Abstract: An engine output shaft drives an engine driven pump. The engine driven pump pressurizes oil. An accumulator accumulates the pressurized oil. An electric motor drives a motor driven pump. When the engine rotates low speed, both the engine driven pump and the motor driven pump supply oil to an oil chamber of a belt type continuously variable transmission. If it is required to enlarge a capacity of the oil chamber quickly, the pressurized oil in the accumulator is supplied to the motor driven pump. The motor driven pump further pressurizes the pressurized oil in the accumulator and supplies it into the oil chamber. It is possible to supply a sufficient amount of oil to the continuously variable transmission. Additionally, since the system may be constructed by using a small type engine driven pump, it is possible to improve fuel efficiency.

Abstract: A rangefinder optical system with a first optical system, a field frame optical system, and a second optical system, further including a field frame reflection member; a second optical system reflection member, and an optical-path merging member of the second optical system. A second image by the second optical system is formed on the side of the second optical system reflection member with respect to the optical-path merging member of the second optical system, i.e., when viewed from the first optical system, the second image is formed at the position substantially optical-equivalent to the position of the field frame member.

Abstract: An engine output shaft drives an engine driven pumps The engine driven pressurizes oil. An accumulator accumulates the pressurized oil. An electric motor drives a motor driven pump. When the engine rotates at low speed, both the engine driven pump and the motor driven pump supply oil to an oil chamber of a belt type continuously variable transmission. If it is required to enlarge a capacity of the oil chamber quickly, the pressurized oil in the accumulator is supplied to the motor driven pump. The motor driven pump further pressurizes the pressurized oil in the accumulator and supplies it into the oil chamber. It is possible to supply a sufficient amount of oil to the continuously variable transmission. Additionally, since the system may be constructed by using a small type engine driven pump, it is possible to improve fuel efficiency.

Abstract: An arbitrary-shape image-processing device comprises a CCD by which a two-dimensional image is obtained. The image may be rectangular, and a contour of an image area contained in the image may be a circle. Pixel values contained in the image area are converted to a one-dimensional data array, and are recorded in a recording medium. Further, the numbers of pixels of the vertical and the lateral lengths of the two-dimensional image, the coordinates of the center of the circle of the image area, and the radius of the circle are recorded in the recording medium as shape information. Thus, all of the image data of the two-dimensional image is not recorded in the recording medium, but only the image data contained in the image area and the shape information are recorded.

Abstract: A diffractive-refractive achromatic lens that has a positive resultant power includes a refractive lens system and a positive diffractive grating. The refractive lens system is provided with a positive lens having relatively small dispersion, a negative lens having relatively large dispersion and an additional refractive lens. The additional refractive lens is a positive lens. The refractive lens system exhibits longitudinal chromatic aberration that is substantially proportional to wavelength such that the back focus of the refractive lens system decreases as the wavelength becomes shorter. The positive diffractive grating corrects the longitudinal chromatic aberration of the refractive lens system. The condition 0.005<f/fD<0.2 is satisfied where f is the focal length of the entire lens system, and fD is the focal length of said positive diffractive grating.

Abstract: A power output unit of the present invention sufficiently ensures the performance of a vehicle by sufficiently developing the performance of an engine without enlarging a motor. In a hybrid vehicle, a power requirement for the engine is set based on a vehicle speed and an accelerator opening degree. Usually, while giving priority to efficiency, an operation state of the engine is set based on a power requirement. Once the operation state of the engine is set, operation states of first and second motors are set based on a vehicle speed and a drive force. If the thus-set operation state of the first or second motor exceeds a threshold value, the operation state of the first or second motor is set so as not to exceed the threshold value. Based on the setting result and the power requirement, an operation state of the engine is set.

Abstract: A discharge gas containing PFC gas including CF4 and NF3 generated from a manufacturing process (10) is adsorbed at an adsorbing device (18) and then desorbed using nitrogen as a purge gas. A desorbed gas with CF4 and NF3 concentrated can be obtained in this manner. The desorbed gas is then supplied to a chromatographic separator (20) for chromatographic separation with nitrogen as a carrier gas. In this manner, CF4 and NF3 within the PFC gas can be separated. In particular, because the gas is once concentrated at the adsorbing device (18), chromatographic separation of the gas constituents can be efficiently performed. By independently concentrating CF4 and NF3 obtained by the chromatographic separation, high purity gas constituents of the PFC gas can be obtained, and reused at the manufacturing process (10).

Abstract: In a thermal ink-transfer recording material comprising a support, and a primer layer and a thermal transferring ink layer which are superposed on the support in this order, the thermal transferring ink layer comprising a binder and a colorant dispersed in the binder, the primer layer is constituted of at least two types of resins that are not compatible with each other so that the recording material is separable at the interface between the support and the primer layer.

Abstract: The present invention provides an industrially efficient method for producing an L-amino acid useful as medicament, chemical agent, food material and feed additive, and the method comprising culturing in a medium a microorganism having an ability to produce the L-amino acid and having resistance to a DNA gyrase inhibitor or a microorganism having an ability to produce the L-amino acid and having both resistance to a DNA gyrase inhibitor and resistance to an aminoquinoline derivative, producing and accumulating the L-amino acid therein and recovering the L-amino acid therefrom.

Abstract: A discharge gas containing PFC gas including CF4 and NF3 generated from a manufacturing process (10) is concentrated at a concentrator (18) and then chromatographically separated at a chromatographic separator (20) with nitrogen as a carrier gas. In this manner, CF4 and NF3 within the PFC gas can be separated. In particular, because the gas is once concentrated at the concentrator (18), chromatographic separation can be efficiently achieved. By independently concentrating CF4 and NF3 obtained by the chromatographic separation, high purity gas constituents of the PFC gas can be obtained, and reused at the manufacturing process (10).

Abstract: A white balance adjusting device mounted in an electro-developing type camera in which an electro-developing recording medium, which electronically develops an image formed thereon, is used. A mask member, in which first and second color filters are provided, is disposed in front of an electro-developing recording medium. The electro-developing recording medium has a recording area, in which a color image is recorded, and a data area, in which optical information used for a white balance adjustment is recorded. The first color filter faces the recording area, and the second color filter faces the data area. In the camera body, a diffuser and a light leading member are provided at a position corresponding to the second color filter.

Abstract: An apparatus for measuring weight of a substance placed within a substrate space which is subjected to sever conditions, including a measuring unit having a transducer and placed within a measuring space, a partition member provided between the measuring space and the substance space and having hole through which said measuring space is communicated with said substance space, a rod-like member extending through said hole formed in the partition member such that a first end of said force transferring member situates within said substance space and a second end of said force transferring member situates within said measuring space, a parallel link mechanism arranged within the measuring space and connected with the rod-like member, a magnetic fluid provided in a space within said hole such that said substance space and measuring space is isolated from each other in a liquid tight manner by means of said magnetic fluid, and a magnetic force generating unit producing a magnetic force such that said magnetic fluid

Abstract: An apparatus for use in a storage device having at least two clusters, each including a disk control device having a plurality of channel controllers that send and receive commands and data to and from an upper system, a plurality of disk controllers that control disk units, and a cache that temporarily stores data between the upper system and the disk units. The apparatus includes a first bus included in a first cluster. The first bus is connected to the channel controller, the disk controller and the cache of the first cluster. A second bus is included in a second cluster. The second bus is connected to the channel controller, the disk controller and the cache of the second cluster. A common resource is connected to the first bus of the first cluster and the second bus of the second cluster. The common resource includes a specified set of data which is commonly accessible from each of the channel controllers or the disk controllers of the clusters.

Abstract: A view finder device has a Poro prism and a first optical system facing an emergent plane of the Poro prism. The first optical system is positioned beside the Poro prism and opposite to a recording medium passage through which an electro-developing recording medium is moved. A relay optical system is provided behind the recording medium passage, so that the eye point of the view finder is separated from the first optical system. A second optical system is provided behind the relay optical system, so that the image formed by the relay optical system is observed. Since the electro-developing recording medium can be moved between the first optical system and the relay optical system, the finder optical system can be disposed at a lower position.

Abstract: a digital still camera with an image sensor exposes the image sensor to capture a series of still images. The signal processor generates a series of one frame worth of color image signals. The color temperature setter defines a standard color temperature corresponding to the illuminating-light, and defines at least one shifted color temperature, which is different relative to the standard color temperature by a given amount. The color balance adjuster that adjusts a relative color balance with respect to red, green and blue color signal components in each of the series of one frame worth of color image signals, in accordance with the standard color temperature and the shifted color temperature. At this time, the color balance adjuster adjusts the relative color balance, by changing the color temperature in each of the series of one frame worth of color image signals.

Abstract: In a real-image finder optical system, at least two reflection surfaces are utilized for diopter adjustment, and wherein first and second diopter-adjusting reflection surfaces form a right angle therebetween; an optical axis from the objective optical system to the first diopter-adjusting reflection surface and an optical axis from the second diopter-adjusting reflection surface are parallel with each other; the two optical axes are perpendicular to the optical axis being incident from the object to the objective optical system; diopter adjustment is performed by integrally moving the first and second diopter-adjusting reflection surfaces so that the optical path length from the image forming plane of the objective optical system to the eyepiece optical system is varied; and the following condition is satisfied: 0.1<L1/L2<0.

Abstract: Disclosed is a dual image coincidence type finder system for a camera. Within a finder field, a dual image composed of superimposed two images is formed. A light deflecting system is provided to change degree of relative displacement between the superimposed two images. The light deflecting system is controlled to change the degree of relative displacement between the superimposed two images in accordance with an object distance.

Abstract: A close-up attachment lens for a binocular includes a close-up lens group located on the object side of a pair of objective lenses of the binocular and is detachably attached to the binocular on the object side of the objective lenses. The close-up lens group is provided with a single optical system of positive power which covers the pair of objective lenses and has an optical axis parallel with and spaced from optical axes of the objective lenses at an equal distance. A pair of aperture stops are provided in front of the corresponding objective lenses of the binocular when the close-up attachment lens is attached to the binocular.

Abstract: A real-image finder optical system including a positive objective optical system in which an image of an object, being upside down and reversed from left to right, is formed; an erecting optical system, having a plurality of reflection surfaces, in which the image formed by the objective optical system is erected to the same orientation as the object; and an eyepiece optical system through which the image erected by the erecting optical system is viewed. A shape of a finder field of view is a rectangle having major sides along the transverse direction in the finder field of view. Along the optical path on the side of the object with respect to the image formed by the objective optical system, at least three reflection surfaces of the erecting optical system are provided, and further, the most object-side reflection surface is positioned so that the optical axis is deflected in a direction along the major side of the rectangular finder field of view.

Abstract: A diffractive-refractive achromatic lens includes a refractive lens system exhibiting longitudinal chromatic aberration that is substantially proportional to wavelength such that the back focus of the refractive lens system decreases as the wavelength becomes shorter and a diffractive grating for correcting the longitudinal chromatic aberration of the refractive lens system. The refractive lens having such a chromatic aberration includes a positive lens having relatively small dispersion and a negative lens having relatively large dispersion. Further, the following condition (1) should be satisfied: 0.005<f/fD<0.2 where f is a focal length of the entire lens system, and fD is a focal length of the positive diffractive grating.