Abstract: A radio base station BTS includes an upper limit value management unit 22 configured to determine and manage a upper limit value common to all mobile stations UE based on a bandwidth capable of being used for transmitting the uplink data in a wired section (Iub) between the radio base station and a radio network controller and a scheduling unit 23 configured to determine an Absolute Grant (AG) to be transmitted to a mobile station UE which is subjected to scheduling of the high-speed uplink communication so as not to exceed the upper limit value. The upper limit value management unit 22 is configured to decrease the upper limit value when a congestion signal in the wired section (Iub) is received for a predetermined number of times during a fit predetermined interval of time.

Abstract: To provide an electrostatic actuator capable of attaining a large diaphragm displacement by low voltage drive. Furthermore, a droplet discharge head provided with this electrostatic actuator, a method for driving a droplet discharge head, and a method for manufacturing an electrostatic actuator are provided. A diaphragm 4, an individual electrode 11 facing the diaphragm 4 with a gap 10 therebetween, while a voltage is applied between the diaphragm 4 and the individual electrode 11, and an insulating film 4a which is disposed on a surface of the diaphragm 4, the surface facing the individual electrode 11, are included, wherein the insulating film 4a is converted to an electret.

Abstract: An electrostatic actuator comprises: a fixed electrode formed on a substrate; a movable electrode placed at an position opposing the fixed electrode via a predetermined gap; a driving unit giving the movable electrode a displacement by generating an electrostatic force between the fixed electrode and the movable electrode: and an insulation film made of HfxAlyOz formed on an opposing surface of at least one of the fixed electrode and the movable electrode.

Abstract: A storage unit stores a correspondence between a voice command and a display mode modification operation. When a control unit determines that a vehicle is traveling according to a traveling state of the vehicle obtained by a traveling state acquisition unit, when a voice recognition unit recognizes a voice, which is uttered by a user and received by a voice input unit, and when the control unit determines that the recognized voice corresponds to a voice command stored in the storage unit, the control unit performs a display mode change operation corresponding to the voice command and modifies a display mode of an icon indicated on an indication screen of an indication unit.

Abstract: An electrostatic actuator includes a fixed electrode formed on a substrate, a movable electrode provided so as to oppose the fixed electrode with a predetermined gap therebetween, a driving unit generating electrostatic force between the fixed electrode and the movable electrode and moving the movable electrode, insulating films provided on opposing faces of the fixed electrode and the movable electrode, at least one of the insulating films having a layered structure of silicon oxide and a dielectric material whose relative permittivity is higher than the relative permittivity of the silicon oxide, and a surface protection film provided one or both of the insulating films and made of a ceramics-based hard film or a carbon-based hard film.

Abstract: An in-vehicle system is disclosed. The in-vehicle system includes a display unit, a navigation apparatus storing therein a first flash player, and an in-vehicle apparatus storing therein a second flash player. The navigation apparatus and the in-vehicle apparatus are provided separately from each other. The first flash player and the second flash player are respectively operable to play back display data so that the display unit displays a display screen made by the play back. The navigation apparatus and the in-vehicle apparatus can respectively perform a process of starting the first flash player and a process of starting the second flash player, independently of each other.

Abstract: To allow formation of an insulation film to be applied even to a glass substrate without depending on a substrate material so as to improve pressure generated by an electrostatic actuator, as well as to achieve improvement in driving stability and driving durability of the electrostatic actuator at a low cost. An electrostatic actuator including an individual electrode formed on a substrate, a vibration plate arranged opposite to the individual electrode via a predetermined gap and a driving means for causing a displacement of the vibration plate by generating an electrostatic force between the individual electrode and the vibration plate includes an insulation film provided on one or both of opposing surfaces of the fixed electrode and the movable electrode and a surface protection film provided on the insulation film. The surface protection film is made of a hard ceramic film or a hard carbon film.

Abstract: A droplet discharging head, includes: a discharging chamber; a plurality of nozzle orifices discharging droplets and each of the plurality of nozzle orifices is communicated with the discharging chamber; an actuator; a vibrating plate provided using a bottom wall of the discharging chamber and displaceably driven by the actuator; and a reservoir commonly communicated with each discharging chamber. The discharging chamber, the actuator, and the reservoir are each segmented on separate planes and stacked in this order in a manner that a projection plane in a direction perpendicular to a formation plane of the reservoir is contained in formation planes of the actuator and the discharging chamber.

Abstract: A droplet discharging head, includes: a discharging chamber; a plurality of nozzle orifices discharging droplets and each of the plurality of nozzle orifices is communicated with the discharging chamber; an actuator; a vibrating plate provided using a bottom wall of the discharging chamber and displaceably driven by the actuator; and a reservoir commonly communicated with each discharging chamber. The discharging chamber, the actuator, and the reservoir are each segmented on separate planes and stacked in this order in a manner that a projection plane in a direction perpendicular to a formation plane of the reservoir is contained in formation planes of the actuator and the discharging chamber.

Abstract: To allow formation of an insulation film to be applied even to a glass substrate without depending on a substrate material so as to improve pressure generated by an electrostatic actuator, as well as to achieve improvement in driving stability and driving durability of the electrostatic actuator at a low cost. [Solving Means] An electrostatic actuator including an individual electrode 5 formed on a substrate, a vibration plate 6 arranged opposite to the individual electrode 5 via a predetermined gap and a driving means for causing a displacement of the vibration plate 6 by generating an electrostatic force between the individual electrode 5 and the vibration plate 6 includes an insulation film 7 provided on one or both of opposing surfaces of the fixed electrode and the movable electrode and a surface protection film 8 provided on the insulation film 7. The surface protection film 8 is made of a hard ceramic film or a hard carbon film.

Abstract: A dermal external pharmaceutical composition that excels in feeling at application or after application and that by enhancing of the transdermal absorption of cyclosporine, exerts medicinal benefits at low concentration. There is provided a liquid crystal emulsion-type pharmaceutical composition comprising cyclosporine, a hydrophilic nonionic surfactant, a lipophilic nonionic surfactant, an oil, a fatty acid that is insoluble in the oil at room temperature, a solid fatty alcohol that is insoluble in the oil at room temperature and a water-soluble polyhydric alcohol that is immiscible with the oil at room temperature, and a method of treating cutaneous diseases with the use of the pharmaceutical composition.

Abstract: A droplet jet head includes a nozzle substrate having a plurality of nozzle holes; a cavity substrate having recesses whose bottoms serve as diaphragms, and the recesses serving as ejection chambers; an electrode substrate having separate electrodes opposed to the diaphragms; a reservoir substrate having a recess serving as a common droplet chamber for supplying droplets to the ejection chambers, through holes for transferring the droplets from the common droplet chamber to the ejection chambers, and nozzle communicating holes for transferring the droplets from the ejection chambers to the nozzle holes; and a driver IC that supplies a driving signal to the separate electrodes. The cavity substrate has a first hole, and the reservoir substrate has a second hole. The first hole and the second hole communicate with each other to form a housing. The driver IC is housed in the housing.

Abstract: Along a region where a scribe line is formed on a surface of a glass substrate 50, a laser spot is continuously applied for heating at a temperature lower than a softening point of the glass substrate 50, and a region in the vicinity of the heated region is cooled. In this manner, a blind crack is formed along a line to be scribed. A detection unit 40 applies light to the blind crack, immediately after formed in the vicinity of to a cooling spot, through an optical fiber 41. When the blind crack has been formed, part of the light is obtained in the optical fiber 41 because of diffuse reflection. Therefore, detection of the level of this reflected light allows checking as to whether the blind crack has been normally formed or not.

Abstract: To provide an electrostatic actuator capable of attaining a large diaphragm displacement by low voltage drive. Furthermore, a droplet discharge head provided with this electrostatic actuator, a method for driving a droplet discharge head, and a method for manufacturing an electrostatic actuator are provided. A diaphragm, an individual electrode facing the diaphragm with a gap therebetween, while a voltage is applied between the diaphragm and the individual electrode, and an insulating film which is disposed on a surface of the diaphragm, the surface facing the individual electrode, are included, wherein the insulating film is converted to an electret.

Abstract: A droplet jet head includes a nozzle substrate having a plurality of nozzle holes; a cavity substrate having recesses whose bottoms serve as diaphragms, and the recesses serving as ejection chambers; an electrode substrate having separate electrodes opposed to the diaphragms; a reservoir substrate having a recess serving as a common droplet chamber for supplying droplets to the ejection chambers, through holes for transferring the droplets from the common droplet chamber to the ejection chambers, and nozzle communicating holes for transferring the droplets from the ejection chambers to the nozzle holes; and a driver IC that supplies a driving signal to the separate electrodes. The cavity substrate has a first hole, and the reservoir substrate has a second hole. The first hole and the second hole communicate with each other to form a housing. The driver IC is housed in the housing.

Abstract: To provide an electrostatic actuator capable of attaining a large diaphragm displacement by low voltage drive. Furthermore, a droplet discharge head provided with this electrostatic actuator, a method for driving a droplet discharge head, and a method for manufacturing an electrostatic actuator are provided. A diaphragm 4, an individual electrode 11 facing the diaphragm 4 with a gap 10 therebetween, while a voltage is applied between the diaphragm 4 and the individual electrode 11, and an insulating film 4a which is disposed on a surface of the diaphragm 4, the surface facing the individual electrode 11, are included, wherein the insulating film 4a is converted to an electret.

Abstract: To provide an electrostatic actuator that generates high pressure under a given voltage and includes an insulating film exhibiting excellent insulation resistance, a droplet discharge head that includes the electrostatic actuator and a method for manufacturing the droplet discharge head, a droplet discharge apparatus that includes the droplet discharge head and has excellent printing performance, and a device that includes the electrostatic actuator and has excellent driving performance. A diaphragm 12, a counter electrode 17 opposite to the diaphragm 12 with a gap interposed therebetween, and an insulating film 16 on a surface of the diaphragm 12 opposite to the counter electrode 17 are included. The insulating film 16 includes at least a dielectric film 16a formed of a substance having a higher relative dielectric constant than silicon oxide.

Abstract: A radiator core support is made by an insert injection molding method. Four core members shaped in a triangular prism are built into a quadric-prism core and inserted into a rectangular tube, an upper radiator core support member. Then, an outwardly pressing member is inserted into a longitudinal slanted hole of the core to move and contact its members to the inner surfaces of the tube. The tube is located in a mold, into which molten molding material is injected. The tube is overmolded at the tops of a hood lock stay, and right and left side support members, being integrally formed out of resin. After cooling, the method includes drawing the pressing member from the core; then the core from the mold; and the molded part is removed from the mold.

Abstract: To provide an electrostatic actuator, etc. which is capable of miniaturizing the size, and preventing moisture, etc. from entering a gap in an effective manner. An electrostatic actuator includes an electrode substrate 10 having individual electrodes 12 as fixed electrodes, and a cavity substrate 20 having diaphragms 22 as movable electrodes which are disposed so as to be opposed to the fixed electrodes 12 with a predetermined distance, and operated due to an electrostatic force occurring between the cavity substrate 20 and the individual electrodes 12. Sealing portions 26a are formed on one of the electrode substrate 10 and the cavity substrate 20, each of the sealing portions 26a has a plurality of sealing layers (a TEOS layer 25a, a moisture permeation preventing layer 25b) laminated one another, and each of the sealing layers is made of a sealing material 25 for isolating a space formed between the individual electrode 12 and the diaphragm 22.

Abstract: [Problems] To allow formation of an insulation film to be applied even to a glass substrate without depending on a substrate material so as to improve pressure generated by an electrostatic actuator, as well as to achieve improvement in driving stability and driving durability of the electrostatic actuator at a low cost. [Solving Means] An electrostatic actuator including an individual electrode 5 formed on a substrate, a vibration plate 6 arranged opposite to the individual electrode 5 via a predetermined gap and a driving means for causing a displacement of the vibration plate 6 by generating an electrostatic force between the individual electrode 5 and the vibration plate 6 includes an insulation film 7 provided on one or both of opposing surfaces of the fixed electrode and the movable electrode and a surface protection film 8 provided on the insulation film 7. The surface protection film 8 is made of a hard ceramic film or a hard carbon film.