Although sintered wire with lower resistance was preferable as a scan line and a signal line in conventional art in order to make a voltage drop small, there was a problem in electric connection with an electrode which constructs a cathode. In the present invention, a cathode which has an electron-emitting region 16 on a substrate 10 is constructed of a base electrode 11 , a top electrode 13 , and...

The present invention provides, in a HUD device employing a high-functional windshield such as a sound-insulation glass having a multi-layer interlayer, a windshield for a vehicle which does not produce double images and has excellent visibility without deteriorating functionality of the windshield. In a laminated glass having a multi-layer interlayer having a wedge-shaped thickness profile sandwi...

A water-vapor permeable film. The film includes 90~99 wt % polyurethane (PU) and 1~10 wt % polyethylene (PE). The invention also provides a textile including the film.

A localization system and method of a mobile robot using a camera and artificial landmarks in a home and a general office environment (or working zone) is provided. The localization system includes artificial landmarks having an LED flash function in an invisible wavelength band, a camera with a wide-angle lens, a module flashing landmarks attached at the ceiling and identifying positions and IDs ...

An apparatus for controlling a robot and a method thereof are provided. The apparatus includes: a state interpretation unit determining whether or not a current situation belongs to a preset unstable state by evaluating the current situation based on a plurality of perception information items; and a target generation unit setting a target action of the robot by comparing the current situation and...

A method for tracking assets within a rail yard, the method comprising: creating a track layout database for the rail yard, the track layout database providing a map of rail tracks and switches within the rail yard, wherein the track layout database includes machine readable data identifying discrete locations of the rail tracks and switches of the rail yard, each discrete location corresponding t...

Leveling operation can be effectively performed at a discharge site without increasing a cost of vehicles, and a running course can be easily generated in a short time and at a low-cost. Based on each of measured position data of a survey line 20 of a discharge site 21, a normal line Lc normal to the survey line 20 is obtained, a target discharge position 26 ' is positioned at a prescribed distanc...

A method and system for tracking and limiting the movement of key identified points on a movable machine, through the use of location devices positioned on the body or appendages of the machine, by comparing the sensed locations against a database of site information, and to restrict movement of the machine and/or its appendages if it has or is likely to pass through a defined boundary in the site...

A processor including a coarse grained array including a plurality of processing elements, a central register file including a first plurality of register files, a shadow central register file including a second plurality of register files, each of the second plurality of register files corresponding to each of the first plurality of register files included in the central register file, and a plur...

A ceramic cutting insert, including a face ground top surface, and at least one peripheral clearance surface adjacent to an edge, from which a reinforcing chamfer surface extends inward. The chamfer surface forms a first acute angle with a reference plane that is parallel to the top surface. A generally concave unground intermediate surface is formed between the top surface and the chamfer surface...

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide an air cleaning device capable of retaining high air cleaning performance without generating the clogging.

SOLUTION: The air cleaning device comprises a support body 4 with an air intake 3, a filter unit 6 with filters 5, mounted on the support body 4, and a fan 7 for sucking air to the filters 5. The filter unit 6 is formed by raising two filters 5 on a bas...

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To solve problems raised by assembling and shaping a tire with bottom zones formed of a circular reinforcement ring.

SOLUTION: A shaping drum for a tire blank is equipped with a support (5a, 5b), an assembly of return segments (9a, 9b) and a bead-holding means (2a, 2b) having a turn-up membrane (12a, 12b), wherein the tire blank comprises bottom zones formed of a rotat...

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To shorten time required for vehicle height adjustment in controlling vehicle height to increase.

SOLUTION: A pressure accumulation control valve 90 is made in an open state and a pump 81 to made to work in starting vehicle height adjustment. Working fluid is supplied to a suspension cylinder 10 from both of the pump 81 and an accumulator 86 for pressure accumulation. ...

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide an apparatus for generating image data used for determining the visual characteristics of a precious stone such as a cut diamond, capable of being recognized by human eyes.

SOLUTION: The apparatus includes a support structure for supporting the precious stone, having a symmetry axis, such that the symmetry axis is parallel to an axis X, passing through an ob...

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a wet fixing agent for toner which has fast fixing and drying speeds and which is rich in practicality.

SOLUTION: The wet fixing agent for toner comprises at least diacid base diester, first class alcohol having a carbon number of 1 to 3 and water, in a component comprising the diacid base diester, the first alcohol having the carbon number of 1 to 3, the wa...

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To efficiently level ground in a soil disposal field without increase in vehicle cost, and to quickly and easily create a travel course at a low cost.

SOLUTION: A perpendicular line Lc to a survey line 20 is found, based on respective measurement positional data for the survey line 20 in the soil disposal field. Based on the perpendicular line Lc; a position separated ...

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To effectively prevent card information from being fraudulently acquired by a fake reader attached to a card insertion port in a card processor provided with a function of intermittently carrying a magnetic card.

SOLUTION: A carrying roller 24 is provided near the card insertion port 22, and when a card 50 is inserted to the card insertion port 22 and a sensor 31 is tu...

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a robot cleaner system which can detect an external charging apparatus provided at a place that cannot be detected by an upper camera to connect it, and a connection method for the external charging apparatus.

SOLUTION: The robot cleaner system includes a power supply terminal connected to normal electric power, a terminal stand which is provided with the po...

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide an article management system and method of relatively simple structure, specifying and notifying a user that the user loses the article.

SOLUTION: Based on information for an owner and contact address information including information for a difficult lost article obtained by reading from identification tags attached to the difficult lost article of the user,...

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a fuel cell system having a high power generation response in which supply pressure of fuel gass can respond quickly to load demand change even it happens rapidly.

SOLUTION: A fuel cell system 1 which supplies power generated by a fuel cell 10 to a load device 12, comprises: a fuel cell 10; a fuel supply unit 3 for supplying fuel gas to the fuel cell 10; an ...