A method of marking an industrial process material including selectively incorporating a luminescent marker onto and/or into the industrial process material in a trace amount insufficient to be optically detectable in the presence of ambient light but sufficient to be non-destructively optically detectable in and/or on the industrial proce material in situ in the field or on-site. The trace amount...

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a program capable of highly accurately compositing images without individually adjusting parameters, and to provide a photograph printing device and an information storage medium. Ž

SOLUTION: This program includes a means for obtaining a chroma key synthesis parameter of each pixel on the basis of the hue component of each pixel of an object image and the hue ...

A system for returning a robot (100) to a charger (300) includes: a homing signal transmitter (320), including at least first, second, and third signal transmitters, each adapted to be provided at a front side of the charger and to respectively transmit signals which are different from each other in at least one of a code and a transmission distance, and a fourth signal transmitter, adapted to be ...

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a dielectric constant type alcohol concentration meter which detects the change in resonance voltage by a frequency near the maximum value of a resonance curve over the entire concentration range of alcohol and detects alcohol concentration in real time. Ž

SOLUTION: The alcohol concentration meter comprises a transmitter 11 which transmits a high-frequency alt...

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a mobile phone with enhanced adaptability to reproduction of diversified contents. Ž

SOLUTION: A reproduction application 1 requests a file system 2 to read multimedia contents and the file system 2 reads contents data from a reproduction file storage area 31. A decoding means 11 decodes the read data, and a sound output means 14 outputs the data from a speake...

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To improve occupant restraining performance without enlarging an airbag body. Ž

SOLUTION: An inflator of an airbag device 22 is actuated at the time of collision of a vehicle, and the airbag body 28 of the airbag device 22 disposed in an arm rest 14, 16 inflates and deploys toward an upper half of the body 30A of an occupant. At the same time, a seat rotating means 34 is...

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a method for evaluating a sanitary ware, in which a sanitary ware for evaluation is used and by which the comparison of functions of the sanitary wares can be easily performed when new functions such as antifouling properties or new color tones are imparted onto the surfaces of the sanitary wares. Ž

SOLUTION: The evaluation is carried out by using the sanitary...

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a unit for switching wire connection patterns suitable for the versatility of a motor by making its characteristics changeable. Ž

SOLUTION: The unit is provided with a switch 30 is provided. The switch 30 makes wire connection patterns of coils LA1to LA6in six inter-electrodes A1to A6switchable so as to make the reactance of...

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide an image forming device for performing a reversible color recording utilizing an existent projector. Ž

SOLUTION: Light radiated from a light source 201 is made to be uniform by an optical integrator 202 and polarized with a polarizing element 203. After the light is split into blue light (B), green light (G) and red light (R) by a dichroic mirror 205, the ligh...

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a method to efficiently use an uplink transmission band, even if there is frequency deviation between an OLT (Optical Line Termination) and an ONU (Optical Network Unit) and variable-length frame data are transmitted. Ž

SOLUTION: In an optical burst transmission/reception network, a plurality of ONUs share a transmission medium and a transmission band, an OLT ...

The method involves passing a robotic vacuum cleaner (10) into a compensation mode if the vacuum cleaner is moved beyond a compensation reference during cleaning. The compensation reference is used to determine a period for compensation of a gyroscopic sensor. Compensation is applied to an output value of the sensor with the help of an upper camera (42). An independent claim is also included for a...

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a portable communication device capable of reducing the erroneous operation, displeasure and surprise of a user caused by displaying unexpected notification concerning an incoming call during executing a game or an application by the user while waiting for an incoming call, and easy to be used. Ž

SOLUTION: While the user quickly repeating the depression/releas...

A method and apparatus for tightening a surface of a skin with an underlying collagen containing tissue applies radiant energy through the skin to underlying collagen tissue without substantially modifying melanocytes and other epithelial cells in the epidermis. A porous membrane is adapted to receive an electrolytic solution and become inflated to substantially conform a contacting exterior surfa...

The present invention relates to methods and compositions for treating B-CLL in particular of patients with poor prognosis B-CLL, such as the sub-type of B-CLL which is characterized by the presence of an expression product. Accordingly it is an object of the invention to destroy or eliminate the transcription of said expression product by i.e. providing a medicament capable of decreasing or inhib...

The case (1) is assembled of two shells (2a,2b) joined with hinges (D) at one side and fitted with a locking unit (S) at the opposite side. One of the shells (2a,2b) can be attached to the frame of the motorcycle with a suitable holding arrangement. The volume of the case (1) can be increased by inserting a flat ring between the shells (2a,2b) which have been pulled apart beforehand. The hinges (D...

A turbocharger housing (602,902) comprises one or more spiral windings (966,966',1066,1066') capable of supplying phase information to a phase detector and positioned proximate to an opening (604,204) capable of receiving a member (987) selected from the group consisting of a rotatable member (540,240), a translatable member and a translatable and rotatable member.

Materials, compositions, and medical devices for the treatment or prophylaxis of microbial, including bacterial, infections, comprising at least one water-insoluble ceramic compound and at least one metal species. Methods of making such materials, compositions and medical devices.

The present invention pertains to a cutting wire electrode, comprising at least one elongated shaft with a main longitudinal axis having at least one bore located at its distal portion, said bore being approximately perpendicular to said main longitudinal axis; and at least one wire loop located in the distal portion of said shaft; said loop comprising at least one continuous portion adapted to cu...

Surface-active, non-leaching antimicrobial film forming compositions and methods for their application to preferably medical device surfaces are provided. The compositions form durable coatings with long-lasting antimicrobial efficacy without formation of a zone of inhibition. Optionally the films can be hydrophilic. Specific long-chain molecules of certain chemical reactivity are covalently bonde...

Thermoplastic compositions containing certain salts of fluorinated sulfonic acids adhere especially well to coatings (paints) applied to the surface(s) of that composition. Useful parts that can be made include painted automotive body parts, appliance cases, and other parts with painted aesthetically pleasing surfaces.