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The present invention provides a dynamic switch power conversion circuit to improve the efficiency of a solar cell array, and specifically to operate the solar cell array under various sunlight intensities, especially under low light conditions. In an embodiment of the invention, the dynamic switch power conversion circuit comprises: a processor to continuously monitor the power output of a solar panel under varying sunlight conditions, and a switching converter circuit comprising a plurality of circuit operations for different optimum power conversion. The processor gathers the output power from the solar panel and then uses predetermined power curves related to maximum generated power versus sunlight conditions of that particular solar panel to switch the switching converter circuit to a circuit operation particular suited to that sunlight condition to achieve the maximum power generated from the solar panel.

The apparatus to control an image output position of a flexible display moves a position of an image output area in a screen area when the flexible display is rotated. The apparatus may include: a bending measurement unit to measure a bending degree of the flexible display; a rotation measurement unit to measure a rotation degree and a rotation direction of the flexible display; and a controller to output an image at an image output area, and move a position of the image output area.

A program transmitting/receiving system has a center device and a terminal device connected through a communication device to the center device. The center device has a program information memory, a program information transmitter, a broadcasting device, and a request program transmitter. The terminal device has a program information receiver, a program receiver, an image information generator, a program request signal transmitter, and a request program receiver. The memory stores a program information. The program information transmitter transmits the program information to the terminal device. The broadcasting device broadcasts the program to the terminal device in accordance with a schedule, and stores the program. The request program transmitter receives a request signal of the program from the terminal device, and transmits the program corresponding to the request signal to the terminal device. Then, the program information receiver receives the program information. The a program receiver receives the program. The image information generator generates an image information for a program selection of a user on the basis of the program information. The program request signal transmitter transmits the request signal of the program selected by the user to the center device, if the program selected in accordance with the image information is a past broadcast program. The request program receiver receives the program corresponding to the request signal.

A touch location detection section (103) detects the location on a display screen where the operator's finger touches. A transfer length calculation section (104) calculates the transfer length La of the operator's finger from the touch start location S to the touch end location E. A transfer length judgment section (105) judges whether or not the transfer length La is greater than a reference transfer length Ls. A location shift calculation section (106) calculates the location shift δ of the operator's finger. A location shift judgment section (107) judges whether or not the location shift δ is less than a predetermined reference location shift δs. When La>Ls and δ<δs, a screen split control section (108) controls the operation of an image display section so as to split a display screen 101.

An electronic communication system for a vehicle, including a base station which is accommodated in the vehicle and at least one portable data carrier which is arranged to exchange data signals with the base station. A first coupling link is formed at least partly by the body of a user, whose skin is not required to be in physical contact with the data carrier, so that the body of the user contactlessly conducts displacement currents from the data carrier without contacting the data carrier. This permits the user to unlock a car door, or trunk, and/or start the vehicle, without using a key or having to touch a remote control device. The data carrier can be located in a briefcase and/or purse, and the ability to access the vehicle is not comprised even though there is no physical contact between the user and the data carrier.

An input processing method and input control apparatus that enable switching between normal operation and hovering operation to be accomplished with a very simple operation in an information processing apparatus that uses a touch input device such as a tablet or the like as an input device. During a period that an improved hovering mode according to the present invention is set active, the time interval between a pen up motion and a subsequent pen down motion is detected. If the time interval is equal to or longer than a predetermined length of time, pen down information to be sent to the OS is set OFF, thereby effecting the hovering operation. On the other hand, if the time interval is shorter than the predetermined length of time, the pen down information to be sent to the OS is set ON, thereby effecting the normal operation. Thus, in the improved hovering mode, with an extra tap of a pen, the immediately following pen operation works as if it were performed in normal mode.

A transdermal drug administration system with microneedles which can perforate the skin (stratum corneum) by a simple operation at the time of transdermal administration of a physiologically active substance (drug) is provided.

The present transdermal drug administration system with microneedles comprises microneedle device (50) having a plurality of microneedles (51) which can perforate the skin and a plurality of solution passages (52); absorbent (11) which is disposed on microneedle device (50), comprising dried drug (10) and a material which can absorb liquid; and dissolution liquid reservoir (18) which is disposed on absorbent (11) and stores dissolution liquid (16) for dissolving drug (10) and in which a diaphragm (20) provided between absorbent (11) can be broken by pressing. Dissolution liquid reservoir (18) is pressed to break diaphragm (20), and at the same time, the microneedle (51) perforates the skin (stratum corneum), and drug (10) dissolved in dissolution liquid (16) is transmitted through microneedle device (50) to the skin.

A mobile phone terminal with remote control function including a touch panel display and configured to selectively display function display patterns having a plurality of operating icons representing multiple functions including a phone function on the touch panel display, in which the mobile phone terminal has a display unit that displays a remote-control function display pattern for operating one or more external devices by remote control and a switching unit that selectively switches the remote-control function display pattern.

An air sealable and preferably air and water sealable container having an automatically actuable pressure equalizing valve primarily adapted for operation upon opening and closing of the container. The pressure equalizing valve, which is in the nature of a pressure relief valve, is automatically actuable to allow air pressure in the container to equalize with an ambient pressure to enable easy opening of a lid of the container.

The present invention relates to a method of packaging and a packaging system for treated stents (9) which minimise the level of exposure of the stents to oxygen, moisture and light. The package comprises two compartments (2, 3), the compartments (2, 3) being in communication with each other via a breathable membrane (4).

A method and apparatus are disclosed for positioning a motor actuated vehicle accessory. A vehicle window having a touch receptive field is used to detect touch events of a touch command applied by a vehicle occupant. A control unit, which is coupled to the touch receptive field and the motor actuated vehicle accessory, operates to position the motor actuated vehicle accessory in accordance with the touch command applied by the vehicle occupant. Exemplary embodiments are presented where the principles of the invention are applied to the positioning of a power window, a power mirror, and a power sunroof window of a vehicle.

Scanned images are tiled in a list display area of a display of a touch panel. A model icon and other icons for editing are displayed in an edit icon display area. A scanned image is accepted as an object to be processed by a touch operation to the scanned image. By moving the touched position to the model icon and releasing the touch, an editing process by the model icon is accepted. The model icon is displayed with the scanned image overlapped thereon as the result of the editing process.

A method is designed for measuring a magnetic offset of a geomagnetic sensor equipped in a portable information terminal apparatus having a storage. The geomagnetic sensor has a magnetic sensitivity to a geomagnetic field and is affected by magnetization to cause the magnetic offset. In the method, an output of the geomagnetic sensor is measured to successively provide measurement data of the geomagnetic field from the output of the geomagnetic sensor. The measurement data is stored in the storage. The measurement data is read out from the storage when a number of the measurement data stored in the storage reaches a predetermined number, and an offset value of the magnetic offset is estimated based on the predetermined number of the measurement data read out from the storage.

A sound generation device is composed of a main unit and a game cartridge storing a sound generation program. The game cartridge includes an XY-axes acceleration sensor for detecting a tilt in two respective directions of a game device housing. When a button of the main unit is pressed, a CPU of in the main unit reads waveform data corresponding to one syllable in lyrics from human voice sound waveform data stored in a program ROM, changes a frequency and an amplitude of the waveform data in accordance with the obtained amounts of tilts in two directions, and outputs the processed waveform data from a loudspeaker as a sound. Thus, it is possible to provide a sound generation device capable of outputting a sound by changing its pitch and volume.

There are provided a download system and a download control method for portable players, which enable a user to download music data to the portable player by a simple operation, and a storage medium that stores a program for executing the download control method. The portable player includes a storage medium that stores music data having type data. A download device downloads previously stored music data to the storage medium of the portable player. A center station transmits music data having type data to the download device. In the download device, the type data of the music data stored in the storage medium is read in as known type data when the portable player is placed on a table. Type data input by a user is read in as desired type data. The type data of the music data transmitted from the center station is read in as new type data. When the desired type data is equal to the new type data and the new type data is different from the known type data, the music data transmitted from the center station is stored in a data memory device, and the stored music data is downloaded to the storage medium. Then, the new type data is written as known type data.

To realize an information processing apparatus for editing data which enables editing of data intuitively with a simple operation. A track segment is displayed at a position corresponding to a track number on a first coordinate axis in a track segment display area, with a range corresponding to the period from the start time to the end time of the track on a second coordinate axis, so that it is possible to intuitively notify a user of the place in the order and the performance time of each track based on the position relationship among track segments and the length thereof. Furthermore, in response to an operation to move a track segment along the first coordinate axis, the track number of a track corresponding to the track segment is changed; the order of tracks is also changed; and in addition, the track segment is displayed as having moved to the position corresponding to the changed track number and the changed place in the order. Thereby, it is possible for the user to easily change the order of tracks with an intuitive operation.

Aspects of the invention are directed to a device and a method for arranging/removing and aligning masks on substrates to be coated, especially for the micro-structuring of organic, electroluminescent materials (OLED) on preferably large-surface substrates, especially screens, displays and the like. In one version a process includes providing a substrate on a substrate carrier, the substrate carrier having magnets arranged peripherally around a substrate receiver area, holding the mask using electromagnets on a holding assembly moveable in several dimensions by a first movement device, determining relative positions of the mask and substrate to each other, aligning the substrate and mask with each other by actuating the first movement device such that the mask is moved relative to the substrate, if a misorientation has been determined, depositing the mask on the substrate by moving at least one of the holding assembly and the substrate carrier, and deactivating the electromagnets and holding the mask on the substrate by the magnets of the substrate carrier.

A kind of windshield wiper connecting device, disclosed by this utility model, is a combination of various parts whose joint may be applied to installation of different kinds of windshield wiper arms. The device has a base with a connector, on which mounts a functional n-shaped stop pad with a functional external cap above, so as to form an integral wiper joint that is mounted on the main body of various styles of wipers throughout a base. This utility model may connect different structures of wiper arms, greatly improving the wiper adaptation. It features easy assembly, disassembly and replacement.

A configurable access network (CAN) architecture is used to identify primary routing paths that allows each wireless station within a static, multi-hop wireless CAN to route packetized data in a way that simplifies the operation of each station and makes more efficient use of the limited energy available to each station.

The invention belongs to the field of water treatment, and relates to a method for strengthening the activity of anaerobic ammoxidized microorganisms through polyvinyl alcohol-sodium alginate-activated carbon embedment. The method comprises the following steps of: soaking activated carbon in anaerobic ammoxidized basic inorganic salt solution, and preparing an embedding medium by using polyvinyl alcohol, sodium alginate and the activated carbon into in a proportion; and uniformly mixing treated anaerobic ammoxidized sludge and the embedding medium in a volume ratio to obtain immobilized balls, and culturing to obtain the anaerobic ammoxidized microorganisms steadily coupled on the activated carbon. The invention aims at wastewater with low carbon-nitrogen ratio, and can provide a method for embedding the anaerobic ammoxidized sludge by using the sodium alginate and the polyvinyl alcohol as carriers and the activated carbon as a strengthening agent, and a technology for strengthening the activity of the anaerobic ammoxidized microorganisms and enabling the anaerobic ammoxidized microorganisms to resist the influence of adverse environment. By the method, sewage plants can run more steadily for a long time, and the conditions of actual operation management of the sewage plants are met.

Product provisioning methods and systems are described. A product provisioning system is arranged, in use, to deliver to a user substantially simultaneously a plurality of heterogeneous discrete products. The product provisioning system comprises a plurality of independently-controllable product dispensing mechanisms each configured to dispense different predetermined types of said discrete products from one another. The product provisioning system also comprises a product collector arranged to collect together products dispensed by the plurality of product dispensing mechanisms. Furthermore, the product provisioning system also comprises a control system. The control system is in communication with the product dispensing mechanisms, and is arranged to receive a user-specified product order for multiple heterogeneous products and, in response, control a set of the plurality of product dispensing mechanisms in parallel to dispense specified products of that product order.

The service terminal 1 which contains bar code reader 2, RF-ID reader 3 and information processing block is moved to a medium containing the bar code and RF-ID tag. Both of the bar code reader 2 and RF-ID reader 3 are set to the positions that information can be read from the bar code and RF-ID tag. In this case, the information processing block controls the bar code reader 2 and RF-ID reader 3 to read information from the bar code and RF-ID tag.

Disclosed is a holding device including a handle and a support member pivotally connected to a front end of the handle for supporting a cleaning wiper. The support member has a pivot axis oriented in a direction crossing a shaft axis of the handle. The support member has sliding surfaces and recesses alternating with each other about the pivot axis. The handle has a locking member capable of engaging in the recesses. The locking member is movable along the shaft axis inside the handle. The locking member is provided along with a biasing member for applying a biasing force to the locking member toward the recesses and an operating member for moving the locking member against the biasing force.

Profile information of mobile terminal devices of users is synchronized by transmitting profile information of a user of a mobile terminal device along with a group identification information to a profile information synchronization server, registering by the server received profile information in correspondence with received group identification information, based upon the transmitting, extracting by the server one or more of the profile information managed based upon the received group identification information of the group to which the user of the terminal device belongs including new profile information that the terminal device has not recorded and transmitting the extracted profile information to the terminal device. The terminal device obtains the profile information of the group to which the user of the terminal device belongs including the new profile information that the terminal device itself has not recorded, from the server based upon the group identification information.

A thermal transfer printer comprises a frame, a printing mechanism, and a ribbon mechanism, wherein the frame comprises a base, and a ribbon bracket and an upper housing pivoted with the base through a respective pivot shaft thereof, wherein the frame further includes a linkage mechanism used to open the ribbon bracket in linkage when the upper housing is opened relative to the base, and a driven member fixedly connected with the ribbon bracket, and a rotation axis of the driven member is coaxial with a pivot shaft of the ribbon bracket; a rotational direction of the driving member is the same with a rotational direction of the driven member; an operating space for installing the ribbon is formed between the upper housing and the ribbon bracket when the upper housing is open.

A system and method for providing multiple sights includes a number of sights that are attached to a sight assembly. The sight assembly is securable to a firearm and configured such that a shooter can selectively utilize one of the number of sights tailored for number of respective distances. Preferably, the sights are connected such that moving one sight out of a shooting line of sight brings another sight into the shooting line of sight. Such a sight assembly allows a shooter to quickly configure a firearm for accurate shooting at a variety of distances.

Disclosed are apparatus and methods for preparing wellbore viscous treatment gels from dry polymer and water. The apparatus includes an eductor which slurries dry polymer with water, at least two input tubes, wherein one input tube is connected with the eductor, and another to a water source. The apparatus also includes a mixing chimney connected to the input tubes. The mixing chimney includes a lower input section with inlets connected to the input tubes wherein a jet of metered dilution water is applied at high pressure to the incoming polymer-water slurry stream. This mixture is then accelerated in a circular, and preferably upward, motion where it is sheared against the wall of a central section of the chimney, without the use of an impeller. The chimney further includes an output section that comprising holes circumferentially located, through which the mixture passes from the central section and into a hydration tank. The mixture exiting the chimney is polymer-water gel which is essentially fully mixed and de-aerated, and at least partially hydrated.

A mobile communication terminal includes a radio unit (6) having a wireless-communications function, an input/output unit (1) for receiving disable setting information about a setting which disables the wireless-communications function of the radio unit (6), an internal memory (3) in which information indicating an operation mode of the radio unit (6) is stored, a UI processing unit (2) for storing information indicating a disable mode in which the wireless-communications function of the radio unit (6) is disabled in the internal memory (3) when the disable setting information is inputted to the input/output unit (1), and an external input/output device control unit (5) that controls power supply to the radio unit (6) when the mobile communication terminal is powered on, and that does not supply electric power to the radio unit (6) when the information indicating the disable mode is stored in the internal memory (3).

An assembly tool (20) for a securing system. (1) The securing system comprises an elongate profiled-section element (2) having a longitudinal slot (6), which is delimited by two flanges, and an elongate nut body (3). The nut body is of a width which is less than the width of the longitudinal slot and a length (1) which is greater than the width of the longitudinal slot. The nut body is provided with a bore (8) and, on an underside, with a downwardly projecting spring (13).

A car navigation apparatus includes an intersection searching means 14 for searching for intersections in a vicinity of the current position of a vehicle from intersections which exist on a searched route and which exist between the current position and a destination, an intersection name outputting means 15 for outputting the names of the searched intersections, an intersection selecting means 17 for selecting an intersection from the intersection names outputted, an facility searching means 18 for searching for facilities which exist in a vicinity of the intersection selected through the map data, a facility name outputting means 19 for outputting the names of the searched facilities, a facility selecting means 20 for selecting a facility from the facility names outputted, and a facility information outputting means 21 for extracting facility information about the selected facility from the map data, and for outputting the facility information.