Abstract: In a collaborating work, it is to provide a digital camera in which camera information about each camera is displayed on a monitor of a master camera and a memory status of each memory card in use is also displayed and further, when monitoring a video from a slave camera, a size of a display screen can be manually set and in a digital camera system at collaborating work, a first digital camera is provided with camera information about each digital camera, a total memory capacity, a total sum of shot-taken frame numbers, a total remaining memory capacity or a display device indicating a total sum of remaining frame numbers. Camera information is information that is required to be set when instructing a shooting work or a storage work or to specify a second digital camera.

Abstract: When a transfer and conveyance belt mechanism has already started moving and a recording sheet has just passed through a cyan color photoreceptor drum, photoreceptor drums for cyan, magenta and yellow colors have not yet abutted on the transfer and conveyance belt. Then, only when the recording sheet has passed through the yellow color photoreceptor drum, the photoreceptor drums for cyan, magenta and yellow abut transfer and conveyance belt at the same time.

Abstract: An electronic camera of the present invention includes: an imaging unit capturing a subject to generate an original image; a derivative image generating unit reducing resolution or color of the original image to generate a derivative image for transfer; a recording unit recording the original image and the derivative image thereon such that the original image and the derivative image get associated with each other; and a transfer unit transferring the derivative image recorded on the recording unit to an external transfer destination. In this configuration, the recording unit finds the derivative image (original image) by referring to the association with the original image (or derivative image), thereby collectively managing the original image and the derivative image. This makes it possible to prevent a user from being confused at image management due to the original image and the derivative image being the same image.

Abstract: A magnetic anchor remote guidance system includes an engagement member which engages with a body portion in a patient's body; a magnetic anchor made of a magnetic material, connected to the engagement member; and a magnetic anchor guide device which is disposed out of the patient's body and which produces a magnetic field to power the magnetic anchor. The body portion engaged by the engagement member is raised by supplying power to the magnetic anchor via the magnetic field produced by the magnetic anchor guide device.

Abstract: Audio equipment and a method of controlling audio equipment are provided. The equipment comprises a switching power amplifier circuit and a controller controlling a switching frequency of the power amplifier circuit, and the controller varies the switching frequency of the power amplifier circuit in accordance with a receiving frequency in a case of receiving at least a medium-wave broadcast wave.

Abstract: An image-capturing apparatus includes: an image-capturing element that captures an image of a subject through a photographic lens and outputs the captured image of the subject as image data; a display device that displays the image of the subject; a recording device that records the image data at a recording medium; a display control device that displays a first image prepared based upon the image data output by the image-capturing element and a second image prepared based upon the image data recorded at the recording medium on the display device; and an instruction device that issues an instruction to the display control device to display the first image and the second image in response to a user instruction operation when the first image is on display at the display device.

Abstract: Disclosed is a porous film made of a resin composition containing (I) (i) a propylene-ethylene copolymer or (ii) a polypropylene-based resin mixture containing a propylene-ethylene copolymer, each having an ethylene content of 3.0 to 7.0 wt. % and an MFR measured at 230° C. of 2.0 to 4.0 g/10 min and (II) a &bgr;-crystal nucleating agent; the film having a porosity of 20 to 80%, a Gurley air permeability of 5,000 sec/100 cc or lower as measured according to JIS P-8117, a water vapor permeability of 2,000 g/m2·24 h or higher as measured according to JIS Z-0208 and a water pressure resistance of 75 kPa or higher as measured according to JIS L-1092 using an aqueous surfactant solution; a process for producing the same; and an absorbent article employing the porous film as a backsheet.

Abstract: The present invention provides a method of molding a polyolefin-based resin comprising the steps of dissolving at least one dibenzylidene sorbitol compound in a molten polyolefin resin, cooling the molten resin to a temperature not higher than the sol-gel transition temperature during the cooling cycle to form network-like crystals of the dibenzylidene sorbitol compound, and molding the resulting resin composition at a temperature not lower than the melting temperature of the polyolefin-based resin but not higher than the sol-gel transition temperature during the heating cycle; and a polyolefin resin molded article obtainable by this molding method.

Abstract: Disclosed are a granular or powdery diacetal composition comprising (A) a diacetal such as 1,3:2,4-O-dibenzylidene-D-sorbitol, (B) a sulfuric ester salt and (C) an aliphatic monocarboxylic acid, components (B) and (C) being uniformly dispersed in the particles of the granular or powdery diacetal composition, and component (B) being present in a proportion of 0.1 to 3 wt % and component (C) being present in a proportion of 0.3 to 5 wt %, and the total amount of component (B) and component (C) being not more than 7 wt %, based on the diacetal composition; a polyolefin resin composition comprising the diacetal composition and a polyolefin resin; a process for preparing the resin composition; and a molding prepared by molding the polyolefin resin composition.

Abstract: When a transfer and conveyance belt mechanism has already started moving and a recording sheet has just passed through a cyan color photoreceptor drum, photoreceptor drums for cyan, magenta and yellow colors have not yet abutted on the transfer and conveyance belt. Then, only when the recording sheet has passed through the yellow color photoreceptor drum, the photoreceptor drums for cyan, magenta and yellow abut transfer and conveyance belt at the same time.

Abstract: A hulling apparatus that can improve hulling efficiency and hulling roll durability. A first air nozzle and a second air nozzle to cool surfaces of hulling rolls by blowing compressed air thereto are provided at a vicinity of the hulling rolls of the hulling apparatus. Consequently, a hardness of a rubber layer at the surfaces of the hulling rolls can be prevented from being lowered. Thus, hulling efficiency and hulling roll durability can be improved.

Abstract: This invention is directed to a highly reliable method of credit guarantee in electronic commerce transactions through an interconnected network. The method involves substitute-billing by the settlement agency for transaction payment accrued in the electronic commerce transaction between the member computer 10 registered in the settlement agency and the shop server 20b operated by the product selling entity, the transaction approval server 20c that maintains the identity information of many settlement agencies and many product selling agencies is in data communication with the member maintenance server 20a and the shop server 20b, and provides the identity information of the other party to both servers 20a and 20b in a timely manner, and maintains the transaction evidence by maintaining the order number, which was issued for each transaction, and the contents of such transaction.

Abstract: A film obtained by heating a coating of a resin composition at a temperature lower than 300° C. but not lower than 40° C. in air or in an inert atmosphere.

Abstract: An electronic device comprises an image-capturing device that captures an image of a subject, a recording device that records image files of images captured by the image-capturing device into a recording medium, a specifying information forming device that forms image specifying information for specifying an image file in the recording medium separately from the image files, a communication device that transfers image files recorded in the recording medium to an external recording device, a transfer instruction operation unit that issues an instruction for the communication device to transfer the image file specified in the image specifying information and a processing device that processes the image files differently depending upon whether or not image specifying information has been formed in the recording medium with respect to the recorded image files.

Abstract: A switch includes a repetitive call detection unit which detects a repetitive call which occupies channels in an identical channel group. A release unit releases the channels occupied by the repetitive call when the repetitive call is detected. A restriction unit stores information concerning the repetitive call and imposes a restriction on a connection of a call having information identical to the information concerning the repetitive call. A test unit determines whether a cause of the repetitive call has been removed. A restriction release unit releases the above restriction in accordance with a result of determination by the test unit.

Abstract: A molding obtained by heating a hydrosilylated polymer at a temperature higher than the softening point or melting point thereof.

Abstract: The present invention provides a granulated diacetal composition comprising (a) a powder of a diacetal such as 1,3:2,4-bis-O-(benzylidene)-D-sorbitol or a nuclearly substituted product and (b) a binder, the granulated diacetal composition being prepared by agitating a mixture containing a starting diacetal powder and the binder at a temperature equal to or higher than the melting point or softening point of the binder and lower than the melting point of the diacetal, molding the resulting compound into grains, or by pulverizing the grains obtained by said molding, the diacetal particles in the granulated diacetal composition being bonded to each other via the binder and aggregated, the binder in the granulated diacetal composition coating a part or the whole of the surface of each diacetal particle or adhering to a part or the whole of the surface of each diacetal particle, and a process for preparing the same, as well as a resin composition obtainable from the granulated diacetal composition and a polyolefin

Abstract: This invention provides a granular or powdery diacetal composition comprising:

Abstract: An image-capturing apparatus includes: an image-capturing element that captures an image of a subject through a photographic lens and outputs the captured image of the subject as image data; a display device that displays the image of the subject; a recording device that records the image data at a recording medium; a display control device that displays a first image prepared based upon the image data output by the image-capturing element and a second image prepared based upon the image data recorded at the recording medium on the display device; and an instruction device that issues an instruction to the display control device to display the first image and the second image in response to a user instruction operation when the first image is on display at the display device.

Abstract: A recess is formed by excavating ground, and a base support formed by a synthetic resin molded foam is laid in the recess or resin foam concrete is placed in the recess to provide a base support formed by the resin foam concrete in the recess. A plurality of vibration absorbers is mounted on the base support in such a manner as to be parallel to and spaced from each other at specific intervals. The vibration absorber is formed by a plate-like synthetic resin molded foam having a large number of through-holes which pass through the molded foam in the thickness direction or a plate-like synthetic resin molded foam having a large number of gaps between particles. Concrete is placed on the base support on which the vibration absorbers have been mounted, to form a base. The three components, that is, the base support, vibration absorbers, and base are integrated to each other to constitute a base structure of a building.