Abstract: A device for multiplexing multi-channel data includes a reference frequency generator 2 as clock generation means for generating a master clock, a multiplexing section 31 as multiplexing means for multiplexing a plurality of data into a packet, and a TSPP (transport stream packet pump) board 4 having a buffer memory 42 as storage means for storing the packet sent from the multiplexing section 31, so that a continuous packet stream is outputted on the basis of the master clock.

Abstract: In a video camera apparatus, a proper iris control operation can be carried out based upon pseudo-luminance information, and the iris control operation and also the focus control operation can be independently performed. The R, G, B pixel data which are outputted from a CCD image sensor and are acquired before being inputted to an image signal processing unit are multiplied with each other so as to produce the pseudo-luminance information instead of the luminance signal. The iris control operation is carried out based on this pseudo-luminance information. Also, the respective R, G, B pixel data acquired before being inputted to a white balance amplifier are multiplied with each other to produce the pseudo-luminance information.

Abstract: A three port structure for the down conversion demodulation of a digitally modulated RF signal is proposed, wherein no RF switches are provided. The three port structure (1) has a first input (2) for the RF signal to be down converted and a second input (3) for a RF signal originating from a local oscillator (8). An output (4) of the three port structure (1) is supplied to a power sensor unit (5). The RF signal from the local oscillator (8) is modulated (7) before it is supplied to the three port structure (1).

Abstract: As an imaging prevention method for interfering unauthorized imaging of a number of visual images projected on a screen, there is employed a method for projecting infrared light to a viewer/audience direction from at least one or more infrared light projector devices disposed at a rear side of the screen. According to the method, an amount of infrared light is directly incident into an imaging apparatus whereby increasing the prevention effect causes more infrared light to be directly incident into the imaging apparatus of a person conducting the unauthorized act.

Abstract: An optical communication system wherein a light emission circuit operates with reduced power consumption. The optical communication system is used in a communication network wherein communication is had between a control node and plural controlled nodes using light rays amplitude-modulated with carrier modulation signals over 6 MHz. The control node transmits a transmission permission signal to each controlled node, which starts or interrupts light emission with desired transient characteristics by having reference to the transmission permission signal. For example, the amplitude of the infrared light rays is increased or decreased over e.g., a period as indicated at I1.

Abstract: A flush valve assembly for a water tank of a water closet which includes a first valve member which can be secured to the water tank and has a base sleeve position including a radiused inlet to thereby increase the discharge coefficient of the valve opening. A second valve member is coaxially and slidably mounted with respect to the first valve member so that the valve opening is created between the first and second valve members when the second valve member is removed from the first valve member. The second valve member is slidably movable between a first rest position, wherein the second valve member is seated on the base sleeve portion of the first valve member so that water cannot pass through the valve opening, and a second position, wherein the second valve member is removed from the base sleeve portion of the first valve member so that water can pass through the valve opening.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a base station (1, 10, 20) and a mobile terminal (40, 50, 60) as well as a communication method for communicating in a wireless radio communication system. Thereby, the information is transmitted and received in medium access control frames of the communication system, whereby the transmission power of at least a broadcast control channel and a frame control channel in a respective medium access control frame transmitted by a base station is increased after certain time intervals to an increased transmission power level as compared to the transmission power level of other medium access control frames transmitted during said time intervals.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a demodulation structure and method for downconverting and demodulating a digitally modulated signal So, with a local oscillator means (1; 5; 8) for providing a local oscillator signal Slo a mixer means (2) for mixing said local oscillator signal Slo and said digitally modulated signal S0 in order to obtain a mixed signal, a lowpass filter means (3) for lowpass filtering the mixed signal from the mixer means (2) and an analog-to-digital converting means (4) for converting the filtered signal from the lowpass filter means (3) into a downconverted and demodulated digital signal Sl, whereby the local oscillator signal is set in respect to the modulated digital signal so that the downconverted and demodulated digital signal output from the analog-to-digital converting means comprises to serially arranged information parts. The present demodulation structure provides a very simple structure with improved amplitude and phase imbalances.

Abstract: When an user inputs route search conditions such as place where the user is now, destination, and moving purpose, the route search conditions are transmitted to a navegation server. In the navegation server, map data corresponding to the route search conditions is detected and provided to a portable terminal.

Abstract: A picture photographed by a camera portion is sent to a video capturing portion of a computer. The picture is displayed in an operation area of a monitor. A panorama picture of which pictures in part or all moving range of a pan tiler are combined is displayed in a panorama operation area. A pan tilter portion sends positional information of pan and tilt to the computer through a mode controller. With a mouse, the operation area and the panorama operation area are operated so as to select an object. The computer obtains data for driving the pan tilter. Thus, the selected object is displayed at the center of the operation area.

Abstract: In a system target decoder for seamlessly reproducing a stream obtained by conducting multiplexing so that an audio skew generated in a stream connection portion will not be separated from a video stream corresponding thereto, the capacity of the audio buffer to be increased is stipulated. The capacity is increased by at least T×RVideo×RAudio÷(RVideo+RAudio) where T is a sum of an interval during which an audio stream is inputted to the audio buffer, but a video stream is not inputted to a video buffer and an interval during which an audio stream is not inputted to the audio buffer, but a video stream is inputted to the video buffer, RVideo is a readout rate of the video stream, and RAudio is a readout rate of the audio stream.

Abstract: A toilet includes a toilet bowl assembly having a toilet bowl and a trapway extending from the bottom of the toilet bowl to a sewage line. The toilet bowl has a rim channel provided along an upper perimeter portion thereof. In this toilet, the flush water flows through the rim channel in a path which is asymmetric and unidirectional along the entire perimeter portion thereof. The rim channel includes a plurality of rim openings distributed evenly along the perimeter of the rim channel. Flush water passing through the plurality of rim openings pre-wets the entire perimeter of the toilet bowl. The rim channel further includes a pair of water discharge slots which directs water directly into the toilet bowl in two powerful streams. The flush valve allowing passage of water from the water tank to the toilet bowl assembly is in the form of a valve inlet having a radiused port to generate greater energy throughput of the flush water.

Abstract: A bus emulation apparatus includes serial transfer paths, serial interface circuits having a parallel to serial conversion circuit for converting parallel data from a peripheral circuit to serial data and supplying to a serial transfer path and a serial to parallel conversion circuit for converting serial data from a hub circuit to parallel data and supplying to a peripheral circuit, a hub circuit for supplying serial data from a serial interface circuit to a serial interface circuit connected to a peripheral circuit as a transfer destination of said parallel data among the serial interface circuits, and a network for connecting them, and installed on an LSI or a print circuit board to replaced a parallel bus.

Abstract: A video editing apparatus for setting an editing point for a video sequence comprising a device for successively extracting at least one vertical line from each of a plurality of video frames of the video sequence to produce vertical slits and successively arranging the vertical slits as a number of video images representing individual video frames in a horizontal direction to produce a video browser for browsing the video sequence, a display for displaying the video browser on a display, and an editing device for setting an editing point for the video sequence in a coordinated relationship to a time base of the video browser. Accordingly, even if the video sequence is relatively long, video images can be confirmed in a short time from the video browser, and the editing points can be decided in a short time.

Abstract: A high frequency module device of a thin type, high precision and high functions in which the size and the cost of the package may be diminished. The module device includes a base substrate (2) and a high frequency device layer (4). The base substrate (2) is formed by forming a patterned wiring layer (9) on a first major surface (5a) of a core substrate (5) molded of an organic material exhibiting thermal resistance and high frequency characteristics. The uppermost layer of the base substrate (2) is planarized to form a high frequency device layer forming surface (3). The high frequency device layer portion (4) is formed on the high frequency device layer forming surface (3) by a thin film or thick film forming technique and includes intra-layer passive elements, made up of a resistor (27) and a capacitor (26). The passive elements are supplied with power or signals from the side base substrate.

Abstract: An information processing method and apparatus free from a defect in a conventional system that complicated processing operations need to be executed before a user selects a desired application program on a task bar equipped with a start menu button and starts the selected program. A jog dial related application declares to a jog dial state monitor program 54C that it (application) itself is a jog dial related application. The jog dial state monitor program 54C then adds the application software to a list of the jog dial related applications. The display of the jog dial menu is then set to a display proper to the application and apprised to the user in the form of a jog dial guide. The jog dial related application advises the illustration of the jog dial operation in the current state to the jog dial state monitor program 54C in the form of a letter string.

Abstract: A printer system is provided which comprises an image data input to convert a data or signal to a digital image data, a data processor for edition process of the digital image data, a printout processor to convert the digital image data to a print data, an image printer to print an image and a human interface to control the above components based on an external instruction. The human interface allows the printout processor to start a printout process before a printout process instruction is given to the image printer, and cancel the printout process if an edition process instruction is given to the data processor in the middle of the printout process in the printout processor.

Abstract: At first, a history of user use is stored and a next action is determined based on the history of use. Secondly, behavior of a robot apparatus is determined based on a cycle parameter which allows behavior of the robot apparatus to have a cyclic tendency for each prescribed time period and each part of the robot apparatus is driven based on the determined behavior, and thirdly, an external stimulus detected by a prescribed external stimulus detecting device is evaluated to judge whether it was a spur from a user, and the external stimulus is converted into prescribed numerical parameter for each spur by a user and behavior is determined based on the parameter, so as to drive each part of the robot apparatus based on the determined behavior.

Abstract: Method and apparatus for recording MPEG-compressed video data end compressed audio data on an optical disk having a diameter leas than 140 mm and, a thickness of 1.2 mm±0.1 mm, with a plurality of record tracks having data recorded thereon as embossed pits representing information and exhibiting a track pitch in the range between 0.646 &mgr;m and 1.05 &mgr;m; with the tracks being divided into a lead-in area, a program area and a lead-out area. The data includes table of contents (TOC) information recorded in a plurality of sectors in at least one TOC track and user information recorded in a plurality of sectors in user tracks. The user information is comprised of MPEG-compressed video data, which may exhibit any one of difference MPEG formats, and compressed audio data, which likewise may exhibit an MPEG format, a PCM format or the like. The TOC information includes addresses of a start sectors recorded in the user track.

Abstract: An optical disk having a diameter less than 140 mm and, a thickness of 1.2 mm±0.1 mm, with a plurality of record tracks having data recorded thereon as embossed pits representing information and exhibiting a track pitch in the range between 0.646 &mgr;m and 1.05 &mgr;m; with the tracks being divided into a lead-in area, a program area and a lead-out area. The data includes table of contents (TOC) information recorded in a plurality of sectors in at least one TOC track and user information recorded in a plurality of sectors in user tracks; with the TOC information including addresses of start sectors recorded in the user tracks. The data (both user and TOC information) is encoded in a long distance error correction code having at least eight parity symbols, and is run length limited (RLL) modulated.