Abstract: An object of the present invention is to provide a polarizer having a high degree of alignment and an image display device including the polarizer. A polarizer of the present invention is a polarizer formed of a polarizer-forming composition containing a liquid crystal compound, a first dichroic material, and a second dichroic material, in which the polarizer has an array structure formed of the first dichroic material and the second dichroic material.

Abstract: A resistive element that includes: a substrate; a first nitride semiconductor layer; a second nitride semiconductor layer; a two-dimensional electron gas layer on the first nitride semiconductor layer side at an interface between the first nitride semiconductor layer and the second nitride semiconductor layer; a first electrode ohmically connected to the two-dimensional electron gas layer; a second electrode ohmically connected to the two-dimensional electron gas layer; and an insulating layer between the first electrode and the second electrode in plan view. The two-dimensional electron gas layer functions as an electric resistance element. A conductive layer is not provided above the insulating layer between the first electrode and the second electrode in the plan view. The resistive element has a resistance-value stabilization structure that functions to keep a resistance value of the electric resistance element constant.

Abstract: A resistive element that includes: a substrate; a first nitride semiconductor layer; a second nitride semiconductor layer; a two-dimensional electron gas layer on the first nitride semiconductor layer side at an interface between the first nitride semiconductor layer and the second nitride semiconductor layer; a first electrode ohmically connected to the two-dimensional electron gas layer; a second electrode ohmically connected to the two-dimensional electron gas layer; and an insulating layer between the first electrode and the second electrode in plan view. The two-dimensional electron gas layer functions as an electric resistance element. A conductive layer is not provided above the insulating layer between the first electrode and the second electrode in the plan view. The resistive element has a resistance-value stabilization structure that functions to keep a resistance value of the electric resistance element constant.

Abstract: A workpiece picking system is provided, including: a conveyor that transfers multiple workpieces in one transfer direction; a position detection unit that detects transfer positions of the workpieces transferred by the conveyor; a distributing robot that sorts the workpieces transferred by the conveyor in a single row into two rows by a predetermined rule following the movement of the conveyor by performing line tracking based on the detected transfer positions; and a pair of picking robots that pick-up the workpieces, following the movement of the conveyor by performing line tracking based on the transfer positions detected by the position detection unit, and disposing only the workpieces in one of the rows sorted by the distributing robot, in an operating range of the picking robots. The pair of picking robots are arranged in a direction orthogonal to the transfer direction of the conveyor.

Abstract: A workpiece picking system is provided, including: a conveyor that transfers multiple workpieces in one transfer direction; a position detection unit that detects transfer positions of the workpieces transferred by the conveyor; a distributing robot that sorts the workpieces transferred by the conveyor in a single row into two rows by a predetermined rule following the movement of the conveyor by performing line tracking based on the detected transfer positions; and a pair of picking robots that pick-up the workpieces, following the movement of the conveyor by performing line tracking based on the transfer positions detected by the position detection unit, and disposing only the workpieces in one of the rows sorted by the distributing robot, in an operating range of the picking robots. The pair of picking robots are arranged in a direction orthogonal to the transfer direction of the conveyor.

Abstract: An electric drive apparatus includes a controller for controlling an electric motor and a continuously-variable transmission connected with the motor. The controller controls the motor and the continuously-variable transmission in a first control mode to control the transmission ratio of the continuously-variable transmission to a predetermined fixed ratio so as to hold the transmission ratio at the fixed ratio, and to control the motor to achieve the demand motor torque when a demand motor operation point determined from a predetermined assumed ratio is within a predetermined operation range, and to control the motor and the continuously-variable transmission in a second control mode to vary the transmission ratio and to control the motor to achieve a desired driving torque for a driven member driven by the motor when the demand motor operation point is not within the predetermined operation range.

Abstract: An accumulator (40) is connected to a line pressure oil passage (33) via an electromagnetic cut-off valve (42) and a one-way valve (39), a three-way electromagnetic switching valve (44), and a pressure holding valve (46) are additionally installed on clutch pressure oil passage (34) of a low clutch (50) which is engaged at a time of an engine stop. The accumulator is cut off from the line pressure oil passage and the low clutch is communicated with the pressure holding valve and the clutch pressure is held to a value immediately before a torque transmission control, at the time of the engine stop and, during an engine restart, the electromagnetic cut-off valve is duty controlled in accordance with an accelerator opening angle and the clutch pressure is discharged from the accumulator.

Abstract: A hydraulic control apparatus including a cut valve disposed in a hydraulic circuit, a hydraulic storage device connected to the hydraulic circuit through the cut valve, a stroke amount detecting means for detecting an amount of a piston stroke in the hydraulic storage device, and a control means for discharging a hydraulic pressure from the hydraulic storage device to the hydraulic circuit upon restarting an engine from the idling stop, wherein the control means is configured to open the cut valve upon restarting the engine and, after opening the cut valve, close the cut valve in a case where a change in the detected amount of a stroke of the piston is reversed from such a direction as to discharge the hydraulic pressure from the hydraulic storage device to such a direction as to supply the hydraulic pressure to the hydraulic storage device.

Abstract: A belt type continuously variable transmission includes a continuously variable shift mechanism having a primary pulley, a secondary pulley and a belt wound around the respective pulleys, a pulley thrust calculation unit that calculates a pulley thrust, which is used to bias the respective pulleys in a direction for reducing the pulley width, so as to include a predetermined margin, a hydraulic control unit that controls an oil pressure supplied to each of the pulleys on the basis of the calculated pulley thrust, and an upshift determination unit that determines whether or not an upshift, during which the speed ratio is reduced, is underway. The pulley thrust calculation unit sets the predetermined margin to be smaller when an upshift is determined to be underway than when an upshift is determined not to be underway.

Abstract: An accumulator (40) is connected to a line pressure oil passage (33) via an electromagnetic cut-off valve (42) and a one-way valve (39), a three-way electromagnetic switching valve (44), and a pressure holding valve (46) are additionally installed on clutch pressure oil passage (34) of a low clutch (50) which is engaged at a time of an engine stop. The accumulator is cut off from the line pressure oil passage and the low clutch is communicated with the pressure holding valve and the clutch pressure is held to a value immediately before a torque transmission control, at the time of the engine stop and, during an engine restart, the electromagnetic cut-off valve is duty controlled in accordance with an accelerator opening angle and the clutch pressure is discharged from the accumulator.

Abstract: A cover part of an electronic equipment that exposes or closes a portion of the electronic equipment with which an electronic part is connected, including a housing external appearance constituent portion that constitutes a part of an external appearance surface of a housing of the electronic equipment. An inner mount lid portion fixed to the housing external appearance constituent portion and a housing fixing member sandwiched between the housing external appearance constituent portion and the inner mount lid portion are provided, where the housing external appearance constituent portion and the inner mount lid portion are formed of a constituent material different from a constituent material of the housing fixing member.

Abstract: A cover part of an electronic equipment that exposes or closes a portion of the electronic equipment with which an electronic part is connected, including a housing external appearance constituent portion that constitutes a part of an external appearance surface of a housing of the electronic equipment. An inner mount lid portion fixed to the housing external appearance constituent portion and a housing fixing member sandwiched between the housing external appearance constituent portion and the inner mount lid portion are provided, where the housing external appearance constituent portion and the inner mount lid portion are formed of a constituent material different from a constituent material of the housing fixing member.

Abstract: A hydraulic control apparatus including a cut valve disposed in a hydraulic circuit, a hydraulic storage device connected to the hydraulic circuit through the cut valve, a stroke amount detecting means for detecting an amount of a piston stroke in the hydraulic storage device, and a control means for discharging a hydraulic pressure from the hydraulic storage device to the hydraulic circuit upon restarting an engine from the idling stop, wherein the control means is configured to open the cut valve upon restarting the engine and, after opening the cut valve, close the cut valve in a case where a change in the detected amount of a stroke of the piston is reversed from such a direction as to discharge the hydraulic pressure from the hydraulic storage device to such a direction as to supply the hydraulic pressure to the hydraulic storage device.

Abstract: Even when erroneous encoded data is inputted to a decoding device, the decoding device is recovered during one video frame period including a video frame time of the inputted data to enable decoding processing on a next video frame. The decoding device includes: a receiving section (1) for receiving encoded data (11) to output the encoded data corresponding to a video frame, outputting encoded data of a next frame in response to a decoding completion signal (14) to be received, and for transmitting an error signal (15) when the decoding completion signal is not received during a predetermined time; an image decoder (2) for decoding the encoded data (12) from the receiving section (1), transmitting the decoding completion signal (14) to the receiving section (1) when decoding is completed, and for stopping decoding processing in response to a reset signal (16) to be received; and an error recovery section (3) for outputting the reset signal (16) to the image decoder (2) when the error signal (15) is received.

Abstract: A process for producing a pulley for a belt drive CVT, including subjecting tapered surfaces of a preform of at least one of input and output pulleys to surface hardening, subjecting the surface-hardened tapered surfaces of the preform to hard turning to form microgrooves radially spaced from one another thereon, between which microprojections are formed, and reducing a height of the microprojections. Alternatively, a process for producing a pulley for a belt drive CVT, including subjecting tapered surfaces of a preform of at least one of input and output pulleys to surface hardening, subjecting the surface-hardened tapered surfaces of the preform to shot peening, and subjecting the shot-peened tapered surfaces of the preform to finishing to form microgrooves having a substantially equal pitch thereon.

Abstract: A hydraulic control apparatus includes a continuously-variable transmission; a line-pressure control section configured to produce a line pressure by adjusting a discharge pressure of an oil pump; a first hydraulic-pressure control section configured to adjust a first hydraulic pressure based on the line pressure, the first hydraulic pressure being supplied to the drive pulleys; and a second hydraulic-pressure control section configured to adjust a second hydraulic pressure based on the line pressure, the second hydraulic pressure being supplied to the driven pulleys. The continuously-variable transmission includes a pair of drive pulleys including a first movable pulley and a first fixed pulley; a pair of driven pulleys including a second movable pulley and a second fixed pulley; and a belt wound between the pair of drive pulleys and the pair of driven pulleys.

Abstract: An electric drive apparatus includes a controller for controlling an electric motor and a continuously-variable transmission connected with the motor. The controller controls the motor and the continuously-variable transmission in a first control mode to control the transmission ratio of the continuously-variable transmission to a predetermined fixed ratio so as to hold the transmission ratio at the fixed ratio, and to control the motor to achieve the demand motor torque when a demand motor operation point determined from a predetermined assumed ratio is within a predetermined operation range, and to control the motor and the continuously-variable transmission in a second control mode to vary the transmission ratio and to control the motor to achieve a desired driving torque for a driven member driven by the motor when the demand motor operation point is not within the predetermined operation range.

Abstract: An electronic apparatus has a fixed case unit and a movable case unit, and the rotation operability of the movable case unit is improved. The electronic apparatus having the fixed case unit and movable case unit also includes a movable arm, which is fitted openably and closably to the fixed case unit via a hinge. The movable case unit is supported rotatably on the movable arm, and the rotation center of the movable case unit is set at a position near the hinge to be on or near the centerline of the movable case unit.

Abstract: An electronic apparatus includes a frame made of metal, a holder that is made of metal and engaged with the frame, a display panel that is arranged between the frame and the holder, and configured to display information, and a housing that includes a front case and a rear case, and accommodates the frame, the holder and the display panel

Abstract: A continuously variable belt drive transmission, including input and output pulleys each having axially opposed tapered surfaces, and an endless belt including a plurality of metal elements each having opposed side faces contacted with the respective tapered surfaces of the input and output pulleys. Each of the opposed side faces is formed with a plurality of microscopic projections and recesses arranged along a radial direction of the input and output pulleys upon being in contact with the respective tapered surfaces of the input and output pulleys. The tapered surfaces of at least the input pulley are formed with microgrooves that are radially spaced from one another and have a pitch not more than a width of each of the microscopic projections on the side faces of the metal element.