Abstract: A magnetic head vertical movement device for a magnetic-optical recording and/or reproducing apparatus for use with a disk cartridge, within which a magneto-optical disc is accommodated. The device includes a vertical movement drive mechanism for a magnetic head. The vertical movement drive mechanism carries out the vertical movement of the head between a first position where the magnetic head is caused to carry out the recording of information signals when the holder is located at a falling position, a second position above the first position, at which the head is located when the recording and/or reproduction unit is in a non-recording state, and a third position above the second position, at which the magnetic head is located when the holder is located at a rising position. The device avoids contact between the disk cartridge and the magnetic head at the time of insertion and withdrawal of the disk cartridge.

Abstract: The present invention carried out editing of a management region of a recording medium by carrying out an automatic erase operation as a result of simply designating the start point and end point of the section to be deleted and linking the programs preceding and proceeding the erased portion while carrying out a prescribed section delete function for erasing unnecessary portions of prescribed periods of data recorded on the recording medium. This therefore provides superior delete position designation because the position of the start and end points of the section to be deleted can be adjusted.

Abstract: An identifying apparatus and method and a robot apparatus capable of reliably identifying other moving objects or other objects, a position detecting apparatus and method and a robot apparatus capable of accurately detecting the position of a moving object or itself within a region, and a color extracting apparatus capable of accurately extracting a desired color are difficult to be realized. Objects are provided with identifiers having different color patterns such that the color patterns are detected and identified through image processing. Also, the objects of interest are given color patterns different from each other, such that the position of the object can be detected by identifying the color pattern through image processing. Further, a plurality of wall surfaces having different colors are provided along the periphery of the region, such that the position of an object is detected on the basis of the colors of the wall surfaces through image processing.

Abstract: An imaging array having overflow protection and electronic shuttering features is realized without an increase in pixel complexity. Overflow protection is provided by pulsing each row of the imager with a small overflow pulse during the sense amplifier reset phase. An electronic shutter is realized using a modified version of the pixel readout timing. The shutter provides sub-frame exposure by restricting the number of line-times a pixel is allowed to integrate. For a full-frame exposure, each pixel is read out once per frame; during readout of the other rows of the array, the pixel integrates. For subframe exposure, the pixel is continually reset, using a shutter pulse applied to the row lines during sense amplifier reset, until a certain number of rows (line-times) before it is to be read out. The pixel then is allowed to integrate until it is read out normally.

Abstract: A motor rotation control circuit of a disc recording and/or reproducing apparatus has first and second rotation control units and a switching circuit. Information extracted from data read out from a disc is supplied to the first rotation control unit. The first rotation control unit forms a first control signal to rotate a disc rotating motor at a constant linear velocity. A signal indicative of the detection of the rotation of the motor to rotate, the disc is supplied to the second rotation control unit. The second rotation control unit forms a second control signal to rotate the motor at a constant angular velocity. The second rotation control unit fetches rotational speed information of the disc when switching from the first rotation control unit to the second rotation control unit and forms the second control signal to control the motor on the basis of the fetched rotational speed information of the disc when switched from the first rotation control unit to the second rotation control unit.

Abstract: An apparatus for and method of removing duty cycle distortion jitter from data by adaptive equalization are disclosed. The apparatus includes an equalization circuit which equalizes input data based on an equalization control signal, a signal analysis circuit, and a control circuit which generates the equalization control signal. A multiport apparatus includes a plurality of equalization circuits, a multiplexor, a signal analysis circuit, and a control circuit. A method includes the steps of receiving an equalization control signal and the input data signal, equalizing the input data signal based on the equalization control signal, analyzing the equalized data signal and generating an analysis result signal, and generating the equalization control signal based on the analysis result signal.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a multiple valve single port manifold for use with a multiple lumen catheter. The inventive manifolds comprise a conduit with an entry port; a plurality of means for connecting the conduit to a plurality of catheter lumens, such that each lumen is capable of being in fluid communication with the entry port; and a plurality of means for controlling access from the conduit to the plurality of catheter lumens, such that each controlling means independently regulates access from the conduit to its corresponding catheter lumen. Because each catheter lumen is independently accessible from the same manifold port, the inventive devices are useful in any medical context where a need exists to independently control access to spatially proximal sites within a patient's passageway.

Abstract: A cyber-space system comprising one or more cyber-spaces for providing predetermined information, and user terminals for receiving provision of the predetermined information by accessing the cyber-space, wherein the cyber-space includes information objects for providing information to the user terminals, user objects corresponding to the user terminals, and a conversion object disposed between the information object and the user object, and capable of converting a terminal manipulation message from the user object into an information access message and supplying the converted message to the information object. The conversion object is further capable of converting an information content message from the information object into information corresponding to the capacity of the user terminal and providing the converted information to the user terminal.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a data storage processing apparatus and the object of the present invention is to provide storages including off-line media and to improve the usability of users as well as removing the unfairness among users. The resource of data storage processing will be divided and dynamically allocated and simultaneously various multiple storages in the resource of the data storage processing will be integrated in accordance with file systems and hierarchically arranged according to speeds and features, and file systems will be constructed on that hierarchical various multiple storages, and thus, users are able to access to the optional files making no distinction of various multiple storages and/or file system.

Abstract: A fluid compressor comprises a sealing case, an oil reservoir formed to an inner bottom portion of the sealing case, in an installed state, for storing an lubricating oil and a compression mechanism having a helical blade structure housed in the sealing case. The compression mechanism comprises a cylinder, a rotating member arranged in the cylinder so as to perform eccentric motion and a helical blade interposed between the rotating member and the cylinder for defining a plurality of partitioned compression chambers. The fluid compressor further comprises an electric motor unit housed inside the sealing casing in operative connection to the compression mechanism. The compression mechanism has a vertical structure in which the fluid is compressed and transferred in a perpendicular direction in the installed state.

Abstract: The present invention enables to provide a route information obtained by a search, even in a personal computer not provided with the same application software.The present invention includes: a route calculation module for creating a predetermined sequence of image information representing a route connecting at least two points of a starting point and a destination; a navigation guidance creation module; and a self-reproduction file creation module for creating a reproduction control data for reproducing the predetermined sequence of image information and filing the image information and the reproduction control data.

Abstract: There is provided a disc array control method and apparatus for controlling access to a disc drive consisting of a plurality of second data obtained by dividing a first data and a plurality of discs for storing the error correction data for the second data. Particularly, the disc array control method and apparatus of the present invention determines the information consisting of disc storing a plurality of the second data and address on the disc, data size of a plurality of second data and disc storing the error correction data and address on the disc to make equal the time required for access to a plurality of second data and error correction data and executes the access to the disc drive on the basis of the determined information. Thereby, the time required for access to the error correction data and sub-blocks can be set to equal time and the real-time property can be assured while maintaining high reliability.

Abstract: Apparatus for encapsulating products, for instance encapsulating lead frames with epoxy resin, wherein the apparatus comprises:one or more pressing devices for encapsulating the products at increased pressure and/or temperature;a first carriage device for transferring the products from supply means to the pressing device; anda second carriage device for discharging the encapsulated products from the pressing device to discharge means, wherein the first and second carriage are guidable along collective guide means.

Abstract: Method and apparatus for encoding sub information is provided for synchronizing the main information of a digital audio disk with the sub information thereof. A sub signal encoding unit is composed as part of a unit for recording a signal of a digital audio disk. The sub signal encoding unit is inputted with a main signal having a format of the digital audio disk and a sub signal for improving the sound quality of the audio signal. A data cutting section is provided with the main signal and takes out part of the main signal as a synchronous signal. A Q channel generating section operates to replace the format of the synchronous signal with the Q channel data format so that the synchronous signal may be recorded in the Q channel of the subcode of the digital audio disk. A subcode encoding section is provided with the sub signal and the Q channel data and encodes the sub signal according to the format of the subcode.

Abstract: An apparatus for and method of controlling a versatile USB endpoint pipe are disclosed. The USB endpoint pipe can be in various states which are determined by control commands. The control commands also determine the endpoint pipe type.

Abstract: A header in which an address signal has been recorded is provided on the disc for every predetermined sector interval. Recording data is arranged in an error correction encoding block and the error correcting process is performed. The error correction encoding block is divided into a plurality of portions in a predetermined direction, thereby forming sectors S1, S2, S3, . . . . The data of each sector is recorded subsequent to the header. Upon reproduction, the header is detected and the data is reproduced for every sector. One of the error correcting processes is performed in the reproduced data in the sectors S1, S2, S3, . . . . In the case where errors cannot be corrected by the error correcting process in the reproduced data in the sector, the error correction block including the sectors S1, S2, S3, . . . is reproduced and the error correcting processes are performed in the sequences in two directions.

Abstract: There is provided a refrigerator capable of suppressing intra-compartment temperature from rising during a defrosting operation by means of a defrosting heater and capable of preventing temperature of foods from rising after the defrosting operation. The inventive refrigerator sets temperature for ending a freezing mode during a pre-cooling operation at pre-cooling freezing mode ending temperature which is lower than temperature during a normal operation by a predetermined temperature and conducts an alternate cooling operation until when the pre-cooling operation ends based on the pre-cooling freezing mode ending temperature.

Abstract: A scalable flash EEPROM cell has a semiconductor substrate with a drain and a source and a channel therebetween. A select gate is positioned over a portion of the channel and is insulated therefrom. A floating gate has a first edge and a second edge with a first portion over the select gate and insulated therefrom, and a second portion over a second portion of the channel and over the source, and is between the select gate and the source. A control gate is over the floating gate and is insulated therefrom and has a first edge and a second edge aligned with the first edge and the second edge of the floating gate.

Abstract: A method for compressing a digital audio input signal to provide a recording signal in which the input signal is divided into frames comprising plural samples. Each frame is transformed into a block of spectral coefficients, which are divided into plural bands. For each band, block floating is applied to the spectral coefficients therein; a block floating coefficient is generated; the spectral coefficients are quantized with an adaptive number of bits to provide quantized spectral coefficients; and a word length is generated. Finally, there is added to the recording signal a block of data derived from the block of spectral coefficients and consisting of the quantized spectral coefficients, a main word length and a main block floating coefficient for each band, and a reserve word length at least for each lower frequency band. In a variation, zero bits are allocated to quantize the spectral coefficients in bands higher in frequency than a highest usable band.

Abstract: An oven using one or more quartz tungsten light bulbs capable of producing 1.5 kW of radiant energy of which a significant portion is light energy in the 0.4 to 0.7 .mu.m wavelength range impinges high intensity visible light wave radiation directly onto a food item. Light sources can be positioned above and below the food item and the inner walls of the oven are preferably highly reflective to reflect light energy onto the food. The intensity of the visible light source is automatically controllable and can be varied throughout the cooking cycle.