Abstract: There is provided a production method for a hat-shaped steel sheet pile including performing rough rolling, intermediate rolling, and finish rolling on a material to be rolled through hot rolling, and then performing bending forming, in which the material to be rolled is composed of a web corresponding part, flange corresponding parts, arm corresponding parts, and joint corresponding parts, corner parts as worked parts are formed at connection places between the web corresponding part and the flange corresponding parts and connection places between the flange corresponding parts and the arm corresponding parts, the intermediate rolling is carried out by performing rolling in a plurality of passes on the material to be rolled in a hot state by using a caliber provided to upper and lower caliber rolls in one or a plurality of intermediate rolling mills in which one stand is configured by one caliber, at a height lower than a predetermined target product height, the bending forming is performed in a hot state an

Abstract: Provided is a non-transitory computer-readable recording medium having stored therein a game control program controlling a video game in which characters battle against each other in a three-dimensional virtual space, and causing a computer to execute: determining whether a second character has received a predetermined attack from a first character when the first character is battling against the second character, who is an enemy of the first character; and controlling the second character to perform a predetermined move such as a knockback in a direction toward a troop to which the second character belongs, in a case where the second character has received the predetermined attack.

Abstract: There is provided a production method for a hat-shaped steel sheet pile including performing rough rolling, intermediate rolling, and finish rolling on a material to be rolled through hot rolling, and then performing bending forming, in which the material to be rolled is composed of a web corresponding part, flange corresponding parts, arm corresponding parts, and joint corresponding parts, corner parts as worked parts are formed at connection places between the web corresponding part and the flange corresponding parts and connection places between the flange corresponding parts and the arm corresponding parts, the intermediate rolling is carried out by performing rolling in a plurality of passes on the material to be rolled in a hot state by using a caliber provided to upper and lower caliber rolls in one or a plurality of intermediate rolling mills in which one stand is configured by one caliber, at a height lower than a predetermined target product height, the bending forming is performed in a hot state an

Abstract: A device to cool a steel material having undergone hot rolling mills, the device including: a conveying mechanism which conveys the steel material while accelerating the steel material; a water cooling mechanism which cools the steel material while the conveying mechanism conveys the steel material; and a control unit which controls the conveying mechanism and the water cooling mechanism to cause the cooling of the steel material to satisfy Formula (1) below, wherein a water cooling time decrease rate ? in Formula (1) below is decided based on a length of a water cooling zone where the water cooling mechanism is provided and a time ?tc(0) required to cool a leading end portion of the steel material down to a target temperature, ?tc(x)=?tc(0)??·x??Formula (1), where x: a conveyance-direction position in the steel material relative to the leading end portion of the steel material serving as a reference point, and ?tc(x): a time required to cool a portion at the position x of the steel material down to the ta

Abstract: To suppress the occurrence of a defective shape such as a flange wave or the like by reverse rolling so as to improve the product dimension accuracy and stability of rolling. A production method for forming a steel sheet pile with flanges from a material to be rolled by caliber roll rolling, includes a step of performing reverse rolling on the material to be rolled by a same caliber, wherein: the step of performing reverse rolling includes a step of forming first flange parts across a neutral line and second and third flange parts arranged on both sides of the first flange parts; the caliber includes first flange facing portions for forming the first flange parts, second flange facing portions for forming the second flange parts, and third flange facing portions for forming the third flange parts; and an inclination angle of the first flange facing portion with respect to a horizontal plane is larger than inclination angles of the second and third flange facing portions.

Abstract: To suppress the shape defect at a bite end part of a material to be rolled at a bending rolling stage of a rough rolling step to achieve improvements in productivity such as an improvement in yields and a decrease in crop in production of a steel sheet pile.

Abstract: To suppress the shape defect at a bite end part of a material to be rolled at a bending rolling stage of a rough rolling step to achieve improvements in productivity such as an improvement in yields and a decrease in crop in production of a steel sheet pile.

Abstract: Provided are a piezoelectric thin film having good piezoelectricity in which a rhombohedral structure and a tetragonal structure are mixed, and a piezoelectric element using the piezoelectric thin film. The piezoelectric thin film includes a perovskite type metal oxide, in which the perovskite type metal oxide is a mixed crystal system of at least a rhombohedral structure and a tetragonal structure, and a ratio between an a-axis lattice parameter and a c-axis lattice parameter of the tetragonal structure satisfies 1.15?c/a?1.30. The piezoelectric element includes on a substrate: the above-mentioned piezoelectric thin film; and a pair of electrodes provided in contact with the piezoelectric thin film.

Abstract: An electronic equipment control system including a plurality of pieces of electric equipments connected with one another through a network. A piece of electric equipment among the plurality of pieces of electric equipments comprises: a setting and inputting unit to set and input broadcast content setting information regarding view of a broadcast content; a broadcast content setting information storage unit to store the content setting information; a transmission unit to transmit the content setting information set and input by the setting and inputting unit to another piece of electric equipment connected to the network; a reception unit to receive the content setting information transmitted from another piece of electric equipment connected to the network; and an update unit to update the content setting information stored in the content setting information storage unit based on the content setting information received by the reception unit.

Abstract: Provided are a piezoelectric thin film having good piezoelectricity in which a rhombohedral structure and a tetragonal structure are mixed, and a piezoelectric element using the piezoelectric thin film. The piezoelectric thin film includes a perovskite type metal oxide, in which the perovskite type metal oxide is a mixed crystal system of at least a rhombohedral structure and a tetragonal structure, and a ratio between an a-axis lattice parameter and a c-axis lattice parameter of the tetragonal structure satisfies 1.15?c/a?1.30. The piezoelectric element includes on a substrate: the above-mentioned piezoelectric thin film; and a pair of electrodes provided in contact with the piezoelectric thin film.

Abstract: This video signal processing apparatus includes a first resolution conversion portion, a first analog video output portion, a digital video output portion and a control portion. The control portion is so formed as to make the first resolution conversion portion convert a video signal to a digital video signal of high definition and make the digital video output portion output the digital video signal of the high definition when recognizing that connection between the digital video output portion and a display is in an on-state, also in a case where a broadcast signal includes a signal for restricting output of the video signal of the high definition.

Abstract: This video signal processing apparatus includes a first resolution conversion portion, a first analog video output portion, a digital video output portion and a control portion. The control portion is so formed as to make the first resolution conversion portion convert a video signal to a digital video signal of high definition and make the digital video output portion output the digital video signal of the high definition when recognizing that connection between the digital video output portion and a display is in an on-state, also in a case where a broadcast signal includes a signal for restricting output of the video signal of the high definition.

Abstract: A digital broadcasting receiver includes an operating section configured to select a channel, and a video/audio data obtaining section configured to obtain video/audio data on a selected channel from television broadcasting signals. The digital broadcasting receiver also includes a channel table and a designated channel table. The digital broadcasting receiver further includes a channel selecting section configured such that when the channel is selected by the operating section, the channel selecting section determines whether or not the selected channel has been replaced with an alternative channel by a broadcasting station by reference to the two tables. If it is determined that the selected channel has been replaced with the alternative channel, the channel selecting section instructs the video/audio data obtaining section to select the alternative channel instead of the selected channel.

Abstract: In recording contents of received broadcast programs on an HDD, the starting of a new program is detected depending on whether or not there is a change of audience restriction information which is received together with the broadcast programs. Each time a change of the audience restriction information is detected, recording of information about a new program is started. In recording, the received audience restriction information and the title of the program created by a title creating function are recorded by associating them with the recorded content of the program. Accordingly, the operation by the user for creating and allocating respective titles of programs recorded on the HDD that is required after the recording is eliminated. In a displayed list of titles for programs recorded on the HDD, the title of any program under restriction, which is determined based on the audience restriction information recorded by being associated with the title, is not displayed.

Abstract: When a multi-directional antenna is connected to a digital TV broadcast signal receiver, the digital TV broadcast signal receiver measures a term suitable for switching or changing an effective signal receiving direction of the multi-directional antenna corresponding to kind or specification of the multi-directional antenna. Control signals are outputted at an interval suitable for switching or changing the effective signal receiving direction of the multi-directional antenna corresponding to the measured term so as to switch the effective signal receiving direction of the multi-directional antenna to an optimum signal receiving direction of a channel chosen by a user. Consequently, it is possible to shorten a term necessary for switching or changing the effective signal receiving direction of the multi-directional antenna to the optimum signal receiving direction of the channel chosen by the user.

Abstract: A TV program distribution system comprises: a TV broadcast signal distribution device for distributing a scrambled pay TV program provided by a TV program provider; an auction management device for managing selling, by auction, of the viewing right of the pay TV program; an account management device for charging winning bidders of the pay TV program determined by the auction; and a conditional access management device for managing conditional access information to make it possible for each STB of each winning bidder of the pay TV program to descramble the scrambled pay TV program. The TV program distribute system sells the pay TV program by auction, limiting the number of STBs allowed to access the pay TV program, so that the TV program distribution system makes it possible for the TV program provider to collect fees of the pay TV program according to market value of the pay TV program.

Abstract: When an operation of starting a time shift recording is input, start a recording of a channel in viewing when the channel is set as a favorite channel. When the channel is not set as the favorite channel, recording is not started and waits for the channel to be switched again or for an input of a stop operation of the time shift recording. When a viewer performs a channel switching operation, it is checked whether or not the switched channel is set as the favorite channel. When the channel switching operation is not performed and the stopping of the time shift recording is not performed, the recording on a hard disk is subsequently made. When the stopping of the time shift recording is performed, the recording is stopped.

Abstract: In a digital TV broadcast signal receiver connected to a multi-directional antenna called smart antenna and receivable not only digital TV broadcast signals but also analogue TV broadcast signals, an optimum signal receiving direction of an analogue TV broadcast signal of an optional channel can be decided with reducing affect of ghost due to reflection of the TV broadcast signal by such as a high-rise building, or the like. An NTSC decoder takes a still image data from an analogue TV broadcast signal in each signal receiving direction of the multi-directional antenna, and performs an A/D conversion processing and a JPEG compression processing to the image data. A controller decides a direction, in which a complexity, such as bit rate of the image data is the smallest, as an optimum signal receiving direction of the channel.

Abstract: In a digital TV broadcast signal receiver connected to a multi-directional antenna called smart antenna, having a first number, for example, sixteen of signal receiving directions defined in a technical standard such as EIA-909, a simplified multi-directional antenna having a second number, for example, four or eight signal receiving directions smaller than the first number is connectable. When a multi-directional antenna is connected, an initial processing is performed for confirming a number of signal receiving directions of the multi-directional antenna. When the multi-directional antenna is simplified one, the digital TV broadcast signal receiver treats the signal receiving directions more than two showing substantially the same signal sensing conditions as the same direction. Therefore, a number of times for switching the effective signal receiving direction of the multi-directional antenna can be reduced without switching indistinctive signal receiving directions in practice.

Abstract: A digital broadcast reception apparatus includes a first reception unit for receiving a certain digital broadcast, a second reception unit for receiving another digital broadcast, a control signal reception unit for receiving an update instruction signal that is instruction information indicating an update of software information, and a display control section for displaying, on a display, video images that correspond to contents of the certain digital broadcast received by the first reception unit. An IC card attached to the digital broadcast reception apparatus includes an update execution section which acquires the software information through the second reception unit and installs the acquired software information when the update instruction signal is received by the control signal reception unit.