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20080202322 | ENSEMBLE SYSTEM, AUDIO PLAYBACK APPARATUS AND VOLUME CONTROLLER FOR THE ENSEMBLE SYSTEM - An audio playback apparatus, an automatic player musical instrument and a voltage controller form an ensemble system for producing music tunes in ensemble between the audio playback apparatus and the automatic player musical instrument, and the voltage controller is responsive to a volume control dial so as simultaneously to vary the loudness of electric tones radiated from the audio playback apparatus and acoustic tones produced through the automatic player musical instrument; when a user rotates the voltage control dial, an audio signal and a quasi audio signal are amplified, the audio signal is supplied to the sound system for converting the audio signal to the electric tones, and the quasi audio signal is demodulated to MIDI music data codes for changing the velocity from the original value to a new value for producing the acoustic tones or electronic tones through automatic playing or composition of waveform data. | 08-28-2008 |
20090033276 | BATTERY CHARGER, SECONDARY BATTERY UNIT AND ELECTRIC APPARATUS EQUIPPED THEREWITH - A mobile telephone has a rechargeable battery, and the rechargeable battery is charged through a battery charger; the battery charger includes an information processing system serving as a charge controller and a battery manager; the battery manager measures a discharging time period of the rechargeable battery so as to store pieces of duration data expressing a charge-and-discharge cycle, and determines a charge initiation level and a charge completion level on the basis of the pieces of duration data in such a manner to reduce the number of charging operation without shortage of electric charge for the rechargeable battery; and the charge controller carries out the charging with reference to the charge initiation level and charge completion level so that the rechargeable battery is prolonged in life time. | 02-05-2009 |
20150020676 | PICKUP DEVICE - A pickup device includes: a speed detector which is configured to detect speed of vibration of a soundboard of an acoustic musical instrument; and a signal generator which is configured to generate an audio signal from the speed detected by the speed detector and to output the audio signal. | 01-22-2015 |
20150181334 | TEMPERATURE MEASUREMENT APPARATUS AND PROTECTION APPARATUS FOR SOUND SIGNAL CONVERTING DEVICE - An audio signal output from a tone generator is fed into a coil provided in a transducer for vibrating a sound board, so that a sound signal is generated by the vibration of the sound board. A predetermined DC voltage supplied by a constant voltage source circuit is superimposed on the audio signal by an adding circuit, so that the superimposed signal is fed into the coil. A current passing through the coil is sensed by a current sensing resistor, so that only a DC voltage component of a voltage signal on the both ends of the resistor is extracted by a low-pass filter circuit to be supplied to a microcomputer via an A/D converting circuit. The microcomputer figures out a resistance value and a temperature of the coil by use of the DC voltage component and the certain DC voltage value. | 06-25-2015 |
20150194799 | TEMPERATURE MEASUREMENT DEVICE AND PROTECTIVE DEVICE FOR AUDIO SIGNAL CONVERTER - An audio signal that is output from a sound source circuit ( | 07-09-2015 |
20150256931 | PROTECTION APPARATUS FOR SOUND SIGNAL CONVERTING DEVICE - An audio signal output from a tone generator | 09-10-2015 |
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20110217079 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS AND METHOD OF ADJUSTING GAP BETWEEN ROLLERS - According to one embodiment, an image forming apparatus includes a first roller, a second roller, and a separating mechanism. The first roller is formed in a longitudinal shape. The second roller is formed in a longitudinal shape and arranged in parallel to the first roller via a gap. The separating mechanism moves the second roller in a direction further away from the first roller such that the gap between the first roller and the second roller in a direction orthogonal to the axis direction of the second roller increases. | 09-08-2011 |
20120148327 | ERASING APPARATUS AND CONVEYANCE CONTROL METHOD FOR RECORDING MEDIUM - According to one embodiment, a erasing apparatus includes: a paper feeding section configured to feed a recording medium on which a erasable image is recorded to a conveying path; a conveying section configured to convey the recording medium along the conveying path; a erasing section configured to erase a color of the image on the recording medium; a sensor configured to detect the recording medium conveyed through the erasing section by the conveying section; and a control section configured to perform, if the sensor detects occurrence of a jam of the recording medium, control to convey the recording medium present in the conveying path. | 06-14-2012 |
20130002783 | ERASING APPARATUS AND ERASING METHOD - According to one embodiment, an erasing apparatus includes a paper feeding unit configured to feed a sheet having an image recorded, an erasing unit including a pressing roller and a heater that has a shape following the outer circumference of the pressing roller and includes a contact area with the pressing roller, the erasing unit being configured to erase the image formed on the sheet fed to a contact section of the pressing roller and the heater from the paper feeding unit, a temperature detecting unit configured to detect the temperature of the heater, a controller configured to control the heater according to the temperature detected by the temperature detecting unit, and a paper discharge unit configured to discharge the sheet on which the image is erased by the erasing unit. | 01-03-2013 |
20130003134 | SHEET LOADING APPARATUS, ERASING APPARATUS, AND SHEET LOADING METHOD - A sheet loading apparatus includes a loading member which loads the sheet discharged by the discharge member, a tip support member which abuts against the leading edge of the sheet discharged by the discharge member in the sheet discharge direction, a rotation member which abuts against an upper surface of the sheet discharged to the loading member, and is rotated to transport the sheet to the stopper side, and a control section which controls a transport amount of the sheet through the rotation member based on a loading amount of the sheet loaded on the loading member. | 01-03-2013 |
20130012370 | SHEET PROCESSING APPARATUS AND SHEET FOLDING METHOD - According to one embodiment, a sheet processing apparatus includes a folding unit, a fold reinforcing roller, a driving circuit, and a controller. The folding unit folds a sheet bundle to form a fold. The fold reinforcing roller nips the fold of the sheet bundle having the fold formed thereon and conveyed to a fold reinforcing position, reciprocatingly moves along the direction of the fold, and reinforces the fold of the sheet bundle. The driving circuit drives the fold reinforcing roller along the direction of the fold. The controller controls the number of times of the reciprocating movement of the fold reinforcing roller on the basis of a value of an electric current of the driving circuit flowing when the fold reinforcing roller that starts driving from a standby position rides over an end of the sheet bundle. | 01-10-2013 |
20130061409 | ERASING DEVICE - An erasing device of one embodiment includes a conveyance unit that conveys a sheet; a pair of rotating brushes is provided corresponding to both side portions in a width direction perpendicular to a sheet conveyance direction of the sheet conveyed by the conveyance unit, the rotating brushes being provided to oppose to each other, nipping the conveyed sheet, the rotating brushes rotating in the same direction as the sheet conveyance direction such that a circumferential speed of the brush tip has a higher speed than a conveyance speed of the sheet, the rotating brushes rolling and correcting a corner fold portion which occurs on the sheet conveyed by the brush tip portion while rotating; and an erasing unit is provided downstream in the sheet conveyance direction than the rotating brush, the erasing unit erasing an image which is formed on the sheet. | 03-14-2013 |
20140147136 | SHEET FEED APPARATUS AND SHEET FEED METHOD - A sheet feed apparatus which includes a sheet feed tray in which a plurality of sheets is loaded in piles; a sheet feed roller which is provided at a forward position of the sheet feed tray in a sheet feed direction, and sends the loaded sheets inside thereof; and a lift detection sensor which detects, by using a movable lever, a lift of a sheet bundle which occurs when the sheet bundle, of which a rear or a side in a sheet feed direction is bound, is sent by the sheet feed roller therein, the lift detection sensor being provided at a side position of the sheet bundle in a width direction and at a backward position with respect to the center of the sheet bundle in the sheet feed direction. | 05-29-2014 |
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20110260528 | POWER SUPPLY APPARATUS FOR VEHICLE - A power supply apparatus for a vehicle supplies/charges electric power to/from a power supply unit. The vehicle includes a first power-inverter circuit, a capacitor, high-resistance and low-resistance electric-paths between the capacitor and a battery, a first switching unit opening/closing the electric-paths, and a unit operating the first switching unit, when connecting between the battery and the first power-inverter circuit, in such a manner that after the high-resistance electric path is closed and the low-resistance electric path is opened, the high-resistance electric-path is opened and the low-resistance electric-path is closed. The apparatus includes an electric power transferring electric-path, an operating unit operating the first power-inverter circuit to supply/receive electric power to/from the power supply unit, and a prohibiting unit prohibiting the electric-path between the power supply unit and the first power-inverter circuit from closing when the amount of charge of the capacitor is equal to or less than a predetermined value. | 10-27-2011 |
20110260531 | POWER SUPPLY APPARATUS FOR VEHICLE - A power supply apparatus for a vehicle is provided which supplies electric power to a power supply unit and charges electric power from the power supply unit via a power port. The vehicle includes a plurality of power inverter circuits which are connected to a common storage unit in parallel. The plurality of power inverter circuits include an electric power transferring power inverter circuit connected to the power port via an electric power transferring electric path, and are divided into a first category including the electric power transferring power inverter circuit and a second category. The power supply apparatus includes a connection prohibiting unit which realizes a state in which the power inverter circuit included in the first category is electrically connected to the storage unit, and the power inverter circuit included in the second category is disconnected from the storage unit. | 10-27-2011 |
20120314461 | POWER CONVERTER - A power converter that is able to lower the level of switching noise in a wide frequency range is disclosed. In detail, the power converter converts an input power by controlling a switching element on the basis of a switching frequency discrete pattern. The switching frequency discrete pattern is composed in such a manner that a main discrete pattern and a sub discrete pattern are synthesized. The main discrete pattern is regulated by a plurality of transitionally discrete frequencies. Also the sub discrete pattern is regulated by a plurality of transitionally discrete frequencies in which a gap of the magnitude among consequent frequencies is smaller than that of the main discrete pattern. | 12-13-2012 |
20130045633 | CONNECTOR AND VEHICLE INCLUDING CONNECTOR - A connector includes: a first connector terminal to which a first electric cable is to be connected; a second connector terminal to which a second electric cable is to be connected; a sidewall that surrounds the first connector terminal and the second connector terminal; a protection cover; and an interlock mechanism. The interlock mechanism includes an interlock connector and an interlock pin. The interlock connector is disposed between the first connector terminal and the second connector terminal, and the interlock pin is provided at the protection cover and is positioned such that the interlock pin is inserted into the interlock connector when the protection cover is attached to the sidewall. | 02-21-2013 |
20140003106 | BOOST CONVERTER | 01-02-2014 |