Abstract: Dot templates are used for detecting objects within images. A computer-implemented method is performed for each of a number of dot templates corresponding to the object to be detected within an image. Each dot template is defined as a collection of points. At each position within the image, a value of the image is determined at each point of the dot template. The dot template is effectively overlaid at the given position within the image. A score of the dot template at this position is determined, based on the values of the image determined at the points of the dot template. Where the score is greater than a predetermined threshold, it can be concluded that the object is at least potentially located within the image at the position in question at which the dot template has been effectively overlaid.

Abstract: Disclosed is a system in which an index registration unit registers an index, which will be used for search processing, as a partitioned index which is partitioned on a time series basis, and a search means reads indexes older than a specified point in time, which is used as a search base point, to perform search processing, thereby searching for information based on a point in time in the past.

Abstract: An LED 1 and an LED 2 are respectively arranged at diagonal positions so as to face the long sides of a lens 3 having a shape of a substantially rectangular parallelepiped. Further, the LED 1 and the LED 2 respectively emit light beams to the side surface portions of the long sides of the lens 3 so as to prevent the light beams from intersecting with each other. The lens 3 has a function to reflect the light beams emitted by the LED 1 and the LED 2 by cut-out sections 34 to 36 and projecting sections 31 to 33. Therefore, the light beams emitted by the LED 1 and the LED 2 are emitted from holes of a display section side case 10, which holes are formed in correspondence with the three light-emitting sections 31 to 33 of the lens 3.

Abstract: The mobile terminal mail system includes a plurality of wireless communication networks having different communication speeds, a multi-access terminal including electronic mailer, and an electronic mailer activation server which is adapted to, when the multi-access terminal has connected to one of the wireless communication networks whose communication speed is equal to or greater than a fixed communication speed, activate an electronic mailer through the wireless communication network.

Abstract: It is possible to provide a voltage-current converter which can realize a variable filter having a steep cut-off characteristic with a small area. The voltage-current converter includes: one or more sampling/holding units for sampling an inputted voltage and holding the sampled voltage; one or more separate voltage-current conversion units for outputting a current corresponding to the voltage held by the sampling/holding units; and a control unit for controlling the timing of the sampling and holding of the inputted voltage by the sampling/holding units.

Abstract: A turbo encoder is provided to be capable of improving its performance in the case that the redundancy is low. A first constituent encoder (1) of an output device of the turbo encoder inputs a data coding sequence (Xk) directly and outputs a redundant data sequence (Zk). A second constituent encoder (2) inputs data coding information (X?k) mixed with the data coding sequence by an interleaver (3), and outputs a redundant data sequence (Z?k). A buffer (4) holds the data coding information (X?k) mixed with the data coding sequence by the interleaver (3). Thus, the data coding sequence (Xk), the redundant data sequences (Zk), (Z?k) and the data coding information (X?k) held by the buffer (4) are output in this order.

Abstract: A plurality of radio base stations connected to a network are divided into radio base stations of the upper-level version having a specific function and radio base stations of lower-level version not having the specific function. Each portable telephone has a cell selecting function of receiving message information transmitted from each radio base station, detecting the cell having the highest radio quality indicating adequateness to communication from the message information, and selecting the detected cell as the cell to which the portable telephone belongs. The portable telephone is characterized by enabling the user to select either an upper-level version communication mode in which the portable telephone connects and communicates only with the radio base stations of the upper-level version or normal communication mode in which the portable telephone connects and communicates with all the radio base stations.

Abstract: A mounting structure is provided which is capable of easily attaching a heat sink irrespective of a thickness of an LSI (Large-Scale Integration circuit) mounted on a printed circuit board. Each female screw metal fitting of each female screw portion is attached on an upper surface of a cylindrical gel in a stacked manner and a lower surface of the cylindrical gel is attached to the printed circuit board. An end portion of each male screw is made to pass through each through-hole of the heat sink so as to be screwed into each of the female screw portions. With a progress of screwing therein, each of the female screw portions is elevated and the cylindrical gel is pulled and elongated. Since a restoring force occurs when the cylindrical gel is elongated, the heat sink is pulled by each of the female screw portions toward the LSI. Thus, variations in height can be accommodated.

Abstract: The moving picture decoding device receives a moving picture bit stream compressed according to a coding method using interframe prediction and 2-dimensional discrete cosine transform. The device generates a decoded picture in a block unit from an interframe prediction picture generated by decoding the bit stream and a prediction residual generated by performing the 2-dimensional discrete cosine transform and integerization processing on a discrete cosine transform coefficient. The device judges, block-by-block, whether it is highly probable that the prediction residual of “0” is obtained by the processing of the 2-dimensional discrete cosine transform and integerization executed by the encoding device when compressing the bit stream. If YES, the interframe prediction picture is selected and outputted. Otherwise, the prediction residual generated by the decoding device is added to the interframe prediction picture so as to obtain a picture, which is selected and outputted.

Abstract: A computer system is provided with a file system storing data; a plurality of I/O nodes which are adapted to access the file system; a compute node adapted to execute a job and to issue an I/O request when requiring an I/O operation; and a job server for job scheduling which dynamically allocates an I/O resource of the I/O nodes to a job without stopping execution of the job. The job server includes an I/O node scheduler adapted to, when being not able to fully secure an desired amount of the I/O resource of the I/O nodes required by the job in starting the job, secure a part of the required amount of the I/O resource of the I/O nodes, and to allocate the secured part of the I/O resource to the job.

Abstract: When a start recording instruction or an end recording instruction is transmitted from a terminal device, a DTMF detector (106) detects a DTMF signal and supplies the detection results to a control module (107). The control module (107) supplies the received start recording instruction or end recording instruction to an image data converter (105) and a switch (108). When a start recording instruction is received as input, the image data converter (105) converts the reception image data (103) to image data that have undergone intramode coding and supplies the result to the switch (108). The switch (108) supplies a storage device (110) with the image data that were supplied from image data converter (105) at the time that a start recording instruction is received as input, and supplies the storage device (110) with reception image data (103) from the time that recording has started until the input of an end recording instruction.

Abstract: A communication apparatus used in a plurality of networks is disclosed. The communication apparatus includes a firewall which allows communication with outside of the communication apparatus when disabled, and prohibits communication with outside of the communication apparatus when enabled. Then, the communication apparatus includes a firewall control unit which acquires a first MAC address of a first default gateway provided for a predetermined specific network and a second MAC address of a second default gateway provided for a network in which the communication apparatus is being connected, and controls the firewall according to a result of comparison of the first MAC address and the second MAC address.

Abstract: A clock data recovering circuit solving a problem in which a stable clock signal cannot be extracted is provided. A phase comparator includes a main-signal-discriminator. The main-signal-discriminator discriminates a reception signal by a clock signal to generate recovery data indicating the discrimination result. Phase comparator 2 uses the discrimination result of the main-signal-discriminator to compare phases of a reception signal and a recovery clock and outputs a phase comparison signal indicating the comparison result. A generator generates a recovery clock with a frequency corresponding to the comparison result indicated by the phase comparison signal outputted from phase comparator 2. An eye opening monitor detects an optimal discrimination point of main-signal-discriminator 1 based on a monitor signal split from the reception signal and the recovery data generated by the main-signal-discriminator.

Abstract: A switching element according to the present invention includes an ion-conducting layer, first electrode 11 and second electrode 12 placed in contact with the ion-conducting layer, and third electrode 15 placed in contact with the ion-conducting layer and to control electrical conductivity between the first electrode and the second electrode, wherein the shortest distance between any two of first, second, and third electrodes 11, 12, and 13 is defined by the film thickness of the ion-conducting layer.

Abstract: An optical unit is provided with a light source; a light dividing means for dividing light emerging from the light source into a first light and a second light; a light converging means for converging the first and second lights at the same position in the recording layer in the manner that they face each other; a polarization state switching means for switching the polarization states of the first and second lights at the convergence point in the recording layer; and a light irradiation state switching means for switching between the state in which the optical cording medium is irradiated with both the first light and the second light and the state in which the optical recording medium is irradiated with only one of the first and second lights.

Abstract: A weighting factor calculation unit (1903) calculates a weighting factor using characteristics respectively corresponding to a picture to be predicted and a selected reference picture in accordance with a weighting factor equation derived from a fade effect generation principle. For each picture, an intra-picture characteristic calculation unit (1901) calculates the characteristics as characteristics closed in the picture. The weighting factor of a fade picture can be obtained with a small calculation amount at high accuracy.

Abstract: A wireless LAN terminal includes a wired LAN interface, a wireless LAN interface and a bridge unit. The bridge unit detects that a terminal apparatus connected with the wired LAN interface moves to a position under different wireless LAN equipment and learns a MAC address of the terminal apparatus which moves.

Abstract: A dynamically self-stabilizing elastic keyswitch for a key of a keyboard includes a rigid keytop, a thin elastic sheet, and a downward-facing convex rigid key bottom. The rigid keytop has a central axis at least substantially perpendicular to a surface of the rigid keytop. The thin elastic sheet is disposed relative to the central axis, and the central axis is at least substantially perpendicular to a surface of the thin elastic sheet. The downward-facing convex rigid key bottom is disposed relative to the central axis and below the rigid keytop, and the central axis is at least substantially perpendicular to a surface of the downward-facing convex rigid key bottom.

Abstract: An email messaging program with built in video and/or audio media recording and/or playback capabilities is disclosed. A system includes first and second clients, each having an email messaging program installed thereon. The user of the first client composes a message and records media. In a streaming media embodiment, the first client's messaging program uploads the media to a streaming media server, and sends the message to the user of the second client. In a file attachment embodiment, the messaging program attaches the recorded media to the message, and sends the message to the user of the second client. The second client's messaging program retrieves the message. In the streaming media embodiment, when the user of the second client views the message, the messaging program downloads the media from the streaming media server, and plays back the media. In the file attachment embodiment, the messaging program plays back the media.

Abstract: Dot templates are used for detecting objects within images. A computer-implemented method is performed for each of a number of dot templates corresponding to the object to be detected within an image. Each dot template is defined as a collection of points. At each position within the image, a value of the image is determined at each point of the dot template. The dot template is effectively overlaid at the given position within the image. A score of the dot template at this position is determined, based on the values of the image determined at the points of the dot template. Where the score is greater than a predetermined threshold, it can be concluded that the object is at least potentially located within the image at the position in question at which the dot template has been effectively overlaid.