Abstract: In order to enable a medical worker to certainly and easily know whether a patient on a home oxygen therapy, who continues to inhale an oxygen-enriched gas at home, performs the inhalation as prescribed, a history of a supply condition of the oxygen-enriched gas supplied to the patient is recorded and held as supply history information, this supply history information is compared with a prescription of the oxygen therapy of the patient to generate patient's compliance information to indicate the degree to which the oxygen therapy is performed in accordance with the prescription, the oxygen concentrating apparatus is constructed to be portable, and a doctor can confirm the patient's compliance information at the time of going to a medical institution regularly.

Abstract: A reactor core coolant temperature measuring apparatus for measuring the temperature of the coolant flowing in the reactor core of a nuclear reactor comprises a ?-ray thermometer having a temperature measuring section arranged below the bottom of the reactor core and a ?-ray heat generation detecting section arranged between the bottom and the top of the reactor core, a cable for transmitting the signal output from the temperature measuring section and an output signal processing means for receiving the signal and computationally determining the local temperature of the coolant at the position of placement of the temperature measuring section.

Abstract: A semiconductor part 1 in which a metal terminal 2 is formed on its back surface and side surface is mounted so that only the back surface portion of the metal terminal 2 is in contact with a cream solder 3. When the side surface portion of the metal terminal 2 is irradiated with laser beams, the back surface portion of the metal terminal 2 is heated by thermal conduction from the side surface portion to the back surface portion of the metal terminal 2 and the cream solder 3 in contact with the back surface portion of the metal terminal 2 is melted, whereby soldering is performed.

Abstract: To provide a rod block monitor in which irrespective of the selection or non-selection of a control rod, such a process is repeatedly executed that gain adjustment is performed at fixed intervals at all times to match a local area average value of signals of neutron detectors surrounding the control rod with a nuclear reactor average power and a block level appropriate to the local area average value of the neutron detector signals after the gain adjustment is set.

Abstract: In order to enable a medical worker to certainly and easily know whether a patient on a home oxygen therapy, who continues to inhale an oxygen-enriched gas at home, performs the inhalation as prescribed, a history of a supply condition of the oxygen-enriched gas supplied to the patient is recorded and held as supply history information, this supply history information is compared with a prescription of the oxygen therapy of the patient to generate patient's compliance information to indicate the degree to which the oxygen therapy is performed in accordance with the prescription, the oxygen concentrating apparatus is constructed to be portable, and a doctor can confirm the patient's compliance information at the time of going to a medical institution regularly.

Abstract: The heat-embossed, fastening non-woven fabric of the present invention comprises, as at least one component, core-sheath or side-by-side heat-fusing composite staple fibers having a low-melting polymer component on a fiber surface, wherein a front surface of the non-woven fabric comprises a non-embossed portion and an embossed portion, the non-embossed portion being a large number of regularly or irregularly dispersed convex island regions upwardly projecting from the front surface, the embossed portion being a sea region surrounding each island region, and at least one end of the composite staple fibers in the non-embossed portion that constitute the convex island regions being press- and heat-anchored at the embossed portion that constitute the sea region. The non-woven fabric of the present invention is thin and flexible, and can be used as a cost-effective loop fastener member suitable for disposable products.

Abstract: A semiconductor part 1 in which a metal terminal 2 is formed on its back surface and side surface is mounted so that only the back surface portion of the metal terminal 2 is in contact with a cream solder 3. When the side surface portion of the metal terminal 2 is irradiated with laser beams, the back surface portion of the metal terminal 2 is heated by thermal conduction from the side surface portion to the back surface portion of the metal terminal 2 and the cream solder 3 in contact with the back surface portion of the metal terminal 2 is melted, whereby soldering is performed.

Abstract: A method in which idle time retrieval is not lumped together but multistageously so that a burden on a host person for retrieving idle time for subjects of participation is lightened. The subjects of participation are divided into some groups so that idle time is retrieved group by group on the basis of a given retrieval condition. The retrieval is continued unless the retrieval is completed for all the groups.

Abstract: A method in which idle time retrieval is not lumped together but divided multistageously so that a burden on a host person for retrieving idle time for subjects of participation is lightened. The subjects of participation are divided into some groups so that idle time is retrieved group by group on the basis of a given retrieval condition. The retrieval is continued unless the retrieval is completed for all the groups.

Abstract: A reservation control method, system and computer program for reserving times for use of a plurality of facilities. The invention provides for the storing of a time span of dates and times on which each of the facilities are to be used as a reservation schedule in a storage and controlling reservations of the facilities based on the stored reservation schedule. Further the invention provides for setting a time span of dates and times in which use of at least one of the facilities is forbidden as a reservation forbidden schedule in the storage and forbidding reservations for the facilities when the reservations overlap the reservation forbidden schedule. The reservation forbidden schedule can only be accessed and/or modified by a manager of the facility.

Abstract: A method in which idle time retrieval is not lumped together but divided multistageously so that a burden on a host person for retrieving idle time for subjects of participation is lightened. The subjects of participation are divided into some groups so that idle time is retrieved group by group on the basis of a given retrieval condition. The retrieval is continued unless the retrieval is completed for all the groups.

Abstract: An image processing circuit which adds, by means of a yellow color image data, forgery tracing information to yellow, magenta and cyan color image data obtained by reading out of an original. A tracing information adder replaces the read-out yellow color image data with a yellow color image of a higher density in a low-density area where the density of the read-out yellow color image data is equal to or below a set threshold value. In a high-density area where the density of the read-out yellow color image data exceeds the set threshold value, the tracing information is added by adding a predetermined value to the read-out yellow color image data.

Abstract: An image processor is provided which emphasis-processes an image to be copied with attention to the detection of black edges so that clear color copy outputs are obtained. R, G and B data read out from an original by a scanner are converted into C, M and Y complementary color data by a complementary color reversing circuit. The complementary color data are transmitted to a black edge processing circuit and to a black edge detecting circuit. The black edge detecting circuit detects the inside or the outside of a black edge, and in accordance therewith, the black edge processing circuit, for example, changes the coefficient of a spatial filter. The output of the black edge processing circuit is outputted to a printer through a black generating circuit, a tone correcting circuit and a half tone processing circuit.

Abstract: A color image is by an optical scanner for conversion into three primary color data corresponding to the respective densities of the three primary colors. An edge detector detects a pixel of an edge based on the three primary color data. A pixel color judging device judges a color of a target pixel based on the three primary color data of the target pixel and its adjacent pixels. Based on edge detection results of the edge detector and pixel color judgment results of the pixel color judging device, detected is a pixel of a black edge. Judgement conditions for the pixel color judgement are established based upon characteristics that depend upon the order of arrangement of color filters in a scanner.

Abstract: A gas analyzing apparatus comprises a light source (34) emitting an infrared luminous flux; a sample cell (38) which is arranged such that a sample gas is introduced therein and the infrared luminous flux emitted from the light source (34) is transmitted therethrough; and detection means (10a, 10b) which contain absorbers and are arranged such that the infrared luminous flux transmitted through the sample cell (38) passes through the absorbers and an increase in pressure according to the temperature within each of their absorber containers raised upon absorption of the infrared luminous flux by each absorber is optically detected so as to measure, based on the increases in pressure, concentrations of ingredients to be measured in the sample gas, wherein, as the absorbers contained in the detection means (10a, 10b), gases having ingredients identical to the ingredients to be measured are used, respectively.

Abstract: An image processor performs emphasis processings suitable for materials to be copied to produce clear copy outputs. The image processor has a digitizing circuit which outputs a digital signal produced by digitizing an image. The processor further has a first detecting circuit which detects an area of the digital signal including a periodic component, a second detecting circuit which detects a character area of the digital signal, and a smoothing circuit which smoothes the digital signal to output a smoothed signal. Either the digital signal or the smoothed signal is selected and outputted by a changeover circuit according to an output of the first detecting circuit. The output of the changeover circuit is differentiated into a plurality of differentiated signals by a differentiating circuit by use of a plurality of different coefficients. One of the differentiated signals is selected and outputted according to the outputs of the first and second detecting circuits.

Abstract: A total reflection measuring apparatus having a cassegrain mirror which has cassegrain primary mirror and cassegrain secondary mirror focuses the light which is reflected by the above secondary mirror and the primary mirror on an object of measurement. A prism which is positioned in lower part of the above cassegrain secondary mirror and a prism lift which moves the prism between a shadow behind the cassegrain secondary mirror and the object. The prism lift positions the prism in the shadow behind the cassegrain secondary mirror when visual observation is required. As a result, the clear observation of object becomes possible.

Abstract: This application discloses a process for producing a non-woven fabric which comprises applying a crosslinkable bonding agent to a portion of the surface of a fiber assembly, applying heat and pressure to drive the crosslinkable bonding agent into the fiber assembly and to densify the fiber assembly and subsequently crosslink the bonding agent.

Abstract: The present invention is directed to a method for manufacturing a dampening roll cover useful in a flat-bed printing process, comprised of hygro-thermally shrinkable fibers which do not shrink due to exposure to ambient mositure during storage. Such dampening roll covers are prepared by preliminarily shrinking a cylinder of a fibrous fleece comprised of hygro-thermally shrinkable fibers to the extent of about 3% to about 50% in length to compact the fibrous structure of the cylinder.