Abstract: A measurement tool includes: a measurement tool body including a sample collection unit for collecting a liquid sample by a capillary phenomenon, and a liquid feed channel; and a lid body attachable to and detachable from the measurement tool body. The liquid feed channel includes an upstream side channel and a downstream side channel. A space is defined, into which an upstream side end of the sample collection unit and a downstream side end of the upstream side channel open, when the lid body is attached to the measurement tool body. The downstream side channel is connected to a downstream side end of the sample collection unit. The space is open when the lid body is separated from the measurement tool body, and the space is closed and the upstream side channel and the sample collection unit are connected when the lid body is attached to the measurement tool body.

Abstract: Managing the use of an optical disc drive by a program at high security. An OS of a host apparatus 100 sends one user certificate incorporating the policy information defining the use contents permissible for the optical disc drive 200 and a user key to the optical disc drive 200 under a secure environment (S3). On the other hand, the program running on the OS is authorized, and the user key is passed to the authorized program (S6). The optical disc drive 200 authorizes the program using the user key within the user certificate and the user key for the program and specifies the policy information corresponding to the user key (S7). Thereafter, the optical disc drive 200 permits the application program to gain access to the self-resource within the limits of the contents defined in the policy information (S8).

Abstract: There are provided a multisystem network, and a device and method for access to a data storage unit in order to allow processors in a plurality of devices to access the data storage unit. The data storage unit has a data storage area divided in a first area for a first device and a second area for a second device. The first and second devices are connected to the data storage unit via a connection circuit. A first processor in the first device can access directly the data storage unit. The connection circuit has provided therein an emulation register corresponding to a register which stores a command or control data used for the first processor in the first device to access the data storage unit. A second processor in the second device accesses the data storage unit via the emulation register and with intervention of the first processor.

Abstract: An electric vehicle has traveling units, first and second electric motors for driving the respective traveling units, a speed adjusting lever for adjusting a speed of the traveling units, a speed adjustment mechanism for generating a speed adjusting signal in response to operation of the speed adjusting lever, and a control unit for controlling rotation of the first and second electric motors in accordance with the speed adjusting signal generated by the speed adjustment mechanism.

Abstract: Simplifying the controller of hybrid type drive unit. The output of a generator driven by engine is connected directly to a motor 7 through a converter or switching circuit 10 without being charged on any battery. The output of each phase of the generator is inputted to the converter 10. A timing controller 126 controls the conduction phase of a thyristor bridge 101 in the converter 10 so as to adjust the quantity of output power. A synchronous standard for phase control is formed based on output wave of an auxiliary winding 26 of the generator. A voltage detector 124 detects an applied voltage on the motor 7 as a motor rotation speed and the conduction angle is increased or decreased so as to maintain a detected voltage at a target value.

Abstract: Managing the use of an optical disc drive by a program at high security. An OS of a host apparatus 100 sends one user certificate incorporating the policy information defining the use contents permissible for the optical disc drive 200 and a user key to the optical disc drive 200 under a secure environment (S3). On the other hand, the program running on the OS is authorized, and the user key is passed to the authorized program (S6). The optical disc drive 200 authorizes the program using the user key within the user certificate and the user key for the program and specifies the policy information corresponding to the user key (S7). Thereafter, the optical disc drive 200 permits the application program to gain access to the self-resource within the limits of the contents defined in the policy information (S8).

Abstract: An ID (MID) is attached to each individual optical disk, and content is encrypted with a Content-Key and registered. In addition, a system server device maintains a Client ID of a client terminal device, HDD-ID of a hard disk drive (HDD), and MC-ID of a memory card respectively held as user entry information. When the user wants to copy the content, together with the optical disk MID, the MC-ID is sent to the system server side. The system server device identifies the user by referencing the MC-ID in the user entry information, and returns a Content-Key, which is used when encoding content. On the user side, content stored in the optical disk is decrypted using the returned Content-Key and copied to the HDD. Accordingly, copying of content is allowed only for an authorized user who is the lawful owner of the storage media.

Abstract: In the working machine wherein the output of an engine generator is directly supplied to a motor for travel without using the intermediary of a battery, preventing the engine from slowing down. The generator G is directly connected to the motor 7 and there is no battery that stores the output of the generator G. CPU 102 decreases the power supply for the motor 7 when it has been anticipated that the engine revolutions will be decreased. The number of the engine revolutions is detected according to the period of the waveform of an output of the generator G. The alternating current waveform that has been drawn out from one phase of the winding of the generator G is shaped into a rectangular waveform. CPU 102 detects the period of the shaped waveform. When the detected period has become larger, the CPU 102 determines that the engine revolutions is about to decrease.

Abstract: In case of decoding by a software process, in the process 1, video data of a decoded frame corresponding to a management ID stored at the head of an output FIFO 4 at its time point is read out and outputted. In the process 2, audio data is decoded. In the process 3, the video data is decoded. The decoded video data is stored in a video frame buffer and its management ID is stored in the output FIFO 4 in the outputting order. When the process 3 cannot be finished, the process 3 is interrupted during the process and the image of the frame stored at the head of the output FIFO 4 is outputted. After that, when the process 2 is finished, the decoding process of the process 3 which was temporarily interrupted is restarted. In case of performing the encoding by the software process, an encoding amount of the video data as a processing target of the encoding is predicted. Subsequently, whether an empty capacity enough to store the data of the predicted encoding amount exists in a code buffer or not is discriminated.

Abstract: A motorized vehicle has a vehicle body, at least a pair of wheels mounted on the vehicle body for undergoing rotation to cause the motorized vehicle to undergo travelling, and a pair of electric motors each mounted on the vehicle body to selectively undergo forward and reverse rotation to rotationally drive a respective one of the wheels. A first switch is connected to the electric motors so that operation of the first switch causes the electric motors to undergo rotation simultaneously in opposite directions to turn the motorized vehicle in a first direction while the motorized vehicle does not undergo travelling. A second switch is connected to the electric motors so that operation of the second switch causes the electric motors to undergo rotation simultaneously in opposite directions to turn the motorized vehicle in a second direction opposite to the first direction while the motorized vehicle does not undergo travelling.

Abstract: Electric vehicle of the present invention includes left and right traveling units, and left and right electric motors for driving the left and right traveling units. Speed adjusting lever for adjusting a speed of the left and right traveling units is provided on an operation panel that is in turn provided on a machine body. The speed adjusting lever includes left and right spot-turn switches provided thereon. When the left spot-turn switch is turned on, the left electric motor rotates in a reverse direction while the right electric motor rotates in a forward direction. When the right spot-turn switch is turned on, the right electric motor rotates in the reverse direction while the left electric motor rotates in the forward direction.

Abstract: The output of an engine driven generator G is directly supplied to a motor 7 for travel without the intermediary of a battery. The output capacity of each of the generator G and motor 7 is determined so that the maximum output of the generator G may substantially coincide with the maximum control electric power that is supplied to the motor 7. The over-current with respect to the motor is suppressed by the output impedance of the generator G. A CPU 102 performs output control so as for the output to conform to the load according to the electric current with respect to the motor. If the electric current increases, the voltage is varied to a level thereof that conforms to that electric current for ensuring sufficient torque.

Abstract: An electric vehicle driven by at least one electric motor is provided. The vehicle includes a controller for controlling the electric motor and at least one braking device. The controller gradually reduces the rotational speed of the electric motor in accordance with a vehicle drive stop instruction, and operates the braking device when the rotational speed of the electric motor is equal to or lower than a predetermined rotational speed to stop the travel of the vehicle.

Abstract: There are provided a multisystem network, and a device and method for access to a data storage unit in order to allow processors in a plurality of devices to access the data storage unit. The data storage unit has a data storage area divided in a first area for a first device and a second area for a second device. The first and second devices are connected to the data storage unit via a connection circuit. A first processor in the first device can access directly the data storage unit. The connection circuit has provided therein an emulation register corresponding to a register which stores a command or control data used for the first processor in the first device to access the data storage unit. A second processor in the second device accesses the data storage unit via the emulation register and with intervention of the first processor.

Abstract: Simplifying the controller of hybrid type drive unit. The output of a generator driven by engine is connected directly to a motor 7 through a converter or switching circuit 10 without being charged on any battery. The output of each phase of the generator is inputted to the converter 10. A timing controller 126 controls the conduction phase of a thyristor bridge 101 in the converter 10 so as to adjust the quantity of output power. A synchronous standard for phase control is formed based on output wave of an auxiliary winding 26 of the generator. A voltage detector 124 detects an applied voltage on the motor 7 as a motor rotation speed and the conduction angle is increased or decreased so as to maintain a detected voltage at a target value.

Abstract: A dual-motor electric vehicle having a control section that determines whether three conditions are satisfied, (1) that a straight-ahead travel instruction has been supplied to the vehicle, (2) that an actual number of motor rotations of an electric motor is less than a target number of motor rotations, and (3) that a motor control signal for bringing the actual number of motor rotations closer to the target number has reached a predetermined upper limit output value. When all conditions are satisfied for at least one of the electric motors of the dual-motor vehicle, the control section performs a downward motor-rotation correction process for at least one of motors by incrementally reducing one of the target number of motor rotations and the upper limit output value of the motor control signal until the respective actual numbers of rotations of the left and right motors substantially coincide with each other.

Abstract: In the working machine wherein the output of an engine generator is directly supplied to a motor for travel without using the intermediary of a battery, preventing the engine from slowing down. The generator G is directly connected to the motor 7 and there is no battery that stores the output of the generator G. CPU 102 decreases the power supply for the motor 7 when it has been anticipated that the engine revolutions will be decreased. The number of the engine revolutions is detected according to the period of the waveform of an output of the generator G. The alternating current waveform that has been drawn out from one phase of the winding of the generator G is shaped into a rectangular waveform. CPU 102 detects the period of the shaped waveform. When the detected period has become larger, the CPU 102 determines that the engine revolutions is about to decrease.

Abstract: A motorized vehicle has a vehicle body, at least a pair of wheels mounted on the vehicle body for undergoing rotation to cause the motorized vehicle to undergo travelling, and a pair of electric motors each mounted on the vehicle body to selectively undergo forward and reverse rotation to rotationally drive a respective one of the wheels. A first switch is connected to the electric motors so that operation of the first switch causes the electric motors to undergo rotation simultaneously in opposite directions to turn the motorized vehicle in a first direction while the motorized vehicle does not undergo travelling. A second switch is connected to the electric motors so that operation of the second switch causes the electric motors to undergo rotation simultaneously in opposite directions to turn the motorized vehicle in a second direction opposite to the first direction while the motorized vehicle does not undergo travelling.

Abstract: The output of an engine driven generator G is directly supplied to a motor 7 for travel without the intermediary of a battery. The output capacity of each of the generator G and motor 7 is determined so that the maximum output of the generator G may substantially coincide with the maximum control electric power that is supplied to the motor 7. The over-current with respect to the motor is suppressed by the output impedance of the generator G. A CPU 102 performs output control so as for the output to conform to the load according to the electric current with respect to the motor. If the electric current increases, the voltage is varied to a level thereof that conforms to that electric current for ensuring sufficient torque.

Abstract: A motorized vehicle has wheels mounted on a vehicle body for undergoing rotation to cause the motorized vehicle to undergo travelling, electric motors for selectively undergoing forward and reverse rotation to rotationally drive respective ones of the wheels, brakes for applying brake forces to respective ones of the wheels, handlebars extending from the vehicle body, and turn control levers mounted on the handlebars to undergo angular movement within a range of preselected angular positions. The turn control levers are connected to respective ones of the brakes and respective ones of the electric motors so that the electric motors undergo rotation simultaneously in opposite directions in accordance with the preselected angular positions of the turn control levers to turn the motorized vehicle while the motorized does not undergo travelling.