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A reduced area imaging device is provided which utilizes selected charge integration periods. Various configurations of the imaging device are provided which locate the elements of the imagine device at desired locations. Regardless of the particular arrangement or configuration of the imaging device, selected charge integration periods are incorporated. The imaging device can be defined as a CMOS-CID device wherein a user may select an appropriate integration period in order to enhance the viewed image to a desired level of brightness. Particularly in fluorescence guided endoscopy and fluorescence assisted surgery, the ability to vary and select particular charge integration periods improves these processes.

A computer jukebox capable of receiving and storing advertisement data representing a plurality of advertisement from a remote central management system by way of a transmission link between the computer jukebox and the central management system, comprising a communication interface, a programmable computer memory and a processor. The computer jukebox downloads advertisement data. The communication interface receives advertisement data from the remote central management system by way of the transmission link. The advertisement data represents an identity of each of the plurality of advertisements, and data representing times for each of the advertisements to be run. The programmable computer memory stores the advertisement data. The processor runs the plurality of advertisements according to the advertisement data.

An IP-based subscriber endpoint, for example a VoIP telephony device or an IP telephony user agent, is configured for retrieving recorded audio caller information in response to receiving an incoming call that includes a calling party identifier. The IP-based subscriber endpoint, in response to receiving the calling party identifier, generates an IP-based query via an IP network to an identifiable server for identification of a source of the recorded audio caller information corresponding to the calling party identifier. The IP-based subscriber endpoint outputs a request to the source of the recorded audio caller information, and plays the recorded audio caller information in response to reception via the IP-based network. Hence, the IP-based subscriber endpoint is able to retrieve existing recorded audio caller information from servers configured for storing recorded names, eliminating the necessity for text to speech resources.

This data backup and recovery system enables backup and recovery of data at low cost and in short periods of time. The system is comprised of a primary system that updates the source data and one or more secondary systems that back up the source data. The secondary systems may be installed in the vicinity of the primary system or at a remote location. The secondary systems have the same logical configuration as the primary system and perform backups by acquiring the most recent data in real time. The update histories maintained by the secondary systems may be used to restore the primary system to any given state at an earlier point in time. Using a secondary system as a referential tool enables load distribution; the backup processing of the secondary system may then be suspended to perform referential batch processing while it is detached from on-line processing.

An apparatus for communication between a site within a body deep to the skin and a source, depot, reservoir, device, machine, or power source external to the body via the mouth of the body, comprising an implant for placement in tooth-supporting bone, the implant having a first portion extending into the mouth external to the tooth-supporting bone, a second portion for being embedded in the tooth-supporting bone, and an opening extending along the implant from the first portion to the second portion; and a conduit for coupling to the second portion of the implant when the implant is implanted in the tooth-supporting bone so that the conduit is in communication with the opening, the conduit being for extending from the implant to the site in the body.

The improved archery bow arrow rest includes an elongated bracket having a front end portion and opposite rear end. The front portion is adapted to be secured to the sidewall of an archery bow riser on the side of the riser opposite that which defines the arrow window of the bow. The rear end of the bracket has one end of a transverse bar secured thereto, with the opposite free end of the bar extending behind the arrow window when the bracket is secured to an archery bow. The bar preferably is secured by a spring to the bracket to bias the bar against counterclockwise rotation. The rest also includes a spaced parallel pair of inflexible arrow holder arms, the rear ends of which are secured to the bar. The central portions of the holder arms extend upwardly and forwardly of the bar for positioning in the arrow window. The front portions of the holder arms are bent down to form prongs which are at an angle extending toward each other to form a V. The lower ends of the prongs are spaced apart at least about 0.125 inch to provide clear passage for an arrow vane therebetween. Each of the prongs is at an angle of about 25-30 degrees from the vertical so as to securely hold an arrow against roll-off from the rest. Preferably, the prongs are injection molded in friction-free plastic and the lower ends of the prongs preferably include removeable extensions. The lengths of the holder arms can differ to more readily accommodate arrows with helical fletching.

Each write word line has one end connected by a write drive circuit to a power supply voltage selectively and the other end to a ground voltage. The write drive circuit is staggered in arrangement and thus connected to either one or the other end of each write word line. A write drive circuit has a first transistor and a second transistor. When a memory cell row corresponding to the write drive circuit is selected the first transistor connects a corresponding write word line to the power supply voltage to supply a data writing current and when an adjacent row is selected the transistor connects the corresponding write word line to the power supply voltage. The second transistor passes a magnetic field canceling current, which cancels a magnetic field leaking from a data writing current of an adjacent row.

In a wrist-carried camera having a watch function, a body including a taking lens is provided in such a manner as to freely rotate with respect to a band part through a rotation mechanism, and a release switch is provided at the unrotated band part. Setting a camera mode stops the hands of the watch in the direction of a taking lens so as to display an image-capturing direction. A rotary bezel is arranged around a display part, and marks indicating modes of the camera are formed on the bezel. A hand of the watch is also used as an indicator for pointing the mode display mark in the bezel. Setting the mark in the bezel to the indicator switches and displays the operation modes.

An image photographing system capable of simply surely confirming a result of photographing when photographing an object and recording image data thereof, comprises an unit detecting a photographing instruction, an unit generating image data from an image when detecting the photographing instruction, and an unit displaying a screen configured by a first display area displaying the image, and a second display area displaying the image data generated based on the photographing instruction.

An image forming system having an image forming apparatus and a post-processing apparatus having a sorting function, a stapling function, etc. The post-processing apparatus is movable between a first position to receive long papers and a second position to receive non-long papers. When the post-processing apparatus is set in the second position, a paper inlet port of the post-processing apparatus faces a paper ejection port of the image forming apparatus.

When thumbnails displayed indicating document files stored in a database are changed in size to “large” the thumbnails all have their respective thumbnail frames unchanged in size and the number of thumbnails displayed is also unchanged while the thumbnailed and thus displayed document files have their respective thumbnails ranges reduced and displayed under increased magnification.

A connection line has a first bent portion bent toward a coil's main body in a vicinity of a stator core's axial length limit line. Furthermore, the connection line at a portion closer to the coil's main body than the first bent portion has a second bent portion bent away from the coil's main body. Furthermore, the connection line has a third bent portion bent away from the coil's main body to have a connection portion along an end surface of the terminal member in contact therewith generally parallel thereto.

This invention is related with the internal cleaning system (Telescopic Cleaning System (10)) of centralized extraction and filtration units (1) of industrial exhaust gases aiming to reduce overall energy consumption of such system by; avoiding the usage of compressed air being replaced with available exhaust air of the system, accelerated and applied thoroughly all surfaces of the cassette filters (2) by the help of Telescopic Cleaning System (10) and delivering efficiently cleaned filters, generating less resistance over the filter unit (1) versus comparable existing designs by the help of such efficiently cleaned filters, leading to less energy consumption on exhaust air fan.

A difference of tooth profile gradient errors (Δα) is calculated, which is a deviation between the tooth profile gradient error (α1) when the tooth profile of a gear is calculated by a method of scanning in a tangential direction of a base circle; and the tooth profile gradient error (α2) when the tooth profile of a gear is calculated by scanning methods other than a method of scanning in a tangential direction of a base circle. The position error (Δx) is calculated using the difference of tooth profile gradient errors (Δα) and gear specifications, and the position of the gauge head is calibrated depending on the position error (Δx). Hereby the position of the gauge head can be calibrated without using a mechanical reference member.

A vehicle wheel 1 having a plurality of subsidiary air chambers 3, which is annularly incorporated on a rim outer peripheral surface 4, a cover member 13 having a lug part extended over the entire periphery and a stepped part extended over its periphery along the inside of the lug part 16, and a bottom plate member 14 being superimposed with each other through a seal member made of an elastic member and interposed therebetween in an airtight manner, and the cover member 13 and the rim outer peripheral surface 4 being joined to each other in a joint part 10, wherein the cover member 13 and the rim outer peripheral surface 4 are made into contact with each other so as to form a subsidiary air chamber 3 having air-tightness.

The wheel drive motor according to the invention includes a motor shaft (35) having a large diameter portion (35d) located at a central part in the axial direction and a small diameter portion (35b) located on a first side in the axial direction, a bearing (36b) rotatably supporting the small diameter portion (35b), and a rotor (24) secured to an outer circumferential surface (35j) of the large diameter portion (35d). An end part (24p) of the rotor (24) located on the first side in the axial direction projects over an end face (35e) of the large diameter portion (35d) located on the first side in the axial direction toward the side on which the small diameter portion (35b) is.

This invention is related to ophthalmic lenses and the associated processes used to manufacture ophthalmic lenses. In particular, the present invention is related to a process for manufacturing contact lenses using high intensity UV light on lens molds to decouple mold creation from lens manufacture.

A tire information transmitter measures tire inflation pressure in a tire cavity region and wirelessly transmits it outside the tire cavity region. A control unit of the transmitter controls the transmitting of the measured pressure and compares the level of the pressure signal with a threshold value continually after a supply of driving power is started. The transmitter has a comparing mode in which the operation signal is transmitted at a first time interval, and a transmitting mode in which the pressure signal is transmitted at a second time interval, which is shorter than the first time interval. Further, the control unit irreversibly shifts from the comparing mode to the transmitting mode, once the level of the pressure signal exceeds the threshold value as a result of the comparing.

A toy water gun apparatus includes a gun housing having a water chamber and a pressurized air chamber in fluid communication with the water chamber. The water chamber preferably includes an expandable bladder for filling with a quantity of water and has a first end and a second end, the first end connected to a water inlet for releasable connection to source of pressurized water such as a municipal water supply, and the second end connected to a nozzle valve. A trigger mechanism is connected to the nozzle valve to selectively open the valve to dispense a stream of water during play. The apparatus utilizes the naturally high pressure of a common faucet tap while the eliminating the necessity of constant pumping in order to maintain a desirable water stream. Pressure in the air chamber is never lost because it is entirely separate from the water-delivery mechanism.

This invention includes accumulation units (102a, 102b) which accumulate signals obtained by sensing units (111a, 111b), an area determination unit (103, 100) which sets the size of an area of a sensing unit to be segmented into a plurality of areas on the basis of the information of a lens to be focus-detected, accumulation control units (104a-104c, 105) which control, for each of the areas, accumulation of signals obtained in a plurality of areas by the accumulation units, and a defocus detection unit (100) which detects defocus states in the respective areas from accumulated signals from a plurality of areas.

A method and apparatus for humidifying residential and commercial buildings in which a flue gas generated by a residential or commercial furnace is provided to one side of a porous liquid water transport membrane and habitable space air is provided to an opposite side of the porous liquid water transport membrane in an amount sufficient to provide a habitable space air to flue gas volume flow rate ratio of at least 8.3:1. At least a portion of the water vapor in the flue gas is condensed, providing condensed liquid water which is passed through the porous liquid water transport membrane to the habitable space air side of the porous liquid water transport membrane. On the habitable space air side of the membrane, the condensed liquid water is evaporated into the habitable space air, producing humidified habitable space air which is provided to the rooms of the residential and commercial buildings. Beneficially, no supplemental water source is required for the humidification process.

A method to control thermal energy transport uses mobile coherent interfaces in nanoscale ferroelectric films to scatter phonons. The thermal conductivity can be actively tuned, simply by applying an electrical potential across the ferroelectric material and thereby altering the density of these coherent boundaries to directly impact thermal transport at room temperature and above. The invention eliminates the necessity of using moving components or poor efficiency methods to control heat transfer, enabling a means of thermal energy control at the micro- and nano-scales.

A diaper alarm system, comprising: at least a diaper, and an alarm system. Wherein, in each diaper is provided with a sensor and a transmitter. Said sensor and said transmitter are located inside said diaper, said sensor is printed on a urine-gathering region and an excrement-gathering region inside said diaper, such that the sensor is connected to the transmitter wirelessly, thus said sensor is able to utilize said transmitter to send out detection signals. Said alarm system includes a receiver, which is connected to said transmitter through transmission of telecommunication signals. On receiving a detection signal by said receiver, said alarm system will determine whether to send out an alarm based on said detection signal.

A device for fixing a hydraulic pipe of a boom swing type excavator includes a swing support, which is connected to the front end of an upper swing body so as to swing, a working device, which is rotatably fixed to the swing support, a first hydraulic pipe supporting hole formed in a top plate of the upper swing member so that a hydraulic pipe passes therethrough from the control valve in the upper swing member, and a second hydraulic pipe supporting hole formed in a top plate of the swing support at a position corresponding to the first hydraulic pipe supporting hole, limiting the shaking of the hydraulic pipe in the right and left directions when the working device swings, and guiding displacement in the vertical direction.

A tension mechanism for use with existing conventional bed platforms in the well known Murphy bed system in which the bed platform may be connected to the tension mechanism when the tension is at a low level by only a single installer, and the tension thereafter increased in infinite increments to any desired level by a remotely operated tool, a combination of said tension mechanism and a bed platform, and a combination desk and bed in which the bed is operated by the tension mechanism.

Devices, apparatus, systems and methods for combining a container with wipes and a deodorant dispenser. The hand held combination deodorant/antiperspirant and moist wipes container can have dual compartments, and can be vertically stacked and joined together by a coupler. The upper compartment can house the deodorant/antiperspirant product, and include an advance mechanism which raises or lowers the contents to dispense. The lower compartment can house wipes. Both compartments can have an opening through which the contents can be accessed and a cover to protect the product. The upper and lower compartments can be configured to release from each other. Alternatively, the compartments can be made inseparable from one another. The invention can be sized in order to attach and detach existing prior art deodorant dispensers from the wiper dispenser housing. Other types of toiletries and healthcare products can be used with the invention.

A liquid jetting head includes a plurality of nozzle orifices, a plurality of pressure generation chambers associated with the nozzle orifices, and a plurality of piezoelectric vibrators for respectively varying the volume of the associated pressure generation chamber to jet a liquid droplet from the associated nozzle orifice. A drive signal generator generates a plurality of drive signals, respectively driving the piezoelectric vibrators, within a single jetting cycle of the liquid jetting head. An ID data storage stores ID data which identifies the respective nozzle orifices. A correction data storage stores correction data which corrects the amount of liquid jetted from the nozzle orifice. A drive signal supplier identifies a nozzle orifice in which the jetting amount is to be corrected, through use of the ID data, and selects at least one drive signal from the plural drive signals to adjust a displacement degree of a piezoelectric vibrator associated with the identified nozzle orifice, based on the correction data.

The portion of a board corresponding to the surrounding portion of a hole 4 formed through the board is arranged to include a patternless section 6 where a conductive film 5 is not provided.

It is an object of the present invention to provide an engine control apparatus for detecting a voltage abnormality caused in a power supply thereof at low cost. An engine control apparatus for controlling an engine, includes: power supply voltage detecting unit for detecting a power supply voltage of a battery mounted on a vehicle as a power supply, which supplies the engine control apparatus with power; backup power supply voltage detecting unit for detecting a backup power supply voltage of a backup power supply, which supplies the engine control apparatus with power from the battery via a different path; voltage difference calculating unit for calculating a voltage difference between the power supply voltage and the backup power supply voltage; and power supply voltage abnormality determining unit for determining that there is an abnormality in the power supply voltage when the voltage difference is not within a predetermined range.

A door latching or locking system is provided whereby the user locks and unlocks the system using their feet.