Abstract: The image forming apparatus has a heat member for heating an unfixed image and is configured so that a longitudinal center of the heat member becomes a conveyance center of the recording material, the image forming apparatus including a central portion temperature detection part adjacent to the conveyance center, an end portion temperature detection part for detecting an end portion temperature of the heat member, and a width detection part for detecting a lateral width of the recording material, wherein the width detection part is disposed at a side opposite to a side at which the end portion temperature detection part is disposed with respect to the conveyance center position of the recording material. The image forming apparatus achieves the control for error setting of the recording material based on the width detection part and the end portion temperature detection part.

Abstract: A non-aqueous electrolyte battery has a cathode, an anode, an electrolyte, and a separator. The separator is a microporous resin film of a single layer made of a resin material in which at least one kind of insulating and flame-retarding fiber is dispersed in a polyolefin resin.

Abstract: An eyelid detection apparatus includes a face image storing means storing a plurality of face images of a subject captured at different timings, a change detecting means detecting changes in each face image caused by blinking after processing the plurality of face images stored by the face image storing means, and an eyelid detecting means detecting a position of an eyelid of the subject based on the changes detected by the change detecting means.

Abstract: A paraquat resistance gene and a vascular tissue- and trichome-specific promoter are provided. The paraquat resistance gene and the vascular tissue- and trichome-specific promoter are isolated by identifying and analyzing genes of Arabidopsis thaliana.

Abstract: The image forming apparatus has a heat member for heating an unfixed image and is configured so that a longitudinal center of the heat member becomes a conveyance center of the recording material, the image forming apparatus including a central portion temperature detection part adjacent to the conveyance center, an end portion temperature detection part for detecting an end portion temperature of the heat member, and a width detection part for detecting a lateral width of the recording material, wherein the width detection part is disposed at a side opposite to a side at which the end portion temperature detection part is disposed with respect to the conveyance center position of the recording material. The image forming apparatus achieves the control for error setting of the recording material based on the width detection part and the end portion temperature detection part.

Abstract: An eye detecting device includes an image generating device for generating a face image, a nostril detecting portion for detecting a nostril in the face image, an eye searching area setting portion for setting an eye searching area in the face image based on a position of the nostril detected by the nostril detecting portion, and an eye searching portion for searching an eye within the eye searching area set by the eye searching area setting portion.

Abstract: An X-ray diagnosis apparatus is configured to control at least one of the X-ray diaphragm which restricts the irradiation range of the X-ray and the compensation filter which attenuates the amount of the X-ray based on at least one of the rotation position or the position parallel to the body axis of the X-ray source.

Abstract: A vehicle driving support device provided at a first vehicle and a second vehicle respectively so as to be paired in order to set off an alarm includes an image input means, a face angle detecting means, a traveling direction detecting means, a face direction detecting means, an inter vehicle communicating means a determining means and a warning means for setting off an alarm when the determining means determines that the face direction of the first driver and the face direction of the second driver are not aligned.

Abstract: A bipedal robot of the present invention has a trunk consisting of an upper trunk and a lower trunk which are rotatable around a rotation axis relative to one another. The upper trunk has shoulders on the right and left sides. An arm is provided at each shoulder. A pair of right and left legs is attached to lower ends of the lower trunk. A storage battery is mounted to the back of the upper trunk, positioned within a shoulder width. The storage battery is positioned below the top of a head mounted on the upper trunk. When the robot walks a narrow passage or corridor having a width slightly larger than the width thereof, for example, this arrangement prevents the storage battery from interfering with the passage or the like.

Abstract: An image heating apparatus for heating a toner image formed on a recording material is constituted by a roller contactable with a toner image carrying surface of the recording material; a heating member for heating the roller, the hating member contacting a surface of the roller, wherein the toner image formed on the recording material is heated in contact with the roller; and a driving mechanism for moving the heating member to a first position contacting the roller and a second position, contacting the roller different from the first position with respect to a tangential direction of the roller.

Abstract: An X-ray diagnosis apparatus is configured to control at least one of the X-ray diaphragm which restricts the irradiation range of the X-ray and the compensation filter which attenuates the amount of the X-ray based on at least one of the rotation position or the position parallel to the body axis of the X-ray source.

Abstract: A separator having a structure in which a resin layer is formed at least on one principal plane of a base material layer, wherein the resin layer has an inorganic substance is provided. A non-aqueous electrolyte battery in which a cathode and an anode are arranged through the separator so as to face each other is also provided.

Abstract: An image forming apparatus prevents defective fixing of a toner image from occurring and shortens a printout time for a first sheet by determining a start timing for conveying the recording medium to a transferring position of the toner image in accordance with a warm-up state of a fixing unit, a voltage state of a power supply, and an environmental temperature.

Abstract: A vehicular navigation device for presenting a navigation content by continuing a predetermined inputting operation for navigation till the last step even if the used state changes. The navigation device comprises a presentation unit (6) for presenting a navigation content, a manual input unit (3) for receiving a plurality of inputting operations, a speech input unit (4) for receiving a speech input operation substantially identical to that of the manual input unit (3), a database (5) stored with data necessary for navigation, and a control unit (2) for providing the navigation content to the presentation unit (6) by searching the database (5) according to the inputting operation from the manual input unit (3) or the speech input unit (4).

Abstract: A bipedal robot of the present invention has a trunk consisting of an upper trunk and a lower trunk which are rotatable around a rotation axis relative to one another. The upper trunk has shoulders on the right and left sides. An arm is provided at each shoulder. A pair of right and left legs is attached to lower ends of the lower trunk. A storage battery is mounted to the back of the upper trunk, positioned within a shoulder width. The storage battery is positioned below the top of a head mounted on the upper trunk. When the robot walks a narrow passage or corridor having a width slightly larger than the width thereof, for example, this arrangement prevents the storage battery from interfering with the passage or the like.

Abstract: A battery capable of improving the energy density and improving the cycle characteristics is provided. The battery includes a spirally wound electrode body, in which a cathode and an anode are wound with a separator and an electrolyte in between. The open circuit voltage in full charge is in the range from 4.25 V to 6.00 V. The electrolyte contains an electrolytic solution and a polymer containing vinylidene fluoride as a component. The polymer containing vinylidene fluoride as a component has high oxidation stability. Therefore, even when the battery voltage is raised, oxidation and decomposition of the electrolyte and the separator can be inhibited.

Abstract: A battery capable of improving the energy density and improving the battery characteristics such as cycle characteristics and high temperature storage characteristics is provided. A cathode and an anode are oppositely arranged with a separator in between. The open circuit voltage in full charge is in the range from 4.25 V to 6.00 V. The separator has a base material layer and a surface layer. The surface layer opposed to the cathode is formed from at least one from the group consisting of polyvinylidene fluoride, polytetrafluoroethylene, polypropylene, and aramid.

Abstract: The present invention provides sustained-release oral administration preparations containing the phenylalanine compound of the formula (1) wherein A represent the formula (2) and the like; B represents an alkoxy group and the like; E represents a hydrogen atom and the like; D represents a substituted phenyl group and the like; T, U, and V represent a carbonyl group and the like; Arm represents a benzene ring and the like; R1 represents an alkyl group and the like; R2, R3, and R4 may be the same or different from each other and represent a hydrogen atom, substituted amino group and the like; and J and J? represent a hydrogen atom and the like, or pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof as an active ingredient in either form of a coating preparation or a matrix preparation. This active ingredient has a relatively shorter half-life in blood plasma, and the preparations having continuance of the effects are provided by the present invention.

Abstract: The present invention provides solid dispersions or solid dispersion pharmaceutical preparations containing a water-soluble polymeric substance(s) and a phenylalanine compound of the formula (1) or pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof, wherein A represents the formula (2) and the like, B represent an alkoxy group and the like, E represents a hydrogen atom and the like, D represents a substituted phenyl group and the like, T, U and V represent a carbonyl group and the like, Arm represents a benzene ring and the like, R1 represents an alkyl group and the like, R2, R3, and R4 may be the same or different from one another and each represent a hydrogen atom, a substituted amino group and the like, and J and J? represent a hydrogen atom and the like; production methods thereof; and solubilized pharmaceutical preparations containing a solubilizer(s) and the compound (I) or pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof.

Abstract: A vehicle driving support device provided at a first vehicle and a second vehicle respectively so as to be paired in order to set off an alarm includes an image input means, a face angle detecting means, a traveling direction detecting means, a face direction detecting means, an inter vehicle communicating means a determining means and a warning means for setting off an alarm when the determining means determines that the face direction of the first driver and the face direction of the second driver are not aligned.