Abstract: A storage control apparatus concatenates a plurality of logical units to construct a large capacity logical unit, wherein logical units extending over a plurality of controllers can be concatenated. The channel adapter sends an I/O request to one controller which charges one logical unit constituting the concatenation logical unit, out of a plurality of controllers when an I/O request is sent from a host to the concatenation logical unit LU linking a plurality of logical units, executes I/O processing in the one controller, then sends the I/O request to another controller which charges another logical unit constituting the concatenation logical unit, and continues I/O processing in the another controller.

Abstract: A supporting unit in a moving table device, easily connected to a base and a table, is provided. A supporting unit (U?) has a pair of planar bearing plates. Inside the planar bearing plates are positioned spherical bearing plates, respectively. Further, a spherical axial member is sandwiched between the spherical bearing plates (34a, 34b). A planar bearing is formed between each of the planar bearing plates and each of the spherical bearing plates. A spherical bearing is formed between each of the spherical bearing plates and the spherical axial member. Thus, the supporting unit (U?) is provided with a certain degree of movability in five-axis directions. With the high degree of movability, the supporting unit (U?) can be easily connected to a base and a table.

Abstract: The present invention provides a control method for a storage system comprising the first process for copying information stored by a first storage apparatus which is accessed by an upper echelon apparatus to a second storage apparatus, the second process for judging whether or not storage contents of the first and second storage apparatuses are identical when a fault occurs in the first storage apparatus, and the third process for controlling so that the upper echelon apparatus accesses the second storage apparatus in place of the first storage apparatus if the storage contents of the first and second storage apparatuses are identical.

Abstract: In the present invention, for each set of blocks [#(0) to #(N?1)] storing update data, a history block [#(N)] storing an update state value, for example, a generation, time or check code, showing an update state is provided, constituting a set of management data as a check object. When writing update data on a disk, a new update state value is calculated for the same set of management data and stored in memory as update state confirmation value. The new update state value is also set as write data in the history block in the same set of management data, and the entire of the set of management data including update data and update state value are written onto a disk. The history block is read and disk write omissions are detected by comparing the update state value and the update state confirmation value stored in memory.

Abstract: In the present invention, for each set of blocks [#(0) to #(N-1)] storing update data, a history block [#(N)] storing an update state value, for example, a generation, time or check code, showing an update state is provided, constituting a set of management data as a check object. When writing update data on a disk, a new update state value is calculated for the same set of management data and stored in memory as update state confirmation value. The new update state value is also set as write data in the history block in the same set of management data, and the entire of the set of management data including update data and update state value are written onto a disk. The history block is read and disk write omissions are detected by comparing the update state value and the update state confirmation value stored in memory.

Abstract: A system creates a configuration definition table to be used for accessing a physical disk according to a host I/O request, to decrease a memory size of the configuration definition table even if common firmware is used for models with different scales. For this, a model correspondence table to show the definition of each model is provided in a configuration setup processing module, the maximum values of this model are recorded in a memory based on this content, and a memory area for each item is secured. And the actual content of the configuration definition is developed on the secured memory. Therefore even for a diversity of models, the memory size of the configuration definition table can be decreased to a size matching the model, with common firmware regardless the model.

Abstract: A primary disk and a secondary disk that duplicates the data in the primary disk are connected to a host computer via a disk-array control unit. The disk-array control unit includes a plurality of central management units. Each central management unit includes a cache memory for writing data accessed, and a command-process executing unit that executes a process based on a command received. Each central management unit executes a process including determining, when there is an error in data stored in the primary disk while data stored in the secondary disk is normal, that a recovery process is necessary, duplicating, after completing an input/output process with the host computer, data written in the cache memory into a cache memory of any other central management unit, and writing-back the data written in the cache memory into the primary disk and the secondary disk.

Abstract: A disk array device having a plurality of hard disk units has a large-capacity memory mounted on a controller module which controls the whole device. The large-capacity memory has a system area managed by an OS and a cache area serving as a cache memory, and in addition, it has a table area which stores management/control information of the device and whose area size is changeable at an arbitrary instance. Therefore, it is possible to change the table area according to the state of the device in an active state without ON/OFF of a power source, so that an area not in use in the table area can be released for use as the cache memory. This makes it possible to appropriately varying the sizes of the table area and the cache area in an active state while the device is in operation, thereby realizing effective use of the large-capacity memory.

Abstract: An infrared sensor includes a substrate, a membrane as a small-thickness portion formed on the substrate, a detecting element for generating a detection signal on the basis of temperature variation occurring when receiving infrared rays, at least a part thereof being formed on the membrane, and an infrared ray absorption film formed on the membrane so as to cover at least a part of the detecting element. The detecting element is externally electrically connected through a sensor pad portion provided at an end portion of the detecting element. A substrate surface including the sensor pad portion and the infrared ray absorption film is coated by a protection film made of parylene.

Abstract: The invention aims at providing a crane equipped with an inspection device that can maintain excellent inspection conditions without decreasing cargo transporting efficiency. On a container transporting route of a quay crane, a truck (position adjustment device), is provided moveably in a direction across this transporting route. An inspection device, which inspects the container, is provided on this truck. An upper part frame, which projects above the inspection device, and a lower part frame, which projects under the inspection device, are provided on the truck. An upside position detector, which detects the relative position of the container and the inspection device in the direction of movement of the truck, is provided in a position higher than that of the inspection device of the upper frame.

Abstract: An object is to provide a nondestructive inspection device of a low equipment cost, and a crane equipped with the nondestructive inspection device. The nondestructive inspection device is provided for a quay crane, on a transporting route of the container. The nondestructive inspection device irradiates radiation from radiation sources to a container which has entered into an inspection area, and detects radiation that has transmitted through the container using the same detector, and nondestructively inspects the entire inside of the container based on information of intensity of the radiation and information of detection position of the radiation.

Abstract: A RAID apparatus that at least duplicates identical data to store thus duplicated data, which, when an instruction of writing data is given, writes data to a local cache and to a mirror cache, and writes data of the local cache to a primary disk and writes data of the mirror cache to a secondary disk. When an instruction of reading out data is given, and specified data is retained in the caches, the RAID apparatus outputs valid data of the local cache or the mirror cache, while when specified data is not retained in the caches, the RAID apparatus outputs valid data of the primary disk or the secondary disk.

Abstract: The invention provides an antiobestic and/or antidiabetic agent containing cyanidin 3-glucoside as an active ingredient. Thereby the increase of adipose cells can be suppressed and the blood glucose level can be reduced safely and effectively.

Abstract: A crane provided with a trolley, a hanging member, a rope member, and a hoisting device. The crane includes a horizontal position displacement detection unit which detects a horizontal positional displacement between at least two corners of the cargo and a landing place of the two corners; and a horizontal position displacement correction unit which corrects a horizontal positional displacement between the at least two corners of the cargo and the landing place of the two corners when the two corners have landed based on a detection signal from the horizontal position displacement detection unit. The horizontal position displacement correction unit corrects the position of a corner of the cargo so that the corner lands at the landing place of the corner, and then corrects the position of another corner so that the corner lands at the landing place of the corner.

Abstract: The present invention has been developed to carry out the dual-writing of data in cache memories at a higher speed through a single address designation for the improvement of processing performance. In the present invention, a host interface module produces addressing information for designating two written-in destinations, and a bridge module produces two transferred-to addresses and written-in addresses of the cache memories on the basis of the addressing information so that data to be written is transferred to two management modules corresponding to the two transferred-to addresses to be written at the written-in addresses of the cache memories of the management modules.

Abstract: A magnetic tape comprising a substrate having on one side thereof a magnetic layer serving as a recording surface and on the other side thereof a resin layer serving as a non-recording surface, wherein said magnetic tape has a region on the side of the non-recording surface along the longitudinal direction of the tape in which a regular pattern for servo tracking having different optical properties from the other major region of the side of the non-recording surface is to be formed, and said magnetic tape has a thickness of 7 &mgr;m or less.

Abstract: A storage system prevents a time out error of the host I/O caused by a stagnation of command processing in the storage system for accessing a disk device according to the host I/O request and internal I/O request. In DTC, counters for managing the requests in-process for host I/Os (host read) and internal I/Os (pre-fetch, write back) individually are provided, and the number of processing requests to be issued to a virtual disk (RLU) is limited individually. By assigning priority to the host I/Os, the load balance of the host I/Os and internal I/Os can be controlled. For rebuild/copy back, a dedicated load control mechanism is disposed where the load adjustment between ordinary I/Os and rebuild/copy back is performed.

Abstract: A storage control apparatus concatenates a plurality of logical units to construct a large capacity logical unit, wherein logical units extending over a plurality of controllers can be concatenated. The channel adapter sends an I/O request to one controller which charges one logical unit constituting the concatenation logical unit, out of a plurality of controllers when an I/O request is sent from a host to the concatenation logical unit LU linking a plurality of logical units, executes I/O processing in the one controller, then sends the I/O request to another controller which charges another logical unit constituting the concatenation logical unit, and continues I/O processing in the another controller.

Abstract: A noncontact tonometer is disclosed that stores, into a storage unit, the image of an anterior ocular segment immediately before an intraocular pressure value is measured, and that, if an anomaly is found in the measurement result, facilitates the specification of the reason of the anomaly by automatically displaying the image of the anterior ocular segment that was acquired in advance.

Abstract: A magnetic tape comprising a substrate having on one side thereof a magnetic layer serving as a recording surface and on the other side thereof a resin layer serving as a non-recording surface, wherein said magnetic tape has a region on the side of the non-recording surface along the longitudinal direction of the tape in which a regular pattern for servo tracking having different optical properties from the other major region of the side of the non-recording surface is to be formed, and said magnetic tape has a thickness of 7 &mgr;m or less.