36 results about "Strange feeling" patented technology

A heating device for a seat exhibiting excellent durability, reliability, safety and enhanced workability in fixing work to a seat while reducing the cost and weight and ensuring comfortable feeling at seating without causing a strange feeling. The heating device for a seat comprises a heating matter (4) including a base substance (2) and a heating wire (3) arranged on the base substance, a temperature detection element (5) for detecting temperature of the heating matter, and a temperature control circuit (1) for controlling temperature of the heating matter based on the output from the temperature detection element, characterized in that the temperature detection element and the temperature control circuit are arranged at predetermined positions on the base substance. The temperature control circuit is insulation-covered together with a part of lead wires connected to the temperature control circuit.

An object of the invention is to provide a solar battery module having a high efficiency power generating ability, a harmony of design without an odd sensation, and a freedom of design. The object is achieved by a solar battery module comprising, on a light-receiving surface thereof, a photoelectric conversion section for converting incident light into electricity, the photoelectric conversion section comprising silicon, and an insulating color film disposed in regions other than the photoelectric conversion section for reducing a color difference from the photoelectric conversion section.

An image pick-up device for producing a synthesized image signal having a wide dynamic range by partially exchanging a plurality of image signals from a solid state image sensing element in an image synthesizing unit (41), said image signals being obtained by picking-up a subject moving on a bright background with different exposure amounts, including a synthetic unsuitable portion detecting unit (42, 44) for detecting a synthetic unsuitable portion by comparing said plurality of image signals picked-up with different exposure amounts, a synthetic unsuitable portion correcting unit (46, 48) for correcting a pixel signal of said synthesizing unsuitable portion to derived a corrected synthesized image signal, and a low pass filter (47) for combining said corrected synthesized image signal from said synthetic unsuitable portion correcting unit with said synthesized image signal from said image synthesizing unit to derive a corrected synthesized image signal. An image obtained from the corrected synthesized image signal is not influenced by the movement of the subject and does not cause any feeling of strangeness as compared with a conventional photographic image.

An imaging apparatus which is thin in thickness and has enough strength to be able to be accommodated in the breast pocket of one's shirt or back pocket of one's pants or in a handbag without bothered by a feeling of strangeness is provided. The imaging apparatus is composed of an imaging unit and an operation unit, both units being connected rotatably relative to each other by a hinge mechanism and formed into a low-profile, rectangular shape in the normal state in which the units are positioned parallel to each other. The operation unit is composed of an upper and a lower cover, a main board having a memory slot and an accommodation part for a flat type battery respectively on both flat faces thereof is contained inside the covers, the main board being supported by a main board supporting part or parts provided at a corner or corners inside the covers, a display is located on the memory slot side, and a control board of the imaging unit is located sideward adjacent to the battery accommodation part of the main board.

The subject of the invention is to provide a bone conduction receiver employing a bone conduction speaker which can be used without causing strange feeling even for a person wearing spectacles and when in use, can be fixed to an existing temple or end cover regardless of its shape. The bone conduction receiver comprises a bone conduction speaker (1), and a fixing means for fixing the bone conduction speaker (1) removably to the temple of spectacles, wherein the bone conduction speaker (1) is urged to abut constantly against a portion a little ahead of the earlobe when the spectacles are worn. The fixing means is a tube member (2) for receiving the temple of spectacles, and the bone conduction speaker (1) is urged when it is fixed to the shaft portion (4) secured to the vicinity of the temple insertion end of the tube member (2) through a helical torsion spring.

A throttle-opening detecting apparatus has a case mounted on a handle bar of a vehicle, a throttle grip mounted on a leading end side of the handle bar so as to be rotatable with respect to the handle bar, a throttle-opening sensor incorporated in the case for detecting a rotation angle of the throttle grip and, a friction plate applying a frictional force in an opposite direction with respect to the rotation of the throttle grip to the throttle grip while the throttle grip is rotated so as to provide a throttle-opening detecting apparatus which not only can omit the throttle wire but also can obtain the rotation load of the throttle grip similar to the conventional throttle-opening detecting apparatus to thereby permit execution of the operation of the throttle grip without giving the driver a strange feeling.

According to one of embodiments, a method and apparatus for reproducing video and audio changes a playback speed for video and a playback speed for audio independently of each other. To provide an apparatus and method for controlling the playback speeds shortly before a period in which the video and audio should better be played back at a normal-speed, thereby to reduce the strange feeling the user may have as the playback changes from the high-speed playback to the normal-speed playback, a video signal and an audio signal are first isolated from a content and then demodulated. A playback speed is set for the video signal modulated, and a playback speed is set for the audio signal modulated. The video signal and the audio signal, each set to a playback speed, are output.

A controller of a driver for a vehicle comprising an uphill driving force control means for increasing the driving force of a vehicle such that an acceleration of vehicle substantially equivalent to that at the time of traveling on a flat road can be attained even if the output request amount during uphill traveling is substantially equal to that during flat road traveling, in which a strange feeling being imparted to an operator during uphill traveling is suppressed. Since start of uphill driving force control by the uphill driving force control means (130) is delayed by a delay control means (131) until a decision is made by a first predetermined period judging means (134) that period (T) exceeds the first predetermined period (T1) in which acceleration difference (G') between the reference vehicle acceleration (G) and the actual acceleration is no less than the predetermined uphill judging threshold (alpha), wherein, a vehicle driving force (F) does not increase even during uphill traveling controlled by the uphill driving force until the first predetermined period (T1), thus a strange feeling being imparted by the decreasing of a predetermined acceleration (G) to an operator during uphill traveling is suppressed.

A heating device for a seat exhibiting excellent durability, reliability, safety and enhanced workability in fixing work to a seat while reducing the cost and weight and ensuring comfortable feeling at seating without causing a strange feeling. The heating device for a seat comprises a heating matter (4) including a base substance (2) and a heating wire (3) arranged on the base substance, a temperature detection element (5) for detecting temperature of the heating matter, and a temperature control circuit (1) for controlling temperature of the heating matter based on the output from the temperature detection element, characterized in that the temperature detection element and the temperature control circuit are arranged at predetermined positions on the base substance. The temperature control circuit is insulation-covered together with a part of lead wires connected to the temperature control circuit.

Drivability is improved by generating a maximum engine torque at the time of origination. A lockup clutch (30) for altering a power transmission path is arranged in parallel with the power transmission path between the pump impeller (11) and the turbine runner (13) of a fluid coupling (10) arranged between the drive side and the load side, a stall capacity coefficient Cs¢N m / rpm2! is determined based on an engine r.p.m. generating a maximum engine torque Tmax on the drive side, and used for transmitting rotation on the drive side to the load side. Best accelerability is obtained by setting the stall capacity coefficient Cs such that the stall r.p.m. approaches the r.p.m. for generating a maximum engine torque, drivability is improved by a quantity of control not causing strange feeling between the quantity of stepping an accelerator and the vehicle speed, and the mileage can be enhanced.

Herein disclosed a speech synthesis apparatus for and a speech synthesis method of synthesizing a speech in accordance with text data inputted therein to output a speech consisting of recorded speech portions and synthesized speech portions with reverberation properties identical to those of the recorded speech portions in which the synthesized speech portions with reverberation properties is substantially greater in the amplitude than the recorded speech portions to reduce a feeling of strangeness due to the difference in sound quality between the recorded speech portions and the synthesized speech portions.

Achieving a configuration that reduces the artificiality to give a strange feeling about the viewpoint of the user displayed on the display unit appearing different from the actual viewpoint. Photographed images from a plurality of different viewpoints are input to generate a plurality of virtual viewpoint images, and then, the plurality of virtual viewpoint images is combined to generate a combined image to be output on a display unit. The virtual viewpoint image generation unit generates a plurality of user viewpoint-corresponding virtual viewpoint images each corresponding to each of viewpoints of each of a plurality of viewing users viewing the display unit, while the image combining unit extracts a portion from each of the plurality of user viewpoint-corresponding virtual viewpoint images in accordance with a relative position between the viewing user and the display unit, and combines the extracted image to generate a combined image. The combined image is generated by extracting a display region image located at a front position of the viewing user at the viewpoint corresponding to the virtual viewpoint image from among the user viewpoint-corresponding virtual viewpoint images corresponding to individual viewing users.

A blow-molded container of this invention comprises: an outer layer (11) of a synthetic resin, which forms the outer shell of a finite shape; an inner layer (12) of a flexible synthetic resin, which is peelably laminated with the outer layer (11) and forms an inner bag; and a pair of restricted zones (15) of a vertical broad strip type, which is formed axisymmetrically on the central axis of container (1) to adhere and fix the outer layer (11) and the inner layer (12) over the entire height and is located so as to avoid the positions of air introduction ports (7) that have been provided in the outer layer (11) to introduce air into the void between the outer layer (11) and the inner layer (12). At least one of the restricted zones (15) comprises two or more adhesive zones (14) of the vertical strip type, which are parallel to each other. In this configuration, a container of the delaminated type is provided, which has a sufficiently high mechanical strength at the bottom and which can be molded in an ordinary mold at a high rate of productivity. This invention also provides a container of the squeezable type, which has uniform, favorable squeezability, no strange feel to the touch, and a less deteriorated outer appearance caused by the provision of adhered zones.

According to one of embodiments, a method and apparatus for reproducing video and audio changes a playback speed for video and a playback speed for audio independently of each other. To provide an apparatus and method for controlling the playback speeds shortly before a period in which the video and audio should better be played back at a normal-speed, thereby to reduce the strange feeling the user may have as the playback changes from the high-speed playback to the normal-speed playback, a video signal and an audio signal are first isolated from a content and then demodulated. A playback speed is set for the video signal modulated, and a playback speed is set for the audio signal modulated. The video signal and the audio signal, each set to a playback speed, are output.

An image pickup apparatus capable of taking a 3D picture may produce a 3D picture that gives a viewer a sense of strangeness if panning, tilting, or considerable camera shake occurs during imaging. Provided is an image pickup apparatus including: a motion detecting section, which detects the motion of the image pickup apparatus; and a picture data outputting section, which switches its output between 2D picture data and 3D picture data obtained by picking up subject images, depending on the detected motion of the image pickup apparatus. An appropriate picture is provided by switching the output between 2D picture data and 3D picture data depending on the motion of the image pickup apparatus. An appropriate picture is provided also by changing the stereo base of optical systems, or adjusting a parallax between the left image and the right image, in accordance with the motion of the image pickup apparatus.

There is provided a fuel cell system capable of notifying a user that control for low-temperature countermeasure is performed, without any strange feeling and false recognition. When control for low-temperature countermeasure such as scavenging at system termination or warm-up at system start-up is made, the user is reliably notified that the control is performed, by a text message or a speech message. Consequently, even in a situation where the system is operating after an ignition key is turned off, the user suffers neither strange feeling nor false recognition.

A fuel cell system capable of reporting that control for low-temperature countermeasure is performed without any strange feeling and false recognition of the user. When control for low-temperature such as scavenging at the system termination or warm-up at the system start-up is made, a text message or a speech message to the effect that the control will be performed is reliably presented or delivered to the user. Consequently, even in a situation where the system is operating after the ignition key is turned off, the user has neither strange feeling nor false recognition.

A blow-molded container of this invention comprises: an outer layer (11) of a synthetic resin, which forms the outer shell of a finite shape; an inner layer (12) of a flexible synthetic resin, which is peelably laminated with the outer layer (11) and forms an inner bag; and a pair of restricted zones (15) of a vertical broad strip type, which is formed axisymmetrically on the central axis of container (1) to adhere and fix the outer layer (11) and the inner layer (12) over the entire height and is located so as to avoid the positions of air introduction ports (7) that have been provided in the outer layer (11) to introduce air into the void between the outer layer (11) and the inner layer (12). At least one of the restricted zones (15) comprises two or more adhesive zones (14) of the vertical strip type, which are parallel to each other. In this configuration, a container of the delaminated type is provided, which has a sufficiently high mechanical strength at the bottom and which can be molded in an ordinary mold at a high rate of productivity. This invention also provides a container of the squeezable type, which has uniform, favorable squeezability, no strange feel to the touch, and a less deteriorated outer appearance caused by the provision of adhered zones.

An image pick-up device for producing a synthesized image signal having a wide dynamic range by partially exchanging a plurality of image signals from a solid state image sensing element in an image synthesizing unit (41), said image signals being obtained by picking-up a subject moving on a bright background with different exposure amounts, including a synthetic unsuitable portion detecting unit (42, 44) for detecting a synthetic unsuitable portion by comparing said plurality of image signals picked-up with different exposure amounts, a synthetic unsuitable portion correcting unit (46, 48) for correcting a pixel signal of said synthesizing unsuitable portion to derived a corrected synthesized image signal, and a low pass filter (47) for combining said corrected synthesized image signal from said synthetic unsuitable portion correcting unit with said synthesized image signal from said image synthesizing unit to derive a corrected synthesized image signal. An image obtained from the corrected synthesized image signal is not influenced by the movement of the subject and does not cause any feeling of strangeness as compared with a conventional photographic image.

A technique that makes it possible to obtain a natural photographed image which does not give a feeling of strangeness and emphasizes differences in brightness between bright stars and low-brightness stars, without depending on a photographic scene. In a case where photographing the starry sky, the number of bright spots is detected from a picked-up image, and image processing performed on the picked-up image is controlled to at least blurring processing or edge emphasis processing or neither the blurring processing nor the edge emphasis processing, according to the number of detected bright spots.

The invention discloses a roller bed type tablecloth disinfecting device and a disinfecting process thereof and belongs to the technical field of cloth sterilization and disinfection. The device comprises a driving roller and a driven roller, wherein outer rings of the driving roller and the driven roller are jointly sleeved with a conveying belt, an ozone sterilization box, a preheating drying box and an ultraviolet disinfection box are sequentially arranged between the driving roller and the driven roller, and a finished product recovery box is arranged on one side of the driven roller. Theconveying belt drives tablecloth to sequentially perform ozone disinfection, high-temperature disinfection and ultraviolet disinfection processes; when the tablecloth is conveyed into the finished product recovery box from the upper surface of the driving roller, disinfection is completed. The device is rapid to operate and higher in targeting property, the sterilization efficiency is effectivelyimproved, and the sterilization effect is improved, the residual quantity of bacteria on the tablecloth is very small when disinfection is completed, and no strange feeling can be caused when the tablecloth is closely contacted with human skin.

An audio waveform processing not imparting any feeling of strangeness and high in definition, in which time stretch and pitch shift are performed by a vocoder method, and the variation of phase over the whole waveform caused by the vocoder method at all times is reduced. An audio input waveform is handled as one band as it is or subjected to frequency band division into bands. While performing time stretch and pitch shift of each band waveform like conventional vocoder methods, the waveforms are combined. The combined waveform of the band is phase-synchronized at regular intervals to reduce the variation of phase. The phase-synchronized waveforms of the band are added, thus obtaining the final output waveform.

The invention relates to an image processing apparatus, an image processing method executing in the device, and a program making a computer execute the image processing method. The image processing apparatus includes an arrangement determination unit configured to determine whether an arrangement of sub-pixels forming pixels of a display screen is a first arrangement in which a short dimension of the sub-pixels is arranged so as to be in a horizontal direction of the display screen, or a second arrangement in which a long dimension of the sub-pixels is arranged so as to be in the horizontal direction of the display screen, a disparity determination unit configured to determine a disparity of the determined sub-pixel arrangement, and an image generation unit configured to generate one or two or more images of other viewpoints that are different to a viewpoint of an image represented by the image signal. The image processing apparatus can reduce strange feeling of users when arrangement state of sub-pixels used for forming pixels of the display screen is changed.

A master cylinder of the invention supplies a brake fluid from a large diameter pressurizing chamber 56 to a small diameter hydraulic chamber 49 by opening a reverse flow checking opening and closing portion 61 by sliding movement of a stepped piston 16 forwardly, that is, fast fill and when the hydraulic pressure of the large diameter pressurizing chamber 56 rises, a control valve 86 escapes the hydraulic pressure of the large diameter pressurizing chamber 56 to a reservoir 12 to gradually lower in accordance with rise of the hydraulic pressure of the small diameter hydraulic chamber 49, thereby capable of reducing a strange feeling in a pedal feeling caused by sudden pressure release of the large diameter pressurizing chamber 56.

A control device (50) for an electrically rotated shovel, in which a rotation speed factor is created according the condition set by a fuel dial (13) or the condition selected by a mode change switch (14), and the magnitude of a target speed command value is varied to vary the rotation speed of a rotating body (4). As a result, when the speed of an engine is reduced by operation of the fuel dial (13) or the mode change switch (14), the rotation speed of the rotating body (4) can be reduced accordingly, and when the engine speed is increased, the rotation speed can be increased. This can provide drive comfort almost similar to that obtained when the rotating body (4) is rotated by an ordinary hydraulic system. As a consequence, even if a user changes a shovel from a conventional hydraulic shovel to this electrically rotated shovel, the user does not have a strange feeling.

Provided is a portable electronic equipment which gives a feeling of speedy operation free from strange feeling, and has a function operability which is more suitable to the actual usage pattern of a user. A portable electronic equipment is provided with a casing, a rotary dial section (41) rotatably fixed to the casing, a rotation detection section (201) which detects rotation of the rotary dial section (41), an application startup section (202) which starts up a predetermined application among a plurality of applications based on the rotation detected by the rotation detection section (201), a device confirmation section (203) which confirms a device to be used in a new application which is started up by the application startup section (202), a decision section (204); which decides whether a first device is identical to a second device which is operating when start of rotation of the rotary dial section (41) is detected, and a control section (205) which maintains the second device in started state when a decision is made that the first device is identical to the second device by the decision section (204).

The invention discloses equipment of automobile welding process sheet metal basic skill training. The equipment comprises a practical training platform and a training mechanism, and the training mechanism cooperates with the practical training platform; the training mechanism comprises a first type training board, a second type training board, a third training mechanism and a fourth training plate. The actual automobile body sheet metal repairing method is simulated by replacing different training plates, the training plates are used for metal plate repair teaching, and the operation skills ofan existing automobile enterprise can be effectively standardized; compared with students who do not have any automobile production operation experience, the training targets are clearer, and the skill improving direction is more accurate; and he students are involved practices in advance in a variety of production materials (parts or tools), so that the strange feeling caused by the students entering an enterprise production line is eliminated.

A technique that makes it possible to obtain a natural photographed image which does not give a feeling of strangeness and emphasizes differences in brightness between bright stars and low-brightness stars, without depending on a photographic scene. In a case where photographing the starry sky, the number of bright spots is detected from a picked-up image, and image processing performed on the picked-up image is controlled to at least blurring processing or edge emphasis processing or neither the blurring processing nor the edge emphasis processing, according to the number of detected bright spots.

A face-to-face conversation system in which security on the inside of a room is assured through a simple structure without making a hole in the partition wall, view field is not intercepted between the inside and outside of the room, and communication or work can be carried out well between persons on the inside and outside of the room without imposing a strange feeling to the person on the outside of the room by a source of voice from the person on the inside of the room. The face-to-face conversation system for holding a conversation between persons on the inside and outside of the room through a transparent or translucent partition wall is provided with a speaker for outputting voice from the inside of the room and a microphone for collecting voice from the outside of the room, characterized in that the speaker outputs voice from its opening section to the outside of the room through an acoustic tube. Preferably, microphones of different polarities are built in the opposite sides of the speaker output opening section of the acoustic tube.

A communication terminal apparatus (1) includes a first case (41) and a second case (42) which are collapsibly connected to each other and has a pickup lens (31) and a display unit (18) which can be viewed with a field of view identical to the lens. A user can take a picture of himself / herself while checking his / her image itself through the display unit and easily can select a composition as he / she intends, which in turn reduces the number of failures. The pickup image is displayed as a mirror image and the user can check the image with the same sense as when looking at a mirror without feeling a strange feeling.