Abstract: The present invention provides a solid-state camera device which can improve both the shading caused by the eclipse of the incident light and the shading cased by the rim darkening. The present solid-state camera device comprises a plurality of light-receiving parts 1 arranged at a constant interval on a substrate, and a plurality of light-focusing parts 2 disposed corresponding to each of the light-receiving parts on the substrate surface so that the incident light is focused on the light-receiving parts. Further, the position of each of the light-focusing parts is shifted gradually larger toward the center of the camera region O based on the corresponding light-receiving parts and the size along the substrate surface of each of the light-focusing parts 2, W1?, . . .

Abstract: An IC package is guided to the proper position therefore on a mounting surface of an IC socket with good mounting workability, while preventing buckling and deformation of contacts. In addition, a guide member is enabled to be urged upward stably, without increasing the number of parts. The IC socket includes: an insulative housing that holds a plurality of contacts; a cover plate; and a lever. A guide member, which includes: a pair of guide rails for guiding the IC package; and a link member for linking the guide rails to each other, is attached to the housing. Spring arms for urging the guide member upward are provided on the guide rails and the link member. Regulating members that regulate upward movement of the guide member at a position, where the guided IC package does not contact the electrical contacts, are provided on the housing and the guide member.

Abstract: The present invention provides a digital camera in which the start-up time which is from when a power source is turned on until the digital camera is in a state in which photographing is possible is short. A DC motor and a stepping motor are driven simultaneously. A cord plate which is provided in advance at an outer circumferential surface of a rotating cylinder is detected. Then, the stepping motor is driven to move the focus lens by a movement amount corresponding to a detected range of the cord plate. When the setting of various types of components necessary for photographing other than the lens groups has finished, even if the zoom lens groups (forward lens group and backward lens group) are moving to their home positions, the digital camera is in a state in which photographing is possible.

Abstract: One objective of the present invention is to provide appropriate load control in accordance with processing times required for transactions, on individual application servers, in an information system that includes a plurality of application servers and a database server. The present invention provides an information system that includes: a process time monitoring unit, for monitoring processing time required for the application program to process a transaction received by an application server; a bottleneck identification unit, for identifying, based on monitoring results of processing time, a bottleneck in at least one of the plurality of application servers if the processing time is not within a predesignated permissible range; and a load controller, for reducing a multiplicity of the application program on an application server identified as having a bottleneck.

Abstract: The present invention provides an information processing device comprising: a storage device which stores a group of data including language data corresponding to a plurality of languages, a language selection device which selects a language used for an operation of the information processing device among the plurality of languages based on an operation input from an operator, and a data deletion device which deletes unselected language data other than language data corresponding to the selected language among the language data stored in the storage device to increase free capacity of the storage device. According to the information processing device of the present invention, free capacity of the storage device can be increased and storage capacity can be effectively utilized by deleting the language data (unselected language data) corresponding to the languages which were not selected as the language used for an operation of the information processing device.

Abstract: An IC package is guided to the proper position therefore on a mounting surface of an IC socket with good mounting workability, while preventing buckling and deformation of contacts. In addition, a guide member is enabled to be urged upward stably, without increasing the number of parts. The IC socket includes: an insulative housing that holds a plurality of contacts; a cover plate; and a lever. A guide member, which includes: a pair of guide rails for guiding the IC package; and a link member for linking the guide rails to each other, is attached to the housing. Spring arms for urging the guide member upward are provided on the guide rails and the link member. Regulating members that regulate upward movement of the guide member at a position, where the guided IC package does not contact the electrical contacts, are provided on the housing and the guide member.

Abstract: A busbar (10) has a plurality of straight portions (14) circumferentially arranged at intervals. Several such busbars (10) are tied at a plurality of circumferential spaced positions by connecting the straight positions (14) in parallel with one another. The, the busbars (10) can be positioned with high precision and will not be circumferentially displaced from each other. This can avoid the deviation of intervals between the tabs (16) and those between terminals (18) from correct ones.

Abstract: The present invention provides photocatalysts showing excellent sensitivity not only in ultraviolet light region but also in visible light region. The ultraviolet and visible light-sensitive titania-based photocatalysts according to the present invention are characterized by their composition as expressed by a general formula: TiSixNyO2+2x?y (where 0.01<x<1 and 0.003<y<0.3). The invented photocatalysts have optical properties that the relative absorbance at 450 nm to that of 300 nm is not lower than 0.1 and the relative absorbance at 600 nm to that of 300 nm is not higher than 0.1.

Abstract: The present invention provides a digital camera which can adjust the start-up time in accordance with an amount of an electric energy of a power source being used at the time. The electric energy of the power source and the type thereof are determined on the basis of a voltage value of the power source which is inputted via a bus (steps 202, 206 and 218). If it is determined that the amount of the electric energy of the power source is large, the DC motor and the stepping motor are driven simultaneously so as to reduce the start-up time. If it is determined that the amount of the electric energy of the power source is small, the DC motor and the stepping motor are sequentially driven to save the electric energy.

Abstract: A method and system for managing server load to execute groups of transactions of an application program on N servers. A condition, ascertained for each transaction group, is that a current value of global multiplicity is not or is, respectively, less than a specified maximum value of global multiplicity. For each transaction group, an instruction is or is not issued to each server to change a current value of the maximum permitted local multiplicity for each server to a new value of the maximum permitted local multiplicity. For each transaction group: global multiplicity denotes a number of transactions concurrently performed by the N servers collectively; and local multiplicity for each server denotes a number of transactions concurrently performed by each server. The issuing or not issuing depends on the ascertained condition and whether the current value of the maximum local multiplicity is a default value for each server.

Abstract: A board mounted electrical connector includes signal contacts, grounding contacts, and an insulative housing for holding the signal contacts and the grounding contacts. At least one pair of signal contacts and a grounding contact corresponding to the pair of signal contacts are arranged in two rows at an engagement portion of the insulative hosing. Leg portions of the signal contacts and the grounding contacts, which are to be mounted onto a circuit board, are arranged in three rows at positions closest to an engagement surface of the insulative housing to positions furthest from the engagement surface. Leg portions of the grounding contacts are provided in the first row closest to the engagement surface.

Abstract: The invention has as an object providing a two-block heat exchanger that can improve the heat exchange capacity by distributing the refrigerant evenly in the refrigerant path. The invention is a two-block heat exchanger, and the refrigerant distribution part provides two separate refrigerant paths R1 and R2 through which the refrigerant flows and an opening provided at both of the respective ends of these refrigerant paths R1 and R1. Among the two refrigerant paths R1 and R2, the open end of the space Sout 1 (refrigerant circulation space) on the exit side formed by the one opening of the one refrigerant path R1 is connected to the open end of the space Sin 2 (refrigerant circulation space) on the entrance side formed by one opening of the other refrigerant path R2. After the refrigerant flows into the refrigerant path R1 of each refrigerant distribution part, and refrigerant flows through the refrigerant path R2 of each of the refrigerant distribution parts.

Abstract: A land grid array socket comprises an insulative housing having a plurality of contacts. The insulative housing has a top surface for receiving a land grid array package. A cover member is pivotally mounted on a first end of the insulative housing. The cover member is pivotal between an open position and a closed position where the cover member presses the land grid array package toward the top surface of the insulative housing so that the land grid array package electrically connects to the contacts. A lever is pivotally mounted on a second end of the insulative housing. The lever has a locking portion for locking the cover member in the closed position. A metallic reinforcing plate is positioned on a bottom surface of the housing. The metallic reinforcing plate extends between the first end and the second end of the insulative housing.

Abstract: The present invention provides photocatalysts showing excellent sensitivity not only in ultraviolet light region but also in visible light region. The ultraviolet and visible light-sensitive titania-based photocatalysts according to the present invention are characterized by their composition as expressed by a general formula: TiSixNyO2+2x?y (where 0.01<x<1 and 0.003<y<0.3). The invented photocatalysts have optical properties that the relative absorbance at 450 nm to that of 300 nm is not lower than 0.1 and the relative absorbance at 600 nm to that of 300 nm is not higher than 0.1.

Abstract: An IC package is guided to the proper position therefore on a mounting surface of an IC socket with good mounting workability, while preventing buckling and deformation of contacts. In addition, a guide member is enabled to be urged upward stably, without increasing the number of parts. The IC socket includes: an insulative housing that holds a plurality of contacts; a cover plate; and a lever. A guide member, which includes: a pair of guide rails for guiding the IC package; and a link member for linking the guide rails to each other, is attached to the housing. Spring arms for urging the guide member upward are provided on the guide rails and the link member. Regulating members that regulate upward movement of the guide member at a position, where the guided IC package does not contact the electrical contacts, are provided on the housing and the guide member.

Abstract: A board mounted electrical connector includes signal contacts, grounding contacts, and an insulative housing for holding the signal contacts and the grounding contacts. At least one pair of signal contacts and a grounding contact corresponding to the pair of signal contacts are arranged in two rows at an engagement portion of the insulative hosing. Leg portions of the signal contacts and the grounding contacts, which are to be mounted onto a circuit board, are arranged in three rows at positions closest to an engagement surface of the insulative housing to positions furthest from the engagement surface. Leg portions of the grounding contacts are provided in the first row closest to the engagement surface.

Abstract: Solder balls are offset in the horizontal direction from fixing portions while their positional accuracy is ensured, and signal paths are shortened in a ball grid array IC socket. Contacts fixed to contact hosing apertures of a housing include base portions, contact arms, and terminal portions that extend from the lower ends of the base portions toward a circuit board. The contact arms protrude so as to extend upward and then are bent unidirectionally. The terminal portions are constituted by transition portions that link solder ball pads to the base portions, while offsetting the solder ball pads in the same direction as the contact arms. The transition portions include vertical portions which are substantially perpendicular to the solder ball pads or inclined portions angled upwardly from the solder ball pads. The vertical or inclined portions prevent movement of the solder balls, thereby preventing positional misalignment and deformation thereof.

Abstract: The present invention provides a solid-state camera device which can improve both the shading caused by the eclipse of the incident light and the shading cased by the rim darkening. The present solid-state camera device comprises a plurality of light-receiving parts 1 arranged at a constant interval on a substrate, and a plurality of light-focusing parts 2 disposed corresponding to each of the light-receiving parts on the substrate surface so that the incident light is focused on the light-receiving parts. Further, the position of each of the light-focusing parts is shifted gradually larger toward the center of the camera region O based on the corresponding light-receiving parts and the size along the substrate surface of each of the light-focusing parts 2, W1?, . . .

Abstract: An electrical connector assembly, a receptacle connector and a plug connector are provided, wherein a comparatively low engagement holding force is maintained over an extremely large number of insertions and extractions. The outer appearances of the connectors are also maintained by preventing marks, due to the insertion and extraction. The electrical connector assembly comprises the receptacle connector and the plug connector. The receptacle connector and the plug connector respectively comprise locking portions that lock to each other with a low engagement holding force during engagement. The receptacle connector further comprises press contacting protrusions, for frictionally contacting the plug connector, and serves to prevent extraction.

Abstract: Solder balls are offset in the horizontal direction from fixing portions while their positional accuracy is ensured, and signal paths are shortened in a ball grid array IC socket. Contacts fixed to contact hosing apertures of a housing include base portions, contact arms, and terminal portions that extend from the lower ends of the base portions toward a circuit board. The contact arms protrude so as to extend upward and then are bent unidirectionally. The terminal portions are constituted by transition portions that link solder ball pads to the base portions, while offsetting the solder ball pads in the same direction as the contact arms. The transition portions include vertical portions which are substantially perpendicular to the solder ball pads or inclined portions angled upwardly from the solder ball pads. The vertical or inclined portions prevent movement of the solder balls, thereby preventing positional misalignment and deformation thereof.