The invention relates to a control device (HC) for operating one or more foot pedal control devices (26; 26) in a vehicle. According to the invention, the control device (HC) comprises means (11, 20, 22; 11, 21 23) for transmitting the movement and force, exerted by the driver by his/her own muscular strength on the actuator (13) of the control device (HC), hydrostatically to the foot pedal contro...

The invention relates to a method and system for working in a distributed working environment which comprises a terminal device (DTE) equipped with a client program and a server (SERV) equipped with a server program, the server being connected via a telecommunication network (CN) to the terminal device (DTE). In the method, information is being transmitted from the terminal device (DTE) to a multi...

PURPOSE: To provide an information transmitter and an information receiver, etc., capable of transmitting the large amount of music information or the like ciphered by using cipher processing information at a high speed, while improving secrecy in a ciphered state in the case of transmitting the music information or the like. CONSTITUTION: At the time of transmitting the ciphered music information...

PURPOSE: To provide a method of manufacturing mask by which the shape of an aperture provided in a mask is not damaged. CONSTITUTION: The is a method of manufacturing a mask by using a substrate 110 constituted by laminating a first layer 102, a second layer 104, and a third layer 106 upon anther. The method includes a step of forming a desired opening 130 which becomes the aperture in the first l...

PURPOSE: A method for correcting a distortion is provided to correct three-dimensional distortion of a document on the basis of one piece of an OHR image picked up from above. CONSTITUTION: A distortion correcting method comprises an outline extracting means(101), a curved surface estimating means(102), and a distortion correcting means(103). A pick-up image of rectangular paper is used as an inpu...

Germicidal light-duty dishwashing detergent composition in either a gel, liquid, or semi-liquid form, comprises: 0.5 - 10 parts by weight of quarternary ammonium germicidal compound; 0.5 - 40 parts by weight of an anionic alkyl ether carboxylate surfactant of formula: ```R* fractional bar, horizontal bar *O* fractional bar, horizontal bar *(C 2 H 4 O) x -CH* subscript minus *-COO - M + ```where ...

PURPOSE: An apparatus and method for estimating and controlling heating load is provided to minimize power loss by allowing the optimum quantity of heat required for the heating operation of the next day to be stored through a midnight power service. CONSTITUTION: An apparatus comprises an outdoor air temperature sensing unit(210) for sensing the current outdoor air temperature; a thermal storage ...

PURPOSE: A device for generating gas by electrolysis reaction is provided which reduces costs for producing gas and can be installed even in a space having a small installation area by arranging a plurality of electrode plates side by side between electrodes. CONSTITUTION: The device for generating gas by electrolysis reaction is characterized in that an ultrasonic generator(4) is mounted on the l...

PURPOSE: A cathode active material for a lithium secondary battery, its preparation method, a complex anode prepared by the method and a lithium secondary battery using the complex anode are provided, to stabilize the α-NaFeO2 structure at a relatively low temperature by employing the sol-gel method using acrylic acid, thereby reducing the decrease of charging/discharging capacitance. CONSTITUTION...

PURPOSE: A single crystal silicon wafer, an ingot and a manufacturing methods thereof are provided to manufacture a wafer which greatly increases a lifting speed of the ingot, thereby increases productivity, and which can be used even in a large-scale integration device of fine line widths. CONSTITUTION: In a disk shaped wafer the front and back surfaces of which are perpendicular to a central axi...

PURPOSE: To provide a quality, low-cost semiconductor device, whose rigidity is large at a high temperature immediately after the resin sealing operation of a semiconductor chip, in which electrode pads are scattered and arranged over the whole face of the semiconductor chip, which is highly functional and whose size is large. CONSTITUTION: In the semiconductor device, the semiconductor chip 11, a...

The present invention concerns a shoe (1) comprising an upper part (2), an outer sole (6), and means for removably attaching the outer sole (6) to the upper part (2). The said means is arranged to instantaneously release the outer sole (6) from the upper part (2) when the shoe is in use at a predetermined threshold value of a force acting between the upper part (2) and the outer sole (6), which fo...

The present invention concerns a shoe (1) comprising an upper part (2), an outer sole (6), and means for removably attaching the outer sole (6) to the upper part (2). The said means is arranged to instantaneously release the outer sole (6) from the upper part (2) when the shoe is in use at a predetermined threshold value of a force acting between the upper part (2) and the outer sole (6), which fo...

PURPOSE: A method for forming a self-aligned contact is provided to improve an insulation characteristic between a line and a contact, by depositing an insulation material of poor step coverage so that a thick ununiform buffer layer is formed on the line and a thin ununiform buffer layer is formed on a substrate. CONSTITUTION: A conductive line and a hard mask(106) are formed on a structure(100) o...

PURPOSE: To improve the contrast ratio in the bright room of the plasma display panel. CONSTITUTION: Plural discharge electrodes having a transparent electrode connected with a bus electrode are arranged inside the front substrate. Or, plural discharge electrodes which have transparent electrode and are capable of discharging respectively between the adjoining electrodes on both sides are arranged...

PURPOSE: To provide a member that can shape the cross-sectional shape of a charged particle beam to a desired shape. CONSTITUTION: The member 200 contains first groove sections 210 each having almost parallel two sides and second groove sections 220 each having two sides intersecting the two sides of the first groove sections 210 at about right angles. The areas formed of the almost parallel two s...

PURPOSE: An electron beam lithography apparatus and a method thereof are provided to reduce a negative defocusing effect of chromatic aberrations by combining spherical aberrations with chromatic aberrations. CONSTITUTION: An electron beam lithography apparatus includes a source for producing an electron beam, a mask and a projection column, through which the electron beam passes, and a wafer on w...

PURPOSE: A solar collector of a solar collector and a manufacturing apparatus thereof are provided to improve collecting efficiency by enlarging the heat transfer area with forming vortex of heat medium, and to manufacture and install the solar collector conveniently by spot welding with simple structure. CONSTITUTION: A passage flowing heat medium is formed with assembling upper and lower plates(...

PURPOSE: A co-generation system and a dehumidification air conditioner is provided to reduce the noise and improve the energy efficiency while using a gas turbine as a source of power. CONSTITUTION: A gas turbine co-generation system having a gas turbine(1) comprises; a compression unit(2); a turbine(3); and a power generation unit(4) driven by a rotation output of the turbine, exhaust air of the ...