Abstract: An in-vehicle navigation apparatus is equipped with (i) an HDD for recording map data for display and, further, (ii) an external memory, which is not an HDD and in which the map data recorded in the HDD can be copied. The navigation apparatus performs the following: when the main power is supplied to the map display device, the altitude of the position of the vehicle (startup altitude) is specified; when the specified startup altitude is equal to or higher than a reference altitude, the map data are read from the external memory and the corresponding map is thereby displayed on an image display device, with the HDD not activated; and when the specified startup altitude is lower than the reference altitude, the map data are read from the HDD and the corresponding map is thereby displayed on the image display device.

Abstract: The object of the present invention is to provide an ultrafine zinc oxide having a sufficient visible light transmittance in addition to an infrared ray shielding ability and conductivity, and also to provide a production method thereof. The ultrafine zinc oxide contains an element having a valence number of 3 or more, bears a metal compound on the surface, and has an average primary particle diameter of 0.1 ?m or smaller.

Abstract: An electrochemical device 2 comprises electrode bodies 4a, 4b each having positive and negative electrodes laminated with a separator interposed therebetween; an outer package 8 accommodating a multilayer body 6 composed of the electrode bodies 4a, 4b; leads 10 respectively connected to the positive and negative electrodes while extending from the multilayer body 6 to the outside of the outer package 8; and a sealing member 12 in close contact with surroundings of the leads 10 and held by an opening part 14 of the outer package 8 so as to seal the opening part 14. The electrode bodies 4a, 4b are laminated such as to yield portions where different numbers of the leads overlap each other in the laminating direction of the electrode bodies in the opening part 14.

Abstract: An electrode for an electrochemical device, including an elongated collector, a lead provided halfway along a longitudinal direction of the collector, and active material layers provided on the collector, wherein when La (m) is a distance from one end of the collector, in the longitudinal direction, up to the lead, and Lb (m) is a distance from the other end of the collector, in the longitudinal direction, up to the lead, and ? (?m) is a resistivity of the collector at 25°, where Lopt (m) being 1.9×106?, the La (m) and Lb (m) are from 0.95 Lopt to 1.05 Lopt respectively.

Abstract: A vehicular navigation apparatus reads from an external memory a highland flag that is turned on when a vehicle travels at an altitude of 3,000 meters or higher, and prohibits an operation of a hard disk drive (HDD) if the highland flag is turned on. By prohibiting the hard disk drive operation, the hard disk drive is protected from breakage due to an access from the navigation apparatus in a travel of the vehicle through the highland.

Abstract: An information processing device, for use in a mobile terminal unable to obtain power consumption information from an external source, which can estimate, based on an actual performance value, a battery life, power consumption for processing that changes depending on the usage by the user, and so on, and ensures execution of processing specified by the user for a specified period of time, the information processing device comprising a power consumption calculating unit which calculates, for each processing executed by the information processing device, power consumption information concerning an amount of power consumed by executing each processing; a request generating unit which compares the amount of power indicated by the power consumption information and a remaining amount of power of the information processing device, and generates a request to execute predetermined processing according to a result of the comparison; and a request processing unit which executes the predetermined processing in response t

Abstract: An electrochemical device has an armor; a structure housed in the armor and having a separator disposed between first and second electrodes; and external terminals with respective leads connected to the first and second electrodes of the structure, respectively, and extending from the interior of the armor across a sealed portion of the armor to the outside; at least a surface of an intersection in each of the leads crossing the sealed portion is provided with at least one of depressed portion and projected portion. This electrochemical device is realized in compact size and with high reliability.

Abstract: An in-vehicle navigation apparatus is equipped with (i) an HDD for recording map data for display and, further, (ii) an external memory, which is not an HDD and in which the map data recorded in the HDD can be copied. The navigation apparatus performs the following: when the main power is supplied to the map display device, the altitude of the position of the vehicle (startup altitude) is specified; when the specified startup altitude is equal to or higher than a reference altitude, the map data are read from the external memory and the corresponding map is thereby displayed on an image display device, with the HDD not activated; and when the specified startup altitude is lower than the reference altitude, the map data are read from the HDD and the corresponding map is thereby displayed on the image display device.

Abstract: A processing time necessary from start by end of processing of a first processing group and a second processing group is calculated. A time difference between a dead line previously set as a maximum tolerance value of the processing time necessary by completion of the processing of the first processing group, and the calculated processing time is calculated. An initial value of a processing time allowable value of the second processing group is calculated based on the time difference. The processing time allowable value is updated at the time of processing in the operating system. It is judged whether or not the second processing group can be executable based on the updated processing time allowable value.

Abstract: It is determined whether a call-connection condition set to a call-connection device is a first call-connection state or a second call-connection state. When the determination result shows that the first call-connection state is set, a call is connected from an originating terminal to a destination terminal. When the determination result shows that the second call-connection state is set, the call is connected from the originating terminal to the destination terminal and conversation-termination processing is performed without waiting for a disconnection request transmitted from the originating terminal or the destination terminal.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a portable wireless terminal, and in particular, a portable wireless terminal such as a cellular phone, etc., and its security system that can reliably prevent, by remote control, improper use of the portable wireless terminal by a third party when it is lost or stolen.

Abstract: A task execution environment switching method in a multitask system, which comprises the steps of: a first step for evacuating current task execution environment information in a stack-exclusive-use execution environment stack to a context evacuating region, as pre-processing for calling processing of a sub-function from a main function within the task; a second step for storing execution environment information of the sub-function in a execution environment stack for function of the task from an execution environment table of the task; a third step for calling the sub-function from the main function within the task; and a fourth step for storing the task execution environment information evacuated in the context evacuating region in the first step in a task of the task-exclusive-use execution environment stack, when processing is returned from the sub-function to the main function.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a communication system, and the invention specifically provides a contents server that appropriately stores media contents from group users in a PoC service and a conference service. The contents server includes: a recording unit that records media information from plural users in a communicatable state participating in a predetermined group, for each group; a detecting unit that detects a communicatable state or an uncommunicatable state of each participating user, at each predetermined time; and a deleting unit that deletes confirmed media information already recorded in the recording unit, upon detecting that all the participating users are in the communicatable state.

Abstract: It is an object of the present invention to provide an alkaline earth metal aluminate phosphor having good heat resistance and durability against vacuum ultraviolet rays and ultraviolet rays, among others, and a method of producing the same. An alkaline earth metal aluminate phosphor containing bivalent europium as an activator, which contains at least one element (e) selected from the group consisting of indium, tungsten, niobium, bismuth, molybdenum, tantalum, thallium and lead.

Abstract: An electrochemical device comprises a laminate including a first electrode layer, a separator layer, and a second electrode layer laminated in sequence; an electrolytic solution infiltrating the laminate; and a resin part covering an outer periphery of the laminate. The second electrode layer has an area smaller than the area of the separator layer and the area of the first electrode layer. The surface of the separator layer opposing the second electrode layer is provided with a noncontact part kept away from the second electrode layer. The noncontact part is formed like a ring along the outer periphery of the separator layer. The resin part further covers the noncontact part of the separator layer.

Abstract: When an interrupt is generated during the operation of an idle task, after the value of a CPU register is stored in a current stack area, and then, the current stack area is switched to a stack area exclusively used for processing an interrupt. At this time, stacks have a structure in which the stack area is superposed on the stack area exclusively used for processing the interrupt. When the interrupt is generated during an idle process, the stack for processing the interrupt is used so as to overwrite the area in which the value of the CPU register is stored. Thus, an amount of use of RAM is reduced by commonly using a stack used in an interrupt process with a stack used in an idle process in a multitask system.

Abstract: The invention provides a zinc oxide particle having suppressed surface activity which gives safe and effective UV ray shielding ability (especially at longer wavelengths) to a variety of products such as resin molds, coating compositions or cosmetics, and a process for the production of the same. The zinc oxide particle of the invention has on the surface a cover layer formed of zinc silicate in an amount of 0.5-50% by weight in terms of zinc silicate (Zn2SiO4) relative to the zinc oxide. The zinc oxide particle which contains solid solution iron or cobalt therein as well as a cover layer formed of zinc silicate has effective UV ray shielding ability at much longer wavelengths while it is suppressed in the surface activity.