Abstract: A method for manufacturing a glass substrate for magnetic disk is provided in which a glass is kept from being fused to a mold during press forming and shape processing to achieve a good circularity is efficiently performed. The method includes: a forming process of forming a disk-shaped glass blank by direct-pressing a molten glass by a pair of dies; and a shape processing process of performing at least one of inner hole formation and outer shape formation for forming a disk-shaped glass substrate by forming a cutting line on the principal face of the glass blank, followed by growing the cutting line to perform cutting. In the forming process, press forming is performed while the temperature of the pair of dies, over a period of time until a molten glass is separated from the die after coming into contact with the die, is set at a temperature lower than a glass transition point (Tg) and a mold release material is not attached to the surfaces of the pair of dies.

Abstract: A method for manufacturing a glass substrate for magnetic disk is provided in which a glass is kept from being fused to a mold during press forming and shape processing to achieve a good circularity is efficiently performed. The method includes: a forming process of forming a disk-shaped glass blank by direct-pressing a molten glass by a pair of dies; and a shape processing process of performing at least one of inner hole formation and outer shape formation for forming a disk-shaped glass substrate by forming a cutting line on the principal face of the glass blank, followed by growing the cutting line to perform cutting. In the forming process, press forming is performed while the temperature of the pair of dies, over a period of time until a molten glass is separated from the die after coming into contact with the die, is set at a temperature lower than a glass transition point (Tg) and a mold release material is not attached to the surfaces of the pair of dies.

Abstract: A method for cutting a sapphire substrate whose A plane functions as a main surface is carried out after forming a semiconductor device or in order to form a device. Here a just A plane of the sapphire substrate is represented by a (11-20) plane, a line of intersection of the main surface and at least one of a (10-12) plane and a (0-112) plane is defined as a base line and a direction which an angle decreases as it reaches the axis c is defined as a positive direction. In that case, a separation line is formed along a first direction which makes an angle of 0 to 4 degrees with the line of intersection and a second direction which is perpendicular to the first direction.

Abstract: An arm rest mounted to an arm rest support portion of a trim assembly, includes a substrate and a pad on the substrate. The substrate has an energy absorbing structure adapted to be collapsible in a predetermined direction in response to application of a load to the arm rest in the predetermined direction. The energy absorbing structure of a generally honeycomb shape includes a plurality of ribs interconnected to define a plurality of openings. Resilient pawls and a resilient clip are disposed on the substrate to be engaged with peripheral edges of insertion holes of the arm rest support portion.

Abstract: An interior member on a side wall of a passenger room is formed with an arm rest body projecting inwardly of the passenger room and has a placed member on an upside part of the arm rest body for providing a place for an arm of the passenger to be put thereon, the placed member being detachably attached to the arm rest body and lockingly engaged therewith by an engagement mechanism having lock pawls integral with the placed member and engaged with an edge of an opening formed in the upside part of the arm rest device and ribs integral with the placed member and brought into abutment with the edge of the opening so that, as a primary collision has happened at a lateral side of vehicle, a secondary collision load of the passenger imposed on the arm rest body forces the placed member to be released from the locking engagement by the engagement mechanism.

Abstract: An optical wavelength stabilizing system including a laser diode for emitting signal light, a Peltier element for controlling a temperature of the laser diode, and a drive circuit for driving the Peltier element. The signal light is branched into two components by an optical coupler. In an optical path of one of the two components obtained by the optical coupler, there is inserted an optical filter having a portion whose transmittance continuously changes according to wavelength. The signal light component passed through the portion of the optical filter is detected by a photodetector. An output current from the photodetector is converted into a voltage, which is then input into a comparator. The comparator compares the voltage output from the photodetector and a reference voltage to input a voltage difference therebetween into the drive circuit.

Abstract: In an image processor using image data compression coding of a fixed compression rate, the data of one color of image data is stored in a coding memory without coding, if compression coding is not necessary. If the compression coding is necessary, the data is coded by an encoder by compression coding with a compression rate of 4, and the coded data of four colors, i.e. cyan, magenta, yellow and black, are stored in the coding memory. Since the image data is compressed by a fixed compression rate, it is possible to estimate the quantity of data after compression. As a result, the coding memory can be used effectively, without using a fixed disc unit.

Abstract: An image processing device comprises an encoder for encoding inputted image data in the form of fixed length compression. The encoded data encoded in the form of the fixed length compression by the encoder is stored in a hard disk through an encoded data buffer which is a toggle buffer. Accordingly, the image data can be stored in the hard disk at a constant speed, and a capacity of the encoded data buffer can be minimized since the data amount after data compression is decided. As a result, it is not necessary to provide a semiconductor memory corresponding to storage of one screen, so that a low cost image processing device is obtained.

Abstract: A method of simulating a color image. Firstly, images are displayed and printed, respectively, by means of display device and hard copy unit on the basis of the same image data. Secondly, the image data are subjected to a color conversion process by the use of color conversion parameters having different values from one another, and a plurality of processed images are displayed by the display device. Moreover, from among the processed images being currently displayed there is selected a processed image having substantially the same colors as the image recorded by the hard copy unit, to thereby set the value of the color conversion parameter. Subsequently, a color conversion parameter representing an inverse conversion to the color conversion by way of color conversion parameter which has been set is set into the hard copy unit to thereby print the image based on said image data.

Abstract: A method of simulating a color image. Firstly, images are displayed and printed, respectively, by means of display device and hard copy unit on the basis of the same image data. Secondly, the image data are subjected to a color conversion process by the use of color conversion parameters having different values from one another, and a plurality of processed images are displayed by the display device. Moreover, from among the processed images being currently displayed there is selected a processed image having substantially the same colors as the image recorded by the hard copy unit, to thereby set the value of the color conversion parameter. Subsequently, a color conversion parameter representing an inverse conversion to the color conversion by way of color conversion parameter which has been set is set into the hard copy unit to thereby print the image based on said image data.

Abstract: An electric field absorption light modulation unit includes a light emission device for emitting light and a modulation device for varying a light transmittance thereof of light applied by the light emission device so as to provide the light as a result of modifying thereof. A driving signal generating unit coupled with the electric field absorption light modulation unit generates a driving signal to be applied to the modulation device from an input information signal by making the modulation device vary the light transmittance thereof, and the driving signal generating unit provides the driving signal so that the driving signal in a fluctuation range in which an undesirable level fluctuation may be present, corresponds to a constant working range of the modulation device, the light transmittance thereof staying at a constant value in the constant working range.

Abstract: There are provided a memory for storing data for calculation of approximate temperature compensation data for the address data outside the temperature compensation range; a discriminator for discriminating whether the address data corresponding to the output from a temperature detector is within the temperature compensation range; a latch circuit for latching the data for calculation of approximate temperature compensation data at the start of operation; a calculator for calculating the approximate temperature compensation data in accordance with the latched data and the address data. The approximate temperature compensation data calculated by the calculator is output as a temperature compensation data when the discriminator discriminates that the address data is outside the temperature compensation range, and D/A converted the temperature compensation. The converted output is used as an oscillation frequency control voltage of the crystal oscillator.

Abstract: A multi-gradation heat sensitive transfer medium for use in multi-gradation thermal transfer for adjusting the density of a transfer print image by superimposing ink layers on a recording medium a plurality of times by thermal transfer, which comprises a foundation and ink layers provided thereon, each of said ink layers containing a color pigment having a high transparency and a high tinting strength in an amount smaller than sufficient to provide a maximal degree of reflection density, and each of said ink layers having a light transmittance of not less than about 65% in a region where the color pigment does not have any absorption band. By superimposing the ink layers of the transfer medium on a recording medium a plurality of times, there is obtained a clear print image having a multiplicity of gradations.

Abstract: In a monostable multivibrator including a gate circuit having at least two inputs where an input signal is applied to a first one of the two inputs and a feedback signal to the other input, a differentiator circuit responsive to the output from the gate circuit, a differential inverter including a current switching circuit where an output load is connected to the collector of the output transistor for deriving an output signal, the improvement comprising an AC grounded base transistor connected in series between the collector of the second transistor and the output load.Even when a low-pass filter is connected to the output load of the above multivibrator, the output signal thereof is stabilized which is important when the multivibrator is used in combination with a low-pass filter in an FM receiver pulse count demodulating circuit.

Abstract: A photographic apparatus for producing a visible image of an original on a photosensitive film mounted on a slide mount. The apparatus has a supporting structure for supporting a film at a processing position, a film supplying apparatus for supplying a film to the processing position, a processing unit to travel across the film held at the processing position and an optical system for projecting an image of the original onto the processing position. The processing unit includes a charger, exposure window, developing device, drier and a film kicker. The film held at the processing position is charged, exposed, developed and dried during the forward movement of the processing unit and is discharged from the processing position during backward movement of the processing unit by the kicker.

Abstract: An apparatus in which a charger, three developer units and a dryer are mounted on a table reciprocally movable relative to an electrophotographic film for subjecting the film to three cycles of processing each constituting charging, exposing, developing and drying in this recited order so as to produce a color image on the film. The developer units to be operated for the respective cycles are switched by shifting the position of the developer operating means relative to the position of the developer units by the movement of the table. Thereby, a color image can be automatically obtained yet the apparatus is compact and simple in construction.

Abstract: A photosensitive plate includes a transparent electrode layer, a transparent carrier blocking layer of polyvinyl carbazole and a P type photoconductive layer superposed on one another and opposed to a dielectric recording medium with a gap therebetween. While a recording voltage is applied across the electrode layer and recording medium with positive polarity being imparted to the electrode layer, an imaging light irradiates the photoconductive layer to transfer a corresponding electrostatic latent image formed on that layer to the recording medium across the gap. For an N type photoconductive layer, a negative polarity is imparted to the electrode layer.