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A method of printing using dry pigments is introduced, wherein a binder material is applied to the surface of an object uniformly or in a pattern, and then dry pigment is applied to the binder material in a pattern or uniformly. The dry pigment sticks to the patterned binder, or the patterned pigment may be bound to the uniform binder, to produce a pattern.

A motion capture apparatus includes: generating means; predicting means; projecting means; evaluating means; and estimating means. The generating means generates a kinematics model having joints connected to one another. The predicting means hierarchically calculates predicted positions at a current time of the joints of the objective person, and predicts three-dimensional positions and postures of the joints and the limbs. The projecting means projects the three-dimensional positions and postures of the joints and the limbs of the objective person on a two-dimensional image plane, the three-dimensional positions and the postures being predicted by predicting means. The evaluating means evaluates reliability about projection positions projected by the projecting means based on the observation image of the objective person. The estimating means estimates the three-dimensional positions and postures of the joints and the limbs of the objective person at the current time based on an evaluation result about the reliability.

A wearable finger motion sensor and a method of sensing using the same is provided. The wearable finger motion sensor includes finger rings having a predetermined recognition pattern on each ring, and a bracelet having a photographing tool for taking picture of the fingers, a device for recognizing movement of a finger from analyzing the photographed images, and a device for abstracting data corresponding to a moved finger.

There are provided an evaluating system of a robot and its evaluating method capable of measuring a movement state amount, particularly, a position or a speed or an acceleration, or an angle or an angular speed or an angular acceleration of an arm of a robot by a simple system constitution in noncontact, accurately, in real time, dispensing with a complicated calibration. There is provided an evaluating system of a robot characterized in including a sensor provided at an arm of a robot for detecting a movement state amount of the arm, an angle detector for measuring an articulate angle of each axis servo motor of the robot, a first sensor operating portion for converting a state amount of the sensor into a state amount in a robot coordinate system, a second sensor operating portion for converting an articulate angle of the angle detector into a state amount in the robot coordinate system, and an output synthesizing portion for synthesizing an output of the first sensor operating portion and an output of the second sensor operating portion.

A computer-controlled system for producing a multi-color image on a substrate using multi-colored cholesteric liquid crystal (CLC) pigment materials made from CLC flakes tuned to predetermined bands of color. An image generator automatically generates an image specifying a pattern over which binder material is to be applied to a substrate by a binder material applicator. A plurality of CLC pigment applicators automatically apply patterns of different-color CLC pigment material to the pattern of binder material, which binds thereto as the binder material dries according to its drying characteristics. An output device is used to automatically return the substrate to a different one of CLC pigment applicators after each application of a pattern of different-color CLC pigment material to the pattern of binder material. The output device automatically repeats the return of the substrate to the CLC pigment applicators until all bands of color in the multi-color image are rendered.

A cooling system applying a thermo siphon therein, being superior in energy saving and/or ecology, with an effective cooling, and also an electronic apparatus applying that therein, in particular, for cooling a CPU 200 mounted on a printed circuit board 100 within a housing thereof, comprises a heat-receiving jacket 310, being thermally connected with a surface of the CPU generating heats therein, and for evaporating liquid refrigerant stored in a pressure-reduced inner space with heat generation thereof, a condenser 320 for receiving refrigerant vapor from the heat-receiving jacket within a pressure-reduced inner space thereof and for condensing the refrigerant vapor into a liquid by transferring the heats into an outside of the apparatus, a vapor tube 331, and a liquid return tube 332, with applying the thermo siphon for circulating the refrigerant due to phase change thereof, wherein the condenser forms fine grooves on an inner wall surface thereof along a direction of flow of the refrigerant, and is also formed flat in a cross-section thereof, for cooling the refrigerant vapor from the heat-receiving jacket on the inner wall surface thereof, efficiently.

At least one musical instrument, a server computer, a mobile telephone and a communication network form a music performance system; the owner has registered the musical instrument with a client database in the server computer, and a user transmits a request for music data distribution service to the server computer through the mobile telephone; upon reception of the request, the server computer searches the client database to see whether or not the owner has contracted the provider for the music data distribution service; when the server computer finds the owner in the client database, the server computer transmits a set of music data codes directly to the musical instrument so that the mobile telephone is shareable between the musical instrument and another musical instrument.

A digital signal multiplexing device packetizes one or more bitstreams of digital signals to form packets and multiplexes the respective bitstreams on the packet basis to produce plural degree-one multiplexed streams which are received. The digital signal multiplexing device also sets the sequence of time-divisional multiplexing of the packets as interleaving patterns repeated at a pre-set period. The digital signal multiplexing device time-divisionally multiplexes the degree-one multiplexed streams on the packet basis to generate a degree-two multiplexed stream.

This invention provides a distributed printing method. This method distributes a print job sent via a network to at least one distribution destination printing device specified as a distribution destination among printing devices connected to the network. The method includes the steps of: (a) providing a print job storage unit; (b) receiving communication data including the print job; (c) storing the print job included in the communication data into the print job storage unit; (d) determining if the storage is completed; (e) determining the distribution destination printing device from among the printing device connected to the network, in response to the determination of completion; (f) distributing the print job stored in the print job storage unit to the distribution destination printing device so as to have one copy each printed at each of the distribution destination printing devices; and (g) controlling each of the distribution destination printing device so that printed matter other than the printed matter generated by the print job is not mixed with the printed matter generated by the print job for each of the distribution destination printing device.

A high-performance liquid-supplying system is provided in which cost reduction can be achieved with a simple system configuration and accuracy in detecting the residual amount of liquid is high.

[Means for Solving Problems] An ink-supplying system 1 supplies liquid reserved in a main tank 14 to a recording head 3 through a subtank 16 mounted on a carriage 6. The main tank 14 has a structure opened to the atmosphere, and the subtank 16 has a sealed structure. The subtank 16 has liquid-detecting means 21 including a vibrating plate 31 as a part of a liquid supply channel 18 or a temporary reservoir 16a and a piezoelectric actuator 32 provided on the vibrating plate 31.

Longitudinal and shear ultrasonic waves are generated inside a material by irradiating a laser beam onto a first surface, e.g., incident surface, of the material. An ultrasonic longitudinal wave and a mode converted wave reflected by a second surface, e.g., a bottom surface, of the material are detected, and times of flight of the ultrasonic longitudinal wave and the mode converted wave are measured. A thickness of the material is measured based on the times of flight and a correlation, obtained in advance, between longitudinal and shear wave velocities of the material and temperature of the material.

The present invention discloses a technique, according to which estimation of a position of a mobile wireless device can be accomplished in a simple system configuration by using short distance communication functions. A plurality of standard stations 110 and a plurality of connecting stations 120 are installed within a predetermined area. A mobile wireless device moving within the predetermined area has short distance wireless communication functions and receives a device ID of an opponent device (a correspondent device) each time it intersects another mobile wireless device or a standard station, and stores the device ID as an intersecting history data. When the mobile wireless device moves to a position where it can perform communication to and from a connecting station, which can make access to a position estimation device 150, the stored intersecting history data is uploaded to the position estimation device. The intersecting history data as uploaded from the mobile wireless device is stored in an intersecting history database 155. The position estimation device identifies positions of installation of all standard stations, and it estimates a moving route of the mobile communication device (for which the position is to be estimated) according to the intersecting history data directly uploaded from the mobile wireless device (for which the position is to be estimated) and a moving route of the mobile wireless device (for which the position is to be estimated) is estimated according to the intersecting history with the mobile wireless device (for which the position is to be estimated) as included in the intersecting history data of another mobile wireless device.

The present invention discloses a storage power supply system includes a first storage device coupled with a network, a second storage device coupled with the network and an uninterrupted power supply. The uninterrupted power supply comprises a backup circuit that supplies backup power when commercial power supply is interrupted. The uninterrupted power supply comprises a power supply state signal generation circuit that generates a power supply state signal indicating a state of the power. The power supply state signal includes a backup state signal indicating a supply of backup power. The first storage device performs a self-processing corresponding to a state in which backup power is supplied when the backup state signal generated by the power supply state signal generation circuit is inputted. The second storage device performs a self-processing corresponding to a state in which backup power is supplied in response to the input of the backup state signal from the power supply state signal generation circuit to the first storage device.

A surface illumination apparatus has: a plurality of light sources (12a, 12b) which emit lights; a light guiding plate (15) which allows the lights emitted from the light sources to enter through one of the side faces and emits the lights through one principal plane; a polarizing filter (19) which transmits lights in a predetermined polarizing direction and reflects lights in a polarizing direction perpendicular to the predetermined polarizing direction; a polarizing modulation plate (18) which performs predetermined modulation on the polarizing characteristics of the incident lights; and a reflection sheet (17) which regularly reflects the incident light. The polarizing filter and the polarizing modulation plate are disposed near the one principal plane of the light guiding plate, in order of the polarizing modulation plate and the polarizing filter from the light guiding plate side, the reflection sheet is disposed near the other principal plane of the light guiding plate on the opposite side to the one principal plane, at least two out of the lights emitted from the plurality of light sources include linearly polarized lights of which polarizing directions are perpendicular to each other in a stage of the lights entering the light guiding plate, and the polarizing modulation plate has a polarizing modulation cell (18a) which functions as a ½ wavelength plate, and a non-modulation cell (18b) which does not modulate the polarizing characteristics.

A crawler belt and a master link for use in the crawler belt enable easy connection and disconnection of the crawler belt. The crawler belt has a track chain, in which a plurality of regular links are pivotally connected at their ends, the master link for connecting the ends of the track chain to form the crawler belt into a loop, and track shoes attached to the regular links and the master link respectively. The crawler belt has a slit aperture which leads only to a pin insertion hole formed at the other end of the master link and is configured such that a clamping force, generated by tightening a master bolt that imparts a tightening force to the master link to narrow the slit aperture, is allowed to work on only the regular pin inserted into a pin insertion hole leading to the slit aperture.

An automotive multiplex communication system is provided, which is capable of determining the fulfillment of conditions to make a transition to a sleep state with a simplified system configuration and with simplified determination processing. This communication system is provided with a particular communication node and a plurality of ordinary communication nodes. When a communication-continuing request is not determined from pieces of first information respectively delivered from the ordinary communication nodes, the particular communication node delivers a sleep-transition command signal to the ordinary communication nodes. The ordinary communication nodes enter their sleep state in accordance with the sleep-transition command signal from the particular communication node, without individually determining the necessity to make a transition to the sleep state.

A computer-based system for producing a multi-color multilayer image on a substrate using multi-colored cholesteric liquid crystal (CLC) pigment materials made from CLC flakes tuned to predetermined bands of color. A computer-controlled image generator automatically generates an image specifying a pattern over which binder material is to be applied to a substrate by a binder material applicator. A plurality of CLC pigment applicators automatically apply patterns of different-color CLC pigment material to a pattern of binder material applied to the substrate, binding thereto as the binder material dries. An output device is used to automatically return the substrate to a different one of CLC pigment applicators after each application of a pattern of different-color CLC pigment material to the pattern of binder material. The output device automatically repeats the return of the substrate to the CLC pigment applicators until all bands of color in the multi-color multilayer image are rendered and the multi-color multilayer image is produced.

A control system for controlling a vehicle which has an engine for driving front wheels thereof and a motor for driving rear wheels thereof. The control system includes: a motor generator which is driven by the engine and generates three-phase alternating-current power at first voltage; an inverter which converts the three-phase alternating-current power to direct-current power at second voltage lower than the first voltage; a battery to be charged with the direct-current power supplied from the inverter; and a capacitor device connected to the inverter. The motor of the vehicle is supplied with third power at third voltage converted from the first alternating-current power.