Abstract: Provided is a flame-retardant resin composition that keeps flame-retardancy certainly without containing any halogen compound, which may cause the generation of a harmful material, and can simultaneously maintain the original property of the resin at a high level. The invention relates to a flame-retardant resin composition. The composition contains a resin containing any one or both of a thermosetting resin and a thermoplastic resin, and a cyclophosphazene represented by the following formula (1) wherein the cyclophosphazene compound is incorporated into the resin in an amount of 0.1 to 200 parts by mass based on 100 parts by mass of the resin: wherein n=3 to 25, one of R1 and R2 is CN, and the other is H, or both thereof are CN, and the percentage of the cyanophenoxy groups in the compound is from 2 to 98% of the total number of the phenoxy groups and the cyanophenoxy groups in the compound.

Abstract: The data possessed by a parent hard disk drive is exported to a baby hard disk drive, which is connected to the parent hard disk drive, and thus, the baby hard disk drive executes by itself an optimization/inspection process including writing of servo information. A hard disk drive is reproduced by incorporating “DNA” used for reproduction into each hard disk drive, and then, by performing self-optimization and/or self-inspection by a new hard disk drive (baby hard disk drive), according to information supplied by a finished hard disk drive (parent hard disk drive).

Abstract: An apparatus for supporting creation of a program includes: a program execution module (25) which reads a program (60) including a random output block (64) from a storage device (30), executes a program with a test input value, and obtains an execution result of the program; a model execution module (22) which reads a model (40) including a random output model block (44) from the storage device (30), executes the model on the test input value using a model execution tool, and obtains an execution result of the model; and a cross-checking module (28) which compares the execution result obtained by the program execution module (25) and the execution result obtained by the model execution module (22). The model execution module (22) obtains an output value of the random output block which is outputted as a result of execution of the program, and uses the output value of the random output block (64) as an output value of the random output model block (44) in the model.

Abstract: To provide an analog radio-controlled timepiece in which it is possible to set a displayed date by a date indicator to a correct date. A reception circuit 115 receives and outputs a time code included in a standard radio signal through an antenna 114, and a control circuit 103 corrects a time instant being clocked to a time instant corresponding to the time code and corrects a clocked time instant of a 24-hour counter 116 to the last-mentioned time instant. Even in a case where the standard radio signal cannot be received, the control circuit 103 drive-controls a motor 105 so as to alter a displayed date of a date indicator 107 to a next day in a case where the 24-hour counter clocked 24 hours. The motor 105 rotation-drives the date indicator 107 for one day through the train wheel 106, thereby altering the displayed date to the next day.

Abstract: Disclosed is a voice recognition dictionary construction apparatus that includes a scanner unit to read a document; and a control unit to conduct character recognition of a term which is included in the document that has been read, and to update a dictionary for voice recognition in accordance with a result of the character recognition.

Abstract: It is made possible to display a time instant and a reception sensitivity even during a standard radio signal is received, without adding a special constitution as much as possible. A reception circuit receives and outputs a time code included in the standard radio signal, through an antenna, and a control circuit corrects a time instant being clocked to a time instant corresponding to the time code. In a case where the reception sensitivity of the standard radio signal is displayed, the control circuit judges the reception sensitivity of the standard radio signal on the basis of the time code from the reception circuit, and controls such that, by rotation-controlling a date indicator by referring to a reception sensitivity versus date indicator position correspondence table, the reception sensitivity is displayed by date letters of the date indicator and a time instant display is performed by time instant hands.

Abstract: A method for displaying a plurality of key icons on a display includes displaying a first screen on the display, the first screen having at least one first key icon and a plurality of second key icons, wherein the first key icon corresponds to a first input instruction while each of the second key icons respectively corresponds to a respective one of a set of second input instructions; and displaying a second screen on the display, the second screen having at least one third key icon and a pull down menu, wherein the third key icon is bigger than the first key icon but corresponds to the first input instruction, and the pull down menu corresponds to the set of second input instructions.

Abstract: An image forming apparatus having a determining unit that analyzes data concerning an image to be printed and determines the order of overlaying toners of in a plurality of colors to be used for printing the particular image, and a designating unit that designates positions of the toner cartridges in accordance with the order of overlaying the toners determined by the abovementioned determining unit.

Abstract: To make a setting as to whether or not a time code is automatically received simple, and suppress a wasteful use of an electric power by a reception operation under an environment incapable of suitably receiving the time code. A reception circuit receives and outputs the time code through an antenna, and a control circuit corrects a time instant which is being clocked to a time instant corresponding to the time code. If a crown is operated to a time instant correction position, an input circuit outputs an operation signal denoting this. The control circuit responds to the operation signal to thereby control a reception operation of the reception circuit to OFF. At this time, a time instant correction is performed by hand by operating the crown.

Abstract: No counter circuit is used but a simple arrangement is used to allow a motor to be rotation driven by main drive pulses in accordance with a load. A control circuit (103), after starting to use second main drive pulses to drive a motor (105), continues the rotation driving of the motor (105) by use of the second main drive pulses if a rotation detecting circuit (110) detects a rotation detection signal indicative of the rotation of the motor (105) after a passage of a predetermined reference time period. However, the control circuit (103) uses first main drive pulses, which are shorter in pulse width than the second main drive pulses, instead of using the second main drive pulses, to perform the rotation driving of the motor (105) if the rotation detection signal is detected before the passage of the reference time period.

Abstract: An authentication apparatus outputs an application form to be used in applying for access authorization, which is printed with an identification image showing information including identification information of terminal equipment. The authentication apparatus scans the application form which is filled out by a user as required, recognizes the abovementioned information from the image data obtained by scanning, and authorizes the terminal equipment that corresponds to the abovementioned recognized information to have access to a specified network.

Abstract: The present invention provides an input unit wherein a password is hardly presumable even in the case where input keys or characters related to the input keys are peeped at by a third party. The input unit includes an operation panel 2, a display unit 9, an operating section 8 and a control section 7. The operating section 8 is a touch panel. The operating section 8 includes multiple input keys 10. The input key 10 has display sections 11 corresponding to codes formed thereon. The control section 7 displays the input keys 10 on a screen section 9a of the display unit 9, and displays the display sections 11 in the input keys 10. The control section 7 varies a status of the input keys 10 such as a color, a shape or a pattern according to an input mode.

Abstract: To make it possible by a simple constitution to perform a forcible rotation drive by a correction drive pulse and obtain a demagnetization effect. In a case where a control circuit has judged on the basis of a detection signal from a rotation detection circuit 106 that a motor has not rotated by a drive by a 1st normal drive pulse of a predetermined energy, after it has forcibly rotation-driven the motor by a correction drive pulse whose energy is larger than the 1st normal drive pulse, it rotation-drives the motor by a 2nd normal drive pulse whose polarity differs from the correction drive pulse and whose energy is larger than the 1st normal drive pulse.

Abstract: To be able to supply a large drive current to a motor and to be able to downside the motor. In driving to rotate a motor, a first drive cycle of driving transistors to an ON state and driving transistors to an OFF state, and a second drive cycle of driving the transistors to the ON state and driving the transistors to the OFF state are carried out alternately, and in braking the motor provided at an interval between times of driving to rotate the motor, the transistors are driven to the ON state, the transistors are driven to the OFF state. A large drive current is made to be able to supply to the motor and the motor is made to be able to be downsized by using the transistors for driving the motor and for electrostatic resistance.

Abstract: To be able to promote oscillation start characteristic while having a simple constitution and maintaining low power consumption. In starting to oscillate an oscillation circuit, a capacitor for protecting from leakage is shortcircuited by bringing a switch of an oscillation stabilizing circuit 11 into a closed state and a constant voltage circuit starts to oscillate the oscillation circuit by supplying a drive voltage of a power source voltage to the oscillation circuit. After an elapse of a predetermined time period, oscillation is prevented from being stopped by leakage by inserting the capacitor into the oscillation circuit loop by bringing the switch into an open state, and an oscillation operation is continued by supplying a voltage lower than the power source voltage to the oscillation circuit by intermittently driving the constant voltage circuit.

Abstract: Embodiments of the invention provide techniques to inspect the track pitch of a magnetic disk. In one embodiment, the track pitch is inspected using the servo information that was written onto the magnetic disk. A PES gain is set to be PG0. A head is moved to a position K near the position where control is to switch between MPES and SPES, and then MPES and SPES are calculated using reproduced burst signals and PG0. The quantity of change in the inspection HSP which is a half-servo pitch of an inspection-related burst pattern, with respect to an ideal half-servo pitch, is detected by calculating PES?, the difference between the MPES and SPES at position K. The track pitch is thus judged whether it is abnormal.

Abstract: A control system comprising an electronic device equipped with a port, a hub being connectable to multiple external devices and to be connected to the port of the electronic device, and one or more external devices to be connected to the hub, the operation of the external devices connected via the hub being controlled using the electronic device, wherein the electronic device comprises a supplying section for supplying currents to the hub connected to the port and the external devices connected via the hub, and a storage section for storing the magnitude of the total current supplied from the supplying section.

Abstract: A recording system is equipped with a pre-processing device which serves as an image recording unit for recording an image on sound paper based on image data, and a post-processing device which serves as a sound data recording unit for recording sound data related to the image data on the sound paper.

Abstract: The read/write offset between the read head and write head is used to determine the head width ratio between the read head width and write head width. The servo information is written onto the magnetic disk in accordance with the APC value and track pitch that are derived from the determined head with ratio.

Abstract: Disclosed is an image processing device which comprises: a plurality of color component image processing units; and an image forming unit. The plurality of color component image processing units are respectively provided for a plurality of color components and are operable in parallel with each other, wherein each color component image processing unit is for applying image processing to first image data and second image data contained in page data for the respective color component and is for combining the processed first image data and the processed second image data of the respective color component, in response to the completion of the image processing for the respective color component. The image forming unit forms an image based on image data for the plurality of color components processed by the plurality of color component image processing units.