Abstract: A game apparatus as one example of an information processing apparatus includes an LCD, a touch panel provided to the LCD, and a CPU core. The CPU core displays a “Yes” button to which a command of allowing save of temporarily-stored sound data is assigned, on the LCD. When a designating operation of an arbitrary position within the displayed button is performed with a stick or the like, which position within the button is designated is specified through a touch panel, a condition is set to the command on the basis of the specified position, and information processing in relation to the command is executed according to the set condition.

Abstract: An image forming apparatus includes: a transfer belt that is stretched on a plurality of support rollers including a backup roller in a loop-like manner and has an outer surface for carrying thereon a toner image; a transfer roller that is brought into pressurized contact with the backup roller across the transfer belt and forms a transfer nip with the transfer belt; a restriction member that is placed upstream of a transfer nip in a sheet conveying direction so as to be switchable between a first state in which the restriction member is brought closer to an inner surface of the transfer belt and a second state in which a distance of the restriction member from the inner surface of the transfer belt is larger than that in the first state; and a control section that switches a state of the restriction member.

Abstract: A capacitor arrangement assisting method wherein data entered by a user, such as the width w of a power supply wiring, the thickness h of a dielectric between the power supply wiring and a ground plane, the ESLcap of a capacitor, and a target frequency fT and a target impedance ZT of an IC, are received, the maximum allowable wiring length lmax of the power supply wiring is calculated on the basis of the received width w of the power supply wiring, the thickness h of the dielectric, the ESLcap of the capacitor, and the target impedance ZT of the IC at the target frequency fT, and the calculated maximum allowable wiring length lmax is displayed.

Abstract: A solid-state imaging device includes a pixel array unit in which unit pixels are arranged in a matrix shape and a signal processing circuit that obtains a first video signal and performs processing for combining the first and second video signals. The signal processing circuit includes judging means that judges whether a pixel of interest in the pixel array unit is a pixel to be saturated during an exposure period, calculating means that sets the pixel of interest as a correction pixel and calculates a correction amount on the basis of a luminance value of the second video signal of a peripheral pixel of the correction pixel, and correcting means that applies the correction amount to a luminance value of the first video signal of the correction pixel to thereby correct a noise signal amount due to photo-charges leaking from the peripheral pixel into the correction pixel.

Abstract: A network camera system is provided that detects an occurrence of a condition change at a periphery of an image pickup apparatus, obtains a direction of the detected condition change, and notifies a user of the occurrence of the condition change and a direction of the condition change on a display of a terminal device.

Abstract: A toner supply container includes a rotatable container body and a sealing member provided at its axial end portion. The sealing member is movable in an axial direction and includes a sealing portion to seal and unseal an opening of the container body when in first and second relative positions, respectively, and a coupling portion positioned to receive a rotational drive force for rotating the sealing member and the container body. The coupling portion includes an elastically displaceable supporting portion, an engaging portion, and a displacing force receiving portion, which are integrally molded. The engaging portion includes a rotational force receiving portion for receiving a rotational drive force for rotating the sealing member and the container body, and a locking portion. The displacing force receiving portion is provided on the supporting portion at a position closer to the container body than the engaging portion.

Abstract: A sunroof apparatus includes a supporting bracket configured to support a movable panel, the movable panel opening and closing an opening portion, a guide rail extending in a vehicle front/rear direction, a sliding member connected to the supporting bracket and driven to be movable along the guide rail, a driving member driving the sliding member and causing the movable panel to move upwardly and downwardly and to perform a sliding movement in the vehicle rear direction, a gutter member which extends in the vehicle width direction and is movable along the guide rail and an engaging/disengaging portion provided at the movable panel or at the supporting bracket and being disconnected from the gutter member in a fully-closed state and being connected to the gutter member in a tilt-down state.

Abstract: A solid-state imaging device includes: a pixel unit in which pixels are arranged in a matrix pattern; and a pixel signal read-out unit including an AD conversion unit performing analog-to-digital (AD) conversion of a pixel signal read out from the pixel unit, wherein each pixel included in the pixel unit includes division pixels divided into regions in which photosensitivity levels or electric charge accumulating amounts are different from one another, the pixel signal reading unit includes a normal read-out mode and a multiple read-out mode, and includes a function of changing a configuration of a frame in accordance with a change of the read-out mode, and wherein the AD conversion unit acquires a pixel signal of one pixel by adding the division pixel signals while performing AD conversion for the division pixel signals.

Abstract: A vehicle lamp control apparatus is provided with: a receiving portion for receiving output values of an acceleration sensor; a control portion for deriving a variation in an inclination angle of a vehicle based on the output values of the acceleration sensor and generating a control signal for instructing an optical axis adjustment of a vehicle lamp; and a transmitting portion for transmitting the control signal to an optical axis adjusting portion of the vehicle lamp. The control portion is configured to detect an error factor of the output values occurring in the acceleration sensor based on the output values of the acceleration sensor and to correct an optical axis position of the vehicle lamp.

Abstract: A semiconductor device according to embodiments includes a semiconductor substrate, a buried insulating layer which is formed on the semiconductor substrate, a semiconductor layer which is formed on the buried insulating layer and includes a narrow portion and two wide portions which are larger than the narrow portion in width and are respectively connected to one end and the other end of the narrow portion, a gate insulating film which is formed on a side surface of the narrow portion, and a gate electrode formed on the gate insulating film. The impurity concentration of the semiconductor substrate directly below the narrow portion is higher than the impurity concentration of the narrow portion, and the impurity concentration of the semiconductor substrate directly below the narrow portion is higher than the impurity concentration of the semiconductor substrate directly below the wide portion.

Abstract: An exterior cover (shroud) for a saddle-type vehicle is formed by integrally uniting a plurality of resin members including a front cover section and a rear cover section. The shroud is insert molded to form an overlapping part where the front cover section and the rear cover section overlap with each other. The front cover section has an external-appearance-surface side at the overlapping part. The rear cover section has a non-external-appearance-surface side, which overlaps with the front cover section at the overlapping part. The rear cover section has a rib extending on the non-external-appearance-surface side. Such exterior cover prevents a sink mark from being generated in the external appearance surface of the front cover section, and improves the external appearance of vehicle.

Abstract: Disclosed is a frequency synthesizer including first and second shift register circuits 3a and 3b each for outputting PLL setting data on a rising edge of a load enable signal, first and second fractional modulators 4a and 4b each for generating dividing number control data on the basis of the PLL setting data in synchronization with a reference signal, and first and second fractional PLL synthesizers 5a and 5b each for generating a high frequency signal according to the PLL setting data, the reference signal, and the dividing number control data. By controlling the timing of the load enable signal, the frequency synthesizer carries out phase control between the high frequency signals generated by the first and second fractional PLL synthesizers 5a and 5b.

Abstract: Provided is a compressor fixation structure that can reduce the occurrence of condensation. In a fixation structure for a compressor that has an electric motor and a compression mechanism provided adjacently to the electric motor and driven by the electric motor, when forming a motor housing for the electric motor and a compression mechanism housing for the compression mechanism separately from each other, a fixation part to be fixed to an object to which the compressor is to be attached is provided in the compression mechanism housing. Consequently, the compression mechanism housing is integrated with the object, and the heat capacity of the compression mechanism including the compression mechanism housing can be assumed to be a larger capacity which includes the heat capacity of the object.

Abstract: A urinal with a sanitation device capable of preventing the generation of a smell and urine scale with reliability without reducing a water conservation effect. In the urinal US, a liquid agent is ejected in different modes by predetermined timing according to areas on the urinal US.

Abstract: A control device for a vehicular power system including an induction motor includes an electronic control unit configured to detect a locked state of the induction motor, calculate a lock-release slip frequency that causes an electric frequency to be outside a lock range, and control the induction motor so that a slip frequency of the induction motor becomes equal to the lock-release slip frequency when the locked state is detected.

Abstract: Multi-value image data is sampled for each predetermined pixel range to generate tone information of the pixel range. The generated tone information is stored in a storage unit. Attribute information representing the attribute of a pixel is generated from the multi-value image data, and the generated attribute information is stored in the storage unit. Halftone processing is performed on the multi-value image data based on the tone information and attribute information stored in the storage unit.

Abstract: According to one embodiment, a solar cell module includes: a casing including a wall; a box made of a resin and attached to the casing, the box including a terminal accommodating part; a cable configured to connect an external part, an end part of the cable introduced to the box; and a terminal fitting, accommodated in the terminal accommodating part, the terminal fitting connected to the cable and an output conductor, wherein: the wall is formed with a first opening for attaching the box from an outer surface side; the terminal accommodating part is formed with a second opening at a position opposed to the wall; and the second opening faces an inner part of the casing through the first opening when the box is attached to the casing.

Abstract: An image forming apparatus includes a cover main body, a turning axis and a sub-cover. The cover main body constitutes at least a part of a vertical wall face of an image forming apparatus main body and constitutes at least a part of a top face wall of the image forming apparatus main body. The turning axis supports turnably the cover main body around a turning fulcrum near a lower end at the vertical wall face side. The sub-cover is configured to be openable/closable at least a part of the top face wall in the cover main body. The cover main body is turned so as to open an area from at least a part of the vertical wall face of the image forming apparatus main body to at least a part of the top face wall of the image forming apparatus main body.

Abstract: A hybrid vehicle for reducing a variation in accelerator position when an EV mode is switched to a HV mode is provided. A controller executes the following process during running in the EV mode. The controller sets an increase of the accelerator position from a first accelerator position to a switching accelerator position at which a switch to the HV mode is to be made as a first increase when an output of a motor has reached an output upper limit at the first accelerator position. The controller sets an increase of the accelerator position from a second accelerator position to the switching accelerator position as a second increase which is smaller than the first increase when the output of the motor has reached the output upper limit at the second accelerator position which is larger than the first accelerator position.

Abstract: This disclosure, in one or plurality of embodiments, relates to a solution of polyamide from which a cast film with low CTE and Rth can be achieved. This disclosure, viewed from one aspect, relates to a solution of polyamide comprising: an aromatic polyamide; inorganic filler; and a solvent. This disclosure, viewed from one aspect, relates to a laminated composite material, comprising a base, and a polyamide resin layer: wherein the polyamide resin layer is laminated to one surface of the base; and wherein the polyamide resin layer is obtained or obtainable by applying a polyamide solution comprising an aromatic polyamide, an inorganic filler and a solvent onto the base.