Abstract: To produce a cured body excellent in strength, water resistance, and uniformity, provided is a method of producing a polyurethane-based composite material, including: a polyaddition reaction step of performing a polyaddition reaction in a first raw material composition containing a radically polymerizable monomer (B) free from causing a polyaddition reaction with any of a radically polymerizable diol compound (a1) and a diisocyanate compound (a2), to thereby form a polyurethane component (A) having a number average molecular weight of from 1,500 to 5,000; a second raw material composition-preparing step of preparing a second raw material composition containing the component A, the component B, a radical polymerization initiator, and a filler; and a radical polymerization step of performing radical polymerization using the second raw material composition after completion of the polyaddition reaction step and the second raw material composition-preparing step, wherein a ratio R represented by the following equa

Abstract: An automatic paper feeding mechanism and an automatic paper feeding device incorporating the mechanism are provided that enable a stack of document sheets to be automatically fed into a shredder by at least one disk-shaped claw member in lots of a specified maximum number of sheets for shredding by the shredder, simply by setting the stack in the paper feeder. The automatic paper feeding mechanism is adapted to be supplied with rotational power by a shredder nit having intermeshed cutting blades for supplying paper sheets to the shredder unit in lots of two or more. It is equipped on at least one side face of a paper feed roller of a paper feeding section with a disk-shaped claw member formed with sharp portions for automatically supplying paper sheets to the shredder unit under piercing.

Abstract: A broadcast receiver has a GPS reception section for clocking, a TV tuner for receiving a broadcast wave of TV broadcast, and a display for displaying video information of a program transmitted by a broadcast wave, and displays video information of a plurality of programs received on a single screen of the display at the same time every hour on the hour. Accordingly, the user (viewer) can check the program contents of channels that can be received at the time of day.

Abstract: A broadcast receiver has a GPS reception section for clocking, a TV tuner for receiving a broadcast wave of TV broadcast, and a display for displaying video information of a program transmitted by a broadcast wave, and displays video information of a plurality of programs received on a single screen of the display at the same time every hour on the hour. Accordingly, the user (viewer) can check the program contents of channels that can be received at the time of day.

Abstract: In a digital acoustic reproducing apparatus 10 for selecting and outputting one sound information from a sound information source 11 having plural kinds of sound information with at least the number of channels or different data formats, there are provided sound information readout member 12 for reading sound information out of the sound information source 11, information acquisition member 18 for acquiring information about data formats capable of decoding by a decoder 21 to which the sound information read out is supplied or information about the number of speakers 30 to which the sound information decoded by the decoder 21 is supplied, and sound information selection member 14 for selecting sound information to be outputted to the decoder 21 based on the acquired information.

Abstract: A drive controller for controlling to change the orientation of a display surface of a display in accordance with the seating position of occupants aboard a vehicle. A display unit is rotatably mounted on a vehicle. A controller automatically rotates the display unit to a first position where the display surface is oriented toward a driver seat, when an occupant is seated solely in the driver seat. The controller rotates the display unit to a third position where the display surface is oriented toward a front passenger seat, when an occupant is seated solely in the front passenger seat. The controller rotates the display unit to a second position where the display surface is oriented toward the middle point between the driver seat and the front passenger seat, on detecting both of the occupants are seated respectively in the driver seat and the front passenger seat.

Abstract: A display controller for controlling display on a display surface of a display unit mounted on a vehicle. The display unit is rotatably mounted on the vehicle. A CPU of a controller recognizing that the vehicle is traveling, that a display surface of a display unit is oriented toward the driver's seat, and that a moving picture is displayed on the display surface, inhibits display of the moving picture on the display unit. The CPU of the controller, recognizing that the vehicle is traveling, that the display surface of the display unit is oriented toward the driver's seat, and that a moving picture is displayed on the display surface rotates the display unit to a position where an occupant of the driver's seat cannot watch the moving picture.

Abstract: A data transfer and reproduction system which transfers contents data such as music and the like from a master device such as a personal computer and the like to a slave device such as a car-mounted audio device and the like, without putting an operational burden on a user. Certification is registered between the slave device and the master device which transfers contents data, and contents data is transferred between the devices the certification of which has been registered. Of contents data stored in memory in the master device, contents data with a “yet-to-be transferred” identifier is transferred to the slave device at predetermined timing. When the functional disturbance of the slave device is detected during transfer, the transfer of contents data is aborted. The timing of the transfer may be in accordance with a predetermined time schedule, or a transfer command from the user.

Abstract: A noise reduction apparatus is capable of suppressing deterioration of an aural sensing level due to noise existing in a sound field. The apparatus synthesizes a signal obtained by adding a predetermined delay to a sound field noise and reversing and amplifying the signal with an electric signal from a sound reproduction system to obtain a sound pressure output by using a first signal processing part. On the other hand, the apparatus synthesizes a signal obtained by delaying an electric signal from the sound reproduction system by a predetermined period and reversing and amplifying the signal with an electric signal obtained from a sound pressure in the proximity of a concha of a listener to extract a residual noise component by using a second signal processing part. The apparatus controls the delay amounts and the gains set by the first and second signal processing parts so as to minimize an extraction signal.

Abstract: An information playback apparatus which can perform scan playback capable of being performed with finer settings. When a unit cycle B and a playback time A within the unit cycle B are specified and the start of the scan playback of playback data recorded in a DVD is specified, playback control data having address information and information of the playback order appended to each piece of data in the smallest basic units of the playback data is read out from the DVD, whereby the scan playback of the playback data is performed by managing the playback time A in every unit cycle B. Also, when access-inhibited data is present within the playback data, the scan playback of playback data is performed except the access-inhibited data.

Abstract: A broadcast receiver has a GPS reception section for clocking, a TV tuner for receiving a broadcast wave of TV broadcast, and a display for displaying video information of a program transmitted by a broadcast wave, and displays video information of a plurality of programs received on a single screen of the display at the same time every hour on the hour. Accordingly, the user (viewer) can check the program contents of channels that can be received at the time of day.

Abstract: A drive controller for controlling to change the orientation of a display surface of a display in accordance with the seating position of occupants aboard a vehicle. A display unit is rotatably mounted on a vehicle. A controller automatically rotates the display unit to a first position where the display surface is oriented toward a driver seat, when an occupant is seated solely in the driver seat. The controller rotates the display unit to a third position where the display surface is oriented toward a front passenger seat, when an occupant is seated solely in the front passenger seat. The controller rotates the display unit to a second position where the display surface is oriented toward the middle point between the driver seat and the front passenger seat, on detecting both of the occupants are seated respectively in the driver seat and the front passenger seat.

Abstract: A display controller for controlling display on a display surface of a display unit mounted on a vehicle. The display unit is rotatably mounted on the vehicle. A CPU of a controller recognizing that the vehicle is traveling, that a display surface of a display unit is oriented toward the driver's seat, and that a moving picture is displayed on the display surface, inhibits display of the moving picture on the display unit. The CPU of the controller, recognizing that the vehicle is traveling, that the display surface of the display unit is oriented toward the driver's seat, and that a moving picture is displayed on the display surface rotates the display unit to a position where an occupant of the driver's seat cannot watch the moving picture.

Abstract: In a digital acoustic reproducing apparatus 10 for selecting and outputting one sound information from a sound information source 11 having plural kinds of sound information with at least the number of channels or different data formats, there are provided sound information readout member 12 for reading sound information out of the sound information source 11, information acquisition member 18 for acquiring information about data formats capable of decoding by a decoder 21 to which the sound information read out is supplied or information about the number of speakers 30 to which the sound information decoded by the decoder 21 is supplied, and sound information selection member 14 for selecting sound information to be outputted to the decoder 21 based on the acquired information.

Abstract: An information playback apparatus which can perform scan playback capable of being performed with finer settings. When a unit cycle B and a playback time A within the unit cycle B are specified and the start of the scan playback of playback data recorded in a DVD is specified, playback control data having address information and information of the playback order appended to each piece of data in the smallest basic units of the playback data is read out from the DVD, whereby the scan playback of the playback data is performed by managing the playback time A in every unit cycle B. Also, when access-inhibited data is present within the playback data, the scan playback of playback data is performed except the access-inhibited data.

Abstract: A DC brushless fan is reflow-soldered to a substrate, efficiently and densely mounted on the substrate, and the fan and its coupling section are provided with a high impact resistance, thereby providing a small and reliable piece of equipment having a high productivity. The DC brushless fan includes a housing having a bottom surface, a side surface, and a top surface. The bottom surface is located adjacent and opposite to a substrate of a piece of equipment, and provided on the bottom surface side are a plurality of lands for being mechanically or electrically soldered to the substrate of the equipment. A stator, a bearing device, and a rotor are provided inside the housing. The stator has a stator core and a coil wound around the stator cone, and the rotor has a magnet and is supported by the bearing device. The fan further includes a fan blade rotating with the rotor.

Abstract: There is disclosed a process for producing D-pantoic acid or D-pantothenic acid utilizing the capability of the microorganism to synthesize D-pantoic acid or D-pantothenic acid. According to this process, (a) D-pantoic acid is biosynthesized from various carbon sources such as glucose to accumulate it in the culture medium, or (b) .beta.-alanine is contacted with the microorganism by, for example, adding .beta.-alanine to the culture medium, to cause condensation of the biosynthesized D-pantoic acid with .beta.-alanine to accumulate D-pantothenic acid in the medium.

Abstract: A composition is disclosed comprising a water-insoluble or slightly water-soluble compound and a branched cyclodextrin-carboxylic acid. The branched cyclodextrin-carboxylic acid significantly increases the water-solubility of the compound. Also disclosed is a method of enhancing water-solubility of the compound.

Abstract: In a microbial process for producing 2-keto-L-gulonic acid (hereinafter sometimes referred to as 2KGA) by fermentation or microbial cell reaction with at least one microorganism capable of producing 2KGA, wherein the improvement comprises taking out, from the fermentation broth or microbial cell reaction mixture, the produced 2KGA alone or together with a low molecular-weight cation as the counter ion by electrodialysis.

Abstract: A method for producing 2-keto-L-gulonic acid (hereinafter referred to as 2KGA) which comprises(1) culturing a microorganism capable of producing 2KGA from L-sorbose, in a liquid culture medium containing a substrate to produce 2KGA and(2) recovering the produced 2KGA, while recovering the microorganism in the culture broth,(3) inoculating the recovered microorganism to a new liquid culture medium for the following culture and(4) repeating said culture and recovering at least once.The present invention provides an industrially advantageous, versatile method for producing 2KGA that shortens the overall culture time, and reduces the amounts of starting medium materials and culture waste.