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A network is protected from e-mail viruses through the use of a sacrificial server. Any executable programs or other suspicious parts of incoming e-mail messages are forwarded to a sacrificial server, where they are converted to non-executable format such as Adobe Acrobat PDF and sent to the recipient. The sacrificial server is then checked for virus activity. After the execution is completed, the sacrificial server is rebooted.

The present invention relates to a touch panel which can detect touch securely without being affected by drive of an underlying display panel and shield external static electricity, securely, the touch panel includes a substrate having an active region and a peripheral region surrounding the active region; a plurality of first electrodes and second electrodes formed on the active region in a row direction and a column direction, respectively; a plurality of pad electrodes on one side of the peripheral region; routing lines for connecting ends of the first electrodes and the second electrodes to the pad electrodes, respectively; and a transparent conductive layer formed at the peripheral region to cover the routing lines.

A capacitance-type touch panel, allowing disturbance noise and touch detection time to be reduced and having a simple configuration, is provided. The capacitance-type touch panel including: a plurality of drive electrodes each having a strip shape; a drive control circuit performing control such that a drive signal for touch detection is selectively applied to the drive electrodes; a plurality of touch detection electrodes arranged to intersect with the drive electrodes in such a manner that capacitance is formed in each intersecting part, and each outputting a detection signal in synchronization with the drive signal; and a detection circuit detecting an external proximity object based on the detection signal. The drive control circuit controls application of the drive signal in such a manner that the detection signal is a polarity-alternating signal including a positive-negative asymmetrical signal component which is due to presence of the external proximity object.

A reproducing apparatus for reproducing data from a record medium having a program area and a management area, the program area being used for recording a plurality of files, the management area being used for managing forging prohibition information against a particular file recorded in the program area is disclosed, the apparatus comprising a calculating means for calculating the forging prohibition information managed in the management area of the record medium whenever a file recorded in the recorde medium is reproduced, a comparing means for comparing a value calculated by the calculating means corresponding to a former reproduction command with a value calculated by the calculating means corresponding to a current reproduction command, and a controlling means for permitting the file corresponding to the current reproduction command to be reproduced when the value calculated corresponding to the former reproduction command is the same as the value calculated corresponding to the current reproduction command as the result of the comparing means.

The detection region to which the electromagnetic wave from a vehicle is transmitted ahead in a direction of movement of the vehicle in order to detect an obstacle such as another vehicle in front or the like, is composed of a first detection region looking slightly upward with respect to the road surface and a second detection region looking slightly downward with respect to the road surface. Received signal strengths of reflected waves in the first and second detection regions are compared with each other. When the two received signal strengths are substantially equal to each other, the vertical angle of the object detecting apparatus is judged adequate. When the received signal strength of the reflected wave in the upper-side, first detection region is larger, the angle is judged downward. When the received signal strength of the reflected wave in the lower-side, second detection region is larger, the angle is judged upward and the angle for attachment of the object detecting apparatus is adjusted automatically.

In a method of detecting discontinuities on elongated workpieces, in particular tubes and bars, using ultrasonic testing system, a test object is positioned in relationship to a test head of the testing system, with the test object and the test head being moveable to one another. Signals from the test head are transmitted to an evaluation unit, where they are digitized and evaluated. The digitized signals of a test shot of a length position X are compared with digitized signals of a test shot of a length position X+ΔX, wherein ΔX is a multiple of a shot distance, and the difference is evaluated.

Impact damper assembly for an automobile, in particular for supporting a bumper 5 on an automobile chassis, with an inner tube 2 movably arranged in an outer tube 3, wherein both tubes 2, 3 have an approximately mutually parallel taper 16, 19, wherein the taper 19 of the inner tube 2 is encompassed by the taper 16 of the outer tube 3, and wherein at least one of the two tubes 2, 3 can be deformed during the movement by the taper 16, 19 of the two tubes. The invention is characterized in that the impact damper assembly includes an additional deformable stiffening element 22.

A semiconductor device comprises: a task state storage configured to store an executing state of a processing task of software executed by a CPU and to output an executing state signal to show the executing state of the processing task; a task validity judging section configured to acquire an interruption signal corresponding to the processing task based on a control of the CPU and the execution state signal, and to output a valid signal when the processing task is executed validly; a clear signal output section configured to output a clear signal in response to the valid signal; and a watchdog timer configured to clear a timer count value when the clear signal is acquired within a prescribed time and to output a reset signal when the clear signal is not acquired within the prescribed time.

A driving support system according to the present invention is provided with an actuator for steering steered wheels and performs a driving support control of a vehicle to apply an additional torque to a steering mechanism incorporating the steered wheels, by means of the actuator to steer the steered wheels. The driving support system has an image taking device for taking a forward image ahead the vehicle, a controller for driving the actuator to generate the torque on the steering mechanism on the basis of the forward image acquired by the image taking device, to perform the driving support control, a steering wheel torque detector for detecting a steering wheel torque on a steering wheel, and a control suppressor for prioritizing a steering operation by a driver to the driving support control when a magnitude of the steering wheel torque is not less than a predetermined value. The control suppressor sets the predetermined value so that the predetermined value in a case where a direction of the steering torque for the driving support control agrees with a direction of the steering wheel torque by the driver is larger than the predetermined value in a case where the direction of the steering torque does not agree with the direction of the steering wheel torque. This configuration enables the system to accurately grasp a driver's intension and to prioritize the steering operation by the driver more accurately when the steering operation by the driver should be prioritized to the driving support control.

An illuminating device is provided with a plurality of light source modules (LM) each of which has a light emitting element and a driver circuit for driving the light emitting element, and the illuminating device controls the driver circuit of each light source module individually. All the light. source modules are grouped by having a plurality of light source modules arranged at intervals (d) as one group. A step of lighting light emitting bodies of the light source modules in the same group (for instance, LM (1, 1)·LM (1, 9)) simultaneously under predetermined conditions is performed in turn for all the groups. Based on the obtained light emitting quantity of the light emitting element of each light source module (LM), the driver circuit of the light source module is controlled. Thus, in a backlight device provided with a plurality of illuminating areas, the light emitting quantity in each illuminating area can be accurately corrected in a short time.

Power supply stand output to the portable device is adjusted according to the power adjustment signals. Maximum power supply stand output is limited to a power output threshold value. The portable device compares the power received from the power supply stand to the required power. When the received power is lower than the required power, the portable device sends a power adjustment signal to the power supply stand, which is an increase-power-request signal. When the received power is greater than the required power, the portable device sends a decrease-power-request signal to the power supply stand. The power supply stand adjusts output and limits it to the power output threshold value. When continuous output of increase-power-request signals from the portable device is detected over a preset time period, a foreign object is determined to be on the power supply stand.

A switch device is provided with an operation key 3 having a first contact portion 315. The operation key 3 is dislocated in a push direction by a push operation. A base member 4 has a second contact portion 41 and a third contact portion 42 electrically conducted by a contact with a first contact portion 315 by the dislocation of the operation key 3 in the push direction. In the base member 4, the second contact portion 41 and the third contact portion 42 are arranged in parallel to each other. A conductive piece 410 projecting toward a third contact portion 42 is connected to the second contact portion 41, and a tip portion of the conductive piece 410 is embedded in the base member 4. A conductive piece 420 projecting toward the second contact portion 41 is connected to the third contact portion 42, and a tip portion of the conductive piece 420 is embedded in the base member 4.

A thickness of a wafer during polishing operation is detected to accurately perform the polishing. A thickness measuring method, which measures the thickness of the wafer of wafer 7 in polishing a surface, comprises the steps of irradiating the thin film-like material during the surface polishing from a backside with probe light, measuring a reflectance spectrum with a dispersion type multi-channel spectroscope using a photodiode array which has particularly high sensitivity to light having a wavelength ranging from 1 to 2.4 μm, and calculating the thickness on the basis of a wave form of the reflectance spectrum. The surface polishing is performed while the thickness of the wafer 7 is measured by the above-described thickness measuring method, and the polishing is finished when the thickness of the wafer 7 reaches a target thickness.

The invention discloses an automatic detection switchover system for a cable. The system is a necessary detection channel connected between the cable to be detected and a channel controller (CHC) cable tester; the system consists of a universal switchover cable, a cable detection switchover box and a special switchover cable; and an output connector of special specification on the CHC cable tester is in transition switchover to the cable detection switchover box through the universal switchover cable, the special switchover cable is connected with the cable detection switchover box and the cable to be detected, and the cable detection switchover box is connected with the universal switchover cable and the special switchover cable respectively. The system greatly simplifies the complexity of switchover operation during automatic cable detection in an enterprise with high cable processing number, improves the cable detection efficiency, has extremely strong universality, can be adaptive to cable detection of any form, lightens the operation intensity of detection personnel, meanwhile, ensures accuracy and safety of the cable detection, and has good application prospect.

A sheet feeding apparatus includes a sending element of an ultrasonic sensor for outputting ultrasonic waves, a drive circuit for supplying the sending element of the ultrasonic sensor with a drive signal for driving the sending element, a receiving element of the ultrasonic sensor disposed opposite the sending element of the ultrasonic sensor across a sheet transfer path in the sheet feeding apparatus, and for receiving the ultrasonic waves, a setting unit for setting a threshold for the detection of transfer of the plurality of paper sheets by using the output of the receiving element of the ultrasonic sensor at the time of stopping of the output of the sending element of the ultrasonic sensor as a basic value, and a detection unit for detecting transfer of the plurality of paper sheets by comparing the output of the receiving element of the ultrasonic sensor with the threshold.

A method for identification and registration of a moving object, entering a pre-determined area to be monitored. The identification operation has interaction between the moving object and an area access system associated with the predetermined area and including supplying identification information, while the registration operation is carried out over a wireless communication link to a control center. The method further includes identifying the moving object through a mutual interaction between the moving object and the area access system, the mutual interaction being performed over a wireless short range communication link, preferably a Bluetooth wireless link; and performing the registration operation by establishing a wireless communication link of the long-range type between the moving object and the control center upon activation of the mutual interaction on the wireless short range communication link. Preferred application is safety monitoring of tunnels.

A sheet feeding apparatus includes two transport devices arranged in a sheet guide that guides a sheet from a stacker to a processing position for reading an image or printing. A double feed detection device is arranged between the transport devices for detecting a double feed of the sheets over a predetermined length region (measurement length). A sheet length recognition device is provided for recognizing at least two portions of a length of the sheet stacked on the stacker in a transport direction, and a judgment device is provided for judging the double feed of the sheets based upon detection data from the double feed detection device. The judgment device judges the double feed of the sheets according to detection data of one measurement region selected from a plurality of measurement regions based on information obtained from the sheet length recognition device.

Providing a connector system, which can detect securely connection of connector housings, the connector system includes a first connector and a second connector. The first connector includes a first connector housing, on an outer surface of which a lock projection and a pair of electrodes are provided. The second connector includes a second connector housing having a main body, a lock arm and a shorting member. The lock arm supported by the main body is engaged with the lock projection. One end portion of the shorting member is mounted on the main body, and the other end is formed like a free end of a cantilever. The other end has a contact point. When the connector housings are fitted together, the contact point and lock projection are arranged in a direction perpendicular to a fitting direction.

An automatic transmission control apparatus is provided with a shift control section, a first rotary-speed detecting section, a second rotary-speed detecting section and an input shaft speed calculation section. The shift control section issues instructions to selectively engage and disengage a combination of a plurality of frictionally engaging elements of a planetary gear mechanism to establish a corresponding one of a plurality of gear ratios. The first rotary-speed detecting section detects a rotational speed of a first rotary member which rotates at a different speed from an input shaft of the planetary gear mechanism. The second rotary-speed detecting section detects a rotational speed of a second rotary member which rotates at a different speed from the input shaft of the planetary gear mechanism. The input shaft speed calculation section calculates a rotational speed of the input shaft using values detected by the first and second rotary-speed detecting sections.

The invention is concerned with portable transfusion inspector, relating to a kind of inspecting, control and alarming equipment of transfusion liquid for hospital nurse. It affords a kind of portable transfusion process monitor and control equipment with chargeable battery and small bulk, small weight, low cost and easy operation and installation. Center microprocessor cell connects in parallel with infrared ray sending circuit unit, infrared ray incepting and adjusting circuit unit, drive and checking circuit unit for motor, power management circuit unit, chargeable battery, battery checking circuit unit, key-press circuit unit, indicator light circuit unit, sound circuit unit, compound joint and wireless communication circuit unit. The center microprocessor unit solidifies the monitor method of portable transfusion monitor and fits for the transfusion monitor field, such as hospital, community medical treatment and individual family with good market future.

A sheet feeding apparatus includes a sheet size recognition device for recognizing length of a sheet placed on a stacker in a transport direction, an ultrasonic double feed detection device arranged between a first transport device and a second transport device for detecting a double feed of sheets, and a transport length detection device for detecting a transport length of the sheet transported by the first and second transport devices from a leading edge of the sheet to a trailing edge of the sheet. A comparison device compares the length of the sheet recognized by the sheet size recognition device and the transport length of the sheet detected by the transport length detection device. A judgment device judges the double feed of the sheets based on at least one of a comparison result from the comparison device and a detection result from the double feed detection device.

An overlapped-sheet detection apparatus can detect whether sheets are overlapped and shift the same, if overlapped, for further processing. The overlapped-sheet detection apparatus is provided with conveying belts, forwarding and shifting rollers, motor and discriminator. Conveying belts hold and convey sheets on a conveying path. Forwarding roller is provided at the conveying path to forward sheets 1 in a conveying direction and forward sheets in conveying direction. Shifting roller is provided opposite to forwarding roller to shift sheets back to a direction which is the reverse of conveying direction if the sheets are overlapped. Motor supplies shifting roller with driving torque to shift sheets back to the direction reversed to conveying direction. An encoder is built in motor to detect a rotation state of shifting roller. Discriminator judges from an output of the encoder whether sheets are overlapped. When sheets are overlapped, forwarding roller makes contact with upper sheet and sends the same in conveying direction but shifting roller shifts lower sheet in a direction reversed to conveying direction.

A battery internal short-circuit detection apparatus includes: a voltage detection unit for detecting a terminal voltage of the battery; a current detection unit for detecting a discharging current of the battery; a voltage drop and recovery detection unit for detecting a momentary voltage drop of the battery and a recovery from the voltage drop, in response to a result of detection performed by the voltage detection unit; and a determination unit for determining that an internal short circuit has occurred, when a maximum value of the discharging current detected by the current detection unit between the voltage drop and the recovery is equal to or lower than a threshold current.

An exhaust passage (15) of an internal-combustion engine (10) includes a selective reduction NOx catalyst (34) and an after-catalyst NOx sensor (50) for detecting a NOx concentration Cr at the downstream thereof. Reducing agent is selectively added from an addition valve (40) to the NOx catalyst. A NOx concentration Ce at the upstream side of the NOx catalyst is detected or estimated. NOx concentrations Cr and Ce before and after the NOx catalyst, which were detected or estimated during the stoppage of an addition of the reducing agent, are compared to each other to thereby determine an abnormality of the after-catalyst NOx sensor (50). An abnormality diagnosis is executed while the addition of reducing agent is being stopped to remove an influence by the NOx catalyst.

The invention discloses a multi-feature fusion based infrared forest fire judgment method. The method comprises the following steps: A, inputting an infrared image sequence; B, performing binarization processing; C, performing morphological processing; D, extracting flame features; E, performing SVM classification judgment on the flame features; F, performing classification decision-making by utilizing a Bayes classifier; and G, judging whether a fire occurs or not through data in the step F. The flame features in the step D include an infrared flame height characteristic, an infrared flame gradient characteristic, an infrared flame moving characteristic and a flame spectrum characteristic. According to the multi-feature fusion based infrared forest fire judgment method provided by the invention, the fire can be detected quickly, accurately and safely in the early stage of the forest fire, so that the judgment precision of forest fire prevention is greatly improved and the working efficiency is improved.

An illumination lighting device is provided with: a power converter circuit having a configuration in which an input terminal to which a power supply can be connected and an output terminal to which a load circuit including at least a lamp can be connected are galvanically insulated, and having a power regulating function required by the lamp; output detection means which is provided at the output terminal of the power converter circuit and has first current detection means and second current detection means; and a control circuit for regulating the output of the power converter circuit based on a result of detection performed by the output detection means, wherein one end of the output of the power converter circuit is connected to one end of the load circuit via the first current detection means, one end of an input of the power converter circuit is connected to the one end of the load circuit via the second current detection means, the output detection means has the result of the detection which is a synthesized signal of detection outputs of the first current detection means and the second current detection means, a current pathway, through which a ground-fault current flows from the one end of the input of the power converter circuit to the one end of the output of the power converter circuit via the first current detection means and the second current detection means, is formed when a ground fault occurs at a load terminal of the load circuit, and a detection signal of the first current detection means and a detection signal of the second current detection means that result from the ground-fault current are of additive polarities.

An unmanned vehicle includes WiFi sensors, which generate data by reflecting electromagnetic waves off an object within a vicinity of the unmanned vehicle. WiFi data processing circuitry receives the data generated by the WiFi sensors and analyzes the data to determine a characteristic of the object.

A plating method includes holding a substrate with a substrate holder while bringing a sealing member into pressure contact with a peripheral portion of the substrate to form an enclosed internal space in the substrate holder; performing a first-stage leakage test of the substrate holder by producing a vacuum in the internal space and checking whether pressure in the internal space reaches a predetermined vacuum pressure within a certain period of time; and if the substrate holder has passed the first-stage leakage test, performing a second-stage leakage test of the substrate holder by closing off the internal space after producing the vacuum therein and checking whether a change in the pressure in the internal space reaches a predetermined value within a certain period of time.