A sensor system for viewing the light energy of a scene has an imaging detector which converts incident light energy into an electrical signal. Two colors are separately imaged by the detector in two imaging regions. The imaging system for each color includes a color filter positioned between the scene and the respective region of the detector, an optical train that focuses filtered color scene en...

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a breast X-ray image photographing apparatus allowing a phase difference contrast X-ray photographing to be easily carried out, a breast X-ray image photographing subject to be photographed without anxiety while lying down, and the X-ray dose by scattered X-rays to be reduced. SOLUTION: This breast X-ray image photographing apparatus is characterized by arranging a...

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To obtain a high grade X-ray tomographic image while minimizing the dose for a subject, by using an optimum filter according to a portion of the subject to be scanned. SOLUTION: A filter unit 6 having filters 6a to 6c with each different transmission characteristic is provided at a lower part of an X-ray tube 4 of the gantory apparatus. When a portion to be scanned of the sub...

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide lap laser welding for aluminum plated steel sheets by which reduction in the tensile strength of a weld zone caused by the intrusion of aluminum in a plated layer into weld metal and deterioration in its fatigue strength caused by the coarsening of ferritic grains can be prevented. SOLUTION: In this lap laser welding method for aluminum plated steel sheet, as an as...

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To reduce weight and cost of a unit including an electric motor, a reduction gear and a differential machine. SOLUTION: The reduction gear of an electric vehicle to reduce a speed of motive power from the motor 2 and to distribute and output this speed- reduced output coaxially in two directions is furnished with a sun gear S1, first and second planetary gears P1, P2, a plane...

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a driving support system furnished with an inter-vehicle distance control device capable of carrying out high grade and safe inter-vehicle distance control in correspondence with a pre-preceding vehicle and continuously and smoothly carrying out the inter-vehicle distance control even when a preceding vehicle or the pre-preceding vehicle is changed. SOLUTION: The d...

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To take a countermeasure for traffic safety in a vehicle follow-up device to reduce labour of a driver at the time of traffic jam, etc., by starting the vehicle by following a preceding vehicle by operating a starting switch. SOLUTION: An electronic control unit 10 starts the self-vehicle by following up the front vehicle by controlling a brake actuator 21 or a throttle actua...

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To restrain excessive lowering of engine speed in accordance with lowering of the number of rotation of an output shaft of a continuously variable transmission regardless of requiring a certain period of time to change a speed ratio from the high speed side to the low speed side. SOLUTION: The speed ratio of the continuously variable transmission 100 is changed from the high ...

Process for improving the Signal/Noise ratio in the preparation of vertical seismic profiles (VSP) which comprises: seismic and pilot signals (A); drilling parameters (B) relating to the signals (A); characterized in that: the signals (A) are partially or totally summed up by weight, on the basis of one or more drilling parameters (B), or relative combinations of the above parameters, so as to o...

A method for holding eyeglasses using a magnetic force means in cooperation with a magnetically saturable keeper element whereby a convenient removable and reusable non-invasive securing system is created which may be used on apparel and other surfaces.

A pneumatic tire comprising a tread portion which comprises a surface rubber layer which is disposed in an outer portion of the tread portion in the radial direction of said tire and has a specific resistance of 108 OMEGA.cm or more after curing by vulcanization and conductive rubber members which comprise a rubber composition having a specific resistance of 106 OMEGA.cm or less and replace a port...

A sports backpack made from flexible sheet material has a main container and a pair of elongated upwardly extending shoe containers mounted at the rear of the main container in laterally spaced apart side-by-side relation to each other. The shoe containers cooperate with a back wall of the main container to define a rearwardly open carrying space for receiving in a carrying position an elongated p...

In a method and apparatus for the electroslag refining of metal, the method includes providing a refining vessel to contain an electroslag refining layer floating on a layer of molten refined metal. The refining vessel representing an upper part of a cooled mould comprises a plurality of superimposed sleeves which are electrically insulated from one another. The top sleeve, being the refining vess...

The present invention improves the bowing phenomenon of a biaxially stretched polyester film which comprises stretching the longitudinally stretched cast film laterally at a temperature higher than the glass transition temperature of the polyester film from by 5° C. to by 50° C., staying the laterally stretched film in an intermediate zone for a period from 3 to 30 seconds which has been controlle...

This invention relates to a solution casting process capable of decreasing uneven coating of a functional layer upon applying the functional layer onto a film surface, which comprises casting a solution of polymer dissolved in organic solvent into a film by extruding from a die onto a support, wherein the length of the film from the die opening to the landing of the film on the support is controll...

A formable biaxially-oriented polyester film has a difference of not more than about 0.007 between the maximum and minimum values of face orientation coefficient as determined in a 20 square cm region of the film, and an average face orientation coefficient of about 0.11 to 0.15 as determined in such film region.

A laminated film containing a heat resisting resin layer which is soluble in a dipolar aprotic solvent, is laminated on a biaxially oriented thermoplastic film, wherein the biaxially oriented thermoplastic film and the heat resisting resin layer are directly adhered to each other, and the heat resisting resin is stretched at least in one direction after coating; there is no intervening adhesive la...

The invention concerns a novel cross-linkable composition and its use for preparing novel polyurethane films. The cross-linkable composition comprises (a) 20 to 50 wt. % of polyisocyanate, (b) 50 to 80 wt. % of acrylic oligomer containing hydroxyl groupings whose content in weight relative to the acrylic oligomer is between 2.5 and 4.5% and (c) 1 to 10 wt. % of a silicon fluid of formula (1).

A cleaning device (10) for removing residual material from a mold (12) having a molding surface (13) includes a robot (14) including an arm (16) movable in a plurality of degrees of freedom, the arm having a free end. A laser (18) is connected with the robot (14) and has an output end mounted to the arm (16) proximal to the free end so as to be positionable by the robot. An optical delivery system...

Systems and methods for diagnosing and treating tissue transmit an electrical energy pulse that temporarily stuns a zone of tissue, temporarily rendering it electrically unresponsive. The systems and methods sense an electrophysiological effect due to the transmitted pulse. The systems and methods alter an electrophysiological property of tissue in or near the zone based, at least in part, upon th...