Abstract: There is provided a method for forming a brilliant coating film with an excellent brilliant appearance by using aqueous first and second base coating compositions without preheating the applied first base coating composition. In the method, the aqueous first base coating composition is applied to a substrate to form a first base coating, the aqueous second base coating composition is applied to the first base coating to form a second base coating, a clear coating composition is applied to the second base coating to form a clear coating, and then the uncured coatings formed are simultaneously heated and cured, under controlling the solid contents of the first and second base coating compositions and the ratio therebetween, or the brilliant pigment mass concentrations of the base coating compositions and the ratio therebetween, or the mass ratio, the evaporation rate, and the solubility parameter of a solvent contained in the first base coating composition.

Abstract: In a chain transmission incorporating a standard roller chain, the diameter of the tooth gap bottom circle of a sprocket in mesh with the chain, is greater than the diameter of the tooth gap bottom circle for a corresponding sprocket having an ISO tooth form.

Abstract: The present invention accurately reproduces an image pattern by referring to neighboring pixels upon determining the threshold value of a target pixel so that a delay in dot generation can be prevented while emphasizing an image transition portion so that both graininess and sharpness are improved in the image. To this end, a neighboring pixel density difference detection part obtains an absolute value of the density difference between a target pixel and its neighboring pixels and selects the density of a neighboring pixel with a large absolute value as a reference pixel density. Further, a threshold value quantity determination part determines a threshold value corresponding to the density selected by the neighboring pixel density difference detection part. Then, a quantization part outputs an output value based on a comparison between the threshold value and a corrected value obtained by adding a pre-calculated error value of neighboring pixels to an input value.

Abstract: An electronic apparatus executes a program by using a page table for managing, on a page unit basis, virtual and physical addresses of the program recorded in a first recording medium. The page table is set in such a manner that a physical address is unassigned to a designated area of the program stored in the first recording medium. When the area unassigned with the physical address is accessed during execution of the program, data of the program corresponding to the accessed physical address is copied from the first recording medium to a second recording medium.

Abstract: Acid anhydride denatured chlorinated polyolefin (component A) which is composed of a copolymer of propylene and ?-olefin wherein the chlorine contents is 15 to 24% by weight, denatured amount of acid anhydride is 0.6 to 2.0%, weight average molecular weight is 40000 to 120000, and acrylic denatured alkyd resin (component B) which is comprised of alkyd resin polymer part (b1) whose iodine value is 80 or more and oil length is 35 to 70, and acrylic resin polymer part (b2) whose glass-transition temperature is not less than 50° C. wherein the weight average molecular weight is 10000 to 100000, weight ratio of the alkyd part and acrylic part is in a range of from 25/75 to 75/25, are used in a range of from 80/20 to 20/80 (A/B).

Abstract: Pressing plates press side faces of a roll paper loaded into a roll paper holder unit of the drop-in type, thereby preventing overrun of the roll paper caused by an inertia force from occurring. Each of the pressing plates is urged by two coil springs which are placed respectively on inner and outer circumference sides of the roll paper. The coil spring on the outer circumference side has a higher elasticity than the coil spring on the inner circumference side. According to the configuration, the pressing force of the pressing plates due to the elasticity of the coil springs is gradually reduced in accordance with reduction of a diameter of the roll paper.

Abstract: Provided is a board for ion generation that is capable of generating negative ions with much better efficiency and in an amount larger than that of positive ions. In the board for ion generation, a discharge electrode is formed on one principal surface of a substrate formed of ceramics, an induction electrode is formed on another principal surface of the substrate, the discharge electrode and the induction electrode being disposed opposite to each other, a first protective layer and a second protective layer are formed so as to cover the discharge electrode and the induction electrode, respectively. Surface discharge is generated on a surface of the first protective layer by applying an AC voltage between the discharge electrode and induction electrode, and positive ions and negative ions are alternately generated in the air. In the board for ion generation, the porosity of the substrate is 5 to 10 vol. %.

Abstract: A main vector: m{circumflex over (?)}=(mx, my) and a sub-vector: s{circumflex over (?)}=(sx, sy) determining cyclic structure of a basic matrix are defined, and a positional vector for a pixel configuring the basic matrix Pi{circumflex over (?)}=(Pix, Piy) is defined, where the suffix i denotes an i-th pixel configuring the basic matrix. Then, the pixels configuring the basic matrix are arranged in such a manner as to satisfy the cyclic structure, and transformation of Pi{circumflex over (?)}?Pi{circumflex over (?)}+km{circumflex over (?)}+ls{circumflex over (?)} is carried out where k and l are arbitrary integers, and may be negative values. Then a new shape of the basic matrix is obtained with Pi{circumflex over (?)}+km{circumflex over (?)}+ls{circumflex over (?)} as a new pixel positional vector Pi{circumflex over (?)}.

Abstract: The present invention provides: an aqueous primer coating composition, which can form a coating film excellent in the humidity-resisting adhesion and the gasohol resistance, and which can enhance the productivity in the coating steps; a process for formation of a coating film using this composition; and a coated article. The aqueous primer coating composition comprises an acid-anhydride-modified chlorinated polyolefin emulsion resin (A), an aqueous urethane dispersion (B), an aqueous epoxy resin (C), and an organic strong base and/or its salt (D); wherein: relative to the total nonvolatile content of the (A), (B), and (C), the nonvolatile content of the (A) is in the range of 20 to 60 weight %, that of the (B) is in the range of 10 to 40 weight %, and that of the (C) is in the range of 20 to 60 weight %, and further, the (D) is in the range of 1 to 5 weight %.

Abstract: An information processing apparatus has a CPU, a memory, a cache memory and a cache controller. When an acquisition of an area of a prescribed size is requested in the memory, a size equivalent to at least two lines serving as a cache unit is added to the prescribed size requested and this area is reserved in the memory. The area reserved is allocated to an uncacheable memory area of this memory.

Abstract: An object of the present invention is to provide a coating film formation process which enables the formation of a coating film excellent in the metal-tone aesthetic appearance and the invisibility of aluminum flakes.

Abstract: When photographing is performed in a mode for photographing at least two images such as a stitch mode and an auto bracket mode, the number of photographs necessary for photographing in the mode is determined, and the number of residual photographable pictures is calculated. When the number of photographs necessary for photographing is less than the number of photographable pictures, the photographing data size is reduced or an image data recording compression ratio is increased, thereby decreasing a user's burden of ascertaining that a number of photographs necessary for photographing is less than the number of residual photographable pictures by the user himself or herself in advance in a mode for photographing at least two images.

Abstract: An information processing apparatus, in which binding of data common to processes is performed such that common data is registered, and in which if it is determined that common data is not yet been registered, a task is shifted to a sleeping state and then shifted to an executable state once the common data is determined to be registered.

Abstract: A polygonal nut 5 for receiving a clamping bolt 7 is securely inserted in a nut insertion hole 6 which is formed in the thin portion 1a of the resin case 1, and the polygonal nut is engaged with an inner surface 6a of the nut insertion hole 6. The inner surface 6a of the nut insertion hole 6 has a round-shaped notch concave portion 6b formed at a position confronting to a corresponding corner portion 5b of the polygonal nut 5 so that the corner portion 5b of the polygonal nut 5 is not in contact with a resin case member to thereby prevent the resin case from being cracked.

Abstract: An information processing apparatus, in which binding of data common to processes is performed such that common data is registered, and in which if it is determined that common data is not yet been registered, a task is shifted to a sleeping state and then shifted to an executable state once the common data is determined to be registered.

Abstract: A polygonal nut 5 for receiving a clamping bolt 7 is securely inserted in a nut insertion hole 6 which is formed in the thin portion 1a of the resin case 1, and the polygonal nut is engaged with an inner surface 6a of the nut insertion hole 6. The inner surface 6a of the nut insertion hole 6 has a round-shaped notch concave portion 6b formed at a position confronting to a corresponding corner portion 5b of the polygonal nut 5 so that the corner portion 5b of the polygonal nut 5 is not in contact with a resin case member to thereby prevent the resin case from being cracked.

Abstract: The present invention provides: an aqueous primer coating composition, which can form a coating film excellent in the humidity-resisting adhesion and the gasohol resistance, and which can enhance the productivity in the coating steps; a process for formation of a coating film using this composition; and a coated article. The aqueous primer coating composition comprises an acid-anhydride-modified chlorinated polyolefin emulsion resin (A), an aqueous urethane dispersion (B), an aqueous epoxy resin (C), and an organic strong base and/or its salt (D); wherein: relative to the total nonvolatile content of the (A), (B), and (C), the nonvolatile content of the (A) is in the range of 20 to 60 weight %, that of the (B) is in the range of 10 to 40 weight %, and that of the (C) is in the range of 20 to 60 weight %, and further, the (D) is in the range of 1 to 5 weight %.

Abstract: The present invention provides: a process for formation of a coating film on a plastic material, which process enables formation of the coating film with good productivity wherein the coating film is excellent in the adhesion, the moisture-resisting adhesion, and the gasohol resistance, and has good appearance; and a coated article.

Abstract: The present invention accurately reproduces an image pattern by referring to neighboring pixels upon determining the threshold value of a target pixel so that a delay in dot generation can be prevented while emphasizing an image transition portion so that both graininess and sharpness are improved in the image. To this end, a neighboring pixel density difference detection part obtains an absolute value of the density difference between a target pixel and its neighboring pixels and selects the density of a neighboring pixel with a large absolute value as a reference pixel density. Further, a threshold value quantity determination part determines a threshold value corresponding to the density selected by the neighboring pixel density difference detection part. Then, a quantization part outputs an output value based on a comparison between the threshold value and a corrected value obtained by adding a pre-calculated error value of neighboring pixels to an input value.

Abstract: An image forming device includes a quantization unit which quantizes each pixel of an M-level gradation input image into one of N levels (M>N≧2) through an error diffusion process. An operation unit performs a predetermined operation according to a position of a target pixel to a gradation value of the target pixel before quantization when the gradation value of the target pixel is equal to a specific concentration.