The detection electrodes detect a vibration in a second direction parallel to the surfaces on which the piezoelectric films of the arm portions are formed.

Abstract: A vibrating gyroscopic sensor element including a cantilever vibrator, at least one first depression on the cantilever vibrator, a pair of detection electrodes provided on the cantilever vibrator and at least one second depression on the cantilever vibrator. The cantilever vibrator projects from a base area of the vibrating gyroscopic sensor element and the first depression is effective to adjust the frequency difference between a vertical resonance frequency and a horizontal resonance frequency of the vibrator. Further, the second depression is effective to adjust the difference of signals output from the detection electrodes.

Abstract: In a solid oxide fuel cell module (1) incorporating a burner (6) not only in an oxidizer side burner (5) of the module (1) but also in a fuel side, directly heating from both sides by a combustion gas, and starting for a short time, a combustion state of the fuel side burner is kept well, and a short-time start is securely achieved. A cooling piping (17) is provided in a burner main body (61) and a premixing chamber (62) of the fuel side burner (6), and is connected to a heat recovery system (16) so as to supply a cooling medium, thereby cooling the fuel side burner (6). Further, a heat held by the cooling medium is recovered by a heat exchanger (18) connected to an outlet side of the heat recovery system (16). A back fire (an abnormal combustion) of the burner is prevented, the module is uniformly heated, and a secure short-time start is achieved, by cooling the fuel side burner (6) so as to adjust temperature. Further, a combined efficiency of the module is improved by utilizing the recovered surplus heat.

Abstract: An air filtering apparatus including a housing having an air suction port through which air is sucked and an air blow-out port through which air is blown out, an air blower for forming in the housing an air flowing passage through which the air sucked from the air suction port flows to the air blow-out port, an air filtering unit that is disposed on the air flowing passage and brings the air supplied along the air flowing passage into contact with electrolytic water containing active oxygen species to filter the air, an electrolytic water supply unit for electrolyzing prescribed water to generate the electrolytic water and supplying the electrolytic water to the air filtering unit, and a water supply unit having a water stock unit for stocking the prescribed water supplied through a water distributing pipe from an external water supply source, the water stocked in the water stock unit being supplied to the electrolytic water supply unit, wherein the air filtered by the air filtering unit is blown out from the

Abstract: A controller includes a servo-controller for performing nonlinear and linear control of the read/write position according to an error signal to drive an actuator for driving the pickup; a switch for switching the servo-controller from open-mode to closed-mode according to the error signal; and an adjuster for adjusting the gains of the nonlinear and linear control so that the nonlinear control component is larger than the linear control component at the time of switching and the linear control component is larger than the nonlinear control component after the elapse of a predetermined time from the time of switching.

Abstract: An air filtering apparatus including an electrolytic bath for electrolyzing water to generate electrolytic water, a gas-liquid contact member in which the electrolytic water generated in the electrolytic bath infiltrates and an air blowing fan for blowing air to the gas-liquid contact member is equipped with a water circulation passage through which the electrolytic water is supplied/circulated to the gas-liquid contact member, the electrolytic water passing through the gas-liquid contact member is received and stocked by a water receiving tray and the stocked electrolytic water is pumped up and supplied to the gas-liquid contact member, a drain pipe branched from the water circulation passage, a water stop valve for opening/closing the drain pipe, and a drain receiver for receiving and stocking the electrolytic water discharged from the drain pipe when the water stop valve is opened.

Abstract: A vibrating gyroscopic sensor including a vibrating gyroscopic sensor element including a cantilever vibrator that includes a piezoelectric film, a driving electrode, and a pair of detection electrodes on a first surface, and a support substrate on which the vibrating gyroscopic sensor element is mounted. The vibrating gyroscopic sensor element is mounted on the support substrate so that the first surface of the cantilever vibrator faces the support substrate. An area other than the first surface of the cantilever vibrator is defined as a laser processing area where a depression for adjusting the vibration characteristics of the cantilever vibrator is to be provided.

Abstract: A semiconductor wafer, which is an inspection object, is stuck by vacuum on a chuck and this chuck is mounted on an inspection object movement stage consisting of a rotational stage and a translational stage, located on a Z-stage. The rotational stage provides a rotational movement and the translational stage provides a translational movement. And when a foreign particle or a defect on an inspection object surface is detected, the parameter of digital filtering is dynamically changed during inspection, and the foreign particle or the defect is differentiated using the result after removing a low frequency fluctuation component to be a noise component.

Abstract: An air filtering apparatus including a housing having an air suction port and air blow-out port, an electrolytic bath for generating electrolytic water, a gas-liquid contact member disposed in the housing, an electrolytic water supply unit for supplying the electrolytic water to the gas-liquid contact member so that the electrolytic water infiltrates into the gas-liquid contact member, an air blowing fan for bringing indoor air sucked from the air suction port into contact with the electrolytic water infiltrating in the gas-liquid contact member and blowing out the indoor air from the air blow-out port, a water receiving portion for receiving the electrolytic water passed through the gas-liquid contact member, and a foreign material removing mechanism for removing foreign materials contained in the electrolytic water. The foreign material may be a filter member disposed in front of the gas-liquid contact member, or a dam member disposed in the water receiving portion.

Abstract: In a system in which data processing devices are set up in the vicinity of or directly connected to data archiving devices of a plurality of medical image systems, image data and image processing parameters are specified from user terminal devices connected to the network. Image data specified by data processing devices is acquired, specified image processing operations are performed and the results of the image processing are sent to user terminal devices. The user terminal devices receive results of image processing from multiple data processing devices, image processing operations such as superimposition and fusion are conducted, and the results are displayed. Image processing operations therefore can be applied to image data stored in data archiving devices of multiple facilities for medical treatment using data processing devices in the vicinity without acquisition through the network.

Abstract: The present invention provides a fuel cell power system, in which a combustion exhaust gas having a high temperature and generated by the combustion reaction of unreacted fuel gas and oxidizer gas which are not utilized in a power-generating reaction is introduced into a gas header for distributing the fuel gas or the oxidizer gas to a plurality of fuel cells contained in a fuel cell body, in such a way that a larger amount of heat is transferred to the gas which is to be supplied to the cells disposed in a peripheral area of the fuel cell body by heat exchange, and a smaller amount of the heat is transferred to the gas which is to be supplied to the cells disposed in a central area of the fuel cell body.

Abstract: A flattened tube double-sided power generation type fuel cell is comprised of the combination of one or more of the following means (1) and (2). That is, means (1) for optimizing the constitution of an current-collecting electrode thereby making the flow of fuel or air uniform over the entire region, and means (2) for dividing the current-collecting electrode into two regions thereby shunting the flow of the fuel into a flow directing to the anode of the cell and a flow directly directing to the downstream, for increasing the power generation amount in the cell, the means being applicable also to a cell of a cylindrical shape.

Abstract: In the hologram recording and hologram-record reproduction using a one-dimensional optical modulator, the one-dimensional optical modulator where a plurality of light-modulating pixels are arranged modulates a laser beam to record a digital-data signal on a hologram recording medium, and part of the light-modulating pixels record sync signals in two or more positions on the hologram recording medium with retaining a predetermined interval, thereby improving hindrance to reproduction or readout of information recorded on the hologram recording medium, a decrease in S/N, and so on due to deformation or the like of the hologram recording medium.

Abstract: An apparatus including a first engaging portion for holding an optical pickup, a second engaging portion to be engaged with the first engaging portion, a transfer portion for driving the second engaging portion to transfer the first engaging portion in a radial direction, a calculating portion for calculating a backlash value between the first and second engaging portions in a transfer direction of the first engaging portion, and a driving control unit. The driving control unit controls a driving portion to transfer the optical pickup based on a calculated backlash value.

Abstract: An antipathogenic domestic livestock house includes a building structure (chicken house) A1 for breeding or living a living organism B1, extracts of vegetable organisms of cupressaceae for preventing and eliminating pathogenic infections of the living organism B1, and a spreading means 1 for spreading the extracts of vegetable organisms of cupressaceae into an atmosphere surrounding the living organism B1.

Abstract: A drive electrode to which a voltage for allowing a vibrator to vibrate is applied and first and second detection electrodes extending in the longitudinal direction of the vibrator in parallel to each other are formed as the upper electrode such that the drive electrode is interposed between the first and second detection electrodes and does not contact with the detection electrodes. In the case where there is a difference between the detection signals detected in the first and second detection electrodes when a voltage is applied between the lower electrode and drive electrode to allow the vibrator to vibrate at a vertical resonance frequency, a laser light is irradiated to a desired portion of the vibrator to apply grinding operation based on detection signals detected in the first and second detection electrodes, thereby adjusting the shape of the vibrator.

Abstract: A three-dimensional medical image display system comprises a pre-processing device that includes data analysis device and a data processing device. The pre-processing device inputs a set of medical image data created by a scan performed by a medical imaging device. The data analysis device determines a set of analytic protocols for processing the image data by analyzing the image data. The data processing device processes the image data according to a protocol and a corresponding set of parameters identified by the data analysis device.

Abstract: A game server selects pieces of character control data according to a distribution pattern indicated by a game terminal based on an experience level and a used character received from the game terminal. 100 pieces of selected character control data are combined to create package data, and the package data is downloaded to the game terminal.

Abstract: A laser beam oscillated from a laser source is folded in its path by first and second plane mirrors and enters a beam expander. The surface of each plane mirror is deteriorated with illumination by the laser beam and the reflectance is reduced. To avoid a light quantity of the laser beam entering the beam expander from being reduced below a reference value, when the laser beam is illuminated over a certain time, a position on each of the first and second plane mirrors at which the laser beam is illuminated is changed by a structure for rotating and/or translating a reflecting surface of each plane mirror on a plane, which includes the plane mirror, while an optical axis is kept same.

Abstract: Disclosed is a small-sized vibration type gyrosensor device of high sensitivity provided with a cantilevered oscillator. A cantilevered oscillator 11, provided with a lower electrode, a piezoelectric film and an upper electrode, formed on a single-crystal silicon substrate by a thin film forming process, includes, as an upper electrode, a driving electrode 6a, formed along the length of the oscillator 11 for applying the voltage for causing oscillations of the oscillator 11, and first and second detection electrodes 6b, 6c, formed on both sides of the driving electrode 6a parallel to the longitudinal direction of the oscillator, without contacting with the driving electrode 6a. With a width W0 of the driving electrode 6a, a width W1 of the first detection electrode 6b, a width W2 of the second detection electrode 6c and with W=W0+W1+W2, the condition of 0.5<(W0/W)<1 is to be met.