Abstract: An encoding method, which achieves encoding efficiency, and good picture quality encoding even when there exists a picture in which a scene change occurs within an interlaced frame, is provided. A moving pictures encoding method treats a frame of interlaced image input signals as a picture, and performs prediction and encoding for this picture in macro-block units from a picture of both a forward picture, which is temporally in the past, and a backward picture, which is in the future.

Abstract: A high strength aluminum alloy casting obtained by casting an aluminum alloy comprised of 7.5 to 11.5 wt % of Si, 3.8 to 4.8 wt % of Cu, 0.45 to 0.65 wt % of Mg, 0.4 to 0.7 wt % of Fe, 0.35 to 0.45 wt % of Mn, and the balance of Al and not more than 0.2 wt % of unavoidable impurities, wherein this aluminum alloy has 0.1 to 0.3 wt % of Ag added to it or contains 0.1 to 1.0 wt % of at least one element selected from the group of second additive elements comprised of Rb, K, Ba, Sr, Zr, Nb, Ta, V, and Pd and rare earth elements, and a method of production of a high strength aluminum alloy casting comprising the steps of filling a melt of an aluminum alloy in a mold to obtain a casting, taking out the aluminum alloy casting from the mold, solubilizing the high strength aluminum alloy casting by heating in a temperature range of 495 to 505° C.

Abstract: A microwave plasma processing method is provided which enables a uniform thin film layer to be formed on a surface to be processed and which enables a short time processing. In the microwave plasma processing method, microwaves are introduced into a plasma processing chamber 1, and a processing gas is transformed into plasma to form a thin film layer on a base substance 13 disposed in the plasma processing chamber 13, and the method comprises: fixing the base substance 13 coaxially with a central axis of the plasma processing chamber 1; setting a standing wave mode of the microwaves in the plasma processing chamber to a TE mode or a TEM mode from a mouth portion 131 to a body portion 133 of the base substance; and setting a mode having both the TE mode and a TM mode in a bottom portion 132 of the base substance.

Abstract: A microwave plasma processing method is provided which enables a uniform thin film layer to be formed on a surface to be processed and which enables a short time processing. In the microwave plasma processing method, microwaves are introduced into a plasma processing chamber 1, and a processing gas is transformed into plasma to form a thin film layer on a base substance 13 disposed in the plasma processing chamber 13, and the method comprises: fixing the base substance 13 coaxially with a central axis of the plasma processing chamber 1; setting a standing wave mode of the microwaves in the plasma processing chamber to a TE mode or a TEM mode from a mouth portion 131 to a body portion 133 of the base substance; and setting a mode having both the TE mode and a TM mode in a bottom portion 132 of the base substance.

Abstract: An inexpensive mechanical fuse having a high fatigue limit ratio and high rupture reliability, and superior in forming performance, and a method of manufacturing the same are presented. The mechanical fuse is composed of Fe-based sintered alloy, and comprises an inner rim 2 fixed to one power transmission shaft, an outer rim 3 fixed to the other power transmission shaft, and plural arms 4 for linking the inner rim 2 and outer rim 3, which are formed integrally. The arms 4 include rupture portions 6 which are ruptured when exposed to an overload torque. By treating in steam, an iron oxide phase is formed in the surface layer and pore inner wall. The iron oxide phase is effective to form round pores and lower the notch sensitivity. As a result, the fatigue strength and fatigue limit ratio are enhanced.

Abstract: A microwave plasma processing device and a gas supply member capable of forming a uniform thin film on a substrate to be processed. The microwave plasma processing device comprises fixing means of fixing a substrate to be processed onto the center axis in a plasma processing chamber, exhaust means of depressurizing the inside and outside of the substrate, a metal processing gas supply member present in the substrate and forming a reentrant cylindrical resonating system along with the plasma processing chamber, and microwave introducing means of introducing a microwave into the plasma processing chamber to process it, wherein a microwave sealing member is provided in a specified position of the substrate-holding portion of the fixing means, and the connection position of the microwave introducing means is set to a specified weak-field position out of a field intensity distribution formed in the interior of the plasma processing chamber.

Abstract: In a method applicable to a vibration damping engine mount for an internal combustion engine and the vibration damping engine mount therefor, a varying air pressure is supplied to the vibration controllable support mechanism and one of a negative pressure developed in a negative pressure pump and the atmospheric pressure to the vibration controllable support mechanism is supplied to a vibration controllable support mechanism constituting the vibration damping engine mount in accordance with the vibration of the internal combustion engine.

Abstract: A metal member to be cast-wrapped by a metal cast article, a manufacturing method thereof and a metal cast article including the metal member cast-wrapped are provided. A hollow cylindrical metal member having an outer surface with projections to be cast-wrapped by a metal cast article is manufactured in such a manner that a hollow cylindrical metal raw material 13 is inserted in a die 17 having a inner peripheral surface with longitudinal grooves of a depth H and a width W, and the hollow cylindrical metal raw material 13 is subjected to hot-extrusion.

Abstract: A synchronous follow-up circuit carries out correlation operation with a spread code on a receive signal, generated from a received signal in a symbol timing generator, by three symbol correlators, one for shifting the phase forward with respect to a symbol timing signal, another for synchronizing with the same and remaining one for shifting the same backward. Correlation power operators calculate respective correlation powers, and a correlation power comparator compares them with each other. The symbol timing generator adjusts the receive signal in phase on the basis of the comparison result. On the basis of the result of determining the correlation power in a correlation power decision circuit, the correlation powers are nullified, thereby preventing out-of-synchronization otherwise caused by a received signal including noise.

Abstract: A main circuit includes a first logic circuit behaving as a critical path and a second logic circuit operating comparatively fast. The second logic circuit is fed with a first supply voltage. The first logic circuit is usually fed with a second supply voltage to ensure normal operation of the main circuit. When a clock feed circuit is not feeding a clock, or when an input signal from a signal source remains at a fixed potential, the supply voltage to the first logic circuit is lowered to the first supply voltage.

Abstract: A high strength aluminum alloy casting obtained by casting an aluminum alloy comprised of 7.5 to 11.5 wt % of Si, 3.8 to 4.8 wt % of Cu, 0.45 to 0.65 wt % of Mg, 0.4 to 0.7 wt % of Fe, 0.35 to 0.45 wt % of Mn, and the balance of Al and not more than 0.2 wt % of unavoidable impurities, wherein this aluminum alloy has 0.1 to 0.3 wt % of Ag added to it or contains 0.1 to 1.0 wt % of at least one element selected from the group of second additive elements comprised of Rb, K, Ba, Sr, Zr, Nb, Ta, V, and Pd and rare earth elements, and a method of production of a high strength aluminum alloy casting comprising the steps of filling a melt of an aluminum alloy in a mold to obtain a casting, taking out the aluminum alloy casting from the mold, solubilizing the high strength aluminum alloy casting by heating in a temperature range of 495 to 505° C.

Abstract: A display voltage generating circuit (2-1) for generating display voltages needed to drive an LCD has switches (SW1-1 to SW1-5), of which each has one end connected to one of capacitors (C1 to C5) for smoothing display voltages (V1 to V5) and has the other end connected through one of resistors (R11 to R15) to a supplied voltage (VCC). By an output from a timer (T-1), the switches are kept on for a predetermined period after electric power starts being supplied, so that the capacitors are charged with the supply voltage.

Abstract: A display voltage generating circuit (2-1) for generating display voltages needed to drive an LCD has switches (SW1-1 to SW1-5), of which each has one end connected to one of capacitors (C1 to C5) for smoothing display voltages (V1 to V5) and has the other end connected through one of resistors (R11 to R15) to a supplied voltage (VCC). By an output from a timer (T-1), the switches are kept on for a predetermined period after electric power starts being supplied, so that the capacitors are charged with the supply voltage.

Abstract: The invention provides a transparent and tenacious coating film using an inorganic paint composition prepared by adding a borate salt into an alkali metal silicate, and further mixing thereto lepidoblastic transparent silica with a thickness of 0.01 to 0.5 &mgr;m and a surface diameter of 2 to 5 &mgr;m. The alkali metal silicate is solidified with metal ions issued from the borate salt to form a coating film, which contains a glass formed by solidifying dissolved boric acid in the coating film. The coating film can be made tenacious without impairing transparency by dispersing many flakes of transparent silica as laminated layers.

Abstract: In a method applicable to a vibration damping engine mount for an internal combustion engine and the vibration damping engine mount therefor, a varying air pressure is supplied to the vibration controllable support mechanism and one of a negative pressure developed in a negative pressure pump and the atmospheric pressure to the vibration controllable support mechanism is supplied to a vibration controllable support mechanism constituting the vibration damping engine mount in accordance with the vibration of the internal combustion engine.

Abstract: The present invention provides a method for manufacturing laminated material which can remove ear portions of a resin film extruded from an extruding machine and can directly laminate the resin film to a substrate and can make the processing of end portions of a laminated material after lamination unnecessary. The present invention also provides an apparatus used for such a manufacturing method. In the method for manufacturing laminated material which laminates a resin film formed by extruding molten thermoplastic resin from a T-die to a substrate, a laminating film is formed by cutting ear portions of the resin film before lamination and the laminating film is laminated to the substrate.

Abstract: The present invention provides a method for trimming a resin film which can recycle lug portions of the resin film after trimming, can easily trim the resin film even when the resin film is made of resin which becomes fragile by cooling, and enhance the use efficiency of a laminated sheet by making resin coated portions disposed at both sides of the laminated sheet thin. At the time of coating molten resin at least on one surface of a substrate to form a resin film after making the molten resin pass between coating rolls, the lug portions of the resin film are trimmed before the lug portions of the resin film are cooled.

Abstract: The present invention provides a method for trimming a resin film which can recycle lug portions of the resin film after trimming, can easily trim the resin film even when the resin film is made of resin which becomes fragile by cooling, and enhance the use efficiency of a laminated sheet by making resin coated portions disposed at both sides of the laminated sheet thin. At the time of coating molten resin at least on one surface of a substrate to form a resin film after making the molten resin pass between coating rolls, the lug portions of the resin film are trimmed before the lug portions of the resin film are cooled.

Abstract: A display voltage generating circuit (2-1) for generating display voltages needed to drive an LCD has switches (SW1-1 to SW1-5), of which each has one end connected to one of capacitors (C1 to C5) for smoothing display voltages (V1 to V5) and has the other end connected through one of resistors (R11 to R15) to a supplied voltage (VCC). By an output from a timer (T-1), the switches are kept on for a predetermined period after electric power starts being supplied, so that the capacitors are charged with the supply voltage.

Abstract: The present invention provides a method for manufacturing laminated material which can remove ear portions of a resin film extruded from an extruding machine and can directly laminate the resin film to a substrate and can make the processing of end portions of a laminated material after lamination unnecessary. The present invention also provides an apparatus used for such a manufacturing method. In the method for manufacturing laminated material which laminates a resin film formed by extruding molten thermoplastic resin from a T-die to a substrate, a laminating film is formed by cutting ear portions of the resin film before lamination and the laminating film is laminated to the substrate.