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The number of operation keys is decreased, realizing cost reduction and miniaturization of a teaching device. Further, the working efficiency and operational safety are considerably improved. Also, the operations of the robot ranging from delicate positioning and high-speed continuous operation can be readily controlled by serial manipulations. The present invention includes (a) a plurality of operation keys to designate one out of a plurality of operation coordinates of the robot arm, and (b) a controller which controls the operation of the robot arm. The controller has a function to control the robot arm so that the robot arm is positioned on the designated operation coordinates and also a function to control the operation speed of the robot arm. The controller includes a jog dial disposed in a manner such that the jog dial can be rotated and pushed. When the jog dial is rotated in a state that the jog dial is not pushed, the position of the robot arm is controlled by the rotation of the jog dial, and when the jog dial is rotated in a state that the jog dial is pushed, the operation speed of the robot arm is controlled by the rotation of the jog dial.

A multi-band compatible multi-antenna device which is miniaturized by reducing a distance between antenna elements includes a first antenna element corresponding to a 1.5 GHz band and a 2.0 GHz band, a second antenna element corresponding to the 1.5 GHz band and the 2.0 GHz band, a first passive element which is arranged between the first antenna element and the second antenna element and which resonates at a frequency corresponding to the 1.5 GHz band, and a second passive element which is arranged between the first antenna element and the second antenna element separately from the first passive element and which resonates at a frequency corresponding to the 2.0 GHz band.

An automatic lifting and lowering device for a toilet seat or a toilet cover usable for a toilet seat provided with a function of washing a body with hot water, which requires reduced size and weight, comprising a rotating shaft (40) rotated together with the toilet seat or the toilet cover, a drive motor (32) rotating the rotating shaft (40) in normal and reverse directions, and a speed reduction gear train (33), wherein the drive force of the drive motor (32) is transmitted to the rotating shaft (40) through the speed reduction gear train (33) to automatically lift and lower the toilet seat or toilet cover, whereby the automatic lifting and lowering device itself can be formed compact by using a planetary gear mechanism for the speed reduction gear train (33).

A meta-material (110) is constituted by a conductor plane (103) on the lower side, a conductor (102) on the upper side, a repeated (for example, periodic) array of conductor strips (104), and conductor posts (105) which electrically connect each of the conductor strips (104) and the conductor plane (103) on the lower side. A power feed line (106) is connected to the conductor (102). Openings may be repeatedly provided in the conductor plane (103) on the lower side. In this case, an island-shaped electrode is provided within the opening, and the conductor post (105) is connected to the conductor plane (103) through the island-shaped electrode.

An imaging device includes a plurality of plane mirrors disposed into a polygonal pyramid shape, and a plurality of cameras disposed so as to individually face to the plurality of plane mirrors, wherein each of the plurality of cameras includes a lens, and an incident angle of a light beam traveling along an optical axis of the lens of each of the plurality of cameras on the corresponding one of the plurality of plane mirrors is less than 45°. With this configuration, the sizes of the mirrors and the whole size of the imaging device are reduced, to thereby miniaturize the imaging device.

There is provided a light emitting apparatus provided with a pixel circuit which is provided with a plurality of transistors including a first transistor and a light emitting element in which a current is supplied by the first transistor, in which, in at least one of the plurality of transistors, a wiring is connected to a gate electrode at a position overlapping a channel region in plan view.

An image pickup device mounting structure includes an image pickup device, a reinforcing plate, and a flexible circuit board having at least one electrical component mounted thereon, wherein the reinforcing plate; the image pickup device and a part of the flexible circuit board are superimposed on each other, the reinforcing plate includes at least one cutout portion; and the electrical component is positioned on the part of the flexible circuit board and within the cutout portion.

A sheet transporting device includes an enclosure having a first guide part at least a part of which can be exposed to outside, wherein another sheet transporting device is attached to the enclosure, the another sheet transporting device has a second guide part at least a part of which is exposed to outside, and at least a part of a sheet transporting passage includes the first guide part and the second guide part. An image forming apparatus includes an enclosure including a first guide part at least a part of which can be exposed to outside, wherein a sheet transporting device is attached to the enclosure, the sheet transporting device includes a second guide part at least a part of which is exposed to outside, and at least a part of a sheet transporting passage includes the first guide part and the second guide part.

A projection device includes an optical element including a hologram recording medium where information is multiplexedly recorded in each position so as to allow a coherent light beam to be diffused to a plurality of regions, an irradiation device configured to irradiate the optical element with the coherent light beam so as to allow the coherent light beam to scan the hologram recording medium, spatial light modulators configured to be illuminated with the coherent light beam which is incident from the irradiation device to the hologram recording medium to be diffused to the plurality of regions, and projection optical systems, each projection optical system projecting modulation image obtained on each spatial light modulator on corresponding screen. The coherent light beam, which is incident to each position of the hologram recording medium to be diffused, is illuminated on a plurality of the spatial light modulators.

A display optical system for guiding light from an image to an observer or a surface projecting an image thereon with a first optical system and second optical system. The first optical system having a first surface formed on a transparent body with a reflecting action, a second surface reflecting light reflected on the first surface toward the first surface again, and a third surface formed on the transparent body transmitting light from the image. The light transmitted through the third surface travels toward the first surface and is reflected for the first time. In addition, a principal ray, central angle of view to be reflected for the last time on the first surfaces is reflected to a side opposite a side of the first reflection on the first surface with respect to a normal line of a surface on a hit point thereof.

In an elastic wave device, a piezoelectric substrate is laminated on a support substrate including a recess. On one of a first principal surface and a second principal surface of the piezoelectric substrate, a functional electrode including an IDT electrode is provided. Passing-through sections are provided in the piezoelectric substrate and connected to a hollow section enclosed by the recess and the piezoelectric substrate. In a plan view of the piezoelectric substrate seen from the first principal surface, at least a portion of the passing-through sections is inside a minimum rectangular or substantially rectangular region encompassing an outer circumference of a region including the functional electrode.

A driving apparatus comprises an electric generator driven by an engine and a motor for driving driving-wheels by using electric power from the electric generator, wherein an engine-side input axle is linked to a crankshaft and an motor-side input axle is linked to a motor rotor and these input axles are linked to an output axle for transmitting power to the driving-wheels. In an engine-power transfer channel constituted by the engine-side input axle 18 and the output axle, there is provided a transmission for changing a revolution speed of the engine-power transfer channel to a plurality shift ranges. When a vehicle is engine-driven, the revolution speed of the engine-power transfer channel is changed, thereby allowing a drive force of the vehicle to be changed.

An image formation processing system is provided with an image formation portion, an adhesive applying portion which receives a plurality of sheets from the image formation portion, gathers the received sheets in the shape of a bundle to form a sheet bundle, and applies an adhesive to an end face of the sheet bundle, and a post-processing portion which receives a plurality of sheets from the image formation portion, gathers the received sheets in the shape of a bundle to form a sheet bundle, and performs predetermined post-processing on the sheet bundle, where the adhesive applying portion is disposed downstream of the image formation portion in the sheet transport, while the post-processing portion is disposed downstream of the adhesive applying portion in sheet transport.

Provided is a switching power supply unit which uses a multilayer board or a stack of planar conductors as the windings of transformers so as to reduce the volume of the transformers and to have high efficiency, small size and small noise. The switching power supply unit is formed by connecting a plurality of capacitors (23), (24), (25) and (26) connected in series with each other to input terminals (22a) and (22b) of a plurality of switching power supplies having switching elements (27), (28), (29) and (30), transformers (31) and (32), and rectifiers (33), (34), (37) and (38). The switching power supply unit inputs the voltages of capacitors (23)-(26), and outputs the respective voltages developed by the plurality of switching power supplies together to common output terminals (40a) and (40b). The transformers (31) and (32) are each composed of windings made up of a stack of planar conductor coils. This structure can reduce noise transmission through the windings, thereby providing stable output characteristics.

A mobile terminal is provided having an radio frequency identification (RFID) function and includes an antenna which transmits and receives a radio signal; a radio frequency identification matching circuit which changes an operating band of the antenna to a frequency band where an RFID radio signal is input and output; a communication module which processes a mobile communication radio signal transmitted and received via the antenna; and a switch which connects the antenna to either the communication module or the RFID matching circuit according to whether an RFID function is used or not. Accordingly, the compactness of the mobile terminal can be realized, and the RFID communication performance can be enhanced.

An optical pickup device according to the present invention having two light sources is capable of emitting lights having different wavelengths from each other for recording / reproducing information on / from an optical recording medium by using a light from the light source; wherein the two light sources both are capable of emitting either polarization lights in one polarization direction or polarization lights perpendicular to the one polarization direction, and each of the two light sources is arranged at a predetermined position depending on a polarization direction of the light to be emitted.

A power supply device comprises: a battery assembly including stacked battery cells, the battery cells having electrodes, the electrodes of the adjacent battery cells being placed opposite to one another; and a battery linking body disposed on a side at which the electrodes of the battery assembly protrude, the battery linking body being configured to cover the protruding electrodes, the battery linking body including: a terminal connected to the electrodes placed opposite to one another, and a circuit pattern for voltage detection, the circuit pattern being connected to the terminal by a electrically conductive portion.

A semiconductor device and a method for manufacturing thereof are provided. The semiconductor device includes: an ONO film including a charge storage layer on a semiconductor substrate; a plurality of bit lines each extending inside the semiconductor substrate; a plurality of interspaces each interposed between the adjacent bit lines; a plurality of gates each provided along the bit line on the ONO film above the interspaces; and a plurality of word lines electrically coupled with the corresponding gates formed on one of the interspaces, each extending to intersect with the bit lines. The two gates adjacent with each other in a width direction of the bit line are connected to different word lines.

An electronic apparatus includes: a connector which is configured to enable one of measurement devices for measuring different types of bio signals to be selectively attached thereto or detached therefrom; a communication device configured to communicate with an external apparatus; and a processor configured to, in response to the measurement device being attached to the connector, obtain identification information of the attached measurement device and transmit the identification information to the external apparatus, and control the attached measurement device based on a control command received from the external apparatus.

A first calculation unit calculates a moving average (dose rate) using a relatively long averaging period (T). A second calculation unit calculates an integrated value (dose rate) using a relatively short time constant (τ). In a state in which the moving average is displayed, an alarm determination unit identifies a dose abnormality on the basis of the integrated value. Within a measurement start period, a display switching determination unit identifies a constant dose rate state on the basis of the integrated value. A restoration determination unit identifies the restoration of a dose rate on the basis of the integrated value. If a dose rate is displayed using a large degree of smoothing, sudden increases, and the like, in the dose rate can be identified quickly.

A polyhedron inspection apparatus 10 includes a polyhedron inspection feeder 12 having a passage forming member 22 for inspecting a surface of cubic chip W. The polyhedron inspection feeder 12 is formed with a V-letter groove, and includes two rotating feed sections 25A and 25B arranged on the midway of the passage forming member 22. The rotating feed sections 25A and 25B are individually formed with grooves having V-letter type, U-letter type and V-letter type sectional shapes in succession. The passage forming member 22 is provided with a shooter 18 for moving the chip W one by one in a state of being estranged from each other, and further, is provided with cameras 13A to 13D for inspecting the surface of the chip W, and retrieve element 30 for retrieving the chip W in accordance with the inspection result.

Various embodiments improve accuracy by increasing the number of atoms engaged in a clock transitions in an optical lattice clock. An exemplary optical lattice clock an embodiment comprises an optical waveguide, an optical path, a laser light source, and a laser cooler. The optical path has a hollow pathway that extends from a first end to a second end while being surrounded with a tubular wall, which is used as a waveguide path. The optical path passes between mirrors and through the pathway. The laser light source supplies to the optical path a pair of lattice lasers (L1 and L2) propagating in opposite directions with each other. The laser cooler supplies cooled atoms that have two levels of electronic states associated with a clock transition to the vicinity of the first end of the optical waveguide.

An assembling structure of an electronic apparatus and the assembling method thereof are disclosed. The assembling structure of an electronic apparatus comprises a casing having a receiving space, a plurality of conductive terminals, a printed circuit board and at least an electronic element. The plurality of conductive terminals are disposed on the casing, and each conductive terminal has a first part extending to the outer side of the casing and a second part extending to the inner side of the casing, wherein the second part has a through hole. The printed circuit board is disposed in the receiving space and has at least a conductive element and a plurality of conductive pads, wherein the plurality of conductive pads contact the second parts of the plurality of conductive terminals. The electronic element has a first linking bar and a second linking bar, wherein the first linking bar passes through the through hole, and the second linking bar connects with the conductive element of the printed circuit board.

A semiconductor package structure including a circuit substrate, a redistribution layer, and at least two dies is provided. The circuit substrate has a first surface and a second surface opposite the first surface. The redistribution layer is located on the first surface. The redistribution layer is electrically connected to the circuit substrate. The spacing of the opposing sidewalls of the redistribution layer is less than the spacing of the opposing sidewalls of the circuit substrate. The redistribution layer is directly in contact with the circuit substrate. At least two dies are disposed on the redistribution layer. Each of the at least two dies has an active surface facing the circuit substrate. One of the at least two dies is electrically connected to the other of the at least two dies by the redistribution layer. A manufacturing method of a semiconductor package structure is also provided.

Disclosed are an inductor layout and an integrated circuit device with improved isolation between inductors through shielding magnetic coupling between the inductors. first and second inductor coils are horizontally spaced apart from each other. A conductor loop is disposed in parallel above the first inductor coil and shields magnetic coupling between the first and second inductor coils in the manner that a part of magnetic flux of a first time-varying magnetic field generated by the second inductor coil is cancelled by magnetic flux of a second magnetic field generated by an induction current that flows in the conductor loop magnetically interlinked with the first time-varying magnetic field. The inductor layout can be applied to an RFIC device to reduce magnetic coupling between inductors of a power amplifier and an oscillator. Improved performance of the device and a very small RFIC can be achieved.

A magnetic multilayer film 10 includes a structure in which thin films 11 made of a ferromagnetic material and thin films 12 made of an insulating material are alternately laminated with each other. Also, a magneto-optical recording medium has a recording film (magneto-optical film) for recording information, the recording film composed of this magnetic multilayer film 10. A magnetic multilayer film has a large magneto-optic effect and it is excellent in stability. A magneto-optical recording medium uses this magnetic multilayer film.

The present invention relates to a collapsible type optical unit capable of moving its optical system between a working position and a retracted position as well as an image-pickup apparatus including the optical unit. Particularly, the present invention relates to the optical unit and the image-pickup apparatus capable of acquiring lens-position information by detecting a position of a lens barrel supported to be movable with respect to a fixed barrel. The optical unit according to the present invention is a collapsible type optical unit including: a second group lens frame movable along the direction of its optical axis with respect to a fixed ring and a rear barrel, and a solid-state image-pickup device provided behind the second group lens frame, in which on the movable second group lens frame, a position-detecting means for detecting a position of the second group lens frame is provided. According to the present invention, projection and the like on the exterior portion can be eliminated to be small in size and an increase of the number of parts and the number of processes can be restricted to the minimum.

A wireless mouse includes a mouse housing, a printed circuit board assembly assembled in the mouse housing, and an antenna mounted on a front end of the printed circuit board assembly. The front end of the printed circuit board assembly defines two fastening holes spaced from each other along a direction perpendicular to a front-to-rear direction. The antenna has a substantial long-strip radiating portion. Two opposite ends of the radiating portion are bent rearward and then downward to form a hook portion and a feed portion which are respectively hooked in the corresponding fastening holes to make the radiating portion transversely mounted over the front end of the printed circuit board assembly. The feed portion is electrically connected with a feed circuit of the printed circuit board assembly.