Abstract: The scanner has a body having a scanning unit, a display device, a keypad, a holding member holding together the display and the keypad, a mounting structure for mounting the holding member to the body, and a cable holder having a holding part for holding a plurality of cables and arranged in a floating state at one of the keypad and the display. The cable holder has two side walls and a bottom wall, with grooves at the tops of the side walls. Cables are arranged in the grooves and pressed by a part of the holding member when the holding member is attached to the display device and the keypad.

Abstract: A POS terminal according to the present invention includes an LCD screen that displays information and tilts freely to a desirable position, a printer that prints the information on a paper, a paper discharge outlet from which the paper is discharged, and a controller that controls the POS terminal. The paper discharge outlet is provided in the main body at a position that is below the LCD screen.

Abstract: There is provided a tone generating apparatus and method that enables recording and reproduction of performance made by a performer without requiring any complicated operations. Musical tones generated from a musical instrument are detected, and tone data is stored in a storage device, and the tone data stored in the storage device is reproduced and at least one tone corresponding to the tone data is egenrated when no next musical tone is detected within a predetermined period of time after a musical tone is detected.

Abstract: A tuner apparatus 10 causes a user to designate a musical instrument that is to be tuned and a reference pitch that is a standard upon tuning, by a process at a setting portion 110. A pitch detecting portion 130 detects a pitch of a performed note inputted via a microphone 20 and input portion 120. A target note specifying portion 140 defines a note name, which is positioned nearest to the performed note in a predetermined temperament (e.g., 12-note equal temperament), as a target note based upon the detected pitch of the performed note and the inputted reference pitch. Then, a calculating portion 150 calculates a difference between the pitch of the performed note and the pitch of the target note, and a display control portion 160 causes the display device 30 to display the calculated difference.

Abstract: In an instrument performance learning apparatus, a storage section stores model performance waveform data representing a time series of individual performance sounds of a model performance. An input section inputs real performance waveform data representing a time series of individual performance sounds of a real performance. A pitch graph display control section detects each pitch of each individual performance sound from the stored model performance waveform data and from the inputted real performance waveform data, and displays a pitch graph representing transitions of the detected pitches.

Abstract: A display tilting apparatus includes a moving bracket that supports a display, a ratchet mechanism that controls pivoting of the moving bracket to a first direction, an anti-tilting mechanism that inhibits pivoting of the moving bracket to a second direction that is opposite of the first direction, and a fixed bracket that is pivotably connected to the moving bracket via a pivot axis. The anti-tilting mechanism includes a first anti-tilting member, and a second anti-tilting member that is mounted on the fixed bracket. The first anti-tilting member and the second anti-tilting member are mounted so as to make a physical contact to each other.

Abstract: A POS terminal according to the present invention includes an LCD screen that displays information and tilts freely to a desirable position, a printer that prints the information on a paper, a paper discharge outlet from which the paper is discharged, and a controller that controls the POS terminal. The paper discharge outlet is provided in the main body at a position that is below the LCD screen.

Abstract: There is provided a musical tone generation control system that, even if the player moves, enables him/her to listen to good musical tones at a location to which the player has moved without the necessity of making adjustments by himself/herself. Information on a position of a listener is detected. A plurality of speakers are provided for sounding musical tones corresponding to a musical tone signal supplied from said tone generator. The volume of musical tones to be sounded from the plurality of speakers according to the detected position.

Abstract: A stereo sounding method which can provide realistic sounds such as stereo sounds for a large number of listeners while reducing the number of speakers. A stereo sounding system is comprised of a plurality of stereo sound sources, and a plurality of speakers. A smaller number of speakers than twice the number of the plurality of stereo sound sources are arranged, and an R-channel output from at least one stereo sound source among the plurality of stereo sound sources and an L-channel output from a stereo sound source other than the at least one stereo sound source are mixed, and the mixing result is output to at least one of the arranged speakers.

Abstract: There is provided a musical tone generating apparatus which enables beginners inexperienced in musical performance and like players to play a musical instrument such as an electronic harp without practicing repeatedly. The musical instrument has a plurality of operating elements such as strings to which a plurality of musical tones are assigned, respectively. Musical tones are generated in response to operations of the operating elements. Ones of the musical tones, assigned to ones of said operating elements which are not to be operated are muted.

Abstract: Thermal energy is converted into a mechanical energy by a thermal converter that includes a phase change material whose phase changes between solid and liquid as a result of temperature changes in the operating environment. Because the phase change material does not change to the gas state during operation, good thermal conductivity can be achieved within a normal operating temperature range and sufficient mechanical energy can be obtained, thereby enhancing the conversion efficiency of the thermal converter. Also, because the case in which the phase material is contained is not required to be at a high pressure, the case can be easily manufactured and a compressing means such as a strong spring is not required, thus reducing a size of whole device.

Abstract: An indoor air-conditioning unit 10 which can effectively deactivate allergens includes: an intake grill 11 for drawing in indoor air; indoor heat exchangers 13, 14, 15 for exchanging heat between air drawn in from the intake grill 11 and a refrigerant to thereby cool or heat the air; a diffuser 16 for returning the air which has been heat-exchanged by the indoor heat exchangers 13, 14, 15, back into the room; a cross-flow fan 17 for blowing air which has been drawn in from the inlet and heat exchanged, from the diffuser 16 into the room; an allergen deactivation filter 18 arranged in an internal space S through which the air flows, and which supports an allergen deactivation enzyme; and an enzyme activation device which maintains the internal space S in an atmosphere for activating the allergen deactivation enzyme.

Abstract: The scanner has a body having a scanning unit, a display device, a keypad, a holding member holding together the display and the keypad, a mounting structure for mounting the holding member to the body, and a cable holder having a holding part for holding a plurality of cables and arranged in a floating state at one of the keypad and the display. The cable holder has two side walls and a bottom wall, with grooves at the tops of the side walls. Cables are arranged in the grooves and pressed by a part of the holding member when the holding member is attached to the display device and the keypad.

Abstract: There is provided a musical composition data editing apparatus which enables the generation of musical composition data using which a user can cause his/her own musical image to be reflected to a high degree in a musical composition performance through simple operations, whereby a wide variety of users from beginners having no knowledge of musical composition data such as MIDI data to experts who want to arrange musical compositions in their own manner can be satisfied. A standard musical composition data generating section 230 of a contents server CS refers to musical composition reproduction control codes for controlling reproduction of a musical composition contained in source musical composition data, to determine whether or not a musical image in the musical composition reproduction changes.

Abstract: There is provided a musical tone generating apparatus which enables beginners inexperienced in musical performance and like players to play a musical instrument such as an electronic harp without practicing repeatedly. The musical instrument has a plurality of operating elements such as strings to which a plurality of musical tones are assigned, respectively. Musical tones are generated in response to operations of the operating elements. Ones of the musical tones, assigned to ones of said operating elements which are not to be operated are muted.

Abstract: By constituting a MR head with a pair of magnet films defining a recess on a lower gap layer, the recess having generally an inverted trapezoid shape in cross section; a magnetoresistive film covering a bottom and side wall of the recess and partial upper surfaces of the pair of magnet films; and a pair of electrically conductive films formed on the magnet films and being in contact with said magnetoresistive film only at a position outside of the recess, it becomes possible to reduce a variation in reading track widths of MR heads even under mass production.

Abstract: A charged particle beam exposure method includes the steps of creating dot pattern data indicative of a pattern to be exposed, storing the dot pattern data in a first storage device having a first access speed, transferring the dot pattern data from the first storage device to a second storage device having a second, higher access speed, reading the dot pattern data out from the second storage device, and producing a plurality of charged particle beams in response to the dot pattern data read out from the second storage device by means of a blanking aperture array, wherein the blanking aperture array includes a plurality of apertures each causing turning-on and turning-off of a changed particle beam pertinent to the aperture in response to the dot pattern data.

Abstract: Thermal energy is converted into a mechanical energy by a thermal converter that includes a phase change material whose phase changes between solid and liquid as a result of temperature changes in the operating environment. Because the phase change material does not change to the gas state during operation, good thermal conductivity can be achieved within a normal operating temperature range and sufficient mechanical energy can be obtained, thereby enhancing the conversion efficiency of the thermal converter. Also, because the case in which the phase material is contained is not required to be at a high pressure, the case can be easily manufactured and a compressing means such as a strong spring is not required, thus reducing a size of whole device.

Abstract: There is provided a musical tone generation control system that, even if the player moves, enables him/her to listen to good musical tones at a location to which the player has moved without the necessity of making adjustments by himself/herself. Information on a position of a listener is detected. A plurality of speakers are provided for sounding musical tones corresponding to a musical tone signal supplied from said tone generator. The volume of musical tones to be sounded from the plurality of speakers according to the detected position.

Abstract: There is provided a tone generating apparatus and method that enables recording and reproduction of performance made by a performer without requiring any complicated operations. Musical tones generated from a musical instrument are detected, and tone data is stored in a storage device, and the tone data stored in the storage device is reproduced and at least one tone corresponding to the tone data is egenrated when no next musical tone is detected within a predetermined period of time after a musical tone is detected.