Abstract: A marketing indicator arrangement for application to a belt comprises a strip member having first and second opposed ends, an adhesive layer disposed on a first side of the strip member at the first end thereof, the strip member supporting belt marketing indicia on a second side thereof opposite the adhesive layer and at a location distal from the first end thereof, and a further layer adhered to the second side of the strip member. The marketing indicator arrangement preferably includes a protective layer disposed on the adhesive layer. Further, the marketing indicator arrangement has an additional layer comprised of a material less susceptible to tearing upon perforation thereof following stitching through the marketing indicator than is the strip member.

Abstract: A telephone system which offers a voice message service and which enables visual indication of waiting messages at subscriber locations using suppressed ringing connections through the switching network of the system and in which acknowledgement signals are provided to the system by the subscriber locations.

Abstract: A marker for a harmonic electronic article surveillance system includes three wires of magnetic material arranged in parallel. The material has a magnetic hysteresis loop with a large Barkhausen discontinuity such that, upon exposure of the marker to an external magnetic field whose field strength in the direction opposing the instantaneous magnetic polarization of the marker exceeds a predetermined threshold value, there results a regenerative reversal of the magnetic polarization in the material. The three wires are coupled at opposite ends thereof by magnetic charge spreading elements formed of a highly permeable material so that all three wires exhibit the regenerative reversal simultaneously on exposure to the above-described magnetic field. The resulting harmonic marker can be formed with a substantially shorter over-all length than previously practical markers of the harmonic type while providing a signal of comparable amplitude.

Abstract: A dual frequency microwave EAS tag includes a dual frequency antenna circuit formed on one side of a substrate. The antenna circuit includes a diode. A deactivation circuit is formed on the other side of the substrate. A conductive connection passes through a hole in the substrate and connects the deactivation circuit to the antenna circuit. The deactivation circuit responds to a low energy ac magnetic field by inducing a voltage in the diode of the antenna circuit so as to disable the diode, thereby deactivating the tag without requiring the tag to be placed in direct contact with a disabling device.

Abstract: A color image pickup apparatus using a single-plate type solid-state image sensor is arranged to obtain a signal of an excellent color separation characteristic. An object image is formed on the photoelectric conversion part of the image sensor with color filters of different colors disposed on each of the picture elements of the image sensor. A signal outputted from the solid-state image sensor is converted into a digital signal by an A/D converter. The digital signal is taken in by a signal processing circuit to separate chrominance signals superposed on a luminance signal. At that time, signals for primary color components are formed by carrying out a matrix computing process by using coefficients obtained from the image pickup output of the solid-state image sensor.

Abstract: A method of making belts through the use of a belt buckle defining a recess at a free end thereof, a detent in the recess and openings extending therethrough into the recess adjacent the detent and a belt blank having an end portion configured to receive the detent and to be received in the belt buckle recess is provided. The method is performed by providing a marketing indicator bearing marketing indicia and of dimensions compatible for assembly with the belt blank end portion and to extend, on assembly of the belt blank and the belt buckle, outwardly of the belt buckle to expose the marketing indicia, the marketing indicator having openings registering with the openings of the belt buckle on such assembly. The marketing indicator is applied to the belt blank by placing the marketing indicator openings so as to be in registry with the belt buckle openings on the assembly.

Abstract: An image sensing apparatus is provided with a solid-state image sensor which is capable of sweeping out electric charges therefrom, a mechanical shutter and a control circuit for controlling the time period from the time point at which the electric charges of the solid-state image sensor are swept out when the mechanical shutter is in its open state to the time point at which the mechanical shutter is closed.

Abstract: A fixing device is provided with a heating member heated by a heater, a temperature detecting member for detecting a temperature of the heating member, a controller for controlling energization of the heater so that the temperature detected by the temperature detection member becomes equal to a predetermined fixing temperature in a fixing mode, and becomes equal to a predetermined stand-by temperature lower than the fixing temperature in a stand-by mode, and a measurement unit for measuring a temperature rise rate of the heater, wherein the controller controls determination of the stand-by temperature and a switching timing from the stand-by temperature to the fixing temperature on the basis of a measurement result from the measurement unit.

Abstract: A camera-integrated type video recorder apparatus having a camera part and a recorder part which records an image pickup signal outputted from the camera part comprises a grip which is provided for holding the apparatus in a shooting state and is arranged near to a cassette mounting part which is provided for mounting and demounting a tape cassette on and from the recorder part, and an operation part which is openably and closably arranged near to the cassette mounting part and includes a plurality of operation keys for operations on the apparatus. When the apparatus is held in the shooting state, the grip and the operation part jointly close the cassette mounting part. When the grip and the operation part are in an open state, the tape cassette is mountable and demountable while the operation part is held in a predetermined operating position. Further, while the apparatus is in the shooting state, the operation keys are kept in an inoperable position.

Abstract: A controller apparatus for controlling a device comprising a support having a surface with a wall extending therefrom and along a segment of the surface. A plurality of force sensing members are positioned in a predetermined arrangement adjacent to an inner surface of the wall of the support with each member generating a signal in response to a force applied to the member. An assembly for adaptable engagement with the force sensing members is translationally movable to selectively engage and transmit a translational force to the force sensing members to develop a signal for control of a function of the device.

Abstract: An electronic article surveillance (EAS) system includes a transmitting antenna, a driver operable for exciting the transmitting antenna, a receiving antenna and circuitry connected to the receiving antenna for improving the quality of transmissions from the transmitting antenna. The driver excites the transmitting antenna at a preselected system operating frequency and the circuitry connected to the receiving antenna improves the quality of transmissions from the transmitting antenna by lessening harmonics of the operating frequency in the transmissions. The harmonics are attributable to protection diodes connected to the receiving antenna for limiting voltages impressed thereon and otherwise adversely impacting on the receiver tag signal processing circuitry. The harmonic lessening circuitry is connected in parallel with the protection diodes and is operative to lessen protection diode harmonic generation.

Abstract: An image sensing apparatus includes an image sensing circuit for outputting a video signal representative of a subject image, a water-depth sensor for measuring water depths, an indication signal generating circuit for generating a signal for indication of the value of a water depth measured by the depth-water sensor, a combining circuit for combining an output of the image sensing circuit with an output of the indication signal generating circuit, an image displaying circuit for displaying an image represented by an output of the combining circuit, and a recording circuit for recording the video signal representative of the subject image on a recording medium.

Abstract: In a system for reading out an information signal stored in a memory and recording it on a recording medium, renewal of the address of the memory is performed in synchronism with the recording operation, thereby making it possible to record the information signal on the recording medium continuously despite intermittent performance of recording. The address of the memory is returned by a predetermined amount in synchronism with renewal of the address of the memory or the recording operation. Thereby it is also possible to assure good continuity of the recorded information signals. Further, the above-described processing is made easier by making the address of the memory controllable in units of track on the recording medium.

Abstract: This invention is related to a video signal color correction device. Color information signal inputs are received in rectangular form. A coordinates conversion means converts the inputs into polar coordinates using one of the inputs as a polar axis. The device has a correction data storing means in which are stored luminance signal correction data dependent on a luminance signal and the polar coordinates and color information signal correction data. The correction data storing means outputs the luminance signal correction data and the color information signal correction data in accordance with the luminance signal and the polar coordinates. A correction means corrects the luminance signal and the polar coordinates on the basis of the luminance signal correction data and the color information signal correction data output from the correction data storing means.

Abstract: Apparatus for processing signals having time base variations comprises: time base variation correction circuitry for correcting time-base variations existing in a signal input thereto and having an input terminal and an output terminal, the output terminal providing signals which are time base variation corrected; a recording and/or reproducing unit having an input terminal for receiving a signal to be recorded on a recording medium and an output terminal for providing a signal reproduced from the recording medium; and switch circuitry operable in a recording mode for connecting the output terminal of the time base variation correction circuitry to the input terminal of the recording and/or reproducing unit and in a reproducing mode for connecting the output terminal of the recording and/or reproducing unit to the input terminal of the time base variation correcting circuitry.

Abstract: An automatic exposure control device comprising a light measuring circuit for performing a weighted light measurement for a light measuring area set in a predetermined position within an image sensing plane, a discrimination circuit for detecting and evaluating the level of a luminance component in a video signal in each of a plurality of detecting areas set within the image sensing plane and for discriminating a photographic state while tracking a subject, and a compensation circuit for compensating a light measurement control signal produced by the light measuring circuit in accordance with a discriminating result made by the discriminating circuit.

Abstract: In an image pickup apparatus having a low-pass filter for detecting a luminance component of an image pickup signal and a band-pass filter for detecting a contour component of the image pickup signal, a digital system for performing a digital signal processing action is arranged to have the low-pass filter and the band-pass filter not cascade-connected to each other. The arrangement is such that the signal processing action is performed without bringing about any spurious contour, any deterioration in frequency characteristic, etc., due to place cancelling peculiar to a digital system. The apparatus reduces the possibility of deterioration of images, permits simplification of circuit arrangement, permits reduction in electric energy consumption and in scale of the circuit, and thus facilitates adoption of an integrated circuit arrangement.

Abstract: An image signal processing apparatus for processing an image signal composed of a luminance signal and a chrominance signal is provided with a first-in first-out memory which is capable of storing the image signal for one field. The apparatus is arranged such that, in writing or reading the image signal into or from the first-in first-out memory, the image signal writing and reading actions on the first-in first-out memory are reset at intervals of a horizontal scanning period of the image signal. This arrangement enables the apparatus to carry out various signal processing actions by delaying the image signal without using any delay element exclusively for the process of delaying the image signal which is necessary for the various signal processing actions.

Abstract: An image signal recording and reproducing system of this invention includes an apparatus for reproducing an image signal from a recording medium on which the image signal is recorded in a recording format selected between a first recording format for forming tracks on the recording medium by recording the image signal for one picture on the recording medium and a second recording format for forming, on the recording medium, tracks greater in number than the tracks formed in the first recording format.

Abstract: An apparatus for reproducing an audio signal recorded on a recording medium is arranged to store the audio signal reproduced from the recording medium; and to compute and process the stored audio signal and an audio signal which is repeatedly reproduced from the recording medium. The arrangement enables the apparatus to suppress a noise component generated while the audio signal is reproduced, so that the S/N ratio of the reproduced audio signal can be improved.