Abstract:
Disclosed is an image pickup apparatus 100 including a sound obtaining section 6 to obtain a sound emitted from the main subject and a central control section 71 to specify an image region of the main subject based on the sound obtained by the sound obtaining section 6 in order to specify the image region of the main subject from an obtained image.
Abstract:
A fan apparatus includes a fan section having a hollow housing with an inlet and an outlet, and a hollow duct section disposed on the outlet side of the fan section. The housing and the duct section are coupled by a coupling member.
Abstract:
It is provided a connecting portion for a boarding bridge that eliminates the level difference between the doorway portion of the aircraft and the passage, reduces the anxiety of the passengers, and can be raised and lowered smoothly. A passage (27) is formed by a stationary passage (29) and an alignment passage (31) that is arranged at the distal end portion of the stationary passage (29) and adjusts the level difference between the stationary passage (29) and the doorway portion (23); the alignment passage (31) includes an elevating floor (35), on the stationary passage (29) side, having a pivot shafts (41) that is substantially perpendicular to the passenger traffic direction (T) and pivots centered on the pivot shafts (41), and an alignment floor (37), at the stationary passage (29) side, having a pivot shafts (53) that extends in a direction that is perpendicular to the passenger traffic direction (T) and that pivots centered on the pivot shafts (53); and wherein one of either the elevating floor (35) or the alignment floor (37) is installed at the stationary passage (29), the latter is installed in-plane to the former, and thereunder a sliding floor (39) that can be raised or lowered is installed in the passenger traffic direction (T).
Abstract:
An apparatus of feeding mailpieces such as envelopes is disclosed. The apparatus includes a supply conveyer for supporting thereon an array of mailpieces which are arranged in a tilted-backward position and moving such mailpieces forward, and a suction feeder which is located downstream of the supply conveyer for picking up by suction a forefront mailpiece from the array of mailpieces on the supply conveyer. The suction feeder has a rotary drum, a shaft rotatably supported in the drum and disposed with the axis thereof oriented in parallel to and offset from the axis of the drum. An external gear is fixed on the shaft for rotation therewith and a stationary internal gear engages with the external gear, the gear ratio of the external gear to the internal gear being n:n+1, wherein n represents an integer. A plurality of suction means arranged at positions radially spaced at a predetermined distance from the shaft and substantially equiangularly spaced from each other and movable integrally with the shaft in conjunction with the rotation of the drum for picking up each forefront mailpiece from the array of mailpieces on the supply conveyer.
Abstract:
Disclosed is a wear-resistant particle which can be substantially uniformly dispersed in a molten pool. Specifically disclosed is a wear-resistant particle (13) which is dispersed in a matrix metal for improving wear resistance thereof. The wear-resistant particle is characterized by being composed of a material containing a first hard material and a second hard material while having a particle diameter of 0.2-9 mm. The wear-resistant particle is further characterized in that the material consists of 60-96% by volume of a carbide and the balance of a metal.
Abstract:
A control unit controls brightness of a liquid crystal display unit such that the brightness becomes darker as a distance between an electronic view finder and an operator measured by a distance measuring sensor becomes shorter. With this structure, even if the operator takes his or her eye off from the electronic view finder, the liquid crystal display unit is not switched from an OFF state to an ON state. Therefore, it is possible to prevent the brightness of the liquid crystal display unit from becoming burdensome to an operator when the eye of the operator approaches the electronic view finder.
Abstract:
An objective lens driving device include: a lens holder, which holds an objective lens that converges light of a light source so that information is recorded or reproduced; and bar-like elastic supporting wires, which connect the lens holder to a wire supporting base. The objective lens driving device is arranged as follows: each of the supporting wires has at least one bent portion extending in different axial directions, and is included in a flat surface parallel to a flat surface including an optical axis of the objective lens.
Abstract:
A sintered sputtering target for forming a high purity metal Mo thin film having a remarkably little particle generation is provided. A high purity metal Mo coarse powder as a raw material is provided for making this target. The sintered sputtering target has a theoretical density ratio of 98% or more. The target is obtained by sintering the high purity metal Mo coarse powder. This particle powder has the high purity of 99.99 or more % by mass and an average particle diameter of 5.5 to 7.5 μm.