Abstract: A display device displays a plurality of display elements having respective densities that continuously change in a first direction (an X direction), in such an arrangement that the display elements constitute a pointer needle and the densities continuously change in a second direction (a Y direction) intersecting the first direction, thereby displaying the pointer needle on a display section. This provides a display device with improved stereoscopic vision of the pointer needle.

Abstract: A display section displays a shift indicator in a smaller size than that in a normal state at the start of display (upon switching the display) of the shift indicator. After that, the display section gradually enlarges a size of the shift indicator until it has a larger size than that in the normal state, and then gradually reduces the size of the shift indicator until it has the size in the normal state, thereby starting the display of the shift indicator in the size in the normal state. This operation provides a display device through which a driver can readily recognize the current shift position.

Abstract: A vehicle display device is configured to be mounted on a vehicle to provide information to a person on the vehicle by displaying images on a liquid crystal display. The vehicle display device includes a storage unit in which image data including a line drawing is stored, and a display control unit configured to display a plurality of mask images on the liquid crystal display such that the mask images are set with respect to the image data stored in the storage unit to mask a plurality of regions into which the line drawing in the image data is divided, and to execute a stepwise unmasking processing to remove the mask images sequentially along a drawing direction of the line drawing.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a nucleic acid linker for producing a complex of mRNA, and a protein or a peptide which is encoded by the mRNA, the linker comprising: a spacer portion at the 5?-terminal; a polynucleotide portion hybridizable with at least a part of a sequence of the mRNA; and an arm portion which has a connection portion for the protein or the peptide at the 3?-terminal, in which the spacer portion, the polynucleotide portion, and the arm portion form a single strand, and in which the polynucleotide portion contains a photoreactive base derivative.

Abstract: An image forming apparatus is provided. The image forming apparatus includes a pattern image forming device, a density information detector, and a gradation correction amount calculator. The pattern image forming device forms a pattern image for use in gradation correction on a recording medium. The density information detector detects density information from the recording medium on which the pattern image is formed by the pattern image forming device. The gradation correction amount calculator calculates a gradation correction amount using the density information detected by the density information detector and a feedback rate in accordance with differences among two or more density adjustment modes.

Abstract: A DC-DC converter includes a voltage converter circuit having an FET 1, a short-circuit protection FET 3 that blocks a large current from flowing in the voltage converter circuit when a short-circuit failure occurs in the FET 1 or capacitors, and a detector that detects a short-circuit failure in the FET 1 or the capacitors to turn off the FET 3. The FET 1 is connected to a power supply line and also in series to the FET 3. The capacitors are connected to the power supply line and to a connection point between the FET 1 and FET 3. The detector detects a failure on the basis of the voltage at the connection point.

Abstract: A sheet feeding apparatus is provided which restrains a borne rolled sheet from being deflected to allow the sheet to be reliably fed. A sheet feeding apparatus includes a holder configured to hold a rolled sheet so as to be rotated; and a rotator configured to bear an outer periphery of the rolled sheet held by the holder from below in a direction of gravity, the rotator rotates with the rolled sheet while feeding.

Abstract: In an adjustment mode, a control unit of a display control device displays, on a display, frame bodies imitating shapes of measuring instruments, and changes the display positions or/and the shapes at which or in which the frame bodies are displayed on the basis of input operation received by the input unit, and stores, to the parameter storage unit, the determined display positions or/and the determined shapes of the frame bodies as parameters of the display positions or/and the shapes of the measuring instruments.

Abstract: A conveying device includes a rotating member having sharp teeth and configured to rotate while being in contact with an object that is being conveyed, and a holder configured to support the rotating member. When seen from a downstream side in a direction of sheet conveyance, the rotating member is rotatably supported by the holder such that the rotating member is allowed to incline toward one side but is prevented from inclining toward an opposite side. The teeth of the rotating member each have an asymmetrical shape with the one side thereof sloping.

Abstract: An interior unit includes a discharge water passage communicating with a drainage port and having a first space portion in which water inside an air conditioning casing flows down from a guide opening portion, and an upward wall portion and a downward wall portion which constitute a partition wall separating between the discharge water passage and a second space portion adjacent to the discharge water passage and preventing the water falling in the discharge water passage from flowing into the second space portion. A prevention wall extending upward from a bottom wall portion in the second space portion is provided, and an upper end of the prevention wall is higher than a position of a fixation portion in which the first casing member and the second casing member are fixed with each other.

Abstract: A microcomputer performs communication in conformity with the CAN standards to capture seating signals detected by seating sensors and seatbelt fastening signals by buckle switches. If determining from the captured seating signals that there is an unoccupied seat, the microcomputer displays a seatbelt state image at the unoccupied seat position in a vehicle image in gray presentation. If determining that there is an occupied and non-fastened seat, the microcomputer displays the seatbelt state image at the non-fastened seat position in the vehicle image in red presentation and displays the seatbelt state image at an occupied and fastened seat position in black presentation.

Abstract: In an adjustment mode, a control unit of a display control device displays, on a display, frame bodies imitating shapes of measuring instruments, and changes the display positions or/and the shapes at which or in which the frame bodies are displayed on the basis of input operation received by the input unit, and stores, to the parameter storage unit, the determined display positions or/and the determined shapes of the frame bodies as parameters of the display positions or/and the shapes of the measuring instruments.

Abstract: A DC-DC converter includes a voltage converter circuit having an FET 1, a short-circuit protection FET 3 that blocks a large current from flowing in the voltage converter circuit when a short-circuit failure occurs in the FET 1 or capacitors, and a detector that detects a short-circuit failure in the FET 1 or the capacitors to turn off the FET 3. The FET 1 is connected to a power supply line and also in series to the FET 3. The capacitors are connected to the power supply line and to a connection point between the FET 1 and FET 3. The detector detects a failure on the basis of the voltage at the connection point.

Abstract: A DC-DC converter that is capable of cutting off a large current flowing in a voltage converter circuit when a short-circuit failure occurs in a switching element of the voltage converter circuit includes a voltage converter circuit having a first switching element, a reverse connection protection second switching element that blocks a large current from flowing in the voltage converter circuit when a negative electrode of a DC power supply is connected to an input terminal, a reverse connection protection third switching element that blocks a large current from flowing in the voltage converter circuit when a short-circuit failure occurs in the first switching element, and a detector that detects the short-circuit failure in the first switching element to turn off the third switching element. The third switching element is connected in series with the second switching element.

Abstract: An image processing apparatus includes a first determination unit determining an attribute of an image data described in a page description language; a second determination unit determining whether there exists a data having high color saturation in the image data; a third determination unit determining a main hue in the image data; and a determination unit determining an optimal printing method for printing the image data based on determination results by the first, the second, and the third determination units.

Abstract: A vehicle body frame of a motorcycle includes a head pipe, a pair of main frame sections extending rearwardly from the head pipe, a pair of pivot plates joined to end portions of the main frame sections, and a crossmember arranged between the pivot plates. In such vehicle body frame, the crossmember is arranged between upper end portions of the pivot plates such that the upper end portions of the pivot plates are sandwiched between the crossmember and rear end portions of main frame sections so that at least a portion of the crossmember overlaps a joint portion between the main frame sections and the pivot plates as viewed in a side view. Such structure of the vehicle body frame ensures the rigidity of connecting portions where the crossmember is connected to pivot plates without making the vehicle body frame heavy and thick.

Abstract: A display device includes an image-type display part which outputs various information, and to be mounted and used in a vehicle. The display part outputs a scale which has marks, a first pointer which points to a part of the scale to indicate a present value of a state quantity of the vehicle, and a second pointer which points to a part of the scale to indicate the maximum value of the state quantity of the vehicle in a first time period on the past.

Abstract: A head pipe includes a pipe portion and a bracket portion contiguously formed on a rear portion of the pipe portion wherein front end portions of the main frames and a front end portion of the down frame are jointed to the bracket portion. A widthwise center line of the main frames in the vertical direction is directed toward an intermediate portion of the pipe portion in the vertical direction in a side view. An upper surface extension line and a lower surface extension line on the extension in the frontward direction of an upper surface and a lower surface of the main frames pass between an upper end and a lower end of the pipe portion as viewed in a side view. The down frame is inclined to be directed towards the intermediate portion of the pipe portion in the vertical direction as viewed in a side view.

Abstract: Provided is a three-dimensional object display control system that enables a three-dimensional object displayed on a screen to be freely rotated by means of instinctive operation. A computer system (10) includes, e.g., a computer (12), a display (14), and a rotation information input device (20). The rotation information input device (20) includes a sphere (22), a tripod (24) that rotatably supports the sphere (22), and a camera (26) that takes an image of the sphere (22). The computer (12) selects two feature points from the image of the sphere (22) taken by the camera (26), and sets two-dimensional coordinates in the image of the feature points. While tracking the feature points, the computer (12) samples the two-dimensional coordinates and transforms them into three-dimensional coordinates on a surface of the sphere (22).

Abstract: An image processing apparatus includes an exposure unit to expose a photoconductor to form an electrostatic latent image on the photoconductor; a development unit to develop the electrostatic latent image on the photoconductor as a toner image using toner; and an exposure power controller to control exposure power of the exposure unit depending on a printing mode, including a normal printing mode and a toner-save printing mode in which less toner is consumed than in the normal printing mode. The exposure power controller decreases the exposure power of the exposure unit for the toner-save printing mode compared to the exposure power of the exposure unit for the normal printing mode.