Abstract: A complex joystick system master unit embodiment utilizes joystick segments and joystick joints arranged in a particular order with a slave unit arranged in a similar order. A sample master unit with three joystick segments has segment lengths that provide a relative ratio of lengths between themselves. The slave unit articulated arm utilizes controlled segments and articulated arm joints arranged in the same order and having the same relative ratio of lengths between themselves. Articulated arm electronic angle sensors and joystick segment angle sensors produce signal that are applied to a plurality of servos. The servos control movement of the articulated arm so that said respective relative angular articulated arm positions of the articulated arm controlled segments match those of the complex joystick segments.

Abstract: A liquid crystal molecule includes a structure represented by Formula (1): wherein X1 in Formula (1) is represented by Formula (2); X2 in Formula (1) is a group selected from Formula (3); X3 in Formula (1) is represented by Formula (4).

Abstract: A liquid crystal material in which liquid crystal molecules have uniform alignment state is provided. A liquid crystal layer containing a liquid crystal material is included between a TFT array substrate and an opposed substrate. The liquid crystal material has a phase system continuously showing an isotropic phase, a nematic phase, and a smectic ‘A’ phase in this order as temperature changes from higher state to lower state and shows electroclinic effect in the smectic ‘A’ phase. As the liquid crystal material is heated (temperature is increased), the nematic phase is shown after the smectic ‘A’ phase without other phase in between, and the isotropic phase is shown after the nematic phase without other phase in between. Since the alignment state of the liquid crystal molecules becomes uniform, the transmittance is precisely controlled.

Abstract: A liquid crystal molecule is disclosed, having a structure represented by the following general formula (1): wherein X1 is a group selected among groups represented by the following formula (2): X2 is represented by the following formula (3): R1 represents a linear or branched hydrocarbon group or an alkoxy group each having from 4 to 16 carbon atoms; R2 represents an optionally branched organosiloxane or organosilane having from 1 to 6 silicon atoms; other variables in formulae are defined therein.

Abstract: A read device comprises: a read part that reads information recorded on a medium being carried in a given reading position; a first regulate member, disposed more upstream in a carry direction of the medium than the reading position, that regulates a position of one surface of the medium being carried; and a second regulate member, disposed more downstream in the carry direction of the medium than the reading position, that regulates a position of the other surface of the medium being carried.

Abstract: A document feeder includes: a conveyance unit that separates one document from among documents placed on a document tray, and conveys the document; a first width-determining unit that determines a width of one of the documents; a second width-determining unit that determines a width of the conveyed document; a first length-determining unit that determines a length of one of the documents; a second length-determining unit that determines a length of the conveyed document; and a controller that if an inconsistency occurs between the width determined by the first width-determining unit and the width determined by the second width-determining unit, causes a display unit to display an operation guide including first content, and if an inconsistency occurs between the length determined by the first length-determining unit and the length determined by the second length-determining unit, causes the display unit to display an operation guide including second content.

Abstract: The present invention provides a transporting device that includes: a transport unit that transports a document placed on a document tray; a detector that detects the width of the document placed on the document tray; a controller that controls the transport unit to transport the document when the width of the document detected by the detector is a predetermined definite size, and prohibits the transport unit from transporting the document when the width of the document detected by the detector is a predetermined size that is different from the definite size; and a cancellation unit that cancels the prohibition on the document transportation imposed by the controller.

Abstract: A liquid crystal molecule is disclosed, having a structure represented by the following general formula (1): wherein X1 is a group selected among groups represented by the following formula (2): X2 is a group selected among groups represented by the following formula (3): X3 is represented by the following formula (4): R1 represents a linear or branched hydrocarbon group having from 4 to 16 carbon atoms; R2 represents an optionally branched organosiloxane or organosilane having from 1 to 6 silicon atoms; R3 and R4 are different from each other and each represents H, F, Cl, Br, CN, CH3, CF3 or OCH3; Y1 and Y2 each represents —, —COO—, —CH2—, —CH2O—, —C2H2—, —C2— or —CF2O—; Z1 and Z2 each represents H, F, Cl, Br, OH, NO2, CN or CF3; Z3 and Z4 each represents H, F, Cl, Br, OH, NO2, CN or CF3; Z5 and Z6 each represents H, F, Cl, Br, OH, NO2, CN or CF3, provided that Z5 and Z6 do not represent H at the same time; n represents an integer of from 1 to 6; * represents a chiral ce

Abstract: A liquid crystal molecule is disclosed, having a structure represented by the following general formula (1): wherein X1 is a group selected among groups represented by the following formula (2): X2 is represented by the following formula (3): R1 represents a linear or branched hydrocarbon group or an alkoxy group each having from 4 to 16 carbon atoms; R2 represents an optionally branched organosiloxane or organosilane having from 1 to 6 silicon atoms; R3 and R4 are different from each other and each represents H, F, Cl, Br, CN, CH3, CF3 or OCH3; Y1 represents -, —COO—, —CH2—, —CH2O—, —C2H2—, —C2— or —CF2O—; Z1 to Z4 each represents H, F, Cl, Br, OH, NO2, CN, CF3, CH3, C2H5, OCH3 or OC2H5; Z5 to Z7 each represents H, F, Cl, Br, OH, NO2, CN or CF3, provided that Z5, Z6 and Z7 do not represent H at the same time; n represents an integer of from 1 to 6; * represents a chiral center; and - means a connecting group.

Abstract: A liquid crystal molecule includes a structure represented by Formula (1): wherein X1 in Formula (1) is represented by Formula (2); X2 in Formula (1) is a group selected from Formula (3); X3 in Formula (1) is represented by Formula (4).

Abstract: A liquid crystal molecule is disclosed, having a structure represented by the following general formula (1): wherein X1 is represented by the following formula (2), and a dangling bond to R1 is arbitrary: X2 is a group selected among groups represented by the following formula (3): X3 is represented by the following formula (4): R1 represents a linear or branched hydrocarbon group or an alkoxy group each having from 4 to 16 carbon atoms; R2 represents an optionally branched organosiloxane or organosilane having from 1 to 6 silicon atoms; R3 and R4 are different from each other and each represents H, F, Cl, Br, CN, CH3, CF3 or OCH3; Y1 and Y2 each represents -, —COO—, —CH2—, —CH2O—, —C2H2—, —C2— or —CF2O—; Z1 and Z2 each represents F, Cl, Br, OH, NO2, CN or CF3; Z3 and Z4 each represents H, F, Cl, Br, OH, NO2, CN or CF3; Z5 and Z6 each represents H, F, Cl, Br, OH, NO2, CN or CF3; Z7 and Z8 each represents H, F, Cl, Br, OH, NO2, CN or CF3, provided that Z7 and Z8 do not repr

Abstract: There is provided a management server technology that allows a user to continuously use a business function of a business server without logging in again to the business server, even if the authority of the user to the business server is changed. The business server receives an access from a user terminal, and requests a management server to perform user authentication. In response to the authentication request, the management server determines a future scheduled authority of the user, generates not only authority information at the time of the user authentication, but also a determination result including the future scheduled authority information, and transmits them to the business server. The business server provides the user terminal with a new business function based on the scheduled user authority information, upon expiration of a validity period of the user authority to the current business function.

Abstract: The invention relates to a polypeptide wherein at least one of the amino, carboxyl, mercapto or guanidino group in a polypeptide molecule having human granulocyte colony stimulating factor activity is chemically modified by a chemical modifying agent, and a platelet production promoter comprising said polypeptide, a method for treating a patient with decreased platelet counts comprising administering an effective amount of said polypeptide to the patient, the use of said polypeptide for the production of pharmaceutical compositions which are useful for the treatment of the patient with decreased platelet counts, and the compositions for treating the patient with decreased platelet counts, which comprises an effective dose of said polypeptide in a pharmaceutically acceptable dosage form with a pharmaceutical acceptable carrier.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a chemically modified polypeptide in which at least one of hydroxyl groups in the polypeptide molecule is modified with a polyalkylene glycol derivative; a method for producing the modified polypeptide; a method of treatment using the modified polypeptide; use of the modified polypeptide; a pharmaceutical preparation comprising the modified polypeptide; and a composition for treatment comprising the modified polypeptide.

Abstract: A document feeding device has: a document placement stand on which documents of different sizes can be placed; a conveying section separating, one-by-one, documents of a document stack placed on the document placement stand, and conveying a separated document to a discharging section; a first document width sensing unit sensing a maximum document width of the document stack placed on the document placement stand; a second document width sensing unit sensing a document width of a document separated from the document placement stand by the conveying section; and a controller that, in a case in which a mixed size document mode that permits conveying of documents of different sizes is not set, causes the conveying section to restartably interrupt conveying of the document when the maximum document width sensed by the first document width sensing unit and the document width sensed by the second document width sensing unit differ.

Abstract: The present invention is a grafted seedling producing apparatus 10 capable of rotating seedlings W in an alignment direction even if they are those having large leaves and thereafter halting the rotation to align them, or the apparatus 10 having loading portions 1, 2 which are provided with a seedling carry-in mechanism 11 for sequentially transporting a tray 7 of a large number of arranged seedlings W, a grip hand 12 for individually gripping stems of seedlings on the seedling carry-in mechanism 11, a cutter mechanism 23 for individually cutting the stems of seedlings gripped by the grip hand 12, an alignment guide 14 for aligning seedlings to be transported by the grip hand 12, a roller 17 for rotating the seedlings W to an alignment direction at the side of the seedling carry-in mechanism 11 from the alignment guide 14, and a transport mechanism 13 for moving the grip hand 12 to the alignment guide side; a retaining mechanism 15 provided with to a main alignment member 16 which regulates a direction to whi

Abstract: To validate a certificate of a service provider apparatus, a service receiving apparatus determines a certificate validation method on based on a combination of the performance of the service receiving apparatus, the performance of a CRL repository apparatus, the performance of a certificate validation apparatus, and the performance of a network, and performs validation of a certificate by the determined method. Furthermore, to validate a certificate of a service provider apparatus, a service receiving apparatus requests a method selection apparatus to validate the certificate, and the method selection apparatus determines a certificate validation method based on a combination of the performance of the method selection apparatus, the performance of the CRL repository apparatus, the performance of the certificate validation apparatus and the performance of the network, validates the certificate by the determined method, and notifies a validation result to the service receiving apparatus.

Abstract: A read device comprises: a read part that reads information recorded on a medium being carried in a given reading position; a first regulate member, disposed more upstream in a carry direction of the medium than the reading position, that regulates a position of one surface of the medium being carried; and a second regulate member, disposed more downstream in the carry direction of the medium than the reading position, that regulates a position of the other surface of the medium being carried.

Abstract: To provide a novel authentication scheme to prevent PIN information from being exposed to the outside of a data carrier, without modifying an existing application for authentication management. The data carrier includes means for generating PIN information therein; a PIN storage unit for storing the generated PIN information with respect to the use of a service application; an authentication information storage unit for storing information unique to a user; an authentication application unit for authenticating the user by referring to the authentication information stored in the authentication information storage unit; means for verifying the PIN information stored in the PIN storage unit according to the authentication result by the authentication application; and a service application unit for performing a service according to the result of the verification of the PIN information by the verification means.

Abstract: The present invention provides a lubricant capable of holding an excellent lubricating property under various types of service conditions, maintaining a lubricating effect for a long period of time and providing excellent traveling property, abrasion resistance, durability and the like, a recording medium using the lubricant and a carboxylic acid type compound constituting the lubricant.