Abstract: Providing a thermal activation device for heat-sensitive self-adhesive label and a printer including the same, the thermal activation device accomplishing an easy and efficient thermal activation of a heat-sensitive adhesive layer by means of heating means and including cleaning means capable of readily removing remainders of heat-sensitive adhesive mass and the like transferred to the heating means.

Abstract: It is to provide a forwarding and cutting method and a printer capable of cutting a heat sensitive adhesive sheet to a predetermined length, without stopping the forwarding of the sheet in a state of the heat sensitive adhesive sheet being pinched between the heating means for thermal activation and the platen roller arranged on the side opposite to the heating means.

Abstract: A camera is made compact with its internal temperature adjusted to a more appropriate temperature. A temperature T is read from a temperature sensor disposed within the camera (S100) and it is judged whether or not the temperature T exceeds a threshold Tref1 (S102). When the temperature T exceeds the threshold Tref1, the operation of the camera is changed to a power-saving mode where the power consumption is lower than in the ordinary mode (S104). The threshold Tref1 is determined to be a rated temperature at which the camera can operate stably or a temperature lower than that. Thus, the temperature in the camera can be made appropriate.

Abstract: An on-vehicle gateway is provided that is interposed between a plurality of buses for transferring data, and that is capable of performing appropriate control according to situations.

Abstract: A camera is made compact with its internal temperature adjusted to a more appropriate temperature. A temperature T is read from a temperature sensor disposed within the camera (S100) and it is judged whether or not the temperature T exceeds a threshold Tref1 (S102). When the temperature T exceeds the threshold Tref1, the operation of the camera is changed to a power-saving mode where the power consumption is lower than in the ordinary mode (S104). The threshold Tref1 is determined to be a rated temperature at which the camera can operate stably or a temperature lower than that. Thus, the temperature in the camera can be made appropriate.

Abstract: A composition consisting essentially of a diaryl carbonate and contains a furan ring-containing compound in an amount of not more than 1 ppm is favorably employable for producing less colored polycarbonate.

Abstract: An electronic equipment mounting angle varying apparatus comprises a base member mounted at a place where electronic equipment is installed; a mounting member on which the electronic equipment is mounted, and which is supported by the base member so as to freely swing about a horizontal base support shaft axis; and an arm member supported by the mounting member so as to freely swing about a mounting member support shaft axis extending horizontally, which sets mounting angle of the electronic equipment by being latched by the base member, whereby the electronic equipment is mounted at a prescribed angle.

Abstract: There is provided a charge/discharge type power supply that includes a MOS transistor (normally called “four-terminal MOS transistor”) of which a source, a drain, a gate and a body are separated from each other as a switching element that controls both of the charge operation and the discharge operation, and provides a charge/discharge control circuit with a function of controlling the charge/discharge operation in accordance with a voltage of a secondary battery, a function of detecting a voltage that varies in accordance with a current that flows in the switching elements to control the charge/discharge operation, and a function of recognizing whether a charger or a load is connected to an external connection terminal to control the charge/discharge operation; wherein one signal line is used for controlling the on/off operation of the switching element, and both of the charge operation and the discharge operation can be controlled without any diode.

Abstract: A composition consisting essentially of a diaryl carbonate and contains a furan ring-containing compound in an amount of not more than 1 ppm is favorably employable for producing less colored polycarbonate

Abstract: An image operation processing apparatus is connected to a memory. The apparatus processes, by accessing the memory, a data packet including instruction information and an address of a prescribed address space. The apparatus realizes an address translation process for translating the address included in an incoming data packet to an address of a partial address space smaller than the prescribed address space. It further realizes a memory access process for accessing the memory in accordance with the address translated by the address translation process. Finally, it performs a process in accordance with the instruction information included in the data packet.

Abstract: A semiconductor device comprises a depletion-type NMOS transistor having a source region, a drain region connected to a power supply line, and a gate electrode connected to a ground line. An enhancement-type NMOS transistor has a source connected to the ground line, a drain connected in series with the source of the depletion-type MOS transistor between the power supply line and the ground line to define an output terminal, and a gate electrode connected directly to the output terminal.

Abstract: A battery pack has a rechargeable power source, external connection terminals for connecting the power source to at least one of a load and a charger, a switching element for terminating a current flowing in the power source and a battery state monitoring circuit for detecting at least one of a voltage and a current of the power source and producing a corresponding output signal. The battery state monitoring circuit has an overcurrent detection circuit for detecting an overcurrent state of the power source and controlling the switching element to terminate current flow in the power source when an overcurrent state is detected.

Abstract: In a charge/discharge controlling semiconductor device for a secondary batter which can be used repeatedly even after detection of an abnormal charging current, the abnormal charging current is detected by using the resistance value of the on-state of a switching element without a current fuse for detection of the abnormal charging current.

Abstract: An alkyl nitrite can be produced on an industrial scale with a high efficiency and with a low yield of by-products by the process wherein nitrogen oxide-containing feed gas is brought into an alkyl alcohol liquid in a distillation column reactor while circulating a liquid fraction, produced in the reactor and containing the alkyl alcohol, through a circulation path including a lower section of the reactor and a cooler to remove the reaction heat vigorously generated in the reactor, and while controlling the weight ratio of the circulating liquid fraction to the total alkyl alcohol fed into the reactor to 50:1 to 200:1, the molar ratio of the total alkyl alcohol fed to the reactor and contained in the circulating liquid fraction to nitrogen oxide in the feed gas to 20:1 to 150:1, and the content of the alkyl alcohol in the liquid fraction to 15 to 60% by weight; and the resultant gas fraction containing the target alkyl nitrite is collected from the reactor.

Abstract: The present invention aims to radiate heat efficiently from the inside of an equipment housing, with a simple structure. First and second through air passageways are formed at the sides of first to third equipment housings and the second through air passageway communicates with a recess air passageway to supply air from the first through air passageway into the first to third equipment housings, discharge the exhaust from the first equipment housing directly out of the equipment through a second window portion, and lead the exhaust from the second and third equipment housings into the second through air passageway through the second window portion and the recess air passageway and discharge it out of the equipment.

Abstract: A charge/discharge control circuit cuts off a current path to stop charging of an abnormal secondary cell when the voltage of the secondary cell is less than the threshold voltage of a MOS transistor.

Abstract: A digital filter processing device receives image data of a frame in the order of time series in scanning the frame for carrying out a filter process for every group of image data corresponding to each of a plurality of regions of a predetermined size in the frame. The device receives image data in the order of time series of the scanning operation of a frame to multiply the input image data by a corresponding filter coefficient. This multiplied result is accumulated for every group to be output as an accumulation result. As a result, a region for storing a multiplied result which is an intermediate result of the filter process and an operation for reading out the multiplied result from the storage region for accumulation can be eliminated. Therefore, a filtering process of a frame can be carried out at high speed and in real-time.

Abstract: A data flow information processing apparatus includes one or a plurality of data driven type processors for processing data packets based on a data flow program, one or a plurality of memories accessed by these processors, and a router receiving data packets processed by these data processors for selecting a path for selectively applying the data packet to any of the one or the plurality of memories. More preferably, a first router includes an address calculating unit for calculating the address based on the content of the data packet, and a branching unit for branching the path of the data packet based on the calculated address. The data packet includes a generation number allotted in accordance with the order of input time and data. The address calculating unit includes a unit for calculating a modified address by modifying the generation number based on the data.

Abstract: A data driven information processor includes a main body processing portion for processing a data packet, a start register storing information for use in determining whether to continue to process the data packet output from the main body processing portion or output externally, and a branch portion for determining whether to provide the output of the main body processing portion to the main body processing portion or to the output processing portion based on the content of the register and the content of the data packet and branching the data packet. The branch portion has a duplicating function to produce a duplicate of the data packet for provision to the output processing portion if it determines the data packet should continue to be processed by the main body processing portion.

Abstract: In a system in which a plurality of data driven information processors are connected to each other to receive a data packet and to carry out processing simultaneously, each processor stores a processor number parameter ID of a data packet to be forcibly included in a specific data packet to be input. The forced input packet is a packet which each processor should receive and process unconditionally among packets addressed to the other processors excluding itself. The parameter ID is a number for identifying the other processors. Upon reception of an ordinary data packet, the processor compares information for specifying a processor to process the received ordinary data packet respectively with parameter ID and processor identification number PE# preassigned to each processor for identifying itself, and in response to matching between the information and any one of parameter ID and processor identification number PE#, takes in the received ordinary data packet in order to process the same.