Abstract: When a number of unprocessed compressed images stored in a storage area is smaller than a threshold, the compressed image acquired from the storage area is decoded. When the number of unprocessed compressed images stored in the storage area is greater than the threshold, and when an image type of the compressed image is a predetermined type, the compressed image acquired from the storage area is decoded. When the number of unprocessed compressed images stored in the storage area is greater than the threshold, and when an image type of the compressed image is not the predetermined type, the compressed image acquired from the storage area is not decoded.

Abstract: The present invention provides a variable valve mechanism of an internal combustion engine, which includes a rocker arm that includes a roller arm including a roller that rotatably abuts against a cam and a side arm provided at a side of the roller arm and that drives a valve, and a switching device that includes a switching pin and a hydraulic chamber provided inside the rocker arm and that switches a drive state of the valve by displacing the switching pin between a coupling position at which the switching pin extends between the roller arm and the side arm and a non-coupling position at which the switching pin does not extend between the roller arm and the side arm based on variations in hydraulic pressure in the hydraulic chamber. The switching pin is provided on an axis of the roller, and the hydraulic chamber is provided inside the roller arm.

Abstract: The present invention provides a variable valve mechanism, which includes a rocker arm including an input member and an output member; a switching device that switches a drive state of the valve by displacing the switching pin between a coupling position at which the switching pin extends between the first pinhole in the input member and the second pin hole in the output member and a non-coupling position at which the switching pin does not extend; and a lost motion spring. A displacement clearance is formed between an inner peripheral surface of the first or second pin hole and an outer peripheral surface of the switching pin to permit the relative displacement in a range of the displacement clearance at a coupled time so that a tappet clearance is not formed with the input member urged toward the cam by the lost motion spring.

Abstract: In a teleconference system, it is determined whether address information of a terminal apparatus operated by a conference participant is included in a particular range. When the address information of the terminal apparatus is within the particular range, first authentication information corresponding to the conference participant is transmitted from a first communicator of the security server to an authentication server. The first authentication information is acquired from the terminal apparatus through the first communicator. The authentication server authenticates usage of a function through a network corresponding to the particular range. When the address information of the terminal apparatus is outside the particular range, second authentication information corresponding to the conference participant is transmitted from the first communicator to the conference management server. The second authentication information is acquired from the terminal apparatus through the first communicator.

Abstract: A communication device includes a processor and a memory. The memory stores computer-readable instructions therein. The computer-readable instructions instruct the processor to acquire media data comprising one or more of image data and audio data from an acquiring device. The computer-readable instructions instruct the processor to encode the acquired media data to generate particular encoded data. The computer-readable instructions instruct the processor to determine whether a data size of the particular encoded data is equal to or greater than a threshold data size. The computer-readable instructions instruct the processor to encode the particular encoded data using redundancy processing to generate redundantly-encoded data when determining that the data size of the particular encoded data is equal to or greater than the threshold data size. The computer-readable instructions instruct the processor to transmit the redundantly-encoded data as one or more packets to another communication device.

Abstract: The present invention provides a variable valve mechanism of an internal combustion engine, which includes a rocker arm that is swingably supported by a single pivot, and a switching device that operates the rocker arm to switch a drive state of the valve, in which the rocker arm is configured such that at least in a predetermined drive state, a pressing force of the cam is applied disproportionately to one side of the rocker arm in a width direction with respect to a center line when the cam presses a portion of the rocker arm located away from the center line in the width direction. The variable valve mechanism further includes a swing guide that abuts against the rocker arm so that the rocker arm is guided in a swing direction so as not to be tilted in the width direction.

Abstract: When a number of unprocessed compressed images stored in a storage area is smaller than a threshold, the compressed image acquired from the storage area is decoded. When the number of unprocessed compressed images stored in the storage area is greater than the threshold, and when an image type of the compressed image is a predetermined type, the compressed image acquired from the storage area is decoded. When the number of unprocessed compressed images stored in the storage area is greater than the threshold, and when an image type of the compressed image is not the predetermined type, the compressed image acquired from the storage area is not decoded.

Abstract: A data processing device including a controller configured to control the data processing device to execute steps of: receiving a data packet comprising a group identification information that identifies a restoration group, with which the data packet is associated, and redundant data for restoring a lost data packet, which is associated with the restoration group identified by the group identification information; determining whether a received amount of data packet associated with the restoration group identified by the group identification information is equal to or greater than a predetermined value; and restoring the lost data packet associated with the restoration group identified by the group identification information when the received amount of data packet associated with the restoration group identified by the group identification information is equal to or greater than the predetermined value.

Abstract: An information display apparatus includes a display unit including a non-volatile display medium. The information display apparatus further includes: a temperature detecting unit configured to detect a display unit temperature which is temperature of the display unit; a temperature determining unit configured to determine whether the display unit temperature is outside of a set temperature range which is predetermined based on characteristics of the display unit; and a display control unit configured to perform on the display unit a burn prevention display which is predetermined based on the characteristics, when the display unit temperature is outside of the set temperature range.

Abstract: A communication device includes a processor and a memory. The memory stores computer-readable instructions therein. The computer-readable instructions instruct the processor to acquire media data comprising one or more of image data and audio data from an acquiring device. The computer-readable instructions instruct the processor to encode the acquired media data to generate particular encoded data. The computer-readable instructions instruct the processor to determine whether a data size of the particular encoded data is equal to or greater than a threshold data size. The computer-readable instructions instruct the processor to encode the particular encoded data using redundancy processing to generate redundantly-encoded data when determining that the data size of the particular encoded data is equal to or greater than the threshold data size. The computer-readable instructions instruct the processor to transmit the redundantly-encoded data as one or more packets to another communication device.

Abstract: A data processing device including a controller configured to control the data processing device to execute steps of: receiving a data packet comprising a group identification information that identifies a restoration group, with which the data packet is associated, and redundant data for restoring a lost data packet, which is associated with the restoration group identified by the group identification information; determining whether a received amount of data packet associated with the restoration group identified by the group identification information is equal to or greater than a predetermined value; and restoring the lost data packet associated with the restoration group identified by the group identification information when the received amount of data packet associated with the restoration group identified by the group identification information is equal to or greater than the predetermined value.

Abstract: An information display apparatus includes a display unit including a non-volatile display medium. The information display apparatus further includes: a temperature detecting unit configured to detect a display unit temperature which is temperature of the display unit; a temperature determining unit configured to determine whether the display unit temperature is outside of a set temperature range which is predetermined based on characteristics of the display unit; and a display control unit configured to perform on the display unit a burn prevention display which is predetermined based on the characteristics, when the display unit temperature is outside of the set temperature range.

Abstract: A screen mask cleaning apparatus including an upper wiping sheet for cleaning the upper surface of a screen mask in which the upper wiping sheet is brought into contact only by its own weight with the upper surface of the screen mask, and a screen mask cleaning method performed by using the screen mask cleaning apparatus.

Abstract: A data synchronizing system includes providing terminals and an acquiring terminal. The acquiring terminal includes a first connecting device, an acquiring device that acquires files, a first file storing device that stores the files, a data modify command device that issues a command to modify a data item in the file, a first data modifying device that modifies the data item based on the command, and a modification history storing device that stores modification histories of modifications of the data items such that acquisition source terminals are identifiable. The providing terminals each includes a second connecting device, a second file storing device that stores files, a corresponding file history acquiring device that acquires at least a modification history for the file for which the acquisition source terminal is the providing terminal, and a second data modifying device that modifies the data item based on the acquired modification history.

Abstract: A file management system includes a file server with a file storage device storing a file associated with an update date and time of the file and a mobile terminal with a file information output device to output information of the file, wherein the mobile terminal comprises a file obtaining device that obtains the file and the update date and time, and an obtained list information creation device that creates obtained list information associating the file identification information with the update date and time of the file, and an update information output device in the file server outputs update information indicating the file has been updated, if the update date and time about the file is less recent than the update date and time stored in the file storage device, and an update display control device in the mobile terminal displays a message informing the file has been updated if the update information is received.

Abstract: A method of manufacturing an electronic component which can reduce voids in a solder and can reliably melt the solder is provided. The method of manufacturing an electronic component including a member (substrate 1) having a metal junction (electrode 11) includes: the step of supplying a solder 5 containing a solvent, a resin component, an activator, and a brazing filler metal to the junction (electrode 11); the first heating step in which a first heating process to the solder 5 is performed and the solder 5 is kept at a first heating temperature for a predetermined period of time; the second heating step in which a second heating process to the solder 5 is preformed and the solder 5 is kept at a second heating temperature higher than the first heating temperature for a predetermined period of time to vaporize the solvent and the resin component; and the third heating step in which a third heating process to the solder 5 is performed and the solder 5 is melted.

Abstract: A battery pack (1) has a double casing structure, including an inner case (2) disposed inside an outer case (3). The inner case (2) includes a radiator plate (9) that is in contact with the side walls of battery cells (4) disposed within the battery pack (1). A forked air passage (32) extends from an air inlet (27) and is defined between the inner case (2) and the outer case (3) and along the outer surface of the radiator plate (9) until reaching a pair of air outlets (31).

Abstract: A battery pack (1) has a double casing structure, including an inner case (2) disposed inside an outer case (3). The inner case (2) includes a radiator plate (9) that is in contact with the side walls of battery cells (4) disposed within the battery pack (1). A forked air passage (32) extends from an air inlet (27) and is defined between the inner case (2) and the outer case (3) and along the outer surface of the radiator plate (9) until reaching a pair of air outlets (31).

Abstract: A battery pack (1) has a double casing structure, including an inner case (2) disposed inside an outer case (3). The inner case (2) includes a radiator plate (9) that is in contact with the side walls of battery cells (4) disposed within the battery pack (1). A forked air passage (32) extends from an air inlet (27) and is defined between the inner case (2) and the outer case (3) and along the outer surface of the radiator plate (9) until reaching a pair of air outlets (31).

Abstract: A roof molding for an automobile consists of an extruded mold product 10a in which a leg portion 11 and a decorative portion 15 formed on the upper end of the leg portion are integrally formed. A metal core member 12 is embedded in the leg portion. The leg portion is partially cut away in a range of a predetermined length from an end of the extruded mold product, in accordance with the depth of an end part of the groove of the roof, the metal core member in the vicinity of an end part 10b of the extruded mold product is cut away, and the end part from which the metal core member has been cut away is rearward bent by a bending process.