Sony Corporation

Nhk Spring Co., Ltd.

Nippon Shaft Co., Ltd.

Akira Katsuyama

Shigeo Tanaka

Makoto Sato

Hiroshi Yamazaki

Yoshio Osakabe

Yasuo Kusagaya

Noriko Kotabe

Kouichi Sugiyama

Shuichi Nagano

Shuichi Kimura

Takashi Koya

Masami Ishikawa

Tsutomu Watanabe

Akihisa Inatani

Kanji Mita

Taiji Noshitani

Haruyuki Tamura

Shuji Minami

Koichi Sugiyama

Takashi Tsurumoto

Takashi Yajima

Tetsuya Nakamura

Kazunori Kikuchi

Hiroshi Koyama

Hiroshi Masuda

Masahiro Nakano

Kenji Tomizawa

Toshiaki Sato

Takayoshi Yamasaki

Michihiko Ayada

Takashi Ishizuka

Yasuhisa Ikeda

Yoshiaki Takenaka

Keiichi Asakura

Yasushi Matsumoto

Kotaro Nukui

Takahiro Hirai

Yuji Mori

Morito Arai

Kouich Sugiyama

Takayuki Morishima

A straight-shaped hollow spring material is used in a blasting apparatus. The length of the spring material is set to be 1.5 m to 3.5 m, and the inner diameter of the spring material is set to be not more than 10 mm&#x3c6; (not including 0). In inner surface abrasive blasting for the spring material, first and second blastings are performed. In the first blasting, abrasives are ejected to an opening portion of the spring material and are suctioned from a second opening portion thereof. In the second blasting, the abrasives are ejected to the second opening portion and are suctioned from the opening portion. The ejection pressure, the suction pressure, and the like are appropriately set, so that generation of grinding amount difference between the center portion and both end portions of the inner surface of the spring material can be inhibited.

Hollow spring and method for manufacturing same

Provided is a remote control device, including: an operation section configured to receive input of an instruction from a user, and to receive input of an analog value with respect to the instruction; a converting section configured to convert the instruction input in the operation section into a bit string for infrared communication, and to convert the analog value input in the operation section into a bit string for infrared communication; and an infrared-communication section configured to send an infrared signal based on the converted bit strings.

Remote control device, information processing apparatus, information processing system, and remote control method

A coil wire material is bent by a first roll, a second roll, and a third roll. The bent coil wire material is pressed in a screwing direction, to shape a coil spring having a desired diameter and a pitch. A desired pitch can be accurately formed in a manner that a second roll provided on a downstream side of a conveying direction of the coil wire material is configured to be able to move hack and forth along the screwing direction of the coil spring and to be tiltable about an axis of rotation parallel to the conveying direction of the coil wire material.

Coil-spring manufacturing apparatus

An electronic apparatus is remotely controlled based on a remote control signal transmitted from a remote controller using radio wave. The electronic apparatus contains a communication module that receives the remote control signal transmitted from the remote controller and an electronic apparatus main body that performs predetermined processing based on the remote control signal from the remote controller. The remote control signal is received by the communication module. The communication module has an intermittent operation mode in which the communication module operates intermittently when the electronic apparatus main body shifts to a standby state thereof. The period of off time of the communication module in the intermittent operation mode thereof is shorter than a period of transmission time of the remote controller for transmitting a power-on signal that causes the electronic apparatus main body to shift the standby state thereof to a normal state thereof.

Electronic apparatus, remote controller and remote control system

A remote control method for a device under control which selects one of an information signal of the device under control and an information signal from at least one external device is disclosed. The device under control is inquired about an information signal selection state when a key in common with the device under control and the external device is operated on an operation section. A remote control signal corresponding to the key that has been operated is transmitted to the device under control when the information signal selection state replied from the device under control represents a signal selection state of the device under control. A remote control signal corresponding to the key that has been operated is transmitted to the external device when the information signal selection state replied from the device under control represents a signal selection state of the external device.

Remote control method and remote control apparatus

A remote controlling system is disclosed. An infrared remote controller generates a first serial signal containing a command corresponding to a user's operation and outputs the first serial signal by infrared communication. A radio remote controller generates a code signal containing a key number corresponding to a user's operation and outputs the code signal by radio communication. An electronic device includes a light receiving section, a radio receiving section, a selecting section, and a controlling section.

Remote controlling system, electronic device, and controlling method

A remote controller having a plurality of keys arranged thereon, sending a remote control signal allocated to each of the keys upon being operated to thereby remotely control control-target equipment. The remote controller can send a remote control signal corresponded to each of the control-target equipment by mode switching and allows a remote control of selection in which specific equipment out of the control-target equipment can select a signal from the other control-target equipment. The remote controller includes an input selection key for directing the selection on the one specific equipment; a receiver receiving a connected equipment signal; a controller generating and sending a remote control signal corresponding to an operation of the key, and effecting the mode switching based on the connected equipment signal, thereby selecting control-target equipment; a transmitter sending the remote control signal; and a display displaying information of the selected control-target equipment.

Remote controller, equipment operation system, and remote control method

A golf shaft includes: a hollow tubular structure; and a gradient structure in which an amount of retained austenite is increased from an approximate center in a thickness direction of the hollow tubular structure to a surface of the hollow tubular structure.

Golf shaft, golf club, and production method for golf shaft

A remote control transmitter apparatus includes a ROM configured to store a plurality of sets of control data for remotely controlling a plurality of types of electronic equipment, a nonvolatile memory having first and second storage areas, a set key configured to place the remote control transmitter apparatus into either a preset mode or a learning mode from a normal mode, a plurality of selection keys configured to select a specific type of electronic equipment to be remotely controlled, a learning key, a plurality of operation keys, a transmitter, and a receiver configured to receive control data from another remote control transmitter apparatus.

Remote control transmitter apparatus

A remote controller includes: a plurality of function keys provided for each of a plurality of target devices as one type of key out of a plurality of keys provided in the controller, and adapted to select the target device to be remotely controlled; a key illuminating section adapted to individually illuminate the plurality of function keys; and a controller adapted to cause, if a certain function key out of the plurality of function keys is pressed, the key illuminating section to illuminate the pressed function key for a predetermined length of time, and output a remote control signal for the target device corresponding to the pressed function key by operating the operation key during the illumination, the controller further adapted to output a remote control signal for a preliminarily registered target device if the operation key is operated while none of the function keys are illuminated.

Remote controller and remote control method

When input equipment is instructed by a remote control unit on the basis of a display of a monitor, a data signal is transmitted from a microcomputer of an AV amplifier to a microcomputer of a CD changer. When the signal is received by a microcomputer of the CD changer, display data is formed in the microcomputer of the CD changer on the basis of data in a memory and is outputted. In the AV amplifier, a switch is switched to the CD changer side. A cursor is formed by the microcomputer of the AV amplifer, the cursor and display data from the CD changer are synthesized by an image synthesizing circuit and displayed on the monitor. When an instruction is generated by the remote control unit on the basis of the display on the monitor, position coordinates of the cursor on the picture plane are generated from the microcomputer of the A/V amplifier to the microcomputer of the CD changer. On the basis of the display data and the position coordinates, the CD changer is controlled by its microcomputer. When a predetermined position on the picture plane is instructed by the remote control unit, the control is returned to the AV amplifier.

Single remote control system for plurality of audio and visual equipment

The invention relates to a video tape recorder (VTR). According to the invention, in a VTR in which the recording of a predetermined program is reserved by setting a recording start time and a recording end time and setting an audio mode of a signal of a program whose recording is reserved, there is provided a VTR which can certainly record a whole program whose recording is reserved even in the case where a broadcasting time of the recording reservation program is deviated back because of an extension of a previous program or the like.

Recording apparatus, recording system, and recording method

A multiple disc changer apparatus has an elastic support mechanism for supporting the recording/reproducing unit on a main body of the apparatus and includes a locking mechanism for controlling the elastic support of the elastic support mechanism when a disc is loaded on the recording/reproducing unit by a chucking mechanism.

Disc recording/reproducing unit elastically supported on a main body of

According to the present invention, since a management region for managing record positions of impressive or feature portions (as digests) of programs recorded on a record medium is provided, an outline of the programs on the record medium can be obtained. In addition, since the priority of programs designated as digests is also managed with the management region, a portion representative of a program representative of an album can be reproduced.

Record medium with managed digest portions of programs, reproducing

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Kanagawa, Japan

Akira Katsuyama