Abstract: A first pre-sintered body composed of a powder made of a first Ni-based alloy is prepared, and a second pre-sintered body composed of a powder made of a second Ni-based alloy is prepared. Subsequently, the first and second pre-sintered bodies are positioned to face each other across a predetermined gap, and a joining material made of a Ni-based alloy having a lower liquidus temperature than the first and second Ni-based alloys is placed in a space that adjoins the first and second pre-sintered bodies and to which the gap opens. After the placing of the joining material, the first and second pre-sintered bodies are heated to melt the joining material, fill the gap with the molten joining material, and subsequently turn the first and second pre-sintered bodies into first and second sintered bodies, respectively.

Abstract: An imaging device includes an imaging unit, a lens unit including a plurality of lenses stacked on each other to guide light to the imaging unit, a heater member used for a heater configured to heat a top lens closest to an object among the lenses included in the lens unit, and a reflection suppressor disposed between a region outside of an effective region of the top lens and the heater member, the reflection suppressor being configured to suppress light reflection. The reflection suppressor includes a first reflection suppressor disposed on the top lens side and having an uneven surface, and a second reflection suppressor disposed on the heater member side, the first reflection suppressor being layered on the second reflection suppressor. A surface of the second reflection suppressor facing the heater member is smoother than a surface of the second reflection suppressor facing the first reflection suppressor.

Abstract: A composite skin material for a vehicle wherein a synthetic leather includes a surface resin layer having a plurality of openings, an adhesion layer present on the rear surface of the surface resin layer, and a fibrous base material present on the rear surface of the surface resin layer across the adhesion layer, and the adhesion layer is present only at the adherend part, except for the plurality of openings, in the rear surface of the surface resin layer, and the base material surface of the fibrous base material is bonded to the surface resin layer.

Abstract: A composite skin material for a vehicle wherein a synthetic leather includes a surface resin layer having a plurality of openings, an adhesion layer present on the rear surface of the surface resin layer, and a fibrous base material present on the rear surface of the surface resin layer across the adhesion layer, and the adhesion layer is present only at the adherend part, except for the plurality of openings, in the rear surface of the surface resin layer, and the base material surface of the fibrous base material is bonded to the surface resin layer.

Abstract: A lens unit 1 includes a plurality of lenses aligned in a row along an optical axis L and a lens holder 2. A first lens L1 located the closest to an object-side La includes an object-side lens surface 11, an image-side lens surface 12, and an image-side flange surface 13. A first housing portion 4 accommodating the first lens L1 in the lens holder 2 includes a regulation portion 42 regulating a position of the first lens L1 in the optical axis L direction. The regulation portion 42 includes a lens seating surface 40 in contact with the first lens L1. The image-side flange surface 13 of the first lens L1 includes an outer peripheral region 13A in contact with the lens seating surface 40 of the regulation portion 42 and an inner peripheral region 13B in which a flexible printed circuit board 8 is disposed.

Abstract: A lens unit 1 includes a plurality of lenses aligned in a row along an optical axis L and a lens holder 2. A transparent conductive film 16, which functions as a heater, is disposed on an image-side lens surface 12 of the first lens L1 disposed the closest to an object side La. A flexible printed circuit board 8 that feeds power to the transparent conductive film 16 includes a flat surface portion 81 along an image-side flange surface 13 surrounding an outer peripheral side of the image-side lens surface 12, an extension portion 82 extending to an outer side in a radial direction, and a protruding portion 83 projecting to the outer side in the radial direction from the flat surface portion 81. The protruding portion 83 includes a first electrode 84A and a second electrode 84B electrically connected to the transparent conductive film 16.

Abstract: An imaging device includes an imaging unit, a lens unit including a plurality of lenses stacked on each other to guide light to the imaging unit, a heater member used for a heater configured to heat a top lens closest to an object among the lenses included in the lens unit, and a reflection suppressor disposed between a region outside of an effective region of the top lens and the heater member, the reflection suppressor being configured to suppress light reflection. The reflection suppressor includes a first reflection suppressor disposed on the top lens side and having an uneven surface, and a second reflection suppressor disposed on the heater member side, the first reflection suppressor being layered on the second reflection suppressor. A surface of the second reflection suppressor facing the heater member is smoother than a surface of the second reflection suppressor facing the first reflection suppressor.

Abstract: A method for manufacturing a wheel bearing apparatus by measuring a distance Ho, Hi and Hh. A difference ?H=(Hi+Hh?Ho) is compared with a reference value of a model article. Rolling elements are selected with each having an optimum diameter to correct the difference ?H between the measured values and the reference values.

Abstract: A portable terminal device and methods are disclosed A portable terminal comprises: a touch panel that detects a position of a touch, if an operator touches a display unit displaying an image, and outputs the position of the touch; a vibrator; an edge detector that detects an edge in the image; and a controller that determines whether the position of the touch corresponds with a position of the detected edge, causes the vibrator to start vibrating if the position of the touch corresponds with the position of the edge, and inhibits the vibrator from vibrating if the position of the touch does not correspond with the position of the edge.

Abstract: It is an object of the invention to improve the rotary-type pickling liquid injector so as to inject the pickling liquid into the meat ingredient correctly. A pickling liquid spout roller 1 is combined with an opposed roller 2. A convey mechanism conveys a meat ingredient between the spout and opposed rollers 1 and 2. The meat ingredient is nipped between the spout and opposed rollers 1 and 2, the rotary body 3 is rotated around the fixed body 4, and the opposed roller 2 is rotated around an axis thereof. The pickling liquid is injected into the meat ingredient.

Abstract: A method for manufacturing a wheel bearing apparatus by measuring a distance Ho, Hi and Hh. A difference ?H=(Hi+Hh?Ho) is compared with a reference value of a model article. Rolling elements are selected with each having an optimum diameter to correct the difference ?H between the measured values and the reference values.

Abstract: An information processing apparatus includes a communication unit, an incoming data determining unit, and an audio processing command generator. The communication unit communicates with an external apparatus that splits outgoing audio data and sequentially sends transmission audio signals, each signal having a header and transmission audio data containing some of the split audio data with an appended first counter. The incoming data determining unit determines the existence of continuity-related errors in a received transmission audio signal, on the basis of the first counter, as well as a second counter contained in the header. The audio processing command generator selectively generates an audio processing command on the basis of the determination results in the incoming data determining unit, wherein the audio processing command stipulates audio data playback processing to be conducted in the event of an error.

Abstract: A portable terminal device and methods are disclosed A portable terminal comprises: a touch panel that detects a position of a touch, if an operator touches a display unit displaying an image, and outputs the position of the touch; a vibrator; an edge detector that detects an edge in the image; and a controller that determines whether the position of the touch corresponds with a position of the detected edge, causes the vibrator to start vibrating if the position of the touch corresponds with the position of the edge, and inhibits the vibrator from vibrating if the position of the touch does not correspond with the position of the edge.

Abstract: A digital recording apparatus for recording 1-bit digital audio data of a first sampling frequency on a recording medium in accordance with the recording format of multi-bit PCM data of a second sampling frequency includes a storage section to which input 1-bit digital audio data of the first sampling frequency is written; an encoder configured to read, from the storage section, the 1-bit digital audio data at a clock synchronized with the second sampling frequency and configured to convert the 1-bit digital audio data in such a manner that bits of the 1-bit digital audio data are arrayed in a 1-bit data area provided in the multi-bit PCM data that is in accord with the recording format; and a recorder configured to record data output from the encoder on the recording medium in accordance with the recording format.

Abstract: An information processing apparatus includes a communication unit, an incoming data determining unit, and an audio processing command generator. The communication unit communicates with an external apparatus that splits outgoing audio data and sequentially sends transmission audio signals, each signal having a header and transmission audio data containing some of the split audio data with an appended first counter. The incoming data determining unit determines the existence of continuity-related errors in a received transmission audio signal, on the basis of the first counter, as well as a second counter contained in the header. The audio processing command generator selectively generates an audio processing command on the basis of the determination results in the incoming data determining unit, wherein the audio processing command stipulates audio data playback processing to be conducted in the event of an error.

Abstract: An audio input/output control apparatus, in which the speed difference between writing speed in writing audio data to a ring buffer and reading speed in reading out the audio data under a constant speed is calculated. When a read-address is forcibly changed according to the speed difference, between the signal level of the audio data corresponding to a read-address before the change and the signal level of the audio data corresponding to a read-address after the change, an address position at which the signal level change is less than a predetermined value is determined as a read-address after the change. So, the amount of signal processing can be significantly reduced, and the quality of audio data can be maintained.

Abstract: A digital recording apparatus for recording 1-bit digital audio data of a first sampling frequency on a recording medium in accordance with the recording format of multi-bit PCM data of a second sampling frequency includes a storage section to which input 1-bit digital audio data of the first sampling frequency is written; an encoder configured to read, from the storage section, the 1-bit digital audio data at a clock synchronized with the second sampling frequency and configured to convert the 1-bit digital audio data in such a manner that bits of the 1-bit digital audio data are arrayed in a 1-bit data area provided in the multi-bit PCM data that is in accord with the recording format; and a recorder configured to record data output from the encoder on the recording medium in accordance with the recording format.

Abstract: A light diffusing resin film is formed by curing a light-curable liquid resin composition whose indispensable components are a photo-polymerizable monomer (A), an organic compound (B) that is incompatible with the photo-polymerizable monomer (A), a cosolvent (C) that is compatible commonly with the photo-polymerizable monomer (A) and the organic compound (B) that is incompatible with the photo-polymerizable monomer (A), and a photo-polymerization initiator (D), a light diffusing film having the resin film on a film substrate, an edge lighting type backlight unit in which the light diffusing film is used, and a liquid crystal display device provided with the edge lighting type backlight unit.

Abstract: The present invention relates to an audio input/output control apparatus. According to the audio input/output control apparatus, the speed difference between writing speed in writing audio data to a ring buffer and reading speed in reading out the audio data under a constant speed is calculated, and when a read-address is forcibly changed according to the speed difference, between the signal level of the audio data corresponding to a read-address before the change and the signal level of the audio data corresponding to a read-address after the change, an address position at which the signal level change is small is determined as a read-address after the change. So, the amount of signal processing can be significantly reduced, and the quality of audio data can be maintained.

Abstract: A microlens array comprising a laminate of a resin layer of high refractive index and a resin layer of low refractive index, wherein the resin layer of high refractive index contains as a component di(meth)acrylates of fluorene derivatives represented by the following general formula (1):