All The Claims

1. A microscope-use digital camera equipped with a sleep function, comprising:
an image pickup unit for picking up an image; and
a control unit for controlling so as to shift to a sleep state, or not shift thereto, based on an image picked up by the image pickup unit.
2. The microscope-use digital camera according to claim 1, further comprising
a judgment unit for judging an existence or nonexistence of a change between a first image picked up by the image pickup unit at a first clock time and a second image picked up by the image pickup unit at a second clock time which is after the first clock time, wherein
the control unit controls so as to shift to a sleep state, or not shift thereto, based on a judgment result of the judgment unit.
3. The microscope-use digital camera according to claim 2, wherein
the judgment unit carries out the judgment based on a brightness value or contrast value of an image.
4. The microscope-use digital camera according to claim 1, further comprising
a judgment unit for judging an existence or nonexistence of a change between first exposure control information obtained from an image picked up by the image pickup unit at a first clock time and second exposure control information obtained from an image picked up by the image pickup unit at a second clock time which is after the first clock time, wherein
the control unit controls so as to shift to a sleep state, or not shift thereto, based on a judgment result of the judgment unit.
5. The microscope-use digital camera according to claim 1, further comprising
an image storage unit for storing an image, and
a judgment unit for judging an existence or nonexistence of a change between an image stored in the image storage unit and an image picked up by the image pickup unit, wherein
the control unit controls so as to shift to a sleep state, or not shift thereto, based on a judgment result of the judgment unit.
6. The microscope-use digital camera according to claim 2, further comprising
a timer unit for measuring a time of an absence of an operation input, wherein
the control unit controls so as not to shift to a sleep state if the judgment unit judges as an existence of a change when a time measured by the timer unit is equal to or greater than a preset time until shifting to the sleep state.
7. The microscope-use digital camera according to claim 6, wherein
the control unit controls so as not to operate the sleep function if a time measured by the timer unit is equal to or greater than a preset time until shifting to the sleep state and if the judgment unit judges an existence of a change.
8. The microscope-use digital camera according to claim 6, further comprising
a selection unit for selecting either a shift to a sleep state, no shift to a sleep state or an extension of time to shifting to the sleep state according to an input instruction if a time measured by the timer unit is equal to or greater than a preset time until shifting to a sleep state and if the judgment unit judges as a nonexistence of a change in an image, wherein
the control unit controls so as to shift to a sleep state, not shift to a sleep state or extend a time until shifting to the sleep state according to a selection by the selection unit.
9. The microscope-use digital camera according to claim 2, wherein
the control unit controls so as to recover from a sleep state if the judgment unit judges as an existence of a change after shifting to the sleep state.
10. The microscope-use digital camera according to claim 6, wherein
the control unit controls so as to shift to a sleep state if a time measured by the timer unit is equal to or greater than a preset time until shifting to the sleep state in the case that a replay mode, which enables a replay of a photographed image, is set.
11. The microscope-use digital camera according to claim 1, wherein
the control unit controls so as to shift to a sleep state after a passage of a predefined time following an image pickup by the image pickup unit, and a part or the entirety of a part having shifted to the sleep state recovers from the sleep state at a predetermined time prior to an image pickup event by the image pickup unit during an execution of a time lapse photographing which picks up image by the image pickup unit at a constant time interval.
12. The microscope-use digital camera according to claim 2, wherein
the control unit controls so as to shift to a sleep state immediately or after a passage of predetermined time if the judgment unit judges as nonexistence of a change.
13. A control method for a microscope-use digital camera equipped with a sleep function, controlling
so as to shift to a sleep state, or not shift thereto, based on a picked up image.
14. A computer readable recording medium recording a program for controlling a microscope-use digital camera equipped with a sleep function, wherein
the program makes a computer of a microscope-use digital camera accomplish
the function of controlling so as to shift to a sleep state, or not shift thereto, based on a picked up image.

The claims below are in addition to those above.
All refrences to claim(s) which appear below refer to the numbering after this setence.

1. An in-plane switching mode active matrix liquid crystal display unit comprising:
a first substrate including a plurality of scan lines, a plurality of common lines parallel with the scan lines, a plurality of data lines that cross the scan lines, and active elements near the cross portions of the data lines and the scan lines;
a second substrate parallel with the first substrate;
a liquid crystal layer between the first and second substrates;
a plurality of transparent comb-teeth electrodes on the first substrate for applying electric fields to the liquid crystal layer; and
first insulating patterns on the first substrate, the first insulating patterns being spaced from ends of each of said electrodes,
wherein liquid crystal gaps above the transparent comb-teeth electrodes are approximately 1.0 \u03bcm to 1.5 \u03bcm larger than liquid crystal gaps between the transparent comb-teeth electrodes.
2. The in-plane switching mode active matrix liquid crystal display unit as claimed in claim 1, wherein the first insulating patterns form first steps between the transparent comb-teeth electrodes so as to make the liquid crystal gaps above the transparent comb-teeth electrodes approximately 1.0 \u03bcm to 1.5 \u03bcm larger than the liquid crystal gaps between the transparent comb-teeth electrodes.
3. The in-plane switching mode active matrix liquid crystal display unit as claimed in claim 2, further comprising second insulating patterns on the second substrate that form second steps between the electrodes so as to make the liquid crystal gaps above the transparent comb-teeth electrodes approximately 1.0 \u03bcm to 1.5 \u03bcm larger than the liquid crystal gaps between the transparent comb-teeth electrodes.
4. The in-plane switching mode active matrix liquid crystal display unit as claimed in claim 3, wherein each of the first and second steps is provided with a taper angle.
5. The in-plane switching mode active matrix liquid crystal display unit as claimed in claim 4, wherein the taper angle is larger than 45 degrees.
6. The in-plane switching mode active matrix liquid crystal display unit as claimed in claim 3, wherein the first and second steps are formed using an organic film.
7. The in-plane switching mode active matrix liquid crystal display unit as claimed in claim 2, wherein each of the first steps is provided with a taper angle.
8. The in-plane switching mode active matrix liquid crystal display unit as claimed in claim 7, wherein the taper angle is larger than 45 degrees.
9. The in-plane switching mode active matrix liquid crystal display unit as claimed in claim 2, wherein the first steps are formed using an organic film.
10. The in-plane switching mode active matrix liquid crystal display unit as claimed in claim 1, further comprising second insulating patterns on the second substrate that form second steps between the electrodes so as to make the liquid crystal gaps above the transparent comb-teeth electrodes approximately 1.0 \u03bcm to 1.5 \u03bcm larger than the liquid crystal gaps between the transparent comb-teeth electrodes.
11. The in-plane switching mode active matrix liquid crystal display unit as claimed in claim 10, wherein each of the second steps is provided with a taper angle.
12. The in-plane switching mode active matrix liquid crystal display unit as claimed in claim 11, wherein the taper angle is larger than 5 degrees.
13. The in-plane switching mode active matrix liquid crystal display unit as claimed in claim 10, wherein the second steps are formed using an organic film.

1. A device for restraining the deterioration of a catalytic apparatus of an internal combustion engine, wherein
when a temperature of the catalytic apparatus arranged in the engine exhaust system is higher than a predetermined temperature in a vehicle deceleration, a fuel-cut of the engine is prohibited and a first motor-generator connected with a vehicle drive shaft is operated as a generator that charges an electricity accumulator, and
when an amount of charge in the electricity accumulator reaches a predetermined value, the operation of the first motor-generator, as a generator, is stopped and a fuel-cut starts in the engine.
2. A device for restraining the deterioration of a catalytic apparatus of an internal combustion engine according to claim 1, wherein when the fuel-cut is prohibited, the engine operates such that the torque of an output shaft of the engine becomes 0.
3. A device for restraining the deterioration of a catalytic apparatus of an internal combustion engine according to claim 1, wherein when the fuel-cut is prohibited, a down-shift of an automatic transmission elevates engine speed.
4. A device for restraining the deterioration of a catalytic apparatus of an internal combustion engine according to claim 1, wherein when the fuel-cut is prohibited, a second motor-generator connected with an output shaft of the engine is operated as a motor to elevate engine speed.
5. A device for restraining the deterioration of a catalytic apparatus of an internal combustion engine according to claim 4, wherein the second motor-generator uses the electrical energy stored in the electricity accumulator.
6. A device for restraining the deterioration of a catalytic apparatus of an internal combustion engine, wherein
when a temperature of the catalytic apparatus arranged in the engine exhaust system is higher than a predetermined temperature in a vehicle deceleration, a fuel-cut of the engine is prohibited and a first motor-generator connected with a vehicle drive shaft is operated as a generator that charges an electricity accumulator, and
when an amount of charge in the electricity accumulator reaches a predetermined value, the operation of the first motor-generator as the generator is stopped and the engine operates in a condition in which an amount of intake air is minimized but such that the engine is not stopped.
7. A device for restraining the deterioration of a catalytic apparatus of an internal combustion engine, wherein
when a temperature of the catalytic apparatus arranged in the engine exhaust system is higher than a predetermined temperature in a vehicle deceleration, a fuel-cut of the engine is prohibited and a first motor-generator connected with a vehicle drive shaft is operated as a generator that charges an electricity accumulator,
when the fuel-cut is prohibited, the engine operates such that the torque of the output shaft of the engine becomes 0, and
when an amount of charge in the electricity accumulator reaches a predetermined value, the operation of the first motor-generator as the generator is stopped and the engine operates in a condition in which the torque of the output shaft of the engine is lower than 0.

The claims below are in addition to those above.
All refrences to claim(s) which appear below refer to the numbering after this setence.

1. A stencil material roll comprising stencil material in a continuous length rolled around a core tube and a storage means which stores predetermined information, wherein the improvement comprises that the storage means is mounted on a wall portion which forms a part of the core tube or on a wall portion fixed to the core tube, and an easy-to-cut portion is provided on the wall portion to surround the portion where the storage means is mounted.
2. A stencil material roll as defined in claim 1 in which the wall portion on which the storage means is mounted is a wall portion which is provided inside the core tube to extend in a direction substantially perpendicular to the longitudinal axis of the core tube.
3. A stencil material roll as defined in claim 2 further comprising a protective plate for protecting the storage means disposed on the end portion of the core tube on an axially outside of the storage means.
4. A stencil material roll as defined in claim 2 in which the storage means is mounted on an axially inner surface of the wall portion.
5. A stencil material roll as defined in claim 1 in which the easy-to-cut portion is formed by forming perforations through the wall portion to surround the portion where the storage means is mounted.
6. A stencil material roll as defined in claim 1 in which the easy-to-cut portion is formed by forming a thin wall portion to surround the portion where the storage means is mounted.
7. A stencil material roll as defined in claim 1 in which the wall portion on which the storage means is mounted is in the range of larger than 8N and smaller than 185N in cut resistance.
8. A stencil material roll comprising stencil material in a continuous length rolled around a core tube and a storage means which stores predetermined information, wherein the improvement comprises that
the storage means is mounted on a wall portion which forms a part of a member fixed to the core tube in abutment against an end face of the core tube, and
an easy-to-cut portion is provided on the wall portion to surround the portion where the storage means is mounted.
9. A stencil material roll as defined in claim 8 in which the wall portion on which the storage means is mounted is a wall portion which is provided inside the core tube to extend in a direction substantially perpendicular to the longitudinal axis of the core tube.
10. A stencil material roll as defined in claim 9 further comprising a protective plate for protecting the storage means disposed on the end portion of the core tube on an axially outside of the storage means.
11. A stencil material roll as defined in claim 9 in which the storage means is mounted on an axially inner surface of the wall portion.
12. A stencil material roll as defined in claim 8 in which the easy-to-cut portion is formed by forming perforations through the wall portion to surround the portion where the storage means is mounted.
13. A stencil material roll as defined in claim 8 in which the easy-to-cut portion is formed by forming a thin wall portion to surround the portion where the storage means is mounted.
14. A stencil material roll as defined in claim 8 in which the wall portion on which the storage means is mounted is in the range of larger than 8N and smaller than 185N in cut resistance.
15. A stencil material roll comprising stencil material in a continuous length rolled around a core tube and a storage means which stores predetermined information, wherein the improvement comprises that the storage means is mounted on the core tube by way of a storage means mounting member which is removably mounted on the core tube, and wherein the storage means mounting is provided with an abutment portion abutting against an end face of the core tube.
16. A stencil material roll as defined in claim 15 in which the storage means mounting member is provided with a wall portion which is provided inside the core tube to extend in a direction substantially perpendicular to the longitudinal axis of the core tube.
17. A stencil material roll as defined in claim 16 further comprising a protective plate for protecting the storage means disposed on the end portion of the core tube on an axially outer surface of the wall portion.
18. A stencil material roll as defined in claim 16 in which the storage means is mounted on an axially inner surface of the wall portion.
19. A stencil material roll as defined in claim 15 in which a rib which is brought into contact with the inner surface of the core tube under pressure is formed on a surface of a junction joining the abutment portion and the wall portion opposed to the inner surface of the core tube.
20. A stencil material roll as defined in claim 15 in which the storage means mounting member is in the range of larger than 3N and smaller than 250N in draw resistance.