Abstract: A gas discharge panel having plural pairs of display electrodes disposed so as to extend through a plurality of cells, each pair being formed from a sustain electrode and a scan electrode. The sustain and scan electrodes each include a plurality of line parts, and an aggregate width of the line parts included in the sustain and scan electrodes is in a range of 22% to 48% inclusive of pixel pitch.

Abstract: A gas discharge panel includes a first substrate and a second substrate. A plurality of display electrode pairs which are each made up of a sustain electrode and a scan electrode are formed on the first substrate, and the first substrate and the second substrate are set facing each other with a plurality of barrier ribs in between so as to form a plurality of cells. In this gas discharge panel, at least one of the sustain electrode and the scan electrode includes: a plurality of line parts; and a discharge developing part which makes a gap between adjacent line parts smaller in areas corresponding to channels between adjacent barrier ribs than in areas corresponding to the barrier ribs.

Abstract: A gas discharge panel having (i) a plurality of cells arranged in a matrix between a pair of opposing substrates, the cells being filled with a discharge gas, and (ii) plural pairs of display electrodes arranged on a surface of one of the substrates so as to extend through the plurality of cells, each pair of display electrodes being composed of a sustain electrode and a scan electrode that define a main discharge gap therebetween. In such a gas discharge panel, each sustain electrode and scan electrode includes a plurality of line parts that extend in a row direction of the matrix. Furthermore, the main discharge gap and a line part gap between adjacent line parts are provided such that a discharge current waveform of the display electrodes has a single peak when the gas discharge panel is driven.

Abstract: Plasma display panel (PDP), PDP display apparatus, and method for driving the PDP. The PDP is a surface discharge AC PDP having a first substrate and a second substrate arranged to face each other with barrier ribs interposed therebetween. A first electrode and a second electrode are arranged on a facing surface of the first substrate so as to extend parallel to each other, and are covered with a dielectric layer. A third electrode is arranged on a facing surface of the second substrate so as to extend orthogonally to the first and second electrodes. A discharge gas is enclosed within a discharge space defined between the interposed barrier ribs. In the above PDP, the discharge gas is a gas mixture containing xenon. The xenon component comprises at least 5 vol % and less than 100 vol %, and has a partial pressure of at least 2 kPa. Furthermore, the gap between the first and second electrodes in the PDP is greater than a height of the discharge space.

Abstract: It is prevented that a malfunction occurs because of a noise. A smoke detection section samples as a smoke detection signal a signal digitized after being output from a light reception section when a light emission section glows, and updates a previous smoke detection signal. A noise detection section samples as a noise detection signal a signal output from the light reception section when the light emission section is not driven to glow. When the noise detection signal exceeds a predetermined noise level, a noise de-influence unit disables updating of the previous smoke detection signal with the newly sampled smoke detection signal so as to process a noise.

Abstract: A method for displaying an image with gradation and a high brightness with a plasma display panel is provided. In this method, one field is divided into eight subfields, and each subfield is divided into an addressing period and sustaining period. In the upper four bits b4, b5, b6, and b7, in which the sustaining period is long, all of the scanning electrodes are scanned sequentially. In the lower four bits b0, b1, b2 and b3, in which the sustaining period is short, the scanning electrodes are scanned alternately by interlace scanning.

Abstract: A multi-sensor type sensor has sensor processors for generating detection data of plural types based on detection signals from a plurality of sensor portions, and a mode switching portion for switching a mode which indicates type of data to be sent to a receiver in response to a mode switching instruction issued from the receiver, and sending selectively the data of the type which corresponds to a current switching mode in response to a data request instruction issued from the receiver. The receiver includes a mode switching indicating portion for switching the mode by transmitting the mode switching instruction which selects type of response data to the fire sensors, and a fire judging portion for judging the fire by receiving the response data from the fire sensors in response to transmission of the data request instruction.

Abstract: In a plasma display device having a three-dimensional matrix wiring arrangement of anodes, cathodes and address electrodes, writing discharge is caused between anodes and address electrodes to temporarily store writing charge on a dielectric layer, and the writing charge is discharged as an auxiliary discharge by applying a sustaining voltage to the cathodes, thereby inducing main discharge between the anodes and the cathodes.

Abstract: A temperature difference calculator portion detects temperature difference indicating the rate of temperature rise when it receives heat generated by the fire. A correction factor deciding portion decides a correction factor for a smoke signal based on an external temperature and the temperature difference. Finally, a smoke data correction portion corrects smoke data by multiplying the smoke signal detected by a smoke detector and the correction factor.

Abstract: In a plasma display device having a three-dimensional matrix wiring arrangement of anodes, cathodes and address electrodes, writing discharge is caused between anodes and address electrodes to temporarily store writing charge on a dielectric layer, and the writing charge is discharged as an auxiliary discharge by applying a sustaining voltage to the cathodes, thereby inducing main discharge between the anodes and the cathodes.

Abstract: A drive pulse for emitting and turning-off a light emitting element is output, the level difference or the level ratio between the light emission zero point detection signal from a light receiving element having received the light from the light emitting element and a putting-off zero point detection signal from the light receiving element when the light emitting element is put off is calculated, and the level difference or the level ratio is compared with a preset level to thereby determine the abnormality of the light emitting element, the light receiving element and a peripheral circuit. With this arrangement, even if the ratio of noise light occupied in the zero point output is reduced, whether detecting elements and the peripheral circuit are good or bad and whether the elements are abnormally polluted or not can be reliably tested without the effect of the dispersion of the detecting elements and the change of an ambient temperature, whereby the reliability of a smoke detector is improved.

Abstract: A fire disaster monitoring system of the present invention has a control unit and a fire sensor. The fire sensor includes a sensor base and a sensor body. The sensor base incorporates a first memory which stores first address information of the first memory. The sensor body incorporates a second memory and a CPU therein. The second memory stores second address information of the sensor body. The CPU includes an address reader, a comparator and an address generator. When the power is turned on, the address reader reads the address information in the first memory, and reads the address information in the second memory. The comparator compares the read pieces of address information with each other. When the comparison result by the comparator indicates agreement, the address generator leaves the address information in the second memory as valid data.

Abstract: A photoelectric sensor of the present invention includes a light emitting device and a light receiving device for detecting scattered light due to smoke, a light emitting confirming device which lights up when a quantity of light received by the light receiving device is greater than or equal to a threshold and a test light emitting device for emitting light to the light receiving device during the test, wherein a blinking of the light emitting confirming device is started at a time of a test start, and a quantity of light received by the light receiving device is increased in steps so that the blinking is stopped when the quantity is greater than or equal to the threshold. Accordingly, the sensitivity test can be performed by visually counting the number of blinkings of the light emitting device.

Abstract: A thin-type photoelectric smoke detector which is less susceptible to the effect of disturbance light noise, contamination of a smoke detecting unit, etc., and which ensures high sensitivity for the optical detection characteristic of the smoke detecting section. In the photoelectric smoke detector of the type in which infrared light is irradiated into a flat smoke detecting chamber and the scattered light of the irradiated infrared light due to smoke entering into the smoke detecting chamber is detected by a light-sensing element, there are provided optical members for expanding the visual field of the light-sensing element to a flat visual field corresponding to the cross-sectional shape of the smoke detecting chamber.

Abstract: In a discharge excitation gas laser device such as an excimer laser device provided with laser medium gas and a pair of electrodes opposite to each other in a gas-tight vessel, the laser medium gas is discharge-excited while inverting the polarity of a DC pulse voltage applied to the pair of electrodes opposite to each other for every pulse. In this way distribution of atoms and ions constituting the laser medium gas in the discharge region including the neighborhood of the main electrodes is made uniform even at a high repetition rate oscillation. Thus it is possible to realize a discharge excitation gas laser device having a good stability of DC pulse discharge without increasing unnecessarily the flow speed of the laser medium gas and no lowering in the pulse energy owing to a high efficiency operation.

Abstract: A method for preparing zircon powder, which comprises mixing (1) silica sol and (2) an aqueous zirconium oxychloride solution having a concentration which would be from 0.1 to 2 mols/l after mixed with the silica sol, in a SiO.sub.2 /ZrO.sub.2 molar ratio of from 0.95 to 1.10, heating the mixture to hydrolyze the zirconium oxychloride, followed by dehydration treatment to obtain a powder, heating the powder from room temperature to a calcination temperature over a period of from 0.7 to 30 hours and calcining the powder at a temperature of from 1,200.degree. to 1,400.degree. C. for a period of time satisfying the relation of:t.gtoreq.116-0.08Twhere t is the calcination time (hr) and T is the calcination temperature (.degree.C.), or heating the powder from room temperature to a calcination temperature over a period of from 0.8 to 70 hours and calcining the powder at a temperature higher than 1,400.degree. C. and not higher than 1,700.degree. C. for a period of time satisfying the relation of:t.gtoreq.18-0.