Abstract: A recycling method in an apparatus having a part includes a part removal step of removing a part from the apparatus, and a mounting step of mounting to the apparatus a part having a specification different from that of the removed part.

Abstract: A recycling method in an apparatus having a part includes a part removal step of removing a part from the apparatus, and a mounting step of mounting to the apparatus a part having a specification different from that of the removed part.

Abstract: Disclosed is an apparatus for recording and reproducing information and an information reproducing method in which the reproducing operation can be restarted from a position where reproduction was interrupted. The restart is possible for all of information contents recorded on a recording medium and without the need of troublesome operations. For this purpose, reproduction history information representing a reproduction history of each of the information contents recorded on the recording medium is stored in a management memory.

Abstract: A flexible area 2 is joined at one end via a thermal insulation area 7 to a semiconductor substrate 3 which becomes a frame and at an opposite end to a moving element 5. The thermal insulation area 7 is made of a thermal insulation material a resin such as polyimide or a fluoridated resin. The flexible area 2 is made up of a thin portion 2S and a thin film 2M different in thermal expansion coefficient. When a diffused resistor 6 formed on the surface of the thin portion 2S is heated, the flexible area 2 is displaced because of the thermal expansion difference between the thin portion 2S and the thin film 2M, and the moving element 5 is displayed with respect to the semiconductor substrate 3.

Abstract: An apparatus for automatically changing a tool tip member for a robot includes a tip member changing jig disposed in an operational area of the robot. The tip member changing jig includes a base member, a rotating member supported by the base member so as to be rotatable about a rotation axis, and tip member holding means disposed at positions that are offset from the rotation axis of the rotating member. The tip member holding means holds the tool tip member so that a central axis of relative rotation, for threadedly mounting or demounting the tool tip member on or from the tool body, extends substantially parallel to the rotation axis of the rotating member and so that rotation of the tool tip member, with respect to the rotating member, is locked.

Abstract: Disclosed is an apparatus for recording and reproducing information and an information reproducing method in which the reproducing operation can be restarted from a position where reproduction was interrupted. The restart is possible for all of information contents recorded on a recording medium and without the need of troublesome operations. For this purpose, reproduction history information representing a reproduction history of each of the information contents recorded on the recording medium is stored in a management memory.

Abstract: To obtain a housing with a lid at a low cost, which has high durability and performs reliable switching operation.

Abstract: The invention provides an analgesic anti-inflammatory patch of a hydrophobic type for topical application containing, in a Pressure Sensitive Adhesive (PSA), diclofenac sodium, pyrrolidone or a derivative thereof, a polyhydric alcohol fatty acid ester, and an organic acid.

Abstract: A flexible area 2 is joined at one end via a thermal insulation area 7 to a semiconductor substrate 3 which becomes a frame and at an opposite end to a moving element 5. The thermal insulation area 7 is made of a thermal insulation material a resin such as polyimide or a fluoridated resin. The flexible area 2 is made up of a thin portion 2S and a thin film 2M different in thermal expansion coefficient. When a diffused resistor 6 formed on the surface of the thin portion 2S is heated, the flexible area 2 is displaced because of the thermal expansion difference between the thin portion 2S and the thin film 2M, and the moving element 5 is displayed with respect to the semiconductor substrate 3.

Abstract: A recycling method in an apparatus having a part includes a part removal step of removing a part from the apparatus; a mounting step of mounting to the apparatus a part having a specification different from that of the removed part.

Abstract: A recycling method of an apparatus having a part includes a collecting step of collecting a part from the apparatus; a processing step of processing the collected part to adapt it to an apparatus having different specifications; and a mounting step of mounting the part processed in the processing step on the apparatus.

Abstract: A coordinate position detecting method uses a plurality of light emitting elements and a plurality of light receiving elements located on mutually opposite sides, all the elements being arranged at a predetermined interval in horizontal and vertical directions, with each pair of mutually opposed light emitting element and light receiving element forming a light beam path, such that the coordinate position of a light blocking object can be detected once the light beam path is blocked. The method comprises: storing N previous coordinate datas obtained when detecting a movement of the light blocking ojecte, using n (1≦n≦N) coordinate datas of the N previous coordinate datas to calculate a coordinate position of the light blocking object; and changing the number of the coordinate datas for use in calculating the coordinate position, in accordance with a speed of the movment of the light blocking object.

Abstract: An image forming apparatus has a sheet support for accommodating an image-forming sheet; an image forming unit for forming an image on a sheet; a document reading section having a document placing table for reading image information of the document; an ADF in which a document is feedable to the document reading section and displaceable so as to allow placement of the document onto the document placing table; and a sheet discharging section on which a sheet with an image formed thereon by the image forming unit is discharged and stacked by arranging them in the image forming apparatus from the lower part thereof toward the upper part in order. The image forming apparatus further has a transferring section for transferring a sheet with an image formed thereon to the sheet discharging section which is held movably in the vertical direction.

Abstract: A hard disc recorder searches some pieces of information that match a search condition from a plurality of pieces of information recorded on a recording medium. The hard disc recorder then prepares playback order information to successively play the searched pieces of information in a desired order. A new name is assigned to the searched pieces of information on the basis of the search condition.

Abstract: An information record/playback machine includes a playback unit for reading a selected piece of information from a plurality of pieces of information recorded on a recording medium to play back the selected piece of information. The machine also includes a flag setting unit for preparing a flag indicating that the selected piece of information currently played should be deleted, in response to a command issued while the playback unit is playing the selected piece of information. The flag is attached to the selected piece of information. The machine further includes a display unit for displaying a list of all the pieces of information recorded on the recording medium except for the selected piece of information to which the flag is attached.

Abstract: Disclosed is an apparatus for recording and reproducing information and an information reproducing method in which the reproducing operation can be restarted from a position where reproduction was interrupted. The restart is possible for all of information contents recorded on a recording medium and without the need of troublesome operations. For this purpose, reproduction history information representing a reproduction history of each of the information contents recorded on the recording medium is stored in a management memory.

Abstract: A broadcast program recording apparatus and a recording method of a broadcast program, in which a broadcast program which a user watches periodically can be automatically recorded without performing a timer recording setting. Data of channel number, broadcast date, and broadcast time zone of the received broadcast program are additionally stored into a received program history memory in correspondence to each other. A channel number of a broadcast program having a broadcast date that is precedent to today's date by a predetermined number of days and a broadcast time zone that coincides with the present time is searched for from the received program history memory. A station selection control operation to control the receiving part is performed to receive a broadcast wave of the searched out channel number, to start the recording of the broadcast program received by the recording part.

Abstract: The first card accommodating portion for accommodating the first card and the second card accommodating portion for accommodating the second card are formed in the connector housing in such a way that a part of the first and second card accommodating portions can be used commonly by the first and second cards. This construction allows two or more kinds of cards with different external shapes and different contact pad positions to be inserted into the connector from one and the same card insertion slot, thus reducing the space occupied by the card connector.

Abstract: An information recording and reproducing apparatus with a ring buffer, in which user can know a state of the ring buffer in a real-time manner and a monitoring method of the ring buffer. A ring buffer monitor image signal is generated which indicates an image showing a relative positional relation of a current recording position and a current reproducing position in the ring buffer.