Abstract: An output parameter estimation apparatus for estimating an output parameter from an input data set that is composed of a plurality of input parameters and that is obtained whenever sampling time series input data. In this output parameter estimation apparatus, a fuzzy inference rule is used to calculate a fitness degree of the input data set in one of a plurality of fields included in a space that is formed using at least one input parameter. According to the calculated fitness degree, introduction routes through which the input data set is to be inputted into a neural network are selected. The neural network is set in a connection condition corresponding to the field to which the input data set belongs, the connection condition having been determined in advance as a result of learning process. With this connection condition, the neural network estimates the output parameter from the input data set inputted through the selected introduction routes.

Abstract: A multiplicity of water passage pipes (4) are received in a horizontal, cylindrical-shaped drum (3), which is provided at an upper portion thereof with a discharge port (3a) and an inflow port (3b) for a refrigerant. Fixed to both ends of the drum (3) are a water introduction cylinder (6) and a discharge cylinder (7), which is bent downward to be substantially L-shaped. A heat exchanger (1) is secured such that en end thereof on a side of the discharge cylinder (7) is disposed above a cold water tank (2). An interior of the cold water tank (2) is divided into a first tank (2a) and a second tank (2b) by a partition (8), over which water can flow. A piping for supplying a cold water to a facility for utilization of the cold water is connected to a bottom or a lower portion of the first tank (2a), on which the cold water from the heat exchanger (1) falls. A path for water recovery from the facility for utilization of the cold water is connected to the second tank (2b) through a return piping (11).

Abstract: A method for forming a plurality of cells of material wherein a relocatable conveyor is located in front of an area in which the plurality cells are to be formed, and a portable conveyor system is disposed to transfer material from the relocatable conveyor to a material stacker. The portable conveyor system and material stacker are thereafter moved with respect to the relocatable conveyor in order to form a second of the plurality of material cells. A number of the portable conveyors of the portable conveyor system are then used to form the last of the plurality of material cells, while at the same time the relocatable conveyor system is being disassembled and moved to a second area wherein one or more additional cells of material are to be formed. In this manner, significant system down time conventionally experienced in moving a conventional shiftable conveyor is avoided.

Abstract: A multimedia optical disc is provided. The multimedia optical disc includes a data area and a management information area. The data area stores a plurality pieces of video data. The management information area stores a channel table in which a plurality of logical channel numbers are respectively related to a plurality of physical channel numbers for each piece of video data. A piece of moving picture data and a plurality pieces of sub-data are interleaved in each piece of video data. The sub-data is either of audio data and sub-picture data as still pictures. The logical channel numbers are shared by pieces of video data. The physical channel numbers are used to physically identify the plurality pieces of sub-data. With this construction, it is possible to manage sub-data even when the sub-data is dealt with by a plurality pieces of video data.

Abstract: A plasma-display panel of high luminosity and efficiency which does not require auxiliary cells so that the panel structure has high-density cells, enabling longer emission time and smaller reactive power.

Abstract: A 32-bit instruction 50 is composed of a 4-bit format field 51, a 4-bit operation field 52, and two 12-bit operation fields 59 and 60. The 4-bit operation field 52 can only include (1) an operation code "cc" that indicates a branch operation which uses a stored value of the implicitly indicated constant register 36 as the branch address, or (2) a constant "const". The content of the 4-bit operation field 52 is specified by a format code provided in the format field 51.

Abstract: An optical correlator system having a plurality of both active and passive reflective optical components between a source of electromagnetic radiation, such a visible coherent light, and an output detector array in a planar support body along a folded optical axis beam path within the body uses a ferro-electric liquid crystal spatial light modulator as the input sensor and the correlating filter to provide enhanced optical detection of an unknown object at a CCD detector array.

Abstract: A constant envelope modulator and transmit architecture for a wireless communication system is provided and a method for operating the same. The constant envelope modulator includes a differential encoder which receives data to be transmitted and creates in-phase and quadrature components of a modulation signal to be transmitted. The in-phase and quadrature components are passed through digital filters in order to give the modulation a particular shape. The in-phase and quadrature components of the modulation signal have both phase information and amplitude information on the modulation, where the constant envelope modulator removes the amplitude modulation (AM) information from the modulation signal to provide constant envelope in-phase and quadrature modulation signals and an accompanying AM envelope signal. The resultant constant envelope in-phase and quadrature modulation signals are combined at a radio frequency for transmission into a constant envelope phase modulation signal.

Abstract: A voltage upconverter circuit wherein a switching voltage regulator circuit is used to charge a capacitor from a battery during an idle interval of portable phone transmission and wherein the charged capacitor is thereafter switched in series with the battery voltage for supply to a load during signal transmission, resulting in a smaller, less expensive and more efficient voltage upconverter circuit.

Abstract: When the use of a receiver the bus is not be acquired in delayed read or posted write, the length of a burst data transfer is limited by the capacity of the buffer in a bridge device. In order to solve this problem, waits are inserted in data output process via a sender bus in delayed read or posted write according to the condition of the receiver bus. As a result, input rate of data into the buffer in the bridge device is kept constant, and the use of the receiver bus can be acquired in the delayed read or the posted write. Data is simultaneously transferred into and from the buffer in the bridge device, so that the probability of burst data transfer with a long burst data transfer length is increased.

Abstract: A multilayer ceramic capacitor is produced by using a dielectric ceramic composition prepared by allowing a composition represented by the composition formula (Ba.sub.1-x Ca.sub.x)TiO.sub.3 (provided that 0.005.ltoreq.x.ltoreq.0.05), namely, 0.5-5 mol % to contain an additive of MnO--CoO--MgO at 0.2 to 2 mol % and a Y.sub.2 O.sub.3 additive at 2.5 mol % or less and further adding a glass component comprising SiO.sub.2 --Al.sub.2 O.sub.3 --BaO--CaO--Ta.sub.2 O.sub.5 at 0.5 to 5 mol % to the resulting composition. The dielectric ceramic composition can be prepared into slurry well by using an aqueous binder and can be sintered well with no occurrence of any crack even by fast firing, and even after barrel treatment, additionally, chipping hardly occurs in the dielectric ceramic composition. Accordingly, the resulting multilayer ceramic capacitor exerts an excellent breakdown voltage even at a large size and can therefore satisfy the JIS B characteristic.

Abstract: An intravenous (IV) fluid heat exchanger which transfers heat from a heating medium to an intravenous fluid being delivered to a patient. The IV fluid heat exchanger includes an input manifold for receiving the IV fluid and distributing the IV fluid through a plurality of passageways extending from the input manifold. An output manifold is also provided for receiving the IV fluid flowing through the passageways and directing the IV fluid through an exit path out of the IV fluid heat exchanger. The passageways are positioned in the proximity of the heating medium, wherein the passageways facilitate the transfer of heat from the heating medium to the IV fluid passing through the passageways. By providing a plurality of passageways for the IV fluid, the surface area of the IV fluid exposed to the inner surfaces of the heated passageways is optimized to improve the heating efficiency of the IV fluid heat exchanger.

Abstract: An image memory stores a one-screen image by dividing the one-screen image into a plurality of image blocks which are each m pixels wide by n pixels high. The image memory has an array-like storage region storing s*t first chrominance components that compose one image block and s*t second chrominance components that compose the same image block in serial areas between a start area specified by a row address and a first column address and an end area specified by the same row address and a second column address (see FIG. 10). The storage region also stores m*n luminance components that compose the same image block in serial areas between a different start area specified by a different row address and a third column address and an end area are specified by the different row address and a fourth column address.

Abstract: A first converting circuit converts I-level image data, and suppresses a diffusion range of data by an N-level converting circuit. The N-level converting circuit converts a K-level image into an N-level gradation image (K>N). An image memory stores the N-level gradation image. An estimating circuit converts the N-level gradation image into an M-level gradation image (N<M). A second converting circuit returns the M-level gradation image into the form before the conversion according to a conversion amount from the first converting circuit. Accordingly, density ripple can be suppressed even in a small scanning aperture. A control circuit sets a conversion table to the first converting circuit and the second converting circuit according to a setting signal from a control panel, and outputs a control signal to the estimating, circuit, so that processing mode is set in response to different images, and image quality is adjusted.

Abstract: A zoom lens system that is free from parallax, is compact, and offers excellent optical performance has, from the object side, a positive first lens unit, a negative second lens unit, a positive third lens unit, and a negative fourth lens unit. The zoom lens system has a half-prism between the second lens unit and the third lens unit so that a light beam having passed through the second lens unit is split by reflection.

Abstract: An rf magnetic field pulse generator for generating a pulse train comprising a plurality of rf magnetic field pulses for use in an NMR investigation, the generator comprising(i) an amplifier (5) for generating an rf signal, the amplifier having an input for receiving a supply voltage;(ii) a transmitter coil (42) connected to an output of the amplifier, the transmitter coil being adapted to transmit the rf magnetic field pulses in response to the rf signal;(iii) a switched voltage regulator (4) for regulating the supply voltage by charging a local storage capacitor; and(iv) a controller (13) for causing the switched voltage regulator to charge the local storage capacitor only when a magnetic field pulse is not being transmitted.

Abstract: An automatic exposure control apparatus comprises a skin color extracting circuit for extracting a skin-colored portion from an input video signal and a focus condition detecting circuit for detecting a focus condition of the skin-colored portion. Exposure is controlled based on outputs of the two circuits. That is, when a skin-colored portion is extracted and it is detected that the skin-colored portion is in an in-focus condition, exposure is controlled so as to be appropriate with respect to the skin-colored portion. A skin color correction unit can correct colors corresponding to the skin color from the video signal.

Abstract: A method and apparatus for sensing audio frequency-pressure modulation of the moisture content of the atmosphere caused by a moisture-laden audio source, such as a live human voice, is disclosed. A first light emitter is provided to generate a first light beam. An audio source that emits moisture, and the environment, modulate the first light beam to generate a first modulated light beam. A first detector is provided to detect and demodulate the first modulated light beam to recover an uncompensated audio signal. A second light emitter is provided to generate a second light beam. The second light beam is modulated by the environment and not by the audio source to produce a second modulated light beam. A second detector is provided to detect and demodulate the second modulated light beam to recover the signal component caused by environmental conditions.

Abstract: A conveying holder for cylindrical cell is provided which is capable of stably supporting a cylindrical cell irrespective of variation in outer diameter of the cell or impact during transfer. An outer wall member 20 of which inner diameter is greater than the diameter of a cylindrical cell 7 is provided. A plurality of elastic inner wall portions 21 are concentrically arranged to have a distance from the inner side of the outer wall member 20, each elastic inner wall portion joined at both ends to the outer wall member 20. A cell holding portion 22 is provided projecting inwardly from the inner side of each elastic inner wall portion 21 and having a cell holding surface 29 thereof corresponding in shape to the outer side of the cylindrical cell 7. The cell holding surfaces 29 are arranged along a concentric circle which is smaller in diameter than the cylindrical cell 7 so that they can hold the cylindrical cell 7 in-between under pressure.