Abstract: In a method for obtaining hardware resource, one of the hardware resources in the system, which resources have not been obtained, is obtained for the resource usage of a hardware resource obtaining request, when each use rate of the hardware resources, which have been obtained and which resource usages are identical with that of the hardware resource obtaining request exceeds a predetermined threshold.

Abstract: A storage conveyor for a hybrid carrying truck is disclosed wherein construction of a carrying line at a site can be achieved simply and at a low cost without precise construction and smooth carrying and easy transfer between adjacent carrying apparatus of different types from each other can be achieved. The storage conveyor for a hybrid carrying truck carries a hybrid carrying truck which includes a pair of left and right skid members and two pairs of traveling wheels disposed at front and rear positions on the left and right sides thereof, and includes a plurality of conveyor units connected to each other in a carrying direction.

Abstract: The invention concerns a hole-punching processor that forms punched-holes, for binding sheets into a file, on the sheets, which are ejected after images are formed on them from an image forming apparatus such as, for example, a copying machine, a printer, a facsimile machine or a compound machine thereof. The hole-punching processor forms a punched-hole on a sheet residing in a conveying path for conveying the sheet through the hole-punching processor. The hole-punching processor includes a hole-punching device being movable in a direction perpendicular to a conveyance direction of the sheet and a sheet-edge detector to detect a side-edge of the sheet in a direction parallel to the conveyance direction of the sheet. The hole-punching device moves with the sheet-edge detector to a center of the sheet, based on positional information of the side-edge detected by the sheet-edge detector, to punch a hole in the sheet.

Abstract: A clock supply circuit capable of supplying clock signals having different frequencies to processing circuits, simplifying the circuit configuration, and realizing a reduction of the power consumption only by using a low frequency external oscillator, wherein a reference clock is multiplied by a multiplication circuit to generate a multiplied clock, the multiplied clock is divided by a predetermined division ratio to generate a clock signal having a desired constant frequency by a receiving clock generating circuit, furthermore, a DSP clock generating circuit generates a clock signal having a variable frequency according to a processing load of a DSP in accordance with a judgment result of a load judgment circuit, so it is possible to supply a clock signal maintained synchronization with received signal as well as a clock signal having a frequency variably controlled in accordance with the processing load.

Abstract: A general purpose register stores a 16-bit fixed length instruction. A bypass circuit speedily outputs the result of a comparison instruction when the next conditional branch instruction is executed. An ALU performs a logic process and so forth. A high speed multiplying device/high speed dividing device performs an arithmetic operation at high speed. An address calculating portion calculates an address. An instruction decoder/pipeline controlling portion decodes an instruction and controls a pipeline. A dedicated control register is used as an interrupt stack pointer or the like. An interrupt controller performs a multiple interrupt process. A coprocessor bus is disposed independently from a data bus.

Abstract: A one-chip microcomputer including a Reduced Instruction Set Computer (RISC) type processor and one or more coprocessors for performing processes independent from said RISC type processor. The RISC type processor is coupled to the coprocessors via a coprocessor bus and is provided with a bypass circuit which facilitates execution of conditional branch instructions.

Abstract: A RISC type microprocessor for implementing multi-stage pipeline processing. The RISC type microprocessor includes mode allocating means, interrupt controlling means and a jump instruction table. The mode allocating means is used for allocating a first mode for cyclically executing processes corresponding to a plurality of interrupts at predetermined intervals or a second mode for successively executing the processes corresponding to the interrupts. The interrupt controlling means is used for controlling the interrupts corresponding to the mode allocated by the mode allocating means, and is operable to save particular information to a stack upon occurrence of an interrupt and to fetch the particular information from the stack upon completion of the interrupt process. The jump instruction table is used in processing interrupts without stopping the multi-stage pipeline processing.

Abstract: A 32-bit RISC processor is disclosed. The bit length of the instruction set is fixed to 16 bits. SLIL and SLIH instructions that cause the address space of 4 Gbytes to be limited to upper 2 Mbytes and that execute a long type register branch instruction are provided. Thus, a register branch instruction can be executed with three instructions rather than five instructions unlike with a related art reference.

Abstract: It is an object of the invention to provide a wheel bearing having a hub which can be worked without requiring different jigs and the like depending on the position to be worked, in which it is not required to dispose a dog or the like, and which is reduced in weight.In a wheel bearing comprising a hub which is to be fixed to the side of a wheel, and an outer race which is to be fixed to the side of a vehicle body, a noncircular hole is formed in a center area of an inner side of an annular portion which is formed in the vicinity of the root of the flange of the hub which constitutes the wheel bearing, and in a side opposite to the shaft body in the axial direction.

Abstract: An information processing apparatus including a Global Positioning System (GPS) receiver for receiving a radio wave from a GPS satellite and a Reduced Instruction Set Computer (RISC) type microprocessor for processing signals corresponding to the radio wave received by the GPS receiver. The GPS receiver and RISC type microprocessor are incorporated into a single integrated circuit chip, and the RISC type microprocessor is provided with a bypass circuit which facilitates the execution of conditional branch instructions.

Abstract: A wheel bearing device is provided in which the cutting amounts of end faces in a simultaneous process substantially balance with each other, so that a polishing process is facilitated and the tightening axial force of a nut can be stabilized.A wheel bearing device has an outer race which serves also as a housing; an inner race which serves also as a shaft; an inner race member which is fittingly fixed to the shaft which is the inner race; rolling elements and a cage which are disposed in an annular space between the outer race, and the inner race and the inner race member; and a nut which fixes the inner race member to the inner race by an axial force. In the wheel bearing device, the inner race member is formed so that the area of an end face abutting against a step portion of the shaft of the inner race is substantially equal to the area of an end face abutting against a bearing surface of the nut.

Abstract: A copying machine equipped with an automatic document feeding device has a document stacker on which a plurality of documents can be stacked, a feeding section in which a sheet of document is separated from plural documents stacked on the document stacker and is fed to an image reading section, a conveyance section in which the document fed to the image reading section is conveyed and is stopped at a predetermined image reading position and then the document, after being read, is conveyed, and a sheet-ejecting section which is located at the downstream side in the conveyance direction from the image feeding section and ejects the document fed out of the conveyance section to a delivery tray. A document trailing edge detector is provided on the document stacker, a pass of the trailing edge of the last document on the document stacker is detected, and detection signals therefrom are sent to a main body of the copying machine to control a sheet feeding of the sheet feeding section of the copying machine.

Abstract: An acceleration sensor assembly is shown, which comprises a base board; a ceramic plate bonded to the base board, the ceramic plate having predetermined circuits printed thereon; an operational amplifier in the shape of Silicon-chip, the amplifier being mounted on the ceramic plate; an acceleration sensor proper mounted on the ceramic plate, the sensor proper being of a piezoresistance semiconductor type; a first group of bonding wires through which the operational amplifier and the circuits are connected; and a second group of bonding wires through which the acceleration sensor proper and the circuits are connected. In order to facilitate the bonding connection of the bonding wires to their associated parts, the bonding wires of the first and second groups are identical in diameter.

Abstract: A piezoelectric sensor for monitoring the kinetic momentum of a movable member has a piezoelectric sensor assembly composed of a flexible plate member having at least one plane surface and a piezoelectric element fitted onto the plane surface of the flexible plate. A mass weight member rigidly attached to the piezoelectric sensor assembly for movement therewith, the mass weight member being so configurated and arranged as to exert oscillation energy thereof essentially around the center axis of the piezoelectric sensor assembly. Exertion of vibration or oscillation energy of the mass weight member essentially around the center axis of the sensor assembly may cause greater deformation in the sensor assembly for higher sensor output.

Abstract: A vehicle control system in accordance with the present invention permits a vehicle to move only in the case where both of a device for detecting the content of a signal for directing the travelling speed of the vehicle transmitted from the trackside and a device for detecting the presence of the above signal perform detecting operations. The apparatus also comprises a device for detecting an abnormal operation of both the above mentioned devices, so that a runaway of the vehicle can be avoided. In addition, a voltage signal can be used for detecting the speed, and the vehicle can be controlled by means of a set of two signal lines, resulting in a reduction in the amount of equipment.

Abstract: A process for preparing granular sorbic acid by adding water and/or a lower alkyl alcohol to powdery sorbic acid, kneading the resulting mixture under specific conditions to give a uniformly wetted powder, supplying the wetted powder to a screw type extruding machine, extruding the wetted powder through a perforated-cylinder die under specific conditions to give a vermicelli-like extrudate, and drying the extrudate. The obtained granules have sufficient rigidity and can be easily powdered by a mechanical action. When starch is added together with water and/or a lower alkyl alcohol, more rigid granules, but able to be easily powdered by a mechanical action such as agitation, are obtained.