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A manipulator comprises an operation command unit provided with an attitude adjusting unit and an end effector control unit, a connecting unit having one end connected to the operation command unit, a working unit connected to the other end of the connecting unit and provided with an end effector and a support unit supporting the end effector for motions, and a control unit that transmits an operation command provided by the attitude adjusting unit to the support unit to adjust the attitude of the end effector and transmits an operation command provided by the end effector control unit to the end effector to operate the end effector. The support unit includes a first joint capable of turning about a first axis perpendicular to the center axis of the connecting unit, and a second joint capable of turning about a second axis perpendicular to the first axis. The end effector can be turned for rolling about an axis substantially parallel to the second axis of the second joint. The attitude adjusting unit has a third joint having a third axis perpendicular to the center line of the connecting unit. The end effector control unit is formed such that the fingers of an operator gripping operating members included in the end effector control unit extend substantially in parallel to the fourth axis.

There is provided a novel menu selection method in a mobile phone. Also provided is a cursor displaying method with which a user can intuitively recognize a moving direction and moving speed. In addition, a novel scrollbar with which the user can recognize, in a case of displaying menus beyond a display screen, a range currently displayed on a display screen among all the menus and a current cursor position within the menus displayed on the current display screen.

An endoscope of the present invention includes an insert section inserted in a subject body, an operation section provided at a base end of the insert section, a control process section provided in the operation section, for controlling an image pickup section for capturing a subject body image and a predetermined function in the operation section, a signal circuit extending from the control process section, and a connection section provided to the operation section, for allowing detachable connection of a tube unit through which at least one duct line is inserted.

In a display unit, a setting check key for checking present set contents is displayed together with a setting screen such as a basic screen for performing various basic settings. In a case where a user indicates a setting check key displayed in the setting screen, the display unit displays a template registration key for registering the present set contents as a template together with a setting check screen displaying the present set contents. In a case where the template registration key is indicated, processing is executed to register the present set contents as the template.

A manipulator comprises an operation command unit provided with an attitude adjusting unit and an end effector control unit, a connecting unit having one end connected to the operation command unit, a working unit connected to the other end of the connecting unit and provided with an end effector and a support unit supporting the end effector for motions, and a control unit that transmits an operation command provided by the attitude adjusting unit to the support unit to adjust the attitude of the end effector and transmits an operation command provided by the end effector control unit to the end effector to operate the end effector. The support unit includes a first joint capable of turning about a first axis perpendicular to the center axis of the connecting unit, and a second joint capable of turning about a second axis perpendicular to the first axis. The end effector can be turned for rolling about an axis substantially parallel to the second axis of the second joint. The attitude adjusting unit has a third joint having a third axis perpendicular to the center line of the connecting unit. The end effector control unit is formed such that the fingers of an operator gripping operating members included in the end effector control unit extend substantially in parallel to the fourth axis.

The present invention aims to provide a watch with a calendar mechanism which has a first date indicator and a second date indicator and which is of a satisfactory operability. The watch with a calendar mechanism of the present invention is equipped with a second date indicator feeding lever adapted to move based on the rotation of the first date indicator and to rotate the second date indicator. The first date indicator includes first date indicator tooth portions, and calendar shift teeth. The calendar shift teeth consist of a first calendar shift tooth, a second calendar shift tooth formed at an interval of (360*2 / 31) degrees in a first direction using the first calendar shift tooth as a reference, a third calendar shift tooth formed at an interval of (360*9 / 31) degrees in the first direction using the second calendar shift tooth as a reference, and a fourth calendar shift tooth formed at an interval of (360*10 / 31) degrees in a direction opposite to the first direction using the first calendar shift tooth as a reference.

The present invention provides a resin composition containing a liquid crystalline polyester and a high dielectric material filler. The present invention also provides a molded article of the liquid crystalline polyester resin composition. The liquid crystalline polyester resin composition of the present invention comprises 50 to 80% by volume of a liquid crystalline polyester which has 40% by mol or more of a 2,6-naphthalenediyl group as an aromatic group, also has a flow initiation temperature of 280° C. or higher, and shows a melt tension of 1 g or more measured at a temperature higher than flow initiation temperature; and 20 to 50% by volume of a high dielectric material filler. The liquid crystalline polyester resin composition can be formed into composition pellets easily and stably by a strand method, and a molded article obtained from the liquid crystalline polyester resin composition is excellent in flexural strength and dielectric characteristics.

A control system for reliably performing minimally required operations using a small number of input devices is provided. A rhythm input section (101) converts a rhythm pattern input by the user to an electrical signal, which is in turn output. A rhythm dictionary storage section (103) stores a rhythm dictionary table which associates the contents of a control of an apparatus with a registered rhythm pattern. The registered rhythm pattern is obtained by typifying a pronunciation pattern of a name indicating the contents of the control. A control section (102) analyzes the electrical signal from the rhythm input section (101) to recognize the input rhythm pattern input by the user, recognizes the contents of a corresponding control by referencing the rhythm dictionary storage section (103), and controls an operation of an in-vehicle apparatus.

Provided is a key sheet allowing reliable sliding operation input through accurate coordinate position detection and depressing operation input of satisfactory depression operability through clear click feel. Fixation layers are formed at positions under depressing operation portions, and there are no fixation layers in portions around the depressing operation portions but gaps are formed. With this construction, it is possible to suppress a depression operation load to a low level at a time of depressing input operation, and, when contact switches with click feel are depressed, the click feel can be easily transmitted. Further, a surface sheet has movable contact portions which enter the gaps at a time of sliding input operation and which are displaced so as to be capable of coming into contact with a sensor sheet. With this construction, it is possible to sense, in a stable manner, capacitance at an in-plane position of a sliding operation surface of the sensor sheet.

An endoscope of the present invention includes an insert section inserted in a subject body, an operation section provided on a base end side of the insert section, a grasping section provided to the operation section and formed to be substantially bilaterally symmetric to a reference line extending in a longitudinal direction, and a plurality of instruction input sections provided to be substantially bilaterally symmetric to the reference line extending in the longitudinal direction of the grasping section.

A digital camera of the present invention includes a microcomputer 110 having a live view mode controlling so that image data generated by a CMOS sensor 133 or image data obtained by subjecting the image data generated by the CMOS sensor 133 to predetermined processing is displayed on a liquid crystal monitor 150 as a moving image in real time, wherein the microcomputer 110 controls so that, when the live view mode is set, the digital camera comes out of the live view mode, and setting information on the digital camera is displayed on the liquid crystal monitor 150, in accordance with the manipulation of the manipulation portion 140. Due to this configuration, in a digital camera that includes a movable mirror and is capable of displaying a subject image in a live view through an electronic viewfinder, the operability thereof can be enhanced.

To provide a control panel for machine tools that improves operability and enables even an unskilled person to easily grasp a procedure for moving a screen to a target screen. A plurality of screen data are classified into a plurality of groups and classified into main screen data and sub-screen data associated with the main screen data in each of the groups. A control section displays the main screen data and displays the sub-screen data on a display section according to a type of an input to a plurality of main screen corresponding buttons.

An electronic instrument includes an input device having a plurality of channels to each of which an audio signal is input. A demodulation device demodulates audio signals and converts the audio signals into digital signals that control the electronic instrument. The electronic instrument also includes a feeding device that feeds the digital signals to a sound source and a detection device that detects whether or not the audio signals in any of the plurality of channels are modulated by the digital signals. A controller controls the demodulation device, in cases where it has been detected that any of the audio signals are modulated by the digital signals, so as to demodulate the digital signals from the audio signals that have been input to the channels, such that another channel's audio signals that are not modulated by the digital signals are output to an audio output.

Provided is an operation microscope capable of obtaining bright and wide range red reflex on an observation image. Further, an operation microscope suitable for an observation of a retina and a vitreous body is provided. A pair of deflection members composed of two deflection mirrors are provided as a deflection means for deflecting illumination light guided from a light source to the vicinity of an optical axis of an observation optical system and guiding it to an eye to be operated through an objective lens. The deflection mirrors are disposed to sandwich the optical axis therebetween and simultaneously guide the illumination lights to the eye to be operated at substantially the same oblique angles with respect to the optical axis from the respective opposite sides. In addition, a stereo variator is made insertable onto the observation optical axis, so that relative positions of optical axes of right and left observation fluxes can be changed.

An endoscope of the present invention includes an insert section inserted in a subject body, an operation section provided at a base end of the insert section, a control process section provided in the operation section, for controlling an image pickup section for capturing a subject body image and a predetermined function in the operation section, a signal circuit extending from the control process section, and a connection section provided to the operation section, for allowing detachable connection of a tube unit through which at least one duct line is inserted.

Provided is a coating apparatus, which has satisfactory operability at a time of installing or exchanging a spray nozzle, is not complicated in structure, and is advantageous in terms of layout. A rotary drum (2) is rotated around an axis (A) inclined with respect to a horizontal line, and has an opening (5) at one end on an inclination upper side. A spray nozzle unit (10) is removably attached to a swing arm (34), and the swing arm (34) can swing with respect to a swing axis (34c). Owing to the swing operation of the swing arm (34), the swing nozzle unit (10) can be moved between the inside and the outside of the rotary drum (2).

Provided is a power seat device in which an operator can intuitively recognize an operation of a movable member. Operation units are provided in movable members in a power seat body. Each of the operation units includes a pair of electrodes and a dielectric layer formed between the pair of electrodes so as to be compressively deformable, and compressively deforms the dielectric layer by an operator's push operation. Driving devices are controlled so that the movable members move in the push direction of the operator based on the capacitance between the pair of electrodes changing with the compressive deformation of the dielectric layer.

The present invention provides a method for producing a liquid crystalline polyester, the method comprising the steps of reacting monomers to obtain a polycondensate corresponding thereto, granulating the polycondensate to obtain a granule, and subjecting the granule to solid-phase polymerization to obtain a liquid crystalline polyester, wherein the content of iron in the granule to be subjected to the step (C) is 5 ppm by weight or less. According to the present invention, a liquid crystalline polyester having high whiteness and excellent heat resistance can be produced with satisfactory operability.

Disclosed is a one-pack type dental adhesive composition comprising:(a) 1.0 to 40.0 parts by weight of a silane coupling agent,(b) 0.01 to 0.4 part by weight of a weak acidic compound which is at least one of organic acid, boric acid and silicic acid, and has an acid dissociation exponent pKa of 3 or more in the form of an aqueous solution,(c) 0.01 to 0.4 part by weight of a strong acidic compound which is at least one of HF, HCl, HBr, HI, HNO3, HClO3, HClO4, HBrO4, HMnO4, H2SO4 and H3PO4 and has an acid dissociation exponent pKa of less than 3,(d) 0.1 to 5.0 part by weight of water, and(e) 20.0 to 99.0 parts by weight of a volatile organic solvent.

Provided is a power seat device in which an operator can intuitively recognize an operation of a movable member. Operation units are provided in movable members in a power seat body. Each of the operation units includes a pair of electrodes and a dielectric layer formed between the pair of electrodes so as to be compressively deformable, and compressively deforms the dielectric layer by an operator's push operation. Driving devices are controlled so that the movable members move in the push direction of the operator based on the capacitance between the pair of electrodes changing with the compressive deformation of the dielectric layer.

In a sheet transport apparatus in which a skew feed correcting portion is provided so as to be able to pull out from the apparatus, the skew feed correcting portion including a sheet transport path through which a sheet is transported, and a skew feed correcting device for correcting skew feed of the sheet passing through the sheet transport path, a guide constituting an upper surface of the sheet transport path is divided into two guide members in a width direction orthogonal to a sheet transport direction so that the two guide members can each be opened.

An electronic instrument includes an input device having a plurality of channels to each of which an audio signal is input. A demodulation device demodulates audio signals and converts the audio signals into digital signals that control the electronic instrument. The electronic instrument also includes a feeding device that feeds the digital signals to a sound source and a detection device that detects whether or not the audio signals in any of the plurality of channels are modulated by the digital signals. A controller controls the demodulation device, in cases where it has been detected that any of the audio signals are modulated by the digital signals, so as to demodulate the digital signals from the audio signals that have been input to the channels, such that another channel's audio signals that are not modulated by the digital signals are output to an audio output.

An endoscope of the present invention includes an insert section inserted in a subject body, an operation section provided on a base end side of the insert section, a grasping section provided to the operation section and formed to be substantially bilaterally symmetric to a reference line extending in a longitudinal direction, and a plurality of instruction input sections provided to be substantially bilaterally symmetric to the reference line extending in the longitudinal direction of the grasping section.

In a display unit, a setting check key for checking present set contents is displayed together with a setting screen such as a basic screen for performing various basic settings. In a case where a user indicates a setting check key displayed in the setting screen, the display unit displays a template registration key for registering the present set contents as a template together with a setting check screen displaying the present set contents. In a case where the template registration key is indicated, processing is executed to register the present set contents as the template.

A hard precious metal alloy member is constituted of a gold alloy, which has a gold Au content of from 37.50 to 98.45 wt %, and contains a hardening additive in a range of not less than 50 ppm but less than 15,000 ppm, wherein the hardening additive is constituted of gadolinium Gd only, or gadolinium Gd and at least one element selected from the group consisting of rare-earth elements other than Gd, alkaline-earth elements, silicon Si, aluminum Al, and boron B.

An image pickup apparatus includes a display unit that changes a display direction to at least one of an image pickup direction of an image pickup unit or an opposite direction, a power saving unit that executes a power saving function of reducing power consumption in response to a period in which an operation from a user has not been accepted exceeding a threshold, and a control unit that performs control such that the threshold at a time when the display direction is the image pickup direction is set to be longer than the threshold at a time when the display direction is the opposite direction.

Disclosed is a monofilament allowing contrast X-ray radiography. At least part of the monofilament is formed of a thermoplastic resin containing a radiopaque agent. The monofilament contains the radiopaque agent in the thermoplastic resin in a content of 30 to 80% by mass, and has a Young's modulus of 0.1 to 5.0 cN / dtex and a fineness of 500 to 20000 dtex.

The first rotation lock mechanism 31 is configured such that a screw force produced by a rotation operation of an operation member 33 is transmitted to a lock member 42 via a transmission bracket 36 and a transmission rod 40. Through minimizing the length of the screw shaft 35, the transmission bracket 36, and the transmission rod 40, the position of a lock member which a screw shaft 35 is brought into contact with and the screw force is directly applied to is arranged to be closer to a user in comparison with conventional prior art. As a result, transmission loss of the screw force can be reduced, enhancing accuracy and consistency for the fixing force with respect to the table can be improved.

The present invention provides a resin composition containing a liquid crystalline polyester and a high dielectric material filler. The present invention also provides a molded article of the liquid crystalline polyester resin composition. The liquid crystalline polyester resin composition of the present invention comprises 50 to 80% by volume of a liquid crystalline polyester which has 40% by mol or more of a 2,6-naphthalenediyl group as an aromatic group, also has a flow initiation temperature of 280° C. or higher, and shows a melt tension of 1 g or more measured at a temperature higher than flow initiation temperature; and 20 to 50% by volume of a high dielectric material filler. The liquid crystalline polyester resin composition can be formed into composition pellets easily and stably by a strand method, and a molded article obtained from the liquid crystalline polyester resin composition is excellent in flexural strength and dielectric characteristics.