Abstract: The configuration of a light source driving device, which drives a plurality of light sources that emit light to an object to measure the distance to the object, is simplified. A light source device drives a plurality of light sources provided in a system that measures the distance to the object. The light source driving device is provided in the light source device. The light source driving device includes a light source control unit that individually controls emission of light from a plurality of light sources that emit the light to an object to measure a distance to the object.

Abstract: A sheet feed device includes a stacking tray on which sheets P are stacked, and feed rollers convey the sheets P from the stacking tray. The sheet feed device also includes a pressing lever configured to press back, when there is a sheet picked up from the stacking tray and is in a state of being nipped between feed rollers, a leading end of the sheet P toward the stacking tray, and a roller separating mechanism configured to separate the sheet feed rollers performing the nipping from each other, when the pressing member performs the operation of pressing back the sheet.

Abstract: A sheet feed device includes a stacking tray on which sheets P are stacked, and feed rollers convey the sheets P from the stacking tray. The sheet feed device also includes a pressing lever configured to press back, when there is a sheet picked up from the stacking tray and is in a state of being nipped between feed rollers, a leading end of the sheet P toward the stacking tray, and a roller separating mechanism configured to separate the sheet feed rollers performing the nipping from each other, when the pressing member performs the operation of pressing back the sheet.

Abstract: A liquid crystal display device includes a liquid crystal panel; a light source; a light guide member that guides light emitted from the light source to a back surface side of the liquid crystal panel; a diffuser panel that is disposed between the light guide member and the liquid crystal panel, extended over an entire area of the back surface of the liquid crystal panel, and diffuses the light received from the light guide member to illuminate the light to the liquid crystal panel; a first reflector that is provided on a back surface of the diffuser panel close to the light guide member side and on an optical axis of the light received from the light guide member, and reflects the light towards the light guide member side; and a second reflector that reflect the light reflected on the first reflector to the diffuser panel side.

Abstract: A sheet feed device includes a stacking tray on which sheets P are stacked, and feed rollers convey the sheets P from the stacking tray. The sheet feed device also includes a pressing lever configured to press back, when there is a sheet picked up from the stacking tray and is in a state of being nipped between feed rollers, a leading end of the sheet P toward the stacking tray, and a roller separating mechanism configured to separate the sheet feed rollers performing the nipping from each other, when the pressing member performs the operation of pressing back the sheet.

Abstract: A sheet feed device includes a stacking tray on which sheets P are stacked, and feed rollers convey the sheets P from the stacking tray. The sheet feed device also includes a pressing lever configured to press back, when there is a sheet picked up from the stacking tray and is in a state of being nipped between feed rollers, a leading end of the sheet P toward the stacking tray, and a roller separating mechanism configured to separate the sheet feed rollers performing the nipping from each other, when the pressing member performs the operation of pressing back the sheet.

Abstract: A Ti—Ni—Nb alloy device is provided which is a shape memory device excellent in response characteristics. The Ti—Ni—Nb alloy device is made of a Ti—Ni—Nb alloy which finishes transformation at a temperature lower than 10° C. after start of reverse transformation.

Abstract: A liquid crystal display device includes a liquid crystal panel; a light source; a light guide member that guides light emitted from the light source to a back surface side of the liquid crystal panel; a diffuser panel that is disposed between the light guide member and the liquid crystal panel, extended over an entire area of the back surface of the liquid crystal panel, and diffuses the light received from the light guide member to illuminate the light to the liquid crystal panel; a first reflector that is provided on a back surface of the diffuser panel close to the light guide member side and on an optical axis of the light received from the light guide member, and reflects the light towards the light guide member side; and a second reflector that reflect the light reflected on the first reflector to the diffuser panel side.

Abstract: A lighting structure of a liquid crystal panel in a gauge for a vehicle includes a dial, a pointer member, a liquid crystal display panel, a pointer, and a pointer illuminating light source. The lighting structure further includes an illuminating light dividing and output part, and a luminance adjusting part. The luminance adjusting part includes a first luminance adjusting plate, and a second luminance adjusting plate.

Abstract: A lighting structure of a liquid crystal panel in a gauge for a vehicle includes a dial, a pointer member, a liquid crystal display panel, a pointer, and a pointer illuminating light source. The lighting structure further includes an illuminating light dividing and output part, and a luminance adjusting part. The luminance adjusting part includes a first luminance adjusting plate, and a second luminance adjusting plate.

Abstract: To provide a stent which holds various performances such as deliverability, prevention of restenosis, flexible shape conformability, and so on and is therefore adaptable not only to a bile duct but also to a blood vessel system such as a tortuous coronary artery substantially without causing restenosis. A stent with an autonomic function is made of a Ti—Ni based shape memory alloy and has a maximum expanding force at a center portion in its lengthwise direction.

Abstract: A moving character and a background image are displayed on a display screen with a touch panel thereon. When the player operates the touch panel to draw a line in an intended path extending between a start point and an end point along which the player wishes to guide the moving character, an operation trace image having the shape of the line drawn is displayed on the display screen. Then, the moving character moves along or in parallel to the operation trace image. The operation trace image is gradually erased after a predetermined amount of time elapses. Thus, it is possible to provide a video game device and a video game program in which the player can influence the moving path or the moving direction of the player (moving) character based on the shape and/or the direction of the line drawn by the player.

Abstract: A stent having a generally tubular body formed of ring units formed of a plurality of cells each and expandable in the radial direction, wherein each ring unit is constituted of cells connected to one another above and below, arranged to surround the center line of the stent, the ring units are arranged in the axial direction of the stent, and are connected with connector portions, each connector portion is formed of curved portions each having an arch and a generally linear portion continued thereto, 3 to 8 cells are arranged in the axial direction per 10 mm of the length of the stent, and the ratio of the length of the cell in the axial direction and the length of the connector portion is determined such that on the basis that when the length of the cell is 100, that of the connector portion 50 to 100, thereby securing flexibility and radial sustaining force.

Abstract: A thermal management system for a vehicle includes a switching power supply device, an electronic member configured to output an electrical power adjusted by the switching power supply device, and a control device configured to control operation of the switching power supply device. When the control device receives a heating request from at least one of devices that include a drive device used for driving the vehicle and an air conditioning device used for performing an air conditioning in a vehicle compartment, the control device causes the switching power supply device to be operated in a heat increasing operation in which heat generated from the electronic member is increased more than that in a general operation state, and supplies the generated heat to the at least one of the drive device and the air conditioning device.

Abstract: When an in-link type of in-link attribute data is a tunnel, a system controller specifies the positions of both ends of a tunnel on the basis of a annotation true position shape of the in-link attribute data, and generates annotation data for displaying a tunnel symbol for each of the specified both ends.

Abstract: A balloon expandable superelastic stent is made of a Ti—Ni—Nb (the content of Nb being at least 3 at %) shape memory alloy. A shape recovery temperature of the stent is lower than a living body temperature in an unloaded state after shape memory treatment. The shape recovery temperature exceeds the living body temperature after the stent is mounted to a catheter and released from the catheter in a living body.

Abstract: A moving character and a background image are displayed on a display screen with a touch panel thereon. When the player operates the touch panel to draw a line in an intended path extending between a start point and an end point along which the player wishes to guide the moving character, an operation trace image having the shape of the line drawn is displayed on the display screen. Then, the moving character moves along or in parallel to the operation trace image. The operation trace image is gradually erased after a predetermined amount of time elapses. Thus, it is possible to provide a video game device and a video game program in which the player can influence the moving path or the moving direction of the player (moving) character based on the shape and/or the direction of the line drawn by the player.

Abstract: A moving character and a background image are displayed on a display screen with a touch panel thereon. When the player operates the touch panel to draw a line in an intended path extending between a start point and an end point along which the player wishes to guide the moving character, an operation trace image having the shape of the line drawn is displayed on the display screen. Then, the moving character moves along or in parallel to the operation trace image. The operation trace image is gradually erased after a predetermined amount of time elapses. Thus, it is possible to provide a video game device and a video game program in which the player can influence the moving path or the moving direction of the player (moving) character based on the shape and/or the direction of the line drawn by the player.

Abstract: The present invention is to provide a combination meter having a close arrangement of a plurality of drive axles of pointers so as to save a space thereof and provide a good design thereof. The combination meter includes a speedometer and a tachometer. A speedometer dial and a tachometer dial are disposed on the circumference of one circle. The pointers each include a deadweight holder to hold a deadweight. The deadweight holders are separately overlapped each other in directions of the drive axles. One of the drive axles is disposed on the center of the circle and the other is disposed close to the center.

Abstract: A processor (150) of a map information generating device (100) acquires annotation data for displaying a location adjusting annotation about, for instance, a feature that is newly built and set a locatable position of a location-adjusting-annotation character string of the location adjusting annotation at a position substantially corresponding to a position where the feature of the location-adjusting-annotation character string exists but not overlapping with an existing annotation. Then, the processor (150) updates the annotation data based on the location state of the location-adjusting-annotation character string and stores it in the storage section (130).