Abstract: Disclosed herein are a body fluid collecting device which is easy to operate to collect body fluid and which is capable of detecting specific components in body fluid with a small amount of sample, and a body fluid collecting device of the type integral with a sticking needle, which is simple in structure, is easy to assemble and permits easy control of sticking depth. The body fluid collecting device 1 has a needle accommodating part 2, a sensor 5, and a sensor holder 6. The needle accommodating section 2 has the sticking needle 4 including the needle body 41 and the hub 42, and the casing 3 to accommodate the sticking needle 4 such that it can move in the axial direction. The sensor 5 has the measuring part 51 at its distal end. The sensor 5 is held between the sensor holder 6 and the needle accommodating part 2. The sensor holder 6 is mounted on the distal end of the needle accommodating part 2. Such a part constitutes the second supporter 82.

Abstract: An electronic apparatus includes a switch having contacts spaced from each other. The contacts are designed to independently establish electric connection. A controller unit is designed to instruct the control on an image on the screen of a display panel in the electronic apparatus when the controller unit sequentially detects the electric connection at at least two of the contacts in a predetermined time period. A sequential detection of electric connection at the contacts within the predetermined time period is utilized to effect the control of the image in the electronic apparatus. Facilitated operations can be achieved to effect the control of the image on the screen. Conventional contacts can be utilized to establish electric connection. The control of the image can be accomplished with a simple structure.

Abstract: In an antenna beam control system, in which four antenna elements are connected to respective first signal processing circuits to which phase shift circuits are connected respectively, output signals from the phase shift circuits are combined by a combiner, a combined signal is processed by a second signal processing circuit, and phase shift amounts in said phase shift circuits are controlled in accordance with strength information of the signal processed in the second signal processing circuit such that a strength of the signal becomes optimum, characterized in that five combinations of binary signals by means of which five antenna beam patterns including four antenna beam patterns each of which is obtained by setting a phase shift amount of respective one of at least four phase shift circuits corresponding to said at least four antenna elements to 180° and setting phase shift amounts of the remaining phase shift circuits to 0° and one antenna beam pattern which is obtained by setting phase shift amo

Abstract: It is possible to provide an IA terminal user management system and a program for said system which comprises: a unit which stores IA terminal information including an IA terminal identifier for identifying an IA terminal, service information including the kind of service to be received, and user registration information including user information concerning the user who receives the service; a unit which transmits and receives user registration information to and from the IA terminal, and requests the IA terminal to input user registration information; a unit which collates the received user registration information with the stored user registration information, and a unit which obtains user registration information which is not collated from the IA terminal and registers said information.

Abstract: An environment information storing means for storing environment information of an operating system or an application program executed by the Internet appliance terminal unit, an environment change information acquiring means for acquiring environment change information containing a changed portion of the environment information from the application service server, and an environment change information analyzing means for analyzing the environment change information acquired by the environment change information acquiring means corresponding to environment information stored in the environment information storing means are disposed.

Abstract: A method and system for remotely operating one or more client apparatuses by a controlling client apparatus without placing a processing burden on the apparatuses or increasing network traffic. Processing is executed in response to a request from a first apparatus. The processing results are transmitted to both the first apparatus and to a second apparatus. In one embodiment of the present invention, the first apparatus sends a request to a management apparatus to remotely control the second apparatus. The management apparatus disables user operation of the second apparatus and establishes remote operations between the first and second apparatuses. The first apparatus requests a Web page from the management apparatus, which obtains the Web page from a WWW server and sends the Web page to both the first and second apparatuses. Thus, remote control of the second apparatus is achieved by the first apparatus.

Abstract: A terminal management device manages the sharing by at the least one business entity of costs related to distributed terminal devices. In a case that a new business entity, which uses the terminal devices and provides services after the terminal devices have been distributed, the terminal management device computes and totals the differences of shared costs of each business entity, which will change in accordance with the addition thereof. Thus, by managing the changes of a plurality of business entities bearing the costs related to terminal devices, changes in the shares of the costs thereof can be adjusted easily even in a case that business entities using the terminal devices thereof and providing services change after the terminal devices have been distributed to subscribers. Therefore, the present invention facilitates the participation of a new service business entity in the provision of services using terminal devices subsequent to the terminal devices being distributed.

Abstract: Receiving apparatus for receiving satellite broadcasting electric wave to be mounted mobile vehicle being realized at low cost and not influence by the weather etc. The apparatus is provided with an antenna of which directivity pattern can be varied, and by a geomagnetism sensor mechanically coupled with said antenna to detect present orientation of the antenna, and comprising antenna controlling means by which the directivity pattern of the antenna is directed towards objective broadcasting satellite based on said detected orientation output. When an electric wave from a gap-filler station is to be received, the antenna is controlled to become non-directivity pattern automatically. For the antenna, a microstrip patch antenna having a plurality of conductive patches arranged in a plane is used.

Abstract: A paper feed apparatus in an image forming apparatus includes a first paper feed cassette storing first sheets of paper and a first driving device conveying the first sheets of paper one by one from the first paper feed cassette automatically for automatic paper feed. A mount is mounted on the first paper feed cassette and on the mount a second sheet of paper is set for manual paper feed. A second driving device is mounted on the first paper feed cassette and conveys the second sheet of paper set on the mount. The paper feed apparatus achieves a small size and has a low manufacturing cost.

Abstract: An ocular fundus camera apparatus includes an ocular fundus camera having an optical lens that transfers first and second image light components which have a parallax therebetween and which can be separated from each other, a memory for storing a predetermined coefficient a based on the shape of the optical lens, and a CCD for converting the first and second image light components into first and second image signals (A, B). The ocular fundus camera apparatus generates first and second image data (L, R) by performing proportional distribution of the first and second image signals in accordance with the predetermined coefficient.

Abstract: An endoscope apparatus has an endoscope having an image guide (103) for guiding first and second image light components which have a parallax and can be separated from each other, a memory for storing a predetermined coefficient (a) on the basis of the shape, length, and the like of the image guide, and CCDs for converting the first and second image light components into first and second image signals (A, B). The apparatus performs image processing for generating first and second image data (L, R) by performing proportional distribution processing of the first and second image signals in accordance with the predetermined coefficient.

Abstract: A paper cassette unit includes a base part installed in an image forming system, a paper cassette having a compartment in which sheets of paper are accommodated, the paper cassette being detachably mounted in the base part, a cassette cover for covering an opening of the compartment when the paper cassette is mounted in the base part, and a connecting part connecting the cassette cover to the base part in such a way that only the cover stays in the base part when the paper cassette is demounted from the base part.

Abstract: An automatic circuit element mounting apparatus includes a lead wire detection mechanism for detecting lead wires of a circuit element held on a mounting head by suction and a substrate mark detection mechanism for detecting a mounting reference mark of a printed circuit board on which the circuit element is mounted by means of the mounting head, so that the amount of movement of the mounting head may be corrected depending on a result of detection by each of the detection mechanisms to precisely mount the circuit element on the printed circuit board. Also, a method for mounting a circuit element on a printed circuit board is disclosed.