Abstract: A diagnostic control device for a hybrid vehicle is provided for shortening the time required for a failure diagnosis of an evaporation purge system. After introducing the inlet-pipe's negative pressure into the evaporation purge system 51, the evaporation control unit 52 diagnoses failure states concerning the evaporation purge system 51 such as a leak by detecting changes in inner tank pressure over a prescribed time. In order to shorten such failure diagnosis control time, a motor generator 12 is driven to assist the engine when introducing the inlet-pipe's negative pressure into the evaporation purge system 51. With such assist-driving, it becomes possible to reduce engine load, therefore, the throttle valve 67 of the engine 11 can be controlled to be on the closed side, making it possible to create sufficient inlet-pipe's negative pressure.

Abstract: An optical disc apparatus capable of mounting an optical disc includes a light source for emitting light; an objective lens for collecting the light emitted by the light source on the optical disc; a first light distribution section integrally movable with the objective lens, the first light distribution section including a first area and a second area, the first light distribution section outputting the light reflected by the optical disc and transmitted through the first area or the second area as transmission light, outputting the light reflected by the optical disc and diffracted by the first area as first diffraction light, and outputting the light reflected by the optical disc and diffracted by the second area as second diffraction light; a transmission light detection section for detecting the transmission light and outputting a TE1 signal indicating an offset of the detected transmission light; a first diffraction light detection section for detecting the first diffraction light and the second diffrac

Abstract: An aqueous coating composition is disclosed. The composition comprises fine organic particles, polyvinyl alcohol, and boric acids or salts thereof and comprising substantially no gelatin, and the same having a viscosity of 10 to 100 cp at 40° C., and a viscosity at 15° C., which is at least 20 times as much as that at 40° C. A coating method of the composition and an ink-jet sheet prepared by employing the composition are also disclosed.

Abstract: An aqueous coating composition is disclosed. The composition comprises fine organic particles, polyvinyl alcohol, and boric acids or salts thereof and comprising substantially no gelatin, and the same having a viscosity of 10 to 100 cp at 40 ° C., and a viscosity at 15 ° C., which is at least 20 times as much as that at 40 ° C. A coating method of the composition and an ink-jet sheet prepared by employing the composition are also disclosed.

Abstract: In an ink jet recording sheet having an ink absorptive layer comprising hydrophilic binder, fine particles having average particle diameter of not more than 200 nm and water soluble cationic polymer having specific structure, wherein the layer surface pH of said ink absorptive layer of 3 to 6.

Abstract: The present invention is directed to a TDMA communication system which is adapted to different communication environments or prepares different communication environments and allows each mobile station to be set for working in any one of the different communication environments. The communication system commonly uses a TDMA format that has a fixed frame-length and a constant number of bits for each of the slots composing the frame. The communication environments have prepared respective sets of communication conditions, each set including a transmission power, a modulating method, the number of multiplexed signals, error-correction, an antenna gain, a frequency hopping value and a diversity value. At each mobile station and each base station, one of plural sets of communication conditions for respective environments is selected to establish communication with each other under the selected environment.

Abstract: An ink jet recording sheet having a support and an ink absorption layer provided on the support wherein a center line average roughness (Ra) is 0.8 to 4.0 &mgr;m, measured at a standard length of 2.5 and a cut-off value of 0.8 mm of the surface of the ink jet recording sheet on the ink absorption layer side, which is specified in JISB-0601, and a 60-degree specular gloss of the ink jet recording sheet is 10 to 30 percent, which is specified in JIS-Z8741.

Abstract: An optical disc apparatus capable of mounting an optical disc includes a light source for emitting light: an objective lens for collecting the light emitted by the light source on the optical disc; a first light distribution section integrally movable with the objective lens, the first light distribution section including a first area and a second area, the first light distribution section outputting the light reflected by the optical disc and transmitted through the first area or the second area as transmission light, outputting the light reflected by the optical disc and diffracted by the first area as first diffraction light, and outputting the light reflected by the optical disc and diffracted by the second area as second diffraction light; a transmission light detection section for detecting the transmission light and outputting a TE1 signal indicating an offset of the detected transmission light; a first diffraction light detection section for detecting the first diffraction light and the second diffrac

Abstract: In an optical head, two object lenses 3a, 3b fixed to a lens holder 4 are provided to serve as means for condensing a light beam 11 wherein these object lenses 3a, 3b are at positions eccentric from a support axis 10. The object lenses 3a and 3b are fabricated to satisfy prescribed conditions to suppress aberration. When either object lens 3a or 3b is selected for an optical recording medium 17, 18, degrading of signals can be prevented. Alternatively, two light sources 14, 25 are provided for one object lens 19, and the object lens is fabricated to satisfy prescribed conditions to suppress aberration. When either one of the light sources is used, degrading of signals can be prevented. In a different optical head, a recording medium 107 is set on a disk driving device 111, and an optical head 115 is provided movable freely in radial directions. The tilt of the recording medium is detected with a sensor, and the optical axis of the beam is controlled according to the detected tilt to cancel aberration.

Abstract: An ink-jet recording method is disclosed, including recording on an ink-jet recording sheet containing a non-water-absorbing support and provided thereon an ink absorbing layer containing polyvinyl alcohol, fine inorganic particles and boric acid or its salt, using an ink-jet recording apparatus and a water-based recording liquid containing a high boiling solvent compound having a hydroxy group, wherein the amount of boric acid or its salt contained in the ink absorbing layer of the recording sheet (X), the amount of a hydroxy group contained in polyvinyl alcohol contained in the ink absorbing layer of the recording sheet (Y) and the maximum amount of the the hydroxy group contained in the high boiling solvent contained in a unit area when recorded on the recording sheet at a maximum ejecting amount of the water-based recording liquid (Z) satisfy the following requirements: 0.05≦X/Y≦0.5  (1) Z/Y≦4.

Abstract: A production method of a recording sheet characterized in that a void layer having a dry thickness of 25 to 60 &mgr;m is formed by coating, onto at least one surface of a support, a void layer-forming coating composition comprising fine inorganic particles having an average particle diameter of not more than 100 nm and a hydrophilic binder, as well as not more than 10 coarse particles per ml having a particle diameter greater the particle diameter R (in &mgr;m) represented by formula (1) described below. R=80000/L2  Formula (1) wherein L represents the total dry layer thickness (in &mgr;m) of said void layer.

Abstract: In a non-contacting power supply system for a rail-guided vehicle which can move along a plurality of power supply lines connected to respective power sources and receive a supply of electric power required for moving from the plurality of power supply lines, the rail-guided vehicle comprises a plurality of power receiving cores for receiving a supply of electric power from the plurality of power supply lines. The gaps between the plurality of power supply lines in the portions between the power supply lines are set to be equal to or longer than the length of each of the power receiving cores in the direction of the power supply lines, thereby eliminating the bad influence on the non-contacting power supply system due to the difference between the phases or frequencies of the power sources of the power supply lines.

Abstract: An ink-jet recording sheet comprises a support, and provided thereon, a void layer containing fine inorganic particles and a hydrophilic binder, the hydrophilic binder having being cross-linked by a hardener.

Abstract: A fuel vapor purge control system of an automobile engine comprises fuel vapor concentration calculating means for calculating a concentration of fuel vapor in the purge flow based on a feedback correction coefficient, target purge rate calculating means for selectively setting a target purge rate depending on the magnitude of the fuel vapor concentration, purge valve controlling means for controlling the operation of a purge control valve so as to obtain the target purge rate, purge condition judging means for judging whether or not a purge condition to perform purging is satisfied based on operational conditions of the engine, wherein the target purge rate calculating means sets an initial target purge rate after the purge condition judging means judges that the purge condition is satisfied, the initial target purge rate being gradually increased with an elapse of time from an initial rate to a predetermined rate, and then sets a target purge rate depending on the fuel vapor concentration after the initial

Abstract: A plastic film material comprising a layer is disclosed, the layer containing in admixture a binder and particles comprising a compound in an amount of 70% or more by weight of the particles, the particles having a volume specific resistance of not more than 10.sup.9 .OMEGA.cm and the compound comprising an element selected from the group consisting of H, B, C, N, O, F, P, S and Cl.

Abstract: It is determined whether an engine for a flexible fuel vehicle is in a start enabling state based on alcohol concentration of fuel supplied to the engine. When it is determined that the engine is in the start enabling state, a heater for vaporizing fuel is energized. Current flowing in the heater is compared with a reference current representing completion of warmup of the engine. When the current becomes smaller than the reference current, the heater is de-energized, and the fuel is injected to start the engine.

Abstract: A flexible fuel vehicle has an engine with a fuel injector for injecting mixed fuel of gasoline and alcohol into the engine. The operation of a starter motor of the engine is inhibited for a set time period before injecting the mixed fuel from the fuel injector and the mixed fuel is circulated flowing from the fuel pump to the fuel tank for the set time period so as to sufficiently and homogeneously mix the gasoline and alcohol in the mixed fuel.

Abstract: A silver halide light-sensitive photographic material is disclosed which comprises a support and provided thereon, a subbing layer and a silver halide emulsion layer in that order, the subbing layer containing in admixture, a binder, metal oxide particles having a volume specific resistance of not less than 10.sup.9 .OMEGA. cm, and a conductive polymer and the metal being selected from the group consisting of Ti, Si and Al.

Abstract: A light-sensitive silver halide photographic material is disclosed which comprises a support and provided thereon, a light sensitive silver halide emulsion layer, and a conductive layer comprising a conductive material in an amount of 0.01 to 30% by volume and a binder, the conductive material being powder comprising an oxide of a metal selected from Zn, Ti, Al, In, Si, Mg, Ba, Mo, W and V, said powder having a specific volume resistance of not more than 10.sup.7 .OMEGA..multidot.cm and having a particle structure with a linkage of 3 to 1000 primary particles of the oxide.

Abstract: It is determined whether an engine for a flexible fuel vehicle is in a start enabling state based on alcohol concentration of fuel supplied to the engine. When it is determined that the engine is in the start enabling state, a heater for vaporizing fuel is energized. Current flowing in the heater is compared with a reference current representing completion of warmup of the engine. When the current becomes smaller than the reference current, the heater is de-energized, and the fuel is injected to start the engine.