Abstract: With stereophonic sound images of multi-channel audio signals well maintained, 2-channel system audio signals are created. An acoustic image creation system includes: a left-rear localization processing means 2 for outputting a left-rear localization signal by summing together a left signal 101 and a left-rear signal 103, among audio input signals including the left signal 101, a right signal 102, the left-rear signal 103, and a right-rear signal 104, and processing the summation result with a rear localization processing filter; a right-rear localization processing means 3 for outputting a right-rear localization signal by summing together the right signal 102 and the right-rear signal 104, and processing the summation result with a rear localization processing filter; and an acoustic image creation means 4 for creating the surround sound image signals from the left signal 101, the right signal 102, the left-rear localization signal 103, and the right-rear localization signal 104.

Abstract: A signal processing circuit has two types of filters: an IIR filter 11 and an FIR filter 12 having an equivalent transfer function at all times. In an adjustment mode in which the signal processing circuit is adjusted to have an arbitrary transfer function, the signal processing circuit makes a configuration setting to use the IIR filter 11. When completing the adjustment or in a signal processing mode, the signal processing circuit makes a configuration setting change to switch to the FIR filter 12 having the equivalent transfer function.

Abstract: A signal receiving apparatus 2 has a memory circuit 22, writing of data contained in a digital input signal transmitted from a signal transmitting apparatus 1 is performed using a clock signal separated and created by a PLL circuit 21 from the digital input signal received, and reading is performed using a reference clock signal with quartz accuracy from a reference clock generating circuit 24. To reproduce the digital input signal by correcting the shift between the clock signal and the reference clock signal, the signal receiving apparatus detects the shift between the two clock signals. When the signal receiving apparatus 2 side lags behind the signal transmitting apparatus 1, the data contained in the digital input signal undergoes thinning out, and when it leads, a signal generated from previous and subsequent digital input signal is interpolated.

Abstract: A band-splitting time compensation signal processing device 2 includes a band-splitting circuit 211 for extracting, after extracting a signal of a high-frequency band component or low-frequency band component from an input signal, a signal of the low-frequency band component or high-frequency band component by subtracting the signal of the high-frequency band component or low-frequency band component from the input signal; a delay circuit 212 for delaying, for adjusting arrival time, at least one of the high-frequency band component and low-frequency band component output from the band-splitting circuit 211; and a mixing circuit 213 for combining the high-frequency band component or low-frequency band component output from the delay circuit 212 with the low-frequency band component or high-frequency band component output from the band-splitting circuit 211.

Abstract: A signal processing section 3 is set up which provides an anti-phase component signal S extracted by an anti-phase component extracting section 2 with a transfer characteristic (Hd+Hx)/(Hd?Hx); an adder 4 adds the phase-inverted signal of the anti-phase component signal S provided with the transfer characteristic by the signal processing section 3 and an in-phase component signal M extracted by an in-phase component extracting section 1; and an adder 5 adds the anti-phase component signal S provided with the transfer characteristic by the signal processing section 3 and the in-phase component signal M extracted by the in-phase component extracting section 1.

Abstract: The invention provides for a therapeutic causing contraction of a mucosal tissue whereby various diseases relating to mucosal tissues can be easily, safely and treated with minimal invasiveness, a method of treating various diseases relating to mucosal tissues with the use of the therapeutic causing contraction of a mucosal tissue, and an injector and a therapeutic set usable in the treatment method. The invention also encompasses a therapeutic causing contraction of nasal mucosal tissue containing ethanol as the active ingredient preferably together with a steroid and/or an antihistaminic agent; a method of treating diseases with mucosal inflammation using the above therapeutic causing contraction of a mucosal tissue, and an injector and a therapeutic set usable in the treatment method.

Abstract: The present invention provides a method and device for producing a content filling bottle including a bottom part that is inverted between a concave shape and a convex shape to prevent a body part from being subjected to reduced pressure deformation, the method and device being capable of efficiently producing a sanitary and high-quality content filling bottle. Contents are filled into an empty bottle 1 with an inversion part 11 projecting outwardly from the body part. A cap 6 is fitted onto an opening of the bottle 1 to seal the bottle 1. An auxiliary tool 27 is then installed on the bottom part 5 of the bottle 1. Then, the bottom part of the bottle 1 with the auxiliary tool 27 installed thereon is supported via the auxiliary tool 27. The downwardly projecting inversion part 11 is pressed up so as to be inverted and recessed inwardly into the bottle 1. Subsequently, with the opening of the bottle 1 gripped, the auxiliary tool 27 is separated from the bottle 1.

Abstract: Provided is an on-vehicle video playback apparatus, which facilitates appropriate playback of contents on a WAN which have to be played back synchronously with contents recorded on a video disc. In a case where a vehicle is traveling in an area where the connection between on-vehicle DVD player and a WAN via a wireless base station can be established, each network file which involves possibility to be used for playback of a DVD is precedently and sequentially downloaded from a network server and stored in the DVD player. In a case where a vehicle is traveling in an area where the connection with the WAN can not be established, played back is the network file which has already been downloaded and stored when a new network file becomes a playback object.

Abstract: A method and device for manufacturing a content-filled bottle having an inversion part at its bottom. In producing the bottle, the inversion part is inverted to prevent deformation of a body part caused by a pressure reduction in the bottle, and as a result, inappropriate deformation and buckling of the bottle are prevented, enabling efficient manufacturing of the bottle with high quality. The bottle (3) is held from the outside by an empty-bottle chuck (41) of auxiliary device mounting means in such a way that the bottle (3) is held at its a mouth part (4) by the chuck along the upper surface of a flange part (10) of the bottle (3). Next, an empty-bottle support table (42) on which an assistance device (24) is placed is raised, the assistance device (24) is mounted on a bottom part (7) of the bottle (3), and the bottle (3) is placed on the empty-bottle support table (42).

Abstract: A video reproducing apparatus performs continued reproduction of a video title in association with continued reproduction of applications. When a Power-OFF or Reproduction-Stop of the video reproducing apparatus event occurs at a time point when the video title is reproduced to a midpoint of a chapter, continued reproduction information of an HD DVD disk is identified, such as a title and a chapter being reproduced, and is stored in a memory at that point in time. When the power is turned ON without replacing the HD DVD disk, the application displays a chapter menu of the title, and a script including a command for starting reproduction of the chapter is activated by the application according to an operation of a button of the chapter menu.

Abstract: Disclosed are a semiconductor device, a method for manufacturing the same, and a method for mounting the same.

Abstract: Events indicating key operations and commonality of operations to be performed in response to the key operations are registered as common UI events in a common UI event table. In the entry of each of the common UI events, a condition concerning the content of a process that needs to be performed is described as a condition concerning process content. When an HD DVD disk is played back, a navigation manager registers, in each of the entries in the common UI event table, for example, an application or a script that is registered in the HD DVD disk and performs a process that satisfies a corresponding condition concerning process content. When a common UI event has occurred, an application, a script, or the like registered in the entry of the common UI event in the common UI event table is performed.

Abstract: A multiplier 3 multiplies a square wave signal A(?,t) by a low frequency component signal L(?,t) to generate an even-order harmonic component signal B(?,t). A multiplier 4 multiplies the even-order harmonic component signal B(?,t) by the low frequency component signal L(?,t) to generate an odd-order harmonic component signal C(?,t). An adder 5 adds the even-order harmonic component signal B(?,t) and the odd-order harmonic component signal C(?,t) to generate the harmonic component signal D(?,t).

Abstract: To date, there has been no speaker-characteristic compensation method including a processing step of reducing crosstalk between speakers incorporated in a mobile terminal. Accordingly, it has been impossible to reduce crosstalk that, in a mobile terminal, occurs between speakers. A speaker-characteristic compensation method, for a mobile terminal device having at least two speakers in a case, according to the present invention includes steps of reducing mutual crosstalk between the speakers, thereby reducing crosstalk between the speakers.

Abstract: A disc playback apparatus capable of effectively utilizing an image display function is provided. When an instruction for setting a still image is made, a selection screen creation section performs processes for creating and displaying a predetermined selection screen. The selection screen contains a plurality of reduced still images, so that one of the still images can be selected. When one still image is selected on the selection screen, a still image information setting section associates the selected still image with the track of the audio information to be played back at that time. When the audio information of this track is to be played back at a subsequent playback time, the still image which is associated by the previous process is displayed.

Abstract: In a disc playback apparatus for playing back audio signals recorded on a disc medium, a system controller detects a channel format of the audio signals that can be outputted from the playback apparatus. When content is recorded on a disc so as to be played back in a channel format other than the player channel format, it is not played back.

Abstract: A video player and a video-playback control method which are capable of easily performing a selection operation on a display object in a moving image are disclosed. The video player predicts the occurrence of the selection operation of the display object, which is an area for which an action is defined in the moving image, by the start of a move operation of the cursor 51 or the proximity of a hand to a touch panel, and changes the playback state of the title to pause or slow playback. Description information defined for the display object may be automatically displayed. Also, the areas of the display objects may be visualized by displaying figures.

Abstract: When a program chain to be played is determined, a system controller calculates the average bit rate in the program chain by dividing the amount of data of the program chain by the total play time of the program chain. The system controller also waits for a navigation pack to be played and calculates the average bit rate in a video object unit in accordance with a play time of the video object unit and the size of the video object unit. When the average bit rate of the program chain is greater than or equal to the average bit rate of the video object unit, frame pause is performed. When the average bit rate of the program chain is less than the average bit rate of the video object unit, field pause is performed.

Abstract: A sound image localization apparatus includes a low band extracting section for extracting a low band signal; a filtering section for filtering the low band signal; a high band extracting section for extracting a high band signal; a gain adjusting section for adjusting gain of the high band signal; and an adding section for adding the output signal of the gain adjusting section and the output signal of the filtering section.

Abstract: Disclosed are a semiconductor device, a method for manufacturing the same, and a method for mounting the same.