Abstract: A game apparatus of the invention includes: a voice input section for inputting at least one voice set including voice uttered by an operator, for converting the voice set into a first electric signal, and for outputting the first electric signal; a voice recognition section for recognizing the voice set on the basis of the first electric signal output from the voice input means; an image input section for optically detecting a movement of the lips of the operator, for converting the detected movement of lips into a second electric signal, and for outputting the second electric signal; a speech period detection section for receiving the second electric signal, and for obtaining a period in which the voice is uttered by the operator on the basis of the received second electric signal; an overall judgment section for extracting the voice uttered by the operator from the input voice set, on the basis of the voice set recognized by the voice recognition means and the period obtained by the speech period detection

Abstract: An image printer for printing images with less cross-talk between images and less image flickering is provided. A plurality of images are interleft in one or a plurality of line units and a lenticular lens is used to make it possible for each individual pixel to be distinguished. The difference in brightness between an attentional pixel and the surrounding pixels that surround this attentional pixel is taken, and a correlation value is produced, the correlation value being reduced if the difference is large and increased if the difference is small. The image printer is equipped with a pixel shape controller that makes the printed pixels smaller in a region where the correlation value is low, and makes the printed pixels larger in a region where the correlation value is high.

Abstract: To prevent a printed image from becoming difficult to view because of displacements in print positions when a plurality of images are printed in separate procedures to produce the printed image, the present invention comprises a lenticular sheet holding member for holding a lenticular sheet thereon, a thermal head for recording an image on a back surface of the lenticular sheet, a driver for moving the lenticular sheet holding member relative to the thermal head, a limiting member for limiting a prescribed face of the lenticular sheet and thereby positioning the lenticular sheet, and a pressing member for pressing the lenticular sheet toward the limiting member.

Abstract: The terminal device with built-in image sensor allows to use a conventional writing tool as the handwritten input means, and facilitates reading of printed document, and incorporates a scanning image sensor composed of a lens member having the optical path disposed parallel to a transparent panel, a prism member for bending the optical path at right angle to match one focal position of the lens member with the surface of the transparent panel, a light source for illuminating the surface of the transparent panel, and a light sensor disposed at other focal position of the lens member, and reads a document placed on the transparent panel, and conventional writing device is provided in the lid unit, and by closing the lid unit after writing character or picture by the writing device, the character or picture is read by the image sensor.

Abstract: There is disclosed a character recognition machine adapted to recognize Japanese characters such as kanjis and kanas. The machine comprises a character string storage portion, a character extraction portion, a character recognition portion, and a language processing portion. A character string to be recognized is stored as an image in the storage portion. The character extraction portion comprises a network consisting a plurality of interconnected operators each of which has numerous inputs and outputs. An evaluation function which assumes its minimum value when a character extraction produces the best results is calculated by the operators simultaneously so as to minimize the value of the function. The character recognition portion calculates degrees of similarity of a character pattern to various character categories, the character pattern being applied from the character extraction portion.

Abstract: An input/display integrated information processing device has: image display circuit for displaying document and image information; image input circuit through which information of an image such as a picture, a photograph, documents drawn or written on a sheet presented by the user can be an input; a visual coincidence structure for integrally combining a display screen of the image display circuit with an input screen of image input circuit so as to establish visual coincidence of screens as viewed from the user; contact information detection circuit for, when a finger of the user, the sheet presented by the user, or the like makes contact with the contact information detection circuit, detecting information of a contact position, the contact information detection circuit being disposed on the whole of the input screen of the image input circuit or the display screen of the image display circuit; image extraction circuit for automatically extracting only a required portion from image information input throug

Abstract: There is disclosed a character recognition machine adapted to recognize Japanese characters such as kanjis and kanas. The machine comprises a character string storage portion, a character extraction portion, a character recognition portion, and a language processing portion. A character string to be recognized is stored as an image in the storage portion. The character extraction portion comprises a network consisting a plurality of interconnected operators each of which has numerous inputs and outputs. An evaluation function which assumes its minimum value when a character extraction produces the best results is calculated by the operators simultaneously so as to minimize the value of the function. The character recognition portion calculates degrees of similarity of a character pattern to various character categories, the character pattern being applied from the character extraction portion.

Abstract: A voice recognition apparatus is provided which includes a first detection circuit for receiving an electric signal corresponding to voice. The first detection circuit detects a voice termination point representing a time at which the input of the electric signal corresponding to the voice is terminated based on the electric signal. The apparatus further includes a second detection circuit for determining a speech period, the speech period being a period in which the voice is uttered within a whole period in which the voice is input, based on the electric signal. In addition, the apparatus includes a feature amount extracting circuit for producing a feature amount vector, on the basis of a part of the electric signal corresponding to the speech period. A memory is provided for storing feature amount vectors for a plurality of voice candidates which are previously generated.

Abstract: An apparatus for printing image data prints image data on a lens array having a plurality of lenses arranged along a first direction. The apparatus includes: an image data generating section for generating image data; a head having a plurality of printing elements arranged along a second direction, the head driving each of the plurality of printing elements in accordance with the image data; a conveying section for conveying the lens array relative to the head; and a first pinion and a second pinion which are arranged along the second direction. The first pinion and the second pinion each have a rotation axis parallel to the second direction. The lens array has a first rack extending along the first direction and a second rack extending along the first direction. The first pinion engaging with the first rack of the lens array and the second pinion engaging with the second rack of the lens array.

Abstract: An input/display integrated information processing device has: image display circuit for displaying document and image information; image input circuit through which information of an image such as a picture, a photograph, documents drawn or written on a sheet presented by the user can be an input; a visual coincidence structure for integrally combining a display screen of the image display circuit with an input screen of the image input circuit so as to establish visual coincidence of screens as viewed from the user; contact information detection circuit for, when a finger of the user, the sheet presented by the user, or the like makes contact with the contact information detection circuit, detecting information of a contact position, the contact information detection circuit being disposed on the whole of the input screen of the image input circuit or the display screen of the image display circuit; image extraction circuit for automatically extracting only a required portion from image information input th

Abstract: A character recognition unit recognizes a document image to output character candidates; a character correction unit selects a corrected character string which is correct with respect to grammar and vocabulary, from a set of character candidates from the character recognition unit; a keyword extraction unit extracts keywords of a document to be recognized, from the corrected character string; and wherein the character correction unit selects the corrected character string by a use of BUNSETSU evaluation representing correctness with respect to grammar and vocabulary, and an evaluation of the BUNSETSU is increased when the BUNSETSU has the keyword outputted from the keyword extraction unit.

Abstract: A method of manufacturing an unclad infrared optical fiber hot extrudes silver halide crystals through a die while simultaneously applying a pressure of 5 to 15 tons/cm.sup.2 to the crystals and a tensile load to the forming fiber, the tensile load being greater than the yield stress but smaller than the rupture stress of the infrared optical fiber. The method provides an infrared fiber having minimal variation in linearity.

Abstract: The griddle of this invention includes a temperature adjustment element for adjusting a cooking temperature for a material such as meat and vegetable, a thin plate having a small heat capacity for heating the material, an adiabatic frame for supporting the thin plate with an adiabatic structure, a plurality of heating elements for heating the thin plate, a plurality of temperature sensors for measuring temperatures of a plurality of positions on the thin plate, and a power distribution element for determining power to be distributed to each of the heating elements based on the outputs from the temperature sensors and the cooking temperature.

Abstract: A television system which includes a television set with cathode-ray tube, a VCR deck, a disc player, a tape deck and a radio tuner in one unit operated and controlled by a single remote control device. The cathode-ray tube displays a menu including a guide to help one use the remote control device. The television system also includes automatically selecting a preset or use determined favorite device, e.g. television set, and/or a channel when the system is turned on.

Abstract: A test pattern generating apparatus for generating test patterns to test a sequential circuit having at least one memory element. The apparatus calculates, in response to a primary input applied to the sequential circuit, analog logic values for signal lines in the sequential circuit using a nonlinear function, then stores history data for the analog logic values with an inverse covariance matrix of the analog logic values. The apparatus then calculates an evaluation value according to the degree of variance between the analog logic values and the history data. A primary input setting unit is used for producing a next primary input which provides a maximum evaluation value from the evaluation value obtained from the present primary input. inputs produced by the primary input setting unit.

Abstract: A test pattern generation device for producing test pattern signals for testing a preselected digital circuit includes a dominant pattern signal generator and a subservient pattern signal generator. When a first dominant pattern signal (0,0,0,0,0) is generated, five subservient pattern signals (1,0,0,0,0), (0,1,0,0,0), (0,0,1,0,0), (0,0,0,1,0) and (0,0,0,0,1) are generated, each being unit Hamming distance from the dominant pattern signal. The subservient pattern signals are sequentially applied to a simulator carrying a hypothetical digital circuit for producing a controllability cost CCO.sub.f and a continuous cyclic logic value CV.sub.f at a preselected line G.sub.f in the digital circuit for each subservient pattern signal. A cost generator produces an evaluation cost CT.sub.f by the use of the controllability cost CCO.sub.f and the continuous cyclic logic value CV.sub.f for each subservient pattern signal.

Abstract: An infrared optical fiber is provided which includes silver halide polycrystals having a composition ratio of silver chloride and silver bromide in the range of 30 to 70 percent by weight of silver chloride, and having an average grain size of 5 .mu.m or less. There also is provided a method of manufacturing such an infrared optical fiber, in which a silver halide single crystal having a composition ratio of silver chloride and silver bromide in the range of 30 to 70 percent by weight of silver chloride is extruded into an infrared optical fiber, while applying an extruding pressure of 70 kg/mm.sup.2 or more and a tensile load which is greater than the yield strength and smaller than the tensile strength.

Abstract: An infrared optical fiber is disclosed which has a composition ratio of silver chloride and silver bromide in the range of 30 to 70 percent by weight of silver chloride, and has a diameter of 0.5 mm or less. The infrared optical fiber has great mechanical strength, so that it does not burn because of degradation in the laser beam transmission capability, even after 2,000 times of repetitive bending with a curvature radius of 20 mm, which is the condition necessary for use within the interior of a body, and it exhibits excellent radiant optical characteristics. In particular, an infrared optical fiber with a diameter of 0.35 mm or less is preferred, because such an infrared optical fiber withstands over 10,000 times of repetitive bending under the same condition as above and can therefore be repeatedly used many times.