Abstract: A directional setting apparatus according to the present invention, comprising: a voice recognition unit which detects a certain voice included in a sound signal outputted from a microphone array having a plurality of microphones and a directional determination period indicating a detection period of said certain voice; a voice direction detector which detects occurrence direction of said certain voice in said directional determination period; and a directional controller which controls directivity of a prescribed apparatus based on the sound signals outputted from said plurality of microphones in said directional determination period.

Abstract: A photosensor includes first and second light receiving elements which detect light, and a light source which is disposed behind the first and second light receiving elements and which emits light containing a predetermined color component. A first filter is disposed in front of the first light receiving element and transmits light of the predetermined color component, and a second filter is disposed in front of the second light receiving element and shuts off the light of the predetermined color component and transmits a color component other than the predetermined color component. A judging section judges whether or not a detection target is present in front of the first and second filters in accordance with outputs from the first and second light receiving elements.

Abstract: A photoelectric transducer according to this invention includes a photoelectric-transducer element array which has a first and a second regions in which a first and a second photoelectric transducer elements having a photoelectric transducer part are arranged, respectively, and a light-emitting member which is arranged below the photoelectric-transducer element array. Above the photoelectric-transducer element array, a mount layer is arranged, on which an object is to rest to reflect the light emitted from the light-emitting member to the first and the second photoelectric transducer elements. A first and a second light-shielding layers are provided between the light-emitting members and the photoelectric transducer part of the first and the second photoelectric transducer elements, respectively. The second light-shielding layer has a larger area than the first light-shielding layer.

Abstract: A photoelectric transducer includes a photoelectric transducer element array which is composed of a plurality of photoelectric transducer elements, a lower polarizing plate which allows passage of only light polarized in a specific polarized direction, and an upper polarizing plate which allows passage of only light polarized in a specific polarized direction. The photoelectric transducer further includes liquid crystals which are arranged between the photoelectric transducer element array and the upper polarizing plate and which guide the light that has passed through the lower polarizing plate, respectively through the upper polarizing plate in a transmitted state and not through upper polarizing plate in a non-transmitted state. The light that has passed through the upper polarizing plate is reflected by an object resting on the upper polarizing plate, it is thereby determined whether an object exists.

Abstract: A photosensor includes first and second light receiving elements which detect light, and a light source which is disposed behind the first and second light receiving elements and which emits light containing a predetermined color component. A first filter is disposed in front of the first light receiving element and transmits light of the predetermined color component, and a second filter is disposed in front of the second light receiving element and shuts off the light of the predetermined color component and transmits a color component other than the predetermined color component. A judging section judges whether or not a detection target is present in front of the first and second filters in accordance with outputs from the first and second light receiving elements.

Abstract: The present invention provides a method of heating and pasteurizing in use of gaseous water and an apparatus therefor, and the present invention relates to a method of heating and pasteurizing a material to be treated, comprising the steps of: continuously injecting hot water heated to at least 100° C. and/or steam into a heating chamber comprising a semi-sealed space and heated to at least the same temperature as the hot water and/or steam, to form water microdroplets and moist hot steam; replacing the air within the heating chamber with the water microdroplets and moist hot steam to effect filling with a gas component that has a composition of at least 95% humidity and an oxygen concentration not greater than 1% and that is maintained in the temperature range of 90 to 180° C.; and carrying out a heating and pasteurizing treatment by effecting, with the water microdroplets and the moist hot steam, continuous amplitude heating at a temperature difference of at least 10° C.

Abstract: A nuclear power plant thermal efficiency diagnostic system 10 comprises: a feed-and-condensate-water-flow-rate-setting-means 13 for setting a flow rate of feedwater tentatively; a heat-exchange-on-heater-calculating-means 14 for calculating heat exchange quantities of the feedwater and the condensate water on a heater; a HP turbine power calculating means 15 for acquiring a calculated power value of a high pressure turbine; a HP turbine power correcting means 16 for making the calculated power value of the high pressure turbine corrected; a HP turbine internal efficiency calculating means 17 for calculating an internal efficiency of the high pressure turbine; a steam condition on LP turbine inlet calculating means 18 for setting a condition of a steam on an inlet of a low pressure turbine; a LP turbine power calculating means 21 for acquiring a calculated power value of the low pressure turbine; a LP turbine power correcting means 22 for making the calculated power value of the low pressure turbine corrected;

Abstract: A shift circuit of a shift register includes an output terminal, an input terminal, a reset terminal. A voltage is applied to a first wiring in response to the output signal from the preceding stage shift circuit to the input terminal and in accordance with the predetermined voltage to the first wiring, outputting an externally applied signal to the output terminal. A voltage level of the first wiring is reduced in response to the output signal to the reset terminal by the preceding stage shift circuit. The voltage is applied to the second wiring in response to a change in the level of the voltage applied to the first wiring. The voltage is applied to a second wiring in response to the output signal to the reset terminal by the preceding stage shift circuit. A voltage level of the output signal is reduced in response to the predetermined voltage to the second wiring.

Abstract: The level shift circuit in the semiconductor circuit of the invention has a configuration comprising an input stage inverter circuit which inputs an input signal having a first voltage amplitude and outputs an inverted signal of this input signal, an output stage inverter circuit which inputs at least the output signal of the input stage inverter circuit and the output signal has a second voltage amplitude larger than the first voltage amplitude and a bootstrap circuit section which boosts a voltage value of input signal voltage of the output stage inverter circuit and the potential difference of the input signal and the output signal is held as a voltage component. The level shift circuit of each circuit is a Thin-Film Transistor at least using a semiconductor layer composed of amorphous silicon having single channel polarity as a switching element.

Abstract: A shift circuit of a shift register includes an output terminal, an input terminal, a reset terminal. A voltage is applied to a first wiring in response to the output signal from the preceding stage shift circuit to the input terminal and in accordance with the predetermined voltage to the first wiring, outputting an externally applied signal to the output terminal. A voltage level of the first wiring is reduced in response to the output signal to the reset terminal by the preceding stage shift circuit. The voltage is applied to the second wiring in response to a change in the level of the voltage applied to the first wiring. The voltage is applied to a second wiring in response to the output signal to the reset terminal by the preceding stage shift circuit. A voltage level of the output signal is reduced in response to the predetermined voltage to the second wiring.

Abstract: The level shift circuit in the semiconductor circuit of the invention has a configuration comprising an input stage inverter circuit which inputs an input signal having a first voltage amplitude and outputs an inverted signal of this input signal, an output stage inverter circuit which inputs at least the output signal of the input stage inverter circuit and the output signal has a second voltage amplitude larger than the first voltage amplitude and a bootstrap circuit section which boosts a voltage value of input signal voltage of the output stage inverter circuit and the potential difference of the input signal and the output signal is held as a voltage component. The level shift circuit of each circuit is a Thin-Film Transistor at least using a semiconductor layer composed of amorphous silicon having single channel polarity as a switching element.

Abstract: A directional setting apparatus according to the present invention, comprising: a voice recognition unit which detects a certain voice included in a sound signal outputted from a microphone array having a plurality of microphones and a directional determination period indicating a detection period of said certain voice; a voice direction detector which detects occurrence direction of said certain voice in said directional determination period; and a directional controller which controls directivity of a prescribed apparatus based on the sound signals outputted from said plurality of microphones in said directional determination period.

Abstract: A continuous roe separating apparatus includes a cylindrical rotary net which has a roe carrying surface formed into a meshed peripheral surface and which is disposed such that its cylindrical axial center is horizontal and which is rotatable around its axial center. A squeezing roller is placed facing the peripheral surface in the same axial direction as the rotary net and adapted to press the roes carried in the rotational direction of the rotary net from above between the roller and the peripheral surface to squeeze out the roe particles from an ovary membrane and to drop or droop the roe particles through the roe particles dropping holes of the peripheral surface into the rotary net. A roe particles scraper is provided for scraping the roe particles pressed by the squeezing roller to be drooped through the drop holes into the rotary net.

Abstract: An apparatus for lining up micro-balls in accordance with the present invention includes: ball carrying pallets having a plurality of pits for holding the micro-balls, respectively, on its surface, a pallet holder for holding the ball carrying pallets, a lining-up container defining a sealed chamber in association with the pallet holder hermetically fitted thereto, a storing tank for storing liquid carrier in which micro-balls are dispersed, and applying/collecting device for communicating the storing tank with the lining-up container via a passage to supply the micro-balls together with the liquid carrier from the storing tank to the sealed chamber and return the surplus micro-balls together with the liquid carrier from the sealed chamber to the storing tank.

Abstract: There is here disclosed a continuous roe separating apparatus which is capable of performing continuous work, suitable for mass production, and can easily and surely perform the separation work of roe particles without requiring worker's hands. In addition to the accomplishment of the above objects, the apparatus can easily be washed and can save a necessary space.

Abstract: It is an object to provide a method for manufacturing a three dimensional structure employing the principle of braid composition to compose a three dimensional X confounding section (a 3X confounding structure, a 4X confounding structure, a 6X-3X confounding structure) and a manufacturing apparatus for a three dimensional structure which is applicable to the method. A method for manufacturing a three dimensional structure with a linear structure 1 pulled out individually from a plurality of bobbin carriers 2, comprising the steps of: supporting said plurality of bobbin carriers transferably and loadably; and moving the bobbin carrier so that linear structures from at least three directions are joined to converge at intervals in a composing direction and diverge in at least three directions.

Abstract: An apparatus for transferring micro-balls in accordance with the present invention, includes a suction head in which a plurality of suction pits are open for holding the respective micro-balls, a head holder to which the suction head is detachably coupled, a suction device communicating with a suction chamber in the head holder, for allowing the suction pits to hold the micro-balls by decompressing the interior of the suction chamber, and a holder transporting device to which the head holder is mounted, wherein the holder transporting device are movable between a sucking position at which is placed a pallet on which the micro-balls to be held by the suction pits, a transferring position at which is placed a working object to which the micro-balls held by the suction pits, and a head exchanging position at which the replacement of the suction head is carried out relative to the head holder.

Abstract: An apparatus for lining up micro-balls in accordance with the present invention includes: ball carrying pallets having a plurality of pits for holding the micro-balls, respectively, on its surface, a pallet holder for holding the ball carrying pallets, a lining-up container defining a sealed chamber in association with the pallet holder hermetically fitted thereto, a storing tank for storing liquid carrier in which micro-balls are dispersed, and applying/collecting device for communicating the storing tank with the lining-up container via a passage to supply the micro-balls together with the liquid carrier from the storing tank to the sealed chamber and return the surplus micro-balls together with the liquid carrier from the sealed chamber to the storing tank.