The disclosure is directed to a laser processing apparatus employing a polygon mirror, capable of processing an object efficiently. The apparatus is comprised of a laser generator for emitting a laserbeam, a polygon mirror rotating at the axis and having a plurality of reflection planes which reflect the laser beam incident thereon from the laser generator, and a lens irradiating the laser beam on...

The present invention relates to a vector construct comprising genomic sequences homologous to upstream and downstream regions flanking the single coding exon of the TAAR1 gene, one or more selection marker genes and optionally a reporter gene and the use thereof. The present invention further provides TAAR1 knock-out animals and the use thereof.

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To facilitate the handling of an instrument despite of the preference and experience of an examiner.

SOLUTION: This ophthalmologic instrument for measuring the functions of a subject eye is provided with a measuring means, an anterior ocular segment part image capturing optical system, a monitor having a screen for displaying an anterior ocular segment part image, a pl...

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To apply radiographic equipment to the imaging of more patients by expanding the range of a subject position allowing phase-contrast imaging in the radiographic equipment executing the phase-contrast imaging.

SOLUTION: Mammographic equipment 1 is so constituted that, when a position adjusting switch of an input device 14a is pushed, a control device 16 controls a drivi...

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a paper display device which can stably display merchandise in a suspension and has excellent safety.

SOLUTION: In the paper display device, the front surface of a base board 1 is disposed with hook bodies 2. In the hook body 2, a hook piece 5 is continuously provided on one side of an adhesive piece 3 adhering to the base plate 1 through a vertical ruled li...

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To perform stable sewing of buttons by which the buttons hardly come off without reducing the sewing strength of the buttons.

SOLUTION: The buttoning sewing machine is constituted by arranging a button holding mechanism 13 holding a button B, a lower plate 40 for mounting the object C to be sewn, a moving mechanism relatively moving the button, the object to be sewn, a...

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a method and an instrument capable of measuring a metabolic amount by a noninvasive technique based on physiological parameter measurement by a simple instrument constitution and a signal processing technique.

SOLUTION: A simple metabolic amount is calculated by using metabolic amount calculation formula (6) considering the thermal balance of the body from p...

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To abandon the direct measurement of scattered radiation, and to determine a scattered radiation component during the continuous operation of both the focus/detector systems.

SOLUTION: With respect to each direct ray (S) of one focus (4)/detector (5) system, an oppositely directed complementary ray of the same focus/detector system offset by 180° is sought and, if it c...

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a water barrier structure of a waste landfill site comprising a water barrier layer made strong enough upon partitioning the waste landfill site to maintain its water barrier capacity even in the case of a ground subsidence without reinforcing a weak part of the ground of the waste landfill site.

SOLUTION: The water barrier layer for separating the ground of...

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To acquire a picture of predetermined tone even if the consistency of a color material varies because radiation irradiation conditions differ in an image forming device using a radiation-cured ink.

SOLUTION: The image forming device is provided with an ink discharge head which applies and drops a radiation-cured ink to a medium to be recorded, a radiation curing means ...

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a technique which detects a delivery situation of a nozzle which carries out the delivery of the transparent liquid by a simple solution and to provide an image forming device and a delivery integrity detection method which can realizes positive two-liquid reaction of an ink including transparent processing liquid and the transparent color material.

SOLUTION...

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a vehicle behavior-estimation device provided with a vehicle movement model which accurately reproduces a behavior of an actual vehicle across the whole linear and non-linear areas of a movement of a vehicle and understands physical meanings, and also provide a vehicle-control system using the same.

SOLUTION: The vehicle behavior-estimation devices 1, 18 and...

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a pneumatic tire which is excellent in adhesiveness, ozone resistance, appearance, and crack growth resistance and is produced at a lower cost in a side wall of a two-layer structure.

SOLUTION: The pneumatic tire has the side wall comprising an outer layer and an inner layer. The outer layer is constituted of a rubber composition (A) having a rubber componen...

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide an operation support system supporting a vehicle to pass a curved road at a safety speed.

SOLUTION: A car navigation system detects current positional coordinates and an advancing direction of an automobile. A navigation control part detects the curved road existing in an advancing route of the automobile, and inputs curved road information into a system con...

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To more suitably set a target charge/discharge electric power of a battery according to whether the gear stage of a transmission is changed, in an automobile having the battery that exchanges electric power with a first motor and a second motor by connecting an engine, the first motor, and a driving shaft connected with a driving wheel to a planetary gear mechanism and by ...

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To smoothly perform downshift by securing electric power required for synchronization of rotation speed of a second motor when the downshift of a transmission is required during motoring an engine with a first motor, in a vehicle where the first motor, the engine, and a driving shaft are connected to the sun gear of a planet gear, a carrier, and a ring gear, respectively, ...

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a rolling speed detection device capable of detecting rolling speed while restraining increase of the number of parts.

SOLUTION: A wheel speed sensor 25 to detect wheel speed by supporting a wheel 15 which a vehicle 1 has free to revolve around an instant center as seen at a side surface of the vehicle 1 by a suspension device 20 is provided. The wheel speed...

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To suppress the deterioration of a driving force when changing the rotational frequency of an internal combustion engine while a vehicle is traveling by a driving force based on a request driving force.

SOLUTION: When changing the rotational frequency of an engine by a motor MG1 according to down shift by an operator while a vehicle is traveling by a driving force base...

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a tire information acquisition device and tire information acquisition method enabling to precisely calculate friction coefficient in the anteroposterior direction between a tire and road surface.

SOLUTION: A vehicle 10 comprises a plurality of acceleration sensors 26 disposed at least on the circumference of the tire 18 for detecting accelerations at the re...