Abstract: A contact for electrically connecting two electric components, includes a first end portion which contacts an object to be contacted; a second end portion for passing a signal from the first end portion; an elastic portion which connects the first end portion with the second end portion while pushing the first end portion and the second end portion in an opposing direction, the elastic portion having a meandering shape from the first end portion to the second end portion and having a curved/bent structure provided with an open portion where a width of the open portion is different from the maximum inner width of the curved/bent structure of the elastic portion when seen from the opposing direction; and a housing portion which surrounds the elastic portion, wherein the first end portion, the second end portion, the elastic portion and the housing are formed by bending a single conductive plate.

Abstract: A probe is made to contact an electrode terminal in an electric circuit or an electronic part for an electric measurement of the electric circuit or the electronic part. The probe includes a terminal portion which is brought in contact with the electrode terminal at one end of the probe, a spring portion in which U-shaped unit portions are arrayed in a zigzag formation, and a housing portion which surrounds the spring portion. The probe is formed of a sheet of a metal sheet which is bent multiple times, the metal sheet having a predetermined configuration in which a portion corresponding to the terminal portion, a portion corresponding to the spring portion, and a portion corresponding to the housing portion are continuously linked together.

Abstract: It is an object of the present invention to provide a structure in which the height of an engine hood is reduced and it is easy to discharge the air mixed in a cooling water passage in a cooling device for hybrid vehicle.

Abstract: A camera module includes a camera unit, a board, and a driving unit mounted on the board and configured to drive the camera unit. The camera module also includes an elastic camera-side connecting part configured to connect a terminal of the camera unit with wiring on a first surface of the board.

Abstract: A moving picture encoding device for encoding a moving picture constituted of a time sequence of frame pictures by motion compensation, the device including: a reference picture generation section configured to generate a reference picture subjected to predetermined picture processing from a reference frame picture, in accordance with an encoding condition of a predetermined area to be encoded; and a motion compensation section configured to calculate a motion compensation value for the predetermined area to be encoded, by using a generated reference picture subjected to the predetermined picture processing.

Abstract: To perform high-speed and highly accurate measurement by setting desired measuring conditions for each measuring object. In an alignment sensor of exposure apparatus, in the case of performing position measurement for a plurality of sample shots, measurement is performed by changing the measuring conditions, in response to a measuring axis direction, a mark or a layer whereupon a mark to be measured exists. At that time, for the measuring objects to be measured under the same measuring conditions, for example, a position in a Y axis direction and a position in an X axis direction, measurement is continuously performed. When the measuring condition is changed, a baseline value is remeasured. The changeable measuring conditions are wavelength of measuring light, use and selection of a retarder, NA and ? of an optical system, a light quantity of measuring light, illumination shape, signal processing algorithm, etc.

Abstract: A probe is made to contact an electrode terminal in an electric circuit or an electronic part for an electric measurement of the electric circuit or the electronic part. The probe includes a terminal portion which is brought in contact with the electrode terminal at one end of the probe, a spring portion in which U-shaped unit portions are arrayed in a zigzag formation, and a housing portion which surrounds the spring portion. The probe is formed of a sheet of a sheet-metal plate which is bent multiple times, the sheet-metal plate having a predetermined configuration in which a portion corresponding to the terminal portion, a portion corresponding to the spring portion, and a portion corresponding to the housing portion are continuously linked together.

Abstract: A contact-terminal apparatus for use in measuring an electrical property of an object includes a first contact-terminal unit made of a conductive material to come in contact with the object, a movable part having a first surface on which the first contact-terminal unit is placed, and a pressure sensor situated beneath a second surface of the movable part, wherein the pressure sensor has a pressure detecting part that is in contact with the second surface of the movable part.

Abstract: A mobile communication system according to the present invention is configured to be capable of switching a mobile station UE from a first communication state performing first AV communication via E-UTRAN to a second communication state performing second AV communication via UTRAN/GERAN, by performing a SRVCC procedure, codec information to be used in the second AV communication is exchanged between the mobile station UE and a MSC server/MGW in the first communication state before the SRVCC procedure is started, and the mobile station UE is configured to, in the SRVCC procedure, send the MSC server/MGW a command to switch to the exchanged codec information “Pseudo 3G H324M negotiation”.

Abstract: A positive electrode for a rechargeable lithium ion battery includes a mixture layer including a positive-electrode active material, a conducting agent, and a binder and a collector having the mixture layer formed on the surface thereof. The positive-electrode active material is a composite oxide having an olivine structure expressed by a formula LiaMxPO4 (where M represents a transition metal including at least one of Fe and Mn and a and x satisfy 0<a?1.1 and 0.9?x?1.1). The conducting agent includes fibrous carbon. A carbon coating layer is formed on the surface of the collector. A part of the positive-electrode active material and a part of the fibrous carbon enter pits formed in the carbon coating layer.

Abstract: An object of the present invention is to express a predicted picture signal with light overheads, and to provide motion compensation of different pixel accuracy.

Abstract: A video encoding device including a region division section for dividing a frame image constituting video data into a plurality of regions as encoding target regions, an encoding section for encoding an image of each region, an inverse transformation section and an addition section for generating reproduced image of the encoded image, a storage section for storing reproduced images, a prediction generation section for searching a region which is highly correlated to a reproduced image of a template region, which is adjacent to the region of the encoding target image in a predetermined positional relationship and is a part of the reproduced image, from the reproduced image, and determining a prediction signal based on the searched region and the above-mentioned positional relationship, and a subtraction section for generating a difference signal between the prediction signal and the encoding target image as a signal for encoding.

Abstract: To perform high-speed and highly accurate measurement by setting desired measuring conditions for each measuring object. In an alignment sensor of exposure apparatus, in the case of performing position measurement for a plurality of sample shots, measurement is performed by changing the measuring conditions, in response to a measuring axis direction, a mark or a layer whereupon a mark to be measured exists. At that time, for the measuring objects to be measured under the same measuring conditions, for example, a position in a Y axis direction and a position in an X axis direction, measurement is continuously performed. When the measuring condition is changed, a baseline value is remeasured. The changeable measuring conditions are wavelength of measuring light, use and selection of a retarder, NA and ? of an optical system, a light quantity of measuring light, illumination shape, signal processing algorithm, etc.

Abstract: A camera module includes a camera unit, a board, and a driving unit mounted on the board and configured to drive the camera unit. The camera module also includes an elastic camera-side connecting part configured to connect a terminal of the camera unit with wiring on a first surface of the board.

Abstract: A coupling and separating device is provided which can reduce a separation impact when separating a launch vehicle and a structure. The coupling and separating device is provided with a clamp band 6 which has blocks 3 and a strap 2, and a coupling section 4. The block 3 engages an installation member 20 of the launch vehicle and the structure 20 installed on the installation member 20. The strap 2 maintains the block 3 from outside. The coupling section 4 couples or separates the end sections 2a of the strap 2. The strap 2 is formed of shape memory alloy and is provided with a stretching section 11 which stretches through heating.

Abstract: A connector includes a first connector and a second connector, wherein the first connector includes first contacts made of a conductive material, and a first movable part made of an insulating material, wherein the first contacts have respective first contact portions of a convex shape, and the first movable part is connected to the first contacts to be movable together with the first contact portions, wherein the second connector includes second contacts made of a conductive material, and a second movable part made of an insulating material, wherein the second contacts have respective second contact portions coming in contact with the first contact portions, and the second movable part is connected to the second contacts to be movable together with the second contact portions, and wherein the first contact portions and the second contact portions are configured to come in contact with each other, thereby establishing electrical coupling.

Abstract: An object of the present invention is to express a predicted picture signal with light overheads, and to provide motion compensation of different pixel accuracy.

Abstract: A video encoding device including a region division section for dividing a frame image constituting video data into a plurality of regions as encoding target regions, an encoding section for encoding an image of each region, an inverse transformation section and an addition section for generating reproduced image of the encoded image, a storage section for storing reproduced images, a prediction generation section for searching a region which is highly correlated to a reproduced image of a template region, which is adjacent to the region of the encoding target image in a predetermined positional relationship and is a part of the reproduced image, from the reproduced image, and determining a prediction signal based on the searched region and the above-mentioned positional relationship, and a subtraction section for generating a difference signal between the prediction signal and the encoding target image as a signal for encoding.

Abstract: A connector includes a plurality of contact modules each including a contact member and a contact module body covering the contact member, and a plurality of shield members each including a shield body part corresponding to the contact module body of the contact module. The contact modules and the shield members are alternately arranged and accommodated close to each other in a housing. The shield body part of each shield member includes a first hook part configured to be engaged with a rear end of the contact module body in order to prevent the shield body part from turning up from the contact module body.

Abstract: A connector to be electrically connected to a connecting target including plural electrical objects and to a substrate provided with plural concave portions, includes plural contacts, each including a first terminal configured to extend in a first direction to be connected with the object of the connecting target and include a first contact portion and a second contact portion, a second terminal configured to extend in a second direction opposite to the first direction to be fitted in the concave portion of the substrate, and a base portion configured to be provided with a support portion that separately supports the first contact portion and the second contact portion of the first terminal at different positions and separately support the second terminal from the first terminal.