Abstract: The present invention relates to an information processing apparatus and method, and a program in which information can be reliably exchanged when performing wireless communication by allowing a user to know a communication distance at which devices can be connected. A communication unit 28 performs Bluetooth communication with a communication unit, which serves as a Bluetooth module, provided for a cellular telephone. A CPU 21 displays an image corresponding to the cellular telephone based on the input level of Bluetooth radio waves transmitted from the cellular telephone. For example, when the input level of the radio waves transmitted from the cellular telephone is equal to the maximum input, the CPU 21 sets the level of transparency to be 0, and displays the image corresponding to the cellular telephone on an LCD 32 so that a background image is not transmitted at all.

Abstract: The present invention includes a temporary fixing step of temporarily fixing a semiconductor element on an adherend interposing an adhesive sheet therebetween, a wire-bonding step of bonding wires to the semiconductor element, and a step of sealing the semiconductor element with a sealing resin, and in which the loss elastic modulus of the adhesive sheet at 175-C is 2000 Pa or more.

Abstract: A moving picture coding apparatus includes an inter-pixel filter having the filters for filtering decoded image data so as to remove block distortion which is high frequency noise around block boundaries. The inter-pixel filters includes filters having different filtering strength. The coding apparatus also includes a filter processing control unit for determining a filtering strength of the inter-pixel filter.

Abstract: There is provided in an embodiment of the present invention a method wherein a processor may receive a test configuration deployment plan (TCDP) template. A user may select the test configuration deployment plan template and provide time schedule, and specific software application names and version numbers as settings for variables within the test configuration deployment plan template, in effect making a subscription request, wherein the processor receives or otherwise prompts to receive such information. Provided such resources are available at the requested time, the processor may wait until that time and provision the test configuration deployment plan to a data center resource. Test cases are run and results are collected until time or test cases are exhausted. The processor may then release resources that had been allocated to the subscription, which may include a step of undeploying or unprovisioning.

Abstract: An encoder system includes: a first single-rotation absolute encoder that outputs a first signal corresponding to an angular position of a first rotatable shaft; a power transmission device that transmits the power of the first shaft to a second rotatable shaft with a predetermined transmission ratio; a second single-rotation absolute encoder that outputs a second signal corresponding to an angular position of the second shaft; and a signal processing section that generates data related to the rotation count of the first shaft based on at least the first signal and the second signal.

Abstract: To provide an image content providing method capable of promoting advertisement effect by dynamically inserting an advertisement image to a distributed image content, an image content reproducing apparatus requests an image content providing apparatus to distribute the image content. Then, the image content is distributed to the image content reproducing apparatus and a viewer can utilize the image content. At this occasion, the image content providing apparatus distributes the image content, detects an advertisement inserting position and requests an advertisement image providing apparatus to distribute an advertisement image. Then, the advertisement image providing apparatus selects the advertisement image to be inserted to the image content and transmits thereof to the image content providing apparatus.

Abstract: A method for ordering trapping sets to find one or more dominant trapping sets includes analyzing a trapping set and a random set of codewords to generate a distance value for each trapping set, and ordering the trapping sets by the distance value. Distance values may be determined for each trapping set by tracking a vote count wherein a correct decode at a certain noise level produces a “right” vote and an incorrect decode at a certain noise level produces a “left” vote. A certain threshold number of “left” votes terminates processing at that noise level.

Abstract: Methods and apparatus to improve throughput and efficiency in memory devices are described. In one embodiment, a memory controller may include scheduler logic to issue read or write requests to a memory device in an optimal fashion, e.g., to maximize bandwidth and/or reduce latency. Other embodiments are also disclosed and claimed.

Abstract: Even in an electronic device where electrodes are coupled electrically using a solder, sections to which electrodes of an electronic component are coupled are switched by a method other than changing circuits of the electronic component or changing circuits of a wiring substrate. The electronic device includes: a wiring substrate having two or more first electrodes over one surface thereof; and an electronic component having, over one surface thereof, two or more second electrodes arranged corresponding to the two or more first electrodes, respectively. At least one of the first electrodes is a specific electrode divided into two or more divided portions, and the divided portions are coupled to different wirings, respectively. Further, at least one of the divided portions is coupled to a corresponding second electrode through a solder.

Abstract: A method of manufacturing a semiconductor light emitting element includes preparing a semiconductor stacked layer structure by stacking a first semiconductor layer and a second semiconductor layer in this order, forming a second electrode and an insulating layer in this order on the second semiconductor layer, exposing the first semiconductor layer by removing a part of the second semiconductor layer, forming a first electrode by forming a metal layer on the exposed first semiconductor layer and the insulating layer and flattening a surface of the metal layer, forming a first electrode-side bonding layer having a top layer made of Au on the first electrode, preparing a support substrate including a support substrate-side bonding layer having a top surface made of Au, and bonding the first electrode-side bonding layer and the support substrate-side bonding layer.

Abstract: A powered square baler is operable to be powered by a prime mover to form a bale by compressing loose material. The powered square baler broadly includes a chassis, a plunger assembly, a flywheel, and a planetary gear train. The chassis includes a baler frame that presents a baling chamber to receive the loose material. The plunger assembly includes a reciprocating plunger head slidably mounted relative to the baler frame and operable to reciprocate into and out of the chamber and apply a compressive force to the loose material. The flywheel is rotatably mounted on the chassis and is operable to be driven by the prime mover. The planetary gear train is drivingly attached to the flywheel and is drivingly attached relative to the plunger assembly to transmit power between the flywheel and the plunger assembly and thereby drive the plunger head.

Abstract: A steel sheet used to manufacture a container, wherein the steel sheet includes a chromate film layer or a film layer including Zr on the Ni plating layer, the Ni plating layer includes one or more of a hydroxyl Ni and a Ni oxide, an adhesion amount of the Ni plating layer in terms of an amount of Ni is 0.3 g/m2 or more, a concentration of oxygen atoms of the Ni plating layer due to the hydroxyl Ni and the Ni oxide is 1 to 10 atomic %, an adhesion amount of the chromate film layer in terms of the amount of Cr is 1 to 40 g/m2, and an adhesion amount of the film layer including Zr in terms of an amount of Zr is 1 to 40 g/m2 or more.

Abstract: A method includes executing a driver component on a hypervisor of a computing platform including a first graphics processing unit (GPU) and a second GPU, and executing an instance of the driver component in the VM. The method also includes providing support for hardware virtualization of the second GPU in the hypervisor and the instance of the driver component executing in the VM, defining a data path between the VM and the first GPU in a configuration register, and defining a data path between the VM and the second GPU in another configuration register. Further, the method includes providing a capability to the VM to utilize the first GPU in a shared mode with one or more other VM(s) and to simultaneously dedicatedly utilize the second GPU based on reading exposed emulated versions of the configuration register and the another configuration register and the support for the hardware virtualization.

Abstract: Embodiments of the present invention disclose a method, computer program product, and system for customizing help screens. A computer receives a request for help content. The computer identifies an annotated help file that corresponds to the request for help content. The computer identifies one or more variables in the identified annotated help file. The computer retrieves a value for each of the one or more variables from a software product. The computer replaces each of the one or more variables in the identified annotated help file with the retrieved value to generate customized help content.

Abstract: Disclosed is a continuously variable valve lift actuator of an engine. The continuously variable valve lift actuator of an engine changes rotating angles of a rocker arm and a lift arm having a four-bar link structure to control an intake amount of air of an intake valve based on a running state of a vehicle, and adjusts a location and a length of a link bar by taking into consideration a rotating direction of a cam shaft and interference according to layout of the engine to advance an open time of a valve. The continuously variable valve lift actuator of an engine can reduce pumping loss by controlling an intake amount of air by changing an elevating distance of a valve according to a running state of a vehicle, and the fuel efficiency and the efficiency of the engine can be improved by advancing the open time of the valve.

Abstract: Symbol sampling in a high time delay spread interference environment includes acquiring (602) a time varying baseband waveform. The waveform has a signal amplitude that varies between one of a plurality of symbol states. The waveform is sampled (603) at a rate of m times the symbol rate. During an evaluation time, an error value is calculated (604, 606) for each of m data sample positions. Each of the error values comprises an average distance between the measured value of the waveform as indicated by the data sample and a closest known symbol value. The error values are used to create an error surface. Thereafter, the error surface is modeled as a quadratic and an optimal sample time is determined (608, 610, 612) based on finding the time location where the quadratic surface is minimum. A sinc interpolator is then used to resample the data.

Abstract: An imaging condition setting unit sets imaging conditions for a pre-contrast enhancement scan, a monitoring scan, and a post-contrast enhancement scan. A ROI setting unit sets a region of interest for the monitoring scan in a reference image generated by a reference image scan executed before the pre-contrast enhancement scan, the monitoring scan, and the post-contrast enhancement scan. The scan control unit controls an X-ray generation unit and an X-ray detection unit to sequentially execute, based on the imaging conditions, the pre-contrast enhancement scan, the monitoring scan, and the post-contrast enhancement scan.

Abstract: A drill bit configured for use with a rotary power tool including a chuck. The drill bit includes a shank including a first end and a second end, and a paddle that extends from the second end of the shank. The paddle includes a first face including a concave portion, a second face opposite the first face and the second face including a convex portion opposite the concave portion, a cutting surface, a cutting edge located at an end of the cutting surface, a relief angle defined by the cutting surface, and an angled rake face adjacent the cutting surface that defines a rake angle that is between about 5 degrees and about 45 degrees.

Abstract: A connection structure of an external conductor terminal for connection with an external conductor of an electric cable including the external conductor made up of twined cables enclosing an outer periphery of an insulating coating of one or more internal conductors and a protective coating covering the external conductor, wherein the external conductor terminal has a cylindrical connector portion connected to the external conductor and a terminal portion provided at one end of the connector portion; and the connector portion is fitted around a location on an outer periphery of the insulating coating where the external conductor is laid bare, the twined cables of the external conductor are provided in contact with an outer periphery of the connector portion, a ring member is fitted around outer peripheries of the twined cables and the twined cables are crimped.

Abstract: A column oven includes a main unit, an auxiliary unit, an outside sensor, an internal sensor, a temperature range holding section for holding a plurality of temperature ranges, a temperature range specifying portion for specifying the temperature range to which the outside temperature belongs, a temperature control program holding section for holding a temperature control program for a control method of the main unit and the auxiliary unit in each temperature range in such a way that outputs of the main unit and the auxiliary unit are continuous in the temperature ranges that are adjacent to each other, a control method setting portion for setting a control method of the main unit and the auxiliary unit based on the temperature range specified and the temperature control program, and a temperature control portion for controlling the main unit and the auxiliary unit.