In a communication system in which a plurality of processing apparatuses are communicably connected to one another over a network, a processing apparatuses has an update request issuing unit issuing an update request containing address information to be updated in order to update an address book and an address book updating unit updating the address book on the basis of a response result to the up...

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To implement a simplified data secrecy function for an environment disabling direct restoration of original data without any password input. Ž

SOLUTION: A hash value 32 is generated from original data 10 and a password 20, and the hash value 32 is added to coded data 31 that is a compressed form of the original data 10 to produce secret data 30. The generation of the has...

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To achieve a technology which can easily and accurately display information, which shows a possibility of economic returns, on an automatically generated patent map. Ž

SOLUTION: A document-information analysis system 10 is provided with: a means which displays, on a display, a form 72 for inputting an amount of a market size; a means which computes the dimension of a mar...

A rotary damper has a one member (4) and the other member (2) that is rotatably assembled to the one member (4), and also has urging means (5) for applying relative rotational force to both the one member (4) and the other member (2). The other member (2) is frictionally engaged with the one member (4) and has in its rotation region a first rotation region on which the urging force of the urging m...

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a free enclosure for a book in which there are no abrasion, nor breakage of an engagement section, and which inhibits detachment of the loaded book. Ž

SOLUTION: The free enclosure for the book comprises a pair of enclosure strips. The first enclosure strip consists of: an abbreviation rectangular cover section; a central tongue section which projects in the di...

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a device and method for detecting disconnection of a wire that is applicable not only to a wire in non-use but also to a wire in use and can accurately detect the disconnection. Ž

SOLUTION: This disconnection detecting device comprises a high-frequency pulse signal input section 100 for inputting a high-frequency pulse signal to a fixed cable 22a, among fixed ...

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide an A-heavy oil composition being high in combustibility, wearing for use in a high performance engine lately developed, not causing plugging of a filter with a wax in winter, nor causing plugging of a filter with sludge at ordinary temperature. Ž

SOLUTION: The A-heavy oil composition can be obtained by using a light oil fraction produced by an FT synthesis, a ...

The present invention provides a fuel composition capable of suppressing reduction of fuel consumption, maintaining the excellent exhaust gas properties of a Fischer-Tropsch synthetic oil. The fuel composition comprises a Fischer-Tropsch synthetic oil and a petroleum-based hydrocarbon mixture A having the following properties (1) to (5) in an amount of 10 to 30 percent by volume on the basis of th...

The image forming apparatus of this invention includes an image bearing member which bears a toner image; a toner image forming device which forms a plurality of the toner images on the image bearing member continuously; a transfer device which transfers the toner image on the image bearing member to a recording material; a cleaning web which wipes off toner remaining on the image bearing member a...

A server system for generating information to be delivered to a client having an RSS reader according to this invention, includes a layout unit configured to execute layout processing of content data acquired from a content server in accordance with template data, a generation unit configured to generate, when an error has occurred in the layout processing by the layout unit, syndication data incl...

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide an in situ shear strength measuring device capable of easily measuring the in situ shear strength of a rock or a soil ground by simple structure. Ž

SOLUTION: This in situ shear strength measuring device 1 comprises a measuring bar 3 formed in a bar shape and driven into a body M to be measured, an extraction unit 5 for extracting the measuring bar 3 driven in ...

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To improve the convenience of a sewing machine by reducing the probability of causing a selection error of an external device control program related to a sewing pattern program. Ž

SOLUTION: The external device controller has a storage means to store the sewing pattern program and the external device control program, an input means to select the external device control p...

A reformer includes a first body, a second body which is disposed in an inner portion of the first body, a heat source unit which is disposed in an inner portion of the second body to generate heat, a reforming reaction unit which includes a reforming catalyst placed in a space between first and second bodies to generate a hydrogen-rich gas from the fuel through a reforming reaction using the refo...

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a safe waterproofing device capable of eliminating the need of the labor and time for securing a waterproof plate storage place and transporting a waterproof plate and preventing a step into which a person falls or by which the foot of a person is caught in use from occurring. Ž

SOLUTION: The waterproof plate 6 is liftably disposed in a storage groove 5 formed...

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To facilitate a change to specifications with boom suspension from specifications without the boom suspension. Ž

SOLUTION: This tower crane is furnished with a boom 3 axially supported on a revolving body 2, a jib 4 axially supported on the boom 3, a front drum 10, a rear drum 11, a boom derricking drum 12 and an additional drum 13. The additional drum 13 is a drum to be...

At least one exemplary embodiment is directed to a zoom lens includes a first lens unit having a positive refractive power, a second lens unit having a negative refractive power, and an image-side lens unit in order from an object side to an image side wherein an interval between the first lens unit and the second lens unit varies during zooming, the first lens unit includes an optical element hav...

A sample information obtaining apparatus includes an electromagnetic wave generator; a sample holding unit which holds a sample to be tested and serves as a polarizer having a polarization axis which defines how an incident electromagnetic wave is to be divided according to a polarization state of the incident electromagnetic wave; an electromagnetic wave detecting unit which separately detects a ...

A SAN management method in which a host to which an application should be shifted can be decided so that the influence of data transfer load is eliminated as extremely as possible. To shift an application A operating on a host A to another host, a management server performs a data load conversion process S to predict data transfer load on the SAN in the case where the application will be shifted t...

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To diversify the mode of a game in a specific game state by letting the specific game state coexist with a replay high-probability state, to diversify the number of game media to be obtained in the specific game state by the profit brought from the replay high-probability state, and to increase the variety of the specific game state. Ž

SOLUTION: A main CPU can execute th...

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a highly practical method for setting molding conditions, which maintains the performance against the variation of conditions in the manufacture and use thereof, and which can reduce computation load. Ž

SOLUTION: In the setting method, molding conditions are so determined that target performance takes an optimal value by combining injection molding analysis an...