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A discharge transistor (TFT3) which connects the upper end of an organic EL element (EL) and a negative power source (VEE) and a control transistor (TFT4) which connects the upper end of a storage capacitor (SC) with a power source (PVDD) are provided. These transistors (TFT3, TFT4) are turned on by the upper gate line, so that the capacitor of the organic EL element (EL) is discharged prior to the selection of the line for these transistors.

The invention is directed to a multiple-clutch device, such as a double-clutch device, for arranging in a drivetrain of a motor vehicle between a drive unit and a transmission, wherein the clutch device has a first clutch arrangement associated with a first transmission input shaft of the transmission and a second clutch arrangement associated with a second transmission input shaft of the transmission for transmitting torque between the drive unit and the transmission. According to one aspect of the invention, it is suggested that plates in a plate stack of a clutch arrangement constructed as a plate clutch arrangement which have at least one friction facing can be brought into frictional engagement with plates having no friction facing, wherein at least one of the plates not having a friction facing is thicker in axial direction than friction facing carrying elements of adjacent plates having at least one friction facing. Alternatively or in addition, it is suggested that at least one plate which has at least one friction facing of sintered material and at least one plate which has at least one friction facing made of another friction facing material are provided in the plate stack, wherein the other friction facing material has a progressive frictional coefficient curve (dlambd / dDELTAN) in relation to a slip speed (DELTAN).

An active-matrix liquid crystal display device has pixels arranged in a matrix which each include a thin film transistor (TFT) as an active element. When the device is in a power-off state, TFTs in all the pixels are switched on, and all horizontal switches are turned on so that all data lines are supplied with a potential equal to the potential of common electrodes of the pixels. This forms a discharging path for discharging residual charge in all the pixels, and the discharging path can instantaneously discharge the residual charges.

A device for decoupling and / or desynchronizing neural, pathologically synchronous brain activity, in which, the activities in a partial region of a brain area or a functionally associated brain area are stimulated by means of an electrode, resulting in decoupling and desynchronizing the affected neuron population from the pathological area and suppression of the symptoms in a patient. In an alternative embodiment of the device, the pathologically synchronous brain activity due to the disease is desynchronized which also leads to the symptoms being suppressed. The device has a stimulation electrode and at least one sensor which are driven by a control system in such a manner that they produce decoupling and / or desynchronization in their local environment.

An endoscope light source unit for making illumination light incident on a light guide, includes a rotary aperture plate, aperture openings of different opening ratios and an auxiliary-light aperture opening of a maximum opening ratio formed in the rotary aperture plate; a rotating device; an auxiliary light; a first sensing portion and a plurality of second sensing portions formed in the rotary aperture plate in association with the auxiliary-light aperture opening and the aperture openings; a first sensor which detects the first sensing portion; a second sensor which detects the first sensing portion and detects the second sensing portions; and a controller which controls the rotary aperture plate in accordance with the first and / or second sensors. When the auxiliary light is in the retracted position, the controller drives the rotary aperture plate while the second sensor detects the first sensing portion.

The present invention is such that, in a circuit for preventing an arc discharge through the application of a reverse voltage pulse, in the case where, after the application of the reverse voltage pulse has been ended, the generation of an arc discharge is detected by an arc discharge detecting means (23), a reverse voltage generated by a reverse voltage generating means (12) is applied within 1 to 10 mus to a sputtering source to lower the probability of generating a continuous arc discharge and, through a diode (D10) connected in series with the sputtering source (14) and a resistor (r10) connected in parallel with the diode (D10), a current at a time of applying the reverse voltage is restricted, thus lowering a continuous arc discharge resulting from the reverse arc discharge.

A series circuit in which a first switching element and a second switching element are connected in series at both ends of an output of an input rectifier circuit for rectifying an alternating current of an alternating current power supply, a resonant circuit in which a primary winding of a transformer and a current resonant capacitor are connected in series at both ends of the first switching element or the second switching element, a rectifying and smoothing circuit for rectifying and smoothing a voltage generated across a secondary winding of the transformer during an on-period of the first switching element or the second switching element, a control circuit for alternately turning on / off the first switching element and the second switching based on a voltage from the rectifying and smoothing circuit, and a voltage detecting circuit for outputting a voltage detecting signal when a voltage at both ends of one switching element of the first switching element and the second switching element, which is turned on at a time of transmitting electric power to the rectifying and smoothing circuit, becomes equal to a predetermined voltage or more. The control circuit turns on the other switching element of the first switching element and the second switching element based on the voltage detecting signal from the voltage detecting circuit.

An object of the present invention is, in a communication path of which received signal quality is extremely poor, to prevent such a state of the communication failure. To a frame generator 13 in a transmitter 10, which transmits OFDM signal, a pilot & data arrangement format determiner 20, which determines pilot & data arrangement format of an OFDM signal based on the value of received signal quality at a receiver 30, a pilot symbol number determiner 19, which determines the number of pilot symbols based on the value of received signal quality, and a power amplification rate determiner 18, which determines power amplification rate based on the value of received signal quality, are newly provided. Thereby, it is possible to change the pilot & data arrangement format, the number of pilot symbols and the power amplification rate depending on the value of received signal quality to generate transmission signal frame of the OFDM signal. Owing to this, even in a channel of which received signal quality is poor, it is possible to satisfactorily reduce the transmission rate using adaptive modulation technique and maintain the channel estimation accuracy to a satisfactory level, and thus it is possible to prevent such a state of the communication failure.

In a data transfer method for transfer of data by a first information processing terminal device to a second information processing terminal device connected to the first information processing terminal device via a signal line, the first information processing terminal device calculates a maximum required time according to the amount of data for transfer and transfer performance information relating to the connection of the first information processing terminal device with the second information processing terminal device; upon initiating the data transfer processing, the first information processing terminal device continuously confirms that the data transfer processing is in state of execution from the time of initiation of the data transfer processing until the maximum required time has elapsed; and if, when the maximum required time has elapsed, the data transfer processing initiated is confirmed to be continuing, the first information processing terminal device forcibly ends the data transfer processing.

A device, system and method for occluding fluid flow through an infusion set detached from a patient's body. The device includes a means for detecting loss of contact to a patient's body and activating an occlusion mechanism accordingly.

The invention relates to an apparatus for desynchronization of neural illness-synchronous brain activity in which the activities in at least two subareas of a brain area or at least two functionally associated brain areas are stimulated by means of at least two electrodes. In the case of a person with an illness, desynchronization therapy suppresses symptoms in the relevant neuron population. The feedback stimulation signal, that is to say the measured, time-delayed and process neural activity, is used as an individual stimulus. This results in self-regulated, demand control of the amplitude of the stimulation signal, thus minimizing the intensity of the stimulation stimuli automatically after successful desynchronization. The apparatus has at least two stimulation electrodes and at least one sensor, which are driven by a controller such that they result in desynchronization in their local environment.

A device for decoupling and / or desynchronizing neural, pathologically synchronous brain activity, in which, the activities in a partial region of a brain area or a functionally associated brain area are stimulated by means of an electrode, resulting in decoupling and desynchronizing the affected neuron population from the pathological area and suppression of the symptoms in a patient. In an alternative embodiment of the device, the pathologically synchronous brain activity due to the disease is desynchronized which also leads to the symptoms being suppressed. The device has a stimulation electrode and at least one sensor which are driven by a control system in such a manner that they produce decoupling and / or desynchronization in their local environment.

A method for allocating an Acknowledgement / Negative Acknowledgement (ACK / NACK) channel by a Base Station (BS) in a Frequency Division Duplexing (FDD) system is provided. The method includes allocating downlink resources in one or more cells to a User Equipment (UE), transmitting, Physical Downlink Control Channel (PDCCH) information and downlink data using the downlink resources, allocating at least four ACK / NACK channels to the UE, receiving ACK / NACK information for the PDCCH information and the downlink data fed back by using two antennas from the UE, and performing re-transmission or transmitting new data according to the ACK / NACK information, wherein at least two of the at least four ACK / NACK channels are the same as at least two ACK / NACK channels allocated by the BS in a mode not using a Spatial Orthogonal Resource Transmit Diversity (SORTD) scheme, and the at least two of the at least four ACK / NACK channels are allocated to different antennas.

The present invention proposes an improved structure of a wire winding box, which comprises a housing, a rotary disk, a communication cable, a spiral spring, and a locking button. The housing comprises a top cap and a bottom cap. The rotary disk is pivotally installed in a rotary disk tank in the housing. A shaft bushing is installed or integrally formed on one disk surface of the rotary disk for the penetrating and winding of the communication cable. A ring is installed on another disk surface of the rotary disk to be hooked by the spiral spring received in a receiving tank beside the rotary disk tank to provide uniform rewinding force for the rotary disk with respect to the communication cable. The locking button is worked by a resilient element to let a push part thereof protrude out of the housing. A bump is formed on the locking button and extends to the rotation path of a slanting retaining block preset on the rotary disk to stop the retaining block timely to lock the rotary disk. Easier production and assembly of the wire winding box can thus be achieved. More convenient use can also be attained.

Equipment enables an improved efficiency in network bandwidth usage, and an improved upper-layer throughput even when abrupt change occurs in input traffic. The equipment includes an input traffic collector which collects and retains an input traffic amount of each input port for one period at preset periods; a bandwidth set processor which calculates a bandwidth for use in each input port from the input traffic amount retained in the input traffic collector, and calculates the corresponding number of virtual concatenation member paths from the difference of the bandwidth in use and a virtual concatenation path bandwidth having been allocated to the input port, and issues an addition command or a deletion command for adding or deleting the virtual concatenation member paths for the calculated number; a virtual concatenation controller which sets a virtual concatenation path bandwidth against the traffic input from the plurality of ports; and a link capacity adjustment scheme controller which sets and changes the virtual concatenation to the virtual concatenation controller, based on the addition command or the deletion command of the virtual concatenation member paths issued by the bandwidth set processor.

A memory system permitting a number of alternative memory blocks to be made ready in order to extend the rewritable life and thereby contributing to enhanced reliability of information storage is to be provided. The memory system is provided with a nonvolatile memory having a plurality of data blocks in predetermined physical address units and a controller for controlling the nonvolatile memory in response to an access request from outside. Each of the data blocks has areas for holding a rewrite count and error check information regarding each data area. The controller, in a read operation on the nonvolatile memory, checks for any error in the area subject to the read according to error check information and, when there is any error, if the rewrite count is greater than a predetermined value, will replace the pertinent data block with another data block or if it is not greater, correct data in the data block pertaining to the error.

Provided is a slide rail unit which, when accommodating a second rail (2) in a first rail (1), can automatically draw in the second rail to an end position and retain it at that position and which can be produced easily with a small number of parts and at low cost, the slide rail unit being equipped with a retaining pin (30) provided upright so as to be movable with respect to the first rail (1) in the longitudinal direction and the width direction thereof, an elastic member (31) for urging the retaining pin (30) toward the stroke end of the second rail (2), a pin guide member (32) provided on the first rail (1) and adapted to lock the retaining pin (30) at a standby position spaced apart from the stroke end against an urging force of the elastic member (31) and to guide the retaining pin (30) detached from the standby position toward the stroke end with the urging force, and a cam member (33) provided on the second rail (2) and adapted to detach the retaining pin (30) from the standby position of the pin guide member (32) and lock the retaining pin as it overlaps the pin guide member (32).

In a terminal apparatus to which an SDH transmission mode is applied, there is a method including a pseudo-synchronization detecting step of detecting, by one transmitter-receiver, that a pseudo-synchronization state is established by finding in data the same pattern as a synchronization pattern in byte information, a pseudo-synchronization posting step of inserting, by the one transmitter-receiver, information to the effect that the pseudo-synchronization state is established in an overhead of an STM frame, and posting the information to the other transmitter-receiver, and a changed synchronization pattern transmitting step of changing a synchronization pattern into an additional synchronization pattern different from the synchronization pattern in the byte information, and transmitting the synchronization pattern obtained by the change from the other transmitter-receiver to the one transmitter-receiver. Thus, it is an object of the present invention to easily prevent pseudo-synchronization by posting the message to the effect that the pseudo-synchronization state is established to an opposite terminal apparatus by using the overhead of the STM frame such that the opposite terminal apparatus can change the synchronization pattern in the byte information.

The present invention provides a method for handling semi-persistent transmission resources in a user equipment (UE) of a wireless communication system. The method includes steps of obtaining semi-persistent transmission resources allocated to the UE, and releasing the semi-persistent transmission resources when a Time Alignment Timer in the UE expires.

A device, system and method for occluding fluid flow through an infusion set detached from a patient's body. The device includes a means for detecting loss of contact to a patient's body and activating an occlusion mechanism accordingly.

The disclosed seat belt retractor and seat belt apparatus may be used to provide a technology effective for reducing the risk of making a vehicle occupant uncomfortable with regard to the seat belt winding action. A seat belt retractor and seat belt apparatus may comprise an electric motor, a spool capable of winding and unwinding a seat belt for occupant restraint, and a controller configured to perform a control mode in which the electric motor is controlled to rotate in a belt winding direction based on the status of a wearing of the seat belt on a vehicle occupant and the status of a vehicle door corresponding to the seat belt.

A method and apparatus for idle mode handoff in an overlapping area of a multi-channel cell is provided. By monitoring different frequencies serviced by neighboring base stations, when a mobile station is located in an overlapping region between cells and the frequency channel being serviced in a multi-channel region is different from a channel being serviced in the neighboring base station, an idle mode handoff between cells may be smoothly performed.

A webbing retracting device that may prevent entering of an end-lock state when a spool rotates in the pull out direction on rebound just after completion of taking up of the webbing belt. A restriction weight is provided on a V gear. The restriction weight moves in the pull out direction relative to the V gear by acceleration when the V gear is rotated in the take up direction, and furthermore, the restriction weight pivots about a support pin under centrifugal force due to rotation of the V gear and attains a contact position. In such a state, even if the inertial mass attempts to displace toward the lock activation direction, the restriction weight interferes with the inertial mass and restricts displacement of the inertial mass toward the lock activation direction.

This electric motor of the present invention is formed by an inner circumferential side rotor, an outer circumferential side rotor, and a planetary gear mechanism that are placed coaxially. The planetary gear mechanism is a single pinion type that includes a first planetary gear train and a second planetary gear train that are each single gear train. A first planetary carrier that supports the first planetary gear train is able to pivot around an axis of rotation, and a second planetary carrier that supports the second planetary gear train is fixed to a stator. The electric motor is further provided with an actuator that pivots the first planetary carrier by a predetermined pivot amount around the axis of rotation.

The present invention relates to a method, device and system for fast protection of an optical network system, in particular for a Passive Optical Network (PON), such as a Gigabit-capable Passive Optical Network (GPON). In the method, communication failure between a first optical network device and a first optical line termination device is detected. Switching of functionality from the first optical line termination device to a second optical line termination device is initiated, and a control message is sent from the second optical line termination device to the first optical network device such that the first optical network device is prevented from moving into initial state. Furthermore, the method comprises determining and setting timing settings for the first optical network device.

A nonvolatile semiconductor memory device includes nonvolatile memory cells each configured to store 2-bit information per memory cell, and a control circuit configured to verify with a first threshold one or more bits subjected to writing of new data and to verify with a second threshold one or more bits subjected to refreshing of existing data in a program operation that performs the writing of new data and the refreshing of existing data simultaneously with respect to the nonvolatile memory cells, the second threshold being lower than the first threshold.

A nonvolatile semiconductor memory device includes nonvolatile memory cells each configured to store 2-bit information per memory cell, and a control circuit configured to verify with a first threshold one or more bits subjected to writing of new data and to verify with a second threshold one or more bits subjected to refreshing of existing data in a program operation that performs the writing of new data and the refreshing of existing data simultaneously with respect to the nonvolatile memory cells, the second threshold being lower than the first threshold.