Abstract: A communication apparatus installed on a vehicle as a master apparatus includes: a slave port communicating with an on-vehicle control apparatus; two or more master ports are paired with two or more slave apparatuses installed on the vehicle, and communicate with the two or more slave apparatuses using different channels based on Distributed System Interface (DSI) protocol; two or more buffer memories provided corresponding to the two or more master ports; and a control section sorting and storing commands addressed to the two or more slave apparatuses, respectively, from the on-vehicle control apparatus into the two or more buffer memories, respectively, and when receiving a trigger instructing transmission of the commands from the on-vehicle control apparatus, reading the commands from the two or more buffer memories, and simultaneously transmitting the commands from the two or more master ports, respectively.

Abstract: The master apparatus includes a communicator that transmits a command to the one or more slave apparatuses in the first communication method, and that transmits a trigger to the one or more slave apparatuses and receives data that is transmitted by the one or more slave apparatuses in response to the trigger in the second communication method, and a controller that controls the communicator during execution of the first communication method to read negotiation information that indicates conditions for the second communication method from a memory and to transmit the negotiation information to the one or more slave apparatuses, wherein upon completion of communication that satisfies the conditions after the first communication method is switched to the second communication method, the controller performs switching from the second communication method to the first communication method.

Abstract: A communication apparatus installed on a vehicle as a master apparatus includes: a slave port communicating with an on-vehicle control apparatus; two or more master ports are paired with two or more slave apparatuses installed on the vehicle, and communicate with the two or more slave apparatuses using different channels based on Distributed System Interface (DSI) protocol; two or more buffer memories provided corresponding to the two or more master ports; and a control section sorting and storing commands addressed to the two or more slave apparatuses, respectively, from the on-vehicle control apparatus into the two or more buffer memories, respectively, and when receiving a trigger instructing transmission of the commands from the on-vehicle control apparatus, reading the commands from the two or more buffer memories, and simultaneously transmitting the commands from the two or more master ports, respectively.

Abstract: The master apparatus includes a communicator that transmits a command to the one or more slave apparatuses in the first communication method, and that transmits a trigger to the one or more slave apparatuses and receives data that is transmitted by the one or more slave apparatuses in response to the trigger in the second communication method, and a controller that controls the communicator during execution of the first communication method to read negotiation information that indicates conditions for the second communication method from a memory and to transmit the negotiation information to the one or more slave apparatuses, wherein upon completion of communication that satisfies the conditions after the first communication method is switched to the second communication method, the controller performs switching from the second communication method to the first communication method.

Abstract: There is provided a shift device of which visibility and operability is excellent. The shift device 1 includes a shift lever 5 which operates a gear position of a transmission. The shift lever is arranged in an area R1 of an instrumental panel 11 which is outside of a steering wheel 20 and upper than the center axis O of the steering wheel 20 from the viewpoint of the driver and protruding toward the driver. A center part of the steering wheel 20 is provided with an air bag system, and the shift lever 5 is arranged in an expansion area of an air bag of the air bag system from the viewpoint of the driver.

Abstract: Disclosed is a photosensitive ink which can form a coated film that is excellent in insulation properties, heat resistance, low warping, low elasticity and adhesion with the substrate, when used as an ink for screen printing, and with which clogging of the screen, bleeding, blur, chipping and the like are unlikely to occur even when the screen printing is repeatedly carried out, so that which has an excellent ease of handling in printing. The ink composition comprises 100 parts by weight of an organic solvent-soluble polyimide block copolymer(s), and 1 to 100 parts by weight of a photoacid generator(s). The polyimide block copolymer(s) and the photoacid generator(s) are dissolved in an organic solvent. The polyimide block copolymer(s) contain(s) in its molecular skeleton a diamine having a siloxane bond, and an aromatic diamine having a hydroxyl group(s) and/or carboxyl group(s) at ortho-position with respect to an amino group.

Abstract: An object is to provide a composition that has good viscosity stability and flowability at the time of processing, good shape retention after the processing, and good drying property in a temperature range of not degrading the conductor layer at the time of drying and that enables a coated film excellent in strength of adhesion with metal•polyimide, flame resistance, heat resistance, flexibility, mechanical properties, and chemical resistance to obtained after being dried. To meet this object, a composition is prepared containing (A) polyimide and (B) mixed solvent of two kinds or more, and the solubility parameter of the mixed solvent of two kinds or more ranges from 9 to 14.

Abstract: Disclosed is a photosensitive ink which can form a coated film that is excellent in insulation properties, heat resistance, low warping, low elasticity and adhesion with the substrate, when used as an ink for screen printing, and with which clogging of the screen, bleeding, blur, chipping and the like are unlikely to occur even when the screen printing is repeatedly carried out, so that which has an excellent ease of handling in printing. The ink composition comprises 100 parts by weight of an organic solvent-soluble polyimide block copolymer(s), and 1 to 100 parts by weight of a photoacid generator(s). The polyimide block copolymer(s) and the photoacid generator(s) are dissolved in an organic solvent. The polyimide block copolymer(s) contain(s) in its molecular skeleton a diamine having a siloxane bond, and an aromatic diamine having a hydroxyl group(s) and/or carboxyl group(s) at ortho-position with respect to an amino group.

Abstract: There is provided a shift device of which visibility and operability is excellent. The shift device 1 includes a shift lever 5 which operates a gear position of a transmission. The shift lever is arranged in an area R1 of an instrumental panel 11 which is outside of a steering wheel 20 and upper than the center axis O of the steering wheel 20 from the viewpoint of the driver and protruding toward the driver. A center part of the steering wheel 20 is provided with an air bag system, and the shift lever 5 is arranged in an expansion area of an air bag of the air bag system from the viewpoint of the driver.

Abstract: [Object] To provide a composition that has good viscosity stability and flowability at the time of processing, good shape retention after the processing, and good drying property in a temperature range of not degrading the conductor layer at the time of drying and that enables a coated film excellent in strength of adhesion with metal·polyimide, flame resistance, heat resistance, flexibility, mechanical properties, and chemical resistance to obtained after being dried. [Overcoming Means] The composition of the invention contains (A) polyimide and (B) mixed solvent of two kinds or more, and the solubility parameter of the mixed solvent of two kinds or more ranges from 9 to 14.

Abstract: Disclosed is a photosensitive ink which can form a coated film that is excellent in insulation properties, heat resistance, low warping, low elasticity and adhesion with the substrate, when used as an ink for screen printing, and with which clogging of the screen, bleeding, blur, chipping and the like are unlikely to occur even when the screen printing is repeatedly carried out, so that which has an excellent ease of handling in printing. The ink composition comprises 100 parts by weight of an organic solvent-soluble polyimide block copolymer(s), and 1 to 100 parts by weight of a photoacid generator(s). The polyimide block copolymer(s) and the photoacid generator(s) are dissolved in an organic solvent. The polyimide block copolymer(s) contain(s) in its molecular skeleton a diamine having a siloxane bond, and an aromatic diamine having a hydroxyl group(s) and/or carboxyl group(s) at ortho-position with respect to an amino group.

Abstract: An interchangeable lens camera system including a camera body and a lens detachably attached to the camera body. A camera-side control unit is disposed in the camera body and produces a control command. A lens-side control unit is disposed in the lens unit and produces status information indicating a plurality of functions in the lens unit. A communication unit transmits the control command outputted from said camera-side control unit to the lens-side control unit and transmits back the status information from the lens-side control unit to the camera. The lens-side control unit transmits a controllable function and an uncontrollable function to the camera-side control unit at the time of initial communication between the camera-side control unit and the lens-side control unit.

Abstract: There are provided plural integrated circuits a to i in which a self-diagnostic result obtained from a self-diagnostic circuit 12 is outputted and controlled by select signals 1, 2, 3 supplied from the outside, and each the self-diagnostic result of the plural integrated circuits is respectively supplied to one monitor through a determination signal line every plural self-diagnostic results and control is performed by control signals 1, 2, 3 so that any one of the self-diagnostic results of the plural integrated circuits supplied to the one monitor is outputted.

Abstract: A camera system, which controls the function of a lens assembly on the basis of control information serially transmitted from a camera assembly, is provided with a communication circuit which effects communication of the control information and which is capable of changing the number of communication words associated with the communication, and a circuit for transmitting, if the number of communication words is changed, the changed number of communication words from the camera assembly to the lens assembly.

Abstract: A semiconductor integrated circuit having a diagnosis function includes a scan chain arrangement block 2 in which a plurality of flip-flops are connected so that they can be shift-registered, and designed in a scan-path manner; a shift register 3 for storing required bits of a first random number pattern shifted by the block 2; another shift register 4 for storing required bits of a second random number pattern supplied to the block 2; and a comparator for comparing corresponding bits of the random number patterns stored in the shift registers 3 and 4 to detect whether all the bits of the random number patterns agree or disagree with each other, thereby verifying a normal operation of the block 2. In this configuration, the operating state of the semiconductor integrated circuit can be diagnosed with the number of connecting wires connected to it being minimized.

Abstract: A semiconductor integrated circuit having a diagnosis function includes a scan chain arrangement block 2 in which a plurality of flip-flops are connected so that they can be shift-registered, and designed in a scan-path manner; a shift register 3 for storing required bits of a first random number pattern shifted by the block 2; another shift register 4 for storing required bits of a second random number pattern supplied to the block 2; and a comparator for comparing corresponding bits of the random number patterns stored in the shift registers 3 and 4 to detect whether all the bits of the random number patterns agree or disagree with each other, thereby verifying a normal operation of the block 2. In this configuration, the operating state of the semiconductor integrated circuit can be diagnosed with the number of connecting wires connected to it being minimized.

Abstract: A video camera apparatus to which a lens unit is detachably mounted includes a camera unit having an exposure control circuit for producing an exposure control signal from an image pickup signal and transmitting it to an utilization device, a lens unit used as the utilization device and having an iris control circuit for producing an iris control signal based on the exposure control signal provided by the exposure control circuit and a signal indicative of diaphragm condition of an iris, and a data communication channel for communicating a plurality of signals including the exposure control signal in a given cycle between the camera unit and the lens unit. The iris control circuit is so arranged as to control the iris by use of the iris control signal obtained by dividing the exposure control signal transmitted from the camera unit into a given number of times within a one communication duration.

Abstract: A developing unit includes a developing tank and a toner hopper. The developing tank is disposed to oppose a recording medium rotatably mounted to an image forming apparatus utilizing electrophotography. A developing member conveys a developer and attaches toner to an electrostatic latent image formed on the recording medium to develop the electrostatic latent image. The toner hopper has a toner supply port for supplying toner to the developing tank through a toner replenishing port formed in the developing tank. The developing tank is detachable in a direction of a rotating shaft of the recording medium, and is movable in a direction perpendicular to the direction of the rotating shaft of the recording medium so as to separate from or oppose the recording medium. The toner hopper has a shutter for opening/closing an opening of the toner supply port.

Abstract: A camera system, which control the function of a lens assembly on the basis of control information serially transmitted from a camera assembly, is provided with a communication circuit which effects communication of the control information and which is capable of changing the number of communication words associated with the communication, and a circuit for transmitting, if the number of communication words is changed, the changed number of communication words from the camera assembly to the lens assembly.