An image lens distortion correcting method having step (A) for printing an arbitrary image I.sub.1 in a computer; step (B) for photographing the printed image I.sub.1 with a camera having a lens distortion and obtaining a photographed image I.sub.2 in the computer; step (C) for obtaining a parameter .theta. such that the image I.sub.1 is artificially distorted with the parameter .theta. and an obtained distorted image I.sub.1.sup.ud equals with the photographed image .sub.2 ; and step (D) for us...

An image forming apparatus includes a photoreceptor including a glass substrate and a photoconductive layer laminated thereon. A toner box is provided in the vicinity of the photoreceptor, in which a mixed toner including an insulative non-magnetic toner and a conductive magnetic toner is contained. At an opening of the toner box, a magnetic roller and a developing sleeve which is rotatably put on the magnetic roller are arranged, and a magnetic brush of the mixed toner is formed according to a ...

A delay circuit having standby state and active state and designed to output at least one signal obtained by delaying an input signal. The delay circuit comprises a storage circuit and at least one amplifier circuit. In operation, the storage circuit receives an input signal, generates a first voltage when the input signal is inverted, and generates a second voltage from a difference between the first voltage and a first supply voltage. The amplifier circuit amplifies the difference between the ...

An electric arc melting furnace includes a furnace shell (1) with an electrode (3) for melting scrap by heat of arc, an air blasting port (20) for blasting air, oxygen or oxygen-enriched air into the furnace shell (1) through an air control valve (19), a carbon blasted quantity indicator (CI) for measuring quantity of carbon to be charged into the furnace shell (1), a scrap charged quantity indicator (SI) for measuring quantity of the scrap charged into the furnace shell (1), an oxygen blasted q...

An optical reproducing apparatus according to the present invention includes a land/groove switching circuit for alternately switching reproduction of a record mark on a groove portion and a land portion. This allows a tracking operation to be carried out continuously at a connection point to a subsequent track in the recording direction without a laser beam from an optical pickup passing through an end of a spiral track. A recording medium according to the present invention includes a recording...

An electric arc melting furnace comprises a furnace shell (1) with an electrode (3) for melting scrap by heat of arc, an air blasting port (20) for blasting air, oxygen or oxygen-enriched air into the furnace shell (1) through an air control valve (19), a carbon blasted quantity indicator (CI) for measuring quantity of carbon to be charged into the furnace shell (1), a scrap charged quantity indicator (SI) for measuring quantity of the scrap charged into the furnace shell (1), an oxygen blasted ...

A delay circuit having standby state and active state and designed to output at least one signal obtained by delaying an input signal. The delay circuit comprises a storage circuit and at least one amplifier circuit. In operation, the storage circuit receives an input signal, generates a first voltage when the input signal is inverted, and generates a second voltage from a difference between the first voltage and a first supply voltage. The amplifier circuit amplifies the difference between the ...

A piezoelectric oscillator in which radiation of higher harmonic components is reduced. A piezoelectric vibrator and a semiconductor device are provided in an oscillation circuit for making the piezoelectric vibrator oscillate, as is a filter for cutting components in a predetermined frequency band or higher harmonic components of an oscillation signal outputted from the semiconductor device. The piezoelectric vibrator, the semiconductor device and the filter are packed in one package. Radiation...

A softener composition comprises (a) 7 to 30 wt. % of a neutralization product with an inorganic or organic acid having not more than 6 carbon atoms of one selected from the group consisting of (a-1) an amine compound having 2 or 3 hydrocarbon groups each having 11 to 22 carbon atoms in its molecule and (a-2) an ion complex compound formed from 1 mole of a polyamide having a hydrocarbon group having 11 to 22 carbon atoms and 2 to 5 nitrogen atoms and 1 mole of an aliphatic acid having 12 to 22 c...

In this surface light source device, light is incident from a plurality of point light sources 2 arranged on a one side end surface of a light guide plate 1, is reflected on a light reflecting surface 11 on a rear surface of the light guide plate 1, and is emitted from a front surface of the light guide plate 1. The point light sources 2 comprise white light emitting diode elements. Two white light emitting diode elements out of six of the white light emitting diode elements having chromaticity ...