Abstract: A measuring device for measuring an inspection target on the basis of vibration generated when the inspection target has been irradiated with laser light includes a condensing position deriving portion configured to derive an amount of adjustment of a distance between condensing lenses of a laser condensing unit configured to condense the laser light on the basis of a distance between a laser device configured to radiate the laser light and an irradiation location of the laser light and a communicating portion configured to transmit control information including information representing the amount of adjustment to the laser condensing unit.

Abstract: A system in which content usage conditions can be upgraded without the need for a service provider to control content-usage rights of a user. In the system in which encrypted content is distributed and is allowed to be utilized only by authorized users, the service provider receives a content usage-right certificate from the user, and on the condition that it is determined that data is not tampered with by verifying a digital signature of an issuing entity of the content usage-right certificate, the service provider obtains user information and content purchase information of the user from the content usage-right certificate, and performs upgrade processing by, for example, changing the usage conditions. It is thus possible to change the content usage conditions without the need for the service provider to possess usage control data.

Abstract: A privilege management system enabling effective privilege management, such as confirmation processing of service receiving privileges and so forth, is realized. A group attribute certificate which has, as stored information, group identification information corresponding to a group which is a set of certain devices or certain users, and also has affixed an electronic signature of an issuer, is issued to a service reception entity, and verification is performed by means of signature verification for of the group attribute certificate presented from the user device regarding whether or not there has been tampering, screening is performed regarding whether or not this is a service-permitted group based on group identification information stored in the group attribute certificate by using a group information database, and determination is made regarding whether or not service can be provided, based on the screening.

Abstract: The present invention provides a lens barrel in which all lens groups are attached to a leading cylindrical body. A movable lens group of the lens groups is moved by a driving source incorporated in the leading cylindrical body. The lens barrel is less likely to be influenced by external forces and can be made smaller. The lens barrel includes first, second, and third cylinders, and first, second, and third lens groups attached to the third cylinder, which is extended first among the first, second, and third cylinders. The first and third lens groups are fixed to the third cylinder, and the second lens group is disposed between the first and third lens groups and movable along the optical axis.

Abstract: A system and method for performing reliable access limitation in communication via a network are realized. In communication among communication processing devices via a communication network, a relay server such as a home server verifies and examines an attribute certificate of the access source, and determines whether or not the access source is a permitted member of the access destination. Only when the access source is permitted by the access destination, a name resolution process is performed, and the address information of the access destination is notified to the access source. A group attribute certificate in which the domain name and the host name of the access source are described is used, and the address corresponding to the domain name and the host name is updated.

Abstract: To implement a system in which content usage conditions can be upgraded without the need for a service provider to control content-usage rights of a user. In the system in which encrypted content is distributed and is allowed to be utilized only by authorized users, the service provider receives a content usage-right certificate from the user, and on the condition that it is determined that data is not tampered with by verifying a digital signature of an issuing entity of the content usage-right certificate, the service provider obtains user information and content purchase information of the user from the content usage-right certificate, and performs upgrade processing by, for example, changing the usage conditions. It is thus possible to change the content usage conditions without the need for the service provider to possess usage control data.

Abstract: The present invention provides a lens driving apparatus which can prevent a lens barrel from increasing its size and cost while making it possible to detect the position of a movable lens group. A first lens group, a second lens group, and a third lens group are disposed along an optical axis, among which the second lens group is a movable lens group movable along the optical axis. A second lens frame holding the second lens group is formed with a detection plate having a predetermined width in the direction of optical axis. A detector detects passages of both end portions of the detection plate, whereby the position of the second lens group can be detected.

Abstract: The present invention provides a lens barrel which can carry out barrier opening/closing operations and lens moving operations of an optical lens system by use of a single driving source, and can adjust the focus without any obstruction even in a state allowing the baffler to open/close. A state capable of transmitting a driving force to a barrier opening/closing mechanism is attained when collapsing a lens barrel to a predetermined extent or more, and a state incapable of transmitting the driving force to the barrier opening/closing mechanism is attained when the lens barrel is extended to a predetermined extent or more, whereby a single motor can carry out baffler opening/closing operations and lens moving operations of a lens is optical system.

Abstract: The present invention provides a camera which can release creep of a moving member, preventing the moving member disposed within the camera from breaking due to creeping. The camera includes a barrier base rotating in response to the driving force of a motor so as to open/close a barrier upon rotation, and a stopper for restricting the moving area of the barrier base. When opening/closing the barrier, the barrier base is rotated until it abuts against the stopper, and then is rotated in reverse so as to be separated from the stopper. As a consequence, the barrier plate can be prevented from breaking upon creeping when pressed by the stopper for a long time.

Abstract: The present invention provides a lens driving apparatus which can accurately detect the position of a movable lens group while preventing the apparatus from increasing in size and cost by using a simple position detecting sensor. A first lens group, a second lens group, and a third lens group are disposed along an optical axis, among which the second lens group is a movable lens group and is movable along the optical axis. The second lens group is movable at two or more different speeds. When the second lens group passes a reference position, it is moved at a speed which is not the highest of the different speeds. As a consequence, the position of the second lens group can be detected accurately.

Abstract: In a camera having an LCD and a clock device, a power source consists of a battery and a booster circuit. When a power switch button is pressed, the camera moves to an ON mode including a drive mode and a standby mode. In the drive mode, the booster circuit is continuously turned on to supply voltage of a predetermined high level. In the standby mode, the booster circuit is intermittently turned on to output voltage of between the predetermined high level and a minimum display voltage level that is necessary for the LCD to keep its display density in a proper range. The booster circuit is normally turned off in an OFF mode. But if the battery voltage goes below a reset level below which a clock device of the camera cannot work, the booster circuit is intermittently turned on in the OFF mode, to boost the battery voltage up above the reset level and drive the clock device by the output voltage of the booster circuit.

Abstract: The present invention provides a camera which can release creeps of a moving member, thereby making it possible to prevent the moving member disposed within the camera from breaking due to creeping. The camera comprises a barrier base adapted to rotate in response to the driving force of a motor so as to open/close a barrier upon rotation, and a stopper for restricting the moving area of the barrier base. When opening/closing the barrier, the barrier base is rotated until it abuts against the stopper, and then is rotated in reverse so as to be separated from the stopper. As a consequence, the barrier plate can be prevented from breaking upon creeping when pressed by the stopper for a long time.

Abstract: The present invention provides a camera which can appropriately move and control a lens group even when the driving of a driving source is erroneously detected. A motor for moving a lens group of a taking optical system is disposed, whereas a detector which outputs a pulse signal as the motor rotates is provided. After the motor is driven in response to a control signal of a CPU so that the lens group starts moving, the operation of moving the lens group is terminated if a predetermined time has elapsed after the lens group starts moving even when the pulse signal is outputted from the detector. Therefore, even when the detector erroneously detects the driving of the motor, the lens group can be moved and controlled appropriately.

Abstract: In a camera having an LCD and a clock device, a power source consists of a battery and a booster circuit. When a power switch button is pressed, the camera moves to an ON mode including a drive mode and a standby mode. In the drive mode, the booster circuit is continuously turned on to supply voltage of a predetermined high level. In the standby mode, the booster circuit is intermittently turned on to output voltage of between the predetermined high level and a minimum display voltage level that is necessary for the LCD to keep its display density in a proper range. The booster circuit is normally turned off in an OFF mode. But if the battery voltage goes below a reset level below which a clock device of the camera cannot work, the booster circuit is intermittently turned on in the OFF mode, to boost the battery voltage up above the reset level and drive the clock device by the output voltage of the booster circuit.

Abstract: The present invention provides a camera which can inhibit release operations upon abnormalities in operations of a movable lens group, thereby preventing the camera from failing severely. A lens optical system having a movable second lens group is provided within a lens barrel. An error is stored into a CPU if there is a malfunction in a moving operation of the second lens group. Release operations are inhibited if the lens barrel error is stored. Consequently, severe failures can be prevented from occurring due to release operations carried out when the second lens group fails to move appropriately.

Abstract: The present invention provides a lens barrel which can carry out barrier opening/closing operations and lens moving operations of a lens optical system by use of a single driving source, and can adjust the focus without any obstruction even in a state allowing the barrier to open/close. A state capable of transmitting a driving force to a barrier opening/closing mechanism is attained when collapsing a lens barrel 1 to a predetermined extent or more, and a state incapable of transmitting the driving force to the barrier opening/closing mechanism is attained when the lens barrel 1 is expanded to a predetermined extent or more, whereby a single motor can carry out barrier opening/closing operations and lens moving operations of a lens optical system.

Abstract: The present invention provides a lens barrel in which all of a plurality of lens groups are attached to a leading cylindrical body, whereas a movable lens group in the plurality of lens groups is moved by a driving source incorporated in the leading cylindrical body, whereby the lens barrel is less likely to be influenced by external forces and can be made smaller. The lens barrel comprises first, second, and third cylinders, and first, second, and third lens groups attached to the third cylinder, which is expanded earliest among the first second, and third cylinders. The first and third lens groups are fixed to the third cylinder, whereas the second lens group is disposed between the first and third lens groups so as to be movable along the optical axis.

Abstract: The present invention provides a lens driving apparatus which can prevent a lens barrel from increasing its size and cost while making it possible to detect the position of a movable lens group. A first lens group, a second lens group, and a third lens group are disposed along an optical axis, among which the second lens group is a movable lens group movable along the optical axis. A second lens frame holding the second lens group is formed with a detection plate having a predetermined width in the direction of optical axis. A detector detects passages of both end portions of the detection plate, whereby the position of the second lens group can be detected.

Abstract: A water-developable photosensitive resin composition which comprises:(1) a particulate copolymer comprising, as recurring units in the copolymer, (a) 10 to 95 mole % of an aliphatic conjugated diene unit, (b) 0.1 to 30 mole % of a monomer unit having at least one polymerizable unsaturated group and at least one functional group selected from the group consisting of carboxyl group, amino group, hydroxyl group, epoxy group, sulfonic acid group and phosphoric acid group, and (c) 0.1 to 20 mole % of a monomer unit having at least two polymerizable unsaturated groups;(2) at least one copolymer selected from the group consisting of (i) a block-like copolymer composed of two or more polymeric segments having a sulfonic acid group in at least one of the polymeric segments, (ii) a block-like copolymer composed of two or more polymeric segments having a polyurethane segment in at least one of the polymeric segments, and (iii) a copolymer of ethylene and an .alpha.

Abstract: A rubber composition for tire having improved processability, wear resistance, rebound resilience and heat build-up comprises 20.about.70 parts by weight of a specified butadiene polymer, 30.about.80 parts by weight of at least one rubber selected from natural rubber, high cis-1,4 polyisoprene rubber and styrene-butadiene copolymer rubber, and 0.about.30 parts by weight of high cis-1,4 polybutadiene and/or low cis-1,4 polybutadiene, and contains 35.about.100 parts by weight of carbon black, 0.about.50 parts by weight of process oil, 0.5.about.5 parts by weight of aliphatic carboxylic acid and 0.1.about.3 parts by weight of sulfur based on 100 parts by weight of the above rubber components.