Abstract: A self-propelled cleaning device having a cylindrical side cover has a suction body capable of moving transversely to the forward direction. The side cover is held by a base via a suspension. When cleaning corners of a room, the suction body moves by a wall and as the suction body moves to a corner, the movement amount of the suction body is changed. When an obstacle touches the cleaning device, the side cover moves, and the article touches a side cover switch, and the direction of the article is detected.

Abstract: A multi-display control system enables an operation screen to come up on an operator's front screen when an application performing a display operation changes, without the need for the operator to move the display image. When the conditions for image detection have been met, it is detected where the position of a mouse is on a hypothetical single-sheet page 5 (process 1). Next, from the position detection result it is assessed if the mouse is on a second sub display apparatus 8 (process 2). Then in the case where the assessed operating screen is not the main display apparatus 6, the screen contents of the second sub display apparatus 8 and the screen contents of the main display apparatus 6 are exchanged and displayed on the respective image display apparatuses. That is, the screen contents of the second sub display apparatus 8 are transformed to the main display apparatus 6, and the screen contents of the main display apparatus 6 are transformed to the second sub display apparatus 8 (process 3).

Abstract: There is provided an image signal repeater apparatus with a simple construction, which can prevent the accumulation of jitter even if the image signal repeater apparatuses are connected in multiple stages, and which enables the reception of image signals of various frequencies.

Abstract: In a display apparatus that receives and then displays R, G, B signals transmitted from a computer via a cable, when correcting phase differences between the respective signals that are generated while the signals are being transmitted, the phase correction amount can be reduced and phase adjustment performed automatically by a simple circuit structure. In a phase detection section, the phases of R, G, B signals input from a PC relative to a horizontal synchronization signal HD are detected, and based on the result of these detections, a calculation section 11 determines which color signal from the R, G, B signals has the greatest delay relative to the horizontal synchronization signal HD, and also determines the phase differences of the remaining two signals relative to the most delayed signal.

Abstract: A self-running vacuum cleaner comprises a homing mode of following a back of a user with receiving a signal from a light emitting means or a transmitting means of a position indicator means held by the user, an instruction operation mode, in which the user instructs a cleaning area to the self-running vacuum cleaner, and an execution mode for cleaning up the cleaning area instructed. When the self-running vacuum cleaner operates under the homing mode or the instruction mode, a signal from the light-emitting means or the transmitting means is received by a receiver means attached on a periphery portion of a measuring means, which is provided in an upper portion of the vacuum cleaner. Comparing the signals from the two (2) receiver means in strength thereof determines the distance and the direction from the position indicated by the light-emitting means or the transmitting means up to the vacuum cleaner.

Abstract: A golf club that includes a head which has a mass of at least 160 g and no more than 180 g and has a hosel hole and a shaft that has a hardness of characteristic frequency of 225 cpm or less; wherein the head has a shaft attachment member that is inserted and fixed in the hosel hole from the bottom side of the head, and within the shaft attachment member is formed a shaft insertion hole that is inclined with respect to the sole of the head and into which the shaft is inserted from the upper side of the head, and the shaft has a shaft vibration damping member comprising a cylindrical fixture component, which is fixed to the shaft and is disposed coaxially with the shaft, and a vibration component, which is provided in the fixture component and vibrates independently from the shaft.

Abstract: A method of manufacturing an electron source, comprising the steps of (A) providing a substrate on which are disposed a plurality of units, each unit including a pair of electrodes and a polymer film connecting the pair of electrodes, and (B) selecting one or more units from the plurality of units. The method also comprises (C) applying a potential difference across the pair of electrodes that is included in each of the selected one or more units, and (D) irradiating light or a particle beam to the polymer film included in each of the selected one or more units in a state of being applied with the potential difference. Step (D) preferably is started after step (C) is started.

Abstract: There is provided a multi-sync type of display apparatus that enables changes in input signals to be accurately determined while increasing the accuracy when identifying input synchronization signals. When input synchronization signals Wa are within a predetermined phase difference, a pseudo synchronization signal generation apparatus formed by a frequency detection section 7 and a pseudo synchronization signal generation section 8 generates pseudo synchronization signals Wd that are synchronized with the input synchronization signals Wa. If the input synchronization signals Wa exceed a predetermined phase difference, pseudo synchronization signals Wd that have the frequency of the synchronization signal directly before the input synchronization signals Wa are generated. A phase comparison section 9 compares the pseudo synchronization signals Wd and the input synchronization signals Wa, and outputs comparison result signals when the phase difference exceeds a predetermined phase difference.

Abstract: A self-propelled cleaning device having a cylindrical side cover has a suction body capable of moving transversely to the forward direction. The side cover is held by a base via a suspension. When cleaning corners of a room, the suction body moves by a wall and as the suction body moves to a corner, the movement amount of the suction body is changed. When an obstacle touches the cleaning device, the side cover moves, and the article touches a side cover switch, and the direction of the article is detected.

Abstract: In the cleaning using the self-propelled cleaning device, firstly the cleaning device moves alongside the wall surface and then a reference direction is set. Next, the cleaning device advances alongside the wall surface by a prescribed distance, makes a right-angle turn, and travels in the reference direction. When the cleaning device reaches the surface of the opposing wall, it moves in a spiraling manner. At that time, the orientation angle of the cleaning device estimated using a gyro sensor is checked and corrected. If an obstacle is encountered while traveling, the cleaning device travels on a path that avoids the obstacle or travels in a spiral manner in a region in front of the obstacle.

Abstract: A non-evaporating getter maintains the adsorbability for the residual gases, and in addition, secures sufficient characteristics particularly even when it experiences a high-temperature and low-vacuum condition in the fabrication process of a display unit. The non-evaporating getter includes a substrate having no function as a getter and a polycrystalline film arranged on the substrate which film contains Ti as the main component and has a host of voids in the interior thereof. A non-evaporating getter is made by forming a polycrystalline film containing Ti as the main component on the concavo-convex surface of the substrate which substrate has concavities and convexities on a surface thereof and has no function as a getter.

Abstract: An image display device of the present invention includes a container having a substrate; an electron source provided thereon; and an image display member which opposes the electron source substrate and which displays an image when being irradiated with electrons emitted from the electron source. In addition, the container further has first getters provided in an image display area which is formed between the image display member and the electron source, and ring non-evaporable second getters which are provided outside the image display area.

Abstract: There is provided an image signal repeater apparatus with a simple construction, which can prevent the accumulation of jitter even if the image signal repeater apparatuses are connected in multiple stages, and which enables the reception of image signals of various frequencies.

Abstract: A multi-display control system enables an operation screen to come up on an operator's front screen when an application performing a display operation changes, without the need for the operator to move the display image.

Abstract: An image signal generating device 14 of an image signal generator 11 is connected to an image display apparatus 12 with a maximum resolution of SXGA (1280×1024), and to an image display apparatus 13 with a maximum resolution of XGA (1024×768). The resolution of the image signal which the image signal generator 11 generates is set so as to be the same as the resolution of the image display apparatus 12 which can display the highest resolution, amongst all of the image display apparatuses 12 and 13 which are connected. Moreover, in the case where the image display apparatus 13 for which the resolution which can be displayed is low is included within the image display system, the image signal generator 11 outputs as the net image signal, an image signal only for the range of the resolution which can be displayed, for the page which is to be displayed on this image display apparatus 13.

Abstract: An image display apparatus is provided with an external housing constituted by members including first and second substrates positioned with a gap therebetween, an electron source positioned on the first substrate in the external housing, and a fluorescent film and an accelerating electrode provided on the second substrate. A first getter is positioned in the image display area in the external housing. A second getter is provided, so that it is insulated from the electron source and the accelerating electrode, which surrounds the first getter.

Abstract: An object is to be able to display an image even if connected to an unspecified image display apparatus, and to be able to display an image on a latter image display apparatus even if a former image display apparatus is faulty. An index composite signal output from an image signal generator 11 is sent to an image signal output apparatus 12, and a net image signal, a synchronization signal and a transmission index signal are separated. Then, in the case where an image output apparatus number set in the image signal output apparatus 12 and the transmission index signal are matched, the net image signal contained in the frame having the image output apparatus number from the image signal side is output to an image signal display apparatus 13. Moreover an index composite signal output from the image signal generator 11 is also sent to a special image signal display apparatus 14.

Abstract: An object is to reduce the time and trouble at the time of switching pages, by displaying two or more pages at the same time on one image display apparatus. A image signal generator 11 outputs a net of image signal, a synchronization signal corresponding to the net of image signals, and a transmission index signal substituted for one part of the net of image signals, and applies these in parallel to the image display apparatuses 13 and 14. In the case where a plurality of image display apparatus numbers are set for the image display apparatus 13, the image display apparatus numbers together with the locations where the signals for the respective image display apparatus numbers are displayed are set.

Abstract: An envelope includes a face plate, a rear plate arranged so as to be opposite to the face plate, an outer frame arranged between the face and rear plates and surrounding a circumference, and a face plate joining portion for joining the outer frame and the face plate. A rear plate joining portion joins the outer frame and the rear plate to each other, with one or both of the face plate joining portion and the rear plate joining portion including a sealant having a seal function and an adhesive having an adhesive function.

Abstract: Provided is an electron-emitting device which can be applied to an image-forming apparatus for displaying images with high luminance and high quality stably over a long period. The electron-emitting device has first and second carbon films laid on a substrate and first and second electrodes electrically connected to the respective carbon films, a higher voltage is applied to the second electrode than to the first electrode, and the carbon film connected to the second electrode comprises nitrogen.