Abstract: A signal Data1 and Data2 are output from a DQPSK signal source. The output signal is input to the modulator drivers 1 and 2 of the differential output. A drive signal is applied from the drivers 1 and 2 to a modulator, and modulated light is output. An optical coupler 20 branches modulator output, and a power monitor 21 detects the power of the branched light. A detection result is transmitted to an amplitude control unit 22. The amplitude control unit 22 adjusts the amplitude of the drivers 1 and 2 such that the detection result of the power monitor 21 can be the maximum.

Abstract: A figure pattern expressing information to be embedded, or a position of an area in which the information to be embedded exists, is embedded in an area other than the background of image data, thereby generating image data embedded with a watermark. Then, the figure pattern is detected from the generated image data embedded with the watermark, and embedded information expressed by the detected figure pattern or embedded information existing in an area at a position expressed by the detected figure pattern is detected.

Abstract: A height-limited-area-information creating device creates a clip plane on a base plane of a printed circuit board, and sets a view so that an image faces the base plane and a normal to the base plane represents a depth direction of the image. According to the view, a three-dimensional image of a chassis-side component is created. The base plane is divided into unit areas, and one of the unit areas is selected. Coordinates of vertices of the selected unit area are transformed to screen coordinates to acquire a component and a polygon at the position of the screen coordinates. Distances from respective four vertices to the polygon are calculated as height, and a minimum value is determined as a maximum height for the unit area.

Abstract: An outbound-operation support apparatus extracts a set of materials corresponding to received contents of an operation from a material database (DB) and extracts a theme and a knowledge-level value having a success rate larger than a predetermined threshold value from a value DB. Thereafter, a set of customer identifications corresponding to each of the extracted themes and the knowledge-level values is extracted from another value DB, and customer information corresponding to each of the customer identifications is extracted from a customer DB. The extracted material and the customer information are associated with each another and transmitted to an outbound agent terminal.

Abstract: There is provided an electromagnetic field intensity calculator for calculating the intensity of electromagnetic field radiated from an electric circuit device based on a moment method. A conductor pattern obtained from CAD data is divided into a square mesh pattern. In the mesh pattern of the outline part, the entire region in the mesh pattern is filled with the conductor pattern according to the ratio of area between the conductor pattern region and the blank region, or subjected to correction for blanking, so that a mesh data model is automatically configured by mesh pattern group consisting of only squares conforming to the moment method and reflecting the outline of the conductor pattern.

Abstract: An optical transponder includes a mapping unit mapping, out of multiple types of signals including a first client signal and a second client signal that transmission rates are different from each other, the first client signal having a lower transmission rate to a Generic Framing Procedure (GFP) frame defined in ITU-T Recommendations; a coding unit applying 64B/66B coding to the first client signal mapped to the GFP frame; and a multiplexing unit multiplexing the first client signal to which the 64B/66B coding has been applied and the second client signal in a frame conforming to an Optical Transport Network (OTN) defined in ITU-T Recommendations; in which the first client signal and the second client signal are accommodated in an identical frame in a mixed manner and transmitted as an optical signal having one wavelength.

Abstract: Certification/verification of authenticity and integrity of a digital document can be achieved, using meta information and content information and third-party certification thereof is achieved.

Abstract: According to a WDM optical transmission system of the present invention, wavelength numbers information of a WDM signal light output from an upstream side optical amplifying unit to a transmission path fiber, and signal output level information thereof are transmitted to a downstream side optical amplifying unit utilizing a supervisory control light. In the downstream side optical amplifying unit, a loss (span loss) in the transmission path fiber is computed using the upstream side signal output level information and downstream side signal input level information, so that a gain to be set for a downstream side optical amplifier is calculated based on the computed loss, and also, the gain is corrected based on a difference between a target value of the signal output level computed using the wavelength numbers information and an actual measurement value thereof, so that the optical amplifier is controlled in accordance with the post-corrected gain.

Abstract: In an information access system, an active contactless information storage device includes: a receiver unit adapted to sense a carrier of an RF signal at a first frequency for detection in a slave mode of operation and to be continuously ready to receive an RF signal at a second frequency different from the first frequency in a master mode of operation, and a transmitter unit for transmitting a response signal at the second frequency in response to reception of an information request signal in the slave mode of operation and for cyclically transmitting an information request signal at the first frequency in a transmission period and then go to an inactive state in a sleep period in the master mode of operation, under the control of the control unit.

Abstract: A controller controls exchange of data between a plurality of storage units based on transfer rates of the storage units and a fixed rate. If at least one of the transfer rates of a transfer-source storage unit and a transfer-destination storage unit are different than the fixed rate, the controller accumulates a certain amount of data, and outputs accumulated data to the transfer-destination storage unit at the transfer rate of the transfer-destination storage unit so that data is transferred from the transfer-source storage unit to the transfer-destination storage unit at apparently at the fixed rate.

Abstract: A substrate processing apparatus includes liquid tanks, a conveyor mechanism that dips multiple semiconductor substrates, arranged with provision of spaces, collectively into liquids in the liquid tanks, and water vapor spray nozzles disposed in gaps between the multiple semiconductor substrates so as to face rear surfaces of the semiconductor substrates. Heated water vapor is sprayed out of the water vapor spray nozzles onto the respective rear surfaces of the multiple semiconductor substrates prior to dipping the semiconductor substrates into the liquid in the liquid tanks.

Abstract: A best-effort bandwidth allocating method, includes the steps of: measuring sending amounts of packet data that are input from each of ports providing minimum bandwidth guarantee type and best-effort type communication service; calculating statistical information corresponding to an accounting subject time period of the sending amounts of the packet data of the best-effort bandwidth of each of the ports, based on the result of the measurement; changing a value of a peak information rate of a port sending out more of the packet data at a contracted communication rate to be low based on the statistical information; and impartially allocating the best-effort bandwidth to each of the ports based on the value of the peak information rate and a minimum bandwidth guarantee rate.

Abstract: An embedding area in which a background pattern can be embedded from the color document image is extracted. At least one of a color and a shape of a background pattern appropriate for the embedding area is determined depending on an area color of the embedding area. A background pattern image is generated by embedding watermark information in the embedding area using the determined background pattern.

Abstract: Disclosed is a semiconductor laser device capable of realizing efficient current injection and a method of manufacturing the same. The method includes the steps of: forming a DBR mirror over a Si substrate; forming an n-type conductive layer over the DBR mirror; forming a luminescent layer over a part of the n-type conductive layer; forming an insulating layer over a side surface of the luminescent layer over the n-type conductive layer; forming a p-type conductive layer over the insulating layer and the luminescent layer; forming another DBR mirror over the p-type conductive layer so as to be located immediately above the luminescent layer; forming an electrode electrically connected to the n-type conductive layer; and forming another electrode over the p-type conductive layer.

Abstract: When request transmission is performed, a window selection section of this apparatus selects a window to handle the request based on a partition table. Then, if a relevant window does not exist, a window creation section creates a window based on a partitioning setting table. In the case of a response obtained from an access destination of request transmission which does not belong to the window partition of the request source, a request checking section refuses the request transmission or notifies the user to that effect. Alternatively, a request editing section changes and transmits the contents of the request transmission.

Abstract: The magnetoresistance effect element includes: a magnetization fixing layer; a barrier layer formed on the magnetization fixing layer; and a free layer formed on the barrier layer. The method of producing the magnetoresistance effect element comprises the steps of: forming the magnetization fixing layer on a substrate; forming a metal film as the barrier layer, wherein one part of the metal film on the magnetization fixing layer side is in an amorphous state or a refined crystal state and the other part thereof on the other side is in a crystal state; natural-oxidizing the metal film in an oxidizing atmosphere; forming the free layer on the oxidized metal layer.

Abstract: To aim at obtaining a detailed report, related to an operation at a call center etc, about every operator or received call. Operator identifying information and operation content information transmitted (S102, S105, S202, S204) from a telephone terminal or an exchange, are accumulated (S107, S206) in a way that associates these items of information with call identifying information together with time information, and a report is created based on the accumulated information (S304) and outputted (S307), thereby enabling acquisition of the detailed report about every operator or received call.

Abstract: Particular embodiments of the present invention are directed to a flexible fingerprint sensor interconnect apparatus that includes a fingerprint sensor chip having at least one die contact and a multilayer flexible substrate. Furthermore, the apparatus includes at least one conductive trace in the multilayer flexible substrate, and the at least one conductive trace has an exposed contact region that is directly electrically coupled to the at least one contact pad.

Abstract: A unicast-use tunnel is added between the Note-C and GW-B (i.e., a unicast optimization). Then, the Note-C transmits, to a GW-C, a second IP packet encapsulating a first IP packet, to which an inter-GW header is added, by an IP header to which a multicast address is set. The multicast-use second IP packet is transferred to a CE by way of a tunnel. The CE copies the received second IP packet and transfers it to a GW-A and the GW-B by way of the tunnel (i.e., a multicast optimization).

Abstract: An error processing method processes an error generated on a bus of a CPU, by inputting a bus error that is generated on at least one of an instruction bus and a data bus of the CPU to the CPU by a bus error input part, counting the bus error by a bus error counter part of the CPU, and specifying a region of a memory part that is coupled to the CPU based on a value of the bus error counter part.