Abstract: A measurement device for shoe fitting evaluation is disclosed. The measurement device for shoe fitting evaluation includes a last insertable into a shoe, a pressure measurement unit configured to measure a wearing pressure on a top surface of a foot of the last, and a gap measurement unit configured to measure a gap between an end portion of the last and an end portion of the shoe. The last includes a main body portion and a variable portion. The variable portion is changeable in its shape, its weight, or its position with respect to the main body portion.

Abstract: A switching circuit includes first to (N+1)th input/output terminals and first to Nth field-effect transistors (FETs), for an integer N of two or more. When one of a source end and a drain end is referred to as a first end and another one is referred to as a second end, the first input/output terminal is electrically connected to the first ends of all of the first to Nth FETs. For each integer i of one to N, the second end of the ith FET is electrically connected to the (i+1)th input/output terminal. For at least one integer j of one to N, a combination in which an inductor component and a resistor component are electrically connected in series to each other is disposed between the first and second ends of the jth FET such that the combination is electrically connected in parallel to the jth FET.

Abstract: A switching circuit includes a first input/output terminal, a second input/output terminal, a third input/output terminal, a first transistor, a second transistor, an inductor and a resistor. The first transistor is electrically connected between the first input/output terminal and the second input/output terminal. The second transistor is electrically connected between the first input/output terminal and the third input/output terminal. The inductor and the resistor are electrically connected in series with each other between the second input/output terminal and the third input/output terminal.

Abstract: A directional coupler includes first and second transmission lines, first and second coupling lines, a termination resistor, a coupling signal output terminal, and an impedance-adjusting circuit. The first coupling line is electromagnetically coupled to the first transmission line. The second coupling line is connected in series with the first coupling line and is electromagnetically coupled to the second transmission line. The termination resistor is connected to an end portion of the first coupling line that is on the opposite side from the end portion of the first coupling line that is connected to the second coupling line. The coupling signal output terminal is connected to an end portion of the second coupling line that is on the opposite side from the end portion of the second coupling line that is connected to the first coupling line. The impedance-adjusting circuit is connected between the first and second coupling lines.

Abstract: A high-frequency filter includes a first terminal, a second terminal, a third terminal, a first inductor, a second inductor, a third inductor, and a fourth inductor. The first inductor and the second inductor are connected in series to each other between the first terminal and the second terminal. The third inductor and the fourth inductor are connected in parallel to each other between the third terminal and a node of the first inductor and the second inductor. The connection between the first inductor and the second inductor is an additive polarity connection. The connection between the third inductor and the fourth inductor is an additive polarity connection.

Abstract: A communication module includes a first input terminal to which a first signal of a first frequency band is input, a second input terminal to which a second signal of a second frequency band is input, an amplifier that outputs an amplified signal which is obtained by amplifying the first signal, a diplexer that receives the amplified signal and/or the second signal and that outputs an output signal of the first and/or second frequency band, and a harmonic termination circuit that short-circuits a harmonic of the second signal. The harmonic termination circuit has an end connected between the second input terminal and the diplexer, and another end grounded at a ground position. A distance in plan view between the first input terminal and the ground position of the harmonic termination circuit is longer than a distance in plan view between the first input terminal and the second input terminal.

Abstract: A directional coupler includes first and second transmission lines, first and second coupling lines, a termination resistor, a coupling signal output terminal, and an impedance-adjusting circuit. The first coupling line is electromagnetically coupled to the first transmission line. The second coupling line is connected in series with the first coupling line and is electromagnetically coupled to the second transmission line. The termination resistor is connected to an end portion of the first coupling line that is on the opposite side from the end portion of the first coupling line that is connected to the second coupling line. The coupling signal output terminal is connected to an end portion of the second coupling line that is on the opposite side from the end portion of the second coupling line that is connected to the first coupling line. The impedance-adjusting circuit is connected between the first and second coupling lines.

Abstract: A communication module includes a first input terminal to which a first signal of a first frequency band is input, a second input terminal to which a second signal of a second frequency band is input, an amplifier that outputs an amplified signal which is obtained by amplifying the first signal, a diplexer that receives the amplified signal and/or the second signal and that outputs an output signal of the first and/or second frequency band, and a harmonic termination circuit that short-circuits a harmonic of the second signal. The harmonic termination circuit has an end connected between the second input terminal and the diplexer, and another end grounded at a ground position. A distance in plan view between the first input terminal and the ground position of the harmonic termination circuit is longer than a distance in plan view between the first input terminal and the second input terminal.

Abstract: A high-frequency filter includes a first terminal, a second terminal, a third terminal, a first inductor, a second inductor, a third inductor, and a fourth inductor. The first inductor and the second inductor are connected in series to each other between the first terminal and the second terminal. The third inductor and the fourth inductor are connected in parallel to each other between the third terminal and a node of the first inductor and the second inductor. The connection between the first inductor and the second inductor is an additive polarity connection. The connection between the third inductor and the fourth inductor is an additive polarity connection.

Abstract: A switching circuit includes a first input/output terminal, a second input/output terminal, a third input/output terminal, a first transistor, a second transistor, an inductor and a resistor. The first transistor is electrically connected between the first input/output terminal and the second input/output terminal. The second transistor is electrically connected between the first input/output terminal and the third input/output terminal. The inductor and the resistor are electrically connected in series with each other between the second input/output terminal and the third input/output terminal.

Abstract: A switching circuit includes first to (N+1)th input/output terminals and first to Nth field-effect transistors (FETs), for an integer N of two or more. When one of a source end and a drain end is referred to as a first end and another one is referred to as a second end, the first input/output terminal is electrically connected to the first ends of all of the first to Nth FETs. For each integer i of one to N, the second end of the ith FET is electrically connected to the (i+1)th input/output terminal. For at least one integer j of one to N, a combination in which an inductor component and a resistor component are electrically connected in series to each other is disposed between the first and second ends of the jth FET such that the combination is electrically connected in parallel to the jth FET.

Abstract: A display device of an image forming apparatus is provided with a display panel, a backlight unit, a storage portion, and a control portion. The display panel is a transmission type display panel and displays display data. The backlight unit emits light to the back side of the display panel. The storage portion stores a plurality of kinds of display data displayed on the display panel and a plurality of kinds of luminance data set up corresponding to each of the plurality of kinds of display data. The control portion reads out from the storage portion the display data to be displayed on the display panel and the luminance data corresponding to the display data, displays the read display data on the display panel, and performs display control for controlling the luminance of the backlight unit based on the read luminance data.

Abstract: A test piece analyzing apparatus is provided which includes a releasably fixed absorbent member, a horizontally reciprocative pinching mechanism for simultaneously transferring a plurality of test pieces in a transfer direction, and an optical analyzing assembly provided with a primary illuminator and a secondary illuminator. The second illuminator serves to illuminate the bottom surface of the test piece.

Abstract: A test piece analyzing apparatus is provided which includes a releasably fixed absorbent member, a horizontally reciprocative pinching mechanism for simultaneously transferring a plurality of test pieces in a transfer direction, and an optical analyzing assembly provided with a primary illuminator and a secondary illuminator. The second illuminator serves to illuminate the bottom surface of the test piece.

Abstract: This method relates to a non-draining type human waste disposal by pulse combustion drying. In the method, a pulsating combustion gas is discharged downward into a vertically cylindrical dryer from a pulse combustor disposed at the top of the dryer, and making contact the pulsating combustion gas with residue-removed human waste, digester chamber sludges or their mixtures charged therein, turning the charged matters to dried powder and steam under the dryer conditions of 120.degree.-150.degree. C., withdrawing the dried powder from the bottom of the dryer and the combustion gas containing steam from a lower side of the dryer, dust-removing the combustion gas containing steam maintained at 120.degree.-150.degree. C., deodorizing the dust-removed combustion gas, and exhausting the deodorized gas into the air. As an alternative method, the dried powder and the combustion gas containing steam are withdrawn from the bottom of the dryer, the withdrawn material maintained at 120.degree.-150.degree. C.

Abstract: A pair of pulsating combustors are parallelly connected to each other between an air intake chamber and an exhaust chamber. Aerodynamic valves having a forward flow coefficient higher than their reverse flow coefficient are respectively arranged in air intake pipes which connect the combustion chambers of the pulsating combustors to the air intake chamber. Fuel is injected into a location between each of the aerodynamic valves and a corresponding one of the combustion chambers. The injected fuel collides with an air stream flowing through each of the aerodynamic valves and is mixed therewith. When explosive combustion takes place in any one of the combustion chambers, injection of fuel thereto is automatically stopped by the pressure increase caused by the explosive combustion. When the pressure in the combustion chamber decreases, fuel is once again injected.