Abstract: An additive which can improve the water resistance of a water-soluble dye with which an article has been dyed; and an ink-jet recording medium which contains the additive, is exellent in the water resistance and resolution of characters or images recorded thereon, and is suitable for multicolor recordeng. The additive is obtained by reacting a secondary amine, ammonia, an epihalohydrin, and a crosslinking agent as essential ingredients. The recording medium is obtained by causing the additive to be present on a surface and/or inner part of a base.

Abstract: Disclosed multilayer ceramic coil (4) for use in compact motor is configured that ceramic layers (4c) having a plurality of coil patterns (4a) and (4b) printed using a conductive paste are laminated, and that the coil patterns in respective layers are electrically connected via thru-holes (4d) to form a single multilayer ceramic structure having a plurality of phases of patterned-coil.

Abstract: A display device suitable for a game machine has dot printed films which are printed on a light guide plate which constitutes a backlight for illuminating a liquid crystal display panel. The dots of the dot printed films are arranged more densely in a window-frame portion corresponding region, which faces a display region of the liquid crystal display panel, and in the vicinity of an inner periphery of a transmission portion corresponding to a region which faces a transmission region.

Abstract: It is an object of the present invention to provide a conductive member for OA equipment which shows very stable conductivity in the volume resistivity range of 105 to 1012 &OHgr;·cm, the conductivity of which is less dependent on the voltage applied and varies only slightly during continuous energization and upon changes in environmental factors such as temperature and humidity.

Abstract: A semiconductor device comprises a substrate having an electrically conducting portion; a plurality of wirings lying above the electrically conducting portion and insulated from the electrically conducting portion; a first top protection layer formed on the top surface of each said wiring; a second top protection layer made of a material higher in etching rate than the first top protection layer, said second top protection layer being formed on the top surface of each said first top protection layer; a side protection film formed on each side surface of the first top protection layer, the second protecting layer and said wiring; an inter-layer insulation film made of a material with a higher etching rate than the first top protection layer, said inter-layer insulation film filling a space between the wirings and covering the second top protection layers; and a contact hole penetrating the inter-layer insulation film between the wirings and reaching said electrically conducting portion, said contact hole havin

Abstract: The direction-of arrival estimation by means of a subspace-based algorithm such as MUSIC or ESPRIT is formed by using reduced-bandwidth signals as compared with communication signal waves. The narrower-bandwidth signals is obtained by each mobile telephone transmitting a modulated version of a lower-transmission rate test signal as well as a communication signal wave or by band-pass filtering the received communication signal waves in a base station. A direction-of-arrival estimation is formed by using a reduced number of signals for the direction-of arrival estimation. The number of direction-of-arrival estimating signals is reduced by discarding a part of the received signals, by multiplexing the received signals by the sub-array and forming a direction-of arrival estimation for each sub-array, or by using an additional array antenna having a reduced number of elements.

Abstract: It is an object of the present invention to provide a conductive member for use in OA equipment which shows very stable conductivity in the volume resistivity range of 105 to 1012 &OHgr;·cm, the conductivity of which is less dependent on the voltage applied and varies only slightly during continuous energization and upon changes in environmental factors such as temperature and humidity and which will not stain photoconductors due to bleeding or blooming.

Abstract: A transmission and reception system utilizes primarily a combination of punctured-convolution-coding and diversity. Degradation in likelihood of certain data is prevented by adopting the steps of (a) punctured-convolution-coding series of identical information data by using a plurality of different puncturing patterns, (b) diversity-transmitting each of different series of punctured data obtained in step (a) as diversity branches, (c) depuncturing the series of punctured data individually in a receiving device by using identical puncturing patterns and as used in the transmission side, and (d) combining and convolution-decoding them thereafter.

Abstract: A USB cable connects to a USB connector in an electrical/electronic product and a USB connector in a separate type USB unit so that a USB controller and a conversion circuit are connected. The conversion circuit converts a USB signal into an external interface signal which is transmitted to and received from a peripheral device. The external interface signal is transmitted to and received from the peripheral device through an external interface connector. The minimum number of interface connector is selected from various external interface connectors through which the external interface signal is transmitted to and received from the peripheral device. By connecting expansion connectors 5 and 6 in a USB unit and those in another USB unit, the USB signal is transmitted and received between the USB unit and another USB unit.

Abstract: A video processing system which realizes high efficiency and improved service quality in video production, including high-speed extraction of scenes related to a particular subject and compilation of a personalized video product. Video recording units are placed along a given course, each of which stores video of moving objects that is captured by a fixed camera, together with time stamps that indicate at what time each part of the video was taken. At checkpoints on the course, time measurement units measure checkpoint passage time of every passing moving object and store checkpoint time records including the measured checkpoint passage times and identifiers of individual moving objects. A video authoring unit searches the stored video data to find and extract scenes of a particular moving object, using the checkpoint time records in association with time stamps in the video data, and compiles the extracted scenes into a personalized video product.

Abstract: A jig comprises: a main body; a retainer for retaining a block in which at least one row of sections to be sliders is aligned; a middle load application section coupled to a portion of the retainer located in the middle of the length thereof; end load application sections coupled to portions of the retainer near ends of the length thereof; middle couplers located between the middle load application section and each of the end load application sections, respectively, for coupling the main body to the retainer; and end couplers for coupling the main body to the ends of the length of the retainer. The length between the middle of the retainer and each of the ends thereof is greater than the length between the middle of the retainer and each of the end load application sections.

Abstract: A TDMA radio terminal comprises a transmitter portion and a receiver portion. A reference signal is launched in the transmitter portion while tuning the receiver portion. At the same time, an internal delay counter is started. The counter counts clock pulses till the reference signal returns through the receiver portion. Letting this pulse count be Nd, a transmission wait time is Nt−Nd. Nt is a transmit timing at the antenna. The Nd counting operation may be triggered by a power on or a signal from a controller. A corresponding method for determining the transmission wait time in the production side is also disclosed.

Abstract: A transmission and reception system utilizes primarily a combination of punctured-convolution-coding and diversity. Degradation in likelihood of certain data is prevented by adopting the steps of (a) punctured-convolution-coding series of identical information data by using a plurality of different puncturing patterns, (b) diversity-transmitting each of different series of punctured data obtained in step (a) as diversity branches, (c) depuncturing the series of punctured data individually in a receiving device by using identical puncturing patterns and as used in the transmission side, and (d) combining and convolution-decoding them thereafter.

Abstract: A printing sheet which prevents setoff while transferring a sufficient quantity of ink and maintains necessary dot uniformity can be obtained by ensuring characteristics that the centerline average roughness showing the larger value is 1.0-3.5 &mgr;m and the ratio of centerline average obtained by dividing the larger value by the smaller value is less than 1.15 where said values are chosen at the point where the difference between the centerline average roughness in a certain direction and the centerline average roughness at right angles to said direction is maximal. Further, the abovementioned quality is further improved by appropriately ensuring that the oil absorbability is more than 4 mg/cm2 and less than 7 mg/cm2 when the contact time between the oil component having a surface tension of 27-30 mN/m at 20° C. and the printing sheet is 5 seconds and/or that the median pore diameter is 1.7-3.5 &mgr;m, in addition to the abovementioned characteristics.

Abstract: A TDMA radio terminal comprises a transmitter portion and a receiver portion. A reference signal is launched in the transmitter portion while tuning the receiver portion. At the same time, an internal delay counter is started. The counter counts clock pulses till the reference signal returns through the receiver portion. Letting this pulse count be Nd, a transmission wait time is Nt−Nd. Nt is a transmit timing at the antenna. The Nd counting operation may be triggered by a power on or a signal from a controller. Method for determining the transmission wait time in the production site is also disclosed.

Abstract: A hemispherical dielectric resonator is arranged on a metal substrate to make a flat surface of the hemispherical dielectric resonator contact with the metal substrate, and a dielectric wave-guiding channel is connected with a curved side surface of the hemispherical dielectric resonator. Therefore, a dielectric resonance antenna in which the hemispherical dielectric resonator and the dielectric wave-guiding channel are placed on the same metal substrate is obtained. A signal transmitting through the dielectric wave-guiding channel is fed in the hemispherical dielectric resonator, the hemispherical dielectric resonator is resonated, and an electromagnetic wave is radiated. Therefore, the dielectric resonance antenna functions as a wave radiation device.

Abstract: A mobile station transmitted signal received at array antenna 11 is converted into an intermediate frequency signal in frequency conversion section 12, and converted into a digital signal in analog-digital conversion section 13. Arrival direction estimating section 15 estimates the number of mobile stations and directions thereof by processing the digital signal. Arrival direction tracking section 16 estimates a direction of a mobile station by sequential processing using an estimated result in arrival direction estimating section 15. Beam forming means 17 forms an antenna radiation beam to a direction of the estimated result in arrival direction tracking section 16.

Abstract: A TDMA radio terminal comprises a transmitter portion and a receiver portion. A reference signal is launched in the transmitter portion while tuning the receiver portion. At the same tine, an internal delay counter is started. The counter counts clock pulses till the reference signal returns through the receiver portion. Letting this pulse count be Nd, a transmission wait time is Nt−Nd. Nt is a transmit timing at the antenna. The Nd counting operation may be triggered by a power on or a signal from a controller. Method for determining the transmission wait time in the production site is also disclosed.

Abstract: Through screening using an antibody to a polypeptide that constitutes a parasporal body in sporangia of Bacillus popilliae and has a larvae growth inhibiting or insecticidal effect on a Scarabaeidae insect and through polymerase chain reaction, polynucleotides encoding the polypeptide and polypeptides similar thereto are isolated.

Abstract: A improved liquid crystal display device including two substrates each having transparent electrode thereon disposed in parallel while keeping a predetermined gap by means of pillar-shaped spacers and a liquid crystal held between said first and second substrates is proposed. In the liquid crystal display device, density or volume of the number of the pillar-shaped spacers provided in the off-display area is higher than those of a density of the number of said pillar-shaped spacers provided in the display area. This change is made continuously or stepwise along areas. The spacers are preferably disposed so that a contact area between the spacer and a rubbing cloth during the rubbing process is minimized, or so that an orientation defective area caused starting from the spacer does not extend into the pixel area, or so that a plurality of spacers are disposed along a flow of liquid crystal from filling port into the gap between the first and second substrate.