Abstract: An intra prediction mode determination apparatus includes prediction units which perform intra prediction on a block of a first block size in an image including at least one block, a first determination unit which determines one of the prediction units used to perform the intra prediction on the block of a processing target, and a second determination unit which determines an intra prediction mode for the block of the processing target from among candidates of an intra prediction mode which are used by the determined prediction unit in accordance with a result of the intra prediction performed by the determined prediction unit. When the block of the processing target includes a block of a second block size which is larger than the first block size, the prediction unit performs intra prediction on blocks of the first block size obtained by dividing the block of the second block size.

Abstract: The video signal transmission apparatus according to the present disclosure transmits a pixel clock, signals, and image data which all are supplied from a video signal source. The signals include a vertical synchronizing signal, a horizontal synchronizing signal, a data enable signal, and a field signal. Each of the signals and the image data are in synchronization with the pixel clock. The video signal transmission apparatus includes a first format data processor and a transmitter. The first format data processor generates a plurality of data expressing a format of an image screen, based on the pixel clock and the signals, and for outputting the plurality of the data sequentially as serial data. The transmitter transmits, to a receiver by serial transmission, the image data, the vertical synchronizing signal, the pixel clock, and the serial data obtained from the first format data processor.

Abstract: The prevent invention provides a motor control apparatus and a power steering apparatus capable of preventing or reducing deterioration of a detection accuracy of a magnetic sensor. A magnet holder configured to rotate integrally with a magnet and made from a magnetic material is provided on an outer peripheral side of the magnet provided so as to face a magnetic sensor.

Abstract: A display panel including: a substrate; a multi-layer wiring layer disposed over the substrate and including a first power line and a second power line; organic electroluminescence elements over the multi-layer wiring layer; a partition wall over the multi-layer wiring layer; and a member over the multi-layer wiring layer, a height of the member from the substrate being greater than a height of the partition wall from the substrate, wherein the multi-layer wiring layer includes a first portion and a second portion, the organic electroluminescence elements are arrayed on the first portion, in the second portion, the first power line and the second power line intersect, and the member is positioned on the second portion without overlapping at least one of the first power line and the second power line in plan view of the substrate.

Abstract: An organic electroluminescence (EL) element that has an anode; a cathode; an organic light-emitting layer between the anode and the cathode that emits light according to recombination of holes injected from the anode and electrons injected from the cathode; and an electron transport layer between the cathode and the organic light-emitting layer that transports electrons from the cathode to the organic light-emitting layer. The electron transport layer includes an n-type dopant that includes an electron-donating substance, the electron transport layer being doped with the n-type dopant at a doping concentration that is higher than a doping concentration at which light emittance efficiency of the organic light-emitting layer is greatest.

Abstract: An image processing apparatus according to the present invention is configured to encode frames forming a moving image using temporal hierarchies, and includes an acquisition unit configured to acquire information related to a temporal hierarchy corresponding to an encoding target frame, a determination unit configured to determine, based on the information related to the temporal hierarchy acquired by the acquisition unit, whether to use an encoding parameter based on a bit rate of at least one past frame encoded before the encoding target frame is encoded, and an encoding unit configured to encode the encoding target frame using the encoding parameter based on the bit rate of the at least one past frame.

Abstract: A variable-length code stream is read out from a position designated as a start position of an encoded stream of a block of interest, and the readout stream is decoded. Upon completion of the decoding of the variable-length code stream of the block of interest, a data length of a semi-fixed-length data stream of the block of interest is calculated. A position the data length behind the start position of the semi-fixed-length data stream is designated as a start position of an encoded stream of a next block to be decoded after the block of interest, and decoding of a variable-length code stream of the next block is started.

Abstract: An auxiliary light projection system employed by a camera having an auto-focus detection unit, comprises a light pattern generator configured to generate an auto-focus detection pattern. The auto-focus detection pattern comprises a first pattern region and a second pattern region that is denser than the first pattern region, and a center of the first pattern region and a center of the second pattern region are separated by a distance determined in response to difference in visual characteristics of the auto-focus detection pattern between when viewed from (i) from an axis through the lens of a camera and (ii) from an axis through a focus pattern projection source. A light pattern projection source configured to project the generated auto-focus detection pattern onto a subject enabling auto-focus detection.

Abstract: Disclosed is a melanin production inhibitor which has an excellent inhibitory activity on the production of melanin and is highly safe. The melanin production inhibitor is represented by general formula (1) (excluding clotrimazole) and/or a pharmacologically acceptable salt thereof. In the formula, A1, A2 and A3 are independently selected from a hydrogen atom, an aryl group which may have a substituent, and an aromatic heterocyclic group which may have a substituent.

Abstract: First and second microcomputers are connected to a ground. A first reference voltage generation circuit is connected between a first power supply and the first microcomputer, and supplies a first reference voltage to the first microcomputer when voltage of the first power supply is higher than the first reference voltage. A first monitoring circuit is connected between a second power supply and the first microcomputer, and supplies the first microcomputer with a first monitoring voltage for monitoring the second power supply. The first microcomputer includes a part configured to perform an operation based on the supplied first reference voltage and the supplied first monitoring voltage, wherein the operation includes detecting abnormality in the voltages of the first and second power supplies, and determining which one of the voltage of the first power supply and the voltage of the second power supply is abnormal.

Abstract: An intra prediction mode determination apparatus includes prediction units which perform intra prediction on a block of a first block size in an image including at least one block, a first determination unit which determines one of the prediction units used to perform the intra prediction on the block of a processing target, and a second determination unit which determines an intra prediction mode for the block of the processing target from among candidates of an intra prediction mode which are used by the determined prediction unit in accordance with a result of the intra prediction performed by the determined prediction unit. When the block of the processing target includes a block of a second block size which is larger than the first block size, the prediction unit performs intra prediction on blocks of the first block size obtained by dividing the block of the second block size.

Abstract: Torque sensor detects torque of steering shaft formed by first and second shafts which are connected through torsion bar. Torque sensor has: a magnetic member provided at the first shaft and having magnetic poles alternately arranged in circumferential direction concentrically with rotation axis; a first yoke member provided at the second shaft and having (a) first nail portions arranged concentrically with the rotation axis and facing the magnetic member in radial direction and (b) a first ring portion; a second yoke member provided at the second shaft and having (c) second nail portions arranged concentrically with the rotation axis so that the first and second nail portions are alternately arranged in the circumferential direction and the second nail portions face the magnetic member in the radial direction and (d) a second ring portion arranged to be separated from and face the first ring portion; and a magnetic sensor.

Abstract: An FET chip is configured to include an oscillation suppression circuit that has a gate capacitance C formed between a gate electrode 5c and two-dimensional electron gas, and a channel resistance R between the gate electrode 5c and a source electrode 7c, and therefore the oscillation suppression circuit is loaded by only an FET process to make an MMIC design unnecessary, so that it is possible to attain stabilization of an FET while suppressing increase in cost, and to suppress oscillation.

Abstract: Disclosed is a melanin production inhibitor which has an excellent inhibitory activity on the production of melanin and is highly safe. The melanin production inhibitor is represented by general formula (1) (excluding clotrimazole) and/or a pharmacologically acceptable salt thereof. In the formula, A1, A2 and A3 are independently selected from a hydrogen atom, an aryl group which may have a substituent, and an aromatic heterocyclic group which may have a substituent.

Abstract: Disclosed is a melanin production inhibitor which has an excellent inhibitory activity on the production of melanin and is highly safe. The melanin production inhibitor is represented by general formula (1) (excluding clotrimazole) and/or a pharmacologically acceptable salt thereof. In the formula, A1, A2 and A3 are independently selected from a hydrogen atom, an aryl group which may have a substituent, and an aromatic heterocyclic group which may have a substituent.

Abstract: Provided is a novel aromatic amine derivative with specified structure. Also provided is an organic electroluminescence device having one or more organic thin-film layers including at least a luminescent layer interposed between a cathode and an anode, in which at least one of the organic thin-film layers contains the above aromatic amine derivative alone or as a component of mixture. As a result, there is provided an organic electroluminescence device that has high emission luminance and high heat resistance, excelling in high-temperature storage ability and has long life, and provided an aromatic amine derivative for realizing the organic electroluminescence device.

Abstract: First and second microcomputers are connected to a ground. A first reference voltage generation circuit is connected between a first power supply and the first microcomputer, and supplies a first reference voltage to the first microcomputer when voltage of the first power supply is higher than the first reference voltage. A first monitoring circuit is connected between a second power supply and the first microcomputer, and supplies the first microcomputer with a first monitoring voltage for monitoring the second power supply. The first microcomputer includes a part configured to perform an operation based on the supplied first reference voltage and the supplied first monitoring voltage, wherein the operation includes detecting abnormality in the voltages of the first and second power supplies, and determining which one of the voltage of the first power supply and the voltage of the second power supply is abnormal.

Abstract: A coding system transform apparatus includes a decoding unit configured to decode a first coded stream coded by a first coding system using a first coding parameter to acquire a decoded image, a coding unit configured to code the decoded image acquired by the decoding unit by a second coding system using a second coding parameter, and a parameter determination unit configured to determine the second coding parameter based on the first coding parameter, wherein the parameter determination unit includes a first size determination unit configured to determine a maximum block size of a second coding block size included in the second coding parameter among a plurality of coding block sizes possible in the second coding system to be a block size that is the same as a first coding block size included in the first coding parameter.

Abstract: A method and an apparatus for improving three dimensional (3D) effect of a 3D image collected by a 3D photographing apparatus, and reducing visual fatigue, are provided. A feature point of a left-eye image entering through a left-eye lens and of a right-eye image entering through a right-eye lens is acquired, a disparity between the left- and right-eye images is detected, a distance between the left- and right-eye lenses is controlled so that the disparity between the left- and right-eye images becomes a previously-set reference disparity, and at least one of the left- and right-eye images is shifted so that a convergence point is placed on an object located within the left- and right-eye images.

Abstract: An auxiliary light projection system employed by a camera having an auto-focus detection unit, comprises a light pattern generator configured to generate an auto-focus detection pattern. The auto-focus detection pattern comprises a first pattern region and a second pattern region that is denser than the first pattern region, and a center of the first pattern region and a center of the second pattern region are separated by a distance determined in response to difference in visual characteristics of the auto-focus detection pattern between when viewed from (i) from an axis through the lens of a camera and (ii) from an axis through a focus pattern projection source. A light pattern projection source configured to project the generated auto-focus detection pattern onto a subject enabling auto-focus detection.