Abstract: The present invention is directed to a multiplex radio transmission/receiving system. The system includes a plurality of transmission sections provided so as to correspond to a plurality of channels, and a plurality of receiving sections provided so as to correspond to the plurality of channels. Each transmission section includes a modulation section, a first frequency conversion section, a first band-pass filter, a second frequency conversion section, and a second band-pass filter. Each receiving section includes a third band-pass filter, a third frequency conversion section, a fourth band-pass filter, a fourth frequency conversion section, and a demodulation section. By selection of an optimum value for a second intermediate frequency of a transmitter and for a third intermediate frequency of a receiver, a group of transmission radio frequencies (RF) signals and a group of local frequency signals are allocated without overlap.

Abstract: The invention relates to a fixed-length cell handling switching system and a method for controlling a read rate of a fixed-length cell. The fixed-length cell handling switching system has a quality class identifier relating unit for relating a quality class identifier according to a quality class of a cell, a quality controlling buffer unit including a managing unit, a buffer and a read rate information holding unit, and a call handling control unit including a virtual band setting unit for setting a virtual band of the buffer and a read rate setting control unit for setting and controlling a read rate, wherein a read rate for each quality class is dynamically changed, whereby a transmitting process is conducted according to a required quality class without affecting fixed-length cells of calls having different qualities on each other.

Abstract: A picture signal transmitting system using a CATV network sends a picture signal from a transmission path to subscribers by using a radio transmitter and receiver, and in the picture signal transmitting system, there is no physical wire connection from a tap off of the transmission path to subscribers.

Abstract: An attenuator unit for attenuating a signal, the unit includes a &pgr;-type attenuator having a first resistor and second and third resistors which are arranged on both sides of the first resistor, a first transistor connected in parallel with the first resistor, and a second transistor connected between a joint node of the second resistor and the third resistor and a first voltage level. In the unit, by controlling a gate voltage of the first transistor and a gate voltage of the second transistor, an attenuation value of the attenuator unit is changed.

Abstract: To eliminate the delay time from when a request is made for playing a prescribed tone until it is actually played. Tone data in which the beginning part of the data that generates one effect sound is uncompressed data and the remaining part is compressed data, is stored in a compressed data unit. An arithmetic processing unit reads the data stored in the compressed data unit and decides whether this data is compressed data. If the data is uncompressed data, the data is transferred via multiplexer 9 to speaker 50 and is played. While the uncompressed data is being played, the remaining data is transferred to an expansion unit, where expansion processing is performed on it. If the expansion-processed data requires later-stage processing, it is stored in a post-expansion data unit, and if no such processing is required, it is transferred via a multiplexer to a speaker and is played.

Abstract: The present invention relates to the automatic frequency control circuit and the method of automatic frequency control. The automatic frequency control circuit for processing frequency control of a received signal frequency based on an incoming received signal comprises a first control circuit for processing frequency control based on a precision counter by using the incoming received signal and a second control circuit for processing frequency control based on a coarse counter by using the incoming received signal, wherein the first control circuit and the second control circuit are configured to be used interchangeably in response to the incoming received signal. By employing the circuit which directly counts the received signal and the circuit which counts the regenerative carrier signal in combination, the follow up range of the automatic frequency control circuit is thus expanded.

Abstract: An apparatus stabilizes the level of an output signal (b) of an output control unit (1) according to a control signal (c). When a power source is turned on or when burst signal transmission starts, an input signal (a) to the output control unit (1) rises. While the input signal (a) is rising, a switching circuit (6) selects initial value data (e) held in an initial value data holding circuit (8), so that a smoothing unit (4) may generate the control signal (c) from the initial value data (e). When a variation in difference data obtained from a moving average of the difference between level data (h) detected by a level detecting unit (3) and reference value data (g) held in a reference value data holding circuit (9) decreases below a predetermined value, the switching circuit (6) provides the difference data as average value data (f) to the smoothing unit (4) so that the smoothing unit (4) may generate the control signal (c) from the average value data (f).

Abstract: A device to perform tone generation while efficiently using a broad bit width bus and essentially eliminating the delay from the request for tone expression until its expression. An arithmetic processing device that generates tones reads the data all at once from a memory in which tone data is stored. This is set so that the delay time from when there is a request for tone generation until the tone is actually generated and expressed is negligible.

Abstract: In an ATM switch, after a communication path is properly set up, a continuity test is performed by passing an OAM cell through the communication path before initiating the transmission of user cells. After the transmission of user cells is initiated, a loopback test is performed by periodically inserting an OAM cell in a user cell flow. When a fault condition is detected as a result of the OAM cell loopback test, a peak cell rate environment is created by adding OAM cells to the user cells for a limited period of time, and communication quality is measured under the thus created environment. When a point-to-multipoint connection with a plurality of leaf points is set up, correspondence between each leaf point and a physical connection point is recorded in a table.

Abstract: A computer-controlled optical amplifying apparatus, which includes an optical amplifying unit including an optical amplifying medium and an optical amplifying control unit controlling the optical amplifying unit under the control of a computer. This optical amplifying control unit is constituted by a status monitoring unit for monitoring the status, an optical output control unit for controlling the optical amplifying unit in accordance with the result of monitoring of status; and a status restoring unit for initializing the control status of the optical output control unit by initializing the computer when detecting an occurrence of the abnormal status by the result of monitoring of status and restoring the optical output control unit to the control status before occurrence of the related abnormal status within a relaxation time inherent in the optical amplifying medium occurring accompanied with this initialization.

Abstract: A variable gain amplifier circuit enables the minimum gain to be established easily without changing DC voltage of output terminal at the time when the gain is to be variable. The variable gain amplifier circuit is provided with an input differential circuit consisting of a first and a second transistors whose respective bases are connected to input terminals, and whose respective emitters are connected to constant-current source, and a gain control differential circuit consisting of a third to an eighth transistors 9, 14, 10, 11, 12, and 13 which are connected mutually such that base, collector, and emitter become required relationship. Further, the variable gain amplifier circuit is provided with a first load resistor connected between collector of the third, fifth, and seventh transistors 9, 10, and 12, and a first power supply terminal, and a second load resistor connected between collector of the sixth, eighth, and fourth transistors 11, 13, and 14.

Abstract: A retiming circuit able to constantly perform sampling by a clock at a center portion of input data and performing a correct discrimination of logic “1” and “0” even if there is duty fluctuation of a pulse, provided with delay unit for imparting a variable delay to input data or a clock; a reference clock generating unit for generating a reference clock synchronized with the clock; a first phase difference detection unit for detecting a phase difference between a rising edge of the reference clock and the rising edge of the input data; a second phase difference detection unit for detecting a phase difference between the rising edge of the reference clock and a falling edge of the input data; and an intermediate phase setting unit for calculating the intermediate phase of the input data based on the outputs of the first and second phase difference detection units, the delay being controlled based on the intermediate phase.

Abstract: A base transceiver station in a wireless local loop system using a personal handy-phone system constituted by a plurality of cell stations, each accommodating a plurality of subscriber units, a hybrid section integrally handling signals transmitted and received by the plurality of cell stations via a single antenna, and a multiplexing/demultiplexing unit integrally handling the signals transferred between the plurality of cell stations and an existing network, thereby enabling construction of a wireless local loop system which is small in size, can expand the service area without an increase of interference with other base transceiver stations, has a good affinity with existing networks, is provided with ISDN functions, and, at the same time, provides backup against faults and improves the transmission quality and reliability.

Abstract: A radio receiving apparatus regenerates a clock synchronized to a symbol clock contained in a quadrature demodulated signal obtained by demodulating a multilevel quadrature modulated signal, converts the analog quadrature demodulated signal, at the timing at which the regenerated clock occurs, to digital data and outputs the digital data via a transversal equalizer. The apparatus includes a slope discriminator for outputting the slope of an in-phase signal constituting the quadrature demodulated signal. A FIR filter constructing the equalizer outputs, as an error signal between input and output signals of the equalizer, an output signal of the FIR filter which prevails when a center tap coefficient of the filter is regarded as being zero.

Abstract: A viewer for slot machines has a dihedral support (7) equipped with a large circular window (8) extended through the faces of the support (7), for the display of a disc (1) of flexible transparent or translucid plastic provided along its circumference with an alignment of images (2). The disc (1) is retained by the support (7) across its circumference and, in one embodiment, permanently maintains a dihedral configuration, showing an observer an alignment of images (2) according to a circumferential arc of variable amplitude according to the level of concealment of the front face of the assembly. In another embodiment, the disc is supported by two bracings so as to assume a “U”-shaped configuration, with two semicircular sectors and one intermediate sector.

Abstract: A multimedia data storing and transmitting method and a device using the method may improve flexibility and accuracy of reproduction of a multimedia data stream in a reception terminal, when a multimedia data storage device transmits the multimedia data stream. The multimedia data storing and transmitting method includes the steps of making a set of moving picture data, sound data, and multiplexed information of the moving picture data and the sound data into a packet, distinguishing a data packet of themoving picture data, the sound data, and the multiplexed information from a header packet of the moving picture data, the sound data, and the multiplexed information, storing the distinguished data packet and header packet, and transmitting the stored data packet following the stored header packet.

Abstract: The invention concerns synchronization equipment; more particularly, the invention is directed to the provision of synchronization equipment which, after simple hardware installation and software setting, establishes a synchronization network with an existing network, SDH elements, etc. that do not support SSMB.

Abstract: A method and a device for detecting a position of a graduation support relative to a support of the device in a direction of displacement of the graduation support and the support relative to each other. The device has a light source. The support has a high resolution graduation consisting of a sequence or array of optical elements focusing the light beam sensing plane on a support on which light-sensitive sensing elements are arranged so that the displacement of the graduation support in relation to the sensing plane can be assessed with precision. The light flux is modified by the graduation and intercepts at least the entire width of an optical element such that the light energy is converted into an alternating signal representing the position of the graduation support in relation to the support. The device is suitable for producing high resolution sensors with simple elements which are easy to manufacture.