A multi-axis vehicle control device or "joystick" includes one or more sensors defining discrete sensor zones on the handle portion thereof. The sensors are operative to passively detect the presence of a person or object in the vicinity of the handle. Location of the sensor zones in the regions of the handle engaged by the thumb and fingers of the operator's hand during normal operation allows th...

The invention relates to aryl ether compounds and preparation method and use thereof. The aryl ether compounds of the invention have general formula (I): The groups are as defined as specification. The aryl ether compounds of present invention have wide spectrum fungicidal activity, and may be used to control diseases in all sorts of plants caused by oomycete, basidiomycete, ascomycete pathogen...

Systems and methods applicable, for instance, in wireless communications. For example, a mobile node and/or other computer receiving a time slice burst of an elementary stream may act to obtain a delta-t time value specifying time to elapse until a subsequent burst, and/or may act to obtain information corresponding to burst length. As another example, the mobile node and/or other computer may set...

A sound absorbing material 10 as vehicle exterior equipment according to the present invention includes a non-woven fabric 20 including a main fiber and a binder fiber. In the sound absorbing material 10 as vehicle exterior equipment, powdery resin is applied to the surface 20a of the non-woven cloth 20. The powdery resin and the non-woven fabric 20 are heated, compressed and cooled to form a resi...

A virtual ground type semiconductor memory device comprises: a memory cell array in which nonvolatile memory cells each including a first electrode, a pair of second electrodes, and a charge retention part are arranged in row and column directions like a matrix; a read circuit for selecting a pair of the first and second bit lines connected to a selected memory cell to be read, applying first and ...

A common input/output portion of a switch circuit (SW) is set as a first port (P1). A first filter (F1) for passing a signal in a first frequency band is connected between a first input/output portion (T1) of the switch circuit (SW) and a second port (P2). A second filter (F2) for passing a signal in a second frequency band is connected between a second input/output portion (T2) and the second por...

A capacitance is formed between a ground electrode (109) disposed on a ground electrode forming layer (101) and each of capacitor electrodes (111) to (115) formed on a capacitor electrode forming layer (102). A plurality of inductor electrodes are formed by via electrodes (131) to (140) and the line electrodes (116) to (120). Planes of loops of the plurality of inductor electrodes partially overla...

A plant control system control includes: program edition means (10) for creating a control program containing an interlock condition and an interlock diagnosis; plant control means CONT1 executing a program object in the control program; a plurality of plant control means CONT2, CONT3, ..., CONTn having the funcdtion equavlent to the plant control means CONT1; a logical operation unit; and a displ...

The invention provides a method and apparatus for communication and provision of routing address information. The prior owner of a called telephone number is referred to herein as a “prior subscriber”. When a number is released by a prior subscriber, it is placed into a database referred to as the “spare pool” which includes available (unsubscribed) telephone numbers. When a caller dials a number ...

New medicaments contain a higher alkanoic, alkenoic or alkynoic acid ester (I) as active agent. New medicaments contain an ester of formula R 1COOR 2 (I) as active agent. R 1optionally substituted 11-15C (preferably 11-13C) alkyl, alkenyl or alkynyl group (including polyunsaturated groups); R 21-8C (preferably 2-4C) alkyl, alkenyl or alkynyl group, -(CH 2(CH 2) mO) n-H, -(CH 2(CH(OH)) p-CH 2R 3 or...

A drive method of an EL display apparatus that includes a display screen in which pixels each of which includes an EL element are provided in a form of a matrix. The drive method includes: aggregating or processing by use of a histogram an image signal applied to the EL display apparatus, and controlling a current flowing in the display panel according to at least one of a result of the aggregatin...

A method for fabricating a thermally stable ultralow dielectric constant film including Si, C, O and H atoms in a parallel plate chemical vapor deposition process utilizing a plasma enhanced chemical vapor deposition ("PECVD") process is disclosed. Electronic devices containing insulating layers of thermally stable ultralow dielectric constant materials that are prepared by the method are further ...

A hydrogen generating material of the present invention includes a metal material that reacts with water to generate hydrogen, and a heat generating material that reacts with water to generate heat and is a material other than the metal material. The heat generating material is unevenly distributed with respect to the metal material. The hydrogen generating material has a plurality of regions that...

Characterization of an optical system is quickly and easily obtained in a single acquisition step by obtaining image data within a volume of image space. A reticle and image plane are positioned obliquely with respect to each other such that a reticle having a plurality of feature sets thereon, including periodic patterns or gratings, is imaged in a volume of space, including the depth of focus. M...

A fuel cell system according to the present invention is characterized by comprising a measurement unit which measures an impedance of a fuel cell in a predetermined frequency region, and a regulation unit which regulates an amount of a gas to be supplied to the fuel cell based on a measured value of the impedance in the predetermined frequency region. According to such a constitution, the imped...

Thickness T in a vehicle longitudinal direction of a first energy-absorbing member 18, which is disposed at a front portion of a vehicle 10, tapers from a middle portion of a vehicle lateral direction (thickness Tc) toward an end portion (thickness Ts). For at least one (preferably both) of the first energy-absorbing member 18 and a second energy-absorbing member, rigidity in the vehicle longitudi...

There is disclosed a fuel cell system or the like capable of sufficiently reducing an exhaust hydrogen concentration even in a case where a fuel cell is operated in a state of a low power generation efficiency. A bypass valve is arranged between an oxidation gas supply path and a cathode-off gas channel. In a state in which supply of an oxidation gas to a cathode falls short, pumping hydrogen is i...

The lining structure of the present invention comprises lining plates each having supporting portions formed at two opposite sides of a square lining plate body via bent step portions, and covering portions formed at the remaining sides of the lining plate body; the lining plates being arranged in longitudinal and transverse directions on a surface to be lined; in the first and second lining plate...