Abstract: An image processing apparatus includes a dividing portion that divides input multivalue image data into a plurality of bands, an error diffusion process portion that carries out an error diffusion process on each divided band to quantize each pixel, and a controlling portion that controls the dividing portion and error diffusion process portion. The error diffusion process portion, following control by the controlling portion, operates in a first mode to repeat the error diffusion process not accompanying quantization given times on each noted pixel included in a given line of the each band (head line, etc.), and operates in a second mode to carry out the error diffusion process on the each band sequentially from the head line of the each band on the basis of an error value obtained in the first mode to put out quantized data.

Abstract: An anxiolytic drug of the invention comprises an orexin receptor antagonist, a pharmacologically acceptable salt thereof, or a solvate thereof as an active ingredient. A method for screening a compound having an anxiolytic action of the invention comprises a step of using orexin-A.

Abstract: The engine control apparatus includes: the stop switch body 6; the stop switch knob 3; the lock plate 5 insertable to the stop switch knob 3; the transponder 9 that is provided at the lock plate 5 side and that can transmit an ID code; and the control section 11 for receiving the ID code transmitted from the transponder 9 to control the engine operation. The engine control apparatus includes such that, when the lock plate 5 is disengaged from the stop switch knob 3, the stop switch body 6 is activated to cause the engine to stop or to be in an idling state. In the engine control apparatus, the control section 11 changes the engine performance based on the ID code from the transponder 9.

Abstract: An inclination sensor is provided with a main body fixed to a vehicle, a pendulum supported by the main body so as to swing in response to an inclination of the vehicle, and a magnetic sensor that senses the inclination of the pendulum in order to detect as to whether or not the vehicle has been inclined. The pendulum is swingable around two axes as to both a width direction of the vehicle, and forward/backward directions thereof. A sensitivity of the pendulum as to the width direction is higher than a sensitivity thereof as to the forward/backward directions.

Abstract: In an image forming apparatus, at the time of print recording of a set of image data to a plurality of recording sheets, by the use of a recording sheet interval that is an interval between a position where print recording of a recording sheet of the plurality of recording sheets ends and a position where print recording of a succeeding recording sheet starts, an image processing portion executes image processing of another set of image data read by a scanner portion and divided by an image dividing portion, in accordance with an operation command of a control portion.

Abstract: An engine control apparatus includes: a stop switch body 6; a stop switch knob 3; a lock plate 5; a transponder 9 that is provided at the lock plate side and that can transmit a predetermined ID code; and a control section 11 that can receive the ID code transmitted from the transponder 9 and that controls based on the ID code the engine operation of the small motorboat. The engine control apparatus is structured such that, when the lock plate 5 is disengaged from the stop switch knob 3, the stop switch body 6 is activated to allow the engine to stop or to be in an idling state. The engine control apparatus also includes the writing section 16 for writing a regular ID code of a transponder to another transponder.

Abstract: An engine control apparatus includes: the switch case 1; the stop switch body 6; the stop switch knob 3; the lock plate 5; the transponder 9; and the control section 11 for controlling the engine operation of the small motorboat based on the ID code from the transponder. The engine stop apparatus is comprised such that, when the lock plate 5 is disengaged from the stop switch knob 3, the stop switch body 6 is activated to allow the engine to stop or to be in an idling state. In the control section 11, the antenna 12 that can receive the ID code transmitted from the transponder 9 is integrally formed with the communication circuit or the authentication circuit 14 for the ID code and these are provided in the switch case 1.

Abstract: A throttle position detecting apparatus has an interlocking member being rotatable in conjunction with a throttle grip attached to a tip of a handlebar of a vehicle; a detecting unit for detecting a rotation angle of the interlocking member; and a case integrally including a first accommodation and a second accommodation, the interlocking member being rotatably accommodated in the first accommodation and the detecting unit being accommodated in the second accommodation, wherein the throttle position detecting apparatus detects a throttle position on the basis of the rotation angle of the interlocking member detected by the detecting unit.

Abstract: In the correction of the quantity of light of a light source used in an image reader which irradiates an original document with the light source, receives the reflected light by a CCD and reads the original document image, at the time of a document moving mode in which the document moves, correction of the quantity of irradiation light of the light source is performed by reading a first standard white board which extends over the whole area in the main scanning direction, prior to the initiation of readout of the moving document, and upon initiation of readout of the moving document, a second standard white board arranged outside the document passing area is read by using the same light source, with the read operation of the moving document, and correction of the quantity of irradiation light of the light source is performed based on the reflected light from the second white board.

Abstract: An inclination sensor is provided with a main body fixed to a vehicle, a pendulum supported by the main body so as to swing in response to an inclination of the vehicle, and a magnetic sensor that senses the inclination of the pendulum in order to detect as to whether or not the vehicle has been inclined. The pendulum is swingable around two axes as to both a width direction of the vehicle, and forward/backward directions thereof. A sensitivity of the pendulum as to the width direction is higher than a sensitivity thereof as to the forward/backward directions.

Abstract: A throttle grip apparatus is provided with a throttle grip rotatably mounted on a tip portion of a steering bar; an interlocking portion penetrated through the steering bar; a magnet formed at an edge portion of the interlocking portion; and an angle sensor that senses a change in magnetic fields of the magnet in a non-contact manner so as to detect a rotation angle of the throttle grip based upon the detected value of the magnetic field change. An engine may be controlled based upon the detected value of the angle sensor. The angle sensor has been penetrated through a mounting hole formed in a predetermined position of the steering bar, and arranged opposite to the magnet.

Abstract: A vehicle passive entry system having a portable unit carried by a driver, the portable unit comprising an operation key for locking or unlocking a filler cap on a fuel tank which is adapted to move between a protruding position where a locking or unlocking operation can be performed on the filler cap and a fully accommodated position where the locking or unlocking operation cannot be performed and a Hall element for detecting that the operation key is located at the protruding position. When the Hall element detects that the operation key is located at the protruding position, a predetermined radio wave is transmitted from the portable unit 1 to the vehicle side, so that an engine is stopped.

Abstract: A throttle-opening detecting apparatus has a case mounted on a handle bar of a vehicle, a throttle grip mounted on a leading end side of the handle bar from the case so as to be rotatable with respect to the handle bar, a detect member incorporated in the case and rotatable in linking with the throttle grip, a throttle-opening sensor for detecting the rotation angle of the detect member, and a rotative direction changing unit for rotating the detect member in a direction substantially perpendicular to the rotative direction of the throttle grip, so as to provide a throttle-opening detecting apparatus which can decrease the thickness-direction dimension of the case to thereby reduce the size of the throttle-opening detecting apparatus.

Abstract: An object of the invention is to provide a display device of an image forming apparatus capable of displaying information that the user wants to obtain in a visually easy-to-recognize manner. In a compound image forming apparatus provided with: one of original reading means for reading image information from an original, image receiving means for receiving image information from a terminal connected to a network and a line image receiving means for receiving image information from a telephone line; image forming means for forming an image based on the image information obtained by the means; and a display portion for displaying the condition of the apparatus, a display condition control portion is provided that changes the display condition of the display portion to a visually easy-to-recognize condition when the condition of the compound image forming apparatus is changed.

Abstract: An engine control apparatus includes: the switch case 1; the stop switch body 6; the stop switch knob 3; the lock plate 5; the transponder 9; and the control section 11 for controlling the engine operation of the small motorboat based on the ID code from the transponder. The engine stop apparatus is comprised such that, when the lock plate 5 is disengaged from the stop switch knob 3, the stop switch body 6 is activated to allow the engine to stop or to be in an idling state. In the control section 11, the antenna 12 that can receive the ID code transmitted from the transponder 9 is integrally formed with the communication circuit or the authentication circuit 14 for the ID code and these are provided in the switch case 1.

Abstract: A throttle-opening detecting apparatus has a case mounted on a handle bar of a vehicle, a throttle grip mounted on a leading end side of the handle bar so as to be rotatable with respect to the handle bar, a throttle-opening sensor incorporated in the case for detecting a rotation angle of the throttle grip and, a friction plate applying a frictional force in an opposite direction with respect to the rotation of the throttle grip to the throttle grip while the throttle grip is rotated so as to provide a throttle-opening detecting apparatus which not only can omit the throttle wire but also can obtain the rotation load of the throttle grip similar to the conventional throttle-opening detecting apparatus to thereby permit execution of the operation of the throttle grip without giving the driver a strange feeling.

Abstract: An engine control apparatus includes: a stop switch body 6; a stop switch knob 3; a lock plate 5; a transponder 9 that is provided at the lock plate side and that can transmit a predetermined ID code; and a control section 11 that can receive the ID code transmitted from the transponder 9 and that controls based on the ID code the engine operation of the small motorboat. The engine control apparatus is structured such that, when the lock plate 5 is disengaged from the stop switch knob 3, the stop switch body 6 is activated to allow the engine to stop or to be in an idling state. The engine control apparatus also includes the writing section 16 for writing a regular ID code of a transponder to another transponder.

Abstract: A throttle position detecting apparatus has an interlocking member being rotatable in conjunction with a throttle grip attached to a tip of a handlebar of a vehicle; a detecting unit for detecting a rotation angle of the interlocking member; and a case integrally including a first accommodation and a second accommodation, the interlocking member being rotatably accommodated in the first accommodation and the detecting unit being accommodated in the second accommodation, wherein the throttle position detecting apparatus detects a throttle position on the basis of the rotation angle of the interlocking member detected by the detecting unit.

Abstract: A throttle-opening sensor has a detect shaft rotatable about an axis in conjunction with a throttle grip, a pair of rotation terminals respectively disposed on different positions in the same circle with the rotation axis, the pair of rotation terminals being rotatable together with the detect shaft, contact pieces disposed on each of the rotation terminals at predetermined intervals in a rotation-radius direction of the rotation terminal, a printed circuit including conducting pattern portions printed along sliding loci of the contact pieces and, a resistance portion printed in a sliding range of the contact piece of the conducting pattern portion, and generating a resistance against a current flowing in the conducting pattern portion, wherein at least two detection signals variable in mutually opposite directions according to the rotation angles of the throttle grip are generated due to that the contact pieces respectively allow the conducting pattern portions to conduct therebetween.

Abstract: The engine control apparatus includes: the stop switch body 6; the stop switch knob 3; the lock plate 5 insertable to the stop switch knob 3; the transponder 9 that is provided at the lock plate 5 side and that can transmit an ID code; and the control section 11 for receiving the ID code transmitted from the transponder 9 to control the engine operation. The engine control apparatus includes such that, when the lock plate 5 is disengaged from the stop switch knob 3, the stop switch body 6 is activated to cause the engine to stop or to be in an idling state. In the engine control apparatus, the control section 11 changes the engine performance based on the ID code from the transponder 9.