Abstract: A remaining amount estimation device estimates the remaining amount of wire on a wire bobbin on which a wire electrode has been wound and comprises: an acquisition unit that acquires a first rotational position for the wire bobbin and a second rotational position for a delivery roller that delivers the wire electrode; and a first estimation computation unit that estimates the remaining amount of wire using the ratio of the rotation amount of the wire bobbin and the delivery roller at each of a start time and an end time of a prescribed time period and the total rotation amount that the delivery roller has rotated during the prescribed time period.

Abstract: A wire electrical discharge machining system includes: an electrode motion control unit for moving a wire electrode while keeping the wire electrode parallel to Z1-axis and bring the wire electrode into contact with a reference piece, and moving the wire electrode while keeping the wire electrode inclined with respect to the Z1-axis and bring the wire electrode into contact with the reference piece; an electrode position acquiring unit for acquiring a position of the wire electrode in an X1Y1Z1 orthogonal coordinate system when the wire electrode touches the reference piece; a piece position acquiring unit for acquiring a piece position of the reference piece in an X2Y2Z2 orthogonal coordinate system when the wire electrode touches the reference piece; and a relative positional relationship calculator for calculating a coordinate system relative positional relationship, based on the acquired positions.

Abstract: A wire electric discharge machine with tension monitoring function comprising a tension generation unit configured to generate tension in the wire electrode, a first tension measurement unit set on the wire electrode and configured to measure tension, and a tension control unit configured to feedback tension value measured by the first tension measurement unit and output tension command value to the tension generation unit such that the tension value is equal to a target value, wherein a warning signal is configured to be generated when the tension command value output by the tension control unit is not within a set range corresponding to the target value of the tension.

Abstract: A wire electrical discharge machining system includes: an electrode motion control unit for moving a wire electrode while keeping the wire electrode parallel to Z1-axis and bring the wire electrode into contact with a reference piece, and moving the wire electrode while keeping the wire electrode inclined with respect to the Z1-axis and bring the wire electrode into contact with the reference piece; an electrode position acquiring unit for acquiring a position of the wire electrode in an X1Y1Z1 orthogonal coordinate system when the wire electrode touches the reference piece; a piece position acquiring unit for acquiring a piece position of the reference piece in an X2Y2Z2 orthogonal coordinate system when the wire electrode touches the reference piece; and a relative positional relationship calculator for calculating a coordinate system relative positional relationship, based on the acquired positions.

Abstract: An electrical discharge machine of the present invention is provided with a machining tank stored with a machining fluid in which a workpiece is immersed for electrical discharge machining, a reservoir unit configured to store the machining fluid in order to supply to and recover the machining fluid from the machining tank, a machining tank non-storage condition detecting unit configured to detect that the machining fluid is not stored in the machining tank, an addable amount specifying unit configured to specify the amount of the machining fluid stored in the reservoir unit when it is detected that the machining fluid is not stored in the machining tank and specify an addable amount, which is an addable machining fluid amount, based on the capacity of the reservoir unit and the amount of the machining fluid stored in the reservoir unit, and a machining fluid adding unit configured to add the machining fluid in the addable amount or less.

Abstract: An electrical discharge machine includes: a work tank to store the working fluid in order to perform electrical discharge machining; a sound collector to collect sound generated by electrical discharge machining and transmitted through the working fluid stored in the work tank; and a controller to perform a predetermined operation based on sound information collected by the sound collector.

Abstract: An electrical discharge machine of the present invention is provided with a machining tank stored with a machining fluid in which a workpiece is immersed for electrical discharge machining, a reservoir unit configured to store the machining fluid in order to supply to and recover the machining fluid from the machining tank, a machining tank non-storage condition detecting unit configured to detect that the machining fluid is not stored in the machining tank, an addable amount specifying unit configured to specify the amount of the machining fluid stored in the reservoir unit when it is detected that the machining fluid is not stored in the machining tank and specify an addable amount, which is an addable machining fluid amount, based on the capacity of the reservoir unit and the amount of the machining fluid stored in the reservoir unit, and a machining fluid adding unit configured to add the machining fluid in the addable amount or less.

Abstract: A wire electric discharge machine with tension monitoring function comprising a tension generation unit configured to generate tension in the wire electrode, a first tension measurement unit set on the wire electrode and configured to measure tension, and a tension control unit configured to feedback tension value measured by the first tension measurement unit and output tension command value to the tension generation unit such that the tension value is equal to a target value, wherein a warning signal is configured to be generated when the tension command value output by the tension control unit is not within a set range corresponding to the target value of the tension.

Abstract: A capacitive physical quantity detection device comprising a plurality of capacitive physical quantity sensors, wherein each sensor includes: a detection unit having a movable electrode and a fixed electrode; a C-V conversion circuit having a differential amplifier circuit, wherein a first input terminal of the differential amplifier circuit is coupled with the movable electrode, a second input terminal of the differential amplifier circuit inputs a reference voltage and a self-diagnosis voltage therein during a normal operation and a self-diagnosis operation, respectively, and the C-V conversion circuit outputs an output voltage; and a signal processing circuit that performs a signal processing of the output voltage, wherein the reference voltage in each sensor is substantially the same, the plurality of sensors performs the self-diagnosis operation simultaneously, and the self-diagnosis voltage in one of the sensors is a first self-diagnosis voltage that is different in magnitude from the self-diagnosis vol

Abstract: A capacitive physical quantity detection device comprises: a plurality of capacitive physical quantity sensors, wherein each sensor including: a detection unit having a movable electrode and a fixed electrode; a C-V conversion circuit having a differential amplifier circuit, wherein a first input terminal of the differential amplifier circuit is coupled with the movable electrode, a second input terminal of the differential amplifier circuit inputs a reference voltage and a self-diagnosis voltage therein during a normal operation and a self-diagnosis operation, respectively, and the C-V conversion circuit outputs an output voltage; and a signal processing circuit that performs a signal processing of the output voltage, wherein the reference voltage in each sensor is almost the same, the plurality of sensors performs the self-diagnosis operation simultaneously, the self-diagnosis voltage in one of the sensors is a first self-diagnosis voltage is different from the self-diagnosis voltage in another one of the s

Abstract: An internal bus testing device for a semiconductor integrated circuit in which an internal bus control circuit and a plurality of modules are linked by a plurality of internal buses. The internal bus testing device includes an area selector which causes the internal bus control circuit to select an address area corresponding to one of the plurality of internal buses. An area address setting unit sets the internal bus control circuit in an internal bus test mode in response to an internal bus test start signal, the area address setting unit storing a state setting signal and a predetermined address value indicating the address area. A control unit supplies, at a start of an internal bus test, the address value from the area address setting unit to the area selector by transmitting the state setting signal from the area address setting unit to the area selector.

Abstract: An object of the present invention is to provide a security system, a portable electronic device and a security method, capable of efficiently controlling the states of a plurality of information devices, using at least one portable electronic device. The security system comprises a portable electronic device including a first storage unit in which an unique identification data is stored and a first transmission unit that transmits the identification data, and information device including a receiving unit that receives the identification data from the portable electronic device, a second transmission unit that transmits data over a network, a second storage unit in which predetermined identification data and the address of the other information device are stored, and a control unit that transmits a use enabling signal to the address over the network when the identification data corresponds with the predetermined identification data.

Abstract: An internal bus testing device for a semiconductor integrated circuit in which an internal bus control circuit and a plurality of modules are linked by a plurality of internal buses. The internal bus testing device includes an area selector which causes the internal bus control circuit to select an address area corresponding to one of the plurality of internal buses. An area address setting unit sets the internal bus control circuit in an internal bus test mode in response to an internal bus test start signal, the area address setting unit storing a state setting signal and a predetermined address value indicating the address area. A control unit supplies, at a start of an internal bus test, the address value from the area address setting unit to the area selector by transmitting the state setting signal from the area address setting unit to the area selector.

Abstract: This invention relates to switching-over to a higher speed clock from a lower speed clock. The switching-over of the clock is performed before, after, or simultaneously to a transition to a sleep mode is carried out. After the switching-over of the clock is performed, if oscillation of the high speed clock and an internal voltage are stabilized, it is returned to a normal mode from the sleep mode.

Abstract: This invention relates to switching-over to a higher speed clock from a lower speed clock. The switching-over of the clock is performed before, after, or simultaneously to a transition to a sleep mode is carried out. After the switching-over of the clock is performed, if oscillation of the high speed clock and an internal voltage are stabilized, it is returned to a normal mode from the sleep mode.