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A microfabricated capillary electrophoresis chip which includes an integral thin film electrochemical detector for detecting molecules separated in the capillary.

A path routing from a write current source supplying a write current through an internal data line, a bit line and a source line to a reference potential except a memory cell is configured to have a constant resistance independent of a memory cell position selected in a memory array, and each of the resistance value of the current path between the memory cell and the write current source and the resistance value of the current path between the selected memory cell and the reference potential node is set to 500Ω or lower. A nonvolatile semiconductor memory device having improved reliability of data read / write is achieved.

A method and apparatus for the transmission and reception of broadcasted instrumental music, vocal music, and speech using digital techniques. The data is structured in a manner similar to the current standards for MIDI data. Transmitters broadcast the data to receivers which contain internal sound generators or an interface to external sound generators that create sounds in response to the data. The invention includes transmission of multiple audio data signals for several languages on a conventional radio and television carrier through the use of low bandwidth data. Error detection and correction data is included within the transmitted data. The receiver has various error compensating mechanisms to overcome errors in data that cannot be corrected using the error correcting data that the transmitter sent. The data encodes for elemental vocal sounds and music.

A method for predicting future responses from large sets of dyadic data includes measuring a dyadic response variable associated with a dyad from two different sets of data; measuring a vector of covariates that captures the characteristics of the dyad; determining one or more latent, unmeasured characteristics that are not determined by the vector of covariates and which induce local structures in a dyadic space defined by the two different sets of data; and modeling a predictive response of the measurements as a function of both the vector of covariates and the one or more latent characteristics, wherein modeling includes employing a combination of regression and matrix co-clustering techniques, and wherein the one or more latent characteristics provide a smoothing effect to the function that produces a more accurate and interpretable predictive model of the dyadic space that predicts future dyadic interaction based on the two different sets of data.

A circuit component module includes a heat-releasing plate, a resin film stacked on a surface of the heat-releasing plate, an electronic component embedded in the first resin film and partially in contact with the heat-releasing plate, and a wiring pattern embedded in the surface of the first resin film opposite the heat-releasing plate. The wiring pattern forms a circuit in combination with the electronic component.

The present invention is to provide a casino table capable of adequately determining whether a dishonest act is committed on a card arranged on a casino table while reducing a maintenance cost, a personnel cost, etc., by using a normal card not containing the tag, etc. A game surface is imaged by an imaging device, the presence of the card placed on the game surface is detected from image data produced by an imaging signal issued from the imaging device, and trajectory data of the card placed on the game surface is produced.

In an aspect of the invention, a sealed earphone is provided with a nozzle, the earphone configured to be positioned in a user's ear so that the nozzle extends toward the ear canal of the user. The earphone includes a driver mounted within a housing of the earphone, the driver including a sound port acoustically sealed to the nozzle. In an embodiment, the driver may include an acoustic port that directs sound into an acoustic enclosure so as to modify the frequency response of the earphone. The earphone may include a fastener that removably mounts the nozzle to the housing so that the nozzle may be readily removed and cleaned or replaced.

A gravity gradiometer is disclosed which has sensor masses in the forms of bars 41 and 43 arranged orthogonal to one another and transducers for providing an output signal indicative of movement of the bars in response to changes in the gravity gradient tensor. The transducers are formed from thin film structure having a first layer forming a fine pitch coil 510 and a second layer forming a coarse pitch coil 511. The layers are separated by an insulating layer. The coarse pitch coil 511 forms a transformer for stepping up the current flowing through the fine pitch coil 510 and the coarse pitch coil 511 supplies current to a SQUID device 367.

A method and apparatus for generating and inserting bit errors in data words that have been encoded in a forward error correction (FEC) system in order to estimate power dissipation. In accordance with the present invention, it has been determined that a burst error generator that is capable of erroring the maximum number of correctable data bits in every FEC encoded frame, which allows the designer to accurately produce test vectors that are suitable for use in commercially available power estimation tools. In addition, after the IC is produced, the burst error generator of the present invention can be enabled to provide real-time FEC power dissipation data for use in system thermal modeling, thus obviating the need to use costly external devices that emulate a given error rate. Furthermore, the power dissipation data obtained in real-time may be used to refine the initial design power estimate, which will then allow the designer to develop a more accurate prediction of power consumption for future IC designs. Thus, the burst error generator of the present invention is capable of reducing iterations of IC designs by accurately estimating the worst-case power dissipation of FEC decoders.

A prosthetic limb has an outer surface that is a mirror image of an intact limb or a generic limb design. The intact limb is scanned and the surface data is manipulated to create a virtual mirror image. If generic data is used, the intact leg can be measured and the generic surface can be adjusted so the prosthetic limb appears similar to the intact limb. The end of the amputated limb is also measured to obtain socket data. A knee and foot are incorporated to form a virtual prosthetic limb represented by design data. The design data for the virtual prosthetic limb is forwarded to a rapid prototyping machine that fabricates the entire leg simultaneously. Once completed, the prosthetic limb is shipped to the patient.

A voltage for reference at a voltage level higher than a target value is produced from a constant current provided from a constant current generating circuit, and is subjected to resistance division by a resistance division circuit to produce a reference voltage at the target level, and then a final reference voltage is produced by a voltage follower. An internal voltage generating circuit thus provided can generate the reference voltage having the desired voltage level with high accuracy as well as an internal voltage based on the reference voltage by controlling temperature characteristic even with a low power supply voltage.

The present invention relates to a gun trigger for use with a bolt-action gun. The trigger of the present invention has a finger element with an extension and a catch. The catch has a front strap and a rear strap. One or more openings are between the front and rear straps. One or more braces can be across the one or more openings. The trigger also has a head. A socket is formed in the top of the head, and a ball is received within the socket. The height of the ball relative the bottom of the socket can be adjusted. There is practically no friction between the trigger and a sear. The trigger of the present invention may be made by remanufacturing existing conventional triggers.

A chemical distribution system having improved organic solvent fluid purity and consistency includes a vessel containing ion-exchange media positioned within a fluid flow pathway such that the organic solvent fluid passes through the ion-exchange media, thereby effecting removal of undesired impurities. Different embodiments of the invention position the vessel at varying locations within the fluid flow pathway. The chemical distribution system also preferably includes a return chemical flow pathway that recirculates purified organic solvent fluid through the ion-exchange media-containing vessel and thereby enables the system operator to conduct incremental adjustment of the solvent purity until a desired overall purity is attained.

A circuit component module includes a heat-releasing plate, a resin film stacked on a surface of the heat-releasing plate, an electronic component embedded in the first resin film and partially in contact with the heat-releasing plate, and a wiring pattern embedded in the surface of the first resin film opposite the heat-releasing plate. The wiring pattern forms a circuit in combination with the electronic component.

The invention discloses a bow-type cultivation trunk molding method of lythraceae lagerstroemia trunks. The method mainly includes the following steps: (1) designing trunk molds, deconstructing the molds into single-plant technical atlases, and selecting a planting bed for cultivating nursery-grown plants; (2) manufacturing and installing a supporting net frame in the planting bed; (3) manufacturing and installing a bow-shaped cultivation trunk molding ladder frame on the supporting frame; (4) carrying out bud fixing and bud picking on the nursery-grown plants; (5) binding and fixing twigs on the bow-shaped cultivation trunk molding ladder frame; (6) unbinding and exchanging binding objects which are not beneficial for trunk growth; (7) carrying out multi-point nurse grafts on the bow-shaped trunks according to molding design; and (8) cultivating in a healing mode, constructing crowns, the trunks and branches, and forming the target molds. The bow-type cultivation trunk molding method of the lythraceae lagerstroemia trunks is creative. Moreover, the nurse grafts can be carried out on single plants of the certain number to obtain the molded trunks, molding time is shortened, and characters, patterns or three-dimensional bodies can also be molded on planes or curved surfaces of the trunks.

The invention provides a forming process of a thin film pattern capable of properly realizing a thin line. The forming process of a thin film pattern of the invention can be a process of forming a thin film pattern by arranging a functional liquid on a substrate P. The process can include a bank forming step to set up banks protrudingly on the substrate corresponding to the thin film pattern, a repellent liquefaction step of imparting a liquid repellent property to the bank by CF4 plasma processing, and a material arranging step of arranging the functional liquid between the banks imparted with the liquid repellent property.

A fluid bearing device which enables cost reductions and prevents static electricity charging. A bearing sleeve is secured inside a housing, and a shaft member is inserted inside an inner peripheral surface of the bearing sleeve. A lubricating oil dynamic pressure effect is used to generate pressure within a bearing gap between the inner peripheral surface of the bearing sleeve and an outer peripheral surface of the shaft member, thereby supporting the shaft member in a non-contact manner in the radial direction. An axial end portion of the shaft member contacts a housing bottom portion, enabling conductivity between the two members, and the housing is made of a conductive resin composition containing added carbon nanofiber with a volume resistivity of 106 Ω·cm or less.

The present invention relates to a laser guided and powered directed energy weapon that combines two different lasers to accurately and efficiently deliver a high energy electromagnetic pulse (EMP) to a target at long range. The method uses a high energy laser pulse with relatively long pulse duration focused in air to create a plasma ball which emits an intense EMP. Typically the long pulse duration of high energy lasers would severely limit focal accuracy and effective range because of air pressure variations and pollutants in the atmosphere. However the present invention uses a second ultrafast laser to create a long thin optical plasma filament between the variable location of the plasma ball and the target to act as a stable electrical connection or conducting wire. Consequently EMP can be efficiently channeled to the target via the optical filament, thereby dramatically increasing potential accuracy, range and energy delivery efficiency.

Presented are a shape measuring step (A) in which the size L of an eyeball 1 and the shape R of the eyeground 2 are measured, an eyeball setting step (B) for setting an eyeball template 3, an eyeground image taking step (C) for taking images of the eyeground including superimposed portions d by shifting the imaging positions, a parameter setting step (D) for obtaining an eyeball parameter g that represents the positional relationship between the eyeground and images, an image pasting step (F) for pasting a number of images on the eyeball template, and a three dimensional image displaying step (H) for displaying three dimensional eyeground images 5 on the eyeball template on a display device 16.

An optical waveguide element capable of being coupled with optical fibers at high coupling efficiency is to be provided. Also an optical waveguide element manufacturing method permitting accurate production of such optical waveguide elements is to be provided. The optical waveguide element is provided with a buffer layer formed over a monocrystalline substrate and an optical waveguide layer formed over the buffer layer, and a recess is formed in the buffer layer along the lengthwise direction of the monocrystalline substrate. The optical waveguide layer is provided to fit into this recess to form a channel optical waveguide. Over the upper face of the optical waveguide layer on the light incidence side and the light emission side, a cladding layer whose refractive index is smaller than that of the optical waveguide layer and whose thickness increases towards the end face(s) in a flared shape is provided in the same width as that of the monocrystalline substrate. By providing the cladding layer whose refractive index is smaller than that of the optical waveguide layer, it is made possible to expand the mode field diameter and substantially reduce the coupling loss between the optical fiber and the optical waveguide element. Further by increasing the thickness of the cladding layer in a flared shape toward the end face(s), it is made possible to gradually compress the mode field diameter and to reduce the optical propagation loss within the optical waveguide.

A resin molded product production process has a resist pattern formation step including formation of the first resist layer on s substrate, positioning of the substrate and a mask A, exposure of the first resist layer using the mask A, heat-treatment of the first resist layer, formation of the second resist layer on the first resist layer, positioning of the substrate and a mask B, exposure of the second resist layer using the mask B, heat-treatment of the second resist layer, and development of the resist layers, thereby creating a given resist pattern. The production process further has a metal structure formation step of depositing a metal on the substrate in accordance with the resist pattern by plating, and a molded product formation step of forming a resin molded product by using the metal structure as a mold. A resin molded product is thereby produced.

A system and method for generating a controlled motion path with a machine-tool system having a controller operating in a servo rate. The method includes a first interpolation step, in which a path segment corresponding to a number of servo update periods is calculated. After the first interpolation step, a speed override factor is established. After establishing the speed override factor a second interpolation step occurs, which includes calculating a number of path setpoints for each path segment. The number of servo update periods per path segment may vary over the path.

A peak detecting threshold determining method is provided which determines a peak detecting threshold which is used by an FMCW radar in detecting a peak frequency component which appears as representing a target object in a frequency spectrum. A CW radar wave is transmitted to produce a CW noise spectrum. An offset is added to frequency components in a high-frequency region of the CW noise spectrum to define a first distribution as a value of the peak detecting threshold. This enables the value of the peak detecting threshold in the high-frequency region to be determined with high precision by reflecting a receiver noise containing a leakage noise.

A prosthetic limb has an outer surface that is a mirror image of an intact limb or a generic limb design. The intact limb is scanned and the surface data is manipulated to create a virtual mirror image. If generic data is used, the intact leg can be measured and the generic surface can be adjusted so the prosthetic limb appears similar to the intact limb. The end of the amputated limb is also measured to obtain socket data. A knee and foot are incorporated to form a virtual prosthetic limb represented by design data. The design data for the virtual prosthetic limb is forwarded to a rapid prototyping machine that fabricates the entire leg simultaneously. Once completed, the prosthetic limb is shipped to the patient.

A multipole electric motor having a plurality of pole laminations (8-11) guided from ends of coils (4, 5) to a permanent magnet (13) of a rotor (14), the pole laminations (8-11) are firstly produced as a coherent sheet-metal part, and is partially injection-coated with a plastic. Subsequently, the pole laminations (8-11) are separated from one another by means of a laser beam, for example. This renders the mounting of the pole laminations (8-11) particularly simple.

A display current of a whole gray scale range according to a display signal of four bits is produced from a sum of output currents of an analog current supply circuit producing a first output current according to lower data bits and two digital current supply circuits operating in accordance with corresponding data bits to execute or stop generation of second and third output currents according to higher data bits. The analog current supply circuit has a calibration function of compensating for output current variations due to transistor characteristics at one point in a control range of the first output current. A display device with light-emitting elements can accurately generate a display current for gray-scale expression without imposing an excessive load on a manufacturing process while suppressing circuit footprint.