Abstract: A method for controlling an image processing apparatus includes a determining step of determining, on the basis of a given first area in an original document image, a second area in the original document image that does not overlap with the first area, and a compositing step of combining a first copy-forgery-inhibited pattern image with the first area and combining a second copy-forgery-inhibited pattern image with the second area.

Abstract: A belt drive controller for controlling each belt stopping position with high accuracy during intermittent movement of a belt. This belt drive controller controls driving of a belt to intermittently move a belt wrapped around a plurality of supporting rollers including a driven roller and a drive roller. This controller detects a rotation angular displacement or a rotation angular velocity of two supporting rollers having mutually different diameters, and controls driving of the drive roller based on the detected rotation data so that the position of the belt in the direction of movement becomes a predetermined target position.

Abstract: A rotor drive controlling unit and an image formation apparatus therewith are disclosed.

Abstract: A network fault diagnostic device is configured in the following manner. A causal relation table stores causal relations between faults and events, and a monitor event selector refers to the causal relation table to extract a minimum event required for identifying a fault, and sets the event as a monitor event. The acquisition-event selector selects events from the causal relation table based on latest fault candidates, and sets priorities of the events selected, in the order of efficiently identifying faults. The event acquiring unit requests events in the order of the priorities set, and the event receiving unit receives each event in response to the respective requests. The fault determining unit narrows down the candidates of the fault based on the events received one by one.

Abstract: The present invention provides a lens holder comprising a third group frame that serves as a holding member which holds lenses, a guide shaft that supports the third group frame when the third group frame is moved along the optical axis of the lenses, a rear barrel part perpendicularly to which the guide shaft is locked, a first bearing member that is molded as an integral part of the rear barrel part in order to bear the end of the guide shaft distal to the rear barrel part, and a guide shaft presser that when the first bearing member bears the end of the guide shaft distal to the base, bears the end of the guide shaft proximal to the rear barrel part. Moreover, the present invention provides a lens barrel and an imaging apparatus that employ the lens holder. Consequently, the structure of a bearing that bears a shaft which supports the lens holding member when the lens holding member is moved along the optical axis of the lenses is downsized. Moreover, the bearing bears the shaft highly precisely.

Abstract: There is provided a rotary compressor capable of preventing deterioration of performance following plug fixing carried out to prevent falling-off of a spring member. The rotary compressor comprises a cylinder constituting a rotary compression element, a roller engaged with an eccentric portion formed in a rotary shaft of an electric element, and eccentrically rotated in the cylinder, a vane abutted on the roller to divide an inside of the cylinder into a low pressure chamber side and a high pressure chamber side, a spring member for always pressing the vane to the roller side, a housing portion of the spring member, formed in the cylinder, and opened to the vane side and a hermetically sealed container side, a plug positioned in the hermetically sealed container side of the spring member, and inserted into the housing portion to fit into a gap, and an O ring attached around the plug to seal a part between the plug and the housing portion.

Abstract: It is an object of the present invention to provide a refrigerator which is able to improve the efficiency of the refrigerating cycle while avoiding causing the structure of the refrigerator to be complicated, and avoiding a cost increase. Refrigerator 30 includes a refrigerating cycle device 20 having a compressor 1, a radiator 2 connected to a discharge side of the compressor 1, a first expansion valve 31 connected to an exit side of the radiator 2, a gas-liquid separator 33 for separating a refrigerant, which is in a mixed gas-liquid state by being decompressed by the first expansion valve 31, into a gas refrigerant and a liquid refrigerant, a heat absorber 14 into which the liquid refrigerant discharged from the gas-liquid separator 33 flows, and a refrigerant pipe 6D for delivering the gas refrigerant discharged from the gas-liquid separator 33 into the middle pressure portion of the compressor 1; an outer case 40; an inner case 39; and a heat insulating material.

Abstract: There is provided an internal intermediate pressure multistage compression type rotary compressor capable of reducing a height dimension while reducing the amount of oil to be discharged outside. An electric element and first and second rotary compression elements which are driven by a rotary shaft of the electric element disposed under the electric element are provided in a hermetic shell case. There is provided a refrigerant introduction pipe for introducing refrigerant in the hermetic shell case over the electric element into the second rotary compression element through an outside of the hermetic shell case. There is provided an oil path provided in the rotary shaft for discharging oil through an oil discharge port which is positioned at the upper end of the rotary shaft. The refrigerant introduction pipe is provided such that a part of an inlet of the refrigerant introduction pipe is positioned under the upper end of a stator of the electric element.

Abstract: There is provided a rotary compressor capable of preventing deterioration of performance following plug fixing carried out to prevent falling-off of a spring member. The rotary compressor comprises a cylinder constituting a rotary compression element, a roller engaged with an eccentric portion formed in a rotary shaft of an electric element, and eccentrically rotated in the cylinder, a vane abutted on the roller to divide an inside of the cylinder into a low pressure chamber side and a high pressure chamber side, a spring member for always pressing the vane to the roller side, a housing portion of the spring member, formed in the cylinder, and opened to the vane side and a hermetically sealed container side, a plug positioned in the hermetically sealed container side of the spring member, and inserted into the housing portion to form a gap, and an O ring attached around the plug to seal a part between the plug and the housing portion.

Abstract: An object is to provide a refrigerating device capable of realizing a high-efficiency operation in a case where a compressor having an intermediate pressure section is applied, and a refrigerator including this refrigerating device. A refrigerating device 30 includes: a compressor 1; a radiator 2; an expansion valve 3; a gas-liquid separator 4; and a heat absorbing unit 8 through which a liquid refrigerant discharged from this gas-liquid separator circulates. The refrigerating device further includes: a refrigerant pipe in which the refrigerant discharged from the heat absorbing unit 8 can be introduced into a suction port of the compressor 1 and which introduces a gas refrigerant separated by the gas-liquid separator 4 into the intermediate pressure section of the compressor 1; and a refrigerant pipe which introduces an intermediate-pressure refrigerant of the compressor 1 into the gas-liquid separator 4.

Abstract: There is provided an internal intermediate pressure multistage compression type rotary compressor capable of reducing a height dimension while reducing the amount of oil to be discharged outside. An electric element and first and second rotary compression elements which are driven by a rotary shaft of the electric element disposed under the electric element are provided in a hermetic shell case. There is provided a refrigerant introduction pipe for introducing refrigerant in the hermetic shell case over the electric element into the second rotary compression element through an outside of the hermetic shell case. There is provided an oil path provided in the rotary shaft for discharging oil through an oil discharge port which is positioned at the upper end of the rotary shaft. The refrigerant introduction pipe is provided such that apart of an inlet of the refrigerant introduction pipe is positioned under the upper end of a stator of the electric element.

Abstract: A lens unit includes: a lens barrel; a movable section including a movable lens and configured to be moved in an optical axis direction relative to the lens barrel; a linear actuator including a drive magnet and a drive coil and configured to move the movable section in the optical axis direction by supplying a current to the drive coil; and a pair of biasing blade springs including holding portions for holding the movable section, a plurality of spring portions biasing the movable section in the optical axis direction, and attachment portions to be attached to the lens barrel. One of the biasing blade springs is formed with two spring members through which the current is supplied to the drive coil.

Abstract: There is provided a rotary compressor capable of preventing deterioration of performance following plug fixing carried out to prevent falling-off of a spring member. The rotary compressor comprises a cylinder constituting a rotary compression element, a roller engaged with an eccentric portion formed in a rotary shaft of an electric element, and eccentrically rotated in the cylinder, a vane abutted on the roller to divide an inside of the cylinder into a low pressure chamber side and a high pressure chamber side, a spring member for always pressing the vane to the roller side, a housing portion of the spring member, formed in the cylinder, and opened to the vane side and a hermetically sealed container side, a plug positioned in the hermetically sealed container side of the spring member, and inserted into the housing portion to fit into a gap, and an O ring attached around the plug to seal a part between the plug and the housing portion.

Abstract: An object is to provide a refrigerating device capable of realizing a high-efficiency operation in a case where there is disposed, in a refrigerating cycle, a compressor having: a plurality of heat sinks which function in different temperature zones; and an intermediate-pressure portion. The refrigerating device comprises: the compressor having the intermediate-pressure portion; and a radiator connected to a discharge side of the compressor, a refrigerant pipe on an outlet side of the radiator is branched, one of the branched refrigerant pipes is provided with a first heat absorbing unit including a first pressure reducing section and a first heat sink, and the other refrigerant pipe is provided with a second heat absorbing unit including a second pressure reducing section and a second heat sink.

Abstract: An object is to provide a refrigerating device capable of realizing a high-efficiency operation and a refrigerator provided with the refrigerating device in a case where a compressor having an intermediate-pressure portion is applied, the refrigerating device comprises a compressor having an intermediate-pressure portion; a radiator connected to the compressor on a discharge side; and a heat absorbing unit connected to the radiator on an outlet side and including a pressure reducing unit and a heat sink, the heat absorbing unit on the outlet side is connected to a suction portion having a pressure which is lower than that of the intermediate-pressure portion of the compressor, a refrigerant pipe of the radiator on the outlet side is branched, one refrigerant pipe is connected to the heat absorbing unit, the other refrigerant pipe is connected to the intermediate-pressure portion of the compressor, and provided with a pressure reducing mechanism and a heat exchanger, and this heat exchanger is constituted in s

Abstract: The present invention relates to a collapsible type optical unit capable of moving its optical system between a working position and a retracted position as well as an image-pickup apparatus including the optical unit. Particularly, the present invention relates to the optical unit and the image-pickup apparatus capable of acquiring lens-position information by detecting a position of a lens barrel supported to be movable with respect to a fixed barrel. The optical unit according to the present invention is a collapsible type optical unit including: a second group lens frame movable along the direction of its optical axis with respect to a fixed ring and a rear barrel, and a solid-state image-pickup device provided behind the second group lens frame, in which on the movable second group lens frame, a position-detecting means for detecting a position of the second group lens frame is provided.

Abstract: In the case that heat absorbing means that function in selectively different temperature ranges, are provided in a refrigerating cycle, an object is to provide a refrigerating apparatus capable of suppressing the deterioration of efficiency in either temperature range to make a highly efficient operation possible. The refrigerating apparatus includes a compressor, a radiator, first heat absorbing means, and second heat absorbing means provided in parallel with the first heat absorbing means. The first heat absorbing means includes first decompressing means, a first heat absorber, and a first heat exchanger capable of heat exchange between a refrigerant which has come from the first heat absorber and a refrigerant flowing in the first decompressing means.

Abstract: When an input address AD is previously stored in a register 211, if a matching signal EQ1 is active, then an address queue control circuit 19A latches an offset of the input address AD into a register 241, or else, latches the input address AD into a register 212 through a selector 262. When the input address AD is previously stored in the register 241, the address queue control circuit 19A latches the input address AD into the register 212 through the selector 262. After reading the contents of the register 211, the address queue control circuit 19A shifts the offset OFS of the register 241 to the offset field of the register 211 through a selector 261, and resets a valid flag EF of the register 241.

Abstract: There is provided an internal intermediate pressure multistage compression type rotary compressor capable of reducing a height dimension while reducing the amount of oil to be discharged outside. An electric element and first and second rotary compression elements which are driven by a rotary shaft of the electric element disposed under the electric element are provided in a hermetic shell case. There is provided a refrigerant introduction pipe for introducing refrigerant in the hermetic shell case over the electric element into the second rotary compression element through an outside of the hermetic shell case. There is provided an oil path provided in the rotary shaft for discharging oil through an oil discharge port which is positioned at the upper end of the rotary shaft. The refrigerant introduction pipe is provided such that apart of an inlet of the refrigerant introduction pipe is positioned under the upper end of a stator of the electric element.

Abstract: There is provided an internal intermediate pressure multistage compression type rotary compressor capable of reducing a height dimension while reducing the amount of oil to be discharged outside. An electric element and first and second rotary compression elements which are driven by a rotary shaft of the electric element disposed under the electric element are provided in a hermetic shell case. There is provided a refrigerant introduction pipe for introducing refrigerant in the hermetic shell case over the electric element into the second rotary compression element through an outside of the hermetic shell case. There is provided an oil path provided in the rotary shaft for discharging oil through an oil discharge port which is positioned at the upper end of the rotary shaft. The refrigerant introduction pipe is provided such that a part of an inlet of the refrigerant introduction pipe is positioned under the upper end of a stator of the electric element.