Abstract: A protection module interposed between a chargeable/dischargeable secondary battery and a load, the protection module includes a first switching element connected to the chargeable/dischargeable secondary battery, a second switching element connected to the load, a protection unit configured to prevent over-charge and over-discharge of the chargeable/dischargeable secondary battery by switching on/off the first and the second switching elements, a storage unit configured to store status data of the chargeable/dischargeable secondary battery and threshold data pertaining to a status of the chargeable/dischargeable secondary battery, a status monitor unit configured to monitor the status of the chargeable/dischargeable secondary battery. The status monitor unit is configured to set plural storage areas in the storage unit and store the status data and a flag data indicating whether the status data is a latest status data in one of the plural storage areas.

Abstract: There is provided a fuel injection valve, in which uniformity in swirl intensity in a peripheral direction of a swirl fuel is heightened. A fuel injection valve comprises a valve element 3 and a valve seat 10, which cooperate to open and close a fuel passage to perform injection of a fuel and stoppage of injection, a nozzle body 4 having the valve seat 10, a swirl passage 21 provided downstream of a seat portion 10a, on which the valve element 3 and the valve seat 10 contact with each other, and a swirl chamber 22, to which the swirl passage 21 and a fuel injection port 23 are connected, and a recess (buffer) 24 for enlargement of the swirl chamber 22 in volume is provided on a wall surface portion 4a of the swirl chamber 22 opposed to the fuel injection port 23.

Abstract: A fuel injection valve includes: a swirl chamber having an inner peripheral wall formed to be gradually increased in curvature toward a downstream side from an upstream side; a swirl passage, through which a fuel is introduced into the swirl chamber; and a fuel injection port opened to the swirl chamber, wherein the swirl chamber and the swirl passage are formed so that a side wall of the swirl passage connected to a downstream end side of the swirl chamber, or an extension thereof is made not to intersect a downstream side portion of the inner peripheral wall of the swirl chamber, or an extension thereof.

Abstract: An image processing apparatus includes a parameter setting unit which sets a noise reduction processing parameter for use in noise reduction processing for applying onto an original image signal including a plurality of color components; a correlation arithmetic processing unit which calculates coefficients of correlation between each of the color components in the original image signal; a parameter correcting unit which corrects the noise reduction processing parameter based on the coefficient of correlation; and a noise reducing unit which reduces noise in the original image signal using the corrected noise reduction processing parameter.

Abstract: A surface treated electrodeposited copper foil having a smooth M surface; a surface treatment is performed on the M surface being an opposite surface of a surface which contacted with a drum in an electrodeposited copper foil, wherein Rz is 1.0 ?m or smaller and Ra is 0.2 ?m or smaller on the M surface, electrodeposited copper plating is performed to produce a copper foil under a condition of using a copper sulfate bath, wherein a copper concentration is 50 to 80 g/l, a sulfuric acid concentration is 30 to 70 g/l, a solution temperature is 35 to 45° C., a chloride concentration is 0.01 to 30 ppm, an adding concentration of a total of an organic sulfur based compound, low molecular weight glue and polymeric polysaccharide is 0.1 to 100 ppm and TOC is 400 ppm or smaller, and a current density is 20 to 50 A/dm2.

Abstract: A fuel injection valve comprises a valve seat, a movable valve element which is seated on or separated from the valve seat, and a nozzle member having a plurality of nozzle holes. At least one of the valve element and valve seat has a curved surface at a contact position where they contact with each other when the valve element is seated on the valve seat. Two or more of the nozzle holes are provided outside an intersection line of a virtual extension surface along a tangential line to the curved surface at the contact position and a surface of the nozzle member.

Abstract: An image processing device that processes an image signal in which at least one of a predetermined plural number of color signals intended to constitute the image signal in each pixel is missing in accordance with a pixel position comprises: a component separation unit that separates the color signal into a plurality of components including a first component U, which is a skeleton component, and a second component V obtained from the residual difference between the color signal and the first component; a first interpolation unit that interpolates the first component U such that the first component U in a pixel position in which the color signal is missing is interpolated; and a second interpolation unit that interpolates the second component V such that the second component V in a pixel position in which the color signal is missing is interpolated.

Abstract: In the breakdown preventive mechanism of a rotary damper, when the upper rotor is rotated in one direction, a communication path is formed between the valve body and the lower rotor, and the pressure in the pressure chamber is formed between the lower rotor and the lower housing is lowered, and rotation is easily performed. When the upper rotor is rotated in another direction, the viscous fluid does not flow between the valve body and the lower rotor, and the pressure in the pressure chamber formed between the lower rotor and the lower housing is raised. As a result, the viscous fluid pushes down the relief valve and a cage type relief valve by resisting the elastic element, and thereby prevents breakdown of the rotary damper.

Abstract: Embodiments of the present invention help to improve the capacity and the performance of a disk drive device. According to one embodiment, a data track pitch is set to each recording surface. The recording surfaces are divided into bands. A hard disk drive (HDD) sequentially moves a head to an adjacent data track in a band and performs a head switch at the band end in its data accessing. On a recording surface, the number of data tracks in each band is variable; and each band is constituted by different number of data tracks as necessary. The number of data tracks in each band is set so that the radial position of the band end comes close to the radial position of the corresponding band end on another recording surface. Accordingly, even if the recording surfaces have different variation rates of the data track pitch in the radial direction, increase in process time due to head switches can be suppressed.

Abstract: To provide an electrodeposited copper foil having flexibility and bending property equivalent to or better than that of rolled copper foil, an electrodeposited copper foil wherein regarding a crystal structure after heat treatment is applied to the electrodeposited copper foil wherein LMP defined as formula 1 is 9000 or more, either color tone of a red system or a blue system occupies 80% or more in a surface in the EBSP analysis is provided. LMP=(T+273)*(20+Log t)??Formula 1 wherein 20 is a material constant of copper, T is temperature (° C.), and t is time (Hr). Preferably, relative intensity of (331) face against (111) face is 15 or more in the X-ray diffraction of the electrodeposited copper foil after the heat treatment is applied to the electrodeposited copper foil.

Abstract: An object of the present invention is to provide an electrolytic copper coating that exhibits a bendability and flexibility equal to or better than those of rolled copper foil after the heat history in a circuit board fabrication process, especially after a heat history equivalent to the heat history applied when bonding with a polyimide film. The present invention provides an electrolytic copper coating and a method of manufacturing the same wherein, when performing heat treatment so that the LMP value shown in Equation 1 becomes 9000 or more, the result becomes a crystal distribution of crystal grains, having a maximum length of crystal grains after heat treatment of 10 ?m or more, of 70% or more: LMP=(T+273)*(20+Log t)??Equation 1 where, 20 is a material constant of copper, T is temperature (° C.), and t is time (hr).

Abstract: A runner 5 including a striker 51 in a lower portion; a catcher 6 corresponding to the striker 51 and engaging a movable body 1 in a reference position R; and an urging device 7 storing an urging force when the catcher 6 is in the reference position R, are provided. The catcher 6 in the reference position R captures the striker 51 of the runner 5 stopped and engaged with a rail 2 in a self-propelling start position SA of the movable body 1, and upon this capture, an engagement between the catcher 6 and the movable body 1 is released. At the same time, due to a backward movement of the movable body 1 from the stop position SA, the catcher 6 is positioned in the reference position R again, and releases the striker 51 of the runner 5. An engagement between the runner 5 and the rail 2 is subsequently released.

Abstract: A liquid (L) sealed in a first mounting member (11) of an anti-vibration apparatus (10) contains a first liquid and a second liquid that are mutually insoluble, the second liquid having a higher vapor pressure and a lower weight percentage (weight %) included in the liquid than those of the first liquid. In the anti-vibration apparatus, the size of a generated abnormal noise can be reduced without complicating the structure and deteriorating a damping performance.

Abstract: A rendering apparatus includes a rasterizer, pixel processing units and memories. The rasterizer generates pixels corresponding to graphics. The pixel processing units execute rendering operations for the pixels generated by the rasterizer. The pixels rendered by the same pixel processing unit are positioned substantially equidistantly and isotropically within a rendering area. The memories are provided in association with the respective pixel processing units and store data of the pixels rendered by the associated pixel processing units.

Abstract: One information code unit is configured by a first module and a second module which are “red,” a third module which is “black,” a fourth module and a fifth module which are “white,” and a sixth module and a seventh module which are “black.” When the information code is read by first reading means such as a barcode reader, white or black binarization determination is performed. As a result, the code is recognized as “white, black, white, black,” as in the read result of a conventional monochromatic barcode. On the other hand, when the information code is read by second reading means such as a mobile phone camera, the “black” regions can be read as “black” and the “white” regions as “white,” while the “red” region can be differentiated from the “black” and the “white” regions. Thus, the information code can be utilized as a multi-signal information code.

Abstract: A print control apparatus includes a print request receiving unit and a print control unit. The print request receiving unit receives a print request, including print target information, to a print apparatus. If a condition is satisfied under which print target information should have information regarding security added thereto for printing, the print control unit adds the information regarding security to the print target information and causes the print apparatus to print the print target information to which the information regarding security is added. If the condition is not satisfied, the print control apparatus stores the print target information included in the print request in a storage unit, and when an operation receiving unit provided in the print apparatus is operated to instruct to print the stored print target information, the print control apparatus causes the print apparatus to print the stored print target information.

Abstract: An image processing device separates an original image signal into a plurality of components including a first component serving as a skeleton component and a second component obtained after the first component is separated from the original image signal, obtains a signal level of the first component or the original image signal, sets a tone conversion coefficient to be applied during tone conversion based on the signal level of the first component or the original image signal, performs tone conversion processing on the first component using the tone conversion coefficient, obtains the signal level of the first component, sets a noise reduction processing parameter on the basis of the signal level of the first component, and reduces a noise of the second component using the noise reduction processing parameter and the tone conversion coefficient.

Abstract: A runner 5 including a striker 51 in a lower portion; a catcher 6 corresponding to the striker 51 and engaging a movable body 1 in a reference position R; and an urging device 7 storing an urging force when the catcher 6 is in the reference position R, are provided. The catcher 6 in the reference position R captures the striker 51 of the runner 5 stopped and engaged with a rail 2 in a self-propelling start position SA of the movable body 1, and upon this capture, an engagement between the catcher 6 and the movable body 1 is released. At the same time, due to a backward movement of the movable body 1 from the stop position SA, the catcher 6 is positioned in the reference position R again, and releases the striker 51 of the runner 5. An engagement between the runner 5 and the rail 2 is subsequently released.

Abstract: Provided is a component extraction/correction device, comprising: a decomposition unit that decomposes an original image signal into a plurality of frequency bands to generate a plurality of band signals; an extraction unit that extracts a skeleton component from among a plurality of components constituting the band signal; a first correction unit that corrects the extracted skeleton component by using the band signal and one component other than the skeleton component among the plurality of components; and a second correction unit that corrects the one component by using the corrected skeleton component and the band signal.

Abstract: Disclosed is a recording liquid including an aqueous pigment dispersion, which has high dispersion stability and high discharge properties and gives a print with superior gloss. Specifically, the aqueous pigment dispersion contains a pigment; a polymer containing cationic monomer structural units and hydrophobic monomer structural units (hydrophobic-group-containing cationic polymer); and a polymer containing anionic monomer structural units and hydrophobic monomer structural units (hydrophobic-group-containing anionic polymer), in which the ratio of the number of anionic groups in the hydrophobic-group-containing anionic polymer to the number of cationic groups in the hydrophobic-group-containing cationic polymer is 1.0 or more and 8 or less. The molar ratio of the hydrophobic monomer structural units to the anionic monomer structural units in the hydrophobic-group-containing anionic polymer is from 5/95 to 50/50 or the content of the pigment is 51 percent by weight or more based on the solids content.