We already proposed as the 1st report the new type micro manipulator's construction and functions in which Japanese chopsticks and game controller have been applied. Now as the 2nd report, we constructed again more sophisticated manipulating system :the one chopstick top catching up samples is bent as an semi-arc for easy safe and assured manipulations and the other chopstick top is sharply cut inclined then more easy safe and reliable manipulations have been done. We could catch up 70μ m long small shrimps and we moved these to the aimed positions accurately. As a trial example we caught up small shrimp eggs using upper mentioned chopsticks, and we carried these to the place where the sharp needle is located This is a land of injector, its axis is hollow and it is fixed. Then we also tried making a hole and did a little of red ink installation into an shrimp egg. We hope these successful simple and accurate techniques will lead to the actual cell operations.

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This paper describes an air-viscous slow governor used in Spring Drive Sonnerie. Spring Drive movement makes no noise during hand movement. This is an ideal condition for installing mechanism for striking a bell. Japanese Buddhists' prayer bell "orin" was chosen for the sound source. Our objective was to create a sonnerie that offered the resonance and the clear tone of an orin. The reverberation resonance of an orin is produced by a hammer that strikes the bell at approximately 3-second interval. Along with the smoothly flowing second hand, the sound imparts a sense of slow and tranquil flow of time. To achieve the ringing tone of an orin amid a tranquil stillness, we developed a non-contact slow governor that made virtually no noise. The key to the "silent" slow governor is the wings around the rotor that produce resistance caused by viscosity of the air. This rotor turns at a constant speed at which the reactive force of the main spring and the viscous resistance caused by the air are balanced.

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In order to realize a low-cost and power-saving positioning system using PHS, an algorithm to judge moving and stopping status of distribution equipment from vibraton is developed. It gets position data measured by PHS one or two times a day, measures vibration continuously, updates maximum and minimum acceleration in a day when the equipment is moving or stops, and sets the threshold of acceleraiotn to their middle value. With this algorithm, a judgment of movement and stop becomes possible without concerning measurement error of PHS, vibration characteristic of distribution machinery and installation position of an accelerometer.

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Electrophoretic Display (EPD) has some advantages over conventional Liquid Crystal Display (LCD) for watches. EPD can be formed in curved surface, and has higher black and white contrast, wider view angle, and lower power consumption compared to LCD. Electrode structure, driving method, and contents of the display were all developed exclusively to match the integrated design of the watch with curved surface display. In 2006, we introduced SEIKO SPECTRUM to the world market. This watch was the first watch that utilized EPD technology.

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Radio positioning systems using PHS terminals are provided as low-cost positioning services for logistics. In this research, a differential offset positioning methods for improving PHS positioning accuracy is proposed and its basic characteristics are evaluated. This method records position and RSSI data at major logistic points in advance and matches them with measured data of moving objects. For this purpose, a position evaluation method whose datum scattering area is small and a datum matching method which uses 3D space of latitude, longitude and RSSI are developed. Validity of the method is verified by the experiment at outdoor fields.

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It succeeded in the development of the SPRING DRIVE-Chronograph that has the precision and continuation time equivalent to SPRING DRIVE even in at the time of Chronograph use, by the development of low load Chronograph structure.

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In the precision engineering field of fine positioning for devices such as microscopes and semi-conductor manufacturing equipments, it is very important for engineers to develop three dimensional XYZ stage with resolution less than one micrometers, having high reproducibility of motion. The authors designed and manufactured a perfect one-piece XYZ stage with about 300μ m stroke in x and y directions and 30μm in z direction, respectively, using mechanical lever magnifying small output displacement of laminar type PZT. It was stated in this paper that (1) about 30 % of magnification efficiency are confirmed experimentally and by FEM, caused mainly by deformation of elastic hinges and (2) around 10 % of mutual interferential displacement of x,y and z axis are observed, brought by the asymmetry of the mechanism due to manufacturing errors.

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In adjustment procedure of mechanical watches, especially for severe ones such as chronometers for observatory contests, this theory has been a fairly strong tool. These situations, although they were for more than 40 years ago, are explained here as well as a theory itself, of which author would like to be referred the last report of the same theme written in English last year.

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