Abstract: The present invention has an object to enable a torque as required to be realized without being influenced by an operation state of an IN-VVT, which is a variable valve timing mechanism which changes a valve timing of an intake valve. For this purpose, a control device for an internal combustion engine provided by the present invention stores data that defines a relationship between an air quantity and a torque in an MBT in association with the operation state of the IN-VVT, and calculates a target air quantity for realizing a required torque based on the data. The control device calculates an actual air quantity which is actually realized by an operation of a throttle when operating the throttle to realize the target air quantity.

Abstract: A method for manufacturing aggregated resin particles, includes: preparing a microreactor that includes a first flow channel, a second flow channel, and a confluent flow channel, to which the first flow channel and the second flow channel merge; introducing a first fluid that contains resin particles dispersed therein into the first flow channel; introducing a second fluid that contains an aggregating agent into the second flow channel; feeding the first and second fluids so that a feed amount per unit time of the second fluid is greater than a feed amount per unit time of the first fluid, so as to form a laminar flow, in which the first fluid and the second fluid are merged, in the confluent flow channel; and forming aggregated resin particles by aggregating the resin particles.

Abstract: In a semiconductor device by which peripheral circuit sections, such as a semiconductor element, a matching circuit section, a bias circuit section, a capacitor element, are placed on and connected to a substrate, the semiconductor element can be grounded, and the semiconductor device which can make heat radiation characteristics of the semiconductor element satisfactory is provided, without providing a via hole into a semiconductor substrate. It includes: a semiconductor element (2) placed on a substrate (1); peripheral circuit sections (30) and (40) placed on the substrate (1) and connected with the semiconductor element (2); an electrode (30e) provided in the peripheral circuit section (30) and grounded; an electrode (30s) for grounding connected to a metal layer (30m), a metal layer (30m) and a source electrode (2s) of the semiconductor element (2); and an electrode (30d) connected to a gate electrode (2g) of the semiconductor element (2).

Abstract: An embodiment of the invention provides a laser annealing method, including the steps of radiating a laser beam to an amorphous film on a substrate while scanning the laser beam for the amorphous film, crystallizing the amorphous film, detecting a light quantity of laser beam reflected from the substrate and a scanning speed of the laser beam while the radiation and the scanning of the laser beam are carried out for the amorphous film, and controlling a radiation level and the scanning speed of the laser beam based on results of comparison of the light quantity of laser beam reflected from the substrate, and the scanning speed of the laser beam with respective preset references.

Abstract: Disclosed is a method for producing a modified animal fiber, the method includes step 1 (31, 32) of pre-oxidizing a cystine bond (—S—S— bond) present in an epidermal cell of an animal fiber to bring the cystine bond into a low oxidation state, step 2 (33) of oxidizing with ozone the pre-oxidized —S—S— bond to bring the —S—S— bond into at least one high oxidation state selected from di-, tri-, and tetra-oxidation states, and step 3 (34) of reductively cleaving the —S—S— bond in a high oxidation state. The method imparts shrink resistance and pilling resistance to an animal fiber. In the step 2 (33) ozone is microdispersed in an aqueous solution comprising an anionic surfactant having a C8-24 alkyl group, and the animal fiber is contacted with the ozone.

Abstract: A display device may include a flat panel display, and a controller coupled to the flat panel display. The controller may be configured to determine an operating mode for the flat panel display among a plurality of operating modes including at least a first operating mode and a second operating mode. In the first operating mode, the controller may set the flat panel display to utilize a first frame rate and a first inversion mode to save power. In the second operating mode, the controller may set the flat panel display to utilize a second frame rate, a second inversion mode, and a black frame insertion to improve image quality. The second frame rate may be faster than the first frame rate. The second inversion mode and black frame insertion may be mutually configured to maintain a DC balanced operation of the flat panel display.

Abstract: An optical device includes: a substrate; an optical branching filter on the substrate and dividing input light into first and second input lights; first and second Mach-Zehnder optical modulators on the substrate and respectively modulating the first and second input lights; and an optical coupler on the substrate and combining light modulated by the first Mach-Zehnder optical modulator and light modulated by the second Mach-Zehnder optical modulator. Each of the first and second Mach-Zehnder optical modulator includes two optical waveguides, a phase modulation electrode applying a modulation voltage across the optical waveguides to change phases of light in the optical waveguides, and a feed line and a terminal line respectively connected to opposite ends of the phase modulation electrode to supply the modulation voltage to the phase modulation electrode. The feed lines and the terminal lines respectively extend to peripheral portions of the substrate.

Abstract: During a period of parallel-like radio communication with two or more first base stations, the first base station designates a second base station correlated with one of the two or more first base stations, and temporarily suspends the radio communication in accordance with a first communications standard to issue, to a mobile station, a request of measurement for the designated second base station. The first base station receives a result of the measurement for the designated second base station. The first base station notifies the mobile station of a handover from the first communications standard to a second communications standard, and also notifies the mobile station of a request for starting a coordination mode in which the two or more second base stations including the designated second base station establish communication with the mobile station in coordination with each other.

Abstract: An accumulator device includes: an outer container with mutually overlapped outer films bonded air-tightly to each other at a bonding portion formed along respective outer peripheral edge portions; an electrode unit accommodated inside the outer container and including positive and negative electrode sheets stacked one on another with a separator disposed therebetween, the positive and negative electrode sheets each including a current collector on which an electrode layer is formed; positive and negative electrode terminals provided to protrude from inside the outer container to outside through the bonding portion; and an electrolytic solution injected in the outer container. The positive electrode terminal includes an aluminum terminal substrate and a nickel-plating coating formed on a surface of an outer end portion of the terminal substrate located outside the outer container; an inner edge of the nickel-plating coating is located within the bonding portion.

Abstract: A steering apparatus having a stationary bracket fixed to a vehicle body including a pair of first side plates; a receiving portion provided on the steering column for receiving one end of a conductive member; a pair of second side plates; a conductive cylindrical shaft secured between the pair of first side plates and inserted through the pair of the second side plates; and a plate-shaped conductive member interposed between the receiving portion and an outer peripheral surface of the cylindrical shaft. The conductive member includes first and second bow springs that fit the cylindrical shaft resiliently. The first bow spring is interposed between the second bow spring and the receiving portion, a first contact portion of the second bow spring is pressed to the outer peripheral surface of the cylindrical shaft, and a second contact portion of the first bow spring is pressed to the receiving portion.

Abstract: Provided is a method for driving a non-volatile memory element in which a variable resistance element including a first electrode, a second electrode, and a variable resistance layer capable of reversibly changing between a high resistance state and a low resistance state with application of electrical signals having different polarities is connected in series with a current steering element having bidirectional rectifying characteristics with respect to an applied voltage. After the non-volatile memory element is manufactured, the resistance value of the variable resistance layer is reduced from a resistance value in the initial resistance state higher than that in the high resistance state by applying, to the non-volatile memory element, a voltage pulse having the polarity identical to that of the voltage pulse for changing the variable resistance layer from the low resistance state to the high resistance state in the normal operations.

Abstract: A nonvolatile memory device (800) includes a variable resistance nonvolatile memory element (100) and a control circuit (810). The control circuit (810) determines whether a resistance value of the nonvolatile memory element (100) in a high resistance state is equal to or greater than a predetermined threshold value. Moreover, if the resistance value of the nonvolatile memory element (100) in the high resistance state is smaller than the threshold value, the control circuit (810) applies a first voltage (VL1) to the nonvolatile memory element (100) to change a resistance state of the nonvolatile memory element (100) from the high resistance state to the low resistance state.

Abstract: An exhaust gas purifying device for an internal combustion engine, including: an electrically heated catalyst which has a catalyst carrier supporting a catalyst and a carrier retention unit which is provided on an outer periphery of the catalyst carrier, which retains the catalyst carrier, and which has an electrical insulation property; and a cooling unit which cools the carrier retention unit. Therefore, it is possible to prevent the temperature of the carrier retention unit from becoming high, and it becomes possible to appropriately ensure the insulation property of the electrically heated catalyst. Hence, it becomes possible to expand a condition range in which the current can be applied to the electrically heated catalyst.

Abstract: The present invention provides a conductive polymer in which, when being formed into a coating film, foreign materials are difficult to be generated even the passage of time and a quality control method for a conductive polymer and has a repeating unit which is represented by the following general formula (1). The present invention also provides a quality control method for conductive polymers wherein conductive polymers with an area ratio (Y/X) of 0.60 or less are selected. In the formula R1 to R4 are each independently —H, a linear or branched alkyl group having 1 to 24 carbon atoms, a linear or branched alkoxy group having 1 to 24 carbon atoms, an acidic group, a hydroxyl group, a nitro group, —F, —Cl, —Br or —I; and at least one of R1 to R4 is an acidic group or a salt thereof.

Abstract: The present invention provides a resin coated seamless aluminum can and a resin coated aluminum can lid having adhesiveness and corrosion resistance by applying a non-chromium chemical conversion coated film to an aluminum alloy sheet and by applying an organic resin layer to the non-chromium chemical conversion coated film. For this end, an organic-inorganic composite surface treated layer containing 2 to 20 mg/m2 of zirconium compound expressed in terms of zirconium atoms, 1 to 10 mg/m2 of phosphorus compound expressed in terms of phosphorus atoms, and 5 to 60 mg/m2 of organic compound expressed in terms of carbon atoms is formed on at least one-side surface of an aluminum alloy sheet, and an organic resin coated layer is formed on the organic-inorganic composite surface treated layer.

Abstract: An EL display panel including an EL substrate and a CF facing each other and resin filling space between the EL substrate and the CF. A common bank having a greater width than banks between first, second, and third areas in each portion of the CF lies between two portions corresponding to a first pixel and an adjacent second pixel. A portion of a CF layer formed with respect to an outermost area among the areas of the first pixel and covering a top surface of a bank closest to the second pixel extends towards the second pixel and has a greater length than a portion of the CF layer formed with respect to the outermost area that covers a top surface of a bank opposing the bank closest to the second pixel.

Abstract: An optical disc recording apparatus (10) is provided with a tracking servo (13) for tracking a spiral track of concave and convex marks, an analog signal processor (14) for extracting a reproduction signal corresponding to the concave and convex marks, a digital signal processor (15) for extracting a channel clock synchronized with a channel bit length of the concave and convex marks, and a sub-information recording section (30) for recording sub-information by irradiating laser light based on the tracking to the spiral track. The sub-information recording section (30) records all the sub-information by repeating a process of recording a part of the sub-information by discretely irradiating laser light at a specified interval and with a specified frequency in synchronism with a channel clock by one tracking to form recordable marks on a reflective film a plurality of times.

Abstract: To obtain injection molded objects having biodegradability and excellent flame retardance and mechanical strength, the injection molded object includes a lactic acid based resin; and a metal hydroxide in a ratio of 5 to 40 mass parts per 100 mass parts of the lactic acid based resin. The metal hydroxide is surface-treated, and Na2O (w-Na2O) present on a surface of grains of the metal hydroxide is 0.1 mass % or less based on the total mass of the metal hydroxide. Preferably, the injection molded object contains an aliphatic polyester other than the lactic acid based resin or an aromatic-aliphatic polyester in a ratio of 20 to 80 mass parts per 100 mass parts of the lactic acid based resin.

Abstract: A belt conveying device includes an endless belt stretched by a plurality of rollers; a drive unit that is connected to one of the plurality of rollers and drives the roller; a plurality of belt velocity detectors that are arranged at a plurality of locations along a belt width direction perpendicular to a moving direction of the endless belt and detect conveyance velocities of the endless belt; and a belt-inclination calculating unit that calculates an inclination of the endless belt in the moving direction from a difference between conveyance velocities of the endless belt detected by the plurality of belt velocity detectors.