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A game system correlates games played on cellular phones with games played on arcade game machines. The game system includes a game machine installed in an amusement arcade, to run a game based on at least points, a floor management unit installed in the amusement arcade, to manage the game machine and be connectable to the Internet, a game content providing unit to provide game content via the Internet, a mobile communication terminal to receive the game content via the Internet and run a game based on the received game content, and a point data management unit to store and update data on points to be won or lost by playing the game on the mobile communication terminal. The floor management unit receives points related to an authenticated person from the point data management unit and enables the game machine for the authenticated person.

A game system correlates games played on cellular phones with games played on arcade game machines. The game system includes a game machine installed in an amusement arcade, to run a game based on at least points, a floor management unit installed in the amusement arcade, to manage the game machine and be connectable to the Internet, a game content providing unit to provide game content via the Internet, a mobile communication terminal to receive the game content via the Internet and run a game based on the received game content, and a point data management unit to store and update data on points to be won or lost by playing the game on the mobile communication terminal. The floor management unit receives points related to an authenticated person from the point data management unit and enables the game machine for the authenticated person.

A read-write processing apparatus communicates with an RFID tag provided with a semiconductor memory to exchange commands and responses through antenna coils. A condition under which only a carrier wave is transmitted is set prior to a communication with the RFID tag and a level from a reception signal obtained under this condition is extracted as noise level. The extracted noise level is displayed or outputted to an output host apparatus.

Disclosed herein is an information processing apparatus capable of exchanging information with another apparatus. The apparatus includes: a unit for carrying out a communication with the other apparatus; a unit for acquiring information on a state of a communication with the other apparatus carried out by the communication unit; and a unit for determining image information for a user owning the other apparatus based on the information acquired by the communication-state information acquisition unit and determining an array including the image information. The apparatus further includes: a unit for generating a display image including the image information based on the array; and a unit for displaying the display image.

A process for hydrotreatment of a hydrocarbon feed comprises at least two reaction steps with intermediate fractionation of the effluent from the first step to eliminate unwanted impurities for the catalyst of the second step and to produce a desulphurized light liquid fraction. The intermediate fractionation comprises stripping the liquid effluent from the first step using low pressure hydrogen with rectification of the stripping vapours using a substantially desulphurized liquid reflux. The conditions for said fractionation and for the first hydrotreatment step can produce a substantially desulphurized light liquid fraction which is not supplied to the second step.

Feed oil is subject to atmospheric distillation, to thereby be separated into light oil or light distillate and atmospheric residue oil. The light distillate is catalytically contacted with pressurized hydrogen in the presence of a catalyst, resulting in a first hydrotreating step being executed. In this instance, various fractions of the light distillate produced in the atmospheric distillation are subject to hydrotreating in a lump. The atmospheric residue oil is then separated into a light matter and a heavy matter. The light matter is subject to second hydrotreating in the presence of a catalyst to produce refined oil (light matter), which is mixed with refined oil produced in the first hydrotreating to prepare a mixture. The mixture is used as gas turbine fuel oil.

What is disclosed is an automatic method of classification, qualification and relation of information that is based on a network built starting from the semantic, numeric, conceptual, etc. relationships between elements of different sets that are structurally alike. Through the topological properties of the network, we generate a vector of relations for each element that allows us to analyze the similarity among them, improve and facilitate the clustering processes, carry out personalized dynamic ranking, analyze conduct patterns as well as maintain the auto evolving dynamic of the network through the interaction and feedback of its elements, among other characteristics.

Exercise apparatus is disclosed which enables a user to pull a cable against a source of resistance from a pulley arranged at one of a number of points around a substantially circular arc. The exercise apparatus includes: an arcuate frame member forming a segment of an approximate circle having a center, the circle with its center lying in an imaginary plane; (b) a frame support for supporting the frame member in a upright position such that the plane is substantially vertically oriented; (c) a first cable pulley adapted to be attached to the frame member at one of a plurality of positions along the arc; (d) a second cable pulley fixedly mounted in the vicinity of a substantially horizontal, imaginary first axis that extends perpendicular to the plane and passes through the center of the circle; (e) at least one source of resistance; (f) a handle adapted to be grasped by a user; and (g) a flexible cable having a proximate end attached to said handle and a distal end coupled to said at least one resistance source, the cable passing through both the first pulley and the second pulley.

The present disclosure provides a hand-held three-dimensional panoramic pan-tilt kit, comprising a hand-held portion, a first motor, a second motor and a third motor that are perpendicular to each other in spatial positions, the first motor is located at a top end of the hand held portion, a first connecting arm is connected to the first motor, the other end of the first connecting arm is connected to the second motor, a second connecting arm is connected to the second motor, the other end of the second connecting arm is connected to the third motor, the third motor is fixedly connected with a connecting member, a front end of the connecting member is connected with a holding member, a first slip ring is arranged between a rotating shaft of the first motor and the first connecting arm, a second slip ring is arranged between a rotating shaft of the second motor and the second connecting arm , a third slip ring is arranged between a rotating shaft of the third motor and the connecting member. By using the slip rings, the present invention ensures 360-degree rotation of the first connecting arm, the second connecting arm and the connecting member during use of the pan-tilt kit, enables the pan-tilt kit to be suitable for a variety of shooting conditions and scenes, thus utilization ratio of the pan-tilt kit is significantly increased and consumers' demand for use is satisfied.

[PROBLEMS] Disclosed is a heat-fusible electrostatic image developing toner which has an excellent balance between fixability at low temperatures and grindability and is excellent in glossiness after fixing. Also disclosed is a resin for toners. [MEANS FOR SOLVING PROBLEMS] A polyester resin for toners which is obtained by polycondensing a polyol component and a polycarboxylic acid component is characterized by containing 20-100 weight % of one or more polyester resins (A1) having a storage elastic modulus from 2.5×103 Pa to 5×106 Pa at 150° C. wherein the molar average cohesive energy of the polyol component is between 7.0×104 and 1.4×105 J.

In a wireless local area network comprising an AP, and a first mobile station adapted to directly transmit data to a second mobile station, an enhanced direct link transmission method comprises causing the first mobile station to transmit an EDLP.request; (i) when the first and second mobile stations are adjacent, responsive to receiving the EDLP.request, the second mobile station replying an EDLP.response containing a result code indicating SUCCESS to the first mobile station in a first time or (ii) when they are not adjacent, causing the AP to reply an EDLP.response containing a result code indicating NOT_ADJACENT to the first mobile station in a second time if the second time is longer than the first time; and responsive to receiving the EDLP.response, the first mobile station transmitting a data frame to the second mobile station in the adjacent case or the AP in the non-adjacent case.

A display device includes signal lines, scanning lines, pixel switches, display pixels, and a signal line driving circuit which supplies analog video signals to the signal lines. Each of the display pixels comprises one of three types of luminescent element, the three types of luminescent element being arrayed in a scanning line direction. The driving circuit includes a conversion circuit which is arranged to divide the signal lines into signal line blocks each having a predetermined number of signal lines, converts an external digital signal for each signal line block by means of a digital-to-analog converter into an analog signal based on gradation reference voltage groups corresponding to the type, and serially outputs the analog signal as the analog video signal, and a signal line selection circuit which sequentially distributes the analog video signal to related signal lines of the signal line block.

Disclosed herewith is a microchip having a micromixer therein. The mixromixer employs a mixing or extracting structure having (1) a first flow pass provided at a first level of the microchip; (2) a second flow pass provided at a second level of the microchip, which is different from the first level; (3) a third flow pass having a plurality of sub flow passes separately layered at the first level and each having a first end and second end thereof, each sub flow pass being connected to one of the first and second flow passes at the first end thereof; and (4) a fourth flow pass, provided at the first level, connected to the second ends of the sub flow passes so that, at least connecting portions between the fourth flow pass and the sub flow passes of the third flow pass, an extending direction of the fourth flow pass is substantially identical to those of the sub flow passes. By allowing the first liquid to flow from the first flow pass to the fourth flow pass through the third flow pass while the second liquid to flow from the second flow pass to the fourth flow pass through the third flow pass, the first and second liquids are mixed at the fourth flow pass.

A self-propelled agricultural machine having a position-finding system including a position-finding device for detecting positions of guide variables relative to the machine and at least one adjusting device for adjusting the orientation of the region of coverage of the position-finding device relative to the machine. The position of the crop edge detected by the position-finding device is used for adjustment of the orientation of the region of coverage of the position-finding device relative to the machine. The position-finding system provides reliable control of the machine along the path of the crop edge. At least one adjusting device orientates the positioning-finding device relative to the machine for tracking the machine along the detected crop edge. In addition, the signals of a further position-finding device in a feed region of a cutterbar is taken into consideration.

The invention relates to an LCD circuit and a method for triggering at least one pixel (3) of a liquid crystal display (LCD) in order to optionally apply a voltage (V) between a first and a second electrode (1, 2), between which a layer (4) of liquid crystals is arranged. The pixel (3) switches into a non-transparent state when a voltage (V) is applied whose value is greater than or equal to the value of a threshold voltage (VD, VD−) between the electrodes (1, 2), a sensor voltage (VS) which changes across a sensor period (T) being applied to at least one of the electrodes (1; 1, 2) as said voltage (V) or part of said voltage (V) in order to generate a sensor signal for detecting an object (5) approaching the pixel (3). Also disclosed are an advantageous liquid crystal display encompassing such a circuit as well as an advantageous communication device (7) comprising a first housing part (8) that is provided with a display device (9), a second housing part (10), and an adjusting mechanism (11) for moving the housing parts into a position in which the display device is located at a distance from the second housing part and moving the housing parts into a position in which the display device adjoins a bottom area (12) of the second housing part, said bottom area (12) being embodied by means of such a liquid crystal display.

The present invention relates to a method and a system for providing a quality of service assurance in a wireless communication. The method primarily includes: defining lossless relocation indication information in a WiMax system, transferring the lossless relocation indication information between entities of the WiMax, and providing a quality of service assurance to a corresponding service flow according to the transferred lossless relocation indication information. The present invention also defines end to end MSS-ASN-CSN QoS parameters for WiMax, so that the WiMax may selectively carry out lossless relocation, thereby providing more appropriate QoS parameters for the WiMax system and improving the performance of the wireless communication system. The present invention also defines end to end MSS-ASN-CSN QoS negotiation procedures for WiMax, so that the QoS over the whole end to end MSS-ASN-CSN bearer may be assured for the WiMax, thereby providing differentiated services for WiMax users.

The present invention relates to the field of optical recording materials, in particular, fluorescent compounds and matrices suitable for use in optical memory systems, including three dimensional optical memory systems for READ ONLY MEMORY (ROM). In particular, nonfluorescent Rhodamine B lactams are photochemically transformed into fluorescent Rhodamine B derivatives.

A microwave plasma processing method and, in which a linear plasma is produced by means of a microwave, and an object to be processed is subjected to processing under atmospheric pressure or under a pressure near atmospheric pressure when the object is moved, while a surface of the object is maintained at a horizontal position with respect to the linear plasma. A plasma head has an H-plane slot antenna, and slots are arranged alternately on both sides of a centerline of a waveguide at a pitch of λg / 2 (λg: wavelength of the microwave with the waveguide). A uniforming line having a distance of n·λg / 2 from the slots to an emission end of the plasma head is provided (n: an integral number).

A display device is provided which is capable of preventing a malfunction and carrying out a common reverse drive without increasing electric power consumption. The display driver (a) supplies a voltage of a common electrode, whose a polarity is determined in accordance with (i) an oscillation circuit output signal (OCOUT) which is transmitted via a first wire different from a second wire used during a serial transmission and (ii) a SCS signal and (b) controls a reverse timing of the polarity of the voltage of the common electrode in accordance with the oscillation circuit output signal (OCOUT) and the SCS signal.

A reporting system has a first handheld device that locks and unlocks a door of a vehicle, and a second handheld device that communicates with the first handheld device. The first handheld device has an inside / outside determination unit that carries out wireless communication with the vehicle and acquires, with the vehicle, information of inside / outside determination on whether the first handheld device is inside the vehicle or outside the vehicle, and a transmitting unit that transmits the result of the inside / outside determination. The second handheld device has a receiving unit that receives the result of the determination from the first handheld device.

The present invention relates to an image comparison apparatus and method in which images are acquired using a photograph unit and comparing them with a registration of memorized images. The photograph unit acquires a plurality of images of the photograph object during a period from detection of the photograph object by the object detection sensor until a press of a button. After which, the acquired image is compared with previously memorized registration images and a comparison result indicating whether or not a match exists is outputted.

A cold storage heat exchanger for exchanging heat with air flowing therearound includes a refrigerant passage in which refrigerant flows, and a cold storage container that accommodates therein cold storage materials which exchanges heat with the refrigerant flowing through the refrigerant passage and retains the amount of heat from the refrigerant. The cold storage materials having different melting points are accommodated in the cold storage container.

A control device (42) for use in a motor vehicle includes at least one input that has an input port (12), at least one input channel (20, 38), and an input circuitry (43) and receives signals from a sensor (10, 34) via the input port (12) and sends the signals via the input circuitry (43) to the input channel (20, 38). The input port (12) is connected to a defined voltage via a resistor. The input circuitry (43) has a pull-up switch (44) that can be actuated by the control device (42), which controls connection of the input port (12) to a high voltage, and a pull-down switch (46) that can be actuated by the control device (42), which controls connection of the input port (12) to a low voltage. A method adapts the control device (42) to the sensor (10, 34), which is connected to the control device (42).

Disclosed herein is a semiconductor memory device including: a bit line and a sense line; a data storage element having a data storage state changing in accordance with a voltage applied to the bit line; a first switch for controlling connection of the sense line to the bit line; a data latch circuit having a second data holding node and a first data holding node connected to the sense line; and a second switch for controlling connection of the second data holding node of the data latch circuit to the bit line.

Process for producing paraffinic hydrocarbons, the process comprising the following steps: (a) contacting hydrogen and a feedstock comprising triglycerides, diglycerides, monoglycerides and / or fatty acids with a hydrogenation catalyst under hydrodeoxygenation conditions; and (b) contacting the whole effluent of step (a) with a hydroprocessing catalyst comprising sulphided Ni and sulphided W or Mo as hydrogenation components on a carrier comprising amorphous silica-alumina and / or a zeolitic compound under hydro-isomerization conditions.

An improved single-fracture method and apparatus for determining the ambient stress state and material properties of underground media includes, in one aspect, an expandable probe having high-strength steel shells with longitudinally extending, tooth-like ridges to create a maximum friction engagement with the borehole boundary. The single fracture method establishes a force-balance between the probe expansion pressure and the underground stress vector acting perpendicular to the single fracture plane, whereby the expansion pressure and stress vector are related by a proportionality constant (n).