Abstract: In an imaging device 100, as a base 110 is moved from a certain position on an upper side of an imaging area SA to a different position on a left side of the imaging area SA, a camera head 150 is pivotally rotated together with a head-side arm 160 relative to a second arm 132. Such combination of the movement of the base 110 with the pivotal rotation of the camera head 150 changes the operation mode of the imaging device 100 from a first working mode to a second working mode and enables the imaging device 100 to take images in the second working mode.

Abstract: A liquid ejecting apparatus has a head, a transport mechanism, a memory, and a controller. The head ejects a liquid. The transport mechanism transports a medium in a transport direction with respect to the head in accordance with a target transport amount that is targeted. The memory stores a plurality of correction values, each of the correction values being associated with a relative position between the head and the medium, a range of the relative position to which that correction value is to be applied being associated with that correction value. In the case where a transport using the target transport amount is performed beyond the range of the relative position associated with the correction value that is associated with the relative position before the transport, the controller corrects the target transport amount based on the correction value associated with the relative position before the transport and the correction value associated with the relative position after the transport.

Abstract: A sheet discharging device, comprising: a housing including a first wall; a discharge section configured to discharge a sheet to an outside of the housing through a slit defined in the first wall; a pressing portion attached to the housing so that the pressing portion presses the sheet discharged through the slit outside the slit; and a moving unit configured to move the pressing portion along the slit.

Abstract: A wire holding mechanism includes: a frame having an attachment hole and an engagement portion, and a holding member detachably attached to the attachment hole. The holding member includes a rotation shaft rotatably supported by the attachment hole, a flange portion formed on a first end of the rotation shaft so as to prevent the holding member from coming out, an arm portion extending radially outward from the second end of the rotation shaft such that the arm portion is rotatable above the attachment surface, and a leg portion disposed between the flange portion and the arm portion. The holding member is inserted in the attachment hole at a first position, and, can be moved to a second position, the arm portion engages with the engagement portion and restricts movement of a wire.

Abstract: A differential amplifier circuit is provided with an operational amplifier and a modulator. The operational amplifier includes a feedback capacitance, and amplifies an analog input signal and outputs an amplified analog output signal. The modulator is connected to a virtual ground point of an input terminal of the operational amplifier, and the modulator switches between a pair of inputted analog differential signals to alternately select one of the analog differential signals based on a predetermined modulation control signal, and outputs a selected analog differential signal. The differential amplifier circuit alternately folds and amplifies the analog input signal within a predetermined input level limit range to generate a signal having different polarities sequentially so as to start from a voltage potential of the virtual ground point at a timing of the modulation control signal. In addition, an converter apparatus is provided with the differential amplifier circuit.

Abstract: Relates to a fixing device comprising a fixing part for fixing toner to a paper, and a separation mechanism to separate paper P from fixing body, separation mechanism has a separation member 12 with a shaft member 17 and a separation pawl 16, and a first urging mechanism 19 for urging separation pawl 16 to approach fixing body 2. To improve the device to suitably separate even a firmly adhered paper without damaging fixing body, a second urging mechanism 28 is provided for urging shaft member 17 toward initial position. Resultant force of pressing forces by two urging member 19, 28 is set such that shaft member 17 will be moved to the retracted position by a jammed paper P, and in a normal state, shaft member 17 will be prevented from moving to the retracted position even if paper P has a high adhesive force.

Abstract: Provided are an apparatus and a method for manufacturing a multilayered interlayer for safety glass that allows reliable and easy formation of inserted layers having a larger coloring layer.

Abstract: A semiconductor device 1 according to one embodiment of the invention includes: a semiconductor thin film having a light incident plane 30b on which a light is incident and a photodiode portion 30a; an interlayer 62 provided above a surface of the semiconductor thin film on an opposite side of the light incident plane 30b and having a convex surface 62a; and a concave reflective layer 70 having a concave surface 70a for reflecting the light toward the photodiode portion 30a.

Abstract: Disclosed is a foam-molded member having a skin with which peeling or floating does not occur when the skin is wrapped. Also disclosed is a method of manufacturing the foam-molded member having a skin. A foam-molded member having a skin, such as a door trim, includes a core, a skin, foam and a fixing member. The core can be folded at a folding portion, and the skin faces the core. The foam is filled in a space between the core and the skin. The fixing member fixes the core that is integrally formed with the skin and the foam and is folded at the folding portion. The core is divided into a body portion and an extension portion, with the folding portion serving as a boundary. The extension portion folded at the folding portion is fixed to the body portion by the fixing member.

Abstract: Plural through-holes are formed in a region of a semiconductor substrate positioned below a drain region (an element region other than a P-type well region). According to this configuration, an opposing area of the drain region and the semiconductor substrate can be reduced. Therefore, a drain-substrate capacitance Cdsub is reduced, and an output capacitance Coss of an SOI LDMOSFET can be reduced as a result.

Abstract: An optical fiber is constituted by: a three-layer structured core which includes, a first core (having a relative refractive index difference of ?1 in a region of a radius of R1), a second core (having a relative refractive index difference of ?2 in a region from the radius R1 to a radius of R2), and a third core (having a relative refractive index difference of ?3 in a region from the radius of R2 to a radius of R3), wherein the relative refractive index differences have relationships of ?1>?2, ?3>?2, and ?3>?1, when ?1??2=X and ?3??2=Y, (X+Y)>0.4% is satisfied, and X and Y satisfy 0.25%<X<0.6%, 0.1%?0.6%, and a relationship of (2*X?0.7)%<Y<(X/2+0.4)%, thereby satisfying the G652 standard and having an SBS threshold equal to or higher than that of an optical fiber having the same MID by +3 dB or higher.

Abstract: A method of calculating a correction value includes: forming a test pattern by ejecting a liquid by a liquid ejecting apparatus, which has a first nozzle row in which a plurality of nozzles ejecting the liquid to a medium are arranged in a predetermined direction and a second nozzle row in which a plurality of nozzles ejecting the liquid to the medium are arranged in the predetermined direction, the second nozzle row being disposed so that an end portion on one side thereof in the predetermined direction overlaps with an end portion on the other side of the first nozzle row in the predetermined direction, to an area of the medium corresponding to certain pixel data on the basis of the certain pixel data from first nozzles belonging to the end portion on the other side of the first nozzle row and second nozzles belonging to the end portion on the one side of the second nozzle row; acquiring a read-out gray scale value by allowing a scanner to read-out the test pattern; and calculating a correction value used t

Abstract: A concentration correcting method includes: forming N test patterns at different positions in a moving direction by repeatedly performing a dot line forming process of forming a dot line in a line region on a test medium in which a plurality of unit areas is arranged in the moving direction by ejecting liquid from nozzles direction and a transport process of transporting the test medium in a transport direction; performing on the N test patterns a process of calculating a concentration correction value, which is used to correct concentrations of the unit areas in a print image; and correcting the concentrations of the unit areas in the print image by the use of interpolated correction values obtained using a linear interpolation method, two concentration correcting values acquired from the two test patterns, and positions of the unit areas in the moving direction.

Abstract: In a feedback amplifier circuit, a first switching device executes an auto-zero operation by inputting a signal outputted from an amplifier to an input terminal of the amplifier during an auto-zero operation interval prior to an amplification interval. A first capacitor accumulates and holds an offset voltage at the output terminal of the amplifier during the auto-zero operation interval, and cancels an offset voltage at the input terminal of the amplifier by an accumulated and held offset voltage during an amplification interval subsequent to the auto-zero operation interval. A second switching device grounds the feedback point of the feedback circuit during the auto-zero operation interval. A second capacitor blocks a DC voltage, and accumulates and holds an offset voltage at an output terminal of the amplifier, and cancels an offset voltage at an input terminal of the amplifier by the accumulated and held offset voltage during an amplification interval.

Abstract: The invention provides vectors containing a multiple cloning site comprising a PrS tag or a PrS2 tag from Myxococcus xanthus. Methods are provided for enhancing solubility of a target protein using Protein S tagged target fusion proteins.

Abstract: A technique which can improve manufacturing yield and product reliability is provided in a semiconductor device having a triple well structure. An inverter circuit which includes an n-channel type field effect transistor formed in a shallow p-type well and a p-channel type field effect transistor formed in a shallow n-type well, and does not contribute to circuit operations is provided in a deep n-type well formed in a p-type substrate; the shallow p-type well is connected to the substrate using a wiring of a first layer; and the gate electrode of the p-channel type field effect transistor and the gate electrode of the n-channel type field effect transistor are connected to the shallow n-type well using a wiring of an uppermost layer.

Abstract: In a server composed of a server module having a processor in it, an I/O module having an I/O extension slot for accommodating an I/O extension adapter to expand the server's I/O capability, and a management module managing the entire server, the server module and the I/O extension slot (and through it, ultimately the I/O extension adapter) are interconnected using a PCI Express interface and the I/O module and the management module are interconnected using a special interface carrying detection information indicating whether an I/O extension adapter is actually mounted on the I/O extension slot. In the event of a link failure on the PCI Express interface, link recovery is attempted by grasping the status of the link based on the detection information obtained through the special interface.

Abstract: Disclosed is a binder resin for a toner which contains a styrene-acrylic resin having a gel component and a small amount of a volatile component. Also disclosed are a method for producing the binder resin and a toner employing the binder resin. A binder resin (A) for a toner contains a styrene-acrylic resin having a structure derived from a carboxyl group and a structure derived from a glycidyl group, wherein the content (AIS) of a gel component is 1 mass %?AIS?50 mass % and the content (AVO) of a volatile component in the resin is AVO?200 ppm.

Abstract: A liquid ejecting apparatus has a head, a transport mechanism, a memory, and a controller. The head ejects a liquid. The transport mechanism transports a medium in a transport direction with respect to the head in accordance with a target transport amount that is targeted. The memory stores a plurality of correction values, each of the correction values being associated with a relative position between the head and the medium, a range of the relative position to which that correction value is to be applied being associated with that correction value. In the case where a transport using the target transport amount is performed beyond the range of the relative position associated with the correction value that is associated with the relative position before the transport, the controller corrects the target transport amount based on the correction value associated with the relative position before the transport and the correction value associated with the relative position after the transport.

Abstract: A liquid ejecting apparatus includes a head unit, a movement mechanism, and a control section. The head unit has along a first direction a plurality of heads, in which a plurality of nozzles that eject a liquid onto a medium are lined up in the first direction, and the head unit forms a single raster line by ejecting the liquid while performing m number of movements relative to the medium in a second direction, which intersects the first direction. A width of the head unit in the first direction is greater than a width of the medium in the first direction. The movement mechanism causes the head unit to perform a plurality of movements relative to the medium alternately in the second direction and the first direction. The control section forms an image having a resolution that is n times a pitch of the nozzles, by forming a plurality of the raster lines by the plurality of relative movements of the head unit.