Abstract: An electric discharge machining wire includes a brass containing 43 mass % or less of zinc (Zn) and having an ?-phase and a ?-phase, wherein a component ratio of the ?-phase in the brass is greater than 50 vol % and 55 vol % or less.

Abstract: An electric discharge machining wire includes a core material composed of brass with zinc concentration of more than 40 mass %, and a coating layer provided around the core material. The zinc concentration of the coating layer is higher than the zinc concentration of the core material.

Abstract: The machine tool includes a second spindle rotatable about a second spindle axis while gripping a cut-off portion of a workpiece, a second tool post to which a rotary tool that machines the cut-off portion of the workpiece gripped by the second spindle is attached, and a second tool post base that supports the second tool post, in which the second tool post includes a power transmission mechanism that transmits a driving force for rotationally driving the rotary tool, a base table, and a tool mounting member to which the rotary tool is attached, the power transmission mechanism is disposed between the base table and the tool mounting member, a back side of the base table faces the second tool post base and the tool mounting member is disposed on a front side of the base table, and the tool mounting member is detachably attached to the base table.

Abstract: In a multi-directional switch device including: an operation body which moves to be inclined in multiple directions; four actuators which are operated to be pressed by an inclination operation of the operation body so as to be moved; and three switch elements which perform switching operations by the movements of the actuators, the first actuator causes the first switch element to perform the switching operation, the second actuator causes the second switch element to perform the switching operation, the third actuator causes the third switch element to perform the switching operation, and the fourth actuator causes the first switch element to perform the switching operation, such that the plurality of actuators are disposed at positions where any of the three switch elements performs the switching operation even through the operation body is operated to be inclined in any direction.

Abstract: In a multi-directional switch device including: an operation body which moves to be inclined in multiple directions; four actuators which are operated to be pressed by an inclination operation of the operation body so as to be moved; and three switch elements which perform switching operations by the movements of the actuators, the first actuator causes the first switch element to perform the switching operation, the second actuator causes the second switch element to perform the switching operation, the third actuator causes the third switch element to perform the switching operation, and the fourth actuator causes the first switch element to perform the switching operation, such that the plurality of actuators are disposed at positions where any of the three switch elements performs the switching operation even through the operation body is operated to be inclined in any direction.

Abstract: A method for manufacturing an electronic device includes: preparing an electronic component having an electrode; fixing the electronic component to a supporter, the supporter having a support surface and an inlet disposed in a position that is at a side of the support surface and lower than the support surface, by supporting the electronic component with the support surface so that the electronic component does not come into contact with the inlet and so that a part of a surface of the electronic component adjacent to the support surface is exposed out of the support surface and by attracting a region of the electronic component exposed out of the support surface toward the inlet; and electrically coupling the electrode and a conductive pattern with the electronic component fixed to the supporter.

Abstract: A method for manufacturing an electronic device includes: preparing an electronic component having an electrode; fixing the electronic component to a supporter, the supporter having a support surface and an inlet disposed in a position that is at a side of the support surface and lower than the support surface, by supporting the electronic component with the support surface so that the electronic component does not come into contact with the inlet and so that a part of a surface of the electronic component adjacent to the support surface is exposed out of the support surface and by attracting a region of the electronic component exposed out of the support surface toward the inlet; and electrically coupling the electrode and a conductive pattern with the electronic component fixed to the supporter.

Abstract: A technique is provided to decode a video stream encoded with motion-compensated prediction techniques, at a high speed and with a low power consumption. An area setting circuit determines a read area on a reference picture so as to contain areas pointed by a plurality of motion vectors extracted from a video stream. A reference picture reading circuit reads out, with a continuous access sequence to a memory, data of the reference picture corresponding to the read area determined by the area setting circuit, wherein the reference picture is a picture previously decoded and stored in the memory. A predicted picture generating circuit produces a predicted picture based on the data corresponding to the read area which has been read by the reference picture reading circuit. A decoding circuit reproduces an original picture by using the predicted picture produced by the predicted picture generating circuit.

Abstract: Apparatus and method for accessing image data in reduced transfer cycles. The image data access apparatus has: a plurality of external memories in which a plurality of parallel pixel data that are adjacent to each other in a prescribed block area of the image data are separately stored at assigned addresses; a determination circuit for outputting, based on the coordinate of at least one pixel data out of a plurality of parallel data, a memory selection signal for selecting an access route to an external memory storing the one pixel data, the coordinate obtained by raster scanning; and a memory selector for selecting access routes to the plurality of external memories based on the received memory selection signal, and accessing the plurality of parallel pixel data in the same cycle. This can realize accessing the pixel data in the external memories in reduced transfer cycles.