Abstract: A tubular body that includes a plurality of first wires distributed in an annular portion of the tubular body, and a plurality of deformed second wires alternately disposed between each of the plurality of first wires, the plurality of first wires and the plurality of deformed second wires being in an alternately twisted arrangement in a longitudinal direction of the tubular body, where each of the plurality of first wires has a substantially circular shape in a cross section view, and each of the plurality of deformed second wires has a non-circular shape in the cross section view, has an arcuate side portion that receive a part of a side surface of an adjacent wire of the plurality of first wires, and has an annular sector shape protruding in a radial direction in the cross section view of the tubular body.

Abstract: A tubular body that includes a plurality of first wires distributed in an annular portion of the tubular body, and a plurality of deformed second wires alternately disposed between each of the plurality of first wires, the plurality of first wires and the plurality of deformed second wires being in an alternately twisted arrangement in a longitudinal direction of the tubular body, where each of the plurality of first wires has a substantially circular shape in a cross section view, and each of the plurality of deformed second wires has a non-circular shape in the cross section view, has an arcuate side portion that receive a part of a side surface of an adjacent wire of the plurality of first wires, and has an annular sector shape protruding in a radial direction in the cross section view of the tubular body.

Abstract: An information processing apparatus includes: memory configured to store local data associated with content and to store network data associated with the content, wherein the local data comprises real data associated with the content, and wherein the network data comprises metadata associated with the content; and a display control unit configured to control display of the local data and the network data on a display unit based on time information associated with the network data and the local data.

Abstract: An information transmission/reception device, an information processing device and method, an information transmission managing device and method, an information reception managing device and method, a recording medium, and a program which are intended to provide better communication between senders and receivers of electronic mail are provided. An electronic mail message sent from a personal computer 22 includes an action ID for identifying an action to be performed by a friend Pochara displayed on a destination personal computer, the action ID being related with text data entered by the user of the personal computer 22. On the personal computer which has received electronic mail, the text included in electronic mail is displayed in a balloon of the friend Pochara and, at the same time, the action of the friend Pochara is controlled by the action data (or image data) acquired on the basis of the action ID related with that text.

Abstract: An image display apparatus that detects a picture defect and shifts an image region to eliminate the picture defect. The image display apparatus includes a memory unit that temporarily stores an input image signal, a memory control unit that controls a readout start address for the memory unit, a display unit to which the image signal read out of the memory unit is supplied, a detection unit that detects an aspect ratio of the input image signal, and an address control signal generation unit which receives an output from detection unit and generates a readout start address control signal for the memory unit.

Abstract: An image processing apparatus for expanding the frequency band of enhancement to increase the effect of improvement of the image quality and realizing enhancement in two dimensions for an image signal by a simple circuit configuration, provided with a vertical high-pass filter, a vertical low-pass filter, a horizontal high-pass filter, and a horizontal low-pass filter as enhancers which extract high frequency components and low frequency components in vertical and horizontal directions, respectively and switches for appropriately selecting a signal of predetermined frequency components in the vertical and horizontal directions to enhance a signal of a predetermined frequency band. Accordingly, two-dimensional filtering is able to be achieved using one-dimensional filters in the vertical and horizontal directions and the enhancement effect can be improved by appropriately selecting the enhancement mode in accordance with the characteristic of the image signal.

Abstract: There is provided an image display apparatus which automatically detects a picture defect and shifts an image region to eliminate the picture defect. The image display apparatus includes a memory unit for temporarily storing an input image signal, a memory control unit for controlling a readout start address for the memory unit, a display unit to which the image signal read out of the memory unit is supplied, a detection unit of an aspect ratio of the input image signal, and an address control signal generation unit to which an aspect ratio detection output is supplied from the detection unit and which generates a readout start address control signal for the memory unit from the input image signal. When the input image signal having an aspect ratio different from an aspect ratio of image screen display of the display unit is supplied, a readout start address is controlled on the basis of the address control signal generated by the address control signal generation unit.

Abstract: There is provided an image display apparatus which automatically detects a picture defect and shifts an image region to eliminate the picture defect. The image display apparatus includes a memory unit for temporarily storing an input image signal, a memory control unit for controlling a readout start address for the memory unit, a display unit to which the image signal read out of the memory unit is supplied, a detection unit of an aspect ratio of the input image signal, and an address control signal generation unit to which an aspect ratio detection output is supplied from the detection unit and which generates a readout start address control signal for the memory unit from the input image signal. When the input image signal having an aspect ratio different from an aspect ratio of image screen display of the display unit is supplied, a readout start address is controlled on the basis of the address control signal generated by the address control signal generation unit.

Abstract: An information transmission/reception device, an information processing device and method, an information transmission managing device and method, an information reception managing device and method, a recording medium, and a program which are intended to provide better communication between senders and receivers of electronic mail are provided. An electronic mail message sent from a personal computer 22 includes an action ID for identifying an action to be performed by a friend Pochara displayed on a destination personal computer, the action ID being related with text data entered by the user of the personal computer 22. On the personal computer which has received electronic mail, the text included in electronic mail is displayed in a balloon of the friend Pochara and, at the same time, the action of the friend Pochara is controlled by the action data (or image data) acquired on the basis of the action ID related with that text.

Abstract: An image processing apparatus for expanding the frequency band of enhancement to increase the effect of improvement of the image quality and realizing enhancement in two dimensions for an image signal by a simple circuit configuration, provided with a vertical high-pass filter, a vertical low-pass filter, a horizontal high-pass filter, and a horizontal low-pass filter as enhancers which extract high frequency components and low frequency components in vertical and horizontal directions, respectively and switches for appropriately selecting a signal of predetermined frequency components in the vertical and horizontal directions to enhance a signal of a predetermined frequency band. Accordingly, two-dimensional filtering is able to be achieved using one-dimensional filters in the vertical and horizontal directions and the enhancement effect can be improved by appropriately selecting the enhancement mode in accordance with the characteristic of the image signal.

Abstract: There is provided an image display apparatus which automatically detects a picture defect and shifts an image region to eliminate the picture defect. The image display apparatus includes a memory unit for temporarily storing an input image signal, a memory control unit for controlling a readout start address for the memory unit, a display unit to which the image signal read out of the memory unit is supplied, a detection unit of an aspect ratio of the input image signal, and an address control signal generation unit to which an aspect ratio detection output is supplied from the detection unit and which generates a readout start address control signal for the memory unit from the input image signal. When the input image signal having an aspect ratio different from an aspect ratio of image screen display of the display unit is supplied, a readout start address is controlled on the basis of the address control signal generated by the address control signal generation unit.