Abstract: To produce a nonwoven fabric comprising a conjugated fiber comprising a plurality of resins which are different in thermal shrinkage and form a phase separation structure. In the nonwoven fabric, the conjugated fibers are arranged in a direction approximately parallel to a surface direction of the nonwoven fabric and crimped. In addition, the conjugated fibers have an average curvature radius of fiber crimp of 20 to 200 ?m and the crimps are distributed approximately uniformly in a thickness direction of the nonwoven fabric. The nonwoven fabric is substantially free from an adhesive agent. In the nonwoven fabric, each fiber is substantially not melt-bonded to another. The conjugated fiber may comprise a polyalkylene arylate-series resin and a modified polyalkylene arylate-series resin and have a side-by-side or eccentric sheath-core form.

Abstract: A method for forming a film, containing the following steps (1) to (4), and a film obtained by the method for forming a film: step (1): preparing an aqueous dispersion liquid containing (A) a hydrophilic functional group-containing resin, (B) an ammonium salt, and (C) a nonionic thickener, a mixed amount of the component (B) being from 0.25 to 10 parts by mass per 100 parts by mass of a solid content of the component (A); step (2): coating the aqueous dispersion liquid on at least one surface of a substrate to form a coated film; step (3): subjecting the coated film to a thermal gelation treatment to form a gelled film; and step (4): drying and solidifying the gelled film to form a film.

Abstract: A soundproof panel comprising a nonwoven structural member and a board member is prepared. The nonwoven structural member comprises a thermal adhesive fiber under moisture which is melt-bonded to a fiber of the structural member to fix the fibers. The soundproof panel may be a soundproof panel 1 comprising a nonwoven structural member 2 and a honeycomb member 3 stacked thereto. Moreover, the soundproof panel may be a soundproof panel comprising a board-like nonwoven structural member and first and second surface members stacked to first and second sides of the board-like nonwoven structural member, respectively. Further, the soundproof panel may be a soundproof panel having first and second surface members stacked through a square-pole rail member comprising a nonwoven structural member. The soundproof panel of the present invention has toughness for the lightweight design and has excellent sound absorption and sound insulation properties.

Abstract: A sheet media reading control method includes conveying a sheet medium on which magnetic ink characters are printed through a transportation path, reading the magnetic ink characters and an image of the sheet medium using a magnetic head and an image sensor head positioned along the transportation path, extracting partial scanned image data containing at least an outside edge part of the sheet medium from the scanned image data captured by the image sensor head, executing a skew evaluation based on the partial scanned image data to detect if the sheet medium is conveyed skewed at a skew angle exceeding an allowable skew angle, and invalidating at least the magnetic ink character data captured by the magnetic head from sheet media that are determined by the skew evaluation to be skewed.

Abstract: A waveform measuring apparatus includes: a digital filter for removing a large-amplitude changing component from an input signal and for outputting a resultant output signal with a small-amplitude noise component left therein; a window generating section for receiving a differential signal between this input signal and the resultant output signal of the digital filter and for generating a window indicating a position of an edge portion of the differential signal; and a ringing measurement section for extracting, from the resultant output signal of the digital filter, a portion of waveform which is indicated by the window generated by the window generating section and for measuring at least a peak-to-peak amplitude of the portion of waveform.

Abstract: A soundproof panel comprising a nonwoven structural member and a board member is prepared. The nonwoven structural member comprises a thermal adhesive fiber under moisture which is melt-bonded to a fiber of the structural member to fix the fibers. The soundproof panel may be a soundproof panel 1 comprising a nonwoven structural member 2 and a honeycomb member 3 stacked thereto. Moreover, the soundproof panel may be a soundproof panel comprising a board-like nonwoven structural member and first and second surface members stacked to first and second sides of the board-like nonwoven structural member, respectively. Further, the soundproof panel may be a soundproof panel having first and second surface members stacked through a square-pole rail member comprising a nonwoven structural member. The soundproof panel of the present invention has toughness for the lightweight design and has excellent sound absorption and sound insulation properties.

Abstract: Using detectors, skewed conveyance of sheet media such as checks can be detected accurately regardless of whether part of the conveyed medium is folded over. The biased feed detection unit 33 of a check processing device 1 according to at least one embodiment of the invention determines the lengths L1 and L2 of the conveyed check 6 (ST31 and ST32) and the thickness of a folded part of the check 6 (ST33) at different positions perpendicular to the transportation direction based on the output of a paper thickness detector 25 and a length detector 26 disposed to the check transportation path 7. The folded length L3 is then subtracted from the difference ?L of the detected lengths to acquire a corrected difference ?L1 (ST35). If the corrected difference ?L1 is less than or equal to a threshold value D, the medium is determined to be conveyed normally (ST37). If the corrected difference ?L1 exceeds the threshold value D, the medium is determined to be skewed (ST38).

Abstract: A system and method for implementing a boot recovery on a data processing system. According to an embodiment of the present invention, at least one processor compares contents of a first read-only memory (ROM) image and a second ROM image outputted from a memory. The first ROM image is initially selected to boot a data processing system utilizing a first basic input output system (BIOS) program. In response to determining that contents of the first ROM image and the second ROM image are different, the second ROM image is selected. The data processing system boots utilizing the second BIOS program stored by the second ROM image.

Abstract: A nonwoven fabric containing a polyvinyl butyral fiber is provided. In particular, continuous fiber nonwoven fabrics, such as a melt-blown nonwoven fabric and a spunbonded nonwoven fabric, are preferred. By laminating a plurality of layers via an adhering layer made of such a nonwoven fabric and then heating, a laminate is obtained by a simple process. In particular, an interior material in which an inorganic fiber layer, a foam layer and a surface material layer are adhered together via the aforementioned type of adhering layers is a desirable embodiment. Such an interior material is excellent in rigidity, sound absorbency and thermal deformation resistance, and therefore is useful as an interior material to be used for cars, railway vehicles, vessels, and the like.

Abstract: In a nonwoven fiber assembly which comprises a fiber comprising a thermal adhesive fiber under moisture and in which the fiber are entangled with each other, the fibers are bonded at contacting points of the fibers by melting the thermal adhesive fiber under moisture to distribute the bonded points approximately uniformly, thereby obtaining a buffer substrate. The buffer substrate may further comprises a conjugated fiber comprising a plurality of resins which are different in thermal shrinkage and form a phase separation structure, and the conjugated fibers may have an approximately uniform crimps having an average curvature radius of 20 to 200 ?m and are entangled with the fibers constituting the nonwoven fiber assembly.

Abstract: Processing a coded signal formed so that multiple signal points, having individual signal values consonant with coded values, are arranged in accordance with a predetermined order. A signal restoration unit calculates an average value for signal values at signal points immediately preceding and following a predetermined signal point. The predetermined signal point comprises the coded signal. The signal restoration unit calculates, for selected preceding signal points, a signal value difference for the two selected signal points, and obtains first difference values. The signal restoration unit calculates, for selected following signal points, a signal value difference for the two selected signal points, and obtains second difference values. The signal restoration unit corrects the average value by employing either one or a plurality of either the first or the second, or both first and second difference values to obtain a restored value for a signal value at the predetermined signal point.

Abstract: The present invention is a system and method for generating a barcode with a human readable interpretation (HRI). The method involves receiving characters as an input data set that comprises a series of unique data sets each comprising a unique application identifier. For each adjacent pair of data sets, a special character is inserted between the two data sets of the pair. The method further includes generating a barcode encoding data set for encoding the barcode based on the input data set, including interpreting the special character as a separator between data sets; generating a data set for the HRI based on the input data set, including converting the special character to a “_” (space); and generating the barcode with the HRI including combining the barcode encoding data set and the data set for the HRI.

Abstract: The present invention is a system and method for generating a barcode with a human readable interpretation (HRI), herein the barcode includes an application identifier. The characters are input as an input data set that is equivalent to the complete (HRI) with a special character immediately after the application identifier. Generating a barcode encoding data set for encoding the barcode is based on the input data set. Generating the barcode encoding data set includes interpreting the special character as a field separator between the application identifier and a data portion. Generating a data set for the human readable interpretation is based on the input data set and includes converting the special character to a symbol. Generating the barcode with the human readable interpretation includes combining the barcode encoding data set and the data set for the human readable interpretation.

Abstract: To produce a nonwoven fabric comprising a conjugated fiber comprising a plurality of resins which are different in thermal shrinkage and form a phase separation structure. In the nonwoven fabric, the conjugated fibers are arranged in a direction approximately parallel to a surface direction of the nonwoven fabric and crimped. In addition, the conjugated fibers have an average curvature radius of fiber crimp of 20 to 200 ?m and the crimps are distributed approximately uniformly in a thickness direction of the nonwoven fabric. The nonwoven fabric is substantially free from an adhesive agent. In the nonwoven fabric, each fiber is substantially not melt-bonded to another. The conjugated fiber may comprise a polyalkylene arylate-series resin and a modified polyalkylene arylate-series resin and have a side-by-side or eccentric sheath-core form.

Abstract: Using detectors, skewed conveyance of sheet media such as checks can be detected accurately regardless of whether part of the conveyed medium is folded over. The biased feed detection unit 33 of a check processing device 1 according to at least one embodiment of the invention determines the lengths L1 and L2 of the conveyed check 6 (ST31 and ST32) and the thickness of a folded part of the check 6 (ST33) at different positions perpendicular to the transportation direction based on the output of a paper thickness detector 25 and a length detector 26 disposed to the check transportation path 7. The folded length L3 is then subtracted from the difference ?L of the detected lengths to acquire a corrected difference ?L1 (ST35). If the corrected difference ?L1 is less than or equal to a threshold value D, the medium is determined to be conveyed normally (ST37). If the corrected difference ?L1 exceeds the threshold value D, the medium is determined to be skewed (ST38).

Abstract: A sheet media reading control method includes conveying a sheet medium on which magnetic ink characters are printed through a transportation path, reading the magnetic ink characters and an image of the sheet medium using a magnetic head and an image sensor head positioned along the transportation path, extracting partial scanned image data containing at least an outside edge part of the sheet medium from the scanned image data captured by the image sensor head, executing a skew evaluation based on the partial scanned image data to detect if the sheet medium is conveyed skewed at a skew angle exceeding an allowable skew angle, and invalidating at least the magnetic ink character data captured by the magnetic head from sheet media that are determined by the skew evaluation to be skewed.

Abstract: A printer with a peeler mechanism 1 for peeling labels from a web, the printer having a movable web pressure roller 24 which may be moved from a web pressure position 24A in which pressure is applied to a platen roller 20 to a retracted position 24B in which pressure is not applied. The printer also has a photosensor 21 and photoreceptor having an emitter/receptor surface 21a for detecting the presence and absence of labels peeled from the web. A window 22b in the label guide surface 22a becomes covered to shield the photosensor output for defining a no-label detection stateWhether the peeler mechanism is set to operate in the label peeling mode or is set to a retracted position defining a non-peeling continuous label dispensing mode of operation can be determined based on the output of the label detection photosensor 21, and the label dispensing mode can be set to the label peeling mode or continuous label dispensing mode based on this determination.

Abstract: To prepare a shaped product comprising a thermal adhesive fiber under moisture and having a fiber aggregate nonwoven structure. In the shaped product, the thermal adhesive fibers under moisture are melted to bond to fibers constituting the fiber aggregate nonwoven structure and the bonded fiber ratio is not more than 85%. The shaped product has an apparent density of 0.05 to 0.7 g/cm3, a maximum bending stress of not less than 0.05 MPa in at least one direction, and a bending stress of not less than ? of the maximum bending stress at 1.5 times as large as the bending deflection at the maximum bending stress. The moistenable-thermal adhesive fiber may be a sheath-core form conjugated fiber comprising a sheath part comprising an ethylene-vinyl alcohol-series copolymer and a core part comprising a polyester-series resin. Such a shaped product can be used for a building board or the like since the shaped product has a high bending stress although the product is light and has a low density.

Abstract: A nonwoven fabric containing a polyvinyl butyral fiber is provided. In particular, continuous fiber nonwoven fabrics, such as a melt-blown nonwoven fabric and a spunbonded nonwoven fabric, are preferred. By laminating a plurality of layers via an adhering layer made of such a nonwoven fabric and then heating, a laminate is obtained by a simple process. In particular, an interior material in which an inorganic fiber layer, a foam layer and a surface material layer are adhered together via the aforementioned type of adhering layers is a desirable embodiment. Such an interior material is excellent in rigidity, sound absorbency and thermal deformation resistance, and therefore is useful as an interior material to be used for cars, railway vehicles, vessels, and the like.

Abstract: When a testing system is connected to a debug port of a tape drive unit or a SCSI bus, a self-checking test for a fabricating process is executed. When the testing system is not connected, the self-checking test for normal operation is executed. And in a test of a single card, a motor test and an MR head resistance test, which are tests of a mechanical structure portion, are omitted. In addition, in a box assembling process, the test contents are suppressed to a minimum prior to adjustments to the, tape head. Furthermore, in a test program, the status of a flag or an indication corresponding to a test executed in a next step is changed.